Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Summer Catalogue Sale (Day 1 of 2)
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 13th July 2012 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Sunday 8 July 11 am to 4 pm
Monday 9 July 9 am to 4 pm
Tuesday 10 July 9 am to 4 pm
Wednesday 11 July 9 am to 4 pm
Thursday 12 July 9 am to 4 pm
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Auction Lots - Page 1

Friday 13 July at 10.00am in Saleroom 1

GLASS

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A Pair of Crizzled Glass Goblets, perhaps Baccarat, circa 1850, the moulded bell shape bowls on hexagonal baluster opaque twist stems and moulded circular foot with gilt borders, 20.5cm high £150 - 200
2
A Pair of Bohemian White Overlay Red Glass Table Lustres, circa 1860, the everted rims cut and gilt with leaf panels hung with faceted buttons and cut spears on panelled stems with annulated knops on cut and gilt leaf moulded circular bases, 30.5cm high £200 - 300
3
A Bohemian Silver Mounted Amethyst Overlay Clear Glass Decanter and Stopper, late 19th/early 20th century, of baluster form with urn shaped knop, engraved with rose sprays on clear arcaded panels, on a pierced and engraved foliate scroll ground, 24.5cm £200 - 300
4
A Bohemian Cranberry Glass Baluster Vase, late 19th century, with flared neck and circular foot, the body with opaque white raised oval panel with bust portrait of a young girl, on a gilt foliage ground within anthemion borders, 31cm high; and A Pair of Bohemian Green Glass Vases, late 19th century, with flared hexafoil rims over tapering cylindrical bodies on ball feet with opaque white raised oval panels with bust portraits of young ladies on a gilt foliate ground, 32cm high (3) £600 - 800
5
A Pair of Triple Ring Necked Ship's Decanters, 19th century, with fluted stoppers over oval cut rings and panel shoulders, on diamond cut bodies and panelled bases, 26cm high; and A Similar Pair of Spirit Decanters, with thistle shape stoppers, 27cm high (4) £200 - 300
6
A Cut Glass Water Jug, circa 1830, with prismatic lip and neck over a panel shoulder and slightly flared body cut with arched panels of strawberry and diamond cutting flanked by fluted panels, 19.5cm high; An Ale Flute, circa 1820, the rounded funnel bowl engraved with hops and barley on a squat baluster stem and circular foot, 20cm high; and A Similar Smaller Example, on a plain stem, 14.5cm high (3) £150 - 250
7
A Wine Glass Commemorating the Death of Queen Caroline, the glass circa 1765, the engraving circa 1822, the rounded funnel bowl engraved with a crowned C on a double series opaque twist stem, the foot engraved with a band inscribed REMEMBER THE DEATH and with stars, 16cm high £200 - 300
8
A "Bristol Blue" Taperstick, possibly late 18th century, the socket with flared rim and basal knop on baluster stem with basal knop and domed circular foot, 15cm high £150 - 250
9
A Set of Three "Bristol" Blue Decanters and Stoppers, with wrythen knops and necks on octagonal bases, 40cm high; and A Plated Trefoil Stand, with spade handle and foliate angles, on paw feet (4) £300 - 500
10
A Pair of Cut Glass Spirit Decanters and Two Stoppers, circa 1800, with disc knops, panelled and collared necks, a band of diamond cutting to the shoulder and basal flutes, 24cm high (one and possibly both stoppers matched) £100 - 150
11
A Matched Set of Four Green Wine Glasses, circa 1800, the drawn funnel bowls on plain stems and circular feet, 12.5cm and 13cm high £100 - 150
12
A Wine Glass, circa 1775, the ogee bowl cut with a meandering band of stars on an hexagonal faceted stem and heavy faceted foot, 13cm high £150 - 250
13
An Opaque Twist Wine Glass, circa 1760, the bell shaped bowl on a double knopped stem and circular foot, 16cm high £80 - 120
14
A Green Glass Roemer, late 18th century, the ovoid bowl on through hollow stem with beaded trail border and prunts on a semi-trailed foot, 12.5cm high; and A Similar Glass, the ovoid bowl on a cylindrical hollow stem and circular foot, 12cm high (2) £150 - 200
15
A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the drawn trumpet bowl on a two-ply mercury air twist stem and circular foot, 16.5cm high; A Wine Glass, circa 1750, the bell shape bowl on a teared plain stem and folded foot, 15.5cm; and A Soda Glass Wine Glass, the trumpet bowl on an air twist stem, 18cm (3) £150 - 250
16
