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Click here to subscribeA Regency rosewood and gilt bronze mounted basin or jardiniere stand with and Edo period Imari dish Inlaid with brass line and applied with gilt mounts, the circular top on gilt bronze supports and a turned stop-fluted column with tripartite base on scroll feet, together with a large Edo period Imari dish, 54cm diameter, 70cm high. N.B: This lot is subject to CITES regulations
Vintage China,quantity of white with gilt edged Duuchess table ware, comprising of 20 dinner Plates, 10 tea plates , 6 oval plates, 9 small platess, 30 side plates, 3 open veg servers, 2 serving terrines, coffee pot small tea pot, medium jug, small jugs x 2 , sugar basins x 3 , basin stands x 2 tea cups x 24 saucers x 24, salt and peppers x2, cereal bowels x 2, 6 associated mugs, associated large tea pot , spode platter
Ming Dynasty, Ca. AD 1368 - 1644.A Ming dynasty terracotta court attendant. The figure is depicted standing on a hexagonal plinth, wearing a tall narrow hat, a green glazed robe, brown glazed trousers and holding a basin. This funerary figure is a representation of household staff who will take care of the deceased in their afterlife. Size: 470mm x 140mm; Weight: .6kg Provenance: Property of an American collector, acquired from the US estate collection. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States, is a city steeped in history, culture, and political significance. Situated along the Potomac River on the country's East Coast, Washington, D.C. is home to iconic landmarks, world-class museums, and diverse neighborhoods that reflect the nation's past, present, and future.The city's most famous address is 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, the location of the White House, the official residence and workplace of the President of the United States. Adjacent to the White House is the National Mall, a sprawling green space flanked by the Washington Monument, the Lincoln Memorial, the U.S. Capitol Building, and a series of Smithsonian museums, including the National Museum of American History, the National Air and Space Museum, and the National Gallery of Art.Washington, D.C. is also known for its vibrant neighborhoods, each with its own distinct character and charm. From the historic streets of Georgetown, with its cobblestone sidewalks and upscale boutiques, to the hip and eclectic vibe of Adams Morgan, with its diverse array of restaurants, bars, and live music venues, the city offers something for everyone to explore and enjoy.In addition to its political and cultural significance, Washington, D.C. is a hub for education, research, and innovation, with numerous universities, think tanks, and government agencies located throughout the city. The city's dynamic economy attracts professionals from a wide range of industries, including government, technology, healthcare, and hospitality.Washington, D.C. is also a city of green spaces and outdoor recreation, with a network of parks, trails, and waterfronts that offer opportunities for hiking, biking, boating, and picnicking. Rock Creek Park, the largest urban park in the city, provides a tranquil escape from the hustle and bustle of downtown, while the Tidal Basin offers stunning views of the cherry blossoms in the springtime.Overall, Washington, D.C. is a city of contrasts, where historic landmarks stand alongside modern skyscrapers, and where political power intersects with cultural diversity. Whether exploring its iconic monuments and museums, strolling through its charming neighborhoods, or experiencing its vibrant arts and culinary scenes, Washington, D.C. offers a truly unique and memorable experience for visitors from around the world.Measures 33 x 24.Backed by canvas.
