A very rare Flight Worcester mug, circa 1785Of generous cylindrical form, the underglaze blue ground printed with honeycomb diaper and a floral chain and other borders, the reserved panels printed in red overglaze with European landscape vignettes, the front circular panel with a print of two boys using a brood of freshly hatched chicks as an excuse to peer under the skirts of their female companion, 11.3cm high, disguised numeral mark in blue and rare red printed mark 'WORCESTER Manufactory FLIGHT'Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionThis mug, or another like it, was first reported in the 1950s and caused controversy as at that time the disguised numeral marks were believed to indicate a Caughley origin. This suggested that Flights acted as decorators of Caughley porcelain. Excavations at Worcester subsequently proved that the disguised numeral marks were used by Worcester during the Flight period. No other example of this overglaze print has been recorded.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vase, circa 1820Ovoid with moulded bands and stiff leaves, applied pearls and gilt dragon handles, with elaborate gilded borders and a bright green ground, the front panel painted with a drover attending to two horses while a boy carries a heavy sack, 24cm high, script mark with Coventry St addressFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A most impressive Barr, Flight and Barr or Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vase and cover, circa 1812-20Of octagonal baluster shape with arabesque-shaped sunken panels enamelled and gilded with oriental flowers and vegetation, the dark blue ground further ornamented with foliate scrollwork, the domed cover with an artichoke finial, 55cm high, unmarked (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Flight Worcester platter from the 'Hope Service', circa 1790Made for the Duke of Clarence, of lobed oval shape, the centre finely painted in monochrome by John Pennington with a figure of Hope, sitting pensively with an anchor by her side, a ship in full sail in the distance, within an elaborate gilded band and a blue and gold border of arcaded panels and paterae, 34cm wide, crown, Flight and crescent mark in blueFootnotes:ProvenanceWilliam Henry, Duke of ClarenceLord Frederick FitzclarenceChristie's, 16 February 1900Lord and Lady Flight CollectionWilliam Henry, Duke of Clarence reluctantly stepped back from active service in 1789 when he relinquished command of HMS Valiant. In anticipation of a quiet life at home, he desired a very special dinner service with which to entertain. The commissioning of this important royal service was described by John Flight in his diary in January 1790... ... 'We used our two best painters last week to make some very fine designs for the Duke of Clarence, we have already completed 3 plates and I have sent them to London. One is a gold arabesque design, another the figure of Hope, the other of Patience.' A few days later on 24th January John Flight added... 'Apart from the two plates mentioned... we have made two others with figures, Peace and Plenty. H.R.H. Duke of Clarence has decided on the Hope design with the decoration that we put on the Peace plate, he has ordered a table service that will amount to more than £700 sterling. He has given us a year in which to complete it...'. The Duke of Clarence service is discussed at length by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978) and by John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood (2008), pp.100-102. When the Duke of Clarence became King William IV, the will of Queen Adelaide apparently divided the Hope service between several of William's illegitimate children, including Lord Frederick Fitzclarence and Lady Elizabeth Fitzclarence. Both parts passed by descent until sold by Christies in 1893 and 1900. See also the following lot in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight Worcester 'Hope Service' soup plate, circa 1790Also from the service made for the Duke of Clarence, the centre painted by John Pennington in monochrome with a figure of a maiden representing Hope, seated on a rock with her hands clasped to her breast, an anchor at her feet, rich blue and gold border, 24.5cm diam, crown, Flight and crescent mark in blueFootnotes:ProvenanceWilliam Henry, Duke of ClarenceThe (Earl) of Erroll (fragment of auction catalogue attached)Lord and Lady Flight CollectionIn 1820 William Hay, 18th Earl of Erroll, married Lady Elizabeth FitzClarence, the illegitimate daughter of King William IV. Lady Elizabeth seemingly inherited a large portion of the Hope Service and this was used by the Earls of Erroll at their family home, New Slains Castle. In 1893 their part of the set was sold by Charles, 20th Earl of Erroll, at Christie's on May 11, 1893, lots 104-165. It is likely to this auction that the attached paper fragment refers. A further portion of the service, inherited by Lady Elizabeth's brother, was subsequently sold at Christie's on February 16, 1900, lots 228-246, see the previous lot in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Flight and Barr Worcester beakers, circa 1795Plain tapering shapes, both painted with an oval panel in black