CATALOGUE m 7 vJiaIo^ LoCa[) PORCELAIN, OBJECTS OF ART, AND W INCLUDING A SMALL COLLECTION THE PROPERTY OF GEORGE F. DENMAN, ESQ. OF BEACONSFIELD, BUCKS; A TABLE SERVICE OF CHASED METAL-GILT, FROM THE ALTON TOWERS COLLECTION, Etc. Etc. ; WHICH Mill be £>oliJ t> j> auction bj> Messrs. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, AT YBCKIR QREAV ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897, At one o’clock precisely. May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catalogues had, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. Jaynes’s Square, S. W. Lu CONDITIONS OF SALE. 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. On THURSDAY, JULY 8, 1897, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY, The following are the Property of GEORGE F. DENMAN, Esq., of Beaconsfield, Bucks. 1 2 gold scroll plinths with flowering trees : a pair of Chelsea figures J) —12 in. high /0 * v 37 Justice, on pale blue white and gold scroll plinth—13J in. high -5_^38 Hercules and Omphale : a large Chelsea group in a bosquet, on open white and gold scroll plinth encrusted with coloured flowers—13 in. high l )r 2/*^ A /v / *2 39 A Derby-Chelsea group, of lovers seated with a lamb beneath a tree, /? on plinth formed as rocks—12J in. high l/sl / /, / 7 , cups ; and a small red ware tea-pot C , v 50 Four Nankin double sauce-boats, with animal handles, enamelled with a coat-of-arms and crests in colours and gold ; three large //^ ^ circular dishes ; and a bowl, en suite ' S 51 A pair of small old Japan bowls, covers and one stand, with flowering plants in red, blue and gold ; a basin, with chrysanthemums and Z? peonies ; and a Siamese bowl and cover, enamelled in green and red Jir 1 52 Ten octagonal-shaped Japan cups and saucers, with flowers and scrolls; four fluted cups and six saucers; a small tea-pot and / cover, with flowers ; and one, with yellow ground 0 53 An old Chinese egg-shell porcelain tea and coffee service, enamelled with pheasants and flowers in richly gilt borders, consisting of / tea-pot, coffee-pot, canister and covers, milk-jug, basin and stand two dishes, eight tea-cups, four coffee-cups and six saucers 0 54 A large mug, enamelled with flowers in red and gold borders, and ■ ^ » f enamelled with a shield-of-arms in colours and gold 55 An oval soup-tureen, cover and stand, enamelled with birds and flowers in red trellis borders; a pair of plates; and a pair of small deep plates, with flowers —famille rose /■ 0 1 J, tf', O A 56 A barrel-shaped powdered blue tea-pot and cover, enamelled with poultry, birds and flowers in panels ; two small plates, enamelled with flowers; a pair of shallow bowls, enamelled in red and green; four small bowls, with dragons in green ; a pair of small cups and saucers; an egg-shell cup and five saucers, flowers ; and five cups, with gilt decoration 57 Five coffee-cups, enamelled with river scenes and figures in pink <3 trellis borders ; and ten printed English cups, eight saucers and two bowls to match 7 md / J. J. /* 58 A pair of Kockingham candlesticks, with lake and gold scrolls in " - relief, painted with flowers ; a large bowl, painted with Chinese figures and flowers in colours on trellis ground ; and a red . Wedgwood coffee-pot, cover and stand, enamelled with flowers i colours 59 Twelve Lowestoft custard-cups and seven covers, with flowers and ribbons in colours and gold THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN. tf. /«/. o 60 A pair of old Chelsea square-shaped vases, painted with birds and A flowers in panels and pink lines 'Err J */& , 61 A pair of Chinese porcelain vases, each formed as a fish clasped by^ ^ a boy, enamelled in colours /*/ 62 A fluted ditto bowl, enamelled with cranes in white on blue ground,^ /- / century ; and an antique bronze male figure • 94 A Nankin Jar and Cover, painted with hawthorn branches in white in marbled dark blue ground—9£ in. high— carved wood stand 95 A pair of hawthorn-pattern jars and covers, painted with utensils in three medallions—9] in. high —wood stands -* J. /ti , 6 90 „ 97 J, . o IPJ'. ^ /J. /*. -7 7" A 00 « 101 ///. 101 /l05 > 107 A large shaped vase and cover, with hawthorn branches in whiten dark blue ground—17 in. high —wood stand ///y A Sevres-pattern plateau, painted with fruit in green and gold border; a ditto ink-stand, pen-tray and taper candlestick ; and a pair of Dresden vases, painted and encrusted with flowers A pair of large oviform vases, painted with garden scenes, nymphs and flowers in medallions and oak branches in green and gold on black ground, mounted with metal-gilt An Old Chinese Porcelain Bowl and Cover, of unusual size, enamelled with pheasants and other birds, branches of flowering trees and a basket of flowers inside in brilliant colours and gold—16 in. diam., 14 in. high A fluted Salopian willow-pattern tea service, with gilt edges, consisting of tea-pot, sugar-basin and covers, milk-jug and stand, basin, ten cups and three saucers; a blue and white^ Worcester basin ; and a Lowestoft cup and saucer A Chamberlain’s Worcester Dish and Milk-jug, with decora¬ tion in red, blue and gold, painted with the arms, coronets, , and San Josef crest of Admiral Viscount Nelson //£ Tart of the Nelson Service A Spode tea service, with birds and flowers in Oriental taste, consisting of tea-pot, cover ancT stand, basin, fourteen cup3, nine