Pair of Oriental Style green glazed Sylvac Jars and Covers, circa 1960
Estimate: £60 – 80Large Shelley Harmony Ware Vase glazed in blue and grey, 1930s
Estimate: £40 – 60Terracotta Glazed Bottle Vase with floral enamel decoration, Watcombe Pottery, circa 1900
Estimate: £20 – 30Scheurich Ceramic Vase, Market Scene Pattern, 225-46, West Germany, 1970s
Estimate: £60 – 80Pair of Worcester Saucers with Chinoiserie Decoration circa 1780
Estimate: £30 – 40Art Deco Style Ceramic Jug with Floral Handle, probably 1930s
Price: £35Oriental Style Vase, West German Pottery, late C20th
Price: £55West 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.
Yellow ground Bursley Ware Dragon Bowl by Frederick Rhead, circa 1920
Price: £55
West German Keramik Jug with drip glaze, second half C20th
Price: £35Pair of Royal Doulton Spill Vases with gilt decoration, 1920s
Price: £180Round pendant set with turquoise, Mexico, c1970, the chain later.
Price: £45Taxco bracelet set with carved obsidian stones c1950
Price: £65Native American turquoise cuff bracelet, 1960s
Price: £275Taxco grape motif necklace, c1980
Price: £350Taxco 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)
Taxco silver bracelet, c1980
Price: £75Taxco butterfly brooch with abalone, makers mark EL 1960s
Price: £55Taxco charm bracelet, makers mark Castelan, 1950s
Price: £95Taxco bracelet with Aztec mask motif, 1940s
Price: £85Doulton and Slaters Patent Jardiniere circa 1890
Price: £750The Doulton factory began production in 1815, first at Vauxhall and later moving to Lambeth. In 1882 it opened an additional factory at Burslem, Stoke on Trent in the centre of the English pottery. Known at first mainly for utilitarian works it began to develop decorative wares more extensively in the 1860s and soon gained a reputation for its distinctive designs. As the mark indicates, this piece was made at the Lambeth factory and the absence of ‘England’ in the Doulton mark, which has the typical design of interlocking ‘D’ at its centre, indicates that it dates to before 1891. The decorative technique, employing impressed designs was known as ‘Chine’ ware and protected by the patent ‘Doulton and Slaters Patent’ which is clearly marked underneath. Pieces of linen, lace, net or other fabrics were pressed onto the unfired soft clay shortly after potting, leaving a corresponding pattern behind. This piece has elaborately modelled lotus strands in addition as well as gilt flower heads, an unusual combination which does not seem to often occur. On the base are found stamped numbers and letters which should indicate the pattern number and artist decorator but it has not been possible to identify these accurately. Dating though is confirmed and this was clearly a deluxe item amongst the range of pieces produced at that time.
A Brannam Bowl, Barum ware, Terracotta and Glaze, marked C.H.Brannam, circa 1900
Estimate: £30 – 40Antique English Staffordshire pitcher, William Brownfield and Sons, circa 1860.
Estimate: £40 – 60Pair of Ceramic Figures of Swans, probably continental, C20th
Price: £45East German Ceramic Vase, VEB Haldensleben, 1950s
Price: £35The factory mark, a shallow dish superimposed over the letter 'H' inside a circle, is that of the East German pottery VEB Haldensleben. VEB stands for 'Volkseigener Betrieb', meaning a people-owned enterprise and used in relationship to the state owned workplaces in the GDR. Haldensleben is a town in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany and a ceramics factory was created there in 1945 with the nationalization of the Carstens Uffrecht plant that followed the division of Germany at the end of WWII. Halsdenleben focused primarily on the manufacture of vases. Its output tended to be of superior quality and employed more restrained glazes than those used by its West German counterparts. Upon the reunifucation of Germany in 1990, the factory was returned to its original owners, the Carstens family. The pattern number here is found on other pieces with the same shape but the abstract decoration used is quite individual and evocative of 1950s and early 1960s designs.
West German Ceramic Vase, Marei, 1970s
Price: £45While not stamped with a maker's mark, vases of this type are attributed to the West German Ceramics factory Marei which produced pieces from 1949 to 2016. Marei was the commonly used abbreviation for the firm's name which was Majolikafabrik Rheinbach Jean Fuss and Sohn. The pieces are distinguished by the use of a reddish clay but this was sometimes more brown or dark brown depending on the suppliers used. Marks are usually impressed into the base although these are often just pattern numbers, as here. Many pieces are unmarked and some are stamped 'MADE IN GERMANY' or 'W.GERMANY'. The pattern number here is '7104'and is found on similar pieces with the same shape but different decoration. This vase was probably made in the 1970s and is typical of the striking designs the firm produced.
Art Pottery Vase with Geometric Motifs, C20th
Price: £45The style of decoration suggests Art Nouveau designs but there are no obvious parallels. Continental manufacture seems likely, perhaps France or Germany.
Murano Art Glass Dish, 1960s
Price: £35Art Deco necklace with French Jet and paste stations
Price: £25Victorian style copper bracelet with buckle detail 1950s
Price: £20Fun group of two porcelain brooches with paid of small earrings 1960s
Price: £10Silver Monogram Celtic Style Brooch Hallmarked 1878/1879
Price: £45An advert for Edwin Umfreville appeared in 'The Bazaar, The Exchange and Mart - 19th April 1879' where one of his pieces is described. "Like all the “ E. U." jewellery that we have seen, the workmanship is first-class, and the design most tasteful."
Two lacquer bird brooches 1980s
Price: £15Two long infinity strands of cultured pearls
Price: £50Japanese Imari Dish with a lobed edge circa 1880
Price: £125A Pair of Royal Doulton Ewers, marked, early C20th
Price: £150Wedding Cake style glass bead necklace, Venetian 1930s
Price: £25Grand tour Italian filigree silver bracelet 1900
Price: £55Pair of Chinese Soapstone Seals in a fitted box, C20th
Price: £30Chinese Bone Netsuke carving of a man holding a musical instrument, early C20th
Price: £25Art Glass Doorstop with Starburst and Bubble designs, perhaps British, late C20th
Price: £45Iridescent art glass Vase with loop handles, possibly continental
Price: £45Golden Amber Webb Glass Vase, marked, 1950s
Price: £45Thomas Webb began his glass career in 1829, when he became a partner in the Wordsley Glassworks. Various career changes followed and in 1859 he was joined by his sons Thomas Wilkes Webb and Charles Webb and began trading as Thomas Webb & Sons based in Stourbridge. The firm was run by various family members until mergers started to occur in the early twentieth century and Sven Fogelberg, previously from Swedish glassworks Kosta, became manager in 1932. Production continued with more mergers in the 1960s and 1970s until the firm closed in 1990. This vase was made by Thomas Webb during the 1950s as part of their 'Gay Glass' range in a design called 'Old English Bull's Eye' and has the typical 'Webb England' mark to the base.