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Artists, Sculptors and Designers of Porcelain- The Robert Burke Collection. Part I — Artvisory

Auction House:ArtvisoryNumber of lots recorded:127
Sale Title:Artists, Sculptors and Designers of Porcelain- The Robert Burke Collection. Part ILots with images:127
Auction Location:MelbournePrices available:119
Date:19-Feb-2024
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A rare Worcester porcelain pink peacock-feather banded and gilt oval lattice-work twin-handled basket, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with fruit, sliced nuts and flowers. English circa 1770. Provenance: Rous Lench Collection Worcester no 507. Albert Amor Ltd London 17/05/1995 (8000 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 110. Reference: Worcester Porcelain, Dinah Reynolds plate 30 page 69 no 51 for a very similar basket with the same pink border, 23 cm long across the handles, 19 cm wide, 10 cm…
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A very fine and rare Worcester porcelain turquoise and gilt edged shaped circular plate, from the Duke of Gloucester service, painted with fruit, insects and butterflies. English circa 1768/70, gilt crescent mark. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 59. Reference: Another plate from this service with gold crescent mark sold Albert Amor Ltd London 1993 pl.9316 and another 1987 pl.no 8720. This service was by repute made for William Henry Duke of Gloucester (1753-1805) third son of Frederick, Prince of…
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A very rare Worcester porcelain Duke of Gloucester service gilt and turquoise bordered fruit and moth painted shaped rectangular serving plate, English circa 1768/70, gilt crescent mark. Provenance: The Norman collection, no 100. The Hepburn Collection. Albert Amor Ltd London 3/9/1996 (12,500 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 24. Exhibited: Albert Amor Ltd 1973, cat. No 76. Reference: This service was by repute made for William Henry Duke of Gloucester (1753-1805) third son of Frederick, Prince of Wales…
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A fine and rare Worcester sea-green and gilt banded heart-shaped dish painted with an extensive landscape bordered with birds and fruit, in the Lord henry Thynne pattern. English circa 1770. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd circa 1990 (3000 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 30. Reference: Marshall Collection pl.9a. A similar heart shaped dish Simon Spero, Worcester Porcelain, The Klepser collection colour plate 37.no 140. A related dish from the Inman collection sold Albert Amor Ltd London in their Golden Age…
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A finely-painted Worcester porcelain lobed and gilt circular sucrier and cover decorated with landscape panels, fruit and insects, (Earl Dalhousie pattern type). English circa 1780, underglaze blue open crescent mark. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 93, 12 cm high, cover 12 cm diameter
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A very fine Worcester porcelain mask jug, painted with landscape panels, butterflies, insects and flowers (Earl Dalhousie pattern type). English circa 1780, underglaze blue open crescent mark. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 98. Reference: Franklin A. Barrett: op.cit. Plate 55, Worcester Porcelain The Kelpser Collection Simon Spero for a cider jug of the same form, 19 cm high, 15.6 cm wide over the handle
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A fine and rare Worcester porcelain shaped square dish, most likely painted by Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale with an Aesop's fable panel, surrounded by fruit and birds in a variant of the Lord Henry Thynne pattern. English circa 1780, bordered with fruit, birds and gilt blue edging, open underglaze blue crescent mark. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 81, 22 cm square 4.5 cm high
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A Worcester porcelain heart-shaped serving dish painted in the Lord Henry Thynne pattern with a landscape and ruins, fruit and exotic birds and a gilt blue border, English circa 1780, underglaze blue open crescent mark. Provenance: Tim Olney Collection no 66. English Private Collection. Albert Amor Ltd London 24/02/2023 (1,800 pounds), 26.5 cm long, 20 cm wqide