monochrome by John Pennington, one with a view of 'Little Malvern', the other with a view titled 'Castledich in Herefordshire, the Seat of Lord Sommers', the reverse of the latter gilded with a cipher 'EC', 9.8cm high, both with manufacturers' names and titles of the views all in neat black lettering (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight and Barr Worcester saucer and a teapot stand, circa 1795Both painted in brown monochrome perhaps by John Pennington, the saucer titled 'Moderation', with a lady walking between a tethered lion and a lamb, 13.4cm diam, the teapot stand with a scene titled 'View on the River Tamar, in Cornwall.', 16.7cm wide, both marked with reference to royal patronage and titles in neat black lettering (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight and Barr Worcester teapot, cover and stand, circa 1800-05Modelled in a distinctive flattened form, decorated with bands of salmon and gold marbling reserving octagonal panels bat-printed in red with Classical figures representing the four Elements: Vulcan, Juno, Neptune and Cybele, the central panels with git initial cipher TJ, 18.5cm high overall, incised B mark and impressed crown (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionA set of related design, in the Liane Richards Collection survived with its original invoice from Flight, Barr and Barr, dated July 1814 and was sold by Bonhams on 13 April 2016, lot 226. The pattern was listed as 'Gold Marble & Printed Elements in Pencil Color'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight and Barr Worcester vegetable tureen and cover, circa 1800In the so-called 'Music' pattern, painted in underglaze blue with a curious Eastern script, the reserved panels enamelled with a crest of an elephant and castle and motto 'Virtutis Laus Actio', 31cm wide, incised B mark (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester dessert plates, circa 1808-13Attributed to William Billingsley, with gilt vermicellae borders, the centres painted in colours with groups of garden flowers including a variegated tulip and flame lilies, 20.6cm diam, impressed crowned BFB marks and full printed marks including royal patronage and Coventry St address (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester teapot, cover and stand, circa 1804-05Of distinctive flattened oval shape, richly gilded with floral scrollwork borders on orange and white bands, reserved on both sides and in the centre of the stand with octagonal panels painted in sepia monochrome with Picturesque landscapes, 18cm high overall, incised B marks and script Barr, Flight and Barr mark referring to royal patronage (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vases, circa 1816-20One cylindrical with eagle and ring handles, painted with Cupid in flight pursuing a butterfly, on a sky-blue ground, titled underneath 'Air', 8.7cm high, the other of flared drum shape on three claw feet, painted with a figural vignette identified by a quotation from 'LYCIDAS', reserved on a gilt weed ground, 9.5cm high, script marks in brown, the Air vase additionally impressed with a crowned FBB mark (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester small mug, circa 1815Of cylindrical form with a ring handle, delicately painted in colours with flower sprays and a single small insect, the rims gilt, 8.6cm high, impressed crowned FBB markFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester teapot, cover and stand, circa 1810Of oval 'prow' shape with a flamiform knop, decorated with a border of formal oak leaves in underglaze blue and gold above a so-called 'Barr's orange' ground, 16.5cm high overall, impressed crowned BFB marks (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionAn identical teapot is in the Ewers Tyne Collection, see John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood (2008), p.106, fig.65.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight and Barr Worcester inkstand with two liners, pounce pot and one cover, circa 1800-05Elaborately modelled with scrolling edges and set with three separate reservoirs, two containing liners, the third with a pierced pounce pot, only one retaining its cover, a serpent-headed taperstick handle and two quill holders applied at the back, a pen tray in front, decorated with a 'Barr's Orange' ground gilt with stars, the principal panel painted with a frieze of 'fancy birds' in a landscape, 22.5cm wide, incised B marks (5)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester pot pourri vase, circa 1815-20Possibly painted by Thomas Baxter, with a pierced shoulder and gilt sphinx-like figurehead handles, bands of pearls applied around the body and neck rim, painted on both sides with a topographical panel, one depicting Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire, the other with Malvern Church, Worcestershire, framed with raised paste gilding on a light grey-blue ground, floral panels beneath the handles, 31cm high, painted factory marks and titles of the views all in neat black scriptFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionThe painting style compares favourably with the Carisbroke Castle vase in the Museum of Royal Worcester, and other topographical pieces attributed to Thomas Baxter. The use of neat black script for the marks on this vase is also a well-known feature of much of Thomas Baxter's work for Flight, Barr and Barr.