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Lot 34
FRED PASSENGER (BRITISH 1858-1938) FOR BUSHEY HEATH POTTERY BOWL, 1920s printed BUSHEY HEATH DE M, painted and glazed earthenware 15cm diameter (6in diameter) Fred Passenger was employed by Ida and Henry Perrin to created works to William De Morgan's designs in the 1920s in a workshop in their home in Bushey Heath. Fred Passenger had been a decorator for William De Morgan.
Lot 35
WILLIAM DE MORGAN (1839-1917) SIGNED AUTOGRAPH LETTER, 1912 to a Mr Lee Burns of Indianapolis, responding to a request for an autograph and mentioning his novel Joseph Vance (1906), on single sheet of De Morgan's 127 Church Street stationery, mounted, framed and glazed together with original envelope addressed by De Morgan by hand Letter: 17.5cm x 11.3cm (6 ¾in x 4 ½in)
Lot 32
CHARLES PASSENGER FOR WILLIAM DE MORGAN (BRITISH 1839-1917) GALLEONS AND FISH TRIPLE LUSTRE PLATE, CIRCA 1890 painted W.D.M FULHAM, CP, painted and glazed earthenware 24cm diameter (9 ½in diameter) Literature: Gaunt W. & Clayton Stamm M.D.E. William De Morgan, Studio Vista 1971, p. 112, pl. 98 illustrated.
Lot 180
William de Morgan – A monumental and important architectural tile panel from the Fulham Period circa 1888 to 1898, decorated in the Persian Iznik style with large central flowering plant in trefoil cartouche flanked by perched fabulous birds, writhing serpents and stylised trees, within a field of flowering branches and scrolling foliate sprigs, in brilliant turquoise, green, purple and tonal blue glaze, decorated with over sixty four 15cm x 15cm tiles with further slender border tiles to the outer frame. Comprised of three slabs made up in the factory, backed mostly with blank De Morgan tiles, one panel reverse includes four William De Morgan decorated tiles.Provenance - Sold at Sotheby's in the 1970s as “The Property of The English Centre of International P.E.N.” and "removed from Glebe House, Chelsea. Where the wall panel is reputed to have been commissioned by the Czar of Russia but never delivered and was eventually acquired by Henrietta Leslie who on her death bequeathed Glebe House to the present owners". Purchased from Richard Dennis, Kensington Church Street, 21/4/1978. NB - The author David Carver is known to have lived at Glebe House, Chelsea (also known as 63, Glebe Row) from around 1946 to 1974, and was Secretary of the P.E.N. literary society. Previously the house was owned by the Raphael/Schultz family, one of whom wrote novels under the pseudonym Henrietta Leslie. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Glebe House was the residence of Reginald Blunt, General Manager of the De Morgan Works in Chelsea, and he may have been given this panel in lieu of wages.
Lot 245
WILLIAM DE MORGAN (ENGLISH, 1839-1917) TWO TILES; CIRCA 1885 Glazed ceramic Impressed with 'De Morgan Merton Abbey' stamp to reverse 16cm high, 16cm wide Provenance: Acquired from Haslam & Whiteway, Kensington Church Street, London Condition Report: Glazed crazed to both tiles, some traces of grout to the edges so assuming they have at some period been chipped off a wall, no serious damage to the edges or large chunks missing. However, there are a few minor chips to the edges. No serious structural faults seen. Please see additional images available from the Dept. upon request. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 299
EVELYN DE MORGAN (BRITISH 1855-1919) DESIGN FOR THE LEGEND OF GOOD WOMEN, AFTER GEOFFREY CHAUCER Watercolour and pencil on paper 30 x 45.5cm (11¾ x 17¾ in.); and smaller Together with a figure study in chalk attributed to the artist's husband, the artist and ceramicist William de Morgan (1839-1917) (2) Pencil inscriptions naming the figures reveal the subject of the present watercolour to be Chaucer's Legend of Good Women, where the Prologue opens with the poet's dream of Eros (Amor) and Alcestis. Chaucer's poem narrates the stories of virtuous women from antiquity who suffered for love. This was a favourite source for William Morris and Burne-Jones and the artist may have used the text given in the former's famous Kelmscott Chaucer (1896). The best-known pictorial version is the Morris & Co stained glass panel by Burne-Jones from 1864 of Amor leading Alcestis back from the Underworld, with copies in V&A and William Morris Gallery collections.
