Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, February 14 2012
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: £ 2000
A good 1920s Charles Vyse pottery figure - "The Madonna of the Worlds End Passage" - Standing figure of a young woman wearing a full length green coat over a floral dress and carrying a young baby wrapped in a mauve shawl, on octagonal base, 10.5ins high (blue painted mark to base - initials C.V., Chelsea and dated 1923)
Guide Price: £1500-2000
Two early MacIntyre Moorcroft "Florian ware" pottery vases of slender baluster shape, tube lined and decorated in green and red with "Cornflower" design on a coral ground, 6.75ins high (brown printed MacIntyre "Florian ware" mark to base and signed in green "W. Moorcroft Des" - circa 1900 - one neck restored)
Guide Price: £700-900
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 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 circular two-handled fruit bowl, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate" design on a dark blue ground, 10.5ins diameter x 5ins high (impressed factory mark and signed in full "W. Moorcroft" in blue to base - circa 1925)
Guide Price: £600-800
A Moorcroft pottery vase of slender baluster form, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate" design on a dark blue ground, 8ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled in green "WM" to base - circa 1920)
Guide Price: £400-500
A Macintyre Moorcroft "Florian ware" pottery bulbous vase, finely tube lined and decorated in green, blues and red with panels of forget-me-nots and red poppies on a cream ground, 5.5ins high (brown printed factory mark and signed in green "W. Moorcroft" to base - circa 1900 - small chip to rim restored)
Guide Price: £600-800
A pair of Moorcroft pottery table candlesticks, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Columbine" design on a navy-blue ground, 4.5ins high (impressed facsimile signature - "Potters to HM The Queen" to base and initialled in blue "WM" - circa 1940)
Guide Price: £400-500
A Moorcroft pottery jardiniere, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Orchid" design on a blue/green ground, 5ins diameter x 5.25ins diameter (impressed factory mark and initialled in blue "WM" to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £175-250
A Moorcroft flambe pottery circular charger, tube lined and decorated in colours with "African Lily" design on a red mottled ground, 10.25ins diameter (impressed factory mark and initialled WM in blue to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £400-500
Lot 11 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous bud vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Clematis" design on a green/blue mottled ground, 4.75ins high (impressed facsimile factory mark to base - "Potters to HM The Queen" - circa 1940)
Guide Price: £150-200
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Poppy" design on a dark blue ground, 5ins high (impressed facsimile signature - "Potters to HM The Queen" and initialled "WM" in green to base - circa 1930)
Guide Price: £350-450
A Moorcroft pottery baluster shaped vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Leaves & Berries" design on a dark blue ground, 6ins high (impressed facsimile signature mark - "Potters to HM The Queen" and initialled "WM" in blue to base - circa 1930)
Guide Price: £350-450
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous miniature vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Orchid" design on a dark blue ground, 3.5ins high (impressed facsimile signature - "Potters to HM The Queen" to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £160-200
Lot 15 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous jar and cover, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Anemone" design, 6ins diameter x 4ins high (impressed mark and paper label to base)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 16 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A James MacIntyre & Co pottery hot water jug designed by William Moorcroft, moulded and painted with flowers in shades of blue, 5.25ins high (printed mark to base - circa 1900 - pewter lid missing)
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 17 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A modern William Moorcroft pottery vase of Albarello shape, painted in colours with hellebores, 8.25ins high (impressed and painted marks to base - 1999)
Guide Price: £150-200
A Moorcroft pottery bulbous jardiniere tube lined and decorated in colours with "Iris" design on a green ground, 7ins diameter x 7ins high (impressed factory mark and initialled in green 'WM' - circa 1980 - crazed)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 19 SOLD FOR: £ 230