saucers, a plate, and a cover; an enamelled Chinese plate and three Delft plates S/T** A white aud gold Sevres ecuelle, cover and stand, painted with roses ; and a circular porcelain tazza, painted with boys and a goat, on metal-gilt tripod A pair of modern Dresden double salt-cellars, with seated figures^ of a boy and girl ; and a pair of seated figures of ladies S' A pair of candelabra, on stems, with figures of a Nymph and child and branches for four lights, encrusted with flowers y Byron and Scott: a pair of Parian statuettes; and five coloured and gilt figures of Spanish matadors, &c. A clock, in case of or-molu and pink and white porcelain, of , t/ t pedestal shape, surmounted by a vase—14 in. high 13 108 A Table Service, of silvered and gilt metal, consisting of centre 0 piece, with three Parian figures of nymphs ; and cut-glass dish, on circular looking-glass plateau; a pair of dessert stands, with glass dishes ; three pairs of smaller ditto; a pair of stands, with glass trumpet vases, a candelabrum, with branches for four lights; ten lion crest menu holders; and two gli flower troughs In oak plate chest and box 109 An oval mirror, in carved and gilt frame, with festoons o and brackets at the sides—77 in. high, 70 in. wide MINIATURES, SILVER, Etc. '110 A circular Vernis-Martin snuff-box, inlaid with gold, and with a miniature of a lady on the lid 111 Portrait of a lady, after Cosway—in oval gilt locket with opal enamel back and hair 112 A lady, in white dress—in oval locket with hair at the back and monogram in seed pearls '113 A lady, in lace mantilla —in morocco case ; a lady—in oval metal locket; and a lady, on ivory plaque, inlaid 114 A German silver-gilt ink-stand; and pair of salt-cellars, with figures in relief 115 A pair of ditto bottles, with busts in relief in niches 116 A figure of a man riding a donkey, forming a bottle O ORIENTAL PORCELAIN. 117 A large Chinese porcelain dish, enamelled with a basket of f one, with flowers and birds ; and one, with figures 118 Three ditto tea-pots; and a Japan ditto 119 Five ditto cups and saucers; a fluted basin, enamelled with , o and one other 14 , & 120 lP/0 ' ° 121 }S an^ 132 iT'/tT- 0 133 A Dresden china cabaret, consisting of tea-pot, sugar-basin, milk- <2 jug, and two cups and saucers, painted with flowers in blue and'^ gold A Berlin ditto, painted with flowers in pink, consisting of five./ pieces A pair of Chelsea candlesticks, with groups of foxes, &c. in / bosquets ly/- A pair of candelabra, of metal-gilt, with foliage branches for two. lights each, fitted with Dresden porcelain figures An old Italian seated bronze figure of a Satyr ; and candlestick on / figure of a chimera A Venetian bronze ink-stand and cover, surmounted by a boy/JSn tripod formed as figures of boys TENERANI /Or/o . O 1S4 Cupid sleeping, grasping his bow—in statuary marble 15 DECORATIVE FURNITURE. 135 An old English toilet-table, of inlaid woods, with arched revolving tambour top, slide and two drawers beneath, and slide at each end, and with mirror inside —30 in. wide 136 A Pair of Small Sheraton Satin-Wood Cabinets, with glazed 0 o doors enclosing shelves, the borders inlaid and painted with flowers and foliage, on stands with shelf beneath—42 in. high M 15£ in. wide 137 A Pair of Folding Card Tables, of zebra, satin and rose-wood, with inlaid brass borders, on stands mounted with chased / , //—^ metal-gilt—35 in. wide y 138 An oblong-shaped inlaid satin and hare-wood table ; and a pair of pole fire-screens, with prints on silk after A. Kauffman 139 An inlaid satin and rose-wood Pembroke table, with drawer : 140 A Chippendale carved mahogany screen, with an old Turkish silk (V ’ s.~ panel ^141 A set of ten Chippendale arm-chairs and five small chairs, with , open backs, carved with festoons of drapery, &c. 142 A set of sis Chippendale arm-chairs, with oval open backs, carve U in relief 143 A Large Two-Fold Japan Lao Screen, with river scenes, cranes and willows on black ground, and birds and flowers on brown ground, surmounted with engraved white metal—70 in. high , 35 in. wide 144 The Companion 145 A Louis XV. Marqueterie Commode, with shaped front and ends and three drawers, inlaid with groups of flowers in scroll borders in coloured woods, and mounted with or-molu, veined red anc white marble slab—35 in. wide QzsCS', 4 46 A- Crimson, Velvet Portiere, with pale yellow ' E ri k"b order embroidered with flowers and- ftrtiageia colours; and an upright panel of similar silk, embroidered with flowers anc Jv — /#'/*■ ‘ 147 A Large Carved Black Wood Group, of two Negro figures / O beneath a palm tree, surmounted by a monkey—on carved? wood pedestal y 148 An Old Carved and Gilt Venetian Cassone, the front painted ' with a lady and other figures in a gallery, and numerous, other figures and buildings f 149 An Old Italian Ebony Cabinet, of architectural design, inlaid ' " with plaques of Florentine mosaic and landscape marble, and mounted with figures, scrolls and other ornaments of ormolu— on stand 150 A Large Winged Oak Bookcase, with carved borders, glazed doors enclosing shelves above, open centre and four doors beneath, with panels carved with figures in armour, shields and arabesques in relief, and pilasters with terminal figures, &c.— 9 ft. high, ^ 12 ft. wide FINIS. London : Printed by Wm Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.