Decorative Arts

Victorian 5 piece silver chatelaine, London 1890

Price: £950

This is a very rare 5 piece silver chatelaine comprising a thimble holder, tape and needle case all suspended from three interlinked plaques decorated with repousse work depicting allegorical scenes and images: a man and a mermaid, a figure holding a sickle and a bunch of grapes and two portrait heads.

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English dripware pottery covered biscuit jar, 1930s

Price: £20

This is an unusual pottery biscuit jar, with metal mount, handle and cover, marked on the bottom S Made in England S. This might indicate Staffordshire as the region

Shelley dripware pottery berry bowl with underplate 1940s

Price: £80

This is a very unusual set of a footed bowl that has small holes to drain the water off of the fresh berries with underplate

Art Deco Shelley Harmony Drip ware Vase

Price: £100

This is a Shelley vase, Harmony drip ware pattern that was very popular in the 1930s

Battersea enamel thimble with a metal border at the rim, 18th century

Price: £250

This is a very rare 18th century Battersea enamel thimble, the white enamel decorated with two polychrome floral sprays above a repeating stylised floral border in iron red, the rim with a metal band.

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18ct gold engraved needle/bodkin case, French with a mark for Nicolas Baptiste de Laurlay 1781

Price: £1400

This is a very beautiful needle or bodkin case engraved in the guilloche or engine turned technique with a very fine repeating geometric design. It bears a mark for Nicolas Baptistede Laurlay 1781

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Herman Kähler, HAK, Large Vase in Glazed Stoneware

Price: £75

This a large stoneware vase by Herman Kähler, the Kähler ceramic factory which was located in Naestved, Denmark. Signed HAK on bottom with number 22-118

Rare Ditmar Urbach Art Deco Pitcher, Czech 1930s

Price: £75

This is very rare double sided pitcher by Ditmar Urbach, with Art Deco zig zag design in orange, yellow, purple and blue

Pair Austrian Secessionist Style Vases 1930s

Price: £100

This is a pair of unusual vases in the Secessionist style which very closely related to Vienna Art Nouveau, yellow ground with grey mottling and floral decoration, with full marks

Pair of Art Deco figural bookends

Price: £100

This is a wonderful pair of ceramic bookends with kneeling Art Deco figures, British, 1920s

Clarice Cliff Celtic Harvest centrepiece bowl

Price: £75

This is a beautiful display bowl by Clarice Cliff in the well known Celtic Harvest pattern, with wheat sheaths and fruit on a raffia style background, with metal rim

Flash Lustre Glaze Futurist Cruet Set 1960s

Price: £20

This is a wonderful cruet set with salt and pepper and a condiment dish with spoon. Marked with a Crown V mark.

Silver mounted walnut shell etui with miniature sewing tools c. 1850

Price: £680

This is a wonderful etui comprising a silver mounted walnut shell and fitted interior that holds a thimble, stiletto, bodkin and earspoon

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Scent bottle in red and gold cut glass with silver gilt top, English c.1870

Price: £250

This is a very unusual scent bottle in a very fine cut glass design in red and gold, with a stopper and silver gilt top, English c. 1879

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Daum pate de verre bowl, Gingko

Price: £1000

This is a beautiful large bowl in pate de verre glass formed as leaves or petals. The design is Gingko. Comes in original fitted box. Model 03570 Coupe Grand Modele

Italian onyx decorative urn and egg on stand

Price: £40

This is a wonderful set of two table decorations a large onyx egg and urn in the most beautiful polished agate stone

Italian decorative duck marble and alabaster

Price: £30

This is a beautiful decorative duck made from highly polished green and brown marble joined with fine alabaster, eyes are also stonef

Victorian Albert watch chain with fob and cross

Price: £50

This is a very unusual Albert watch chain with an oval fob featuring a round medallion with a cross on one side and engraving on the other, tortoise and bone,

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Victorian shell and silver purse

Price: £25

This is a lovely small purse comprising shell sides mounted in silver, with fitted red interior.

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Edwardian Silver Albert watch chain with fob etc

Price: £60

This is a great lot of gentleman's items with a watch chain, snuff box, fob and mechanical pencil.

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Silver mounted walnut shell etui with two miniature scent bottles and funnel c. 1850

Price: £680

This is an incredible etui comprising a silver mounted walnut shell, the fitted case containing two miniature scent bottles and a funnel, with silver mounts and hinges.

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Palais Royal silver gilt and glass scent bottle with hand-painted scenes of Paris c.1800

Price: £550

This is a beautiful Palais Royal small scent bottle with eglomise paintings depicting scenes of Paris on the four sides and the top. The bottom is a large carnelian stone. It is mounted with a chain to hang from a chatelaine.

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Chinese Art Deco carved boxwood frame 1920s

Price: £50

This is a wonderful Chinese frame that has been carved with symbols and dragons, boxwood

Pair of Japanese Imari Plates, Meiji Period circa 1880

Price: £120

Pair of fine quality Japanese Imari Plates, Meiji Period (1868-1912) circa 1880, decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gold with a typical fabric derived 'brocade' style design, the central three leaf clover shape roundel surrounded by three shaped panels with fans all on a ground of stylised scrolling foliage, the reverses plain with two concentric circles in underglaze blue next to the foot rim. The form of these plates is unusual, copying the standard design of a Chinese eighteenth century dinner plate.

10 Chromolithographs from Illustrated London News publication celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1897

Price: £85

This is a rare hand finished chromolithograph print taken from a publication that celebrated Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897. The design and vivid colours harken back to the Victorian era.

Print 1: This print depicts the weddings of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and on the bottom depicts the marriage of Mary of Teck to the then Duke of York. The portraits surrounding these images are of the two brides and other royal family members. (numbered Plate 17)

Print 2: This print depicts the development in the modes of transportation during her reign. Clipper ship to steamer, carriage to train, walking and carriages to bicycles and automobiles. The portraits will be the inventors and visionaries of these developments. (numbered Plate XI)

Print 3: This print depicts the House of Commons with Prime Minister Salisbury and the House of Lords. The surrounding portraits are politicians of the day. The bottom centre is of Gladstone. (numbered Plate A)

Print 4: This print depicts the development of the Royal Navy during her reign. it starts with tall mast sailing ships (1836 fleet) and proceeds to steam ships (1853 fleet) and then finally to the most modern ships and even submarines (1897 fleet). The portraits are a bit random - but probably are naval officers and Royal family members. (numbered Plate IX)

Print 5: This print depicts three important battles during her reign. The portraits depict military officers and other influencers during these wars. (numbered Plate VIII)The portraits depict military officers and other influencers during these wars. (numbered Plate VIII)

Print 6: This print depicts the christenings of Victoria's first two children, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. The large portrait on the upper left is the Arch Bishop of Canterbury. (numbered Plate V)

Print 7: This print depicts the Queen's marriage to Prince Albert and the image below is a well known family portrait. The portraits are members of the Royal Family such as parents and possibly siblings. (numbered Plate IV)

Print 8: This print depicts Victoria's accession council, the opening of parliament and a royal procession. The portraits are very difficult to pinpoint but they would be politicians and influencers of the day. (numbered Plate III)

Print 9: This print depicts Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838. The top image is the ceremony followed by the procession with Buckingham Palace in the background. The portraits depict monarchs that came before here. Edward the IV is the large central top portrait. (numbered Plate II)

Print 10: This print depicts a later family portrait and three of her residences, Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne. The larger portraits are Edward Prince of Wales, George Duke of York and probably Prince Edward Albert.