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The Autumn Auction Series, Part II — Gibson's Auctioneers & Valuers

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Auction House:Gibson's Auctioneers & ValuersNumber of lots recorded:611
Sale Title:The Autumn Auction Series, Part IILots with images:610
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:422
Date:29-May-2023
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A Ming style blue and white box and cover, 20th century, painted with dragons among scrolling lotus and lingzhi fungus borders, Xuande mark, 29 cm diameter
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A pale celadon glazed dish, 19th century, 37 cm diameter
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Chinese school, calligraphy panel, mixed media, inscribed lower centre, 63 x 30 cm
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Y, an ivory and gilt metal chopstick and knife set, 25 cm long
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Two Asian bowls, 20th century, comprising an armorial punch bowl and a Japanese polychrome bowl, 26 cm and 18.5 cm diameter
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Two blue and white wares, 20th century, a covered jar decorated with shou characters, together with a blue and white floral decorated jardiniere, the jar 24 cm high
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A near pair of Chinese style side tables, the blonde wood waisted tables with plank tops, raised on square section legs, one united by 'Cracked ice' style undertier, the other of trellis design, the largest 77.5 cm high, 36 cm wide, 36 cm deep
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A collection of wood and lacquer stands, including eleven wood dish stands, a shaped lacquer stand and three wood vase stands, the lacquer stand 23 cm wide
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A Japanese gold brocade obi, early 20th century, displaying forest scenes with rolling clouds at the horizon in bronze, gold and green thread, backed with cream silk, 31 x 420 cm
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A yellow-ground 'Shou character' bowl, 20th century, the exterior decorated with rows of blue enamel shou characters on the yellow lemon ground, mark, 17 cm diameter
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Two famille verte covered jars, 20th century, one decorated with floral panels the other with dancing maidens, 27 cm and 25 cm high
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A collection of thirty Orientations magazines
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A small lacquered scholar's cabinet and a stool, the portable cabinet with an extended surface and single drawer; together with a small stool, the cabinet 30 cm high, 61.5 cm wide, 25 cm deep, the stool 37 cm high, 36 cm wide, 22 cm deep
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Three Thai figures of Buddha, two in bronze and one in gilded pottery, each seated in dhyanasana, 17 cm, 18 cm and 21 cm high
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A group of six snuff bottles, a blue and white paste box and a fish-form water dropper, the tallest snuff bottle 9 cm high, the water dropper 7 cm diameter
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A mixed collection of Chinese & Japanese blue and white and polychrome wares, comprising approximately fifteen pieces, the largest vase 27 cm high
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A large mixed collection of Chinese blue and white porcelain including Bing Thuan wares, the hexagonal form ginger jar 16.5 cm high
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A collection of four Korean celadon wares, comprising an early inlaid celadon bowl together with three later vases, the largest vase 22 cm high
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A celadon glazed vase, of stoutly potted globular form, the neck reduced, Qianlong seal mark, metal cover, 20 cm diameter
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A collection of terracotta bowls and amphora in the archaic style, comprising six pieces, some elements with remnant paint, the largest 17 cm high
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An unusual 'Guan'-type vase, of globular form, the interior with an inner cylindrical compartment, covered with a crackled grey-blue glaze, Yongzheng mark, 11 cm diameter, note, a similar vase with a Yongzheng mark and of the period, from J.T. Tai & Co, sold Sotheby's, New York, 22 March 2011, lot 115
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A collection of Hellenistic terracotta and plaster fragments of heads, possibly 1st century BC, Pompei, comprising ten pieces, the largest effigy of a dancer 10 cm high (excluding stand)
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A collection of Meso-American style terracotta and stone effigies, possibly antique, comprising seven pottery pieces and one painted wood figure, the Aztec style birthing figure 24 cm high
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A collection of Greek & Roman metal artefacts, comprising an assortment of Greek bronze arrowheads, two iron fibulae and five Roman bronze rings, the largest fibulae 4 cm long
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A collection of cut glass serving dishes, early 19th century, comprising three pieces with scalloped and serrated edges and bodies with fan and diamond cuts, one with diamond point reserves, star cuts to the bases, the largest dish 32 cm long
