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A SWANSEA PORCELAIN SOUP PLATE with a Chinoiserie pattern (repaired and extensively overpainted), and matching tureen and stand (no cover)

A Swansea cabinet cup and stand and a Swansea teacup and saucer, circa 1815-17Both locally decorated, the cabinet cup and stand of French form, unusually painted with birds set amongst sprays of garden flowers, stand 15.5cm diam, the teacup and saucer painted with blue monochrome flowers reserved on a wide gilded band, saucer 14.7cm diam (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceSidney Heath CollectionSir Leslie Joseph Collection (cabinet cup and stand only)The cabinet cup is illustrated by A E (Jimmy) Jones and Sir Leslie Joseph, Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration (1988), p.138.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of Swansea porcelain plates, Painted by Henry Morris 1815-1870 (slight hairline to one plate)

19th Century Welsh porcelain 'Marquis of Anglesey' design dish with painted floral rim around a central field of a spray of flowers. 22.5cm diameter approx. Probably Swansea porcelain. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Generally worn particularly to gilding but no obvious damage.

A selection of reference books on British pottery and porcelain to include The Glamorgan Pottery Swansea 1814-38; An Illustrated Guide to British Jugs; Staffordshire - Romantic Transfer Patterns (2 vols); Davenport Pottery and Porcelain 1794-1887; Hilditch Porcelain; Llanelly Pottery and other books (24)

W D John, Swansea Porcelain, The Nantgarw Porcelain Album, and William Billingsley (1758-1828), His Outstanding Achievements as an Artist and Porcelain Maker, The Ceramic Book Company, Newport, respectively 1978, 1975, and 1968, together with Frank Stoner, Chelsea Bow and Derby Porcelain Figures Their Distinguishing Characteristics, The Ceramic Book Company, 1955. (4).

Swansea porcelain oval dish, 'Parakeets in a Tree' pattern. Impressed mark 'Swansea'. 29cm diameter approx. Together with Swansea porcelain florally painted plate, unmarked but bearing Sir Lesley Joseph Collection label no. 178. 20cm diameter approx. and a Swansea porcelain floral dish, unmarked. 14cm diameter approx. (3)(B.P. 21% + VAT) Bird dish has been heavily repaired with staples and has chips to rim. Plate has been restored in two places to rim. Dish has hair crack.

BARR, FLIGHT & BARR CYLINDRICAL PORCELAIN VASE, painted with view of figure on horseback on bridge with manor house above river within mountainous landscape, gilt scroll and foliate decoration on a peach ground, gilt satyr mask handles, flared rim, script mark referring to Royal patronage and the factory's London shop in Coventry Street, 16cms high, together with another example hand painted with bird within gilt borders and geometric decoration on a peach ground, gilt satyr mask handles, flared rim, 17.5cms high (2) Provenance: private collection Swansea Comments: wear overall to gilding, unmarked example has faint impressed mark believed to be Crown with letters 'F B B' below, nibble to satyr mask nose, one has associated base

MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE GROUP, early 20th Century, of galloping horses amongst clouds wearing chariot harness, blue cross swords to base, 20.5cms high Provenance: private collection Swansea Comments: crack to one of front legs, also some evidence of restoration to legs, chips to mane, wear to gilding

A RARE PAIR OF SWANSEA EARTHENWARE FIGURES OF ANTHONY & CLEOPATRA circa 1791, attributed to G. Bentley of Cambrian Pottery, both modelled in recumbent pose, Anthony in armour, Cleopatra in flowing robes, the asp coiled around her arm, on integral naturalistic bases, painted in pink, green, blue, yellow, Indian red, brown, black and silver -grey enamels, 31cms Auctioneer's Note: similar models in yellow-ware and black basalt pairs are recorded and have appeared on the auction market including at Sotheby's Leslie Joseph Collection in 1992, also a black basalt pair at Bonhams in 2003, reference to the existence of these enamelled variations are on Page 54 a (plate XIV/c)and 52 of Morton Nance 'The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw' Provenance: The collection of Gwyneth and Ieuan Evans, Powys Comments: old repairs eg. to Cleopatra's shoulder / wrist and Anthony's arm, other minor damage, losses, please examine, exceptionally rare and early documentary Welsh pottery

