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Antique Furniture & Decorative Arts — Philips Auctions Australia

Auction House:Philips Auctions AustraliaNumber of lots recorded:288
Sale Title:Antique Furniture & Decorative ArtsLots with images:288
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:234
Date:24-Jun-2024
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Three Chinese carved wood ruyi Sceptres, Republic period, 20th century comprising one carved in openwork in the form of a gnarled prunus branch in bloom with tendrils, two birds and a raised shou medallion, another with lotus flower with leaves, pod, vines, two frogs, and water chestnuts, possibly boxwood, and a third one carved with fish, lotus pod and waves, as found. Length 45 cm, and smaller
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A Chinese carved rosewood display stand, 20th century in the form of a kang table with rectangular inset panel top above aprons carved in openwork with scrolling dragon motif and raised on four inswept legs. Height 7.5 cm, length 35 cm, width 16 cm
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A Japanese export porcelain tea and coffee service, early 20th century, the extensive set comprising a teapot, coffee pot, 2 sugar bowls, 2 creamers, 9 teacups and saucers, 8 coffee cups and saucers, with extra saucers, each decorated in bright enamel highlights over transfer with geishas in outdoor exotic setting with lake and mountainous landscape, stamped to the underside. Height 20.5 cm, and smaller
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A George V sterling silver chocolate pot, 1925 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Ellis & Co in the Georgian manner, the baluster body with a domed hinged lid with finial, carved wooden S-scroll handle, on a circular foot, marked to the side and lid. Weight 647g height 23 cm
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A George V sterling silver bowl, 1916 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Elkington & Co Ltd, the elegant circular bowl with a slightly everted rim, plain body and raised on a short waisted base, engraved with initials, marked to the side and further stamped 'Elkington & Co' to the underside. Weight 172g height 7.5 cm, diameter: 11.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver 4-Piece tea and coffee service, 1892 London and Sheffield, with maker's mark for Thomas Bradbury & Sons, the teapot and pedestal coffee pot with demi-fluted oval body, flush-hinged cover and ebonised bracket handles and finial, the conforming sugar bowl and creamer with leaf capped handles and gilt interiors, each engraved with crest and clan Johnstone motto 'Nunquam Non Paratus' (Never Unprepared), further engraved with retailer 'Sharman D. Neill, Belfast' to the underside, and…
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A George V sterling silver spirit kettle, 1922 London, with maker's mark for C S Harris & Sons Ltd, the kettle of globular form with plain body, scroll spout, flush-hinged cover, turned ebony handle, raised on a stand with burner and three double-scroll legs on scroll-pad feet; marked to the underside, lid and stand. Weight 1524g height 32 cm
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A George VI sterling silver bullet teapot, 1944 Birmingham, with unknown maker's mark Eb, the heavy gauge Georgian style bullet teapot with a flattened straight spout, hinged lid, composite ear form handle, on circular foot, marked to the back and under the lid. Weight 660g height 15 cm, width 26.5 cm
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A George VI sterling silver cigarette case, 1948 London, with maker's mark for S J rose & Son of slender rectangular form, engraved with maps of Australia and Great Britain on engine turned ground, with a gilt interior engraved with initials Rgc and 19.9.77, marked twice. Weight 184g length 11.5 cm, width 8.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver fluted bowl, 1896 London, with maker's mark for William Hutton & Sons Ltd, the circular bowl with a reeded rim and spiral fluted lower body, raised on a domed and stepped foot, marked under the rim. Weight 80g height 6 cm, diameter: 9 cm
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A George V sterling silver toast rack, 1924 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Hukin & Heath, the four slice rack of typical form with tubular arched sections, with a central lobed carry handle, upon a rectangular base raised on little bun feet, marked underside. Weight 110g height 10 cm, length 9 cm, width 6 cm
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A George IV sterling silver soup ladle, 1827 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Wilkes Barker, the fiddle pattern soup ladle, with engraved initials to the terminal and marked underside. Weight 207g length 32.5 cm
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A cased set of George V sterling silver demitasse spoons, 1931 Sheffield, with maker's mark for James Dixon & Sons, the set of 6 demitasse coffee spoons with plain terminals, each marked to the underside of the bowl, in their original shaped fitted case with Fairfax & Roberts (Sydney) retailer marks. Weight 33g length 8.5 cm
