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The Collection of Dr. Robert Wilson — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:466
Sale Title:The Collection of Dr. Robert WilsonLots with images:454
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:395
Date:12-Aug-2018
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A pair of Minton enamelled and gilt turquoise-ground cherub decorated cabinet plates, year cypher for 1902 back stamp for Tiffany & Co., New York 24.5 cm diameter
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A pair of Minton painted and gilt bleu-celeste ground two handled pilgrim bottles, attributed to William Mussill, circa 1870 finely decorated with exotic birds, impressed factory and cypher marks to the base 20 cm high
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A Minton painted and gilt ornithological dessert service, year cyphers for 1872 and later comprising two comports and nine plates the comport 7 cm high and 24 cm diameter
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A Mintons painted and gilt ornithological dessert service, year cypher for 1876 on a green ground, comprising two comports and six plates the tallest comport 16 cm high and 25.5 cm diameter
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A Mintons pottery charger painted with a scene of Portsmouth harbour, year cypher for 1881 signed J. Dalton 30.5 cm diameter
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Two Mintons reticulated and gilt cherub decorated cabinet plates, signed M. Dudley and F.N. Sutton the plate decorated by Sutton stamped to the reverse, Davis Collamore & Co. Ltd., New York; the plate by Dudley with year cypher for 1912 and original paper label with price of 5 pounds 10 shillings 24.5 cm diameter
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A Minton Majolica cherub and dove figured comport, year cypher for 1864 shape 980 17 cm high. Note: For a similar example see 19th century Ceramics including Majolica, Christies, South Kensington, 30 May 2002, lot 46.
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A set of five Mintons painted and gilt cabinet plates, signed A. H. W., probably for Albert H. Wright, circa 1880 each with an acid etched border and painted with a different fish, back stamp for D. B. Bedell & Co., New York 22.5 cm diameter
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A set of five Mintons painted and gilt cabinet plates, signed A. H. W., probably for Albert H. Wright, circa 1880 each with an acid etched border and painted with a different sea creatures including jelly fish, back stamp for Davis Collamore & Co. Ltd., Broadway & 21st St., New York New York together with another similar serpentine edge plate by A. H. Wright 22.8 cm diameter
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A set of four Mintons Arthurian legend painted and gilt portrait cabinet plates, cypher mark for 1883 24.5 cm diameter
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A Minton painted and gilt cameo plate and comport, year cyphers for 1859 and 1864 the comport 17.5 cm high and 26.5 cm diameter
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1880â??24 cm diameter A Mintons reticulated and enamelled turquoise-ground cabinet plate, circa 1880 finely decorated with a bird on a bow â??24 cm diameter
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An impressive pair of Copeland painted and gilt covered urns, second half 19th century with jewelled border decoration and central cartouche depicting semi-clad maidens 50 cm high
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An unusual hand painted Mintons cabinet plate, dated 1879 25.5 cm diameter
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A pair of Mintons Secessionist Iris vases, circa 1905 30 cm high
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A large and unusual hand painted Belleek ceramic platter, circa 1879 41 cm diameter
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An unusual Montereau Japanese decorated charger, circa 1925 37 cm diameter
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A set of twenty three Minton painted and gilt dinner plates, cypher marks for 1873 to 1885 each with an acid etched border and painted with an armorial inscribed 'Virtute Viresco' back stamp including Walbrook, London, Stoke upon Trent 26 cm diameter
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A rare hand painted Mintons cabinet plate decorated with a scene of Hobart, late 19th century
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A pair of Mintons pate sur pate bleu celeste ground vases, late 19th century 25 cm high
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A studio pottery jug in blue glaze of stylised mythical animal 15 cm high
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A Royal Albert tea set decorated with foxgloves on a cream ground comprising large serving plate, cake plate, sugar bowl, milk jug and cups
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A pair of Davenport cabinet plates decorated in gold and blue 23 cm diameter
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A pair of Bretby ware panther figured spill vases, early 20th century impressed Bretby England to base 19 cm high
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A Minton painted and gilt part tea set, circa 1810 comprising two square form cake plates, a shaped dish, a tea cup, a coffee cup, a saucer and a teapot the largest plate 25 cm across the handles
