M. FORD CREECH ANTIQUES

 

 

The Small & Jewel-Like

 

 

"It must be noted that in all ages, while the public has been fascinated by the large, the imposing,
the grandiose, more often than not the connoisseur has delighted in the miniature, the jewel-like,
and the exquisite"
. The Science of Connoisseurship

    

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In The Company of "Small Cups", a catalog

 

In The Company of "Small Cups"

Click For 'A Catalog Featuring A Few Small British Drinking Cups, c1690-1774'

 


 

ree Early Silver Tumbler Cups, c1690-1731

 

One of the earliest records of tumbler cups is that of Samuel Pepys, on October 24, 1664.
He cites an odd alternate name - "cocking cups"
.
At that time, in the north-west of England,
these small cups were sometimes given as prizes given in cockfighting contests.

The earliest silver known tumbler cups still in existence date to 1671, at All Souls Oxford.
These early small, plain drinking cups were first popular at 17th century colleges,
(as Oxford) and intended to be emptied in a single draught.

 

Three Early Silver Tumbler Cups, c1690-1731 (Left to Right) :

George I Silver 'Tumbler Cup', James Goodwin, London, 1723

Early George II Silver 'Tumbler Cup', William Allen I (likely), London, 1731 (SOLD)

James II / William & Mary Small Silver 'Tumbler Cup', Roger Strickland, London, c1690

 


 

Three Early Georgian Silver Tot Cups

 

"Tot cups" are small drinking vessels, sometimes with a single handle, or handleless, in beaker form. 

They are usually footed and dram size (about two inches). 

Tot cups are said to be predecessors of the later Georgian “stirrup cups” -

so popular in both silver and ceramic from the mid-18th century forward. 

Tot cups, like stirrup cups, were likely handed to riders before or after a hunt,

 and meant to be drunk without putting the vessel down.

Early silver tot cups of any form are scarce, if not rare.

 

Three Early Georgian Silver Tot Cups (Left to Right) :

Scarce Early George II Silver "Tot Cup", Thomas Parr II, London, 1730

Scarce Early George II Silver 'Tot Cup', William Paradise, London, 1732

Scarce George I Silver 'Tot Cup', 1724, Scratch-Initialled 'AP 1723' (SOLD)

 


 

Elizabeth I / James I Silver Bodki, England, c1600-1620

 

Elizabeth I / James I Silver Bodkin

Unmarked, England, c1600-1620

The tapering stem with an elongated hole for ribbons,
as well as a small round hole for threads at the wider end,
the top half also having rudimentary scratched engraving to each side;
remains of initials "M C" to the center of one side

5.4" Long / 0.4 oz

SOLD

 


 

Charles II Silver Child's Trefid Spoon, Steven Venables Junior, London, 1684

 

Charles II Silver Child's Trefid Spoon

Steven Venables Junior, London, 1684

Of good gauge silver for the period,
the oval bowl with a raised rat-tail joined to flat shaft and trefid terminal,
the terminal reverse with scratch initials 'F*N'
5-5/8" Long /.7 oz.

 

 


 

Yongzheng Famille Rose & Black-Ground Moulded Teapot, Cover & Stand , Cina, c1722-35

 

Yongzheng Famille Rose & Black-Ground Moulded Teapot, Cover & Stand

China,1722-35 

The moulded teapot and stand with black-ground lotus petals on a famille rose ground,
with spout moulded and painted as overlapping lotus petals,
the base centering a moulded concave open lotus blossom,
centering over a moulded convex blossom on the moulded stand;

the cover of also of lotus form; the turquoise loop handle moulded a lotus stem
Teapot, 4.75" High / 6.5" Wide Spout to Handle / 6" Wide, The Stand
SOLD

 


 

 

Rare George I Glass Taperstick
England, c1720

A rare and early example, intended for heating sealing wax for letters,
the heavy walled bowl over a 'tapering baluster' stem,
applied terraced folded foot and rough pontil
the foot verso with an old collector's pen inscribed label
4.25" High / The Foot, 2" Diameter / 2.2 oz.

