Catalog: Antiques: Decorative Art (70)

English, Bilston, 18th century, patch box. These memento boxes were popular at the end of the eighteenth century and frequently given as tokens of friendship and love. They were also purchased as souvenirs while traveling. They frequently started with the phrase “A trifle from...” as seen on this box. Usually oval in shape, but also circular and rectangular, their decoration reflected the popular styles of the day. However, this box is particularly unusual in its mention of Blockley...

Antique oval pressed and engraved crystal dresser box with gilt metal mounts. Probably French, Circa 1900.

3.5" x 4.5" x 3.5” tall

Rare enamel stirrup cup in the form of a shell, the exterior with painted details in browns and greens, the interior a robin’s egg blue. Continental, early 19th century. (minor chips/scratches)

Height: 3”

Antique Spode Pottery Transfer Decorated Ceramic Wine Cooler,* oval with applied handles, ribbed body and rope turned rim, the whole with yellow and blue transfer decoration. English, circa 1810. (two tiny chips, numerous frits)

*Originally designed as a footbath, these large basins are today used as wine coolers.

18.5" x 12" x 8" tall

5218-21: English, Bilston, late 18th century, patch box these memento boxes were popular at the end of the eighteenth century and frequently given as tokens of friendship and love. Usually oval in shape, but also circular and rectangular, there decoration reflected the popular styles of the day. For example, by the 1790s Neoclassical style swags, doves, hearts, and borders were the most commonly used decoration of the day. This box reads "Unity is the bond of society."

Antique Benningtonware covered teapot with moulded decoration of ‘Rebecca at the Well’. American, circa 1880. (minor chips to spout).

18th Century English Porcelain Tea Bowl and Saucer, possibly Thomas Wolfe & Co., Liverpool. Circa 1780.

Saucer Diameter: 5.33"

Antique Gilt Silver and Green Chalcedony Mounted Crystal and Mahogany Umbrella Handle in the Secessionist taste. European, Circa 1900, now mounted on a carved wood base.

Height: 13"

Antique Carved Ivory Riding Crop in the form of a horse’s head and a sterling silver collar with the face of a fox. American, circa 1870.

Handle: 3.25”

Length: 27.5”

Fine Antique Chinese Sang de Boeuf Vase with scalloped rim and pomegranate form handles. Late 19th century. Now drilled and wired as a lamp.

Height of vase: 12”

Pair of 18th Century Irish Silver Berry Spoons, the bowls with a gold wash, Michael Keating, Dublin 1796

length 8.75"
4.3 oz

Rare Staffordshire child’s mug, creamware with green transfer decoration of sign language alphabet. Early 1800’s (small hole in bottom).

Diameter: 2.75”

Early Worcester tea cup, tea bowl and saucer in the style of Japanese Imari porcelains: underglaze blue and white decoration with overglaze red and gold enamel. Late 18th Century.

Saucer 4.75" diam.

Provenance: From the Cockrell Collection of Tea Equipage amd Export Porcelain.

French, 19th century, Samson. The crossed “S” marks on the interior lid of this nineteenth-century snuff box indicates that this was, in fact, a product of the Samson factory. Edmé Samson founded the House of Samson in 1845 to decorate porcelain. However, it was Edmé’s son, Emile, who expanded the firm to include the reproduction of eighteenth-century English enamels...

Antique English Pearlware Tea Caddy with blue and white chinoiserie decoration. Circa 1780-1800.

Antique American Tea caddy in maple with pewter stringing and a pewter plaque with the word "tea", inside are two lidded compartments. Circa 1870.

Height: 3.75"
Length: 7.5"
Depth: 4.5"

Rare Rockingham hound handled pitcher with molded scenes of stag and boar hunts and a grapevine design decorating the neck. Attributed to the Salamander Works, Woodbridge, New Jersey, 1840-50.

Provenance: Eveleth/Summerford Estate, Washington, D.C.

Height:11.25”

Antique American Salt Glazed Crock with leafage decoration. Approximately a half gallon. Circa 1850-70. Unmarked.

Height: 8.25”