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Stock: 15544

A magnificent 19th century Oxblood or "Sang de Boeuf" jardiniere on stand, with a lobed planter supported by a base mounted with three griffin monopodia with paw feet.

Attributed to Pierre Clément Massier. French, c.1880.

Notes: Clément Massier was born into a family of ceramicists and took an interest in the business from an early age. His factory-gallery complex in Golfe Juan became a destination for the elite who summered in Monaco, Nice, and Cannes. He was awarded a gold medal at the Paris Exposition Universelle in 1900 and subsequently became an of official supplier to the British crown.

Sang de boeuf glaze first appeared in Chinese porcelain at the beginning of the 18th century. In Europe, many companies tried to replicate the glaze, and it particularly took off in France.

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	Diameter	Height	Inside dia.
	13" 33 cms	33 1⁄8" 84 cms	8 7⁄8" 22.5 cms

Stock: 15511

A rare and perfectly detailed live steam scale model of a rotative vertical reciprocating beam engine with James Watt type parallel motion linkage. This hand-built engine has been made from burnished steel, cast iron and bronze, which has developed a good patina from over a century of enjoyment. It also retains its original paint and comes with its original carrying case. The single Mahogany clad double action, low pressure cylinder has a stroke of 2 5/8 inches and a bore of 1 1/8 of an inch, the piston produces power on both the upward and downward strokes. The fly wheel measures 11 inches in diameter and the beam, pivoting on a single bronze column, measures 8 1/4 inches. This engine was built between 1865 and 1870, most probably as an apprentice piece, or for demonstrating the workings of this type of engine. It is mounted on a Mahogany plinth with a brass plate with the inscription “MADE BY ROBERT GILCHRIST OF BERWICK ON TWEED 1865 1870”

English, circa 1870.

Scottish engineer, James Watt invented His parallel motion mechanical linkage for the double acting Watt steam engine in 1784. In a letter to his son written in 1808 James Watt wrote “I am more proud of the parallel motion than of any other invention I have ever made”. Watts' new double acting engines were powered by steam on both the upward and downward strokes, along with his parallel motion, these engines were much more efficient than previous engines built by Thomas Newcomen and Watt.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	19 11⁄16" 50 cms	14 5⁄8" 37 cms	11" 28 cms

Stock: 15348

A pair of 18th century Dutch Delft Faience blue and white vases of octagonal baluster form the covers with scrolling foliate finials. They are very finely painted in cobalt blue. The front panels decorated with peonies and willow trees within scrollwork cartouches the back panels with leaf sprigs on a white background. There are makers mark and initials to the base of each vase. Dutch, circa 1764-70.

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	Width	Height
	6 11⁄16" 17 cms	17 1⁄8" 43.5 cms

Stock: 15488

A Pair of large Renaissance Revival patinated bronze ewers, with pierced, openwork decoration. They are likely to be cassolettes, with the pierced design intended to diffuse sweet perfume kept within them. They are mounted on red griotte marble base. French, mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	22 5⁄8" 57.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 15434

A very large, hand painted maiolica urn in the form of a classical wine krater. The exquisite painted decoration includes two central cartouches, one depicting the Judgement of Paris, the other Venus and Cupid with attendants. This is set against a blue ground decorated with foliate scrolls, masks and shells. The handles are fashioned into winged, leopard like beasts.

It would make a fantastic centrepiece on a table and is designed to be seen in the round.

Italian, late 19th, early 20th century. Unmarked.

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	width	height	depth
	22 3⁄8" 57 cms	24 13⁄16" 63 cms	12 3⁄16" 31 cms
Base	11 3⁄8" 29 cms

Stock: 9309

A late Victorian rocking horse with embossed thistle badge to the stand possibly that of the rocking horse makers G & J LInes of London. Unrestored and in need of loving attention a/f.
English late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	53 7⁄8" 137 cms	45 1⁄4" 115 cms	9 13⁄16" 25 cms

Stock: 15425

A pair of tall, highly ornate Victorian alabaster urns. Each adorned with fruiting vines on the handles reminiscent of classical wine vessels They could also be used as candle holders.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height	depth
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	26" 66 cms	9 1⁄8" 23 cms

Stock: 11414

A charming pair, one of two pairs, of near identical Aesthetic Movement gilt metal tiles in relief depicting a pair of cranes wading in a lake close to the shore amid bull rushes. Each with a starburst rose in relief on the back. See also 11413.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 11413

One of two pairs of near identical Aesthetic Movement gilt metal tiles in relief depicting a pair of cranes wading in a lake close to the shore amid bull rushes. Each with a starburst rose in relief on the back. See also 11414.
English, late 19th century.

