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Lot 14 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of baluster-shaped form, shouldering off to a waisted neck, brushed in iron oxide or manganese with the Madonna and Child and two further figures, from the series ‘Seven Ages of Woman’, on a partially-glazed ground, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1024’, 39cm high £500 - 700

Lot 15 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) A study of a mother and child a tracing, black and iron oxide 50 x 25cm, mounted and framed £200 - 300

Lot 16 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) Study of figures two tracings, graphite and pen 31 x 30cm and 37 x 25cm, mounted and framed 47.5 x 44.5cm and 53 x 39.5cm overall (2) £200 - 300 Lot 17 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of waisted shouldered form with a tapering neck, brushed with figures in iron oxide or manganese on a partially-unglazed ground, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1032’, 44cm high £500 - 700

Lot 18 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of tapering waisted form with brushed iron oxide or manganese figures, on a mottled ground, impressed monogram ‘RJW 81’, and inscribed ‘1097’ and ‘M301’, 50.5cm high £500 - 800 Lot 19 *Robert Washington (1913-1997), a tall stoneware pot, of tapering waisted form with brushed iron oxide or manganese figures, on a mottled two-tone ground, impressed monogram ‘RJW 81’, and inscribed ‘1049’ and ‘BE2 11 16’, 52.2cm high £600 - 800

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Lot 20 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of cylindrical form with brushed iron oxide or manganese figures, on an iron oxide ground, impressed monogram ‘RJW 81’, and numbered ‘1043’, 42.5cm high £600 - 800

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Lot 21 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of cylindrical waisted form with a flared neck, with brushed iron oxide or manganese figures ‘Salome with John the Baptist’s Head’ on a grey and brown ground, impressed monogram ‘RJW 81’, and ‘BE, uspaty?2’, 57.4cm high £600 - 800

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Lot 22 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a tall stoneware pot, of shouldered tapering form with a short flared neck, brushed with two crucifixions in iron oxide or manganese, on a two-tone glaze, incised ‘RJW 80’ and numbered ‘1044’, 65.5cm high £800 - 1,200

Lot 23 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of squat ovoid form, with three figures in iron oxide on a grey and brown-red oxide or manganese glaze, from the series ‘Seven Ages of Woman’, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1121’, 38cm high £400 - 600

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Lot 24 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered tapering form with a short neck, brushed with two figures in iron oxide or manganese and grey, ‘Leda and the Swan’, on a two-tone glaze, incised ‘RJW 81’, 51cm high £500 - 800 Lot 25 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) one depicting a seated female figure, the other of an interlocked couple ‘Nymph and Satyr, a tracing for a pot graphite 34 x 23cm and 41 x 26cm, mounted and framed (2) £250 - 450

Lot 26 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered tapering form with a short flared neck, brushed with two figures with iron oxide or manganese, on a mottled green glaze, incised ‘RJW 81’ and inscribed ‘OX BMW (d)’ and numbered ‘1226’, 53.5cm high £500 - 800

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Lot 27 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered ovoid form, with a flared neck, the sides brushed in iron oxide or manganese with three figures on a mottled-grey and two-tone glaze of brown and black, incised ‘RJW 81’, 40cm high £400 - 600

Lot 28 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of tall shouldered form with a low waisted neck, with two figures in iron oxide or manganese, on a white-grey and brown oxide glaze, incised ‘RJW’ and numbered twice ‘1131’, chip to the base rim, 47cm high £500 - 800

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Lot 31 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered form with a tapering body and a flared neck, with three figures in brushed iron oxide or manganese, on a two-tone glaze, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1232’, 48.5cm high £600 - 800 Lot 29 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of baluster form, with a waisted tapering neck, the sides brushed with two female figures on a mottled light grey and cream glaze, from the series ‘Seven Ages of Woman’, incised ‘RJW 81’, 53cm high £500 - 700 Lot 30 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered baluster form, with a flared neck, brushed with three figures in iron oxide or manganese, on a mottled warm brown-grey glaze, raised on an unglazed foot, incised ‘RJW 81’, 41.5cm high £500 - 700