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An important Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester armorial vase and cover, circa 1814-20Painted by Samuel Astles or Thomas Baxter, of plain baluster shape with a flat cover, the front of the vase and the centre of the cover both painted with the full arms of Best of Boxley, Kent, framed within circular panels of raised-paste gilding, reserved on a wide band of finely painted garden flowers, including several varieties of roses, full-blown dahlias and chrysanthemums, primroses, iris, lilac, tulips and cyclamen, the tightly packed flowers continuing all around the vase, borders of classical gold scrollwork and tracery at the neck and base, the cover with a similar frieze of flowers and a border of gold husks, 19cm high, full printed mark with Coventry St address (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 3 June 2015, lot 19Lord and Lady Flight CollectionThis remarkable vase is one of two identical pieces recorded. The companion vase and cover was sold by Phillips in September 1986 and is illustrated by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.47. The flower painting is remarkably similar to the decoration around an important mug in the Museum of Royal Worcester decorated with a silhouette portrait of Thomas Baxter himself and dated 'Septr 1814'. While at Worcester from 1814-16, Baxter also taught china painting and among his many gifted pupils was the flower painter Samuel Astles. Signed plaques later exhibited by Astles at the Royal Academy show his virtuosity as a painter of intricate flower compositions and it is highly likely that, having learnt from Thomas Baxter, Samuel Astles was responsible for this remarkable set of armorial vases.The arms are those of the Best family of Boxley and Chatham, Kent. The family was mentioned in Boxley at the beginning of the 17th century where they were very successful brewers. James Best the younger (1755-1828) took over the company his father James had expanded, but had quite expensive tastes, being reprimanded in 1801 by their solicitors for using the brewery money extravagantly.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight and Barr Worcester feather-painted teacup and saucer, circa 1800Finely painted with a selection of colourful feathers scattered on the white ground, within gold keyfret borders, the ring handle also edged in gold, saucer 14cm diam, incised B marks (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester spill vase, circa 1815-20Cylindrical with a flared rim and square foot, the eagle and ring handles linked by a ring of white pearls, the deep blue ground with delicate gilding and reserved panels painted with flower sprays, 10cm high, script mark in brown with Coventry St addressFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester cabinet cup attributed to William Billingsley, circa 1808-13With a gilt eagle and biting snake handle and three paw feet, applied with rings of white pearls above and below the central band, finely painted, probably by Billingsley, with flowers all around set against a black ground, 8cm high, Full script mark including royal patronage in brown enamelFootnotes:ProvenanceRoland Hembrow CollectionLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester inkwell, circa 1804-10Of distinctive capstan shape spreading to a turned base, the front octagonal panel painted, perhaps by John Barker, with an arrangement of three carefully observed shells surrounded by seaweed on a shaded grey background, reserved on a black marbled ground, the rims with gilt lines, 7cm high, incised B mark and full script mark for Barr, Flight and Barr including the Coventry St addressFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and lady Flight CollectionA pair of saucer dishes with similar panels on a black marble ground was sold by Bonhams on 29 September 2020, lot 212. These shell panels were also attributed to John Barker.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vase, circa 1820Tapering to a flared rim and with gilt serpent handles linked by a row of white pearls, the front panel painted with a group of shells on a shaded background with a sprig of coral to one side, edged with gold scrollwork on an apple green ground, 11cm high, impressed crowned FBB mark and script mark in brown with Coventry St addressFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester campana vase, circa 1810With eagle handles linked by a row of white pearls, the front panel painted with a group of large shells surrounded by fine seaweed against a shaded background, the reverse with an elaborate gilded border and a dark claret ground, 13cm high, impressed crowned BFB mark and script mark including Coventry Street addressFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester vase, circa 1810-13Of flared cylinder shape on a square foot, applied with two gilt eagle and biting snake handles and rings of fine white pearls, the front painted with a view of a ruined castle, much overgrown, the white ground with gilded