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	width	height
	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms	6 1⁄8" 15.5 cms

Stock: 12601

A small, early 20th century figurine composed of pressed steel parts, of a Knight of St John in full armour with a paper label to the base for C Galdies Valletta. Based on the full sized suits of armour in the Grand Master's Palace in the centre of the old walled city of Valletta. Malta, early 20th century.

Notes: The Knights of St John were of the order of the Knights of the Hospital of Saint John of Jerusalem and were an early Catholic military order. They were based in Jerusalem until 1291, on the island of Rhodes from 1310 until 1522, in Malta from 1530 until 1798 and at Saint Petersburg from 1799 until 1801.

	Width	Height	Depth
	5 11⁄16" 14.5 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms	4 1⁄4" 11 cms

Stock: 4037

A large lower part of an ocean clam shell. Clams are the largest living bivalve mollusks and are mostly found in shallow coral reefs in the South Pacific and Indian Oceans. Circa 1920.

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	Width	Height	Depth
External	25 5⁄8" 65 cms	7 7⁄8" 20 cms	15 11⁄16" 40 cms
Internal

Stock: 8194

A large, nickel plated cast iron plaque in the Renaissance manner. The central oval medallion, depicting a battle scene is surrounded by four similar, smaller ovals amid warriors, satyrs, grotesques and maiden masks within strapwork borders. Possibly by Thomas Elkington.
English, late 19th century.

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	Width	Height
	18 1⁄4" 46.5 cms	27 5⁄8" 70 cms

Stock: 11640

An Arts & Crafts embossed copper rectangular plaque in the manner of the Newlyn School, with a galleon in full sail and bearing a monogram SO or OS and set in an oak frame.
English, circa 1910

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	width	height
	19" 48.2 cms	23" 58.5 cms

Stock: 12387

A small bronze vase or urn elaborately decorated in the manner of the Chinese Shang Dynasty.
Mid 20th century.

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	width	height	depth
	8 1⁄4" 21 cms	13 13⁄16" 35 cms	8 1⁄4" 21 cms

Stock: 12386

A gilded spelter Rococo style ewer or pitcher with a stylised dragon handle of fine quality casting, moulded to the body with cherubs, masks and shields amid floral detail and raised on an elaborate round pedestal. French, circa 1860.

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	width	height	depth
	5 1⁄4" 13.5 cms	15 3⁄8" 39.2 cms	5 7⁄8" 15 cms

Stock: 13023

A pair of small early 20th century Rouge Royal Marble obelisks usually displayed on the shelf of a mantelpiece.
English, circa 1930.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	3 7⁄8" 10 cms	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	3 7⁄8" 10 cms

Stock: 12880

A delightful, early and rare Royal Society for the Protection of Animals (RSPCA) charity collection box of a dog painted brown and seated on a green painted base. The dog looks to be carved in resin. A collection box hangs around his neck bearing the words 'The RSPCA Invites Your Support' and the green base states that 'A coin will ring the bell'. Happily the bell still rings when you drop a coin in the box. These collection boxes would have stood in doorways of shops to catch the eye of passers by.
English, late 19th century.

Notes: The Charity was founded in 1824 in a London coffee shop. It was the world's first animal welfare charity. and was originally called the SPCA - Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Royal patronage followed in 1837 and Queen Victoria gave permission to add the royal R in 1840, making it the RSPCA as it is known worldwide today.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	30 11⁄16" 78 cms	26 13⁄16" 68 cms

Stock: 15238

An ornate pair of late 19th Century Meiji Period Imari vases of double gourd form, with hand painted decoration in red, blue and gold glazes on a white ground.
Japanese, late 19th century.

