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Antiques & Collectors Items

Tuesday, October 25 2011

Two Day Sale of Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables

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.

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Lot 1

A good Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate" design on a dark blue ground, 12.5ins high (impressed factory mark and signed in full W. Moorcroft to base in blue - circa 1925)

Guide Price: £1000-1200

Lot 2 SOLD FOR: £ 900

Two Moorcroft pottery bulbous vases with drawn necks and flared rims, tube lined and decorated in colours with the "Pomegranate" design, on a blue and a mottled dark green ground, 12.75ins high (both with impressed Cobridge factory marks to base and signed in full in green "W. Moorcroft" - circa 1916)

Guide Price: £900-1200

Lot 3 SOLD FOR: £ 170

A Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase jardiniere decorated with "Clematis" design on a cream and blue-green ground, 4.5ins diameter x 4.5ins high (impressed factory mark initialled in green WM - Walter Moorcroft - circa 1950)

Guide Price: £175-250

Lot 4 SOLD FOR: £ 190

A Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase decorated with "Hibiscus" design in various colours on a pale greeny-blue ground, 7ins high (impressed marks to base, initialled WM - Walter Moorcroft - circa 1950)

Guide Price: £200-250

Lot 5 SOLD FOR: £ 160

A Moorcroft pottery miniature bulbous vase with flared rim decorated with "Wisteria" design, 3.75ins high (impressed factory mark to base - circa 1925)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 6 SOLD FOR: £ 150

A Moorcroft pottery circular powder bowl and cover decorated with "Clematis" design on a bluey-green ground, 6.25ins diameter x 3.75ins high (impressed factory mark and facsimile signature to base - circa 1945)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 7 SOLD FOR: £ 280

A Moorcroft pottery slender bulbous vase decorated with "Hibiscus" design in varying colours on a greeny-blue ground, 6.75ins high (impressed factory marks, initalled WM - Walter Moorcroft, and with paper label "Potters to the Queen, the Late Queen Mary" - circa 1945)

Guide Price: £275-350

Lot 8 SOLD FOR: £ 200

A Moorcroft pottery slender baluster shaped miniature vase decorated in colours with "Orchid" design on a dark blue ground, 5ins high (impressed factory mark and facsimile signature to base - circa 1940)

Guide Price: £200-250

Lot 9

A Moorcroft pottery three piece tea service with bulbous bodies decorated in colours with "Leaf and Berry" design on a cream to blue-green glazed ground comprising: teapot 6.25ins high, circular sugar bowl 3.5ins diameter x 3ins high, and a milk jug 3ins high (impressed factory mark and facsimile signature to bases - circa 1940)

Guide Price: £400-500

Lot 10 SOLD FOR: £ 210

A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped miniature vase decorated in colours with "Leaf and Berries" design on a greeny-blue ground, 3.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base - circa 1950)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 11

A Moorcroft pottery milk jug and sugar basin decorated in colours with "Anemone" design on a cream to a blue graded ground, bowl 4.25ins diameter x 2.25ins high, jug 3.25ins high (impressed factory mark and facsimile signature to base - circa 1940)

Guide Price: £125-160

Lot 12 SOLD FOR: £ 680

A good Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase decorated in numerous colours with "Orchid" design with cream grading to a blue glazed ground, 12ins high (impressed factory mark and facsimile signature to base - circa 1935)

Guide Price: £700-900

Lot 13

A Moorcroft pottery cylindrical jardiniere decorated in colours with "Orchid" design on a green-blue ground, 5ins diameter x 5ins high (impressed factory mark to base and initialled WM - Walter Moorcroft - circa 1950)

Guide Price: £200-250

Lot 14 SOLD FOR: £ 260

A modern Moorcroft pottery vase of slender baluster shape decorated in blues and mauve in "Blue Heaven" design on a cream to pale green graded body, 10.5ins high (impressed factory marks to base and dated 2009 - and Moorcroft box)

Guide Price: £275-350

Lot 15

A modern Moorcroft pottery mantel timepiece, the 2.75ins dial with Roman numerals contained in a shaped pottery case decorated in colours with "Queens Choice" pattern, 8.25ins high (factory and other impressed marks to base and dated 2007 - and Moorcroft blue box for same)

Guide Price: £200-250

Lot 16 SOLD FOR: £ 260

A modern Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase with flared rim, decorated in mauve, wine and green with "Anemone Tribute" pattern on a green ground, 8ins high (factory and other impressed marks to base and dated 2003 - and Moorcroft blue box for same)

Guide Price: £250-350

Lot 17

A modern Moorcroft pottery vase with slender bulbous body decorated in numerous colours with "Staffordshire Gold" pattern, 10.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base and dated 2010 and with Moorcroft blue box for same)