SOLD

 


 

George II Engraved Pan-Topped 'Mercury Twist' Wine, England, c1750 

 

George II Engraved Pan-Topped 'Mercury Twist' Wine Glass
England, c1750 

The pan-topped bowl having an engraved floral border to the rim,
each side with a 4- and 6-petalled flowers and fern-like foliage (possibly a Scottish rose),
the straight stem with a single series air twist and a pair of corkscrews or "mercury twists",
slightly domed conical foot, snapped pontil
6.25" High

 


 

 

Scarce George II Honeycomb-Moulded Footed Glass Bowl

England, c1730

The heavy circular blown glass bowl moulded all over

with honeycomb decoration above a short stem

and high domed and honeycomb-moulded folded foot with snapped pontil

3.5" High / 6.5" Diameter / 17.9 oz.

 

SOLD

 

Although many today think of 'honeycomb moulded' glass as being of the late 18th and 19th centuries,

'pattern-moulded' glass vessels have existed from the Roman era, including their prized 'honeycomb moulded' bowls.

Mould-blown patterned glass, including 'honeycomb', was continued by 15th-17th century Venetians,

particularly as cups and tazzae.

The 'honeycomb' pattern is also known in 17th century England,

a version of which led to George Ravenscroft's 'nipt diamond waies' glasswares,

in which vertical ribs (or applied threads) were 'nipped' into diamond shaped with pincer

 


 

Fine First Period Worcester Sir Joshua Reynolds Scalloped Deep Plate, England, c1770-2

 

Fine First Period Worcester Sir Joshua Reynolds Scalloped Deep Plate
England, c1770-2
Inspired by 17th century Japanese Kakiemon palette and design,
depicting a colorful long-tailed pheasant perched on a turquoise hollow rock
sided by a blue branch issuing turquoise leaves and flowers,
within a "wet blue" lobed ground,
with quite fine gilding of leaf sprays alternating with trellis diapering
8.5" Diameter

 

The connection between this pattern and Sir Joshua Reynolds is unclear,
although tradition holds that a set of the pattern belonged to
the well known British 18th century painter, Sir Joshua Reynolds.

 


 

Pair George III Silver Clustered-Column Candlesticks, Jacolbite Interest, William Cafe, London, 1768

 

Pair George III Silver Clustered-Column Candlesticks

William Cafe, London, 1768
with Jacobite Interest :

for the Dukes of Gordon, from Letterfourie House (by Robert Adam)

A truly impressive design reflecting 17th century Huguenot design,
the standards with five banded columns below cast upright acanthus sconces
and removable French gadrooned sconces,
each cast cinquefoil base with acanthus decoration within a gadrooned border
and an oval boss with engraved Gordon crest and motto:

'A Hart's Head Couped ppr.', and Motto : 'Dum Sisto Vigilo'

12" High / The Foot, 6.25" Wide

 

Crest & Motto for Dukes of Gordon

 


 

George I Engraved Silver Snuff Box, Classical Scene, England, Unmarked, c1720-1725

 

George I Engraved Silver Snuff Box, Classical Scene

England, Unmarked, c1720-1725

The very heavy gauge silver box of usual early 18th century oval form
and with reeded base, sides and cover,
the lift-off lid nicely engraved with six draped figures and accompanied by a dog,

2-5/8" Long / 2.3 oz.

 


 

 

Victorian Silver Hunting Horn Vinaigrette & Scent Flask
Sampson Mordan & Co., London, 1872
The curved silver hunting horn with a hinged cover
set with a gilt George III token within a stylized anthemion type border,
opening to a gilt interior with hinged pierced floral and foliate grill,
the small end of the horn with screw top opening to a scent flask,
the exterior with attached suspensory chain, a small loop to the detaching scent lid
3" Long / 1.2 oz.

 


 

Costa Scena : A Cruise Along the Southern Coast of Kent

 

Costa Scena : A Cruise Along the Southern Coast of Kent
A Cased Strip Panorama, An Aquatint
"Dedicated to His Most Gracious Majesty George IV"

The Scenes Taken from Nature By Robert Havell Jr., Published London, 1823
Consisting of seven conjoined sheets unrolling to depict (from moving viewpoints)
the departure of George IV on his momentous State visit to Scotland, 23 August 1822,

aboard the 'Royal George'.
3 Inches High x 18.25 Feet Long

SOLD

 


 

Royal Interest : George III Large Silver-Gilt Onslow Straining or Sifting Ladle,Crested for Son of George III (Prince) Unmarked, c1775

 

Royal Interest :

George III Large Silver-Gilt Onslow Straining or Sifting Ladle,

Crested for Son of George III (Prince) Unmarked, c1775

The unusually large ladle of heavy gauge silver, for sifting or straining,
in the Onslow pattern, with a cast overscrolled terminal
and deep round finely foliate-pierced engraved bowl,
the terminal verso bearing a Royal crest beneath the scroll :
A lion statant gardant or, about the neck a label of three points,
resting on an Imperial crown
within the Order of the Garter, 'HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE',
beneath the Imperial Crown.
7.75" Long / Bowl Width, 3" / 2.8 oz.

