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Royal Bayreuth Hunting Scene Ashtray Item number: 9201 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$35.00 Early 20th century ashtray, fine porcelain by Royal Bayreuth. Hunting scene of horsewoman and hounds (she rides side–saddle). Item measures 13.5 cm square (it is designed to sit on a diamond shaped orientation). 2.3 cm high. It has a chip to one rest, and some paint wear the the unusual bars that brace the corners of the item. |
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German Lidded Stein Item number: C12406 Date: later half of 20th century Price: NZ$22.00 German lidded stein with scene of huntsman with his dog, and his buxom and somewhat underdressed lady. Metal alloy lid. Measures 18.5 cm high (17.1/2 inches) and the base is 9 cm (3.1/2 inches) diameter. Excellent condition. |
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Small Royal Bayreuth Jug, Desert Tribesman on Horseback Item number: 9200 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$110.00 Small porcelain Royal Bayreuth jug, with scene of horsemen – Arab or Bedouin horsemen in a desert setting with palm tree. The handle of the little jug is a serpent with his mouth open to grasp the rim. His body forms a knot at the handle top, and his tail swishes down into the sand of the desert. Gilded flashes. Jug measures 83.5 mm high and about 75 mm wide handle to spout (3.1/4 inches by 3 inches). Blue mark. Early 20th century. Excellent condition, small wear to gilding. |
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Royal Bayreuth Goats on Hill Vase Item number: 9199 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$110.00 Small early 20th century porcelain vase by Royal Bayreuth. Unusual curled swag knobs at the top. Gilded flashes. Blue mark. Vase measures 76 mm high and 66 mm diameter (3 inches by 2.5/8 inches). Excellent condition. |
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Porcelain Feeding or Invalid’s Cup, 19th Century Item number: C11939 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$95.00 Late 19th century porcelain feeding cup with pretty floral decoration and gilded rims. Has stamp “Made in Germany” so 1891 plus, made for British market. Measures 6 cm high, 14.5 cm long and 6 cm wide. Excellent condition. |
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Lidded German Stein Item number: C12238 Date: mid 20th century plus Price: NZ$75.00 Large stoneware German stein mug, metal hinged lid. Measures 28 cm high and the base is 10.5 cm diameter. There is some pitting to the metal of the lid. The stoneware is in excellent condition. The top band and the lower band are lustreware glaze, and there is a little minor scuffing to the lower one. Overall, excellent. Very colourful. Underneath stamped “Germany” and ”7„. |
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Lidded German Stein Item number: C12239 Date: mid 20th century plus Price: NZ$58.00 Stoneware German stein mug, metal lid. Measures 23 cm high and the base is 9 cm diameter (9 inches by 3.1/2 inches). Metal lid has a piece broken off the thumb piece and there is some pitting to the metal. The stoneware is in excellent condition. The top band and the lower band are lustreware glaze, and there is a little scuffing to the lower one. Overall, very good. Very colourful. Underneath stamped “4” and has the remains of a printed mark. |
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Pair Gouda Vintage Candlesticks Item number: C11937 Date: mid 20th century? Price: NZ$165.00 Dutch Gouda pottery candlesticks – I’m told these are Gouda – the only marks are an impressed “1874” mould number mark on one of the candlesticks. Sticks measure 14 cm high and have a base of 9 cm diameter (5.1/2 inches and 3.1/2 inches). Excellent condition. |
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Limoges Blue and Gold Ashtray Item number: C12112 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$15.00 Vintage ashtray, Limoges, in cobalt blue and gold. Measures 11.75 cm diameter. Very good condition. Circa mid 20th century. |
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Austrian Porcelain Large 2 Part Handled Dish Item number: C11974 Date: 1901–1910 Price: NZ$125.00 Very large two part porcelain dish with handle – porcelain, with pattern of cream and yellow roses with gilded edges. Maker’s mark is M.Z., Austria (Moritz Zdekauer) and it would date circa 1900–1910. Dish measures 34 cm wide, 29.5 cm deep and about 11.5 cm high. Excellent condition, no damage. Very decorative. |
