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Art & Design post 1880

Auction date Thursday 6 April 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Head of Sale:

John Holmes

Page:

of 9

Lots per page:

Total lots: 400

Lot 636 Sold
MINTONS: A SET OF SIX 'AESOP'S FABLES' TILES DESIGNED BY THOMAS ALLEN
printed in blue on a white ground, each 15.25cm x 15.25cm (6)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 637 Sold
MINTONS: A SET OF SIX 'SHAKESPEARE' TILES DESIGNED BY JOHN MOYR SMITH
each decorated with a scene from the bard's works in blue against a white ground, each 15.25cm x 15.25cm (6)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 638 Sold
MINTON HOLLINS & CO.: A SET OF FOUR TILES EMBLEMATIC OF THE ARTS AND SCIENCES
in reddish brown on a cream ground, each 15cm x 15cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 639 Sold
MINTONS: A SET OF FOUR 'BIBLE' TILES DESIGNED BY JOHN MOYR SMITH
'The finding of Moses', 'David playing before Saul', 'Eli and Samuel' and 'Joseph before King Pharoah', each printed in black against a white ground, each 15.1cm x 15.1cm (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 640 Unsold
MINTONS: THREE TILES FROM THE 'RUSTIC FIGURES' SERIES DESIGNED BY WILLIAM WISE
each printed in black on an off-white ground, each 15.5cm x 15.5cm; together with a further three tiles, one with sheep in a landscape, one with deer and another showing a milking scene with signature lower right for Wise (6)
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 641 Sold
VILLEROY & BOCH: A SET OF SIX RELIEF MOULDED 'SWAN' POLYCHROME TILES
c.1900, forming a frieze depicting two swans swimming among reeds and lily-pads, each 14.5cm x 14.5cm (6)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 642 Sold
MINTON & CO: AN EMBOSSED GOTHIC REVIVAL MAJOLICA TILE
possibly designed by A.W. Pugin, in rich colour tones, with a central architectural motif within an outline cartouche, the design enhanced with patterned corners, 18cm x 18cm; together with a similar gothic revival majolica tile in yellow, orange and light salmon featuring an ornate Gothic Revival design, 17.5cm x 17.5cm; an Aesthetic Movement majolica tile by Tamar & Coalville in brown tones featuring designs in the Aesthetic taste, 18cm x 18cm;
and a 1960s H & R Johnson 'Vittorio' tile in vibrant red with a mottled green on black foliate…
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 643 Sold
A GROUP OF SIX FRAMED POLYCHROME TILES
two Japanese examples by Danto Kaisha and Fujimiyaki Tile Works and four English Art Nouveau examples by Marsden, Pilkington and Henry Richards, each approximately 17cm x 17cm (6)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 644 Sold
A GROUP OF FIVE FRAMED GERMAN ART NOUVEAU TILES
including examples by Georg Schmider, Georg Bankel, Somag and NSTG, various sizes between 15cm x 15cm and 17cm x 17cm (5)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 645 Unsold
A GROUP OF FOUR FRAMED BLUE AND WHITE TRANSFER PRINTED TILES
comprising: A W.T. Copeland tile depicting a fisherman hauling in his net, 17.5cm x 17.5cm; a Wedgwood 'Jolly' tile depicting a fisherman sheltering from the rain, 17cm x 17cm; a Minton calendar tile 'February', 17cm x 17cm; and a DT AG tile featuring Dutch fishing boats under sail, 18cm x 18cm (4)
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 646 Sold
A GROUP OF TWELVE ENGLISH AND CONTINENTAL ART NOUVEAU POLYCHROME TILES
mostly botanical subjects, one depicting swans in a landscape, the majority approx. 15cm x 15cm (12)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 647 Sold
A GROUP OF ELEVEN GERMAN ART NOUVEAU TILES
including examples by Villeroy & Boch, NSTG, DTAG, Wessell and Tonwerk Offstein, various sizes between 14cm x 14cm and 15.5cm x 15.5cm (5)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 648 Sold
A GROUP OF TWELVE POLYCHROME TILES
including examples by Hasselt, Florennes, Sato Tile Works, Sherwin & Cotton, Alfred Meakin and Bendorf, each approx 15cm x 15cm (12)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 649 Sold
GEORG SCHMIDER: A GROUP OF SIX ART NOUVEAU FLORAL TILES
each decorated in polychrome on cream or pale blue grounds, each approx 15cm x 15cm (6)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 650 Sold
GEORG SCHMIDER: A GROUP OF SIX ART NOUVEAU FLORAL TILES
each decorated in polychrome on cream grounds, each approx 15cm x 15cm (6)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 651 Sold
GEORG SCHMIDER: A GROUP OF SIX ART NOUVEAU FLORAL TILES
each decorated in polychrome on cream or pale green grounds, each approx 15cm x 15cm (6)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 652 Sold
