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Click here to subscribeA large Wemyss Ware pig, naturalistically modelled seated upon its haunches in treacle glaze, 27 cm high x 45 cm long, together with another smaller, 9.5 cm x 16 cm, each impressed 'Wemyss Ware/ R H & S' to underside.Generally good condition, crazing on both pigs, few scratches, wear to decoration commensurate with age, restoration to both ears of larger pig
Postcards, Scotland, a selection of approx. 260 cards to include The Station Dalbeattie, Scottish YMCA Holiday Camp Colintraive Kyles of Bute, Ettrick Bay Derby, Banff, Dounreay Experimental Reactor Caithness, Halkirk, Stonehaven, Stirling Railway Station, Stirling High School, SS Princess Mary, Main Street Polmont, Kings Bridge Camelon, tram Dumbarton, Whitesands Dumfries, Lockerbie, Thornhill, Main Street Colinsburgh Fife, High Street Dysart, Kirkaldy, Limekilns Church, Twynholm, Hamilton, Airdrie, Hatton, Lanark, Wemyss Bay, Clydebank, Dykebar station etc. (gen gd)
Ɵ A GROUP OF SIX IMPORTANT ENGLISH FURNITURE REFERENCE BOOKS, TO INCLUDE: MACQUOID (PERCY), A HISTORY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE: THE AGE OF OAK (1904); THE AGE OF WALNUT (1905); THE AGE OF MAHAOGANY (1906); THE AGE OF SATINWOOD (1908); MACQUOID (PERCY) & EDWARDS (RALPH),THE DICTIONARY OF ENGLISH FURNITURE, VOL. II (1924); SYMONDS (ROBERT WEMYSS), ENGLISH FURNITURE (1929) (6) Provenance: Christie's, London, The English Collector & Tapestries - 500 Years Decorative Arts Europe (5882), 31st October 2012, Lot 266
Trollope (Anthony) How the "Mastiffs" went to Iceland, first edition, half-title, colour map frontispiece, 14 lithographed plates by Mrs. Hugh Blackburn, 2 mounted photographic plates (becoming loose), foxing, occasional marginal soiling or water-staining, old ink library stamp to head of a few leaves, original cloth, gilt, g.e., a little rubbed, small stains to lower cover, rebacked preserving original spine, [Sadleir 51], 4to, 1878.⁂ Account of a trip to Iceland on board the yacht Mastiff, from Wemyss Castle on the Clyde via St.Kilda and the Faroe Islands. It was published by Sir John Burns, owner of the castle and the yacht, as a souvenir of the trip and features Trollope in many of the illustrations and one of the photographs.
WEMYSS WARE MUG, EARLY 20TH CENTURY of cylindrical form, painted with berries and leaves, impressed marks to base14cm high In overall good condition. Crazing throughout. Firing imperfection running from section of rim on the outside of the body. Some faded brown stains. Additional images now available.
* JAMES FULLARTON (SCOTTISH b. 1946), UNTITLED oil on board, signedframed and under glass image size 51cm x 61cm, overall size 64cm x 74cm Artist's label versoNote: Born in Glasgow, James Fullarton studied at the Glasgow School of Art under Donaldson, Goudie and Shanks. Since gaining his Diploma in Drawing and Painting in 1969, he has worked full-time as a professional painter based in Ayrshire. He is a regular exhibitor with the Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts and has exhibited with the Royal Scottish Academy and lectured for the Scottish Arts Council. He has also won several prizes and awards throughout his career including the David Cargill Award and the Britoil Award. James has enjoyed a long and successful career with many solo shows. His work is sold in a number of galleries across Scotland and England and has been acquired for many public and corporate collections including; Adam and Company, Arnold Clark Organisation, The Bank of Scotland, Greenock Art Gallery, Guinness Plc, Heriot-Watt University, Lillie Art Gallery (Milngavie), Lord Macfarlane of Bearsden, Macfarlane Group Plc, Maclaurin Gallery (Ayr), Northern Corporate Bank, Proctor and Gamble, Robert Fleming Holdings Ltd, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Scottish Power Plc, Scottish Television, Stirling Smith Art Gallery and Museum, TSB Collection, The Earl of Wemyss and March, The Indian Empress (Yacht), United Distillers and many private collections worldwide.