Lot 35
A Moorcroft baluster vase designed by Emma Bossons in 2008 with an unusual and appealing pattern in the style of William De Morgan, numbered 6, impressed and painted marks to base, with strawberry cypher for 2008, signed ‘MRJ’ and ‘DS’, boxed, height 19cm.Condition: In excellent condition with no chips or cracks, noticing crazing to glaze just beneath the vase’s neck.Packing & ShippingLet us take the hassle of sorting out packing and shipping from you. Mark Hill Auctions is delighted to be able offer the buyer an in-house packing and shipping service for this lot. We use UPS for shipping and all packages are sent with a minimum of a tracked service. We do not use any other service such as Royal Mail. Please see below for cost estimates, including packing:UK (Guaranteed Price): £18.26USA (Estimated Price): £51.00EU (Estimated Price): £24.00R.O.W. (Estimated Price): £48.00All above quoted packing and shipping prices will have VAT added at 20%. Unless otherwise indicated above, these are estimates only but we aim to be as accurate as possible.To request packing and shipping, please wait for your invoice to arrive by email and click on the ‘Request Postage’ button on your invoice, or contact us by email requesting packing and shipping for your lot(s). The actual packing and shipping cost will then be added to your invoice and your invoice will be resent to you for payment.IMPORTANTWhen you request your lot(s) to be packed and shipped, you understand and agree that you are committing to pay for packing and shipping because, in order for us to give you an accurate cost, we need to pack the lot(s) to ascertain the final weight and size. By doing that, we have already incurred cost by spending time and using materials to pack your lot(s). Therefore this charge must be paid, even if you later decide to collect your lot. INSURANCEThe above quotes do not include insurance. If you require insurance, please request this when you request your lots to be packed and shipped. We can only know the cost of insurance after the hammer falls as it is only then that we will know the value to be insured. MULTIPLE PURCHASESThe estimates above are for this lot only. If you buy multiple lots from this auction, they can be combined where possible into one or more packages - size, shape and weight permitting. For these packages containing multiple lots, you will receive a discount of 17.5% of the total of the applicable quotes listed for those lots.Please note that this packing and shipping service is undertaken entirely at the buyer’s risk. Whilst we take the utmost care to pack items as well as we can, we cannot be held responsible for any damage to, or loss of, items packed and sent to you. By paying for our in-house packing and shipping service, the buyer agrees that any items are sent entirely at their own risk and that no compensation can be offered for any loss or damage. Lots must be paid for in full before they will be released.
Lot 19
Elizabeth I (Queen of England and Ireland, 1533-1603) Letters Patent grant in fee simple by Robert Morgan of Maplarton [Mapperton], Dorset, to Robert and John Morgan, his sons, of the Manor of Wytherston, Dorset, a free yearly rent of £7 18s 6d, now or late in the tenure of Walter Travers or Thomas or Nicholas Travers, his sons, all late of the monastery of Abbottesburye [Abbotsbury], yearly value £12 17s 2d, in fee simple for £321 9s 2d paid at the Exchequer to Roger Alford, a teller there, manuscript in Latin, on vellum, single sheet, in black and brown ink, large calligraphic initial 'E', enclosing a line-drawn portrait of the queen holding an orb and a sceptre, enthroned beneath a canopy bearing the inscription: "Elizabeth Regina", calligraphic initial line decorated by a lion and a griffin holding banners, a fleur de lys and leafy sprays, folds, slightly creased, lacks Great Seal, framed and glazed, document 472 x 683mm., 31st January 1560. *** The Wytherstone estate was owned by Abbotsbury Abbey until dissolved in 1539. Roger Alford (d. 1580), MP., secretary to Sir William Cecil.