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A collection of Egyptian faience glazed amulets of deities, possibly 5th-3rd BC, including Bes, Shu, Thoth, Tueris, two Ptolemaic 'Eye of Horus' and a small bronze figure of Osiris, together with earrings and a necklace made with antiquities, comprising approximately fourteen pieces, the faience vase fragment depicting lotus' and baboons 5 cm high (excluding stand)
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A collection of oil lamps in the Byzantine and Roman style, possibly antique, comprising eight pieces, the largest 9 cm long
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A collection of decorated terracotta vessels in the Etruscan-Corinthian style, possibly antique, comprising five pieces, the largest 15.5 cm high
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A collection of Greek and Roman vessels, including a bronze dish and a Kilim, possibly antique, comprising seven pieces, the kilim 24 cm across
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A group of three cut glass dishes, Irish and English, early 19th century, comprising an Irish style dish of hexagonal profile with a raised undulating and serrated border, a bowl with a fan shaped border, and a cut glass boat shaped comport with star and strawberry cuts, and radial cutting to the rounded base, the hexagonal dish 27 x 19 cm
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A pair of 'Anemone Ouverte' glass paperweights by Lalique, France, later 20th century, design 1179, originally designed in 1931, each 7.5 cm high, 9 cm long
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A collection of electric blue art glass including Kosta Boda, 20th century and later, comprising a blown glass trumpet style centrepiece with conforming blue candlesticks, a hand-painted abstract Kosta Boda bowl and an large two tone vase, the largest vase 42 cm high
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A cobalt Holmegaard ink well style Gulvvase, designed by Otto Brauer, 1962, 37 cm high
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A collection of cut crystal together with an art glass whale, Swedish, 1960s, comprising a pink glass basket etched with plums, a small vase and a faceted blue bowl, the whale 30 cm long
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A collection of faceted crystal together with a hand blown pinched decanter, comprising a large faceted vase, a Stuart Crystal trumpet vase and two large decanters, the largest decanter 28 cm high
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A set of Waterford 'Sheila' pattern cut crystal glassware, 20th century, comprising twelve wine and ten sherry stem glasses, stencil marks underside, 1958-2017, period of manufacture, the wine glasses 15.5 cm high
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A set of eight Waterford 'Lismore' pattern cut crystal brandy balloons, introduced 1952, Irish made, with stencil marks and original foil labels, each 13 cm high
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Two decanters, including Orrefors and an Art Deco tortoiseshell glass bowl, a slender baluster decanter and a cut crystal ships' decanter with a flattened stopper, the flaring tortoiseshell bowl with a roll over rim and internal frog, the Orrefors decanter 41 cm high
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A Swedish brown glass 'Archer' beaker vase, designed by Vicke Lindstrand (1904-1983), with a frosted intaglio image of a kneeling nude archer figure, initialled and marked 1263 underside with additional marks, 11 cm high
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Two 'Geo' whiskey tumblers by David Rocha for Wedgwood, 11.5 cm high
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A mixed group of antique glassware, 18th to early 20th century, including a reproduction air twist wine glass engraved 'Succefs to the eagle frigate privateer' and three puddles, the largest 14 cm high, note, the original 1760 wine glass, 'Succefs to the eagle frigate privateer' sold I May 2013 as lot 46 through Bonhams London for £11,875 inc. Premium
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A set of six antique whiskey dram glasses, plus three handled small glasses, 19th century, flaring heavy gauge glasses with knopped stems, the largest 11 cm high
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Three Georgian spiral twist glasses, mid 18th century and after, two twist stem glasses with waisted bowls, one with contrasting red filaments, the other white with a double knopped stem, and the hops and wheat head engraved conical vase with Sotheby's and BADA labels, the largest glass 16.5 cm high
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Three mixed turquoise green glasses and a Bristol blue rinser, later 18th century and after, two funnel shaped clear stem glasses and a knopped conical glass, the largest glass 13.5 cm high
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Two large Georgian baluster glasses in the early 18th century manner, 18th century, includes an ale glass with trapped tear to the knopped stem, and a cup shaped glass on a domed base, the largest glass 23.5 cm high
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Two Georgian large plain stem engraved bucket glasses together with a short stem bucket glass, 18th/19th century, one glass engraved with two attacking birds, the companion glass depicting a triumphant bird standing on the body of its dead combatant, BADA labels to both, the largest glass 20 cm high