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A George V sterling silver sauce boat and a creamer, comprising a Georgian style sauce boat (1918 Birmingham, E S Barnsley & Co - Edward Souter Barnsley) with reeded rim, flying handle with foliate thumb spur and tripod hoof feet with shell mounts, marked under the rim, together with a compressed conical creamer with a scrolling handle, marked under the rim (1912 Birmingham, Mappin & Webb Ltd). Weight 224g height 8.5 cm, width 15 cm, and smaller
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A cased George V sterling silver apostle spoons set, 1911 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Mappin & Webb comprising 6 teaspoons and a pair of sugar tongs, all cast with apostle terminals and scrolling foliage to the bowls, marked underside, in their original brown leather and green velvet lined fitted case. Weight 106g length 12.5 cm
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A group of mostly silverplated condiments, comprising a Victorian sterling silver salt cellar with scrolls embossed lower body (1887 London, Charles Edwards) and a salt spoon (1985 Birmingham, C Ltd), together with a Georgian style silverplated 3-piece condiment set comprising mustard pot, open salt and pepper shaker with reticulated foliate borders, complete with clear and blue glass liners. Weight 20g height 9 cm, and smaller
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A George V sterling silver sauce boat, date letter rubbed, probably 1934 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Lee & Wigfull (Henry Wigfull) of compressed rectangular form, with a gadrooned rim and bracket handle raised on a short reeded foot, the lower body decorated with scrolls and floral motifs, marked to the side. Weight 194g height 9.5 cm, width 13.5 cm
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A George I Britannia standard punch ladle, 1717 London, with maker's mark for William Petley, the punch ladle with circular bowl and plain lip, the simple conical tubular socket holding a turned wooden handle, initialed to the underside and marked to the interior. Total weight 102g length 36.5 cm
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A group of sterling and Continental silver flatware, comprising a set of 6 entree forks in Old English pattern (1810 London, Thomas Wallis II & Jonathan Hayne), a Dutch .833 silver entree spoon and fork set (Amsterdam, c1900), two Victorian fiddle pattern dessert spoons, engraved with scrolls and initials Ma (one 1910 Sheffield, Joseph Rodgers & Sons and another), and a table spoon in Old English pattern (1804 Exeter, Joseph Hicks). Weight 496g length 22 cm, and smaller
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A group of sterling and Continental flatware, comprising two pairs of sugar tongs (one engraved and with pierced arms leading to scalloped ends - 1900 Birmingham, William Briggs & Co), two tea caddy spoons (one Dutch .833 silver with shell terminal, J.M van Kempen & Son), two cake serving utensils (one .800 German silver, probably Kinzinger) and a fish serving set (Ditch .833 silver, J.M van Kempen & Son). Total weight 355g length 27.5 cm, (slice) and smaller
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A George VI sterling silver creamer, 1944 Birmingham, with unknown maker's mark Eb, the hefty creamer in the Georgian manner, with leaf-capped double-scroll handle, raised on a circular foot, marked to the back. Weight 220g height 11 cm
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A set of six Victorian sterling silver teaspoons, 1849 London, with maker's mark for John James Whiting, the set of spoons in fiddle and shell pattern, each engraved with initials Mk and marked to the underside. Weight 140g length 14.5 cm
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Four sterling and Continental silver teaspoons, the four tea or dessert spoons, comprising a King's pattern single struck spoon (1848 Edinburgh, probably Lister & Sons), an Old English pattern (1916 Birmingham, Elkington & Co), a German 800 silver spoon with a pierced rose terminal, and another in Old English pattern a/f (1786 London, George gray), two with engraved initials or arms. Weight 134g length 18 cm, and smaller
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A George V sterling silver chocolate pot, 1920 London, with maker's mark for Mappin & Webb Ltd in the Georgian manner, the baluster body with a flattened scroll spout, domed hinged lid with finial, carved wooden S-scroll handle, on a circular foot, marked to the side and lid. Weight 741g height 22.5 cm
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A set of six George III sterling silver dessert forks, London, with maker's mark for, the set of dessert forks in matching fiddle and shell pattern, including four (1818 London, William Bateman I) and two (1820 London, with maker's mark for William Eley I & William Fearn), each crested and marked to the underside. Weight 314g length 17 cm
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A set of George IV sterling dinner and entree spoons for six, 1829 London, with maker's mark for William Chawner II, the set of 6 dinner spoons and 6 entree spoons in matching fiddle and tread pattern, each crested and marked to the underside. Weight 809g lengths: 22 cm, and 17 cm