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A fine and rare Worcester pink peacock feather bordered and gilt floral decorated shaped circular plate, English circa 1770. Provenance: Mr and Mrs D.H Sidders Worcester Collection. Albert Amor Ltd London The Sidders collection of Worcester porcelain 1985 exhibition. Robert Burke collection no 35. Reference: This rare pattern is derived from Meissen and is more often found with a scale border.For examples see Albert Amor, 'A Celebration of 250 years of Worcester Porcelain' March 2001 number 52 and their…
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A fine Worcester pink peacock feather and gilt bordered and flower and fruit painted shaped circular plate, English circa 1770. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London. Robert Burke collection no 37, 22 cm diameter
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A Worcester porcelain blue-scale circular sucrier and cover, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with version 7 of the Lady Mary Wortley Montagu pattern. English circa 1770, underglaze blue fret mark. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 13/02/1996 (7500 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 49. Reference: Ann George, in a letter to Robert Burke notes that this sucrier and cover is from the same set as the teapot (lot ? in this auction) as it is painted in the same hand and with matching gilding with…
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A very rare and fine Worcester Royal-blue and gilt tea-bowl and saucer finely painted in the Lord Dudley service pattern, in the London atelier of James Giles with figures of musicians, insects and women in panels, English circa 1768/70. Provenance: Dr F.Severne Mackenna collection no 83 sold Sothebys London 12 March 1957 lot 18, H.W Hughes collection. Albert Amor London. Anthony Wood collection. Robyn Robb England 2003 Exhibition no 7 11/06/2003 (18,800 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 48. Reference…
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A fine and very rare Worcester porcelain spherical teapot and cover, finely painted with butterflies, a dragonfly and flowers. English circa 1760, unmarked. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 31/7/2020 (4,200 pounds). Robert Burke Collection no 131. Reference: Amor notes no other comparable piece in their archive and draws comparison to a London decorated Derby piece in the Marshall collection at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, but does not say what that piece might be. A related example without a dragonfly…
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A fine and rare pair of Chelsea porcelain gilt and pierce-work circular baskets, delicately painted with birds in flight and flowers. English circa 1756/58. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London Chelsea Porcelain. A Private Collection; Part Three; Shape & Colour number 4. 22/02/2019 (5500 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 211. Reference: Amor notes they can find no record of this model in their archives, 17 cm diameter 7 cm high
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A fine and rare Worcester porcelain shaped-oval green and gilt bordered dish, painted with fruit, butterflies and insects. English circa 1770, gold filled crescent mark. Provenance: Brian Haughton Antiques London. Robert Burke collection no 2. Exhibited: Dreweatt Neate Dyson Perrins Exhibition 1995 no 140. The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar 1999 loan exhibition no 92, 25.5 cm long 19 cm wide
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A very rare Worcester porcelain shaped circular gilt-edged plate painted in the atelier of James Giles with two men fishing a castle and figures in a river landscape, English circa 1770. Provenance: Marcel Steiglitz Collection. Nina Weil Collection no 95. Robyn Robb 1/12/2016 (9500 pounds). Robert Burke Collection no 63. Reference: A very similar plate and painting seen in James Giles China and Glass Painter by Stephen Hanscombe Plate 112. Illustrated: The Steiglitz Collection of Dr Wall, Worcester…
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A very rare Worcester porcelain claret-ground and gilt shaped circular plate, from the Hope Edwardes service, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with a radish and flowers and fruit. English circa 1770. Provenance: Sir Henry Hope-Edwardes, Wootton Hall, Derbyshire. Litchfield's, The Porcelain Galleries, London. Acquired Albert Amor Ltd London 14/02/1995 (8000 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 125. Reference: See Gerald Coke In search of James Giles. pl. 52b and a'lso Ralph Hobson Worcester…
