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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

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
1 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…
£100 - £200 £480 View
2 A BOW SAUCER DISH
circa 1755, painted in the Kakiemon style with a red and blue quail under a prunus tree, 20cm diameter
£50 - £100 £160 View
3 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.
£100 - £200 £360 View
4 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…
£500 - £1,000 £1,300 View
5 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…
£1,000 - £2,000 £1,900 View
6 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…
£500 - £1,000 £2,200 View
7 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…
£100 - £200 £260 View
8 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.
£100 - £200 £420 View
9 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).
£200 - £400 £340 View
10 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.…
£200 - £400 £460 View
11 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.
£500 - £1,000 £2,300 View
12 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…
£100 - £200 £280 View
13 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
£50 - £100 £200 View
14 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…
£200 - £400 £240 View
15 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…
£100 - £200 - View
16 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…
£100 - £200 £380 View
17 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.
£50 - £100 £140 View
18 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…
£100 - £200 £320 View
19 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…
£300 - £500 - View
20 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.…
£200 - £400 £220 View
21 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…
£200 - £400 - View
22 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…
£100 - £200 £110 View
23 ALAN SPENCER-GREEN (1932-2003): A BLUE MONOCHROME VASE
of bulbous form, signed to the bottom, 10cm high
£50 - £100 £130 View
24 ALAN SPENCER-GREEN (1932-2003): A BLUE GLAZE VASE
of bulbous form and a short slender neck, signed to the bottom, 9cm high
£50 - £100 £130 View
25 A SÈVRES OVIFORM TEA POT AND COVER
with interlaced “L”, marks with “HH” for 1785, (Théière Calabre), each side painted with an oval panel, one with a dragoon leaning against a tree stump in landscape, the other with a soldier in a…
£200 - £400 £2,000 View
26 A SÈVRES HARD PASTE PEAR-SHAPED MILK JUG
gilt marks and “Z” for 1778, painted by Lecot, with a branch formed handle and three feet, painted in colours with figures under a parasol, and one figure seated fishing, 12cm high

Provenance: Bt.…
£500 - £1,000 - View
27 A SÈVRES FOND TAILLANDIER PLATE
circa 1770, decorated with roses within oeil-de-perdrix borders, painted mark, 24.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s, 30th June1980, lot 81 £423.70, Collection Mme Balsan.
Sotheby’s, 23rd July…
£50 - £100 £260 View
28 A SÈVRES FLUTED SUGAR BOWL
of urn form with orange and gilt ground, fleur de lys mark within interlaced “L”s gilt “QZ” and “20 Juin BT” for 1837, 10.5cm high
£50 - £100 £750 View
29 A SÈVRES SMALL SEAU À DEMI BOUTEILLE FROM THE PAVLOSK SERVICE
c.1774, the U-shaped form with two scroll handles, painted with pink rose sprigs beneath a band of oval panels containing similar sprigs reserved on a oeil de perdrix ground, crowned interlaced LL…
£500 - £1,000 £1,300 View
30 A VINCENNES WHITE POT POURRI VASE
circa 1748-50, the vase leaning against a tree trunk with applied flowers, 17.5cm high
£300 - £600 £550 View
31 A VINCENNES CUP AND A SAUCER
circa 1753, of cylindrical tapering form, on a bleu lapis ground with gilt birds, the cup 8.5cm high, the saucer 15cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. John Whitehead, June 1990, The saucer bought Jean…
£500 - £1,000 £1,100 View
32 A VINCENNES OVAL ÉCUELLE STAND
circa 1750, with painted blue and gilt foliate handles and blateau à ornaments in the Meissen style with floral sprays, 26cm wide

