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Click here to subscribeAn Art Deco Royal Doulton Deluxe pattern bachelor's tea set, first half 20th century, comprising teapot and cover, tea cup and saucer, sugar bowl, milk jug and side plate, printed marks to base, height of teapot 13.5cm.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.
A Kosta Boda studio art glass vase, designed by Kjell Engman, decorated with a landscape of trees and birds, etched marks including artist's signature to base, height 10cm.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.
A Burmantofts art pottery bottle vase, circa 1882-1904, covered in a yellow glaze with incised decoration, impressed marks including '824' to base, height 35.5cm, together with a similar Burmantofts vase, covered in a yellow glaze with impressed stylized floral decoration, impressed marks including '358' to base, height 23.5cm.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.
An Art Deco Clarice Cliff Bizarre Gayday pattern vase, 1930s, shape No. 269, black printed and painted marks to base, height 15cm.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.
A small group of art glass, including a Riihimaki green Tulppaani design vase, designed by Tamara Aladin, No. 1516, height 19.5cm, a Glasbruk smoky grey vase, designed by Rune Strand, a red glass bowl with cast iron two-handled stand and a lobed perfume bottle and stopper.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.
A Copeland Crystal Palace Art Union Parian bust of Purity, circa 1869, modelled after M. Noble, the socle base impressed 'Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union Pub. November 1869', height 33cm.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.
An Art Deco Lalique opalescent glass Coquilles pattern bowl, pre-1945, No. 3204, engraved marks to base, diameter 13.3cm.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.
A large Whitefriars glass knobbly vase, 1960s, designed by Wilson and Dyer, with streaks of brown, height 21.5cm, together with a small group of art glass, including a Kosta bowl, numbered '56190', and a Tapio Wirkkala vase.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.
A collection of German Eisch art glass, second half 20th century, including various Peacock's Eye series vases, one of globular design against a black ground, height 17cm, and a Julia Eichinger-Eisch plate, decorated with two abstract figures, length 31cm, together with a book 'Die Eisch-Hutte' by Katharina Eisch.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.
Cookery.- Edlin (A.) A Treatise on the Art of Bread-Making, first edition, 5 folding tables at end, occasional foxing, bookplate of William Middleton of Crowfield Hall, Suffolk, contemporary sheep-backed boards, vellum corners, rubbed, joints cracked, uncut, [Kress 19049; Bitting, p.140; Cagle 662; Simon 584], 12mo, 1805.
*** Please note, the description of this lot has changed ***Wilde (Oscar) Echoes. Tales originally related by Oscar Wilde, to Gabrielle Enthoven, and afterwards recorded by her, press clipping laid down to rear pastedown, original wrappers, upper cover with book label lower corner 'Hallam Fordham', upper cover worn through at staples, [c.1948]; and a photograph of Gabrielle Enthoven, corners stuck down onto board, loosely inserted, v.s. (2)⁂ 'The Poet'; 'The Actress'; 'Simon of Cyrene' and 'Jezabel'. Gabrielle Enthoven (1868-1950) knew Oscar Wilde, visiting him as a young girl, after which she purportedly would return home and copy down the stories he had told her. At some point she had a few copies (c.5 or 6) printed, giving one to the British Library in 1948. This present copy is known to be 3cm longer than that in the BL and in wrappers of a different colour. The same stories, however, also appeared in 'The Mask: A Quarterly Journal of the Art of the Theatre' (1912), and were reported as recounted to Aimée Lowther, also a young friend of Wilde's, who similarly recorded them for posterity. It is possible the same stories were told to both young women.
Surveying.- Wing (Vincent) Geodaetes Practicus: Or, the Art of Surveying. Surveyed and laid out in a more Accurate, Plain and Expeditious Plat, then hath hitherto been performed. Being a Worke very usefull for Surveyors, Architects, Engineers, Masons, Carpenters, Joyners, Brick-layers, Glasiers, Painters etc., The Second Edition, 2 engraved plates (1 folding) and numerous woodcut diagrams, some staining affecting 15pp., some edges cropped affecting headlines, slightly browned, contemporary ink signatures of Adam Jervis and Frances Cleaton on title, 19th century bookplate of Tycho Wing V on front pastedown, front free endpaper loose, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, upper cover detached, head and tail of spine chipped, [Wing W2991A; ESTC lists 3 copies only, not in BL], 8vo, by Wil. Leybourne, for George Sawbridge, 1666.⁂ A scarce edition, only three other copies of this edition are known to have survived the Great Fire of London."[Wing's] Geodates practicus, or, The Art of Surveying (1664) provided a thorough exposition of the principles and practice of land and quantity surveying, using some of his own commissions as case studies. It describes the use of instruments, including a chain scale he had invented and demonstrated in 1637 at the age of eighteen. He intended the book to be of use for bricklayers, plasterers, and other craftsmen, and included some useful tables on their costs and charges." - Oxford DNB.