GEORG SCHMIDER: A GROUP OF SIX ART NOUVEAU FLORAL TILES
each decorated in polychrome on cream grounds, each approx 15cm x 15cm (6)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 653 Sold
GEORG SCHMIDER: FOUR FRAMED ART NOUVEAU TILES FEATURING BASKETS OF FLOWERS
polychrome silkscreen decorations, each approx 18cm x 18cm (4)
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £100 - £200
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 654 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON DECORATIVE GLASSWARE
including volumes on Lalique, Loetz and Murano (a lot)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 655 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON DECORATIVE GLASSWARE
including volumes on British and Continental glass (a lot)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 656 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON PERFUME AND SCENT BOTTLES
spanning history from the 18th to 20th centuries (a lot)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 657 Unsold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON DECORATIVE TILES
including volumes on Minton, William De Morgan and Art Nouveau tiles (a lot)
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 658 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON THE DECORATIVE ARTS
including volumes on Art Deco figures, Art Nouveau and Art Deco lighting and Doulton Lambeth wares (a lot)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £80 - £150
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 659 Unsold
GEORG JENSEN: A SILVER TAZZA
the hammered bowl of everted form hung with fruiting vines, on a spirally-turned support and plain circular foot, 28 cm high, c.36 tr. ozs, stamped GJ 925S, shape 264, engraved to underside of foot ‘Francis and Jane Plym, April 4, 1927’
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 660 Sold
GEORG JENSEN: A SILVER BOWL
of hammered form with everted rim, on stiff leaf supports and stepped circular foot, dated 1923, English import mark for 1926,19.5 cm. high, 28 cm. diameter, (c.36 oz)
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 661 Sold
GEORG JENSEN: SET OF SIX SILVER 'CACTUS' PATTERN LOBSTER FORKS
each 19cm long (6)
Hammer price: £1,000
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 662 Sold
GEORG JENSEN: A SILVER HANDLED LOBSTER OR NUTCRACKER
no. 255, with stainless steel cracker, the handles with acanthus terminals, 15.25cm long, with Georg Jensen red card box
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 663 Unsold
GEORG JENSEN: A SILVER HANDLED ‘ACORN’ CUTLERY SERVICE
designed by Johan Rohde, comprising twelve spoons, twelve forks and twelve knives with stainless steel blades, (36 items), each engraved with monogram H.S
Estimate: £800 - £1,500
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 664 Unsold
GEORG JENSEN: AN 'ACORN' PATTERN MINIATURE DISH AND SALT SPOON
the dish 8cm wide across the handles, the spoon 5.5cm long (2)
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 665 Sold
CARTIER: A SET OF EIGHT STERLING SILVER MINIATURE SALT AND PEPPER SHAKERS
housed in an original custom case, each marked "Cartier Sterling" along the underside, each 3.8cm high, c. 1.825 troy oz., gross (8)
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £200 - £300
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 666 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"He that rises late must trot all day", the interior decorated with a sunflower and leaves, the exterior with scrolls and dots in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.25cm diameter
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 667 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"They that rise with sun hoe their work well begun", the interior decorated with a sunflower and leaves, the exterior with scrolls and dots in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 17.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 668 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"Hope and keep busy" the interior decorated with a flowers and foliage against a yellow ground, the exterior with scrolls and dots in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 669 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"Thincke and Thancke" the interior decorated with a flowers and foliage against a yellow ground, the exterior with scrolls and dots in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.25cm diameter
