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Three trays of china to include: Limoges porcelain miniature and full size plates, jugs, vases, candlesticks, trinket box, miniature coffee pot, shoe ornament, perfume bottle etc, Copeland 'Spode's Tower' tumblers, Coalport cottages; 'Red House' and 'The Country Cottage', Melba ware milk jug and sugar bowl, Royal Doulton 'Under the Greenwood Tree' bowl, Wedgwood Patrician 'Swansea' design plate, a letter opener made from the timber of HMS Worcester etc. (3)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

A Swansea-Style Porcelain Spill Vase, circa 1815, of flared form with everted rim, painted with baskets of flowers on gilt pedestals within gilt line borders13.5cm highHairline crack to base. Some glaze staining and minor wear.

Two trays of china to include: blue and white chestnut dish with pierced edge, small Spode meat dish, blue and white plate, Swansea pottery Cymro Stone china blue and white sprigged floral relief decorated dresser jug, 19th century porcelain hand painted floral design plate (possibly Coalport), commemorative china plates, Welsh women design teapot stand and a Johnson Bros 'Old Chelsea' design jug. (2)(B.P. 21% + VAT)

Ceramic Reference. [Welsh] Gray (Jonathan), The Cambrian Company: Swansea Pottery in London, 1806-1808, s.l., 2012, illustrated, dj, hb, 4to, Hallesy's Glamorgan Pottery, 1995, dj, hb, 4to, Coysh (A.W.) & Henrywood (R.K.), The Dictionary of Blue & White Pottery, 1780-1880, two-volume set, Antique Collectors' Club, 2001, illustrated, dustjackets over cloth, 4to, Henrywood (R.K.), Staffordshire Potters, 1781-1900, Antique Collectors' Club, 2002, dj over cloth, 4to, Hyland (Peter), The Herculaneum Pottery: Liverpool's Forgotten Glory, 2005, original wrappers, 4to, Ray (Anthony), Liverpool Printed Tiles, London: Jonathan Horne Publications, 1994, pictorial hardback, 4to, Sandon (John), The Ewers-Tyne Collection of Worcester Porcelain at Cheekwood, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, illustrated, dj over black cloth, 4to, Spode, Copeland-Spode, journals, monographs, etc., (18)

TURNER, William, The Ceramics of Swansea and Nantgarw, a History of the Factories, well illustrated, 33 plates including colour, 4to, original cloth, Bemrose & Sons, 1897; with Spellman WWR, Lowestoft China, 97 plates, 4to, original cloth, with Binns B R W, Worcester China - a Record of the Work of Forty-Five Years 1852-1897, illustrated, full vellum in slipcase, 8vo, 1897, with Bow, Chelsea and Derby Porcelain, 20 plates, original cloth, 4to, Bemrose 1898. (4)

