Set of ring and earrings with obsidian mask motif, Mexico, 1950s
Price: £45French Art Deco Clutch bag with faux jade insert
Price: £65Japanese Blue and White Porcelain Bowl decorated with hydrangea, early C20th
Price: £25Hydrangeas flourish in Japan and also carry a hidden meaning of apology and gratitude based on a mythical story of an Emperor, who angered a woman he loved by neglecting her, and gave her in recompense a bunch of blue hydrangeas as a symbol of his deep emotion and gratitude. Used here as a decorative motif, the painting of the flowers is skilful and elegantly combined with the plainer exterior. The paste of the foot rim suggests an early C20th dating, perhaps to the late Taisho era (1912-1926).
Art Deco style Amber Glass Rocket Vase, probably Czech Rosice 1930s
Price: £30Incredible long jade necklace with large carnelian pendant
Price: £135Art Nouveau comb with coral fish and pearls
Price: £45Pair of shield or arrowhead shaped amber and silver earrings
Price: £20Victorian Scottish Agate and paste citrine brooch mounted as a necklace c1900
Price: £125Pair of Alhambrian Ware English Majolica Vases with raised decoration circa 1880
Price: £30Collection Parfums Lalique miniature set in display box 1990s
Price: £25Outstanding swirl Bakelite necklace with faux cameo, 1920s
Price: £45Pair of Dorset Fossil limestone goblets in presentation box
Price: £35Art Deco onyx chess set with board and fitted box
Price: £95Tigers Eye long necklace 1970s
Price: £25Art Deco Long Mille Fiore bead necklace
Price: £65Long Murano Glass Necklace 1970s
Price: £15Jean Paul Gaultier Mini Fragrance Set, Le Duo Miniatures Saint Valentin 1990s
Price: £25Constructed necklace with jade, egg yolk amber and cherry amber
Price: £250Art Deco Scottish agate necklace
Price: £125Heavy silver curb collar necklace, Mexico 1970s
Price: £125Egyptian Revival suite of necklace and earrings, 20th century
Price: £65Operculum shell demi parure
Price: £35An operculum is a calcareous structure created by many sea snails that serves as a little “trapdoor” to safely close them inside their shell. When, say, the tide goes out, stranding a sea snail too far from the water, the gastropod can draw itself deep into its shell and pull the operculum closed behind it.
Jade roundel bead necklace
Price: £15A very finely carved white pendent on traditional silk cord, Modern
Price: £25Pair of Chinese Paintings on Silk, framed, 1960s
Price: £45Art Deco Czech glass necklace with enamel and glass stones, 1930s
Price: £45French cockerel brooch 1920s
Price: £75An Art Deco Style Globe with a flying Aeroplane labelled, Government of India Copywright 2008
Price: £25A gilt metal and onyx figure of a Cherub holding a Globe 1960s
Price: £45Art Deco Style Bagley Glass Vase with fin type handles 1930s
Price: £35Large tooled leather bag with Moroccan Designs 1970s
Price: £85Vintage Cobalt Blue Glass Perfume Bottle and Stopper, 1930s
Price: £15
Classic black crocodile handbag 1940s
Price: £75Japanese Arita Dish circa 1880
Price: £45The town of Arita in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island was a major cente for the production of porcelains in Japan. Best known for blue and white pieces it also produced polychrome wares as well, including the familiar imari colourings. While similar to Imari, the wider palette of colours used here is usually termed ‘Arita’ and the decorative appeal of the style is clear. This plate probably comes from an original set of five and its quality is much above average. Dating is to the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880.
Scottish silver ring inset with a Chalcedony stone, 1950s
Price: £45Italian silver Cuff Bangle with chainmail decoration, modern
Price: £30Chinese Silver Bangle with Dragon Heads, C20th
Price: £45Balinese Silver Bangle with Elephant Heads, 1980s
Price: £45Golden Amber Webb Glass Vase, marked, 1950s
Price: £45Thomas Webb began his glass career in 1829, when he became a partner in the Wordsley Glassworks. Various career changes followed and in 1859 he was joined by his sons Thomas Wilkes Webb and Charles Webb and began trading as Thomas Webb & Sons based in Stourbridge. The firm was run by various family members until mergers started to occur in the early twentieth century and Sven Fogelberg, previously from Swedish glassworks Kosta, became manager in 1932. Production continued with more mergers in the 1960s and 1970s until the firm closed in 1990. This vase was made by Thomas Webb during the 1950s as part of their 'Gay Glass' range in a design called 'Old English Bull's Eye' and has the typical 'Webb England' mark to the base.
