Decorative Art

Nelson was a great admirer of porcelain and he and Emma Hamilton owned several services.

The Irish peer, statesman and soldier James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde (1665-1745), first rose to prominence after helping put down the Monmouth Rebellion.

In his professional life, John McDowell (1935-2023) was a talented composer and music teacher who worked for many years at Stranmillis University College, Belfast.

Estimated at £200-300, a 12in (30cm) French porcelain stand in the rococo style sold for £4900 at Michael Bowman (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Chudleigh, Devon, on September 28.

Royalty, heads of state and grand families frequently chose to have their porcelain engraved with their initials or coat of arms.

The Derby porcelain factory specialised in cabinet-pieces in the 1790s.

Despite his pioneering aesthetic, many of Christopher Dresser’s designs were too complex and costly to be easily mass-produced.

Silver coffee pot with royal connection is just one of the many highlights at the Berkeley Square fair

Among the hundreds of new products launched at the Exposition Universelle in 1900 was the so-called eggshell porcelain, produced by the Rozenburg Royal Delftware Factory in the Hague.

Moorcroft pottery collection offered in Essex saleroom had a great focus on signed wares of the initial Macintyre era when the designer was at his prime

There were plenty of potential takers for a Sèvres cup and saucer from the 1840s which came under the hammer at Hargesheimer (28% buyer’s premium) in Dusseldorf on September 11-14.

I was very interested (as always) to read the article by Milton Silverman in ATG No 2658 concerning the saga of the tile that had once belonged to the V&A museum.

Not only was this Robert Wallace Martin (1843-1923) stoneware ‘face’ jug deemed an excellent example of its type, but it was sold with a hand-written letter to David Oxen Esq, the original buyer of the jug in 1914.

A selection of upcoming lots focusing on stand-out items from two key design movements

A French gold and enamel box with an unusual decoration caught the eye of several bidders at Kendzia (16% buyer’s premium).

Designed by George Tinworth, c.1885, this Doulton Lambeth spill vase commemorates the first transatlantic phone call between the UK and the US.

Relatively little is known about the German-born artist and designer Elsa Tennhardt (1899-1980).