All World: ''Improved'' stamp albumof mainly used GB and Australia definitives & commemoratives, 1930s on, plus small quantity China and GB, Br Empire & Rest of World: Small red album collection of GB and various...
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GB, Br Empire & Rest of World: Largemixed collection in 3 albums of mainly GB stamps of QV-QEII pre-decimal period. Includes QV line-engraved 1d Blacks, numerous 1d Reds/2d blues and higher values to £1. Definitives,...
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GB, Br Empire & Rest of World: Largeboxed accumulation of QV to QEII mint & used definitive, commemorative & fiscals plus ephemera in numerous containers and packets. Includes sets, blocks, cuts & bundleware...
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FRANCIS NEWTON SOUZA (1924-2002)
GROTESQUEHEAD
oil on paper, signed and dated '62, 31.5 x 23.5cm
Provenance: a local private collection for over forty years.
Exhibited: Nottingham, Commonwealth Festival Exhibition,...
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AN OVAL DISH, DERBY OR COCKPIT HILL
transferprinted with side by side Classical Ruins 1 and 2, a floral spray and three flowers, 21.5cm w, patch marks, c1764-65
Illustrated: DPIS Journal 5, 2004, A Group of Transfer...
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A DERBY PLATE
after a Meissen original,enamelled in Kakiemon style with a spray of mauve flowers tied with blue ribbons, other flowers, a cricket and moth, in shaped and moulded border with brown edged rim, 25cm...
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A DERBY SPILL VASE
painted probablyby John Hancock, Junior with exotic birds in a raised gilt frame on a turquoise ground with gilt borders, 11.5cm h, painted crown, pseudo Sèvres mark and B in blue, c1830-36...
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A DERBY BOTANICAL PLATE
painted witha specimen of the Lily, the fluted salmon pink border painted in crimson and gilt with stylised leaves and tendrils, 23cm diam, blue painted mark and title Smaller Yellow...
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A CONTINENTAL COFFEE CAN AND STAND
withangular gilt handle and gilt with sprigs beneath a panelled puce ribbon border with pale green batons at intervals, stand 13cm diam, painted pseudo anchor and D in puce, 19th...
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A SET OF ENGLISH GLASS SPIRIT BEADSOR PHILOSOPHICAL BUBBLES
for measuring the specific gravity of 11[only of the 12] spirits including Whiskey and Rum listed on the printed label to the underside of the cover...
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THE GLADSTONE SERVICE. A CROWN DERBYPLATE
designed by Richard Lunn and painted by Count Holtzendorf and James Rouse with a central panel of figures on a Derbyshire moor in etched gilt border, the intense cobalt...
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JAMES McARDELL (1729-1765) AFTER SIRJOSHUA REYNOLDS, PRA (1723-1792)
PORTRAIT OF MRS HUGH BONFOY NEE ELIOT
proof mezzotint before letters, trimmed to within plate mark, 1755, 37.5 x 27.5cm, and four other...
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A DERBY MODEL OF A PROWLING LEOPARD
carefullypainted in polychrome with well defined markings, the left fore paw upraised, on almost flat sprigged base, 6.5cm h, dealer's label, c1760
Provenance: Klaber & Klaber, London.
Illustrated:...
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A RARE ISLEWORTH FEEDING CUP
of halfenclosed urnular form with shell lugs and curved spout, transfer printed in underglaze inky cobalt with scattered flowers and a moth, 9.5cm h, collector's and exhibition labels,...
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A DERBY OCTAGONAL PLATE FROM THE LOWTHERCASTLE SERVICE
enamelled and gilt with a central lotus and willow tree medallion, the blue ground with four wing shaped panels of flowering plants, in lappeted border and...
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HARRY SAMPSON HANCOCK (1870-1934)
STILLLIFE WITH ROSES
signed and dated 1899, watercolour with stopping and scratching out and gum, 16.5 x 23.5cm and a watercolour study of robins by James Stinton, signed (2)
Illustrated:...
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THOMAS COOPER MOORE (1827-1901)
THREERAILWAYS' ENTRANCE TO COLWICK ESTATE NOTTINGHAM
signed, signed again, dated 1893 and inscribed verso, Academy board, 28.5 x 47cm
At this period Nottingham was served by...
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JAMES HILL (1791-1854)
IN LOVER'S WALKMATLOCK DERBYSHIRE
inscribed verso, watercolour with scratching out, circular, 15.5cm diam
Exhibited: Derby Museum and Art Gallery, The Factory at King Street 1849-1935,...
