Auction alert: Jewellery, Porcelain, Pottery & Collectables

Rogers Jones & Co will soon be holding a Jewellery, Porcelain, Pottery & Collectables sale at their Cardiff site. It takes place on Friday 3^rd February 2023 from 10am.

As usual, they have quite a few Welsh interest lots available. My favourite is probably the large 19^th Century love spoon. It’s the perfect present for St Dwynwen’s Day or Dydd Santes Dwynwen (the Welsh version of Valentine’s Day)… which happens to be today!

Please note, there’s no room bidding, it’s an online sale only.

To register to bid on the Rogers Jones & Co website, you can only pay via debit card. If you’re a winning bidder, payment for goods is strictly by bank transfer only and your invoice must be settled within 3 working days. They don’t accept payment in person at the saleroom. The buyer’s premium is 24% inclusive of VAT.

Alternatively, you may bid via The Saleroom website; however, there’ll be addition fees to pay.

The auction house does not offer in-house P&P – except for small items that can easily fit in a Jiffy bag. This service is at the buyer’s cost and risk. They do, however, recommend couriers that you can contact. If you’re able to collect, it will be by appointment only and not on sale days.

Lot 114: JOHN MALTBY (British, 1936-2020) stoneware sculpture

Entitled to base ‘Ascending Angel’, signed, with impressed seal mark to bottom right side, 41cms high
Estimate: £300 – £500

Lot 121: LIBERTY & CO ‘TUDRIC’ ENGLISH PEWTER BISCUIT BOX, DESIGNED BY ARCHIBALD KNOX

Of shaped square form, each side worked in relief with stylised plant form motif stamped ‘0194’ to base, 12cms high x 11cms wide (at the base)
Estimate: £300 – £500

Lot 175: LARGE WELSH LOVESPOON

Early 19^th Century, pointed bowl, long-handle with dome top having geometric pierce-work carving and inlay within sgraffito-line frame and painted sgraffito initials ‘A J’, 35.5cms
Comments: small nicks to bowl tip, split in terminal
Estimate: £700 – £900

Lot 176: CARVED TREEN KNITTING SHEATH

Believed Welsh, early 19th Century, chip carved all round and with two ball and cages, looped terminal connected to interlocking chain and hook, 57cms long
Estimate: £100 – £150

Lot 179: ASSORTED EWENNY POTTERY

Including loving cup incised ‘Glyn-Nedd’, two jugs incised ‘Llaeth’ (one dated 1839-1939), spotted egg cups and similar items, etc. (12)
Estimate: £60 – £80

Lot 211: SWANSEA / NANTGARW PORCELAIN CABINET CUP

Circa 1815-1817, raised over three claw feet and with gryphon handle with spread-out wings to join the body of the cup, the body applied with two circles of beading, non-decorated academic example, 9.75cms high
Comments: minor hairline to rim
Estimate: £100 – £150

Lot 228: THREE GLASS ONION WINE BOTTLES

1 deep olive and 2 iridescent, 2 of compressed form, the other mallet shaped, 18th Century, tallest 18cm H (3)
Comments: 1 with chipped ringed collar
Estimate: £200 – £300

Lot 275: KEITH MURRAY FOR WEDGWOOD: TWO GREEN VASES

Conical and spherical form with lateral bands, 28.5cm and 19cm h respectively (2)
Estimate: £200 – £300

Designer Desire: Gillian Farr

When we featured Juliet Glynn-Smith in last week’s Designer Desire post, we discovered the work of Gillian Farr who was one of her contemporaries at Terence Conran Fabrics Ltd.

Two of Farr’s best known patterns for Conran are Master Tuggie’s and Gilliflower; both from 1964, the latter winning a Cotton Board Awards prize that year.

Prior to working at Terence Conran Fabrics, Farr was part of Liberty of London’s studio in the 1950s where she designed their now re-issued Mitsi print (the 5 colourways can be seen at the bottom of the montage). She later created Mirabelle – also re-issued – for the company in 1962 (the 3 colourways are at the top of the montage).

According to Anna Buruma, Liberty Archivist and author of Liberty and Co. in the Fifties and Sixties: A Taste for Design, she designed the pattern, circa 1964, of the pictured Jean Muir Liberty-print silk dress that once belonged to Joanna Lumley.

Gillian Farr’s work is included in a new exhibition (which runs until Sunday 2 June 2019) at the Fashion and Textile Museum in London. Her work also features in the accompanying book by Geoffrey Rayner and Richard Chamberlain (to be published 25th Feb 2019).

Additional image credits:
Kerry Taylor Auctions

Adelle’s Christmas haul

Justin bought me lovely presents again this year, so I thought I’d sing his praises and share a few pics of my Christmas haul.

My presents were marked with this huge lovely old letter A – just in case I couldn’t find the large pile of gifts when I awoke on Christmas morning!

The first thing I opened was this gorgeous coat in Burren tweed. It’s made by Jack Murphy and has a modern country look. It’s perfect for all kinds of occasion – walking the dog on a sunny, crisp winters morning; browsing the shops in one of our Yorkshire market towns – or a day at the races all spring to mind!

As Justin knows, the shade of purple in this tweed is just about my favourite colour. He also bought me some cosy, fleecy pyjamas which carried on the theme. The purple ones have a sweet little heart design and the grey ones have seasonal snowflakes!

Justin usually buys me a piece of jewellery at Christmas. This year he chose something from Element in Hebden Bridge. The stone is polished flint with a silver mount. I love the simple Scandinavian style and the fact that something beautiful has been created from such a humble material.

Next came some vintage fashion! Justin spends a lot of his time trawling for vintage loveliness, so I do quite well for handbags and the like. These two pieces date from the 1970s – a lovely pale blue, soft leather handbag and a roomy vanity case in yellow ochre.

And what about this gorgeous little man! Well, he’s not so little – standing 16 inches tall. The robin’s breast is covered in Wiltshire Berry R Tana Lawn patterned fabric from the Liberty Art Fabrics Collection. I’d mentioned how gorgeous I thought he was when I was sourcing gift ideas for our blog. Then lo & behold – this wonderful splash of colour emerged from a simple brown paper package. He’s making me smile just looking at this photograph!

There were more charming birds in the form of this little books. They’re produced by a favourite illustrator of ours, Matt Sewell. They’re entitled Our Garden Birds and Our Woodland Birds, so they’ll cover many of the birds I’ll see on our walks.