British and Continental Ceramics

A Moorcroft Pottery flambé glazed Orchids pattern vase, 1920s, impressed marks to base, height 11cm (neck restored), together with an Anemone pattern green glazed circular bowl, impressed marks to base, diameter 13.7cm.

A Moorcroft Pottery matt glazed Leaf and Berry (grape) pattern jug, 1930s, with grooved lower body, impressed marks to base with blue painted initials, height 15cm.

A Moorcroft Pottery matt glazed Fish pattern jug, 1930s, with horizontally grooved body, impressed marks to base with painted initials, height 15.5cm.

A Moorcroft Pottery matt glazed Fish pattern circular box and cover, 1930s, impressed marks to base and underside of cover, painted initials to base, diameter 11.5cm.

A Moorcroft Pottery Pansy pattern bowl, circa 1914-16, with pale ground to the exterior, green glazed interior, impressed factory marks and green painted signature, height 10cm.

A Wedgwood limited edition Boat Race Bowl, dated 1975, produced from the original design by Eric Ravilious commissioned by Wedgwood in 1938, black printed marks to base, diameter 31cm.

A set of three Beswick flying pheasant wall plaques, model Nos. 661/1, 2 and 3.

A group of Spode Italian pattern blue printed tablewares, mostly late 20th century, comprising a platter length 36cm, eight plates 26.5cm diameter, eleven plates 19cm diameter, six soup plates diameter 23cm, six pasta bowls diameter 22cm, six dessert bowls diameter 20.8cm, eleven cereal bowls diameter 16cm, six bowls 16.5cm diameter, four diamond shaped dishes length 22.5cm, a sauce boat and stand and a segmented plate.

A group of Spode Italian pattern blue printed wares, late 20th century, comprising salt pig, toast rack, biscuit barrel and cover, cake plate diameter 29cm, pair of cruets in the form of coffee pots, two jugs, two eggcups, oversize teacup, pair of octagonal plates diameter 25cm, pudding basin, two souffle dishes, butter dish and cover, cheese dish and cover and set of three storage jars and covers.

A group of Spode Italian pattern blue printed tea and coffee wares, mostly late 20th century, comprising large teapot and cover, small teapot and cover, coffee pot and cover, cream jug, milk jug, sucrier and cover, two-handled sugar bowl and cover, strainer and dish, open sugar bowl, small marmalade pot and cover, six coffee cans and seven saucers and seven teacups and nine saucers.

A small group of Spode blue printed Italian pattern wares, comprising a large water jug height 20.5cm, a pair of smaller jugs height 14.5cm, small flan dish, three ramekins, two small rectangular dishes, pin dish, small circular bowl and hors d'oeuvre dish, together with twelve assorted Spode The Blue Room Collection plates, including some royal commemoratives, and four other similar Spode blue printed items.

A Delphin Massier Vallauris pottery timepiece case, late 19th century, modelled as a purple and yellow pansy flowerhead, black painted marks, height 14cm (minor faults).

A set of seven limited edition Royal Doulton figures, comprising Henry VIII, HN3458, No. 1684, Catherine Parr, HN3450, No. 2744, Anne of Cleves, HN3356, No. 2656, Anne Boleyn, HN3232, No. 5751, Jane Seymour, HN3349, No. 2826, Catherine of Aragon, HN3233, No. 1254, and Catherine Howard, HN3449, No. 2503, each from an edition of 9500 (two with chips), with five certificates.

A Villeroy & Boch Le Ballon part service, decorated with images after Jean Mercier's watercolours, comprising teapot and cover, coffee pot and cover, jug, sugar bowl and cover, six cups and saucers and two-handled circular tray.

A Gustavsberg Argenta vase, circa 1930-50, designed by Wilhelm Kage, the mottled green glazed waisted body decorated in silver with a pair of barracuda fish, painted marks to base, height 14.5cm, together with a Gustavsberg Grazia vase, decorated in silver with a simple floral bouquet against a white ground, height 13cm.

A collection of twenty-six pottery and porcelain reference books, including The Yorkshire Potteries, John D. Griffin, The Don Pottery 1801-1893, John D. Griffin, London Delftware, Frank Britton, and Staffordshire Blue, W.L. Little, together with the reference books Carriage Clocks, Allix and Bonnert, and The Colouring, Bronzing and Patination of Metals, Richard Hughes and Michael Rowe, and a small group of pottery and porcelain auction catalogues. Provenance: from the private collection of David Armitage, former conservator to the Department of Eastern Art at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, between 1970 and 1999.

An Aynsley bone china cased set of six coffee cups and saucers, with six enamelled silver coffee spoons, the service gilt with foliage above a burgundy ground, the spoons with orange red enamelled bowls and handles, Birmingham 1961, the case lining marked for Garrard & Co. Ltd.

A Wedgwood Fairyland lustre vase, circa 1920, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones, decorated in gilt with the Firblogs IV pattern against a ruby ground, the mother-of-pearl glazed interior with three fish to the inner rim, gilt and brown printed Portland Vase mark to base, incised shape No. 2355, height 22cm.