A PAIR OF SWANSEA EARTHENWARE FOOD WARMERS circular form, twin handles, painted to match a porcelain service with sprays of flowers within elaborate gilt scroll borders with series of floral pendants, manner of William Pollard, 27cms diam Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection labels Comments: rare earthenware part service, excellent provenance, chip to rim of one

PUBLICATIONS RELATING TO SWANSEA & NANTGARW PORCELAIN including by Kildare S Meager MBE's Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition catalogue (1949) and the 1965 catalogue of Meager's bequest of Swansea Pottery to the gallery, four volumes of 'Dillwyn's Etruscan Ware' by Elis Jenkins, catalogue for 'A Loan Exhibition of Swansea & Nantgarw Porcelain at Turner House, Penarth' (1958), two publications by P D Pryce, five paperback volumes of 'Sir Leslie Joseph Loan Exhibition of Swansea Porcelain' (1969) and two hard-cover bound similar, four print-house sealed volumes of 'Swansea Porcelain Shapes and Decoration' etc Provenance: Mrs M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN CENTRE DISH WITH TWIG HANDLES of footed rectangular form, handles picked out in gold, decorated in 'Imari' pattern No.264, 32cms Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base, Harry Sherman Collection label Comments: no apparent problems, slight wear to gilding

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN CENTRE DISH WITH TWIG HANDLES of footed form, decorated in 'Imari' pattern No.236 with this number inscribed to the base together with Swansea in italics, 32cms Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base Comments: no apparent problems

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN SHELL HANDLED DISH handle picked out in gold, decorated in Japan pattern No.233, numbered to base with Swansea script mark, 21cms diam Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base, Harry Sherman Collection label Comments: no apparent problems, wear to gilding

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN CIRCULAR CRUCIFORM DISH circa 1816, centred with a botanical study by William Weston Young within a solid gilt border, neatly titled to base 'Convolvulus arvensis / Ranunculus aquatilis', 23cms diam Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base, Harry Sherman Collection label, similar illustrated in 'Swansea Porcelain Shapes & Decoration' (Sir Leslie Joseph and Jimmy Jones), similar Illustrated in Welsh Ceramics in Context, Part 1 (page 136), Lot 174 Sothebys Leslie Joseph Collection auction (unsold) Auctioneer's Notes: by William Weston Young study after James Sowerby or Sir J E Smith. Young had installed a muffle kiln at his cottage in Newton, Nottage on 23rd October, 1809. His diaries reveal that he did most of the painting on the service between 21st September and 1st November 1816, and that he was assisted by his handyman, William Bedford (see Welsh Ceramics in Context, Part 1) Comments: rare dish which can be attributed with certainty to Weston Young, wear only, excellent provenance

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN PLATE WITH LONDON SCENE of circular form, painted with a figure seated on a boat with riverside buildings beyond, probably by George Beddows, within a solid salmon-pink and floral gilded border, inscribed 'Westminster from Temple Chambers' to base, 20cms diam Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base Comments: no problems, fresh condition, slight surface scratches only, excellent provenance

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN SUCRIER & STAND with Paris flute moulding, tapering twin handles with moulded terminal, mushroom knop, matching circular stand, finely decorated with a series of four posies on gilt stipple within gilt scroll and foliate borders, stencilled SWANSEA marks to base, stand 16cms diam, handle to handle 18cms Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base Comments: sucrier body restored, wear commensurate with age

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN SHELL HANDLED DISH & MATCHING TRIO dish handle picked out in gold, decorated in Japan pattern No.223, numbered to base with Swansea script mark, 21cms diam Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to each base, Harry Sherman Collection label to dish Comments: Shell dish: interior with worn gilt foliage & glaze scratces, gilt line at rim slightly worn, footring whith underglaze chip. Saucer: crack to rim, green enamel flaked in several leaves, surface glaze scratches. Teacup: central flower enamel worn, pink flower enamel worn, inside base with surface glaze scratches. Coffeecup: gilt rim slightly worn, minute chip/imperfection at rim, black spot in glaze to base, very minor surface glaze scratches to inside base. 

