Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from Getty Research Institute https://archive.org/details/catalogueofchoic00chri_20 CATALOGUE OF Choice ©lb English anb foreign SILVER PLATE BIJOUTERIE, OBJECTS OF ART AND VERTU, AND PORCELAIN, THE PROPERTY OF ROMER WILLIAMS, ESQ. Of GREAT CUMBERLAND PLACE, Who is leaving his Residence in London: WHICH flEUl be ^ol5 bg Ruction bij Messrs. CHRISTIE, M ANSON & WOODS, AT THEIR GREAT ROOMS, 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, On TUESDAY, JUNE 21, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. May be viewed Saturday and Monday preceding, and Catalogues bad, at Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street, St. James's Square, S. W. CONDITIONS OF SALE. - o - 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. HI. In the case of Lots upon which there is a reserve, the Auctioneer shall have the right to bid on behalf of the Seller. IY. 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. Yl. 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 uncleared 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 TUESDAY, JUNE 21, 1898, AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. SILVER —At per Oz. oz. dwt. SJ 8 15 5 8 6 2 5 „ 8 A- 1 Six plain oyster-forks ; and a pierced circular server 2 A large plain gravy-spoon—1765 . . * ^ 3 A plain table-spoon—1741 ; one, chased with a vine-leaf on the bowl; a rat-tailed dessert-spoon—1724 ; and a plain ditto ...... 'y** 4 A marrow-spoon—1748 ; and a skewer, chased with rams^ heads— Eaeter, 1755 . . . • • y * 5 Eighteen ice-spoons, with chased handles surmounted by busts, the bowls chased with views of the Tender, Houses of Parliament, &c. .... lb 16, 6 Six old English mulberry-spoons; two sugar-scoops ; three caddy-spoons ; and one, chased with eagle s - head ^ - 6 handle and feather bowl .... ^ 7 Four caddy-spoons ; three ditto, with shell bowls; and a .. * pair of chased sugar-tongs .... 3 14 8 A pair of chased snuffers— 1764 ; and a muffineer, cha^d^, with flowers . f? 4 19 10 An Octagonal-Shaped Queen Anne Tea-Pot, with dome-shaped cover and fluted bands—1714 . 11 A pair of plain octagonal-shaped tea-caddies, with dome tops—1717 ..12 12 A small plain chocolate-pot, with corded edges and acorn knob—1759 .5 13 A cream-jug, spirally fluted and chased with flowers, on oz. dwf. A 11 round foot 14 A cream-jug, in the form of a cow, chased with a wreath of flowers and a fly on its back—1768 . . 3 15 A plain cream-jug, fluted, and with scroll handle and li8 ] 6 A circular sugar-bowl, on foot, chased with medallion orna¬ ments and laurel festoons— Dublin. . . 9 17 A pair of plain escallop-shells, on shell feet—1783 . /AA 5 18 A small plain sauce-pan—1747 .... &/A 2 18 19 A pair of octagonal-shaped trencher-salts, engraved with panels of flowers, shells, &c.—1717 . . 20 An Altar-Shaped \ase and Cover, chased with rams 7 heads, laurel, drapery and masks in relief, on open trellis tripod—i temp. Queen Anne . . . 21 A pair of oblong-shaped sauce-tureens and covers, with gadroon borders, on ball feet; and a pair of ladles^ with scroll top handles .... 22 A child s mug, of frosted silver, engraved with a boy and girl in medallions. 5 23 A shaped plain jug, with scroll handle—1773 . 18 24 A small plain bowl, in the form of a quaigh, with flat¬ shaped handles and threaded bands —Edinburgh 7 25 A plain beaker, on reeded loot and with ribbed band round the centre, engraved with a shield-of-arms—1753 6 -6 A William and Mary Plain Tumbler Cup — 1689 engraved “ The gift of J. IT. to G. TF” . SY/A 5 15 i?