JOHN, W.D. Swansea Porcelain, Newport: The Ceramic Book Company 1958, 'with over four hundred specimens illustrated of which eighty one are in colour', original blue cloth gilt, t.e.g. remainder uncut, large 4to.; together with pamphlet 'Prospectus of Swansea Porcelain' and two other documents.FROM A PRIVATE SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION
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A selection of Victorian and later ceramics to include a Victorian dessert service, a Carlton ware bowl in the style of Swansea porcelain, Copeland Spode Italian pattern soup bowls, Hutschenreuther vase with gilt floral design on a dark blue ground, French porcelain trinket box, and other items Location:If there is no condition report shown, please request
A Swansea floral painted spill vase, circa 1820, decorated with floral sprays, with gilt eagle head ring handles and square pedestal base, 10cm high, together with a Chamberlain's Worcester porcelain sucriere, circa 1795, of oval form with a spiral fluted body and domed lid and finial, decorated with moulded ring handles and delicate gold and cobalt blue sprigs and borders, 12cm high (2)
PAIR OF SWANSEA TRIDENT OVAL DISHES, REFERENCE BOOK & LETTER, dishes circa 1815-1817, decorated with large open roses within solid gilt rims, Harry Sherman labels to both, impressed Swansea trident marks to base, 28cms (diam.), the book by W.D. John, 'Swansea Porcelain', Newport 1958, original gilt titled blue cloth faded, with autographed letter dated 1966 (4)Provenance: private collection HerefordshireComments: dishes wear / staining only.
Collection of five 19th century Swansea porcelain plates to include: three Trident, 'Famille Rose' and one from the Burdette Coots service. (5) (B.P. 21% + VAT) One floral plate is badly cracked. On floral plate is rivetted and repaired. One is badly chipped. Japanese design plate is chipped. Burdette Coots plate has worn gilding, wear and has been restored with crack and overspray, appears to have more damage to the rim.
Collection of 19th century Swansea porcelain cups and saucers to include: large tea cup, two coffee cups and two saucers, painted with a band of stylised poppy seed heads and leaves on a beige ground. One cup marked to the base with red script Swansea. (5) (B.P. 21% + VAT) Larger cup has a chip to the base of the handle and saucer is discoloured. Other items have no obvious damage.
Collection of 19th century Swansea porcelain cups and saucers, varying designs including: green leaves, pink roses, orange tulips etc. (10) (B.P. 21% + VAT) One cup and saucer has restored saucer and cracked cup. Gilt cup and saucer - saucer is broken/stuck - cup is ok. Floral cup and saucer has wear and restored handle. Red and gilt cup is cracked. Quaker saucer is chipped. Bird saucer is cracked - odd cup is ok.
Three porcelain figurines of Chinese Famille Rose Sanxing Gods, Fu Lu Shou, tallest 28cm (h) / All lots are located at Gower Reclamation, Unit 17b, Crofty Industrial Estate, Gower, Swansea, SA4 3RS. Regretfully Wellers are unable to offer any type of shipping, please see our important information for collections information.
Vintage Art Deco silver plated insulated coffee and tea pots, by Celtic and a white porcelain Baker and Co tea pot / All lots are located at Gower Reclamation, Unit 17b, Crofty Industrial Estate, Gower, Swansea, SA4 3RS. Regretfully Wellers are unable to offer any type of shipping, please see our important information for collections information.
A Swansea porcelain teacup and saucer, 19th century painted with scattered sprigs, mark in red SWANSEA: A large English porcelain trembleuse tea cup and saucer in Sevres style: A Meissen porcelain Dresden view small vase, 19th century, and a Meissen floral teacup 18th century: a saucer and a modern Chinese enamel dish (6)Meissen floral teacup - restoration to the upstand in the saucer, hairline crack to handle or firing crack, rubbing to gilt rim, surface dirtfloral teacup - old restoration from break7meissen saucer - long scratch or fault to base, small firing mark to centre, old glue marks and surface dirtswansea cup and saucer - hairline crack to rim of cup, surface staining, small star crack to base of cup, surface dirt to saucerdresden vase - restored break to rim
Swansea porcelain early 19thC footed chamberstick / candlestick with gilded mask finger piece and decoration of swags of foliage and flowers including roses, auriculas and tulips, height 4cm, diameter 12.5cm Provenance: Consigned from the estate of a collector from Barry, South Wales who owned several pieces from the Harry Sherman Collection of Swansea porcelain. Other pieces still have labels present, this piece has no label but residue is visible
Swansea porcelain early 20thC pair of candle snuffers on rectangular tray, probably decorated by William Pollard with sprays of flowers and strawberries, the tray and snuffers all with circular gilt handles, the snuffers with gilt rims and knop finials, 'Swansea' printed mark to base of tray. Provenance: Harry Sherman Swansea Porcelain Collection label no 224 to base. For similar example with later gilt metal handles see Christie's auction no 4659, 25th November 1991, lot 237
SWANSEA PORCELAIN PART TEASET circa 1815-1820, Japan pattern with iron-red and gilt stylised peonies with intricate gilt foliage, comprises teapot and stand, milk jug, two cups, one saucer, covered sucrier, Harry Sherman labelsProvenance: private collection HerefordComments: teapot with knop repair, small hairline, teapot stand with hairlines, wear
A very rare Swansea centrepiece, circa 1820Of Lysaght Service type and of elegant boat shape, the interior painted by Henry Morris with a basket of colourful flowers resting on a stone plinth, the deep blue border elaborately gilded, the exterior with two more similar baskets, 30.1cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceSidney Heath CollectionIllustrated by W D John, Swansea Porcelain (1958), Illustrations 36 and A E (Jimmy) Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration (1988), p.98, fig.2. No other piece of this form appears to have been recorded in the literature.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
19th century Derby porcelain floral painted plate, another similar porcelain plate with floral decoration, probably Coalport, a 19th century Swansea porcelain plate with reserved square shaped floral panel and geometric gilded border, a 19th century Davenport porcelain floral decorated gilded plate, a Derby fluted side coffee can and another straight sided coffee can, a Derby 'Imari' design two handled chocolate cup, together a matching saucer. (8) (B.P. 21% + VAT) Images of reverse of plates added.
EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF SWANSEA PORCELAIN PARIS FLUTE TABLEWARE comprising four bread-plates, one large sugar-basin, sixteen cups, eleven saucers, some with Leslie Joseph Collection labels (32)Provenance: deceased estate Merthyr, by descentComments: ordinary used condition, no apparent damage, gilt rubbed, light scratches, inspection advised
THREE PORCELAIN FAN-HANDLED DISHES comprising Swansea Imari pattern No. 236 with Swansea script mark to base, Swansea dish with formal arrangement of roses with Swansea script mark in iron red, and another non-marked, each approx. 20cms from handle (3)Provenance: deceased estate Merthyr, by descent
THREE VARIOUS SWANSEA PORCELAIN CRUCIFORM DISHES oval (28cms), square (23cms) and circular (22.5cms diam.), the oval with a formal arrangement of individual roses, the remaining two with flower sprays, all three within solid gilt rims, impressed Trident mark to circular, Harry Sherman Collection label to square (3)Provenance: deceased estate Merthyr, by descentComments: ordinary used condition, gilt rubbed, no apparent damage or restoration, inspection advised
19thC blue and white English and Chinese porcelain / ceramics including Chinese export dish, pearlware saucer with boy on a buffalo decoration, covered pedestal sucrier probably Rogers in the Goldfinch pattern, Bovey Tracey Royal Navy Mess no 57 series, Swansea soup plate, Copeland Spode plates, Don pottery tureen, teapot with Eastern scenery decoration, blue and white drainer, basket weave oval plate with reticulated hooped border and rope twist pedestal etc, largest diameter 35, tallest 14cm
SWANSEA CAMBRIAN PEARLWARE CASSOLETTE circa 1806, elevated by three tall tapering square legs with moulded lions masks, over concave triangular base, undecorated frieze, reserved on blue ground, reversible cover, 29cms (h)Provenance: deceased estate Newport.Auctioneer's Notes: Cf. Jonathan Gray, The Cambrian Company, p. 151, pl. 6.16., and E. Morton Nance, The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw, (XVII).Comments: small chips to foot, nibbles to floral knop, candle nozzle deficient.
SWANSEA PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE circa 1820, set pattern '251', decorated with green and gilt leaf bands, comprising teapot, cover and stand, milk jug, and two plates, red script numeral and printed Swansea marks (5)Provenance: deceased estate NewportComments: plates with some rim gilding rubbed, base of teapot with firing fault
THE CAMBRIAN VISITOR WITH ENTRY BY WILLIAM WESTON YOUNG being 'A Monthly Miscellany for The Principality of Wales and the Adjoining Counties', January to August 1813, bound with its continuation 'The Cambrian Magazine', published Swansea, engraved frontispiece Swansea Castle, bookplate for Arthur Owen Evans Archdeacon of Bangor 1921, quarter calf, gilt titled spine, 8voProvenance: private collection CardiffAuctioneer's Note: William Weston Young (1776–1847), the Quaker entrepreneur of Bristol and Glamorganshire, artist, botanist, wreck-raiser, surveyor, potter, and inventor of the firebrick and the major investor in the Nantgarw porcelain enterpriseComments: corners bumped, boards worn, foxing to print
SET OF FOUR SWANSEA PORCELAIN DESSERT PLATES circa 1818-1820, in the Trident paste, each painted with sprays and sprigs of summer flowers, plain gilt rim, two with impressed Swansea marks, 19.6cms (diam.) (4)Provenance: private collection NewportComments: rims gilding rubbed, firing faults and stacking wear
RARE SWANSEA CAMBRIAN PEARLWARE CASSOLETTE circa 1806, elevated by three tall tapering square legs with moulded lion's masks, over concave triangular base, finely painted below the rim with a band of polychrome acanthus, anthemion and seaweed ornament, reserved on blue ground, reversible candle holder/cover, 28.8-31.5cms (h)Provenance: deceased estate Newport.Auctioneer's Notes: Cf. Jonathan Gray, The Cambrian Company, p. 151, pl. 6.16. and p. 128 pl. 5.26, and E. Morton Nance, The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw, (XVII), and Sothebys 14-16.5.92, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection, lot 782 where the decoration is attributed to Thomas Pardoe.Comments: small chips to foot, nibbles to floral knop, crack to candle nozzle.
COLLECTION OF AUCTION CATALOGUES WITH WELSH PORCELAIN CONTENT mainly Sotheby's 1960s / 70s / 80s, English and Welsh porcelain auctions from many important dispersals including well-known collections such as Sidney Heath, Miss Margaret Meager, Elis Jenkins, C W Kieft, Rt Hon the Lord Swansea, Sir David Llewellyn etcProvenance: private collection CardiffComments: appear to be in excellent condition overall, some annotations
SWANSEA PORCELAIN PLATE circa 1815-17, painted by Henry Morris with tight sprays of summer flowers in the centre and at the border, gilt rim, red 'Swansea' script mark, 20.5cms diamProvenance: deceased estate NewportComments: compare with similar dishes offered Bonhams 8 Apr 2009, lots 226 & 227Comments: good overall
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