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A cased Victorian sterling silver gilt Christening set, 1867 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Martin, Hall & Co (Richard Martin & Ebenezer hall)., the three-piece set comprising apostle knife, fork and spoon, each with twist stems and apostle terminals, clearly marked, in a velvet lined leather fitted case. Weight 105g length 20 cm, and smaller
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A cased set of six George V sterling silver spoons, 1911 Birmingham, with maker's mark for a J Bailey, the set of six demitasse spoons, each with Art Nouveau lily decoration to a shaped tapering stem and marked under the bowl, in their original leather and black velvet lined fitted case. Weight 46g length 11 cm
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A cased set of six George V sterling silver spoons, 1928 London, with maker's mark for Josiah Williams & Co (David Landsborough Fullerton), the set of six demitasse spoons, each with tapering C and S-scroll stem, marked under the bowls, in their original red leather and velvet lined fitted case. Weight 65g length 11 cm
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A group of mostly Continental .800 silver flatware, comprising two German .750 silver dinner spoons, a German .800 silver needle case, an Argentinian .800 silver mate straw, a Russian silver entree spoon (Moscow, P. Ovchinnikov), a group of Dutch .833 silver flatware including a ladle and pair of bread forks (J.M van Kempen & Son), an entree spoon (van der Broek), a pair of fish knives (Gerit Greup), a pierced souvenir ladle and five small napkin rings; together with a fruit knife and fork set (1897…
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A Dutch .833 silver part cutlery service, maker's marks rubbed, some with letter S duty mark, 19th century comprising a set of 10 dinner forks and 15 dinner spoons, with different regional assay marks, some with script letter 'S' duty mark for unguaranteed standard of fineness, together 7 German .800 silver handled dinner knives with steel blades. Weight 1231g (without knives) length 26.5 cm, (knife) and smaller
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A silverplated two-bottle table tantalus, circa 1900, the elegant spirits tantalus with a quatrefoil beaded base on short scrolled feet, fitted with a swing handle above a cylindrical ice bucket engraved with swags and conforming hinged lid, flanked by two mallet form cut glass decanters and original faceted stoppers with starburst bases and ribbed notch and lens cut bodies. Height 37 cm, length 51 cm, width 29 cm
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A set of seven Victorian sterling silver teaspoons, the seven hefty teaspoons in matching fiddle, thread & shell pattern by two London makers, comprising a set of three (1846 London, with maker's mark for Charles Lias) and a set of four (1892 London, with maker's mark for Francis Higgins III). Weight 254g length 14.5 cm
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A pair of George III sterling silver serving spoons, 1797 and 1798 London, with maker's mark for George Smith (II), the pair of fiddle pattern serving spoons with engraved armorial to the terminals, marked underside and with journeyman marks, bearing George Smith II marks, most likely made by George Smith II although not hallmarked until several years later (George Smith II entered a mark in partnership with Thomas Hayter in 1792), the 1797 one with two cusps on the duty mark (to the right and base), the…
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Two William IV and Victorian sterling silver soup ladles, comprising a fine and hefty Queen's oyster pattern soup ladle with a fabulous oyster shell motif to the reverse of the bowl (1834 London, with maker's mark for William Bateman II), together with a fiddle, thread & shell soup ladle - 1899 London, with maker's mark for Josiah Williams & Co (George Maudsley Jackson & David Landsborough Fullerton), each clearly marked and with crisp decoration. Weight 688g length 33 cm, and smaller
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A pair of Edward VII sterling silver pierced bonbon dishes, 1902 Chester, with maker's mark for James Deakin & Sons, the everted sides pierced with scrolls within finely repousse and chased borders with flower heads and bold foliate scrolls on a dotted ground, each marked to the interior under the rim. Weight 431g height 6.5 cm, length 23 cm, width 15 cm
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An Assembled George III sterling silver chafing dish, 1767 London, with maker's mark for William Grundy (dish and cover) 1776 London, with maker's mark for Thomas Heming (burner), the circular dish and cover flanked by loop handles with a gadrooned everted rim, the domed cover with stepped finial with date mark underside, the dish marked to the exterior and both handles, resting on a tripod stand of band form with a central spirit burner support and raised on three scroll legs with scroll leaf feet, the…