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Lot 32 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) ‘Madonna and Child’, a study of two figures, a tracing, graphite, 39 x 24cm, mounted and framed £150 - 200

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Lot 34 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) ‘Washer Woman’, a study of a figure washing a tracing, graphite 21cm diameter, mounted and framed, 39 x 39.5cm overall £150 - 200

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Lot 35 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) Studies of The Three Graces two tracings, graphite 40 x 21cm and 31 x 31cm, mounted and framed (2) £250 - 450 Lot 37 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) Studies of figures gouache 42.5 x 28.5cm, framed £150 - 200 36

Lot 36 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pedestal bowl, the inside brushed with a seated figure with a wash bucket, ‘The Washer Woman’, with a mottled green and brown glaze, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1083’, 28cm diameter £300 - 500 Lot 38 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) ‘Satyr and Nymph’, a study of a seated couple graphite and wash 38 x 49cm, framed £200 - 400

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Lot 39 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) A study of three figures graphite and pen with an iron oxide wash 37 x 27.5cm, mounted and framed £200 - 400

Lot 40 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) A study of a nude holding a bowl graphite and an iron oxide wash 38.5 x 20cm, mounted and framed £200 - 300

Lot 41 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997) A study of a reclining figure, graphite and a chromium and iron oxide wash, 48 x 38cm, framed £200 - 300

Stoneware Platters (1986-1989) & Panel Reliefs (mid-1980s)

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In the mid 1980s, Washington pushed his ideas of working with clay to a breaking point. He commenced working on thrown platters which he allowed to split and break and tear. He ‘cut them, scratched and dented the works and he added metal, fibreglass and broken metals’. There are three types of platters: type 1 - with folded and lifted edges; type 2 - with raised and cut edges; type 3 - with thrown edges. In the kiln, he ‘overrode’ his knowledge of chemistry to see what happened when the material was used wrongly, and in reduced firing to see what it produced. Some of the wall platters are wheel thrown or made on a slabber in stoneware clay. The decoration includes slips and engobes, other clays and enamels - also anything that withstood the oxidising kiln fire. The firings vary from 1260°C down to 800°C and were multi-fired - usually three or four times. The panel reliefs were a development from Bob’s stoneware platters. He wanted to find materials that avoided the limitations of the stoneware. ‘Anything goes that stands the kiln, whether it be metal, ceramic, thread, blanket or paper’. These are of a mixture of ceramic fibre and silica fired to a semi-molten state. Each was then decorated with engobes, underglaze colours, enamels and any material that withstood the kiln fire and multi-firings. The progression to these lighter panels was one of practicality - the larger stoneware platters were too large and heavy to move. 42

Lot 42 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware circular platter, with incised and overlaid mixed media additions, from the series ‘The Elements’, 51cm diameter £300 - 500

Lot 43 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware circular platter, with applied and mixed media additions, from the series ‘The Elements’, with a suspension bar, 51cm diameter £300 - 500

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Lot 44 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware platter, of square form, decorated in yellows and greens with incised decoration, from the series ‘The Elements’, numbered ‘1261’, 49cm square £300 - 500

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Lot 45 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware platter, of circular form with a landscape motif, decorated in red and blue with mixed media elements, from the series ‘The Elements’, numbered ‘1218’, 44cm wide 48cm high £300 - 500

Lot 46 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware circular platter, from the series ‘The Elements’, numbered ’1273’, with a suspension plate, 57cm diameter £300 - 500 Lot 47 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware circular platter, with incised details and with mixed media elements, from the series ‘The Elements’, 53cm diameter £300 - 500

Lot 48 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware circular platter, incised and metal elements, from the series ‘The Elements’, with suspension plate, 54cm diameter £300 - 500

Lot 49 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware circular platter, with incised details and with mixed media elements, from the series ‘The Elements’, 48cm diameter £300 - 500 46

