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A Qajar lacquer penbox (Qalamdan) depicting scenes from Aqa'id al-nisa (Beliefs of Women) Persia, 19th Centurywith rounded ends and sliding tray, decorated in polychrome and gilt with scenes of birth and motherhood, the borders with undulating foliate vines, the base with an interlace of vines and bunches of grapes, with knitted case 21.7 cm. longFootnotes:The side of the penbox depicts female attendants caring for a mother shortly after the birth of her child, who lies in a basin at her feet. The mother wears a transparent chemise, her hair unbound, and an attendant to the upper left carries a tray bearing a sword and a book which will serve as talismans against maternal death. To the right, servants wrap the afterbirth in a cloth before it is buried to protect the child from evil. Many of the practices depicted are reflected in Aqa'id al-nisa, a late Safavid treatise on female domestic superstitions. For a lacquer mirror case depicting a similar scene, and a further discussion on the topic see M. Farhad, M. McWilliams and S. Rettig, A Collector's Passion, Ezzat-Malek Soudavar and Persian Lacquer, Washington 2017, pp. 60-61.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: R PR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.P This lot is owned by a private individual. The right of return enjoyed by EU customers is not applicable.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Mid 20th century dolls house furniture including a Dolls House Water Set, Jacobean Glass, boxed; metal items including a range, outside lavatory, cooker, candlesticks, meat plate, coal scuttle & companion set, purdonium, brass clocks, radio etc.; ceramic bath and pedestal basin; scratch built wooden furniture, rugs and pictures etc.
A fine dolls’ house miniaturist chinoiserie bureau, painted green with all drawers and doors working, signed AR —8in. (20.5cm.) high (slight flaking) and a similar Georgian style music stand/table; a hand basin with plumbing; and sixteen modern Royal Dutch Horticultural Society botanical plates
Railway memorabilia, three photographs of a station master, some in SECR uniform; a Royal Mail L&SWR oval plate (restored), a sugar basin transfer-printed and hand-coloured of an early locomotive named ‘Fury’ (damaged); a quantity of Highland and Caledonian Railway luggage stickers (stuck together) and other items
A 20th Century Danish Silver Five-Piece Tea and Coffee Service, designed by Hans Bunde and manufactured by Cohr & Company, of Art Deco design of truncated triangular form with tapered bodies, comprising - tea pot, 6.5ins high, and coffee pot, 8.5ins high, with angular ivory handles, milk jug, 4.25ins high, cream jug, 3.5ins high, and sugar basin with hinged cover, 2.25ins high, impressed marks to base, gross weight 76ozs
A George V Silver Rectangular Four Piece Tea Service, by John Round & Sons Ltd, Sheffield 1919, with bulbous panelled bodies and angular loop handles, comprising - tea pot, 6ins high, hot water pot, 9ins high, each with ebonised finials and handles, two-handled sugar basin, and milk jug, gross weight 59ozs - engraved with initial "R"
A George V Silver Oval Four Piece Tea Service, by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1945 & 1946, with slightly domed covers, the rims with narrow bands embossed with leaf scroll ornament, and with angular loop handles, comprising - tea pot, 7ins high, hot water pot, 8.5ins high, each with ebonised finials and handles, two-handled sugar basin, and milk jug, gross weight 56ozs - engraved with initial "M"
A Victorian Silver Two-Handled Sugar Basin and Matching Milk Jug, and mixed silverware, the sugar basin and milk jug by Charles Stuart Harris, London 1887, with part reeded bodies and embossed with swags and ribbons, the sugar basin 3.5ins high, in fitted case retailed by G. A. Godwin, 304 High Holborn, London, two George III silver "Berry" spoons, various makers, London 1804 & 1805, in fitted case, and a selection of other silverware, various, combined weighable silver 17ozs
Mesoproterozoic Period, 1.6-1.0 billion years BP. A slab of stromatolite polished on one face to reveal the sedimentary structure; with collector's label 'Stromatolite (Conophyton garganicum australe) / Mesoproterozoic, Top Camp Formation / Around 1.6 - 1.0 billion years old / Bangemall Basin, Ashburton region, Western Australia'. 716 grams, 20.3cm (8"). From a Leicestershire, UK, collection; from the Bangemall Basin, Ashburton region, Western Australia. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
3rd-5th century AD. A Kiev culture bronze openwork brooch formed with geometric panels of red enamel and voids, trapezoidal body with cruciform footplate; spring, catch and staple to the reverse. 42.8 grams, 97mm (4"). From an old British private collection; formerly from the collection of Mr D.R.G.; acquired on the European art market in 2001. The Kiev archaeological culture was located in the basin of the rivers Dnieper and Visla between the 3rd and 5th centuries; archaeologists connect this culture with the historical ancestors of the Slavs. However, there are suggestions that in different regions of the Kiev culture the ethnogenetic processes were not the same. In some cases, the Slavic component prevailed, whilst Baltic and others were dominant elsewhere. Fine condition.