** 3 k/*y e ' c 19 10 o£\ 7 7 9 - 1 ^ ’ A*& A 42 13 A 17 15 C A 0 fr/ct* 14 daA 5 ^ 27 A William and Mary Miniature Bowl, with a wide band of matted ornament in threaded borders—1688— all at 28 A porringer, of Queen Anne design, repousse, with a corded band and spiral fluting ?/? oz. dwt. 10 1 29 A Tankard and Cover, repousse with similar decoration —bearing hall mark of 1699 . . . &/ <* 30 A William III. Plain Tankard, with dome cover and scroll handle—1700 .... . 31 A Charles II. Plain Tankard and Flat Cover, with scroll handle and billet — 1674 . . 24 82 A Large Plain Flagon, of cylindrical form, with dome cover, scroll handle and pierced billet—13 in. high — bearing hall mark of 1694 . . . ./ 56 33 A Larger Ditto, nearly similar—13^ in. high—hall mark of 1686 .... . 67 SILVER-GILT. 25 15 5 /-zmJ 14 16 16 15 / 34 A vase-shaped mustard-pot, chased with foliage and flowers ^7 in relief, on round foot; and a mustard-ladle . 2 //* 6 11 35 A Pair of Queen Anne Table Candlesticks, 'em baluster stems and octagonal-shaped feet— Dublin, 1709 From the Lyne Stephens Collection / 24 17 FOREIGN SILVER AND SILVER-GILT. O 36 Eighteen small three-pronged forks, with spiral and figure top handles —Utrecht ...... 37 A sugar-sifter ; a sugar-scoop ; two small fluted stands, * 0 with glass vases; and a silver-gilt spoon, with long chased handle with seal top ..... 5 5 15 G s./# A* rJ./J 38 A small plain oval-shaped chocolate-pot and hot milk-jug —Paris ........ 0 39 A small beaker-shaped urn, with chased borders, on tripod chased with masks ...... * 0 . 43 An Oval-Shaped Rose-Water Dish, fluted and chased Z 3. v SILVER —All at. oz. dwt. 7 6 ^- 15 40 A pair of oval open salt-cellars, chased with grotesque masks and festoons of flowers—blue glass liners 41 A Flat-Shaped Parcel-Gilt Pomander, opening in five heart-shaped divisions, pierced with trellis and with similarly pierced escalloped sides and cone ornament above, on five feet ...... 42 A Parcel-Gilt Tankard and Cover, repousse and 6*7"* chased with medallions of children, in borders of grotesque ornament, in the style of Vianen and with scroll handle and spiral billet— Augsburg, late 17 th century ........ 0 / i t 5 10 0 •sf 40 5 with Venus and Adonis in a landscape, in border of fruit, rocks and scrolls, a band of ornament in flat chasing on the rim—16£ in. by 11| in. — German , 1 8th century .... ... 24 5 JL /, 0 e 0 44 Twelve three-pronged oyster-forks, with black wood handles ?/ a 45 An old English punch-ladle, chased with foliage ; a plain ditto ; and * ' three plain toddy-ladles ' / y , _ 46 Six oyster-knives, with silver-mounted green ivory handles ; a nut (y * / v * & meg-grater, with gadroon border and shell and foliage handle; a /s sugar-spoon, with pearl handle ; and a fork, with silver handle /, //y 0 O 47 Six dinner-knives and six three-pronged steel forks, with beaded silver handles Z./JL .6 48 A silver-mounted horn jug and cover; and a pair of ditto goblets / r £ $ 4 ( d A silver-mounted beer-jug 7 r. 50 A snuff-box, formed of a shell, mounted with engraved silver lid 51 A cocoanut bowl, mounted with silver rim and foot; and a bowl, formed of a nut, carved with birds and foliage and mounted with s? S/ silver rim band, pierced foot and handles * 52 A small cocoanut cup and cover, carved with a mask, phoenix and band of ornament, and mounted with silver handle, rim, and pierced foot 53 A chibouque, of ebony, formed as a hand, with silver nails and studs ' &> on the knuckles, holding