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Click here to subscribeGroup of decorated china to include Port Meirion, Victorian Staffordshire spaniels, Cartlonware, Wedgwood, West German Lava glazed vase, Sylvac Dish Cloth pot etcCondition report: Pair green and blue small vases- both tops have been restorated/re-painted Female figure with lamb- nibbles along hat rim and crack/chip. Tiny chip to lamb’s ear. Chinese vase in box- cracks running through middle of vase Other items appear to be in good condition
Four 19th century Staffordshire pottery figuresCondition report: Cow- both horn have been broken off. Chip to ear and mouth. Figure has a chip on his hat, crack through arm towards neck. Some of the foliage is chipped. Spill vase with two figures- some wear to paint otherwise good.Seated couple- numerous cracks throughout body and base. Figure with basket- chips to hat, heavily crazed.
Group of 18th and 19th century Chinese ceramics, including Imari tea bowls and saucer, famille rose saucer and dish, blue and white dish, two Canton vases, a further saucer and a large famille verte vase on a red prunus ground (10 items)Condition report: The large vase has repairs and a chip on the rim, and a small chip to one of the handles. The Canton sleeve vase has repairs on the rim. The famille rose dish has some cracks on the rim. The blue and white dish has some chips to the footrim, and a few small rim chips. The famille rose saucer has a rim chip and small hairline, and a couple of other tiny nicks. The other saucer has a tiny hairline on the rim. The Imari pieces have some fritting to the rims and footrims; the saucer also has two small hairlines and one tea bowl has a hairline on the footrim.
Group Orietal ceramics, large vase, three Buddha figures, pair carved wood masks, pictures and pair vintage heelsCondition report: Large vase- piece of the rim has been broken off and re-glued. Some losses to painted decoration.Three blue and white ginger jars- two of the lids have been broken and re-glued, the other lid is chipped with a hairline crack. One jar also has a hairline crack to the rim. Some of the fish dishes have chips to the rim but overall good condition.Blue and white teapot- contemporary piece and good condition.Ten blue and white small bowls- one has hairline crack on the side, others appear to be in good condition. Two Imari dishes- one has been completely broken and re-glued. Other appears to be in good condition
Kangxi Period, late 17th century AD. A blue and white glazed ceramic lotus platter with central dense chrysanthemum and tendril pattern, radiating panels with blossoming trees; the outer rim with three foliate branches and the base with a leaf within a concentric circle; collection sticker to base.1.67 kg, 39cm (15 1/4"). Property of a North London gentleman; From the 'Blue Chrysanthemum Wreck'; lost in the South China sea, late 17th century AD, recovered 2014.Analysis of survey material and cargo samples from the wreck site together indicate that the ship was engaged in exporting very high-quality Chinese porcelain made in the 1660s, probably on behalf of the Dutch East India Company (VOC"). The wares are predominately Jingdezhen blue and white porcelain, although multicoloured ceramics and utilitarian wares are also in evidence in the cargo. Some items are display wares while others were intended for use. The cargo included a large 'Gu'-shaped vase - a remarkable piece, illustrating a western square rigged merchant ship, by the flag almost certainly a Dutch ship, and possibly representing the very ship that was to carry the cargo. Survey results suggested that this find is by far the highest quality Chinese antique shipwreck cargo from this period yet recovered in South East Asian waters. The samples recovered from the shipwrecked cargo are exclusively Chinese ceramics, in the main blue and white porcelain, all assessed by experts to be excellent examples of early Chinese Kangxi in origin of a quality indicating they were manufactured in the famous porcelain centre of Jingdezhen in the Jiangsu Province. Jingdezhen kilns made porcelain over two millennia, since the Han Dynasty period. Jingdezhen kilns supplied the most artistically advanced ceramics to the world for centuries. Blue and white porcelain was the most famous product of Jingdezhen, and reached the height of its technical excellence in the early Ching Dynasty. The best examples of Chinese Kangxi blue and white porcelain are superb and rival any other Chinese blue and white wares produced during other periods. The shipwreck pieces recovered are typical of the highest quality blue and white of the Kangxi period, characterised by charming sophisticated designs. They also demonstrate a great technical expertise in the production of a brilliant under-glaze in sapphire blue, applied in five or six tones to produce a vibrant, dimensionally nuanced effect, together with a fine thin attractive white (or slightly bluish) silky glaze applied to a stark white and finely formed body. The very high quality cobalt blue colouring, distinctive on the early Kangxi period fine porcelains where it is referred to as 'gem blue' or 'kingfisher blue', is much purer and brighter than that of Ming Dynasty wares. The pieces provide an insight into range and quality of the wares carried by the ship, including some charming figurines as well as a delightful variety of vases, plates, bowls, bottles, jars, teapots, cups with saucers, and other items. Large pieces were uncommon during this period, their manufacture being made technically difficult by quality control requirements. Designs were sometimes based on Buddhist and Daoist themes, or sourced from illustrations of Ming stories such as 'The Three Kingdoms' or 'The Romance of the West Chamber', together with the dramas 'Xixiang Ji' and 'Wui Hu Zhuan'. Chinese Kangxi blue and white porcelain was increasingly varied and innovative in its designs. The influence of Dutch and other European shapes and designs were in evidence prior to and during the Kangxi period. The very high standards achieved early in Kangxi’s reign, evident in the samples recovered from the shipwreck, mark the high point of quality for Chinese blue and white ceramics. Quality declined in the later stages of the Kangxi Emperor’s reign, as the huge demand for Chinese blue and white porcelain developed in both overseas and home markets, giving rise to a profusion of unregulated kilns. Quality was diluted by increased production volumes, and as the Ching Dynasty progressed, competition from mass-produced wares and the instability of the political environment debased the traditional fine porcelain industry. Fine condition.
7th century BC. A substantial restrung necklace of amber beads, mainly biconvex and spherical types, with eight gold filigree collars wrapped around amber discs, two lentoid section rectangular beads with herringbone detailing, one repaired, and a biconvex iridescent green glass bead centrepiece; modern clasp.Cf. Troili, E. et al., Treasures From Tuscany - The Etruscan Legacy, Edinburgh, 2004, item BM11, for type; see a similar Picenian necklace in the Museo Nazionale di Villa Giulia, Rome, with small rings and big amber pendant, in Weber Soros, S., Walker, S., Castellani Italian Archaeological Jewelry, New Haven and London, 2004; for other examples cf. Torelli, M., Gli Etruschi, Cinisello Balsamo, 2000, pp.112,576, necklace from Vetulonia, in the Archaeological Museum of Firenze, inv.94225; Orsini, B., Le lacrime delle Ninfe, Tesori d’ambra nei musei dell’Emilia Romagna, Bologna, 2010, no.1, p.90 (necklace), from the grave 335.5 at Vitale; no.1, p.117 (elements of necklace), from Terramara di Montale-Castelnuovo Rangone; no.17, p.119 (elements of necklace), from the grave of the Nosadella, Castelvetro, 5th century BC; necklaces in amber pearls, figs.7b and 9b, pp.131-132; the necklace in the Ravenna National Museum, p.147, fig.1.60 grams, 57cm (22 1/2"). From an important North West London collection; acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s; previously in an old New York, USA collection; by repute formerly with Sotheby's; accompanied by an archaeological report by Dr Raffaele D’Amato and an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no. 174380/24/03/2021; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10641-174380.Amber jewellery was often an alternative to gold for Etruscan women. For example, the women of Spina, near Ferrara, wore gold earrings but did not like to flaunt other gold jewellery, preferring to wear necklaces with amber and glass paste inspired by Greek models instead. The Etruscans mainly controlled the trade of amber from the Baltic regions, through the Celts. A high-ranking woman buried in one of the tombs at the necropolis in the Golasecca area (near Genova), was found with a rich array of jewellery, including an elaborate amber necklace with carved pendants in the shape of a boot or vase. The presence of a rich and probably foreign woman buried in this area is further confirmation of the commercial alliances established through marriages. The jewellery found in the tomb also indicates close connections with the Etruscan centres in the Po Valley, where goldsmiths' workshops were operating, producing fibulae in precious metals, and refined necklaces and pendants carved in amber imported from the Baltic Sea through the Celts. Fine condition.
A Vienna porcelain part cabaret set, early 19th century, comprising two lidded coffee or hot water pots, 18cm and 16cm high, painted with scenes of Berchtolsgaden and Kesselbachmatching saucer and two cups, all with restoration, a similar cabinet cup and large Campagna urn vase, (7)Condition report: All Vienna porcelain has been restored. The Urn is loose at the joint with the base and the gilt areas have worn away.Please see images Some wear to gilding but no obvious major faults
A Clarice Cliff 'Orange Chintz' pattern cigarette holder, shape 420, 9.3cm wide, a Shelley Harmony flower vase with banded decoration, 18cm high, and a Minton Secessionst vase, of slow shoulded form, decorated with flowers, 18.5cm high (3)Condition report: Cigarette holder cracked and repaired, crack to base, chip to underside of base on Minton vase, Shelley vase with surface wear
A Royal Doulton tobacco jar with tubelined panels of blue and mottled green decoration, stamped mark and number 7822, incised FJ, a Royal Doulton stoneware flared vase with blue and mottled green decoration and tubelined flowers and foliage, 21cm high, impressed marks and number X8838, 649, incised DB and two other pieces, (4).
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