Stunning and Rare Derby Harlequin Plates c1800. A visually stunning and rare pair of plates from a Derby Harlequin service, decorated in Oriental style.  Derby Harlequin services are very rare, we have only seen a small number but this is the only one we've seen that is decorated in an Oriental style.  Both are decorated in the same manner to the reverse.  They are marked in puce and date to c1800. Both are in excellent condition, though the one to the right in the photo has very slightly more wear to the gold rim.  **The right hand plate has now been taken.  The left hand one is still available. Code: P0710FC   £225.

Derby Pattern 115 Ogee Shaped Cup & Saucer c1788. A very attractive ogee shaped scalloped cup and saucer, made at Derby c1788 and decorated in pattern 115.  It is marked in puce with the usual Derby mark with the pattern number below and is in fine condition with just very light wear to the gilding.  Code: CS0710LC £125.

Fine Derby Dish with Boreman Landscape c1788. This is a fine Derby dish with a central monochrome landscape, almost certainly the work of Zachariah Boreman.  The landscape is surrounded by french sprigs within a gold dentil rim.  It's marked with a puce crown, crossed batons, dots and D and dates to c1788. In very fine condition, just some light wear to the gilding and a few light utencil marks.  A splendid piece. Code: B0710OCC Reserved.

Rare Derby Pickle Dish in Dry Blue, c1765. A rare Derby leaf shaped pickle dish, decorated in dry blue.  It is very unusual to find Derby decorated in dry blue and we have not seen another example of this for quite a while.  It has a hairline, but is otherwise in quite super condition with no restoration and most unusually no damage at all to the points of the dish.  A super and very rare example, dating to c1765. Code: O0710PPC £275.

Derby Firgure of a Boy Holding a Basket c1785. This is a very fine and attractive figure of a boy in neo-classical style holding a basket of flowers.  Almost totally white, there is just a small amount of gold decoration applied to the boys chest with just a few more spots of gold added to the boys finger and toe nails, eyes, eyebrows and lips, with a few further spots to the lower rim of the basket. Condition is excellent with no chips, cracks or restoration excepting for minor losses to the applied flowers.  The figure is unmarked and stands about 4.75 inches high.  For a similar though slightly shorter figure, see "Derby Porcelain" by F. Brayshaw Gilhespy, figure 62. Code: O0210EC £175.

Superb Derby Plate with Landscape by Robertson. This plate, in pattern 314, has a lovely scene of an abbey set amidst trees with two figures entering.  It is almost certainly the work of George Robertson and dates to c1798.  It is marked on the back in blue with the title "Valley Crucis Abbey Denbyshire".  There is minor wear to the gilding and a short and very tight hairline crack.  The Abbey scene is wonderful though, one of Robertson's best. For a similar heart shaped dish from the same service, see Derby Porcelain, an Illustrated Guide by John Twitchett, page 97, with it's attribution to Robertson. Code: P0208OVC £295.

Derby Plate in Pattern 232 by John Wardle. This is a fine fluted Derby porcelain plate decorated in pattern 232 by John Wardle.  In the old Derby pattern books, pattern 232 is the only one allocated specifically to Wardle.  Little is known about him, but his style owes much to the influence of Billingsley though lacks his sensitivity.  It is possible that much of his work at Derby has been wrongly attributed to Billingsley. This plate is marked in carmine, with the usual Derby mark and pattern number 232 below and dates to c1797.  It has a couple of old chips to the reverse of the rim which are not visible on display, the gilding on the rim is a little worn and there is some crazing.  Despite all this the plate displays very well and this pattern is a must for Nottingham Road collectors wanting an example of Wardle's work. Code: P0610PVC Sold.

Fine "Jockey" Hill Decorated Vase c1797, Derbyshire Scenes. A super bloom ground vase decorated with Derbyshire scenes by "Jockey" Hill c1797.  It is marked below in blue with "Matlock High Tor Derbyshire" and "View in Dovedale Derbyshire" together with the usual Derby crossed batton mark.  Sadly it is lacking it's cover, but apart from a touch of re-gilding to the base is in very fine condition with no chips, cracks or restoration. A very similar vase is featured in colour on a full page in John Twitchett's book Derby Porcelain, 1748 - 1848 on page 118.  The only difference is that the one in Twitchett's book has rams head handles whereas this vase has devil's head handles. Code: O0610RCC £395.

Derby Fluted Lozenge-Shaped Dessert Dish in Pattern 115. This is a quite beautiful fluted, lozenge-shaped dessert dish, made at Derby c1790 and decorated in pattern 115.  The superb border has very finely gilded leaves alternating with harebells all of which surround the lovely painting of the botanical specimen, "Cheiranthus maritimus" or "Mediterranean Stock".  It's marked on the reverse in blue with the plant name in both English and Latin and the usual Derby mark over the pattern number 115, all in blue. It's in superb condition with virtually no evidence of wear at all. Code: B0909VVC Reserved.

Derby Spirally Fluted Tea Bowl, c1790. This is a Derby spirally fluted tea bowl with acanthus moulding, dating to c1790.  It has a blue 5 in the footrim, otherwise it is unmarked and in super condition. Code: TB0409VV Sold.

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