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN JAPAN VASE & SHELL HANDLED DISH dish handle picked out in gold, decorated in Japan pattern No.194, 21cms diam, vase of ovoid form over a spreading circular foot, with insect handles, stencilled SWANSEA to base, 15.5cms high (2) Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base Comments: both items extensively restored

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN JAPAN DECORATED SAUCE TUREEN the tureen with upturned spindled handles, conical cover having beaded rim to the pineapple finial, gilt decorated with deep blue, iron-red and green enamels, stencilled SWANSEA mark to base, handle to handle 18cms Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label to base Comments: crack to body

A PAIR OF SWANSEA PORCELAIN VASES circa 1814-1818, of ovoid form over a circular feet on square platform bases and with ornate twin-handles, painted with opposing circular panels of summer flowers surrounded by marbled blue grey ground, impressed Swansea trident mark to base, 27cms high Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection label, Lot 411 in Sotheby's Leslie Joseph auction, May 1992, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery / Leslie Joseph label Comments: Vase 1: rim chip, high points of gilding worn. Vase 2: firing fault to rim under gilding, smudge to gilt decoration on base of handle, firing cracks to shoulder, chip to rim. Overall excellent considering age and vulnerability, please examine condition to satisfy fully

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN LANDSCAPE DISH & MUG the plate in yellow ground and solid gilt borders, centred with a scene of castle, bridge and river, stencilled SWANSEA mark to base, 21cms, the mug with titled view 'A view of the Mumble Lighthouse' (A/F) Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection labels to both Comments: wear to dish, mug with hairline at front

SWANSEA PORCELAIN EMPIRE-STYLE TEA CUP & SAUCER & NON-MATCHING MILK JUG the cup and saucer in pattern No. 413 having gilded and deep blue circular and diamond floral motifs over salmon-pink ground, pattern number to base and SWANSEA stencilled mark to base, (2) the jug in pattern no. 410, similar corresponding marks to base Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection labels Comments: pattern 413 uncommon. Jug: burst glaze bubble in handle, very minor rubbing to gilt line on spout. Saucer: gilt cavetto line fairly worn, scratch to gilding at border. Teacup: no issues. All with worn marks.  

SWANSEA PORCELAIN MATCHING CUPS & SAUCERS comprising saucer and three cups in pattern number 403, decorated with alternating panels of pink roses and panels of foliate scrolls on salmon pink, within gilt borders to a blue ground, gold grape vine trailing the borders Provenance: The M Daley Collection, daughter of Sir Leslie Joseph, Sir Leslie Joseph Collection labels Comments: Uncommon pattern. Saucer: cavetto gilding worn. Cups: all slightly worn gilding, more so at handles as expected. All items with rubbed marks.

A RARE SWANSEA PORCELAIN INKSTAND in the form of a shallow dish with everted rim, centre circular covered inkwell and three interior tapering pen-holders, decorated with sprays of bright enamel flowers and insects, solid gilt rim, 13cms diam Provenance: collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans, see page 154 of 'Swansea Porcelain Shapes & Decoration' Comments: repaired, non-repaired damage to liner of inkwell, decorated in the manner of Nantgarw but attributed to Swansea

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN TEAPOT & STAND set pattern No.404 decorated with wide deep-blue band, narrow pale blue band, trailing vinery gilding and kidney shaped reserves of flowering gardens, stand 19cms Provenance: collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Comments: extensively restored