Lake District.- Holland (Peter, Liverpool-based artist who exhibited at the Royal Academy, active c. 1781 to 1812) Sketches of the Lakes, an album containing 62 original watercolour studies of lakes, waterfalls, bridges, and sites of natural interest, including the 'Bowder Stone in Barrowdale, Cumberland', many of which appear to have been used as designs for aquatints engraved by C. Rosenberg in a scarce publication of the same name (see second item), pen and ink title page 'Sketches of the Lakes by Peter Holland', 3 pp. with pen and ink numbered list, each with title identifying location, all on uniform laid paper with watermarks of the letters 'VDL', each leaf approx. 160 x 210 mm (6 1/4 x 8 1/4 in), all with ruled brown ink borders, marginal inscriptions and number to upper right corner of each, occasional minor spotting and browning, some surface dirt, owner's ink inscription to front free endpaper and bookplate to front pastedown, minor worm damage to front pastedown and first few leaves, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, blind tooled, gilt, scuffed and rubbed, worn, oblong 8vo, 1771; together with Holland's Select Views of the Lakes in Cumberland, Westmoreland, and Lancashire from drawings made by P. Holland, engraved by C. Rosenberg, title, 21 aquatints, each with accompanying descriptive text leaf, scattered browning throughout, some surface dirt, stitched binding loose in places, a few leaves coming loose, blue paper wrappers, oblong 4to, printed by James Smith, for John Peeling, 1772 (2) Provenance: [Album of watercolours] Daniel Daulby, Liverpool (Liverpool brewer, prints and drawings collector, author of a catalogue of Rembrandt's etchings in 1796, died 1799); probably his posthumous sale Liverpool, 12 August 1799 and 8 following days (T. Vernon); Private collection, Cumbria.[Aquatints] Henry Swainson Cowper (1865-1941); Private collection, Cumbria.⁂ Holland exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1781, 1782, and 1793, and in the latter exhibition the artist included 2 landscapes of Cumberland subjects. He also exhibited at the 'Second Exhibition of the Society for Promoting Painting and Design in Liverpool' in 1787, where he exhibited alongside paintings by Fuseli, Gainsborough, Reynolds and Stubbs. [see E. Rimbault Dibdin, Liverpool Art and Artists in the Eighteenth Century, The Walpole Soc., vol. 6, p. 85].
Theatre.- Pine (Robert Edge, publisher) The Death Mask of David Garrick, mezzotint, scratch letter proof, with [?]collector's initials in brown ink in lower right corner of lettered margin, a slightly rubbed impression on laid paper mounted on support, platemark 240 x 154 mm (9 1/2 x 6 1/8 in), sheet 304 x 250 mm (12 x 3/4 in), old folds visible, surface dirt, minor abrasion, pencil inscriptions to lower margin, marginal spotting, unframed, 1779.Literature:Chaloner Smith 68⁂ Scarce at auction. Only a small number of impressions have appeared on art market in the last two decades; most notably the Christopher Lennox-Boyd copy selling at Christie's in 2008 (see British Mezzotints and Printed Handkerchiefs, 3rd December 2008, lot 18)
Fleece Press.- Rogerson (Ian) Barnett Freedman: The Graphic Art, one of 500 copies, DVD in pocket at end, prospectus and other ephemera loosely inserted, 2006; Tone, texture, light and shade: a Barnett Freedman Picture Album, one of 340 copies, 2011 § Yorke (Malcolm) To War with Paper & Brush: Captain Edward Ardizzone, Official War Artist, one of 700 copies, 2007; Today I worked well - the picture fell off the brush: The Artistry of Leslie Cole, one of 500 copies, 2010, plates and illustrations, many colour, some folding, some tipped in, original cloth or cloth-backed boards, all but the second with slip-case, Upper Denby, Fleece Press (4)
Fleece Press.- Woolnough (C. W.) A Pretty Mysterious Art, one of 300 copies, tipped-in marbled paper samples by Ann Muir, original cloth-backed marbled boards, original cloth drop-back box, 8vo, Denby Dale, 1996 § Swarbrick (John) List of Wharfedale Flies, one of 260 copies, with original fly mounted on inside front & rear covers, wood-engravings by Joan Hassall, tipped-in folding colour plates, original marbled boards, uncut, slip-case, c.65 x 70mm., Upper Denby, 2009 § James (Angela) The Art of Binding Books, one of 200 copies, ilustrations by Anthony Christmas, original patterned cloth, 52 x 75mm., Wakefield, 1991, Fleece Press; and 5 other small or miniature books and a small bundle of pamphlets and ephemera from the press, v.s. (sm. qty)
Surveying.- Wing (John) Geodaetes Practicus Redivivus: The Art of Surveying: Formerly Publish'd by Vincent Wing, Math. Now Much Augmented... With the Description and Use of a New Quadrant [bound with] Scientia Stellarum: Or, the Starry Science.., 2 vol. bound in 1, as usual, 7 engraved plates and tables (1 folding), errata/advertisement leaf bound after preface and another leaf of advertisements at end, E2 & 4Q2 small tear at head, extensively browned, bookplate of Tycho Wing V and ink inscription "received from Colonel J.B.V. Wing... 20th September 1905" on front pastedown, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed, corners bumped, [Wing W2985 & W2992], folio, by J. Matthews, for Awnsham and John Churchill, 1700.⁂ John Wing's updating of Vincent Wing's 1666 Art of Surveying. "The folio volume can be regarded as presenting the normal instruction course which a surveyor would follow in 1700." - Taylor, 529a.
