A Small Group of Blue & White Ceramics: A pair of cylindrical spill vases hand painted in underglaze blue with trailing flowers and small birds, 4'' (10 cm) high. A pair of Copenhagen Candlesticks, 4½'' (11.5 cm) in height. A small English bowl with Chinoiserie cranes flying amongst scrolling cloud forms, 1½'' (4 cm) high, 3½'' (9 cm) in diameter. Another bowl with stencilled chinoiserie decoration, 2¾'' (7 cm) high, 7½'' (19 cm) diameter. A late 19th Century straight-sided mug with a hand-painted blue rim band, 4¼'' (11 cm) in height, a stoneware baluster jug dotted with daubs of overglaze blue and clobbered with chains of dark green enamelled quatrefoils to the rim and foot, 10'' (25 cm) in height. A 19th century jug with sponged blue glaze, 8'' (20 cm) high. Also a blue & white enamelled tin chamberstick.

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