 

SOLD

 

 


 

Rare Pair of French Faience Polychrome Seated Lions, Probably Luneville, c1800

 

Rare Pair of French Faience Polychrome Seated Lions

Probably Luneville, c1800

Whimsically painted in shades of black, gray and violets, with black-lined yellow manes,
each face with cobalt blue eyes, and showing teeth and tongue picked out in reds,
the ears laid back and pierced

18" Long x 14" High

 


 

Rare George II Silver Saucer-Form Domed Wine Taster, Joseph Saunders, London, 1738

 

Rare George II Silver Saucer-Form Domed Wine Taster
Joseph Sanders, London, 1738,

In the "Bordeaux" circular saucer form,
having a flared rim and high domed central section, the dome rising above the sides;
fully marked to the outer side;
this form considered by some to be the "only true ear;y English silver wine taster".
4" Diameter / 3.2 oz.

 


 

Three Fine Silver-Mounted Bottle Stoppers

 

Three Fine Silver-Mounted Bottle Stoppers : Left to Right :

 

Fine Victorian Cast Silver Heraldic Bottle Stopper, Murray, Dukes of Atholl (or Athole) and the Earls of Dunmore (Hennell) SOLD

 

Good George IV Silver Bottle Neck Ring and Silver-Mounted Bottle Stopper (Samuel Jackson) SOLD

 

Victorian Cast Silver Heraldic Bottle Stopper Bouchier, Earls of Essex and Ewe, & Barons of Bouchier (William Hunter) SOLD

 


 

George II Glass Sweetmeat Dish, c1750, with a William & Mary Silver Sucker Fork, 1691

George II Glass Sweetmeat Dish, c1750,

filled with candied citrus and cranberries,

having a dentelated rim and oversewn foot

Shown with

 A William and Mary Silver Sucket Fork

Adam King, London, 1691 (The Fork Sold)

 


 

Fine William IV Silver Military Thread Basting Spoon, Paul Storr 1835

 

Fine William IV Silver Military Thread Basting Spoon

Paul Storr, London, 1835

Crested for the family of Astley

Of heavy gauge silver, as expected with Storr wares,

the rare 'Military' variant of 'Old English Thread',
having a strong threaded 'pip' at the terminal

12.5" Long / 6.1 oz

 


 

Pair of George III Facet-Cut Glass Candlesticks. England, c1770

 

Pair of George III Facet-Cut Glass Candlesticks

England, c1770

Of fine quality, flat-cutting and weight,
the faceted sconces with dentelated drip rims over faceted nozzles over an annulated knop,
the diamond-faceted stems raised high domed feet with flat scalloped rims,
rough pontil scar to each verso
10.5" High, The Foot, 6" Wide / 52.4 oz Total Weight (4 lbs. 4.4 oz.)

 

 


 

George II Airtwist Cordial with Mercury Thread, c1750

 

George II Airtwist Cordial Glass
England, c1750

A quite heavy glass, having a round funnel bowl with fluted lower half,
over a long stem with multiple threads
around a central thick flattened "mercury" thread encircled by a further single thread,
raised on a conical foot with snapped pontil
6.5" High

 


 

Pair Brass &Sheet Brass Column Culstered Candlesticks,

 

Pair Brass &Sheet Brass Column Culstered Candlesticks

Netherlands, c1675

Showing Huguenot influence and cluster column design,
each having a square decorated socket over a medially-knopped fluted stem,
the drip-tray embossed with baskets of flowers and corner tulips,
over a cast square base also embossed with corner tulips centering dolphins and scrolls;
raised on four shaped feet, constructed in 3 parts
7 .75" High / 41.10 oz.

SOLD

 


 

Cylindrical 'BEAKERS' date back at least 6000 years - abundant in Biblical times.
These simple tapering vessels, traditionally for alcohol, came into Britain about 2500 BC.
There was even a western European Neolithic culture named "Beaker Folk".
British silver beakers are usually made in three parts :
the sides from a sheet which is hammered into the round, then seamed vertically; 
the base and foot wire applied separately - construction varying little through time.

