
Swedish Kosta Glass Vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand circa 1960
Price: £95
Art Deco Vase, Springtime, Price Brothers, Staffordshire, 1930s
Price: £35Price Bros was an earthenware manufacturer established at the Crown Works, Burslem, Staffordshire, England, in 1896 by the Price brothers. They specialised in tabletop accessories and teapots and success was rapid such that in 1934 they moved to larger premises at the Top Bridge Works in Longport, where they became known as Price Bros Ltd. A close association with another firm, Kensington Potteries, was finally cemented when the two firms merged in 1962 taking on the name ‘Price and Kensington’ and continuing to manufacture their popular wares to the present day. This vase is typical of the decorative pieces which Price Bros produced during the 1930s and, as with so much of the pottery produced at that time, it reflects the Art Deco styles, particularly in the semi abstract shape. This vase was mould made as can be seen from the joins at each side (see image 7) but there is nothing mechanical about the finished result with its pleasing combination of colour and decoration.

Japanese Kutani Shell Shape Dish, circa 1880
Price: £45Kutani (the word means 'nine valleys') porcelain was made at various factories in the former Kaga province of Japan. The earliest pieces were in a completely different style employing a palette of colours emphasising green, the so called 'Ko Kutani'. Production of this ceased around 1730, and manufacturing was not revived until the early nineteenth century when the more familiar colourings of iron red and gold were introduced. Many pieces were exported to the West in a variety of forms including vases and wall plates. This shell dish is more unusual; the shape is more normally found in Chinese ceramics. Perhaps one of an original pair, this dish, like its Chinese counterparts, was probably intended as a serving dish and could even be used as such today although it can well stand as a decorative item.

Art Deco paste collar necklace by Schreiber & Hiller c1930
Price: £125
Glossy brown crocodile handbag 1960s
Price: £65
Czech rhinestone jewelled glass metal filigree Perfume Bottle and Stopper, C20th
Price: £25
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
Art Deco Whitby Jet Necklace
Price: £50
Four Papier-mâché Trinket Boxes, Kashmir, mid C20th
Price: £35
Blue and Green Ice Glass Square Bowl, possibly Pukeberg, late C20th
Price: £45
Egyptian Revival Czech statement necklace set with real beetles c1920
Price: £150
Lomonosov Teapot in the form of a Samovar, late C20th
Price: £75
Chinese soapstone Amulet decorated with a coiled dragon, C20th
Estimate: £20 – 30
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
Pair of Dorset Fossil limestone goblets in presentation box
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.

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.

Amber buddha carving on egg yolk amber and lapis necklace
Price: £175
Ceramic Tankard celebrating the Marriage of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson in 1986
Price: £10
Cold painted brass necklace 1920s
Price: £50
Charming Novelty handbag, Thailand 1950s
Price: £45
Charming Novelty handbag, Thailand 1950s
Price: £45
Patent Crocodile Handbag, Italian 1970s
Price: £75Please note that the original double strap handle has been recently remodelled to a simple loop as being more practical and consistent with the overall design of the piece.

Vulcanite long necklace with Maltese cross and fob c1880
Price: £195
Stunning rope and tassel necklace, signed, c1990
Price: £45
Group of Three Chinese carved bone Horses with wood stands, probably mid C20th
Price: £30
Incredible Taxco collar necklace c1960
Price: £350
Ring Tail Lizard Skin Minaudiere with a strap handle marked JD, 1930s
Price: £95This example opens out on one side (the clasp is rather stiff) to reveal a mirror and two lidded powder compacts (complete with the guaze liners) and a holder for a comb (now missing) and on the other where there is a cigarette holder and a compartment presumably for matches. On the lid of this is a pouch doubtless intended as a purse. At the end is a pull out lipstick holder with a small strap and the piece hangs from a strap handle marked with the initials JD.
The piece is in remarkable condition for its age and recalls an era of elegance which a contemporary user might emulate on some special occasion.

