Turquoise Native American Cuff Bracelet, 1960s
Price: £100Victorian Whitby Jet mourning necklace with portrait plaque
Price: £125West German Ceramic Vase, Marei, 1970s
Price: £45While not stamped with a maker's mark, vases of this type are attributed to the West German Ceramics factory Marei which produced pieces from 1949 to 2016. Marei was the commonly used abbreviation for the firm's name which was Majolikafabrik Rheinbach Jean Fuss and Sohn. The pieces are distinguished by the use of a reddish clay but this was sometimes more brown or dark brown depending on the suppliers used. Marks are usually impressed into the base although these are often just pattern numbers, as here. Many pieces are unmarked and some are stamped 'MADE IN GERMANY' or 'W.GERMANY'. The pattern number here is '7104'and is found on similar pieces with the same shape but different decoration. This vase was probably made in the 1970s and is typical of the striking designs the firm produced.
Charming Dog motif Earrings c1930
Price: £25Japanese Fukagawa Imari Bowl, signed, circa 1880
Price: £380The Fukagawa kilns produced the best quality Imari items made in Japan in the late nineteenth century for export to the West. Their history starts with Ezaiemon Fukagawa who in 1856 became head of his family's porcelain business and in 1875 founded Koransha (The Company of the Scented Orchid) in Arita, Japan, to produce tableware for export. In 1894 the modern Fukagawa company was founded by Chuji Fukagawa, with the Fukagawa trade mark of Mount Fuji and a stream, as its trade mark. Dating here is within the Meiji period (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880. This conforms with the script mark used as opposed to the later symbol design.
Long strand of Chinese cloisonne beads c1950
Price: £60Spanish red tooled leather Gentlemans trinket dish with coat of arms
Price: £20Art Nouveau comb with coral fish and pearls
Price: £45Victorian Scottish agate brooch
Price: £65Rare Neiger Brothers Egyptian Revival Uranium glass sautoir necklace 1930s
Price: £75East German Ceramic Vase, VEB Haldensleben, 1950s
Price: £35The factory mark, a shallow dish superimposed over the letter 'H' inside a circle, is that of the East German pottery VEB Haldensleben. VEB stands for 'Volkseigener Betrieb', meaning a people-owned enterprise and used in relationship to the state owned workplaces in the GDR. Haldensleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and a ceramics factory was created there in 1945 with the nationalization of the Carstens Uffrecht plant that followed the division of Germany at the end of WWII. Halsdenleben focused primarily on the manufacture of vases. Its output tended to be of superior quality and employed more restrained glazes than those used by its West German counterparts. Upon the reunifucation of Germany in 1990, the factory was returned to its original owners, the Carstens family. The pattern number here is found on other pieces with the same shape but the abstract decoration used is quite individual and evocative of 1950s and early 1960s designs.
Art Deco paste collar necklace by Schreiber & Hiller c1930
Price: £125Art Deco Style Ceramic Jug with Floral Handle, probably 1930s
Price: £35Indian Carved Wood Tobacco Jar with Jungle Scene, mid C20th
Estimate: £20 – 30Massive Grotto style belt buckle c1980
Price: £25Incredible long jade necklace with large carnelian pendant
Price: £135Stunning Egyptian Revival filigree cuff bracelet 1930s
Price: £95Striking amber modernist brooch c1970
Price: £35Fine Quality engraved French Glass Dish with naturalistic Ormolu Mounts, early C20th
Price: £25Fun lot of two Indian silver elephant brooches c1930
Price: £45A set of three Millefiori Glass Paperweights, possibly Italian Murano, late C20th
Price: £75This set is sold with matching contemporary illuminated stands which enhance the decorative effect considerably and provide a modest light display installation for the home (see illustrations 5 and 6).
Taxco grape motif necklace, c1980
Price: £250Chinese Soapstone Brush Washer with flowering lotus, early C20th
Price: £75A Chinese soapstone brush washer unusually modelled as a rounded triangular shallow basin in the form of a lotus leaf, footed and with a sprig of flowering lotus growing upwards from it with a vase behind in the form of lotus leaves. The skill of the carver is self evident and the design has been very carefully conceived, artistically employing the varied detail of the natural stone from which the piece was made. Soapstone was first used by the Chinese over three thousand years ago but began its popularity in the Ming dynasty (1368 -1644) with the height of production during the ensuing Qing dynasty (1644 – 1911) when a stone mined in the Shoushan village in northern Fujian was most commonly used. Shoushan soapstone is noted for its smooth texture, bright colours and fine grain and a wide variety of objects were carved from it. This piece is an excellent example of the genre and has survived in pristine condition to become a scholar’s object from the past which can be enjoyed and appreciated today. Production of soapstone carvings continued into the twentieth century and this is probably what we have here but almost certainly from the early years of the period.