Provenance: Bt. Errol Manners, January 1992.
£200 - £400 £300 View
33 A VINCENNES VASE A FLEURS DU PLESSIS ORNE
circa 1752, the fluted trumpet-shaped body with elaborate foliage scroll handles, the spreading base fired separately but glazed together, painted with vertical bleu celeste bands, blue interlaced…
£100 - £200 £380 View
34 A PARIS, ST. CLOUD AND NEVERS COMPOSITE SET OF PISTOL-SHAPED BLUE AND WHITE KNIFE HANDLES
circa 1730, painted with scrolling foliage and Berainesque borders, comprising four matching forks, two similar knives, a similar knife and fork with two prongs and a single fork, one probably later,…
£200 - £400 £280 View
35 A RARE ST. CLOUD SOFT PASTE VASE
circa 1695-1700, of ovoid form with vertical ribs in relief, each panel painted after du Cerceaux in underglaze blue with typical Jean Bérain style strapwork, scrolls, lambrequins and foliage, 15.5cm…
£10,000 - £20,000 £17,500 View
36 A ST. CLOUD TREMBLEUSE SAUCER
circa 1725-35, Henri-Charles Trou II period, with a gadrooned well, the border painted in underglaze blue “Broderies à Rinceaux”, blue underglaze marks, 12cm diameter

Provenance: Robert MacPherson…
£50 - £100 £50 View
37 A ST. CLOUD PORCELAIN BOX
circa 1740, modelled with a hunter and his dog reclining, painted in soft coloured enamels, with a silver and tortoiseshell mounted base, 8.5cm wide overall
£300 - £600 £400 View
38 A ST. CLOUD RECTANGULAR PANEL FOR A SNUFF BOX
circa 1740, each side painted in the Imari palette with half-moons and trailing flowers, 8cm x 6.5cm

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s, 11th March 1996, lot 73.
Probably from: Simon Goldblatt, Sotheby’s,…
£80 - £150 £340 View
39 A CHANTILLY SPICE OR SALT BOX
circa 1740, the tin-glazed white ground painted in polychrome with a landscape within “C”-scroll border and sparse Oriental flowers, chinoiserie on each side and gadrooned borders, red hunting horn…
£150 - £250 £800 View
40 A CHANTILLY CUP AND SAUCER
circa 1740, of bucket shape, painted in the Kakiemon style with fan-shaped panels of flowering plants and red dragons, with red hunting horn marks, 13cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Melbury House Sale,…
£300 - £600 £700 View
41 A CHANTILLY KAKIEMON CANE HANDLE
circa 1730-40, of knob shape, painted with boys and flowering plants, the silver mounted Malacca cane contemporary, overall length 93cm
£200 - £400 £320 View
42 A CHANTILLY PLATE
circa 1730-40, painted in blue, yellow and iron red with two dragons, the centre in red and yellow with a circlet of two phoenix, the porcelain of tin-glazed soft paste, red hunting horn mark, 23cm…
£300 - £600 £550 View
43 A CHANTILLY PLATE
circa 1753, painted in iron red and gilt with two dragons and two endless knots, the centre in iron red and gilt with a circlet of two phoenix, within a wavy gilt dentilled rim, gilt hunting horn and…
£200 - £400 £800 View
44 A CHANTILLY CUP AND SAUCER
circa 1753, painted in iron red and gilt with two dragons and two endless knots, the centre in iron red and gilt with a circlet of two phoenix within a wavy gilt dentilled rim, gilt hunting horn and…
£200 - £400 £560 View
45 A MENNECY WHITE CUP, COVER AND STAND,
circa 1750, encrusted with prunus branches in relief, with foliate handle, the silver reeded rim mounted and impressed DV and with I below, 10.5cm high

Provenance: Woolley and Wallis, Lot 475 (part…
£150 - £250 £320 View
46 A PARIS (PROBABLY ANTOINE PAVIE) CUP AND SAUCER
circa 1725-30, painted with blue and white cell diaper border above flutes, 13.5cm diameter, the cup 7.5cm high

Provenance: Bt. Klaber and Klaber, 12th June 2001.
£50 - £100 £330 View
47 A PAIR OF VILLEROY MENNECY HANDLES
the porcelain circa 1740, painted in iron red, blue, yellow and turquoise with chinoiserie scenes, fitted with later French pierced silver serving knife and fork blades, the handles circa 8.5cm long
£100 - £200 £240 View
48 A MEISSEN OGEE-SHAPED BREAKFAST CUP AND SAUCER
circa 1735, painted in the manner of Adam Freidrich von Lowenfinck, with chinoiserie children at play in landscapes, after engravings by Petrus Schenk Jun, and with Indianische Blumen, with blue…
£80 - £160 £500 View

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