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June Antiques & Art Auction — Cordy's

Auction House:Cordy'sNumber of lots recorded:707
Sale Title:June Antiques & Art AuctionLots with images:138
Auction Location:AucklandPrices available:464
Date:17-Jun-2014
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An old South African Zulu hardwood staff, with pierced oval sections and notched and spiral twist carved decoration, with metal bound handle and ferrule. Length 90 cm
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An African wood figure, the Ivory Coast standing male figure with high head dress, facial features, decorated body and pronounced genitalia. Height 68 cm
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An old African carved ivory bust of a woman, large drop earrings, plaited hair, necklace and robe detail in relief. Weight 588gms. 18 cm x 10 cm
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A large West African old carved ivory bust of a woman, tall ridged central combed coiffure, relief scarification to her face, long neck, raised chest. Weight 1855gms. Height 25.5 cm
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African carved ivory tusk section, the lower section modelled as a portrait bust, the upper section as a vase carved in low relief with an encircling fish. Height 33 cm
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An African Makonde ebony carving, of a compact group of figures of exaggerated dimensions, carved in a compact grouping. Height 21 cm
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A pair of African copper arm cuffs, hammered sheet copper simulating numerous rings and with panels and borders with finer engraved detailing. Height of each 11 cm
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A wooden tribal carved stool, from the West African Ibiji tribe, male figure with scarification decoration to his abdomen. Height 9 cm
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A Congo stool, the short diamond shaped base with oblong aperture to the middle, on a rounded oblong foot. Diameter 26 cm, height 16 cm
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Two carved African figures, both with protruding body parts. Height 28 cm and 25 cm
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An African wooden shield, with woven fibre decoration and an old repair, shaped ends, internal wooden handle to back. Length 80 cm, width 24 cm
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An old Maori canoe paddle, of flattened spatulate form with pointed tip and oval section handle. Metal split ring at hand end. Some distress. Overall length 123 cm
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Three Maori pre-European stone adze blades; tapered form, one Ohana argillite, one basalt, one greywacke, two type 2/B. Reg. Y14068, Y16688 and Y16686. Length 15 cm, 16.6 cm and 13.3 cm, some chipping
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Three Maori pre-European stone items; a rare form sinker (mahe) Y16687 and two adzes (toki); one small of Ohana argillite, type 2/B with rough finished sides and pen inscription 'Found...'. Length 75, Y16683; and other medium adze of tapered form. Length 14 cm
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A large early 20th century Maori greenstone hei tiki, head turned to the left, hands clasped to thighs, dark green tone with pale inclusion towards the base. Length 16.8 cm, on a woven neck cord with greenstone toggle
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A good contemporary greenstone hei tiki, chin to the left shoulder, hands clasped to thighs with distinctive spur to elbow, mid to pale green with white flecked inclusions, suspension hole to top of head. Length 10 cm
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A Maori Patiti (short axe), the old iron head with traditional flared curved edged blade fitted to a carved whalebone handle, stylised figure carved to the blade end, plain oval section handle, profile koruru carved head to the butt, square notched lashing hole. Length 31 cm
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A Maori carved and stained wooden patu (hand club), traditional spatulate blade, the reduced tapering grip with pierced suspension hole and triple ring tapered butt end, mid-dark colourway. Length 400. Not registered
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A 20th century Maori carved hardwood wahaika, the long hooked form spatulate blade with reduced grip, pierced suspension hole, stylised mask to butt end with protruding tongue and inlaid paua eyes. Good dark colourway. Length 515. Not registered
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A 20th century Maori carved wooden hand club, the spatulate form blade with distinct ridged diamond cross section, the reduced grip with pierced lashing hole and carved mask to butt end with protruding tongue and paua inset eyes. Length 400. Not registered
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A 20th century Maori carved orator's stick/baton, a stylised full figure to the top with protruding tongue and paua inset eyes, diagonal linial and notch carved detail to the wide band below. Plaited fine leather wrist strap attached. Length 610. Not registered
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A mid-20th century Maori carved figured panel, the stylised figure with left hand raised to open mouth, paua inset eyes, deep relief, old brown paint finish. Height 80 cm
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A 20th century Maori carved papahou box, flat low rectangular form, all-over carved detail of entwined figures, conforming extending handles, paua set detail to the eyes. 51.5 cm x 23 cm x 5.5 cm
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A 20th century Maori carved papahou box, flat rectangular form, similar to above
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A 20th century Maori carved wakahuia, the lozenge form body with entwined figures, notch and scroll carved detail, extending stylised head form handles, extending tongues, paua inset eyes. Length 5 cm