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A very rare Worcester claret-ground and gilt shaped circular plate from the Hope Edwards service, painted in the London atelier of James Giles with flowers. English circa 1770. Provenance: Gerald Coke collection. Albert Amor Ltd London The Elegant porcelain of James Giles. 1983 Exhibition no 36. Albert Amor Ltd London Treasures from Toronto 1993 no 46a. Acquired 06/03/1994 (7000 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 125. Reference: See Gerald Coke 'In search of James Giles'. pl. 52b and also Ralph Hobson…
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A fine and rare Worcester porcelain claret-ground and gilt floral decorated spherical teapot and cover, painted in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770, unmarked. Provenance: Dr Harold Schenberg Collection. Australia. Mellor Cobham collection no 21. Albert Amor Ltd London Autumn 2001 exhibition cat.no 39. Acquired 22/07/2019 (4,600 pounds). Robert Burke collection. Exhibited: Albert Amor Limited, 'A Celebration of 250 Years of Worcester Porcelain' Exhibition Catalogue, 2001, number 51, for…
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A very rare and fine Worcester porcelain claret- ground and gilt, exotic bird and fruit decorated circular sucrier and cover, painted in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1768-70. Provenance: Stockspring Antiques England, James Giles Exhibition 2005 no 62. Stephen Hanscombe collection no FB13. Robyn Robb England 2007 Exhibition no 2 (30,000 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 12, 12 cm high, 12.5 cm diameter
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A very rare Worcester claret-ground and gilt decorated tea-bowl and saucer, painted with exotic birds and fruit in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770, unmarked. Provenance: Albert Amor Ltd London 17/06/2016 (10,000 pounds). Robert Burke collection no 13. Reference: Gerald Coke 'In Search of James Giles' colour plate XIV for another tea bowl and saucer from this service. Another was exhibited at Albert Amor Ltd A Celebration 250 Years of Worcester Porcelain 2001 no 50. Another in the…
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A very fine and rare Worcester claret ground and gilt decorated, exotic bird and fruit painted cup and saucer, painted in the London atelier of James Giles. English circa 1770. Provenance: Robyn Robb England. Robert Burke collection no 14, 6.5 cm high, 8 cm wide over the handle, saucer 11.5 cm diameter
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A very rare Worcester porcelain gilt-decorated figure of a Turk, English circa 1755. Provenance: Christie's Australia 18/07/1993 lot 315 (AUD$5940). Robert Burke collection no 87. Reference: H.R. Marshall plate 20. 379/381 for related figures, 13.5 cm high, 6.5 cm wide
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An exceptionally rare Worcester porcelain globular teapot decorated in the London atelier of James Giles in gilt and iron-red with Japanese-koi carp, English circa 1765, unmarked. Provenance: English private collection. Albert Amor Ltd London 5/12/2016 (6500 pounds). Exhibited Albert Amor, Autumn Exhibition 2015, number 6 English Private Collection, Robert Burke collection no 27. and again Autumn 2015 cat.no.6. Reference: Amor notes that no comparable Worcester teapot appears to be recorded, 14 cm high, 21…
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A rare pair of Derby porcelain figure of blue-tits. English circa 1765. Provenance: William Simpson Collection. Albert Amor Ltd London 2019 Collection no 42. (22/9/2019 2200 pounds). Reference: Derby Porcelain Figures 1750-1848 by Peter Bradshaw illustrated page 124 and 125 E102. For a similar pair reference the catalogue for The Lady Ludlow Collection of English Porcelain at The Bowes Museum. 12.5 cm high, 11 cm wide
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A fine Sevres porcelain turquoise- blue ribbon and floral decorated and gilt cup and saucer, French, date letter for 1769, grey interlaced L's marks. Provenance: Litchfield's The Sinclair Galleries London. Robert Burke collection no 78, saucer 13.2 cm diameter, cup 6.4 cm high, 9 cm wide over the handle
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A fine Sevres porcelain blue floret and gilt-rose decorated cabaret set, French, date-letter for 1780, blue interlaced L's mark and numeral 9 marks, comprising: two cups and saucers, teapot and cover, sucrier and cover. Provenance: Robert Burke collection no 69, teapot 11.5 cm high, 16 cm wide over the handle, dish 38.5 cm wide by 26 cm, sucrier 7.8 cm diameter, teacups 6.7 cm high
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