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A Lowestoft Porcelain Coffee Can, circa 1765-75, with plain loop handle and painted in underglaze blue with the "Long Bridge" pattern6cm highFactory nick to the rim with associated crack, both glaze. Two other short rim cracks. Slight fritting and minor staining. No restoration.

A Lowestoft porcelain plate c.1765 painted in blue and white with the lady and parasol pattern numeral 8 to footrim23cms diameterfactory glazed over rim chip

A Lowestoft Porcelain Bottle Vase, circa 1775, of pear shape with everted rim, painted in underglaze blue with a pagoda in a fenced garden13.5cm hghA glazed over factory chip to the rim. Triangular section with associated crack restored at the rim. Some glaze crazing.

A good Lowestoft tea canister and cover, circa 1770-80Of finely ribbed, rectangular form, the domed cover with a flower finial, painted in blue with the 'Immortelle' pattern, 12.2cm high, crossed swords mark (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGeoffrey Godden Collection, Bonhams, 30 June 2010, lot 150 (part)Sylvia and Alan Low CollectionIllustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), p.289, pl.355 alongside a corresponding plaster factory mould and by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.118, pl.142 with similar ribbed teawares.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Lowestoft Porcelain Shell-Shaped Pickle Dish, circa 1770, painted in underglaze blue with a central peony within a scroll and lattice border11.5cm longSmall factory tear to the rim between two flutes and another miniature one flute across. No restoration glaze free from major wear and scratches.

A Lowestoft blue and white tea canister and cover c.1785, of unusual vase shape, painted in the 'Robert Browne' pattern with stylised flower sprigs alternating with wavy bands of blue, broken and restuck, 14.5cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. This pattern was produced over several years and is discussed by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in the Norwich Castle Museum, Vol I, p 88. This vase-style of tea canister was a rare and later introduction to the factory.

Literature: Lowestoft China Factory, Fred A Crisp, two volumes of a limited run printed in 1907 detailing pictures of the factory and items from his own collection; Early Lowestoft, Christopher Spencer; Lowestoft Porcelains, Geoffrey A Godden; Lowestoft China, A E Murton; Inscribed Lowestoft Porcelain, George J. Levine; and a collection of early auction catalogues and other works detailing collections including those of John Warrell, Mrs Colman,D M Hunting Esq, G W Middleton Esq, Ernest Allman and Geoffrey Godden. (A lot) Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia.

An early photograph relating to the Lowestoft porcelain factory, c.1903, taken by Arthur Merrington Smith, showing two figures in the factory's interior, excavating the floor for moulds, inscribed 'Interior of Old Lowestoft China Factory, excavating for moulds &c, 1903', the mount inscribed for Walter Boughton & Sons, framed and glazed, 34.2 x 43.5cm overall. Provenance: a private collection in East Anglia. Illustrated: Arthur Hayden, Chats on English China, p.105. When the flooring of Messrs. Morse brewery was removed fragments of porcelain were discovered. Merrington Smith was heavily involved in the subsequent excavation of the old kiln. Further photographs by him recording this event are in the National Archives at Kew.

Pair of 18th Century Lowestoft Pugs. Watercolour. My watercolour painting is of a pair of porcelain standing Pug dogs made in around 1770 by the Lowestoft porcelain factory. The factory with kilns and workshops stood in what is now Factory Street in the middle of Lowestoft. This pair is the only true pair( facing left and right) in the world and have recently been purchased by the Lowestoft Museum in Nicholas Everitt Park, where they are now on permanent display. They were purchased with a grant from the V&A, Museum Association and the local Gwen Baker trust. I am a volunteer at the museum and was involved in liaising with these organisations in obtaining the grants. The porcelain Pugs are amazing, a must see for everyone!!