However, silver beakers are comparatively rare from Queen Anne period :

 

Queen Anne Britannia Silver Beaker, William Gibson, London, 1702

 

Queen Anne Britannia Silver Beaker
William Gibson, London, 1702
Of heavy gauge silver in the Charles II form, the tapering circular body with
a part-fluted lower section below a rope-work border sided by punched decoration

3” High  /  3.8 oz.

 

 

George III Silver Beaker

Aaron Lestourgen, London, 1774

Of tapering cylindrical form, with gilt interior;

Crested for the family of Kirkby of Northwest England :

Willliam Comber Kirkby (Lancashire and Surrey), or his son William Kirkby (Co. Middlesex)

3.25" High / 4.8 oz.

SOLD

 

George III Silver Beaker

Charles Wright, London 1775

With arms for an unmarried daughter of the Browne family, Suffolk and Essex.

(likely either Anna Marie Browne or Charlotte Browne of Suffolk, prior to marriage)

3” High / 2.8 oz.

SOLD

 


 

Very Scarcce Pair George III Silver Nutcrackers, 1810 and Good Pair George V Silver Nutcrackers, Howosn

 

Very Scarcce Pair George III Silver Nutcrackers

Phipps & Robinson, London,1803

Of heavy gauge silver, the reversible nutcrackers with a central pivot
between ribbed paddles extending into tapering cylindrical and reeded handles
ending in reeded ball finials; fully marked

5.25" Long / 4.4 oz.

with a  

Good Pair George V Silver Nutcrackers

George Howson, London, 1926

The reversible nutcrackers with a central pivot between pierced and incised oval holders,
tapering reeded handles, one engraved with conjoined Gothic initials 'ASI',
each handle fully marked
6.5" Long / 7.8 oz.


 
WILLIAM & MARY SILVER TOT CUP, Ralph Leake, London, 1695

 

 

WILLIAM & MARY SILVER TOT CUP, Ralph Leake, London, 1695, arms

 

William & Mary Silver Tot Cup
Ralph Leeke (Leake), London, 1695

The small girdled cup cup bearing the marriage arms of a Continental Marquis;
marked verso : within a shield, RL a trefoil below, and a lion passant

2-3/8" High / 3 oz. 

 

Tot cups are small drinking vessels, sometimes with a single handle, or handleless, in beaker form.
They are usually footed and dram size (about two inches).
Tot cups are said to be predecessors of the later Georgian "stirrup cups" -
so popular in both silver and ceramic from the mid-18th century forward.
Tot cups, like stirrup cups, were likely handed to riders before or after a hunt,
and meant to be drunk without putting the vessel down.

SOLD 

 


 

Fine & Heavy Pair of Victorian Silver Salad Servers, Kings Pattern

 

John Lias & Henry John Lias, London 1850 & 5

Of heavy gauge silver, the spoon and shaped 'runcible fork' double-struck in the King's pattern
with a concave shell to the terminals, a raised anthemion to the shaft,

and concave shell to the heels,
each terminal also crested with a boar's head erased
over a contemporary conjoined cypher WMW
12" Long / 14.9 oz.

  

 


 

George III Scottish Provincial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup. William Young, Dundee, Scotland, c1810

 

George III Scottish Provincial Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup
William Young, Dundee, Scotland, c1810
The nut in exceptional condition,
the upper rim silver-mounted with stylized leaf-form edge,
the lower mount joined with a corresponding leaf-form edge
the rim struck once to the rim and three times to the underside WY
6.25" High / Bowl Width, 3.75" / 6.5

 


 

18th Century Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup and Cover

 

18th Century Silver-Mounted Coconut Cup and Cover

Unmarked to the Body, Cover Maker's Mark Rubbed, Probably Continental

The silver-lined ovoid bowl having silver mounts with fish-scale diapering & pierced border,

supported by three silver Atlanteans over a knopped pedestal stem

and stepped base, also with scale diapering,

the coconut cover with knopped silver finial and escutcheon

10" High

 SOLD

 


 

 

Bow Scroll Pattern Plate, & Dublin Delft Scroll Pattern Plate, after the Bow

England, c1750-2, & Ireland, c1755-60

The Bow an exact copy of a Chinese export original;