Miniature Books.- Churchyard (Thomas) The Whole Benefits That Paper Brings, one of 100 special copies with paper-mould box, from an edition limited to 285, wood-engraved illustrations by Anthony Christmas, original patterned-paper boards, uncut, within miniature wooden paper-mould box with copper edging, wire-mesh and loose deckle by Stephen Byrne, 45 x 77mm., Denby Dale, Fleece Press, 2002 § Muir (Ann) The Ancient Art of Ebru, number 19 of 100 copies signed by the artist, tipped-in samples of ebru marbled papers, original marbled boards, slip-case, 75 x 68mm., Oldham, Incline Press, 2004 § Macgregor (Miriam) Weeds in my Garden, 2 vol., number XXVI of 35 copies with an additional set of proofs, from an edition limited to 200, original morocco-backed boards, proofs loose in silk folder, together in silk drop-back box, 63 x 50mm., Andoversford, Whittington Press, 1986; Wines from my Garden, 2 vol., number XVII of 50 copies with an additional set of proofs, original morocco, proofs loose in silk folder, together in silk drop-back box, 60 x 50mm., Risbury, Whittington Press, 2000 § Llywelyn (Robin) Portmeirion, number 53 of 200 copies in miniature format signed by the artist, double-page colour plates by Leslie Gerry, original colour boards, slip-case, 67 x 50mm., Risbury, Whittington Press, 2009 § Morris (Henry) [No. V-109]: The Biography of a Printing Press, out-of-series copy from a edition limited to 150, bound in original limp vellum with V109 in palladium on upper cover (most copies in morocco-backed paste-paper boards), 58 x 48mm., [Watertown, Mass.], printed by the Bird & Bull Press for Anne & David Bromer, 1978 § Maziarczyk (Claire) Miniature Pastepapers, number 117 of 140 copies, tipped-in samples, folding concertina style, original boards, 75 x 70mm., Marcham, Alembic Press, 1998, illustrations, some uncut; and c.35 other miniature books from various presses including Fleece, Whittington, Alembic, Old Stile, Bronte and Cherub presses, one or two duplicates, together in a small wooden bookcase (c.45)⁂ A complete list of titles is available on request.
DeMille (Cecil B., film producer and director, 1881-1959) 10 Typed Letters signed to Fortunino Matania (Italian artist, 1881-1963), together 23pp. 4to, Paramount Pictures Corporation, 24th July, 1953 - 18th November, 1957, discussing paintings commissioned to help in the development of the 1956 film The Ten Commandments, debating historical accuracy "We have been unable to find any satisfactory evidence of cloaks or capes worn by the Egyptians. It is impossible to believe that they never used them...", the depiction of 'The Orgy of the Golden Calf' "It must have been an abominable and shameless debauch - all restraint and prohibition must have been abandoned... the very sight of which goaded Moses into ordering three thousand of his people put to the sword.", allaying concerns around censorship of Matania's depictions of nudity "I have no fears that you might overstep the fine line between pornography and good taste... If by chance you do find that one of your prominent figures seems to be too nude, the judicious use of smoke from an incense burner, a torch or a camp fire might be useful." and thanking Matania for the use and influence of his paintings "It would have given me pleasure to tell you in person of the contribution you made to THE TEN COMMANDMENTS through your inspirational paintings", folds; and c.40 others, including 2 telegrams from DeMille "Painting arrived safely stop it is very fine you are a great artist stop", typed letters signed from DeMille's assistants, copies of correspondence etc., and a copy of Drawing from History, the Forgotten Art of Fortunino Matania, v.s. v.d. (c.50)⁂ A superb archive of correspondence that demonstrate the impressive endeavours by DeMille in his pursuit of historical accuracy and mood for what became his most successful film. DeMille commissioned a series of paintings by Matania to provide visual inspiration for the film and the director and artist exchanged thoughts on the images with the artist altering his paintings based on DeMille's notes and the director in turn altering the composition of the scenes in the film based on Matania's paintings.
