
Victorian marquetry miniature table top games table
Price: £75
Two Wood Boxes : Marriage of Charles and Diana, Birth of Prince William, late C20th
Price: £15
African wood figural group, Guinea c1970
Price: £35
Arts and Crafts Hand Mirror with Repousse Decoration, circa 1900
Price: £55Elements of two contrasting contemporary styles combine here with features from both the Arts and Crafts and the Art Nouveau movement. The hammered pewter with the almost rustic nail head fixings and the red bead reflect the former but the elegant depiction of the lotus and butterfly, with more than a hint of the Orient, reflect the latter. The maker is anonymous but doubtless British and clearly a highly skilled craftsman. Much thought and expertise went into the design of this piece which would be a desirable addition for collectors of either or both of the pieces made under the influence of these two highly popular design movements.

Vintage Brass Vesta Case in the form of a Violin, circa 1900
Price: £55
Large Scottish agate specimen brooch 1910
Price: £55
Silver Cricket Box, Islamic probably Persian, early C20th
Price: £110
Chinese Rice Grain Plate decorated in underglaze blue, iron red and gold, circa 1900
Price: £45
Chinese Famille Rose Bowl decorated with ladies, Qianlong mark, Republican period
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Mounted aquatint engraving of a Courting Couple, signed, probably French C20th
Price: £45
Vintage Needlepoint Picture of a Garden Scene, framed, second half C20th
Price: £25
Pair of Japanese Shaped Saucer Dishes, Maruku China, 1940s
Price: £25The Maruku factory seems to have operated in Japan after the second world war producing modest but good quality wares for export, rather in the style of Noritake pieces. Usually their pieces are marked in addition ‘Made in Japan’ but for some reason not here. The forms, colourings and designs here are quite unusual and while modest, these are good quality decorative items suitable for a contemporary interior.
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Small Chinese Gilt Ground Cloisonné Bowl, C20th
Price: £35
Souvenir White House Enamel Box and Cover
Price: £15
Pair of Silver Plated Fish Servers with fitted box, probably Edwardian
Price: £45
Massive Victorian Carnelian Cameo Shell
Price: £55
Victorian leather bound photo album made by Mechi and Bazin c.1870
Price: £110
A group of twenty assorted artists Stamps in H&R Johnson sample Box, C20th
Estimate: £60 – 80
Edwardian large text magnifying glass with horn handle, early C20th
Estimate: £30 – 40
Vintage Cobalt Blue Glass Perfume Bottle and Stopper, 1930s
Price: £25

Blue and Green Ice Glass Square Bowl, possibly Pukeberg, late C20th
Price: £45
French Souvenir Verre Eglomise Box and Cover, Sacre Coeur de Montmatre, circa 1900
Price: £55
Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Bangle, probably Nineteenth Century
Price: £45Jade is usually divided into two types, nephrite jade and jadeite jade. The latter is heavier and slightly harder, making it more difficult to scratch. The weight of this piece suggests that we do have jadeite here. The stone was selected for carving on the basis of its attractive appearance and the finish, which bears no trace of machine tooled manufacture, suggests a pre twentieth century dating, but certainty in these matters is notoriously difficult
The size of this piece is unusually large, suggesting that it would have been intended for a male wearer. This too suggests an earlier rather than later time of manufacture. The stone is exceptionally pleasant to the hand and would have been an elegant accompaniment to any wardrobe.

Jakob Bengal Art Deco galalith and metal necklace
Price: £45
A Complementary Pair of Gilt Metal Art Nouveau style picture frames, 20th Century
Price: £45
Pair of Navajo Kingman turquiose earrings, signed, 1970s
Price: £65
Japanese Awata ware Teapot and Cover, signed, circa 1900
Price: £25
Paris tourist novelty bracelet c1950
Price: £35
Oil Painting of a landscape scene with trees, framed, C20th
Price: £25
Chinese Republican Style small Famille Rose Ginger Jar and Cover, late c20th
Price: £20
American Art Deco silver and marcasite brooch
Price: £35
Set of ring and earrings with obsidian mask motif, Mexico, 1950s
Price: £45
Large Art Deco green Bakelite Buckle with a label for Harlem Adler, American 1930s
Price: £35
Native American Zuni silver cuff bracelet c1970
Price: £125
Vintage Needlepoint Picture of a lady dressed in a crinoline, framed, probably 1930s
Price: £25
Art Nouveau repousse Pendant on later chain, c1910
Price: £95
Japanese Gouache Painting of Flowering Lotus, signed and framed, C20th
Price: £45
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.