A Wine Glass, circa 1750, the bell shape bowl on a four-knopped air twist stem, 18cm high; and A Wine Glass, circa 1750, the bell shape bowl on a multi-series air twist stem with vermicular collar, 16.5cm high (2) £120 - 180
17
A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the rounded funnel bowl on a single series multi-ply corkscrew stem, 15.5cm high; A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the rounded funnel bowl with basal hammering on a double series air twist stem, 15cm high; and A Wine Glass, circa 1750, the rounded funnel bowl on a multi-series air twist stem, 14.5cm high (3) £200 - 300
18
An Ale Flute, circa 1750, the trumpet bowl on multi-spiral air twist stem, 20.5cm high; and A Similar Glass, 18cm high (2) £150 - 200
19
A Double-Walled Salt, circa 1730, the globular bowl with remains of original silvering, on circular foot, 5.5cm high; A Double-Walled Salt, circa 1730, 5cm high; A Miniature Sweetmeat, circa 1790, the ribbed bowl on knopped stem, 6cm high; and A Bonnet Glass, circa 1770, with moulded bowl, 7.5cm high (4) £120 - 180
20
A Colour Twist Wine Glass, in 18th century style, the bell shaped bowl on a blue, red and white twist stem and circular foot, 16.5cm high; and Another Wine Glass, the bell shaped bowl engraved with a rose bud and flower sprig on a plain cylindrical stem and folded foot, 16.5cm high (2) £200 - 300
21
A Sweetmeat Glass, circa 1750, the lipped ogee bowl with basal blade knop on an eight-sided Silesian stem and domed folded foot, 16cm; and An Ale Glass, circa 1760, the wrythen fluted flamiform conical bowl on a circular foot, 10cm high (2) £150 - 200
22
A Wine Glass, circa 1770, the vertically fluted rounded funnel bowl on a faceted stem and circular foot, 14.5cm high; An Ale Flute, circa 1775, with semi-faceted bowl and faceted stem, 17cm high; and Another Ale Flute, with faceted stem, 18.5cm high (3) £200 - 300
23
A Composite Stem Wine Glass, circa 1740, the trumpet bowl on a beaded centre knop and domed foot, 17cm high; and An Ale Flute, circa 1760, the semi-fluted trumpet bowl on plain stem and folded foot, 15.5cm high (2) £200 - 300
24
A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the flared bucket bowl on an opaque twist stem, 15.5cm high; A Wine Glass, circa 1760, the semi-fluted rounded funnel bowl on opaque twist stem, 15cm high; and An Ale Flute, circa 1760, the rounded funnel bowl on opaque twist stem, 17cm (3) £200 - 300
25
A Matched Set of Three Air Twist Wine Glasses, circa 1750, the pan topped bowls on double knopped stems and circular feet, 16-17cm high £400 - 600
26
A Wine Glass, circa 1740, the bell shaped bowl on bobbin knopped stem and folded conical foot, 15.5cm high £200 - 300
27
A French Wine Glass, 18th century, the dimpled conical bowl on plain stem, 13.5cm high; and A Similar Wine Glass, on a baluster stem, 13cm high (2) £80 - 120
28
Six Early Glass Vessels, late Roman period, probably Syrian, 3rd/4th century AD, comprising bowl 8.5cm, two long-necked phials 15.5cm and 17.5cm, a tear bottle 9cm (broken), a dimpled vase with trumpet neck 11.5cm, and a fluted bottle with rounded base and trumpet neck 14cm; and A Small Olive Green Bottle, with flattened sides and flared rim (probably 16th/17th century) 3.5cm (7) £250 - 300
29
A Bohemian Zwischengoldglas Beaker, circa 1730-40, decorated in colours with a hunting scene amongst trees with some figures relaxing with dogs, the exterior of the beaker with plain vertical facets, with plain red stained glass disk inset into the base, 8.5cm high £400 - 600
30
A Bohemian Zwischengoldglas Beaker, circa 1730-40, worked in colours with a continuous mountainous scene with castle, equestrian figures and ships, with repeat leaf band in gilt to the base, with red stained stag hunt decorated inset disk to the base, the external wall cut with vertical facets, 8.6cm high; Another Similar, with equestrian battle scene, a hare hunt with dogs to the disk in the base, 9.5cm high; Another, with blue/fawn marbled effect, 9.5cm; and A Small Beaker Similar, plain, with associated red stained medallion depicting the Madonna to the base, 6.9cm (4)
See Sotheby's Olympia, 18 July 2007, lot 85 for a pair of beakers similar to the first two in this lot. £250 - 350
31
