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Ceramics — Philips Auctions Australia

$18,000
An impressive Royal Worcester exhibition vase, 1887, design…
$12,600
Two Meissen groups: Turks riding an elephant & a rhinoceros,…
$9,300
A Royal Doulton Changware dragon vase, circa 1925-30, by…
$7,501
Royal Worcester pot pourri of rotund shape with hand painted…
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Number of lots recorded:96
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Ceramics
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*** A fine Bow figure Emblematic of 'Winter', circa 1755-60, the finely moulded and vibrantly decorated figure of a typically attired young man wearing a tricorn hat and a muff, in puce, pale blue and lemon colours, warming himself by a brazier, against a… ***
*** A Barr, flight & Barr Worcester Imari teapot, circa 1810, the compressed oval teapot with an elegant looping vegetal handle and a domed and recessed lid with a flame style finial, profusely decorated with a fenced oriental garden scene in a vibrant cobalt… ***
*** A fine Anton Boullemier signed Cauldon Ware Exhibition vase, circa 1895, apparently made for the Cardiff Exhibition of 1896, the tapering cushion shaped Louis XVI style vase with a pedestal foot, waisted neck and scroll handles, having a central cartouche… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'New Stork' charger, circa 1938, pattern 4283, with design attributed to Irene Pemberton, depicting three cranes standing in water reeds beneath stylised trees with tracery like curtains of foliage jewelled with colours upon an unusual… ***
*** A Claire Volkhart porcelain group of harlequin with a dancer, 1913, Schwarzburger workshop Germany, the stylised figures of harlequin in a peacock eye decorated yellow costume, and blue ballet slippers engaging with a ballet dancer in an orange chevron,… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'Mandarin's Chatting' baluster vase, circa 1932, pattern with design attributed to Violet Elmer, shape 443 until 1938. Depicting two figures chatting beneath a twisted tendril embellished tree upon a gloss black ground between rouge friezes… ***
*** A Lladro 'Springtime in Japan' figural group 1983, year released, number 1445, designed by Salvador Debon. In a typically muted pastel palette and depicting two geisha with flowers, one with a parasol positioned upon an arched bridge, a swan before them;… ***
*** A 14 piece Limoges porcelain fish service, early 20th century comprising twelve plates, a sauce boat with attached underplate and a large oval serving platter, each with central transfer decoration of fish in aquatic setting, including trout, salmon,… ***
*** A ninety-two piece Limoges porcelain dinner service, Jammet-Seignolles, Limoges, first half 20th century, the service in white with finely gilded wheat border to the edges, comprising 35 dinner plates, 8 side plates, 12 entree plates, 7 soup coupes, 10… ***
*** Ricketts, William (1898-1993), in fired clay appearing as stone, and depicting the finely rendered figure of an aboriginal elder holding three children; with faint inscription underside and also signature of William Ricketts. Height 22 cm. Width 19 cm.… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'Moonlight Cameo' vase, mid-1920s, decoration pattern 2944, body shape 167, the design applied within two opposed orange lustre-ground roundels within the matt black-ground, impressed, printed, and painted marks underside. Height 26 cm ***
*** A rare pair of Staffordshire spaniels with Pups and one other, mid 19th century, the finely modelled pair of a red and white parent dog with a black and white pup, sitting on a Thenard's blue base, the dogs with rare blue eyes; the single dog also well… ***
*** A Royal Worcester covered vase, after 1901, marks rubbed, pattern 1958, signed F.R for Frank Roberts, of globular form with leaf bracket handles, and a petite lid with finial, having a knopped stem and raised on a socle and a stepped and shaped square… ***
*** Friedrich Goldscheider (1845-1897), after 'Petri', painted ceramic, the skin and hair bronze-painted, the robes and basket painted gold, inscribed title to the top of the base, various marks to the back of the base including 