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A set of three Minton painted and gilt cabinet plates, by Antonin Boullemier, circa 1872 each decorated with the portrait of a young woman in Elizabethan costume, within an unusual opaque diamond design border, back stamp with retailers marks for Phillips & Pearce, New Bond St., London 23.5 cm diameter
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A set of three Mintons reticulated plates by Antonin Boullemier, year cypher for 1874 each decorated with a putti at play 22.5 cm diameter
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A collection of eight reticulated, painted and gilt botanical plates including Minton, circa 1870 and later comprising a Minton and gilded plate decorated with Epidendrum Erubescens, three Mintons rose decorated plates and three unmarked white ground serpentine edge plates the largest 23.5 cm diameter
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A collection of three Minton pink ground painted and gilt cabinet plates, 1868 and later each variously decorated with landscape scenes and birds the largest 23.8 cm diameter
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A pair of Minton 'Bamboo & Fan' pattern cabinet plates, year cyphers for 1874 and 1876 24 cm diameter
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A pair of Minton blue ground painted and gilt botanical plates, circa 1870 together with a Coalport floral decorated green ground cabinet plate the largest 23.8 cm diameter
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A pair of milk glass sweetmeat dishes on pedestal
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A Minton finely painted and gilt cabinet plate, circa 1860 together with a Mintons jewelled and gilt cabinet plate, each with a bleu celeste ground and scrolling foliate border, back stamp and retailers amrk for Phillips, 359 Oxford Street, London the largest, 26 cm diameter
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A Minton bone china serpentine platter decorated with an etched design by W. J. Goode, 1868 inscribed to the reverse 'Etching on porcelain by W. J. Goode, London, finished fo & presented to J. M. Levy Esq., Decr, 1868' 30.5 cm wide, 23 cm deep. Note: A similar example is held in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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Two Minton painted and gilt figure decorated cabinet plates, circa 1865 each impressed Minton, cypher mark illegible the largest 24 cm diameter
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A collection of three English 'Orientalist' design plates, circa 1880 and later comprising a rare Bates, Gildea & Walker 'Hizen' pattern d plate, circa 1880, a Doulton Burslem oriental pattern plate, and an unmarked plate with an underglaze blue design of flying cranes between diaper borders the largest 27.5 cm diameter
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A Mintons print and enamelled earthenware plate from the 'Game service, designed by William Stephen Coleman, year cypher for 1880 23 cm diameter. Note: This pattern was registered on the 1stOctober, 1869. Minton paid 25 pounds for the design. For a similar example see Joan Jones, Minton, The First Two Hundred years of design & Production, p. 67.
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Theodore Deck (1823 - 1891) A rare orientalist decorated faience platter impressed Th. Deck to the back. This example, with its bright coloured plant motifs superimposed over a yellow ground, was derived from Japanese 17th-century Kutani ware.
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A set of four Minton painted and gilt floral decorated cabinet plates, circa 1890 unmarked, 24 cm diameter
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A set of three English painted and gilt landscape decorated cabinet plates, circa 1865 unmarked, the largest 24 cm diameter
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A collection of three Mintons painted and gilt cabinet plates,1874 and later comprising a Queen of the garden plate designed by Walter Crane, a plate decorated with a rabbit and a plate with a Tyrolean scene the largest 24.5 cm diameter
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A set of three Mintons ornithological cabinet plates, year cypher for 1885 24.5 cm diameter
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A collection of four Mintons earthenware plates, year cypher for 1881 and later the largest 26 cm diameter
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A small collection of Louis Philippe Sevres 'Chateau de Fontainebleau' pattern dinner wares, 19th century comprising a gilt bronze mounted comport, a tea cup and saucer, a coffee can and a sucrier, afer the original design by Jean-Charles Francoise Leloy (active 1816 - 1844) the comport 27 cm diameter, 14 cm high. Note: Louis-Philippe was a great patron of the Sevres factory, and among his many orders were commissions for dinner services for each of his official residences. This soup plate comes from a…
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A Mintons dessert plate in the Persian taste, displayed in the Prince of Wales Pavilion at the Paris International Exposition, 1878 â??24.3 cm diameter The prestige of the Prince of Wales Pavilion inspired all those responsible for the architecture, the interior, and the exhibits to work toward the ultimate refinement of design and greatest technical virtuosity. Mintons made a specialty of imitating the metalworking techniques as well as the shapes and colors of Eastern artifacts. European Decorative Arts…
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A finely decorated orientalist Royal Worcester cabinet plate for Tiffany & Co. New York, late 19th century, 26 cm diameter
