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So Today I went to get my Armorial Tankard and while there they had a table to unlisted estate sale items... I spotted this in a box and I got a bit excited after missing out on the other plates this week, which BTW I did see there and they looked great. I happened to bring a wad of cash on the off chance the winner of the creamer and Rockefeller Plate was there to try and buy them out of it, that never happened however. So I grabbed a bunch of other miscellaneous items to bundle with this amazing looking but badly lid damaged piece. All in all I got it for an absolute steal and I'm hoping everyone else might get as excited as I've been with it. Walking it to the car in a box the lid actually fell apart again and chunk unglued itself. I put it back together when I got home tonight just to keep it as one piece for pictures.
Inside this Double Boiler is a note from Charlotte Horstmann & Gerald Godfrey Ltd regarding the piece and the price of it. I'm guessing this is circa 1980s or earlier as the phone is a 7 digit and they still used telex.
So let me know what you all think, was this a good buy and is it an interesting piece? I think its really beautiful but I'm wondering about how bad the damage is going to crush value on it. Also any ideas on the Coat of arms??
Absolutely phenomenal. TOP quality Chinese export dating to the Jiaqing period, c. 1815. What a wonderfully decorated piece with a very rare form. And an armorial! HUGE fan of this one.
The following article attributes the arms to Anderson, which is discussed in CAP 1 (which I don't have), but the Anderson service is dated to c. 1790, and with a plain gilt trellis border. I think it's wrongly attributed to them by this dealer:
https://www.xupes.com/magazine/article/2016/06/21/product-of-the-week-chinese-armorial-plate
This service is attributed to the arms of Deakin, which is also wrongly attributed and appears to be based solely on the crest:
There was one service made in c. 1815 (the correct time period of your piece), with the motto of "Gradatim" in CAP1 (again which I don't have), and the exact border category, attributed to the arms of Smith. I think it reasonable that your piece is part of that service.
Please share more that you've picked up!!
Peter, could you share the sale this came out of? I'd love to see what other goodies they had, it looks like it came from an amazing export collector.
Peter, that is very nice! Sounds like it was a very interesting sale.
You should get lid professionally restored
What a beautiful piece. Congratulations on a fantastic find! And certainly worthy of a proper restoration. It was made in that window of time when they were experimenting with doing these services in more of a Chinese style. You might have recently seen a reticulated basket and stand I posted pictures of which is from around that time as well. I believe these pieces will increase in interest so you might want to hold onto it. And anyway, what a lovely thing to be able to look at everyday. Cheers! John
There is my old pal Pinky the horse on the lid, I absolutely adore the piece, Congratulations Peter, well done, plus I'm a fan of the baskets, crickets and butterflies, may it bring you good fortune. Sharon
@bartholin , It was just a local online estate sale and sadly as soon as the date ends it all disappears, one of the more annoying things about how it works.
From what I gathered listening to other people picking up at the sale they were a very very wealthy family, and from some of the ephemera I saw on the table he was fairly high up in the Navy at some point. I did think about buying some papier mache spill vases that were kind of interesting and had I known what I know now I would have. There was also a considerable amount large jade pieces which upon reflection were highly likely all legitimate.
@lotusblack Curious Brian, how much would guess a restoration of the lid would run ballpark? I've never had such work done as I've never owned anything like this before.
@johnshoe I'll have to have a look at your piece, I don't think I caught it! Not sure exactly what I'll be doing with this one, I may want to use it to fund more adventures as I come across them! It is a spectacular piece for sure, I was in somewhat in disbelief when I found it in the box with other kitchen pieces and an Italian planter.
@petetsai Some of these estate sales are run by people who have no clue about these wares. It's an amazing thing. I once bought two 19th C rank badges for $5 labelled as napkins. Of course that's nothing compared to the 2 million dollar vase our old friend Greeno bought at one for like $7. Here's the basket and stand. Cheers!
@johnshoe It is amazing what I find at these sales! I have been unravelling how it ended up so disjointed from the level of home to certain items in the estate and I think I have guess.
Your basket is amazing and it my piece has the same style handle as yours, thats great!
@lotusblack Thanks for the info Brian, the glue job currently is quite atrocious but at least it served its purpose to keep all the bits together!
I really wonder what year that piece was bought, I might have to make a call to HK and ask when they last used that stationary! 😛
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