borders on the reverse, 13.6cm high, impressed crowned BFB markFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester taperstick and a Flight, Barr and Barr taperstick, circa 1810 and 1820The former of hexagonal form, the handle with a leaf thumbrest, pearls applied around the nozzle, painted with colourful birds and a turquoise ground, 10cm wide, impressed crowned BFB mark and full script mark, the other with a gadroon rim, painted with a view of Malvern reserved on a delicate green ground, 10cm wide, script mark and title in brown (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester plate, circa 1810From the Viscount Gort Service, the gilded anthemion border reserving the crest of an antelope and motto 'Vincit Veritas', the full centre painted with a view of a British frigate entering Port Mahon Harbour in Menorca, the scene depicted at sunset, 22.2cm diam, impressed crowned BFB mark and printed marks referring to Royal patronage and Coventry Street address, title in brown script 'Port Mahon Harbour- Minorca-'Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionThis important dessert service was made for John Prendergast, 1st Viscount Gort. The set had matching gilded borders and crests while the centres were 'harlequin', each painted with a different subject. These included landscapes, figural scenes, animals, birds and shells. This plate is attributed to John Pennington on the basis of the similarity of the maritime painting to that on the 'Hope' Service. A selection of pieces from the Gort service is illustrated by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), p.77, pls.60 and 61. For other plates see those sold by Bonhams on 3 June 2015, lots 272-4.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Barr, Flight and Barr Worcester vase, circa 1810Probably painted by John Pennington, of generous shield shape, the square strap handles with satyr mask terminals, raised on a square base supported on four gilded lion paw feet, the front panel painted with a young girl, a dog by her side looking longingly at the piece of meat that she holds in her hands, the panel reserved on a grey marbled ground, 37.5cm high, impressed crowned BFB markFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester dessert tureens and covers, circa 1820-25The campana shaped bodies applied with rams head handles, gilt gadroon rims and with applied band of white pearls, raised on square feet, the deep underglaze blue and pale primrose grounds divided by neo-rococo gilding, one side of each painted with a group of shells set on a bed of weed, the reverses with floral sprays, winged insects in between, 23.5cm high, impressed crowned FBB mark and full script mark including Coventry St address (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionThe decoration on these tureens relates to the Princess Charlotte service that R.W.Binns attributed both to Henry Stinton and to Samuel Astles. One shell panel includes a 'precious wentletrap', one of the costliest seashells at the time.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester spill vase attributed to Thomas Baxter, circa 1814-16Of trumpet shape on a turned foot, the white and gold weed ground reserving a vignette of a winged youth rising from a pool against a night sky, the scene titled underneath in black script with a quotation from Paradise Lost- 'Then with expanded wings he steers his Flight', 10.2cm high, factory name and titles in black scriptFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very large Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vase, circa 1820-25Of classic campana shape with a moulded egg and dart rim, the handles with gilt vine leaf and grape terminals and moulded faces left in the white, raised on a square foot, painted on both sides with a 'picturesque' view of Buildwas Abbey, the remainder of the white ground with gilded weed, 34.5cm high, unmarked aside from inscriptions identifying the viewsFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionThe unusually detailed inscriptions read 'Buildwas Abbey, Salop- View of the Nave, East End &c, looking N.E., The Property of W.M.Moseley Esqr', and 'Buildwas Abbey, Salop The Property of W.M Mosley, Esqr'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester ice pail, liner and cover, circa 1820-30Of campana shape on a square foot, the classical style handles with gilt rams' head terminals, painted with large sprays of colourful flowers and smaller sprigs all around, a gilt anthemion border below, 35.5cm high, impressed crowned FBB mark (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester coffee beaker or zarf, circa 1835Of almost eggshell thinness, on a turned foot, the oval panels with coloured portraits of Fatteh Ali Shah, King of Persia and Abbas Mirza, Prince Royal of Persia, alternating with panels of colourful flower vases, the white ground between gilded with stars and with bright gold dentil borders, 6.3cm high, unmarkedFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionWorcester's portraits of the late Shah and Crown Prince of Persia were apparently taken from engravings published by Thomas Dudley in 1834, see Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), pls.182-183. Flight, Barr and Barr issued medallions, cabinet cups and a number of these distinctive zarfs as memorial items for the Iranian market.