Set of 4 Chinese Scroll Weights
Price: £25Tibetan turquoise and silver necklace 1930s
Price: £40Detailed miniature porcelain plaque
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: £50Pair of J Kent Chinoiserie Foley Ware Vases c1920s
Price: £11019th century feather painted fan
Price: £75Victorian decorated papier mache glove box with pair of kidskin gloves
Price: £100Set of 6 small Art Deco style plates by C.T. Altwasser, Silesia, 1920s/1930s
Price: £75
Brass and Enamel Campaign Serving Set, Made in British India mark, 1920s
Price: £45Victorian Grand Tour Wedding Cake glass necklace
Price: £150Japanese Art Deco silver gilt brooch
Price: £50Islamic pewter large ewer c. 1920
Price: £30Edwardian brass door knocker c. 1910
Price: £20Group of 2 French Jet necklaces
Price: £40Gorgeous Egyptian Revival winged scarab statement necklace
Price: £175Stunning Miriam Haskell Egyptian Revival statement necklace c. 1950s
Price: £3501940s Dutch coin braclet
Price: £15Necklace with FA cup pendant
Price: £75Beautiful large floral Bakelite buckle
Price: £50Rare large ruby red Bakelite buckle
Price: £60Striking Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane
Price: £0Beautiful Victorian ruby glass scent bottle, circa 1880
Price: £400Bisque Scottish boy character doll c. 1900
Price: £60Beautiful sautoir necklace with Whitby jet pendant 1920s
Price: £40Scottish Agate bar brooch
Price: £25Fabulous necklace with hanging articulated fish pendant 20th century
Estimate: £120 – 150Oriental Lacquer Box in the form of a Duck
Price: £25Oil on canvas by Galina Podlyaskia (b. 1951)
Estimate: £100 – 150Pair of large blue enamel Faberge style gold earrings set with garnets
Estimate: £100 – 150Elegant Modernist pendant 1970s
Price: £15Pair of Modernist Taxco earrings, c1980
Price: £40Exceptional strand of Scottish Moss agate beads
Price: £35Kenton Clock Radio Hong Kong 1970s
Price: £351950s souvenir doll
Price: £25Japanese Fukagawa Imari Vase of Sake Bottle Form circa 1880
Price: £180Art Deco Czech glass bracelet
Price: £65Victorian marquetry miniature table top games table
Price: £75Pair of alabaster bookends, 20th century
Price: £85Japanese Bamboo Carved Walking Stick, signed, circa 1900
Price: £150Cherry amber Bakelite necklace 1920s
Price: £150Victorian small note pad for chatelaine
Price: £50Chinese 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: £45Art Deco Royal Academy hip flask, Troika Pewter
Price: £25Chinese Rice Grain Plate decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gold, circa 1900
Price: £45A Poole Pottery Atlantis Vase by Jenny Haigh, 1970s
Price: £55A Chinese Crackleware Famille Verte Ginger Jar decorated with Warriors circa 1880
Price: £45'Crackleware' glazed pieces, usually with 'bronzed bands, were a staple output of the Chinese potteries from the mid nineteenth century onwards and were produced in a wide variety of mainly vase shape forms, both in polychrome and blue and white and intended as decorative pieces for the Victorian rooms of the West. As with other ceramic types, the quality deteriorated and this piece is typical of late nineteenth century productions of a more modest level of craftsmanship but still retaining a naif charm. As with many ginger jars, this one lacks its original domed cover which would have been decorated to match.
4 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: £50Persian Red Lacquer Box in the form of a Pumpkin, 19th century
Price: £30Beautiful trinket box in the shape of a bound book, onyx and brass, Austria 1950s
Price: £35Fairing Figurine - The last in bed to put out the light, German, early Twentieth 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. In comparison with the previous Lot 4, this example has a glazed circular mark which reads 'Made in Germany'. These marks appear on the later productions of the Conta factory and indicate a dating here to shortly before the First World War. This is consistent with the rather 'brassy' looking gilding used which is typical of ceramic production generally post 1900.
It is interesting to compare Lots 4 and 5 and to see how consistent the manufacture was throughout the period. Only the glazed base with its circular mark and the type of gilt decoration separate this example from its earlier companion.
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.