'Friedrich Goldscheider, Wien,… ***
*** A Royal Worcester painted vase, 1890s (date mark rubbed), body shape 1410, registration number 141375 of slender ovoid baluster shape with a pair of female mask handles to the shoulder, raised decoration and gilt highlights to the shoulder, handles, and… ***
*** A forty piece Wileman & Co Japan Imari tea service, circa mid 1880s, Alex shape pattern number 3737. A setting for twelve with cups, associated saucers and side plates, two sandwich or cake plates, a creamer and a sugar bowl, all of quatrefoil ribbed… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'Egyptian Fan' coffee service for six, 1932-1933, pattern 3696, design attributed to Violet Elmer. The petite coffee cans jewelled and gilded with stylised arc shaped fans flanked by towers of hollyhock style flowers and other spiral and… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'Explosion & Butterfly' Petit-Fours tray, circa 1930, pattern 3452. The shaped circular tray with a striking fruit topped pedestal handle, decorated in orange, apple green, ochre and pastel enamels with exploding flowers, gilded swirls and… ***
*** A small Royal Worcester vase, circa 1960, with signature of H. Stinton, the elongated tapering vase with a waisted neck and a gilded rim, painted with Scottish highland cattle in a pastel landscape setting; signed to image; backstamp underside. Height 14… ***
*** A tall Royal Worcester vase, circa 1885, signed E. Raby, the inverted almond shaped vase with tapered tubular neck from which the base of rises a pair of high scrolled foliate handles displaying handpainted poppies and dandelions. Stamped to base with… ***
*** A Royal Worcester vase, circa1902, signed H. Stinton, the petite bulbous base displaying highland cattle and tapering towards a tall tubular neck. Height 13 cm ***
*** Wedgwood white bone china 'Ascot' dinner service for eight people with embossed gilt edges, comprising eight of each: dinner plates, soup bowls, secondary plates, tea cups, saucers and plates and a lidded tureen ***
*** A Persian Tabriz wool carpet, mid 20th century featuring a blue and white shaped medallion upon a bright red field populated with a geometric arrangement of floral, cross, tree of life and other motifs, serrated edges to white spandrels and enclosed by a… ***
*** A framed Limoges enamel plaque, 20th century, after Fragonard, a pair of lovers engaged in a music lesson in a pastoral retreat, in rich enamel colours upon a copper cushion profile sheet with signature lower left, height 49 cm, width 43.5 cm ***
*** A Derby reticulated Frill vase, circa 1760, the flaring moulded vase with a lattice rim with blue florets, richly encrusted with flowers in colours, with a scattering of butterflies and insects and two flower embellished cupid masks issuing husk motifs,… ***
*** A Derby Named View teapot, circa 1815, decoration in the manner of George Robertson, of neoclassical compressed form, with a stepped dome lid and gadrooned finial, decorated with two reserves of cottages in landscapes, 'In North Wales' and 'Near… ***
*** An unusual Grainger's Worcester tripod spill vase, circa 1815-20, with a flaring waisted rim, a compressed base with neoclassical gilding and raised on a trio of substantial bird of prey feet, finely decorated with a detailed continuous scene of oriental… ***
*** A Plymouth female mandolin player, circa 1770, a slip cast hollow based figure of a seated musician dressed in robes with a cape and decorated in a predominantly green and puce palette, raised on a high shell form rococo base; illustrated in a white… ***
*** A porcelain glacier or fruit cooler in the French manner, 18th century, the fine shaped fruit cooler sprigged with flowers and blue and green floral borders and gilt enrichments, the handles of twisted leafy form, and having a recessed lid with a vegetal… ***
*** A Derby boy figure Emblematic of Summer, circa 1760s, from the Seasons, and depicting a seated boy in breeches and a frock coat in apple green and iron red colours and wearing a wheat ear wreath about his head, holding wheat sheaves in his hands with a… ***
*** A Worcester lobed blue and white plate, circa 1760s-70s, decorated in the 'Pine Cone' design with a loose bouquet to the centre with