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Three quarter-plate ambrotype portraits comprising: two of an elderly lady, each in morocco case, and one of a mother and children; and a ninth-plate tin type portrait group, set-in sea-side illustrated card mount. (4)

Seven sixth-plate ambrotype portraits, miscellaneous subjects and cases. (7)

Eight ninth-plate ambrotype portraits, miscellaneous subjects and cases. (8)

Victorian leather bound Ambrotype album with brass plated latch, the album hold (24) pictures, some wear.

Two Victorian Ambrotype portraits of young gentlemen (2)

Photography -a pair of Victorian ambrotype portraits (2)

Victorian photographs. Four daguerreotypes  of a couple, separately and together and two children, giltmetal mounts, 110 x 80mm and   a smaller pair of ambrotype portraits (6) Fair condition

A box of miscellaneous items, to include 19th century papier-mache snuff box and cover of circular form, faux tortoiseshell pocket cigarette case, brass nameplate reading 'The 3rd Marquis of Bristol', carved stone Egyptian head, Victorian ambrotype etc

Daguerreotype and Ambrotypes, Four Portraits, a good hand-coloured half-plate ambrotype of a young lady, in red morocco case, paper concealed behind the photograph inscribed 'Martha Cook Thomas portrait taken on the 5th of July 1858', a half plate ambrotype of an elderly gentleman, uncased, inscribed verso '1858 L Veal aged 70', a quarter-plate ambrotype of an elderly lady, inscribed verso '1858 M Veal aged 65', with a cased 1/6th plate daguerreotype of a young man, c.1850, the portrait with subtle colouring, in red Morocco case (4)

Three Early Photographs of Shop Fronts, all ambrotypes c.1860 and later, Atkins & Co. Grocers, Bermonsey, London, at the junction of Grange Walk and The Grange, with the proprietor standing outside his shop, 1/6th plate in half-case; Hobson, Saddler & Harness Maker, with the proprietor standing outside his shop, location not identified, Southern England, 1/6th plate in half-case; with a later uncased quarter-plate ambrotype of the Queen & Prince Albert Public House, 125 Great Titchfield Street, Marylebone, London, advertising the proprietor as Alfred E Parker

A COLLECTION OF ANTIQUE AND LATER JEWELLERY ITEMS To include a shell cameo brooch of a girl holding a puppy with a dog by her side in a pastoral landscape, in a rope twist gold coloured setting; a 9 carat gold rope twist chain; Thomas Willmore, a George III silver anchor fob seal, Birmingham 1800, engraved with the initial B; a 19th century foliate gilt sentimental fob seal, with amethyst seal inscribed Penses A Moi; an mid 19th century circular blue enamelled floral locket, with floral chased border; a late 19th century shell cameo brooch, carved with Bacchus, in base metal setting; a mid Victorian gilt metal locket brooch, with scroll of hair on one side and an ambrotype of a gentleman on the other; and a pair of gilt metal lorgnettes Size/dimensions: first brooch 4.4cm long Gross weight: 123 grams

Mattias OLMETA (1968)In the Seine, 2003Platinum-palladium print signed, dated and titled lower right45 x 64 cmFrench photographer known for his still lifes and portraits, since he works with the old technique of the ambrotype.

Victorian Ambrotype together with engraving of Francis Bartolozzi, further photographs and prints max 40cm x 50cm (12)

A Victorian book shaped maroon morocco covered etui, spine gilt 'Lady's Companion', containing several contemporary accessories including a silver bodkin case, 90mm h, a contemporary Victorian silhouette of John Blatherwick of Blidworth Nottinghamshire and a Victorian ambrotype of a girl in a bonnet (3) Typical wear and fading of image. Ambrotype good retaining only part of the leather case

An Ambrotype, locket, studs, mourning brooch et cetera

A mixed lot of collectors items, including an early 20th century prayer mat, ivory backed mirror and brush suite, horn beaker, presentation wristwatch, cased ambrotype, medallions, lacquer box and other items

Three Victorian ambrotype cased photographs of ladies, Red Moroccan leather cases, one photo with hand coloured over decoration