a bowl inlaid with leaves and doubley <■ ✓ headed eagle, in engraved silver, and with silver cover u /i 54 A Set op Four Pierced Decanter Stands, with rosettes and festoons of foliage in relief—1772 0,0 55 A Set op Three Cut-Glass Liqueur Bottles, with chased silver covers, in an oblong tortoiseshell casket, mounted with silver * 2 ^ 56 A Pair of Old English Tea-Caddies, the covers chased with scrolls and shells ( weight 20 oz. 4 dwt.) ; and a cut-glass ditto, with similar cover, in an oblong ivory casket, pierced and carved with landscapes, pagodas and trees 57 A Cylindrical Ivory Tankard, carved with a frieze of infant Bacchanals, mounted with silver handle, formed as a caryatid figure, cover and foot chased with cherubs’ heads, foliage and fruit, and surmounted by a male figure holding a pole—6^ in. high 58 A Cylindrical Ivory Cup, carved with a frieze of Bacchus and z> 0 Ariadne, silver-gilt quatrefoil foot and cover, with branches of grapes and vine foliage in relief, the cover surmounted by an infant satyr—9^ in. high g ) 59 An Elizabethan Standing Salt-Cellar, formed of a stained O ivory cylinder mounted with silver, chased with masks, fruits and strap ornament — Exeter hall marie, with ion, and a seeded rote —5£ in. high l a seeded rote , ^ 8 .PLATED. , CO An argyle; a chess-board cigar-lighter • a shaving-brush, on stand ; ^ ' ' " * ^ a pickle-server; a tea-strainer; and a silvered metal figure of Cupid, on marble plinth /7 j!y , A two-handled vase-shaped cup, on gadroon foot; and a smaUer 7"\1 oin r 114- 4-r\ ^ - plain ditto j? /C2 A small vase-shaped tea-urn, on square plinth; a cruet frame for two ^ ' / ' bottles ; and a gridiron , 0 , O C3 A set of four table-candlesticks, on round stems and feet, chased with bands of foliage 7 64 A pair of candelabra, on round stems and feet, with gadroon borders / ^ and spiral branches for three lights each j ^ y./S~, o 66 /S', 67 J', o 68 •£/*/£, ^ 70 J ./V.o^ 1 ✓ 72 «/ ' /& , & 73 < 4 * 0,0 BIJOUTERIE AND OBJECTS OF VERTU, Six gold seals, set with topaz and cornelian Six chased gold seals, set with turquoise, topaz and agate /£>- Six ditto; and four smaller seals A gold and enamel marquise ring, set with diamonds; and one, of black and white enamel An old French silver ring, set with diamonds and rubies; and one," J of gold and enamel, with pearls ^ A lapis lazuli and gold signet ring ; one other; and a silver-gilt seal A bonnet pin, formed as a gold hand, holding a lapis lazuli ball; and a lapis scarf pin, with diamonds d A seal, of striated agate and silver-gilt; another of gold and green / - jasper ; a silver seal, surmounted by a swan ; a small gold seal and one, formed as a barrel A gold brooch, formed as a mandolin; a ditto clasp, with fleur-de-lys in pearls; a gold and agate watch-key ; and a silver filigree? needle-case 0 ^74 A hair ornament, composed of cut steel and turquoise pastes-rin tooled leather case O 75 A narrow silver and paste bracelet; a gold and jasper pendant, formed y as a Maltese Cross; and a stud, with an emerald and pearls ^76 A necklace, of gold with pendants of coral and pearl 0 77 A gold and topaz fob seal, with four double curb chains * ui 7 > 78 A gold pencil-case, the top formed of an enamel crown; a gold pin-^ sy case ; four watch-keys; and a gold tooth-pick case & 79 A necklace, of flower design, composed of topazes and emeralds^set / in silver; and a pair of earrings, en suite r ^ 80 A silver clasp, set with old pastes, formed as a bouquet of flowers —' and a shoe buckle, set with pastes , a 81 A silver brooch, formed as a pansy, and set with old pastes; and a y set of four paste buckles, of ribbon design ^ 82 A pair of pendant earrings, set with garnets; and a silver and enamel filigree bodice clasp; a brooch, set with pearls; and one other -Zr piece O 83 Two plain silver nutmeg-graters; a circular ditto taper stand; an^, a shuttle-shaped silver snuff-box :y'/ '■■■/ . £7 84 Eight small silver patch-boxes r*£r 7 *-s £,/ 0 , <£>107 A Louis XV. metal-gilt etui; and an ivory relief of the Duke of Cumberland, in metal-gilt 11 & 108 A circular pendant, of gold and enamel, commemorative of, George III.; and a horn mull, mounted with gold 0 109 A pair of small blue enamel vases, with silver cage mounts , 110 A pair of Battersea enamel salt-cellars, with landscapes and figures^ ' in medallion, on dark blue ground 111 A Battersea enamel snuff-box, formed as the head of a cat^aud painted with flowers /.K / • - £ 112 Another, formed as a dog lying on a cushion, the lid painted with ^ a view 6 113 A pair of ditto, spirally-fluted taper candlesticks, painted with flowers 114 A pair of Battersea enamel candlesticks, white ground, painted with flowers—11 in. high , O PORCELAIN. , 0 119 I 120 t.cX 21 , z> 122 , 0 123 A pair of old Worcester coffee-cups and saucers, with band pL decoration in dark blue and red v.'-/ ^ t - € ~ A ditto fluted custard-cup and saucer, painted with a view in & 7 medallion and groups of fruit A pair of small baskets of flowers and shells, of Chamberlains Worcester A tray of Chamberlains Worcester, painted with a view of Malvern; and one, with a group of flowers and encrusted shell border “ Two Crown-Derby mugs, formed as male masks and coloured A pair of small Derby vases and covers, pink ground, painted witn^ views in two medallions A Pair of Chelsea-Derby Two-Handled Cups and Covers, , dark blue and gold borders, painted with festoons and medallions heads in grisaille on chocolate ground A Ditto Cup, Cover and Saucer, similar A fluted white and gold Chelsea vase, painted with peacocks and f ^ other birds and butterflies—13£ in. high ' ^ 12 124 A circular Lowestoft dish, enamelled in the centre with birds and 'V' A? , & flowers, two coats-of-arms, and two coast scenes with boatsrn medallions on the border — 16 in. diam. ft/ ^771 7' zz>125 A Worcester plate, commemorative of Nelson and the Nile, with coat-of-arms, motto and inscription *7 ,/0 r £>126 A pair of small Derby figures of a boy and girl, with fruit and y flowers ; and one other S/c A A/; ^127 A pair of figures of a girl with a lamb, and a youth with bagpipes ;^ and one other {7 Z/ Q/?w*\ S 128 A Chelsea figure of a girl with a lamb, carrying flowers; and a figure representing ‘ Winter ’ 129 A pair of figures, of a gentleman with tambourine, and a lady ^ carrying a satchel AS> .<> 130 A Chelsea figure of Juno—8 in. high /./*. 132 A Chelsea figure of Diana, with a hound, on scroll plinth encjujgted with flowers—12^ in. high A/- /# ' ® 133 A ditto female figure, representing Justice—13 in. high 2 , A. <£7134 A ditto figure of Bellona—12 in. high j /«/", £?135 A Chelsea figure of Britannia, with attributes—14^ in. high /ce yy * ^ , ^136 A ditto figure of Jupiter, with the eagle—18^ in. high $7; y £7 ^ 137 A two-handled Leeds ware vase and pierced cover, with Cupels and festoons in relief; and two pieces of white porcelain '*7 A £ £ 0 138 A white and gold pastile burner, with festoons and female masks in relief, painted with classical heads in medallions—13 in. high /139 Two old Dresden tea-cups and one saucer, painted with birds in y ^ medallions in gold borders ,>y 7 ^Jj ~' ' (l40 A ditto tea-cup and saucer, with garden scenes and Watteau figures and bouquets of flowers ; and a Berlin saucer zr. 141 An Early Dresden Plate, dark blue ground, with a battle scene in gold in the centre, in gilt floriated border; and the Com-/, panion Plate, canary-coloured ground VJ x 13 :? 