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.

Jade roundel bead necklace
Price: £15
Silver prayer beads with seventeen Beads, 20th century
Price: £75
Nesting Set of Four Small Brass Trays with an engraved designs of Bats, Chinese C20th
Price: £30
Modernist Silver White Anthurium Brooch, Mexico, 1970s
Price: £25
Liberty Dollar 1922 mounted as a pendant on necklace
Price: £35
Victorian Silver Buckle set with Paste Stones, German circa 1900
Price: £85The sparkling stones and high quality mounting (there is a considerable weight of silver in this piece) would have made this buckle a notable addition to the Victorian ladies' wardrobe and it could equally well catch the eye today.

Art Deco Style Bagley Glass Vase with fin type handles 1930s
Price: £45
Large tooled leather bag with Moroccan Designs 1970s
Price: £85
Art Deco beaded bag with celluloid frame
Price: £25
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.

Two lacquer bird brooches 1980s
Price: £15
Art Nouveau Fairy earrings c1930
Price: £25
Pair of Navajo Kingman turquiose earrings, signed, 1970s
Price: £65
Japanese Arita Square Sake Flask and Cover decorated flowers, C20th
Price: £25
Balinese Silver Bangle with Elephant Heads, 1980s
Price: £45
Balinese Silver Bangle with Elephant Heads, 1980s
Price: £45
Japanese Imari Dish in the form of a Treasure Boat ‘Takarabune’, Meiji Period, circa 1900
Price: £250In Japanese folklore, the Takarabune or "Treasure Ship", is a mythical ship piloted through the heavens by the Seven Lucky Gods during the first three days of the New Year. Ceramic boat shape dishes were produced during the Meiji period (1868-1912) in both Arita and Imari porcelains. Paste of the foot rim and style of decoration suggest a circa date here towards the end of the nineteenth century.

Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £25
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.

Egyptian Revival statement necklace c1920
Price: £85
Small suede handbag, England 1940s
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!

Egyptian silver cuff bangle with portait plaques of Pharoahs
Price: £85
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
Edwardian Scottish agate panel bracelet
Price: £75
Framed Chinese Embroidery Silk Textile, signed, second half C20th
Price: £25
Tigers Eye bracelet with a large central carved dragon bead, certificate for 2012
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!

Persian silver bracelet with inset enamel plaques, c1930
Price: £125
Amber Glass Bowl and stand, Stölzle Hermanova Hut factory, Czech 1930s
Price: £55
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
Necklace with FA cup pendant, Alexander Clark Co. 1976
Price: £85
Art Nouveau repousse Pendant on later chain, c1910
Price: £95
An Unusual Pair of Bradawl Form Sewing Tools, probably Persian C20th
Estimate: £40 – 60
French Orientalist etching aquatint - Paris La Rue Saint Rustique
Price: £35
Pair of Ceramic Goblets : the Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer in 1981
Price: £20
Pair of Capodimonte ceramic Wall Hanging Plaques, boy and girl praying, Italian 1960s
Price: £25
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.

