British and Continental Ceramics

A pair of Royal Worcester plates, dated 1941, painted by Powell, signed, with titled ornithological studies of a kingfisher and chaffinch, within gilt dentil rims, diameter 15.5cm, blue printed, impressed and painted marks to bases.

A Mafra Caldas Portuguese pottery Palissy style circular dish, circa 1900, applied in high relief with three fish, an eel, frog, crustaceans, shells and insects, on a bed of weed against a brown glazed ground, impressed mark to base, diameter 39cm (restored).

A six tile panel painted after Jan Steen with 'Children Teaching a Cat To Dance', first half 20th century, clog and monogram mark to bottom corner, framed dimensions 50.5cm by 35cm.

A Continental maiolica circular dish, late 19th/early 20th century, painted with a standing figure representing Saint Anthony of Padua, holding a book in one hand on which stands the Christ child, a stem of lilies in the other hand, painted '1649' to base underside, diameter 31cm.

A pair of Wedgwood two colour Jasperware circular plaques, late 19th century, both depicting Cupid in white against a black ground, the first threading his bow, the second sharpening arrows, with gilt and ebonised square glazed frames, impressed factory marks to reverse of plaques, applied paper label to one frame, each plaque approx 14cm diameter, frames 36cm square.

A Doulton Lambeth stoneware oil lamp, late 19th century, of squat, compressed bulbous shape, decorated by Edith Lupton, monogrammed, with panels of stylized foliage and scrollwork, fitted with a 'Messengers Patent Duplex' burner mechanism, together with a glass chimney, impressed and incised marks to base, height to top of burner 18cm.

A Doulton Lambeth stoneware silver mounted jug and pair of matching beakers, dated 1877, decorated by George Tinworth, monogrammed, with white beaded scrolls centred by foliate medallions against a textured ground heightened with tall vertical brown leaves, the silver rims with Birmingham hallmarks, impressed and incised marks to bases, incised monogram mark to each piece amidst the decoration, height of jug 24cm, height of beakers 13cm.

A small Royal Doulton porcelain two handled vase, early 20th century, painted by F. Hancock, signed, with a boy and three turkey's in a continuous landscape, flanked by gilt handles beneath the gilt rim, green printed factory mark to base with black painted 'RA 5961', height 11cm.

A Spode Japan pattern part service, circa 1820, pattern No. 2283, comprising an hexagonal shaped teapot and cover with stand, sucrier and cover, five teacups, four coffee cups, six saucers and a milk jug, red painted marks to bases (faults and repairs), together with a small group of other English pottery and porcelain, comprising a Flight, Barr & Barr Worcester dinner plate painted in puce and gilt with leaves and tendrils, a Derby Imari teacup and saucer, two pieces of New Hall and a coffee pot and cover, and a Chinese famille rose porcelain plate, Qianlong period, painted with flowers, diameter 23cm (faults and restoration).

An English delft Tulip charger with blue dash rim, circa 1700, London or Bristol, painted in blue, green, yellow and red with three tulip flowers, carnations, spiral buds and leaves in a fan like arrangement emanating from a low mound, against a white ground, the rim with a blue and a yellow line beneath blue dashes, the underside with greyish tin glaze on a white slip ground, unmarked, diameter 34.8cm (cracked). Note: A similar example is illustrated by Michael Archer, Delftware The Tin-Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, p.92, A.37.

A Meissen porcelain circular butter tub and cover with integral stand, late 19th/early 20th century, outside factory painted with birds and insects beneath gilt rims, the cover with rose finial, cancelled underglaze blue crossed swords mark to base, diameter of stand 21cm.

A pair of Rudolstadt Volkstedt Thuringian porcelain figures, late 19th century, modelled as a shepherdess and her male companion, on scroll moulded bases picked out in pale blue, pink and gilt, underglaze blue factory mark and impressed numerals to bases, heights 18cm and 19cm, together with two other Dresden porcelain figures and a pair of Staffordshire style cats seated on cushion mound bases, height 9.5cm (faults).

Five French pottery plates, probably Creil et Montereau, 19th century, printed with four different French military battles or events, each titled, within a border of flowers to the rims, all with annotated description stuck to the reverse, diameter 22.8cm (faults and restoration).

Fourteen Royal Doulton Bunnykins figures, including the limited edition George Washington from the American Heritage Collection, two Romeo, Winter Lapland figure of the year from 2004 and Homeguard and Evacuees from the World War II Collection, together with two Beswick Beatrix Potter's figures, a Royal Doulton Brambly Hedge figure Clover, a Royal Doulton Wind In The Willows figure Sprawling By The River Bank and a Royal Doulton Rupert Bear figure Podgy Lands With a Bump (minor faults).

A large Cobridge Stoneware limited edition Leaping Fish pattern charger, dated 1999, decorated by Bethany Lewis, monogrammed, No. 67 of 150, impressed and black painted marks to base, diameter 43.5cm.

A Cobridge Stoneware framed rectangular plaque, dated 2000, decorated by Shirley Hayes, signed and monogrammed, with a view of a harbour, held within a pine frame, impressed and painted marks to reverse, overall dimensions 43.5cm by 33cm, together with a Black Ryden limited edition Sea Serpent octagonal dish, decorated by Emma Bossons, signed, No. 22 of 250, diameter 26cm, boxed, and a Moorcroft Pottery Lamia pattern pin dish, diameter 12cm, boxed.

Two Karl Ens models of cockatoos, both with colourful plumage perched on branch bases, printed and impressed factory marks, 33cm and 26cm high.

A Royal Albert Old Country Roses pattern part service, comprising two graduated teapots and covers, a large jug, four smaller jugs, twenty-three teacups and twenty-nine saucers, three coffee cups and eighteen saucers, fourteen tea plates, four oval plates, length 33cm, six various other plates, three pin dishes, a candleholder and a sugar bowl, together with a small group of factory seconds in the same pattern, including plates, bowls and cups.

Five Border Fine Arts groups modelled by Ray Ayres, exclusive to Society members, comprising  A Long Day Ahead, Wait For Me, The Joys of Spring, After The Rain and Second Brewed, each with certificate, together with a collection of twenty-three small size Border Fine Arts bird and animal models, and two larger Border Fine Arts groups, each boxed.