Lull (Ramòn) and Bernard de Lavinheta (editor), Ars Magna Generalis et Ultima, title and A4 in red and black, title and final page with woodcut printer's device, woodcut folding plate, woodcut initials and diagrams, ink ownership inscriptions to title, small paper restoration to blank margin of title with slight loss of woodcut border, small marginal paper restorations to A2 and C8, C18th German boards, gilt spine with label, extremities scuffed, [Palau 143693; Rogent & Duran 65; Tomash L142], 4to, Lyon, Symon Vincent, [1517].⁂ Third edition, the first edited by the Lullist Bernard de Lavinheta, of Lull's greatest work. Lull invented an 'art of finding truth' which inspired Leibniz's dream of a universal algebra four centuries later. The most distinctive characteristic of his Art is its combinatory nature, which led to both the use of complex semi-mechanical techniques that sometimes required figures with separately revolving concentric wheels - 'volvelles' - and also to the symbolic notation of its alphabet. These features justify its classification among the forerunners of both modern symbolic logic and computer science. The Art's function as a means of unifying all knowledge into a single system remained viable throughout the Renaissance and well into the seventeenth century. RBH lists only 4 copies of this edition in the last 50 years. Provenance: 'Josephi Trivellini, Veneti [Venice]' (inscription to title). Dr. Franz Jachimowicz (medical doctor, Vienna C19th; inscription to title)
Atlases.- Waghenaer (Lucas Janszoon) The Mariners Mirrour, wherin may playnly be seen the courses, heights, distances, depths, soundings, flouds and ebs... for th'entrings of the harbouroughs [sic], havens and ports of the greatest part of Europe... Together with the Rules and instruments of Navigation. First made & set fourth in diuers exact Sea-Charts, by that famous Nauigator Luke Wagenar of Enchuisen and now fitted with necessarie additions for the use of Englishmen by Anthony Ashley..., 2 parts in 1, first edition in English, engraved title to each part, the first signed in the plate by Theodore de Bry, engraved dedication to Sir Christopher Hatton, 4 engraved navigational diagrams and star chart, without volvelles or moving parts [no sign of ever being present], with 35 double-page maps engraved only (of 45) by De Bry and Joducus Hondius, all leaves on stubs, maps not bound in correct order with maps from first part at the end of second part, maps lacking from part 1 include nos. 15, 16, 17, and from part 2, nos. 6, 12, 15, 18, 19, 20 and 21, with pt. 2 no. 2 bound upside-down, each double-page map sheet approx. 390 x 520 mm (15 ¼ x 20 in), map no. 1 from part 2 trimmed within platemark [as issued?], on various laid paper sheets with late 16th century watermarks of bunch of grapes and armorial gate, part 1 title with early partial ink inscription that reads '... noble of London the XXIXth of December 1591... [?] Johan Harries... [?]', part 1 title and dedication with right edge of sheet reinforced and extended verso, both with handling creases, surface dirt and minor damp-stains, otherwise some scattered damp-stains within central sections of maps and text leaves, surface dirt, occasional minor offsetting, some of the maps printing weakly, others well inked excellent impressions, some printer's creases present within the maps, minor nicks and tears to some extremities, 19th century half calf over marbled boards, spine splitting, rubbed and worn, folio, [1588].⁂ The essential early guide for English mariners, with the author's name being so thoroughly adopted that a "Waggoner" eventually became synonymous with any volume of sea charts. Two years after the highly successful appearance of Waghenaer's Spieghel der Zeevaerdt Lord Charles Howard of Effingham, Lord Admiral of England, drew the attention of Her Majesty's Privy Council to Waghenaer's sea-atlas, and suggested that it was the answer to a long-felt want. Shortly thereafter it was "esteemed by the chief personages of the grave counsell worthy to be translated and printed into a language familiar to all nations." One Anthony Ashley was commissioned to translate the text and place names; the charts, entirely re-engraved, are among the earliest copper plates made in England. ['World Encompassed', Baltimore Museum of Art, 1952, cat. No. 182]. "Heerin also may be understood the exploits of lately atchived by the right honorable the L. admiral of Englad with her maties navie; and some former services don by that worthy knight sr. Fra. Drake" [title page, Mariners Mirrour, 1588].Provenance: Johan Harries, London [1590s] (ink inscription on title).Literature: S.T.C. 24931; Phillips, Geographical Atlases in the Library of Congress, no. 3981.
Wilde (Oscar) The Sphinx, first edition, one of 200 copies, printed in green, red and black, illustrations by Charles Ricketts, bookplate to pastedown of R.H.S. Truell, original vellum, gilt, with designs by Charles Ricketts, 4to, Elkin Mathews and John Lane, The Bodley Head, 1894.⁂ A fine copy with no bowing of the covers of one of the landmarks of 1890s book production, overseen at the author's request by his friend the artist and typographer Charles Ricketts. Ricketts considered the designs for the illustrations and for the binding amongst his best illustrative work. The Pall Mall Budget reviewed, "The vellum binding, the various symbolic designs, the quaint rubicated initials and the general arrangement of the text, all by Mr Ricketts' sympathetic art, are most subtly infused by the spirit of the poem. The designs on the cover are particularly striking, and Mr Ricketts has never made a lovelier thing than the group of maidens clustering round "the moon horned Io" as she weeps." (21 June, 1894).