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN CRUCIFORM OVAL DISH circa 1816, centred with a botanical study by William Weston Young within a solid gilt border, neatly titled to base 'Lysimachia nemorum / Amagallis arvensis', 28cms Provenance: collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Comments: wear but no other problems, please see Lot 72 for similar example and for further information

SWANSEA PORCELAIN MARQUIS OF ANGLESEY SERVICE PLATE circa 1815-17, London decorated, the centre painted with anemone, the border a band of summer flowers to a gilt ground, very faint impressed mark to base, 23cms diam Provenance: collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Comments: exceptional example with very little wear to gilding or enamels

SWANSEA PORCELAIN TWIG HANDLED CENTRE DISH & TWO PLATES the centre dish in Japan pattern No. 264, 28cms, pair of plates in duck-egg porcelain, 23cms diam Provenance: collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans, label on dish for 1951 Glynn Vivian Art Gallery exhibition Comments: plates are fully restored

SWANSEA PORCELAIN PARIS FLUTE PART TEA SERVICE comprising teapot and stand, lidded sucrier, two teacups and saucers, breakfast cup and bread-plate, stencilled SWANSEA marks Provenance: collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Comments: teapot restored, please examine for other restoration / damage

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN PLATE WITH 'PARAKEETS IN A TREE' PATTERN with both birds chained to a gnarled branch sprouting colourful flowers, gilt foliate borders and gilt dentil rim, 18cms diam Provenance: private collection London Comments: extremely tiny pinprick chips to rim, otherwise no problems

SWANSEA PORCELAIN PARIS FLUTE BREAKFAST CUP & SAUCER together with two further similar cups, each with high curved-back loop handle and with gilded motif and solid gilt bands, stencilled SWANSEA to two cups, saucer 17cms diam Provenance: private collection, Hertfordshire Comments: nicks to rim of breakfast cup, wear to gilding

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN CABARET SET comprising teapot, circular tray, pair of tea-bowls with saucers, bowl and lidded sucrier, the teapot modelled with serpent head spout and high loop handle with leaf moulding and a floret embossed disc and with narrow collared top and sunken lid, each element decorated with a flower pattern with blue and iron red flowers, green leaves on a grey scaled ground with scalloped insets of stylised flowers on a white ground, stencilled SWANSEA mark to base of tray, tray 25cms diam Provenance: collection of Gwyneth & Ieuan Evans, Powys Comments: small chip to underside of saucer, repair to finial of sucrier, professional restoration likely, examination in person highly recommended, rare and complete

SWANSEA PORCELAIN JAPAN PATTERN DISH, decorated with a garden of peonies and other flowering plants, within Satsuma type cavetto, the border with eight stemmed flowers, gilded rim, 24cms diam Provenance: private collection Swansea, labels verso inscribed 'purchased by Vivian family direct from Swansea pottery', label for West Wales antiques Comments: no apparent damage or restoration, some wear to gilding on rim, but overall a very fresh example

SWANSEA PORCELAIN PLATE DECORATED BY HENRY MORRIS with off-centre large spray of colourful flowers and outer sprigs, within a continuous gilded vine border, 22cms diam Provenance: private collection Swansea Comments: no signs of restoration or damage, nice example

19th Century Swansea porcelain plate hand painted with botanical study, marks to the under side 'Virgins Bower', 21cm diameter approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Poor condition - 2 hairline cracks and chips to plate on rim area. 

A pair of Nantgarw egg cups c.1818-20, of Duke of Cambridge type, painted in London with small panels of polychrome flowers reserved on a green ground with gilt and blue oeil de perdrix, 5.2cm. (2) Cf. W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album, pl.69 where other pieces in this pattern are described as being from the Duke of Cambridge service. See also, E Morton Nance, The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nantgarw, p.370 where Nance asserts that the service had been ordered by George III on the wedding of the Duke of Gloucester. Since the latter Duke died in 1805, the connection with the Duke of Cambridge seems more likely.

