
Large costume cameo brooch, marked W. Germany
Price: £15
Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £25
Studio Pottery Vase with Robin’s Egg Glaze marked Zambia, Modern
Price: £30
Chinese style Vase and Cover decorated with ladies and courtiers in a garden scene, C20th
Price: £55
Novelty ceramic Wall Vase in the form of a Gretsch Guitar, English, 1950s
Price: £25
Papier Mâché Tray with Millefiori Decoration, Kashmir, C20th
Price: £55
Pewter and brass box and cover in the form of a Mallard Duck, Gatco, Hong Kong, 1960s
Price: £25
Massive lapis lazuli carved pendant necklace
Price: £125
Striking Art Deco jade necklace
Price: £150
Two Avon Perfume Bottles, Lady and a Girl, 1970s
Price: £20
Edwardian Scottish bloodstone bar brooch c1910
Price: £30
Wood Mask, Borneo late C20th
Price: £25
Royal Doulton bottle form Vase decorated with flowering lotus, early 20th Century
Price: £75The Doulton pottery originally had its first factory in Lambeth, London. Set up in 1815 by John Doulton, who is rumoured to have spent his life savings of £100 in starting the business, the firm concentrated on making pipes and utilitarian works. But in the 1880s the Company moved to Staffordshire and began making fine bone china tableware and decorative items. The pottery was located in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent and has manufactured high quality ceramics and porcelains ever since, receiving a Royal Warrant in 1901.
This piece is typical of the glazed pottery pieces made in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. A muted palette of colours was used and a variety of forms created with many artists taking a hand in the decoration. Most of the pieces are signed, as here. The pattern number indicates a date after 1894, but the Royal Warrant mark means a dating in the early 1900s. Perhaps a timing in the Edwardian era (1901-1910) is the most likely.
This vase is an excellent example of the creative designs which Doulton produced. As often, there is a slight Oriental influence but the style and design are unmistakeable.

Victorian filigree style handbag c1900
Price: £25
Blackpool souvenir teapot c1920
Price: £35
Incredible rare Victorian necklace set with real beetles c1900
Price: £175
Pair of continental style openwork border Dishes, probably Chinese C20th
Estimate: £10 – 20
Maud Frizon Handbag c2000
Price: £150
Two Wedgwood Glass paperweights designed by Ronald Stennett-Wilson, late C20th
Price: £40
Incredible quality Silver and paste brooch c1950
Price: £45
Vase with signature E.Radford and numbered 1267, mid C20th
Estimate: £20 – 30
A group of twenty assorted artists Stamps in H&R Johnson sample Box, C20th
Price: £75
Ceramic Tankard celebrating the Marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in 1986
Price: £10
Egyptian Revival Czech glass large scarab sautoir necklace, attr. Neiger Brothers
Price: £110
Fine quality Japanese Cloisonne bottle form Vase with black ground, late C19th
Price: £45
West German Vase with drip glaze decoration, Scheurich, 1960s
Price: £45Although not marked as such, this vase has all the hallmarks of the firm Scheurich Keramik which started production in 1954, rather later than most of its competitors, but soon became the largest producer of commercial art pottery in Germany. Their pieces rarely carried the factory name but usually the model number followed by the height in centimetres with ‘W-Germany’ below, as here. Model ‘517’ can be found in a variety of different glazes but the colourings here with the contrast between browns and cream are particularly successful. Dating is to the 1960s.

Japanese Ceramic Figural Group of two Geisha, late C19th
Price: £25
Striking continental silver modernist bracelet c1960
Price: £55
Italian silver Cuff Bangle with chainmail decoration, modern
Price: £30
Art Nouveau comb with coral fish and pearls
Price: £45
10 Chromolithographs from Illustrated London News publication celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1897
Price: £85Print 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.

Pair of petit point Tapestry Pictures, The Needlewoman Shop London, mid C20th
Estimate: £30 – 40
Bombay Japan pattern deep Dish, Minton or Samuel Alcock, English mid C19th
Price: £25
Studio Pottery Vase with flambé glaze, C20th
Price: £75
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.

Lomonosov Teapot decorated Cockerels, late C20th
Price: £45
Desktop Model of a Typhoon Bomber Plane, Modern
Price: £25
Strand of large Peking glass beads c1920
Price: £25
Very fine pair of vintage Chinese painted eggs in a pentagonal glass case
Price: £25
Vintage floral decorated Sugar Bowl and Cream Jug, probably Bohemian mid C20th
Price: £25
Rennie Mackintosh silver scarf ring with scarf included, c1990
Price: £45
Silver Butterfly form Pendant set with Abalone, Bali, C20th
Price: £95
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.

