A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE shouldered form with mask handles, painted in colours with a cricket perched upon an upturned cricket cage and a dog and a pair of pigeons verso, fitted with a coral mounted stopper. 7cm high A small glaze chip to the foot rim, some wear to the enamel, mainly noted to the cricket cage, stopper associated, inset with a split coral bead. shouldered form with mask handles, painted in colours with a cricket perched upon an upturned cricket cage and a dog and a pair o

A CHINESE PORCELAIN SNUFF BOTTLE

AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN FLORAL ENCRUSTED SWEETMEAT BASKET, CIRCA 1830, POSSIBLY BY SAMUEL ALCOCK pierced oval form with a naturalistic handle and raised on a pierced scroll base, the well encrusted with applied flowers and painted with a central floral spray, picked out in gilt, pattern no.1837 in red. 11cm high, 16cm by 13cm Purchased by the vendor in 1998 from David J. Thorn Antiques, Ceramics & Works of Art, Devon. Some losses to the applied flowers and leaves, painted design and gilt in good co

AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN FLORAL ENCRUSTED SWEETMEAT BASKET, CIRCA 1830

AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN 'GATE LODGE' PEN STAND early 19th Century, bears the date 1724. 14cm wide, early 19th Century, bears the date 1724. 14cm wide

AN ENGLISH PORCELAIN 'GATE LODGE' PEN STAND

A DERBY PORCELAIN SMALL MAYFLOWER POT AND COVER, IN THE MEISSEN SCHNEEBALLEN MANNER encrusted with turquoise mayflowers interspersed with leaves, the cover with yellow bird finial. 6cm high Two mayflowers deficient of petals, minor chipping to the edges of other petals, minor losses to the applied leaves, the head, one wing and tail to the finial restored. encrusted with turquoise mayflowers interspersed with leaves, the cover with yellow bird finial. 6cm high, Two mayflowers deficient of petals

A DERBY PORCELAIN SMALL MAYFLOWER POT AND COVER, IN THE MEISSEN SCHNEEBALLEN

A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN including a Coalport blue and white mug, a New Hall tea bowl and saucer, and a Worcester 'Fisherman' tea bowl and saucer. (5) Mug 9.5cm high, including a Coalport blue and white mug, a New Hall tea bowl and saucer, and a Worcester 'Fisherman' tea bowl and saucer. (5) Mug 9.5cm high

A COLLECTION OF ENGLISH PORCELAIN

A DERBY PORCELAIN CANDLESTICK GROUP, CIRCA 1765 modelled as a pair of birds perching on a flowering bocage, with a barking spaniel dog beneath, to a foliate stem and a naturalistic scrolling base, bears B&T Thorn & Son, Budleigh Salterton label to base. 20.5cm high Label inscribed 'Rice pl.75A', indicating a work by Dennis G. Rice. Losses to some flower petals and leaves, some of the broken ends of leaves have been coloured in, repair restoration to the middle of the left-hand bough, the left bi

A DERBY PORCELAIN CANDLESTICK GROUP, CIRCA 1765

A GROUP OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY MINTON BENGAL TIGER / CRAZY COW PATTERN PORCELAIN comprising a five-piece hors d'oeuvres set, formed of a central circular bowl and four shaped side dishes; a lobed hors d'oeuvres dish with scroll handle; a lobed oval serving dish and a side plate, each decorated with a central reserve depicting a stylised cow or tiger, within meandering foliate scrolls, painted in tones of green, red and blue; hors d'oeuvres dish; serving dish and side plate numbered '106' in blue,

A GROUP OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY MINTON BENGAL TIGER / CRAZY COW PATTERN PORCELAIN

A GROUP OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN to include an 18th Century Imari bowl and a 19th Century Famille Rose bowl, (a/f). (6), to include an 18th Century Imari bowl and a 19th Century Famille Rose bowl, (a/f). (6)

A GROUP OF CHINESE AND JAPANESE PORCELAIN

A PAIR OF BOW PORCELAIN BIRDS IN BRANCHES CANDLESTICK GROUPS, CIRCA 1762 each designed as boughs, one encrusted with flowers, the other fruit, and each featuring a bird upon a nest of chicks and another holding a berry in its beak, to naturalistic bases and each with metal leafy branches supporting decorative nozzles, each with impressed 'To' mark to base, attributed to John Toulouse or the repairer Tebo or Thiebaud. (2) 22cm high Purchased by the vendor in 1997 from David J. Thorn Antiques, Cer

A PAIR OF BOW PORCELAIN BIRDS IN BRANCHES CANDLESTICK GROUPS, CIRCA 1762

A COALPORT PORCELAIN FLORAL ENCRUSTED SWEETMEAT BASKET, CIRCA 1825 oval form with a naturalistic handle and raised on a scroll base, encrusted with applied flowers and painted with central floral sprays, picked out in gilt. 16cm high, 21.5cm by 12.5cm Purchased by the vendor in 1998 from David J. Thorn Antiques, Ceramics & Works of Art, Devon. For the model see, 'Coalport and Coalbrookdale Porcelains', by Geoffrey Godden, pl.178. Some losses to the applied flowers and leaves, some flowers/leaves

A COALPORT PORCELAIN FLORAL ENCRUSTED SWEETMEAT BASKET, CIRCA 1825

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DOUBLE HAPPINESS GINGER JAR decorated with double happiness characters to a foliate meander ground. 24cm high No marks to base. Base with star hairline. decorated with double happiness characters to a foliate meander ground. 24cm high, No marks to base. Base with star hairline

A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE PORCELAIN DOUBLE HAPPINESS GINGER JAR

A LATE 19TH CENTURY PORCELAIN PLAQUE, 'THE VIRGIN OF THE ROSARY', AFTER BARTOLOMÉ ESTÉBAN MURILLO oval, within a rectangular gilt frame, impressed 'TK' verso, probably for Gräflich Thun'sche Porzellanfabrik Klösterl (Count Thun). 43cm by 34cm (excl. frame) A small area of clear glaze or glue to the side of the Virgin's left knee, plaque in generally good condition, some damage and loss to the frame. oval, within a rectangular gilt frame, impressed 'TK' verso, probably for Gräflich Thun'sche Porz