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A cased set of George V sterling silver coffee spoons, 1934 Birmingham, with maker's mark for William suckling Ltd and Jubilee punch, the set of six demitasse spoons, each plain and with coffee bean terminals, each marked under the stem, in their original black velvet fitted case. Weight 38g length 9.5 cm
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A set of four late Victorian Elkington plate salt cellars, Elkington & Co., with date letter for 1899 in the neoclassical taste, the set of four boat-shaped salt cellars, each raised on a pedestal oval foot, with twin handles, beaded borders and gilt washed interiors, each marked to the underside of the foot. Height 8.5 cm, length 15 cm, width 6 cm
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An Austro-Hungarian .800 silver and ivory coffee pot, Diana head mark, 800 purity, Vienna, with maker's mark Jck, late 19th century, the small coffee pot or chocolate pot of plain baluster form raised on curvaceous legs with pad feet, with ear form ivory handle and finial to the hinged lid, engraved to the front with crowned monogram. Weight 343g height 16 cm, width 17 cm
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A sterling silver Arts & Crafts dish, 1913 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Albert Edward Jones, the elegant circular dish on four shaped feet with quaich twin handles, marked to the side, and numbered 834 to the underside. Weight 61g height 3 cm, width 12.5 cm, diameter: 9 cm
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A group of Edwardian cut glass dressing table bottles, comprising six sterling silver mounted bottles - four of lighthouse form, one ovoid and one square, by different makers (1909 London, maker's mark D.C; 1904 Birmingham, Miller Brothers; 1907 Birmingham, Charles May & Sons), some with original stoppers, together with a stuart crystal globular one with faceted ball stopper and a pair of small pear shaped footed ones. Height 19.5 cm, and smaller
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A cased Victorian part set of dinner and entree knives, 19th century comprising 23 dinner and 12 entree knives, each crested to the ivorine handles, the steel blades engraved with crown V.R. (Victoria Regina) marks, in their original brass bound oak fitted case, similarly crested to a brass shield form cartouche to the hinged top. Height 9 cm, length 41 cm, width 28.5 cm, (box) lengths: 26.5 cm, and 21 cm, (knives)
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A cased Austro-Hungarian .800 silver set of small jugs and saucers, Diana head mark, 800 purity, Graz, with maker's mark for Wenzel Rummel, c1872-73 comprising 6 small jugs and associated saucers, the jugs with ear form handles and gilt washed interiors, each piece marked, in a leather fitted box with a burgundy silk lined interior, with maker's label 'W. Rummel, Prague'. Weight 200g height 2.5 cm, (jug) diameter: 5.5 cm, (dish)
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A boxed silverplate sweets service, Kay & Co, Worcester, circa 1890, the impressive set comprising two nutcrackers, a pair of grape scissors, three serving spoons and a sugar sifter, foliate engraved and with spiral twist handles, each marked, in a good brown leather fitted case with magenta velvet and silk lining. Length 23.5 cm, and smaller
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A William IV sterling silver part cutlery service, all in fiddle pattern, comprising 5 diner forks and 6 entree forks (1837 London, Joseph & Albert Savory), and 6 entree spoons (1831 London, Jonathan Hayne), in matching fiddle pattern with engraved B terminals. Weight 862g length 21 cm, and smaller
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A Victorian sterling silver tripod sugar bowl, 1896 Birmingham, with maker's mark for Haseler Brothers (Edward John Haseler & Noble Haseler), the circular bowl with an everted rim and rounded body, with a ribbed girdle to the mid-section and raised on shaped legs with trefid feet, marked under the rim. Weight 93g height 6.5 cm, diameter: 8 cm
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An Edwardian sterling silver mounted claret jug and a pepper mill, 1902 Sheffield, with maker's mark for James Deakin & Sons, the claret jug with plain elegant mount, and angular handle on clear cur glass mallet-form body with star cut decoration, together with a George V sterling silver and cut glass pepper mill (1913 Birmingham, John Grinsell & Sons), with a spherical hobnail cut body on a splayed foot, the arm handle with ebonised finial, each clearly marked. Total weight 1101g height 21.5 cm, and 9.5 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver milk jug, 1851 London, with maker's mark for Henry Holland, the mid-Victorian creamer with pear shaped body, leaf-capped double scroll handle, scalloped rim, repousse decorated with roses and scrolls, upon three shell feet, marked underside. Weight 199g height 13 cm
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An Edward VII sterling silver coffee pot, 1909 Birmingham, with maker's mark for J Collyer Ltd of compressed baluster form profusely chased with 'C' scrolls and flowers, the hinged dome lid surmounted by a finial, the scroll-capped handle with ivory insulators, with scroll and leaf framed oval empty cartouches to the sides, raised on scrolled leaf feet, marked to the body. Weight 1155g height 28 cm