‡ NINA HAMNETT (Welsh 1890-1956) pencil - entitled verso, 'Life Class', signed with initials, dated verso c.1920, 44 x 28cmsProvenance: private collection West MidlandsAuctioneer's Note: born Tenby, studied at the Pelham Art School and the London School of Art between 1906 and 1910. Then launched herself into the London art world on the strength of a fifty pound advance on an inheritance from her uncle and a stipend of two shillings and sixpence a week from her aunts. She socialised with the likes of Augustus John, Walter Sickert, and Henri Gaudier-Brzeska. She became very popular as a result of her high spirits, her devil-may-care attitude, and her sexual promiscuity. Like other women at the time revelling in a newfound independence, she had her hair cut short in a ‘crophead’ style (what we would now call a basin cut) and she wore eccentric clothing: It was said that at this phase in her life Nina Hamnett had the knack of being in the right place at the right time. In 1914 she went to live in Montparnasse, Paris, immediately meeting on her first night there the Italian painter Amedeo Modigliani. He introduced her to Picasso, Serge Dighilev, and Jean Cocteau, and she went to live at the famous artist’s residence of La Ruche which housed many other Bohemian artists and modernist writers. It was there that she met the Norwegian artist Roald Kristian, who became her first husband. Rapidly she established herself as a flamboyant and unconventional figure - bisexual, drank heavily, and had liaisons with many other artists in Bohemian society, often modelling for them as a way of earning a (precarious) living. She established her reputation as ‘The Queen of Bohemia’ by such antics as dancing nude on a cafe table amongst her drinking friends. Her reputation as a Bohemian and an artist eventually filtered back to London, where she returned to join Roger Fry and his circle working on the application of modernist design principles to fabrics, furniture, clothes, and household objects as part of the Omega Workshops. She acted as a model for the clothes along with Mary Hutchinson, Clive Bell‘s mistress, and she mingled with other members of the Bloomsbury Group, such as Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. Her paintings were exhibited at the Royal Academy and the Salon d’Automne in Paris. She also taught at the Westminster Technical Institute in London. Around this time she divorced her first husband and lived with the composer and fellow alcoholic E.J. Moeran. During the 1920s (and for the rest of her life) she made the area in central London known as Fitzrovia her home and stomping ground. This new locale for arty-Bohemia was centred on the Fitzroy Tavern in Charlotte Street which she frequented along with fellow Welsh artists Augustus John and Dylan Thomas, making occasional excursions across Oxford Street to the Gargoyle Club in Soho.After the glamorous world of modernism and the artistic avant-garde, there was a no less spectacular descent into poverty, squalor, and alcoholism, living in a bed-sit in Howland Street, infested with lice and littered with rodent droppings. It was said that the flat was furnished only with a broken-down chair, a piece of string for a clothes line, and newspapers instead of proper bedding. In 1932 she published a volume of memoirs entitled 'Laughing Torso', which was a best-seller in both the UK and the USA. Following its publication she was sued by Aleister Crowley, whom she had accused of practising black magic. The ensuing trial caused a sensation which helped sales of the book, and Crowley lost his case.Her success in this instance only fuelled her downward spiral, and she spent the last three decades of her life propping up the bar of the Fitzroy trading anecdotes of her glory years for free drinks. She took little interest in personal hygiene, was incontinent in public, and vomited into her handbag. Her ending was as spectacular as had been her previous life. Drunk one night she either fell or jumped from the window of her flat and was impaled on the railing spikes below. She lingered miserably in hospital for three more days, where her last words were “Why don’t they let me die?”Comments: framed and glazed, ready to hang
Elbe - - Stromkarte der Elbe (Deckeltitel) (und der Moldau). Tls. farbige lithogr. Karte in 56 Segmenten als Leporello alt auf Leinen aufgezogen. Köln, C.F. Kaiser (Druck bei Aubel), (1886). 56 Blatt je 50 x 44 cm. Quer-Gr.-Fol. HLwd.-Decke mit goldgepr. DTitel (berieben, bestoßen). Maßstab 1:25000. - Äußerst seltenes, insgesamt 29 Meter langes Leporello mit dem Stromverlauf von Moldau und Elbe zwischen Prag und Hamburg. - Sehr selten, derzeit kein Exemplar im Handel nachweisbar. Library Hub Discover im KVK mit Verweis auf die Universitätsbibliotheken in Lancester und Manchester, 1 Exemplar in der SLUB Dresden. - Mit genauer Angabe von Buhnen, Sandbänken etc., am Fluss gelegenen Ortschaften, Eisenbahnlinien mit deren Stationen. Am Rand des Flussverlaufs sind die in der Schiffahrt gebräuchlichen Namen für markante Stellen im Fluss verzeichnet. - Mit dem seperaten Übersichtsblatt "Flussgebiet der Elbe". - Gering angestabt, ca. 3 Blatt mit Vermerken in Bleistift u. Einzeichnungen in Buntstift, papierbedingt leicht gebräunt, tls. etw. stock- u. fingerfleckig, sonst insg. gut erhalten. Very rare partly coloured lithogr. map of the Elbe and the Moldova in 56 segments as leporello old mounted on linen. Contemp. half cloth cover with gilt stamped title (rubbed, bumped). - Scale 1:25000 - 29 metres long in total, showing the course of the Vltava and Elbe rivers between Prague and Hamburg. - No copy currently traceable in the trade. Library Hub Discover in the KVK with reference to the university libraries in Lancester and Manchester, 1 copy in the SLUB Dresden. - With precise details of groynes, sandbanks etc., villages along the river, railway lines and their stations. At the edge of the course of the river, the names commonly used in navigation for prominent points in the river are listed. - With the separate overview sheet "River basin of the Elbe". - Slightly rubbed, approx. 3 sheets with annotations in pencil and drawings in coloured pencil, slightly browned due to paper, some foxing and fingerstaining, otherwise in overall good condition.
