
Japanese Gouache Painting of Flowering Lotus, signed and framed, C20th
Price: £45
Unusual Victorian style earrings
Price: £15
English silver filigree floral necklace
Price: £35
Stunning opera length string of rock crystal beads
Price: £35
Rennie Mackintosh Arts and Crafts silver brooch
Price: £25
An Art Deco ceramic group of two Fish by Guido Cacciapuoti, signed, 1930s
Price: £150Guido Cacciapuoti was a celebrated Italian ceramicist. Born in Naples in 1892 and from a family with a tradition in the creation of majolica pottery, Guido exhibited his work widely in the 1920s and finally, in collaboration with his brother, Mario, and Angelo Bignami as the administrative and commercial director, he founded the factory ‘Gres d'Arte Cacciapuoti Bignami & C.' in Milan in 1927. Mario unfortunately died three years later leaving Guido to carry on on his own until his death in 1953.
In the 1930s, Guido’s workshop became famous for the production of ceramic animal sculptures with fish being a particular speciality. More commonly seen are groups of John Dory, again with a red glaze, but the smoother lines here and the particularly intense colour reflect more closely the contemporary Art Deco style. Sought after in their own time, with patrons such as the King of Italy and Mussolini, Guido’s works are highly collectible today and this group would make a striking addition to a collection of Art Deco ceramics with considerable decorative appeal.

Graduated set of three Royal Doulton Harvest Pattern Jugs, early C20th
Price: £150While this model, often called the ‘harvest pattern’, is found quite often, it is very unusual to see a graduated set of three, all matching. The form of the mark, where the lion does not sit above a crown, was used between 1922 and 1927 which gives us the dating here. The largest jug carries the letter ‘a’ which was a decorator’s mark and stands for Louisa Ayling. Perhaps she worked on all three, but this must remain a guess although the quality of the work on all three is quite consistent producing a highly decorative and attractive ensemble.

Yellow ground Bursley Ware Dragon Bowl by Frederick Rhead, circa 1920
Price: £55

Japanese Ceramic Figural Group of two Geisha, late C19th
Price: £25
Victorian small note pad for chatelaine
Price: £45
Pair of Taxco Mexican silver earrings, c1980
Price: £75
American Art Deco silver and marcasite brooch
Price: £35
Pair of Arts and Crafts Pewter Salts, early C20th
Price: £45
Fairing Figurine – A Mouse A Mouse, German, late C19th
Price: £25
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.

Miniature Staffordshire flatback model of two spaniels and a barrel, second half C19th
Price: £55
Chinese Soapstone Brushwasher with flowering lotus, early C20th
Estimate: £50 – 80
Daum Crystal Glass Swallowtail Bowl, signed Daum-France circa 1960
Price: £150Vases 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.

Chinese Bone Inkwell in the form of a Chair, early 20th century
Estimate: £20 – 30
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.

Studio Pottery Vase with Robin’s Egg Glaze marked Zambia, Modern
Price: £30
Figure of a Young Girl Praying, Continental, probably mid C20th
Price: £45
Taxco charm bracelet, makers mark Castelan, 1950s
Price: £85
Lomonosov Teapot decorated Cockerels, late C20th
Price: £45
Pair of silver fobs adapted as earrings, Birmingham 1904 & 1905
Price: £75
Framed Stumpwork Panel depicting a Bowl of Flowers, English, 1930s
Price: £45
1950s Regency style needlepoint kit bag
Price: £75
Brass and Enamel Campaign Serving Set, Made in British India mark, 1920s
Price: £45
Cosmetic Box with Japonaiserie Decoration, Boch Freres, early C20th
Price: £45The firm Boch Freres Keramis was founded by Eugene and Victor Boch and their brother-in-law, Jean Baptiste Nothomb, in 1841 and was located in La Louviere in eastern Belgium. In 1906 Charles Catteau joined the company as artistic director and was responsible for a new and wide ranging series of designs, some under the influence of Japonisme, transitioning the company from producing utilitarian objects to highly decorative ceramics. His work can clearly be seen here in a piece which appears to be quite unusual. Both the form and the decoration reflect early twentieth century fashion in the clean lines and the images inspired by Japan. There is a hint of the aesthetic movement here producing an object of great attraction and interest.