Bow example exhibited English Ceramic Circle 1948, with label and reference number 154;

(The above plate is cited in Bow Porcelain, Geoffrey Freeman, p.57, Pl. 67. as "the Toppin example",

with reference to "E.C.C. Catalog 1948, pl. 34, no. 154");

for further discussion of this plate, see Bow Porcelain, Adams  & Redstone, p.87-8, Pl. 19

Bow influence on Dublin delftwares discussed Irish Delftware (2000), Francis, pp. 105-6

9.25" & 8.75" Diameter

 


 

, Persia, c1900

Fine & Rare Antique Bijar Soumak with Full Kelim Endings
Persia, c1900
Very finely woven,all vegetal dyes and wool warp and weft;

Original long kelim endings
4'10" x 3'6"

 


 

Louis XV Provincial Silver Wine Taster, Jean-Francois Jouet, 1765-66, Bordeaux, France 

 

Louis XV Provincial Silver Wine Taster
Jean-Francois Jouet, 1765-66, Bordeaux, France 
The form characteristic of the province of Bordeaux,
having a shallow round circular bowl with tapering sides
and a high domed center rising above the rim, raised on a 'collet foot'
4" Diameter / 2.25 oz

SOLD

 


 

Rare & Fine Old Shefffield Plate Butter Tub & Cover

 

Rare & Fine Old Shefffield Plate Butter Tub & Cover

Tudor & Co., England, c1780

With star cut blue glass liner, the center medallion engraved in script CY,

as well as the cover interior, the cover interior and base also engraved Y over I*S;
star-cut blue glass liner

Literature : Old Sheffield Plate : A History of the 18th Century Plated Trade,

Crosskey, op cit. p.382

6.5" High x 9.25" Over Handles, 4.5" Deep

SOLD

 


 

George III Silver Goblet,John Swift, London, 1799

 

George III Silver Goblet

John Swift, London, 1799

The ovoid body crested for Jolliffe (Somerset) :

a cubit arm erect, vested and cuffed,
the sleeve charged with a pils arg., holding in the hand a scimit
ar
inscribed beneath the foot for a marriage :
H over I * M and 1780;

gilt interior and beaded collar and footrim

6" High / 7 oz.

 

 

SOLD

 


 

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña, 'Venus Surrounded by Cherubs'

 

Narcisse Virgile Diaz de la Peña

'Venus Surrounded by Cherubs'

(French 1808-1876) (Attr.)
Oil on Panel over Pencil
Signed Lower Center N. Diaz and dated 54
Exhibition of the French Masters, 1951, No. 18; Marlborough Fine Art, London

 

 

 


 

Theresa Bernstein, Central Park, 1917

 

Theresa Ferber Bernstein

New York / Massachusetts (1890-2002)

"Sunny Path, Central Park, c1917"

Oil on board / Signed lower right

Image Size : 9" Wide x 11.5" High

 

Exhibited: New York : Empire City. Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, 

bearing affixed paper label verso

 

Boldly painted in directional impasto manner, this small figurative image depicts life in Central Park

in the early 20th century.  The strength of the work is exactly what Ms. Bernstein was so well known for :

"rapid, fluid brushwork, innovative color play, and fresh approach";

"plein-air landscape painting with startling color contrasts and bright accents of light".

The combination of energetic contrasts of light, line, freedom and precision in the work are completely

arresting, as well as the simple examination of life and activities in a more romanticized era gone by -

executed with passion but without sentimentality. 

 

Ms. Bernstein lived to be 111 years old.  A member of the Ash Can School as early as 1910,

she continued to produce "vibrant canvases" for 8 more decades.

We are pleased to offer this exceptional "vibrant canvas".