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A pair of Minton painted and gilt Japonaise decorated two handled pilgrim bottles, circa 1875 finely decorated with birds, flowers and butterflies, impressed factory and printed mark 'Mintons Art - Pottery Studio, Kensington Gore' 21 cm high
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1883, painted with the head of a girl A Mintons Art Pottery Studio earthenware charger, year cipher for 1883 painted with the head of a girl impressed marks and the initials E.B.C. to the base 39 cm diameter
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A Minton Shakepearian moon flask, after John Moyr Smith, cypher mark for 1878 20 cm high
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Two Minton painted and gilt cabinet plates, year cyphers for 1873 and 1880 comprising a plate painted with the cresting of the 82nd Prince of Wales volunteers regiment and a plate decorated with a central circular cartouche of a shipwreck at sea 24 cm diameter
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Three English cabinet plates, circa 1870 and later comprising a Brownfield & Son flower and insect decorated plate, a Minton portrait plate of a girl in purple cloak and a portrait plate of a girl in a feathered hat the largest 55 cm diameter
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A pair of Burmantofts faience floral decorated vases, circa 1890 impressed and painted marks to the base 33.5 cm high
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Four earthenware platters and vessels, circa 1890 and later A collection of five earthenware platters and vessels, circa 1890 and later comprising a rare Della Robbia green glazed plate, a beaker by C.H. Brannam, Barnstaple, Devon, a Torquayware fish decorated jug, a large Bretbyware Chinoiserie decorated charger and a Bretbyware terracotta biscuit relief decorated vase the charger 37 cm diameter
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A white stoneware relief moulded vine jug, circa 1846 intaglio mark including Society of Arts Prize Jug with diamond registration mark; together with a small yellow glazed relief decorated vase the jug 12 cm high
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A collection of English porcelain, circa 1860 and later comprising a pair of Mintons soup cups and saucers, a Mintons covered cup, two Coalport coffee cans and saucers, an unmarked set of two painted and gilded tea cups and a saucer and a pair of coffee cans and saucers the largest cup 11 cm diameter
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A Minton painted and gilt part teaset, circa 1810 comprising a large dish, three teacups, two saucers, a coffee can and a slops bowl, each with painted Sevres style mark and variously numbered 678 and 780 the plate 21 cm diameter
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Two sets of Mintons block printed earthenware plates after the designs by John Moyr Smith, year cyphers for 1878 and 1879 comprising 12 plates showing the fruits of industry, five in blue colourway and seven in brown 22 cm diameter
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A Mintons painted and gilt putti decorated pilgrim bottle, circa 1873 20 cm high
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A studio pottery creamer with stylised bird, early 20th century marked to base: C.H. Brannan, N. Devon
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A Minton charger, Secessionist Period, decorated with a female Nymph astride a bat in flight 34.5 cm diameter
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A pair of Minton pâte-sur-pâte green ground square form vases probably decorated by Louis Solon, 19th century 25 cm high
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A Mintons Art Pottery Studio earthenware charger, late 19th century painted with the head of a girl in Middle Eastern dress illegible impressed mark to the base 39 cm diameter
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A collection of Mintons seaweed pattern tea wares and plates, circa 1900 two colour ways, retailer's stamp for Thomas Webb & Son, Melbourne the teapot 11 cm high
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French flower decorated jarndineres A pair of floral decorated jarndineres, French, circa 1900 18 cm high
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vases, circa 1880 Two majolica stork figured spill vases by C.H. Brannam, Devon, circa 1880 24 cm high
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A Minton painted and gilt tea set trio, circa 1810 comprising two cups and a saucer each with painted Sevres style mark and number 791
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An unusual Mintons pate sur pate Chinoiserie decorated pilgrim bottle, circa 1873 printed and impressed Mintons and year cypher for 1873 to base 26.5 cm high
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An unusual Worcester porcelain dragon teapot 20 cm high
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A large Minton umbrella stand 62 cm high
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A large collection of Minton tiles, circa 1870 and later including designs by John Moyr Smith, the Arthurian legend series and the Shakespeare series the largest 20.5 x 20 cm
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A set of eight Minton gilded and enamelled turquoise-ground tea cups and saucers, year cypher for 1873 finely decorated with cranes â??the saucers 13.5 cm diameter
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Two Wedgwood dishes and a Mintons Solano Ware tankard, early 20th century comprising a silver mounted salad bowl, a comport and the tankard the salad bowl 26 cm diameter and 13 cm high