Two small metal perfume Flasks and Stoppers, 1920s
Price: £35
Two marcasite convertable dress clip brooches c1940
Price: £35
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.

Rennie Mackintosh silver scarf ring with scarf included, c1990
Price: £45
Group lot of three jade necklaces
Price: £45
Stunning suite of necklace and bracelet by Hobe 1950s,
Price: £350Hobe was founded in 1887 by the French goldsmith Jacques Hobe as makers of fine jewellery. The costume jewellery division, Hobe Cie, was added 40 years later by his son, William Hobe, who brought the firm to America in 1927 and was commissioned by Flo Ziegfeld to design and manufacture jewellery for his Ziegfeld Follies costumes. By repute this is the origin of the expression costume jewellery. Production continued from the 1930s to the 1990s and the form of mark here suggests a more later dating within their range.

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.

Cosmetic Box with Japonaiserie Decoration, Boch Freres, early C20th
Price: £45The firm Boch Freres Keramis was founded by Eugene and Victor Boch and their brother-in-law, Jean Baptiste Nothomb, in 1841 and was located in La Louviere in eastern Belgium. In 1906 Charles Catteau joined the company as artistic director and was responsible for a new and wide ranging series of designs, some under the influence of Japonisme, transitioning the company from producing utilitarian objects to highly decorative ceramics. His work can clearly be seen here in a piece which appears to be quite unusual. Both the form and the decoration reflect early twentieth century fashion in the clean lines and the images inspired by Japan. There is a hint of the aesthetic movement here producing an object of great attraction and interest.

Chinese Republican Style small Famille Rose Ginger Jar and Cover, late c20th
Price: £20
Beautiful paste evening necklace c1940
Price: £25
Early Egyptian Revival necklace c1900
Price: £65
Japanese Awata ware Teapot and Cover, signed, circa 1900
Price: £25
Egyptian Revival scarab ring, 1930s
Price: £25
A Set of Six Blue and White Willow Pattern Coasters English Ironstone 1980s
Price: £25These 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.

Chinese Reverse Painted Glass Globe depicting deities and attendants, Modern
Price: £45
Oriental style ceramic plate, signed Alice Smith, possibly American mid C20th
Price: £10
Reproduction Limoges Porcelain Box with Scent Bottles, Modern
Price: £25
Early Egyptian Revival necklace with ruby glass stones c1900
Price: £175
Murano blue glass star shape Bowl, 1960s
Price: £25
Large Cinnabar and filigree silver brooch, 1930s
Price: £45
Chinese cord bracelet with jade stones carved as fish
Price: £15
Art Deco Czech glass necklace with enamel and glass stones, 1930s
Price: £45
Porcelain Figure of an English Pointer Dog, Lomonosov, USSR late C20th
Price: £55
Japanese Blue and White Sugar Bowl and Cover, first half C20th
Price: £25
Nesting Set of Four Small Brass Trays with an engraved designs of Bats, Chinese C20th
Price: £30
Commemorative Ware Silver Jubilee Plate, James Kent Ltd, England, 1935
Price: £35
Victorian Egyptian Revival motif necklace with red stones c1900
Price: £85
American 1980s statement necklace with intaglio pendants
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Victorian silver bracelet set with garnets 1900
Price: £35
Large Scottish agate specimen brooch 1910
Price: £55
Pair of Brentleigh Ware Wall Hanging Ballet Shoes, 1930s
Price: £35
Pair of Beige Opaline Glass Vases, enamelled decoration, probably French late C19th
Price: £75
Pair of Italian faux tortoiseshell earrings, 1980s
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Chinese Porcelain Teabowl and Spoon Tray with calligraphy insciptions, 1997
Price: £15
Charming small amber pendant brooch set as an owl c2000
Price: £15
An Arts and Crafts small Brass Tray, English early twentieth century
Price: £40
An Arts and Crafts small Brass serving Tray, English early twentieth century
Price: £40
A Ceramic Moneybox in the form of a Pig, Helensgate Ceramics, mid twentieth century
Price: £25
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.