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester inkwell, liner and cover, circa 1820The semi-circular drum with two side pouches, the handle at the back with a modelled mask, painted on the front with a panel of 'Little Boy Blue', the reclining boy dressed in a blue suit and holding a horn, reserved on a rich apple green ground, 14.5cm wide, script mark in brown with Coventry St Address (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester cabinet cup and stand, circa 1825The small tulip shaped cup with a curious butterfly handle, painted with Lily of the Valley reserved on a purple ground, cup 6.1cm high, stand 10.3cm diam, printed and script marks in red with Coventry St address (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester miniature baskets, circa 1825Both in the shape of tiny woven baskets, their handles linked above, one painted with a ring of pink roses, the other painted with shells and insects reserved on a pale green ground, both 6.8cm high, script marks in brown enamel (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good Pair of Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vases, circa 1820Of campana shape raised on square bases, the double entwined snake handles brightly gilded and with applied bands of white pearls around the rims and stems, painted with continuous friezes of individual garden flowers painted in colours on a pale primrose ground, a deep blue ground below gilt with weed, a gold honeysuckle border around the inside rim, 20.5cm high, script mark including Coventry St address (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester 'Warwick' vase, circa 1815-20Probably painted by Thomas Lowe, of classic campana form with double entwined and gilded handles, raised on a square foot, the rim with egg and dart moulding, painted on both sides with a figural panel, one depicting the 'Maid of Orleans', the other 'Ferdinand and Miranda', the deep blue ground with very intricate gold tracery and anthemion borders, 25cm high, impressed crowned FBB mark and full script mark including Coventry St address, the panels titled in similar scriptFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionThe panels are close to the hand of Thomas Baxter. After his departure, Baxter wrote to a friend mentioning that the figure painting at Flights 'is now done by a pupil of mine named Lowe'. Thomas Lowe had been a pupil at Baxter's china painting school in Worcester and, according to Solomon Cole, Lowe went on to 'higher branches of their art afterwards'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester pastille vase and cover, circa 1820With topographical decoration, the inverted bell-shaped vessel supported on three gilt satyr mask and paw feet, the pierced cover with a sphinx finial, painted with a view titled 'Flesk Bridge, Killarney, Ireland', on a claret ground, the base of the bowl pierced to ventilate the burning pastille, 19cm high, full script marks and title in black (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A garniture of three Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vases, one with a cover, circa 1815-20All with entwined snake handles and applied with rows of tiny white pearls, each vase painted on the front with the heads of winged cherubs floating among clouds, the borders and the reverses of the vases with elaborate gilded scrollwork and tracery, 23cm and 13.5cm high, full script marks including Coventry St address, the central vase with impressed crowned FBB (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vegetable tureen, liner and cover, circa 1820The splendid oval body with applied classical style handles, the liner with a gadroon border, the finial set among acanthus leaves, finely painted with rings of full-blown pink roses, panels on both sides of the cover bearing the crest of a red lion, 31.5cm wide, full circular printed mark referencing royal patronage, the liner with impressed crowned FBB mark (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chamberlain & Co Worcester card tray, circa 1840-45With an overhead handle and elaborately modelled overlapping leaves heightened in gilding, raised on gilt paw feet, the deep blue ground reserving a central panel decorated with a view of Worcester from the North-West, with rowing boats on the Severn in front of the bridge, 20.5cm diam, script mark and title of the view in redFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFollowing the merger of the two Worcester factories, Chamberlain & Co continued to use many of the moulds created by Flight, Barr and Barr.