Auction Preview: Fine Glass, Paperweights and British Ceramics at Bonhams, London, Nov 14
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What: Fine Glass, Paperweights and British CeramicsWhere: Bonhams, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1HHWhen: 14 November, 10.30 AM GMTPublic Viewing: 11 Nov 2018 11:00 - 15:00 GMT; 12 Nov 2018 09:00 - 16:30 GMT; 13 Nov 2018 09:00 - 16:30 GMTTop lAuction Preview: Fine Glass, Paperweights and British Ceramics at Bonhams, London, Nov 14
What: Fine Glass, Paperweights and British CeramicsWhere: Bonhams, Montpelier Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7 1HHWhen: 14 November, 10.30 AM GMTPublic Viewing: 11 Nov 2018 11:00 - 15:00 GMT; 12 Nov 2018 09:00 - 16:30 GMT; 13 Nov 2018 09:00 - 16:30 GMTTop lots of the sale:- An exceptional 'Tailor' Toby jug from the 'Midshipman Family', circa 1785. Attributed to Jacob Marsh, seated with a small ironing board resting on his knees and a flat iron in his right hand, a neatly potted jug standing between his feet, wearing a brown hat, green frock coat with ochre collar and cuffs, white necktie and partially unbuttoned waistcoat, his hair secured at the back with a distinctive tied ribbon, 15.4 cm high. Estimate: £ 18,000 - 25,000 ($23,354 – 32,437)- A fine facon de Venise latticinio goblet, late 16th or early 17th century. Decorated in vetro a retorti with alternate filigree and plain white striped decoration, the campana or bell-shaped bowl with a pine-cone moulded base, set on a hollow knop between collars, on a spreading foot folded at the rim, 13.8 cm high. Estimate: £ 10,000 - 12,000 ($12,975 – 15,570)- An important Lowestoft birth tablet, circa 1794. Of large size and circular form, a raised rim around the edge picked out blue and a hole pierced for suspension, inscribed in red 'Ann Redgrave/ Born Jary ye 2d/ 1794', within an elegant classical cartouche in puce monochrome, the reverse painted with a flower spray, 11.2 cm diameter. Estimate: £ 10,000 - 15,000 ($12,975 – 19,462)- An exceptional Baccarat garlanded carpet-ground paperweight, circa 1850. The field of turquoise honeycomb canes set with alternate clusters of blue and red composite canes, each outlined by a ring of predominantly white canes and centred with a concentric arrangement of three rows of similar red, white and blue canes, 7.8 cm diam, 5.5 cm high. Estimate: £ 6,000 - 8,000 ($7,785 – 10,380)- The Tichbourne Trial: an exceptional Royal Worcester group of candle extinguishers, circa 1875. The larger extinguisher representing the lawyer, John Duke Coleridge, the smaller extinguisher representing the claimant, Arthur Orton, the stand in the form of a butcher's block stamped with the initials 'AO', all fully coloured, the lawyer lightly glazed, the claimant in very unusual bisque finish, Coleridge 9.7 cm high, block with impressed factory mark (3). Estimate: £ 4,000 - 6,000 ($5,190 - 7,785)- A rare Staffordshire lead-glazed figure of a bagpiper, mid 18th century. Of large size, modelled standing on a tapered square base, facing forward and playing bagpipes, his coat, waistcoat and breeches splashed in green, ochre and brown underglaze colours, the bagpipes and base in dark brown clay, 19 cm high. Estimate: £ 4,000 - 6,000 ($5,190 - 7,785)- An important pair of Worcester vases, circa 1770-75. Of hexagonal form with everted necks, fully painted with the 'Dragons in Compartments' pattern of panels of dragons alternating with vases, all on low tables, green shagreen spandrels above and below, a cell border reserving flowerhead panels on the necks and inside the rims, a broad gold border above the feet, 24.5 cm high (2). Estimate: £ 4,000 - 6,000 ($5,190 - 7,785)For details, visit: https://www.bonhams.com/Click on the slideshow for the highlights of the sale.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/Founder: Louise Blouin Read more