O THE ANTIQUE
DETECTIVE
Anne Gilbert
Belleek Porcelain Not
Always Of Irish Origin
Collecting 19th century art porcelain such as
Belleek can be confusing for a beginner.
Usually it is thought of as being made in Ire
land and having a delicate, pearly, translucent
glaze and thinness. Other characteristics could be
twig-shaped handles, lattice work, and applied
floral and leaf designs. It is often reticulated (the
lattice work is pierced).
CLUES: It is a matter of knowing what clues to
look for. Let’s say you discover a beautiful bowl at
an estate side that looks like 19th century Belleek
but it lacks the traditional marks of the harp,
Irish wolfhound and Celtic round tower.
On the bottom it is marked li Lotusware,” Still,
it has the translucent look associated with Irish
Belleek and the body is thin. Research would
prove your bowl to be a late 19th century Ameri
can Belleek piece made by Knowles, Taylor &
Knowles in 1887, one of several manufacturers
who attempted to copy the eggshell translucence
of Irish Belleek. It was produced in East Liver
pool, Ohio. However, it was Ott & Brewer of
Trenton, New Jersey that are considered the fin
est makers of this type of porcelain. At a recent
Skinner auction, one of their Belleek bowls
fetched $1,057.50. Other makers include Willets,
Lenox and Ceramic Art Company.
Marks to look for are a circle with a crown and
the words “Lotusware” printed around the cir
cumference, for Knowles. Several marks were
used by the Ceramic Art Company: the CAC
monogram was used. Lenox used a green wreath.
Ott & Brewer used the word “Belleek” superim
posed of “O” and “B” as well as a crown with a
sword through it and “O” and “B” below and
“Bdelleek” above.
Use the Kovel’s New Dictionary of Marks
under the Belleek category for more help.
Pieces hand-painted by top artists have their
initials.
Designs were influenced by the fashionable Art
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PUBLIC AUCTION
HOUSEHOLD GOODS,
ANTIQUES, LEFT HANDED
RUSSELL HENRY POTTERY,
FISHING EQUIPMENT &
TOOLS
SATURDAY, MARCH 30,2002
8:00 A.M.
To be sold at the Lincoln Fire Hall, in rear of 1438
West Main Street, Ephrata, Lancaster Co., Pa.
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FINE CHERRY HEPPLEWHITE SLANT
FRONT DESK
EARLY DECORATED CHEST WITH
STRAP HINGES AND
TULIP DECORATIONS
2 Piece Pine Comer Cupboard with 9 Panes, 3
Pine Blanket Chests, Early Mahogany China
Cabinet with Leaded Doors, Top & Bottom,
Wicker Love Seat & Chairs, Empire Bureau,
Gateleg Table, Iron Bed with Brass Fmial, 1940’s
Maple Bedroom Suite, Cedar Chest, Oak Rockers
& Chairs, Oak Chair with Faces, Early Lewis
Vuitton London Trunk, Floor Safe, Early Oil
Painting in Goldleaf Frame.
