13th Jul, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
A Staffordshire Enamel Patch Box, late 18th century, the hinged cover inscribed A Present from Ripon
4.5cm wide
A Similar Patch Box, inscribed A Trifle from Bradford on a pale blue ground
4.5cm wide
Another Patch Box, decorated with a sheep in landscape within a beaded border
4.5cm wide
A Halcyon Days Box, decorated with sheep
4.5cm diameter (4)
Sold for £130
Estimated at £150 - £200
Ripon - cover with a sereis of arching hair cracks to the top right and a sloiver of lost enamel, another fine crack to the left and pitting. Main body with two rim chips and other minor fine cracks. Mirror with heavy loss to the silvering.
Bradford - some minor fine cracks, main body with small filled rim chips on the inside, mirror in good order.
Beaded box - arch shaped hair crack to the bottom middle of the cover. Polished metal mirror heavily pitted. Chip losses to the rear of the base and some other hair cracks.
Halcyon - minor scratches to the underside.
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Auction: Summer Fine Sale, 13th Jul, 2024
The Summer Fine Sale offers nearly 450 lots of ceramics, Asian art, clocks, rugs, works of art and furniture, including a collection of 19th century Terracotta Campagna Urns from Raby Castle, County Durham, a Lock of Florence Nightingale's Hair, and a French Alabaster Figure Group of the Holy Family, probably made in South West France in the late 14th century. A Private Collection of English Pottery will be offered in twenty-three lots, including numerous Prattware and Creamware figures, and the sale will also include pieces of fine 19th century furniture and good early oak and walnut furniture.
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