I? ' t Ak w p i . It » ■ *: ♦ # i . '.rv j' V '-* ■•' ■ H ^ -'v >;i4 I '- ‘J f y. 2^/-.3^. 7 ^- 3^-dc^ci. 92 . / 3 ^, / 39 . /02, . /O // 4 ^ az.<,.o- ^ Qz. . /o S' .// o . /2 P'. ' p'tX^UScL^. 4^2. /5/. /SS-. 1 6'3.3'-cJx , / i/. 3o.i3 ij s - cvL /. /d. 2c2^ / 33 . Q c cy P2, ^6“^ ptuU ^foZccuy C . //cclcSctcL^ , 9^. /oz. /oS- /‘^/ . /oP-. 7/c> ./2c>- /^ 2 . /33 , /i^o. /Sb'. /67 / 33 . • /o S". //o - ^tyvuc^. Ci .C ^ ^ ///. ^ ‘ iO-*— /37 / 4 ^ O-A-T^X^OGl-XJE A SMALL COLLECTION OF PO RC E L A I AND l3M0ratib£ #ti|£cts, THE PROPERTY OF THE LATE J. WEBSTER, E S Q. Of The Close, Croydon (Sold by Order of the Executors); PORCELAIN AND OBJECTS OF ART, Sold by Order of the Executors of the late MUS. H. C. FRIOE, Of Booking; ALSO A COLLECTION OF Bronze Groups and Figures, Marble Statuettes, and Groups in Terra-Cotta, Parian and Alabaster, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN: WHICH Mill Jbr bn Ruction bn AT THSIR aSlEAT BOOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 1897, AT ONE o’clock PRECISELY. May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catak'gues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and AVoods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, S. IV. 2 (,HM CONDITIONS OF SALE. -- 0 - I, THE highest Bidder to he the Buyer; and if any dispute arise between two or more Bidders, the Lot so in dispute shall be immediately put up again and re-sold. II. No person to advance less than Is.; above Five Pounds, 5s.; and so on in proportion. III. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IV. The Purchasers to give in their Names and Places of Abode, and to pay down 5s. in the Pound, or more, in part of payment, or the whole of the Purchase-Money, if required; in default of which, the Lot or Lots so purchased to be immediately put up again and re-sold. V. The Lots to be taken away and paid for, whether genuine and authentic or not, with all faults and errors of description, at the Buyer’s expense and risk, within Two days from the Sale; Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods not being responsible for the correct description, genuineness, or authenticity of, or any fault or defect in, any Lot; and making no warranty whatever. VI. To prevent inaccuracy in delivery, and inconvenience in the settlement of the Purchases, no Lot can on any account be removed during the time of Sale; and the remainder of the Purchase-Money must absolutely be paid on the delivery. VII. Upon failure of complying with the above Conditions, the Money deposited in part of payment shall be forfeited; all Lots un¬ cleared within the time aforesaid shall be re-sold by public or private Sale, and the deficiency (if any) attending such re-sale shall be made good by the Defaulter at this Sale. CATALOGUE. Oil THURSDAY, DECEMliER 2, 1897, AT ONE o’clock mEClSELY. The following are Sold by Order of the Eerecntors of the late MRS. IT. C. PRICE, of Bockiny. ORIENTAL PORCELAIN. 1 An old Chinese porcelain tea service, enamelled with figures in colours on gilt ground, with small medallions of birds and flowers, consisting of tea-pot, cover and stand, cofl’ee-pot and cover, milk-jug, basin, dish, bowl, cover and stand, four small- bowls, four cups and eight saucers 2 A bamboo-pattern tea-pot and cover, enamelled with poultry and flowers in red and green ; a small fluted tea-kettle and cover, // with upright handle, enamelled with plants; and a narghile- shaped bottle, enamelled with poultry and flowers 3 A tea-pot, cover and stand, encrusted with coloured branches of foliage, flowers, and squirrels; a cup and saucer, nearly similar; a small lotos-pattern