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Art Deco ceiling light in the form of a butterfly with gilt metal body and opaque glass wings 53cm wideCondition Report: Some wear and bending to ceiling attachment. Scratches to glass and wear to metal and some losses to gilt. Cannot guarantee working order, would recommend to be looked at by an electrician.
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Six Art Deco style wall lights, cast aluminium with opaque plastic shades, h9.5cm w29cm, together with two Art Deco style angular chrome and opaque plastic wall lights, h13.5cm w28cm, and three other Art Deco style chrome and opaque plastic wall lights, h9.5cm w23cm (11)Condition Report: Shades are plastic. One light with cracks and losses to plastic shade. Others with minor chips to plastic towards base. Otherwise other shades intact with scratches to plastic and wear to metal.
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A French 19th century cast iron and ormolu expanding fire curb with recumbent lion surmounts to either side. 102 cm wide x 27 cm high Together with three Gothic style brass hearth tools and a gilt bronze fire screen.Qty: 5Condition report: No apparent faults or damage, just signs of light wear through use.
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A group of collectable items, largely related to Napoleon Bonaparte, to include a Limoges ceramic box, a faux tortoisehell box, a framed medallion after Andrien (depicting Josephine), an Empire style inkwell, printed portrait miniature and others, together with a resin bust of Niccolò di Bernardo dei Machiavelli, signed Casea, 12 cm high.Condition report: Missing section the cover of the faux tortoiseshell box. No further damages. Most items with light age-related surface marks.
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A Regency mahogany and inlaid table decanter box, the hinged cover opening to reveal a four-section interior with conforming glass decanters, each with etched front reading 'Gin', 'Whisky', 'Brandy' and 'Rum', brass carry handles to the sides of the box, 24 cm high x 19 cm x 19 cm.Condition report: In good overall condition, with no apparent repair. Some light surface marks commensurate with age. Glass appears good with no chips. Remnants of tape which can be removed. No key present
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A pair of French Empire style bronze and ormolu garnitures, of circular dish form over tri-form dolphin mounted bases, 14.2 cm diameter x 10 cm high, together with a similar period pocket watch stand, formed as an ormolu eagle on a marble pedestal column, 18 cm high.Qty: 3Condition report: Light surface wear commensurate with age, but no apparent damage or repair. Small nick to the corner of the base of the watch stand
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A French gilt bronze adjustable standard lamp with winged caryatid supports. 164 cm high.Condition report: This was an oil lamp reservoir stand but is now fitted for electricity. The final upper section is held in with a butterfly screw, this screw does not hold the section in firmly once moved and would need to be looked at. The light is fitted to take a standard bayonet bulb fitting. There are two bud shapes screws missing from the legs where they attach to the lower section. Other than those faults mention the lamp is in good decorative condition.
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Maurice Bouval (1863-1916) French, an Art Nouveau silvered bronze figure of a maiden, signed to lower section, on a shaped integral plinth bearing a foundry mark for Jollet & Cie, Paris, 27.5 cm high.Condition report: No major damage, some marks and rubbing to the figure, light surface abrasions in places.
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A large Middle Eastern brass and coloured-glass Mosque lamp, of octagonal form with eight outer lobes, pierced decoration with red, blue and clear glass, 74 cm high x 37 cm diameter.Estate of the late Della Howard. Please see the related article on https://www.dawsonsauctions.co.uk/Condition report: No light fitting. It was used as a ceiling light in the property but could be floor standing also. General wear commensurate with age, with some cracks to the glass and dents. In need of a good clean.
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Simond's Travels in Great Britain Volumes I and II, Second Edition published in 1817, being a Journal of a Tour and Residence in Great Britain during the years 1810 and 1811 by Louis Simond with various illustrations and pull out sheets. Both volumes are part leather bound with marbled covers in overall fair condition with no detached covers or pages, showing some signs of age wear, some light foxing, some watermarks (Volume I) and missing a small part of the spine cover of Volume II. Each volume approx 22cm x 14cm. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
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A Geographical Handbook of The Dorset Flora by Ronald Good with Frontispiece and 42 maps and a chapter on The Soils of Dorset by K Robinson published by The Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society 1948 First Edition blue hardback in good condition with light signs of age wear approx 25.5cm x 19.5cm. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99.
