Set of Three Chinese Rose Medallion Plates circa 1880
Price: £100Large Chinese eglomise scent bottle 1950s
Price: £75Pair of Japanese red lacquered low stands, Taisho period
Price: £150Japanese damascene demi parure, necklace and bracelet 1950s
Price: £25Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Globe depicting deities and attendants, Modern
Price: £40Chinese Silk Embroidered Textile depicting Sages and Boys in a Garden Scene, framed, Twentieth Century
Price: £50The 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.
Heavy silver curb collar necklace, Mexico 1970s
Price: £150Two necklaces, Japanese mother of pearl 1940s
Price: £15Art Deco 4 strand necklace with Mother of Pearl and Amber Bakelite Beads 1920s
Price: £60Art Deco large cuff bracelet
Price: £40Art Deco Bakelite Cicada Brooch
Price: £40A Set of Six Blue and White Willow Pattern Coasters English Ironstone 1980s
Price: £30These coasters formed part of their range. The decoration employs the transfer pattern technique developed in England in the mid eighteenth century and a staple of nineteenth century productions. Printed designs were 'transferred' to the ceramic surface allowing the production of extensive services in a matching pattern. The Chinese derived 'Willow Pattern' design seems to have been first used around 1790 and was probably designed by Thomas Minton for Spode. All the versions contain similar elements besides the pagodas and landscape scenes most notably the three figures on a bridge and a pair of flying swallows. In order to promote sales, various stories were invented based on elements of the design. These coasters are an amusing recollection of times past and highly practical in addition.
Art Deco Scottish agate necklace
Price: £120Antqiue Scottish agate specimen brooch/pendant
Price: £50Pair of Japanese Imari Plates, Meiji Period circa 1880
Price: £15010 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 bisque relief plaques by artist Bertel Thorvaldsen. Royal Copenhagen 1969 - 74
Price: £40Bertel Thorvaldsen (born Nov. 19, 1770, or Nov. 13, 1768, Copenhagen, Den.—died March 24, 1844, Copenhagen), sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist. Prominent in Roman intellectual and artistic circles, he influenced many emerging artists from Europe and the United States. Most of Thorvaldsen’s most characteristic sculptures are reinterpretations of the figures or themes of classical antiquity. The Alexander frieze of 1812 in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, modeled in only three months in anticipation of a visit by Napoleon, is an example of the feverish energy with which he could at times work. Religious sculptures include the colossal series of statues of Christ and the Twelve Apostles (1821–27) in the Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen. He also made numerous portrait busts of distinguished contemporaries.
Taxco charm bracelet, makers mark Castelan, 1950s
Price: £95Ceramic Model of a Fish, Jema Holland, signed, 1950s/1960s
Price: £30The Jema factory in Holland was started by two brothers, Jelis Mager ( born 1912 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) and his brother Johan Willem Mager (born 1919 also in Rotterdam) both living in Maastricht who took over an existing ceramics factory, founded originally by J.Meussen, in 1942 and traded together in a partnership which was dissolved in 1955 when the firm JEMA KERAMISCH ATELIER N.V. (jema ceramic studio; the first JE standing for Jelis and MA standing for Mager) was created under a new agreement between them. Ceramic products of many types were produced with figurines a speciality and the business continued until 1984 when it became insolvent and closed its doors.
Most of the pieces seem to have been marked, usually with an impressed script as here indicating the factory itself and the model number of the piece. For modest decorative items the quality of the manufacture is of a high standard as can be seen in both the modelling and the glazing of this piece. Their animal figurines were immediately approachable and provided modest but amusing items of decoration.
Art Deco Scottish moss agate ring
Price: £75Fun 1950s pendant and chain commemorating 25 years of service at Ford
Price: £35Stunning 1950s paste necklace
Price: £25Lot of 2 vintage Chinese miniature cork groups
Price: £10Set of 5 matching 18ct gold sewing tools in fitted case, August Boileau, French c.1850
Estimate: £100 – 200Pair of Mughal style frames c. 1900
Price: £50Lapis Lazuli and Turquoise Bead Necklace with an Egyptian Style Pendant, 20th Century
Price: £50Detailed miniature porcelain plaque
Price: £10Art Deco statement necklace with real pearls and paste stones c1920
Estimate: £60 – 80French carved coral portrait ring c.1880
Price: £75Japanese Art Deco silver gilt brooch
Price: £50Islamic pewter large ewer c. 1920
Price: £30Edwardian brass door knocker c. 1910
Price: £20Taxco clamper bracelet, attr. to Justo or Jorge Castillo, 1940s
Price: £350Justo 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)
Gilt metal and Glass Bead Necklace by Louis Rousselet, French 1920s
Price: £70This necklace comprises three delicately modelled gilt metal stylised flower heads with yellow glass beads at the centre, joined on either side by further glass beads and flower heads and then a chain with fine metal and glass bead links.