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A Victorian sterling silver Christening mug, 1869 London, with maker's mark for Henry Holland (of Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater), the straight sided mug with a leaf scroll handle, the can body repousse and chased with foliate motifs and C-scroll design, between reeded and beaded borders, gilt washed to the interior and marked under the rim. Weight 107g height 8.5 cm
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A set of four George IV sterling silver salt cellars, 1828 London, with maker's mark for Robert Hennell II, the set of 4 salt cellars of squat circular shape, each with gadrooned rim and raised on tripod paw feet, crested to the sides and marked to the underside. Weight 478g height 4.5 cm, diameter: 8 cm
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A cased Victorian sterling silver Christening set, 1855 Birmingham, with maker's mark for George Unite, the three-piece child christening set, marked to knife blade, the matching spoon with a different mark (1902 Sheffield, Watson & Gillott), in a brown leather and velvet lined fitted case. Weight 39g length 13.5 cm, and smaller
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A mid-Victorian sterling silver three-piece tea service, 1858 London, with maker's mark for Samuel Hayne & Dudley Cater comprising a teapot, sugar bowl and creamer, each piece of compressed circular form, elaborately embossed with floral motifs and scrolls, the teapot with flower finial, ivory insulators, all raised on four scroll feet and marked to the underside. Weight 1410g height 17 cm, and smaller
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A matched George III and later sterling silver Queen's pattern part cutlery service, different makers, predominantly 19th century with maker's mark for William Cummins, the Queen's pattern matched cutlery service, comprising 5 dinner spoons, 12 dinner forks, 6 entree spoons, 6 entree knives, 6 dinner knives and 6 entree knives, all double-struck, some with anthemion / honeysuckle heels, matched with later sterling silver handled knives (1975 Sheffield, C J Vander Ltd). Silver weight 2575g (without knives)…
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A George VI sterling silver tazza, 1937 Sheffield, with maker's mark for Mappin & Webb Ltd, the elegant tazza of circular form, decorated allover with overlapping scales design within a pierced scroll border, raised on a low circular foot, and marked to the top. Weight 452g height 4 cm, diameter: 22.5 cm
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A George V sterling silver cigarette box stamped Asprey, 1912 London, with maker's mark 'J.B', the rectangular cigarette box decorated throughout with an elegant linear and engine turned design, the hinged cover with raised silver gilt Blc initials opening to a cedar lined interior with compartments labeled 'Virginian' and 'Turkish', marked to the side and stamped 'Asprey London' to the underside. Total weight 449g height 5 cm, length 11.5 cm, width 9 cm
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A cased set of six Victorian sterling silver apostle spoons, 1899 London, with maker's mark for Charles Stuart Harris, the set of six parcel gilt demitasse apostle spoons, each with tapering twist stem terminating in apostle terminal, with gilt washed bowl, in their original black leather and red silk lined fitted case. Weight 67g length 10 cm
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A fine Edward VII sterling silver epergne, 1906 London, with maker's mark for William Comyns & Sons with a central latticed trumpet flower holder on a tapering knopped column, issuing four scroll branches, each suspending a footed basket with lattice sides, foliate rims and pierced swing handles, upon a weighted domed base; marked to the stem, underside of baskets and handles. Total weight 1927g height 34 cm, diameter: 31 cm
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Three George IV sterling silver sauce ladles, 1828 London, with maker's mark for T Cox Savory, the set of three fiddle pattern sauce ladles with engraved armorial to the terminal and marked underside. Weight 241g length 18 cm
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A set of six George III sterling silver dinner forks, 1802 London, with maker's mark for William Eley I & William Fearn, the set of hefty dinner forks in Hanoverian fiddle and thread pattern, one in matching pattern by a different maker, each crested and marked to the underside. Weight 489g length 20.5 cm
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A George III sterling silver sugar bowl and cream jug, 1811 London, with maker's mark for Alice & George Burrows II, the fine and heavy gauge sugar bowl and creamer set in the neoclassical manner, each of rounded rectangular form with half reeded bodies, bold gadroon and leaf borders, geometric patterned bracket handles and raised on lion mask and paw scrolled feet, each marked to the body, maker's marks partly rubbed but by Alice & George Burrows II. Weight 720g height 10.5 cm, length 21 cm, width 11 cm,…
