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The Gray Collection 19th & 20th Century Decorative Arts — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:190
Sale Title:The Gray Collection 19th & 20th Century Decorative ArtsLots with images:190
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:136
Date:25-May-2022
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An opalescent glass figure by Edmond Etling, Choisy-le-Roi, France, c.1930 female nude with side and rear drapery, carrying ram on shoulders. (small chip to base). Marked 'Etling France', height 27 cm.
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An opalescent glass vase by Edmond Etling beaker shape, with fruiting grape vine embossed walls. Marked 'Etling', height 13.5 cm
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A 'Noisettes' opalescent glass bowl by Edmond Etling, choisy-le-Roi, France, c.1930s design with moulded leaves, flowers and buds, polished interior with the flowers forming the feet on the underside. Signed 'Etling France 151', diameter 20 cm
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A Vigne opalescent glass bowl by Edmond Etling, choisy-le-Roi, France, c.1930s design with moulded leaves and bunches of grapes, polished interior with the bunches forming the feet on the underside. Signed 'Etling France', diameter 20 cm
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An opalescent glass bowl 'Pissenlits' by Edmond Etling repeat pattern of stylised dandelions. Marked 'Etling France, 292', diameter 30.5 cm
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An opalescent glass lidded bonbonniere by Edmond Etling, choisy-le-Roi, France, c.1930s decorated with buddleja globosa, polished interior with the flowers forming the feet on the underside. Signed 'Etling France, 110', diameter 16 cm
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A small Etling opalescent glass dish tulips design. Marked 'Etling France 113', diameter 12 cm
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A small opalescent glass bowl by Etling with moulded leaves, flowers and buds. Signed 'Etling France 114', diameter 12 cm
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A Lalique clear frosted glass female nude statuette 'Ete' (summer) seated in a cornfield. Engraved mark 'Lalique France', height 200
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A Lalique glass 'Pinsons' (Finches) bowl clear and frosted. Engraved mark 'Lalique France. Model no. 10-386 designed 1933, diameter 23.5 cm
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A Rene Lalique small 'Coquilles' opalescent glass bowl wheel engraved mark R Lalique France, diameter 13 cm
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An opalescent glass bowl by Julien Viard (1883-1938) decorated with a fruiting vine. Moulded mark Julien France, diameter 30.5 cm
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A Cristallerie d'Ezanville opalescent glass bowl, c.1930s decorated with three pairs of birds perched on fruiting branches. Moulded mark Ezan France, diameter 32 cm
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A Pierre D'Avesn opalescent glass bowl marked 'P D'Avesn made in France', diameter 24.5 cm
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An Arrers (Andre Delatte) opalescent glass bowl decorated with hazelnuts and foliage. Marked Arrers made in France, diameter 24 cm
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An unmarked Art Deco Jobling glass bowl, 1930s, amber decorated with birds in flight, diameter 18.5 cm
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An Orrefors crystal vase designed by Sven Palmqvist faceted oblong shap, wheel engraved with three graduated flying geese . Signed and numbered 3036, height 18 cm
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A Orrefors crystal 'Corona' bowl by Lars Hellsten heavy, with label and engraved marks, initials and number 9389-13, diameter 19 cm
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Kasperi triple-prunt green cased in clear glass candlestick / vase designed by Erkkitapio Siiroinen for Riihimaki, c.1970, height 29 cm
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A tall Danish Holmegaard glass vase by Per Lutken tallest of the 'Grønland' (Greenland) series. Engraved marks, numbered 17660 and monogrammed, paper label, c.1960s. Ref. P37 Lutken book, height 41 cm
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A inter-war period Kosta Glasbruk (Sweden) glass vase, attributed to Elis Berg (Bergh) smoky yellow quartz colour, hexagonal walls narrowing to a hexagonal pedestal base. Signed 'Kosta 1938 B 837?