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Beautiful Large Poland China Bowl, Roses Item number: 8929 Date: early to mid 20th century Price: NZ$78.00 Large bowl, very fine quality porcelain, rings like a bell – looks like Poland China – Poland is always so very pretty and distinctive. Has pattern of roses with gilded decorated band to rim. It bears the backstamp Friedrich II under a sort of cone (see photos), can’t identify it. Bowl measures 23.5 cm diameter and 6 cm high (9.1/4 inches by 2.3/8 inches). Excellent condition. |
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Bing & Grondahl Dish, Hans Christian Andersen Item number: C11835 Date: circa 1960s Price: NZ$26.00 Square dish from B & G, Copenhagen. Shows a statue of Hans Christian Andersen. Measures 125 mm square (just under 5 inches square). Stamped 14N66, so circa 1966. Excellent condition. |
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Austrian Porcelain Cockatoo 3 branch Spill Vase Item number: C11121 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$86.00 Little Austrian porcelain mantel vase, three white cockatoo birds on green pillars. Gilded beaks and rims. Possibly a spill vase, with three openings, one in each bird’s head. Measures 120 mm high, 160 mm long and 37 mm deep (4.3/4 inches by 6.1/4 inches by 1.1/2 inches). One fault, a chip on the right–hand bird’s top edge. Interesting item, well modelled. |
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Royal Bayreuth Otter Hunting Scene Plate Item number: C11119 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$75.00 Early 20th century Royal Bayreuth porcelain small plate – the scene is otter hunting on the banks of a river. Plate measures 13 cm diameter. It has a little wear to the dark green of the right–hand side, and a star glaze crack to the rear – the glaze crack is glaze only, doesn’t go through the porcelain. |
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Cabinet Plate, Schumann, Arzberg Item number: 8613 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$44.00 Large vintage floral plate with gilding and self–pattern scroll design to rim. Porcelain, made by Schumann in Arzberg, Bavaria. Circa mid 20th century. Measures 26 cm diameter (10 inches). Excellent condition and very attractive. |
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French Tile, Late 19th Century Item number: C11616 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$45.00 Bucolic scene to this late 19th century French tile. Measures 15 cm square (6 inches). Very good condition. A few minimal faint crazing marks, and a few small old chips around edge. All very minor. |
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Poland China Art Nouveau Cup and Saucer Item number: c10919 Quantity: 3 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$88.00 each Coffee cup and saucer, Freidrich II stamp Poland China, very fine porcelain with white/peach cabbage roses and Art Nouveau motif. Gilded rims. Cup is 80 mm diameter and 48 mm high, saucer is 130 mm diameter. Excellent condition. Very early 20th century. We have three of these – they are being sold separately, and the price is per each. |
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Pair of Limoges Miniature Chamber Candlesticks Item number: c11187 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$12.00 Tiny little chamber sticks, marked Limoges underneath. They each measure 24 mm high and 22.5 mm wide. Excellent condition. |
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Limoges Miniature Lidded Tureen Item number: C11184 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$32.00 Little cobalt blue and gold miniature lidded tureen – it measures just 55 mm wide and 34 mm high. Excellent condition. |
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Limoges High Heeled Shoe, Blue Item number: C11190 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$15.00 Cobalt blue miniature high–heeled shoe with gold heel and edging, and small transfer print of flowers. Shoe measures 28 mm high and 44 mm long. Stamped in gold underneath “Limoges, France”. Excellent condition. |
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Little Limoges Shoe, Gold and Cobalt Blue Item number: C11188 Date: mid 20th century Price: NZ$15.00 Cobalt blue small high–heeled shoe with gold heel and edging, and small transfer print of flowers. Shoe measures 28 mm high and 44 mm long. Stamped in gold underneath “Limoges, France”. Excellent condition. |
