A Documentary North Devon pottery jug.
Estimate: £5,000-£7,000. (FS16/399).
The next Fine Sale at fine art auctioneers Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood can boast its largest ceramics section in years with nearly 160 lots that includes three Kangxi period Chinese Yen Yen vases, a collection of North Devon pottery with a good documentary harvest jug (FS16/399), a Staffordshire pottery menagerie that has two pairs of lions, a pair of elephants, giraffes, and four large rabbits all sheparded by portrait groups of Captain Cook and Thomas Jefferson.
An exhibition Doulton faience panel by Esther Lewis for the Chicago Worlds Fair 1893. Estimate: £500-£700. (FS16/453).
There is also a Doulton faience tile panel (painted by Esther Lewis) that was exhibited at the Chicagao World's Fair in 1893 (FS16/453), plus a good smattering of domestic 18th century porcelain represented by Bow, Derby and Chelsea that included a particularly early 'scratch cross' period mug (FS16/475).
An early Worcester porcelain mug circa 1753-55. (FS16/475).
The section is nicely completed by a small single owner collection of mid 18th Meissen which boasts a Kaendler figure emblematic of Africa (FS16/510).
A Meissen group of Africa, after JJ Kaendler, circa 1745. Estimate: £3,000-£5,000. (FS16/510).
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
- Fine Art Sale
- Ceramics
- Kangxi Period Ceramics
- Chinese Yen Yen Vases
- North Devon Pottery
- Staffordshire Figures
- Staffordshire Pottery
- Doulton
- 18th Century Porcelain
- Meissen