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A Kosta glass vase designed by Vicke Lindstrand, c.1959 tall ovoid flat sided. Emerald and sapphire in clear sommerso with deep blue threads creating a lattice pattern effect. Engraved mark. Lh 1591, height 28 cm
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A tall crystal vase by Goran Warff for Kosta Boda with cut, asymmetric mouth and a tapered body accented with a delicate seeded controlled bubbles. Label and engraved mark 'Kosta Boda, G.W, 49806' height 30.5 cm
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A Finnish glass vase designed by Gunnel Nyman for Nuutajarvi, signed on base Humppila, Nuutajarvi, with remnants of silver label to side. Designed by Nyman in 1947 Heavy-walled crystal oval with internal white spiral signed, height 23 cm
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A Scandinavian glass vase tall tapering shape with etched design. Engraved marks under the base, height 23.5 cm
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A heavy mid-century art glass vase, clear heavy crystal with pattern of controlled bubbles. Fluted tapering cylindrical with scalloped rim. Minute chip underneath above pontil mark. Unmarked, height 23.5 cm
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A mid century Val St Lambert art glass vase, clear cased deep cerise sommerso. Tapering square section tapering to a rounded base, with chamfered corners wheel ground with riven surfaces. Engraved maker's mark, height 19 cm
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A Cristal de Sevres pale lemon, mid-century vase weighty, free-form tapering cylindrical shape with pulled lobes forming handles, etched 'Sevres France' mark on base, height 20 x 18 cm
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A 1930s cameo glass vase, ovoid with flaring neck. Decorated with three scarab beetles and cluster of hexagonal tiles in opaque gloss on background of frosted opalescent yellow, mottled soft brown showing blue/green, height 16.5 cm
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A contemporary cameo glass vase, signed 'S.H. G??.hy '97' white frosted and amethyst/brown opaque gloss. Exceptional draughtsmanship and artistry, height 30 cm
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A glass Murano millerighe vase, by Raffael Eros for Avem, Murano Venezia incised signature under the base: 'Millerighe, Raffael Eros', green inner with multiple-coloured canes sliver backed with aventurine, height 30 cm
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A glass Murano millerighe vase, by Raffael Eros for Avem, Murano Venezia incised signature under the base: 'Millerighe, Raffael Eros', red inner with multiple-coloured canes sliver backed with aventurine, height 30 cm
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A modern Murano glass vase by Gabriele Urban millefiori murrines, heavily gilded on cobalt, with 'Wing' handles at the shouilder, height 28 cm
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A cameo glass jardiniere, signed 'Muller Freres' etched inscription 'A La Marquise de Sevigne' under the base. Vivid apricot orange with brown overlay. Continuous cameo scene in intense and lighter brown, depicting a lake with viewed through overhanging trees, height 13 cm
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A small cameo glass vase mottled white ground with cyclamen flowers in deep burgundy-brown flushed red-brown. Marked 'Muller Fres. Luneville', height 13 cm
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A small Galle style cameo glass vase flask shape with tall neck. Amber frosted, cased in clear deep pink. Flowers and foliage, height 13 cm
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A Legras (Francois-Theodore Legras 1839-1916) cameo glass vase ovoid on round short pedestal base rising to square mouth. Orange ground dark green foreground with green trunks, pale green hills and foliage. Figure of a herder and goats on crest of hill. Signed in cameo (in the forest floor), height 14 cm
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A glass vase, attributed to WMF Ikora range, c.1930s green lobed swollen base with aluminium nitrate web pattern to the wide mouth, height 19 cm
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A Murano glass vase square section, cased red and yellow in clear glass, height 24.5 cm
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A Murano glass vase square section, clear cased yellow and red. Unmarked, height 25.5 cm
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A Murano facetted glass vase Pentagonal facetted, cranberry sommerso, height 19 cm
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A Murano latticino glass handkerchief vase clear with pink and aventurine canes and lattimo latticino. Foil label on pontil. 15.5 x 17 cm
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A Murano style glass bowl, sommerso clear/blue/green fluted and scalloped burst bubble in bottom, diameter 19 cm
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A glass bowl, pink sommerso with controlled bubbles heavy irregular round, fluid shape, diameter 18 cm
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A Murano style glass bowl sommerso, clear with red, green and blue forming single layer and blending together. Top folded in to form five flutes, diameter 14 cm
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A large Murano glass vase ovoid with trumpet mouth. Millefiori latticino adventurine in predominantly green, the scalloped rim and base with gold flecking, height 34 cm
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A Whitefriars glass cylindrical 'Bark' vase, designed by Geoffrey Baxter pewter colour from the 'Textured' range, pattern number 9690 from 1967, height 18.5 cm
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Two Whitefriars 'Zig-Zag' vases designed by Geoffrey Baxter textured range, design pat no. 9761, in Tangerine and pewter, the later with paper label, height 15.5 cm