An important Chamberlain Worcester cabinet plate by Thomas Baxter, circa 1820In the 'Regent' body, the rim moulded with shells and gadrooning picked out in gold, the cavetto fully painted with an arrangement of seashells on a richly grained wooden tabletop, the shells including a paper nautilus and a wentletrap, the panel outlined with a fine black line and surrounded by a wide gilt band and a formal classical border, 21.4cm diam, red script mark referring to New Bond Street addressFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams sale, 7 December 2005, lot 254Twinight CollectionIllustrated by John Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (2009), p.21. For the same shells arranged on a grey marble table top, see the celebrated Swansea plate by Thomas Baxter in the National Museum of Wales (NMW A 38267), illustrated by John O Wilstead and Bernard Morris, Thomas Baxter The Swansea Years 1816-19 (1997), p.38. Baxter returned to Worcester after leaving Swansea, working first for the Flight, Barr and Barr partnership before moving to Chamberlain where he replicated this extraordinary still life scene.In the Museum of Royal Worcester is a pair of Chamberlain plates painted by Thomas Baxter with still lives of fruit. These had remained in the works collection and were acquired by R W Binns for his first museum. The panels on these plate and the present lot mirror a style that Thomas Baxter had used on Coalport plates painted twelve years earlier while he was in London. In June 1820, Chamberlain supplied to John Eversley '30 dessert plates, gadroon and gold with fine paintings of fruit', at a cost of £2 17s. 6d. each- a considerable sum. Presumably these thirty plates had different still life subjects by Baxter and it is likely the present lot with shells was part of this special commission.Baxter is justifiably famous for his shell painting. Examples painted while he was at Flights factory include panels that were titled by Baxter himself 'shells from nature'. In other words, instead of just copying prints of shells, Baxter drew real shells and he would have borrowed actual specimens from collectors. Lewis Dillwyn, proprietor of the Swansea factory owned a notable shell collection, but as Wilstead noted (op cit, pp.37-38), it is unlikely Baxter's Swansea plate was painted from any of Dillwyn's shells. The precious wentletrap shell, named from the Dutch for 'spiral staircase', was once considered to be extremely rare and in the mid 18th century some specimens were sold to collectors for enormous sums. Even as late as 1786 an example belonging to the Duchess of Portland sold at auction for seven guineas. Placing a wentletrap among his shell composition, Thomas Baxter was possibly appealing to wealthy patrons from his time in London, who would have appreciated such a valuable specimen.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Nantgarw cabinet cup and stand by Thomas Pardoe, circa 1818-20The cup of cylindrical form, the moulded Empire handle mounted on the everted rim, an anthemion applied at the lower terminal, painted by Thomas Pardoe with two square panels of flowers, a gilded anthemion in between, the stand with a band of flowers surrounding a central sprig, stand 15.2cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceViscount St Davids Collection, Bonhams sale, 8 April 2009, lot 251Twinight CollectionSee W D John, Nantgarw Porcelain Album, pl. 84 for a related cabinet cup and stand with the same handle form and the same combination of floral panels on the cup and a floral band on the stand. See also E Morton Nance, The Pottery and Porcelain of Swansea and Nantgarw, pl. CLXXIXE and F for two more related examples. The illustrated cups stand upon three claw feet. The underside of the cup on this lot bears three scars which were partly glazed over during manufacture. It seems likely that three claw feet were originally applied but became detached after the glaze firing and before the enamelling stage.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Swansea tureen and cover from the Lysaght Service, circa 1817-20Of square shape, the gently domed cover surmounted by a gilded pineapple finial, painted at the factory by Henry Morris with a basket of flowers on a stone plinth, one inside the tureen and two baskets on the cover, the rich blue borders elaborately gilded, 24cm wide (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceSidney Heath CollectionSir Leslie Joseph CollectionBonhams sale, 5 December 2007, lot 486Twinight CollectionIllustrated by WD John, Swansea Porcelain (1958), illustration 36. Tureens from this service are extremely rare.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Swansea platter from the Lysaght Service, circa 1817-20Of rectangular form with a lobed rim, painted at the factory by Henry Morris with a basket of flowers resting on a stone plinth, including daffodils, roses, tulips and stocks, the plinth hung with a garland of purple flowers, the deep blue border richly gilded, 32cm wideFootnotes:ProvenanceSidney Heath CollectionBonhams sale, 5 December 2007, lot 489Twinight CollectionThere appear to be a number of services painted with this distinctive pattern. They are mostly likely to have been made during the Bevington period, sharing the same creamy paste and simplified handle forms with a number of other services from this slightly later period. This tray or platter is one of a number of forms not found in the earlier Dillwyn period and provides an unusually large surface area for decoration. Another similar example is illustrated by W D John, Swansea Porcelain (1958), illustration 36This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Box of assorted knick knacks and ornaments to include two cow creamers, one decorated in blue and white delft style design, the other a 19th Century Swansea Pottery cow creamer (damaged), small 19th century Staffordshire dog, miniature porcelain doll, carved wooden horses, figurines of puffin, small Chinese ornaments, etc.(B.P. 21 + VAT)