ARCHIBALD KNOX pewter tea and coffee service with tray, designed for Liberty & Co, pattern 0231 comprising tea, coffee and hot water pots with rattan bound handles, milk jug and sugar basin, all on skate feet with heavy gauge two-handled tray, all items stamped with pattern number, other marks include 'Solkets, English Pewter and Tudric Pewter' stamped to the tray, 49.5 x 35.5cms. Condition is in keeping with the fact that the service has been in continual use up until the recent removal from the property
A French Empire silver gilt mounted gentleman's necessaire de voyage with French royal provenance, the majority of pieces with the mark of Pierre-Noel Blaquiere, Paris, 1809-1819, in superb mahogany and brass bound case with recessed carrying handles and plaque bearing the coat of arms for Claude Antonie Gabrial duc de Choisel-Stainville. The interior with mirror set to the lid with both hanging and easel attachments to the reverse and with an incredibly extensive main section containing approximately one hundred items, each with plain and Anthemion border, comprising an oval basin, teapot with horse head spout, silver gilt mounted glass cream jug, shaving jug with detachable handle and cover, six various silver gilt mounted circular glass toilet jars (one cover associated), a pair of silver gilt mounted square glass toilet jars, a pair of silver gilt mounted oblong glass toilet jars, two silver gilt mounted glass ink bottles, a silver gilt table fork, spoon and pair of teaspoons, a pair of gilt ceramic tea cups and saucers, and an assortment of implements, in silver gilt, mother of pearl, steel, wood, and ivory, width of case 46cm, weighable silver approx 42ozt.Additional InformationMarks on basin legible, marks on teapot and cream jug are clear although handle possibly resoldered to jug, marks overall clear, handles slightly pushed in on shaving jug and short scratch to the cover, one jar as mentioned with different maker's mark, large jar cover has a couple of small dents to flange meaning the lid is ill fitted, one jar has the threaded neck part lacking, slight pitting to the knife blades, slight crack to ivory of needle case, tiny cartouche lacking from handle from one manicure instrument and some rust to the mounts of the toilet kit, two small splits to the box itself with light surface wear elsewhere, one of the porcelain cups is chipped.