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A French Legion of Honour Officer's breast badge, (Legion d'Honneur)Dating from the 1830-1848 period, in gold and enamel, with the bust of Henri IV facing right to the obverse and crossed flags to the reverse, approx 42mm x 57mm. Some very light enamel damage, otherwise very fine, possibly better. (1)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Bicorne hat believed to have been worn by Napoleon BonaparteAttributed to Poupart & Cie, Paris, circa 1806-07Of black beaver felt with black silk lining, the rounded crown between a tall arched flat section to the rear and a shorter curved arched section to the front, the crown with two pierced holes to the crown and two button holes to the front section, together with a detached black silk braid with gilded thread, inscribed to the interior ORIGINAL Napoleon I in red ink, circumference 59cm, width 47.5cm, height 24.5cm, stamped marks for Leopold Verch, Charlottenburg, BerlinFootnotes:Provenance:Leopold Verch, Charlottenburg, BerlinBerliner Auktionhaus, December 2017, sale 110, lot 2052A private Scottish collectionNAPOLEON'S BICORNE HATS'On the field of battle, his hat is worth forty thousand men!' remarked the Duke of Wellington. In history there are few significant figures who can easily be recognised by their hat. With the bicorne shape - or chapeau française - such a hat has become the classic image associated with Napoleon Bonaparte. Fondly known as his 'petite chapeau', unlike the customary usage of bicornes, which were worn with their points facing front to back (fore and aft) or at an angle (semi athwart). Napoleon wore his fully athwart with the points facing shoulder to shoulder. By contrast with his Marshals and other General officers whose bicornes were adorned with plumages of ostrich over gold and silver lacework, Napoleon's bicornes bore only a small circular tricolour cockade of red, white and blue, superimposed with a black ribbon in 'V' formation held in place by a small black cloth button. This seemingly insignificant decoration being set at an angle to the front right face of the bicorne.Differing only slightly in proportion, he wore the same model throughout the 15 years of the Empire. Its stark simplicity instantly distinguishing him from those grandly accoutred figures around him, it also made an important political statement. During his reign, he used about 120 of them, most of which manufactured by Poupart & Cie « Chapelier, costumier et passementier de l'Empereur et des Princes » whose shop was located at the Palais du Tribunal, now the Palais Royal. It is understood that Napoleon constantly had 12 operational hats, each with a lifetime of about 3 years with several believed to have been created each year.The present beaver felt hat was purchased as a curiosity from a military auction held by in Berlin in December 2017 with no published provenance. It was apparently consigned to the saleroom by an elderly widow as part of a house clearance. Based on the rectangular red ink stamp bearing the name Verch, it was assumed that it had been made in the 20th century for the theatre. The material of the hat however has since been confirmed as being pure beaver felt, a rare and expensive material. This is a hat of the highest quality. Further examination of the stamp revealed the inscription 'Original Napoleon 1'. Another larger red ink stamp inscription in capital letters was found higher up inside the bicorne which read ORIGINAL NAPOLEON 1.Recognising that the hat was of early 19th century manufacture, sharing all the characteristics of Napoleon's bicornes, the owner contacted the Musée de l' Armée in Paris to compare the present lot against the six provenanced bicornes owned by Napoleon, on display at the museum. The bicorne was examined and bore a striking resemblance to each of these hats and matched the precise inner circumference dimensions of the hats made by Poupard for the Emperor.A series of fragments of cotton threads running around the interior of the brim would originally have been the stitches which secured a leather sweatband, likely to have been made of shellac-polished leather as seen on the existing sweatband in an example, owned by Napoleon, at the Musée Napoléon in Brienne. It is known that Napoleon found the leather sweatbands uncomfortable and had them removed from his early hats, leaving the cotton ends of the remaining stitches in the felt brim. These tiny fragments in the present example show the stitches have been deliberately cut, not torn.The earlier examples bore the inner leather sweatband with an upper interior cap of fine black silk and rag paper. The black silk lining of the present hat matches that on the hat in the Musée Napoléon. His later bicornes were fully lined with a thinly