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A group of four Georgian twist stem glasses including cordial and wine glasses, 18th century, includes a triple knot flared glass, the largest 16.5 cm high
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A Bohemian Art Deco liqueur set, circa 1940, comprising a decanter and four glasses with intaglio floral designs, the decanter 28.5 cm high
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A group of four Whitefriars stem vases, pre and post 1974, textured colour vases from the 'Bark' series designed by Geoffrey Baxter, pattern number 9729, unmarked, the largest 18.5 cm high
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A collection of profusely decorated Bohemia ruby flash glass, mid 20th century, comprising ten pieces including vases, a comport and a bell, original label to one item, the largest vase 18 cm high
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A moulded glass bowl by G.Vallon, France, circa 1930, the opalescent bowl featuring cherries and foliage, with relief moulded mark of G Vallon to the external rim, 23.5 cm diameter
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A group of four Staffordshire 'Flatbacks' and a pearl ware figure, early 19th century to 1860, including a pearl ware hunter figure upon a square base, a female harvester figure, a pair of plumed figures in green coats with a clockface, and a windmill flanked by a harvester pair, the largest 27 cm high
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A Nailsea style glass whimsey pipe, circa 1860 and a small cased glass vase, the large red glass pipe with a pulled feather decor, and a squat opalescent vase with a quatreform rim, the pipe 44 cm long, note, made by glassblowers to show off their skills rather than made for any practical purpose, fanciful objects such as this pipe were known as whimseys or friggers
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A collection of six sterling silver mounted cut glass scent bottles, late 19th to early 20th century, the London and Birmingham marked group comprising bottles of various dates and makers, the largest 21 cm high
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A group of Regency style cut crystal salts and covered urn dishes, two globular pedestal dishes with diamond cuts upon thick square bases with slice cut knopped covers, and a pair of Irish style foldover salts upon star burst square bases, the largest sweetmeat dish 17.5 cm high
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A group of elaborately cut crystal wares, comprising a salt and pepper pair with diamond cut designs, a pepper grinder and two heavy scent bottles, the largest 16 cm high
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A large Murano red glass bowl, circa 1960, the heavy glass spiral gadrooned bowl with inverted sides, with original Murano label, 10 cm high, 39 cm wide, 26 cm deep
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A collection of Meissen floral porcelain, late 18th to early 19th century, comprising a pair of blue dot period cabinet plates with botanical specimens, a small cup in puce camaieu, and a flower encrusted Marcolini period reticulated basket centred with polychrome floral and fruit decorations, underglaze marks to each, the plates 22 cm diameter
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A Royal Doulton crystal bar set together with a Bohemian cut crystal decanter, 20th century, the Royal Doulton decanter with four whiskey glasses in the Westminster pattern, acid etched trademarks underside, the largest decanter 36 cm high
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A heavy Bohemian crystal vase, 20th century, the tulip shaped vase with panels of snowflakes and diamond patterns below a crimped rim, 28 cm high
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A collection of decoratively glazed vintage porcelain, including a patchwork design teapot, a floral embossed jug, a ceramic Czech candle stick and a Crown Devon comport, the candlestick 16 cm high
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A Regency Derby four piece part dessert service, circa 1820, comprising two dishes, a covered sucrier or small tureen and a milk jug, pattern 52, lavishly decorated with purple and gold acanthus borders, red crown and crossed baton marks underside, the dishes 20 cm diameter, the jug 11 cm high
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A monogrammed Chamberlain's Worcester jug, circa 1790, with a spiral moulded body and decorated with gilt flora and patterns, a cobalt and gilt border to the rim, gilt script mark Chamberlain's Worcester no. 99 underside, 17.5 cm high
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A Doulton Burslem gilded porcelain dessert service, comprising eight plates, two serving dishes and four cake dishes each decorated to the centre with a different bouquet, green underglaze factory marks to base, the plates 24 cm diameter, the dishes 28 x 22 cm
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Two Continental monkey band porcelain figures, mid 20th century, the two musicians in frock coats with their instruments and raised on rococo bases, bearing underglaze crossed batons underside, 13 cm high
