Four items estimated under £600 including a decorative textile from Uzbekistan

1. A Christopher Dresser sake bottle

This rare 7in (17cm) Linthorpe sake bottle, modelled on a Fijian prototype, was designed for the Middlesbrough pottery by Dr Christopher Dresser, c.1880. It carries an estimate of £400-600 in the sale of Decorative Arts & Design at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on October 23.

This rare 7in (17cm) Linthorpe sake bottle, modelled on a Fijian prototype, was designed for the Middlesbrough pottery by Dr Christopher Dresser, c.1880.

A similar tray based on a Fijian libation vessel was also produced at the time.

With impressed maker’s marks and an indistinct impressed facsimile signature, it carries an estimate of £400-600 in the sale of Decorative Arts & Design at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on October 23. View the auction on the-saleroom.com.

2. A Suffolk Modern British painting

‘Pegging the Washing’ by Fred Dubery, an 3ft x 2ft 4in (91 x 71cm) oil on canvas, unframed, is estimated at £300-500 at Sworders.

Pictures and sculptures by two Suffolk artists will be auctioned to raise funds for a local artistic community.

Artists Fred Dubery (1926-2011) and Joanne Brogden (1929-2013) left a cash bequest and the contents of their studios for the benefit of the East Anglian Art Fund.

The studio sale of more than 500 original works forms part of an auction of Modern British and 20th Century Art at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet on October 22.

Many of the works in the Sworders sale are unsigned and unframed but each bears a studio sale stamp providing a full provenance.

The sale comprises some pictures in group lots of three or four with estimates of between £100-500.

Others such as a view of Southwold Huts are sold as single lots. Fred Dubery’s 11 x 9in (27 x 23cm) oil on board ‘Southwold Huts’ is estimated at £300-500 at Sworders.

View the auction on the-saleroom.com.

3. A suzani from Uzbekistan

This embroidered green suzani (a decorative textile) from Tashkent in Uzbekistan is estimated at £250-350 at Chiswick Auctions.

Nearly 300 lots will be offered by Chiswick Auctions as part of an Islamic & Indian Art sale on October 25. The sale has a wide range of items from lower price points to high end items.

Toward the lower end of the offering is this embroidered green suzani (a decorative textile) from Tashkent in Uzbekistan. The 7ft 4in x 6ft (2.24m x 1.82m) bright green late 19^th-early 20th century silk textile is estimated at £250-350.

At the higher end the sale includes a number of pieces of Indian art from the collection of the late Pierre Jourdan-Barry, the Marseille collector and art patron.

View the lot on the-saleroom.com.

4. A Chinese decorative medal

On October 26 Stamford Auction Rooms in Lincolnshire will offer the collection of Dr Jocelyn Chatterton, a specialist in Qing and Ming dynasty textiles and court costume. This 12in (30cm) 5th rank civil badge is among the pieces illustrated in her book Chinese Silks and Sewing Tools. Estimate: £160-200.

On October 26 Stamford Auction Rooms in Lincolnshire will offer the collection of Dr Jocelyn Chatterton, a specialist in Qing and Ming dynasty textiles and court costume.

This 12in (30cm) 5th rank civil badge, worked with a silver pheasant in flight over waves and auspicious objects – symbolising ‘may all you wish for come to you’ – is among the pieces illustrated in her book Chinese Silks and Sewing Tools.

Estimate £160-200.

View the auction on the-saleroom.com.