The 'Binden Blood Stoney' Powell & Lealand No.1 Binocular Microscope, English, dated 1875, signed in script to the top of the bar-limb ‘POWELL & LEALAND, 170 Euston Road, London’, and further signed in fine script to the stage 'TELFORD PREMIUM 1874, Awarded By THE INSTITUTE OF CIVIL ENGINEERS TO Bindon Blood Stoney MA. M. Inst C.E.', of standard No.1 construction, standing on a massive lacquered tripod base with rectangular feet each with cork pads, trunnions to the top supporting the body, with large plano-concave mirror to the base as typically supported on one side at the end of an articulated arm on a sliding collar, above which is the fully mechanical sub-stage with X & Y control via screw and rotation controlled through a crown and gear, with focusing via rack and pinion to the rear, with full circuit stage, silver circular scale and vernier, rotation controlled via an inverted crown and gear mechanism that can be disengaged for quick movement, with large Turrel-type mechanical stage with X-Y control, main course focus to rear of body, bar-limb incorporating fine focus lever mechanism, nose piece with prism blanking plate, limb with threaded boss to accept binocular or monocular tubes, the microscope comes with the following accessories in a fitted mahogany case: A 4in objective signed ‘Powell & Lealand’ & can. A 3in objective & can. A 2in objective & can. A 1in objective & can.A 1/2in objective signed ‘Powell & Lealand’ & can. A 1/4in objective signed ‘Powell & Lealand’ & can. A 1/8in objective signed & can. A 1/8 immersion end cap. A 1/12in objective signed ‘Powell & Lealand’ & can. four Leiberkuhns. A pair of low power binocular eyepieces. A Pair of medium power binocular eyepieces.A medium power micrometer eyepiece. A high power eyepiece. A high power eyepiece. A pair of eyepiece collars.A substage spot lens. A substage polariser.A substage Wenham-type parabolic condenser. A substage achromatic condenser engraved ‘Powell & Lealand’. A substage set of selenite disks. A substage dark well holder and set of three darkwells. A micrometer slide. A Livebox. Stage forceps. A set of brass forceps. A side reflector on an articulated arm. A bulls-eye condenser on an articulated arm. A leather case with a binocular prism engraved ‘Powell & Lealand N.81 PATENT’. A leather case with a binocular prism engraved ‘For Low Powers & Opaque Objects’. A steel adjustment bar. Along with two Short body tubes and a large table bulls-eye condenser in the main cabinet. Bindon Blood Stoney (1828–1909) was a civil engineer, born at Oakley Park. King's Co., Ireland, on 13 June 1828. The Institution of Civil Engineers awarded him, in 1874, a Telford medal and premium of £100.00 for a paper on his work on the Dublin harbour northern quays. The work included extending the northern quays of the docks to the east, and he began works on the Alexandra basin. In the construction of the northern quays he employed concrete monoliths of the then unprecedented weight of 350 tons, and designed the appliances necessary for handling and setting the huge blocks. He also rebuilt the Grattan and O'Connell bridges, and built the Butt bridge across the Lifley. This lot comes with an A4 folder of research assembled by the vendor on the history of the microscopes previous owners and includes copies of wills and auction catalogues.
Travel / Exploration Interest. Collection of books, comprising: Seven Years in South Africa, second edition, by Dr. Emil Holub, London: Sampson Low, 1881, publisher's pictorial cloth; In Darkest Africa, in two volumes, by Henry M. Stanley, London: Sampson Low, 1890, publisher's pictorial cloth; The Albert N'yanza Great Basin of the Nile, by Sir Samuel W. Baker, new edition, London: Macmillan, 1877, gilt cloth; Incidents of Foreign Sport and Travel, by Colonel Pollock, London: Chapman & Hall, 1894, gilt cloth (6)
A Derby fluted coffee cup and saucer, pattern 122, the saucer 13.5cm diam, decorator's mark numbered 2 for Joseph Stables, puce crown, crossed batons and dots over D, c.1790; a similar lobed coffee cup and saucer, pattern 110, c.1790; a Derby circular slop basin, pattern 110, of small proportions, 12cm diam, decorator's mark numbered 2 for Joseph Stables, puce crown, crossed batons and dots over D, c.1790 Provenance: The Wilders Collection, labelled. Condition Report: Good condition but for surface wear.
A 19th century Indian silver three piece tea service, in the manner of Oomersi Mawji, Kutch [Cutch}, comprising teapot, milk jug and sugar basin, of substantial gauge and each chased with flowers and dense scrolling foliage on a textured ground, centred by vacant shield shaped cartouches, acanthus-scroll handles, domed circular bases, the teapot with squirrel finial, 19.5cm high, c.1880, 56.5oz gross

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