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Lot 76
WEMYSS TEAPOT AND COVER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Decorated with two black cockerels, impressed and painted marks 'Wemyss', painted 'T. Goode & Co.' retailer's mark, restorations, 11cm high; also a WEMYSS SMALL JUG, CIRCA 1900, decorated with two black cockerels, impressed mark 'Wemyss Ware', painted mark 'Wemyss', 11.5cm high (3)
Lot 159
WEMYSS ‘BONJOUR' TEAPOT AND COVER Decorated with cabbage roses, impressed and painted marks, minor damages/ re-touching, 11cm high; also a WEMYSS SMALL BEAKER VASE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, of waisted form, decorated with thistles, impressed mark 'Wemyss' and printed 'T. Goode & Co.' retailers mark, fine hairlines to rim, repainted paint flake, light staining, 11cm high (3)
Lot 190
WEMYSS TRUMPET VASE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY Decorated with cabbage roses, painted mark 'Wemyss', 19.5cm high, also a WEMYSS SMALL BEAKER VASE, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, decorated with dog roses, impressed mark 'Wemyss', painted mark 'T. Goode & Co.', chips to rim, a WEMYSS TEAPOT & COVER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, decorated with cabbage roses, impressed and painted mark 'Wemyss', restored; and a WEMYSS POT POURRI JAR AND COVER, EARLY 20TH CENTURY, decorated with cabbage roses, impressed mark 'Wemyss' painted 'T. Goode & Co.' retailers mark, 9.5cm high (6)
Lot 61
Grainger Wood & Co Worcester early 19th century porcelain tea service, pattern no. 228, decorated with bands of leaf designs in shades of iron red and gilt comprising an oval boat shaped teapot, cover and stand, lidded twin handled sucrier, circular bowl, milk jug, two circular plates, seven tea cups, nine saucers and seven coffee cans, gilded script mark
Lot 137
Aberdeen - a Scottish provincial bullet teapot by Alexander Forbes of Aberdeen, circa 1740, marked ABD (in large punch), ABD (small punch), ABD (small punch), WJ, flower head, WJ, of spherical form with applied moulded hinge and a bun finial, with tapered straight spout, the moulded C scroll handle with ivory insulators, on domed and stepped circular foot rim, with later engraved crest of a ship in full sail to body 17cm high, 19.5oz Notes: While this piece is attributed to Alexander Forbes of Aberdeen by reading the marks alone a more obvious maker has to be William Jamieson, the marks to this piece tell an interesting and unusual story. The piece is too early in style and construction for William Jamieson and while his makers mark is the only one apparent on the piece this anomaly can be explained. The large ABD and flower head punches are both uniquely used by Alexander Forbes in Aberdeen, it also seems likely that under the smaller ABD punches the original makers marks for Forbes would exist. The faint outline of the right leg of an A can be seen below one of the later ABD punches. Re-selling and indeed trading in second hand goods is believed to be a mainstay of some of the provincial makers. It does not take much thought to think of the amount of silver that over the years has passed through makers throughout Scotland and the UK to be re worked into new and fashionable pieces or when a family was on harder times sold. Without the infrastructure of dealers or auctioneers at the time the manufacturers would be the obvious person to sell to. The way the marks have been struck and more importantly, the original ones still left, seems to confirm this as a piece made by Forbes circa 1740 and re sold by Jamieson circa 1800 - 1820, it is also possible this is when the later crest was added for the new owner. Reference: For details of Alexander Forbes and an illustration of his marks and flower head punch see, 'The Goldsmiths of Aberdeen, 1450-1850' Dr James, page 66 - 67
Lot 216
Dumfries - a scarce Scottish provincial teapot pot BY JOSEPH PEARSON, DUMFRIES CIRCA 1800, MARKED IP, FOULED ANCHOR, E, STAGS HEAD, by Joseph Pearson of Dumfries circa 1800, marked fouled anchor, IP, E, stag's head, of tapered rectangular form with banded decoration to the body, the domed hinged lid with prick dot engraved intertwined borders and hatched details to the corners, with a hexagonal finial, bold square section spout and square section angular fruit wood handle, all raised on four ball feet 18cm high 19.5oz Notes: Items of holloware by Joseph Pearson's are quite scarce, almost all the recorded examples are now in the collection of The Stewart Museum, Dumfries, including a smaller teapot which bears a striking resemblance to this one. This teapot seems to a be a more conventional form of this current example and with a more baluster body, and everted rim which follows the examples being made in Scotland and England in the main centres of manufacture. References: For further details on this maker see 'Dumfries Silversmiths' by Kirkpatrick H. Dobie FSA Scot and for details of examples of holloware in the Stewarty Museum, Dumfries see' Dumfries Silversmith - hand list to the Museum collection'
