Ceramics & Works of
Art
Commencing at 10.30am
on Friday 7th December 2001
The following lots (301-370) are being sold
on the instructions of the executors of the estate of the late
John Mather CBE
301
Nineteenth century porcelain circular fruit bowl,
painted with panels of flowers within a field of gold over deep
blue, 11in (28cm) diameter; and another (2) £100-150.170
302
Carltonware circular bowl,
decorated with Chinoiserie designs of scenery and pavilions in
coloured enamels and gilt, printed W & R mark in
black, 9 1/4in (23.5cm) diameter £60-90.130
303
Keeling & Company Losol Ware circular two handled bowl,
decorated with birds, butterflies and flowers in colours and
gilt, 12in (30.5cm) wide
£50-80.52
304
Royal Doulton circular plaque,
decorated with stylised flowerheads in deep red and pink; and a
Royal Doulton rectangular comport painted with poppies (2)
£100-150.ns
305
Victorian blue and white tureen,
printed with English country scenery, 13in (33cm) wide
£70-100.85
306
German oval comport,
decorated with flowers and gilt on a cream ground; and four
others (5) £60-90.92
307
Enoch Wood & Sons circular plate,
painted with panels of flowers on white within blue, 9 3/4in (24.8cm)
diameter; and a matching vegetable tureen with cover (2)
£100-150.90
308
Japanese Kutani jar with cover;
and a Japanese circular plate (2) £30-50.22
309
Crystal circular bowl with a plated rim,
and a plated and crystal cocktail jug (2) £50-70.30
310
Pair of Bell’s Pottery jugs,
decorated with the British & Foreign Birds pattern, 9in
(22.8cm) high £50-80.58
311
Art Deco Carltonware circular bowl,
damaged; and various other decorative ceramics including a Royal
Winton Chintz butter dish (a lot)
£70-100.190
312
George Jones & Sons water jug,
Briar pattern, 5 1/2in (14cm) high; and a Victorian
painted glass biscuit barrel, with plated mounts (2)
£50-80.ns
313
Set of four Spode reproduction breakfast cups with saucers,
from the Spode Blue Room Collection, each decorated in blue and
white £60-90.45
314
Commemorative Clydeport crystal decanter with stopper,
in a fitted box; and another (2) £40-60.ns
315
Set of three Victorian stemmed glass rummers,
with facetted bodies and circular bases
£60-90.82
316
Tall Edinburgh Crystal vase,
of flaring cylindrical form, 13 1/2in (34.2cm) high; and another
(2) £70-100.52
317
Two crystal biscuit jars with covers;
eight crystal water jugs; and a crystal vase (11)
£70-100.120
318
Set of six finely cut crystal dishes,
each of shaped square form; and a similar oval dish (7)
£50-80.ns
319
Victorian stemmed glass fruit comport,
with oval facetted borders and a domed foot, 9 1/2in (24.1cm)
diameter £50-80.60
320
Group of four crystal decanters
£50-80.50
321
Pair of crystal decanters with stoppers;
and three others (5)
£60-90.40
322
Pair of crystal stemmed circular bowls,
with facetted borders and circular bases £50-80.70
323
Collection of crystal ware,
including two bowls and a jug (10)
£60-100.120
324
Collection of crystal and glassware,
including decanters and comports (a lot) £100-150.85
325
Plated three tier cakestand,
with three Noritake plates; and a reproduction Eastern tiered
comport with six matching plates (8) £50-80.45
326
Modern Noritake dinner and tea service,
Doral pattern, 87 pieces £100-150.95
327
Wedgwood dinner/dessert service,
in blue with borders of gilt (18) £50-80.62
328
Pair of crystal decanters with stoppers,
presented to John Mather from Clydeport on his retirement as
chairman of the company, housed within a mock ‘golf book
set’ with hinged doors to the front, constructed in mahogany
and leather, 11in (28cm) wide £100-150.75
329
Part of a Victorian dessert service,
comprising of a stemmed comport, four shallow comports and nine
plates, each decorated with fruit in shades of green (14)
£120-160.160
330
Ship’s copper Port side lamp,
fitted for electricity; and two other ship’s lamps (3)
£60-90.260
331
Brass desk inkstand;
pair of brass candlesticks; and a brass hand bell (4)
£50-80.90
332
Glass elephant sculpture by Mats Jonasson;
bronze and marble head sculpture; and three others (5)
£70-100.100
333
Reproduction brass exterior lantern light,
25in (63.5cm) high; and two others (3) £40-60.42
334
Spelter figural lamp,
modelled as a cherub figure with an opaque glass flame shade; and
