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Preisdatenbank abonnierenSterling Silver Proof Medallion commemorating the Queen's Bicentennial Visit to the United States 1976, obv. 'H.M. QUEEN ELIZABETH II QUEEN OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ' around Queen's portrait & rose, thistle & shamrock emblem, rev.'UNITED STATES BICENTENNIAL VISIT JULY 1976' around Liberty Bell; 51mm, 51.58g, edge hallmarked, in case of issue, no certificate BU
An oil on canvas portrait of Sir Richard Runciman Terry, 26 1/2" x 21", in gilt frame, together with a short monograph, "Westminster Retrospective", Hilda Andrews, 1948, a number of sheets of headed paper and two photographs (Sir Richard Terry was director of the choir at Westminster Cathedral 1901 to 1924)
An Aesthetic Movement walnut, parcel gilt and polychrome painted side cabinet, last quarter 19th century, attributed to Collier & Plucknett, with floral painted panels throughout, the painted panel to the cresting centred by a portrait roundel of a maiden, 238cm high, 170cm wide, 50cm deep Provenance: By family repute, purchased from a sale a Wood Norton, Worcestershire in 1912 when Prince Philippe, Duke of Orléans left the estate. A bedroom suite with near identically decorated panels by Collier & Plucknett of Warwick & Leamington sold in these rooms in May 2021James Plucknett was originally in partnership with Frederick Collier with showroom in Leamington Spa and workshops in Warwick. The firm advertised in various trade directories between 1872-1880 and gained many commissions from well healed local families as well as from further afield. They advertises themselves as '...Manufacturers of rich carved furniture in the peculiar styles characteristic of the Gothic, Tudor and Elizabethan ages' Perhaps Collier and Plucknett's best known commission was for Tyntesfield, the celebrated Victorian Mansion, which was re-modelled for William Gibbs (1790-1875). Collier and Plucknett supplied much of the Gothic revival furniture to Tyntesfield. Today Tyntesfield is owned by the national trust and as well as examples of furniture visitors can also view the fully fitted Collier and Plucknett bathroom of Matilda Blanche GibbsCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and useSome old chips and losses to timber and also to some areas of the decoration, the concave gilt and painted element with a significant old loss to the surface toward one corner, some of the other panels with old marks, scratches, and areas of lossThe handles and locks appear original throughout, there is one small key present that operates the lock to one of the small glazed cupboards, the other one remains locked, the lower cupboard doors are open at time of report, there are no locks to the drawers by design, one lower door appears to have been forced open at some point and there are knocks, indentation and damage to timber here. One escutcheon to a glazed cupboard is loose - it requires a pin to straighten and secureThe gilt to the recesses is worn Some marks scratches and staining to the topPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to conditionThe provenance came from the vendor, a copy of the book Wood Norton Hall by John Richard Hodges is provided along side with an illustration of the cabinet and a note about it's reputed provenance. The copy of the page (46) is provided in the additional images onlineCondition Report Disclaimer
A London stoneware inscribed and dated Royal commemorative tankard, 1723, probably Vauxhall, of cylindrical form and with grooved strap handle, applied with a portrait of Queen Anne within an oval cartouche flanked by four roses and two topiarized trees and two oak trees, above a hunter with his hounds, the top rim inscribed This is to y Pious Memory of Queen Ann Drink all out & fill it a again, incised date 1723, with late 18th century silver rim and a cover inset with coins, the centre with a Duke of Marlborough silver medal dated 1703 and the thumbpiece copper coin dated 1714, overall height to top of thumbpiece 23cm Condition Report: small chip at edge of silver mount approximately 8mm x 4mm8cm fine hair crack running vertically from rim into body scale chip to underside of foot rim approximately 2.3cm x 7mm possibly an extension of a firing fault unexamined under the later silver mount which might be covering damage to rim pin that holds lid to rim lacking and some wear to coins and knocks and wear to cover Condition Report Disclaimer