A rare Nantgarw porcelain cabinet plate decorated by Thomas Pardoe, the porcelain c.1818-22, the decoration c.1821-23, painted with a landscape vignette of two exotic birds perched on tree branches to the centre, contained within a six lobed cartouche of gilt bands with iron red stylised flower surmounting each lobe and trios of gilt-highlighted leaves to the creases, on a turquoise and duck-egg blue caillouté ground with six ornamental reserves bordered in blue and gilt and containing further painted exotic birds in landscapes, the gilded rim with six large and six small lobes, old collector's label to underside, 21cm diameter  The present lot is being offered on behalf of a charity. Footnotes: Note: Thomas Pardoe (1770-1823) was one of the most versatile painters of pottery and porcelain in the late 18th and early 19th century in England and Wales.  Born in the parish of St. Alkmund in Derby, Pardoe was apprenticed to the Derby porcelain works at the age of 15, and by age 20 had moved to Swansea as a skilled artisan by request of George Haynes, owner of Cambrian Pottery.  Between 1802 and 1804 Pardoe was acting manager and chief painter.  Around 1809 Pardoe moved to Bristol, where he is recorded as having a decorating business.  While in Bristol, Pardoe acted as go-between in the development of a new venture of porcelain manufacture at Nantgarw, aiming to manufacture the finest porcelain available for the English market.  In 1821 Pardoe was invited by William Weston Young to work with him and decorate the large stock of porcelain that remained.  Pardoe’s Nantgarw painting was based on his standard repertoire, including Japanese-influenced ‘Imari’ styles, Chinese-influenced ‘famille rose’ styles, botanical decoration, naturalistic flower groups, and caillouté or ‘pebbled’ gilding.  Pardoe’s painting at Nantgarw was among his very finest, a reflection of his great admiration for the factory and the culmination of some thirty years of painting experience. The present lot is most likely a single-item commission rather than from a named service or registered pattern, and therefore bears a possibly unique decorative scheme in Pardoe's oeuvre. It bears no impressed mark, but this is not universal for Nantgarw porcelain, see below in the related literature for other examples. The turquoise caillouté ground is strongly reminiscent of Sèvres porcelain and illustrates the prevailing taste and demand for Sèvres porcelain among wealthy families and connoisseurs in London in the first decades of the nineteenth century.  Related Literature: Andrew Renton et. al., Thomas Pardoe 1770-1823, Nantgarw, 2023: Nantgarw China Works. Cf. N18 for a plate decorated by Thomas Pardoe in the National Museum of Wales in Cardiff, item number NMW A 31449, and N20 for a plate decorated by Thomas Pardoe in the Andrews Collection, Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw. The examples mentioned above share the six lobed cartouche with iron red stylised flowers, ornamental reserves painted with exotic birds, and caillouté ground found on the present lot. These unusually elaborate plates showcase the range of Pardoe's skills from figurative and landscape painting to East Asian motifs. The NMW example equally bears no impressed mark and yet is undoubtedly from Nantgarw and decorated by Thomas Pardoe. W. D. John, Nantgarw Porcelain, Newport, 1948: R. H. Johns Ltd. Cf. 53 D. for a small plate decorated in the Kildare S. Meager Collection decorated with similar ornamental reserves to the present lot, albeit containing single pink roses. See also 54. A for a small plate in the E. M. Bythway Collection with a similar treatment of a distant background of conventional mountains in pale bluish-grey colouring to the centre of the plate. We are grateful to Andrew Renton of Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales for confirming the attribution of the present lot based on inspection of photographs.Condition Report: Overall in good decorative order.  Some light scratches to the porcelain visible on the centre, some pitting present to the centre and border, some bubbling and tarnishing to the gilt lobed cartouche on the right side, some loss of gilding to the rim, some areas of surface dirt.  UV examination reveals a now-defunct postcode inscribed in UV-susceptible ink to the underside. 

Swansea porcelain Mandarin pattern dessert dishes, circa 1815, painted with Oriental figures within gilt chinoiserie cartouche borders, including twin handled dish and a strawberry dish, 31.5cm long (2)

A Swansea porcelain dessert plate, circa 1815-17, relief-moulded border, the central painting attributed to William Pollard with flowers including briar-rose, yellow primrose and pink bellflowers, the border with gilt and green foliage, printed red 'SWANSEA' mark, 20.5cm diameterCondition:Good condition with no damages or repairs. A few light scratches to the centre of the plate and a couple of spots of rubbing/scratches to the green leaves. The gilt inner border on the raised moulding is also slightly rubbed.

A possibly Swansea Welsh porcelain early 19th Century jug, with finely painted foliate decoration heightened in gilt, 20cm 

A pair of Swansea porcelain shallow bowls, with hand-painted floral decoration, titled 'Awl-Leaved Phlox' and 'Persian Cyclamen', 19th century, 20.5 cm diameter, together with a Meissen oval chestnut basket, with applied blue flowers, 32 cm wide and a set of three 19th century Wedgwood creamware side plates, each with hand-painted leaf decoration, 20 cm diameter.Qty: 6The awl leaved phlox has a fine star crack to the base, this is not visible on the sole of the plate, the Persian Cyclamen has a crack on the face of the border.The thistle decorated Wedgwood plate s cracked and has a broad but shallow chip to the edge , its companion plates are scratched but intact.The Meissen basket has localised restoration to both handles.Please see the extra images taken.