padded greenish brown silk lining, eliminating the need for a sweatband. They vary slightly in form, but all bear the same distinctly recognisable shape. The dimensions of the current example - head circumference 59cm, width 47.5cm, height 24.5cm - are distinctly similar to all the known bicorne hats with secured provenance that belonged to the Emperor.A large letter 'N' inscribed in white, located in the top of the interior (between the crown and the silk lining), was discovered when the lining was removed for inspection. In addition, an impressed 'N' located beneath Verch's rectangular printed ink stamp was identified under UV light.Hats made by the Verch firm generally have an elaborate rectangular silk label bearing the company name and address stitched to the interior. The use of a printed mark together with the inscription 'Original Napoleon 1' is unusual and with the other inscriptions suggest personal inventory stamps. This may indicate that the bicorne was from the Verch private collection of originals. It would have been deliberately identified as such to avoid the item being used inadvertently for other purposes. A detached black silk ribbon braid with gilt decoration, dating to the early 19th century and which would have held a cockade, was discovered between the crown and the front peak.The hat maker, costumier and collector, Leopold Verch, born in 1845, established a theatrical costume business in Charlottenburg, near Berlin in the early 1880s. This business eventually became the premier theatrical and later film industry costumier in Germany employing 250 workers. Verch became the Purveyor for the Prussian Royal Court in Berlin and was well known in Europe and Great Britain. He travelled around Europe, avidly collecting original items to reproduce whilst also visiting major art galleries, sketching hats, shoes, and fabric patterns for inspiration. His son of the same name (1882-1951) was the successor in the business. The only surviving granddaughter of the younger Verch, Beatrice Huber, has confirmed that her family once possessed a large private collection of original items gathered by both her great grandfather and grandfather. Sadly, their large collection of 2000 originals, the archives and stock of the company in Charlottenburg are understood to have been destroyed during the Second World War.Coincidentally, situated also in Charlottenburg at the time of Napoleon was Charlottenburg Palace, the home of King Frederick lll and Louise Queen consort. On 14 October 1806, in the separate battles of Jena and Auerstädt, the Prussians were soundly defeated. On 27 October the Emperor marched his triumphant army into Berlin and took up residence in the palace. The present hat may have been one of those made for that campaign in 1806.The hat bears two small holes which have been made by the apparent use of a pointed object having been carefully forced through between the hat and the lining, only splitting the inner rag paper but not piercing the silk lining. These holes are distinctly T shaped in section, one being smaller than the other, indicating that the skewer was tapered. Beneath these holes are slight creases, made by the weight of something having been left there for a great deal of time. Most likely a triple edged bayonet as used during the period. It was not uncommon to find headwear with holes of a similar type which at one time hel... For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A CARICATURE OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTEFive contemporary or near-contemporary caricatures of Napoleon, early 19th century, etchings and engravings, 3 hand-coloured, 3 tipped or pasted on card, various sizes (approximately 250 x 180mm. and smaller); together with a 'Protean View' (6)Footnotes:Comprising: attributed to Pierre Marie Bassompierre Gaston, Napoleon with beaked nose, hand-coloured; anonymous, 'Das ist mein lieber Sohn...', Napoleon as a baby being held by the Devil; anonymous, 'Saute pour le Roy', a bust of laurel-wreathed Napoleon being held up by a republican in a bonnet rouge; anonymous, 'Napoleon et le destin', holding miniature soldiers and gambling with Death; after Pierre Lacroix, 'Serrement de Nez', Marshal Ney kneels with his nose in the backside of Napoleon; William Spooner, 'Spooner's Protean Views No. 10 Napoleon Powerful and Napoleon Powerless', showing Napoleon standing on the shore looking out over an empty sea, when held to light changing to a scene of him standing before an army of soldiers.