Evelyn (John). Silva: or, a Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesty's dominions: as it was delivered in the Royal Society on the 15th day of October, 1662... To which is added The Terra: A Philosophical Discourse of Earth... with notes by A. Hunter, 2 parts in one, York: A. Ward for J. Dodsley, 1776, engraved portrait frontispiece, 40 engraved plates (one folding), folding table, engraved plate and folding table in 2nd part, advertisement for the work at end, occasional light offsetting and toning, bookplates, contemporary calf, spine rubbed with vertical split, joints cracking, some edge wear, 4to, together with Thomas Pennant's History of Quadrupeds, 2 volumes, 1781 & Arctic Zoology, 3 volumes including Supplement, 1784 (defective and ex-libris)Qty: (6)
Goldsmith (Oliver). A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 volumes, Edinburgh and London: A. Fullarton and Co., c.1848, engraved portrait frontispiece to volume I (some marginal damp staining), additional hand-coloured vignette titles to each (that to volume 2 offset), 71 hand-coloured etched plates only (of 72, lacking plate 16), some finger- and dust-soiling, occasional minor spots or marks, plate 34 with small loss to lower outer blank corner, plate 49 with short closed edge tear (crossing plate border, not affecting image), each letterpress title with ink library stamp on verso, volume 2 with minor worming to final few leaves, bookseller's ticket on each rear pastedown, hinges cracking, contemporary tan half calf, rubbed and faded with some wear and marks, volume 2 with some loss to leather on rear cover, large 8vo, together with another edition of the same: A History of the Earth and Animated Nature, 2 volumes, London: Blackie & Son, 1868, half-titles, engraved portrait frontispiece and hand-coloured additional vignette title to each, numerous engraved plates, many with hand-colouring, wood-engraved illustrations to text, some light finger-soiling and occasional spotting to plates (mainly affecting uncoloured plates), letterpress somewhat toned with scattered spotting, volume 1 with scarce marginal damp staining, hinges cracking, top edges gilt, contemporary dark green half morocco gilt, faded, stained and rubbed, most corners showing, large 8voQty: (4)
* Attributed to Giovanni Battista Ray (1881-1982). Enrico Caruso, 1920, pen and ink caricature of the opera singer painting a self-portrait, signed 'Ray' bottom right, 26.5 x 21.5 cm mount aperture, framed and glazed, frame size 41 x 33 cm, together with Francesco Tamago, pen and ink caricature, signed 'Ray' lower right, 28 x 21.5 cm mount aperture, framed and glazed, frame size 41 x 33 cm, plus a framed print of a playbill titled "My Cousin Caruso", with printed date of 1909, signed by Christabel Aurora Nicholls? top right, 35 x 26.5 cm, framed and glazedQty: (3)
Briffault (Frederic T.) The Prisoner of Ham: Authentic details of the captivity and escape of Prince Napoleon Louis, 1st edition in English, London: T.C. Newby, 1846, portrait frontispiece, folding plan (with tear along one fold), 2 lithograph plates, 4 folding facsimile letters, Wigan Public Library ink stamp to title verso, a few blindstamps, occasional spotting and light toning, bequeathal bookplate to the library from Frank Halliday Cheetham (1872-1937), ink inscription 'H.A. Payne the gift of Prince Napoleon Louis Bonaparte' to front pastedown, top edge gilt, original cloth gilt head of spine and lower joint split, a little rubbed with light stains, 8voQty: (1)NOTESScarce. Account of French Emperor Napoleon III's attempt to seize power in 1840, his capture and imprisonment in the fortress of Ham, and subsequent escape back to Britain in 1846.
