Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, December 06 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.
Lot 1 SOLD FOR: £ 840
An early 20th century pottery figure of a cat in the "Cubist" manner designed by Louis Wain - "The Lucky Black Cat", 5.25ins high (signed to back - Registrated No. 638313 and "Made in England" stamp to base - slight wear)
Guide Price: £400-600
Lot 2 SOLD FOR: £ 540
An early 20th Century pottery figure of a cat in the "Cubist" manner designed by Louis Wain - "Lord Haw-Haw", 5ins high (signed to front - Registrated No. 638314 and "Made in England" stamp to base - slight wear throughout)
Guide Price: £400-600
Lot 3 SOLD FOR: £ 880
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: £900-1200
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Orchid" design on a dark blue ground, 14.5ins high (initialled in blue to base and with Moorcroft paper label "Potters to the Late Queen Mary" to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £900-1200
A Moorcroft pottery circular bowl, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Leaves & Blackberry" design on a pale green ground, 10ins diameter x 2.25ins high (impressed signature and factory mark to base, and initialled in blue - circa 1925)
Guide Price: £400-500
Lot 6 SOLD FOR: £ 190
A Moorcroft pottery miniature baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Leaves & Berry" design on a dark blue ground, 4ins high (impressed facsimile signature mark and factory mark in blue to base - circa 1940)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 7 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Anemone" design on a dark blue ground, 4.75ins high (impressed factory mark to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 8 SOLD FOR: £ 240
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Clematis" design on a green/blue ground, 5.5ins high (impressed facsimile signature mark to base and initialled "WM" in blue - circa 1940)
Guide Price: £250-300
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous teapot, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Freesia" design on a blue/cream mottled ground, 6.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £275-350
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with an "Orchid" design on a pale green graduating to blue ground, 5ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled "WM" in blue to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £300-400
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pansy" design on a dark blue ground, 6.25ins high (impressed facsimile signature and factory mark to base and initialled "WM" in blue circa 1930)
Guide Price: £350-450
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase with plated metal rim, finely tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate" design on a dark blue ground, 5ins high (impressed factory mark to base and initialled in green "WM" - circa 1920)
Guide Price: £300-400
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Wisteria" design on a dark blue ground, 8.5ins high (impressed factory mark to base and signed in blue "W. Moorcroft" - circa 1925)
Guide Price: £400-500
Lot 14 SOLD FOR: £ 210
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pansy" design on a dark blue ground, 5ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled in blue "WM" to base - circa 1925)
Guide Price: £200-250
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Clematis" design on a dark blue ground, 4.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £175-250
Lot 16 SOLD FOR: £ 190
A Moorcroft pottery miniature bulbous vase with flared rim, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Leaf & Berry" design on a green graduating to a blue ground, 4.75ins high (impressed facsimile signature to base and factory mark in blue - circa 1930)
Guide Price: £175-250
Lot 17 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A Moorcroft pottery pillar candlestick, tube lined and decorative in colours with "Pansy" design on a blue ground within moulded rope pattern borders, and footrim, 7.75ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled "WM" in blue to base - circa 1930)
Guide Price: £275-350
Lot 18 SOLD FOR: £ 420
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped pot pourri vase with pierced screw lid, finely tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate" design on a dark blue ground, 5ins high (impressed factory mark and signed in full in green "W.Moorcroft" to base - circa 1925)
Guide Price: £400-500
Lot 19 SOLD FOR: £ 240
A Macintyre and Co. Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase with finely tube lined and painted decoration with "Rose Garland" design, 6ins high (printed factory mark in brown and signed in green"W. Moorcroft" to base - circa 1905)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 20 SOLD FOR: £ 45
A modern shop display manikin, 42.5ins high (worn), and stand for same
Guide Price: £10-15
Lot 21 SOLD FOR: £ 130
A late Victorian gilt bronze mounted square jardiniere of "Aesthetic" design inset to sides with four Minton blue and white pottery square tiles, each decorated with scenes after "Aesop's Fables" by Moyr Smith, 8ins square x 8.5ins high (chipped and cracked, and worn to bronze mount)
Guide Price: £40-60
Lot 22 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A late Victorian silver cylindrical pepper pot embossed to sides with putti and scroll work, 2.75ins high, by William Comyns, London 1892 (weight 1oz)
Guide Price: £30-40
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous jardiniere tube lined and decorated in colours "Iris" design on a green ground, 7ins diameter x 7ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled in green 'WM' - circa 1980 - crazed)
Guide Price: £250-300
Lot 24 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A Moorcroft pottery miniature baluster shaped vase tube lined and decorated in colours with "Poppy" design on dark blue ground 3.5ins high (impressed factory marks to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £125-160
Lot 25 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase tube lined and decorated in colours with "Spring Flowers" design, 7.25ins high (impressed facsimile signature mark and initialled in blue to base - circa 1948)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 26 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A late Victorian glass and silver mounted cylindrical smelling salts bottle, 3.75ins high, by J.G. & S., London 1896, with internal glass stopper for same
Guide Price: £30-40