five sprays to the scalloped rim; with a hatched crescent mark underside. Height 4.5 cm. Diameter 23 cm ***
*** A Clarice Cliff 'Original Bizarre' jug, late 1920s, the conical shape 30 jug with a triangular handle boldly hand painted on glaze with harlequin diamonds in orange, yellow, black and cream colours; Bizarre Newport backstamp underside and impressed number… ***
*** A Worcester lobed blue and white plate, 1760s-70s, decorated in the 'Pine Cone' design with a loose bouquet to the centre with five sprays to the scalloped rim; with a hatched crescent mark underside. Height 4 cm. Diameter 22.5 cm ***
*** A Fifty-Seven piece Royal Doulton dinner service, 1964-1981, 'Sovereign' pattern, a setting for eight of neoclassical profile with footed cups, saucers and side plates, soup coupes and saucers, petite dessert bowls, dinner plates and a creamer, with… ***
*** A fine Worcester leaf form sauceboat, circa 1755, the delicately moulded sauceboat in the form of a cos lettuce with a crabstock handle, with fine restrained pastel floral decoration and ox blood brown lines to the edges. Height 12.5 cm. Width 22 cm ***
*** A Samson of Paris Porcelain perfume bottle in the Derby style, 19th century, a charming figural bottle with three 18th century attired figures and a small dog in bright enamel colours clambering about a flower encrusted shrub, surmounted by a bee stopper;… ***
*** A Clarice Cliff seven piece 'Original Bizarre' tea set, late 1920s, comprising a bullet teapot, small sugar bowl, creamer and two cups with associated saucers, all hand painted on glaze with sawtooth forms in orange, black and yellow colours upon a cream… ***
*** A pair of antique Delft 'Cashmire' covered vases, 19th century, ovoid vases with high domed lids and cat and ball finials, tin glaze, decoration in green, russet and blue colours upon a creamy blush ground with, continuous bird and floral scenes in the… ***
*** A set of six English Indian tree pattern plates, 19th century, pattern no 2304, each decorated with peony branches and other oriental flowers within diaper band of trellis and ribbon tied symbols and with key pattern edges, unmarked except pattern number… ***
*** An unusual plate by Longton Hall, circa 1753-55, with a heavy thick glassy glaze, having a central ho ho bird roundel and three smaller blurred edge reserves to the William Littlers deep cobalt border, remnant gilding and kiln spitting typical of the… ***
*** A pair of French porcelain blue exhibition lidded urns, late 19th century / early 20th century, the pair of Sevres style baluster form urns in bleu celeste with white ground body decorated with French courting scenes and exterior landscapes, gilt metal… ***
*** A Victorian Royal Worcester figure, 'Kneeling water carrier, 1886, shape 596 introduced in 1877, finely modelled as an elderly Eastern water carrier emptying his amphora into, a bowl upon a rocky circular base, finely rendered in ivory satin glaze, the… ***
*** A Fine-Three piece Coalport rococo vase garniture, circa 1835, decorated attributed to Stephen Lawrence Flamboyant lobed and cabochon bodied baluster vases with waisted necks and extravagant fold over acanthus leaf handles, decorated with dual floral… ***
*** An antique Continental porcelain urn with cover, late 19th to early 20th century, the moulded campana style urn with mascaron and foliate handles upon a pedestal base, and having a shaped and moulded cover with a conjoined rams' head finial, decorated to… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'Rabbits at Dusk' vase, circa 1938, pattern 4247 attributed to Irene Pemberton, in shape 456 in use until 1941, in mottled orange lustre colours depicting rabbits in silhouette beside sinuous trees, tall cypress to the reverse, an apple… ***
*** Two Doulton Burslem 'Australian Federation' fern pots, circa 1900 designed by John Slater and John Shorter, with green and sepia transfer designs featuring Queen Victoria flanked by soldiers, medallions of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York, and… ***
*** A fine signed Royal Vienna porcelain urn, 'Musik', 19th century, Germany, with blue shield (beehive mark), a classical urn with acanthus leaf handles raised on a shaped circular base, painted with a continuous classical