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Lot 50 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), an earthenware pot, low fired, brushed with coloured engobes, impressed monogram ‘RJW 80’ and ‘1065’, 35.5cm high £400 - 600

Lot 51 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a biscuit-fired pot, of tapering form with a flared rim, with thick brushed coloured engobe panels, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1073’, 48cm high £300 - 500

Lot 52 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a biscuit-fired pot, of baluster form, with a tapering neck, brushed in thick polychrome coloured engobes, incised ‘RJW 81’ and inscribed ‘Decor 95’ and numbered ‘1079’, 45cm high £300 - 500

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Lot 53 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered form with thick raised polychrome engobes and a thick black rim, incised ‘RJW 80’ and numbered ‘1064’, 37cm high £300 - 500

Lot 54 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of ovoid form with thick brushed coloured engobes, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1062’, 23cm high £200 - 300

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Lot 55 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of tall tapering form with a waisted lower section, brushed in thick yellow, pink, blue and red and white engobes, incised ‘RJW 81’ and numbered ‘1067’, 54.5cm high £400 - 600 56

Lot 57 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), ‘Pearl Diver’, a mixed media wall panel, with painted and raised designs, numbered ‘1294 (No.1)’, 46 x 61cm, mounted on a painted board, 59 x 71cm overall £200 - 300

Lot 58 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a mixed media wall panel, with overlaid details, in blue, yellow and purple, numbered ‘1289’, 52 x 57cm, mounted on a painted board, 67 x 71cm overall £200 - 400

Lot 59 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a mixed media wall panel, decorated in greens, yellows, and blue, with various inclusions of metal and fibres, numbered ‘1313’, 41 x 50cm, mounted on board £200 - 300

Lot 56 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a stoneware pot, of shouldered tapering form, brushed with thick coloured engobes, low fired, incised ‘RJW 80’ and inscribed ‘Decor 95’, 39.5cm high £300 - 500

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Lot 60 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a mixed media wall panel, decorated in greens, yellows, and blue, with various inclusions of metal and fibres, 41 x 44cm, mounted on board £200 - 400

Lot 61 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a mixed media wall panel, with mixed media additions, mounted on a board, 49 x 43cm 61 x 50.5cm overall £250 - 350 Lot 62 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a bowl, in ceramic fibre and ball clay, with a coloured ground and mixed media additions, inscribed ‘RJW’ and dated 96, 38cm wide £300 - 500

Lot 63 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a bowl, in ceramic fibre pulp, with a thick black glazed rim, with a polychrome coloured geometric centre, inscribed ‘RJW’ and dated 96 and numbered ‘1153’, 40.5cm wide £300 - 500

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Lot 64 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a bowl, ceramic fibre pulp and ball clay, the inside decorated with geometric fields in various shades of green, turquoise and black, and grey, the underside with polychrome engobes applied in several layers, raised on a handbuilt foot, numbered ‘1137’ with Stoke-On-Trent Museum label ‘Entry 11751’, 34cm wide £300 - 500 63

Lot 65 *Robert Johnson Washington (1913-1997), a bowl, of oval form, in ceramic fire and ball clay, the inside with a white crackled glaze with painted decoration in yellows and blacks, with a streaked glaze overpour, the exterior decorated in polychrome with various glazes, numbered ‘1176’, 56cm wide £300 - 500

William Washington (1885–1956)

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William Washington was born in Marple, Cheshire; he studied at Ashton-under-Lyne’s Hegginbottom Art School whilst working for a printing company, and later at the Royal College of Art, London. Washington taught at several London art schools including Camberwell School of Art, finally becoming acting principal at Hammersmith School of Art (1930-1950). As well as an artist, he was a silversmith and calligrapher.

