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Sir Alfred East RA (British, 1844-1913)'A Flooded River' ('The Swollen River'), c. 1908, etching signed in pencil lower right and bearing inscription lower left 'With kind regards from your **********', framed and mounted, together with a copy of the Alfred East Art Gallery Permanent Collection Guide bookoverall 39cm x 31cm, within frame 26.3cm x 19.3cm Condition: Unexamined out of frame - some browning to print edges, foxing to paper particularly visible to top right margin, frame later. For a similar example see Alfred East Art Gallery. This work is believed to have been a gift to the artists nephew - thence by descent.
Dame Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970) 'Sleeping Darkie', c.1928, limited edition lino cut, signed in pencil to lower margin, numbered 4/50 and bearing further inscription '50 prints edition', 33.5cm x 26.25cm Condition: Unframed - some browning to paper, evidence of mounting hinges to verso at the top right and left corners. Acquired 'Dame Laura Knight - Etchings' exhibition at Blond Fine Art Ltd., 33 Sackville Street, London, April - May 1980.
Dame Laura Knight (British, 1877-1970) 'Southern Blonde', c.1928, mezzotint, signed in pencil to lower margin and bearing title35.5cm x 27.25cm Condition: Unframed - handling creases throughout - diagonal fold line to lower right corner, approx. 7cm long and 2cm deep. Staining visible to edge of right margin, pinholes to corners which have left small marks. Upper right corner of margin has some creases. Acquired 'Dame Laura Knight - Etchings' exhibition at Blond Fine Art Ltd., 33 Sackville Street, London, April - May 1980.
Royal Doulton Art Nouveau four piece tea service by Ethel Beardcomprising teapot and cover, jug, milk jug and sugar basin, mottles blue glazed ground tubeline decorated with crocuses, incised EB, impressed 8311 and factory marks, (4)teapot Height 15cm.Condition: Good condition. Free from chips or damage
A collection of hat pins to include Art Nouveau Charles Horner examples comprising a cased pair of silver ribbon design hat pins, Chester 1908 by Charles Horner, another pair of silver ribbon and ball design hat pins, Chester, no date letter by Charles Horner, two enamel decorated Liberty style hat pins, a 9ct knot design hat pin, etc., (qty)first Length 20.2 cm.Condition: Overall fair condition Some loss to enamel on both liberty style hat pins
A Collection of continental Seccessionist and other desk items and letter openersto include a polished pewter desk seal of tapering form, the ball handle decorated in relief with berried leaves, a plated desk clip letter opener with a mask as the clip another plated clip, a Christofle silver plated Ibru letter opener, the circular handed decorated in relief with an African mask, German .800 silver dip pen, the handle embossed with trailing mistletoe, a horn paper knife with plated lizard handle, and an Art Nouveau advertising celluloid letter opener the handle moulded as maiden with flowing hair, stamped The Imperial Quinine Co. Ltd, Edmonton London, (7)First Height 10.5 cm.Condition: Desk clip paper knife/clip and the clip both have rubbing to plating. a couple of small chips to edge of horn letter opener. Otherwise items in good condition.
A set of twelve George VI Old English Bead coffee spoons, and other sets of silver coffee spoonsfirst 1937 by Thomas Bradbury & Sons, second set of German .800 silver gilt coffee spoons, a cased set of Dutch .835 silver gilt coffee spoons, a cased set six Art Deco coffee spoons, a set of six mother of pearl handled tea knives and an Albany pattern sifter spoon, (qty)first Length 11.3 cm., total weight approx. 19.22 ozt.Condition: Mostly fair condition. Silver-gilt rubbed on German coffee. Art Deco set of Coffee spoons with blacking to bowls.