Lot 27 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A modern Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with a design from the "Mediterranean Collection", 5.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base and dated 2009), with Moorcroft blue box for same
Guide Price: £175-250
Lot 28 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A modern Moorcroft pottery waisted vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Festive Friend" design on a dark blue graduating ground, 8.25ins high (impressed factory mark in green and dated 2010, with decorator's initials "KW"), and Moorcroft blue box for same
Guide Price: £175-250
A modern Moorcroft pottery waisted vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Night Rose" design on a black ground, 10ins high (impressed factory mark and dated 2009 to base), and Moorcroft blue box for same
Guide Price: £250-300
Lot 30 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A modern Moorcroft pottery jug with angular handle, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Blue Heaven" design on a cream and blue graduated ground, 7.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base and dated 2009), and Moorcroft blue box for same
Guide Price: £175-250
A modern Moorcroft Year Plate for 2006, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Sunbirds" design on a blue ground, 8.75ins diameter (impressed factory mark, No. 148 of edition of 200 and dated 2005), and Moorcroft blue box for same
Guide Price: £175-250
Lot 32 SOLD FOR: £ 290
A modern Moorcroft pottery vase of squat tapered form, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pandas & Bamboo" design, 6ins high (impressed factory mark, signed "Marie Penkethman" and dated 1910), and Moorcroft blue box for same
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 33 SOLD FOR: £ 150
A modern Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase tube lined and decorated in colours with "Seahorse" design, 7.75ins high (No. 26 of edition of 30 - with impressed factory and painted marks to base and dated 2001)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 34 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A Moorcroft pottery circular dish tube lined and decorated in colours with "Autumn Lily" design on a pale green ground, 7.25ins diameter (impressed factory mark and initialled WM in green to base - circa 1960)
Guide Price: £120-160
A modern Moorcroft pottery "Collectors Club" jug tube lined and decorated in colours with "Rose" design, 5.75ins high (printed and impressed factory marks to base)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 36 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A Poole pottery jug painted in colours with flowers, 4.25ins high (circa 1950), a Poole pottery rectangular pen tray with canted corners, decorated in colours with a floral spray and blue dash border, 8.5ins x 4.25ins x 1.65ins high, and a Poole pottery vase decorated in colours with an abstract pattern, 8.25ins high (all with factory marks to bases)
Guide Price: £80-120
A Ruskin pottery bulbous pot pourri vase and cover with pierced sides and coloured glaze, 5ins high (impressed factory mark and date for 1927 to base)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 38 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A Clarice Cliff pottery monochromed flared vase, the foot moulded with flowers, the interior coloured pink, 9ins high (Newport back stamp), a 1960s Poole pottery vase decd with flowers on an off-white ground, 5.5ins high (marked to base), and two Poole pottery jugs, 4ins and 2.75ins high respectively (both marked to base)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 39 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A Clarice Cliff pottery "Bizarre" plate designed by Dame Laura Knight printed to the well with naked women in brown and black on a cream ground, the rim with spiralling brown streamers and orange stripes, 9ins diameter (Wilkinson backstamp to base), and a Studio pottery plate decorated with two naked figures by Edward Piper, 10ins diameter (impressed and painted marks to base)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 40 SOLD FOR: £ 320
A Clarice Cliff pottery triangular shaped vase of "Red Cottage" pattern, painted in colours with an extensive landscape, 7.5ins high (drilled and cracked), and a Clarice Cliff bowl with orange and yellow flowers, 8.5ins diameter x 3.5ins high (both with Newport back stamp)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 41 SOLD FOR: £ 260
A Clarice Cliff pottery crocus vase of trumpet form, 9.25ins high (Wilkinson back stamp)
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 42 SOLD FOR: £ 60
An oak mounted steel and rubber seven division hat and coat rack, 54ins wide
Guide Price: £20-30
Lot 43 SOLD FOR: £ 40
A black painted cast iron ship's anchor, 25ins overall (worn)
Guide Price: £10-15
Lot 44 SOLD FOR: £ 50
A pair of Edward VII silver oval bon-bon dishes with pierced and embossed sides, 7ins x 4.5ins, Sheffield 1902 (weight 1oz - slightly damaged)
Guide Price: £30-40
A small collection of Poole pottery, including - Bowl painted with leaping deer amongst flowering plants designed by Trudi Carter, 8.5ins diameter x 3.75ins high, a jug painted with flowers and leaves, 4.25ins high, a globular vase painted with flowering sprays, 4.25ins high, and three other pieces of Poole pottery, various
Guide Price: £120-150
Lot 46 SOLD FOR: £ 170
A Wedgwood mat green ribbed spherical pottery vase designed by Keith Murray, 7.5ins high (printed and impressed marks to base)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 47 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A Royal Lancastrian pottery bulbous vase moulded in abstract form and painted in tones of red and green, 5.75ins high (impressed factory marks and designer's name incised), a Clews & Co "Chameleon" ware baluster shaped vase, painted in blue and brown with flowers, 7.5ins high (printed and painted marks to base), a Burley ware "Baby" plate, 6.57ins diameter (printed mark to base - circa 1930), and two other pieces of British Art pottery, various
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 48 SOLD FOR: £ 40
A late 19th Century cast iron weighing scales by Van Dome & Hart Ltd, 15ins x 23ins x 21ins high, with four circular weights
Guide Price: £20-30
An Upchurch pottery three handled biconical bowl with overall green glaze, 8.25ins diameter x 4.25ins high (impressed mark to base)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 50 SOLD FOR: £ 60
A Carltonware pottery part "Crayfish" pattern service of moulded form, comprising - trefoil shaped 11ins dish, two single handled 7.25ins dishes, and six stands (printed marks to bases)
Guide Price: £80-120