 

SOLD

 


 

William & Mary Silver Tumbler Cup, London 1692

arms for the family of Rogers (Rodgers, Roger)

 

William & Mary Silver Tumbler Cup, London 1692

IC in a shaped punch, a mullet below

(Jackson's Revised, p.137, as found on 2 tankards, 1685-6, and a toy porringer 1691-2)

Bearing arms for the family of Rogers (Rodgers, Roger)

2-7/8" High, 3-3/8" Wide / 4.8 oz

SOLD

 


 

Good George III Silver Scissor-Form Wax-Jack & Snuffers, S. C. Young & Co., Sheffield, 1815, crested with a greyhound's head, couped & collared; heavy gauge silver Pair Silver Neoclassical Tapersticks, c1770, Sheffield or Continental, 7.5' High Pair Silver Neoclassical Tapersticks, c1770, Sheffield or Continental, 7.5' High Fine & Rare Pair South Staffordshire Enamel on Copper Tapersticks, unusually well painted, 6.5' High Fine & Rare Pair South Staffordshire Enamel on Copper Tapersticks, unusually well painted, 6.5' High

 

Pair 18th Century Silver Neoclassical Tapersticks

Pair c1760-5

Sheffield England, or possibly Continental

Unmarked to the silver, bird in flight in the nozzle interior; tests as silver

7.5" High

 

Rare & Fine Pair of South Staffordshire Enamel on Copper Tapersticks

England, c1760-65

With exquisite and detailed en camaieu puce
classical vignettes of figures in landscapes with castle towers

6.5" High

 

George III Silver Scissor-Form Wax Jack

S. C. Young & Co., Sheffield, 1815

Of finest quality, marked to body and snuffer

Crested : a greyhound's head, couped & collared (Fairbairn's 61.2)

5.5” High /  6.2 oz. (SOLD)

 


 

Two South Staffordshire Enamel on Copper Scent Flasks with original cut glass stoppered bottles

 

Two South Staffordshire Enamel on Copper Scent Flasks

England, c1775

With Original Cut Glass Stoppered Bottles

2.5 adn 2.25" High

Previously with Manheim NYC

SOLD

 


 

Carl Wuttke,Park in Tokoyo During the Cherry Blossoms, oil on canvas, 1898

 

Carl Wuttke

German (Munich) 1849 - 1927

Park in Tokyo During The Cherry Blossoms

Oil on canvasboard  / Signed l.l. / Panel size : 7 5/8" x 10 7/8"

Titled l.r. "Tokyo” and dated “26.05.(18)98."

    

 In 1897-99, Carl Wuttke undertook a world tour, during which he visited China and Japan. In Tokyo in 1898, he painted the

above cherry blossoms in bloom.  This small jewel-like painting is in the best of Wuttke's style, executed with spontaneous and

energetic brushwork, and with luminous colors.  There are areas of absolutely brilliant impasto work, uniquely imbuing the Munich

 School with the brushwork of French Impressionism. It is perfection at all levels, and enchanting to view.


 

Charles II Silver Wine Taster, Prick-Engraved "1661" & "H over I.A" 

 

Charles II Silver Wine Taster
Prick-Engraved "1661" & "H over I.A" 

The shallow circular bowl chased with tulip floral and leaf decoration,
the sides with leaves and the center showing the upright bloom sided by leaves.
the sides with clipped twist handles
4.5" wide / 1.52 oz.

SOLD

 


 

Five Silver Thimbles, dating from 1620 to c1770,

 

Summer Stories : A Tale of Thimbles

Five Silver Thimbles, dating from 1620 to c1770,

and written to be shared with children.

It also features children's fashion concurrent with the timbles dates.

SOLD

 


 

Pair English Delft in Manganese and Polychrome, Bristol, 1740-50, and a English Delft Woolsack Charger in Manganese and Blue,  Probably Liverpool c1745-55 Pair English Delft in Manganese and Polychrome, Bristol, 1740-50 Pair English Delft in Manganese and Polychrome, Bristol, 1740-50 English Delft Woolsack Charger in Manganese and Blue,  Probably Liverpool c1745-55

 

Pair of Bristol Manganese & Polychrome Plates

England, c1740-50

9-1/8" Diameter

Ref : An identical plate is shown in "Delftware in The Fitzwilliam Museum", Archer

 

Good English Delft Manganese & Blue & White Woolsack Charger

Probably Liverpool, c1745-55

14-1/8" Diameter

Provenance: Garry Atkins, London, March 1993
*"Woolsack" refers to a sack containing wool, as well as the official seat of the Lord Chancellor in the House of Lords.
While some are of a square tufted form, this 6-tufted version is also somewhat reminiscent of lotus reserves on Chinese porcelain.

