Holdcroft Majolica cobalt vase with wren, butterfly,

flower blossoms, 13"h, professional rim and hairline repair

LEAF AND FLORAL AND BUTTERFLY DECORATED. 2 HANDLED. MINOR CRAZING TO GLAZE. MARKED ON BASE WITH ANCHOR DB MARK. 3185. 14 3/4" H

pair of vases with birds on branch on each side and on each handle, cobalt with bamboo trim, 13 1/2"

tureen with fox and goose on cover, branch feet and handles, 12"l, 7 1/2"h

box with bird feet, squirrel on branch and stork in flight on sides of box, Oriental lady on cover, 8 1/2"w, 6 1/2"h; ref. Majolica Mania Vol 2 p342

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and 6 turquoise 8 1/4" plates, various condition

stand with tobacco leaf, chip to foot and leaf, hairline, staple repair, 21"

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daisy 8 1/2" plates and matching low comport, 9 1/2", rim repair to plate; Sue & Harry Thurmon Collection

Holdcroft majolica cobalt square cachepot with bird on leaf, 9", professional repair to bird's tail

and stand with ram's mask handles, 5 1/2", professional repair to stand rim

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stand with ram head handles, 5 1/2", professional rim repair

Holdcroft majolica cobalt maple leaf comporte, 9 1/2"

Holdcroft majolica cobalt fish and daisy plate, 8 1/2"

supported by two winged ladies, 16"

After Joseph Holdcroft, majolica vase, 20th c., English, unmarked, 12"h x 6.5"dia. Provenance: From the Collection of Eugene V. and Clare E. Thaw

Pair of Chinese gilt cobalt blue porcelain vases, with a trumpet neck above a globular body decorated with butterflies, base with apocryphal Qianlong mark, 15.25"h

Joseph Holdcroft Majolica Cobalt-Blue Ground Umbrella or Stick Stand Circa 1880 Of canted triangular form, two sides molded and applied with fruiting lychee branches and large banana palm leaves, the

Holdcroft Majolica Bird Vase, England, c. 1880, modeled with a large bird perched on a branch of a tree trunk adorned with berries and leaves, inscribed "T. Fay Sculptor," unmarked, ht. 20 3/5 in.

DESCRIPTION: A Majolica figural vase by maker Joseph Holdcroft. The vase shows in a realistic rendition a heron standing with one leg, trapping a snake within its beak, atop a muddled base with an ere

foot repair, chip to flower, 13 1/2"

25", professional rim repair