4 PIECES OF LEFT HANDED
RUSSELL HENRY
Fine Bride’s Basket, Leed’s Platter, Fiesta Pitcher,
Roseville Bowl & Vase; Umbrella Stand, Lot of
Depression Glass, Lot of Pressed Glass and
China, Pattern Glass, Slag, Compotes, Old milk
Bottles with Names, Pottery and Other Crocks,
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and Animals, Early Christmas Yard Fence, loads
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SILVER, ORIENTAL RUGS
FURNITURE; Philadelphia Chippendale Style Scalloped Top Bird
Cage Tilt-Top Table w/ Ball & Claw Feet and Acanthus Carved Knees,
Spectacular Seventeen Piece 19th C. Figural Cherubic & Winged
Griffin Dining Room Suite in Carpathian Walnut The Carving is sec
ond to none. The Breakfront Stands 10 Ft Tall and Is Accompanied
with a 7 ft. Sideboard and 60” Carved Table, Plus 9 Perfectly Matching
Chairs, and 8 Additional Arm Chairs That Blend with the set.,
Victorian Egyptian Revival Center Table w/ Multi-Inlaid Exotic Woods
on Surface, Incredible 5 ft by 6 ft Oak Mantle w/ Four Foot Winged
Griffins in Mint Ong. Condition (Poss Herter Bros ), Banded Inlaid
Tilt-Top Table, Two Piece Pine Eight Light Pa Dutch Cupboard w/2
Extra Drawers & Scalloped Base, Walnut Ships Captain Desk, Figural
Marquetry Inlaid Victorian Tilt-top Table on Dolphin Tri-Pod Base,
Sheraton Tilt-Top Game Table, Pierced carved Victorian Medallion
Back Victorian Sofa w/ Tufted Upholstery, Politically Important 18th
Century Gold Gilded Eagle Mirror w/ 13 Stars and Shield, Rare
Country Store Egg Dispenser, Cherry Drop Leaf Table w/ Six Legs,
Comb Back Windsor signed Walter Steely, Several Mahogany Four
Drawer Period Chests, Early Spinning Wheel, Chickenng Console
Piano, Needlepoint Victorian Chair, Needlepoint Fire Screen, Fancy
Victorian Style Brass Stand, Mahogany Three Drawer Chest,
Mahogany Bookcase, Needlepoint Sewing Stand, Wing chairs. Marble
Top Table, Pine Slant Front Schoolmasters Desk, Sheraton One Drawer
Night Stand, Dutch Tea Table, Early Chests, Italian Commode,Chairs,
Pineapple Beds, Other Victorian Mirrors, and more
CLOCKS: Monumental Tiffany Nine Tube Oak Chippendale Case
Grandfather Clock w/17 Beveled Glass inserts and Musical Move
ment, Signed Walter Durphee three places,
Tubes, This clock is in Mint Condition 18th Century Bronze 30 in.'
French Cartel Clock w/ Multi-Figures and Masks on Base, 18th
Century Gilded Chippendale 30” Wall Clock w/ Elaborately Carved
Winged Eagle, Vienna Regulator Signed Fronz 36”, Spectacular 24”
Triple Mounted Bronze and Seves Portrait Mantle Clock signed PH
Mouray Pans, French Figural Bronze and Marble Shelf Clocks, more
ECCLESIASTICAL ANTIQUES 18th Century German Wood Carved
Panel of Crucifixion w/ 21 Figures, Possibly The Central Panel of a
Triptych, Similar to one m Cloister in N.Y, 16th Century Polychromed
Woodcarving of Madonna, Primitive Spanish Madonna Painting on
Wood, 18th Century Russian Icon w/Monel Metal Protection, Saint
Nicholas Greek Icon w/Ongmal Silver Overlay, Polychromed Christ
Figure “Ecco Homo” w/Ongmal Gold Polychrome Stand, 18th
Century Santo Antonio, Madonna, Joseph, Rare Ivory Crucifixion
Scene w/ Two Polychromed Figures on Base, Rare Ivory Madonna
and Child, Ivory Cross, Vestments, Many Early Needlepoints with
Religious Themes, Madonna Collection' Hummel, Corday, Lenox,
Rosenthal, Lladro, Other Religious Items Collected by Rev Horne.