a spelter figure of a warrior (2) £40-60.100
335
Art Deco Wade statuette,
modelled as a female figure, Pavlova, damages, 9in (22.8cm)
high
£50-70.28
336
Pair of ruby glass lustres,
with enamelled decoration and prismatic girandole drops, 12in (30.5cm)
high £100-150.100
337
Collection of tribal wood carvings
(15) £50-80.ns
338
Ceramic handkerchief box modelled as a book,
entitled on the ‘spine’ in gilt “Blow The Wind
Blow”; walnut casket; and a pair of brass scroll
ornaments (4) £40-60.50
339
Modern barograph in a mahogany case,
with the inscription “Presented to John Mather CBE,
Executive Chairman, Clydeport / by Limerick Harbour Commissioners
on their visit of August 1995”, 10 1/2in (26.7cm) wide
£100-150.70
340
Barbola mounted dressing mirror,
with an easel support, 12in (30.5cm) wide
£30-40.16
341
Copper lacquered desk lamp,
with a tilting green-cased opaque glass shade and square base, 19in
(48.2cm) high
£50-70.115
342
Royal Grafton Majestic dinner service,
including dinner plates, soup bowls, cups, saucers and side
plates (115) £100-150.420
343
Collection of crystal glasses,
stemmed and otherwise (a lot) £50-80.85
344
Collection of crystal glasses,
mainly stemmed and otherwise (a lot)
£60-90.110
345
Collection of crystal glasses,
comprising of four sets each of six stemmed glasses and a set of
six others (30) £60-90.95
346
Collection of stoneware kitchen storage jars,
including for Cornish Ware blue and white jars (11)
£60-90.90
347
Beswick & Sons Gem tea set,
comprising of eleven cups, eleven saucers, twelve side plates,
sugar and cream and a circular biscuit plate (37)
£40-60.85
348
Edwardian part tea set by Taylor & Kent;
and parts of two other tea sets (a lot)
£50-70.14
349
Collection of crystal ware,
including jars and vases (a lot)
£50-70.30
350
Bell’s Pottery punch bowl;
another punch bowl; Royal Bonn toilet ewer and basin; and various
blue & white and other ashets (a lot) £60-100.40
351
Two Eastern carved and painted wood figures
£40-60.22
352
Late Victorian tea set,
decorated with borders of gilt on a white ground (35)
£40-60.65
353
Victorian oak mantel clock,
the white enamel dial inscribed “McInnes Brothers /
Glasgow / & / Newcastle on Tyne”, 13 1/2in (34.3cm)
high £50-80.60
354
Mauchline casket,
inscribed “Dunoon from the Church Tower” beneath
an image on the town; pair of mother of pearl cased opera
glasses; and a brass counter bell (3)
£50-70.60
355
Lot of crystal ware,
including trays, butter dishes and jugs (a lot)
£50-70.80
356
Collection of crystal stemmed jelly dishes and sundae dishes
(a lot) £50-80.90
357
Crystal ship’s decanter with stopper;
silver-mounted crystal decanter; and two others (4)
£50-70.85
358
Cranberry-tinted glass solifleur,
with a silver rim; glass wine rinser; and other glassware (a lot)
£50-70.26
359
Group of four crystal circular fruit bowls
£50-80.90
360
Group of four crystal circular fruit bowls
£50-80.65
361
Early Victorian ironstone tureen with cover,
circular with two handles and painted with flowers in colours and
gilt, 13in (33cm) wide £100-150.160
362
Victorian circular cheese dish with cover,
decorated with roses in shades of blue on a white ground, 11 1/2in
(29.2cm) diameter £70-100.40
363
Group of five crystal water jugs
£40-60.85
364
Pair of brass candlesticks,
with Corinthian columns and stepped square bases; and two other
pairs of brass candlesticks (three pairs) £50-70.32
365
Walnut mantel clock by Laing of Glasgow,
with a gilt dial and silvered chapter ring, 8in (20.3cm) high £40-60.35
366
Victorian knife box,
fitted as a stationery box, the hinged lid inlaid with a mother
of pearl monogram “CNT” for the Clyde
Navigational Trust, 9in (22.8cm) wide £60-90.ns
367
Wedgwood tea set,
comprising of nine cups, ten saucers, eleven side plates, sugar
and cream and a biscuit plate, each decorated with panels of pink
roses and with gilt and panels of deep blue (33)
£100-150.160
368
Adderleys tea and coffee set,
69 pieces, decorated with borders of gilt over blue n a white
ground £50-70.90
369
Collection of crystal stemmed glasses
(a lot) £40-60.125
370
Edwardian stoneware dinner service,
40 pieces, each decorated with floral borders in turquoise and
green £60-90.ns
Various Properties
371
Fan in a case,
painted with birds, flowers and scenery, retailed by J.