mythological scene, 'Musik', signed… ***
*** A Worcester famille rose teapot, circa 1770, the globular teapot with a simple curved spout and loop handle decorated in a puce, purple, emerald and iron red palette with delicate gilt highlights, with loose floral decoration and shaped cellular borders… ***
*** A Lladro 'Springtime in Japan' figural group, 1983, year released, number 1445, designed by Salvador Debon, in a typically muted pastel palette and depicting two geisha with flowers, one with a parasol positioned upon an arched bridge, a swan before them;… ***
*** A fine Wedgwood Jasperware plaque, circa late 18th century, in solid blue jasper with white relief of two winged putti playing with a placid lion, one riding upon its back, the other patting its jowls; impressed mark of Wedgwood only underside; probably… ***
*** A large Derby vase with 'A View in Cumberland', 1806-1825, of typical carinate urn form with a broad waisted neck, foliate scrolled handles, a small stem and circular foot to a square base, reserved with a well painted landscape view upon a cobalt ground… ***
*** A group of six Meissen Marcolini period cups and saucers, 1774-1814, small bowl shaped cups with foliate handles, all pieces vibrantly and individually painted with 'Deutsche Blumen', underglaze blue crossed swords and star marks underside. Height 4.5 cm.… ***
*** A substantial German decorated porcelain figurine group, Unterweissbach, Thuringia, third quarter 20th century, of an eighteenth century scene of a lady in a grand carriage with driver and footman drawn by a team of four horses, all on a platform base… ***
*** A French antique gilded reticulated comport, 19th century, in the Paris Porcelain manner, the navette shaped and flared basket in a lattice weave with leaf handles raised upon a conforming stepped and spreading socle to a rectangular base, in gilt on a… ***
*** A striking Carlton Ware 'River Fish' rectangular plate, circa 1935, also known as 'Shabunkin' pattern 3971, on a modulating green ground with underglaze painting and a vibrantly top enamelled fish with gilt and enamel reeds; stamp underside, also the… ***
*** A Polish KPM one hundred and forty piece dinner service for twelve, with a gilt and black floral rose design upon cream porcelain with dinner, side, cake plates, soup bowls, small and large cups and associated saucers for twelve, additional large saucers… ***
*** A fine Royal Worcester Bringaree Indian figurine, circa 1887, the blushware figure in draped and girdled attire posed with a staff and hand on hip, the drapery beautifully detailed with muted hues and gold highlights, upon a circular base; stamps and… ***
*** A pair of Royal Worcester Orchid wall vases, 1883, Naturalistically modelled as slipper orchids in gilt, iron red and brown tones with a cream slipper in a de-lustred finish, with green backstamp to the reverse. Height 22 cm. Width 16 cm. Depth 6.5 cm ***
*** A Royal Worcester painted vase, date mark for 1897, body shape 1839, registration number 267452 of ovoid baluster shape with a pair of small handles to the shoulder, raised work and borders and gilt details throughout, a blush ivory reserve to each side… ***
*** A Coalport dinner service, circa 1980. Revelry pattern, decorated with pale blue panels encompassing cherubs against a plain ground comprising eight dinner plates, eight side plates, eight cake plates, sixteen saucers, eight teacups, eight soup bowls and… ***
*** A Royal Albert boxed tea set, 20th century, the charming set includes six teacups and saucers decorated in the 'Chelsea Bird' pattern and including six silver plated spoons all housed in a hinged original box. Box height 11 cm. Width 46.5 cm. Depth 31 cm ***
*** A Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Athens' jug, circa 1930-36, the octagonal sided jug with flared foot and square angled handle displaying the 'Oranges and Lemons' pattern in yellow, orange and black. Stamped to base Newport Pottery England. Height 16.5 cm ***
*** A Clarice Cliff Fantasque dessert set,-30, the set includes six sweet dishes with flat flared rim and a large serving dish with a flat octagonal shaped rim all displaying the 'Trees and house' pattern in red, green and black. Stamped to base Wilkinson Ltd… ***
*** A Worcester