GROUP OF VICTORIAN AMBROTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS

A Victorian album of prints and drawings by and assembled by Ellen Laetitia Philips, 1852-1863, principally British and Continental landscapes, including the Lake District, landscape in the Roman Campagna captioned "Early experiment in Lithography from a drawing by an artist in Rome 1818" and several similarly captioned prints, a pair of watercolours of Bolton Abbey by Anne Langton, The Rookery Eccles and Tandle Hill from earlier pictures remembered by the artist, a series of Cupids and other drawings and watercolours also by Anne Langton, Borrowdale, Derwentwater and other watercolours by W Langton and members of the family, Lancashire and north west England, view from the ramparts Canada and several other similar drawings of the city and Niagara Falls 1854, a couple at Grasmere seen from behind 1861, an early mounted ambrotype photograph of Grasmere Church, Sherringham, Northrepps and the vicinity 1862, Torquay, the south of France, Germany and Italy, several spotted and dust stained, mounted one or more to a leaf (29 x 23cm), contemporary cloth backed boards, lacks spine

Collection of ten assorted Victorian daguerreotype, ambrotype and tintype portraits, most contained within leather cases with embossed red velvet or red silk lining, largest example with scrolling foliate embossed exterior H15cm when closed W12cm

Three Victorian thermoplastic Union cases, the largest decorated in relief with mother, child, puppy and cat, the second with two young children, and the third with a spray of fruits, two cased containing daguerreotype/ambrotype portraits, largest H11.5cm when closed W7.5cm

Collection of approximately twenty Victorian photographs, mostly daguerreotype, ambrotype and tintype portraits, largely contained within leather cases and frames with gilt mounts and red velvet lining

A quantity of collectables including leather-cased ambrotype, small silver frame, silver and other coins, banknotes including Japanese Government notes (Burmese Occupation), brass rocker-blotter, Russian floral-painted egg, etc (box)

A 19th century cased Daguerreotype of a lady, six cased Ambrotype portraits and three 19th/20th century albums/diaries (10 items two vacant).

Small circular framed Chinese silk embroidery (at fault), four Australian souvenir boomerangs, two Daguerreotype photographic portraits (at fault) and three other small Ambrotype photographs