Lot 288
A Victorian presentation tea pot by John MacKay, Edinburgh 1864-1865, the egg shaped body with embossed and chased foliate scroll and shell decoration with ovoid cartouches, the domed lid with bud finial, the heavily swag fluted spout and C scroll silver handle with ivory insulators, resting on a simple spreading foot rim, the cartouche engraved with conjoined script initials to one and to the opposing cartouche 'Part of a Public Presentation of £5000 and Silver Plate to the Rev Thomas Guthrie DD 1864 25cm high 26oz Provenance: After the presentation to Reverend Guthrie in 1864, this teapot stayed within the Guthrie family. It passed to Guthrie's nephew and subsequently down the family line. The Rev. Dr. Thomas Guthrie was a great leader and visionary within the social reform of Scotland in the nineteenth century. Born in 1803 in Brechin, Guthrie was the son of a merchant; he started to attend University of Edinburgh in 1815 from the age of twelve. His education lead him to Paris where he studied natural philosophy, chemistry and comparative anatomy. Although originally a minister of the Church of Scotland, he became a very enthusiastic supporter of the movement within Scotland that lead to the disruption and his name is now more commonly associated with the Free Church. In his role within the Free Church, Guthrie is most famous for campaigning to owners and landlords who would not supply land for the setting up of Free Church parishes and churches. He also famously collected over £116,000 in eleven months between July 1845 - 46 to support the building of manses for the ministers of the Free Church. But even with all these activities, he is mainly remembered for the setting up of the 'Original Ragged Schools'. The idea at the time was based upon a similar one set up by John Pounds, a shoemaker from Portsmouth in 1818. His basic idea had been simply to teach poor children without charging fees, Guthrie then started his plea for the 'ragged schools'; he did however expand on the original idea. The Ragged Schools was to school, feed and give basic industrial training to the disadvantaged children of working class families, and all without charging fees. The 'Original Ragged School' was opened in 1848 on Castle Hill Edinburgh. While founded by Guthrie and the Church, a great amount of fundraising and subscription was needed from the public to continue the work of the school and collections around the city were a common sight, including fine jasper ware collection 'tins' in shops and taverns around the city. Lyon & Turnbull recently sold an example and this was subsequently donated to The National Museum of Scotland. The Ragged Schools were however not without controversy, a stipulation of attendance at the schools that all the pupils be brought up and educated as Protestants. This religious interference did create some controversy within the education system and those who staunchly disagreed with Guthrie would later go on to set up the United Industrial School. The main difference the education given, combined secular and separate religious teachings. On the 17th May 1864 aged 61, Thomas Guthrie resigned from public work, due to serious ill heath. He was presented by his congregation and the local community with £5000 and silver plate as a mark of their appreciation for his tireless work for the community and Scotland as a whole; this teapot is part of that presentation. A statue now stands in his honour towards the west end of Princes street, Edinburgh that bears the following inscription: 'An eloquent preacher of the gospel. Founder of the Edinburgh Original Ragged Industrial Schools, and by tongue and pen, the apostle of the movement elsewhere. One of the earliest temperance reformers. A friend of the poor and of the oppressed. Born at Brechin, Forfarshire. Minister successively of Arbirlot and of Greyfriars and St John's parish churches and of free St John's Church in this city'.