A Lowestoft sauceboatcirca 1770moulded with flowers and transfer-printed in underglaze blue with two panels of flowers, unmarked, 8.3cm high; together with a Derby botanical porcelain shell-shaped dessert dish, circa 1813-15, with painting attributable to William 'Quaker' Pegg, featuring a large anemone with leaves and seedpods within a classical gilt border, titled to verso in iron red, painted factory mark, 24cm wide(2)For a similar plate, most probably from the same service, see John Twitchett, Derby Porcelain (2002), p.92, col. pl.51Both items are in good condition with no damages or repairs. The Derby dish has some patches of crazing to the rim and the handle, alongside the central underside. There are some slight areas of rubbing to the gilded rim. The green enamels show the most wear but there are also a few spots of flaking to the flower and one scratch. See additional images.

A Lowestoft Porcelain Tea Bowl and Saucer, circa 1770, painted in underglaze blue and overpainted in colours with entwined flowersprays within scroll borders, painter's numeral 3 in underglaze blueIt has been suggested that this may be an experimental use by the factory of polychrome enamels and so possibly the earliest recorded piece of polychrome LowestoftCondition report: Hairline cracks to tea bowl. Flat rim chip and short hairline crack to saucer.

A Lowestoft model of a pug dog, circa 1775Modelled seated on a rectangular base with its head turned to the left, its tan fur naturalistically painted with fine detail picked out in dark brown enamel, its puce collar secured with a rosette, puce scrollwork to the base, 9.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceGordon and Lorna Turner CollectionAn example of this model left in the white was sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lot 199 and the companion model, seated with head turned to the right was lot 198. A seated pug decorated with patches of manganese and an enamelled example similar to the present lot are illustrated by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.2 (1985), pl.19a, figs.103 and 104. Although initially attributed to Longton Hall, corresponding fragments recovered from the Lowestoft factory site in 1967 suggest otherwise. The highly phosphatic body disproves a Staffordshire origin in any case. For further discussion see John Howell, Lowestoft Manganese-Decorated Animals, ECC Trans, Vol.13, Pt.3 (1989), pp.183-4 and pls.167-9.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Lowestoft saucer dish, circa 1762Crisply moulded with a broad band of stiff leaves and flowerheads on a dimpled background, a very unusual border painted in blue of lozenges and triangles on a fine lined background, the centre with a large peony spray, 18.7cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceGordon and Lorna Turner CollectionExamples of this moulded pattern and the unusual painted border appear to be very rare. John Howell illustrates a teabowl and saucer in his paper, Early Lowestoft, ECC Trans, Vol.11, Pt.2 (1982), pl.62c. A unglazed sherd from a teabowl with this moulding was found on the Lowestoft factory site, see Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.1 (1975), p.209, no.463.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Lowestoft coffee pot and cover, circa 1765Of baluster shape with a scrolled handle and spout, the low domed cover with a mushroom finial, painted in blue on both sides with chinoiserie riverscapes in irregularly shaped panels, smaller panels and round floral reserves to the cover and spout, all reserved on a deep powder blue ground, 23.8cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBarrett CollectionA very similar coffee pot is illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.86, pl.95 and another with a mixture of river scenes and flowers by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.1, no.121. The irregularly shaped reserves are a feature of Lowestoft wares with powder blue grounds. A powder blue fragment was found near the factory site in 1967.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Lowestoft teapot and cover, circa 1785Of globular shape, the domed cover with a flower finial, strikingly painted in blue with the 'Robert Browne' pattern of stylised floral sprigs between wavy blue scale bands, within tramline borders, 14cm high, crescent mark (2)Footnotes:A service of this pattern descended through the family of Robert Browne, proprietor of the Lowestoft factory. The pattern was produced over several years and is discussed by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in the Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.1 (1975), p.88. See also the tea and coffee service sold by Bonhams on 23 April 2008, lot 231.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Lowestoft figure of a lady musician, circa 1770-80Left in the white, modelled as a smiling young woman standing upon a low mound base moulded with scrolls and applied with flowers and leaves, a mandolin or lute held in her left hand, and balanced on her slightly raised left leg, her shoes and bodice applied with delicate ribbons, 16.