Heavy silver curb collar necklace, Mexico 1970s
Price: £125Set of 5 matching 18ct gold sewing tools in fitted case, August Boileau, French c.1850
Estimate: £100 – 200Stunning Art Deco onyx and rock crystal necklace
Price: £250Vintage hand carved Fossil Stone Trinket Box and Cover, C20th
Price: £25Art Nouveau Fairy earrings c1930
Price: £25A green glass paperweight, Tweedsmuir Glass, Chris Dodds, late C20th
Price: £25It is sold with a matching contemporary illuminated stand which enhance the decorative effect considerably and provides a modest light display installation for the home (see image 6).
Pair of Art Nouveau Style Ceramic Vases decorated in the Japonisme Style, 1930s
Price: £25While Art Nouveau in form and decoration (Japanese inspired designs were very much a feature of the style), these vases probably date to the 1930s when Staffordshire potteries were producing affordable items for interior decoration in a range of imitation styles. There are no direct parallels for the mark on these vases but the type of ware here is very similar to pieces made by the 'Brentleigh' factory, Stoke on Trent, in the 1930s and a similar date and area of manufacture is the most likely.
Statement necklace in the manner of Lalaounis c1990
Price: £751940s Dutch coin braclet
Price: £35Stunning Italian vintage clutch bag, 1950s
Price: £35Set of 6 small Art Deco style plates by C.T. Altwasser, Silesia, 1920s/1930s
Price: £75
Two Vintage Japanese Kokeshi Doll Groups, C20th
Price: £25Egyptian Revival statement necklace c1920
Price: £85Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Globe depicting tigers, Modern
Price: £45Art Deco leather bag, 1930s
Price: £125A gilt metal and onyx figure of a Cherub holding a Globe 1960s
Price: £45Intricate Czech glass necklace 1930s
Price: £65Massive banded carnelian cuff bracelet
Price: £450Mottled blue Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane
Price: £45Beautiful large floral Bakelite buckle
Price: £65Chinese Brass Vase decorated with dragons, circa 1900
Price: £75Art Deco statement necklace with real pearls and paste stones c1920
Price: £100WW1 sweetheart brooch c1915
Price: £251960s Dorothy picnic basket
Price: £35An Art Deco Style Globe with a flying Aeroplane labelled, Government of India Copywright 2008
Price: £25Striking modernist necklace with large butterscotch amber pendant c1970
Price: £50Beautiful sautoir necklace with Whitby jet pendant 1920s
Price: £35Art Deco Scottish agate panel bracelet, 1930s
Price: £95Indian Silver and Enamel pill or trinket Box, early C20th
Estimate: £40 – 60Persian silver bracelet with inset enamel plaques c1930
Price: £85Oriental Style Vase, West German Pottery, late C20th
Price: £45Incredible quality Silver and paste brooch c1950
Price: £45French cockerel brooch 1920s
Price: £75Pair of Modernist Taxco earrings, c1980
Price: £45Opera length strand of beautiful moss agate beads 1960s
Price: £65A Mughal style Gouache Painting depicting a Dignitary and Attendants, C20th
Estimate: £40 – 60Classic black crocodile handbag 1940s
Price: £75Lot of two Indian garnet bead necklaces c1930
Price: £35Art Deco Galalith Necklace and Pendant with Coral Red plaques, 1930s
Price: £75Galalith is a a synthetic plastic made out of the interaction of casein and formaldehyde and was introduced to the fashion world by Coco Chanel in 1926. The commercial name is derived from the Ancient Greek words 'gala' (milk) and 'lithos' (stone).