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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NELSON (HORATIO)Autograph letter signed ('Nelson & Bronte') to Captain John Fyffe, approving of his conduct ('...I have read with much attention Your correspondence with the Popes Legate at Ancona and also Your correspondence at Venice relative to the very extraordinary and unjustifiable conduct of the Government at that place in seizing Your prizes, and from Your account of Your whole transactions in the Adriatic I have no scruple in saying that I most highly approve of Your conduct, and think that you have acted with that temper and forbearance which our Government must highly approve...'), and wishing that he had some good vessel to offer in place of the Cyclops, one page, 4to (235 x 180mm.), some staining, archival restoration, framed and glazed (unexamined out of frame), Victory off Toulon, 15 September 1803Footnotes:Provenance: Bonhams, Nelson & The Royal Navy 1750-1815, 5 July 2005, lot 129 Private collection, UK'I MOST HIGHLY APPROVE OF YOUR CONDUCT'Captain John Fyffe was appointed to the Cyclops in 1798 and participated in the disembarkation of troops at Abukir Bay in the Egyptian campaign of 1801, for which he received a gold medal from the Grand Seigneur. After a short period of peace, he was despatched in May 1803 to the Adriatic to disrupt the enemy's trade. Whilst conducting a convoy to Trieste in July, he became embroiled in two disputes over 'neutrality' in the area, the first regarding the legitimacy of captured prizes, the second '...concerning three British merchant ships taken into Ancona by a Cisalpine corsair. Technically Ancona was neutral, part of the papal domain, but the French had established a military camp outside the town and pretty much did as they wished. Fyffe complained that the privateer had been illegally manned by Roman subjects, but the town governor said that there was nothing he could do even if that were true... he managed to retrieve the crews of the tenders but failed to resolve either dispute. Nelson sympathised, and was so pleased with Fyffe's efforts to defend the British flag that he promised him a more active vessel...' (John Sugden, Nelson: The Sword of Albion, 2014, p.639). The following January Nelson wrote to the Secretary of the British Legation at Vienna: 'I have received your letter of 1st September last, acquainting me that every possible reparation has been made by the Austrian Minister for the outrage against the British Flag... I am very glad the Austrian Government have seen Captain Fyffe's conduct in its proper light, and that the necessary reparation has been made, as I was perfectly satisfied with the correctness of that Officer's proceedings on the above occasion' (Nicolas, v, p.393).Whilst our letter is not included in Nicolas, Dispatches and Letters nor in White's New Letters, it was published in full as part of Fyffe's obituary in June 1835: '...How well Captain Fyffe executed this duty may be conceived from the autograph letter of the immortal Nelson, who soon after succeeded to that command... Such communications from such a man, fully consoled our gallant officer for the pecuniary losses himself and crew sustained under this extraordinary breach of the rules of war; and we very soon after find him – the Cyclops being ordered home and paid off – commanding the Reindeer brig of 18 guns on the Jamaica station...' (The United Service Journal, June 1835, Part II, pp.287-288).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A rare Madras scarf or Foulard believed to have been worn by Napoleon whilst on St Helena Decorated with fruit and foliage to the centre, framed by seven chevron bands adorned with flowers and stylised foliage, embroidered with an N in brown thread, 48cm by 45.5cm,Footnotes:Provenance:Collection of Valérie Masuyer (1797-1878), lady-in-waiting to Queen Hortense, Napoleon's step-daughterThe Napoleonic Collection of the Prince's Palace of Monaco, Osenat, Fontainebleau, 16 November 2014, lot 81Exhibited:Waterloo Memorial Museum, 'Napoléon: de Waterloo à Sainte-Hélène, la naissance de la légende', 5 May to 17 October 2021Following the long-held practice of the Empress Josephine, Napoleon is known to have covered his head both day and night. Louis Constant Wairy, Napoleon's valet, remarks in his memoirs of the Empress that her '...hair was strong, beautiful, long and silky; its light chestnut hue blended admirably with that of her skin, dazzling with finesse and freshness. At the beginning of his supreme power, the empress still liked to do her hair in the morning with a red madras that gave her the look of Creole, the hottest to have' (Mémoires de Constant, premier valet de chambre de l'empereur, sur la vie privée de Napoléon, sa famille et sa cour, 1830). Doctor Barry O'Meara, Napoleon's doctor on St. Helena, noted during his visit on 5th March 1817: 'On my return from Longwood, I found Napoleon in very different spirits from yesterday. He was reclining on his sofa, in a very positive attitude, his head resting upon one of his