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 670 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive" the interior decorated with a flowers and foliage against a yellow ground, the exterior with scrolls and dots in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 671 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"A merry heart goes all the day, your sad tires in a mile a" the interior with a green and yellow foliate design against a deep blue ground, the exterior with a scroll and dot design to break up the motto in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 672 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"May showers bring milk and meal" the interior with a white and green flowers and foliage against a deep blue ground, the exterior with a scroll and dot design in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.25cm diameter
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 673 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"Give and lend and God will send" the interior with a white and green flowers and foliage against a deep blue ground, the exterior with a scroll and dot design in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 674 Sold
*RICHARD LUNN (1840-1915): A COCKPIT HILL PERIOD MOTTO BOWL
"May showers bring milk and meal" the interior with a white and green flowers and foliage against a deep blue ground, the exterior with a scroll and dot design in green against a plain cream ground, black painted marks to the underside, 18.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 675 Sold
KEITH MURRAY (1892-1981) FOR WEDGWOOD: A MOONSTONE VASE
the body of barrel form with concentric rings, printed marks to the underside, 17cm high; together with a similar mug, 13.25cm high (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 676 Sold
ERIC RAVILIOUS (1903-1942) FOR WEDGWOOD: AN ALPHABET MUG
transfer printed in black with the letters A-X on the outside of the mug and Y and Z on the inside, each letter with a corresponding image, printed marks to the underside, 10cm high x 14.5cm wide across the handle
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 677 Unsold
*DAVID LEACH (1911-2005) A LARGE 'TENMOKU' POTTERY BOTTLE VASE
the body with a subtle foliate decoration in iron brushwork, impressed mark to the base rim, 33cm high
Estimate: £400 - £600
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 678 Sold
*MARY ROGERS (1929-2021): A FINE FOOTED PORCELAIN DISH
the bowl interior with mottle swirl decoration, incised signature to the underside, 23cm diameter x 9cm high
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £400 - £800
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 679 Sold
*JOHN MALTBY (1936-2020): A HAND-BUILT STONEWARE FOOTED VESSEL
decorated with stylised crosses, dots and splashes on a graduated glaze, the reverse and foot with a simple black ground, signed to the underside, 27cm high x 23cm wide
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £400 - £800
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 680 Sold
*EMMANUEL COOPER (1938-2012) Footed bowl
1979, porcelain, cream crackle glaze with manganese rim running in fine feathered drips to the exterior and interior, impressed maker's mark, 12cm high x 12.5cm dia.

Provenance: Purchased from the New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives in the early 1980s
Private Collection, Somerset

Literature: For a similar bowl, see '"Potters", publ. Craft Potters Association, 1980, p.37

Duke's are grateful to David Horbury for his assistance in cataloguing this lot
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 681 Sold
*JOHN WARD (1938-2023) Pot with flared Collar
c. 1980-85, stoneware, mottled brown matt glaze over a lightly textured surface, a flared and tapered collar above the flattened shoulder, impressed JW seal, 31cm high

Provenance: Purchased from the New Craftsman Gallery, St Ives in the 1980s
Private Collection, Somerset
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £8,000
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 682 Unsold
*JANE HAMLYN (B. 1940): A LARGE SALT GLAZED STONEWARE LIDDED VESSEL
the body of slightly waisted form, the cover with a formed handle with geometric zig-zag pattern, Artist's seal mark to lower edge, 31cm diameter x 22cm high
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 April 2023
6 April 2023
Lot 683 Sold
*TAKESHI YASUDA (B. 1943) A STONEWARE TWIN-HANDLED 'SHALLOW SPRUNG BOTTOM BOWL'
covered in green ash glaze with chun pours, 25.5cm diameter
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
6 April 2023
6 April 2023

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