Luther (Martin). Der Ander Teil der Bu?cher D. Mart. Luth. Darin alle Streitschrifften, sampt etliche Sendbrieuen an Fu?rsten und Stedte..., Wittenberg: Simon Gronenberg, 1588, title in red & black and with woodcut illustration, browning throughout and some damp stains, few worm holes, later pastedowns, contemporary blind stamped pigskin over wooden boards, blind embossed portrait to centre of each board, brass clasps present of twisted & chased form, foot of spine and board corners repaired, some damp staining and soiling, few small worm holes, folio, together with: Lapide (Cornelius a?), R.P. Cornelii Cornelii a Lapide e Societate Jesu ... Commentarii in IV. Evangelia, in duo volumina divisi ... Indicibus necessariis illustratus., 2 volumes in one, Antwerp: Henricum & Cornelium Verdussen, 1712, engraved frontispiece, printer's woodcut device to each title, first title with two old oval ink stamps, some toning, scattered spotting and few minor damp stains, contemporary blind embossed pigskin over wooden boards, brass clasps present with chased decoration, later maroon roan title label to spine, some soiling, folioQty: (2)
Sallust. C. Crispi Salustii de L. Sergii Catilinæ Coniuratione, ac bello Jugurthino historiæ, Gandavi : Ex officina Cornelii Manilii, 1556, printer's woodcut device to title (small hole to fore-margin), occasional marginalia, minor damp stains, some fraying to margins, contemporary limp vellum, lightly dust-soiled, without ties, small 8vo, together with: Lucano (Marco Anneo), M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia, siue De bello ciuili Caesaris et Pompeii lib. X ex emendatione V.C. Hug: Grotii. cum eiusdem notis, Amsterdam: typis Danielis Elzevirii ..., 1671, engraved title (torn to lower blank margin and bookplate to verso), edges frayed, front endpaper removed, contemporary vellum, 16mo in 8s, Junius, Stat nominis umbra, 2 voilumes, London: printed by T. Bensley for Vernor and Hood, J. Cuthell, Lackington, et al., 1801, engraved portrait frontispiece and additional engraved titles to each, 19 engraved portrait plates, wood engraved vignettes by Thomas Bewick, some toning and scattered spotting, bookplates of Joceline Percy and Jown William Pease, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt decorated red straight-grain morocco, spines slightly faded, 8vo, Justinus (Marcus Junianus), Justini Historiarum ex Trogo Pompeio lib. XLIV cum notis Isaaci Vossii, Leiden: Ex officina Elzeviriana, 1640, engraved title, contemporary calf, lacking upper board, worn, 12mo, Amhurst (Nicholas), Terræ-filius: or, the secret history of the University of Oxford; in several essays. To which are added, remarks upon a late book, entitled, University education, by R. Newton, 2 volumes, London: R. Francklin, 1726, engraved frontispiece to each, titles in red & black, scattered spotting, adhesive tape residue to front hinges, bookplate of C.A. Branston to upper pastedowns, contemporary calf, joints cracked, 12mo in 6s, Marino (Giambattista), L'adone : poema del Cavalier Marino con gl'argomenti, le allegorie, e l'aggiunta di pezzi fuggitivi, 4 volumes, London, 1789, engraved titles and numerous engraved plates, contemporary calf, gilt decorated spines, 12mo, Mannercrantz (C. Gust). Kort Grammatica Eller Underrättelse Om Forsta Grunderne af Engelska Spraket, Stockholm: Tryckt i Stolpiska Tryckeriet, 1783, library stamp to title & final leaf, contemporary marginal notes to some leaves, contemporary and later notations to front endpaper, library ink stamp to endpapers, contemporary half sheep, rubbed and some wear, 12mo, and three othersQty: (15)
Ramsay (Allan). The Gentle Shepherd. A Pastoral Comedy, Glasgow: A. Foulis & London: J. Murray, 1788, half title, aquatint portrait frontispiece, 12 aquatint plates by David Allan, 9 engraved leaves of music at end, occasional light water stains and soiling, presentation inscription and annotation to front endpaper, contemporary half calf, some wear to corners, a little rubbed, 4toNOTESAbbey Life 244. First published in 1725, this is the first illustrated edition of the popular pastoral comedy, with the plates engraved by the artist David Allan, known as "the Scottish Hogarth".