Edwardian and later silver to include a toast rack, three piece cruet set, butter dish and other itemsfirst London, 1900, six division with seven arched bars, central acanthus carrying handle, gadrooned frame, on ball feet, second, Sheffield, 1922/23 by Walker & hall, plain bellied form with husk borders, comprising pepper pot, mustard pot with hinged cover and twin handled salt with blue glass liners and spoons, a butter shell and knife with frosted glass liner, a pair of twin handled pedestal trophy cup salts, an Art Nouveau silver topped clear hobnail; cut jar embossed with Irises, a a plated toddy ladle and punch ladle with twisted baleen handles etc.,(qty) first Length 10.5cm. weight approx. 17.17ozt.Condition: Overall fair condition. Occasional light dings to lid of Art Nouveau pot
A George V Art Deco silver four piece tea service Sheffield, 1935 by Walker & Hallof plain squat circular form with stepped shoulders, the side with raised stylised geometric banded decoration on a spreading foot, comprising teapot and hot water pot with hinged domed covered fitted with ebonised stepped finials and conforming ebonised handles, sugar basin and cream jug, each stamped Walker & Hall 64485 (4)teapot Length 24.5cm., weight approx. 47.42ozt.Condition: Fair condition commensurate with age. Surface scratches. Teapot has knocks to footrim.
A George V silver Art Deco cigarette case, a presentation silver rose bowl and other silverfirst Birmingham, 1933 by Maye Mills & Co., rectangular with engine turned decoration and Art Deco reserve bearing initials, interior engraved with name and date together with a presentation rose bowl, engraved 'Merthyr May Horse Show Presented by J.M. Berry Esq. J.P', a small christening mug of plain tapering from engraved with initials and date, two hand mirrors, a hairbrush etc., (qty)first Length 10cm., weighable silver approx. 17.63 oztCondition: Gilt interior of cigarette case rubbed, one hand mirror lacking glass, Mirrors and hairbursh with dings, teaspoon damaged.
A Victorian silver half hunter pocket watch by Dent in a brass Trench Art display casewhite enamel dial with black Roman numerals, minute track, subsidiary seconds dial and blue steel hands, fusee movement signed Dent, London 2919, engine turned case with outer blue chapter ring marked for London, 1863, in brass case made from shell case with fitted blue velvet interior and glazed bayonet fitting cover watch case diameter 52mm., case diameter 12cm.Condition:Winds ticks and runs however no guarantee can be offered as to the full working order. Good condition The watch does wind if wound, outside case diameter 52mm. Case makers intitials TJD. Dial without flaws. All cased hinges are all sound and free from play
A Charles Horner Art Nouveau silver and enamel pendant hallmarked Chester 1906, on silver chain, enamelled in shades of blue and green leading to further pendant dropfull pendant drop including top drop 7cm., total Length 28cmCondition: The enamel in very good condition with no obvious damage or loss. The silver frame in good condition just a few very minor knocks with wear. Wearable and in good overall condition
A collection of mostly mid 20th century costume jewelleryto include an engine turned silver powder compact, a sun brooch by Askew London, a pair French Art Deco frosted glass clips, 1970s Hobe textured panel bracelet, Ciner brooch, silver cuff bangle and earrings, Trifari gilt panel bracelet, silver vesta case, lucite brooches, two German Grosse gilt necklaces, textured silver pear pendant, (qty)VariousCondition: Mostly fair to good condition Viewing recommended in person
A collection of mostly early 20th century silver and costume jewelleryto include an Arts and Crafts moss agate brooch in the manner of Bernard Instone, a citrine brooch by Charles Horner, silver-gilt amethyst brooch, pair graduated cultured pearl screwback drop earrings stamped 9ct, Chinese silver and carved white jade buddha clip, enamel, turquoise and coral set silver finger nail guard brooch, two kingfisher feather brooches, silver gilt leaf design panel bracelet, Art Nouveau floral scroll panel bracelet, Ruskin brooch,Thai silver and niello charm bracelet, paste set ivorine snake bangle, assorted shell cameo portrait brooches etc., (qty) various Condition: Mostly fair condition. Viewing recommended in person, occasional paste stones absent, rubbing.
British Army WW1 King's Liverpool Regiment medal group of four comprising 1914/1915 Star, War Medal, Victory Medal and Edward VII Territorial Force Efficiency Medal with bar named to 18 WO Class II H W Johnson to War and Victory Medals, Company Sergeant Major to 1914/1915 Star and Sergeant to Efficiency Medal, together with his miniatures, silver War Badge, Princess Mary Christmas tin and trench art lighter. See lot 210 for the WW1 medals awarded to Warrant Officer Johnson's son.
