CATALOGUE 
 
 OF 
 
 A COLLECTION OF 
 
 PORCE LA 
 
 DECORATIVE OBJECTS AND 
 FURNITURE, 
 
 THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN; 
 
 AND 
 
 PORCELAIN, DECORATIVE OBJECTS, 
 
 FRENCH TAPESTRY, &e„ 
 
 FROM NUMERO US SO URCES : 
 
 flMtll lie Solti l)g Auction Im 
 
 Messes. CHRISTIE, MANSON & WOODS, 
 
 A'S g&eat a@0M3, 
 
 8 KING STREET, ST. JAMES’S SQUARE, 
 
 On WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 IN, 
 
 May be viewed Two Days preceding, and Catalogues bad, at 
 Messrs. Christie, Manson and Woods’ Offices, 8 King Street , 
 St. Jamess Square, /S'. TF. 
 
 
 •2&W- 72 ? Lua 
 
 
CONDITIONS OF SALE. 
 
 I. THE highest Bidder to be the Buyer; and if any dispute arhe 
 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, M anson 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 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 14, 1897, 
 
 AT ONE O’CLOCK PRECISELY. 
 
 THE PR OPER TY OF A GENTLEMAN. 
 
 ENGLISH PORCELAIN. 
 
 1 An old Worcester tea-pot and cover, with flowers in bine; a cup 
 
 and four saucers, with dragons in Japanese taste ; a small Bow . • 
 sauce-boat ; and three other pieces 
 
 2 Six Lowestoft plates, painted with vases and flowers in Indian ink 
 
 and gold in Japanese taste; a Whieldon ware dish, with fruit in 
 green and other colours ; and a pair of white Leeds ware dishes | 
 with scrolls in relief 
 
 OLD CHINESE PORCELAIN. 
 
 3 A tea-pot, cover and stand ; milk-jug, cover and stand ; canister and 
 cover ; basin and cover ; four tea-cups ; six coffee-cups ; nine 
 saucers; a small cup ; and two stands, enamelled with figures 
 utensils in colours, red and gold lines on the borders 
 small fluted vase, enamelled with figures; two basins, with 
 flowers ; a mug ( imperfect) ; a pair of Nankin plates ; a small 
 bowl and coyer ; and four cups 
 
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 /* / / * & 5 Five plates, enamelled with flowers and bands of pink trellis— y 
 
 famille rose 
 
 /, 6 A Circular Powdered Blue Dish, enamelled with plants and 
 
 utensils in five medallions — 10f in. diam .; and a famille verte 
 dish, with utensils, &c. ( imperfect) 
 
 OLD JAPAN. 
 
 /* / <9 1 P 7 Six plates, painted with lotos plants and flowers in trellis borders, 
 
 red, blue and gold ; and a pair of octagonal-shape canjjfiers and 
 covers 
 
 8 A circular dish, with chrysanthemums and foliage in red, blue and \.N 
 gold—17 in. diam .; and a smaller ditto—15^ in. diam/sF' //zP 
 
 9 A tea-pot and cover ; a pair of oviform canisters and covers ; basin ; . 
 tea-cups ; eight saucers ; and a cover for a jar 
 
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 10 A quatrefoil-shaped Dresden ecuelle, cover and stand, paintedwith 
 
 Watteau subjects and flowers on a gilt ground 
 
 11 A pair of Dresden cups and saucers, encrusted with flowers 
 
 12 A pair of Dresden candelabra, with branches for six lights, with three 
 
 figures of boys, festoons of fruit and flowers in blue and gold— / 
 22 in. high lP^^***pL£* 
 
 13 A pair of French porcelain vases and covers, painted with portraits 
 
 of Louis XVI., Marie Antoinette and ladies of the French court, 
 in circular medallions on a turquoise ground, with fleur-de-lis in 
 gold—19 in. high 
 
 14 A circular French porcelain plateau, with similar portraits ogi a 
 
 rose-du-Barry ground, gilt borders—19 in. diam. PsZ^c* 
 
 15 A Leeds ware tureen, cover and stand, with pierced basket-patter^^ 
 
 borders 
 
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 t> 16 A jewelled Sevres cup and saucer, with a portrait of Louis^vVI., a 
 initials l.l. — in. case 
 
 6 17 Another, similar, with portrait of Francis I. and initials— in case 
 
 O 18 A pair of porcelain plaques, painted with fetes champetres —framed^ _ 
 
 and glazed 
 
 ' <?19 A pair of oval openwork Worcester baskets, painted on the borders 
 with hunting scenes in colours, gilt basket-work jukL feet- 
 7| in. high 
 
 -z» 20 A French Porcelain Yase and Cover, painted witlrmythologi- 
 cal subjects in grisaille, mauve neck and base painted with 
 drapery and band of ornament, gilt ram’s-head handka 12 in. 
 high—on marble plinth St/-^ 
 
 
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 21 A pair of Worcester plates, painted with flowers in bkie ; and 
 
 deep Nankin saucers, with vases, flowers, Ac. ^ 
 
 22 Four deep plates, enamelled with peonies and other flowers in colour^, 
 
 in the centre ; and three plates, nearly similar— Qh in. diam.Af*^* 
 
 23 A plate, enamelled with partridges and peonies in the centre- 
 
 91 in. diam. ; a pair of ditto, with landscapes; and a pair ot 
 
 Imari plates 
 
 24 Eight deep plates, enamelled with a river scene in the centres, flowers 
 
 on the borders; and five plates, similar—9 in. diam. 
 
 25 A Bowl and Cover, enamelled with peonies and other floveis in 
 
 colours on an engraved apple-green ground, with Empire or-molu^ 
 
 mounts—8 in. high 
 
 26 A French porcelain open-lipped vase, with gilt foot, handles and 
 
 neck, painted with a monk at prayer, and two female figures on^^^ 
 marble and gilt ground— marble plinth—16| in. high 
 
 27 A model of a Moorish jharra, painted with flowers and ribands in. 
 
 colours and gold—on iron stand—38 in. high 
 
 28 A Castel Durante plaque, of The Virgin and Child, slightly colour 
 
 —in ebonised frame —15^ in. by 10£ in. 
 
 29 A Chinese porcelain dish, enamelled with peonies and folia S e -72<#^ 
 
 15f in. diam. 
 
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 30 A Persian bronze repousse bowl, with animals ; and a Benares ware 
 
 cup /%i^7 2 
 
 31 A pair of old Dresden porcelain groups of infant Bacchanals, with a 
 
 goat and a sheep—7^ in. high 
 
 32 An English porcelain vase, painted with flowers in colours in border’s 
 
 of raised flowers, on white and scroll feet— 11 | in. high ^^ 9 # 
 
 33 Count Bruhl’s Tailor and his Wife: a pair of large Derby groups, 
 
 by Bloor —10 in. high 
 
 34 A pair of crown Derby large two-handled cups, painted with corn¬ 
 
 flowers 
 
 35 A pair of dark blue and gold porcelain candlesticks, painted with 
 
 flowers ; a Staffordshire group of two figures and rocks ; and a y 
 Rockingham child with goat 
 
 36 A pair of seated Chinese figures of white and gold French porcelain 
 
 37 A pair of old Chinese porcelain vases, with figures in red, blue and y 
 
 white scale borders 
 
 38 A ditto fluted canister and cover, enamelled with a bird and flowers ; 
 
 two cups and saucers, enamelled with figures ; and one, with a, 
 European subject (J* 
 
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 39 A pair of ditto hexagonal enamelled cups and saucers; three 
 
 enamelled egg-shell ditto and ditto ; and two saucers; a small 
 bowl and cover, enamelled with flowers ; and three blue and gold J 
 cups 
 
 40 An old Worcester blue and white milk-jug ; and seven ditto clips 
 
 and six saucers 
 
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 41 A pair of ditto printed cups and saucers, by R. Holdship ; and an 
 
 Angouleme cup 
 
 42 A circular cut-glass dish; an eathenware mug; a ditto jug; two 
 
 printed ware plates ; and a Toby Filpot jug 
 
 43 A box-wood pipe, carved with figures and buildings; a tortoiseshell 
 
 etui; a Battersea enamel thimble case ; and a tea-caddy, painted 
 with a landscape, cottage and figures 
 
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 •14 A Lowestoft fluted tea service, painted with Juno and borders of 
 ornament in Indian ink and gold, consisting of tea-pot and 
 stand, milk-jug, cover and stand, canister and coverJbasin and 
 stand, dish, and four cups and saucers 
 <?45 A white and gold Worcester tea service, painted with roses, thistles 
 
 and shamrock, and with gadroon edges, consisting of tea-pot, y? * 
 cover and stand, sugar-basin and cover, milk-jug, basin, and 
 twelve cups and saucers 
 
 CHINESE CARVINGS IN JADE. 
 
 
 7 46 An oval bowl, of dark green jade, the centre carved in low relief with 
 double fishes 
 
 6 47 A small tray, of dark green jade, formed as a lotos leaf and crab r 
 
 o 48 A pendant, formed as the sacred jewel; a small cup ; and a deity, 
 
 (New Zealand) •’ 
 
 w 49 A group of pale green jade, formed as stag and stork— on dark ivood A 
 
 stand 
 
 o 50 Another Group : The Ship of Good Luck, with two boys; and a vasey^^/^ 
 and cover —carved wood stand representing waves py / 
 
 * 51 A small two-handled cup, the handles formed as the lotos flower ; and ^ 
 
 a plain jade cup 
 
 * 52 A. circular saucer, on five raised feet, carved in the centre with peonies / 
 
 in low relief 
 
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 > 54 A Vase, with elephant and ring handles of pale green jade—8 in. /{/ 
 
 high\ 
 
 & 55 A small vase and cover, with figures of a sage and two boys oj- in. /7 ^ 
 
 high ‘ / ^ 
 
 o 56 A small vase, of pale green jade, with cylindrical handles and band — - 
 of conventional ornament in low relief—4f in. high 
 
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 /' //y O 57 A small circular fluted bos and cover, the top carved with 
 , character 
 
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 8 A pair of oblong plaques, carved and pierced with foliage an^stags, 
 pierced leaf-pattern background 
 
 50 Two pale green jade snuff-bottles, and the figure of a mandarjn duck 
 
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 2, /J.. & 60 The top of a box, formed as a quail, in pale green jade; a belt 
 
 
 fastening ; and an oval pendant, carved with Ho-Ho birds and 
 characters 3 
 
 2, z. , o 61 A small jade carving of a group of monkeys; and a carving in / 
 
 cornelian of two monsters 2 v 
 
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 62 A Narwhal tusk —41^ in. long 
 
 63 A pair of old Nankin pear-shaped sprinklers, with heart-shaped 
 
 panels of flowers —7 in. high ; and another pair, with bam bn 
 and prunus „ , _ 
 
 64 A pair of Venetian brass candlesticks, the bases pierced with figures 
 
 and scrolls—8 in. high ; and a pair of plain ditto 
 
 65 A set of four brass candlesticks, with pilaster stems and fluted bases 
 
 — 1 Of!? in. high 
 
 66 A pair of square-shaped brass table candlesticks, with festoons of 
 
 laurels in slight relief—6£ in. high u 
 
 67 Nine Chinese porcelain plates, enamelled with flowers, birds, figures 
 
 and landscapes &Z 
 
 68 A pair of Chinese porcelain dishes, enamelled with baskets of flowers, 
 
 landscapes, &c. in compartments on the borders 
 
 69 Four ditto plates, enamelled with flowers and other ornaments 
 
 70 Two old Nankin plates, with Persian decoration; and three ditto ,^ 
 
 with Vandyke ornament on the borders 6^^ 
 
 71 Four blue and white plates, with deer, &c.; and six other plates 
 
 72 A Chinese porcelain bowl, enamelled with figures in compartments . 
 
 in borders of figures, fruit, flowers, &c. . Or-A 
 
 73 A Nankin willow-pattern dish—13^ in. diam. 
 
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 A famille rose dish, with sprays of flowers in colours and gold; 
 
 15 in. diam. 
 
 Two Imari plates ; and another, similar 
 
 A pair of small Chinese porcelain vases, with figures on panels ; and 
 two Worcester cups 4 
 
 A pair of old English metal-gilt vases and covers, with hands of 
 diaper pattern and claw feet 
 
 A bronze medal, of the Emperor Nicolas; and two smaller medals 3 
 An old Chinese porcelain tea service, enamelled with figures in 
 
 colours and painted with small medallions of landscapes on gilt y 
 ground, consisting of three circular dishes, a basin, eleven large 
 cups and saucers, fifteen smaller cups and twenty-one saucers 
 A small tea-pot, cover and stand, enamelled with flowers, poultry, 
 
 &c., and with lotos branches in relief 
 Five small cups and three stands, enamelled with flowers in red 
 
 trellis borders; a pair of cups and saucers, with figures ; two —- 
 
 toy tea-pots ; a stand; and a pair of small Japan cups and 
 
 
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 saucers 
 
 82 Three plates, enamelled with flowers in colours ; a pair of octagonal 
 
 Japan plates; four ditto cups and five saucers; and seven fluted 
 Worcester cups, with flowers in gold 
 
 83 Twelve dessert-plates, painted with vases of flowers in the centres in- 
 
 variously coloured and gilt borders, by Copeland and Garrett ^ 
 
 84 A Chinese porcelain vase, enamelled with dragons and flames in 
 
 brilliant dark green—9| in. high {imperfect ) 
 
 
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 BRONZES AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS. 
 
 ^ S5 The Match TTmsrs, in bronze—23 . i n. hi gh —on oblong red 
 «Ba allo ped e s tab mounto dr with - or - mo k- ,- anA -mftlmgany^tottd» 
 . with carved logo and-olaw foo k 
 
 Exhibited at the International Exhibition, 1851 
 7 86 A pair of gilt-metal figures of flying cherubs 
 $ 87 A pair of bronze figures of a boy and girl— on black marble plinths 
 
 —7£ in. high 
 
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 A pair of equestrian statuettes of Greek warriors —on marble plinths^? 
 —11 in. high / 
 
 A pair of small Empire figures of girls dancing, partly gilt—4£ in. 
 
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 A bronze statuette of Lord Melbourne—14 in. high 
 A Clock, in pedestal-shaped grey marble case mounted with or-molu, 
 and surmounted by a draped figure of silvered metal holding ^ 
 the pendulum—44 in. high ; and A Pair op Vases, en suite, 
 fitted with duplex lamps 
 
 A French clock, in case of bronze and or-molu, surmounted by a 
 seated figure of Mars, on black marble plinth; and a pair 
 bronze candelabra, for seven lights each, en suite—30 in. high 
 
 <?93 A Small Louis XVI. Upright Secretaire, of mahogany, with 
 fall-down front inlaid with three large panels painted with river 
 scenes, figures and cattle, in oils, and mounted with festoons of ^ 
 flowers, &c. of chased or-molu—on stand with two small drawers 
 —46 in. high, 27 in. wide 
 
 A Pair op Square-Shaped Mirrors, with bevelled edges, in 
 Florentine frames boldly carved with scroll foliage and gilt— 
 
 51 in. by 38 in.—outside measure 
 
 A pair o f oval hrnnrc o v a s e s and covers, by R X-Mb nej- 1810, cha c od 
 m high relief with 'stags, hounds, ■ & c ., and ourmountod - by the — 
 
 figure of a. bnndpd fAenn .. .1-HJ -Tv. In-A - 
 
 ■r of Japanese hrnnze tj uuul. Tiri+h Wfnnfly -.j t h 
 
 diapor pattetna and flowers 10 - in, high 
 
 A plnntrwrr r ali nf, - nnlmined , ef fTin gaiamny nf AIL flTn p n framrd 
 
 and glanud-' 
 
 A pair of large Japanese bronze vases, with wide lips, chased with 
 dragons and waves in high relief—32 in. high —on octagonal ^ 
 ■wood stands 
 
 A marble statuette of the Saviour, attributed to Thonvalsden—*/^ 
 23 in. high —on grey marble pedestal 
 
 A pair of columns, of fleur-de-peche marble, with statuary marble^/ 
 
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 bases and caps carved with acanthus foliage ( imperfect) 
 
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 FURNITURE AND DECORATIVE OBJECTS. 
 