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Limoges Miniature Plate Item number: C11185 Date: 1960s Price: NZ$14.00 Little porcelain Limoges plate, with gold and blue border, and central scene of courting couple. Measures 42 mm diameter. Excellent condition. A little wear to the gilding on the rim edges. |
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Porcelain Trio, Bayreuth Style Item number: C10787 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$35.00 Cup, saucer and plate with lustre glazed finish and decoration of courting couple, pastoral scene. No maker’s marks, but has red figures underneath – would be German or Austrian in origin. Early 20th century. Some spots in the russet colour of the saucer, and a few more on the side plate. Some wear to the lustre on the very bottom of the cup, and usual wear to gilding on the rims. No chips or cracks. Very decorative trio. |
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Capodimonte Orchid Flower Item number: 8172 Date: 1970s Price: NZ$50.00 Highly detailed, hand painted porcelain orchid flower by Capodimonte, Italy. Has the rear backstamp for Capodimonte, and also the original gold label. Measures 7.75 cm high, by 17 cm by 11.6 cm. It has a few minor unnoticeable shallow nicks to petal edges, but considering how delicate these flowers are, it is in very good condition. |
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22ct Gold Gilded Porcelain German Vase Item number: c10855 Date: circa mid 20th century Price: NZ$68.00 Conical retro vase by Alka Kunst, Bavaria. Diadem is the pattern. Retro design of flowers and leaves, heavily gilded in 22ct gold, with tube–lining detailing. Vase measures 25.5 cm high and about 10.3 cm diameter (10 inches by a bit over 4 inches). Excellent condition. Mid 20th century – 1950s to 60s. |
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Porcelain French Perfume Bottle, Circa 1900 Item number: 8127 Date: circa 1900 Price: NZ$65.00 Very fine, light porcelain perfume bottle, dating from very early 20th century. It has splatter gilding with gilded rims, and an orchid decoration. Measures 13 cm high and 6 cm diameter. Apart from a small lump of something stuck to the inside neck rim, it is in excellent condition. |
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Poland China Cup and Saucer, Roses Item number: C10715 Date: 1930s Price: NZ$110.00 Beautiful Poland China cup and saucer – cup has a pedestal base. Typical Poland style, very delicate fine porcelain with beautiful cabbage roses design. Delicate fine gilded design to edges. Poland China, R.S. made in (German) Poland. So, circa 1930s plus. Really exquisite fine china. Cup is 54 mm high and 83 mm diameter. Saucer is 132 mm diameter. Excellent condition. |
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French Porcelain Scent Bottle Item number: C10545 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$185.00 19th century porcelain scent bottle, French, with gilded neck and edges. Two sides have gold and white decoration, and two sides have a light tan background with gold scroll decorations, different on both panels. The sides are curved concavely. Hand painted floral decoration around the neck. Bottle measures about 10 cm high and 6.2 cm square. Some normal age wear to the gilding, and one shallow chip underneath the stopper, otherwise in excellent condition. |
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Bing & Grondahl Ballooning Commemorative Plate Item number: 7826 Date: 1983 Price: NZ$88.00 Bing & Grondahl Copenhagen Porcelain limited edition plate commemorating 200 years since the brothers Montgolfier first flew their hot–air balloon. 1783 to 1983. Design of an elaborate balloon and the two brothers. Plate measures 21.5 cm diameter. Excellent condition. Copenhagen 1983. Plate number is 11 929/620. |
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Royal Dux Card Tray, Little Girl Item number: C9704 Date: very early 20th century Price: NZ$165.00 Beautiful Royal Dux card tray – square bowl for holding visiting cards, and a decoration of a little girl holding a water pot. Washed gilt decoration on the girl’s bodice and outlines. Item measures 12 cm high, 15 cm wide and 10.5 cm deep. Excellent condition. |
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Forstenburg Roses Vase, Handpainted Item number: C10071 Date: 1950 to 60s Price: NZ$115.00 Beautiful sepia coloured small round vase by Forstenburg, West Germany. The handpainted decoration is a subtle design of roses. Vase measures 7.6 cm high and 9.2 cm diameter. One tiny scratch on top, otherwise excellent condition. |
