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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.

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
49	A MEISSEN CUP circa 1730-35, painted in the Herold style, with four panels, each of two chinoiserie figures with gilt ribs between, the interior with a similar scene in puce, the saucer with similar decoration,…	£200 - £400	£360	View
50	A MEISSEN BEAKER AND SAUCER the beaker circa 1730, saucer possibly circa 1770, painted in the Kakiemon style, with a pomegranate branch and a pawlonia branch with insects between, the cup with blue crossed swords mark, the…	£100 - £200	£170	View
51	A MEISSEN CONICAL BEAKER AND OCTAFOIL SAUCER the beaker circa 1730, the saucer circa 1780, painted in the Kakiemon style with a red and blue quail under a flowering prunus tree, and with a flowering plant and insect within a brown rim, the cup…	£200 - £400	£480	View
52	A MEISSEN OCTAGONAL TWO-HANDLED CUP AND SAUCER circa 1735, each painted with a bird on a branch in the Oriental style, perhaps by Lowenfinck, blue crossed swords mark, the cup 12.5cm wide, the saucer 14cm diameter Provenance: Bt. E & H…	£300 - £500	£900	View
53	A MEISSEN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER circa 1725, painted by J.G. Herold, decorated with Chinese men hanging from rocky arbors within gilt borders, the saucer similarly decorated with chinoiseries, 13.4cm wide x 7.4cm high Provenance:…	£200 - £400	£1,600	View
54	A MEISSEN BEAKER AND SAUCER circa 1730-35, possibly painted by C.F. Herold with chinoiserie figures standing on pink lustre and gilt baroque ledges, with purple and iron-red foliage scrolls, gilt rims, blue crossed swords marks…	£200 - £400	£950	View
55	AN EARLY MEISSEN TEA BOWL circa 1720, with seven stiff acanthus leaves around the base, gilt with "C"-scrolls and foliage, (laub und bandelwerk) and with gilt interior, 3.5cm diameter Provenance: Bt. Duke's, 10th April 2018,…	£50 - £100	£500	View
56	A MEISSEN MARCOLINI SAMPLE TEA BOWL circa 1780, decorated in underglaze blue and gilt, and painted with iron red flower sprays, with crossed swords and star mark, incised “No. 22.F”, 6cm diameter, and three other similar Meissen tea…	£80 - £160	£130	View
57	A MEISSEN "KAKIEMON" BEAKER circa 1728, and the companion saucer, painted in the Kakiemon style with flowers and bound hedges, with blue crossed swords mark and incised “N = 358 W”, 7cm high Provenance: Acquired at Christie’s…	£5,000 - £10,000	-	View
58	A MEISSEN “RED DRAGON” PLATE blue crossed swords mark circa 1730-34, from the service made for the Dresden Court, 1731-34, painted in iron-red and gold, the centre with two circling phoenix, the border with two dragons and…	£300 - £600	£700	View
59	A MEISSEN "KAKIEMON" SOUP PLATE painted marks circa 1740, painted in iron-red and gold with the Red Dragon pattern, the centre with two pheasants circling within a border of dragons and foliate scrolls, 25cm diameter Provenance:…	£300 - £600	£850	View
60	A MEISSEN BÖTTGER SQUARE PEAR-SHAPED BOTTLE the porcelain circa 1715, the decoration circa 1715-20, painted in Holland in the Kakiemon style with alternate panels of pink breasted birds perched on prunus trees and boys approaching flowering…	£1,000 - £2,000	£3,800	View
61	A MEISSEN BUTTER TUB AND FLAT COVER circa 1738-40, painted in the Kakiemon palette and gilt with two cranes, trellis-work and loose flowering branches, with blue crossed swords to interior base, 12cm diameter Provenance: Collection H…	£500 - £1,000	£650	View
62	A MEISSEN BÖTTGER PORCELAIN TWIN HANDLED CIRCULAR ECUELLE AND COVER circa 1718, applied with sprays of flowering roses, enriched in tones of puce, iron red, sea green, and brown and painted in Holland with small oriental birds and insects in flight, applied at either…	£300 - £600	£650	View
63	A MEISSEN CIRCULAR SNUFF BOX formed from a tea bowl, painted with the "Three Friends" issuing from two banded hedges in the Kakiemon style, the cover with gilt metal mount, with Johanneum mark: "N=243w", 8cm diameter Provenance…	£300 - £500	£700	View
64	A SET OF FOUR MEISSEN ROCOCO ARMORIAL PLAQUES circa 1750, with the arms of Eisenberg, Ravensberg, Landsberg de La Marck Engern and Orlamünde, circa 7cm high Provenance: Christie’s, 11th May 1981, lot 200.	£500 - £1,000	£450	View