Notes: The gourd form is modelled on an Asian squash called the calabash, which had many uses and is symbolic of protection and good fortune.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	14 1⁄2" 36.8 cms	7 1⁄2" 19 cms

Stock: 15229

A pair of 19th century Chinese Qing Dynasty baluster vases of fine quality. Each vase is hand painted with sinuous designs of delightful stylised flowers and leaves wrapping around their bodies and the lids are surmounted by upright Foo Dogs resting their paws on small globes. Foo Dog masks with rings in their mouths can also be seen in pairs on the shoulders. Foo Dogs, or Chinese Guardian Lions, were believed to be protective forces, often found guarding the entrances to Temples and Imperial Palaces.
Chinese, mid-19th century.

Please not that one lid is a replacement of the same period and is a good but not identical match with the other.

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	Diameter	Height
	7 1⁄2" 19 cms	15 3⁄8" 39 cms

Stock: 15225

A large Victorian antique brass gadrooned jardiniere. English, circa 1880.

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	Diameter	Height
	13 3⁄16" 33.5 cms	15 7⁄8" 40.5 cms

Stock: 13685

A very decorative, deep sea blue and shore sea green, Royal Doulton of Lambeth salt glaze stoneware jardiniere stand with rosettes and scrolled foliate and acanthus detail, in the Art Nouveau manner. The company registration mark, consisting of an impressed medallion surrounded by the words Royal Doulton England and surmounted by a crown and lion together with the number 294, is clearly visible on the base. Please refer to the last image below. This stand would normally support a jardiniere of the same design and colour and were a very popular parlour item in Edwardian times.
English, circa 1910.

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	width	height
top	8 1⁄8" 20.5 cms	30 3⁄16" 76.8 cms
base	12 3⁄16" 31 cms

Stock: 14967

A large and rare glazed turquoise ceramic urn and stand in the Egyptian manner designed by Christopher Dresser and made by the Linthorpe Art Pottery in Middlesborough.

The urn is stamped with the maker's name on the base, along with the number 2253, and can also be seen on the inside of the base of the stand along with the number 2058. Both are shown in the tenth image below. Please note one of the handles has been restored and there is a restored chip to the rim. English, c.1880.

Notes: Linthorpe Art Pottery ran for just ten years from 1879 to 1889. It was started by John Harrison at the suggestion of Christopher Dresser, the prominent designer. Dresser supplied many designs for the pottery. Henry Tooth ran the pottery until 1882, when he left to set up Bretby Art Pottery with William Ault he was succeeded at Linthorpe by Richard Patey.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	21 1⁄2" 54.5 cms	52 3⁄8" 133 cms	17 11⁄16" 45 cms

Stock: 13631

A large Art Nouveau stoneware jardiniere and stand made by Doulton of Lambeth with stylised lotus and rosette.
English circa 1910.

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	diameter	height
jardiniere	16 1⁄8" 41 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms
stand	12 3⁄16" 31 cms	18 1⁄4" 46.5 cms

Stock: 15048

A large and fine pair of porcelain armorial lidded vases with meticulously hand painted molded and enamelled family crests and foliate decoration made by Edmé Samson (b Paris, 1810; d Paris, 1891), and were probably intended to be used as ginger jars. French, circa.1870.

Notes: Edmé Samson was the founder of the ceramics firm Samson, Edmé et Cie established in Paris in the 1840's. His Chinese style makers mark can been seen at the base.

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	diameter	height
	9 1⁄8" 23 cms	12" 30.5 cms

Stock: 12133

A pair of very small 19th century patinated cast iron campan urns in the Neo Classical style, the integral plinths with trophy decoration. English, 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms	13 5⁄8" 34.5 cms	4 7⁄8" 12.5 cms

Stock: 11745

A large and striking composition on board sculpted plaque in the Egyptian Revival manner featuring triumphant Egypto-Greco warriors in battle formation, led by a mounted commander and urged on by female deities or royal maidens. Signed on the back - Montage by S.R. Bennett Jan 1970.
Mid to late 20th century.

