
Large costume cameo brooch, marked W. Germany
Price: £15
Large costume cameo brooch, marked W. Germany
Price: £15
Mexican silver dolphin bangle bracelet c1990
Price: £65
Art Deco Catalin Bakelite necklace, American c1930
Price: £125
Chinese style Vase and Cover decorated with ladies and courtiers in a garden scene, C20th
Price: £55
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.

Japanese Bone and Lacquer Plaque, Lady and Boy, signed, late C19th
Price: £45These bone and lacquer plaques were produced in great quantities by Japanese artists in the late nineteenth century for export to the West and became a familiar feature of the European drawing room. The medium was easily subject to damage and loss, especially in respect of the bone inlay, and while this example has some slight damage this is confined to a crack in the lacquer ground of the panel itself and some chipping to the extremities of the panel. The decoration of the figures remains intact (the surround seems to have been cut away in some places to give added definition to the composition) and allows appreciation of the skill with which they were carved, presenting a genre scene of great charm.

Japanese satsuma style match stick holder c1940
Price: £45
Striking Art Deco jade necklace
Price: £150
Stunning Victorian Scottish agate necklace
Price: £175
Vintage Hobe 14k gold plated sterling silver bracelet, 1940s
Price: £150Hobe 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 although there are a few later reproductions. While all their pieces were marked, dating is sometimes difficult but the floral design sterling silver pieces, one of their most collectible ranges now, date to the 1930s and 1940s and this bracelet, with the addition of the gold vermeil detail probably belongs to the latter period of this group. Its opulent and florid design is typical of Hobe’s work making it a stylish addition to a collection of their pieces. Other examples of their work can be seen elsewhere on this site and in this sale.

Edwardian Scottish bloodstone bar brooch c1910
Price: £30
Sweet Taxco heart bracelet c1980
Price: £75
Persian Gouache painting on silk of a horseman, C 19th
Price: £25The style of painting here and the use of silk as the medium are typical of Persian work, and the detail of the brushwork, notably the man’s hair and the horse’s head suggest nineteenth rather than twentieth century workmanship and while a little age worn, this is a striking example of the genre.
Please note that the silk is glued to the hardboard backing at the reverse (see image 10); the simple gilt frame is just fitted to the edge and the piece is not glazed.

Chinese Silver Bangle with Dragon Heads, C20th
Price: £45
Victorian Scottish Agate and paste citrine brooch mounted as a necklace c1900
Price: £125
Large Chinese eglomise scent bottle 1950s
Price: £75
Pair of Japanese red lacquered low stands, Taisho period
Price: £150
Japanese Studio Pottery Vase, signed, C20th
Price: £75
Modernist Taxco brooch 1980s
Price: £45
Incredible quality Silver and paste brooch c1950
Price: £45
Vintage Woven Straw and Raffia Beach Bag, 1950s
Price: £65
Italian silver Cuff Bangle with chainmail decoration, modern
Price: £30
Pair of shield or arrowhead shaped amber and silver earrings
Price: £30
Rare Cairngorm Scottish agate bracelet
Price: £150
Stunning Victorian filigree necklace with concealed mourning keepsake locket
Price: £125
Pink pressed glass dressing table set, Libochoviche, Czech, 1950s
Price: £35
Fun celluloid elephant motif earrings 1960s
Price: £25
Chinese Soapstone Brushwasher with flowering lotus, early C20th
Estimate: £50 – 80
Pair of Brentleigh Ware Wall Hanging Ballet Shoes, 1930s
Price: £35
Vintage Carved wood figure of a Lady, Bali, Indonesia, second half C20th
Price: £45
Heavy silver curb collar necklace, Mexico 1970s
Price: £125
10 Chromolithographs from Illustrated London News publication celebrating Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee 1897
Price: £85Print 1: This print depicts the weddings of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert and on the bottom depicts the marriage of Mary of Teck to the then Duke of York. The portraits surrounding these images are of the two brides and other royal family members. (numbered Plate 17)
Print 2: This print depicts the development in the modes of transportation during her reign. Clipper ship to steamer, carriage to train, walking and carriages to bicycles and automobiles. The portraits will be the inventors and visionaries of these developments. (numbered Plate XI)
Print 3: This print depicts the House of Commons with Prime Minister Salisbury and the House of Lords. The surrounding portraits are politicians of the day. The bottom centre is of Gladstone. (numbered Plate A)
Print 4: This print depicts the development of the Royal Navy during her reign. it starts with tall mast sailing ships (1836 fleet) and proceeds to steam ships (1853 fleet) and then finally to the most modern ships and even submarines (1897 fleet). The portraits are a bit random - but probably are naval officers and Royal family members. (numbered Plate IX)
Print 5: This print depicts three important battles during her reign. The portraits depict military officers and other influencers during these wars. (numbered Plate VIII)The portraits depict military officers and other influencers during these wars. (numbered Plate VIII)
Print 6: This print depicts the christenings of Victoria's first two children, Victoria Adelaide Mary Louise, Princess Royal and Albert Edward, Prince of Wales. The large portrait on the upper left is the Arch Bishop of Canterbury. (numbered Plate V)
Print 7: This print depicts the Queen's marriage to Prince Albert and the image below is a well known family portrait. The portraits are members of the Royal Family such as parents and possibly siblings. (numbered Plate IV)
Print 8: This print depicts Victoria's accession council, the opening of parliament and a royal procession. The portraits are very difficult to pinpoint but they would be politicians and influencers of the day. (numbered Plate III)
Print 9: This print depicts Queen Victoria's coronation in 1838. The top image is the ceremony followed by the procession with Buckingham Palace in the background. The portraits depict monarchs that came before here. Edward the IV is the large central top portrait. (numbered Plate II)
Print 10: This print depicts a later family portrait and three of her residences, Windsor, Balmoral and Osborne. The larger portraits are Edward Prince of Wales, George Duke of York and probably Prince Edward Albert.

