
Mug Commemorating the Coronation of Edward VIII in 1937
Price: £25
Deaking & Francis silver bangle, Birmingham 1955
Price: £125
Art Deco Scottish shield brooch
Price: £20
Art Deco Scottish shield brooch
Price: £35
Large Islamic silver necklace with heart shaped box c1920
Price: £85
Danish silver brooch, Niels Erik From, marked, c1960
Price: £55
Oriental Silver Metal Box decorated Dragons and Chrysanthemum, C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Straw Thread Picture on Silk, framed in original box, late C20th
Price: £45
Balinese Silver Bangle with Elephant Heads, 1980s
Price: £45
Pair of Alhambrian Ware English Majolica Vases with raised decoration circa 1880
Price: £30
Stunning Amber and Islamic silver necklace
Price: £45
Necklace with soapstone pendant and amber beads
Price: £65
Two Chinese folding Fan Leaves with landscape scenes, now mounted, C20th
Price: £25
Blue and Green Ice Glass Square Bowl, possibly Pukeberg, late C20th
Price: £45
Pair of Lovatt and Lovatt Langley Mill Vases, early C20th
Price: £110The Langley Mill Pottery was located in Langley Mill, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire – Nottinghamshire border. From its establishment in 1865 to its final closure in 1982, it went through five distinct periods of ownership, producing a wide range of stoneware ranging from utilitarian items and to high quality art pottery. This pair of vases dates from the third company that traded there, Lovatt and Lovatt. The Lovatt family had entered into partnership with the owner of the founding business at Langley Mill, James Calvert. From 1895 the business was in sole control of the Lovatt family and traded as ‘Lovatt and Lovatt’ until 1935. The early years of the twentieth century proved to be something of a zenith for them and a wide range of art pottery pieces were made which enjoyed great popularity. Production techniques were streamlined without a reduction in quality and in 1905, leadless glazes were introduced. These are proudly announced on the base of this pair of vases which are an excellent example of the Lovatt and Lovatt style and probably date to 1912, indicated by the impressed numbers for that year.

Steiff Hedgehogs : Macki and Mucki, 1950s/1960s
Price: £120…………………………………………………………………………………………........................................................................................…
The firm Steiff was begun by Margarete Steiff in 1880. A seamstress by training Margarete recognised a strong demand for some fabric elephants which she had made and intended for use as pincushions but soon became adopted as toys. Many other animals followed and a felt factory was founded in Giengen, Germany, in 1893 soon to be followed two years later by the first consignment of her wares to Harrods, London. In 1897, Margarete’s nephew Richard joined the firm and went on to design the first plush bear with movable arms and legs for which a substantial order was received of 3000 examples in 1903 from an American buyer who sensed a growing demand for these animals as a result of the US President Theodore ‘Teddy’ Roosevelt being shown in a photograph with a young cub in The Washington Post of the previous year. By 1907 a little under one million of these bears were being produced and turnover went on to increase substantially. Steiff bears can be purchased today and the earlier examples are actively sought after by collectors.
In the 1930s, Steiff began to collaborate with the Walt Disney company and characters from their films were reproduced starting, unsurprisingly, with Mickey Mouse and going on to include some of the most famous creations even up to the present day with ‘Nemo’ and ‘Woody’ from Toy Story being recent and popular additions.
The Hedgehog family, comprising Mecki and Micki with their children Macki and Mucki first appeared in 1951 and continued in production until the 1990s. These four characters are often found, sometimes with the characteristic round Steiff tag bearing their name and with the wording ‘Steiff–Original–Marke’ with an arrow pointing to a teddy bear’s head, but other hedgehog models which can be regarded as ‘cousins’ were made for a brief period in the 1960s. The nuclear family, though, comprised these four and they are sometimes illustrated together on postcards. Some of the round tags have additional wording ‘nach Diehl Film’ (‘from/after the film [maker] Diehl’) which refers to a German film company set up by three brothers Ferdinand, Hermann and Paul Diehl in 1937. They specialised in the ‘stop motion’ technique which involves the minute movement of model figures which, when photographed and with the images displayed in quick succession, allows the illusion of movement, now familiar today in the films featuring Wallace and Gromit.
Mecki and his family were popular characters in some of the films the Diehl brothers made and first made their appearance in 1949 designed as mascots for a German periodical called ‘Hor Zu’ which began publication in 1946 and covered radio and television news. Some of the tags attached to members of the family allude to this and Macki’s here reads at the back ‘Redaktionsigel von Hor Zu’ (‘the hedgehog editor of Hor Zu’). This explains the blue stain on Mucki’s skirt which is clearly meant to represent ink. Other members of the family also display marks on their clothes as a sign of being hard at work. Sensing the popularity of these characters, Stieff negotiated an exclusive right to produce dolls of them in 1951 and the hedgehogs became a staple of their output. The Diehls’ last film was made in 1970 and the hedgehogs featured in more than one over the years, becoming much loved characters in Germany during the 1950s and 1960s.
The techniques of production of the figures varied over time as did the attached labels. The earliest were made from 60% wool and 40% cotton with the faces formed from rubber like latex over a straw filling. Such example of these as survive are in rather poor condition. The very latest versions, made from 1968 to 1990 have a different form of chest name tag and a different ‘button’ label. (From the earliest times, Steiff toys had a yellow rectangular label listing the materials used and the country of origin and sometimes the price, attached by a small button marked ‘Steiff’. Unfortunately, these are missing here but the chest tags are intact and in good condition which does not always occur.) Dating of these two examples is therefore midway and probably to the late 1950s or early 1960s and they survive in near pristine condition making them an excellent addition to a collection of Steiff soft toys and a fine memento of almost iconic companions to so many children in post war Germany.