Two Decorative Vintage Fans, 1950s
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Fine Quality engraved French Glass Dish with naturalistic Ormolu Mounts, early C20th
Price: £25Victorian etched glass pendant necklace c1900
Price: £25Art Deco Chinese Export silver Buckle later converted to a Necklace
Price: £125Victorian Indian paste pendant
Price: £55Pair of Victorian marcasite and silver earrings
Price: £25Heavy brass and enamel collar necklace in the manner of Albert Gustav Bunge (1893 - 1967)
Price: £35Chinese Bone Netsuke carving of a Sage, early C20th
Price: £45West German Jasba Ceramic Vase with loop handles, 1960s
Price: £10The West German ceramics produced after the second world war are characterised by their distinctive and colourful designs. The Jasba factory was founded in 1926 by Jakob Schwaderlapp in Ransbach-Baumbach. The name is derived from his name and the town his factory was located. Production of decorative ceramics ceased in 1975 and the firm concentrated on industrial items and tiles which they still make today. This vase probably dates to the 1960s and the form and glaze effects are quite striking.
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Pair of Japanese Arita Shallow Bowls circa 1880
Price: £75The town of Arita in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island was a major cente for the production of porcelains in Japan. Best known for blue and white pieces it also produced polychrome wares as well, including the familiar imari colourings. While similar to Imari, the wider palette of colours used here is usually termed ‘Arita’ and the decorative appeal of the style is clear. These bowls probably come from an original set of five and their quality is much above average. Dating is to the Meiji era (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880.
Islamic silver choker necklace 1920s
Price: £120Large brass portrait bust of Ramses II
Price: £25Spanish red tooled leather Gentlemans trinket dish with coat of arms
Price: £20Chinese cloisonne bangle with raised enamel decoration circa 1900
Price: £35Chinese Sancai Glaze Model of a Horse in the Tang Dynasty Style, 20th Century
Price: £40Chinese Bone Netsuke carving of a man holding a musical instrument, early C20th
Price: £25Large graduated necklace of nut carving beads, 1930s
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Japanese Gouache Painting of Flowering Lotus, signed and framed, C20th
Price: £45Matching Trio of a Bakelite plaque and a pair of Salts, Italian Fontanini, mid C20th
Price: £25Victorian Grand Tour Wedding Cake glass necklace
Price: £125Art Deco Scottish moss agate ring
Price: £35Art Deco chalcedony brooch or pendant
Price: £65Victorian Glass buckle circa 1900
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Chinese Framed Ceramic Plaque depicting Peony, C20th
Price: £150Persian Painting on Silk depicting Courtiers in a Palace Scene, C19th/C20th
Estimate: £60 – 80Chinese 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.
A 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).
1960s Dorothy picnic basket
Price: £35Art Deco leather bag, 1930s
Price: £125Pair 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.
Three Chinese Canton Enamel Dishes, Nineteenth Century
Price: £45Silver Cricket Box, Islamic probably Persian, early C20th
Price: £110Very finely carved soapstone pendant necklace
Price: £175Chinese Verre Églomisé Snuff Bottle with landscape scenes, fitted box, C20th
Price: £35A 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).
Modern twist on classic gate link bracelet
Price: £25Stunning opera length string of rock crystal beads
Price: £35Art Deco glass bead necklace
Price: £20Unusual 1950s puka shell and coral necklace
Price: £20Obsidian Mayan Statuette inlaid with semi precious stones, C20th
Price: £35Massive Egyptian Revival long necklace c1930
Price: £195Japanese Arita Blue and White Bowl, first half C20th
Price: £25This ‘swirling’ pattern is sometimes found on late nineteenth century polychrome plaques. Dating here is probably later, perhaps to around 1920, in the middle of the Taisho period (1912 – 1926), but care has been taken with this piece and the mark, which unfortunately cannot be deciphered, no doubt denotes the studio which created it.
Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Globe depicting tigers, Modern
Price: £45Chinese Silk Embroidered Textile depicting Sages and Boys in a Garden Scene, framed, Twentieth Century
Price: £45The panel is framed by a broad band of dark beige coloured fabric with a repeating diaper design, typical of early twentieth century work. The stitching is bold rather than subtle which again conforms to the period, but the overall effect is both amusing and decorative. The European frame may well be contemporary.
Pair of Taxco Mexican silver earrings, c1980
Price: £75American Art Deco silver and marcasite brooch
Price: £35Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Bangle, probably Nineteenth Century
Price: £45Jade is usually divided into two types, nephrite jade and jadeite jade. The latter is heavier and slightly harder, making it more difficult to scratch. The weight of this piece suggests that we do have jadeite here. The stone was selected for carving on the basis of its attractive appearance and the finish, which bears no trace of machine tooled manufacture, suggests a pre twentieth century dating, but certainty in these matters is notoriously difficult
The size of this piece is unusually large, suggesting that it would have been intended for a male wearer. This too suggests an earlier rather than later time of manufacture. The stone is exceptionally pleasant to the hand and would have been an elegant accompaniment to any wardrobe.
A Pair of Royal Doulton Ewers, marked, early C20th
Price: £120Suite of Art Deco banded carnelian necklace and earrings c1920
Price: £95Small Chinese Gilt Ground Cloisonné Bowl, C20th
Price: £35Indian Carved Wood Tobacco Jar with Jungle Scene, mid C20th
Estimate: £20 – 30Fairing Figurine - The last in bed to put out the light, German, late Nineteenth Century
Price: £25The various figures were made in white glazed porcelain with coloured decoration. The compositions were sculptural and often accompanied by an inscription, as here. Many models are known. Two typical examples are 'Returning from the Ball' and 'Twelve Months after Marriage' but the most common example is represented here 'The last in bed to put out the light'. A couple are seen climbing into a covered bed at the foot of which stands a candle in a holder. These candles are usually broken off, most likely because of simple damage over the years but it has been suggested that this was done deliberately for good luck.
Some of the fairing figurines are marked, as here. The impressed number '2851' comes from the first series of figures produced by the Conta factory with numbers ranging from 2850 to 2899. The earlier examples do not have the shield mark found on most of the pieces which indicates an earlier dating here, more towards the middle of the nineteenth century.
Fairings have been collectors' items for many years now and still hold a naif charm which makes them appealing display items, with a history of their own.
A matched Pair of Indian Brass and Enamel Candlesticks, early 20th century
Price: £45These snake form candlesticks were a popular form with the Indian manufacturers of decorative metal items for export in during the 1920s and 1930s. The design is striking and their appeal is obvious. The form was also produced as plain brass but the combination here of gilt metal and red enamel is far more attractive.
A matched Pair of Indian Brass and Enamel Candlesticks, early 20th century
Estimate: £20 – 30Tunbridge Ware Brush or Pen Box circa 1900
Price: £25Tunbridge Ware is named after its place of manufacture which was Tunbridge Wells in Kent, although similar pieces were made in the neighbouring town of Tonbridge. The decoration typically consists of a mosaic of many very small pieces of different coloured woods. All the pieces were made from natural wood and about forty different varieties were used; even the green colour seen here is from natural wood being "green oak" which is produced by the action of fungus on fallen oak. It was produced in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries but the most famous makers worked between 1830 and 1900. A wide range of articles were produced, many of which were bought as souvenirs by visitors to Tunbridge Wells, and the shapes included cribbage boards, writing slopes and boxes of various forms. This piece was most likely intended to contain brushes or pens and might have accompanied a writing box in the same style Dating is most likely towards the end of the ninetenth century after which production gradually ceased as the craftsmen became scarce and fashions changed.