The Madame Sidney Pratten collection of guitars and related ephemera, including seven antique guitars, a Gigelira, personal sheet music with hand annotations, an original watercolour picture of a young Madame Sidney Pratten (Katharina Josefa Pelzer) and a further collection of pictures relating to Mrs Pratten and the Pelzer family After Mrs Pratten died in 1895, her sister, Guilia Pelzer, inherited many of her instruments and archive, which were sold at auction by Sotheby's in 1938. Many of these papers and one instrument were resold at Christie's on 21st July 1978 and purchased by the vendor. Aside from the two ?selected by? annotated guitars, the Gigelira, and the cloth covered music folders with their contents, the rest of this collection was bought by the vendor in another London auction following the Christie's event in 1978 It is rare to find such an archive of a prominent 19th century guitar teacher and player The collection includes: 19th century guitar labelled 'Mme Sidney Praten, Instructness to H.R.H. The Princess Louise, 1857/This guitar belonged to my father Ferdinand Pelzer, 1831'  (italics in ink in Mrs Pratten's hand, the rest printed); Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, fine hairline to centre back, further mild wear; Top: fine grained spruce with multi-string banding to the edges and sound hole, repaired cracks between the sound hole and bridge and bridge and lower body; Neck: ebonised, evidence of previous neck reset; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuners with shaped buttons; Case: original ebonised case with velvet interior bearing brass plaques to the outside inscribed 'Madame Sidney Pratten', and 'Mme Sidney Pratten/(No 2) 22A Dorset Street/Portman Sqe London'; Overall condition: good/restored. *Previously sold at a Sotheby's auction in 1938, lot 192, where attributed to Derazey, Paris 19th century guitar labelled 'Alfred Hays, Royal Exchange Buildings, E.C.', also bearing a label inscribed in hand 'Catherina Josepha Pratten, 22/.7.59', stamped with number 138 to the back of the head; Back and sides: one piece figured maple back, figured maple sides; Top: fine grained spruce with mild wear in places, multi-string banding to edges and sound hole; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony, bearing a plaque to the seventeenth fret inscribed 'Boosey & Son's/24 Holles Str/London'; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips inscribed 'Boosey and Sons London'; Case: ebonised case with green felt interior 19th century guitar labelled 'Madame R. Sidney Pratten/1863 38, Welbeck Street/Cavendish Sqre.W. London' (italics in ink in Mrs Pratten's hand, the rest printed), numbered 3538 to the tip of the head; Back and sides: birds eye maple; Top: fine grained spruce with multi-string banding to the edges with floral mother of pearl, mastic and string banding to the sound hole; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips stamped 'V (crown) R' and with shaped buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior; Overall condition: good 19th century guitar labelled 'Selected by/Mme Sidney Pratten/London 1873' (all in ink in Mrs Pratten's hand); Back and sides: Brazilian rosewood, repaired cleated cracks to centre back; Top: fine grained natural spruce with floral mother of pearl and mastic decoration to the edges and sound hole; Neck: ebonised and previously reset; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuners with round buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior bearing a label to the underside of the compartment lid advertising her teaching 'Under royal patronage'; Overall condition: good/restored Mid 19th century guitar labelled 'Addison and Hodson/Musical Instrument Seller/and/Manufacturer/to Her Majesty, and the Prince Albert/210 Regent Street and King Street/London'; Back and sides: rosewood, repairs; Top: natural spruce with pearl shield inlay, repaired crack between the bridge and shield inlay, alternate pearl inlay and boxwood string banding to the edges and sound hole; Neck: mahogany, dowelled repair; Fretboard: rosewood; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips with crown stamp and shaped buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior bearing an external label inscribed 'Madam Guilia Pelzer/Guild Hall School', the rest illegible; Overall condition: good/restored. *Sold with a black and white photograph on card showing Madame Sidney Pratten with a similar guitar, taken by W & A.H. Fry Photographers, 68, East Street Brighton and numbered in pencil 83024 'Pose 2' 19th century guitar labelled 'Selected by/Mme Sidney Pratten/London 22A Dorset Street Portman Sq.', inscribed in Mrs Pratten's hand; Back and sides: birds eye maple, repaired crack to back; Top: fine grained spruce; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: engraved brass tuning strips with oval buttons; Case: ebonised case with green felt interior; Overall condition: good/restored *The label inscription is typical of guitars resold by Mrs Pratten to her pupils Early 19th century French guitar, unlabelled; Back and sides: satinwood, two small repaired cracks to the upper bout, further repaired cracks to the treble waist; Top: fine grained spruce with multi string banding to the edges and sound hole, many repaired cracks; Neck: ebonised; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: good; Hardware: brass tuning strips inscribed 'Domet' and with shaped buttons; Case: ebonised case with red felt interior in deteriorating condition; Overall condition: fair/restored *Sold with old papers relating to Napoleon Bonaparte with an envelope hand inscribed 'Napoleon's General No. 10 Captaine Bacheville gave my father (Ferdinand Pelzer) this guitar, as a relic, he being a pupil of my father, & had a real love for him, as he played the guitar so splendidly - it was over my fathers bed for many year, Guilia Pelzer'; also including an old black and white photograph of the guitar and a black and white engraving of Ferdinand Pelzer holding a similar guitar **Sold in a Sotheby's auction in 1938, lot 211, claiming it to be 'Napoleon Bonaparte's guitar'. Later sold at a Christie's sale in 1978 as part of lot 18 Gigelira wood and straw instrument, signed 'tuned by Mrs Sidney Pratten/ 22 Dorset Street Portman Sq W/London' to one of the wooden blocks, in original case, with a 14 page sheet music (Pianoforte and Guitar Accompaniments to various pieces for the Gigelira...) Two needlework cloth covered folders enclosing sheet music with various blue crayon and other annotations. The blue folder titled with embroidered letters 'Whisper soft music to attending ears' with signature inside the front cover 'Catherina Josepha Pratten/Bow Wow/ - I-Chee-Pops-' , also containing 'Third edition in large' of 'Learning the Guitar/simplified by Mme Sydney Pratten'. The brown folder titled with embroidered letters 'I will enchant thine ear' with many pieces annotated in blue crayon. George Brown - watercolour of Katharina Josefa Pelzer, stood holding a guitar, later inscribed 'Katharina Josefa Pelzer/(Madame Sidney Pratten)/ at the age of nine years', framed within a worn velvet cushioned frame, inscribed to the back of the frame in ink (probably by Guilia Pelzer) 'Mrs Sidney Pratten bequeathed this to me' Archive of ephemera relating to Madame Sidney Pratten, including a small antique Ambrotype of a woman playing a guitar, probably Mrs Pratten; a lithograph of Guilio Regondi, a lithograph of 'Katharina Josefa Pelzer at nine years holding a guitar/Geo Brown delt/c. e. Wagstaff Sc'; a card 'from Madame Julia Pelzer' with her photo, holding a guitar to front' and four photos of Mrs Pratten holding a guitar, the largest by Byrne Richmond, 29cm x 23cm