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vase and cover, circa 1815-20With elaborate entwined double-serpent handles and applied rows of white pearls, the front panel painted with a 'Picturesque' view of Tintern Abbey, the ruins partially overgrown, with a bright apple green ground and gilded anthemion borders, 23cm high, impressed crowned FBB mark and script mark in brown, the view titled 'Interior of Tintern Abbey, Monmouthshire' (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester cottage pastille burner and stand, circa 1835-40Curiously modelled in the form of a country cottage, the neat, thatched roof with small gable windows, two chimneys functioning as vents for the pastille fumes, the leaded glass windows in a number of styles, all framed in green, the walls in pale cream, the separate base representing garden all around, 17cm high, 19cm wide, impressed crowned FBB mark and script mark with Coventry St address (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionAn example in the Museum of Royal Worcester is illustrated by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), p.181. For others see John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), col. pl.25 and Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood (2008), p.134, fig.83.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester rectangular plaque, circa 1830Painted with a view of Warwick Castle, the buildings partly hidden by trees and with swans swimming on the moat in the foreground, 13.5cm x 19.5cm visible area, impressed crowned FBB markFootnotes:ProvenanceLord and Lady Flight CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester rectangular plaque, circa 1830-40Painted with a view of Windsor Castle from the Thames, with Eton boys bathing and relaxing on the bank in the foreground, 11cm x 15cm visible area, impressed crowned FBB markFootnotes:ProvenanceJ Amos CollectionLord and Lady Flight CollectionIllustrated by Henry Sandon, Flight and Barr Worcester Porcelain (1978), pl.145.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chamberlain Worcester chocolate cup, cover and stand, circa 1810Of tapering cylindrical form, with twin ring handles, the cover with a loop finial, finely painted with all manner of colourful feathers between borders of gold beads, with gilt rims, stand 13.3cm diam, script Chamberlains Worcester marks with Royal patronages (3)Footnotes:In the Chamberlain factory archives, '1 chocolate complete, feathers, gold bead £2 12s. 6d' was entered in July 1811. See Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1982), p.234.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester chocolate cups and stands, circa 1820-30Of campana shape with twin gilt scroll handles, the bright green grounds reserving rococo panels, one with 'The Shepherd Boy' lying beside his faithful dog, the other with a view of Worcester from the South, cups 6.6cm and 6.8cm high, cups with script marks and titles in brown, one stand with a printed mark (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Chamberlain Worcester plates, circa 1815Finely painted with a bullfinch and a pheasant, the octagonal panels edged with a wide gold band and black line, the salmon grounds gilt with caillouté, a gilded formal border inside the rims, 21.5cm diam, titles and marks in red script (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A group of five chocolate cups, covers and stands, circa 1790-1805Comprising a pair of Flight and Barr Worcester cups, covers and stands with borders of gilt foliage on 'Barr's Orange', 13.5cm high, incised B marks, a Derby chocolate cup, cover and stand in 'Smith's Blue' and gold, puce marks, a Paris porcelain cup, cover and stand probably decorated in the Thomas Baxter workshop with an orange and gold striped ground, and another Paris chocolate cup and saucer with green monochrome portraits (14)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four Flight, Barr and Barr Worcester vases, circa 1825-30Comprising a vase and cover with entwined handles, painted with a figural scene titled 'To gather kingcups in the yellow mead' from a poem by William Cowper, reserved on a pink ground, 24cm high, another vase and pierced cover with gilded dolphin supports, painted with figural panels, the white ground gilt with weed, 13.5cm high, and a pair of vases with panels of 'Dr Davis' birds reserved on a similar ground, 12cm high, script marks (6)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chamberlain Worcester chocolate cup, cover and stand, circa 1810Of gently tapering form, with twin ring handles, the cover with a loop finial, a large panel painted with a 'Striped Headed Manakin', the bird's feathers delicately shaded in tones of black and brown with flashes of red and orange, perched on a branch on a riverbank, between borders of gold beads, with gilt dentil rims, stand 13.3cm diam, titles and script Chamberlains Worcester marks (3)Footnotes:The painting is after an illustration by Frederick Polydore Nodder, which appears in George Shaw's The Naturalist's Miscellany, published in 1794. Manakins, more commonly called pardalotes, are a species native to Australia.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Barr, Flight and Barr, Worcester vase, cover and inner cover, circa 1810Of flattened urn shape with loop handles and modelled with gadrooned or fluted bands highlighted in gold, the 'Barr's Orange' ground further gilt with star-shaped florets and reserving a front panel with an ombrierte painting of a kingfisher, 28.5cm high, script mark Barr, Flight and Barr, Worcester, Manufacturers to their Majesties, together with a small painted crown (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large Chamberlain Worcester jardinière, cover and stand, circa 1800Of bucket shape with moulded ring handles, painted with 'Cornelia Mother of the Gracchi', the orange ground gilt with classical ornament, within wide gilded borders, 24.6cm high, title and script mark in puce (3)Footnotes:This subject is listed in the Chamberlain records from August 1799. A garniture containing a similarly shaped jardiniere includes the same subject painted on one of the subsidiary vases. This is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Chamberlain-Worcester Porcelain (1982), p.280.