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The du Boulay Collection

Auction date Wednesday 8 March 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT
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Wednesday 8th March at 10.30am


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Head of Sale: Guy Schwinge


We are honoured to have been instructed to sell the private collection of the late Anthony and Judith du Boulay. Anthony was a leading authority on Chinese porcelain, but he had the “eye” of a true connoisseur and a passion for pieces that he found to be beautiful - from an early St. Cloud vase to an Old Master of the Madonna.

Our auction on the 8th March presents an opportunity to acquire a treasured possession from the du Boulay’s home in Dorset.

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Total lots: 261

AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE “DAME AU PARASOL” PLATE
Lot 1 Sold
AN ENGLISH DELFTWARE “DAME AU PARASOL” PLATE
mid-18th century, after a design by Cornelius Pronk, painted in underglaze blue with a lady accompanied by an Oriental figure holding a parasol within a band of floral sprigs and a cell and diaper border, 21.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Sotheby’s, 19th April 2000, The Gillingham Collection, lot 157.

Exhibited: “World in Blue and White”, OCS, June 2003, no. 14.
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A BOW SAUCER DISH
Lot 2 Sold
A BOW SAUCER DISH
circa 1755, painted in the Kakiemon style with a red and blue quail under a prunus tree, 20cm diameter
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A BOW WHITE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
Lot 3 Sold
A BOW WHITE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
with applied prunus decoration in the Dehua style, circa 1752, 11.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Aurea Carter, London SW6, 12th June 2007.
Hammer price: £360
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA WHITE SLENDER OCTAFOIL BEAKER
Lot 4 Sold
A CHELSEA WHITE SLENDER OCTAFOIL BEAKER
c.1745-49, the wave and everted lip with four espalier tea plants in relief, 7.4cm high

Provenance: Anthony Collection, Stockspring Antiques, June 7th – 14th 2017, no. 31A.

This is an English adaptation of a blanc de chine beaker originating from rococo repoussé silver. The tea plant may partly be derived from an engraving in Nienhoff 's Embassy to China of 1665.
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA OCTAGONAL 'KAKIEMON' TEAPOT AND COVER
Lot 5 Sold
A CHELSEA OCTAGONAL 'KAKIEMON' TEAPOT AND COVER
circa 1750-1752, thickly potted in the characteristic paste of the Raised Anchor period and decorated with alternating panels of stylised foliate scrolls reserved on a red ground divided by panels of “precious objects”, 12cm high

Provenance: H.K.L. Mathews Collection
F. Severne Mackenna Collection, with paper label: Chelsea no. 17 illustrated in his catalogue
Ware Collection, Sydney, Australia – dated 1745-47
Pat Daniels Collection.
Hammer price: £1,900
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA OCTAGONAL TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
Lot 6 Sold
A CHELSEA OCTAGONAL TEA BOWL AND SAUCER
circa 1750-2, each painted in the Kakiemon style with two iron red and gilt dragons around the rim, precious objects between, a small red flower with green leaves in the centre, the saucer with raised anchor on a pad mark, the saucer 11cm diameter

Provenance: Billie Pain Collection, Bonhams, 26th November 2003 lot 25, Errol Manners for the saucer, the cup Errol Manners and Stockspring.
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA FLUTED CREAM JUG
Lot 7 Sold
A CHELSEA FLUTED CREAM JUG
circa 1750, of leaf shape, painted in the Kakiemon style, with a turquoise Shishi Qilin and with a tied bunch of iron-red flowers, with turquoise foliage and a moth, the handle a later metal replacement, 11.5cm wide overall

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s, 11th March 1996, part lot 73. Tony Stevenson Collection.

Exhibited: “The Dragon and the Quail”, 2000 no.88
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A PAIR OF CHELSEA OCTAGONAL SAUCERS
Lot 8 Sold
A PAIR OF CHELSEA OCTAGONAL SAUCERS
circa 1752, in the Kakiemon style, “Red Panel” pattern, 13.7cm diameter (2)

Provenance: Bt. Delomosne & Son Ltd., November 2004.
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA LEAF-SHAPED DISH
Lot 9 Sold
A CHELSEA LEAF-SHAPED DISH
circa 1752, painted in the Kakiemon style, raised anchor period, 20cm wide

Provenance: Bt. From Gus Brain, 118 Venner Road, SE26, June 1993 (Simon Spero).
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA FLUTED BEAKER
Lot 10 Sold
A CHELSEA FLUTED BEAKER
circa 1752, painted in the Kakiemon style with flowering prunus and bamboo issuing from red and turquoise banded hedges, a flying bird at the back, small stilt marks, 6.5cm high

Provenance: Bt. Duke’s, 30th July 2015, lot 304.
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHELSEA PEACH-SHAPED CUP AND LEAF-SHAPED SAUCER
Lot 11 Sold
A CHELSEA PEACH-SHAPED CUP AND LEAF-SHAPED SAUCER
circa 1750-52,with a cut-stalk painted in the Kakiemon style with the “Lady in a Pavilion” pattern, the saucer 15cm across