Rectangular Footed Green Onyx Box and Cover, G.S.E. Ottone Garantito, 1960s
Price: £45
Stunning jade and silver lariat necklace, 20th century
Price: £150
Lomonosov Teapot in the form of a Samovar, late C20th
Price: £75
Amber statement necklace with round drops c1960
Price: £65
A Pair of Art Deco Pressed Glass Trophy Form Vases, Davidson, 1930s
Price: £45
Japanese 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.

Lovely large brooch by Thomas L Mott c1940
Price: £20
Pair of Royal Doulton Vases decorated Cherries, early C20th
Price: £95The mark for Doulton is one of the standard impressed 'Royal Doulton England' marks where the lettering forms part of a circle combined with three thick lines and the centre is filled with four interlocking 'D's. The addition of a lion but not with the usual accompanying crown allows a fairly precise dating to between 1923 and 1927 which matches with the pattern number ‘8546’, one of the range of numbers used between 1924 and 1927. The artist’s signature cannot be identified but he/she produced a pair of vases of great skill and charm which follow the Art Deco trends fashionable at the time.

African wood figural group, Guinea c1970
Price: £35
Silver Pendant, Tutankhamun and Ankhsenamun, Egyptian 1950s
Price: £35
Zuni Cuff Bracelet set with Kingman Turquoise, marked, New Mexico 1970s
Price: £300
Silver Medal or Watch Fob dated 1923, B.P.C.G.S.
Price: £35
Incredible quality Silver and paste brooch c1950
Price: £45
Sweet Taxco heart bracelet c1980
Price: £75
Liberty Dollar 1922 mounted as a pendant on necklace
Price: £35
Studio Pottery Vase by John Jelfs, signed, late C20th
Price: £220……………………………………………………………………………………………..................................................................................................................….
John Jelfs was born in Exeter, Devon in 1946 and studied ceramics at the Cheltenham College of Art. In 1973, alongside his wife Jude, also a skilled potter in her own right, he set up his own studio, The Cotswold Pottery Company, in the Cotswolds at Bourton on the Water, from where he has been producing ceramics in a wide variety of forms for over fifty years and still continues to work today. Every piece of his pottery is unique, being made entirely by hand and with the decoration kept to a minimum. Wherever possible locally sourced ingredients of clays, limestone and woodash are used for his glazes of celadon, ochre and shino (a white colour glaze developed in Japan sometimes with red,orange or black spotting).
Jelfs writes himself “From my first exposure to studio pottery I was immediately excited by the work of the late Bernard Leach and his lifelong friend the Japanese potter Shoji Hamada. It was the strength and quietness of their pots which most excited me about their work. For the past few years, I have been concentrating on a range of forms, to which I have applied olive/celadon, ochre and shino glazes made up from wood ash and clay, ingredients both local to my studio. The pots are all hand-thrown from a blend of West-country clays, and are often altered while still soft on the wheel. They are fired twice, the first to biscuit (1000 degrees centigrade) and the second firing to stoneware (1300 degrees Centigrade) in a gas kiln. I use a long firing cycle as this brings out the subtlety and depth in my glazes.”
In more recent years, the construction of a new kiln allowed Jelfs to develop the use of ‘soda glazes’, a complex firing process in which a vapour glaze made of sodium oxide (soda) glazes the clay body of the pottery during the firing process. Sodium materials are introduced into the kiln, usually with a nozzle, at a high temperature of over approximately 1280°C (2350°F). The soda then evaporates and the flame carries the vapour within the kiln, landing on the hot pottery pieces where it fuses with the materials in the clay and any slip decoration applied to it. The soda vapours are colourless and it is the reaction on contact that produces a wide range of colours and textures.
“Since the soda fuses to the surfaces of the work in this way, it blurs the line between pot and glaze/surface; they become one.” — Harrison Levenstein
This elegantly potted vase is a prime example of the technique and the wide variety of glaze effects and textures can be seen and admired. As often, the base is unglazed and in this case marked with the artist's stamp ‘JJ’. The earliest pieces were given an impressed ‘swan’ mark soon to be followed with the wording ‘Bourton on the Water’ in addition. The simple mark of the artist’s initials seems to be later which fits with the use of the ‘soda glaze’ technique developed some years after the pottery studio was set up. Jelfs' work has been widely exhibited in leading galleries including Galerie Besson and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, Alpha House in Sherborne, Beaux Arts, Bath, and the Rufford Ceramics Centre in Nottingham. It is also included in many collections around the world and our vase would make a fine addition to any of them.