Early 20th century portrait miniature of a young girl collecting flowers in wide gilt frame; together with a Victorian small needlework picture, two ambrotype cabinet pictures, two early 19th century silhouette miniatures, a further portrait miniature; and a late 18th century stipple engraving by John Gillray depicting the well-known Whig barrister Thomas Erskine, 'Councillor Ego', as a supporter of the French Revolution

ASSORTED PHOTOGRAPHS & PORTRAIT MINIATURES comprising an ambrotype of a soldier in uniform, possibly a dragoon, 10.5cm x 8cm (oval), in a hinged leather case; a silhouette portrait miniature of a gentleman, heightened with gold, profile to the left, 7cm x 5.75cm (oval), framed and glazed; and five others, (7).

Early 20th century portrait miniature on ivory of a young girl in Art Nouveau cabouchon set frame, together with an ambrotype photographCondition report: It appears to be in good order with just overall age related wear to the frame. Sadly there's no signs of a signature or monogram

MURRAY (JOHN)Group portrait, including Dr. John Murray, ambrotype on glass, image 170 x 220mm., [Agra, c.1855]Footnotes:Provenance: Sotheby's, Early Photographs of India: The Archive of Dr John Murray, 18 June 1999, lot 12 (part of lot); Dr. William K. Ehrenfeld; his sale, Sotheby's, 25 May 2005, lot 303; Kanwardip Gujral; his sale, Bonhams, 9 April 2008, lot 104.Exhibited: Reverie and Reality, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 2003-2004. Illustrated in exhibition catalogue, plate 9.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

American Civil War Ambrotype, depicting a Union cavalry officer.7.5cm x 6cm

A 19TH CENTURY SILHOUETTE TRIPLE PORTRAIT 'Catherine, Mary and Ann, daughters of John Hammond... of Bury St Edmunds' a single portrait of Martha Hammond, three Ambrotype photographs, probably of the same family, and another depicting members of the Wainwright/Gadesten family (3)

THREE AMBROTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS, ONE TINTED, OF TWO CHILDREN with coloured details (case hinge broken), another of a man smoking a pipe in a garden (damage to image), and the other a portrait, each 9.5 x 12cm approx

An Ambrotype Full Length Portrait of a Young Girl and two photograph fobs

A 19th Century Ambrotype and photographic slides of the Netherlands

A 19th Century ambrotype of a seated gentleman wearing a black suit, in a fitted ebonite case embossed with a mother and child, and a similar photograph of a gentleman wearing a watch chain contained in a fitted case embossed with a couple playing chess, 8.5cm x 9.5cm.

Photography - a 19th century ambrotype photograph, portrait of a gentleman, seated in a chair, oval, 7.5cm x 6cm, the union case with Scottish thistles to angles, 9.5cm x 9cm overall; another, Cupid and Psyche (2)

ASSORTED COLLECTABLES comprising two ambrotype portrait photographs, each 5.5cm x 4.25cm (oval), uniformly framed and glazed; four potlids, including one depicting a rifle contest at Wimbledon, three of them framed; an early 19th century silkwork picture of a young lady, 22.5cm x 16.5cm (oval), framed and glazed (face area torn and frayed; foxed); an R.A.C. badge (enamel chipped); and a lignum vitae ink well, with screw top, overall 5.5cm high, (9).