Rosetti (Dante Gabriel). Dante Gabriel Rossetti. His Family-Letters, with a memoir by William Michael Rossetti, 2 volumes, London: Ellis and Elvey, 1895, portrait frontispieces, advertisement leaves at end, endpapers toned, top edge gilt, original vellum-backed cloth, some light stains, 8vo, together with Rossetti Papers 1862 to 1870. A compilation by William Michael Rossetti, 1903 (with a presentation inscription from W.M. Rossetti to F. Mabel Robinson, July 1903)Qty: (3)NOTESFirst work large paper limited edition 21/50.
Donaldson (M. E. M.). Further Wanderings - Mainly in Argyll, 1st edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, circa 1933, inscribed by the author 'To my old friend "Eagerheart" (May Wilkinson)...', numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jacket, covers slightly toned & rubbed with minor tears & loss to head & foot, 8vo, includes a sepia photograph laid to card & inscribed on the back by the author, Ibid., Wanderings In The Western Highlands, 3rd edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, circa 1930, signed by the author to the title page, numerous monochrome illustrations some minor toning & spotting, publishers original cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with some loss to head & foot, 8vo, Ibid., Islesmen of Bride..., 1st edition, Paisley: Alexander Gardner, circa 1928, extra leaf inscribed by the author & laid down to the front endpaper, some minor spotting original cloth in dust jacket, 8vo, together with: Jakobsen (Jakob), An Etymological Dictionary of the Norn Language in Shetland, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: David Nutt,1928, monochrome portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light toning & spotting, original cloth in dust jackets, covers slightly toned & rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, plus Grieve (Symington), The Book of Colonsay and Oronsay, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1923, volume 2 inscribed hy the author to head of the half-title, folding map to the front of volume 1, monochrome illustrations, some light spotting & toning, original uniform cloth in dust jackets, spines toned & rubbed with slight loss, 8vo, and other early 20th-century Scotland reference, all original cloth in dust jackets, 8vo/4toQty: (16)
Bennett (William). John Baskerville. The Birmingham Printer, his Press, Relations and Friends, 2 volumes, Birmingham: City of Birmingham School of Printing Central School of Arts & Crafts, 1937, portrait frontispiece to volume 2 and one illustration, original cloth in slipcases, tall 8voQty: (2)NOTESFront free endpaper of first volume inscribed 'To Thomas Cuthbertson with best regards from the author and printer Eilliam Bennett [&] Leonard Jay, 22.3.37'
Tardieu (Ambroise). La Colonne de la Grande Armee d'Austerlitz ou De la Victoire, Monument Triomphal eleve a la gloire de la Grande Armee par Napoleon..., Paris: Au depot de l'Atlas Geographique, circa 1830s, 38 engraved plates (of 40?), original orange coloured boards, joints cracked, slight wear to extremities, slim 4to, together with: Dayot (Armand), Napole?on raconte? par l'image : d'apre?s les sculpteurs, les graveurs et les peintres, Paris: Librairie Hachette et Cie., 1895, wood engraved portrait frontispiece, photogravure plates and illustrations, all edges gilt, original gilt & blind blocked green morocco, spine faded to brown, folio, Job (pseud.), La Vieille Garde Impériale, illustrations de Job, Tours: Maison Alfred Mame et fils, circa 1900, hand-coloured wood engraved frontispiece and plates, uncoloured wood engraved illustrations, near contemporary dark green quarter morocco, folio, Job (Pseud. & Montorgueil), Bonaparte, Paris: Boivin & Cie, 1910, numerous full-page chromolithograph illustrations including some double-page, original gilt-blocked pictorial cloth, slim square folio, Ibid., La Cantiniere (France-son Histoire)..., Paris: Boivin & Cie Editeurs, circa 1900, numerous chromolithograph illustrations (some full-page), original pictorial boards, slim square folio, and others similar, mostly printed in French, relatedQty: (20)