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Flight Worcester plates, circa 1795-1810One a spirally shanked Flight and Barr plate painted in sepia monochrome with 'Matrimonial Concord' by John Pennington, within a formal border in gold and sepia, 21.7cm diam, mark and title in Pennington's distinctive hand, the other Barr, Flight and Barr, with the arms of Warren impaling Mangles reserved on a grey marbled ground, within a gilded formal border, 24cm diam, printed and impressed mark (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Royal Worcester vase and cover by Charley Baldwyn, dated 1900Of urn shape, the elaborate scroll handles with mask terminals, painted with four swans in flight on a sky-blue ground, the reverse with a swallow heightened with gilding, moulded detail picked out in orange, green, bronze and gold, signed 'BALDWYN', 27cm high, green printed mark, shape number 1572 (2)Footnotes:This shape was issued in two sizes, the present lot being the larger of the two. A smaller vase also painted with swans by Baldwyn was sold by Bonhams Sydney on 18 November 2012, lot 261.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of Royal Worcester ewer vases by Edward Salter, dated 1899 and 1900With ovoid bodies in a rich claret ground and delicately moulded necks and feet shaded in celadon-green and gold, decorated in raised paste gilding heightened in enamel with Australasian birds, one ewer with parakeets, the other with birds of paradise, the flowering vegetation repeated on the reverse, 30.5cm high, factory marks in black with date codes, shape no.2055 (2)Footnotes:Edward (or Edwin) Salter is best known as a painter at Royal Worcester, but he was also an accomplished gilder. He specialised in landscapes but also excelled at fish and bird subjects. As a gilder, Salter mastered the difficult technique of raised paste decoration, using a thick enamel underlay to give his gilding a three-dimensional texture. In addition, he applied delicate enamelling on top of the textured gold. A vase signed by E Salter with bird decoration in tooled gold, made in 1898 and closely related to the present ewers, was sold by Bonhams in Edinburgh 7/8 July 2010, lot 587. The same technique was used on a masterpiece by George Owen and Edward Salter sold by Bonhams on 12 November 2014, lot 138.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' plates by Richard Sebright, circa 1934Their centres finely painted with ripe fruit and blossom on a mossy ground, the smaller example dated 1934, with a shaped rim, the green border heightened with gilding, 22.4cm diam, puce printed mark, inscribed 'specially painted for Mr J Bolton May 1935', the larger with a black border heighted with elaborate gilding, signed 'R SEBRIGHT', 26.5cm diam, gold printed mark (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Royal Worcester plate by Harry Davis, dated 1935 and two plates by James Stinton, dated 1903 and 1911Fully painted with a titled view of 'Rock Garden, Sandringham', irises growing by a pond under the shade of nearby trees, signed 'H DAVIS', 27.5cm diam, the two smaller plates painted with pheasants, signed 'Jas Stinton', with a gilt border 23.2cm diam, and a moulded deep blue border, heightened with gold, 21.8cm diam, puce and green printed marks (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Four Royal Worcester vases, dated 1906-38Painted with sprays of Hadley-style pink and yellow roses and richly gilded, one with a pierced neck and cover with pointed finial, another of boat shape with high twin-handles, signed by Reginald Austin, and two slender beaker vases, one with roses by Milicent Hunt, the other with blackberries by Kitty Blake, both signed, the tallest 19cm high, green and puce printed marks (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five Royal Worcester 'Painted Fruit' plates, circa 1929-60Fully painted with autumnal fruits upon mossy grounds, two large plates with gilt gadrooned rims, by John Freeman and John Smith, 27.2cm diam, three smaller plates by J Cook, John Freeman and Hilda Everett, all signed, 15.4cm-20.2cm diam, puce and black printed marks (5)Footnotes:For most of the twentieth century Royal Worcester regarded fruit painting as senior work, and therefore pieces awaiting decoration were only handed to the men painters. Hilda Everett was only called upon to paint fruit when the department was overrun with orders, and even then, she was supposed to sign with a pseudonym. This plate, signed with her own name, shows how she was just as capable as any of her male counterparts.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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