hands, and apparently melancholy. His morning gown was on, a Madras round his head and his beard unshaved' (Barry O'Meara, Napoleon in Exile or A Voice from St. Helena, 1822). General Montholon, remarked on 13 April 1821 during the Emperor's illness '...the night was not so good, possibly because of the heavy sweating. Seven times I changed the Emperor, and each time flanelle and linen were soaked, until the madras of which he surrounds his head. These linen changes are very difficult to do without making him impatient, because he does not want to; no light in his room, there is only one candle in the next room, and that's the weakest glow of this light that I need, not to give it, but to give it everything it needs, even tie the madras on his head.'This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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NAPOLEON AT SCHÖNBRUNNEngraved Imperial Decree with manuscript insertions, signed ('Charles Maurice'), prince de Talleyrand, as 'Vice-Grand-Electeur' and ('Fouche'), duc d'Otrante, as Minister of the Interior, appointing Paul Cadroy, Mayor of Landes, to the Assembly in the canton of Aire, arrondissement of St. Sever, docketed on reverse, on one sheet of vellum, light dust staining on outer portion where folded but otherwise in clean, fresh condition, folio, (410 x 530mm.), Schoënbrunn, 20 June 1809Footnotes:NAPOLEON CONDUCTS IMPERIAL BUSINESS FROM HIS TEMPORARY HEADQUARTERS IN AUSTRIA & APPOINTS A NOTORIOUS REVOLUTIONARY TO THE ASSEMBLY.Napoleon occupied the Hapsburg palace of Schonbrunn in Vienna on two occasions, for a few days in late 1805 after his victory at Austerlitz and again for several months from May 1809, during which time he signed the eponymous treaty with Austria in October of that year. Documents issued from this palace therefore are relatively uncommon. Whilst enjoying the regal opulence of the palace and attending performances at the palace theatre, Napoleon also narrowly missed an assassination attempt at Schonbrunn by one Friedrich Saps, a pastor's son from Erfurt, who tried to stab the Emperor whilst reviewing the troops from the palace steps. Paul Cadroy (1751-1813) was a lawyer before the Revolution but after being elected to represent Landes in the National Convention and then Bouches-du-Rhône and Var, he soon 'earned a notorious reputation as a Reactionary in that region. While he denounced royalists in the Convention, in the Midi he offered them his protection. He organized his Company of Jesus, which terrorized and pursued republicans throughout the Midi, and he played a leading role in organizing many of the prison massacres in the region (especially the massacre at Fort St. Jean). Afterwards, he returned to Paris where he faced several denunciations for his actions in the Midi, particularly after he was elected to serve in the Council of 500. Having earned a detestable reputation in Paris, he became part of the Clichy Club. Sentenced to deportation in September 1796, he escaped abroad and returned to France at the end of 1799. During the Empire, he served as mayor of Saint-Server, where he died on 9 October 1813' (Karen L. Greene, The Rise and Fall of a Revolutionary: The Political Career of Louis-Marie Stanislas Fréron, Representative on Mission and Conventionnel, 1754-1802, 2004, PhD thesis online).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Sèvres plate from the dessert service for Pauline Borghèse (née Bonaparte), circa 1805The well decorated with a portrait medallion on a faux marble ground with a puce-beaded gilt border, the light-blue ground rim preserved with three green-ground panels containing swans flanking a fountain alternating with diamond-shaped panels depicting classical masks flanked by foliage and palmettes, between lilac beaded bands, 23.5cm diam., 'M.Imp.le/ de Sevres/^' stencilled in iron-red, incised II and M and painter's mark for Hirel de Choisy (active 1770-1811)Footnotes:Provenance:Ordered 6 November 1805 by Empress Joséphine and given to Princess Pauline Borghèse, sister of Napoleon ISee Camille Leprince, Napoléon Ier & la Manufacture de Sèvres, (2016), no. 72 for a full list of the service. Another example was sold at Christie's, New York, 9 April 2019, lot 127.Pauline Borghèse or Bonaparte (1780-1825) was the sixth child of Letizia Ramolino and Carlo Buonaparte, and one of Napoleon's three sisters. In 1797 she married General Charles Leclerc who died only a few years later in 1802. To solidify ties with French-occupied Italy, Napoleon therefore arranged for her to marry Camillo Borghese, 6th Prince of Sulmona. After Napoleon's fall, Pauline was the only one of his siblings to visit him on Elba during his exile. She moved to Rome after the Battle of Waterloo, where Pope Pius VII offered her and other family members his protection. In 1825 Pauline died from tuberculosis at the age of 44 in the Palazzo Borghese.