tea-pot, with flowers on pink ground; and eleven cups and seven saucers, with figures, flowers, &c. 4 A tea-pot and cover ; two basins, one cover and three stands; nine small egg-shell cups; two cylindrical jars and coversy-^^^ with figures, &c.; five small vases; and five other pieces B 2 4 Three circular dishes, painted and enamelled with vases of flowers, foliage and blue scrolls bn the borders—12^ in. diam.; three plates, with bamboo and flowers on pink scrolls; and a/^ bowl / A large bowl, enamelled with lotos plants, scroll ornaments and flowers on green borders—13 in. diam. (imperfect) ENGLISH PORCELAIN. r /^ /> A ^ A / A ^ 7 An old English porcelain tea service, grey, white and gold, painted with bouquets of flowers in colours, consisting of fourteen tea-^-^^ cups, nine cofiiee-cups, twelve saucers, a basin and two dishes 8 A dessert service, with grey borders and vines in gold, consisting of centre dish, on foot, eight other dishes, a pair of sugar-^ tureens and covers, and fourteen plates ^ 9 A Chelsea tureen, pierced cover and stand, painted with insects and flowers, and with branch handles encrusted with coloured flowers 10 A Crown Derby pastille burner and cover, red, blue and gold ; a pair of blue and white Worcester saucers; a Lowestoft jug ^ and cover; six other pieces ; and two Etruscan-pattern Wedg-^^^ wood vases 11 A Pair op Chelsea Figures, of a lady and gentleman with baskets of fruit andlflowers, in flowering bosquets, on turquois^ / • white and gold scroll plinth—10^ in. high > DRESDEN AND OTHER PORCELAIN. 12 A Dresden cofiee-pot, milk-jug, sucrier and covers, basin and six cups and saucers, painted with Watteau figures and flower sprays on white ground 13 A Furstenburg coffee-pot and cover, painted with garden scenes, ^ figures and festoons of flowers in colours and gold ; a Dresden plate, with flowers in gilt borders ; and a Vienna plate, with flowers and pink ribbon on the border 5 14 A pair of Tournay plates, painted with bouquets of flowers in^ / spirally fluted borders with basket-pattern edges d/ 15 A small Sevres coffee-cup and saucer, painted with landscapes, buildings and figures in yellow borders; an Amstel cup and saucer, with harbour scenes; and a Nymphenberg cup and saucer, with views on wood grain ground O 16 An old Dresden figure of a lady dancing—8 in. high ; and a dittos ^ figure of a youth holding a fowl—6 in. high 17 Eighteen Dresden plates, decorated with flowers in red and other colours in Chinese taste 4 ; 18 19 ^ 20 . ^ 21 22 A female medallion head, in plaster—framed A pair of Etruscan oenochoe, with sphinxes and animals in red and black ; one other {imperfecf ); and a small vase, with figures St. Joseph carrying the Infant Saviour ; a group carved in ivory —5^ in. high —on black marble pedestal Saints Peter and Paul: a pair of carved box-wood statuettes— in. high —on ebonised pedestals A Pair of Upright Marquetkrie Cabinets, with glazed doors enclosing shelves, mounted with busts at the angles and chased headings of or-molu —42 in. high, 33 in. icide 6 ^ C ^ - /tf, tT’ a) > , < :i. M. /, ^ ^ f-7' The fullormng are the Property of JOHN WEBSTER, Esq., deceased, late of The Close, Chatsworth Road, Croydon. Sold hy Order of the Executors. OLD NANKIN PORCELAIN., 24 A circular dish, painted with an interior and figures—14 in. diam .; and a dish, with escalloped border with panels oi prunus branches ^ 25 A pair of circular dishes, painted with a concert of European figures in borders of landscapes in panels—181 in. diam. c?' 26 A pair of dishes, with scroll foliage and flowers—15^ in. diam .; and a larger dish, with a flowering plant in leaf medallion on- trellis ground ^ 27 A pair of hexagonal flower-pots and stands, with dragons ancT/^ flames 7 28 A circular dish, with ladies playing musical instruments in a landscape in lotos panel borders with plants; and a dish, wit pomegranates 29 ? 