A WELSH LANDSCAPE ENGLISH PORCELAIN VEILLEUSE (tea-pot and warming stand) comprising miniature teapot over a tapered castle turret heating-stand and with circular base, gilded and decorated with views including Oystermouth Castle and Mumbles Head and Glenmire Bridge, Cork (titles to base of teapot) possibly painted by Philip Ballard at the London workshop of J Bradley & Co, circa 1820, 22cms high (assembled), Provenance: private collection London, 1953 dated letter to accompany from J Kyrle Fletcher Ltd antique dealers advising his client W Butt Esq of Bristol to purchase the veilleuse at £42 (letter with us) Auctioneer's Note: similarities to Ballard's decoration on the Swansea porcelain 'Biddulph Service' which is on display at the Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea Condition: hairlines to circular base, faint small hairlines to bottom of stand Comments: please view in person to examine condition on all pottery lots, viewing by appointment at Cardiff salerooms Two crenulations have been restored / reglued. The spout has a couple of small star-cracks in the glaze. The lid appears to be good. Base has multiple cracks.

IOLA SPAFFORD two limited edition (37/100) & (21/75) colour etchings - title in pencil to margin 'Tide-Mill', signed, 31 x 24cms and pencil title to margin 'Barley and Poppies', signed, 37 x 27cms Provenance: from the collection of the late Rev John O Wilstead B.D FRSA, thence by descent. John Wilstead was the Minister of Hill United Reformed Church, Swansea and a lecturer and author on porcelain, he was the ceramics adviser to the City and County of Swansea Museum Service Presentation & Condition: no problems to 'Tide-Mill', discolouration of paper with age to 'Barley and Poppies', both framed and glazed NB: Located for viewing / collection at Cardiff saleroom

ANTIQUE WELSH PORCELAIN, Swansea style plate, jug and two cups, together with new hall London shape ozier moulded cup and saucer and four other early 19th century cups and saucers

PAIR OF EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH PORCELAIN TEACUPS, possibly Swansea, in the manner of the 'Marquis of Anglesey' pattern, of footed tapering circular form with wishbone handle, hand-painted with a band of flora on a gilt ground, 7cm high, along with an early 19th century Swansea saucer, two Spode saucers and two Imari teacups (7) Provenance: The William Mowat-Thomson Collection