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDr Peter Bradshaw Collection, Bonhams sale, 24 January 2007, lot 12Moulds for part of the torso and head and of the left arm of this figure were found on the Lowestoft factory site, see Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.142, pls.182-3. A similar figure with a high footed base is illustrated at p.138, pl.175. Godden identifies two distinct but related groups of figures attributable to Lowestoft at pp.134-41. The present lot belongs to the group which he speculates could be the earlier of the two. See also Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.2 (1985), nos.119-22.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An important Lowestoft birth tablet, dated 1796Of circular form with a raised rim, painted in blue with a loop and line border, the centre inscribed 'MARY RUSHMER/ born Octr 29/ 1796' surrounded by feathery scrollwork, the reverse with a large peony spray, pierced for suspension, 7.3cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceMrs Russell Colman CollectionListed by A F B Kiddell, Inscribed and Dated Lowestoft Porcelain, English Porcelain Circle Trans, Vol.3 (1931), p.49 and by Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.235, no.D.184. Illustrated by John Howell in his paper, Lowestoft Porcelain: The Final Decade, ECC Trans, Vol.17, Pt.2 (2001), pp.346-7, fig.49. Birth tablets are unique to the Lowestoft factory, made to commemorate the births of local children. Local records show that a Mary Rushmer(e) was born on 29th October 1796 in Frostenden, just a few miles south of Lowestoft. For a birth tablet similar in style also dated 1796 see Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.1 (1975), no.16.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Lowestoft model of a swan, circa 1790Left in the white, naturalistically modelled with an elegantly arched neck and delicately moulded wings held close to its body, 6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMargaret CorsonFlowerday CollectionShards matching the swan's right wing were found at the Lowestoft factory site in 1903-04 and are illustrated by Sheenah Smith, Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum, Vol.2 (1985), pl.20. A version with the eyes and beak picked out in enamels from the Brian Wood Collection was sold by Bonhams on 14 November 2018, lot 398. Further polychrome 'sepia' examples are illustrated and discussed by John Howell, Lowestoft Manganese-Decorated Animals, ECC Trans, Vol.13, Pt.3 (1989), p.182 and pl.165(b), who suggests that this decoration was intended to mimic the downy feathers of cygnets.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Lowestoft teapot and cover, circa 1765Of Hughes type and globular form, moulded to both sides with circular panels edged with flowers, leaves and scrolls incorporating the moulded initials 'I.H.' and the date '1761', painted in blue with Chinese river landscapes, one with a naïve bridge, the other with a boat sailing between two islands, a geometric border around the shoulder and to the rim of the cover, 14cm high, (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceGeoffrey Godden Collection, Bonhams sale, 30 June 2010, lot 133Illustrated by Geoffrey Godden, English Blue and White Porcelain (2004), p.281, pl.343. Another similar teapot is illustrated by Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains (1985), p.75, pl.75. The plain loop handle and straight spout dates both pots closer to 1764-65 when the moulds incorporating '1761' where seemingly still being used at the factory. The geometric border design too is characteristic of the 1764 productions and is discussed on pp.59-62. The panel of a boat between two islands can be seen on an earlier moulded teapot and cover, circa 1759-60, illustrated by Christopher Spencer, Early Lowestoft (1981), p.124, figs.168-70. A teapot in the Fitzwilliam Museum, almost identical to the current lot but with a flower finial, is illustrated by Bernard Watney, English Blue and White Porcelain (1973), pl.75B.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An important documentary Lowestoft porcelain jug decorated with a print of a hound and huntsmen, possibly after the painting by A F Desportes, (see Sheena Smith Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum), the lip of the jug inscribed with the initials "SA" for Samuel Aldred, 19cm high. Provenance: The Worrell Collection No 33, according to the catalogue the jug was previously in the collection of Robert Brown, William Rix Seago, F A Crisp and Mrs M M Paul collections, purchased by William Rix Seago from Robert Brown's great grandson of the original potter of that name and mentioned by him in his affidavit made 12th December 1895, purchased by F A Crisp, who published the affidavit in his catalogue of Lowestoft China, where the jug is referred to as "Item 6" and listed in the catalogue of the F A Crisp collection sold Sotheby's 14th February 1935, Lot 103, exhibited in the Lowestoft China Bicentenary Exhibition Ipswich 1957, exhibit no 85, illustrated by Bernard Watney in his book "English Blue and White Porcelain of the 18th century" 1963, plate 85b. Traditionally, the initials on the jug are said to be those of Samuel Aldred, son of Obed Aldred, one of the original partners in the Lowestoft porcelain factory. The copper plate for the transfers is also said to have been supplied by Mr Gamble of Bungay and said to be the first example of copper plate printing on Lowestoft porcelain of the period (see Sheena Smith Lowestoft Porcelain in the Norwich Castle Museum, page 152). The jug is well documented and the only known inscribed piece of Lowestoft porcelain with a possible direct link to one of the owners of the factory.