Ravilious (Eric) Four Wood Engravings...made in 1933 for the Golden Hours Press' Famous Tragedy of the Rich Jew of Malta, one of 120 sets, each 270 x 200mm., loose as issued in original wrappers, Fleece Press, 1998; Garden Memories: a Wood-Engraving, number 72 of 200 initialled in pencil by Anne Ullmann (the artist's daughter), sheet 300 x 210, loose with mount in original wrappers, [Church Hanborough], Previous Parrot Press, 1994, 4to (2)⁂ The second print was used as an illustration to Thomas Hennell's Poems published by OUP in 1936. Hennell replaced his missing friend Ravilious as a war artist in Iceland in 1942 but later disappeared himself during unrest in Jakarta in 1945. The woodblock came to light during a clear-out of the old Oxford College of Technology, Art and Commerce which had been given some equipment by the Oxford University Press.
Astronomy.- Wing (John, surveyor and almanac maker, of Pickworth, Rutland, nephew of Vincent Wing, astronomer, astrologer, and land surveyor, 1619-68, bap. 1662, d. 1726) Scientia Stellarum. Calculations and Observations Compared Proving the Excellent agreement of these tables with the Heavens at all times Especially in this Age As the observations... plainly demonstrates as I Received them from the hands of that unparallel'd observator Mr John Flamsteed, and are here exposed with their Calculations..., [taken from additional title at end], 3 parts in 1, manuscript text and tables, together c. 247pp., mostly in 1 hand, signature at beginning of "Thomas Waring" and a few additional notes and calculations at beginning and end in two other hands, ?lacks 2ff. at beginning (?general title), 2ff. blanks with notes loose, some other ff. working loose, browned, original calf, some slight surface wear, rubbed and creased, 8vo, dated in text 1693.⁂ "... that unparallel'd observator Mr Flamsteed."Comprising: the first part text, second part "A Table of Logistical Logarithms", and third part "Scientia Stellarum Containing New Astronomical Tables For the Attaining of the true Longitude & Latitude of the Planets... ."Dated in text to 1693 Scientia Stellarum was published as a supplement to John Wing's Art of Surveying, a new version of his uncle Vincent Wing's work of the same name. In terms of dating this manuscript, there are several examples designed to aid study of the stars by calculating astronomical events which will occur in 1694. The calculations in another hand at end date from 1701 to 1732 while not by Wing, must have some connection as one of the calculations relates to the latitude of Pickworth, the home of John Wing. The printed text and this manuscript generally conform, with very similar chapter headings, but with some differences in phrasing and paragraphs. The manuscript runs to Chapter 13, the printed work stops at Chapter 11. There follows c. 100 pages of of tables of logarithms, which do not appear to correlate to those in the printed book.Scientia Stellarum, a reworking of Wing's abandoned Astronomia nova Britannica which he "published despite John Flamsteed's warning that it was itself full of crude errors." - Oxford DNB.
Architecture.- Byres (James, Scottish artist, lived mainly in Rome, Grand Tour "cicerone" and art dealer, 1734-1817) Plan of a Temple, built by Cardinal Albani in his Villa near Rome, pen and grey inks, grey wash, with scale and brown ink inscription underneath, ruled black ink border, on laid paper, sheet 730 x 490 mm (28 3/4 x 19 1/4 in), under glass, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1780s]; together with another sheet with side profiles of the same temple, pen and inks, watercolours washes, ruled black ink border, sheet 490 x 720 mm (19 1/4 x 28 1/4 in), under glass, some marginal repairs to tears, minor surface dirt, framed, [circa 1780s] (2)Provenance:Purchased by the present owners circa 1980sPrivate collection, South West England ⁂ A large and highly finished drawing of a Temple from Villa Albani, considered to be an 18th-century masterpiece. The Villa was a vast architectural complex completed in 1763 by the Italian architect, Carlo Marchionni (1702-1786), and the project was heavily influenced by Giovanni Battista Nolli, Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Johann Joachim Winckelmann; the latter curating the collection of antiquities housed in the Villa. The Villa was to serve as an important source of inspiration for the neoclassical architecture of Sir John Soane and Robert Adam, both of whom visited while on Grand Tours.