Two early 19th century Swansea porcelain plates and a pair of square dessert platesfirst attributed to Henry Morris c.1817, painted with four scattered sprays of flowers, gilt rim, impressed trident mark and Swansea, second, the border repainted with flower baskets and gilt trailing vines and laurel garlands, impressed Swansea, gilt rim together with a pair of porcelain square dessert dishes c.1818-20 decorated with three full sprays of flowers, moths, some in flight and other insects, moulded leaf scroll border, gilt detail rim, unmarked, (4)first diameter 20.5 cm.Condition: Swansea: first gilt rim slightly rubbed, area of discolouration /staining to border, from reverse this appears to be more of a firing inconsistency. Some very slight loss to colour enamel. Second good condition, some rubbing to gilt rim. Pair one plate has a scratch running from one spray to another. Otherwise in good condition. Some light surface scratches/marks. Slight rubbing to gilt detail border

A Derby porcelain botanical plate, circa 1810, painted with 'Sweet Pea' within a gilt lined rim, titled to the reverse and Derby mark in iron-red, 22.2cms diameter; and a Swansea pearlware botanical plate, circa 1800, painted with 'Kidney-Leav'd Czane's-Bill', titled to the reverse, impressed SWANSEA, Sotheby's paper label for The Iris Fox Collection, number 766, 21cms diameter. (2)

An early 19th century Swansea porcelain circular plate with shaped rim, enamelled in pink and green with Billingsley style roses within gilded rims. Diameter 23 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Good clear Swansea mark in capital letters. The plate is in generally good order with no repairs and no restoration. There is some rubbing to the gilding on the outer edge and some minor gilding losses. There is some rubbing to the gilding in other places but again this is fairly minor. There are some faint scratches to the centre of the plate. The foot rim is a little dirty and grey in colour which is probably as it should be.

Tray of assorted pottery items to include; two miniature Gaudy Welsh dresser jugs, a relief design dresser jug with deer, floral design dresser jug possibly Swansea porcelain, blue and white pearlware jug, blue and white Delft cow creamer, a Thomas Wallis & Co Ltd Holborn Circus E.C. 'Their Teddy Bear Nelson aged 4 months' shallow bowl with a man with bear cub decoration to the front and 'General Drapers & Complete House Furnishers' to the bottom. (B.P. 21% + VAT)Thomas Wallis dish is cracked.  Cow Creamer appears fine.  Blue and white jug - very small hairline crack to base of handle and very small chip to the rim, crazing.  Gaudy Welsh, one has two barely visible hairline cracks to base of handle, the other is stamped 'Allertons' to base, is slightly bigger and significantly discoloured.  Large floral jug has chip and frits to rim, some discolouration, internal small firing crack. Deer jug has signs of wear, some wear to decoration, small hairline crack to internal base, not visible externally.

A pair of early 19th century Swansea-style porcelain dessert plates with painted bouquets & moulded borders of flower & scroll design, 8½” diam.; & a late 18th/early 19th century English porcelain oval egg cruet with painted flower sprays, gilt rim, scrolled centre ring handle, & on oval pedestal foot; 7¼” wide x 5” high.

GORDON STUART watercolour - study of a cello player, signed with initials, 30 x 23cms Provenance: from the collection of the late Rev John O Wilstead B.D FRSA, thence by descent. John Wilstead was the Minister of Hill United Reformed Church, Swansea and a lecturer and author on porcelain, he was the ceramics adviser to the City and County of Swansea Museum Service Presentation & Condition: no problems, framed and glazed

SWANSEA PEARLWARE COMPORT STAND FROM THE 'NELSON SERVICE' BY THOMAS PARDOE circa 1802, marquise shaped, border decorated in deep blue reserve with gilded florettes and with repeated gilt decoration, the interior with centred iron red and gilt Garter Star, impressed SWANSEA to base, 28cms Provenance: from the collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Auctioneer's Note: Nelson was awarded the freedom of Swansea after a visit in 1802 when he visited the Cambrian Pottery factory and where he is believed to have met Thomas Pardoe. Nelson later wrote to Haynes, Dillwyn and Co. 'Gentlemen, I should be very happy to receive your pottery...'. (Morton Nance 'The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea and Nantgarw'). This item is from the service known as 'The Nelson Service' but confusingly it bears the Garter Star when Nelson was not a Knight of the Garter. This motif is associated with the work of Thomas Pardoe. Condition Report: restored