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An N.Z. contemporary carved nephrite disc, flattened circular form with double 'button-hole' opening to the centre, pale toned 'blue inunga' variety; presented in a turned totara lidded box, the box made by G.R. Parker, the woven cord necklace with nephrite toggle. Diameter 6 cm
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A Steve Funaki stag antler carved hei tiki, finely modelled with slanted head, turned with chin above right shoulder, one hand clasped to the fat belly, the other to the right thigh, notched carved paua inset ring eyes
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An album of 19th century and early 20th century mainly N.Z. historical documents, signatures, letters, etc., including a Royal Warrant of King George IV and signed by him, a Logan Campbell handwritten and signed letter dated 1856, a Richard John Seddon letter dated 1904, a banquet menu signed by C.J. Parr (Auckland councillor and mayor 1915), W.J. Massey (Prime Minister of N.Z. 1912-1915), etc. letters signed by Sir Charles Bledisloe, Sir Cyril Newall, Massey, Savage, Norman Kirk, Keith Holyoake, David…
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Artist unknown (in the style of J.P. Backhouse), Whangaroa Harbour and Lake Taupo, miniature oils on solid totara panels, one oval, one square, each painting approx. 9 cm x 13 cm
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An engraving from D'Urville's Atlas Anthropology from the second voyage of the Astrolabe, two bust portraits of 'Taha-Tahala' and 'Heroua', published by Gide, Paris. 27.5 cm x 33.5 cm
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George French Angas, facsimile reprint book, 'Portraits of the N.Z. Maori', in original packing
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Two N.Z land deeds, under the 'Settlements Act', and the 'Waste Lands Act' for parcels of land in the Auckland and Tauranga regions, one to a sergeant in the Waikato Militia and the other to an Auckland settler and an Auckland sharebroker, dated 1868 and '70, both signed by Sir George Bowen
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A vintage R.P. Moore panoramic photo 'Lake Tekapo N.Z.', black and white, hand coloured, showing the road to the foreground including bridge and lodge, snow capped mountains, original gilt frame. The image 16 cm x 93.5 cm
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A sectional panoramic hand coloured photograph of Mercury Island, a view of Mercury Bay from off-shore. 13.5 cm x 810
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A John Tallis reprint map of N.Z., with hand-coloured vignettes. Framed and glazed
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Ten unframed chromolithographic bird prints from Buller's Birds, by J.G. Keulemans. Each 27 cm x 22.5 cm
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Betty Beadle (1924-2002), 'Pendulum of Man' white metal plaque, oval form, the central naked man in relief holding two native trees, a river flows under him, relief entitlement and artist's monogram. Provenance: Ex. the Betty Beadle estate. Her arts career in sculpture and ceramics started in the 1950s. She emigrated to N.Z. in 1965 and was exhibiting sculpture at the Auckland City Gallery Festival Exhibition in 1968 with fellow artist Paul Beadle (later head of the Fine Arts Faculty at Auckland…
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Betty Beadle untitled Monkey & Man bronze relief plaque, flowerhead form with mild relief decoration of a seated monkey holding an apple, a naked man beside, artist's monogram in relief, the back with fittings for wall hanging. 19.5 cm x 20 cm
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Betty Beadle, 'Bird Over Islands' bronze plaque, rectangular form, decoration in cast relief, incised artist's monogram to reverse. 12.2 cm x 6.4 cm
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Betty Beadle untitled birds plaque, the oval pewter ground mounted with three bronze panels of various frigate type birds, impressed artist's monogram to base. 12.2 cm x 9 cm
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A Betty Beadle bronze medallion from the N.Z. Artists Series, 'Tony Fomison', the round medallion with relief portrait in profile and incised 'Tony Fomison 1939-1990', the reverse inscribed 'N.Z. Artist's No. 2'. Diameter 7 cm
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A Betty Beadle N.Z. Artists Series bronze medallion, 'Phillip Clairmont', the relief portrait of Clairmont with inscriptions front and rear, artist's monogram included. 7.5 cm x 6 cm
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A Betty Beadle pewter medallion, 'The Pollen Seeker', bee and flower to the front, entitlement and artist's monogram to reverse. Diameter approx. 4.8 cm
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A Betty Beadle bronze medallion, 'Palm Tree', artist's monogram to reverse. Diameter 5.8 cm
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A Betty Beadle silver medallion, 'Bee', relief modelled with bees and flowers, impressed artist's monogram, entitled. Weight 74.5gms. Diameter 4.7 cm
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A Betty Cutcher (Beadle) hand potted vase, the terracotta body with repeating stylised radiating sun, leaf and plant type designs in dark grey/black and cream tones, incised, potter's monogram impressed to base. Height 12.7 cm
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A Betty Cutcher (Beadle) Owl pottery jug, hand thrown and then altered in a stylised figural form with applied stylised decoration, variable brown and tan glaze, incised artist's monogram to base. Made in Australia, label to base. Height 20.5 cm
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A Betty Cutcher (Beadle) studio pottery wine jug, mallet form, with stopper, wax resist stylised decoration to the variable green glazed body, impressed potter's mark to base. Height 24.5 cm