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Lot 66 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Clocks to mend’ engraving, unsigned 26 x 22.5cm, mounted £150 - 200

Lot 67 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Albert Newton, Crustacea’, 1931 engraving, unsigned 22 x 26cm, mounted £150 - 200

Lot 68 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Malcolm C Salaman’ a pencil study, signed and dated ‘June 1935’ 21 x 26.5cm, paper 35.5 x 37cm, together with six trial engravings 22 x 25.7cm (7) £200 - 300 Lot 69 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Waverley’, 1934 engraving, signed in pencil and titled 17 x 15.5cm, unmounted £150 - 200

Lot 70 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘The Rt Hon Sir Dinshah Fardunji Mulla’, 1936 engraving, signed in pencil 32 x 26.3cm, mounted with title and dated 1936 £150 - 200

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Lot 71 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Herbert Fryer FRCM FRAM’, 1935 a pencil study, 28 x 25cm, unmounted, together with six trial engravings, variously numbered and dated 28 x 24.3cm (7) £200 - 300

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Lot 72 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Herbert Fryer FRCM FRAM’ 1935 engraving, inscribed ‘Professor of Music, Royal College of Music, London’, signed and inscribed verso 28 x 24cm, mounted £150 - 200 73

Lot 73 *William Washington (1885-1956) Three still life studies pencil, each with the ESK blind stamp, with various stamps and labels largest 69 x 39.5cm, mounted on board (3) £200 - 300

Lot 74 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Sketch for engraving Winter Fuel’ pencil, signed and titled to the mount 25 x 39.3cm, framed, together with the engraving signed in the plate and dated ‘1944’ 20 x 25cm, unmounted (2) £200 - 400

Lot 75 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘The Cricket Bat Maker’ signed and inscribed, pencil 48 x 37cm, mounted and framed, 67 x 55cm overall £600 - 800 73

Lot 76 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘House of Commons Chamber’, 1941 engraving, unsigned 37.3 x 29.4cm, unmounted, together with ‘Key for the Line Engraving’ (2) £150 - 200

Lot 77 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Pool of London’; ‘Greenwich Reach’ two engravings, one signed and titled in pencil, 25.5 x 34.5cm and 16.2 x 34cm, one mounted (2) £150 - 200

Lot 78 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘La Rochelle’ 1928 pencil study, titled and dated, mounted on card 38 x 51.5cm, together with the completed engraving, signed in pencil 26.5 x 36.2cm, mounted (2) £200 - 300 76

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Lot 79 *William Washington (1885-1956) ‘Les Arenes, Arles’; La Chapelle de l’Ortoire, Avignon’; ‘Tour Saint Nicholas, La Rochelle’ three engravings, each titled and signed in pencil largest 27.7 x 35.5cm, two mounted (3) £200 - 300

Lot 80 *William Washington (1885-1956) View from the Washingtons’ home In Croydon unsigned, oil on canvas 102 x 76cm, framed £600 - 800 The view is from the childhood home of Robert Washington.

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Lot 81 Alexandre Caron (French, 1857-1932), a patinated bronze desk seal, in the form of a medieval lady, signed ‘A Caron’, 10.5cm high £150 - 250

Lot 82 Emmanuel Villanis (French, 1858-1914), a gilt-bronze bust of a lady, wearing an elaborate headdress, signed ‘E Villanis’, on a socle plinth, 20cm high £200 - 300

Lot 83 Georges de Kerveguen (French, d.1893), ‘Nereids’ a pair of black patinated bronze wall appliqués, in the form of a mermaid and a merman, each blowing conch shells, their bodies terminating in tridents, signed ‘G de Kerveguen’, 29cm wide 45cm high (2) £1,500 - 2,500 Provenance: Bonhams, ‘The Chelsea Collection of Severin Wunderman’, 30 September 2009, lot 86. 83

Lot 84 Claire-Jeanne Roberte Colinet (Belgian, 1880-1950), a gilt-bronze and ivory figure of a dancer, mounted to a gilt-bronze octagonal plinth, signed and numbered ‘21’ to the top of the plinth, 31.5cm high £4,000 - 6,000 For a similar figure in bronze, see Bryan Catley ‘Art Deco and other Figures’, 1978, p.116, ‘A Dancer’.

