Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, December 08 2009
Chistmas Auction of Fine Art,Antiques and Collectors Items
Viewing Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm, Monday 10am-7pm immediately prior to sale. Open on mornings of sale (Tuesday and Wednesday) from 8.30am until 10am for viewing. Sale starts promptly at 10am each day. Please remember that if you want to leave a commission bid or bid by telephone we need all instructions by Monday 6.30pm before sale.
Lot 1 SOLD FOR: £ 500
A Royal Doulton"Bunnykins" pottery figure of"Mother Bunnykins" wearing a pale blue dress and striped scarf, 7.5ins high (D.6004 - printed mark to base and impressed 8305)
Guide Price: £500-700
Lot 2 SOLD FOR: £ 540
A Royal Doulton"Bunnykins" pottery figure of"Farmer Bunnykins" dressed in a green smock and carrying a stick, 7.5ins high (D.6003 - printed mark to base)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 3 SOLD FOR: £ 920
An early Royal Doulton pottery figure -"A Jester" designed by C.J. Noke, the figure in unusual green/white check costume seated on a pillar, 9.5ins high (green printed mark to base and titled in black"A. Jester - C.J.Noke, potted by Doulton & Co", - HN45A - unusual second version, introduced 1915, withdrawn by 1938, bearing impressed date code for January 1919 - somewhat restored)
Guide Price: £300-500
A Royal Doulton pottery face mask -"Jester", 7ins high (printed mark to base with date code for 1937 and incised No. 933 - probably HN1630)
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 5 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A Royal Doulton pottery three piece tea service, the teapot modelled in the form of a cockerel, 6ins high, the sugar basin modelled in the form of a hen, 4.25ins high, and the milk jug modelled in the form of a chick emerging from an egg, 5ins high (printed mark in black to base and impressed registered No. RD.No.750359)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 6 SOLD FOR: £ 500
A Royal Doulton pottery"Master of Fox Hounds" presentation jug, designed by C.J. Noke, the oval body modelled in relief with a fox hunting scene and cockerel spout, 13ins high, No. 103 of edition of 500, produced in 1930, with printed mark and details to base (restuck flake chip to rim and slight stress cracks to interior), complete with framed presentation certificate
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 7 SOLD FOR: £ 700
A collection of nine modern Minton pottery"Archive Collection" novelty teapots, copied from Minton majolica originals, comprising -"Vulture & Python" teapot 9.5ins high (No. 211 of edition of 1000),"Monkey" teapot 5.25ins (No. 1204 of edition of 1793),"Chinaman" teapot 5.75ins high (No. 778 of 2500),"Cat & Mouse" teapot 7.5ins high (No. 333 of 2500),"Cockerel" teapot 5ins high (No. 457 of edition of 255),"Mushroom" teapot 5.5ins high (No. 47 of edition of 1000),"Fish" teapot 7ins high"No. 592 of 2500),"Tortoise" teapot (No. 172 of edition of 2500), and"Cockerel & Monkey" teapot 5.5ins high (No. 579 of edition of 1000), all contained in original Minton boxes with original numbered certificates
Guide Price: £500-800
Lot 8 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A Carltonware pottery"Guinness" advertising electric table lamp base modelled in the form of a"Toucan" standing by a glass of Guinness, the oval base worded"How Grand to be a Toucan - Just think what Toucan do. If he can say as you can -"Guinness is Good for You", 9.25ins high
Guide Price: £125-160
A Beswick pottery"Double Diamond" advertising water jug modelled in the form of a City Gent carrying a bottle of beer, on yellow glazed oval base worded"Double Diamond Works Wonders", 8ins high (printed and impressed mark to base and No. 1517)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 10 SOLD FOR: £ 300
A Foley"Intarsio" pottery teapot and cover of low squat form, modelled in the form of a Politician/Statesman wearing a green jacket and cream waistcoat, 4.75ins high (black printed mark to base with Registered No. 363131)
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 11 SOLD FOR: £ 280
A 17th Century German salt glazed stoneware"Bellarmine" wine jar, the neck moulded with a mask, 16.5ins high
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 12 SOLD FOR: £ 220
A 17th Century Flemish salt glazed stoneware"Bellarmine" wine jar moulded with mask and pseudo coat of arms, 8.5ins high (two large chips to rim, footrim chipped and generally misshapen)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 13 SOLD FOR: £ 210
An early 19th Century salt glazed stoneware pistol pattern spirit flask by Stephen Green of Imperial Potteries, Lambeth, 9.25ins overall
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 14 SOLD FOR: £ 150
A 19th Century salt glazed stoneware flask with tapered fluted neck, impressed to shoulders"M. Benson Wine & Spirit Merchants, The Old Parrs Head, Aldgate St", 7ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 15 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A 19th Century Doulton & Watts stoneware flask of flattened oval outline, impressed on neck"F. Manser, Navy & Army Hotel, Chatham,", 7.25ins high Note : Frederick Manser recorded as Victualler - The Army & Navy Hotel, River Road, Brompton, Chatham, 1848-1852
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 16 SOLD FOR: £ 320
A Victorian salt glazed stoneware oval flask moulded in relief with a scene of figures drinking and with fruiting vine borders, the rear impressed"Sowter, Queens Head, Brompton, Kent", 6ins high (chipped to base) Note : Robert Sowter recorded as Victualler - The Queens Head, Brompton, 1845-1867