65	A MEISSEN BELL circa 1745, the two panels painted with hunting scenes within elaborate gilt cartouches, with blue crossed swords mark on the bell hook, 11cm high Provenance: Bt. Christie’s, New York, 23rd April…	£100 - £200	£950	View
66	A MEISSEN YELLOW GROUND CUP AND SAUCER circa 1735-40, reserved with Kakiemon flowering branches, the saucer also with flowers and rockwork, with blue crossed swords mark, the saucer 12 cm diameter	£200 - £400	£550	View
67	A MEISSEN OVAL TUREEN circa 1755-60, painted in colours with Deutsche Manier Blumen and with branch and flower spray handles, within a basket pattern border, the remains of a blue crossed swords mark on the base, 38cm…	£50 - £100	£90	View
68	A MEISSEN “TISCHCHENMUSTER” TEAPOT AND COVER circa 1730, painted in the Imari palette with flowering plants issuing from a fence on each side with a shaped octagonal spout, crossed sword mark and “B” mark at base of handle, the cover more…	£150 - £300	£190	View
69	A MEISSEN ORMOLU MOUNTED BOWL, with three quatrefoil panels painted in the Kakiemon style with flowering branches on a turquoise ground, the ormolu base pierced, the border and handles cast and chased with scrolling foliage and…	£200 - £400	£420	View
70	A MEISSEN TEA BOWL AND SAUCER circa 1740, the tea bowl painted with a harbour and landscape within gilt panels, on turquoise ground, the saucer similarly decorated with spider-web pattern and scroll borders, blue cross swords…	£150 - £300	£460	View
71	A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI SAUCER circa 1745, painted in Schwarzlot, probably in the Bayreuth workshop of J.F. Metzsch, with merchants resting on bales by a tent on a quayside with boats nearby, within a gilt foliate cartouche, 12cm…	£100 - £200	£320	View
72	A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI CHINOISERIE TEA BOWL AND SAUCER circa 1723-25, the decoration circa 1730, painted in the Auffenwerth workshop, almost certainly by Elizabeth Wald, each side of the tea bowl with Orientals on terraces within shaped oval gilt…	£200 - £400	£1,000	View
73	A MEISSEN MINIATURE VASE circa 1735, of baluster form with two puce highlighted handles decorated overall in the Imari palette with chrysanthemum and roaring dragon, the base with a crossed swords mark and impressed “U”, 4…	£100 - £200	£360	View
74	A MEISSEN RED DRAGON PATTERN TWO HANDLED BEAKER AND SAUCER circa 1730-35, painted in characteristic tones of coral and gilding, the cup with painted “KHC” mark, the saucer with puce crossed sword mark, the saucer 13cm diameter Provenance: The cup bt. Armin…	£300 - £600	£900	View
75	A MEISSEN FABELTIERE PLATE circa 1736, painted in the manner of Adam Friedrich Von Löwenfinck with a collared dog with hoof feet, recumbent, with a worm in its’ mouth, in a Kakiemon style landscape, a butterfly above a waved…	£300 - £600	£900	View
76	A MEISSEN HAUSMALERI BOWL blue crossed swords mark circa 1755, probably painted by F.E. Mayer of Pressnitz with three pairs of figures strolling in a landscape, with a brick obelisk within elaborate gilt scroll border, 16.5cm…	£300 - £600	£420	View
77	AN EARLY MEISSEN PEAR-SHAPED MILK JUG circa 1726-30, with sparrowbeak spout, enamelled in Holland with flower sprays including two iris and two butterflies, probably painted by a hausmaler of German descent in this particularly fine line…	£200 - £400	£450	View
78	A MEISSEN OCTOFOIL BEAKER AND SAUCER circa 1726, painted in the Kakiemon style with flowers and bound hedges, blue crossed swords mark and incised “N = 358 W”, 14.8cm diameter, the beaker 6.5cm high	£200 - £300	£1,300	View
79	A MEISSEN WALL BRACKET circa 1760, with a pierced support, the border encrusted with flowers, the support with puce and gilt foliage and wave ornament, 32cm high, 31.75cm wide Provenance: Christie's, 13th March 1967, lot…	£200 - £400	£340	View
80	AN EARLY MEISSEN CHINOISERIE ARCHITECTURAL STAND circa 1728-30, the centre painted by J.G. Herold, of shaped concave section, with winged masks spouting water into a basin supported by grotesque figures above a fountain figure in a yellow ground…	£800 - £1,500	£1,200	View
