LAWRENCES’ recent sale of Decorative Arts and Ceramics offered a vast variety of lots: traditional and modern, East and West, minimalist and ornamental all found eager buyers and there were plenty of strong prices.

In the section of Decorative Arts, a finely cast cold-painted bronze of an Indian elephant by Franz Bergmann, 17cm high, plodded purposefully to £4,390, a suite of dining table and four chairs by Robert `Mouseman` Thompson made £3,660 and 16 figures from the Bovey Pottery attracted many bids. These small (19-21cm high) figures, designed by Fenton Wemyss and modelled by Gwynneth Holt, included Winston Churchill, Theodore Roosevelt, Stalin and figures of a Land Girl, a Sergeant Major, a Sailor and others. The group made £5,970.

Good results from European Ceramics included £1,760 paid for Meissen mantel clock adorned with flowers and cherubs, and two salt-glazed stoneware tankards that were bid above estimate to £790. A star lot in the section of glassware was the £1,830 paid for a suite of Webb table glasses. Four notable prices from the selection of Oriental works of art included £3,170 for a 4m long Chinese scroll painting, £5,490 for a Tibetan bronze Buddha just 12.5cm high and £3,400 for a pair of Chinese `Thousand Flower` vases. A Chinese porcelain plaque, probably decorated by Wang Qi, made £7,320. A good group of Japanese carvings included a trio of three okimono/netsuke depicting a skull, a tortoise group and a tortoise with snakes. These made £1,280.