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A small collection of English porcelain, 19th century comprising a Worcester chinoiserie gilded cup and saucer and a fan shaped vase and a Mintons vase the largest vase 14 cm high
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A Minton opalescent comport decorated with joker and greyhounds to the central circular panel, early 20th century factory mark to base
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A set of eight Minton 'Idylls of the King' series tiles by John Moyr Smith, late 19th century brown printed onto cream, each tile depicting a different Arthurian legend figure or event, each stamped Mintons China Works, Stoke-on-Trent 15 cm x 15 cm. Note: These tiles were designed by John Moyr Smith as a series of twelve scenes, pattern no. 1465, wihch were introduced around 1875-76. The original signed designs for these tiles are in the Minton Archive, folio no. 1820. Moyr Smith was a pupil of Christopher…
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A set of four Minton plates painted by Edouard Rischgitz, year cypher for 1873 variuosly painted with rustic scenes of mice, sheep, a cat and a cokerel, within an ozier moulded pierced border 23 cm diameter
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A Mintons Art Pottery Studio earthenware charger, year cipher for 1884, possibly by William Mussill impressed marks to the base 39 cm diameter
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A pair of rare Minton blue and white Aesop's fables moonflask vases, circa 1880 decorated with images from the tortoise and the hare, the monkey and the cat, the lamb and the wolf and the Frogs desiring a king 17 cm high
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A Minton Secessionist Period gourd shaped vase with elongated neck decorated with flying bats on a turquoise ground factory mark to base 28 cm high
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A Bretby ware majolica glazed dragon censer 21 cm high
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A Minton Secessionist ovoid form vase decorated with mauve and chartreuse glaze factory mark to base 20 cm high
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A Minton Secessionist Period vase with turquoise and khaki glaze factory mark to the base 14 cm high
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A Minton Secessionist Period vase with celadon crackle glaze and fine repeating pattern factory mark to base 21 cm high
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A studio pottery cylindrical vase decorated in fine reeded leaf design on green ground mark to base: Gesetzl Geschzt '40' 22 cm high
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Two Mintons Art Pottery Studio Pilgrim flasks, circa 1873 one in blue and white painted with a cherub, the other decorated with birds on a terracotta ground the largest 22 cm high
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A Minton gilded bone china advertising plaque and a set of personalised 'Minton' number plates, 20th century the number plates for Victorian registration
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A set of three painted and gilt bird decorated dessert plates, probably Minton, circa 1870 comprising a comport and two plates each with scalloped rims, illegible impressed registration marks to the base 24 cm diameter
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A Minton Secessionist Period vase in green and iron red decoration factory mark to the base 12 cm high
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A Minton Secessionist spill vase decorated in oxblood and khaki factory mark to base 13 cm high
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A Moorcroft MacIntyre Burslem vase decorated with stylised chrysanthemum, circa 1920 10 cm high
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A large red glazed studio pottery vase by Bernard Moore, circa 1910 21.5 cm high
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A two handled Minton Secessionist vase, 1912 printed Mintons Ltd No.15 to and impressed year cypher for 1912 23 cm high
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A tall Minton Secessionist vase designed by John Wadsworth, 1910 printed Mintons Ltd No.1 to and impressed year cypher for 1910 32 cm high
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A large earthenware compressed ovoid form, signed Tina Baruloka, dated 1982 together with two Australian pottery bowls the form 50 cm high, 53 cm wide, 9 cm deep
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1866 A set of three Minton painted and gilt cupid decorated dessert plates, cypher mark for 1865 comprising a comport and two plates each with pierce work rims 24 cm diameter
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Three pieces of Mintons Willow pattern porcelain, circa 1900 the vase 18 cm high
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A set of six Mintons block printed earthenware 'Aesops Fables' plates, circa 1878 22 cm diameter
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A pair of etched glass goblets together with two others finely decorated with horse and rider in country landscape and pineapple and grape motifs, English, 19th century the pair 18 cm high
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A red ruby glass double spill vase with ormolu mounts decorated with swallows impressed mark to the base: Baccarat 22 cm high
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A pair of Mary Gregory Washington Glass Company amber glass vases, 19th century 38 cm high
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