A Venetian Enamelled and Metal Mounted Scent Bottle, by Osvaldo Brussa, Murano, Venice, circa 1750, of round shouldered cylindrical shape, with silver gilt silver screw thread cap with nail punched decoration, the main body enamelled with a goldfinch perched on flowering jasmine flanked by blue comfrey, tulips, lily of the valley, hyacinths and other flowers beneath a tear drop shoulder band and beaded basal band, 9.2cm high
For similar examples see Von Saldern (Axel) & Klesse (Brigitte) 500 Jahre Glaskunst, pg.365 and Tate (Hugh) The Golden Age of Venetian Glass, pg.129. Also see Mariacher (Giovanni) Vetri Italiani del Rinascimento, pg.83 for a painting of Osvaldo Brussa holding a glass decorated with a finch similar to the present example. £3000 - 5000
32
A German/Bohemian Enamelled Kurfürstenhumpen, dated 1595, of swollen cylindrical form with a gilded band below the rim, enamelled with green and red dots and beading, the main body with a continuous frieze depicting Holy Roman Emperor enthroned (the dais dated 1595), flanked by four electors on his left side and three further electors on his right side, each titled to their state, including BRANDENBERG, PFALZ and TRIER, and COLLEN (Cologne), standing full length flanked by a lily-of-the-valley spray, and with multiple line inscriptions in white enamel to the base and below the rim, 27.5cm high £5000 - 7000
33
A German/Bohemian Pewter-Mounted Enamelled Glass Krug, dated 1660, the compressed ovoid body with frontal leaf edged panel with inscription MARTHA TUTZSCHTUM FRIEDE SEN MIT RUCHE 1660, flanked by bold leaves and globular flowerheads and lily of the valley, the pewter hinged flat lid engraved with initials GJ 1677 with spherical thumb lift, simple C shape handle with blue enamel fringed detail and circular foot, 20cm high £2000 - 3000
34
A Silesian "Zwischengoldglas" Glass, Warmbrunn, circa 1790, by Johann Sigismund Menzel, the semi-ovoid bowl copper wheel engraved with a view over a named spa town, titled below WARMBRUNN and at the top GEBÜRGS GEGEND, centrally inset with a Zwischengold oval medallion with inscription ZUM ANDENKEN AUS WARMBRUN, engraved with initials to the reverse HJ, faceted bowl base and swept panelled stem to an octagonal foot, 14.2cm high £500 - 700
35
A Silesian Zwischengoldglas Silhouette Portrait Glass, circa 1790, by Johann Sigismund Menzell, the semi-ovoid bowl with two Zwischengold oval silhouette portraits of a lady and gentleman, the reverse with a similar panel inscribed Dem Biedern Freunde Seidler zum Andenken der Freundschafft Gewidmet within engraved laurel and vine cartouche above a cut honeycomb band on an octagonal swept foot, 12.5cm high
See Sotheby's Concise Encyclopaedia of Glass, pg.88, for a discussion of the production of Zwichengoldglas in Warmbrunn and the portrait silhouette glasses produced there by Johann Sigismund Menzell (1744-1810). For a similar pair of portrait mugs see Sotheby's London, 5 June 2007, lot 148. £1000 - 1500
36
A Ranftbecher, Vienna, circa 1830, in the manner of Anton Kothgasser, of typical flared conical shape with a continuous frieze of a group of four deer (including two stags) at the edge of a forest in a mountainous landscape, with solid gilded cog wheel base, 10.9cm high
Anton Kothgasser was a decorator at the Vienna porcelain factory until 1816 when he opened an independent decorating studio in Vienna employing various decorators. £500 - 700
37
A Pair of Mercuric Gilded and Kaltmalerei Decorated Circular Shallow Dishes, Central European, 18th century, the central solid gilt ground with a tulip spray of flowers within marbled borders and flowers in cartouches linked by baroque strapwork medallions, each on the reverse with pine cone and quadruple leaf motif in gilt, 24.5cm diameter £500 - 700

BRITISH CERAMICS

38
A George Jones Majolica Jardinière, circa 1880, moulded with seagulls, fish and shell fish picked out in typical colours, painted pattern number and applied registration mark for 1880, 16cm high £300 - 400
39
A Minton Majolica Pineapple Moulded Jug, circa 1860, with leaf moulded spout, neck and handle picked out in typical green and yellow glazes, impressed marks, 1858 registration mark, 26cm high £200 - 300
40
A Pair of Minton Porcelain Figures of the Royal Children, mid 19th century, each in florid dress wearing feathered hats, sitting on a dogs, on green washed oval bases with moulded and gilt scroll borders, he incised 67, 13.5cm high £400 - 600
41