vase, circa 1901, signed W.H. Austen, the ovoid shaped form displaying a pair of pheasants in a conifer tree which rounds at the shoulder towards the slender gilded tubular neck and all raised on a gilded stepped foot. Stamped to base. Height… ***
*** A charming pair of Royal Crown Derby vases, circa 1890, the matching pair ovoid shaped and with short flared neck each with cobalt collars above a white ground with fruit and floral motifs and featured over all a framework of gilded lace patterns and… ***
*** A Clarice Cliff Bizarre 'Stamford' hot water jug, circa1930-36, the cubist influenced jug displaying the 'Red Roofs' pattern in Cafe Au lait. Stamped to base Wilkinson Ltd England. Height 11 cm ***
*** Carlton Ware 'Geometric Sunflower' patterned, lustre glazed, ovoid pot pourri vase with a detachable pierced lid, three short flared feet, an orange flecked ground, a stylised floral pattern and the shoulder decorated with a continuous lacy gilt floriate… ***
*** A pair of Derby bocage candlesticks, circa 1765-1770. The softpaste porcelain pair in pale colours decorated with flower encrusted and draped cupids and floriform sconces, one cupid gesturing to a flaming heart hidden within the bocage and both raised… ***
*** A Sevres style tea cup and saucer, circa after 1,800. in bleu celeste, and hand decorated with pink roses and buds enclosed within gilt laurel wreaths; with differing marks underside: a British antique Dealer's label, Sotheby's label, saucer with… ***
*** An Eighty-Four piece Paragon fine bone china 'Athena' dinner service for twelve, c1987-1990, decorated with patterned gilt bands with black beads and bronze pendant borders, comprising 12 dinner plates, 12 entree plates, 12 bread and butter plates, 12… ***
*** A Flight Barr & Barr Worcester Named View campana vase, circa 1820, in apple green with gadroon rims, pierced mythological figure handles and raised on a square base, finely decorated to a shaped reserve with a scene of 'Warwick Castle' viewed across the… ***
*** A rare Longton hall moulded strawberry leaf and fruit plate, circa 1751-60, Stoke on Trent, in soft paste porcelain, the leafy border softly decorated in apple green, emerald colours and magenta highlights, with 'Deutsche Blumen' posies and sprigs to the… ***
*** An old Paris Porcelain Empire cup and saucer, circa 1798, a Napoleonic commemorative piece in burnished gilt, with a trumpet shaped cup and a high set scrolling handle, decorated with Egyptian sphinx, stiff leaf borders, swags and ornaments, a larger… ***
*** A delightful and rare Worcester tea cup and saucer, circa 1765-70, in the Chinoiserie 'Red bull' pattern, printed and decorated in the mandarin palette with bulls and figures in a landscape setting. Provenance: with a label underside for Havelock house… ***
*** A Carlton Ware 'Mandarin tree' vase, circa 1932-1936, pattern 3702, shape number probably 443, the slender barrel shaped vase decorated with an elegantly twisted tree with gilded tracery and yellow leaves and vibrant flowering bushes upon a black ground,… ***
*** A Grainger Lee & Co Worcester Empire style pot pourri, circa 1815, the oval pot with a pierced lid and eagle finial surmount, embellished with twin serpent gilded handles with vegetal mounts, and raised on four swan feet, decorated to the body with pairs… ***
*** A large Carlton Ware 'Swallow and trees' ginger jar, production period 1928-1929, a variant of pattern 3279, in a pearlised pale blue grey colour with a fine pendant collar of tree foliage in cobalt and mauve colours richly scrolled with gilt, with birds… ***
*** A Bow figure of Bacchus, 1755-60, with restrained pale decoration in apple green and purple colours upon white, the figure of Bacchus in a serpentine pose, one hand holding his signature bunch of grapes and resting upon a floral swagged wine vessel, and… ***
*** A Derby shepherdess figure, circa 1756-1760, the delightful 'pale family' figure of an animated shepherdess with a floral skirt and a perky hat and decorated in fresh apple green, pink and lemon tones, a small lamb at her feet and raised upon a footed… ***
*** A Royal Doulton bone china 'Flambe Veined' vase, post 1928 mark, model 1616, the high shouldered ovoid vase with a small neck, decorated to the collar, with