China & Japan.- Ionides (Helen Euphrosyne "Lallie", MBE, daughter of Constantine Alexander Ionides, art patron and collector, 1833-1900, 1871-1967), Mildred Martineau, of Littleworth, Esher) & Elizabeth Chamberlain. Travel journals of a tour of China and Japan, 8 vol. (7 vol. travel journals and 1 vol. of copies of letters), duplicated typescripts, some photographs, of various places in China and Japan, slightly browned, original morocco (not all uniform), cloth and buckram, morocco covers detached and lacking spines, cloth creased and faded, 4to, 1908-10.⁂ A well written and interesting collection of travel journals by three cultured and observant Edwardian women. China, Beijing. "April 4 1910. Yesterday Capt. Fitz Hugh fetched us in a motor and took Lambert, Sis, and myself out to the Wan-Shou-ssu Temple, where the Imperial family rest on their way to the Summer Palace... . In 1900 the Germans looted this temple, and all the ornaments are quite new and it has been repainted, which makes it glaring, but it is very prettily designed and there is a lovely rock garden!"Tibet, Lhasa. "The Potala is a huge square building, topping a little conical hill, with a dozen or so of smaller ones on the slopes below, all flat topped and dotted with blind window arches like the one at the Ta Fo Sau. There is a fine mellow massiveness about the whole design of great square blocks set in the clustering darkness of fine trees. The bell sounded for prayers... and Lamas of all ages came pouring up, clad in all shades of yellow... many in most undignified haste robing as they ran. They filed into a small side temple and squatted in rows... while the head priest in a glorious red cloak, mellow with age marked time with a bell. Then the chief priest came and talked to us and allowed us to photograph him in his cloak, with a wonderful tasselled ornament hanging down his back, he was very friendly and much interested."Japan. Nihongami. "After we'd done bowing and smiling... I was escorted upstairs to unrobe, and when I came down in my cotton kimono, there was quite a crowd waiting... . It was a drastic process. I don't wonder Jap ladies sleep on a wooden pillow and only have it done once a week... . Then they applied oil and stuff that looked like cobbler's wax and I quailed but endured... the hairdresser-in-chief shooed away her assistants and set to work in real earnest. She scraped me and combed me and tied my unhappy hair with bits of gut, pulled taut with her teeth and she tied on a long tail of black hair and no end of pads.
Incline Press.- Trant (Carolyn) Art for Life: The Story of Peggy Angus, number 32 of 350 copies, original half cloth, uncut, with a portfolio of facsimile sketchbooks, CD and other ephemera all loosely inserted in original cloth-backed patterned-paper folder, together with prospectus in slip-case, 2004 § Myers (Colin) The Book Decorations of Thomas Lowinsky, number 121 of 250 copies, illustrations and tipped-in samples, original half cloth, uncut, slip-case, 2001, 4to, Oldham, Incline Press (2)
Fowles (John) The French Lieutenant's Woman, one of 25 copies signed by the author and members of the film cast and crew, original burgundy morocco, gilt, g.e., accompanying morocco-tipped marbled board slip-case, 8vo, Lyme Regis, 1981.⁂ Signed by the eight principals: John Fowles (author), Harold Pinter (screenwriter), Karel Riesz (director), Meryl Streep and Jeremy Irons (lead actors), Leon Clore (producer), Assheton Gorton (art director) and Freddie Francis (photographer). It is additionally signed by Fowles on the title "Reg Gadney, John Fowles 14/3/99". The film won 5 Oscar nominations and 3 BAFTA awards (including Streep for Best Actress), and the author himself called the film "a brilliant metaphor" for his book. Reg Gadney, novelist and screenwriter was the second husband of Tom Maschler's first wife Fay - Tom Maschler having published the book at Jonathan Cape in 1969.
Food and Drink.- Y-Worth (William) The Compleat Distiller: or the Whole Art of Distillation Practically Stated, 2 parts in 1, second edition, engraved frontispiece and 4 plates, final advertisement leaf present, tear to F8 just touching text block, tear also to K5 into text, browned, some light water-staining mostly to corners, lower corner of first c.40pp. nibbled (no loss of text), contemporary panelled calf, worn, covers with several repairs and almost detached, [Simon BG 1641; Blake 497; Duveen p.630; Ferguson II, 558; Kress S.2329], 8vo, Printed for J. Taylor, 1705.⁂ Second edition. A reissue of the first edition of 1692 (Introitus Apertus ad Artem Distillationis), omitting the Latin title.
Hardwick Hall.- Cox the Elder (David) Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire at evening, pencil and watercolour, with touches of white heightening, signed 'David Cox' in the lower centre, 275 x 405 mm (10 3/4 x 16 in), under glass, small repair to upper left corner, affixed onto mount support, framed, [circa 1810]Provenance:The Fine Art Society, London (1958)Henry Bristow McCance, C.B.E.Sale. Sotheby's London, 20 July 1978, lot 206 (£935)Sale. Sotheby's London, 16 July 1981, lot 83 (£1,210)Sale. Christie's London, British Watercolours, 8 June 1999, lot 84 (£7,475)Gifted to the present owner from Andrew Cavendish, 11th Duke of Devonshire (1920-2004)Exhibited:Belfast Museum & Art Gallery, Pictures from Ulster Homes, 1961, no. 177.London, The Fine Art Society, 1958.