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A Bohemian gilded porcelain dinner set, 20th century, a setting for twelve, together with similar service, the cream setting with tooled gilded borders, comprising plates in various sizes, cups and associated saucers, and various serving wares, green backstamps marked Czecho-Slovakia, and initialled a W, the largest tureen 17 cm high, 31 cm diameter
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A collection of Copeland Spode demitasse wares, 20th century, comprising a mixed blue and white Italian demitasse set, a 'Dresden Rose' demi-tasse set for eight, pattern 45741 H with floral designs, together with a blue and white Burleigh milk jug and butter dish with associated stands, backstamps underside, the Dresden rose cups 6 cm high
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A New Hall hard paste porcelain teapot circa 1790, together with a collection of blue and white pearl ware, Staffordshire & blanc de chine porcelain, early 19th century and later, comprising an enamel decorated teapot in the Chinese export manner, unmarked; two Staffordshire pearl ware pickle dishes together with a veined 'Chinese fence' leaf dish; a pair of blanc- de-chine Copeland style Bacchus spill vases, and; four blue and white transfer decorated willow pattern pearl ware plates, 15 cm high, the…
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A vintage Carlton ware seven piece apple tea set, circa 1960, comprising a teapot, covered sugar bowl, milk jug and two cups and associated saucers in pale green with red blush hues and twig handles, backstamps underside, the teapot 13 cm high
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Three Dresden style figural and flower encrusted porcelain candelabra, late 19th to early 20th century, comprising a male and female pastoral pair raised on rococo bases and bearing quasi Meissen style marks, and a candelabra featuring a classical maiden holding a child and raised on a shaped base, Continental mark to base, each 53 cm high
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A rococo style porcelain comport by Schierholz/Plaue, Thuringia, early 20th century, with a reticulated flower encrusted basket supported on a vegetal stem with three winged cupid figures above a rocaille base, double crossed blue baton marks underside and inscribed numerals, 39 cm high, 27 cm diameter
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A group of antique porcelain including Derby, New Hall and Meissen, late 18th to early 19th century, comprising a cobalt Derby spill vase with a painted scene, red crown and baton marks underside, two New Hall polychrome decorated tea bowls, one with a matching saucer, and a miniature floral sprigged Meissen Marcolini period tea bowl, blue crossed sword mark underside, the spill vase 12 cm high
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A Clarice Cliff 'Cruiseware' cup and saucer plate together with a 'My Garden' vase, 1930s, featuring a cup and paint palette saucer plate from the 'Bizarre' range, transfer printed and hand painted with an athletic young woman engaged in a game of quoits, and a drip glazed 'Bizarre' vase in yellow and brown colours with an applied vegetal handle with leafy mounts, backstamps underside, the vase 19.5 cm high
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A Royal Worcester figurine 'Liberty', late 19th - early 20th century, modelled as a classical maiden in a draping tunic holding a dove aloft, in high glaze cream colours with faint colour washes to the skin and hair, model number 2/116, impressed marks only to base, 35.5 cm high
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A Minton's cabinet plate decorated by Antonin Boullemier, circa 1880, featuring a cupid wearing a sou'wester seated upon a seashell and holding a marine lantern, signed lower right of image, a. Boullemier, and enclosed by a tooled and relief gilt border, Mintons backstamp underside, 24 cm diameter
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A group of English lustre tea wares, mostly early to mid 19th century, comprising three Sunderland type tea cups with associated saucers, three additional saucers, a copper lustre ware milk jug, together with a Salopian ware saucer, a Coalport cup and saucer, and a Meissen saucer with encrusted flora and insect embellishments, the teacups 6 cm high and smaller
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A Royal Crown Derby blue 'Mikado' part dinner service, late 1930s, twenty eight pieces comprising four dinner and four entree plates, two large side plates and eight smaller side plates, five cups and associated saucers, green backstamps underside, the dinner plates 26 cm diameter
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A set of six Wedgwood of Etruria & Barlaston 'Cabbage Leaf' majolica side plates, 20 cm diameter
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A group of Wedgwood blue and white plates together with a Royal Doulton cabinet plate, the seven willow pattern plates with moulded borders, impressed and transfer printed marks underside, the Robert Burns portrait plate with a series of portrait medallions to the border featuring characters from his poems, the portrait plate 26.5 cm diameter
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A blue and white Chinoiserie bottle vase lamp base by Limoges, mid 20th century, with kakeimon prunus blossom decoration on a pale celadon ground, Limoges and Porcelaine de Paris marks underside, 38 cm high