Gouache Painting of a Court Figure Scene, Indian or Persian, C20th
Estimate: £40 – 60Chinese cloisonne bangle with raised enamel decoration circa 1900
Price: £35Japanese Bamboo Carved Walking Stick, signed, circa 1900
Price: £150Outstanding Edwardian necklace, inscribed and dated 1910
Price: £250A Chinese Carved Wood Figure of Budai, signed, nineteenth century
Price: £75Show stopping suite of necklace and earrings c1960
Price: £85Red paste floral earrings and necklace suite c1960
Price: £45Silver Brooch in the form of a Butterfly, Taxco 1940s
Price: £65Taxco clamper bracelet, attr. to Justo or Jorge Castillo, 1940s
Price: £450Justo and Jorge Castillo come from the Los Castillo workshop. Los Castillo was an influential and ongoing design and manufacturing enterprise established in 1939 by Antonio Castillo and his brothers Justo and Jorge and their cousin Salvador Teran. Los Castillo is known for sterling jewellery and fine pieces in "married metals" combining various metals such as silver, copper and brass. Castillo who arrived in Taxco in 1923, began his long career working for William Spratling at Taller de las Delicias. He married Margot van Voorhies prior to opening Taller Los Castillo bu they were later divorced in 1946. (see The Little Book of Mexican Silver Trade and Hallmarks, 2013)
Japanese silver souvenir brooch c1950
Price: £18Small Chinese Bronze Vase of Ku Form with Elephant Head Handles, Qing Dynasty circa 1800
Price: £75Unusual Chinese Bowl decorated in the Japanese Kutani Style, early 20th Century
Price: £45African rosewood sculpture of a seated musician c. 1960
Price: £75Persian Painting on Silk depicting Courtiers in a Palace Scene, C19th/C20th
Estimate: £60 – 80Silver rose ring, 20th century
Price: £35Ring Tail Lizard Skin Minaudiere with a strap handle marked JD, 1930s
Price: £95This example opens out on one side (the clasp is rather stiff) to reveal a mirror and two lidded powder compacts (complete with the guaze liners) and a holder for a comb (now missing) and on the other where there is a cigarette holder and a compartment presumably for matches. On the lid of this is a pouch doubtless intended as a purse. At the end is a pull out lipstick holder with a small strap and the piece hangs from a strap handle marked with the initials JD.
The piece is in remarkable condition for its age and recalls an era of elegance which a contemporary user might emulate on some special occasion.
Art Deco chalcedony brooch or pendant
Price: £65Japanese Gouache Painting of Flowering Lotus, signed and framed, C20th
Price: £45Massive Victorian Carnelian Cameo Shell
Price: £55Victorian leather bound photo album made by Mechi and Bazin c.1870
Price: £110Beautiful small daguerreotype in a frame c. 1850
Price: £25A very finely carved white pendent on traditional silk cord, Modern
Price: £25Suite of Art Deco banded carnelian necklace and earrings c1920
Price: £95Two Decorative Vintage Fans, 1950s
Price: £10PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS FREE UK SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM. For international buyers the shipping cost will be reduced by the UK shipping cost, so don't worry if you are outside the UK, you still receive this benefit!
Art Deco Scottish moss agate ring
Price: £35Two brooches - Jerusalem Mother of Pearl and Egyptian Silver, 1950s
Price: £15PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE IS FREE UK SHIPPING ON THIS ITEM. For international buyers the shipping cost will be reduced by the UK shipping cost, so don't worry if you are outside the UK, you still receive this benefit!
Two Sets of Serving Cutlery made by Haddad Jezzin Cutlery, Beirut, Lebanon 1960s
Price: £45A Mughal Style Gouache Painting on Silk depicting Polo scene, C20th
Estimate: £15 – 20Two Albums of Travel Photographs ‘Album Artistique Paris’ and ‘Roma 132 Tavole’ 1930s
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Estruscan style necklace in the manner of Lalaounis c1990
Price: £75West German Bay Keramik Pitcher with stylised floral designs, late C20th
Price: £45Founded by Eduard Bay in the 1930s and based in Ransbach Baumbach in the heart of the main West German pottery producing region, Bay Keramik grew to be one of the most prolific producers of ceramics in the ‘West German’ style and continued production into the 1990s. This piece retains its original paper label and the format of this allows dating to the 1970s/1980s. The jug has almost a slightly rustic feel and recalls much earlier German ceramic items. The numbers on the base indicate the form number but it has not been possible to identify this.