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Amphora Vase with Blackberries Item number: C10228 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$115.00 Very attractive amphora vase, made as a wicker two–handled basket, with a decoration of a large bunch of glistening blackberries. Mat glaze to all except the blackberries. Pot measures 9 cm high and about 13 cm diameter. Excellent condition, just a little orange stain inside from flowers – this should come off with CLR. Underneath incised mark 1667 over 20. Early 20th century. |
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European Porcelain Gilded Floral Basket Item number: C9797 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$135.00 Lovely 19th century basket or bucket vase – made in porcelain, it has a very intricate applied string–like surface to the china, which is gilded. On top of this are applied porcelain flowers and hand painted leaves, also very well detailed. The handle is a piece of old gold–coloured curtain cord. Quite stunning over–the–top piece. There are faults, of course, as there always seem to be with such delicate applied decoration. There are little chips to the end of the leaves, and although it is hard to see in amongst such a profusion of detail, there are just a few very tiny faults to the flowers. Vase measures 10.7 cm high and 10.4 cm diameter. No maker’s marks, just a handpainted 66 on the bottom (the painter‚s mark), and an impressed mark of 256. |
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Large Porcelain Toby Jug by Heber & Co Item number: 7340 Date: early 20th century Price: NZ$115.00 Large German hard paste porcelain Toby jug, made by Heber & Co, of Neustadt (Gotha). Very portly gentleman with a glass in one hand and a sausage in the other. Hand painted. Has the “Made in Germany” mark, so made probably early 20th century. Jug measures 15 cm high and about the same deep. Excellent condition. Very attractive jug. |
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Greek Vase, Replica of Museum Item Item number: C9217 Date: 1950 to 70s Price: NZ$40.00 A beautifully detailed vase, made in Greece, a replica of one in the Vatican Museum. Underneath is written by hand: “Girls fetching Water from the Afe fountain. About 520 B.C. Vatican Museum. Hand Made and Painted in Greece” with the artist’s signature. which appears to be D.Vassilopoulos. Vase stands 19 cm high and 12.5 cm wide. Excellent condition. Probably from the 1950s–70s. |
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Bayreuth Vase, Sheep Decoration Item number: C7779 Date: 1900–1920s Price: NZ$95.00 An unmarked piece of Royal Bayreuth, measuring 7 cm high. The decoration is of sheep in a landscape. Excellent condition. |
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Royal Bayreuth Cattle Vase Item number: C5568 Date: 1900–1910 Price: NZ$70.00 A small porcelain vase from Royal Bayreuth. Orange lower half, with scene of cattle and trees at top. Vase measures 7.5 cm high and the same measurement wide. Body is in excellent condition, but it is dirty inside (this will clean out, but right now I don’t have a bottle brush!), and the neck has worn paint (may have once had a silver capping). No chips or cracks, or wear to any other decoration. |
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Art Deco Delft Commemorative Plaque Tile Item number: C8556 Date: 1930s–50s Price: NZ$85.00 Three people holding aloft a large flaming torch — the podium they stand on has the (Dutch) words “Hoogwordt de Levensvlam Geheven Metkrachten Ons Door Ugegeven”. The potter’s mark on the reverse side is “Delft” with symbol. Tile measures 19.75 cm by 14.25 cm. Excellent condition. |
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Limoges Coffee Cups and Saucers Item number: 4756 Date: mid 20th century? Price: NZ$98.00 A pretty set of Limoges coffee cans and saucers — there is a set of five, with one spare cup (which has a tiny shallow chip). Fine porcelain, decorated with gilded ladies and gentlemen in period dress. Each cup has a different design. Gilded handles, plain saucers. The mark is “Fabrique Royale Limoges”. Cans each measure 5 cm high and 5 cm diameter. Saucers are 10 cm diameter. Condition: p erfect (except the spare). |
