Lot 208:
Sold for: £9
Description
A collection of decorative ceramics and glassware featuring various styles and materials. The lot includes a set of four porcelain coffee cans and saucers decorated with neoclassical transfer-printed cartouches and gilded Greek key borders. A green mottled glass bird figurine is present, bearing a transparent square adhesive label reading MDINA GLASS MALTA. The group further comprises a small green jasperware pepper pot and a lidded mustard pot with white sprigged classical figures, alongside an assortment of brown glazed stoneware coffee cans and saucers featuring geometric bands. Also included is a fluted ceramic pot with hand-painted floral decoration in the Famille Rose style and a large white ceramic Haig advertising ashtray with a red interior, which bears a printed mark reading BY APPOINTMENT TO HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. Two boxed sets of frosted glass-style coasters with violet motifs complete the collection. The jasperware pieces include examples by Wedgwood.
Condition report:
The items appear to be in good overall condition. Minor surface wear and small areas of gilt loss are visible on the neoclassical porcelain coffee cans (photo 1 and 4). The Mdina glass figurine remains in good order with its original label intact (photo 2 and 5). No chips or cracks are immediately visible on the stoneware or jasperware items from the provided angles. The coasters remain in their original packaging (photo 1).
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