A Wemyss 'Queensberry House' cabaret set, circa 1895, comprising a quatrefoil serving tray, a teapot and cover, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, a tea-plate and a teacup and saucer, each painted with the EAW cypher below a coronet set within heart-shaped panels tied with ribbons, impressed marks to undersidesthe tray 44cm wide (8)Provenance:Lady Wolverton, Queensberry House, Newmarket, SuffolkSale; Christie's, Queensberry House, May 5 1987, lot 230Sale; Lyon & Turnbull, 26 October 2016, lot 327Note: All bearing the ‘EAW’ monogram, this lot formed part of an extensive set of Wemyss, gifted to Lady Edith Amelia Wolverton (née Ward), the only daughter of the 1st Earl of Dudley, on her marriage to Frederick Glyn, 4th Baron of Wolverton in 1895.Crazing throughout. Some staining in areas commensurate with use. Minor kiln faults like bubbles. Scratches and markings on the top of the tray and some pieces, in areas removing the paint.
WEMYSS WARE; a ceramic heart shaped inkwell with covers, decorated in the 'Cabbage Rose' pattern, impressed marks and later ink inscribed mark, length 15cm.Condition Report: Chipping to the rim, a crack running across both apertures, crazing, each of the covers with chips, one has had the knob broken off and reglued.
WEMYSS WARE MUG, EARLY 20TH CENTURY of cylindrical form, painted with berries and leaves, impressed marks to base14cm high In overall good condition. Crazing throughout. Firing imperfection running from section of rim on the outside of the body. Some faded brown stains. Additional images now available.
A Wemyss ware inkwell, of heart shape, hand-painted with pink cabbage roses, with two covers for ink bottles and four pen apertures, having impressed Wemyss mark verso and further printed mark for T Goode & Co London, 18 x 17cm; together with another similar example, hand-painted with cherries (lacking covers) (2)
A Wemyss biscuit barrel and cover, the associated cover decorated with pink cabbage roses and inscribed Biscuits, the drum shaped base decorated with purple flowers and green leaves, having printed and impressed marks verso, further printed mark for T. Goode & Co of London, h.11cm; together with other Wemyss ware items to include a cylindrical jar decorated with lemons, one other with cherries, and Plichta jar and cover etc (6) (a/f)
A Wemyss ware quart tankard, hand-painted with flowers, having impressed Wemyss ware WH&B mark verso, further printed mark T. Goode & Co London, h.14.5cm; together with another Wemyss ware quart tankard, hand-painted with leaves and bows, having impressed mark verso, h.14cm (2)Both heavily crazed and with restoration to the handles and body near handles.Some staining in places.
A Wemyss ware cream jug, painted with cockerels within tall grasses, titled Bonjour, having printed mark verso and retailed by T. Goode & Co, h.6.5cm; together with various other Wemyss items to include matchbox sleeve painted with cherries, another cream jug painted with purple flowers and leaves, pink cabbage roses decorated teacup, cabbage roses table bowl with printed Robert Heron & Son verso, and a side plate painted with lemons (6)
A Collection of Books Related To Fife and Surrounding Areas Concentrating On Local Family Histories: LOT 001 The Chalmers and Trail Ancestry of Dr & Mrs Guthrie’s Descendants Genealogy of the Descendants of Rev Thomas Guthrie. DD and Mrs Anne Burns or Guthrie, connected chiefly with the families of Chalmers and Trail, to which Mrs belonged, through her mother, Mts Christina Chalmers or Burns, and her great-grandmother. Mrs Susannah Trail or Chalmers. Also incidental references to the Families of Guthrie and Burns; Compiled ….by Charles John Guthrie, KC, Sheriff of Ross, Cfomarty, and Sutherland. With 96 illustrations. [Edinburgh`; Andrew Elliot, 17 Princes Street, 1902]. Folio, Green Cloth; Original title in gilt on front cover; new title in gilt on spine LOT 002 History of the Family of Anstruther. By A W Anstruther [William Blackwood and Sons, Edinburgh and London, 1923; large 8vo; cream cloth, boards; black leather around spine; Title on spine; very, very scarce LOT 003 William Wood (born 1656) of Earlsferry, Scotland, and Some of his Descendants and their Connections. By J Walter Wood [The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, 1916]; red cloth; title in gilt on front cover and spine LOT 003A. Another copy, rebound in red cloth; title in gilt on spine LOT 004 A Family Record. Privately Printed at The Curqwn