British and Continental Ceramics

A rare Wedgwood Art Deco pale blue Jasperware Bicentenary Competition vase, dated 1930, designed by Emmanuel Tjerne, the ovoid body sprigged in white relief with mythical figures and animals representing the four elements, including a mermaid, pterocentaur, birds, fish and deer, the neck rim detailed 'WEDGWOOD' beneath a gilt metal mount, the foot with the dates '1730' and '1930' above a gilt metal mount, raised on a fluted, canted corner square base, impressed marks to base, height 48cm (minor faults). Note: The design of this vase was the winning entry in a competition staged to choose a commemorative piece for the bicentenary of the Wedgwood factory. Emmanuel Tjerne was a Danish glass artist. Provenance: This particular vase was presented to the artist Phillip Connard R.A., who was one of the judges for the competition. It has remained in his family ever since.

A pair of Wiltshaw & Robinson Carlton Ware cylindrical vases, 1920s, gilt with birds on blossom branches against a cobalt blue ground, blue printed factory marks to bases, height 21cm (minor faults), together with a group of decorative ceramics, including a small Wedgwood lustre bowl gilt with Chinese characters against an orange ground, diameter 6cm, a Foley cat and similar poodle, and a Gloria Lustre candlestick, designed by Susie Cooper (minor faults).

Two Limoges fish platters, 20th century, both decorated with a fish, crustaceans and weed within a gilt edged rim, printed marks to bases, length 54cm.

A pair of Italian pottery tureens and covers in the form of rabbits, 20th century, both crouching, with blue detail on naturalistic bases, length 31cm, with a pair of matching ladles (minor chips).

A Limoges part dessert service, early 20th century, decorated with a central gilt medallion within a gilt overlaid cobalt blue rim, comprising twelve plates, two comports and four stands, green printed marks to bases with W. Pearce, Bayswater, London, retailer's stamp.

A mixed group of decorative ceramics, late 19th and 20th century, including a Little Red Riding Hood Staffordshire flatback, a Carlton Ware mushroom cruet set, Wedgwood jasperware, five Royal Doulton ladies and some Shelley tablewares, including a Mode orange and black Cubist Block pattern teapot and cover, height 10cm (spout repaired).

An A. & J. Young Gresham Pottery oval plant trough, late 20th/early 21st century, green glazed and decorated with flower stems, impressed marks, length 36cm, together with a similar circular dish, diameter 23cm.

A Spode Italian pattern blue printed cheese dome and stand, late 20th century, black printed mark to base, diameter of stand 28.5cm.

Twelve assorted pot lids, including two The Village Wedding, two Uncle Toby, Transplanting Rice, Hide and Seek and The Wolf and the Lamb, each framed, together with three reproduction examples (minor faults).

A Rye Pottery vase, early 20th century, the baluster body applied with hops, height 10cm, (minor restoration to rim), together with a mixed group of ceramics and glass, including a Gaudy Welsh mug, Royal commemorative's, a miniature stoneware trio and a Staffordshire spaniel (some faults).

A Wedgwood powder blue ground octagonal bowl, 1920s, gilt with dragons, diameter 8.5cm, together with a mixed group of ceramics and glass, including a Karl Ens kingfisher, height 11.5cm, five Royal Doulton character jugs, a Liskeard green glass vase, height 11.5cm, and four Coalport cottages.

A large pair of Continental pottery figures, circa 1900, modelled in period dress on floral encrusted scroll moulded bases, height 60cm (faults).

A Wileman & Co Foley China aesthetic decorated part service, circa 1900, comprising two cake plates, eleven tea plates, slop bowl, jug, ten teacups and twelve saucers, pattern No. 6885 (minor faults), together with a Staffordshire pink lustre part service, 19th century (minor faults).

A large Delft charger, early 20th century, painted in blue with a view of a small village within a wide rim of flowers and fruit against a dotted ground, blue painted and impressed factory marks, diameter 61.5cm.

Four Staffordshire pottery spaniels, late 19th century, comprising a copper lustre example, one holding a flower basket in its mouth, one with black Disraeli curls and a white glazed version with gilt detail, together with a large group of mostly Staffordshire jugs, including an Alcock Royal Patriotic Jug (cracked), a Mason's Falstaff relief moulded jug and a Hilditch & Son teapot and cover, printed after Adam Buck (cracked).

A Wedgwood pale blue jasperware rectangular plaque, 19th century, sprigged in white with the Birth and Dipping of Achilles, after Pacetti, within a framed flowerhead border, impressed factory mark to reverse, 51cm x 20cm, framed. Provenance: a letter applied to the reverse of the frame shows this plaque was gifted by a member of the Wedgwood family.

A Slipware bird whistle, 19th century, modelled in the form of a cuckoo perched on a branch above a cone shaped base flanked by smaller birds, height 25cm (minor faults).

An Elijah Mayer creamware basket, circa 1790-1804, of oval pierced form, impressed mark to base, length 25cm, together with a similar smaller example.

Fourteen Beswick Beatrix Potter figures, comprising Tom Kitten, BP-2 mark to base, Mr Benjamin Bunny, Mrs Tittlemouse, Goody Tiptoes, Miss Moppet, Squirrel Nutkin, Timmy Willie, Tabitha Twitchit and Miss Moppett, Mrs Tiggy Winkle, Little Black Rabbit, Tommy Brock, Ribby, Pigling Bland and Samuel Whiskers, all with BP-3 mark to base.