A Moorcroft pottery miniature vase finely tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pomegranate and Rope Twist" design on a dark blue ground, 3.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base - circa 1925)
Guide Price: £150-200
A modern Moorcroft pottery two-handled bulbous vase designed by Sally Tuffin, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Carp" design, 13ins high (impressed factory mark, initialled "S.T. des.", and two other initialled marks to base - circa 1990)
Guide Price: £800-1200
Lot 21 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A Moorcroft pottery lamp base, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Hibiscus" design on a straw coloured ground, 12.5ins high (impressed facsimile signature mark and factory mark in blue to base - circa 1950)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 22 SOLD FOR: £ 250
A MacIntyre Moorcroft tobacco jar and lid decorated with a "Florian" design of flowers on a pale green ground, 4.5ins high (printed MacIntyre mark to base - circa 1905 - cracked and chipped to lid)
Guide Price: £250-350
Lot 23 SOLD FOR: £ 440
A MacIntyre Moorcroft "Florian" ware pottery "Brown Chrysanthemum" design bulbous tobacco jar and cover, the cover decorated with Pembroke armorial , 6ins diameter x 4ins high (brown printed MacIntyre mark to base - screw thread to rim of base and inner thread to cover chipped - circa 1905)
Guide Price: £200-300
A modern Moorcroft pottery rectangular plaque, tube lined and decorated in blues and greens with "Moonlight Sonata" design of five trees, 4ins x 12ins (impressed factory mark and dated 2008), in hardwood flat frame and complete with Moorcroft blue box
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 25 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A modern Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in pastel shades with "Fowlers Farmyard Pig" design, 4.25ins high (impressed factory mark - variously initialled and dated 2009), and complete with Moorcroft blue box
Guide Price: £175-250
A modern Moorcroft pottery squat bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Bempton Cliffs" design of puffins, 3.5ins high (impressed factory mark, variously initialled and signed and dated 2009), and complete with Moorcroft blue box
Guide Price: £275-350
A modern Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase with flared rim, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Peaches" design from "The Mediterranean Collection", 6.25ins high (impressed factory mark to base, variously initialled and dated 2009), and complete with Moorcroft blue box
Guide Price: £200-250
A modern Moorcroft pottery miniature bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Ysselmeer Carp" design on a dark blue ground, 4ins high (impressed factory, variously initialled and dated 2009 to base), complete with Moorcroft blue box
Guide Price: £150-200
A modern Moorcroft pottery bulbous vase, tube lined and decorated in colours with "Pole to Pole - Arctic Fox" design, 5.5ins high (impressed factory mark, variously initialled and dated 2007 to base), and complete with Moorcroft blue box
Guide Price: £175-250
Lot 30 SOLD FOR: £ 160
A Clarice Cliff pottery biscuit barrel and cover, decorated in colours with "Original Bizarre" design, 6ins high (Newport back stamp - restored and small chip to foot)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 31 SOLD FOR: £ 320
A Clarice Cliff pottery sugar shaker of tapered ribbed form decorated in colours with "Newlyn" design of a cottage within a wooded landscape, produced in Delecia Runnings, 4.75ins high (printed Bizarre pottery mark to base and complete with original cork with red metal cover to base)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 32 SOLD FOR: £ 100
A "Winstanley" Kensington pottery Siamese cat with blue glass eyes, 14ins high (painted marks to base - dated '47)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 33 SOLD FOR: £ 360
Nineteen Beswick pottery "Beatrix Potter" figures, two Royal Albert ditto, two Beswick pottery display stands, a selection of Wedgwood and Royal Albert "Beatrix Potter" commemorative china, and a Royal Doulton figure - "Poppy Eyebright" (one Beswick figure damaged)
Guide Price: £300-400
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Lot 34 SOLD FOR: £ 180
A Beswick pottery figure of "Red Rum" with jockey up, on wooden plinth base 13ins high (printed mark)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 35 SOLD FOR: £ 80