Japanese Celadon Dish decorated basket of flowers, circa 1900
Price: £45Celadon glazed wares with enamel decoration in fairly muted colours are a familiar product amongst the ceramics produced by Japanese potters at the end of the nineteenth century but examples of this type of dish are rather less commonly found. The basket of flowers is a regular decorative feature of Chinese ceramics, but given here a slightly different interpretation with the depiction of lotus, the emblem of summer. The mark probably imitates Chinese ‘commendation’ marks inscribed within the foot rim, another nod on the part of the Japanese potters towards their Chinese counterparts.

Pair of Opera Binocular Glasses in green leather Case, French, first half C20th
Price: £25
Victorian silver gilt filigree bracelet, Morocco
Price: £95
An Unusual Pair of Bradawl Form Sewing Tools, probably Persian C20th
Price: £45
Statement fob brooch with large faux citrine drop c1950
Price: £15
English Silver pin cushion in the form of a boot, London 1991
Price: £75
Souvenir White House Enamel Box and Cover
Price: £15
Amber Glass Bowl and stand, Stölzle Hermanova Hut factory, Czech 1930s
Price: £55
Chinese Blue and White Box and Cover with pierced lid, late C20th
Price: £25The Charles Sadek Import Company was founded in 1936 by the father and son Charles and Norman Sadek and began by importing decorative items from Japan later broadening their range to a wider variety of suppliers including China. These pieces were sold under the ‘Andrea by Sadek’ brand, named after Norman's daughter Andrea. The business continued to a third generation until it was taken over by Fitz & Floyd in 2015.
This box, then, is a typical example of their range of wares, good quality decorative items marketed at an affordable price. The quality of these boxes can vary and this piece seems to be an above average example.

An Unusual Pair of Bradawl Form Sewing Tools, probably Persian C20th
Estimate: £40 – 60
Long Art Nouveau necklace with multiple drops c1930
Price: £75
Rectangular Box and Cover, Basanite Jasper, C20th
Price: £95
Scheurich West German Vase in Brutalist Style, late C20th
Price: £55Although not marked with their name (few pieces were until the later years of production) this vase has all the hallmarks of the Scheurich factory founded in 1954 by Alois Scheurich who had been a partner before then in the firm ‘Scheurich and Greulich’ (S&G) since 1927. While founded later than many of its competitors, Scheurich grew to become the principal exporter of West German ceramics through until the 1980s and beyond, making vases in a wide variety of shapes and designs. This piece is rather more austere than many of their productions and the clean lines of the form combined with the rather stark decoration perhaps make it particularly suitable for a contemporary interior.

Two Burmese Textiles, mid C20th
Price: £55The distinctive style of embroidery and applied work here is typical of Burmese work known as ‘Kalaga’ which means ‘curtain’ in Burmese and is used to refer to heavily embroidered appliqué tapestry sewn with a technique called ‘shwe gyi do’. First produced around 150 years ago, Kalagas are generally linen, silk, cotton or velvet background fabrics embellished with sequins, embroidery, beads, coloured stones, tiny pearls, coral, braids and metal threads, the choice of materials depending in part on the client’s budget. Cotton padding was used to produce the ‘3D’ effect seen here and on many other examples of the work. The elaborate decoration meant that some of the larger pieces could take many months to produce. These two panels are an excellent example of the genre with the lavish use of gold thread. They have survived in excellent condition and can decorate an interior today in the same way that they graced the interiors of the makers’ contemporaries. Dating is difficult and a mid C20th attribution is probably sensible but an earlier period of manufacture is quite possible.