Pair of bisque relief plaques by artist Bertel Thorvaldsen. Royal Copenhagen 1969 - 74
Price: £40Bertel Thorvaldsen (born Nov. 19, 1770, or Nov. 13, 1768, Copenhagen, Den.—died March 24, 1844, Copenhagen), sculptor, prominent in the Neoclassical period, who was the first internationally acclaimed Danish artist. Prominent in Roman intellectual and artistic circles, he influenced many emerging artists from Europe and the United States. Most of Thorvaldsen’s most characteristic sculptures are reinterpretations of the figures or themes of classical antiquity. The Alexander frieze of 1812 in the Palazzo del Quirinale, Rome, modeled in only three months in anticipation of a visit by Napoleon, is an example of the feverish energy with which he could at times work. Religious sculptures include the colossal series of statues of Christ and the Twelve Apostles (1821–27) in the Vor Frue Kirke in Copenhagen. He also made numerous portrait busts of distinguished contemporaries.

Sowerby Amber Glass Centrepiece circa 1930
Price: £75The Sowerby family came from the North West of England near Carlisle and settled in Gateshead in the late eighteenth century. The firm Sowerby Glassworks is known from 1807 onwards and continued production until 1972, concentrating on pressed glass. Catalogues of their wares still exist and they produced pieces in a wide variety of styles and shapes which retain their popularity today.
The centrpiece figurine, which was intended as a flower holder or ‘frog’, is rather unusual; normally the figures are female but the style of the modelling is identical. Similar designs to the bowl can be found in a 1936 catalogue but versions of it even appear in another catalogue from 1882. Many centrepiece/bowl combinations are found and some of them are not always original. This may possibly be the case here but if so the ‘match’ is extremely pleasing to the eye and the two elements set one another off perfectly to produce a striking example of Art Deco decorative design.

Pair of Silhouette Portraits by Enid Elliot Linder, framed, late C20th
Price: £25Known first as ‘profiles’ or ‘shades’ silhouettes became a common form of portraiture before the development of photography but continued to be made well after and indeed into the C20th. This pair of portrait heads, two from a series of twenty according to the label on the reverse, were produced in a studio set up by Enid Elliot Linder in the 1970s. Starting in a room at the back of a house in Babbacombe, Enid Linder, an artist with a great talent for painting silhouettes, began production in 1972 and, within the space of a few months, helped by her husband and four assistants was producing 500 pictures a week, necessitating a move to larger premises on the Teignmouth Road. By 1980, the ‘Pennyfarthing Galleries’, as they had become known, had sold an estimated 150,000 to 200,000 pictures all around the world. All were all produced at the Teignmouth Road premises, and checked and signed in pencil by the artist. Various series were produced and this pair of portraits come from what seems to have been a series of generic images of early nineteenth century figures. The influence of Jane Austen is obvious and these two silhouette heads are an attractive reminder of a tradition of portraiture with long historical associations.

Pair of Taxco Mexican silver earrings, c1980
Price: £75
Chinese cord bracelet with jade stones carved as fish
Price: £15
Studio Pottery Vase by John Jelfs, signed, late C20th
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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.

Very fine pair of vintage Chinese painted eggs in a pentagonal glass case
Price: £25
Lot of 2 vintage Chinese miniature cork groups
Price: £25
Vintage Chinese Cloisonne Bead Necklace, mid C20th
Price: £55
Rennie Mackintosh silver scarf ring with scarf included, c1990
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.