Lot 12
John Pearson (1859-1930), a copper casket, dated '1907', the lid embossed with grotesques, the front with stylised discs, with a scrolled catch, the interior stained green, signed 'JP 1907', 36cm wide 27cm deep11cm highJohn Pearson was a master craftsman of the Newlyn School who worked mainly in copper. Along with Charles Robert Ashbee, he was a founding member, in 1888, of the Guild and School of Handicraft at Whitechapel, London. However, due to taking on freelance work for William Morris in his spare time, Pearson was eventually dismissed from the Guild in 1892 and made his way to Newlyn, Cornwall, where he worked in the recently established industrial school. Greatly influenced by William De Morgan (1839-1917), it is believed that John spent some time working at De Morgan's workshop, decorating tiles and pottery and making associated metalwork, for example, tile mounts.The most notable examples of Pearson's work are the four large copper plaques - denoting earth, air, fire, and water - that decorate the façade of Newlyn Art Gallery.Condition ReportKnocks and wear. The base with baize, the interior with a chain stop. Some rubbing through the decoration. Please see the additional images.
Lot 462
AN AESTHETIC MOVEMENT EBONISED MANTEL CLOCK CIRCA 1880, JW BENSON, LONDON With gong-striking movement, serial stamped JWB numbered 21639, with a painted dial in the manner of William de Morgan, the ebonised case in the manner of Lewis Forman Day, 36cm high Provenance: Mr. & Mrs. Curling Hunter, 9, Westbourne Terrace, London, and thence by descent Condition Report: The case with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSome wear to the ebonised finishDial cracked and with restorations, areas of re-paintingThe rear of the case with maker's stamp for JW Benson The movement has a platform lever escapement to the top, so there is no pendulum, there is a winding key present - when wound the movement is ticking, away, it looks quite clean - Dreweatts make no guarantees or comments as to the longevity of the movement or whether it is working or keeping accurate time - the key is a '10'Please see additional images for visual reference to condition Additional measuremnets: Case is 22cm wide, 14cm deep,Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 186
A PAIR OF POKER WORK AND INLAID OCTAGONAL SIDE TABLES EARLY 20TH CENTURY, IN THE MANNER OF LIBERTY The tops inlaid with a leaping antelope and the sides decorated with apple trees, both in the manner of tile designs by William de Morgan 50cm high, 36cm wide Condition Report: Each with marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSome old cracks and splits, the tops and bases are firmly affixed by blocks to the undersides/interiors Some colour variation and unevenness to the surfaces overallPlease see additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 591
William De Morgan (1839-1917), a set of fifty-one turquoise-glazed tiles, c. 1880-90, square, various marks including raised letters above "No 12 T" to the reverse; together with two polychrome tiles by Percy Harland-Fisher decorated with flowers (one a/f). De Morgan tiles each 7.7cm square, Harland-Fisher tiles 12.7cm square. Provenance: this lot is accompanied by a letter from Daphne Fisher detailing that the turquoise tiles were acquired by Harland-Fisher probably directly from De Morgan and passed by descent to Adrian Fisher, husband of Daphne by whom they were sold privately in 2016. Note: De Morgan tiles of near identical design can be found on the walls of the staircase of Leighton House in London.
Lot 236
Circle of William de Morgan (English, 1839-1917). A pair of 19th-century Arts & Crafts cartoons for a stained-glass window, designs depicting a crane [the presence of a log and the eating of a frog suggesting Aesop's fable of The Frogs Who Desired a King], unsigned, possibly Clement Heaton for Heaton, Butler and Bayne, watercolour, on heavy wove paper with no evidence of a manufacturer's watermark, 48 x 59.5cm, some closed tears, some pasted paper verso, tape residue at top edges verso [c. 1875] (2)
Lot 26
A large William De Morgan pottery Persian vase by Fred Passenger, shouldered, ovoid form with knopped neck, painted with stylised flowers and palmettes in blue, turquoise, green and aubergine on a white ground, impressed tulip mark, painted FP monogram, minor professional restoration, 38.5cm. high
Lot 27
A tall William De Morgan pottery Persian twin-handled vase, shouldered form, painted with a frieze of swimming scaly fish, swimming in a river between bands of scrolling carnations and foliage, in turquoise, green and blue, the base with a similar band of scaly fish, the neck with flower panels, unsigned, professional restoration to one handle and neck, 53cm. high ProvenancePrivate collection.