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	width	height
	71" 180.3 cms	24" 61 cms

Stock: 11125

A decorative antique carved and painted wood pediment, cornice or ornamental hanging, in the Baroque style, set within an ebonised carved and pierced scrollwork frame, with a central carved a gilded sunburst flanked by two phoenix, the mythical bird that rose from the ashes thus symbolising renewal.
Mid 19th century.

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	Width	Height	Depth
	63" 160 cms	14 3⁄16" 36 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 11715

A cast iron Victorian roundel with the portraits most probably of Charles 1st of England and his son Charles II.
English late 19th century.

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	Diameter
	12 5⁄8" 32 cms

Stock: 11714

Antique cast iron portrait roundel of Vasco da Gama(1460 - 1524), a Portuguese count and one of the world's greatest explorers being the first European to reach India by sea thus linking Europe and Asia for the first time by ocean via the Atlantic and the Indian oceans leading the way to the Orient.
English circa 1890.

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	Diameter		Depth
	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms		1 13⁄16" 4.5 cms

Stock: 11315

A large possibly teak or mahogany ship's wheel, a brass band reinforcing the felloe or wooden rim of the wheel and with eight spokes radiating out from the central brass drum or spindle which together with the rest of the steering mechanism forms part of the helm and is the device used aboard a water vessel to control that vessel's course.
English date unknown possible early to mid 20th century.

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	Diameter	Depth
	38 3⁄16" 97 cms	2 13⁄16" 7 cms

Stock: 10393

A well carved, antique Victorian oak frieze panel in the Rennaisance Revival manner with scrolling detail depicting winged and forked tongued Dragons or Griffins set within with floral decorative detail, the central scrolled shield displaying the initials WCH 1897.
English 1897.

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	width	height
	56 11⁄16" 144 cms	8 11⁄16" 22 cms

Stock: 11980

A large and attractive polished copper repoussé roundel of the Arts & Crafts period. The central circular panels full of foliate motifs and birds, probably finches, within a stylised daisy held within beaded frame and with further finches amongst trailing foliage around the rim.
English early 20th century.

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	diameter	depth
	28 11⁄16" 73 cms	0 13⁄16" 2 cms

Stock: 10104

A small cast iron antique Coat of Arms of Bournemouth Borough Council whose large coastal resort lies on the south coast of Hampshire in England. The Arms were granted on 24th March 1891 and quarterly depict a Cross Flory between a Lion rampant holding a Rose between the paws in the first and fourth quar­ters, six Martlets in the second and four quarters and Salmon naiant in the third. The crest with a knights helmet beneath a wreath upon a mount depicting a tree and four emblematic roses.
The Motto 'Pulchritudeo et Salubritas' at the base translates as 'Beauty & Health' or 'Handsome is as Handsome does'.
English late 19th century.

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	width	height	Depth
	8 1⁄2" 21.5 cms	15" 38 cms	1" 2.5 cms

Stock: 13589

A pair of small burnished iron Art Deco console table bases in the Egyptian Revival manner, depicting a Princess or Danceuse
delicately poised with arms raised to support a demi-lune / half round
glass or marble top.
English, 1930s.

NOTES : With 1930s romantic Hollywood connotations, but also faint echoes of the eras of the Pharoahs, the Pashas and the Princesses...even reaching back to distant Aztec "cousins".

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	Width	Height	Depth
	14 13⁄16" 37.5 cms	27 7⁄8" 70.8 cms	14" 35.5 cms

Stock: 13422

A large antique cast iron convex roundel depicting a Bacchanalian rural scene of celebration. An angel holds a halo above the head of a women greeting a kneeling man and attended by Mercury and Cupid. The couple are surrounded by a throng with carousing figures, cherubs, horseback riders and mythological beings in the sky. A pair of caryatids bearing baskets of fruit upon their heads frame the scene.
French possibly late 19th century.

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	Radius
	23 5⁄8" 60 cms