Small rebound in leather with marble boards 18th/19th century volume 'Swansea Guide', a small inlaid box for playing cards (Canasta) with two penguins decorating the hinged lid, an early 20th century Troughton & Simms miner's dial 9.5cm diameter approx. in fitted leather case, a 219th century papier mache spectacle case decorated with portrait of a woman, travelling map of Glamorgan, small porcelain figural brush and a miniature barrel from the teak of HMS Warspite etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

A Swansea Porcelain Muffin Dish, circa 1814-23, of circular form, painted with flower swags within a turquoise and gilt gadroon border22cm diameterA Nantgarw Teacup, painted with flowersprays within gilt bordersA Plate, painted with flowersprays on a marble shelf within foliate and gilt borders25.5cm diameter (3)Muffin dish - turquoise ground and gilding slightly misfired with surface pitting. Some losses to gilding. Some glaze pitting and a manufactorung glaze scratch to the reverse. Some slight glaze flakes. No restoration. Teacup - rim chip with an associated hook crack. Another hook shaped cracked around the handle. Chip next to the upper handle terminal. Plate - crack to the inner well. Crazed all over and with some surface pitting. Heavy gilt wear.

A Swansea Porcelain Stand, 1814-23, of circular form, painted with a band of flowers within a beaded and gilt border, mark in red16cm diameterA Similar Plate, painted with flowersprays 23cm diameterA Miniature Saucer, painted with flowersprays9cm diameterA Teacup, Coffee Cup and Saucer, painted with pink roses (6)Stand - no chips, cracks or repair. Some gilt wear.Plate - flat rim chip. A firing blemish to the rim. Small crack in the well. Gilding heavily worn.Miniature saucer - some gilt wear only. Trio - no chips, cracks or repair, some gilt loss.

ASSORTED EARLY 19TH C. PORCELAIN CUPS, Swansea French fluted tea cup and saucer, two Crown Derby coffee cans, Spode coffee can, Barr Worcester 'Royal Lily' pattern tea cup and saucer, and New Hall teabowl and saucer (6)Provenance: collection of the Late Dai Evans, former Director of Picton Castle and former curator of Petworth HouseComments: one Derby can cracked, Barr cup & saucer worn rims and tiny chip/

THREE ITEMS OF WELSH PORCELAIN circa 1817-1822, comprising (1) Nantgarw moulded border plate, decorated with roses, impressed mark, 21.5cms diam, (2) non-moulded Nantgarw plate, painted with flower sprays and sprigs, impressed marks, (3) Swansea porcelain basket-weave moulded cup and saucer, decorated with individual roses and blue flowers, stencilled SWANSEAComments: moulded plate is worn esp. gilding, all items structurally fineProvenance: private collection Munich, Germany

A Continental porcelain bachelors set on a tray together with a pottery wash bowl, Swansea pattern part dinner set and a floral and leaf decorated part tea set

Swansea porcelain sucrier, mid-19th century, finely painted floral cartouche on pink ground heightened with gilt, raised on three scroll supports, approx 10 x 10 cms (not including the handles), Swansea painted in gold.

A selection of tea wares, early 19th century and later, to include: a Swansea porcelain teacup and saucer, early 19th century, the teacup of ‘Paris flute' form, decorated with swags of roses, gilt banding throughout, (see M. Berthoud, ‘An Anthology of British Cups’, (Micawber Publications, 1982), page 74, plate 442, for an example of teacup shape), printed maker's mark to saucer, 6cm high; a teacup and coffee can from the Rowland Williams Collection, possibly Nantgarw, (see Berthoud, page 70, plate 416, for an example of teacup shape), each with applied sticker to base, 5cm high; a Royal Crown Derby cup, decorated with gilt teardrop decoration below a cobalt blue border, gilt highlights throughout, painted puce maker’s mark to base, 6cm high; a German porcelain teacup and saucer, decorated in the manner of James Giles, gilt banding, underglazed blue crossed swords to underside, 14cm diameter, a set of six Chinese 18th century blue and white porcelain teacups, and further tea wares to include examples from Champions Bristol Porcelain, etc. (Qty) (at fault) Condition report: The Swansea porcelain tea cup and saucer: Each piece shows surface wear throughout including rubbing to gilt highlights, surface scratching and minor losses to the decoration. The saucer shows minor frits and pits. No other obvious damage or signs of restoration.The Rowland Williams teacup shows rubbing to the gilt highlights, minor firing faults - frits and pits (please see photo). The Rowland Williams coffee can shows rubbing to gilt highlights, firing faults - frits and pits, and two small hairline cracks (as seen in photo). No other obvious signs of damage or restoration.The teacup on the right hand side of the front row shows rubbing to the gilt highlights, minor surface scratching, and minor firing faults (please see photo).All other pieces show fine surface wear commensurate with use and age, some pieces show hairline cracks,chips and nibbles, and staining (please see attached photos)  