Duvelleroy, 167 Regent Street, London (and Paris),
with it’s box, the box 15in (38.1cm) long £40-60.65
372
Continental blue and white plaque,
decorated with a galleon at sea, inscribed “Boch /
Belgium” in blue verso, 13 1/2in (34.3cm) diameter
£40-60.ns
373
Family Bible,
with brass mounts and clasps, published by John McCready of
Glasgow £40-60.72
374
Royal Worcester stemmed circular bowl,
painted with flowers over a cream ground, printed marks in
purple, number 1805, 9in (22.8cm) diameter £150-200.400
375
Mason’s Ironstone circular bowl,
painted with an urn and a vase of flowers in shades of blue with
red and heightened in gilt, marks in blue, 12in (30.5cm) diameter
£150-200.320
376
Brass jelly pan;
pestle and mortar; and other brassware (6)
£40-60.20
377
Royal Winton stemmed comport,
painted with stylised flowers, in (15.2cm) diameter
£30-50.ns
378
Group of three ivory card cases,
each richly carved with figures and scenery
£50-80.270
379
Moorcroft Florian Ware vase,
of squat baluster shape with two handles and a spreading foot,
painted with stylised flowers in blue yellow and green on a white
ground, printed MacIntyre in brown, signed in green, 5in (12.7cm)
high £400-600.800
380
Royal Doulton statuette,
The Paisley Shawl, HN1392, 8 1/2in (21.6cm) high
£60-90.ns
381
Part of a Royal Worcester coffee set;
and two Royal Crown Derby dishes (13) £40-60.22
382
Part of a nineteenth century Derby tea set,
comprising of ten cups, ten saucers, twelve side plates, sugar
bowl and a pair of circular biscuit plates, each painted with
flowers in Imari shades of red and blue with gilt, printed marks
in red, pattern number 383 (35) £150-200.260
383
Part of a George Jones tea set;
and another (31) £30-50.20
384
Coalport dinner service,
Pembroke pattern, decorated with birds and flowers (75) £80-120.95
385
Monart glass vase,
of broad oviform shape, mottled in shades of purple, red and
blue, 9 3/4in (24.7cm) high £300-500.520
386
Circular barometer by J. Lizars,
the mahogany case inalid with boxwood and ebony stringing, 10 3/4in
(27.3cm) diameter £50-70.60
387
Pair of brass candlesticks;
brass jelly pan; and a copper trough (3) £40-60.18
388
Collection of pewter measures, tankards and mugs
(a lot) £50-80.34
389
Late nineteenth century dessert service,
comprising of four stemmed comports and eleven plates, each
painted with flowers on a cream field bordered with blue (15)
£40-60.60
390
Part of a Fenton dessert service;
and another (19) £50-80.50
391
Pair of continental oviform vases,
one cover lacking, each painted with flowers and figures and with
cast metal mounts, handles and base sections, 11 1/2in (29.2cm)
high £70-100.240
392
Amber glass vase,
with etched decoration; and a green-tinted crystal comport (2)
£40-60.32
393
Copper and brass powder flask;
and a copper umbrella spill (2) £40-60.26
394
Pair of Victorian water jugs,
Crown pattern; and a continental fan-shaped vase (3)
£30-50.35
395
Pair of Vienna urn shaped vases,
each painted with an oval panel depicting a semi-clad bust length
female figure, signed “Ferd”, within richly gilded, red
and enamel jewelled fields, with twin handles, one repaired, 14in
(35.6cm) high
£1000-1500.2000
396
Liberty pewter vase,
with hammered decoration to the cylindrical formed body and
spreading foot, with a row of three green-enamelled ‘jewels’,
inscribed marks “English Pewter / Made By / Liberty &
Co / 01.145”, 7 1/2in (19cm) high £300-500.380
396 & 399
397
Sword stick,
with a brass-tipped ebonised shaft, 36in (91.5cm) £
£30-50.ns
398
Agate writing set in it’s original case,
including an inkwell, seal and pens
£100-200.205
399
Edwardian tortoiseshell and silver tea caddy,
in the form of a knife box, the hinged cover with a silver handle
and pierced border of scrolling foliage, with a shield-shaped