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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STACK (FREDERICK RICE)[Souvenir of the Emperor Napoleon: consisting of six drawings made in the island of St. Helena], 3 hand-coloured lithographed plates only (of 6) by Charles Haghe after Stack, printed by Day and Son, mounted as issued on thick card leaves, lacking title, dedication, and all text, a few light spots in image, mounts toned, unbound [cf. Abbey Travel 319], images 235 x 330mm., [E. Gambart, 1859]Footnotes:Three plates from the rare large-paper issue, not recorded by Abbey, comprising: The 'Briars', where Napoleon lived until Longwood was ready; the Old House at Longwood; the New House at Longwood.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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BELLASIS (GEORGE HUTCHINS)Views of Saint Helena, FIRST EDITION, AUTHOR'S PRESENTATION COPY, inscribed on title 'With Geo. Hut. Bellasis best Compliments to Mr. Wilson, Surgeon', letterpress dedication to the Duke of Wellington, 3-page list of subscribers, 6 hand-coloured aquatint plates by Robert Havell after Bellasis (some watermarked '1811', text '1806'), some light toning and soiling, first 2 text leaves torn at edges, final text leaf creased, plates with stab-holes at fore-edges, untrimmed in modern blue quarter morocco, original printed wrappers bound in, wrappers strengthened at edges and with fraying repaired [Abbey Travel 309; Tooley 87], folio (340 x 450mm.), John Tyler, 1815Footnotes:Provenance: Joseph Rogers of Philadelphia, ink inscription on verso of each plateBellasis' fine aquatint views of St. Helena, dedicated to Wellington, and issued shortly after Napoleon's arrival on the island: 'at this time an object of interest to the whole world' (Dedication). The surgeon to whom Bellasis inscribes his work could be Robert Wilson (1787-1871), who in the 1820s became a close personal friend of Princess Pauline Borghese, née Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon. Four Wilsons are listed as subscribers, but none with the title Dr. which appears for other subscribers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Lady Elizabeth Butler (British, 1846-1933)Dawn of Waterloo The 'Reveille' in the bivouac of the Scots Greys on the morning of the battlesigned with initials and dated '18 EB 95' (lower left)oil on canvas127 x 196cm Footnotes:To be sold on behalf of a charitable institution.Provenance:The artist.By descent from Lady Butler to her daughter, Eileen, Viscountess Gormanston.To Eileen's daughter, Ismay, wife of Lord Ninian Crichton-Stuart.To their son, Major M.D.D. Crichton-Stuart, Palace of Falkland, Fife.Thence by descent.Property of the Falkland Stewardship Trust.Literature:Paul Isherwood & Jenny Spencer-Smith, Lady Butler, Battle Artist, exhibition catalogue, 1987, cat. no. 60, illustrated p. 108.Exhibited:Aldershot, Club House, 1895.London, Royal Academy, 1895, no. 853.London, National Army Museum, Lady Butler, Battle Artist, May–September 1987, travelling to Durham Light Infantry Museum and Arts Centre and Leeds City Art Gallery, October 1987-February 1988.Elizabeth Southerden Thompson, later Lady Butler, is arguably the greatest British military painter of the nineteenth-century. She was born in Switzerland and from the age of sixteen trained at the South Kensington Schools in London and in Florence at the Accademia di Belle Arti. As is evident in her sketchbooks, Butler had expressed an interest in military subjects from early in her training and, at the age of nineteen, even visited the site of the Battle of Waterloo. However, it was upon viewing the work of Jean Louis Meissonier whilst visiting Paris in 1870 that she was truly inspired by military subjects, and these became her sole focus. Butler's significant private commission of 1874, The Roll Call, signifies her break as a professional artist, as the work achieved critical praise and popular success when exhibited at the Royal Academy in the same year. Impressed, Queen Victoria would go on to purchase the painting and it is still held in the Royal Collection. The Roll Call, along with most other paintings produced by her in the ensuing years, would focus on the Crimean Wars.Marriage in 1877 to Colonel William Butler would bring a great deal of fresh subjects for the artist to capture, as she was able to travel widely through the British Empire with her new husband. Significant oils relating to colonial warfare were produced during this time, perhaps most notably The Remnants of an Army: Jellalabad, January 13th, 1842 and The Defence of Rorke's Drift, January 22nd, 1879. However, her husband, having recently been honoured with a knighthood