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Two Betty Cutcher (Beadle) studio pottery jugs, stylised decoration to each, impressed potter's monogram to one. Height 13 cm and 9 cm
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A Paul Beadle silver medallion, 'Pan Piper', the circular medallion with relief pan playing pipes and trees to the front, artist's initials, plain reverse. Weight 126gms. Diameter 6.7 cm
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Two Paul Beadle bronze medallions, 'The Bower Bird', circular. Diameters 6.2 cm
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A Paul Beadle silver pendant of two entwined figures, the teardrop wire frame enclosing the stylised three-dimensional figures, supported on a fine link chain. Artist's initials to reverse. Length of pendant 9.3 cm
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A Peter Stichbury stoneware studio pottery teapot, spherical body, dome lid with central knob, lugs to support the cane handle, impressed mark, rock ash variable glaze in khaki green/gold and black tones
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Dennis O'Conner stoneware pottery 'Fatso' type jug, dark glazed rim, mottled khaki type body, iron spotting, potter's mark to base of strap handle. Height 16.5 cm
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Barry Brickell pottery 'Fatso' jug, pale green glaze to the neck and top rolled rim, rich deep plum red body, impressed mark under the strap handle. Height 22.5 cm
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Roy Cowan pottery lozenge form tray, the well decorated with dark glazed fine leaf forms on a speckled pale grey ground, incised potter's initials and label to base. Length 43 cm
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Olive Jones pottery lizard vase, squat ovoid form, an applied sculpted skink to the shoulder, green glaze, incised potter's name to base. Diameter 10 cm
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An Olive Jones large studio pottery vase, long ovoid body, unusually decorated in a geometric design of black panels and angular linial vertical designs to the blue ground, incised potter's mark to base. Height 25.5 cm
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A good Briar Gardner N.Z. studio pottery vase, trumpet type form, the flared open shaped oval rim from the circular body, flared foot, rich streaky striking blue glaze to the exterior, pale green with blue and red highlights to the interior. Incised potter's name in full to base. Height 19.5 cm
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A Helen Mason pottery bowl, hemispherical shape, decorated to the interior with swirling Tenmoko and pale blue glazes on an ash ground. Ash exterior, impressed artist's mark. Diameter 25 cm
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A Len Castle stoneware bowl, circular with everted rim, decorated with tenmoko and feldspar glazes to the interior, tenmoko exterior. Impressed artist's mark to the side. Diameter 29 cm
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A good Jova Rancich striking blue glazed vase, baluster shape with two large open strap handles from the top narrow flared rim to the shoulder, fully incised potter's marks to the base. Height 14.5 cm
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A Milton Pottery ewer with majolica type glaze, ovoid body in mottled brown tones, the fancy metal mounts including tapering base and wide flared spout with remnants of gilding, 'thought to have had its metal parts formed at Barringtons in Dunedin'. Height 23 cm
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A large Ray Rogers hand thrown earthenware vase, of spherical form with shallow dished mouth, with lustrous glazes ranging from deep olive to petrol-on-water effects. Incised signature to base. Height 29 cm
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A Ray Rogers hand thrown earthenware vase, of similar design but of smaller dimensions to above. Height 17.5 cm
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A Crown Lynn Wharetana dish, with a broad flattened rim decorated with Wheku Maori heads to either end and further whorl and beaded detailing, glazed in caramel ground, the well decorated with a mottled celadon glaze. Pattern 1013 impressed under the base. Fine hairline in the well. Width 19.5 cm
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A Crown Lynn white glazed swan vase, large size, printed mark to base and with incised initials. Length 30.5 cm
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A Crown Lynn small hand potted vase, matt white glaze, stepped banded spherical body with flared open neck. Height 13.5 cm
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A good Royal Doulton 'Kia Ora' jardiniere, baluster form, mottled lid and deep blue ground with Maori relief carved type decoration of hei tiki, masks and other motifs, all in a band, impressed and inscribed marks to base. Diameter 22 cm, height 17 cm
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An N.Z. silver yachting trophy, modelled as a Maori war canoe, the Partridge Memorial Race (Kawau Harbour) won by 'Valezina', 1967
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C.F. Goldie book, 'His Life & Painting', in original Solander case and cardboard slip case
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54 copies of 'Landfall', The New Zealand Quarterly, c.1961-2003
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'Washday at the Pa' by Ans Westra, published by the Caxton Press 1964, 1st edition, with publisher's note enclosure. Good condition
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'The Triumphant Tour of the N.Z. Footballers, 1905', an illustrated record from the notes by George Dixon, team manager, published in 1906. 176 pages plus advertising, soft cover, small quarto size with additional later cover (original extant) and bound spine