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19th Century European Hand-Painted Cup and Saucer Item number: C8507 Date: circa 1850-1864 Price: NZ$75.00 Probably Vienna porcelain, circa 1850–1864. Pretty hand-painted floral pattern on dished saucer and cup with beautifully made handle. Cup is 7.25 cm diameter and 5.4 cm high. Saucer is 13.8 cm diameter 2.5 cm high. Excellent condition, one minute rough spot on lip, but not a chip. |
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Pretty Victorian Kitchen Cruet Set Item number: C6820 Date: late 19th century Price: NZ$65.00 A lovely porcelain set of a large pepper, a large mustard, and an open salt cellar — all joined as one unit. The pepper and lidded mustard are very large, and lift out of their cup homes for use. There is a handle on the back of the set, and pretty decoration in cobalt blue with gilded pattern around the top edges. The salt has a pattern of pink roses. No maker’s mark, but looks probably Austrian. Would date from late 19th century — late Victorian. Excellent condition, only one small chip underneath lip of the pepper shaker. Set measures 13.75 cm wide, 12.75 cm deep and 9.5 cm high. A very pretty and unusual item. |
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Villeroy and Boch Lidded Jasper Ware Pot Item number: C7423 Date: late 19th to early 20th century Price: NZ$475.00 An unusual hexagonal lidded pot, ginger jar style — maybe a tea caddy — fashioned in a very Indian pattern with applied scrollwork, and stylised elephant heads around the neck. Made in pale chocolate-coloured jasperware, with applied pattern in a paler shade of coffee. Maker’s mark is for Villeroy & Boch, an impressed mark (much like the mark Wedgwood uses). It has the letter “L” also impressed. This a very beautiful item, about 18.5 cm high and 10.5 cm wide at its widest point. It has a shallow chip along one corner underneath (since the material is the same colour right through, this doesn’t show). Otherwise excellent condition. |
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Hand-Potted Majolica Vase, J Massier, Vallauris Item number: C9097 Date: 1950s Price: NZ$165.00 From the famous Vallauris (Southern France) pottery of the Massier family, comes this rare two-handled vase, signed J Massier, Vallauris. Incised and hand painted detail of summer flowers The rope-twist handles are in a chocolate glaze. Circa 1950. It measures 16 cm high and 13.3 cm diameter. Excellent condition, no damage at all. |
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Foam Glaze Retro German Pottery Jardiniere Item number: 5793 Date: 1960–70s Price: NZ$75.00 A 1960s West German pottery foam-glaze planter pot — it measures 15.5 cm high and 18.5 cm diameter. Maker’s label is for Uebelacker Keramik, or U Keramik. Planter pot is in excellent condition — just a little bit dirty inside. Very retro collectible pottery. |
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Edwardian Miniature Watering Can, Porcelain Item number: C7268 Date: circa 1900–1910 Price: NZ$65.00 A little porcelain watering can, very ornate. Probably made in Germany for sale in England. Circa 1900–1910. Measures 12cm high. Some wear to rim gilding, otherwise in excellent condition. |
 Click for more detail… C7359 |
Villeroy & Boch Cafetierre Item number: C7359 Date: late 20th century Price: NZ$45.00 Not old, but very useful and good quality. A brown-glazed cafetierre made in Luxembourg by Villeroy & Boch. It has the number “4” stamped underneath (4 cup?). Underneath is ridged, so presumably can be put on a cooktop. Filter containing ground coffee fits into top portion of the unit, and works as a normal drip-filter coffee system. This unit is removable, and there is a lid for the coffee pot. All together measures 21 cm high. Spout has a very good pouring end on it — whole item is in unused, excellent condition. |
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Italian Embossed Tomato Dish Item number: C6966 Date: late 20th century Price: NZ$35.00 A modern Italian dish — hand-painted in lovely pinks and greens, with a large embossed tomato design. Maker’s mark: “Ceramiche Leonardo. Made in Italy.” Also impressed mark “7892 made in Italy”. Measures 23 cm diameter and stands 5.25 cm high. Excellent condition.Not antique, but makes a great display. |
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Italian Yellow Pepper Dish Item number: C6968 Date: late 20th century Price: NZ$33.00 A dish made in Italy, in the shape of a yellow bell pepper, or capsicum. Measures 8 cm long. Excellent condition. Not old, but very decorative. |