VE Day, 50th Anniversary Commemorative Mug, 1995
Price: £10
Townshend & Co : Butler’s Crumb Tray and Matching Brush, Birmingham c1900
Price: £75
Pair of Japanese Prints, C20th
Price: £25PLEASE 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!

Turquoise Native American Cuff Bracelet, 1960s
Price: £95
Vintage Leather Map Case, probably 1940s
Price: £45
Doulton Lambeth Stoneware Jug circa 1900
Price: £45
Desktop Model of a Typhoon Bomber Plane, Modern
Price: £25
Classic Taxco cuff bracelet, c1980
Price: £75
Set of Japanese Plates decorated with Geisha in landscape scenes, late C20th
Price: £40Please note that the stands are for display purposes only.

Graduated set of Three Chinese Blue and White Ginger Jars and Covers, 20th Century
Price: £45Although of relatively recent manufacture, the quality of these pieces continues the Chinese ceramic productions of the late nineteenth century and together they form an attractive decorative ensemble for the contemporary interior.

Antqiue Scottish agate specimen brooch/pendant
Price: £55
Victorian Scottish agate brooch
Price: £65
Vintage floral decorated Sugar Bowl and Cream Jug, probably Bohemian mid C20th
Price: £25
Small Chinese Ginger Jar decorated in Famille Rose enamels, second half C20th
Price: £25The stamped mark to the base reads ‘Zhongguo Jingdezhen Zhi (China Jingdezhen Made)’ with the letter ‘V’ between two lines. In the early 1950s almost all the factories in Jiangxi, the province where the kiln town Jingdezhen is situated, were merged into larger units, each made up of ten to fifteen previously independent factories. From this time factory numbers such as we have here (=V=) came to be used and many pieces are found with a wide variety of letters and numbers indicating the various cooperatives. The quality of the productions varied and it is a reasonable assumption that increasing years witnessed a decline. While other examples of this type of jar exist, some with their original domed covers, this piece is of the very best quality, indeed the work matches earlier pieces in the style very closely, and a dating to the mid 1950s seems quite plausible. It shows that the Chinese potters continued to produce to a high standard when they chose to do so and provides a pleasing memento of the closing era of a tradition of porcelain production stretching back long into the past.