MacLellan, Bill, publisher (1919-1996) Hugh MacDiarmid and others Quantity of typed and a few manuscript submissions to Bill MacLellan, including autograph pp.2-8 of Hugh MacDiarmid article on the Scottish T.U.C., autograph pp.2-5 by MacDiarmid of an article on Prague, autograph 4pp. on "Frank Harris: My Life and Loves"; c. 7 other incomplete pages by MacDiarmid, Gunn, Neil. 6 page autograph letter to Tom Scott, containing biographical notes and several references to his novels and other works; typed letters to Neil Gunn from Tom Cottrell of the University of Stirling; and miscellaneous typed articles and poems submitted to Bill MacLellan for publication, 1940s and 50s, some with corrections in pencilNote: Note: Between 1941 and 1969 MacLellan published original poetry by Hugh MacDiarmid, Sorley MacLean, W. S. Graham, George Campbell Hay, George Bruce, Sydney Goodsir Smith and Maurice Lindsay, fiction by J.F. Hendrie, Edward Gaitens and Fionn MacColla, plays by Ewan MacColl and Robert McLellan (no relation) and books of Scottish history, art and folklore, the most notable being the Dewar Manuscripts.
Scottish herringbone binding The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments Edinburgh: Alexander Kincaid, 1764. 18mo, contemporary Scottish morocco, blind-tooled overall, covers each with panel of repeating feather devices radiating from central stem in herringbone pattern, enclosed by inner frame of heart motifs and outer frame of a doubled sawtooth roll, against a ground of flower, bird and volute motifs, A3F6/12, joints and extremities rubbed, a few small areas of wear to covers, Y3-4 slightly short (affecting catchwords), small hole in 2T3, bound with an edition of the Psalms at the rear (Kincaid, 1764, lacking final leaf) [Darlow & Moule 1157; ESTC T9194];Book of Common Prayer. The Book of Common Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments. Oxford: Mark Baskett, 1765. [Bound with:] [Vickers, William]. A Companion to the Altar. Shewing the Nature and Necessity of a Sacramental Preparation, in order to our Worthy Receiving the Holy Communion. London: John Beecroft, 1768. [And:] [Psalms]. The Whole Book of Psalms. London: for the Company of Stationers, 1767. 3 works in one volume, 8vo (18.8 x 11.8cm), contemporary red morocco, spine-compartments decorated with dotted saltires and seed-head and star tools gilt, covers each with dotted outer border enclosing lobed central panel incorporating dogtooth and floral rolls gilt, comb-marbled endpapers, all edges gilt, BCP signatures a-b8 A-2A8 2B4 (-2B4), Vickers signatures A-H8, with engraved frontispiece (apparently A1), ownership inscription of one Elizabeth Fairchild dated 1784 to the front free endpaper, and a prayer written perhaps in the same hand on the rear blank [ESTC T81419, BCP, 5 copies worldwide, T84901, Vickers, T142243, Psalms, 5 copies];Bugg, Francis. The Picture of Quakerism Drawn to the Life. In Two Parts. The First shewing the Vanity of the Quakers Pretence of their being the one, only Catholick Church of Christ … The Second, containing a Brief History of the Rise Growth, and Progress of Quakerism. London: for W. Kettleby, and W. Rogers, 1697. [Bound with:] Quakerism Withering, and Christianity Reviving ... Wherein their Errors ... are further detected, and G. Whitehead further unmask'd. London: for the author, 1694. 2 works in one volume, both first editions, 8vo, contemporary panelled calf, first work with double-page plate, front board detached [ESTC R6912 & R23819];Bunyan, John. The Pilgrim’s Progress, from this World, to that which is to come: delivered under the Similitude of a Dream. A New Edition. London: for J. Caddel, T. Dodsley, A. Baldwin, and R. Millar, 1783. 