Books: art reference, 18th century British pottery and porcelain, to include Swansea and Nantgarw. (10)

ASSORTED ANTIQUE WELSH PORCELAIN REFERENCE BOOKS, incl. JOHN (W.D.) Swansea Porcelain, JOHN (W.D.) Nantgarw Porcelain, MORTON NANCE (E.) The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw, TURNER (W.) The Ceramics of Swansea and Nantgarw, JONES (A.E.) & JOSEPH (Sir L.) Swansea Porcelain, GRAY (J.) ed. Welsh Ceramics in Context, JENKINS (E.) Swansea Porcelain, WILLIAMS (R.) Nantgarw Porcelain 1813-1822, various other softback periodicals etc.Provenance: private collection Vale of Glamorgan

ANTIQUE CERAMICS REFERENCE BOOKS: incl. Cushion (J & M.) A Collector's History of British Porcelain, dw; Morton Nance (E.) The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw, dw; Hallesy (H. L.) The Glamorgan Pottery, Swansea 1814-38, dw; Van Lemman (H.) Delftware Tiles, dw (4)Provenance: private collection MonmouthComments: all generally clean and tidy.

A Swansea porcelain trio.

A PARIS PORCELAIN JARDINIÈRELATE 19TH CENTURYof oval form, with a pâte-sur-pâte panel between a pair of hoop handles, inscribed to the base 'F. Primavesi & Sons, Cardiff, Swansea & Newport', together with a Davenport comport with a central armorial crest and a Ridgway 'Old Derby' Imari cylindrical jardinière (3)38cm long (max)ProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.

English porcelain Bute shape cup and saucer painted with a topographical scene with bridge and figures, base numbered 1926 together with a Swansea white glazed porcelain cup and saucer with gilt edged rims (4) 15cm.

FOUR WELSH PORCELAIN CRUCIFORM DISHES, all painted with sprays of summer flowers to the centre and sprigs at the cavetto, gilt leaf and tendril borders, gilt rims, thee larger 23cms diam, one impressed Nant Garw CW, a fourth smaller 20.7cms diam. and with Swansea trident mark (4)Comments: Nantgarw marked dish cracked, trident dish chipped, on unmarked dish with large star crack.

W D John 'The Nantgarw Porcelain Album', pub. 1975; also W D John 'Swansea Porcelain', pub. 1978; and Paul Joyner 'Artists in Wales, circa 1740-1851', pub. The National Library of Wales (3 Vols) (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).

Swansea Porcelain white ground muffin dish with fluted cover and gilded highlights. Impressed marks to base with Sir Lesley Joseph Collection label. 23cm diameter approx. Together with Llanelly style Pottery straight five sided floral mug with London retailer's mark to base. 10cm high approx. Together with a group of various Llanelly Pottery style items with coloured painted decoration, to include: shallow bowl, dish, cup and and saucer and a Glamorgan Pottery relief moulded plate. (9) (B.P. 21% + VAT)  Base 22cm diameter approx.  Cover 19.5cm diameter approx.