80 ^ 81 32 ENAMELLED CHINESE PORCELAIN. Four star-shaped dishes, enamelled with flowers —famille Six deep plates, with figures in pink trellis borders ; a plate, similar ; and two others ^ A circular dish, with pierced border, enamelled with flowering plants; three plates, enamelled with flowers in pink and f. colours ; and two others ^ An oviform vase, enamelled with flowers in pink and colours in panels on brown ground ; and a pair of beakers, enamelled with vases of flowers in blue borders 7 ^ 33 A bowl, enamelled with figures in colours in shaped on red and gold chequer ground—llj in. diam. 34 A tea-pot and cover, with raised ornament and enamelled in ^ colours ; an egg-shell bowl, cover and stand, with dragons and flames ; a ditto, lacquered black outside; and two enamelle^ cups and a saucer 35 A large circular old Japan dish, painted with radiating ornament ^ in red, blue and gold—15^ in. diam.; a small fluted dish, with flowers ; and four plates ENGLISH POECELAIN. 36 A pair of Crown Derby fluted tea-cups and saucers, with gilt ^ borders wreathed with cornflowers ; a white and gold ditto cofiee-cup and saucer; and a pair of dark blue toilet-pots an one cover, painted with birds 37 A blue and white Worcester bowl; a milk-jug, with Chinese figures in colours ; a cup and saucer, and a basin, with decora¬ tion in colours and gold—by Barr; four Lowestoft cups and saucers ; a blue and gold milk-jug ; a Wedgwood porcelain cup and saucer, with named birds in colours ; three other cups '' and a saucer 38 A pair of Wedgwood cups and saucers, with festoons in blue and pink jasper , 6^ 39 A pair of Chamberlain’s Worcester plates, wiih dark blue, and gold borders; a pair of ditto, with roses and cornflowers/f^ and a pair, with flowers on the borders in colours and gold 40 A plate, painted with flowers on marble slab ; two pairs of plates, ^ with flowers in blue and gold borders; a Crown-Derby and two others , C? 41 An old Crown Derby tea and coffee service, painted with hawthorn sprays in red, blue and gold in Japanese taste, consisting ol tea-pot, cover and stand, milk-jug, basin, eleven tea-cups, y eleven cofl'ce-cups, eleven saucers and foui dishes G:? 42 A pair of large ditto mugs, with flowers in red,'blue, green and gold ; a small ditto plate ; and a coffee-cup 8 ^43 An old Crown Derby centre dish, on tripod; and four deep ^ plates, richly decorated in red, blue and gold 44 A Worcester centre dish, on foot, oval and shell-shaped dishes, and three plates, painted with flowers in dark blue borders,^ richly gilt DRESDEN, SEVRES, VIENNA, Etc. 45 O , O \.'6 An old Dresden jug and cover, painted with flowers in basket borders ; a tea-cup, cofiee-cup and two saucers, with flowery and two fluted saucers A tea-cup and saucer, painted with seaports and fi,gures in gilt ^ borders ; and a small dish, painted with birds and flowers Four tea-cups and three saucers, painted with flowers in lake and gold; a coffee-cup and saucer, nearly similar ; and four fluted ditto A pair of plates, with pierced flower and trellis-pattern borders, painted with flowers; two Furstenberg tea-cups and saucers, painted with flowers in pink and colours; two Hague cups / and a saucer; a Frankenthal cup; two saucers; and a 49 /O , O C 50 ^ 52 ^ , O h '6 Nymphenburg dish A Weesp tea and cofiee service, painted with flowers in lake in basket borders, consisting of coffee-pot, small tea-pot, milk- ^ jug, sucrier and covers, basin, nine tea-cups, two coffee-cups and eleven saucers An old Sevres toilet-pot and cover, painted with flowers and blue Hues on the border; a custard-cup and cover, similar; and a I saucer i// A Trembleuse cup, cover and saucer, painted with children in landscapes on turquoise and gold ground A white and gold plate, painted with Cupid with a swan, in lake; and a white coftee-enn and Ra.in’.Ar ■roit.li and a white coffee-cup and saucer, with gold spots A green and gold saucer, painted with birds and foliage, and a mounted with or-molu loot, handle and nozzle to form 'aJtV candlestick 0 '!) 66 A Bmall cylindrical tea-pot and cover, with Chinese figures and trellis in gold and blue bands; two Clignancourt cups and saucers, with blue and gold borders ; and a Chantilly coflFee- cup and saucer, with coloured and gilt spots A pair of cups and saucers, with bands of flowers in colours in ^ gilt borders ; a Sevres pattern cup and saucer, coloured and gilt; and a pair of plates, with flowers in medallions on blue and white trellis ground A Vienna cup, cover and saucer, painted with figures on coloured ground, richly gilt : and a pair of Vienna plates, painted with Cupids and clouds in lake, and coloured and gilt arabesques on the borders A pair of small ditto vases and covers, with classical subjects on blue, silver and gilt ground ; a small cup and saucer, with roses on gold ground ; and a tea-cup and saucer, painted with figures on white ground 58 A Large Octagonal-Shaped Sevres Vase and Cover, on pedestal, gros-bleu, white and gold, jewelled and painted with Cupids and figures, and with gilt masks and festoons in relief —28 in. high 57 A SEE VICE OF OLD ENGLISH CUT GLASS, consisting of— ^ 59 A circular plateau, with escalloped edges and hexagonal panel iiJ-tmiUi-iu. udutci-AA xjj. wjuiv^ i ^ and with band of diamond pattern ^ 60 A large vase, of tulip shape, on stem and square foot—13 in. high 61 An oblong plateau, with small panels of diamond ornament; and a large bowl, on foot ^ 62 A pair of oval dishes, with diamond-pattern borders; and ^ nearly similar . ^ 63 A larger ditto, with escalloped edge ; and a pair of small ruby and white dishes 10 64 A circular plateau, cut iu diamond pattern; a dish for an epergn^ and a diamond eut basin . /^ ^ ^ decanter, cut with diamond ornament; a scent-bottle; and a / ^ ^ ' small Venetian engraved decanter, with ribs in relief / DECOEATIVE OBJECTS. >■ O 66 An Empiue Clock, in case of mahogany and or-molu, formed as a rmea as a y portico, with chased dial, and capitals to the columns—19 in./ high ,—glass shade and stand 67 A Ditto, in upright or-molu case chased with Psyche and ^ flowers, and surmounted by a bronze kneeling figure of Cupid ■—19 in. high ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Pair of Empire Vases and Covers, on pedestals of or-molu and silvered metal, chased ^vith bands of vines and foliage, ^ forming candlesticks—17 in. high —glass shades and stands 69 A set of four Empire or-molu fiuted candlesticks, on round chasod^^.;^^ \ ^ r ^ feet 70 A Pair of Large Louis XV. Table Candlesticks, chased with flowers and scrolls iu relief and silvered 71 A Pair of Old English Candelabra, of bronze and or-molu, with figures of childreu holding branches for two lights eaeh,^^^^ mounted with cut glass nozzles and pendants —18 in. high Formerly the property of the Princess Charlotte iS, /^' 0 72 An Old Dutch Marqueterie Commode, with shaped front and ends and four drawers, inlaid with vases and sjirays of flowers, birds, butterflies and scroll foliage in coloured wood—35 in. wide 73 A Portuguese Wood Chest, inlaid