Press. Plaistow. London, 1932. Deals with the Charteris Wemyss family, which was connected to the family of Wemyss of Wemyss; this is a presenentation copy “for Dr & Mrs Caldwell with Best Wishes from Hugo & Mary Wemyss” (card). The Preface tells us that the book has been printed for private circulation. “My wife has written it for her children and grandchildren and a few intimate friends” brown cloth; title in gilt on spine; crest on front cover LOT 005 Richard Kennoway and His Friends . By Katherine Steuart (pseudonym of Agnes More Over Logan [Methuen, 1908]; purple cloth, dw; good copy; some of the names are real, some fictitious. She writes of some members of the Macgregor Clan being frog-marched through Fife to Kennoway, where some of them settled and took the surname of Kennoway, but the Richard Kennoway of the title is Richard Greig, whose ancestors are said to include Sir Samuel Greig, founder of the Imperial Russian Navy, and Edouard Grieg, the famous Norwegian composer. One Chapter (Chapter 3) is taken from A Bundle of Old Letters (1789-1793, while Chapter XI is the last of the old letters LOT 005A Another copy, purple cloth boards with lightly faded spine light tanning to tex pages, heavier to text block and end papers; do dw; title in gilt on front cover and also on spine; good copy LOT 006 By Allan Water. The True Story of an Old House. By Katherine Steuart (pseudonym of Agnes More Over Logan [Methuen, 1901]; Another copy has imprint of Andrew Elliot, 17 Princes Street, Edinburgh, 1901; red cloth boards; title in gilt on spine; crest on front cover; marking to spine and also to front cover. The Old House is in Tulliallan parish, tenanted by the Steuart family LOT 007 Alexander Russel [1814-1876; editor of the Scotsman Printed for Private Circulation, Edinburgh, 1876. Consists of series of Newspaper Obituaries. This is a presentation copy to “Jas Dundas of Dundas with Mrs Russel’s compliments” Alexander Russel Edinburgh, 1876 LOT 008 Jock Howieson, or The Lass o’ Cramond Brig. A Romance of Old Edinburgh. By William C Honeyman [Edinburgh and Glasgow, John Menzies & Co’ London, Simpkin, Marshall & Co Ltd, 1893. Illustrated card covers; slight tear to spine; spine and covers marked; This is a presentation copy to “S J Miller with Author’s Compliments;” William C Honeyman lived at Cremona Villa, Newport, and better known as the author on books of the violin and Violin Makers, Past and Present LOT 009 Sir John Scot, Lord Scotstarvit. His Life and Times; By T G Snoddy; Printed by T and A Constable, Edinburgh, 1968. Red Cloth Boards; Illustrated DW; nice clean copy, DW also good LOT 010 Recollections of My Early Scottish Home. [By Henry Maitland of Rankeillour] Scarce [Edinburgh: Maclaren and Macniven, Princes Street, Edinburgh] Brown Cloth Boards; Gilt title on spine; fep cut; author’s name given in ink on title page; place names and the names of persons within text changed but given in ink in margin LOT 011 George Hay Forbes. A Romance in Scholarship. BY W Perry, D.D. London” Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1927; red cloth boards; title in gilt on spine; light foxing to eps; presentation copy to H J Fentiman from J G McCall, 25/IV/47 LOT 012 Sermons By The Late Rev John Laird, D.D., of Cupar Free Church. With Memorial Sketch By His Son, Rev David M.W. Laird, M.A., of Durris, Kincardineshire [Edinburgh: Andrew Elliot; Cupar: J & G Innes, 1897; red cloth boards; title in gilt on front cover and also on spine; slight marking to spine and also to rear cover, otherwise a nice copy LOT 013 The Whytes of Bennochy, Kirkcaldy. By Duncan McNaughton. A5 Reprinted from “The Scottish Genealogist for August 1965. Vol XII No 2. Soft card covers, Pp 7, stapled, rusting; covers marked through ageing LOT 014 The History of Steam and The East Fife Fishing Fleet. By Peter Smith of Cellardyke. Published by James Corstorphine, 45 Hawthorn Street, Leven KY8 4QE. Printed by Levenmouth Printers, 1998. As New
Scottish Wemyss pottery preserve jars and covers, hand painted with plumb's, height 10.5cm and the other with a yellow fruit, height 12cm, painted Wemyss to base CONDITION REPORTPlum preserve jar is in good condition, light crazing to the glaze, small chip / enamel loss to the tip of a leaf. Yellow fruit preserve jar is in good condition, there is a hairline crack from the rim down 5cm, there is also some discolouration to the interior and small patches to exterior, crazing to glaze.
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