Tray of books about Welsh pottery to include: three editions of Nance, Morton E: 'The Pottery & Porcelain of Swansea & Nantgarw' (one first edition 1942, one limited edition 1985 and another), three editions of Williams, Rowland; 'Nantgarw Porcelain 1813-1822' (one limited edition hardback with signed sticker to inside cover), John, W.G; 'Swansea Porcelain' and a leather bound edition of; John, W.G, Coombes, G.J & Coombes K; 'The Nantgarw Porcelain Album', signed by W.G. John, published by the Ceramic Book Company, Newport, Gwent, 1975 first edition. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Tray of Welsh pottery interest books and pamphlets to include: various Sotheby's catalogues for the Welsh Sale and the Leslie Joseph collection, Pugh, Robert; 'Welsh Pottery, two books named 'Llanelly Pottery', one by Dilas Jenkins, first edition, 1968 and another by Gareth Hughes & Robert Pugh, published by Llanelli Borough Council 1990, 'Taking Pots, ceramics in Wales', various ephemera; 'Festival of Britain' 1951 programme, exhibition pamphlets, Elis Jenkins 'Dillwyn's Etruscan Ware' and 'Swansea Porcelain' etc. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Tray of books of Welsh interest to include: six signed first editions of Evans, Gwyneth & Ieuan R., 'Ewenny potteries, potters and pots' 2001, Jones, A.E. (Jimmy) & Joseph, Sir Leslie, 'Swansea porcelain shapes and decoration', two editions, published by D. Brown & Sons Ltd 1988 first editions, 'The Ewenny Potteries' by the National Museum of Wales and 'Guide to the scenery of Glyn-Neath' limited edition. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Collection of assorted 19th century cups and saucers of different origins, pottery and porcelain, transfer printed and hand painted, various including some Swansea examples. (22) (B.P. 21% + VAT)  One yellow cup repaired, one saucer has hair crack, one cup and saucer is repaired (both).

A pair of 19th century porcelain twin handled vases in the Swansea style with a flared top and figural head handles on square bases painted to both sides with a spray of garden flowers, 25cm high CONDITION REPORT: Bothe vases -Socle base is loose, some gilding rubbing, glaze imperfections, no visible chips, cracks or restoration

Collection of glass to include: soda and green glass jug and vase, Schweppes vintage bottle, another vintage bottle marked 'S Hansards, Swansea & Llanelly' and a flask shaped decanter with relief moulded dragon decoration. Together with a pair of oriental celadon glazed heavily potted porcelain stem bowls. Impressed marks to bases but unreadable. 20cm diameter approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT)  Images of the base of celadon bowls added.

A collection of mostly 18th century English porcelain, being principally tea bowls, coffee cans, saucers, to include five New Hall blue and white 'trench mortar' pattern and four Swansea type moulded platesFloral plates rubbed with light scratching to the bowls, gilt rubbed, one with hairline crack chipping to foot rimsNew Hall bue and white trench pattern saucers multiple chips and rubbing to gilt, one hairline crack and one star crack to baseWorcester bowl crackedPlate with figures crackedMinor chipping and rubbing to gilt throughoutSee images

SWANSEA PORCELAIN CHINOISERIE MANDARIN PLATE circa 1819, of circular form, colourfully decorated with village scene of five figures including a seated Mandarin and with European style houses to background, the border with gilt scrolled reserves of iron-red landscapes, alternating with panels of colourful perched birds, stencilled SWANSEA mark to base, Pattern No. 164, 21cms diamProvenance: deceased estate GwyneddComments: good example

SWANSEA PORCELAIN '219' PATTERN TRIO, of London shape, richly decorated in the Japan style with floral roundels on a blue ground, gilt highlights, red printed 'SWANSEA' marks to one cup and the saucerProvenance: private collection SwanseaComments: in good condition, surface marks only, sl. wear

SWANSEA PORCELAIN DESSERT PLATE circa 1815-17, probably painted by William Pollard with wild flowers, including cranes-bill, brooklime, briar roses, and strawberries, the crisp C-scroll border picked out in green and gold, gilt cavetto, printed red mark, SWANSEA, 21.1cms diamProvenance: private collection MonmouthshireComments: stacking wear to cavetto, minor gilt rubbing to edge, green enamel in border rubbed, similarly with cavetto.