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A DERBY COFFEE CUP
with unusual S shapedhandle with support, finely painted in famille rose enamels with three groups of flowers, one with fruit alternating with elaborate gilt lotus meander beneath the panelled...
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A DERBY COFFEE POT AND COVER
of taperedcylindrical shape, the domed cover with pointed knop, transfer printed in underglaze blue with the Buffalo, Spinning Maiden and and subsidiary prints, and flowers to the handle...
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AN EDWARD VII MAHOGANY PANELLED ROOMFROM THE MILTON'S HEAD HOTEL, NOTTINGHAM
and that from a second room, including a door (full details at mellorsandkirk.com or on request)
Provenance: Purchased by the present...
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A DERBY BOTANICAL PLATE
made as a Chelseareplacement, with fluted cavetto, finely painted with a convolvulus in turquoise and brown feather moulded rim , 21cm diam, impressed G, painted 20 in red, collector's label,...
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A ROYAL CROWN DERBY PLATE
painted byC Harris, signed, with a central rose and border of swags, with three turquoise and gilt framed panels of cornflowers and raised gilt paterae, the rim and footrim gilt, 23cm...
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GEORGE JESSOP (1882-1944)
STUDY OFLILAC
signed, pencil and watercolour, 16.5 x 16.5cm and a watercolour of chrysanthemums by Edwin Steele (2)
Illustrated: (Jessop watercolour) Blackwood (R) and C Head, Old...
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A VICTORIAN ROSE BOWL
with scrollingrim, the body embossed with highly stylised Art Nouveau tendrils and reserves, on moulded foot, 17cm h, by Joseph Rodgers & Sons Ltd, Sheffield 1900 and marked 3877 12 INCH,...
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A RARE DERBY COFFEE CUP
of reeded formwith strap handle, painted in underglaze blue with plantain and tendrils, a subsidiary tendril to the reverse, 5.5cm h, collector's label, c1760
Provenance: Dr Bernard Watney,...
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A SAMPSON HANCOCK DESSERT DISH AND ASMALL GROUP OF TEAWARE
the shell shaped dish painted by W E Mosley, signed with initials, with a group of flowers and fruit with insects in gilt border, 22cm w, the teaware...
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A DERBY SAUCE BOAT
moulded with overlappingcos lettuce leaves, the stalk looped to form the handle, painted in two tones of puce heightened in gilt with stylised chrysanthemums and sprigs beneath a trailing border,...
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A DERBY RETICULATED DESSERT BASKET
offlared circular shape with open trellis sides, applied on the exterior with florets, the well painted in underglaze blue with a prominent willow tree, pagodas and boulders,...
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WILLIAM EDWARD MOSLEY (D1954) AFTERHARRY SAMPSON HANCOCK (1870-1934)
CHELSEA BIRDS
watercolour, 27 x 22cm
Illustrated: Blackwood (R) and C Head, Old Crown Derby China Works The King Street Factory 1849-1935,...
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ALEXANDER RATTRAY (1830-1906)
BEACHSCENE AT MACAU
signed, dated 1857 and inscribed on the original mount, watercolour, 20.5 x 22cm, unframed
Provenance: Removed prior to sale from an album of over 120 other...
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HANS STEINER, 1926
THE CANAL
signedand dated, with inscription on the stretcher Hans Steiner Charlottenburg Kaiserdamm 114, tempera on canvas, 54 x 65cm...
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A ROLEX STAINLESS STEEL WRISTWATCH
REF1665, OYSTER PERPETUAL DATE SEA-DWELLER
calibre 1580, No 5865229, self winding movement, 26 jewels, matt black dial, date aperture, sweep seconds, rotatable bezel, gas escape...
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CHINESE ARTIST, C1865
HONG KONG FROMKOWLOON
32 x 72cm
Provenance: Acquired by a local family circa 1900 and thence by descent.
The exceptional draughtsmanship of this beautifully preserved China Trade panorama...
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A RARE DERBY MUG
of barrel shape withmoulded bands, finely painted in polychrome with the full length figure of a drummer in the uniform of a Grenadier Drummer of the 1st Regiment of Foot Guards, the reverse...
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A DERBY BLACK GROUND COFFEE CAN FROMTHE PARES MOURNING SERVICE
gilded probably by James Clark with an oval panel of a bird on a branch reserved on an entwined ribbon of foliage and lily of the valley, the ring...
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