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A cased set of fish knives and forks, circa 1900 comprising six knives and forks with ivorine handles, each engraved with foliate decoration, fitted in their original hardwood case with purple satin and navy blue velvet lined interior. Weight 33g length 20.5 cm, and 17.5 cm
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A pair of Bohemian Amber-Stained engraved glass goblets and covers, circa 1870, the fine pair of goblets or covered urns, finely engraved to the ovoid bowls with a continuous woodland frieze of a stag and deer, each on faceted knop petal-cut spreading foot, the domed covers lens-cut to clear and surmounted by spire finials. Height 35 cm, and smaller
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A Victorian perfume bottle and a portrait vase, comprising a c1890 green glass perfume bottle and stopper of compressed bottle form with silver overlay in the style of Alvin & Co, apparently unmarked, untested; together with a Victoria Austria portrait ceramic vase of ovoid form with a sterling silver collar (1913 London, at), decorated to the front with a lady playing the harp, the underside with green stamp. Height 13 cm, and smaller
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Three French and Bohemian glass perfume bottles, early 20th century comprising a Hoffmann black glass perfume bottle with a clear glass octagonal stopper etched with a cupid and Venus design, a c1900 Theophilus Martin vaseline glass bottle and white metal 'Le parfait' pump atomiser, transfer decorated with a view of the 'Palais de l'Electricite Exposition de 1900', and a c1920 French four-chamber 'Piston pump' atomiser (des. S. Felix for R. Bloch) with a clear glass body etched with swags and floral…
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Two Bohemian Kralik glass jug and vase, Kralik, circa 1900, the silverplate mounted green glass Art Nouveau jug, decorated to the tapering body with abstract pink and white veining, together with a Phoenician-style vase with raised 'Pulled feather' decoration in pale purple, green and blue tomes. Height 20 cm, and smaller
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A Bohemian reddish brown glass coffee set by Heinrich Hoffman, Des. Alexander Pfohl for H. Hoffmann, circa 1930s comprising a coffee pot, sugar bowl, milk jug, and 4 cups and saucers in unusual deep coffee opaque glass turning auburn to the spout, handle and raised decoration, depicting figures in landscape, fruiting berries and stylised foliage, with bird finials; reputedly made exclusively for a hotel chain in India in the late 1930s, the cups & saucers with the company's butterfly mark to the underside.…
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A Bohemian white and blue overlay cut glass tumbler and saucer, 20th century, the tumbler and saucer set decorated with cut to clear fruiting vine decoration. Diameter: 13 cm, (saucer) height 9.5 cm, (glass)
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An 'Imperial Grape' green carnival glass water set, Imperial glass Co, 20th century, the water set comprising a water pitcher, 6 tumblers and 2 water goblets, all with starred bases (9 items). Height 21.5 cm, (jug) height 14 cm, (glasses) and smaller
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A green and blue Art glass vase, 20th century, the hand blown fused glass vase of tear drop form with a lime green everted rim, with abstract decoration upon a pale chartreuse ground, with pontil mark to the underside. Height 24 cm
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A group of cranberry glass items, c1900 comprising an American silver plate and cranberry glass pickle jar (Homan Co, Oh) with enamel painted daisy decoration, a similarly decorated barrel spirit with gilt metal spigot and 6 small jugs, a jack-in-the-pulpit cranberry vaseline vase, and another pickle jar with dimple glass body. Height 27 cm, (pickle jar) and smaller
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A Mdina Ming pattern studio glass vase, c1970s, the Maltese studio glass vase of globular form in a variant of the Ming pattern with a typical azure blue outer layer and yellow swirl inside layer, engraved 'Mdina' to the underside. Height 13.5 cm
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A ruby glass vase and four vanity bottles and stoppers, late 19th and 20th century, the ruby glass vase of compressed bottle form with a trumpet neck, decorated with dot and foliate pattern with gilt accents, together with two pairs of amberina and 'Rose teinte' glass bottles with spiral moulded bodies fading to clear and stoppers, unmarked but probably Baccarat. Height 32.5 cm, (vase) height 18 cm, (bottle) and smaller
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A group of seven carnival green glass items, comprising an Imperial 'Open Rose' plate, a Northwood 'Fruits and Flowers' bonbon dish, a Northwood 'Sunflower' spatula-footed bowl and others. Diameter: 23 cm, (plate) height 10 cm, diameter: 19 cm, (bowl) and smaller