SWANSEA BEVINGTON PORCELAIN MUFFIN DISH, everted rim and centre painted with convolvulus, rare 'BEVINGTON' red printed mark, 22cms diamProvenance: private collection Swansea, Ex. Dennis Collection no.97 label.Comments: centre rubbed, hairline to underside, no cover

SWANSEA PORCELAIN CUPS & SAUCERS comprising (1) trio in pattern No. 219, decorated with apricot ground reserves of flowers within dark blue underglaze, featuring iron red stylised chrysanthemum heads and gilt foliage, centred with a stylised garden scene with prominent cactus-like flower (2) a basket-weave moulded cup and saucer decorated with flowers, Swansea script mark and bearing Harry Sherman Collection labelProvenance: deceased estate GwyneddComments: no apparent damage

SWANSEA PORCELAIN SHELL INKWELL, formed as an upturned shell picked out in gold, three smaller shells forming the finial and quill holders mounted on the upper surface, painted by William Pollard with wild flowers and strawberries, marbled gilt exterior, 10cms diamProvenance: private collection SwanseaComments: cover and liner remade, small rim chip and hairlines, gilt rubbed, ink stains to crazing

A Small Swansea Porcelain Vase Decorated with Rose Cartouche on Blue Pattern Ground and with Gilt Trim, 7cm high

A Swansea porcelain milk jug, 19th century, of rectangular form with rounded corners, a wide spout and a scrolling handle with thumb-spur, band of gilding to the shoulder and further gilding to the rims, unmarked, 15cm long

Regional pottery and porcelain Liverpool, Chelsea, Bristol, Leeds, Poole, Swansea, &c. Entwistle, P. Sept-Centenary Anniversary, Liverpool, 1907. Catalogue of Liverpool Pottery & Porcelain, exhibited at the Historical Exhibition. Liverpool: Lee and Nightingale, printers, 1907. 8vo, extra-illustrated with 55 photographs, contemporary green morocco gilt;Bryant, G.E. The Chelsea Porcelain Toys. London & Boston: The Medici Society, 1925. Folio, number 92 of 650 copies, original blue cloth gilt;Mackenna, F. Severne. Chelsea Porcelain. The Gold Anchor wares. Leigh-on-Sea: F. Lewis, 1952. Number 313 of 500 copies signed by the author, original yellow cloth gilt, dust-jacket;[Idem] Another copy, 1951, 121/500, unsigned, without jacket; Hurlbutt, Frank. Chelsea China. London: University Press of Liverpool / Hodder and Stoughton, Ltd., 1937. 8vo, edition de luxe, original blue cloth gilt;King, William. Chelsea Porcelain. London: Benn Brothers, Limited, 1922. Original cloth gilt, dust-jacket;Hurlbutt, Frank. Bristol Porcelain. London: The Medici Society, 1928. Original green cloth gilt, dust-jacket;Kidson, Joseph R. and Frank. Historical Notices of the Leeds Old Pottery. Leeds: J.R. Kidson, 1892. 4to, number 157 of 250 copies, original brown cloth gilt;Watney, Bernard M. Liverpool Porcelain of the Eighteenth Century. Shepton Beauchamp: Richard Dennis, 1997. 4to, original black cloth gilt, dust-jacket; Hillis, Maurice. Liverpool Porcelain, 1756-1804. [n.p., n.d.] 2011. 4to, original red cloth gilt, dust-jacket;Towner, Donald. The Leeds Pottery. London: Cory, Adams & Mackay Ltd., 1963. 8vo, original cloth gilt, dust-jacket;Haggar, Reginald and Elizabeth Adams. Mason Porcelain and Ironstone 1796-1853. London: Faber and Faber, 1977. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, dust-jacket;Spelman, W.W.R. Lowestoft China. London: Jarrold & Sons, 1905. 8vo, out-of-series copy of 500, original blue cloth;Bemrose, William. Longton Hall Porcelain. London: Bemrose & Sons, Ltd., 1906. 8vo, original blue cloth gilt; Hayward, Leslie - Paul Atterbury, editor. Poole Pottery. Somerset: Richard Dennis, 1995. Original blue cloth, dust-jacket;John, W.D. Swansea Porcelain. Newport: The Ceramic Book Company, 1958. Folio, original blue cloth gilt;[Idem] The Nantgraw Porcelain Album. Newport: The Ceramic Book Company, 1975. Folio, original red morocco gilt;[Idem] Nantgraw Porcelain. Newport: R.H. Johns Ltd., 1948. Folio, original red leather gilt; and 17 othersProvenance:Provenance: From the library of a collector

A Paris porcelain coffee can painted by Thomas Baxter, circa 1805-10Finely stipple-painted in sepia monochrome with 'Cupid in a Glass', winged cupid crouched in a glass resting on a shelf, a wine bottle to the right, the gilt-edged panel reserved on an orange ground below a gilt lattice border, the underside inscribed 'il est partout' in gold script, 6.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 21 May 2014, lot 109Charles Dawson CollectionMost probably painted by Thomas Baxter junior in the Baxter family workshop off Fleet Street. Very much a test of an artist's skill, Baxter revisited the 'Cupid in a Glass' subject on a number of occasions throughout his career. See the Swansea cabinet cup in the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery illustrated by John O Wilstead and Bernard Morris, Thomas Baxter, The Swansea Years 1816-1819 (1997), p.20, fig.4a and the Chamberlain cup illustrated by John Sandon, The Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1993), p.63.The inscription is in Baxter's own hand. Compare with the title written to the underside of the 'Tragic Muse' plate sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 225.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

SWANSEA PORCELAIN VIOLETEER, the body having twin loop handles, the cover with piercework and single loop handle, decorated with sprigs of flowers, Swansea scriptmark, handle to handle 10cms; and a SWANSEA PORCELAIN BREAKFAST CUP & SAUCER, decorated with stylised gilt and purple stems, Swansea script (2)Comments: violeteer extensively restored, cup and saucer wear to gilding

CHARITY LOT - TENOVUS CANCER CARE: including BELGIAN LE FAUCHEUX TYPE PIN-FIRE REVOLVER, VINTAGE WADE WHIMSIES, BRITANNIA STANDARD SILVER 1969 INVESTITURE MEDALLION, ASSORTED CUT TABLE GLASS, FOUR LLADRO FIGURES, 'Cinderella' (4828), 'Medieval Maiden' (0270), & two young girl at bedtime figures, VICTORIAN LEAD ALLOY CIRCULAR WALL PLAQUE, depicting Grecian scene of musicians, SET OF 25 'PUNCH LIBRARY OF HUMOUR' IN OAK BOOK TROUGH, ASSORTED VICTORIAN & LATER 'CRANBERRY' GLASS, ROYAL WORCESTER BONE CHINA 'PERSIAN' BOTTLE VASE, dated 1884, shape number 871, TWO BOXED LLEWELYN-BOWEN FOR ROYAL WORCESTER CUPS & SAUCERS, PAIR MODERN COALPORT LIMITED EDITION BONE CHINA PLATES, by Swansea Porcelain Limited, ASSORTED 19TH CENTURY BLUE & WHITE PRINTED POTTERY, VARIOUS PORCELAIN ITEMS, PAIR OF DIORAMAS OF CHILDREN, depicting young girls in naturalistic setting, housed in domed cases, FIVE IRIDESCENT GLASS CARNIVAL BOWLS, COLLECTION OF APPROX. 81 EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAINLY BLACK & WHITE POSTCARDS, SET OF THREE CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN TABLE CANDLESTICKS, PAIR OF CLOTH DOLLS AS CARIBBEAN PLANTATION WORKERS the larger female with head-basket of picked produce, the smaller male in straw hat and exotic pants, believed early 20th Century 

19th Century English Pottery and Porcelain including Staffordshire, Gaudy Welsh / "Cottage Swansea", Spode pot pourri basket, pair of Victorian sauce tureens with ladels, Adams printed pottery basket with castle scenery pattern, similar various printed meat and serving dishes (qty)

AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY SWANSEA PORCELAIN TEA SERVICE, pattern no. 257, decorated with pink and green scrolls and gilt pineapples on a light brown ground, comprising large teapot and cover, small teapot and cover, milk jug, covered sugar bowl, slop bowl, teapot stand, three bread and butter / cake plates, seven tea cups, five breakfast cups and ten saucers, painted marks, bears labels for Sir Leslie Joseph Collection, large teapot also mentions Glynn Vivian Art Gallery Sawnsea, the smaller teapot and a cake plate also bears label for The D.M.K. Marendaz Collection Swansea & Nant-Garw (31) (Condition Report: a number of pieces restored, including a cake plate, large teapot, smaller teapot has stained cracks, one saucer with stained cracks, another saucer with old rivoted repair, wear to the gilding ranging from very heavy to moderate)

A SWANSEA PORCELAIN PART TEA SERVICE decorated with floral sprigs with wiped roses and gilt banding, one plate marked Swansea to the underside in red, including a teapot and cover, 25cm wide, a bowl, a jug, a tureen and stand, two plates and a cup (7)

A Swansea porcelain teapot and cover, circa 1814-26, decorated in pattern No. 223, with gilt enriched flowers pendant from a gilt overlaid cobalt blue border, length 24cm (minor faults), together with four English porcelain dishes, relief moulded and painted with flowers (minor faults). Provenance: the property of Donald Church.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.

A Swansea porcelain trio comprising a tea cup, coffee cup and saucer decorated in the Japan pattern, No.219 CONDITION REPORT: In overall good condition, minor gilding rubbing, minor surface scratches

A Swansea porcelain cabinet-cup and saucer, c.1815-17, the cup of slightly flared form on three gilt paw feet, finely painted with a band of Vitruvian scroll floral garlands, an elaborate gilt border below, the interior with a similar border, the gilt scrolling handle with a female mask terminal, the saucer similarly decorated around a central bouquet of flowers, the cup - 12cm high  Condition Report: The cabinet cup has a repair to one foot, which has been broken off and re-attached in an amateur fashion, leaving an obvious repair line and adhesive residue, and resulting in dome loss of gilding to the foot. There is a chip to the underside of this foot, and a very small loss of porcelain to the rim of the cup just above the repaired foot. Otherwise there is some rubbing to the lower gilt border around the exterior of the cup. No other signs of damage or restoration to the cup.There is a small D-shaped shallow chip to the rim of the saucer (approximately 5 mm. x 10mm.) – this has been retouched with a little gold paint at some point in an effort to disguise it.  The gilt dentil border immediately adjacent to it has also been retouched with the gold paint – probably in an attempt to blend it in (however, it needs to be removed and restored again.  The same has happened to a nearby smaller chip to the underside of the rim. A restorer could remove this paint, and the original gilding is almost certainly still there underneath the paint). At approximately the other side of the rim of the saucer there is some rubbing to the original gilding. The footrim of the saucer has wear consistent with age. No other signs of damage or restoration to the saucer. 

Books. 1 shelf of ceramic reference, including John's Nantgarw Porcelain Album, 1975, green leather, 4to, further works on Natgarw, Swansea and William Billingsley by John, further books, 19th c and later

A pair of 18th century Swansea porcelain plates hand decorated with floral patterns.  in good condition no signs of damage or repair visible.

An early 19thC Swansea porcelain part tea service, decorated with grey and gilt banded borders decorated with fruit and foliage in iron red and black, comprising sixteen cups in various sizes, eight saucers, two plates, a rectangular stand, milk jug, and slop bowl. (29)

Two Nantgarw plates, c.1818-20, one probably London-decorated with sprays of flowers in blue monochrome within a moulded rim, the next with small pink rose sprays, impressed 'Nantgarw CW' marks, and a Swansea plate decorated with a Mandarin type pattern of figures in a garden, the rim with panels of birds, red printed SWANSEA mark, 24.6cm max. Together with a book titled Nantgarw Porcelain by W.D John first published in 1948, in which the plate with the pink roses is illustrated. (4)

Three 19th century Swansea porcelain plates, one marked, 21.5cm diameter. 

John (W D) Swansea Porcelain and forty others on porcelain and pottery (41)/Provenance: from the Henry Sandon Study Collection CONDITION REPORT: Condition information is not usually provided in the description of the lot but is available upon request; the absence of a condition report does not imply that a lot is without imperfection

Collection of limited edition Swansea porcelain plates made by Coalport Craftman, in original boxes, together with a tray of pewter tankards and another tray of china, to include: Portmeirion game dish and cover etc. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)

SWANSEA GLASSY PASTE PORCELAIN CUP & SAUCER, circa 1815, decorated by William Billingsley, the cup with a figure wearing blue breeches and holding a scythe in a landscape, the saucer with lady in red shawl in a landscape, within solid gilt rimsProvenance:directly from the family of preeminent collector Sir Leslie Joseph, bears his labelCondition Report:wear to gilding.Saucer painting scratched.No backstamps