8vo, contemporary sheep, 12 woodcut plates, front board detached [ESTC T58394, 8 copies worldwide];[Angling]. The Gentleman Angler … with several Observations on Angle Rods, and Artificial Flies … also an Appendix, containing the Art of Rock and Sea Fishing … by a Gentleman who has made it is His Diversion upwards of Fourteen Years, London: for G. Kearsley, 1786. First edition, 24mo, old boards, engraved frontispiece, advertisement leaf, binding worn, general soiling to contents, front inner hinge cracking between frontispiece and title-page, light marginal worming towards front [ESTC T57574, 9 copies worldwide];Argyll, Archibald Campbell, Marquess of. Instructions to a Son, containing Rules of Conduct in Publick and Private Life. Glasgow: R. Foulis, 1743. First Scottish edition, 8vo in half-sheets, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked, bookplate of Scottish politician George Baillie (1664-1738), presumably applied posthumously by a descendant, early ownership inscription ‘Grisell Baillie’ to title-page [ESTC T108119, 7 copies worldwide];and 14 others similar (these not fully collated), comprising: Book of Common Prayer, John Baskett, 1738 (8vo, contemporary black morocco panelled in gilt, engraved additional title-page and plates, binding worn, repairs to plates); [Hannah Neale], The History of the Jews … Being an Appendix to the Sacred History in Sixteen Letters, 1796 (8vo, contemporary calf, engraved folding map, front cover detached, ESTC T114150, nine copies world-wide); [Samuel Johnson], [Rasselas] The Prince of Abissinia, The Sixth Edition, 1783 (8vo, contemporary marbled calf, spine worn); James Thomson, The Seasons, Edinburgh, 1761 (8vo, contemporary calf, 4 engraved plates); idem, Glasgow, 1775 (title-page loose); The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by King James the First and his Royal Successors, Kings and Queens of Scotland, Edinburgh, 1682 (12mo, contemporary calf); George Anson, A Voyage round the World in the Years M,DCCXL, I, II, III, IV … The Ninth Edition, 1767 (8vo, contemporary calf); Thomas Boston, A View of the Covenant of Grace from the Sacred Records, Glasgow, 1772 (8vo, contemporary sheep); Allan Ramsay, The Gentle Shepherd; A Scots Pastoral Comedy, 1775 (8vo, contemporary calf, spine worn, lacking frontispiece); Samuel Rutherford, Letters, 1825 (8vo, contemporary sheep); Theophrastus, Les caractères, Brussels, 1692 (8vo, spine worn away, title-page loose); [Sammelband of plays published by John Bell, 1776-7], comprising Aaron Hill, Zara, Thomas Otway, Venice Preserv'd, Nicholas Rowe, Jane Shore, John Huges, The Siege of Damascus, Ambrose Philips, Distrest Mother (8vo, contemporary quarter calf, worn, edges untrimmed); Samuel Johnson, A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, 1817 (lacking covers); and George Dawe, The Life of George Morland, 1807 (lacking covers)
Stella, Claudine Bouzonnet (1636-1697) Pastorales Paris: Claudine Stella, 1667. 17 plates (etchings with engraving) including pictorial title-page, all by Claudine Stella probably after Jacques Stella. Bound with:Simpol, Claude (1666-c.1710). [Les Divertissemens et les occupations de la campagne]. Paris: Jean Mariette, c.1700. 16 plates (etchings with engraving), all unsigned but after Claude Simpol, showing the 12 months and 4 seasons each represented by an occupation or associated festival or ritual, with title and verses to foot, together with 4 similar plates also after Simpol ('Le Matin'; 'Le Midy'; 'Le Soir'; 'La Nuit'). And:Cotelle, Jean (1642/6-1708). [Suite of genre scenes]. Paris: Jean Mariette, c.1700. 4 plates (etchings with engraving).Oblong folio (sheet sizes 31.6 x 41cm, plate sizes 24.5 x 31cm or similar), 19th-century half sheep binding, binding marked, Stella title-page with early ownership inscription 'Ex libris Moynieu de Fourques No 15' and later ink-stamp to lower margin, plates 9 and 11-13 with grid-shaped ink markingsNote: Note:An intriguing volume uniting inter alia two major suites of French pastoral prints both once thought to have been based on paintings by Jacques Stella (1596-1657), French neoclassicist and member of Poussin's circle, an attribution now questioned in one case and categorically dismissed in the other.'In 1667 Claudine Bouzonnet Stella published Les Pastorales, a set of sixteen prints of rural subject-matter which have been called the chefs d'œuvre of the pastoral genre in seventeenth-century France ... Without Claudine's set of prints the profusion of pastoral imagery in the eighteenth century would be almost unthinkable. For such a landmark set of prints the Pastorales are not as well known as they could be, and this is perhaps due in part to the difficulty in allocating responsibility to