Baroque Style Picture Frame with Still Life, C20th
Price: £25
Unusual Egyptian Revival necklace with a plaque depicting Isis, 1930s
Price: £75
Pair of Chinese Ceramic Shoes, seal mark and with fitted box, C20th
Price: £55
Arts and Crafts Stumpwork Firescreen 1900
Price: £25
A Pair of Art Deco Pressed Glass Trophy Form Vases, Davidson, 1930s
Price: £45
Carved Chinese brown jade necklace
Price: £55
Taxco charm bracelet, makers mark Castelan, 1950s
Price: £85
Pair of Royal Worcester Grainger and Co Vases, date mark for 1902
Estimate: £80 – 120
Massive banded carnelian cuff bracelet
Price: £450
Czech Egyptian Revival bracelet 1930s
Price: £30
Vintage Indian silver pendant Necklace, 20th century
Price: £85
Japanese Kutani Dish decorated with the Thousand Faces pattern, first half C20th
Price: £45The colourings and style of work here clearly indicate the workshops of Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') in the former Kaga province of Japan. By the nineteenth century the majority of their pieces were decorated in iron red and gold but sometimes with other colours in addition, as here. The ‘thousand faces’ pattern (an apocryphal term and this cataloguer has not attempted to count the number of faces appearing here) seems to have been evolved around the end of the nineteenth century and then continued in production until the mid twentieth. Both plates in various sizes and even tea sets are found in the design. The mark ‘Made in Japan’ was usually employed after 1941 (in the previous twenty years ‘Japan’ was the norm) but there are exceptions and the paste of the foot rim here does suggest a slightly earlier date, perhaps around 1930. In perfect condition, with very little wear to the decoration, this piece is a fine example of a rather eccentric decorative patttern.

Gilt decorated English porcelain powder box and cover, probably mid C20th
Price: £15
Art Deco continental black spinel and marcasite ring, 1920s
Price: £35
Vintage black crocodile Handbag, Italian, 1980s
Price: £150
Victorian silver gilt filigree bracelet, Morocco
Price: £95
Beautiful sautoir necklace with Whitby jet pendant 1920s
Price: £35
Nine strand authentic seed pearl necklace 1980s
Price: £45
Bone parquetry box decorated in the manner of Fornasetti, Venetian, mid C20th
Price: £85
Blue and Green Ice Glass Square Bowl, possibly Pukeberg, late C20th
Price: £45
Fine Quality engraved French Glass Dish with naturalistic Ormolu Mounts, early C20th
Price: £25
Silver rose ring, 20th century
Price: £35
Mounted aquatint engraving of a Courting Couple, signed, probably French C20th
Price: £45
Small Chinese Cloisonné Dish decorated lotus, C20th
Price: £25
Jean Paul Gaultier Mini Fragrance Set, La Parade Des Extraits
Price: £75
Monumental Mille Fiore glass bead necklace c1970
Price: £175
Outstanding Taxco silver and abalone Bangle c1980
Price: £200
Signed Watercolour of Farm Buildings, Richard Akerman (1942-2005), dated 1981
Price: £110..............................................................................…………………………………………………………………………………………..............................…
Richard Akerman was born in London in 1942. He attended the Hornsey College of Arts and Crafts in the early 1960s, studying a general fine art course which incorporated printmaking and sculpture. His first exhibition was at the Obelisk Gallery in Crawford Street, London, where his work was displayed alongside works by famous surrealists such as Man Ray and Salvador Dali, implying that the style of his early work matched that of his more famous contemporaries. Years of travel followed in both Europe and the Far East and this seems to have turned him to painting in a more coventional style. A succession of watercolours was to follow with subjects ranging from still life and flowers to garden and architectural subjects. His work became immensely popular through the prints made from his original paintings, indeed such was the demand for them that he rivalled Monet as a subject for reproduction in this medium becoming, in a sense, quite a household name with exhibitions of his work internationally.
The path to success, however, was not straightforward and one account of him, written by his son Marcus, mentions running a hot dog stand alongside joining the artists with their weekend displays of works for sale on the railings at Kensington Gardens. Convivial and outgoing (a self portrait captures him well : see image 9), Akerman was married with three children and spent the latter years of his life in Spain where he sadly died after an accident in 2005.
But his work survives him and the prints produced in his lifetime can still be obtained today, giving an accesible overview of his output. The style is approachable with an attractive use of colour and often slightly impressionistic brushwork. But there are works executed in a more precise style, for example a signed watercolour ‘Hot House Flowers’, exhibited by the Edinburgh Gallery in 1994 (see image 10) and this is seen in the work we have on offer. The location of this group of farm buildings is uncertain but Akerman painted similar scenes which appear to be located in Kent and this may well be the case here. Original watercolours by Akerman are not so easily found but what increases the rarity and interest of our picture is that the artist’s signature, done in a slightly more precise hand than the signatures found in the reproduction prints, has the date in addition (’81). We have been unable to find any other example of this and it leads to the possibility that this is a work which the artist painted for himself. Certainly there are no reproductions of it. If so, then it is of particular interest and more than worthy of inclusion in a collection C20th British watercolourists with the addition of being an original creation by an artist who enjoyed such great popularity with the general public.