Very unusual banded carnelian panel bracelet
Price: £30Beautiful 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: £40Victorian guilloche enamel and marcasite ring
Price: £50Two Sets of Serving Cutlery made by Haddad Jezzin Cutlery, Beirut, Lebanon 1960s
Price: £45Chinese Bone Inkwell in the form of a Chair, early 20th century
Price: £20Edwardian Scottish agate panel bracelet
Price: £50Jakob Bengal Art Deco galalith and metal necklace
Price: £25A Complementary Pair of Gilt Metal Art Nouveau style picture frames, 20th Century
Price: £65Chinese Glass Snuff Bottle with interior enamel painted decoration, signed, 20th Century
Price: £15Fun job lot of 4 pieces of vintage jewellery
Price: £20Long Art Deco pinchbeck watch chain with two pendants
Price: £75Art Deco Burmese dragon head necklace
Price: £55Daum Crystal Glass Swallowtail Bowl, signed Daum-France circa 1960
Price: £180Vases in this form were produced by the well known French maker Daum in the 1950s and the 1960s. The sizes and designs can vary with some examples measuring up to two feet and intended as table ornaments. This piece is rather smaller and perhaps more elegant. The crystal glass is of extremely high quality and reflects the light in a very attractive way. The weight is good and the glass itself is thickly blown and expertly formed, The flat base shows signs of bevelled edging at the exterior and one of the sides bears the typical etched Daum mark with 'Daum' and 'France' separated by a device comprising an upright line with two crosses.
The more petite size and the quality of the manufacture and design make this a most appealing example of Daum's work at its best. Dating can be assumed to be around 1960 if not slightly before. A desirable piece indeed for collectors of twentieth century art glass.
Two complementary Bracelets in a Greek Key design
Price: £20Set of ring and earrings with obsidian mask motif, Mexico, 1950s
Price: £45Very unusual group of 8 Chinese nut/fruit stone carvings mounted as pendants
Price: £40Large Art Deco swirl Bakelite buckle
Price: £35Art Deco Whitby Jet Necklace
Price: £55Very unusual Taxco figural ring, Taxco, c1980
Price: £45Art Nouveau comb with coral fish and pearls
Price: £40Royal Doulton bottle form Vase decorated with flowering lotus, early Twentieth 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.
Heavy brass and enamel collar necklace in the manner of Albert Gustav Bunge (1893 - 1967)
Price: £60Chinese Celadon glaze Bowl of Conical Form, 20th Century
Price: £30Chinese Cloisonne Small Tray decorated with Flowers and Rocks, 19th Century
Price: £150Pair of Chinese Cantonese Famille Rose Plates decorated in a mille fleur design, 19th Century
Price: £75Pair of Dorset Fossil limestone goblets in presentation box
Price: £35Tigers Eye long necklace 1970s
Price: £50Japanese Fukagawa Imari Bowl, signed, circa 1880
Price: £380The Fukagawa kilns produced the best quality Imari items made in Japan in the late nineteenth century for export to the West. Their history starts with Ezaiemon Fukagawa who in 1856 became head of his family's porcelain business and in 1875 founded Koransha (The Company of the Scented Orchid) in Arita, Japan, to produce tableware for export. In 1894 the modern Fukagawa company was founded by Chuji Fukagawa, with the Fukagawa trade mark of Mount Fuji and a stream, as its trade mark. Dating here is within the Meiji period (1868 - 1912) probably around 1880. This conforms with the script mark used as opposed to the later symbol design.
French 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.
Pair of Victorian marcasite and silver earrings
Price: £50Silver Lapis lazuli collar necklace, probably Taxco Mexico, c1990
Price: £75Fun 1950s pendant and chain commemorating 25 years of service at Ford
Price: £35Art Deco Scottish agate necklace
Price: £120Heavy silver curb collar necklace, Mexico 1970s
Price: £150Operculum shell demi parure
Price: £50An 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.
A Pair of Art Deco Pressed Glass Trophy Form Vases, Davidson, 1930s
Price: £45Long Art Deco carnelian, bloodstone and goldstone necklace 1930s
Price: £150Goldstone is a type of glittering glass made in a low-oxygen reducing atmosphere. The finished product can take a smooth polish and be carved into beads, figurines, or other artifacts suitable for semiprecious stone, and in fact goldstone is often mistaken for or misrepresented as a natural material. It was first made in the 17th century in Italy. (Credit: Wikipedia)
Chinese 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.