Lowestoft Porcelain Factory sparrow beak jug, Tulip Painter style, 25th anniversary of RHSprake auctions 1984-2009

A Lowestoft porcelain pickle leaf dish with exterior moulded veins and a serrated edge, painted with vines. Minute chips to edge, factory flaw to body

A Lowestoft porcelain ribbed, barrel-shaped teapot and replacement (Lowestoft Porcelain Factory) cover, dollshouse pattern, 14cm. Rim chip and associated crack, crack below spout

A Lowestoft porcelain blue and white transfer printed Willow pattern influenced saucer dish. 19cm diameter. Transfer smudged. In-factory indent. Ex James AW Comyn Collection.

A Lowestoft inkpot: of drum form with four quill holders and everted rim, painted with cornflower sprigs and inscribed with the initials 'H.L.' between green and blue line borders, circa 1790-95, 7 cm diameter.* Provenance: Booth, Bedford Fenwick, Colman and Henry Levine Collections. *Literature: A.J.B.Kiddell 'Inscribed Lowestoft Porcelain' printed in Transactions III English Porcelain Circle, page 47, "Inkstand 'H.L.' Cornflower sprig decoration, illustrated in 'How to identify Old English China' (Mrs Hodgson) and in The Connoisseur magazine, November 1910 colln. Fenwick"; and George J.Levine's revision of the above, page 8, item 187.* Notes: cf. Sheenah Smith 'Lowestoft Porcelain in Norwich Castle Museum' volume 1, pages 1-6: Hewling Luson Esq. was the owner of the Gunton Estate, just north of Lowestoft, where clay deposits were found by one of his tenants, Philip Walker. Walker and three others subsequently formed a partnership which went on to produce the porcelain we know today. Hewling Luson Senior was declared bankrupt in 1761 and died circa 1777. His son, also Hewling, was resident in Lowestoft after his father's bankruptcy as his name appears on an indenture of the 14th October 1768 as one of '24 of the most honest and best sufficient inhabitants of Lowestoft....' together with Obediah Aldred and Philip Walker, both proprietors of the porcelain factory. Hewling Luson Junior was married to Rebecca Kippin in Lowestoft in March 1777 but it is thought that they had moved away by 1793. It has been suggested that this inkpot was a presentation piece to Luson Junior and the distinctive script of the initials to be the work of Robert Allen.

An 18th Century Chinese porcelain Silver shaped blue and white sauce boat, copied by Lowestoft factory (Hughes type)

AN 18TH CENTURY PORCELAIN COFFEE CUP, perhaps Lowestoft, straight sided with a tailed loop handle, painted with polychrome flowers, the interior with a narrow sprigged border, 2.5in. (6.5cms) high (small factory rim chip)