Lot 224:
Sold for: £9
Description
A collection of decorative ceramics and domestic wares comprising various figural, ornamental, and functional pieces. The group includes a novelty butter dish with a yellow biplane lid featuring printed text reading Utterly Butterly and St Ivel, and a miniature cottage figurine with an associated box reading RIVERVIEW 300 925 Lilliput Lane. The assortment features several figural items including a lady in a cream dress and two stylized cat figures, one with a blue mottled glaze and another tall, slender example. Domestic items include a yellow pitcher decorated with transfer-printed sheep, a creamer with butterfly motifs, and a large white fluted pitcher. The lot further contains an assortment of planters with floral decoration, a footed comport with strawberry relief, a dark slip-decorated jar with a metal lid, and various lidded trinket boxes and small dishes with floral or geometric patterns. A small plate depicting a fox hunting scene is also present. One lidded pot bears a printed label reading Fragile.
Condition report:
The collection shows varying degrees of wear consistent with age and domestic use. Visible defects include a hairline crack to the base of the biplane butter dish and minor surface crazing to several glazed pieces. There is evidence of light wear to hand-painted details and gilded rims across the group. The figural pieces appear generally intact, though fine extremities may have minor abrasions. The Lilliput Lane box shows some shelf wear and crushing.
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