thread like flames of red upon a purple and blue ground, the lower, register thickly pock marked… ***
*** An Eighty nine piece Royal Worcester dinner service, 1958-2001 period of manufacture, 'Viceroy gold' pattern, the white service for eight simply embellished with a gold rim and borders, comprising: dinner, entree, side plates, sweet bowls, bouillon and… ***
*** A Moorcroft 'Pomegranate' vase, circa 1915, the small baluster vase with a shallow waisted neck and small foot rim decorated with a broad band of fruit and blue purple berries upon a green yellow ground with a thin Prussian blue glaze; with green… ***
*** A fine pair of Worcester dessert dishes, circa 1780. Provenance: A.J. Greenacre, London, 1991 for £850, the scallop edged dishes with an underglaze blue border and a running chain motif enclosed by dentil and feathered borders, centred with a similarly… ***
*** A Dr Wall Worcester fluted tea cup and saucer, circa 1765, a delicate cup with a moulded handle, decorated with loose arrangements of summer foliage and flowers, sprigs and insects in puce, purple, iron red and lemon colours, the saucer of conforming… ***
*** A fine Bow figure emblematic of 'Summer', circa 1755-60, the finely moulded figure of a woman in a summer hat and a floral dress decorated in shades of pink and purple, seated upon a stook of wheat and holding a sheaf in her left hand, raised upon a… ***
*** A Chelsea platter, circa 1755, the shaped oval platter with a narrow ox blood brown ribbon to the edge and sprigged throughout with single blooms, loose posies and butterflies; red anchor mark underside to rim. Height 5 cm. Length 39.5 cm. Width 30 cm ***
*** A pair of Chelsea musician figures, circa 1756-69, gold anchor period, an elegant pair, she with a plumed head piece, a floral skirt and lemon apron and playing a triangle, and he with brimmed hat, in a pink coat and floral breeches playing a tambourine,… ***
*** A fine and rare Derby biscuit figural group, 'Four Cupids hunting', circa 1770, the four figures carrying various hunting accoutrements around a finely encrusted tree and raised upon a rocky floral base; incised numerals 257 underside. Height 23.5 cm ***
*** A set of six 'Pierre Frey of Paris' faience dinner plates for Gien, modern era, the fine boxed set comprising 'Fayence' botanical specimens in complementary maroon, plum and beige hues on cream, with green bordered scalloped rims; backstamps underside,… ***
*** A Flight & Barr Worcester figural plate, circa 1795-1800, the scallop edged plate with spiral moulding, decorated with gilt borders and swags, centred with a kneeling figure of a figure in ottoman dress in a landscape setting, unmarked, diameter 22 cm ***
*** A soft paste porcelain figural chamber stick attributed to the Longton, hall factory, 1755-60, a draped and seated cupid figure holding a basket of flowers within a bocage bower and decorated in enamel colours above a moulded base, height 24.5 cm ***
*** A Royal Worcester vase, 1928, with decoration by Harry Stinton, of broad pear shape slightly lobed and with moulded decoration to the collar in shot colours, the body painted with highland cattle in a loch landscape, signed; printed number 248/H and puce… ***
*** A fine Meissen porcelain desk set, 20th century, comprising a rectangular desk tray with canted corners, a paper box, blotter and two square lidded ink wells, decorated in the blue dragon pattern with iron red flaming clouds and patterned borders upon a… ***
*** A large neoclassical porcelain vase with gilt bronze mounts, early 20th century, the Sevres type cobalt urn with a plain body, a cast domed cover with pine, cone finial, gilt pendants to the neck, twin ram's head handles and raised on a cusped square base… ***
*** A first period Worcester teapot and stand, circa 1775 of ribbed barrel shape with a flattened lid, floral finial and leafy mount decorated with gilded floral swags tied with ribbons beneath serrated borders on a creamy white ground, the stand conforming,… ***
*** An impressive tall Carlton Ware vase, circa 1916, baluster shaped with a columnar flared neck, superbly decorated with sprays of flowers in gilt and enamels in 'Rockery and Pheasant' pattern 2071 on a mottled blue ground, similarly decorated to neck and… ***