 


 

George III Pear Form Tea Caddy, England, c1790-1810, retaining original key   George III Apple Form Tea Caddy, England, c17990-1810, with steel escutcheon

 

George III Fruitwood Tea Caddy, in the form of a Pear

Or large size, retaining the original Key

England, c1790-1810

6" High

SOLD

 

George III Fruitwood Apple-Form Tea Caddy

Of large size, with steel eschucheon

England, c1790-1810

4.5" High

SOLD

 

Perhaps there is no better symbol for the English Yuletide "wassailing of fruit trees" than the turned fruitwood tea caddy

Introduced in the late 18th century, these fruit-forms are today probably the most sought-after of all caddies

There is conjecture that these caddies were made in imitation of the early 18th century Chinese pears and aubergines. 

English (and German) examples were predominately apples and pears;
however cantaloupes, aubergines, and even strawberries and pineapples have been found. 
Unlike the Chinese caddies, which had contrasting woods and screw-on lids,

the European models were simply polished or varnished, having loosely fitted hinged lids that were lifted by means of a stalk

- many of with have been broken or lost.  The interiors were lined with foil, now softly disintegrated through years of use.

Such is their popularity that many imitations are still made today,.

However these caddies date from the late 18th or early 19th century English Georgian period.

 


 

 

Rare Queen Anne Stained Burr Maple and Kingwood Traveling Bureau

England, c1710

 

The burr maple veneer “stained” in lampblack to resemble tortoiseshell – in the manner of cabinetmakers John Coxed and Thomas Wooster (1690-1736) – banded to the edges and center with kingwood, the surfaces radiant and now softly faded to a glorious color; having a rectangular top above a sloping fall (with original lock and key), and opening to a veneered surface and green morocco-lined recess, the sides with brass carrying handles; the lower section with a pull-out dressing mirror flanked by rectangular lopers, having a shallow drawer fitted for two inkwells to one side, the other side with a vacant deep drawer, the whole raised on a moulded plinth above shallow bracket feet

 

Lampblack “stained” maple or elm is often referred to as “mulberry”.

Most “tortoiseshell-like” surfaces, and likewise the small bureaus, were produced by

John Coxed, and Coxed and Wooster from c1700 through 1720, most c 1705-10.   

 

SOLD

 


 

Three George II Silver Escutcheon Bottle Tickets, c1739-50, c1739-50

 

Three George II Silver Escutcheon Bottle Tickets, c1739-50

'MOUNTAIN' James Slater, London, 1739-50 (SOLD)

'CLARET' Thomas Rush, London c1740

'WHITE.WINE' William Cripps, London, 1743-50

Each Priced Separately

 

("Mountain" is a fortified dessert wine, sweet and dark, from the Malaga area of Spain.

It was very popular during the whole of the 18th century, but rarely found later.)

"Wine Labels", E.W. Whitworth, p.55

 


 

GEORGE III SILVER KITCHEN

NUTMEG GRATER, Royal Interest

Thomas Phipps, James Phipps II Edward Robinson II, London, 1812; Royal Coronet over AF

Most likely for Prince Augustus Frederick,

Duke of Sussex

  

Of heavy gauge, the mounted curved blue steel body sided by gadrooned uprights and a shell and foliate

handle, the lower end hinged and monogrammed

with a coronet above conjoined initials "AF";

fully marked on body and lid.

 

                                                                                     

4-5/8” High / 3.8 Oz.

 SOLD

                                                                                                                              

 


 

Karl Julius Heinrich Yens,The Famous Jenisch Park, Elbe Germany,

  

Karl Julius Heinrich Yens

German / American / California, 1868-1945

The Famous Jenisch Park, Elbe Germany, 1931, Oil on Panel, 10" x 13"

Provenance : Laguna Beach Museum of Art, Laguna Beach CA

 

Karl Julius Yens immigrated from Germany to Southern California in 1901,

and was one of the early Laguna plein air  painters. 

This scene, however, was done on a return trip to Hamburg in 1931. 

It was deaccessed from the collection of the Laguna Art Museum,

and bears the historical information from the Laguna Museum verso.

The frame appears to be original.

 


 

Matched Set of 3 William & Mary / William III Trefid Spoons, ARchgold, c1692-99

 

Matched Set of 3 William & Mary / William III Trefid Spoons

Francis Archbold, 1699 ;1692, mark rubbed, poss. Archbold ; 1694, John Cory

Each crested en suite : a talbot’s head out of a mural coronet

(Amory - Somerset or Co Clare, Ireland; South Carolina Interest):

7 5/8" Long / 4.5 oz.