the two artists involved. The prints are conventionally described as engraved by Claudine ... after a set of paintings by her uncle Jacques Stella ... But ... there may never have been a set of paintings, and perhaps the designer was Claudine rather than Jacques' (Mulherron, 'Claudine Bouzonnet, Jacques Stella and the Pastorales', Print Quarterly, XXV, 2008, 4, p. 393).The first study of Claude Simpol appeared only in 1939 with the publication of an article by Helene Adhemar identifying him as an influence on Watteau. He was a pupil of the history painter Louis de Boullogne the Younger. In 2008 the two suites in this volume showing the four seasons and the twelve months were definitively attributed to him by Jamie Mulherron under the collective title 'Les Divertissemens et les Occupations de la Campagne' ('Claude Simpol's "Divertissemens" for Jean Mariette', Print Quarterly, vol. 25, no. 1, March 2008, pp. 23-36). They had previously been attributed to Jacques Stella and the question of their authorship had preoccupied art historians including Anthony Blunt.The inclusion of the four prints by Jean Cotelle is especially noteworthy as Mulherron (q.v., p. 35) describes these 'the closest equivalent to Simpol's pastorals ... which have so far escaped all art-historical attention. These are slightly more rumbustious, more "Flemish" than Simpol's, but they are clearly in the same vein and supply the same niche'.
Art, European and Persian, Printing and Wood-Engraving A collection of 13 volumes Sotheby & Co. Catalogue of the renowned collection of Western Manuscripts, the property of A. Chester Beatty. 2 volumes, 4to, plates, black half morocco gilt;Symonds, J.A. The Life of Michelangelo Buonarroti. London, 1893, 2 volumes, large 8vo, number 47 of 112 copies with photo-etchings printed on Japan paper as proofs before letters, contemporary half parchment, spines gilt, t.e.g.;Mardersteig, Giovanni. The Officina Bodoni, an account of the Work of a Hand-Press 1923-1977. Verona, 1980. 4to, original cloth, slipcase;Gibbings, Robert. The Wood Engravings. London: Dent, 1959, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;Raverat, Gwen. The Wood Engravings. London: Faber, 1959. 4to, original cloth; Grube, Ernst J. Islamic Paintings from the 11th to the 18th century in the collection of Hans P. Kraus. New York, 1972, folio, plates, original cloth;Colnaghi & Co., P. & D. Persian and Mughal Art. 1976. 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;Ettinghausen, R. Persian Miniatures in the Bernard Berenson Collection. Milan: Ricordi, 1961, folio, original pictorial cloth; Robinson, B.W., editor. Islamic Painting and the Arts of the Book. The Keir Collection. London: Faber, 1976, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;Robinson, B.W. Persian Paintings in the India Office Library. 1976, 4to, original cloth, dustwrapper;Welch, Stuart C. Royal Persian Manuscripts. London, 1976, 4to, original wrappers;together with:Dante Alighieri. The Vision, translated by H.F. Cary. Florence, [c.1905], 4to, full calf gilt embossed with bronze medallion of Dante's bust on upper cover, spine gilt;Farrington, B. Science and Politics in the Ancient World. London, 1939, 8vo, original cloth
Asian Art - The Baur Collection, Geneva 9 volumes Ayers, J. Chinese Ceramics. Geneva, 1968-1969-1972-1974, 4 volumes, number 22 (volume 1) and number 44 (volumes 2-4) of 50 copies bound in leather, dustwrappers, slipcases;Ayers, J. Japanese Ceramics. Geneva, 1984, number 44 of 50 copies bound in leather, dustwrapper, slipcase; Schneeberger, Pierre F. Chinese Jades. Geneva, 1946, number 45 of 50 copies bound in leather, dustwrapper, slipcase; Schneeberger, Pierre F. Japanese Lacquer (Selected Pieces). Geneva, 1984, number 44 of 50 copies bound in leather, dustwrapper, slipcase;Robinson, B.W. Japanese Sword-Fittings. Geneva, 1980, number 44 of 50 copies bound in leather, dustwrapper;Coullery, Marie-Thérèse and Martin S. Newstead. Netsuke (Selected Pieces). Geneva, 1977, number 44 of 50 copies bound in leather, dustwrapper, slipcase; all with plates;with the original publishing prospectus for the Chinese Ceramics and Netsuke volumesNote: Note: A fine set of very important reference works on Asian