and promoted to Brigadier General, was injured at Wadi Halfa in 1886. This prompted a return to permanent residence in the UK. Butler began work on the present picture in the summer of 1893 at her home in Delgany, County Wicklow. Her aim was to create as great a sense of realism as possible. As such, in her words, '...not a thing [was] painted in the studio', and instead she relied on the warm summer evenings to prepare twilight studies. Given the rural location of the family home, Butler explains where her models came from: 'I pressed many people into my service as models, and I think I got their fine Irish faces very true to nature. I even caught an Irish Dragoon home on leave in the village, whose splendid profile I saw at once would be very telling.' It is understood that this model is the central figure in the composition's foreground.In November 1893, William Butler took command of 2nd Infantry Brigade at Aldershot where the painting was continued – the old court martial hut having been fitted with skylights was repurposed as a studio. Butler made good use of the Brigade's soldiers and her sketches produced during this time show some of the focal figures slumbering and awakening. It is here that the painting was completed and in March 1895 it went on display at the Club House, Aldershot, before being exhibited at the Royal Academy in the same year.The painting shows young troopers of the 2nd Royal North British Dragoons - Scots Greys - awakening on the morning of 18th June 1815. Later that day they were to take part in the heroic charge of the Union Brigade. A charge which, at first successful, ended in terrible losses to the British. The work can therefore be seen as a commemorative piece which alludes to the ultimate sacrifice a soldier can make. Perhaps Butler's most famous painting, Scotland For Ever!, depicting the charge itself, now hangs in Leeds City Art Gallery (see fig.1).The present work represents an artist matured in their craft. It captures the stoic virtue with which Elizabeth Butler's soldiers are so often imbued, but there is a sensitivity to this work unlike others by her. In Butler's own words, it was 'never painted for the glory of war, but to portray its pathos and heroism'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A collection of 23 embroidered silk greetings postcards, all featuring regimental crests and badges, including 'The Queens', 'The Rifle Brigade', 'The Dorsetshire Regiment', 'Royal Fusiliers', 'Durham Light Infantry', 'The Hampshire Reg't', 'Machine Gun Corps' and 'The Suffolk Regt'.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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SWIFT. A collection of 59 postcards, photographs and reprints of Swift motorcars, including a colour advertising postcard for 'The Perfect Light Car - £145'. Provenance: The Tim Harding Collection of Motoring Photographs.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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A mahogany twin pedestal dining table in George III style, 20th century, by William Tillman, with two additional leaf insertions, on turned pillars and tripod bases, with label for the maker to support, 73cm high, 114cm wide, 184cm long (unextended), 274cm log overallCondition Report: Each of the leaves is 45.5cm long, the full measurements are now included in the catalogue description: 73cm high, 114cm wide, 184cm long (unextended), 274cm log overallOverall this table is in condition to be expected considering its lack of significant age, and only light use in a domestic setting. Marks, knocks, scratches, and abrasions. The additional leaves with more marks and knocks, also some colour variation - one leaf is darker in colour and probably has received less use/exposure to lightOverall with a polished appearanceThis table comes with the supporting rails and four table clips to secure elements together, to use with all leaves a further two clips may be require for full security.Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
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Attributed to Valentine Delawarr (Australian 1852-1918)Sunrise over the [?] mountains as seen from Ambleside, Tasmania Oil on canvas Signed (lower right) inscribed with title to label (verso)30.5 x 61cm (12 x 24 in.)Condition Report: Yellowing varnish and light surface dirt causing discolouration throughout. Rubbing tot he framing edges. Three areas of loss, the first to the upper edge with some associated flaking. A very small loss to the lower right quadrant in the trees. The final loss to the lower right corner. Inspection under UV reveals no obvious evidence of restoration or repair.Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 533