An ambrotype depicting a young lady in a Union case; together with another similar depicting a gentleman, in a leather case; and two similar (4).

A quantity of 19th century brooches to include ambrotype and porcelain examples (8).

A 19th cent Ambrotype possibly American interest 

Photography - a 19th century ambrotype photograph, portrait of a gentleman, seated in a chair, oval, 7.5cm x 6cm, the union case with Scottish thistles to angles, 9.5cm x 9cm overall; another, Cupid and Psyche (2)

An Ambrotype of a Sergeant wearing the Crimea and Turkish Crimea Medals. Mounted (probably in memorium) in a swivel gilt brooch, with pin-back suspension, some scratching to glazing, otherwise reasonable condition £60-£80

An Ambrotype of an Artillery Sergeant. A ninth plate (2 1/2 in x 2 in) ambrotype of an Artillery Sergeant, c.1860, contained in its original leather covered wooden case, this with gilt metal frame but lacking the lid; together with a Lantern Slide of seven Tower of London Yeoman Warders (”Beefeaters”), c.1885, six of whom are wearing medals, including James Owens V.C., reasonable condition (2) £60-£80

A small ambrotype showing what is believed to be the Tsar's son Alexei Nikolaevich sitting between two sailors on the royal yacht

THREE CASED AMBROTYPE PHOTOGRAPHS

Victorian Quality Gilt Framed Ambrotype- portrait of a lady-that can also be worn as a necklace - in a velvet green case

PHOTOGRAPHS - ASSORTED 19TH CENTURY comprising two daguerreotype portraits, each approximately 5.5cm high, each in a hinged leather case (one with broken hinge); two ambrotype photographs, each approximately 9cm high (view of house cracked); and another, (5).

Victorian Ambrotype Style Portrait Photograph In Decorative Thermoplastic Case

A Victorian embossed leather covered photograph case and a contemporary ambrotype photograph (2)

A pair of 19th Century papier mache coasters with gilt decoration - sold with two 19th Century miniature framed prints and a framed hand coloured ambrotype and another similar

Unusually large and rare ambrotype/opalotype photograph of a gentleman on glass, c. 1860.

An interesting mixed lot, to include a Georgian mahogany cased compass, 13cm wide; an ambrotype; a brass bulldog; and a pair of trench art matchstick holders.

A 19th Century Daguerrotype/Ambrotype of gent in 3D with ferns to the glass in leather frame

An Ambrotype photograph of a gentleman by Edwin Sutton, 6cm x 7cm

A 19th Century mahogany and lacquered brass R & J Beck Mirror Stereoscope, for viewing slides, book plates and cards, eyepieces engraved 'R & J Beck London & Philadephia', circa 1865, VG, slight tarnishing to mirror; with half-plate cased tinted portrait ambrotype of seated young man, with top hat on adjacent table, gilt highlights and tinting, G-VG; and portrait cabinet cards (12), G; (13)

Stereoscopic Cards, amateur (?) Boer War, manuscript caption '1901 Lord Roberts - great march, Boar (sic) Farmer being interviewed', F (1), UK topographical - 'Park Scene', country house in distance (1), ladies seated in front of ruined country house (1), harbour scene (1), Gorhambury Park gardens (1), others (4), 1860s, with Florence and antiquities, 1870s (7), 1890s-1910 (37), F M Sutcliffe studio portrait of young lady (1), American sixth-plate Daguerreotype of young lady, lightly tinted, Anson, 589 Broadway, F (1), ambrotype and other images (a lot)

A ninth plate (2 1/2 in x 2 in) tinted ambrotype of a young Hussar of the 11th (Prince Albert’s Own) Huusars, contained in its original leather covered wooden case, this with gilt metal frame but lacking the lid, fair condition £40-£60

(LC) Two Ambrotype photographs, each in leather case.      

PHOTOGRAPHS - ASSORTED comprising a daguerreotype portrait of a young man, 5cm x 4cm, framed and glazed (identified verso as William Andrew Sadler); three daguerreotype stereo portraits by T.R.Williams (one cracked), each in a leather case; an ambrotype portrait of a middle-aged man, 7cm x 6cm (oval), in a decorative vulcanite hinged case; and two others, (7).