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Three Bohemian iridescent glass vases, comprising a pair of iridescent black glass vases in the style of Webb bronze vases, with applied clear glass leaf to the tapering body, unmarked, possibly Kralik, together with a vase with a fluted body and upturned rim in textured iridescent blue to clear glass. Height 22.5 cm, and 17 cm
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A group of six carnival blue glass items, comprising a Fenton 'Little Fishes' ruffled bowl on ball shaped feet, a Fenton 'Dragon and Lotus' spatula-footed bowl, a Fenton 'Fine Rib' vase and others. Height 26.5 cm, (vase) height 11 cm, length 27 cm, width 20 cm, (bowl) and smaller
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A Bohemian ruby and clear glass lidded punch bowl and Undertray, circa 1900, the punch lidded bowl of faceted barrel form, with arches design between bands of slice cuts, with domed cover and faceted finial, raised on a petal form Undertray. Height 33 cm, diameter: 29 cm, (base)
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An oversize Eight-Sided pedestal stem goblet, 18th or 19th century, the giant goblet with all the characteristics of Georgian 'Silesian' pedestal stem glasses, a funnel shaped bowl on a moulded eight-sided stem and conforming conical foot with unpolished pontil to the underside. Height 41.5 cm, diameter: 17.5 cm
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A Moorcroft limited edition 'Sulphur-Crested Cockatoo' plate, designed by Rachel Bishop, Australian Commission series, 1995., the 783/10 shape plate, tube-line decorated with the first design in this series: an iconic sulphur-crested cockatoo on a gumtree branch, draped by red flowers and foliage, upon a graduated blue ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers, and numbered 253/350, in its original box. Height 3 cm, diameter: 26 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Gypsy' pattern vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, c1999, the 122/8 shape vase, tube-line decorated with rich swirling leaves sweeping up the body of the vase with a myriad of small purple tone petals upon a cool blue ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 20.5 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Daffodil' mug, designed by Sally Tuffin, circa 1980s, the mug decorated to the front with soft yellow daffodil petals with a deeper yellow pistil and cup, and light to deep green leaves upon an ivory ground, with Moorcroft printed stamp to the underside. Height 9 cm
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A Moorcroft limited edition 'Sturt Desert Pea' vase, designed by Emma Bossons, Australian Commission series, c1998, the 226/7 shape vase, designed in homage to the vibrant Australian Sturt's desert pea (Swainsona formosa), decorated with a border of tube-lined crisp flowers with bright red stalks and foliage against a graduated yellow to green ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, signed 'EBossons', painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 19.5 cm
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A Moorcroft limited edition 'Golden Jubilee' plate, designed by Emma Bossons Frsa, 2002., the 783/8 shape plate, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's accession to the throne, tube-line decorated with the United Kingdom's heraldic flowers: the rose (England), the Daffodil (Wales), the thistle (Scotland) and the Shamrock (Northern Ireland), upon a cobalt blue ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, numbered 519/750, and stamped with the Royal Cipher, in its original box. Height 2.5 cm,…
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A Moorcroft 'Carousel' pattern ginger jar, designed by Rachel Bishop, 1997, the 769/6 ginger jar and cover, tube-line decorated with rose hips, primroses and foliage against a rich jade washed ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, numbered 1193, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 16 cm
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A Moorcroft numbered edition 'Fuschia' vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, 1993, the 80/6 shape vase, tube-line decorated with cascading blooms of pink and mauve against a deep green ground at top and base and light ochre ground in the centre, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, numbered 811, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 17 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Phoenix' pattern vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, 1997, the 99/8 shape vase, tube-line decorated with a phoenix bird, with plumage flowing around its contours in blues and greens on a soft olive to orange ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 20.5 cm
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A Moorcroft Trial 'Papunya' ginger jar, designed by Gill Johnson, great Southern land collection, 2015, the 769/4 shape ginger jar and cover, tube-line decorated with a ducked-billed platypuses as stylised black silhouettes on a yellow ground, surrounded by Aboriginal inspired dotted swirls, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, inscribed 'Trial 11.12.14', painted marks and other ciphers, in its original box. Height 11 cm