Oriental style ceramic plate, signed Alice Smith, possibly American mid C20th
Price: £10
Pair of Alhambrian Ware English Majolica Vases with raised decoration circa 1880
Price: £30
Chinese Cloisonne Small Tray decorated with Flowers and Rocks, 19th Century
Estimate: £100 – 150
Taxco Silver and Copper Bracelet, c1940
Price: £55
French Orientalist etching aquatint - Paris La Rue Saint Rustique
Price: £35
Persian silver bracelet with inset enamel plaques, c1930
Price: £125
Zuni Cuff Bracelet set with Kingman Turquoise, marked, New Mexico 1970s
Price: £300
Constructed necklace with jade, egg yolk amber and cherry amber
Price: £250
Perfume Bottle and Stopper, Island Studio, Guernsey, late C20th
Price: £30
Charming Novelty handbag, Thailand 1950s
Price: £45
Charming Novelty handbag, Thailand 1950s
Price: £45
Modernist Silver White Anthurium Brooch, Mexico, 1970s
Price: £25
Group of Three Chinese carved bone Horses with wood stands, probably mid C20th
Price: £30
Amber buddha carving on egg yolk amber and lapis necklace
Price: £175
Aseda Glasbruk Art Glass Vase by Bo Borgstrom, Swedish, 1960s/1970s
Price: £75
Art Deco Czech glass necklace with enamel and glass stones, 1930s
Price: £45
Chinese Blue and White Snuff Bottle circa 1900
Price: £45
Egyptian Revival suite of a necklace and earrings, 20th century, c1980
Price: £65
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.

Silver Butterfly form Pendant set with Abalone, Bali, C20th
Price: £95
Indian wooden toy model of a Horse with metal fitments, early C20th
Price: £25
Art Deco style Ceramic Bowl and Cover by Louis Dage (1885-1961), early/mid C20th
Price: £180……………………………………………………………………………………....................................................................................……
Born in 1885 at Lille, France, Louis Dage was early known as a ceramics artist, describing himself on the birth registration of his daughter in 1906 as a ‘decorator on faience’. In 1920 he joined with Louis Fontinelle (1886-1964) to create a faience factory in Antony, near Paris, but the venture was short lived and they parted company two years later. In 1930, Dage set up his own studio at Saint-Sever in company with his brother and daughter becoming managing director of the firm three years later. There then followed a little over thirty years of production under his direction until his death in 1961. Art Deco designs with their simple lines and bold decoration were produced initially to be followed by pieces of more rugged shapes and patterns, partly resulting from the shortage of conventional raw materials during the second world war.
This bowl and cover represents the best of Dage’s earlier work. The base has straight sides curving in slightly towards the base and has a flush fitting flat and gently domed cover overhanging slightly at the edge. The piece is covered overall with a mottled glaze in tones of blue and light aubergine on which are painted maple leaves in green with bright blue berries, a design which can be found on some of Dage’s other pieces (see image 13). The lid carries his signature ‘DAGE’ with a flowing line underneath, a much less common version of the Dage mark but which can be found elsewhere (see image 14). More normally pieces are signed ‘L.Dage’, the name being in lower case rather than capitals.Form and decoration combine to produce a striking object, characteristic of the fashions of the time of its production and a worthy tribute to its maker.