Victorian small note pad for chatelaine
Price: £45
Two marcasite convertable dress clip brooches c1940
Price: £35
Victorian silver bracelet set with garnets 1900
Price: £35
Unusual Egyptian Revival necklace with a plaque depicting Isis, 1930s
Price: £75
Art Deco mother of pearl card case
Price: £50
Japanese Imari Bottle Vase, circa 1900
Price: £30
Cornucopia design suite of necklace and earrings 1990s
Price: £65
A Pair of Art Deco Pressed Glass Trophy Form Vases, Davidson, 1930s
Price: £45
Egyptian Revival scarab ring, 1930s
Price: £25
Pair of Lovatt and Lovatt Langley Mill Vases, early C20th
Price: £110The Langley Mill Pottery was located in Langley Mill, Derbyshire on the Derbyshire – Nottinghamshire border. From its establishment in 1865 to its final closure in 1982, it went through five distinct periods of ownership, producing a wide range of stoneware ranging from utilitarian items and to high quality art pottery. This pair of vases dates from the third company that traded there, Lovatt and Lovatt. The Lovatt family had entered into partnership with the owner of the founding business at Langley Mill, James Calvert. From 1895 the business was in sole control of the Lovatt family and traded as ‘Lovatt and Lovatt’ until 1935. The early years of the twentieth century proved to be something of a zenith for them and a wide range of art pottery pieces were made which enjoyed great popularity. Production techniques were streamlined without a reduction in quality and in 1905, leadless glazes were introduced. These are proudly announced on the base of this pair of vases which are an excellent example of the Lovatt and Lovatt style and probably date to 1912, indicated by the impressed numbers for that year.

Long Art Nouveau necklace with multiple drops c1930
Price: £75
Massive banded carnelian cuff bracelet
Price: £450
Mottled blue Bakelite buckle in the shape of an airplane, American 1930s
Price: £45
Reproduction Limoges Porcelain Box with Scent Bottles, Modern
Price: £25
Japanese Samurai China Biscuit Box and Cover, C20th
Price: £25
Japanese Ceramic Figural Group of two Geisha, late C19th
Price: £25
Silver rose ring, 20th century
Price: £35
A gilt metal and onyx figure of a Cherub holding a Globe 1960s
Price: £45
Hollywood Regency Ormolu and Glass Scent Bottle, second half C20th
Price: £95
Beautiful sautoir necklace with Whitby jet pendant 1920s
Price: £35
Art Deco Scottish agate panel bracelet, 1930s
Price: £95
Two small metal perfume Flasks and Stoppers, 1920s
Price: £35
Classic Taxco cuff bracelet, c1980
Price: £75
Vintage hand carved Fossil Stone Trinket Box and Cover, C20th
Price: £25
Beautiful paste evening necklace c1940
Price: £25
French cockerel brooch 1920s
Price: £75
Taxco collar necklace set with obsidian, 1950s
Price: £95
Jean Paul Gaultier Mini Fragrance Set, La Parade Des Extraits
Price: £75
Stunning long Art Deco necklace with cherry amber beads
Price: £250
Commemorative Ware Silver Jubilee Plate, James Kent Ltd, England, 1935
Price: £35
Chinese Export Blue and White Tea Caddy and Cover, Qianlong period circa 1760
Estimate: £300 – 400
An Arts and Crafts small Brass serving Tray, English early twentieth century
Price: £40
English silver filigree floral necklace
Price: £35
Pair of Arts and Crafts Pewter Salts, early C20th
Price: £45
Lot of 3 Chinese bangles
Price: £35
Burmese Jade sautoir Necklace, C20th
Price: £45
Victorian necklace and bracelet suite 1900
Price: £125
Pair of Beige Opaline Glass Vases, enamelled decoration, probably French late C19th
Price: £75
Early Egyptian Revival necklace with ruby glass stones c1900
Price: £175
An Arts and Crafts small Brass Tray, English early twentieth century
Price: £40
Unusual Victorian style earrings
Price: £15
Pair of Ceramic Figures of Swans, probably continental, C20th
Price: £45
Pair of silver fobs adapted as earrings, Birmingham 1904 & 1905
Price: £75
Persian Red Lacquer Box in the form of a Pumpkin, late 19th century
Price: £35
Trinket box in the shape of a bound Book, onyx and brass, Austria, first half C20th
Estimate: £80 – 120
Pair of Doulton Lambeth Vases, signed and dated 1882
Price: £150The 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 factory mark indicates, these pieces were made at the Lambeth factory and the absence of ‘England’ below it indicates that it dates to before 1891. The Lambeth ware pieces were often marked with the date of manufacture, here 1882 which is fully consistent with a design inspired by Eastern influence. The artist’s mark, ‘B’ with a tail, which appears on both pieces, is for Alice L Burlton, whose signature can be seen on other pieces of a similar date with similar raised decoration. The other three markings ‘B’ and ‘OO’ presumably indicate the pattern number.
In general, Doulton designs were often both striking an experimental and this pair of vases is an example of their work at its best, a striking form combined with skilful decoration making them true collector’s items.

Stunning jade and silver lariat necklace, 20th century
Price: £150
Taxco bracelet with Aztec mask motif, 1940s
Price: £65
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.

Art Deco necklace with blue paste stones 1930s
Price: £75
Red paste floral earrings and necklace suite c1960
Price: £45
Outstanding strand of Chinese coral beads
Price: £150
Two Sets of Serving Cutlery made by Haddad Jezzin Cutlery, Beirut, Lebanon 1960s
Price: £45
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.