escutcheon within a pierced border, maker Martin Hall &
Company, Sheffield 1901, 4in (10.2cm) high
£300-500.1060
400
Pair of eighteenth century Dutch tobacco jars,
each of shouldered oviform shape and painted in shades of blue,
inscribed “G:Rappe” and “Spaanse”,
9 3/4in (24.7cm) high £700-900.ns
401
Crystoleum in a gilt frame,
The Music Room, by G.G. Kilburne, 9 3/4in x 12 1/2in (24.7cm
x 31.8cm) overall
£120-160.140
402
Pair of Royal Worcester ginger jars with covers,
each of broad oviform shape, painted with fruit, signed “J
Smith” and “Freeman”, printed marks in
black, number 2826, 7in (17.8cm) high £400-600.840
403
Beswick Ware ewer,
decorated a stylised garden scenery in green, 9in (22.8cm) high
£50-80.ns
404
Fine marble sculpture by Affortunato Gory (died circa 1925),
sculpted in white and modelled as a standing nude female, signed
“Gory”, 32in (81.3cm) high
£4000-6000.ns
405
Pair of Victorian ceramic tobacco jars,
modelled as a male smoking a pipe and seated in an armchair and,
as a female seated in a chair by a table and drinking tea,
damages, 8 1/2in (21.6cm) high
£300-500.ns
406
Pair of brass candlesticks,
The Queen of Diamonds, 11 1/2in (29.2cm) high £50-70.65
407
Brass oil lamp,
embossed with flowerheads and fan shapes, with an opaque glass
shade, 23in (58.4cm) high
£80-120.ns
408
Art Nouveau brass planter,
cylindrical and embossed with stylised floral designs; and a
similar brass circular plaque (2)
£60-90.240
409
WMF plaque,
cast with two classical figures at a balcony, 12in (30.5cm) wide
£50-80.170
410
Moorcroft oviform vase,
painted with leaves and grapes in green and blue, signed in
blue, 10in (25.4cm) high
£200-300.380
411
Moorcroft biscuit jar with cover,
painted with pomegranates in red, yellow and blue, signed in
green, 7 1/2in (19cm) high £200-300.270
412
Early Victorian sampler in a wood frame,
dated 1849, 17 1/2in x 12 1/2in (44.4cm x 31.7cm)
£100-150.120
413
Clarice Cliff ‘Bizarre’ circular bowl,
painted with a border of triangles in brown and red and edged in
green, 8in (20.3cm) diameter £100-150.170
414
Clarice Cliff cornucopia shell bowl,
the interior pink, the exterior cream, 11in (28cm) wide
£80-120.95
The Property of a Collector
415
Nailsea glass bottle decanter,
in trailedpink and white with a clear stem and circular foot, 13in
(33cm) high
£150-200.ns
416
Nailsea glass flask,
in trailed blue, white and clear, 10 1/2in (26.7cm) long
£70-100.ns
417
Nailsea glass flask,
in trailed pink, white and clear, 9 1/2in (24.1cm) long
£70-100.75
418
Nailsea glass flask,
in trailed white and clear, 9in (22.8cm) long
£70-100.ns
419
Glass double flask,
clear with trailed white, the rim of each vessel edged in blue, 8
1/2in (21.6cm) long
£60-90.ns
420
Glass flask,
in trailed white, pink and blue, 7 1/2in (19cm) long
£100-150.ns
421
Glass double flask,
clear with leaf design borders, 8in (20.3cm) long £60-90.ns
422
Collection of Victorian copper lustre jugs
(7) £150-200.ns
423
Prattware pot lid,
Hauling in the Trawl, mid nineteenth century, 4in (10.2cm)
diameter, in a wood frame
£70-100 .65
424
Prattware pot lid,
Cattle Watering by Castle Ruins, mid nineteenth century, 4in (10.2cm)
diameter, in a wood frame £70-100.65
425
Prattware circular plate,
The Strawberry Girl, mid nineteenth century, small rim chip, 8 1/4in
(21cm) diameter £50-70.ns
426
Prattware circular plate,
Rural Scene, inscribed verso “No 123”, mid
nineteenth century, 9in (22.8cm) diameter
£50-70.ns
427
Prattware circular plate,
Roman Ruins, inscribed verso “No 123”, mid
nineteenth century, 9in (22.8cm) diameter £50-70.55
428
Prattware stemmed circular comport,
Rural Scene, inscribed verso “No 123”, mid
nineteenth century, 9 1/2in (24.1cm) diameter
£70-100.ns
429
Prattware circular plate,