Chinese Blue and White Vase decorated with flowering Prunus circa 1900
Price: £55Flowering prunus or plum blossom is one of the most iconic of the decorative designs used by Chinese potters and first appears in the Kangxi period (1662-1722). Kangxi ginger jars in the pattern were highly prized by Victorian collectors with one example, the legendary ‘Huth’ jar, fetching 5900 guineas, a little over £6000, at auction in 1905, a price equivalent to over a quarter pf a million pounds today. The tree symbolises perseverance and renewal and was usually shown against a pattern of ‘cracked ice, representing the end of Winter and the beginning of Spring. Branches of plum blossom convey the ‘Five Blessings’ : longevity, wealth, health, love of virtue and a peaceful death. The number five was an auspicious number for the Chinese and is reflected in the five petal form of the prunus flower.
Once evolved, the design was continuously repeated by Chinese potters and is even produced today. Many of late nineteenth century pieces display a rather more slapdash interpretation of the pattern as here where the ‘cracked ice’ of the eighteenth century pieces is replaced by the repeated brush strokes of a blue wash ground and the painting of the tree itself is sketchy. The style of decoration and the paste of the foot indicate a circa date to around 1900, but this modest interpretation of centuries old pattern still possesses a charm of its own.

American Art Deco silver and marcasite brooch
Price: £35
Renaissance Revival Brass Desk Set, English c 1900
Price: £55
Vintage Carved wood bust of a Lady, Bali, Indonesia, second half C20th
Price: £75
Art Nouveau Bronze Plaque c.1900
Price: £75
Egyptian Revival filigree cuff bracelet 1930s
Price: £95
Chinese painting on Silk, Storks and Pine, circa 1900
Price: £25
Art Deco paste bracelet by Schreiber & Hiller c1930
Price: £75
Georgian neck brooch c1820
Price: £85
Victorian style copper bracelet with buckle detail 1950s
Price: £20
Small Chinese Cloisonné Dish decorated lotus, C20th
Price: £25
Pewter and brass box and cover in the form of a Mallard Duck, Gatco, Hong Kong, 1960s
Price: £25
Set of 5 matching 18ct gold sewing tools in fitted case, August Boileau, French c.1850
Estimate: £100 – 200
Pair of continental style openwork border Dishes, probably Chinese C20th
Estimate: £10 – 20
Japanese Arita shallow Bowl circa 1880
Price: £55The town of Arita in the former Hizen Province, northwestern Kyūshū island, was a major centre 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 this bowl employs not only the colourings but also many of the decorative elements found in these wares. The angular form, though, is unusual. Dating is to the Meiji era (1868-1912) probably around 1880.

Lithograph Print, Le Pont Alexandre III in Paris, signed Herbelot, 1950s/1960s
Estimate: £30 – 40
Set of Four Japanese Ceramic Beakers decorated Geisha, late C20th
Price: £40
Victorian set of matched Scottish agate beads c. 1880
Price: £450
Cup Commemorating the Silver Jubilee of King George V and Queen Mary in 1935
Price: £55The Paragon China Company, formerly the Star China Company (see Lot XX), produced high quality gift items from 1920 to 1971, at first independently and then in alliance with other companies, finally being absorbed by Royal Doulton in 1972 who kept the ‘Paragon’ name until 1991. Commemorative wares were a speciality and this cup is a fine example.

Abalone and silver modernist design Necklace, modern
Price: £60
Set of 6 small Art Deco style plates by C.T. Altwasser, Silesia, 1920s/1930s
Price: £75

Japanese Imari Bottle Vase, circa 1900
Price: £30
Chinese Fan, painting on silk, 1960s
Price: £15
Chinese Celadon Glaze Bottle Vase with White Slip decoration, Jingdezhen mark, C20th
Price: £75
Chinese Framed Ceramic Plaque depicting Peony, C20th
Price: £150
Large tooled leather bag with Moroccan Designs 1970s
Price: £85
Art Deco Catalin Bakelite necklace, American c1930
Price: £125
Rare large ruby red Bakelite buckle, American 1930s
Price: £75
Pair of petit point Tapestry Pictures, The Needlewoman Shop London, mid C20th
Estimate: £30 – 40
Vintage Indian silver pendant Necklace, 20th century
Price: £85
Amber Glass Bowl and stand, Stölzle Hermanova Hut factory, Czech 1930s
Price: £55
Decorative pair of Chinese ceramic figures of children, Yunu and Jintong , late C20th
Price: £45
Modernist Taxco brooch 1980s
Price: £45
Ceramic Model of a Viking Longboat, Wade, 1950s/1960s
Price: £25Wade Ceramics Ltd was a manufacturer of porcelain and earthenware, headquartered in Stoke-on-Trent, England. Founded in 1867, it was run by various members of the Wade family until the death of George Anthony Wade in 1987 after which there was a succession of management buyouts. Despite substantial investment in 2009, the firm eventually went into administration in 2022. Wade produced a wide variety of ceramics, including the well known Wade Whimsies animal figurines.
Many of their pieces were designed to act as small containers for flowers and trinkets and this piece is a particularly amusing example of the type. Two colour ranges exist, one as here and one with much darker tones which is held to be later. Dating here, then, is most likely to the 1950s/1960s when the Wade production lines were in full swing and enjoying considerable popularity.