with geometrical and other ornament iu ivory—37 in. by 21 in. 11 74 ^ 75 , a 76 ^ 77 O 78 79 ^ 81 ^ 81 , o 82 ' 83 Jh — THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEJ/AR. A pair of old Worcester sLell-sliaped dishes and twelve plates, painted with classical subjects in grisaille —hy Flight, Barr and Barr A pair of dark blue, white and gold Derby flower-pots and stands A Chelsea figure of Minerva, her hand resting on a shield, scroll pliuth—111 high A white Berlin figure of Pomoua ; and a figure of Leda A pair of Berlin porcelain seated female figures, representing Dame A Pair of Louis XV. Candelabra, with branches for two lights, of chased or-molu, mounted with small shaped Dresden porcelain vases, painted with flowers and above encrusted with a bunch of flowers—11 in. high DIFFERENT PROPERTIES, A Pair of Crown Derby Ice-Pails, Covers and Liners, of the largest model, richly decorated with foliage in dark blue, yl y red and gold An old Japan oviform jar, with flowers and other ornaments An old Chinese mug, with figures in a landscape; and a dark blue jar and cover, enamelled with butterflies, &c. A Rare Delhi Shawl, of the highest quality, embroidered with shaded yellow silks on black net, and with silk fringe jy BRONZES. , ^84 A pair of seated figures of Columbus and Galileo—on black A marbla plinths—14^ in. high r ^ ^ 85 A pair of male and female figures of dancing Bacchanals,^ Z / ^ Pradier—184^ in. high f-7 3 high 86 A statuette of Wellington, by Cabbott, 1851—on black marbl^'^ stand—14 in. high f ^ f o 87 A bust of a Persian girl—18 in. high f . S’ .o 88 A Group, of three infant Bacchanals riding a panther — on marble plinth—13 %n. high / ^ 89 A pair of silver busts ; The Kiss, by Houdon—ebonised plinths-^ 6 in. high The fallowing are the Property of A GENTLEMAN. , / 90 The Eape op the Sabines, after Eubens, painted on porcelain —16 in. by 13 in. —in glazed rose-wood case ; and an ebonised picture easel t/', ^ 91 A pair of tripod rose-wood fire-screens, with glazed panels of y needlework with figures reading ur BRONZES. /c/-, S 92 ^ 93 ^ ^ 94 c/" O 95 La Cigale ; and The Slave— a ^air —15 in. high—signed Falguiere —on ebonised pedestals Peace, after E. Onslow Ford, E.A.—24 in. high —on red marble plinth David—18 in. high—signed A. Mercie—on revolving plinth of red marble General Gordon, after llamo Thorncycroft, E.A.—14 in. high — on red marble pedestal 4 N. Z , O 96 O 97 7^98 O 99 O 100 ^101 ^ 102 ^ 103 O 104 :r> 105 ,^106 ^ 107 108 Iris—11 in. high—signed Aug. Moreau— in folding leather case The Fighting Gladiator—8^ in. high Venus Reclining—10 in. long —on Louis XIV. ebony pedestal with chased metal-gilt masks at the angles Eurytus teaching Hercules the use of the bow—15^ in. on triangular red marble plinth A giraffe—17 in. high—signed F. Hiihnel Huntsmen and Hounds—19^ in. high The Tired Hunter—15 in. high—signed J. Willis Good The Hunted Stag—16J in. high The Marli Horses— a pair —21|- in. high The Eagle Slayer, after Bell—33 in. high The Wrestlers, after the antique—17 in. high The Fighting Gladiator—21 in. high A Napoleon I.: a bust—16 in. high —on revolving plinth of marble U^109 ^ 110 Napoleon I.: an equestrian statuette—30 in. high —on oblong /fP fluted mahogany pedestal mounted with or-molu /y^ A Waurior; and An Amazon: a pair of statuettes— Z1 in. high 111 O 112 -fitted for gas, on circular scagliola half-columns ^ Perseus : a seated figure— signed Auguste Moreau—29 in. high • • • vi Theseus, fighting a lion ; and An Amazon, fighting a leopard: a pair of equestrian groups— signed Moris—20 in. ^ Ulysses Stringing his Bow —32 in. high —on square fluted mahogany