Bidspirit auction | An Assortment of Decorative Arts

An Assortment of Decorative Arts Including Hancocks Ivory Ware, Liezen Austria Pottery, and Philip Gardiner Studio Ceramics - This lot comprises an assortment of decorative arts including Hancocks Ivory Ware, Liezen Austria pottery, and Philip Gardiner studio ceramics. The group features a Hancocks Ivory Ware majolica style leaf plate, hand-painted in shades of yellow, green, and brown, with a black printed circular mark to the reverse reading IVORY WARE HANCOCKS ENGLAND HAND PAINTED and a handwritten pattern number 7945. Also included is a tall drip-glaze earthenware vase impressed to the base LIEZEN AUSTRIA with the numbers 501 and 17. The collection further contains a speckled blue glaze stoneware cream jug bearing a gold foil label reading HANDTHROWN POTTERY FROM CORNWALL BY PHILIP GARDINER and a circular impressed mark to the base. Leaded glass items in the lot include a Tiffany style hemispherical shade decorated with rose and poppy motifs in red and orange, a square tapered shade with a dragonfly design, and a rectangular panel featuring a purple rose on an orange stem with green leaves against a frosted background. The group is completed by a miniature copper coal scuttle with fixed handle, a polished cream-coloured stone egg, and a framed collection of cigarette cards including examples by Grenadier Cigarettes and W. & F. Faulkner Ltd. A label to the upper right corner identifies a portion as Nautical Terms Series 1 and 2 Circa 1900 W. D. & H. O. Wills Ltd. The items are housed in a wooden frame with a green mount, which contains one vacant slot. This lot comprises the decorative items described; no shelving or storage components shown in the background are included.