Three Chinese Canton Enamel Dishes, Nineteenth Century
Price: £45
Japanese Seto Ware Blue and White Vase, late C19th
Price: £450A fine quality Japanese porcelain vase, the ovoid body with a curved flaring foot and rising to a tall concave neck with a well defined shoulder, applied elephant and ring handles to the sides and a galleried rim, decorated in bright underglaze blue with two bands of stylised flowering chrysanthemum at the top and bottom between a continuous scene of flowering peony and chrysanthemum, the top rim with repeating whorl design on the exterior and stylised leaf design inside, the stepped base glazed white.
The kilns at Seto in the Aichi prefecture of Japan and situated close to Nagoya form one of the traditional ‘Nihon Rokkoyo’, the six old kilns of medieval Japan. The location of Seto was ideal for the production of ceramics with an abundance nearby of both porcelain clay and forests to provide firewood for the kilns. Production began as early as the Heian period (794-1185) and continued without a break thereafter, the earlier pieces being more pottery forms copying Chinese wares. It was in the early nineteenth century that the kilns turned to producing porcelains decorated in underglaze blue and white, a development initiated by the potter Tamikichi Kato who went to Arita to learn the techniques of its production there, returning to Seto in 1807. Production grew and developed and was directed towards the export market in the Meiji period (1868-1912) with Seto wares being displayed at the European and North American exhibitions and fairs. Their delicately painted designs of birds and flowers proved to be immensely popular and were, in their time, to influence Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs. Some of the forms produced were truly virtuoso creations including, besides vases, screens, jardinieres and even ceramic tables.
Signed pieces are known and besides Tamikichi Kato the distinguished potters included the Kichiemon brothers, Kato Chuji and Kawamoto Jihyoe, and Kawamoto Hansuke. But not all the best pieces carried an artist’s signature as this vase well demonstrates. Formed from fine quality clay, as can be seen from the foot rim (image 10), the complex shape with its spreading base, angled shoulder and galleried rim would have been difficult to create. The handles show remarkable skill with the rings somehow formed so as to hang loose (presumably some form of kiln waster technique was used). The detail and artistry of the painting speaks for itself. Note in particular the shading effects on the peony flowers. While not perhaps an exhibition piece, this vase is definitely of exhibition quality and would be a worthy addition to a collection of nineteenth century Japanese ceramic art.

Two long infinity strands of cultured pearls
Price: £45
Taxco Silver and Copper Bracelet, c1940
Price: £55
Georgian neck brooch c1820
Price: £85
Nine strand authentic seed pearl necklace 1980s
Price: £45
Stunning opera length string of rock crystal beads
Price: £35
Art Deco glass bead necklace
Price: £20
Unusual 1950s puka shell and coral necklace
Price: £20
Maud Frizon Handbag c1980
Price: £150
Silk Print of a Bird, Bianchini-Ferier, France, early C20th
Price: £25Bianchini Ferier was a silk weaving manufacturer based in Lyons. Founded in 1888 by Francois Atuyer, Charles Bianchini and Francois Ferier, it first produced fine silk damasks mainly for the clothing industry. After gaining a silver medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1889 it went on to enjoy great success and many well known artists created designs for it in the early C20th, most notably Raoul Dufy. Production continued until the early 1990s when the firm was acquired by Tissages Bauman.
This print resembles designs in the firm’s archives from the late C19th and was probably created in the early C20th. It was designed for framing and the dotted line definition of the composition can be seen at the edges. Presented now in a modern surround it provides an excellent example of the firm’s work and a reflection of the Art Nouveau style so popular when it was produced.

Egyptian Eye of Horus braclet c20th
Price: £25
Lovely large brooch by Thomas L Mott c1940
Price: £20
Chinese Soapstone Brushwasher decorated with flowering Lotus, early 20th Century
Price: £45
American Art Deco silver and marcasite brooch
Price: £35
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.

Fun 1970s button bangle
Price: £25
Large Victorian Turquoise pendant c1900
Price: £95
Silver Snake bangle, 20th century
Price: £25
Japanese Awata ware Teapot and Cover, signed, circa 1900
Price: £25
Brass and Enamel Campaign Serving Set, Made in British India mark, 1920s
Price: £45
Fairing 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.

Fairing Figurine - The last in bed to put out the light, German, late Nineteenth 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. The impressed number '2851' comes from the first series of figures produced by the Conta factory with numbers ranging from 2850 to 2899. The earlier examples do not have the shield mark found on most of the pieces which indicates an earlier dating here, more towards the middle of the nineteenth century.
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.

Czech Egyptian Revival bracelet 1930s
Price: £30
Bombay Japan pattern deep Dish, Minton or Samuel Alcock, English mid C19th
Price: £25
Fun vintage jade necklace with hook and ring closure c1980
Price: £25