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Auction date Wednesday 23 October 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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William Batt & Michael Roberts


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Wednesday 23rd October at 10.30am


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Total lots: 497

A WORCESTER FIRST PERIOD PORCELAIN ‘DOLPHIN EWER’ CREAM JUG
Lot 49 Sold
A WORCESTER FIRST PERIOD PORCELAIN ‘DOLPHIN EWER’ CREAM JUG
circa 1770, decorated with floral sprays on a ‘silver shape’ body moulded with shells and swags, 8cm high; sold together with a magazine advert for a similar (possibly the same) example sold by Esme M. Godkin of Loughborough (2)
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A SUNDERLAND LUSTRE WILLIAM IV CORONATION JUG
Lot 50 Sold
A SUNDERLAND LUSTRE WILLIAM IV CORONATION JUG
19th century, printed in black with portrait and flowers with pink lustre frieze, 9cm high
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £100 - £200
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A SUNDERLAND LUSTRE POTTERY MINIATURE JUG
Lot 51 Unsold
A SUNDERLAND LUSTRE POTTERY MINIATURE JUG
18th century, printed with motto ‘Ladies’ all I pray make free/And tell me how/You like your tea.’, within sponge painted border and pink lustre banding, 7cm high; together with two similar 18th century creamware pottery jugs moulded in relief with country scenes; one other lustre jug; and a lustre pottery tea cup and saucer (6)
Estimate: £50 - £100
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN ICE PAILS
Lot 52 Sold
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN ICE PAILS
circa 1810-1815, the covers with heart shape handles and decorated with sprays of flowers to the top, the cup-shape bodies with square handles to the sides and painted with cornucopiae of roses en grisaille against pale coral panels, 20cm high x 24.5cm wide

Provenance: The Grey-Egerton Family, formerly of Oulton Hall.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN ICE PAILS
Lot 53 Sold
A PAIR OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN ICE PAILS
19th century, decorated with small leaves against a white ground, with gilt and maroon banding, 24cm high x 23cm wide overall (2)

Provenance: The Les Watts Collection.
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER EMBLEMATIC OF 'WATER'
Lot 54 Sold
A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER EMBLEMATIC OF 'WATER'
circa 1880, after the model by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), bearing blue crossed swords mark and incised numerals to the base, the spout figured as a conch shell and the handle surmounted by a winged putto, the body with a background of warships at sea and with figures of Neptune, four hippocampi and a mermaid in relief, 64cm high
Hammer price: £3,800
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER EMBLEMATIC OF 'FIRE'
Lot 55 Sold
A LARGE MEISSEN PORCELAIN EWER EMBLEMATIC OF 'FIRE'
circa 1880, after the model by Johann Joachim Kändler (1706-1775), bearing blue crossed swords mark and incised numerals to the base, with a figured dragon handle surmounted by a putto, the body mounted with a seated figure of Vulcan and a youth carrying a torch, against a backdrop of an erupting volcano and fleeing fauna, 67cm high
Hammer price: £6,500
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF CHAMBERLAIN WORCESTER DESSERT TUREENS AND COVERS
Lot 56 Sold
A PAIR OF CHAMBERLAIN WORCESTER DESSERT TUREENS AND COVERS
marked to the underside of the lids, the green grounds decorated with panels of flowers within gilt scrolled borders, with twin loop handles, on stepped plinth bases, 20cm high x 16.5cm wide (2)

