British and Continental Ceramics

Four Royal Worcester porcelain figures modelled by F.G. Doughty, comprising Grandmother's Dress, No. 3081, Birthday Girl, Peace and Fisherman.

A pair of Jacob Petit porcelain candelabra figures, mid-19th century, modelled as a boy and girl flanked by gilt enriched cornucopia raised sconces, raised on foliate painted mound bases, underglaze blue factory marks, height 20cm (restored).

A Wetheriggs slipware pottery jug, the swollen cylindrical body painted with a chicken in a stylized armorial, impressed mark to base, height 18cm, together with a two-division slipware baking dish, length 35cm (faults).

A Limoges circular charger, late 19th/early 20th century, painted by A. Soustre, signed, with a woman and child braiding straw, the gilt edged rim with scroll detail, red printed Limoges mark to reverse with gilt painted title 'La Trésseuse de Paille', diameter 33cm.

A Doulton Lambeth stoneware jardinière, with blue flowerheads and green scrolling foliage on brown bands against a green ground, impressed and incised marks to base, height 19.5cm.

Nine matched Meissen plates, 19th century, some probably outside factory painted, each with Deutsche Blumen within moulded gilt edged rims, various underglaze blue crossed swords marks to bases, on average 23.5cm diameter, together with a similar Meissen saucer dish, diameter 24.5cm, a pair of Meissen double ended sauceboats, length 21.5cm, and a Meissen floral encrusted base (faults).

A Royal Crown Derby 'Old Imari' Japan pattern timepiece of hexagonal form on a shaped base, red printed marks to base, height 10.5cm.

A large pair of Derby porcelain oval shaped Imari pattern centrepiece bowls, mid-19th century, decorated with gilt enriched chinoiserie style flowers beneath foliate panels to the rims, purple painted mark to bases, length 34cm (one cracked).

An A.G. Hopkins stoneware jug, Lambeth, dated 1928, the baluster body decorated in relief with five hounds, incised marks to base, height 19cm (minor chips).

A Royal Worcester nautilus shell centrepiece, late 19th century, with bulrush and swan support above a pair of lily pad wells, impressed mark to base, height 20.5cm (restored), together with a Copeland white glazed nautilus shell spoon warmer, height 11.5cm (haircrack), and a Staffordshire porcelain vase, encrusted with tulips, height 13cm (restored).

A Meissen circular jar and cover, 19th century, the white glazed body with basketweave moulded rims, painted with purple flowers and green leaves, the cover with floral finial, crossed swords in underglaze blue to base, diameter 14.5cm (faults), together with a group of ceramics, including a French breakfast cup and saucer, a Continental teabowl and saucer and a gilt ground Vienna coffee can and saucer (faults).

A Sèvres porcelain octagonal cabinet plate, second half 18th century, painted with a central still life arrangement of fruit and flowers within a pink ground rim with teal edging, outlined in gilt, gilt painted mark to base with a cypher for Tandart, diameter 22.7cm, together with a similar green ground dish of triangular shape, length 22.5cm.

A Meissen floral encrusted part cabaret set, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with scattered insects around applied flowerheads and floral arrangements, comprising a teapot and cover, height 9cm, a coffee pot and cover, height 14cm, a milk jug, height 9cm, and a pot and cover with high scroll handle, height 8cm, crossed swords in underglaze blue to bases, together with a matched teacup and saucer (minor faults).

A Meissen potpourri vase and pierced cover, late 19th century, the baluster body painted with two Watteau figures opposing a floral bouquet, each within a high relief frame of fruit and flowers, the circular foot surmounted by two putti, the cover with floral arrangement finial, crossed swords in underglaze blue to base with incised shape No. 2686, height 24cm (cover repaired, faults), together with a small floral encrusted and painted Meissen vase, height 9.5cm (faults).

A Meissen floral encrusted teacup and saucer, late 19th century, the cup exterior with applied long stems of white flowers and painted scattered insects, the saucer painted to the well with scattered insects around a central blossom branch, the underside applied with flowers and foliage, crossed swords in underglaze blue to bases, diameter of saucer 13.6cm, together with a Meissen saucer, painted and applied with blue forget-me-nots, diameter 13.4cm, and another floral encrusted teacup and saucer (faults and losses).

A Meissen potpourri vase and pierced cover, late 19th century, the baluster body painted with two maidens in a garden setting opposing a floral bouquet, each within a high relief frame of fruit and flowers flanked by foliate handles, the circular foot surmounted by two putti, the cover with floral arrangement finial, crossed swords in underglaze blue to base with incised shape No. 2711, height 35cm (faults and losses).

A pair of Meissen fruit and flower encrusted vases, 19th century, the basketweave moulded white glazed baluster bodies with gilded line detail, applied overall in high relief with fruit and flowers, underglaze blue crossed swords mark to bases, height 26cm (typical faults and losses).

A Minton porcelain Coalbrookdale floral encrusted plate, mid-19th century, piled high with an arrangement of fruit and flowers within a pierced gilt edged rim, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue to base, diameter 20cm (faults). Note: the design for this 'Perforated plate' is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, 'Coalport & Coalbrookdale Porcelains', p.308, pl. 235 A.

A pair of Meissen porcelain figures, late 19th century, modelled as a seated boy and girl raised on pierced bases, crossed swords in underglaze blue to bases with incised model No. 'C.28', height 12.5cm (faults and losses), together with a diminutive Meissen porcelain figure of a lady ice skater, a diminutive Berlin porcelain figure of a boy begging, a Frankenthal porcelain figure of a vintner and two pairs of Sitzendorf figures (faults).