pedestal mounted with or-molu Milo Rending the Oak— 30 in. high —on similar pedestal A Roman Soldier Carrying off a Sabine Woman —50 in. high —hy P. Loison, 1862—on circular fluted ebony pedestal (P 116 Rape of the Sabines: a group, after G. di Bologna—44 high —on red veined marble plinth, and pedestal covered with velvet 14 7-/7. ^ 117 A Nubian Girl, with coloured drapery — 31 in. high — hy / / W. Waagen—on square scagliola pedestal t/y o 118 A knight on horseback: a gilt bronze statuette—18 in. high signed Ele. Gaillemin—on black marble plinth ^ J', J- ^ 0 119 A pair of'bronze and metal-gilt ewers, with friezes of boys— 28 in. high CHINESE CARVED WOOD STANDS. 120 A pair of Chinese pierced and carved rose-wood stands, the tops * inlaid with marble—17 in. high, 16 in. diani. . V 121 A pair of ditto, nearly similar y y / ^ 122 A pair of larger ditto, nearly similar, with shelf beneath-^^^^ ^ 23 in. high, 21 in. diam. ^ / y ^ 123 A pair of large square-shaped ditto, with carved and pierced / * ' / * borders, and shelf with drawer beneath—20 in square, 31 ind ' high PARIAN GROUPS AND FIGURES. y ^y p 124 Sappho; The Greek Slave ; and The Octoroon : three statuettes / —glass shades and stands , 125 Ariadne and the Panther; and A Lion in Love : a pair of groups / . —glass shades y ' " ' ' 126 Theseus; and An Amazon : a pair —glass shades and stands / 127 The Guardian Angel; Victory ; and a girl with a wreath t / , / ^ O 128 Mercury; and Victory, after Carriere— glass shade and stand ' ^ M _ — * ^ 4 1 1 k l_J ^ ^ l-k y-1 m A. I y-k ^ 1 ^ V I'V I V yv ^ U-< y-vy-«y.vlv«^y^ A I _ I . _ - jg ^ CA'-', 1 ^ 129 Prometheus; and Ino with the Infant Bacchus, on plush-covered ' plinth —glass shade and stand Z . ^130 The Rape of Polyxena: a large group in coloured plaster—on square ebonised pedestal ^ 15 GROUPS AND FIGURES IN ALABASTER, ^ 131 The Tambourine Player—on pedestal sculptured with flowers 132 Venus de Medici—on nearly similar pedestal 133 The Crouching Venus —qlass shade and stand ^ - , ^ 134 The Eape of Helen—on sculptured serpentine pedestal with revolving top 135 Cupid and Psyche—on oval marble plinth — glass shade and stand TERRA-COTTA. ^ 136 Venus with the Apple; a warrior, seated; and three small ' ✓ a figures of Cupids 137 The Dying Gladiator; Polyphemus ; and Perseus • g/ 138 The Fighting Gladiator; and The Panther Hunter ^ 139 Achilles Wounded— glass shade ; and Bust of Hermes ^ 140 Venus at the Bath—on spirally fluted serpentine column, with revolving tof) ’ ' ^ 141 A cavalier; and peasant girl: a pair of figures, signed Paul Dubois —glass shades and stands /i y / ' 142 A pair of small busts of ladies— signed C. Ceribelli, Paris 143 A pair of life-size busts of girls— the same ^ 144 Sunshine ; a female bust— hy the same , /S' 145 Cupid : a statuette— signed P. Comein—on serpentine column with revolving top ^ ^ ^ 146 Bust of a lady, life-size, in hat and feathers— signed Paul Duboy —on scagliola half-column ^ ^ jy,e.Ac 147 The Belted Wrestlers—on oblong pedestal —glass shade and stand 18 MARBLE FIGURES. ^ ^ ^ 148 The Venus de Medici— 2lJ in. high—glass shade and stand— on spirally fluted serpentine column with revolving top /^, 6 149 The Crouching Venus—26 in. high 150 Venus de Medici—35 in. high —on square scagliola pedestal ^^ 151 Indiscretion: A bust—on spirally fluted serpentine pedestal with revolving top A. EUGA. / C) 152 The Last Dance : a bust—on similar pedestal CALVI (of Milan). ^ iJ S'/u, O 1^^ Arianna—38 in. high —on serpentine pedestal with revolving yV top ) i 1 I FINIS. ) J I London : Printed by William Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Cbaring Cross.