Provenance: By repute these tureens formed part of the dessert service made for Princess Mary, daughter of George III, on her marriage to the Duke of Gloucester.
The service was then passed to a James Vickers and then by descent to the present owner.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £80 - £150
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF MINTON BONE CHINA VASES
Lot 57 Sold
A PAIR OF MINTON BONE CHINA VASES
19th century, modelled as ovoid urns supported by gilded stands, each 19.5cm high (2)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £50 - £100
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A BONE CHINA VASE OF ‘CHAMPLEVÉ’ STYLE
Lot 58 Sold
A BONE CHINA VASE OF ‘CHAMPLEVÉ’ STYLE
19th century, probably designed by Dr Christopher Dresser for Minton, the bulbous body with four strap work handles enamelled with flowers, on a turquoise ground within gilt rims, 20cm high, apparently unmarked
Hammer price: £900
Estimate: £100 - £200
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A ROYAL WORCESTER BLUSH IVORY PORCELAIN TWO HANDLED VASE
Lot 59 Unsold
A ROYAL WORCESTER BLUSH IVORY PORCELAIN TWO HANDLED VASE
enamelled in colours and gilt with floral sprays, with tall fluted neck and conforming base, 31cm high, date code 20 dots; together with a pair of Royal Worcester Blush Ivory porcelain candlesticks of spiralled design, 11cm high; and an unmarked Royal Worcester style porcelain shell tazza, 10.5cm high (4)
Estimate: £100 - £200
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF SAMSON PORCELAIN TWO HANDLED VASES
Lot 60 Unsold
A PAIR OF SAMSON PORCELAIN TWO HANDLED VASES
of 18th century Chelsea style, 19th century, decorated in the ‘Giles’ manner with exotic birds within gilt rims, 29cm high, gilt anchor marks to bases; together with a similar plate, 24cm diameter (3)
Estimate: £100 - £200
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A CHINESE COPPER RED GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
Lot 61 Unsold
A CHINESE COPPER RED GLAZED BOTTLE VASE
19th century, with applied floral decoration, 18cm high; together with a similar turquoise glazed bottle vase, 15.5cm high (2)
Estimate: £200 - £400
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF MAJOLICA APOTHECARY JARS
Lot 62 Unsold
A PAIR OF MAJOLICA APOTHECARY JARS
17th/18th century, each decorated with cardinals hats over armorials and birds to the reverse, 20cm high (2)
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
AN IMPORTANT VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) TWO-HANDLED OVAL TUREEN AND COVER
Lot 63 Sold
AN IMPORTANT VIENNA (DU PAQUIER) TWO-HANDLED OVAL TUREEN AND COVER
circa 1740, from the Liechtenstein service, painted in Schwarzlot and lightly enriched with gilding, the tureen of ogee form with moulded scroll handle, the sides painted with game birds on a strapwork border, centred by shells and enriched with gilding, the interior with a bird in flight, flowers and a spider, the domed cover with game birds and dogs beneath similar strapwork around the cone finial, within a quatrefoil and lozenge border, 20cm high x 35cm wide
Provenance: A. Lewis, New York, June 1950, $900,Collection of Frederick J. And Antoinette H. Van…
Hammer price: £4,700
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
AN ENGLISH TERRACOTTA SLIPWARE DISH
Lot 64 Sold
AN ENGLISH TERRACOTTA SLIPWARE DISH
late 19th century, possibly Newcastle, 7.5cm high x 31cm wide

Provenance: The Les Watts Collection.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £40 - £80
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
AN EARLY DERBY SWEETMEAT STAND
Lot 65 Sold
AN EARLY DERBY SWEETMEAT STAND
circa 1765, with two tiers of three shell-shaped dishes enamelled in polychrome to the interior with butterflies, insects and sprays of flowers, the sectional stand modelled with various shells and seaweed surmounted by Neptune and a dolphin with tail raised, 47cm high

Provenance: The Grey-Egerton Family, formerly of Oulton Hall.
Note: This centrepiece is recorded on Sir Philip de Malpas 1864 publication The Descriptive…
Hammer price: £680
Estimate: £300 - £600
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
TWO SIMILAR HÖCHST PORCELAIN FIGURES
Lot 66 Sold
TWO SIMILAR HÖCHST PORCELAIN FIGURES
marked to the base with blue wheels and the letter 'D', the boy figured holding a chicken, 15.5cm high, the girl 16cm high; together with another similar figure, 10.5cm high (3)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COURTING COUPLE
Lot 67 Unsold
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COURTING COUPLE
19th century, blue crossed swords mark to the base, the gent figured offering flowers, on a naturalistic base, 13cm high x 14cm wide
Estimate: £300 - £400
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COURTLY LADY
Lot 68 Sold
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A COURTLY LADY
19th century, modelled standing, reading a letter and with multi-coloured feather muff, 21cm high
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £300
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A GRAPE HARVESTER
Lot 69 Unsold
A CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A GRAPE HARVESTER
19th century, bearing a Vienna style beehive mark, the lady wearing a green headscarf and with a basket to foot, 20cm high
Estimate: £200 - £300
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP 'PETRUSHKA'
Lot 70 Sold
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN GROUP 'PETRUSHKA'
modelled by Peter Sheurich, impressed no. 73323, 27cm high x 22cm wide x 12cm deep
Note: A rare model based on the ballet first performed by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes in Berlin in…
Hammer price: £1,600
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES
Lot 71 Unsold
A PAIR OF STAFFORDSHIRE FIGURES
circa 1800, a gentleman sacrificing a goat, 20cm high, and his companion a woman with a sacred fire, 20cm high; together with a similar figure of St Peter at prayer, 23.5cm high (3)

Provenance: The woman bears an old Windsor Antiques, Melbourne label.
Professor Gwen Nayler.
Estimate: £40 - £80
23 October 2024
23 October 2024
TWO HEREND PORCELAIN OWLS
Lot 72 Sold
TWO HEREND PORCELAIN OWLS
both marked to the underside, figured seated on a stump and decorated in polychrome, 13cm high
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £80 - £150
23 October 2024
23 October 2024

Total lots: 497

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