Continental School (19th century)Saint CatherineOil on cradled panel62 x 28cm (24¼ x 11 in.)Condition Report: Fine craquelure throughout. Rubbing to the extreme edges. Loss to the upper right corner, this has caused the paint to come loose from the panel and reveals the board beneath. Loss to the centre of the upper edge, circa. 1cm. A small further loss to the upper left hand corner along the edge. Some other small losses scattered throughout. Two white blemishes, possibly paint to the lower section of St. Catherine's robe. Horizontal cracking with associated flaking to the upper section which is possibly a later addition and part of a restorative process. Below this section the craquelure is uniform and very fine. Some visible pin holes to the panel (possible woodworm) visible to the lower section. Light surface scratches to the panel. The left and right edge possibly added to and restored. Cradled panel verso. Inspection under UV reveals a green masking varnish, scattered retouching and infilling throughout. Condition Report Disclaimer
Los 470
A pair of beech salon chairs, in the French Louis XV style, mid 20th century, each 98cm highProvenance: From the collection of the late Selwyn Demmy Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses, One rear leg to one chair is broken, there are lots of various old glue deposits in this area and will require some further attention to stabilise, the other chair appears solid and stableThe exposed elements of the show frame partly have a light wood colour/paint applied, other areas remain a more natural wood - this leads to a patchy appearance and these would benefit from a clean and probably a single finish applied. The upholstery appears in presentable order overall Please refer to additional images for visual reference to conditionAdditional measurements:87cm wide, 68cm deep overallCondition Report Disclaimer
Los 584
A pair of walnut and red and gold striped sofas, in late 19th century style, last quarter 20th century, with removable back, seat and scatter cushions, 79cm high, 185cm wide, 99cm deepCondition Report: These sofas do not feel as if they have foam inside, it is likely a wadding - in either case they do have their original firelabels sewn to the interior of the seats. The cushions do appear to be at least part featherThe upholstery overall appears in fair condition with signs of light use in a domestic setting and refelctive of their lack of significant age and useSome marks and scuffs to the legs,Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
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After Rosa Bonheur (1822-99), a bronze Ewe, early 20th century, inscribed to the edge 'Rosa B' and to the base 'IVI(?)', 10cm high, 22cm wideProvenance: From the collection of the late Selwyn Demmy Condition Report: General surface wear, scratches and dirt overall Some light chips and surface scratches to the ears and headScratches along the leading edge of the baseBase has '553' mark in red chalk/pencil and another indistinct mark to the middle (please see additional images)Please see additional images for visual reference to conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Los 375
A pair of French giltwood armchairs, circa 1860, with later checked upholstery, 88cm highCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useOld splits and cracks, some chips and losses, the painted surface uneven and with various chips and losses as well as areas of refreshingAs catalogued these have been more recently upholstered, this has some light wear consistent with use in a domestic setting. The frames are solid and stable and were probably stabilised at time of upholster, there are some signs of glue to the framesPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
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A Sheraton Revival satinwood and polychrome painted sofa table, second half 20th century, 74cm high, 127cm wide (open), 51cm deepCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useHandles all appear original, one is misshapen (or a replacement pull) and could be re-shaped or replaced furtherSome marks and light scratches to the painted surfaceSolid and stable overall Some colour variation and uneven wear to the polish to the topPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
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Six gents blazers to include Cerruti 1881, Eluidio Tucci and Jaeger in various virgin wool and silk mixes, size range 36-38" chest Regular lengthCondition: Small hole to the right sleeve of the Eluidio Tucci blue checked blazer, together with gents casual trousers to include Charles Tyrwhitt light beige slacks 32 x 32, some new with original tags, Kin and Calvin Klein formal trousers 32R (ten pairs in total) Location: BWR & Rail1
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