Axe (J. Wortley). The Horse, its treatment in health and disease..., 9 volumes, London: The Gresham Publishing Company, 1906, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, some light marginal toning, publishers original uniform green cloth designed by Talwin Morris, boards & spines slightly rubbed, large 8vo, together with; Sports & Sportsmen Ltd., British Sports and Sportsmen, modern flat-racing..., limited edition, London, 1934, numerous monochrome illustrations & portrait plates with tissue guards, minor marginal toning & marks, all edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated full red morocco, boards & spine rubbed & marked, folio, 570/1000 copies, plus other early 20th-century & modern sporting & equestrian reference & related, mostly original cloth, some in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio 27 volumesQty: (2 shelves )
Rolt (Richard). Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable John Lindesay, Earl of Craufurd and Lindesay, London: printed for Henry Köpp, 1753, black & white engraved portrait frontispiece, vignette to head of d3, folding map to pp.160, minor worming to the foot of margins from the front endpaper to pp.252, some light spotting & toning, contemporary gilt decorated full calf, hinges cracked, boards & spine rubbed with minor loss, 4to, together with other 18th & 19th-century literature & reference including 4 manuscripts of declarations by ships' masters about troubled sea passages, circa 1830, mostly leather bindings, overall condition is fair/very good, 8vo/folioQty: (6 shelves )
Balfour (J. A.). The Book of Arran, Archaeology, History and Folklore, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Glasgow: The Arran Society of Glasgow, 1910, numerous monochrome illustrations, period inscriptions to the front endpapers, some light spotting, top edges gilt, publishers original gilt decorated brown cloth with green morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed, 4to, limited to 550 copies, together with; Edmondston (Thomas), An Etymological Glossary of the Shetland & Orkney Dialect..., 1st edition, Edinburgh: Adam and Charles Black, 1866, some light toning, publishers original plum cloth, spine slightly faded & rubbed, 8vo, plus Maxwell (W. H.), Wanderings in the Highlands and Islands,..., 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: A. H. Baily & Co., 1844, portrait frontispiece to volume 1, some light toning, publishers original uniform plum cloth, spines lightly rubbed to head & foot, 8vo, and other 19th & early 20th-century Scottish history & reference, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (6 shelves )
Hunter (Andrew Alexander, editor). Cheltenham College Register 1841-1889, 1st edition 1890, portrait frontispiece, original cloth gilt, rebacked with original spine relaid, rubbed and slightly faded and soiled, small folio, together with Pruen (Septimus), The Cheltenham Improvement Act, 1852, with Notes, an Appendix... , Cheltenham: W. Paine, 1853, some edge creasing, modern half calf gilt over marbled boards, large 8vo, plus Lee (John, publisher), A New Guide to Cheltenham, and its Environs, 2nd edition, [1837?], engraved vignette to title, 2 folding engraved plans, a few vignettes to text, modern half calf over marbled boards, small 8vo, plus other mostly Cheltenham and Gloucestershire interest including some manuscript and ephemera items, including 23 x Kelly's Directory for Cheltenham, 1930/1975, "Looker-On" Directory for Cheltenham & Gloucester, 1913 & 1916, 3 Sharpe & Fisher trade catalogues (1939), Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, Illustrated London News (January to December 1855), etc., various bindings and sizes, some wearQty: (5 shelves)
Henry Pierce Bone (1779-1855) after Robert Walker (1599-1658) Portrait miniature of Sir Charles Lucas (1613-1648), wearing armour Signed, dated and inscribed on the counter-enamel in red paint P.M/Ve**Mix B/Sir Charles Lucas Kt./Governor of Colchester on the surrender of which Place/he was ungenerously shot by order of Lord Fairfax./ London March 1834. Painted/by Henry Pierce Bone, enamel painter to/her Majesty and their Royal Highnesses the/ Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria. After/ the original by Walker in the collection of the/Honble Lord Lyttelton, Hagley, Worcestershire Enamel on copper, rectangular, in a giltwood frame 121 x 97mm Sir Charles Lucas served in the Royalist armies during the civil war, but was forced to surrender at the siege of Colchester, and was subsequently condemned to death.