Silver Pendant, Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun, Egyptian 1950s
Price: £35
French cockerel brooch 1920s
Price: £75
Pair of Ceramic Goblets : the Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981
Price: £20
Burmese Jade sautoir Necklace, C20th
Price: £45
Art Deco Catalin Bakelite necklace, American c1930
Price: £125
Long lapis lazuli bead necklace c1980
Price: £30
Bay Ceramic Ewer No 268-30, West Germany, 1960s
Price: £55Bay Ceramics was founded by Eduard Bay in the 1930s and based in Ransbach Baumbach, the heart of the main West German pottery producing region. Their productions included vases in a wide variety of shapes and designs which continued in production until the 1980s. Bodo Mans was amongst their most famous designers working in the 1950s and 1960s. He seems to have concentrated on organic semi abstract designs and ewers in this form, with the same pattern number but in a variety of different glazes, are attributed to him. This monochrome mustard glaze seems particularly attractive and complements the design very successfully producing a striking and decorative item which might enhance a wide variety of interior settings.

An Arts and Crafts small Brass Tray, English early twentieth century
Price: £40
Burmese Lacquer Three Section Betel Box, early C20th
Price: £95The betel box seems to be mainly confined to Burmah, now Myanmar, and was normally made using the lacquer techniques for which the country was so well known. A woven bamboo, or sometimes cane or wood, base (which can be seen here where the lacquer has flaked away : see image 12) was covered in multiple layers of lacquer paste, each allowed to dry and then polished, and finally the piece was decorated. The format here is typical : an upper section with a tray on top covered by a lid which fits on to a lower section also with a tray on the top. The trays are coloured red on the inside and black on the outside, the lid and the boxes orange on the inside. The exterior decoration of the two section body and the base of the lid employs a wide mixture of narrow bands, some indented and some raised, with a broader band of repeated stylised floral decoration at the top and another with modelled vertical line decoration below. The base is slightly flared and the lid slightly very slightly domed. The top of the lid has a densely packed design comprising temples and dancing figures and the base a design of circles and waves. As with many of these boxes great care was taken in the ornamentation and this example was, perhaps, made for one of the wealthier households.
Dating of these boxes is put in the early years of the twentieth century and they survive as a memento of a tradition which is still practised, but with less elaborate accessories, in the present day.

Exceptional Paste necklace 1940s
Price: £25
Art Deco Burmese dragon head Necklace, 1920s
Price: £75
Victorian ships inkwell with original fitted ink pots c1900
Price: £75
Bead necklace with jade carnelian and silver beads c1990
Price: £75
Vintage Lacquer Box with an inset ceramic Shard, probably Persian C20th
Price: £25
Pair of Italian faux tortoiseshell earrings, 1980s
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!

Doulton and Slaters Patent Jardiniere circa 1890
Price: £750The Doulton factory began production in 1815, first at Vauxhall and later moving to Lambeth. In 1882 it opened an additional factory at Burslem, Stoke on Trent in the centre of the English pottery. Known at first mainly for utilitarian works it began to develop decorative wares more extensively in the 1860s and soon gained a reputation for its distinctive designs. As the mark indicates, this piece was made at the Lambeth factory and the absence of ‘England’ in the Doulton mark, which has the typical design of interlocking ‘D’ at its centre, indicates that it dates to before 1891. The decorative technique, employing impressed designs was known as ‘Chine’ ware and protected by the patent ‘Doulton and Slaters Patent’ which is clearly marked underneath. Pieces of linen, lace, net or other fabrics were pressed onto the unfired soft clay shortly after potting, leaving a corresponding pattern behind. This piece has elaborately modelled lotus strands in addition as well as gilt flower heads, an unusual combination which does not seem to often occur. On the base are found stamped numbers and letters which should indicate the pattern number and artist decorator but it has not been possible to identify these accurately. Dating though is confirmed and this was clearly a deluxe item amongst the range of pieces produced at that time.

Charming pair of silver piglet earrings
Price: £35
East 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.

Victorian style Czech glass statement necklace c1930
Price: £65
Victorian guilloche enamel and marcasite ring
Price: £60
Czech glass faux turquoise brooch c1930
Price: £65
Mint Coronet Rapid camera with case 1950s
Price: £45
Wall plaque by Giovanni Schoeman depicting classical style figures, 1970s
Price: £75While Art Nouveau in style, Schoeman only perfected these techniques in the late 1960s, producing pieces in the style from a studio in Kentish Town which sold well in the London outdoor art markets. In the late 1970s, Schoeman moved to America with the intention of producing large scale art but the venture foundered and he died in 1981. This plaque, of which other examples are known, must have been one of his most popular designs in those London years and is a striking example of the techniques he developed and mastered.