Five Beswick pottery figures of horses and ponies - Grey horse, 7ins high (tiny chip to ear), Dale pony, 6.75ins high (one leg broken), and three other figures (all with printed factory mark)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 36 SOLD FOR: £ 140
A collection of Beswick pottery horses and ponies, including - "The Winner", 9.5ins high, a brown heavy horse, 8.5ins high, and five other figures
Guide Price: £80-120
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Lot 37 SOLD FOR: £ 260
An early 20th Century Wemyss pottery cylindrical tankard decorated with five black hens and cockerels within a red rim, 5.5ins high (impressed mark "Wemyss" to base)
Guide Price: £200-300
An early 20th Century Wemyss pottery cylindrical biscuit box and cover decorated in red and green with "Cherry" design within green borders, 5ins diameter x 4.5ins high (impressed and painted mark "Wemyss" and blue printed oval mark for "Goode & Co")
Guide Price: £250-350
Lot 39 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A Shelley bone china circular footed bowl painted naturalistically with fish amongst waves on a pale blue lustre ground, 8ins diameter x 7ins high (Shelley back stamp in shield shaped cartouche with England - circa 1912-1925)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 40 SOLD FOR: £ 100
An Upchurch pottery baluster shaped vase in muted monochrome tones, 14.25ins high (impressed mark to base), and a British Studio pottery two-handled vase in grey monochrome tones, 9.25ins high (indistinctly signed and dated 1941)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 41 SOLD FOR: £ 40
Two 20th Century Denby stoneware 'Danesby' ware slightly bulbous vases, the exteriors moulded with a flower design and decorated in pale blue and yellow, 11ins and 10.75ins high (printed factory mark to base - circa 1930)
Guide Price: £60-80
Lot 42 SOLD FOR: £ 420
A collection of six modern Michael Sutty porcelain military figures - "Lord High Admiral 1643", "Commander 1795-1812", "Royal Marines 1815", "Drum Major, Royal Regiment of Artillery 1840", "British South Africa Police" and "Royal Horse Artillery 1970", 7ins to 8.75ins high (with printed marks to bases - some damage)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 43 SOLD FOR: £ 220
A Doulton Lambeth stoneware pottery jug designed to commemorate Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, moulded with profile busts of both the young and old Queen within oval cartouches on a blue ground, 9ins high, and a pair of similar beakers, 4.75ins high (all pieces with impressed factory marks and incised marks)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 44 SOLD FOR: £ 200
A pair of Doulton Lambeth stoneware jardinieres modelled as cauldrons with gilt spiral and moulded and painted decoration to the bodies, 6.75ins high (impressed marks to inside bases), and a pair of Royal Doulton vases with gilt and coloured decoration in relief on a blue ground, 13ins high (impressed marks to bases)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 45 SOLD FOR: £ 90
A Doulton Lambeth stoneware oval soap dish moulded and decorated in colours with a butterfly to rim, 5.5ins x 4.5ins (impressed mark and decorator's monogram "EB" to base)
Guide Price: £70-100
A Doulton Lambeth stoneware baluster shaped flagon decorated in green, white and yellow and moulded in relief with leaves and flowers, and with brown rim, 825ins high (impressed mark and No. 1147 to base)
Guide Price: £150-200
A Royal Doulton pottery cylindrical moulded jug - "The Pied Piper Jug" designed by C.J. Noke & H. Fenton, the exterior moulded in relief and decorated in colours with the Pied Piper leading children through a town, 10.25ins high (Royal Doulton printed mark to base with story No. 211 of edition limited to 600, produced circa 1934)
Guide Price: £400-600
Lot 48 SOLD FOR: £ 250
A Royal Worcester porcelain figure - "December" modelled by F.G. Doughty, 6.25ins high, a pair of late 19th Century Continental porcelain figures in 18th Century dress - Gardener and his companion, each 7.5ins high, two Royal Worcester "Blush Ivory" porcelain jugs decorated with floral sprays, 5ins and 4.5ins high (one damaged), and a small selection of decorative china and glassware, various
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 49 SOLD FOR: £ 270
A Royal Worcester porcelain candle snuffer modelled in the form of a young singer in full length dress with a bird's head, 4.125ins high (lilac printed mark to underside - date code for 1914)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 50 SOLD FOR: £ 130
A 19th Century Brownfield majolica figure of a standing woman with a basket to her back, 12.5ins high (impressed mark and No. 2014 to base)
Guide Price: £150-200