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A Whitefriars teardrop vase designed by Geoffrey Baxter pattern number 9571. Green sommerso in clear glass. Paper label to side, height 20.5 cm
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A Whitefriars 'Wave ribbed' glass vase, designed by Marriott Powell c.1950s, amethyst, shape 8473, height 20.5 cm
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A Whitefriars style red bark vase cylindrical. Chip at foot, height 17 cm
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A Whitefriars clear glass bud vase teardrop shape, paper label to side, height 19 cm
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A Whitefriars style glass vase inly blue cylindrical with short trumpet mouth, the walls intaglio moulded with a Greek key influenced pattern on a bark type ground. Ground pontil, height 22 cm
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A Whitefriars style bark vase, probably Ravenshead glass purple square section, unmarked, height 220
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A Whitefriars style red glass bark pattern vase narrow cylindrical, height 14.5 cm
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An art glass bottle vase with smooth shoulders transitioning to a bark moulded base, oblong section. Ground pontil, height 19 cm
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A textured bark glass vase, ruby red with amber base, oblong section. Ground pontil, height 18 cm
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A glass beaker vase in Whitefriars style, ruby red, clear cased, with controlled bubbles pattern. Ground pontil, height 19.5 cm
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A large mid-century glass vase, ovoid shape, with all over surface of raised optic bubbles and reciprocal interior pattern of wrythen ribs. Clear glass. Unmarked, height .26 cm
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A Whitefriars style glass vase beaker shape, amber colour, with ground pontil, height 25 cm
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A Peter Viesnik glass paperweight dichroic and sommerso emerald green with controlled bubbles. Signed and dated '02, height 11 cm
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An Art Deco Flacon de Parfum, clear crystal, decagonal tapering shape with conforming base and stopper, restrained cut design to the walls, height 27.5 cm
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A Bernard Moore flambe bottle vase, painted by Reginald Robert Tomlinson, c.1910 exaggerated baluster shape, painted with an encircling snake and a robed snake charmer. Full signature and artist's cipher of Tomlinson under the base, height 28 cm, diameter 20 cm
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A Doulton 'Hispano-Moresque Ware' charger, attributed to John Salter, c.1890 decorated with a mermaid and harnessed seahorses and fish, crimson lustre glaze highlighted with gilt on a brown-black ground, earthenware, designed by John Slater, made by Doulton & Co, Burslem, England. Impressed and printed factory marks and paper label 'John Slater collection No.18', diameter 40 cm John Slater (1844-1914) was the Art Director at Doulton & Co Burslem from 1887 until his death in 1914 when he was succeeded by…
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A Ruskin high fired vase tapering shouldered shape with cylindrical neck. Deep blue glaze streaked with green/grey/light blue. Impressed mark and date 1905, height 28.5 cm
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A Ruskin Pottery lustre vase tall shouldered shape. Lilac mottled lustre. Marked 'Ruskin 1913', height 18.5 cm
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A finely potted Ruskin bowl deep pinky lilac, lustre, light in weight. Stamped marks and date 1921, diameter 16 cm, height 45 cm
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A rare and impressive large William Moorcroft 'Claremont' flambe jardiniere decorated with large and small tube lined mushrooms in ruby lustre, signed indistinctly 'W Moorcroft', impressed number 275, diameter 30.5 cm
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A Moorcroft red 'Flamminian' ware vase, for Liberty & Co., c.1910 designed by William Moorcroft, inverse baluster shape on a circular spreading foot, patterned with three foliate roundels to the shoulder. Impressed fascimile signature W. Moorcroft, printed mark made for Liberty, Rd no 452777, height 22 cm
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A rare William Moorcroft flambe waratah vase ovoid on circular spreading foot, tubeline decorated with four large flowers, height 18.5 cm
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An early William Moorcroft vase with broad shoulder and tapering body. Green-blue with single tube lined fish to the shoulder. Impressed facsimile signature and blue painted signature with 'Potter to Hm the Queen'. C.1930s, height 21 cm
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A Moorcroft Macintyre Florian Ware biscuit barrel, poppy pattern tube lined stylised flowers and foliage in three shades of blue. With silver plated rim and cover. Painted mark 'Wm des' Florian printed mark and Rd.No.326471, height 15 cm. Hairline inside rim
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A large Moorcroft copper lustre vase inverse baluster shape. Impressed mark 'Moorcroft Burslem', height 35.5 cm
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A Moorcroft yellow lustre vase squat circular with short flared mouth. Impressed marks, height 6.5 cm
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A large Royal Doulton monochrome deep teal flambe bottle vase marked 'Bb 1039' in script, '6947' impressed, height 36.5 cm
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A Royal DouIton flambe Sung vase, The Reaper signed by Noke, initialled E for a Eaton and numbered No.3714. Red shading to violet at base and decorated with a figure carrying a scythe, height 25 cm