SPECIAL MENTION An extensive Library of Ecclesiastical Books,
Many Leather Bound, Reference
STERLING SILVER Bourne and Gilbert Estate (Singer Sewing Mac
hine Family) Historically Important Sterling Inkwell Signed “From
President and Mrs Roosevelt December 25, 1933 to AAG”, as docu
mented and seen on 1995 Road Show, Reed and Barton Sterling &
Ivory Five Piece Tea Seivice, Candelabras, Reticulated Bowl signed
Black, Starr, and Frost, Raie Tiffany Cake Server, Tiffany Candy Dish,
Unger Brothers Victorian Frame, Sterling Hallmark and Baccarat
Dresser Jars, Many Plates, Small Serving Pieces, Cut and Sterling
Boudou Bottle’s, JEWELRY 1 1 KT Oval Solitaire Diamond
Necklace vvs2 Color I, 14KT Diamond Watch, Gold Rings, Sterling
Jewelry, etc
OBJECT DU VIRTU’ 16th Century Florentine Polychrome Angels
Candlesticks 20”, Figural Napkins Rings, Sevres Portrait Lamp,
Venetian Glass Urn, Limogue Berry Set, Wedgwood Bust of Tennyson,
Delft Footed Dish, Early Pans Portrait Plates, Cut Glass, Limogue
Ramekins, Bohemian Glass Decanter, Compotes, Etched Glasses, Flow
Blue, Historical Blue, Many small Cake sets. Early Soft Paste Cups and
Saucers, Basket, Linens, Custards, lionstone, Transfer, Early Pattern
Glass. Royal Dalton, Dresden, Ruby Glass, Waterford, Crystal, Iman
Bowl, Cranberry Shade, Amber Daisy and Button, Pewter, Tole Trays,
Pair of Steuban Quality Bowls sold at Tiffany’s, Staffordshire, Boxes of
Post Cards, Porcelains in Gesso Frames Superior American Folk
Artists David Ellmger, Marilyn Dwyer, Mildred Sands Kratz
ARTWORK 18th Century Fiactur by Johann Adam Eyer, Baptismal
Ceitificate of Karhannn Sienylm March 8, 1792, 17th Century
Madonna signed Jan Steen, Guy Wiggins A New York Street Scene,
kart, W E Baum view of St Michael’s Chuich Sellersville, Tavern
Scene by Feltcr, Rare 18th Centuiy English Needlewoik in Veneered
Fiamc w/ J Sections -Two Maidens, 18th Century Silk Painting in Gilt
Fiame of a Helmeted ‘Roman w/ Ladies in Couityaid, 16th Century
Mimatuie oil of Madonna in Brass and Silvei Fiamc, 18th Centuiy
1 icncli Needlepoint' The Flight into Egypt". Nine Photographic Punts
ol Giott s 1 ilc ol Chi ist. Needlepoint ol Clnisi on the Cioss,
Outstanding 1 ailv Ameiican Eagle Needlepoint I6lh Cenluiv Holy
I ainily Oil Si Maicu on othei side in Sleiimg I lame man) otliei
Pokl I mis and Pi nits Oils
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1/2 mile to Route 113 North 6 miles to Kimberton. Fairgrounds on the left.
SATURDAY MARCH 30TH
10:00 A.M.
LINDA BALLENTINE DOLL AND TOY
COLLECTION, DOLL FURNITURE,
MINIATURES, STEIFF TEDDY BEAR, DOLL
HOUSES, VINTAGE CLOTHING,
MECHANICAL CAP GUNS, RALPH
HETTINGERS 1300 PIPE COLLECTION
WITH ONE SIGNED WALT DISNEY 1938,
MEERSCHAUM, RARE FIGURAL PIPES
DOLLS: Jumeau #ll, SFBJ Paris, #7 Kestner XII, Heubach
Kupplesdorf #312, Character Baby, K*R #122, A & M #971,
Handwerk #8 Limogue, C.M. Bergman #1916, Mon Cheri Paris, Rare
S & H 1079 w/ Swivel Waist, Many Small All Bisque Several French,
China Heads, Frozen Charlie 17”, Several Doll House Dolls, Effanbee
Compo w/Tin Pull Wagon, Alexander Jackie Kennedy in Ball Gown,
Several Estate Dolls to be discovered. This is just a small listing of the
D 0115.... expect to be surprised.
DOLL SIZE FURNITURE: Rare Salesmen Sample Concert Grand
Piano by Marshall & Wendall, 20” in Mint Original Condition,
Outstanding French Porcelain Toilette Set in Original Cast Stand, Oak
One Door Ice Box, Wonderful Cottage Painted Childs Dresser, Oak
Bachelors Chest, Highly Carved Floral Kitchen Cupboard, Faux
Bamboo High Chair and Arm Chair, Three Pc French Wicker Set,
Dome Top Trunks, Early French Store w/ Contents, Early Horse and
Wagon, Sewing Case w/ Full Contents, Wagner Cast Iron Pots, Many
Decorative Chests, Tin Furniture, Cupboards, and more.