   

Trefid spoons are the first form of the modern spoon, the earliest trefid being recorded in 1662.  They became more common in the 1670’s, only being made until c1700.  During the 17th century, even the wealthy usually possessed only one silver spoon, and would carry it about on the person when traveling.  This set of three spoons was assembled in the late 18th or early 19th century, and bears the crest of the collector.  Francis Archbold and John Cory both shown to be working concurrently at the "signe of the Golden Cupp" -

Cory from 1697-1722, and Archbold c1700. 

 


 

First Period Worcester Dolphin Ewer Creamboat

 

First Period Worcester Dolphin Ewer Creamboat

England, c1775

 

The small shell molded body and a biting lamprey handle, having two entwined dolphins below the lip,

painted in polychrome enamels with floral sprigs in the “Compagnie des Indes” manner,

the footrim with various shell and lambrequin moldings; gilt edged rim

 

Several factories produced versions of the “Dolphin Ewer”, mostly in blue and white.  Worcester examples

 date from the late 1760’s with the molding picked out in bright colors.  Later examples with formal 

enameled flowers are uncommon at Worcester; however, Lowestoft examples are more plentiful.

  3-3/8" High x 4" Long

 


 

Jessie Arms Botke, “Carmel by the Sea, Peacock and Cockatoos”

 

Jessie Arms Botke

American (Illinois/California) 1883-1971

“Carmel by the Sea, Peacock and Cockatoos”

Oil on Canvasboard

Signed and titled verso: Jessie Arms Botke, Carmel by the Sea Calif.

  Provenance: Gifted to the family from the artist

Panel Size: 6.5" x 12"

   

Jesse Arms Botke discovered the peacock when commissioned by the Herter Looms (NY) to paint murals for Billie Burke's home

at Hastings-on-the-Hudson. She had not seen peacocks before, first discovering them at the New York zoo. "It was love at first

sight and has been ever since," she recalled.  She later stated, concerning her love for birds:

   

“My interest in birds was not sentimental, it was always what sort of pattern they made, and the white peacock was so

appealing because it was a simple, but beautiful white form to be silhouetted against dark background, and the texture

and pattern of the lacy tail broke the harshness of the white mass without losing the simplicity of the pattern.”

  

The work of Jessie Arms Botke is represented in many major collections and museums, including The Art Institute of Chicago,

The Carnegie Art Museum, The Irvine Museum, and The Norton Gallery of Art. Her murals are housed in the University of Chicago

and the Oxnard California Public Library.

 


 

Scarce George II One-Piece Silver Apple Corer, England, c1740-50

 

Scarce George II One-Piece Silver Apple Corer
England, c1740-50
The pre-1750s one-piece form of good gauge silver and usual cylindrical form,
the blade of conforming half-circular shape,
the central girdle and bulbous end with incised concentric lines;
marked to the junction between corer and haft with T (device) H beneath a crown

SOLD

 


 

George I / II Walnut Upholstered Stool. c1720-40

 

George I / II Walnut Upholstered Stool
England, c1720-40
The rectangular shaped seatrail raised on four cabriole legs
having shaped returns and ending in pointed and slightly upturned pad feet,
surmounted by a padded velvet-upholstered seat
16.75" High x 20.5" Wide x 16.5" Deep


 

George II Irish Carved Mahogany Stool with Celtic masks, c1740

 

George II Irish Carved Mahogany Stool

Ireland, c1740

The deep convex apron centering a Celtic 'green man' mask

raised on four shell headed cabriole legs

ending in ball and claw feet below protruding 'fetlocks'

15" High (The Frame), 16.5" to Crest, x 21" Long c 15.5" Deep

SOLD

 


 

A Good George III Cuban Mahogany Candlestand, Taymouth Castle and Holyrood, c1765 

 

A Good George III Cuban Mahogany Candlestand

Probably Scotland, (Francis Brodie), Taymouth Castle & Holyrood, c1765

the base verso bearing the remains of a paper label :

('BROUGHT TO TAYMOUTH FROM THE MARQUIS OF

BREADALBANE'S APARTMENTS AT HOLYROOD, MAY 16, 1860')

30.25" High; 12.25" Square

SOLD

Shown With a

Queen Anne / George I Heavy Baluster Small Wine Glass, England, c1710-20

and a

George III Pierced Silver Bougie Box, Edward Aldridge II, London 1768

 

 


 

 

 

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