Fleece Press.- Rogerson (Ian) Agnes Miller Parker: Wood-Engraver and Book Illustrator, 1895-1980, one of 300 copies, 1990 § Selborne (J.) & Lindsay Newman. Gwen Raverat: Wood Engraver, one of 290 copies, 1996 § Garwood (Tirzah) Long Live Great Bardfield & love to you all: her Autobiography, 1908-43, edited by Anne Ullmann, one of 550 copies, 2012 § Lee (Brian North, editor) Dearest Joana: A selection of Joan Hassall's lifetime letters and art, 2 vol., one of 300 copies, 2000 § Wells (Margaret) A Selection of her Wood Engravings, one of 200 copies, prospectus and an additional wood-engraving of a bull loosely inserted, original cloth, uncut, 1985, plates and illustrations, some colour, some tipped in, all but the last original cloth-backed marbled or patterned-paper boards with slip-cases, Wakefield, Denby Dale or Upper Denby, Fleece Press; and another on Joan Hassall from the press, 4to & 8vo (7)
Mid 19th Century German miniature pocket globe, after Johann George Klinger (1764-1806), "The Earth published by J. G. Klinger in Nuremburg", of twelve gores on brass axis, 4cm diameterFootnote: Johann Klinger was an engraver and art dealer in Nuremberg. This version can be dated to 1842-1856 due to the presence of two historic areas present on this globe; 'Wilkes Land' [part of Antarctica] was named in 1842, and 'V. Diemens Is' [Van Diemens Land] was renamed Tasmania in 1856.Condition report: Minor rippling to some gores but all are present, legible and in generally decent order with only a few minor knocks and scratches commensurate with age and handling. No case.
Art & Crafts pewter and ceramic biscuit barrel, retailed by Connell, 83 Cheapside, model 01280, in the manner of Archilbald Knox for Liberty & Co., the swing handle with Ruskin pottery-type oval cabochon and whiplash terminals, framing a domed cover with acorn finial, the planished body with broad flat rim on curved rib supports, inverted heart-shaped pottery cabochon and bulging base, 17cm diameter x 16cm high excluding handle / 23cm high overallCondition report: Has been polished some time ago resulting in some loss of definition to planishing. Scratches beneath base commensurate with age and use.
Heinrich Hoffman for Ascher (Red Ashay) - Rare Art Deco frosted glass 'Butterfly Girl' car mascot, 19cm high, on original aluminium baseFootnote: Red Ashay mascots were marketed in the UK by H.G.Aucher Ltd, of Acombe Street, Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester and of 404 Holborn Viaduct, London EC1.Condition report: Chip to edge of one wing. Stone chips / mark to face as per images, worthy of minor restoration required.
Walter Slater (possibly for Shelley) - Art Nouveau lustre bowl, the interior decorated with six white five-petalled flowers, whiplash tendrils and leaves on a dark blue ground, the exterior shading from lilac to blue beneath a gilt rim, printed signature mark (only), 31cm diameter x 8cm highCondition report: A few superficial scratches, minor inclusion to foot rim, but rings well and overall sound.
Late Victorian art pottery moulded and faun glazed pedestal of Moorish influence, the circular top with moulded stylised border over conforming frieze raised on four columns on a lobed chamfered base, unmarked, 73cm highCondition report: Overall good. Shallow chip 15mm x 10mm to edge of top, together with scratches to top and smaller losses to glaze around edge. Several old chips to bottom edge of underside. Three pillars with chips to collar ring. Some small chips to feet of pillars and some losses to base.
Asian & Middle Eastern Art / Chinese Art Chinese embroidery This is a celebratory tableaux depicting an imperial court scene. It could be a New Year celebration, the birth of an heir or a wedding. It is beautifully made and in wonderful condition.. The embroider appears to have been applied over a padded design producing the wonderful three-dimensional appearance. In a Cell Height 94 cm; Length 132 cm; Depth 10 cm
Framed watercolour Woman on chair by Grandfather clock singed and dated by Michael Smee '80 Michael was born in Chelmsford in 1946 and studied at Colchester School of Art in the early 60’s. After college he joined Birmingham Repertory Theatre as a Scenic Artist / Designer – occasionally moonlighting to assist the scenic department on productions at The Royal Shakespeare Theatre at Stratford-Upon-Avon. 48 x 63cm
David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003) Chinese Lithographic Print Black Cat - Kim Da Wei Kwo, David Kwo 1919-2003 (Dawei Huaji) Lithographic print of his cat Kim. Printed by Kwo Art Studio, New York 1958. Stamped and signed with Chinese character Da Wei. David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003), was born in Beijing, studied art at the Art Institute of Nanjing and later under, Qi Bai-Shih. His first exhibition was held in Hong Kong in 1952. He died in the United States in 2003. He was well known for his Chinese ink paintings of Kim, his beloved black cat.