81	A PAIR OF LOUIS XV ORMOLU AND MEISSEN CANDLESTICKS circa 1755, formed as miniature figures of a lady and gentleman with muffs, standing on pierced flower encrusted pedestals, with ormolu bases, nozzles and branches with porcelain flowers, 21.5cm high…	£500 - £1,000	£950	View
82	A BÖTTGER HAUSMALEREI BOWL circa 1715-1720, the decoration later circa 1720-1725, the decoration attributed to J.J. Autenwerth, finely gilded with equestrian figures in landscapes with ruins, the everted lip with a band of…	£400 - £600	£600	View
83	A BÖTTGER HAUSMALEREI BOWL the bowl circa 1715-20, the decoration circa 1725-30 and attributed to Ignaz Preissler, Breslau, finely decorated in Schwarzlot and gilding, the exterior with a continuous scene including Leda and…	£3,000 - £6,000	£3,400	View
84	A BÖTTGER HAUSMALEREI TWO-HANDLED BEAKER circa 1725, the decoration circa 1745, painted by F. J. Ferner with a male and female musician standing and seated by trees, the interior rim gilt with scrolling foliage, 8.3cm high Provenance: Bt.…	£200 - £400	£380	View
85	A HAUSMALERI BERLIN CYLINDRICAL COFFEE CUP circa 1780, painted with a peasant smoking and seated on a tree stump, blue mark, 6cm high	£50 - £100	£90	View
86	A BERLIN PORCELAIN COFFEE CAN circa 1790-1800, painted with a putto beside a clock face on an obelisk with an inscription below “Ich Zahkedue Stunden Des Wiedersenens” in a floral wreath border, with sceptre mark in blue, 6cm…	£50 - £100	£200	View
87	A CHINESE SAUCER circa 1750-60, painted in Schwarzlot in Holland, with figures and a church in a landscape outlined with gilt scrolls Provenance: Bt. R & G McPherson Antiques, 14th June 2012. The part service…	£100 - £200	£150	View
88	A CHINESE TEA BOWL the decoration circa 1725-30, of shallow form, painted in Schwarzlot with a rider and hounds bringing down a deer in a landscape with ruins, in the style associated with Ignaz Preissler, a moth and a…	£500 - £1,000	£2,900	View
89	A KAPUZINER-BRAUN CLOBBERED TEA BOWL AND SAUCER circa 1735, the decoration circa 1810, reserved with underglaze blue floral medallions, coloured later and gilt with birds and insects, with blue crossed sword marks and press no. “6”, 9cm high …	£50 - £100	£460	View
90	A HOCHST FIGURE OF VENUS OR “LA BAIGNEUSE”, AFTER FALCONET standing nude beside a tree stump draped in a cloak, on a grassy mound base, incised on the back “I.P. Melchior F.1771”, blue crowned wheel mark, 19cm high Provenance: Bt. Yvonne Adams (Stow-on-the…	£300 - £600	£500	View
91	A NYMPHENBURG COLOURED FIGURE OF AEOLUS circa 1760, modelled by Bustelli, standing nude with drapery falling from his left thigh, holding a bag of wind at his side, with impressed Bavarian shield on sack, 10.5cm high Provenance:…	£200 - £400	£220	View
92	A NYMPHENBURG WHITE FIGURE OF A PUTTO (FLORA) circa 1760, modelled by Bustelli standing nude with body turned and drapery falling from the waist, with impressed Bavarian shield mark, 10.5cm high Provenance: Collection Levi of Montevideo,…	£300 - £600	£480	View
93	A NYMPHENBURG GROUP OF LOVERS late 18th century, first modelled by Franz Anton Bustelli in 1760, the lovers seated on scrollwork, a dog at their feet, a billy goat recumbent on a ruin, incised “45” in the rockwork, “Das…	£500 - £1,000	£3,400	View
94	A NYMPHENBURG GROUP OF “THE SLEEPER DISTURBED” circa 1770, after a model by Franz Anton Bustelli, with a farm boy curled up asleep in a series of “C”-scrolls leaning against an obelisk, beside a farm girl playing the xylophone, and a dog, on a…	£1,000 - £2,000	£5,500	View
95	A “FRANKFURT” TIN-GLAZED EWER early 18th century, of spherical shape with a tapering cylindrical neck and a “C”-shaped handle, decorated in underglaze blue with chinoiserie scenes, with pewter lid and thumbpiece, 23cm high…	£150 - £250	£130	View
96	A VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) BEAKER AND SAUCER circa 1725-30, the beaker decorated with a continuous Oriental landscape with a pavilion, flowering plants and a tree, the saucer with a pagoda and rockwork within underglaze blue foliage, the border…	£400 - £600	£950	View

Total lots: 261

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