art, the volumes written by leading experts in their respective areas.1,000 copies were published of the limited edition of Chinese Ceramics, volume 2 of Chinese Ceramics being priced at £12 10s. In addition, according to the prospectus included in the lot, "Further limited edition of 50 copies printed on special paper and bound in leather, £20". The prospectus for the Netsuke volume states "Volume 6 of the series is the first to deal with Japanese art. It illustrates and describes 1,200 selected netsuke of the Baur Collection covering all manufacturing centers. The collection is particularly rich in netsuke created by artists who lived in the second part of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th century in Osaka and Tokyo. In addition to the illustrations and descriptions of these 1,200 pieces, the catalogue contains also 8 colour plates showing the work of 8 selected artists, an alphabetical list of 897 signatures illustrated on separated plates. A glossary and an index complete the book".Sets of the edition limited to 1,000 copies rarely appear on the market; sets of the special edition bound in leather are exceptionally rare.
Japanese-style erotica 'The Pillow Book. Nob + Non' [spine-title] 14 original sketches probably by a late-20th century British hand, pen-and-ink, wash and watercolour, approximate dimensions 40 x 30cm, pencilled captions in English on versos, each tipped to mount comprising two craft-paper leaves stitched together along edges, the mounts glued into stiffened cloth backstrip and laid into white silk portfolio with embroidered titles and erotic decoration to spine and front cover. Together with 3 further art portfolios:Golikova, G. V. DMT 42, Stuttgart: Edition Domberger, 1969. First edition, one of 130 'unsigned' copies from the edition of 210, but this copy signed by Golikova and illuminator Gerald Laing in pencil on the limitation leaf, folio, original white card wrappers, black dust jacket, title-page with additional silkscreen colour, 23 colour silkscreen prints, colophon leaf, pink cloth portfolio and matching slipcase, portfolio and slipcase damp-stained, integral plastic support in portfolio detached;Picasso, Pablo. Picasso 347. New York: Random House/Maecenas Press, 1970. First edition, 2 volumes, oblong folio, original quarter cloth, in original box (somewhat distressed);Jamieson, Wendell. New York by New York. New York: Assouline, 2018. First edition, 4to, original orange cloth, slipcase, retaining protective cardboard packing case
Stereoviews Large collection of stereoview photographs, c.1890-1900 approximately 320 in total, mainly albumen or gelatin silver prints, and comprising views and scenes in Great Britain and Ireland (approx. 60), South Africa including Second Boer War interest (7), Middle East and Asia (approx. 20, including Japan, Egypt, Jerusalem, India, 'A spirit chair - one of the venerated objects which graces the funeral pageant of the wealthy man, Nanking, China', etc.), Western Front (17), USA and Canada (approx. 30, including 'The Old Cotton Field', 'A Family of Cotton Pickers, Georgia, U.S.A', 'An early morning breakfast with Canadian hunters, Quebec', 'A Banana Plantation at Orizaba, Mexico', and views in New York City, Chicago, Toronto, and elsewhere), Europe (70, including many of Switzerland and France), and assorted subjects including comic or sentimental scenes and still lifes (approx. 115), manufactures include The Fine-Art Photographers Publishing Co., Underwood & Underwood, Realistic Travels Publishers, and others, housed in a hand-painted Chinese export box. The lot sold with associated wooden table-top stereoviewer
India Journal of Indian Art London: W. Griggs, 1884-6. Volume 1 only, an extensive fragment in the original parts, containing 128 plates including numerous colour photolithographs or 'chromo-photo-collotypes', parts 1, 4-11 and 14 in original wrappers (a few split along spines), parts 12-13 retaining front wrappers only (part 12 wrapper with crude repairs, part 13 wrapper torn), with 18 plates unassigned to a part but front wrappers for parts 3 and 16 also present, the lot sold as a collection of plates, not subject to return

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