Asian & Middle Eastern Art / Chinese Art Chinese embroidered artwork In excellent condition. Framed in simple unadorned frame. Depicting a a festival or celebratory image. This time it depicts a traditional Chinese opera being played out before the emperor. Height 94 cm; Length 132 cm; Depth 10 cm
A mahogany and marquetry armchair.The flower and leaf-inlaid shaped toprail above an oblong padded back within open looped uprights over a padded seat and shaped flat arms above cabriole legs.c. Probably circa 1900.An unusual design combining late 18th century boxwood-strung neo-classical-inspired details with Art Nouveau inlaid motifs and a distinctive looped frame.Height 107 cm; Length 59 cm; Depth 46 cm
Framed Watercolour William E Powell [British 1878-1955] Vulture. Watercolour on paper. Signed and dated lower right.c. 1924This is a most unusual species of bird for Powell to paint. I have never been really sure about the response of art collectors to Vultures given the nature of their diet but did hear that the cartoonist Gerald Scarf collected pictures of them probably because he had to draw the political vultures of the day! I think this majestic bird is deserving of more respect Height 45 cm; Length 32 cm; Depth 3 cm
David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003) Chinese Lithographic Print Black Cat - Kim Da Wei Kwo, David Kwo 1919-2003 (Dawei Huaji) Lithographic print of his cat Kim. Printed by Kwo Art Studio, New York 1958. Stamped and signed with Chinese character Da Wei. David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003), was born in Beijing, studied art at the Art Institute of Nanjing and later under, Qi Bai-Shih. His first exhibition was held in Hong Kong in 1952. He died in the United States in 2003. He was well known for his Chinese ink paintings of Kim, his beloved black cat. 35 x 53cm
David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003) Chinese Lithographic Print Spaniel Da Wei Kwo, David Kwo 1919-2003 (Dawei Huaji) Lithographic print of a spaniel breed pup Printed by Kwo Art Studio, New York 1958. Stamped and signed with Chinese character Da Wei. David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003), was born in Beijing, studied art at the Art Institute of Nanjing and later under, Qi Bai-Shih. His first exhibition was held in Hong Kong in 1952. He died in the United States in 2003. He was well known for his Chinese ink paintings
A Paul Milet, Sevres Flambe Glazed Polar Bear. Naturalistically modelled on a block base, printed mark.c. Mid 20th century. Felix Optat Milet founded his pottery in Sevres, Paris in 1867 and the mark used on this figure of a polar bear is recorded as being introduced in 1931. The factory specialised in producing stylish Art Deco pieces with glazes influenced by Chinese pieces. Height 42 cm; Length 35 cm; Depth 13 cm
Mahogany, Oak, brass, glass, and blued steel, Art deco era, two train spring driven,eight day time and hour/half hour striking mantel clock (movement #541), made by Smith’s Astral of Coventry, in the central highlands of England, circa 1935. Case: Mahogany mantel clock measuring 20 cm x 27 cm x 12 cm and having a shallow tambour or napoleon Hat type undulating pediment above the concentrically shaped facade of the case centering the zinc glazed bezel and the façade flanked by ebonized stop fluted pillars, one to either side. The base is built in two parts, the upper has horizontal dentil moulding above the concave moulded bracket feet with undulating apron between the front feet. The shape of the concave and dentil moulding continues on both sides of the base. The back of the case is stained and flat with a bulbous round and brass cross-hatched round door for access to the movement compartment. The door has a long hinge on the right and simple metal pull. . . . . Dial: Round silvered metal round dial with enameled Roman hours, closed bar minute track, steel Continental style hands. The dial is unsigned. . . . . Movement: A round solid brass movement with tubular posts connecting the plates and screwed together with metal washers at the rear plate to hold the gearing stable. The back plate is marked #541 and most importantly carries the logo of Astral clocks of Coventry /England. The logo is in the form of a clock key with the heart shaped handle above enclosing the word, Coventry and below the key the word Astral. Of significance is the use of a lever or anchor escapement in conjunction with the marine-type balance-wheel with single lever for adjusting the speed of the movement. The going barrel drives the clock for eight days and causes hour and half hourly striking on a coiled metal Cathedral gong. . . . . . Condition: Case – Tiny chips and splatters of white paint and wear to the case finish. Wear to the edges of the case. Case is fair to good condition. Dial: In good to very good condition with minimal signs of oxidation and slight darkened patina from age. Movement appears to be genuine, original and in good condition. c. Circa 1935.
David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003) Chinese Lithographic Print Pup Da Wei Kwo, David Kwo 1919-2003 (Dawei Huaji) Lithographic print of a spaniel breed pup Printed by Kwo Art Studio, New York 1958. Stamped and signed with Chinese character Da Wei. David Kwo Da-Wei (1919-2003), was born in Beijing, studied art at the Art Institute of Nanjing and later under, Qi Bai-Shih. His first exhibition was held in Hong Kong in 1952. He died in the United States in 2003. He was well known for his Chinese ink paintings
A collection of silver to include: Art Deco engine turned shaped oval powder case, mirror interior, hallmarked Birmingham, 1944 2.58 ozt (80.3 grams) together with a silver mounted buffer, hallmarked and a cut glass table bell with silver plated handle and an Edwardian silver plated teddy bear rattle with teether (4)
A collection of ceramics to include: Beswick for Disney Winnie the Pooh character figures including Christopher Robin, Roo, Winnie, Tigger, Owl, Piglet, Eeyore and Rabbit together with ; a Wade figure of Bambi, boxed Wade figure of Humpty Dumpty; Coalport figure of Paddington Bear, a Fitz & Floyd money box in the form a Biplane (Tigermoth) and pilot, stamped and an Italian set of Art Deco jazz band figures and various cottages (Q)
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