146 0 147 148 149 . 0 A marcolini Dresden plate, with open border, painted in the centre with sheep and flowers A pair of small Dresden allegorical figures y A Dresden figure of a shepherdess—9^ in. high y ' A group of Venus, Adonis and Cupid, on white porcelain pedestal —12£ in. high c ^ " A Chinese porcelain tea service, dark blue borders, with foliage in relief, consisting of tea-pot and cover, sucrier, cover and stand, and six cups and saucers A pair of old Japan long-necked bottles, painted with flowers and „ y / * ornaments in colours and gold g/'*' ^ A ditto dish, inlaid with a bronze plaque chased with dragons A pair of figures of kylins, carved in dark green jade—4£ in. high —on wood stands CARVINGS IN IVORY. 7 (150 (l51 /152 £>153 o 154 z? 155 A pair of small allegorical figures of children—3^ in. high A small figure of a boy ; and a female statuette, representing the *y/icyy2rCe_j> Earth * Mars, Diana, Jupiter and Ceres : a set of four figures— in. high —on ebony and ivory plinths The Apollo Belvedere—5| in. high —on black wood pedestal Mercury : an early Flemish carving—7£ in. high yfr — A pair of ditto statuettes of women, in classical costume—7 in. high —on black wood pedestals ° 156 A rapoire, carved with mythological figures—18$ century -t>157 ^ 158 c>159 An oval plaque, carved with a group of infant Bacchanals in high relief—in black wood frame V A pair of small upright plaques, carved with scriptural subjects in high relief—framed and glazed An oblong concave plaque, carved with Diana and attendant nymphs in high relief—in tortoiseshell and black wood frame 14 f,0~TP 100 F. ^101 6. J '. o 162 J -3~. ^>163 ^, /J~, ^164 /*£, o , 165 /ef~'/&*0 166 167 An upright plaque, carved with Bacchanalian figures in high^ —in similar frame A figure of Britannia—8^ in. high An Italian fisherhoy— 1\ in. high * A Roman soldier, after Algard—5j in. high Jy~ A French king, in robes, with orb and sceptre— in. high Jlr A pair of groups, of the Virgin and Infant Saviour, and a Saint and Child—5| in. high Jl - A pair of figures of Cupid —8 in. high —on alabaster pedestal — /3.4.X 168 169 t? * , a A mortar, carved with portraits of Queen Elizabeth and Mary Stuart, and a pestle A Ewer, carved with the Triumph of Neptune and Amphitrite, masks and scrolls, the handle formed as a kneeling female figure —on carved wing stand—10£ in. high Jr\ A tankard and cover, carved with Neptune, Amphitrite, and other marine deities, the handle formed as a mermaid, the cover sur¬ mounted by an infant Triton—10^ in. high /jX 170 A pair of oviform bronze vases, mounted with upright serpent handles, and festoon of flowers of or-molu on square base^ 17 in. high ^171 A Clock, in upright square-shaped case of Derbyshire spar, surmounted by a vase of the same, mounted with or-molu on spar plinth, with a gilt bronze figure of a Roman Emperor— ✓ 17 in. high 172 The Wrestlers : a bronze group, after the antique—16 in. high, /. & on verde antique marble pedestal, mounted with chased or-molu^? From Count Koncheleffs Collection at St. Petersburg FINIS. London : Printed by Wm. Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross.