The Country House Attic Sale (part of the larger Antique and Collectors Sale) is being held by Mellors & Kirk on Thursday 16^th March 2023 from 10am. It consists of 99 interesting lots of mainly antique earthenware and transferware.

We have a very small collection of antique creamware, mainly consisting of a few transfer printed nursery mugs and a trio of graduated blue & white meat plates. I’d love to grow our collection – and this sale is a great opportunity to do just that.

It’s a shame that the auction house doesn’t organise postage – however, they recommend a number of companies that offer the service.

Buyers are charged a premium of 24% (plus VAT) in addition to the hammer price. Subject to a minimum charge of £6 per lot plus VAT

Live bidding platforms attract additional costs as detailed below:
mellorsandkirk.com – 1.5% (plus VAT)
Easyliveauction.com – 3% (plus VAT) on the hammer price of all lots purchased, or a flat fee of £3.00 is taken by Easyliveauction. Note: This fee will be taken regardless of whether you bid on or purchase lots.
the-saleroom.com – 4.95% (plus VAT)

Lot 1105: A pearl ware baluster jug, possibly Leeds, c. 1800
Printed in puce with verse on commerce, strap handle, 14.5cm h, eleven later 19^th century earthenwares, transfer-printed with scenes and maxims of agriculture and commerce, comprising a loving cup, mugs and jugs, the largest 20cm high, (12). Pearl ware example with restored spout, some crazing, otherwise good general condition with wear. Others in mixed condition and not individually examined, some wear and light repairs.
Estimate £30 – £50

Lot 1107: Miscellaneous ceramics
Including a quantity of Spode’s Italian pattern table ware, etc.
Estimate £40 – £60

Lot 1117: A collection of 19^th century blue and white transfer-printed wares
Including a John Meir & Son Korea pattern ash bowl, 32cm diam, a drainer, 38cm w, further bowls, plates, sauce tureens, mugs and other vessels, etc., (approx. 20). Meir & Son bowl cracked. Drainer with riveted repair. The other pieces in mixed condition, not having been examined individually, crazed – at times discoloured, slight wear, occasional chips, etc.
Estimate £30 – £50

Lot 1121: Two boxes of 19^th century transfer-printed earthenware
Occasional bone china, comprising jugs, children’s and other mugs and cups, some with didactic messages, Chinese Tree pattern dinner and dessert plates, etc. Mixed condition. Though each piece has not been examined individually, each has expected wear, etc. Some are also crazed, cracked, &/or repaired.
Estimate £30 – £40

Lot 1123: A collection of 29 Delft tiles, 18th century and later
Principally Dutch, including biblical narratives and figural tableaux, painted in underglaze blue or manganese, some framed as groups, mixed sizes. Mixed condition. Some repaired as clearly seen in images. Further surface wear as expected, etc.
Estimate £150 – £200

Lot 1124: A collection of 19^th century earthenware
Including nursery plates, children’s cups and mugs, advertising and colour-printed Victorian pot lids, novelties, agricultural interest, etc., (approx. 20). Mixed condition, some wear, losses, and/or occasional repairs. Please note each piece has not been individually examined.
Estimate £30 – £50

Lot 1126: Three mid-19^th century earthenware mugs
Monochrome printed and picked-out in polychrome enamels with railway locomotives, the largest 10cm h, a Staffordshire lustre Bacchus jug, 19^th century, 12.5cm h, further earthenware, including mocha and banded wares, an Edge, Malkin, & Co blue and white mug, another, similar, in black, etc., (15). Each of the train mugs with various portions of restoration, one of which is also profoundly cracked, etc. Bacchus jug with discoloured crazing and chipped. Mocha ware with faults. Edge, Malkin, & Co mug cracked and crazed, the handle restored. Further examples not individually examined but all with faults or wear.
Estimate £30 – £50

Lot 1128: A Sunderland lustre jug, early-mid 19^th century
Printed with a named-view of the Iron Bridge Wermouth/Sunderland, verse to verso, 18cm h, a similar tub, later, dated 1859 within the print, 14cm w, a Crimean War commemorative plaque, mid-19^th century, a Industry Produceth Wealth jug, 14cm h, etc., (12). The jug with faults, multiple cracks, discoloured crazing, chip, etc. The tub chipped, crazed and discoloured, further wear. Crimean plaque with extensive riveted repair. Industry jug generally good with some wear. Further pieces not examined individually, but with surface wear, stains, and/or crazing, etc.
Estimate £30 – £50

Lot 1132: A pair of Burgess & Leigh Asiatic Pheasant pattern meat dishes
A quantity of Spode’s Italian blue and white dinner ware, etc
Estimate £40 – £60

Lot 1152: A ‘God Speed the Plough’ earthenware loving cup, mid-19^th century
Transfer-printed in black, 12cm h, five other earthenware loving cups, principally Staffordshire, including three frog examples, plus three further frog mugs, (9). The God Speed the Plough cup with a repaired handle, crazed and unevenly printed. The large blue and white example with restored handles and base, chipped, with further portions of restoration. The others with similar wear. The three frog mugs in various condition, cracked, crazed and worn.
Estimate £30 – £50