Victorian Grand Tour Wedding Cake glass necklace
Price: £150Chinese Bone Inkwell in the form of a Chair, early 20th century
Price: £20Mottled blue Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane
Price: £50Beautiful large floral Bakelite buckle
Price: £50Rare large ruby red Bakelite buckle
Price: £60Striking Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane
Price: £0Taxco grape motif necklace, c1980
Price: £350Victorian Silver Buckle set with Paste Stones, German circa 1900
Price: £90The sparkling stones and high quality mounting (there is a considerable weight of silver in this piece) would have made this buckle a striking addition to the Victorian ladies' wardrobe and it could equally well catch the eye today.
Necklace with FA cup pendant
Price: £75Art Deco Scottish agate panel bracelet, 1930s
Price: £125Oriental Lacquer Box in the form of a Duck
Price: £25Oil on canvas by Galina Podlyaskia (b. 1951)
Estimate: £100 – 150Native American turquoise cuff bracelet, 1960s
Price: £275Stunning demi parure by Hobe 1950s, necklace and bracelet
Price: £350Hobé et Cie was founded by Jacques Hobé in France in 1887. While he was trained as a master goldsmith, his business focused primarily on finely crafted sterling silver jewelry. William Hobé, his son, moved to the United States around 1920 bringing his family's acuity for producing high quality jewelry with him. (Credit: Google)
Tigers Eye long necklace 1970s
Price: £50Persian Gouache Painting depicting a Dignitary and Attendants, framed, nineteenth century
Price: £751950s souvenir doll
Price: £25Japanese Fukagawa Imari Vase of Sake Bottle Form circa 1880
Price: £180Art Deco Czech glass bracelet
Price: £65Taxco bracelet set with carved obsidian stones c1950
Price: £65Pair of Dorset Fossil limestone goblets in presentation box
Price: £35Chinese Red Lacquer Box and Cover circa 1880
Price: £150Burmese jade sautoir necklace
Price: £35Victorian necklace and bracelet suite 1900
Price: £250Tall onyx covered caddy
Price: £45West German Keramik Jug with drip glaze, second half C20th
Price: £351940s Dutch coin braclet
Price: £15Very unusual banded carnelian panel bracelet
Price: £30Pair of Chinese Cantonese Famille Rose Plates decorated in a mille fleur design, 19th Century
Price: £754 Chinese Imperial Jindezhen Porcelain Decorative Plates 1985-87
Price: £100Two Ketsuzan Kiln plates from the Poetic Visions of Japan Series, Japan 1988
Price: £40Art Deco Davidson purple cloud glass bowl on stand 1930s
Price: £35Large Victorian ladies belt buckle, late C19th
Price: £50Yellow ground Bursley Ware Dragon Bowl by Frederick Rhead, circa 1920
Price: £55
Scottish Agate bar brooch
Price: £25Edwardian Scottish agate panel bracelet
Price: £50Chinese Cloisonne Small Tray decorated with Flowers and Rocks, 19th Century
Price: £150Beautiful small daguerreotype in a frame c. 1850
Price: £25Georgian small glass scent bottle in a fitted Etui case circa 1800
Price: £50Victorian silver mounted Scottish carnelian agate cloak pin circa 1880
Price: £95Victorian Bronze Chamber Candlestick in the form of a Griffin, late C19th
Price: £40West 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.
Exceptional strand of Scottish Moss agate beads
Price: £35Two complementary Bracelets in a Greek Key design
Price: £20French Regency style Bevelled Amber Glass & Filigree Ormolu Casket, mid twentieth century
Price: £65Various pieces in this style where amber glass panels are combined with elaborate gilt metal work can be found. Most were intended as dressing table ornaments, as here. Sometimes termed 'Hollywood' these items were designed to add a touch of luxury to the bedroom. They are usually regarded as French and thought to have been made between the 1920s and 1940s. This is a particularly nice example with no damage either to the glass or the metalwork.