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A collection of various architectural residential plans by Johnson Clark, architect, c.mid-20th century, along with detailed drawings of fittings and fixtures, windows and doors
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A late 19th century Berlin porcelain oval plaque, finely painted with a classical scene of a young man afloat amongst waves at a rocky shore, his partner stands above him in distress, mild convex form, the reverse with impressed numbers. 24.5 cm x 20.3 cm
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A 19th century Dutch tin glazed large mug and saucer, traditional blue and white decoration of coastal rural figures including a goat, bands of floral and scroll decoration, star over CB mark to base, the cup with some chipping to rim
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A George III blue and white chinoiserie decorated tea caddy, canister form with rounded shoulder and short neck, no lid, coastal pagoda decoration with two figures upon a bridge, unmarked. Height 9.5 cm
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A Victorian blue and white Willow pattern ashet, hair crack to rim. 47 cm x 37 cm
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Two 18th century blue and white lidded bowls, one Worcester, the other Caughley, both decorated in the Fence pattern, the domed lids with sculpted floral finials, some damage. Heights 11 cm and 12 cm
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A tall Royal Worcester cylinder shaped vase with flared rim and foot, painted with roses by Kitty Blake. Height 23 cm, date marks c.1924
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A small Royal baluster vase, painted with roses by Millie Hunt. Date marks c.1931. Height 15 cm
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A Royal Worcester vase, of squat circular shape with short neck, painted with roses by Millie Hunt. Date marks c.1936. Diameter 10.1 cm, height 75 cm
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A small Royal Worcester potpourri jar, painted with roses by Millie Hunt, the moulded borders richly gilded. Height 80, date marks c.1937. Cover missing
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An Edwardian period Hadley's Worcester two-handled rose bowl, of circular section on shaped foot, painted with flowers by M. Blake, the rims moulded and gilded. Date marks c.1903. Cover missing, frits to feet. Height 130.
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A Royal Worcester cabinet plate, with central fruit painting by Richard Seabright, the apple green border with butterfly rim richly gilded and decorated with blue and pale apricot enamels. Date marks 'c'.1925. Diameter 22.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester cabinet plate, the central medallion painted with pink, blue, yellow, orange and green wildflowers, signed Phillips, profuse raised gilt decoration to the internal cream border, the external green border with additional raised gilt decoration. Retailer's stamp to base, c.1920s. Diameter 27 cm
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A Royal Worcester cabinet plate, as above
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A Royal Worcester cabinet plate, solid gilded decoration, a small shaped medallion to the centre painted with fruit and signed H. Henry, c.1960s. Diameter 27 cm
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A Royal Worcester vase, decorated with summer flowers on a blush ivory ground, baluster shape with fluted lower body and mouth, raised on a small gilded circular foot, green mark, shape 1538, c.1900. Height 26.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester potpourri and cover, painted by Harry Stinton; Hadley shape 279, painted with highland cattle in a misty landscape, signed, the pierced lid with a cupola finial, green mark, c.1912. Height 13.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester vase, trumpet form, hand painted with wildflowers in pinks, yellows, blues and greens on a white ground by Kitty Blake, gold embellishments to base and rim, c.1944-55. Height 15 cm
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A Royal Worcester vase, trumpet form, hand painted with roses, lilies and primroses in pink, white and blue, gold embellishment to base and rim, c.1914. Height 19 cm
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A large Royal Worcester bowl, the exterior in black with gold embellishment to rim, the interior of mottled rose pink with heavily gilded swags, urns and floral embellishments to the border, c.1919. Diameter 30 cm
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A Royal Worcester potpourri jar, pumpkin form, hand painted with wild daisies in blues, purples, pinks and yellows on a blush ground. Gilt embellishment to base, rim and lid, c.1903. Diameter 120. Height 11 cm
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A Royal Worcester specimen vase, painted by Mabel Lander, fluted ovoid shape with slender trumpet neck, raised on a circular spreading foot, the body painted with blackberry fruit, blossoms and leaves. Hadley shape 281, c.1904, professional repair at rim. Height 26 cm
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A Royal Worcester posy vase, painted with blackberries and signed 'K. Blake', the rims gilded, c.1950. Height 8.5 cm
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A Royal Worcester small jug, squat circular body with fluted spout and wide opening, gilded handle, decorated with wildflowers in orange, yellow, purple and blue on a cream ground. Date mark 1892. Height 10 cm
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A Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Rhodanthe' pattern tea service, Bonjour shape; comprising a teapot, sugar and cream, hand painted decoration, circular flat sided bodies. Minor hair cracks to spout
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A pair of Clarice Cliff 'Rhodanthe' pattern cups and saucers, one with plate, flared form and painted floral decoration in orange, browns and yellow
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