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A large Royal Doulton veined flambe vase swollen cylindrical with small flaring neck deep red ground with thick irregular veining in blue-black shades. Marks: 'Flambe veined 1619', height 28 cm
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A large Royal Doulton flambe stalking fox, signed Noke (under the tail) Doulton stamp and flambe stamp beneath paws, length 30.5 cm
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A Royal Doulton flambe duck model no. 654. Incised no 10 on base Rd flambe stamp. 9.5 x 18.5 cm
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A large Royal Doulton flambe vase decorated with rural scenes and cattle. Ovoid with tall neck. Factory marks and incised and printed 1621, height 38.5 cm
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An Empire Ware ceramic cat. C.1896-1919 white cat with green glass eyes. Galle style. With turquoise cape patterned all over with flowers and gliding. Restoration to right front leg and crack to front, height 35.5 cm
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An English pewter tea caddy or biscuit box designed by Archibald Knox decorated with the Honesty leaf motif, square swollen shape, the lid with double bar handle. Marked 'English pewter 0194', height 12 x 10.5 cm square
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A Tudric pewter 'Bollelin' tray with strap handles, designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., c.1903 the three arched handles meeting in centre, above convex-sided triangular enamel plaque in centre in deep aquamarine with green-yellow centre. Embossed with stylised leaves with interweaving stems arranged to form a trinity pattern. Marked made in England, Tudric 044, Dawson's limited, Dunedin, NZ', height 4 cm diameter 25.5 cm
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A Tudric pewter tray designed by Archibald Knox for Liberty & Co., oblong with strap handle. Turquoise and green enamel plaque in centre. Marked 'Tudric 0357'. 30.5 x 21.5 cm
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An English pewter chamberstick designed by Archibald Knox slightly tapering with rounded corners. Marked 'English pewter 0523 made in England'. 18 cm square
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A Nouveau WMF silver plated liqueur tray trefoil base with recesses to hold six small glasses and small decanter one side rises to form pedestal on which woman in classical garb is kneeling holding flower in outstretched arms. Stamped marks, height 27 cm
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A rare eisbehalter (ice container) by Berndorfer Metallwaarenfabrik (Bmf - Arthur Krupp) and Johann Lotz (Loetz) Witwe Co., c.1900-1909 silver-plated ice bucket with Loetz Creta Phanomen Gre 6893 iridescent glass liner, complete with internal melt reservoir. Reference: J. Mergl/E. Ploil/H. Ricke, Lotz, Bohmisches Glas 1880?1940, Hatje Cantz Verlag 2003, p. 297, height 21 cm
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An elegant small silver and enamel cigarette case aqua and white enamel on machined silver. Small gold-edged central motif. Birmingham 1913 by turner & Simpson. Gilt washed interior. 8 x 6 cm
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An Art Nouveau silver bowl oval with high everted walls, the scalloped rim pierced and embossed with a daffodil design. Birmingham 1903 by Charles S green & Co Ltd. 136gm., width 19 cm
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A monkey group designed by John Skeaping for Wedgwood mother and baby, white gloss glaze, a second issue. Impressed 'J. Skeaping, Wedgwood', length 19 cm
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A tiger and buck designed by John Skeaping for Wedgwood stamped J. Skeaping Wedgwood. Matt white glaze, width 34 cm
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A rare and important Wedgwood trial piece sculpted by John Skeaping of an antelope buck and doe cane gloss glaze. Impressed mark - made in England and indistinctly (Wedgwood?). Minute chip to hind leg, length 21 cm a monochrome illustration of this appears in an early Wedgwood Museum publication with the caption stating it to be lost. Provenance: Richard green sold to Gary Langsford, auctioned in Australia and purchased by Rodney Robertson of Art & Industry Auckland, sold to John gray.
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A polar bear designed by John Skeaping for Wedgwood moonstone glaze. Impressed 'J. Skeaping, Wedgwood' and printed mark 'Wedgwood, Etruria, England', length 25 cm
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A duiker designed by John Skeaping for Wedgwood moonstone glaze. Impressed 'J. Skeaping, Wedgwood' and printed mark 'Wedgwood, Barlaston, England', length 17.5 cm
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A Duiker designed by John Skeaping for Wedgwood stamped J. Skeaping Wedgwood and printed marks. Matt white glaze, height 21 cm
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A Wedgwood seal designed by John Skeaping moonstone glaze, impressed mark, length 22 cm
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A fallow deer designed by John Skeaping for Wedgwood moonstone glaze. Impressed 'J. Skeaping, Wedgwood' and printed mark 'Wedgwood, Etruria, England', length 20 cm
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A Beswick monkey holding a piece of fruit No.379. Cream glaze, height 18 cm
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A Poole, carter, Stabler, Adams - Poole England) knight on horseback bookend (1921-34) unglazed stoneware - possibly a trial piece. Impressed factory mark, height 21 cm
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A scarce Poole Pottery three light candelabra designed by John Adams three branch, grape pattern, light mushroom mottled glaze. Impressed mark and incised '249', height 22 cm
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