MINIATURES: Biedermeier Sofa, Dressers, Desk, and more. Other
Early Quality Doll Furniture, Partial Meissen Dish Sets, Agate, Inlaid
Mirrored Wardrobe, Mahogany Shield Back Chair w/Matchmg Desk,
Limogue Dresser Set, Scales in 08, Porcelain Figures, French Fashion
Accessories, Lorgnette, Ivory Dresser Set in Original Leather Case,
Leather Gloves in Original Box, Parasols, Jewelry, Doll Dresses,
undergarments. Gold Gilded Ink Well, Tin advertising Cans, Sewing
items, Earlyißibbons and Trims, Boxes of Feathers, Small Laces, hun
dreds of Pieces. i, t >
VINTAGE CLOTHING - A Beautiful Selection of Victorian Ladies,
and Childrens Clothing, Two 18th Century Bonnets in Mint Condition,
More than 20 La Mode Illustre Leather Bound Books 18-1900
STERLING & MISC.: Meyers Basket, Many Early Chargers, Tea
Set, Bombayed Clock, Dresser, Piano, Early Teapot on Stand, many
small Mexican Serving Pieces and more Charles Allertons Blue
Transfer Childrens Tea Set, Triumph Cook Stove, Many Photos of
Children w/ Dolls, other Large Albums with Childrens Photos, A col
lection of Reference Books,
PAPER DOLL COLLECTION: Little Fanny 1810 (London ) m orig
inal Mint Package, Four Complete Tucks Sets in Original Packages’
Bell of Saratoga, Fairy Tale Series, Other Tucks Clothing etc, Dame
Trot uncut, McLoughlm Bros • Paper Doll House with Furniture, Sarah
Brown, Humpty Dumpty, Advertising Sets Willematic Thread, J P.
Coats, Worchester Salt, Enamehne, German Embossed, Grays
Articulated Dolls w/ Crepe Paper Dresses, Celebrity Sets, 500 pieces,
sold in lots
SPECIAL MENTION Steiff 16” Teddy Bear in Original Condition,
other Teddy Bears
DOLL HOUSES. Four Schoenhut Cottages, Mint Condition Barn,
Two Grimm and Leeds Four Bedroom Colonials, Fancy Store,
Wonderful Cottage Type House, Open Room Setting, and more
***Second Auctioneer Beginning at 11:00 A.M.***
MECHANICAL CAST IRON CAP GUNS,
RALPH HETTINGER 1300 PIPE COLLECTION
MECHANICAL CAST IRON CAP GUNS AND TOYS RARE #44
BELL TOY, ANDY GUMP ROADSTER BY ARCADE #348 , OVER
SIXTY GUNS Butting Match, Monkey, Black Head, Devils Head,
Bulldog, Old Ironsides, Hubley 101 Ranch Nickel Plated, Lighting
Express, Stevens Knight, Monkeys, Army-Navy, Humpty-Dumpty,
Blackhead and Bear, Kenton, Stevens, Kilgore, Many Cap Bombs
Dewey, George Washington, Liberty Bell, Teddy Roosevelt, and more .
Collection of Early Dinky toys, Promo’s, Schoenhut Auto Build 08,
more. Early License Plates from 1919 thru 1950
RALPH HETTINGER 1300 PIPE COLLECTION Ralph resided in
Wyomissing Pa, his Collection was Documented in 1930 by the
Reading Eagle' His Prize possessions were his Signed Clay Pipes
Walt Disney 1938, Connie Mack 1938, Byron Nelson 1938, Alfred E.
Smith, Sam Snead, Horton Smith, Paul Runyan, Ben Hogan, Gene
Sarazen, Jimmy Hines, Lawson Little, Byron Nelson, Buddy Rodgers,
etc Meerschaum Figural Pipes, Hundreds of ornamental and practical
Pipes from all over the world Clay Pipes, Earthenware, Silver Overlay,
Turkish, Opium, German Commemorative Pipes, Briar of all types,
Dunhill, Turkish Water Pipes, Pipe Rests, Pipe Memoiabiha, Records
of Purchases, Correspondence with Pipe Companies, Many Early
books on Pipes, Cigarettes and smoking Story of Lucky Strike from
Worlds Fair, Letters signed Lowell Thomas, Autograph of Walter
Winchell, and more Many Raie Victorian Cases with Pipes, Victorian
Figuial Pipe Holders, Lighteis
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