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
(Home Page: www.mfordcreech.com)
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Accessories / Ceramics / Early Asian / Fine Art / Furniture / Glassware / Silver
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In The Company of "Small Cups"
Click For 'A Catalog Featuring A Few Small British Drinking Cups, c1690-1774'
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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
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"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)
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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
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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.

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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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

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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.
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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.
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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
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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

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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
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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.
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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
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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)
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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
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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.)
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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
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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
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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
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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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"
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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
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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
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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 scimitar
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
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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

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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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
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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

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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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
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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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