British and Continental Ceramics

A pair of Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester two-handled cabinet cups and saucers, early 19th century, both painted with a shield shaped panel depicting female figures titled ‘Innocence’ and ‘Victory’, against a gilt edged lilac ground, the rim interiors gilt with a band of bell flowers, flanked by shaped gilt handles, impressed marks to saucers and black script marks to cups, diameter of saucers 15cm, height of cups 7.2cm (Innocence cup cracked). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester coffee cup and saucer and teacup and saucer, early 19th century, painted and gilt with kakiemon style panels against a gilt overlaid cobalt blue ground, beneath gilt gadroon moulded rims, impressed marks, together with a matching Etruscan shape teacup, two saucers and a saucer dish, diameter 20cm. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Barr Worcester Japan pattern breakfast cup and saucer, circa 1800, painted and gilt with flowers and foliage around a central foliate medallion, incised marks, diameter of saucer 16cm, together with a matching teacup and two saucers and a plate, diameter 20.5cm, and another teacup and saucer in a different colourway of the same pattern (cup restored). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester trio, early 19th century, painted and gilt in Japan colours with blue leaves against an iron red ground around a gilt ‘GV’ monogram, comprising teacup, breakfast cup and saucer, diameter of saucer 18cm, together with two matching saucers and another teacup and saucer in the same pattern but without monogram, impressed marks to bases. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

Two Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester pin trays, early 19th century, both of rectangular shape with gilt gadrooned rim, the first painted with a titled view ‘Tomb of Napoleon, St. Helena’ within a gilt frame and pale blue ground, flanked by gilt handles with foliate terminals, the rim underside with a gilt cracked ice pattern, length 13.5cm, the second painted with a Pyne style peasant figure against a cream ground cornered with butterflies, overhead gilt handle, length 12cm, puce and black painted marks to bases, and a small Barr Worcester pin tray painted with flowers, length 9cm (faults and restoration). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

Two Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester trios, early 19th century, the first painted and gilt in Japan colours with a wide band of flowers and foliage beneath gilt gadrooned rims, diameter of saucer 15cm, the second of Etruscan shape painted and gilt with a pink roofed pagoda in a chinoiserie garden, together with another Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Japan pattern teacup and saucer, various impressed marks. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A large mixed group of Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain teacups, coffee cans and saucers, most early 19th century, including a ring handled can painted with pink roses around an EJ monogram, with two matched saucers, teacup and two saucers painted with large pink roses and gilt weed, breakfast cup and saucer painted with a band of vine leaves against a pale blue ground, teacup and two saucers painted with pink roses against a pale blue border, a can painted with exotic birds against a gilt weed ground, a pair of ring handled cups and saucer painted with pink and brown leaves on gilt foliate stems and a can and saucer with a wavy border of brown, iron red and gilt foliate stems, various printed, painted and impressed marks (faults and restoration). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester teapot, cover and stand, early 19th century, of oval shape with flame finial, painted and gilt with flowers and foliage against a dotted green ground, length of stand 19.5cm, with a matching plate, diameter 23.8cm, impressed and printed marks (finial glued). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Barr Worcester beaker, circa 1800, bat-printed in sepia with putti firing a cannon, emblematic of War, within a gilt frame opposing gilt sprigs, incised ‘B’ to base, height 10cm, together with a group of Flight Barr Worcester bat-printed wares, early 19th century, including a trio decorated with rectangular panelled landscape views within gilt frames against a pale blue pseudo marbled ground, diameter of saucer 14cm, a similar coffee can with classical figure panels, a chocolate cup and cover printed with classical figures against a pale yellow ground, a matching plate, diameter 21cm, two similar yellow ground plates, a saucer dish and a slop bowl with peasant figures, two cups and a saucer with classical figure panels against a gilt vermicular orange ground and a shell plate with pink rim, diameter 22cm, various impressed marks, together with a Coalport porcelain plate, probably London painted, with shaded orange classical figures against a gilt ground within a gilt anthemion rim, diameter 23.8cm (some faults, repairs and restoration). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester Japan pattern sauce tureen and cover, early 19th century, painted and gilt with flowers and foliage, flanked by gilt bird head and ring handles, the cover with flame finial, raised on a square base, impressed mark, height 17.5cm, together with a pair of Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester oval dishes, painted in iron red, pink and gilt with a chinoiserie Fence pattern, the gilt rims of shaped outline, impressed and puce printed marks, length 28.3cm (minor faults and restoration). Provenance: The Flight Collection. One of the oval dishes with Brian Haughton Antiques applied paper label.

A Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester saucer dish, early 19th century, painted with panels of insects and birds within gilt scroll frames against a cobalt blue ground gilt with a scale pattern, impressed and puce printed marks to base, diameter 19.8cm, together with an unusual Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester plate painted in Japan colours with a swan swimming by bamboo, impressed and puce printed marks to base, diameter 24cm, and a pair of Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Japan pattern small plates, diameter 20.7cm. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A small group of Barr and Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester painted and gilt in the Scarlet Japan pattern, late 18th/early 19th century, comprising two breakfast cups and saucers, diameter of saucers 15.5cm, a teacup and saucer, saucer dish, diameter 20cm, and a pair of plates, diameter 23.8cm, various incised and impressed marks (minor faults). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A matched set of six Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester botanical dessert plates, early 19th century, each painted with a central floral arrangement within gilt weed framing and a gilt gadrooned rim, various impressed and printed marks to bases, average diameter 22.8cm, a matching plate painted to the centre with two peasant figures, diameter 22cm, and a Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester square dish and single handled circular dish both later painted with a central butterfly against a gilt vermicular ground, impressed marks to bases. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A pair of Barr Worcester Japan pattern dessert plates, early 19th century, painted and gilt with flowers and large blue leaves beneath a gilt rim, incised marks to bases, diameter 21.3cm, together with a small group of other similarly painted Barr and Barr Flight Worcester, comprising a jug, height 12.5cm, cup and saucer with ring handle and a plate, diameter 23.5cm, various incised and impressed marks. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester Japan pattern plate, early 19th century, painted and gilt in chinoiserie style with a long tailed bird in a blossoming tree flanked by flowers, the gilt rim with gadrooned moulding, impressed mark, diameter 25cm, together with two matching teacups and a saucer each with gadrooned rim, a teacup and saucer in the same pattern with plain gilt rim and three gadrooned rim cups and saucers in a different colourway of the same pattern, some impressed marks. Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester sauce tureen and cover, early 19th century, richly painted and gilt in a Japan pattern with spiral, scroll and oeil-de-perdrix panels within foliate framing and patterned borders, flanked by gilt bird head and ring handles, the cover with flame finial, raised on a square base, impressed marks, height 16cm, together with a small group of teawares painted and gilt in the same pattern, comprising three cups and saucers, a breakfast cup and saucer, circular bowl, diameter 17.3cm, a saucer dish, diameter, 20cm, and a plate, diameter 21.5cm, impressed marks (minor faults and restoration). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A mixed group of Flight Barr Worcester bat-printed tea and coffee wares, circa 1810, including three ring handled teacups and saucers with rectangular classical figure panels within gilt frames against a gilt cracked ice ground, a matching plate, diameter 21cm, a trio with a border of fruiting vine and Bacchic heads, a matching circular pot and cover, two teacups and a saucer with classical figures between gilt line detail, a coffee can and saucer and a teacup and two saucers decorated with shells, a two handled sucrier printed in red with shells, length 18cm, and a milk jug and a cream jug decorated with flowers, tallest 12cm, various printed and impressed marks (some faults and restoration). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

A group of Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester wares, early 19th century, painted and gilt in chinoiserie style with birds in branches by prunus blossom beside a large pink tree trunk, comprising a pair of square dishes with shaped rims, length 23cm, a pair of saucer dishes, 20cm diameter, slop bowl, 17cm diameter, jug, two teacups with ring handles and two saucers, impressed and printed marks to bases (minor faults). Provenance: The Flight Collection.

Two Barr, Flight & Barr Worcester sugar boats, early 19th century, of typical oval shape with loop handles, the first painted with a border of iron red, pink and gilt flowers and foliage, the second with black and gilt foliage against an orange ground, impressed, incised and painted marks to bases, both 18.5cm long, together with a mixed group of mainly Flight & Barr Worcester teawares, mostly painted in gilt and orange/iron red, including four plates with a Greek Key design, two 22.8cm diameter, two 21cm diameter, two plates and a saucer dish with a trefoil and chevron pattern, two plates with a fruiting vine design, diameter 20.5cm, a cup and saucer with oak leaves and acorns and a cup and saucer with a vine pattern, various impressed marks (some faults). Provenance: The Flight Collection.