Provenance: Bt. Brian Haughton, 7th March 2006.
Hammer price: £2,300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A DERBY WHITE BISCUIT GROUP OF "LES BUVEURS DE LAIT"
Lot 12 Sold
A DERBY WHITE BISCUIT GROUP OF "LES BUVEURS DE LAIT"
probably English, circa 1780, after the Sèvres original modelled by Falconet in 1759, based on a drawing by Francois Boucher, circa 1735, a boy seated on rockwork holding a shallow pan of milk which is being spilt by a smaller boy reaching up on his right hand side, 15.5cm high

Provenance: Bt. Lawrence's 2009.
Literature: The original Sèvres group is approximately 17.5cm high, an example of which is in the…
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A DERBY SEMI-CIRCULAR JARDINIÈRE
Lot 13 Sold
A DERBY SEMI-CIRCULAR JARDINIÈRE
circa 1810, painted by Billingsley in sepia with two nymphs dressing a bust of Pan, the border with cornflowers, cornucopiae, with orange borders and rams-mask handles, 13.5cm high
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A WORCESTER BELL-SHAPED MUG
Lot 14 Sold
A WORCESTER BELL-SHAPED MUG
circa 1752-62, with loop handle, painted on either side with puce monochrome with a chinoiserie landscape, in a quatrefoil panel reserved on a canary yellow ground, enriched with chrysanthemums and other flower sprays, the upper border with iron red foliage and gilt florets, 15cm high

Provenance: Bt. Duke’s, 24th May 1991, lot 499.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A WORCESTER FLUTED FANCY TEACUP AND SAUCER
Lot 15 Unsold
A WORCESTER FLUTED FANCY TEACUP AND SAUCER
circa 1778-82, painted in columns, each with an exotic bird before a tree in the Duvivier style, the interior of the cup and the border of the saucer each with three-quarter trellis panels with double puce swags between, 13.2cm diameter

Provenance: Hugh Langmead, Duke's July 28th 2016 lot 232.

Literature: This type of design represents the last phase of the Dr. Wall period. The exotic birds first painted at Chelsea over 20 years previously is typically portrayed.
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A WORCESTER MASK JUG
Lot 16 Sold
A WORCESTER MASK JUG
circa 1768-70, of pear-shape painted with the “Jabberwocky” pattern, the Kakiemon style winged bird headed dragon on a flowering branch from a gilt pineapple with banded hedges, within turquoise scroll border to the top, 19cm high

Literature: A tea service of this pattern was in the Factory Sale at Christie’s on December 14th 1769 (Nightingale p.100).
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
AN ENGLISH SLENDER JUG
Lot 17 Sold
AN ENGLISH SLENDER JUG
circa 1825, probably Chamberlains Worcester, transfer printed in black with the “Trusty Servant”, the reverse with a poem, 15cm high

Provenance: Bt. Girton Antiques, Olympia circa 2005.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE PORCELAIN BUST OF JOHN MILTON
Lot 18 Sold
A STAFFORDSHIRE WHITE PORCELAIN BUST OF JOHN MILTON
late 18th century, the poet depicted head and shoulders, it is believed to be a trial Wedgwood bust after Flaxman R.A. Etruria 1790, 15.5cm high

Provenance: Bt. Sotheby’s, 19th April 2000, The Gillingham Collection, lot 103.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SET OF THREE COALPORT BUCKET-SHAPED JARDINIERES
Lot 19 Unsold
A SET OF THREE COALPORT BUCKET-SHAPED JARDINIERES
with white and gilt dolphins-head handles, the separate stands each on three gilt paw feet, the octagonal panels painted with folly buildings in landscapes, on black grounds, imitating cracked marble, the largest 30cm high (3)
Estimate: £300 - £500
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A GRAINGER WORCESTER PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Lot 20 Sold
A GRAINGER WORCESTER PORCELAIN RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
circa 1840, painted with a Warwick vase filled with an arrangement of flowers and with a passionflower beside resting on a marble ledge, in a giltwood frame, 42.5cm x 32.5cm

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s London, 11th February1991, lot 149.
Hammer price: £220
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SPODE “TRADE WINDS” PART DINNER SERVICE
Lot 21 Unsold
A SPODE DINNER SERVICE “TRADE WINDS”
comprising:
two oblong octagonal tureens, covers and stands,
punch bowl,
two gravy boats and stands,
two oblong octagonal serving dishes,
twelve two-handled soup bowls and saucers,
fourteen meat plates,
twelve pudding plates,
twelve soup plates,
twelve small plates and one ash tray (a collection)
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SPODE BREAKFAST SERVICE
Lot 22 Sold
A SPODE BREAKFAST SERVICE
decorated in iron red with a basket of flowers within a shield, comprising:
a cylindrical sugar bowl and cover,
a cylindrical teapot and cover,
a cream jug,
six egg cups,
five small plates,
six breakfast cups and saucers (a collection)
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ALAN SPENCER-GREEN (1932-2003): A BLUE MONOCHROME VASE
Lot 23 Sold
ALAN SPENCER-GREEN (1932-2003): A BLUE MONOCHROME VASE
of bulbous form, signed to the bottom, 10cm high
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
ALAN SPENCER-GREEN (1932-2003): A BLUE GLAZE VASE
Lot 24 Sold
ALAN SPENCER-GREEN (1932-2003): A BLUE GLAZE VASE
of bulbous form and a short slender neck, signed to the bottom, 9cm high
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023

Total lots: 261

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