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 17 SOLD FOR: £ 2100
An early 19th Century Sussex brown glazed pottery circular flask with slightly domed faces, worded in green slip"Edward Watson, His Bottle 1812", and the reverse with"Feversham, Kent, March 14", and the edge of the bottle similarly worded"This Bottle Was Made At Rye, Sussex", 4.75ins high
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 18 SOLD FOR: £ 170
A Doulton & Watts stoneware"Lord Brougham" spirit flask modelled in the form of Lord Brougham wearing a wig and holding a scroll impressed"The True Spirit of Reform" and the lower half impressed"Brougham Reform Cordial", 7.5ins high (impressed mark to reverse - cracked to back)
Guide Price: £125-160
A 19th Century Staffordshire treacle glazed stoneware"Lord Brougham" spirit flask modelled in the form of Lord Brougham wearing a wig and carrying a scroll impressed"Brougham Cordial", 7.25ins high (chipped), and one other stoneware flask decorated in Prattware colours and impressed on scroll"The True Spirit of Reform" and"Brougham Reform Cordial" to lower section, 6.25ins high (restored to body)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 20 SOLD FOR: £ 190
A 19th Century treacle glazed stoneware spirit flask -"William IVth's Reform Cordial", modelled in the form of William IV with crossed arms, 6.75ins high (impressed with potter's mark to reverse possibly Thomson Derby - difficult to decipher)
Guide Price: £150-200
A 19th Century white glazed stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of a full length portrait of Queen Victoria and labelled"Victoria" to base, 8.75ins high, and one other 19th Century Staffordshire treacle glazed pottery flask modelled in the form of Queen Victoria, 9.5ins high (neck broken and restuck)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 22 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A 19th Century Staffordshire treacle glazed stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of Queen Victoria, 7.75ins high, and one other 19th Century treacle glazed stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of a mermaid, 7.5ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 23 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A 19th Century stoneware spirit flask by Oldfield Potteries modelled in the form of"Old Tom" seated on a barrel, 8.75ins high, and one other 19th Century Staffordshire treacle glazed stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of"Old Tom" seated on a barrel, 9.25ins high (rim restored)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 24 SOLD FOR: £ 150
A 19th Century Staffordshire salt glazed stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of"Old Tom" seated on a barrel and impressed"Success to Reform", 7.5ins high, and one other Staffordshire pottery spirit flask decorated in Prattware colours and modelled in the form of"Old Tom", 8ins high (restored)
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 25 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A late 19th/early 20th Century Doulton Lambeth stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of Lenin, 7.25ins high (impressed mark to base and registered No. 556612 - flake chip to underside)
Guide Price: £150-200
A 19th Century stoneware handled flask moulded in the form of the bust of Souter Johnny, 6.75ins high (cracked), a smaller ditto treacle glazed money box, 4ins high (repaired), a salt glazed stoneware jug, the bulbous body moulded in bold relief with a figure to the front and surrounded by fruiting vine, 10ins high (latter chipped)
Guide Price: £125-160
A 19th Century salt glazed stoneware spirit flask modelled in the form of the bust of"Souter Johnny", 11ins high (unmarked - firing cracks to body and large chip to spout)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 28 SOLD FOR: £ 210
A 19th Century salt glazed stoneware flask modelled in the form of"Mr Toby" seated on a barrel, 7ins high (unmarked), and two 20th Century pottery spirit flasks modelled in the form of a Monk and a Coachman, both with removable heads, 9.5ins high
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 29 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A Doulton Lambeth salt glazed stoneware"Mr Toby" pattern jug modelled in bold relief with a figure of"Toby" seated on a barrel, 7.5ins high (impressed mark to base and impressed"Manufactured for Phillips, Oxford St. London", registered No. 169759 - chipped to rim), and one other ditto jug modelled in the form of a"Leather Blackjack" jug, the front embossed with the crowned"CR" and dated 1646, 6ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
A 19th Century treacle glazed stoneware"Wellington" jug modelled in the form of a shoulder length portrait of the Duke of Wellington and impressed"Wellington Died Sep.14 1852", 7.25ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 31 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A late Victorian cream glazed stoneware"The Adaptable Hot Water Bottle for Muff or Pocket", the whole of flattened circular form with screw stopper and folding handle, 4.75ins high overall
Guide Price: £60-80
Four 19th Century salt glazed stoneware barrel pattern spirit barrels by Bailey & Co of Fulham, labelled to front"Brandy","Whisky","Gin" and"Rum", each 13ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 33 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A pair of early 19th Century Staffordshire pottery figures of cherub children, the standing figures each holding an oval basket, on square bases, 6.5ins high (circa 1820 - one with wings restored and some repainting)
Guide Price: £125-160