A Minton Pâte-sur-Pâte Plate, dated 1902, decorated by Alboine Birks, with a winged cherub throwing fruit from an apple tree on a brown ground within an octagonal gilt border on a gilt pebbled ground within a moulded and pierced lobed border, with shells and waves picked out in gilding, AB monogram, printed mark in gilt and impressed marks and date code, 23cm diameter
For a similar plate signed by Alboine Birks, previously in the Minton Museum Collection, see Phillips, Bond Street, 23 July 2002, lot 197. £300 - 500
42
A Minton Pâte-sur-Pâte Plate, dated 1902, by Alboine Birks, with Cupid sitting on a branch on a blue ground within a gilt square panel on a pebbled gilt ground within a pierced and moulded shell and wave border picked out in pale pink enamel and gilt, AB monogram, printed mark in gilt, impressed marks and date code, 23cm diameter
For a similar plate signed by Alboine Birks, previously in the Minton Museum Collection, see Phillips, Bond Street, 23 July 2002, lot 197. £300 - 500
43
A Minton Pâte-sur-Pâte Plate, dated 1905, decorated with a winged cherub holding a birthday cake while standing on a tree branch on a blue ground within a rectangular gilt panel on a pebbled gilt ground within a pierced and moulded border of shells and waves picked out in pale pink and gilt, apparently unsigned, printed mark in gilt and impressed marks and date code, 23cm diameter
For a similar plate signed by Alboine Birks, previously in the Minton Museum Collection, see Phillips, Bond Street, 23 July 2002, lot 197. £300 - 500
44
A Pair of Royal Worcester Porcelain Baluster Vases and Covers, 1901, painted by Harry Chare, with a shaped oval panel of roses on a blue ground with gilt flower sprigs within moulded leaf and swag borders, signed, printed marks in green, 25cm high £400 - 600
45
A Royal Worcester Porcelain Baluster Vase and Cover, 1959, painted by John Freeman, of lobed form, the pierced domed cover with minaret finial, painted with a still life of fruit on a mossy bank within moulded and gilt strapwork borders, signed, printed marks in black, 20cm high £500 - 700
46
A Royal Worcester Porcelain Pear Shaped Vase, 1917, painted by Harry Stinton with two highland cattle in a misty landscape above a gilt circular socle, signed, printed mark in puce, 16cm high £400 - 600
47
A Belleek Porcelain Basket and Cover, late 19th century, of oval form with crabstock handles, a basketweave ground applied in high relief with shamrocks, thistles and roses, impressed strap mark, 29.5cm wide £200 - 300
48
A Liverpool Delft Punch Bowl, dated 1771, painted possibly by William Jackson in blue with the inscription Succefs to Gowan Hall and Sally Hall Remember Me When diftant be 1771 within a lattice and flowerhead border, the exterior with a spray and sprig of chinoiserie flowers, 26cm diameter
See Archer (Michael) Delftware, The Tin Glazed Earthenware of the British Isles, pg.309, item 42 for a discussion of inscriptions found on similar pieces with a distinctive small dot on the top of the upper ends of the letters S and C, and also the floral decoration to the exterior. £800 - 1200
49
A William Greatbatch Creamware Teapot and Cover, of baluster form with strap handle, leaf sheathed spout and pierced arcaded rim, the domed cover with ball finial, printed in black and overpainted in colours with The Prodigal Son in Misery and The Prodigal Son in Excefs in panels on a marbled ground with panels of flower sprigs, 15.5cm high
Provenance: Ex David Drakard Collection
Exhibited: Northern Ceramics Society Exhibition, Manchester 1976, item 128 and Northern Ceramics Society 1986 Exhibition, item 7. £500 - 700
50
A Creamware Frog Mug, circa 1770, of cylindrical form, inscribed WHEN I DRINK ITS MY DELIGHT TO ENJOY MY FRIEND AND SMOKE A PIPE within a ribbon tied foliate cartouche, the interior with naturalistically modelled frog, 12cm high; and A Staffordshire Porcelain Christening Mug, painted en grisaille with a girl and dog and initialled LP, 8cm (2) £300 - 400
Auction Details - AUCTION ALREADY HELD
Summer Catalogue Sale (Day 1 of 2)
Auctioneer: Tennants Auctioneers Location: The Auction Centre, Leyburn
Contact: Telephone: +44 (0) 1969 623780 Facsimile: +44 (0) 1969 624281
Date: 13th July 2012 Time: 10:00AM
Details: Viewing:
Sunday 8 July 11 am to 4 pm
Monday 9 July 9 am to 4 pm
Tuesday 10 July 9 am to 4 pm
Wednesday 11 July 9 am to 4 pm
Thursday 12 July 9 am to 4 pm
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