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A partial set of Royal Doulton platinum Concord pattern china, comprising approximately twenty eight pieces, including a Twilight rose pattern cake plate, the dinner plates 27 cm diameter
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A small porcelain bust of a girl, Austrian, early 20th century, blue factory mark to upper interior, 18 cm high
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Three Rosenthal for Versace porcelain plates, boxed, including 'Tresor de la Mer' and Medusa patterns, backstamps verso, the largest 30 cm diameter
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A hand painted porcelain trinket box in the style of Limoges, French, early 20th century, 5 cm high, 11 cm wide, 7.5 cm deep
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A Royal Worcester pedestal cup decorated by Harry Davis, 1912, together with a Royal Copenhagen six piece liqueur set, 1980-1984 period, the twin handle urn cup featuring a cartouche depicting sheep in a semi-rural setting upon a cobalt ground embellished with raised gilding, signed to left of image, puce backstamp underside; together with a liqueur setting comprising a tray with maps of the world and scenes, a decanter and four small cups, backstamps underside, the Royal Worcester cup 10 cm high
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Two large terracotta pots, the largest 76 cm high
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A Victorian oriental style tea tray by Wedgwood, 1879, the cream tray with canted corners and geometric handles with moulded cavetto featuring fan shapes punctuated by flower prunus blossom stems, Wedgwood mark and registration diamond underside, 44 x 33.5 cm
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A large hand painted ceramic pitcher, later 20th century, with bifurcated handles, 38 cm high
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A Minton 'Grasmere Blue' dinner service, 1974-1998 period, approximately fifty pieces with blue flowers, tan scrolls and a gold trim, includes main, entree, side plates, cups, soup coupes with associated saucers, mugs, a sauce boat, sandwich tray and a covered tureen, backstamps underside, the largest plates 27 cm diameter
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A Villeroy & Boch 'Cordoba' dinner service, the comprehensive mix and match service for eight place settings, plus extras and a range of accessories, the largest plates 30 cm diameter
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A Meissen moulded dish, two floral plates and a small Meissen vase, the dish and plates with spiral moulding with loose hand painted floral arrangements and sprays to the centre, sprigged to the rim, together with a similarly decorated small baluster vase, blue crossed sword marks verso, the largest plate 26 cm diameter
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A mixed group of Meissen porcelain wares, 19th/early 20th century, together with a soft paste transfer ware tea bowl by Caughley or Salopian porcelain manufactory, circa 1775, a hand painted vase raised on small feet to an integral stand, a flower painted pin dish, and a profusely encrusted floral cup and cover with a twisted twig handle and insect sprigs, the largest piece 11 cm high
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A mixed group of porcelain dishes and vases, 20th century, including a small Rosenthal dish and vase from the magic flute series, a Limoges dish sprigged in green, and two petite Bavarian vases, backstamps to all, the largest vase 12 cm high
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A set of six Wedgwood majolica 'Cabbage leaf' plates, Wedgwood marks to the underside, 20.5 cm diameter
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A mixed group of porcelain wares, part tea sets and a bowl, by Spode, including a large blue and white serving bowl in tower pattern, an eighteen piece tea set in Lausanne pattern, a Minerva coffee pot and creamer with six demitasse cups and five associated saucers, Spode marks underside, the bowl 24.5 cm diameter
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A large German blue and white vase, together with a faience plate by Decours Moustiers, including a blue and white ceramic charger, the vase 37 cm high
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A group of four porcelain wares by Meissen, 20th century, a polychrome ash tray, a small dish and a reticulated basketweave plate in 'Blue onion' pattern and one other with oriental figures, Meissen crossed marks underside, the largest plate 26 cm diameter
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A German porcelain framed mirror, early 20th century, in the rococo manner with ribbon crest, encrusted flowers and twin putti bearing garlands, blue crossed mark to crest, with an easel back, 31 x 22 cm
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A group of three Staffordshire Pottery spill vases together with a Romeo and Juliet group, circa 1830-1860, includes two figural spill vases, one emblematic of the harvest, and a hunting hound' with felled stag vase, and a bower enclosed figural flatback depicting Romeo and Juliet, the largest 24 cm high
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A collection of four hand decorated porcelain mugs, 1830 and after, in various sizes including a dedication mug and one mug with verse, all decorated with floral sprays with gilt enrichments and all unmarked, the largest 10.5 cm high
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