An early 19th Century Staffordshire pottery figure -"Age" - Standing figure of an elderly woman wearing a cloak and hat and carrying a basket, on square base, 8ins high, and one other early 19th Century Staffordshire pottery figure -"The Widow" - Standing figure of a young woman with three children, on square base, 7ins high (both circa 1820 - with restoration)
Guide Price: £125-160
An early 19th Century Old English porcelain figure of"Astraea - The Goddess of Justice" - The blindfolded standing figure holding an axe, on circular base, 8.25ins high (apparently unmarked - head and arm restored)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 36 SOLD FOR: £ 340
An Old English porcelain fox head pattern stirrup cup with gilt borders, 4.5ins overall (thought to be Derby, circa 1820 - chipped to rim and gilt rubbed)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 37 SOLD FOR: £ 440
A Worcester blue and white porcelain cornucopia wall pocket with moulded horn pattern body and floral moulded rim, decorated with prunus pattern, 8.75ins high (workman's mark of three strikes and pseudo Meissen mark to reverse - circa 1760 - slight chipping to top back) Note : See Branyan, French and Sandon -"Worcester Blue & White Porcelain 1751-1790 an Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Patterns" published by Barrie & Jenkins 1990, page 246, for a similar example
Guide Price: £400-600
Lot 38 SOLD FOR: £ 170
A 19th Century porcelain two handled urn shaped vase by Grainger Lee & Co. of Worcester with moulded leaf pattern rim and footrim and bird pattern handles decorated in gilt, the front panel enamelled in colours with a bold floral spray on a fawn ground, 7.75ins high (painted mark in orange to base - circa 1830)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 39 SOLD FOR: £ 350
A pair of 19th Century porcelain rectangular section vases by Grainger Lee & Co. of Worcester, the fronts enamelled in colours with views of"Worcester" and"Malvern" and with floral sprays, on a wine and gilt ground, and with paw feet, 6.5ins high (painted marks in orange to bases - circa 1830)
Guide Price: £175-250
Lot 40 SOLD FOR: £ 250
A pair of Royal Worcester cream glazed and gilt decorated porcelain wall pockets each modelled in the form of a conch shell with rustic branch, 11ins high (impressed registry diamond and No. 737, and lilac printed mark to back with date code for 1880)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 41 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A 19th Century pottery saucer shaped dish by Pinder Bourne & Co of Burslem, 17ins diameter, decorated b F.L. with a shoulder length portrait of a Dutch girl
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 42 SOLD FOR: £ 100
A 19th Century French"Sevres" porcelain turquoise and gilt decorated tea caddy and cover of shaped and moulded outline, the front panel enamelled in colours with a musician couple, signed"A. Vigier", 4.75ins high (scrolled S pattern mark to base - cover broken and repaired and gilding rubbed at highlights)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 43 SOLD FOR: £ 1500
A 19th Century French"Sevres" porcelain and gilt brass mounted oval two handled urn and cover, the body enamelled in colours with young lovers in a garden scene on a turquoise gilt and jewelled ground, with gilt brass mounts, winged cupids and acanthus leaf swags supported on four hoof feet with shaped platform base, 10ins high (finial to lid broken and repaired, jewelling part missing and gilding rubbed in places)
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 44 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A pair of Nymphenburg white glazed porcelain figures of ladies in full length ball gowns and each holding a fan, 5.5ins high (impressed mark to base - one fan chipped and missing)
Guide Price: £125-160
A 19th Century German porcelain two handled pot pourri vase and cover in the rococo manner, the urn shaped body enamelled in colours with floral sprays and encrusted with flowers, the pierced domed cover with floral finial and supported by two figures of putti, 13.5ins high (crossed swords type mark in underglazed blue to base - slightly chipped and damaged)
Guide Price: £125-160
A pair of late 19th/early 20th Century Royal Dux porcelain figures of"The Water Carriers", the young boy and girl in Dutch style dress and decorated in pastels, mauve, green, fawn and gilt, 10.5ins high (impressed raised pink tablet mark to base, and impressed No. 983 and 984 - girl with head repaired)
Guide Price: £150-200
A late 19th/early 20th Century Austrian porcelain figure in the Royal Dux manner made by Ernst Wahliss, Vienna, modelled in the form of a young boy playing a pipe, on oval rustic pattern base, and decorated in fawn and gilt, 15.5ins high (impressed mark to base and No. A630 - flower on base slightly chipped)
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 48 SOLD FOR: £ 290
A Minton green celadon glazed porcelain model of a Chinese junk with pierced panels and highlighted in gilt, on brown glazed oval base, 12.75ins wide x 5.75ins high (impressed mark to base, No. 1641, date code indistinct, circa 1880)
Guide Price: £300-500
A Minton majolica"Tower" jug, the exterior moulded in relief with figures dancing and with rustic pattern handle, the pewter mounted rim and domed cover with Jester finial, 13ins high (impressed mark to base, shape No. 1231 and date code for 1870)
Guide Price: £300-500
A Minton majolica table centre modelled in the form of a circular basket supported by three putti, on shaped base, 11ins diameter x 11.5ins high (impressed factory mark to base with mould No. 784 and date code for 1874 - one figure cracked and the other two figures with heads broken off and restuck)
Guide Price: £500-700