WILF ROBERTS acrylic - entitled verso on Attic Gallery Swansea label 'Snow, Isle of Anglesey', signed and dated 2000, 16 x 29cms Provenance: from the collection of the late Rev John O Wilstead B.D FRSA, thence by descent. John Wilstead was the Minister of Hill United Reformed Church, Swansea and a lecturer and author on porcelain, he was the ceramics adviser to the City and County of Swansea Museum Service Presentation & Condition: no problems, framed and glazedPlease note that this lot may be subject to Droite de Suite at 4% of the hammer price (Please see terms / enquire)

AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE SWANSEA PEARLWARE JUG OF CORNISH INTEREST circa 1813, underglaze blue decoration, the body with the fifteen besants of the Duchy of Cornwall and a primitive representation of a tin-mine, a fish, copper ingots and a shield with the Cornish toast 'Fish, Tin & Copper' together with a scroll inscribed 'One & All' being the Cornish motto, the neck with floral border and 'Succes to the Trade of the County of Cornwall', 12.5cms high, together with another similar jug which is blackened purportedly due to being burnt in a house fire caused by the Plymouth blitz in the Second World War Provenance: from the collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans, illustrated in Morton Nance 'The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw' and described as rare, page 106 Plate XLIX Condition Report: no apparent problems such as repairs or damage, other jug completely blackRegarding the white jug, the only issue are the few small nibbles around the spout. There are no other problems, restoration/repair, damage.The black, burnt jug has a large chip to the underneath. 

A RARE SWANSEA PEARLWARE CASSOLETTE elevated by three tall tapering legs with moulding and lion-head terminals, over a triangular base, finely painted below the rim with a band of black monochrome flowers by Thomas Pardoe, the remainder in slate-blue, circa 1806-1807, 24.9cm high Provenance: private collection London, illustrated by Jonathan Gray 'The Cambrian Company' (Fig 6.84) and similar model in Morton Nance 'The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw' (XVII) Auctioneer's Note: The blue ground to the base was intended to be lustre decorated, the cover would have been reversible to double as a cover and candle-holder. Likely to have been been sold in The Cambrian Warehouse or at the dispersal sales conducted by Christie's in 1808 Condition Report: hairlines to rim but overall excellent considering age

A PORCELAIN PLATE DECORATED & INITIALLED BY WILLIAM WESTON YOUNG of circular form, having five oval landscapes to the border, the interior with a river landscape and two figures, initialled 'W Y', scrolling gilt decoration and gilt rims, possibly Swansea, unmarked, 21cms diam Provenance: private collection mid-Wales Auctioneer's Note: exceptionally rare to see porcelain signed by William Weston Young Condition Report: no problems other than slight wear to gilding

A FINE SWANSEA LONDON DECORATED PORCELAIN PLATE of small size and having a moulded border with c-scrolls, painted in London by J Bradley and Co with 'Grey-Headed Green Woodpecker' and titled as such in red itallics to the base, the bird perched on a tree-stump with a rustic fence beyond, the border painted with fruit and flower sprigs within a gilt dentil rim, 20cms diam, Provenance: from the collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Auctioneer's Note: decorated after 1821 at the Bradley workshop Pall Mall. Examples from the service are in the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff and at the Andrews Collection at Plas Glyn y Weddw, Llanbedrog. The bird paintings for this service were after George Edwards's 'Natural History of Uncommon Birds' Condition Report: no problems, very fine example

A SMALL SWANSEA PORCELAIN PLATE FOR THE 'LYSAGHT' SERVICE the interior decorated with a large basket of garden flowers on a pedestal by Henry Morris within a cobalt blue & gilded pattern border, stencilled SWANSEA to base, 20.5cms diam Provenance: from the collection of Gwyneth and the late Ieuan Evans Condition Report: very slight wear to gilding and decoration, excellent example