Dutch Delft Blue and White Gourd Vase in C18th Style, late C20th
Price: £25This vase is typical of one of these later creations and copies an eighteenth century original which itself was based on Chinese pieces. The marks underneath, although some of them are blurred, offer a clue to the dating. Below an ‘A’ at the top can be seen a vase which stands for ‘De Porcelyne Fles (The Porcelain Bottle) a factory which was established in 1653 and continues production today. There follow the initials ‘JT’ as a monogram standing for Joost Thooft who bought the factory in 1876 and below this ‘Delft’. At the bottom are usually found the painter’s initials to the left and letters to the right which are the date mark. On this vase these are unclear but the painter’s initials read ‘MA’ which appears to stand for M.H.van Aalst who worked for the firm from 1941to 1983. This would fit with a likely dating here to the second half of the twentieth century, but the artist has successfully recreated the work of his predecessors and produced a piece of great charm.

Four Art Deco style small Glass Vases with silver decoration, possibly Murano 1930s
Price: £55
Earthenware Jug, Falstaff or Old King Cole, Furnival and Clark, mid C19th
Price: £75The design for this jug, usually termed ‘Falstaff’ but sometimes ‘Old King Cole’ is known to have been registered (Rd.No. 32601)by the firm Furnival and Clark on December 30th 1845. This was a very short lived partnership between Thomas Furnival and Richard Clark, based at the Stafford Street Pottery Works, Hanley, Staffordshire and which traded from 1844 to 1846 apparently producing just this one model, albeit in a variety of colours. Thomas Furnival had been involved in other firms before this brief venture and was to be involved in others afterwards. The dating of these mugs is usually attributed to the short period when Furnival and Clark traded but it is quite possible that more pieces were produced afterwards by Furnival himself. The paste and finish of this piece, though, which is not marked, certainly suggest a mid nineteenth century dating. In general, the model is quite rare. Some examples were fitted with a Britannia metal or pewter lid but this was never integral to the piece. This striking composition, then, is a rare and desirable item collectors with an interest in British Staffordshire wares.

Art Deco Style Bagley Glass Vase with fin type handles 1930s
Price: £45
Large tooled leather bag with Moroccan Designs 1970s
Price: £85
Wood Mask, Borneo late C20th
Price: £25
Bird form ewer with cover, possibly Russian c1960
Price: £45
Egyptian Revival statement necklace signed EBE c1930
Price: £110
Cranberry Glass Vase circa 1900
Price: £30
Art Nouveau Bronze Tray, stamped 172 Deposé, French c1900
Price: £95
Balinese Silver Bangle with Elephant Heads, 1980s
Price: £45
Balinese Silver Bangle with Elephant Heads, 1980s
Price: £45
Miniature Staffordshire flatback model of two spaniels and a barrel, second half C19th
Price: £55
Danish silver brooch, Niels Erik From, marked, c1960
Price: £55
Victorian Egyptian Revival motif necklace with red stones c1900
Price: £85
Two lacquer bird brooches 1980s
Price: £15
Art Deco glass bead necklace
Price: £20
Heavy brass and enamel collar necklace in the manner of Albert Gustav Bunge (1893 - 1967)
Price: £35
Two complementary Bracelets in a Greek Key design
Price: £45
Very fine Indian silver repousse plaque Necklace, c1970
Price: £85
Mexican Silver Bolo Tie with Aztec mask Head, Taxco, c1950
Price: £125
Two jade carvings mounted as a necklace
Price: £125
Victorian large 9ct gold brooch set with amber c1900
Price: £200
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.

Stunning opera length string of rock crystal beads
Price: £35
The Braves and the Fair Men of Letters and Women of Fame of Old China circa 1900
Estimate: £60 – 80
Fabulous necklace with hanging articulated fish pendant 20th century
Price: £125
Set of Three Japanese Lacquer Nesting Trays, mid to late C20th
Price: £45
Arts and Crafts Brass and Cobalt Glass Salt and Pepper, early C20th
Price: £55
Chinese Reverse Glass Painting of Two Ladies on a Garden Terrace, first half C20th
Price: £240
Bohemian Green Glass Moser style Ewer, late C19th
Price: £35
Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Globe depicting tigers, Modern
Price: £45
Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Globe depicting deities and attendants, Modern
Price: £45
Art Deco Scottish bloodstone brooch
Price: £25
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.

Gilt decorated English porcelain powder box and cover, probably mid C20th
Price: £15
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.