Lot 294
A matched Victorian three piece tea set by William Marshall, Edinburgh 1843-1844 and 1849-1850, comprising teapot, milk jug and twin handled sugar bowl, all of baluster inverted pear shaped design with panelled body, the bodies embossed with acanthus leaf and flower head designs, the shaped circular foot similarly decorated, the teapot with fluted curved spout and hinged lid with bud finial (3) teapot 20cm high, milk jug 18cm high, sugar bowl 15cm high, combined weight 49oz Notes: William Marshall was the appointed silver and goldsmith to the Queen in Scotland and had addition of a crown above his initials added within his makers mark. He is the only recorded maker to have taken these steps to show his Royal patronage
Lot 337
A George III four piece tea service by Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh 1771-1772, comprising, a simple straight sided barrel form tea pot with plain body, the rim engraved with four trailing foliate and flower head designs, the pull off cover with simple border and raised finial, C scroll handle with shaped thumbpiece and ivory insulators; a circular teapot stand with raised everted rim, the rim with matching trailing foliate and flower head designs; a slop bowl with deep circular bowl, the everted rim with matching foliate and flower head designs, on simple stem and circular foot; a cream boat of oval outline, with baluster body and everted rim, the rim decorated with matching foliate and flower head designs, on simple foot rim, the S scroll handle with acanthus thumbpiece (4) teapot 12cm high, 22.5oz; stand 15cm diameter, 6.5oz; slop bowl 8.5cm high, 6oz; cream boat 20cm wide, 5.5oz Note: All pieces engraved with a crest of an eight pointed star with the motto of 'CAVE ADSUM' for JARDINE of Applegirth, Dumfriesshire, created baronets in 1672. The survival rate for early (i.e. pre 1775) Scottish tea services is low and so far examples of four piece sets, only four have been recorded. The survival greatly increases from circa 1780 onwards. This previously unrecorded example is a very scarce survival and a rare occurrence in the market place.
Lot 339
A George III teapot and stand by Patrick Robertson, Edinburgh 1767-1768, the inverted pear shaped teapot with rococo chased scroll, shell and floral head design, two vacant cartouches, the domed cover with bud finial and semi spiral border, the silver handle with leaf thumb piece and carved horn insulators, with bold fluted curved spout, on simple stepped foot rim, the stand of shaped circular form with simple chased floral and shell detail border, raised on three C scroll hoof feet (2) teapot 19cm high 24oz; stand 19cm diameter 8oz Note: Both pieces are struck with the more unusual gothic N with dot to centre of the date letter, a variety recorded in 'Jacksons Silver and Gold marks' CJ Jackson, first edition 1905. Reference: For illustration of both varieties of this date letter see 'Jacksons Silver & Gold Marks, of England, Scotland & Ireland' (revised edition) I Pickford p549
Lot 347
A George II small teapot by Ker & Dempster, Edinburgh 1748-1749, Assay Master Hugh Gordon, of inverted pear shaped, with domed hinged cover with chased C scroll and shell decoration and acorn finial, the body decorated with embossed flower head and scroll design, with fluted swan neck spout, the handle with reeded and acanthus leaf detail and ivory insulators 17.5cm high, 23oz
Lot 348
A fine George II bullet teapot by James Mitchell, Edinburgh 1748-1749, Assay Master Hugh Gordon, the spherical body with chased foliate, scroll and shell detail borders, the flat hinged cover similarly decorated and with ball finial, the C scroll handle with acanthus leaf thumbpiece and ivory insulators, the swan neck spout with semi fluted section, resting on a stepped circular foot 17cm high, 20oz Note: As with the marks of John Main and James Mitchelson there has long been confusion with the attribution of this maker's mark. It is now firmly ascribed to James Mitchell. James Mitchell's marks along with James Welsh are the only maker's marks in Scotland to include a figure within the punch. It has long been debated what these figures are holding, a bag of coinage, precious metal, or tool of the craft, There seems little doubt it does signify a connection with the craft and trade.
Lot 266
A SPODE TEA SERVICE, 19th century, pattern no. 2527, moulded with flowers and painted with polychrome floral sprays, on a cream ground, highlighted with gilding. Comprising a square-shaped teapot and cover, with canted corners, scroll spout, side handle and stand, slops bowl, two plates, four coffee cups and five tea cups (a lot).
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