A few examples of appraisal values for
SWIRLING SEA

• MOTAWI ARTS & CRAFTS FRAMED
  MOTAWI ARTS & CRAFTS FRAMED TILEFine contemporary Arts & Crafts style pottery tile of a ship in swirling seas signed Motawi Tileworks. Custom oak frame signed Hunter Studios. 8 x 8, framed 13.75 in square.
• LARGE MURANO LAGUNA ARTISTICO ART
  LARGE MURANO LAGUNA ARTISTICO ART GLASS BOWL: Murano Glass Laguna Artistico hand crafted bowl features a swirling seashell inspired pattern and gently folded oval form. With stickers at base. Approx. 7.5'' h x 20.75'' w x 12'' d. CONDITION: No condition issues to be noted.
• GOLD-THREAD AND SILK EMBROIDERY
  GOLD-THREAD AND SILK EMBROIDERY HANGING STEAMER QING DYANSTY, 19TH CENTURY ? ????????????gold-thread and silk on a satin ground, with three five-clawed dragons amidst ruyi clouds and chasing flaming jewels above the swirling sea(1)173cm long, 21cm widest partProvenance: Private UK collection, acquired by Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder VC, M.P (1908 – 1986) from western China as a surveyor in the 19th century, thence by descent.Captain Robert Edward Dudley Ryder VC was a Royal Navy officer and a British recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces. He became a Member of Parliament after retiring from the navy.Note: with a V&A letter dated to 7th December 1954, written by G. F. Wingfield Digby, Keeper of the Department of Textiles to Captain Robert Ryder, suggested that 'This is a streamer from a hanging, probably a door-hanging; it might also have been used on an alter-frontal, although these streamers were usually not quite so long as this. The embroidery is in gold-thread and silk on a satin ground, and I think it very probable that it came from one of the Palaces...." (see images for full letter)