λEnglish School c.1770 Portrait miniature of a gentleman in the dress of Cambridge regent MA Oval, in a gilt metal frame 45 x 35.7mm Provenance: Bonhams, London, Silhouettes and Portrait Miniatures, 30 June 1999, lot 147 (as Charles Dixon); Woolley and Wallis, Salisbury, Old Masters, British & European Paintings, 12 September 2017, lot 18 (as Dixon), where purchased by the present private collector
Attributed to Daniel Gardner (c.1750-1805) Portrait of a gentleman, half-length, in a blue coat, before a column Pastel and gouache on paper over canvas, oval 32.2 x 27cm; 12¾ x 10½in Literature: Neil Jeffares, "Daniel Gardner", Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no. J.338.18923
Hugh Douglas Hamilton (Irish c.1740-1808) Portrait of William Tighe MP (1738-1782), of Rosanna and Woodstock, bust length, wearing a brown coat Pastel, oval 23.7 x 18.9cm; 9¼ x 7½in Provenance: Possibly Charles R. Hamilton, Hamwood, Dunboyne Literature: Possibly W.G. Strickland, 'Hugh Douglas Hamilton, portrait-painter', in Walpole Society, vol. II, 1912-13, p. 108; Neil Jeffares, "Hugh Douglas Hamilton", Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online edition, no. J.375.19241 William Tighe was a cousin of the Anglo-Irish poet Mary Tighe (1772-1810) as well as the famous Ladies of Llangollen.
After Sir Joshua Reynolds Portrait of Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham (1730-1782), half-length, in the robes of the Order of the Garter Pastel 61.6 x 44cm; 24¼ x 17¼in Provenance: Cooper & Tanner, Frome, 18 October 2017, lot 252 (as 19th Century Portrait of a gentleman) Literature: Neil Jeffares, "Sir Joshua Reynolds", Dictionary of Pastellists before 1800, online edition, accessed 16/06/2021, no. J.6174.171 After the original in St. Osyth's Priory, Essex. Charles Watson-Wentworth was a Whig statesman, who twice served as Prime Minister.
λHorace Hone ARA (1754-1825) Portrait miniature of a gentleman, wearing a brown coat and yellow waistcoat, with powdered hair Oval in a gilt metal frame with blue glass and hair back with beaded monogram 70 x 55mm For another version of this work, see Christie's, London, 22 May 2001, lot 171. The Christie's version is dated 1796, but conflicting inscriptions identify the sitter as either Viscount Mornington or as Luke Gardiner.
λAndrew Benjamin Lens (c.1713-c.1779) Portrait miniature of a gentleman, wearing a blue lined beige coat, blue waistcoat and with powdered hair Signed with monogram (centre left) Oval, in a gilt metal frame 45 x 36mm Provenance: The Comerford Collection; Ellison Fine Art; Private Collection Literature: The Comerford Collection: Portrait Miniatures (Dublin, 2009), pp.9, 42, no.166 Exhibited: Dublin, Irish Architectural Archive, The Comerford Collection, 2009
λH. M. S. Stuart (19th Century) Portrait miniature of Sir Dugald Stuart, 2nd Baronet (d.1672) Signed, dated and inscribed From a drawing on/Vellum of Sir Dugald/Stuart, father of the first Earl of Bute,/in the possession of/the Marquesses of Bute/at Mount Stuart/by H M S Stuart/Decbr 1841 (to label) Oval, en grisaille, in a rectangular ebonised frame 74 x 62mm
Giuseppe Fagnani (Italian 1819-1873) Portrait of Mary Craig Wharton Wadsworth (1814-1874) Signed and dated fagnani 1853 (lower right) Pencil and watercolour heightened with white, oval 30.5 x 25.4cm; 12 x 10in Provenance: By descent from the sitter The sitter was the wife of General James S. Wadsworth (1807-1864), a union general in the American Civil War.
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