The Truant, printed marks in brown, mid nineteenth century,
chipped, 9 1/2in (24.1cm) diameter £70-90.ns
430
Prattware cylindrical mug,
printed with two panels, The Stone Jetty and The
Torrent, mid nineteenth century, inscribed verso “474”,
hairline crack, 4in (10.2cm) high £40-60.ns
431
Late eighteenth century Spode plate,
decorated with ornaments and flowers in shades of green,
impressed mark and inscribed in red “1867”, 8in (20.3cm)
diameter
£50-80.ns
432
Leeds Pottery creamware basket,
with pierced lattice border and a simulated basket weave centre,
impressed mark, 10in (25.4cm) diameter £100-150.180
433
Leeds Pottery creamware basket,
with pierced lattice border and a simulated basket weave centre,
10in (25.4cm) diameter £100-150.100
434
Staffordshire water jug,
modelled in relief with three grotesque masks within flowerheads,
damages, 5 1/2in (14cm) high £70-90.ns
435
Late eighteenth century creamware mug,
painted with a Ploughing Scene and inscribed “The Weather’s
Fair, The Season’s Now / Drive on My Boy, God Speed the
Plough”, damages, 4 3/4in (12cm) high £60-90.90
436
Pair of late nineteenth century Toby jugs,
modelled as Punch and as Judy, both seated, he in a red,
yellow and cream striped top, she with a blue-trimmed apron and
rust dress, minor damages to Punch, 10 1/2in (26.7cm) and 10in (25.4cm)
high respectively £200-300.ns
437
Mid nineteenth century jug,
modelled as The King of Clubs, with two faces in relief
and painted in red, yellow and peach, damages, 9in (22.8cm) high
£80-120.ns
438
Late eighteenth century jug,
modelled as a seated Toby figure, wearing a black tricorn hat and
a green jacket, holding an ale jug in his left hand, hat
repaired, 10in (25.4cm) high £100-150.ns
439
Victorian jug,
modelled as a seated Toby figure, wearing a black tricorn hat and
a blue jacket, his legs crossed and holding an ale jug between
both hands,9 1/4in (23.5cm) high £100-150.ns
440
Group of three jugs,
each modelled as a Toby figure, 4 1/2in (11.4cm) to 2 3/4in (7cm)
high £100-150.ns
Various Properties
441
Two Prattware boxes with covers;
Prattware inkwell; mug; and a plate (5) £100-150.65
442
Late Victorian Vaseline glass light shade,
tinted in green to opalescent, 7in (17.8cm) wide
£30-50.72
443
Mahogany circular fruit bowl,
inlaid with a shell motif and stringing and with a ceramic liner
and plated mount, 10in (25.4cm) diameter £40-60.30
444
Victorian needlework sampler,
dated 1858 £50-80.58
445
Edwardian umbrella handle in a fitted case,
modelled as a duck’s head in carved wood with gilt collar
and beak £70-100.340
446
Early Victorian amethyst glass decanter with stopper,
with a cylindrical neck and squat circular body, 10 1/4in (26cm)
high £50-80.70
447
Victorian pink glass rolling pin,
14 1/4in (36.2cm) long £40-60.40
448
Art Deco glass liqueur set,
comprising of a decanter and six glasses, each symmetrically
decorated in clear and green (7)
£100-150.230
449
Pair of Tasse miniatures,
each white and modelled as a Roman figure head in profile,
mounted on a panel and framed behind glass, the heads each 4in (10.2cm)
high £100-150.160
450
Pair of mahogany candlesticks,
with detachable brass nozzles set into the urn-shaped sconces,
over reeded and turned columns with circular bases, 10 1/2in (26.7cm)
high £70-90.180
451
Japanese Satsuma bowl,
richly painted with panels of figures and scenery and with birds
through ‘mesh windows’, signed, 4 1/4in (10.8cm)
diameter
£200-300.130
452
Japanese Satsuma vase,
of shouldered oviform shape and similarly painted to the previous
lot, 3 1/2in (8.9cm) high £100-150.160
453
Pair of Canadian bronzed metal bison figures,
each stood on a marble rectangular plinth, retailer’s paper
label inscribed “Johnson Hutchinson Ltd / Jewellers /
Winnipeg”, 6in (15.2cm) long
£70-100.80
Additional lots
454-500