Guide Price: £250-300

Lot 18 SOLD FOR: £ 240

A modern Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase with flared rim decorated in colours with "Peaches" pattern (from The Mediterranean Collection) on a cream and dark blue ground, 6.25ins high (factory and other impressed marks to base and dated 2009 - and Moorcroft blue box for same)

Guide Price: £200-250

Lot 19 SOLD FOR: £ 420

A Moorcroft pottery circular shallow bowl, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate" pattern on a dark blue ground, 7.5ins diameter x 2.75ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled in blue to base and with paper label "W. Moorcroft, Potters to the Queen" and attached label for "The London Crockery Company 125 Dundas Street, London" to base - circa 1925)

Guide Price: £400-500

Lot 20

A Moorcroft saltglaze pottery slender baluster shaped vase decorated in pastel shades with "Leaf and Berry" pattern on a pale blue ground, 7ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled WM to base in blue - circa 1945)

Guide Price: £500-600

Lot 21 SOLD FOR: £ 120

Four pieces of modern Moorcroft pottery "Hibiscus" pattern, comprising - table lamp, 9ins high, baluster shaped vase, 5.5ins high, circular dish, 7.25ins diameter, and a oval dish, 9ins x 5.25ins (all with impressed marks)

Guide Price: £100-120

Lot 22

A Moorcroft blue speckled and white glazed pottery bulbous vase with ribbed body, 7.25ins high, and a pair of ditto blue glazed pottery baluster shaped vases, 7ins high (all with impressed marks to bases)

Guide Price: £120-160

Lot 23 SOLD FOR: £ 230

A Clarice Cliff pottery "Rhodanthe" pattern conical sugar caster, 5.25ins high (black printed mark and cork plug to base)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 24 SOLD FOR: £ 120

A small collection of Belleek porcelain, comprising - Model of a harp decorated with shamrocks in green, 6.25ins high (green mark to base), a jam pot and lid moulded as a barrel with shamrock decoration, 3.75ins high (black mark to base), a model of a leaping fish, 5.75ins x 4ins high (brown mark to base), and nine other pieces of Belleek, various (all with printed marks to bases)

Guide Price: £120-160

Lot 25 SOLD FOR: £ 130

A Belleek porcelain teapot and lid moulded with basket weave and shamrocks, 4.25ins high (third black mark to base), a ditto coffee pot, 7ins high (third black mark to base), a lobed dish moulded with shells and seaweed, 5ins x 2ins high (third black mark to base), and ten other pieces, various (all with printed marks for various periods to bases)

Guide Price: £120-160

Lot 26 SOLD FOR: £ 150

A late 19th/early 20th Century Belleek porcelain "Neptune" teapot painted with pink edges, 4.75ins high (second period printed black mark to base, 1891 - 1926)

Guide Price: £100-120

Lot 27 SOLD FOR: £ 100

A Doulton Lambeth two tone stoneware miniature teapot pattern inkwell, 1.75ins high, and cover for same, a Doulton Lambeth stoneware miniature "Improved Footwarmer", 1.75ins high, a larger ditto, 5.5ins high, and a Royal Doulton two tone stoneware teapot and cover, 4.5ins high

Guide Price: £100-150

Lot 28

A 19th Century Doulton Lambeth stoneware mug with moulded and painted decoration and plated rim, 4.75ins high (with impressed marks and date 1875)

Guide Price: £100-150

Lot 29 SOLD FOR: £ 280

A Royal Doulton bone china figure - "The Bather", 8ins high (HN 687)

Guide Price: £200-300

Lot 30 SOLD FOR: £ 380

Twelve Royal Doulton pottery limited edition advertising figures - "Players Hero", 6.25ins (No. 1719 of 2000), "Sir Kreemy Knut", 6.5ins (No. 1883 of 2000), "Father William", 6.25ins (No. 1921 of 2000) and nine others (with boxes)

Guide Price: £300-400

Lot 31

Four Royal Doulton limited edition "Guinness" advertising figures, including - "Big Chief Toucan", 6.25ins (No. 938 of 2000), "Christmas Toucan", 6ins (No. 1985 of 2000), and two others

Guide Price: £250-300

Lot 32 SOLD FOR: £ 150

Two Royal Doulton bone china figures - "Top O'The Hill" (HN1833) and "Autumn Breezes" (HN1915), both 8ins high, a pair of Royal Crown Derby bone china two handled low tazzas, 6.5ins wide (puce printed marks to base and No. 1128), and four ditto pin trays

Guide Price: £120-160

Lot 33

A pair of Royal Doulton seriesware pottery bulbous square section vases decorated with "Mr. Micawber" and "Tony Weller" respectively, 6ins high, and sixteen other Doulton seriesware items, various

Guide Price: £250-350

Lot 34

Nine Royal Doulton Seriesware pottery "Professional" plates, various subjects, each 10.5ins diameter

