Ella Jerman-Riddell
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Lady Glenconner: My Life in Objects
Lot 100
A collection of Wemyss waresLate 19th century and later
19 November 2025, 14:00 GMT
London, New Bond Street£300 - £500
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Madeleine Cater
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Charlie Thomas
Group Head, Private Collections, Furniture & Works of Art, U.K
A collection of Wemyss wares
Late 19th century and later
In the Cabbage Roses pattern, comprising: a pair of chambersticks with painted and impressed mark to base; a quaich with impressed mark; a twin handled bowl with painted mark; an ink stand with impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R.H.& S. mark and retailed by T Goode & Co; a match case with painted mark to inside base; a pair of small cache pots stamped to the underside Robert Heron & Sons and painted with the initials W.Z.; a small spill vase with painted and impressed mark; a small urn shaped vase with retail stamp for T Goode & Co; and a small vase and box and cover painted in the style of Wemyss, the chambersticks: 11.8cm wide, 11.8cm deep, 17cm high (4 1/2in wide, 4 1/2in deep, 6 1/2in high) (12)
In the Cabbage Roses pattern, comprising: a pair of chambersticks with painted and impressed mark to base; a quaich with impressed mark; a twin handled bowl with painted mark; an ink stand with impressed WEMYSS WARE/ R.H.& S. mark and retailed by T Goode & Co; a match case with painted mark to inside base; a pair of small cache pots stamped to the underside Robert Heron & Sons and painted with the initials W.Z.; a small spill vase with painted and impressed mark; a small urn shaped vase with retail stamp for T Goode & Co; and a small vase and box and cover painted in the style of Wemyss, the chambersticks: 11.8cm wide, 11.8cm deep, 17cm high (4 1/2in wide, 4 1/2in deep, 6 1/2in high) (12)
Footnotes
According to Lady Glenconner, Lord Glenconner was a keen Wemyss ware collector with 'every single dressing room, bedroom and bathroom' of Glen, the Tennant family estate in the Scottish Borders, being filled with the pottery.
Exhibited
The chambersticks with an exhibition label for the Wemyss Exhibition 1978, Sotheby's Belgravia, Rogers de Rin.
Literature
Anne Glenconner, Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown, Hodder & Staughton, London, 2019, p. 124.