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Lot 3
A Blue Glass Pear Shaped Jug, 19th century, with high loop handle, 13cm high; A Similar Jug, on large circular foot, 10.5cm high; Three Further Blue Glass Jugs; and Two Amethyst Glass Jugs; A Blue Glass Small Drinking Glass, early 19th century, the bell shaped fluted bowl on knopped cylindrical stem and circular foot, 9.5cm; A Similar Wine Glass, 9.5cm; A Similar Campana Shaped Glass, 7.5cm; A Similar Green Glass, 8.5cm; A Blue Glass Bowl, on circular foot, 5cm; Another Similar, with pan topped bowl, 6.5cm; and An Amethyst Glass Wrythen Bowl, the tallest 13.5cm high (14)
Lot 15
A Purple Glass Miniature Decanter and Stopper, and Wine Glass en suite, early 19th century, the mallet shape decanter with bulb to the neck and hollow cushion stopper, 7.8cm high, the wine glass 5cm high; Two Blue and A Clear Glass Miniature Wine Glass, similar, all 4cm high; and Eight Clear Glass Miniature Items, including two stirrup cups, two tumblers, two decanters (lacking stoppers), and a mug (13)
Lot 16
A Group of Eleven Blue and Purple Glass Items, mainly circa 1790-1860, briefly including a shouldered rectangular section chemist`s bottle, 12.5cm high, three graduated condiment bottles, three scent bottles, a paperweight and a float; A Clear Glass Chemist`s Bottle, 19th century, plain cylindrical, 14cm high; and An Emerald Green Wine Glass, circa 1830-40, 12.4cm high; and A George III Turned Mahogany Coaster, with ogee border (14)
Lot 27
A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the round funnel bowl on a single series opaque twist stem comprising multi-ply corkscrew, on a folded foot, 15cm high; and A Wine Glass, circa 1765, the cup bowl on a double series opaque twist stem comprising a pair of four-ply spiral bands outside a four-ply column, 13cm (2)
Lot 30
A Wine Glass, circa 1765, the rounded funnel bowl with basal fluting, on a double series opaque twist stem comprising a pair of tapes around a central gauze column, 15.4cm; and A Wine Glass, circa 1765, the ogee bowl on a double series opaque twist stem comprising a single multi-ply spiral band around a slightly spiral gauze, 14.7cm high (2)
Lot 41
A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the round funnel bowl with basal fluting, oxo engraved rim, on an incised stem, 12.5cm high, bearing original label A Churchill Glass 508 on the pontil; and A Sweetmeat Glass, circa 1770, the ogee bowl with cusped rim, a band of diamonds and panelling, upon a centre-knopped vertically cut stem, on a domed and petal shape foot, 14.9cm high (2)
Lot 48
A Newcastle Light Baluster Trick Wine Glass, circa 1750, the round funnel bowl engraved with an angular entrelac band enclosing florets (some of which are pierced), upon a four knop stem comprising angular knop, compressed ball knop, teared baluster and compressed cushion knop, domed foot, 18.5cm high
Lot 51
A Wine Glass, circa 1750, the round funnel bowl engraved with two gentleman, titled COSMUS.DAMIANUS, with baroque strapwork birds and foliage to the rim, on a quadruple knopped stem comprising angular, compressed ball, baluster and annular examples, domed foot, 19.7cm high St Cosmas and Damian were twins and Christian martyrs who practised healing in the sea port of Aegea, then in the Roman province of Syria. They accepted no money for their services, which led them to be nicknamed The Silverless. It was during the persecution under Diocletian that they were tortured in order to recant. According to legend they stayed true to their faith, enduring being hung on a cross, stoned and shot by arrows, and finally suffered execution by beheading.
Lot 343
An Important Chinese Imperial Jade Five-Dragon Brushwasher. Ming/Qing dynasty, 17th/18th century, 37.5cm, (weight 12kg approx), with a superb contemporary hardwood stand. This massive jade brushwasher is of monumental size. The body is well hollowed and deeply carved with five scaly sinuous five-clawed dragons, which writhe partially hidden beneath layers of ruyi-shaped cloud scrolls. Their heads with long moustaches, emerging at the rim beside two flaming pearls of wisdom. The base of the bowl fringed with breaking waves becomes a whorl, which diminishes to the centre. The stone is of a pale grey-green celadon colour. The stand is carved with a whorl, waves and cloud scrolls, which elegantly complement the washer. Provenance: The 3rd Baron Alington of Crichel (1896-1940), the Hon. Mrs Mary Anna Marten OBE (1929-2010), Crichel House, Dorset. Exhibited:Chinese Jade Throughout the Ages, an exhibition organised by the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Oriental Ceramic Society, May-June 1975, Victoria and Albert Museum, catalogue no.356, described in the exhibition catalogue as 17th century. Illustrated : J P Palmer, Jade, London 1967, pl 21 & 22. Catalogue note: The subject of this extraordinary washer creates a most auspicious Imperial work of art and illustrates the dragon’s ability to create clouds, wind and rain, elements of great importance to an agricultural economy. Furthermore, the dragon symbolizes the Emperor, and the number five represents the five blessings (wufu) of old age, wealth, health, virtue and peaceful death. The base formed as a whirlpool of water symbolizes the basic element in Chinese cosmology-the water that becomes the symbol of full life. The earliest example of this form is the celebrated Jade Jar of Dushan, (Dushan Dayu Hai), one of the Wonders of the Mongol court, which weighs 3.5 tons and was used as a wine vessel. It is believed to have been commissioned by Khubilai Khan, the founder of the Yuan dynasty for use following his military victories, and can hold 1.5 tons of wine. This extraordinary vessel, now kept in the Beihai Park in Beijing, was the earliest large-scale jade carving in China and marked a milestone in the development of jade working. For a similar five-dragon brushwasher, cf. L Yang and E Capon, Translucent World, Chinese Jade from the Forbidden City, p.202. For a smaller dragon brushwasher with a similar whirlpool base, carved with three dragons, cf. Christie’s Hong Kong, Important Chinese Jades from the Personal Collection of Alan and Simone Hartman, Part II, 27 November 2007, lot 1504; also, see Sotheby’s Hong Kong, Yuanmingyuan, The Garden of Absolute Clarity, 9 October 2007, lot 1335 for a white jade dragon washer; see also S C Nott, Chinese Jade, pl.C1, and another, with a six character Qianlong mark, is in the Hermitage Museum collection. Estimate: Refer department.
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