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The du Boulay Collection

Absentee bids accepted until Wednesday, 8 March 2023

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

A SÈVRES OVIFORM TEA POT AND COVER
Lot 25 Sold
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 blue coat flirting with a girl beside a barrel, within gilt tooled cartouches, on a pointille celadon ground, the gilding probably by a member of the Wedinger family, 13.5cm high
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SÈVRES HARD PASTE PEAR-SHAPED MILK JUG
Lot 26 Unsold
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. John Whitehead June 2011.
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SÈVRES FOND TAILLANDIER PLATE
Lot 27 Sold
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 1937, lot 13 from the Collection of Count Greffuthe sold by order of his widow and the Duc et Duchesse de Gramont.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SÈVRES FLUTED SUGAR BOWL
Lot 28 Sold
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
Hammer price: £750
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A SÈVRES SMALL SEAU À DEMI BOUTEILLE FROM THE PAVLOSK SERVICE
Lot 29 Sold
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 mark, incised with the initials MG and AP, 16.5cm wide across the handles
Provenance: It is believed that this service was sold to the Marquis de Juigné in 1775 immediately…
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A VINCENNES WHITE POT POURRI VASE
Lot 30 Sold
A VINCENNES WHITE POT POURRI VASE
circa 1748-50, the vase leaning against a tree trunk with applied flowers, 17.5cm high
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A VINCENNES CUP AND A SAUCER
Lot 31 Sold
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-Gabriel Peyre, Rue de Bac, September 1997.
Hammer price: £1,100
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A VINCENNES OVAL ÉCUELLE STAND
Lot 32 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A VINCENNES VASE A FLEURS DU PLESSIS ORNE
Lot 33 Sold
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 “L” marks on base and inside, 17cm high

Provenance: Bt. Woolley & Wallis, 27th November 2002, lot 486.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A PARIS, ST. CLOUD AND NEVERS COMPOSITE SET OF PISTOL-SHAPED BLUE AND WHITE KNIFE HANDLES
Lot 34 Sold
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, the largest 27.5cm long with an 11cm handle (11)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A RARE ST. CLOUD SOFT PASTE VASE
Lot 35 Sold
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 high

Provenance: From Bernard Dragesco, 9th June 2010.
Jules Desurmont, Catalogue No. 824.
Probably Bt. Madame Recher in 1931.
Hammer price: £17,500
Estimate: £10,000 - £20,000
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A ST. CLOUD TREMBLEUSE SAUCER
Lot 36 Sold
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 Antiques, November 2010.
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A ST. CLOUD PORCELAIN BOX
Lot 37 Sold
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
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A ST. CLOUD RECTANGULAR PANEL FOR A SNUFF BOX
Lot 38 Sold
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, 1st May 1956, lot 84.
Hammer price: £340
Estimate: £80 - £150
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHANTILLY SPICE OR SALT BOX
Lot 39 Sold
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 mark, 16cm wide

Provenance: Bt. Duke’s, 5th February 2009, lot 270.
From the Southampton University Study Collection.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHANTILLY CUP AND SAUCER
Lot 40 Sold
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, Christie’s, 14th October 1996, lot 166.

Exhibited: “The Dragon and the Quail” no. 79.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHANTILLY KAKIEMON CANE HANDLE
Lot 41 Sold
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
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHANTILLY PLATE
Lot 42 Sold
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 diameter

Provenance: Bt. Dragesco-Cramoisan, 26th September 2000.
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £600
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHANTILLY PLATE
Lot 43 Sold
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 “B” mark, also incised with a hunting horn, 24.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. from Vincent L ˋHerrou, Galerie Théorème, Le Louvre, des Antiquaires, 2 Place du Palais Royal, 75001, Paris. June 2002.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A CHANTILLY CUP AND SAUCER
Lot 44 Sold
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 “B” mark, and incised with a hunting horn, 24.5cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. from Vincent L ˋHerrou, Galerie Théorème, Le Louvre, des Antiquaires, 2 Place du Palais Royal, 75001, Paris. June 2002.
Hammer price: £560
Estimate: £200 - £400
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A MENNECY WHITE CUP, COVER AND STAND,
Lot 45 Sold
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 lot) 23rd May 2017.

Possibly because they only started making Dehua style wares circa 1750, they are comparatively rare. A tobacco jar with similar decoration is illustrated in "Tendre Porcelain de Mennecy" by Nicole Duchon, fig. 37, p.40.
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £150 - £250
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A PARIS (PROBABLY ANTOINE PAVIE) CUP AND SAUCER
Lot 46 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £330
Estimate: £50 - £100
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A PAIR OF VILLEROY MENNECY HANDLES
Lot 47 Sold
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

Provenance: Bt. Christie’s Geneva, 7th May1979 lot 201.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £100 - £200
8 March 2023
8 March 2023
A MEISSEN OGEE-SHAPED BREAKFAST CUP AND SAUCER
Lot 48 Sold
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 crossed swords marks, gilt inscription “31 Old Bond Street repaired circa 1790”, 14.2cm diameter

Provenance: Bt. Melbury House, Christie’s, 14th October 1996, £250.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £80 - £160
8 March 2023
8 March 2023

Total lots: 261

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