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Lot 85 A Moser intaglio cut-glass vase, c.1910, of faceted form, deeply cut with scrolling thistles, engraved ‘Moser Karlsbad’ mark, 19.5cm wide 9.8cm high £100 - 200

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Lot 86 A James Powell & Sons Whitefriars opal glass goblet vase, probably designed by Harry Powell, raised on a slender knopped stem, with flaring fluted bowl, unsigned, 30.5cm high £250 - 350 For a similar vase, see Lesley Jackson, ‘Whitefriars Glass’, Richard Dennis, 2004, pl.19, no.ii.

Lot 88 An Émile Gallé glass carafe, c.1890, the tapering smoked body enamelled with birds amongst flora, signed ‘E Galle a Nancy C’, 24cm high £250 - 350

Lot 89 A Daum glass liqueur set, 1920s, comprising a carafe and two footed glasses, each with a gilt motif to a smoked ground, signed ‘Daum Nancy France’, carafe 17.8cm high glasses 8.5cm high (3) £100 - 150

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Lot 87 A Loetz Phaenomen iridescent glass vase, c.1900, PG 29, with a pinched body and a short flared neck, etched ‘Loetz Austria’, 11cm high £500 - 700 88

Lot 90 A Tiffany ‘peacock feather’ Favrile glass vase, of waisted form, restored and riveted, engraved ‘LCT F2016’, 27cm high £300 - 500

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Lot 91 A Loetz iridescent Phaenomen glass vase, of twisted tapering form with pinched side with a triangular neck, 17.5cm high, a glass bowl, designed by Michael Powolny, in orange, 8.5cm high, an iridescent glass vase, with twin handles, 18.5cm high, and an art glass vase, 25cm high (4) £200 - 300 90

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Lot 92 Two Kayserzinn pewter oval trays, each cast with aquatic life and fish, cast marks, 62.5cm wide, and an Orivit basket, 32.5cm wide (3) £200 - 300

Lot 93 Two Kayserzinn pewter jardinières, designed by Hugo Levin, each with moulded designs and loop handles, cast mark ‘Kayserzinn 4360’, 20.5cm high (2) £500 - 700

Lot 94 Bruno Zach (Austrian,1891-1935), ‘The Feather’, a bronze group modelled as a Native American riding a horse, with a dagger drawn, signed ‘B Zach Argenta Wien’, raised on a marble plinth, 50cm wide 40.5cm high £1,500 - 2,000

Lot 95 A pair of Art Nouveau Juventa candlesticks, each with a cast sconce held with a naturalistic support on a triangular dished stand, 19.8cm high (2) £250 - 350

Lot 96 Two Kayserzinn pewter dishes, each of circular form, moulded with different designs, cast ‘Kayserzinn’ and ‘4364’ and ‘4374’, 26 and 39.5cm diameter (2) £150 - 200 93

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Lot 97 Wilhelm Lehmbruck (German, 1881-1919), a girl with one foot resting on a rock, patinated bronze, signed ‘W Lehmbruck Paris’ and faintly ‘…Fondeur Paris’, 63.5cm high £5,000 - 8,000

Lot 98 An Art Nouveau patinated spelter and bisque table lamp, modelled as maiden with bisque arms, head and shoulders holding a baluster column, fitted with a pierced shade, applied with coloured glass cabochons and a beaded frieze, signed ‘Mednat’, on a circular marble plinth, 64.5cm high £300 - 500

Lot 99 Charles Valton (French, 1851-1918), a bronze group of two King Charles dogs, seated on a cushion, signed ‘C Valton’, 45cm wide 40cm deep 44cm high £1,500 - 2,000

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Lot 100 A WMF silver-plated figural dish, the handle modelled as a maiden holding a branch, the base with three bowls, stamped marks, 31cm wide, and another WMF figural dish, surmounted with a girl in a dress standing on a single dish, stamped marks and moulded ‘198’, 32cm wide (2) £200 - 300