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A Cobridge 'Plums' pattern vase, Cobridge stoneware (1998-2005) designed by Nicola Slaney, 2000 by the associate Company of Moorcroft Pottery, the 58/6 shape stoneware vase, decorated with an incised AD metallic glazed decoration of rich purple and green plum branches on an oatmeal ground, with Cobridge impressed marks, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in a Moorcroft box. Height 16.5 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Snakeshead' pattern vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, William Morris Centenary series, 1996, the M1/6 shape vase, a tribute to a famous William Morris wallpaper design named after the snake's-head fritillary flowers, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 16.5 cm
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A Moorcroft limited edition 'King Lear' ginger jar, designed by Rachel Bishop for the Shakespeare series, late 1990s, the 769/6 ginger jar and cover, from the Shakespeare series made for black and white Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon, tube-line decorated "with burdocks, hemlock, nettles, cuckoo-flowers, darnel and all the idle weeds that grow in our sustaining corn" (Cornelia, Act IV, scene 4, King Lear) upon a cobalt blue washed ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers, and…
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A Moorcroft 'Grapevine' pattern vase, designed by Sally Tuffin, Collectors club Annual collection, 1987, the 393/7 vase, tub-line decorated with bunches of luscious, deep purple grapes hanging amongst vine leaves in graduating green tones, upon a cream ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, Moorcroft Collectors club stamp, and painted marks and other ciphers to the underside. Height 18.5 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Illyarrie' pattern vase, designed by Emma Bossons, c2000, the 402/4 shape vase made exclusively for Australia, decorated with tube-lined Illyarrie gum tree yellow flowers and bright red operculum above a warm orange outback soil, upon a graduated blue ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, dated 2000, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 11 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Rough Hawksbeard' pattern vase, designed by Rachel Bishop, circa 1997, the 7/5 shape vase tube-line decorated with Crepis flowers in yellow and green tines upon a graduated blue washed ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside and signed 'J. Moorcroft' in gold pencil, in its original box. Height 14 cm
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A Moorcroft limited edition 'Dryandra' vase, designed by Angela davenport, Australian Event Exclusive, 2001, the 869/6 shape vase, tube-line decorated with yellow dryandra blooms amongst foliage against a varying blue ground, signed under glaze and only available to purchase during Angela Davenport's visit to Australia, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers, in its original box. Height 16 cm
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A Moorcroft demonstration process 'Anna Lily' tray, designed by Nicola Slaney, c1990s, the circular 780/4 shape sample tray, unavailable to collectors or the general public, showing an important step in the Moorcroft making process with tube-lining almost complete over the inked outline (tube-lining involves the careful application of liquid clay squeezed from a rubber bag like icing on a cake), unglazed, unmarked. Height 2 cm, diameter: 12.5 cm
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A Moorcroft limited edition 'Lily of the Valley' vase, designed by Emma Bossons Frsa, millennium Charity collection, 1998, the 32/5 shape vase, tube-line decorated with crisp white flowers upon a subtle orange ground, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, numbered 487/500, and painted marks and other ciphers to the underside. Height 11 cm
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A Moorcroft 'Indian Paintbrush' covered pot, designed by Philip Gibson, 2001, the 401/5 shape pot and cover, tube-line decorated with orange tipped wildflowers against a modulating blue ground with a geometric band below the rim, a design named and inspired by an edible wildflower used by native Americans, hence the pattern name, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, painted marks and other ciphers, in its original box. Height 15.5 cm
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A Moorcroft numbered edition 'Spiraxia' plate, designed by Emma Bossons Frsa, c1998, the 780/6 shape plate, tube-line decorated with orange sparaxis genus flowers (endemic to cape Province, South Africa) against a ground of subtle shades of blue, with impressed Moorcroft stamp, numbered 365, painted marks and other ciphers to the underside, in its original box. Height 2 cm, diameter: 16 cm
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A Capodimonte Cobbler figural group, 20th century, the polychrome figural group depicting a cobbler in his workshop and a little girl, incised 'Carlo', inscribed U59 to the base, with Capodimonte painted mark to the front. Height 22 cm, width 31 cm, depth 19 cm
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