Guide Price: £100-150

Lot 35 SOLD FOR: £ 110

Two Royal Doulton pottery "Bramley Hedge" figures - "The Bride and Groom", 4.25ins high, and "Wilfred Entertains", 3.5ins high, together with a small collection of Royal Doulton Bramley Hedge teaware

Guide Price: £60-80

Lot 36 SOLD FOR: £ 50

A Royal Doulton pottery "Minden" pattern (D5334) part tea and dinner service comprising - four tea cups, nine saucers, teapot and cover, sugar bowl, square dish, sixteen 6.5ins plates, eleven 9ins plates, five 10.5ins plates, six 6.5ins bowls, six 9.5ins bowls, one deep 9.5ins bowl, cheese dish and cover, and two two-handled sandwich plates (65 pieces - worn condition)

Guide Price: £60-80

Lot 37 SOLD FOR: £ 190

Three Carltonware pottery "Guinness" advertising miniature figures - "Ostrich" 4ins high, "Toucan" 3.75ins high, and "Kangaroo" 4ins high, and four pottery "Guinness" advertising miniature figures, various sizes

Guide Price: £200-300

Lot 38 SOLD FOR: £ 70

A Poole Studio pottery blue glazed circular bowl modelled to centre with two carp, 14ins diameter x 3.5ins high (impressed mark and no. 100 250 to base)

Guide Price: £70-100

Lot 39 SOLD FOR: £ 80

A Poole pottery model of a dolphin, 7.75ins high, a smaller similar model, 4.5ins high, a small collection of Wade animals (41 pieces), a modern pottery group of "Widdicombe Fair" by Will Young, 10.75ins x 4.75ins high, and a selection of modern pottery and resin ornaments, various

Guide Price: £100-150

Lot 40

A Poole pottery lamp base decorated in colours with flowers and leaves, 5ins high (printed mark and decorator's mark), and a small selection of Poole pottery, various

Guide Price: £80-120

Lot 41 SOLD FOR: £ 160

Sixteen Royal Doulton pottery "The Winnie The Pooh Collection" figures - "Winnie Pooh and the Honey Pot", 2.5ins high (WP1), and fifteen other figures, and two Beswick pottery "Beatrix Potter" figures

Guide Price: £100-150

Lot 42 SOLD FOR: £ 480

A Royal Worcester porcelain limited edition model - "Wellington" - The Iron Duke seated on a horse, modelled by Bernard Winskill, 15.75ins high, with brass mounted wooden stand for same (printed marks to base, with Certificate - No. 549 of edition of 750)

Guide Price: £500-700

Lot 43 SOLD FOR: £ 250

A Royal Worcester porcelain limited edition model - "Palomino" - Palomino stallion, modelled by Doris Lindner, 8.5ins high, and wooden stand for same (printed marks to base, with Certificate - No. 240 of edition of 750 )

Guide Price: £200-300

Lot 44 SOLD FOR: £ 290

A Royal Worcester porcelain limited edition model - "Prince's Grace and Foal" - Standing mare with her foal, painted in colours, modelled by Doris Lindner, 8ins high, and stand for same (printed marks to base, with Certificate - No. 190 of edition of 750)

Guide Price: £300-400

Lot 45 SOLD FOR: £ 140

A Royal Worcester porcelain limited edition model - "Blue Tit and Pussy Willow, a Cock" - Male Blue Tit with his wings out-stretched against a tree stump and Pussy Willow, modelled by Dorothy Doughty, 7.25ins high, and wooden stand for same (printed marks to base, with Certificate - No. 170 of edition of 500)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 46 SOLD FOR: £ 130

A Royal Worcester porcelain limited edition model - "Blue Tit and Pussy Willow, Hen", - Female Blue Tit on a branch of Pussy Willow, modelled by Dorothy Doughty, 8ins high, and wooden stand for same (printed marks to base, with Certificate - No. 170 of edition of 500)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 47 SOLD FOR: £ 210

A Royal Worcester "Contessa" pattern bone china dinner, tea and coffee service decorated in gilt on white (94 pieces)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 48 SOLD FOR: £ 70

A Beswick pottery figure - "Bull" 4.5ins (chipped to horn), a 19th Century English porcelain two-handled loving cup decorated in colours with flowers and gilding, 5ins high, and a small selection of other items, various

Guide Price: £50-70

Lot 49 SOLD FOR: £ 130

Four Beswick pottery figures of animals - Standing tiger, 7ins high, standing elephant, 4.5ins high, bull 4.5ins high, and cow, 4ins high, and a Beswick pottery "Beatrix Potter" figure - "Squirrel Nutkin", 3.5ins high (gilt marks to base)

Guide Price: £150-200

Lot 50 SOLD FOR: £ 340

Four Beswick bisque pottery figures of bay racehorse heads - "Arkle", "Troy", "The Minstrel" and "Red Rum", each approximately 4.5ins high, on mahogany mounts, and ten Beswick pottery figures of standing horses, various sizes and colours

Guide Price: £200-300