 ^ 101 A clock, in Louis XVI. marble and or-molu case of architectural 
 design, surmounted by an or-molu eagle—23 in. high 
 & 102 A pair of Louis XVI. candlesticks, formed as bronze figures of 
 boys bearing or-molu nozzles, on white porcelain and metal-gilt 
 pedestals—11^ in. high 
 
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 103 A pair of chairs, with high backs of Gothic design, painted in 
 colours, the seats and backs stuffed, and covered with parted 
 
 leather 
 
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 101 An Oak Cabinet, with glazed doors of Louis XIII. design, 
 
 carved in low relief with scrolls and cornucopiae of flowers —-/ty 
 34 in. wide 
 
 O 105 An old Dutch marqueterie commode, with shaped front and ends 
 
 and four drawers, inlaid with scroll and key-pattern ornament, ^ 
 and mounted with metal-gilt—51 in. wide £ /S* 
 
 7 106 A Viola, by Joachim Tielke, Hamburg, 1698, the head carved 
 with scroll foliage and terminating in a female bust /ru 
 
 ' t7 107 A four-leaf folding white and gold screen, the panels painted with 
 
 birds, hawthorn bushes and bulrushes—66 in. high Cjr?-* 
 
 0 108 An oval table, inlaid with specimens of jasper, porphyry and cobured 
 marbles, on mahogany stand—28 in. wide 
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 swppftrtg I. 63 in l(uug 
 
 Small Louis XV. Parqueterie Secretaire, with fall-down 
 front enclosing small drawers and slide, inlaid with trellis 
 pattern and with foliage inside, and mounted with scroll 
 borders, corner ornaments, shells and flowers of chased or-molu 
 —33 in. wide 
 
 
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 111 A Satin-Wood Cabinet, folding doors below with drawer, glazed ; , 
 
 ' " doors above with shelves on either side, painted with figures of 
 
 the Seasons, festoons of flowers and ribands—52 in. by 14£ in. 
 
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 p 112 A Tulip-Wood Cabinet, with shaped front and top, sis drawers 
 beneath, seventeen drawers above and door in the centre, slightly 
 inlaid with scrolls in brass, chased metal-gilt handles—70 iny. 
 by 21 in. 
 
 Satin- 1 Wood Secretaire, five drawers below, three folding 
 doors and shelf above, inlaid with plaques of French porcelain 
 painted with Watteau figures and flowers, mounted with metal-^j 
 
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 gilt with winged female figures—48 in. by 30 in. 
 
 A Panel op Old Aubusson Tapestry, representing an incident 
 in the story of the Siege of Carthage, with border of festoons 
 of flowers and scrolls, inscribed M. II. D. Aubuson Gourer— 
 9 ft. 10 in. by 10 ft. 6 in. 
 
 A Pair of Upright Panels, of French tapestry, the centres 
 ornamented with hollyhocks, exotic birds and festoons of flowers, 
 interlaced branches on the border in brilliant colours and gold 
 —10 ft. by 6 ft. 
 
 116 A Pair of Panels, of similar manufacture, with three vases of 
 flowers in the centre, fluted columns at the sides, with draped 
 curtains and festoons of flowers, arabesques on a blue ground 
 at the base—9 ft. 10 in. by 6 ft. 
 
 A Pair of Upright Panels, of French tapestry, with hanging 
 baskets of flowers in the centres on a buff ground, scrolls and 
 jewelled ornaments on the borders in colours and gold— 
 9 ft. 8 in. by 3 ft. 6 in. 
 
 Four borders of tapestry, with gold and blue stripes, bouquets and 
 sprays of roses—9 ft. 10 in. by 2 ft. 
 
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 FINIS. 
 
 London : Printed by Wm. Clowes & Sons, Limited, Stamford Street and Charing Cross,