Lot 36
A William De Morgan ruby lustre Rabbits tile, on Minton Hollins blank, on scroll ground, unsigned, impressed Minton mark, minor glaze nicks,15.2cm. square LiteratureMartin Greenwood The Designs of William De Morgan, Richard Dennis Publications, page 124 figure 944 for the original design illustrated.
Lot 29
A large William De Morgan ruby lustre bowl by Fred Passenger, painted with a frieze of scaly fish swimming amongst waterweed in ruby lustre on a white ground, the interior glazed ruby lustre painted William De Morgan Fulham, FP, 35cm. diam. 12cm. high ProvenanceDecorative Arts and Design, Sotheby's Olympia 25th November 2003, lot 257.private collection.
Lot 34
A William De Morgan ruby lustre Waders tile, probably Wedgwood blank, painted with two wading birds, on scroll ground, unsigned, light surface wear,14.8cm. square LiteratureMartin Greenwood The Designs of William De Morgan, Richard Dennis Publications, page 131 figure1038 for the original design illustrated.
Lot 28
A rare William De Morgan eight tile panel, for the fireplace mantel, painted with a frieze of a central owl flanked by four eagles to each side, glazed in colours on a blue ground, framed,marks concealed, 20.5cm square (each tile)169.5 x 26cm (frame) ProvenanceHalsey Ricardo, thence by descent. LiteratureJon Catleugh William De Morgan Tiles, Trefoil, page 171 for a watercolour of a child by Edith Brinton, 1912, featuring the tiles above the fireplace in the background.
Lot 179
Sally Tuffin for Dennis China Works - a large charger by Rory McLeod and Vanessa Whitemore, slip lined and glazed decoration of two fish in deep red/burgundy on a cream ground in the manner of William de Morgan, the underside glazed with bands of varying width and depth of colour in burgundy on a cream ground. Printed marks 'Dennis China Works', '2001E' and 'RMc' and painted marks 'S.T.Des after W.De.M. R.D.Gallery' and monogram 'VMW'. By repute a unique example made for sale in the Richard Dennis Gallery, Kensington. Diameter 36.5cm. Height 5.8cm.
Lot 42
ESQUEMELIN (ALEXANDRE OLIVIER)De Americaensche Zee-Roovers. Behelsende een pertinente en waerachtige Beschrijving van alle de voornaemste Roveryen, en onmenschelijcke wreedheden, die de Engelse en Franse Rovers, tegens de Spanjaerden in America, gepleeght hebben, FIRST EDITION, black letter, additional engraved title-page, section titles 'Piratica America', 12 engraved plates (4 double-page), light toning to text leaves and light occasional offsetting from plates, first gathering washed, nineteenth century cerise morocco by Riviere with gilt decoration on covers and spine, marbled endpapers and elaborate gilt dentelles, g.e., light wear mostly to extremities of spine, 3 small scratches on upper cover, custom-made red morocco gilt felt-lined clamshell box [USTC 1814458; Howgego E39; Sabin 23468], 8vo (196 x 150mm.), t'Amsterdam, Jan ten Hoorn, boekverkoper, 1678Footnotes:'PIRATICA AMERICA' - EXTREMELY RARE FIRST EDITION. We have traced no complete copy at auction in the last 130 years. Written by Alexandre Olivier Esquemelin (c.1645-1707, also spelled Exquemelin, Esquemeling, Exquemeling, or Oexmelin) the Americaensche Zee-Roovers is a swashbuckling account of pirate exploits in the Caribbean. Known in English as the Buccaneers of America, the book has twelve engravings that bring the fearsome pirate captains to life, and unflinching descriptions of the violence and plunder that both horrified and fascinated readers.Among the colourful characters populating Esquemelin's eye-witness account, none looms larger than the infamous privateer Henry Morgan (1635-1688). As Morgan's confidant and barber-surgeon, Esquemelin had a front-row seat to some of the most audacious raids in pirate history, including the sack of Maracaibo in 1669 and the daring assault on Panama in 1671 (both depicted in the plates). Esquemelin paints a complex portrait of Morgan – as a brilliant tactician and fearless leader, but also a man capable of great cruelty. Following the publication of the English translation in 1684, which accused Morgan of torture and the use of nuns and monks as a human shield, Morgan took steps to discredit the book and successfully brought a libel suit against the book's English publishers William Crooke and Thomas Malthus.'Perhaps no book in any other language was ever the parent of so many imitations' (cf. Sabin) and it became the cornerstone of pirate literature for centuries to come, Esquemelin's vivid prose and intimate knowledge of buccaneer life captivating readers across Europe. First published in this edition in 1678, it was then translated into German (1679), Spanish (1681), English (1684) and French (1686). The German translation is a faithful translation of the original Dutch while the Spanish translation adds new material quite freely and without acknowledgment, and frequently mistranslates the Dutch. The English translation appears to be a translation of the Spanish edition, including most of its deviations from the Dutch original. Finally, the French translation of 1686 is substantially a new work with many additions, including new pirate biographies (Daniel Montbars and Alexandre Bras-de-Fer) and the complete rearrangement of some sections.First editions such as this are of 'extreme rarity' (Sabin) and we have traced no other complete copies at auction since 1894 (Bangs, 25 April 1894, lot 301), with an earlier record in 1884 (Leavitt & Co., 3 March 1884, 909a). Only six copies have been traced in institutions (cf. USTC 1814458). Plates and maps comprise: Bartholomeus de Portugees (Bartholomew the Portuguese), p.40; Rock, de Brasiliaen Genaemt (Rock Brasiliano), p.42; François Lolonois, p.46; The Cruelty of Lolonois, p.60; Johan Morgan (Henry Morgan), p.74; Morgan Attacks Puerto del Principe, Cuba, p.82; Morgan Attacking the Forts at Chagre, Panama, p.88; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Marcaibo (A Map of the City and Country of Maracaibo), double-page map, p.94; Captain Morgan Torturing Prisoners After the Battle of Maracaibo, p.98; Morgan Destroys the Spanish Fleet at Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela, double-page view, p.102; Afbeeldingh van de Stadt en t'Landtschap van Panama (A Map of the City and Country of Panama), double-page map, p.130; Reskontre van de Spanijaerden tegens de Roovers voor de Stadt Panama, Nevens het Verbranden en Ruijneren van de selve Stadt (The Battle Between the Spaniards and the Pirates for the City of Panama, and the Burning and Ruining of the Same City), double-page view, p.134.Provenance: Charles George Milnes Gaskell (1842-1919, MP for Morley), bookplate. Gaskell was an English lawyer and Liberal Party politician and also a serious book collector. Other books in his collection included a first edition of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein in its original boards (later in the library of Jerome Kern) and a first issue of Robinson Crusoe.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 200
William de Morgan ruby lustre 'galleon' charger, with monogram for Halsey Ricardo, Christie's 2003 label verso, 36cm diameterThere is a small crack (approx 4cm long) near the rim at about 8 o'clock. A tiny piece of glaze is missing. It does not stretch any further than this. There is some light crazing. Otherwise in very good condition.
Lot 360
A GROUP OF ARTS AND CRAFTS STYLE TILES AND A WMF PEN TRAY, comprising a WMF pewter pen tray decorated with cyclamen, stamped marks verso and no '168', length 25.5cm, together with a J C Edwards tile painted with a stylised flower, in the manner of William de Morgan, approximately 15.5cm square, a tile decorated in four sections with painted green foliate patterns, a smaller blue and white painted tile measuring approximately 12.5cm square, and a tile decorated with grape vines (5) (Condition Report: generally good condition, pen dish has some scratches, tiles appear ok, with some chips/losses verso, nibbles/tiny chips on the fronts, some cement residue, a little light crazing, scratches and wear)
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