Set of ring and earrings with obsidian mask motif, Mexico, 1950s
Price: £45
Elegant Modernist pendant 1970s
Price: £15
Two Bing & Grøndahl plates, scenes from Hans Christian Andersen, late C20th
Estimate: £30 – 40
Two small metal perfume Flasks and Stoppers, 1920s
Price: £35
Large African wall decoration carved from one piece of ebony wood c1950
Price: £85
A Pair of Japanese Lacquered Porcelain Ginger Jars and Covers, late C19th
Price: £240
Stunning opera length string of rock crystal beads
Price: £35
Art Deco Czech glass necklace with enamel and glass stones, 1930s
Price: £45
Operculum 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.

Victorian marquetry miniature table top games table
Price: £75
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Bead Necklace, mid C20th
Price: £55
Octagonal Agate Mortar Bowl, C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Straw Thread Picture on Silk, framed in original box, late C20th
Price: £45
Small Art Deco wrist bag with Bakelite closure, French 1920s
Price: £35
Navajo suite of Necklace and Earrings set with sleeping beauty turquoise, 1990s
Price: £250The Navajo are a Native American people of the Southwestern United States with the largest reservation in the country, mainly concentrated in Arizona and New Mexico. Their silverwork, which they began to produce in the late C19th, came to enjoy great popularity and often employed the use of turquoise. This matching suite is an excellent example of their work. The necklace is marked ‘Sterling’ for 925 silver and the same material would have been used throughout, providing a perfect backdrop to the ‘sleeping beauties’.

Chinese Famille Rose Bowl decorated with ladies, Qianlong mark, Republican period
Price: £45PLEASE 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!

Pair of small green depression glass Jars with bakelite Covers, 1930s
Estimate: £30 – 40
Pair of Beige Opaline Glass Vases, enamelled decoration, probably French late C19th
Price: £75
Egyptian Revival necklace depicting Tutankhamun c1980
Price: £45
Lomonosov Teapot in the form of a Samovar, late C20th
Price: £75
Art Deco Cicada Necklace, probably English 1930s
Price: £35
Group of Three Chinese carved bone Horses with wood stands, probably mid C20th
Price: £30
Large Scottish agate specimen brooch 1910
Price: £55
Massive Victorian Carnelian Cameo Shell
Price: £55
Cold painted brass necklace 1920s
Price: £50
Outstanding Taxco silver and abalone Bangle c1980
Price: £200
Pair of Georgian Style Square Gilt Bronze Table Salts, English C19th
Price: £45
Past Times Art Nouveau Style Vase, Veronese Collection, 2004
Price: £45‘Past Times’ was founded in 1986 by John Beale, at first as a mail order company but then trading from physical stores and developing into a business which enjoyed enormous popularity with over one hundred shops in the early 2000s. The stock was focused on retro and vintage style items also including a wide range of licensed products, such as Harry Potter and Beatrix Potter merchandise. Badly impacted by the recession in 2008 it went into administration in 2012 and was bought by W.H.Smith a year later leading to the disappearance of its products from the marketplace.
This ‘Art Nouveau’ vase can be seen as an example of their range at its best. Manufactured with care it presents an appealing souvenir of the era it aims to recreate at a rather more affordable price than the authentic originals.

Vintage black crocodile Handbag, Italian, 1980s
Price: £150
Five Murano glass fish pendants
Price: £25
Mille fiore bead flapper necklace c1930
Price: £95
Jakob Bengal Art Deco galalith and metal necklace
Price: £45