A Group of Important Works - To be Sold Without ReserveAn intact Raqqa ware pottery basin,Near East, 13th century,On a foot with recessed base, the body with slightly tapering sides opening out to a wide rim, the body decorated under a dark turquoise glaze in black with diagonal bands, 11.3cm. highProvenance: Ferri, Drouot Richelieu, Paris, 5th December 2008, Lot 364 (part lot).Condition Report: Under U. V light this lot renders colours of khaki for the iridescent areas, dark blue verging on black for the glaze and deep ochre for the paste. The only noticeable variation is seen on the foot were a trace renders a whitish colour running along the base of the body perhaps suggesting a skillful repair and restoration. However, the craquelure of the glaze is even overall, and so is the iridescence and the external glaze drips not showing any unexpected irregularities would contradict any breaks or repairs to the base or body of this work. The fritted straight foot is not levelled and may have been ground in part. This lot is in a condition consistent with its age.
Africa.- Baker (Sir Samuel White) The Albert N'Yanza, Great Basin of the Nile, and Explorations of the Nile Sources, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait and tinted lithograph frontispieces, 12 plates, illustrations, 2 maps (1 folding with tear and neat tape repair verso), bookplate, occasional faint marginal finger-soiling, original pictorial cloth, bumping to corners and spine extremities, [Czech p.10], 8vo, 1866.
A part service of Portuguese silver flatware, by Topazio, comprising 6 pastry forks, 6 teaspoons, 6 coffee spoons, a sugar shovel, a table fork and spoon, marked Topazio and 833, 6 steel bladed tea knives and a similar table knife, together with a silver sauce boat, Birmingham 1903, a silver sugar basin of wrythen form, London 1899, two Georgian silver table spoons, and a Continental sifter spoon, 33.5oz weighable. (qty)
A George III silver cream jug, embossed with scrolling foliage, maker's mark worn, London 1804, 11cm high, together with a late Victorian silver spirally lobed pot, with flared rim by Atkin Bros, Sheffield 1893, 9.5cm high, a silver sugar basin by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London 1933, a Chinese export silver milk jug and sucrier, and a Dutch silver milk jug, 27.5oz overall. (6)
An early 20th Century Nymphenburg tea set of wrythen form with gilt decorated edging and floral spray decoration, bears blue under glaze mark to base, comprising teapot, milk jug, sugar basin, six cups, five saucers, six plates and two sandwich plates, together with a pair of Doulton Slaters lace work vases, 25 cm high, a cut glass claret jug with plated EPBM mounts, 26.5 cm high, a pair of plated embossed fruit spoons, cased, a set of plated fish knives and forks with servers, cased and a set of six horn-handled Ashberry steak knives, boxed
A Royal Worcester "Pekin" pattern part dinner / tea / coffee set comprising teapot, milk jug, cream jug, sugar basin and slop bowl, nine tea cups, ten saucers, five coffee cans, three similar coffee cans, seven saucers and three smaller saucers, three sandwich plates, ten side plates, eleven shaped larger plates, one circular larger plate, three oval serving dishes, a shaped square serving plate, mainly 1920s, together with a pair of onion-shaped vases, date marked for 1912, 16.5 cm high CONDITION REPORTS The tea plates and saucers - nearly all have all over significant crazing as does the sugar bowl. The medium size plates - four have significant chips to the rims, the others have some small chips. All items have areas of wear, knife marks etc to the patterns. One of the lozenge shaped serving dishes - the base is off but present. The coffee cans - all have significant crazing. The teapot has discolouration to the interior and s a chip to the spout. The small sugar bowl has a significant hairline fracture to the base. The tea cups have crazing, some discolouration and large scratches to the interior. All items have clearly been used and have wear and tear conducive with such to include surface scratching, wear to the pattern, some small chips and crazing - see images for examples
Five Cold War Silk Maps Covering Chinese Areas colour printed silk maps covering 2 x Kweilin ... Hong Kong ... Singapore-Penang. All printed post 1957. Together with an USAF ONG H-10/11 silk navigation chart Szechuan Basin. 5 items. PAYMENT ON RECEIPT OF INVOICE PLEASE. BACS ONLY - NO CARDS ACCEPTED
A creamware butter tub and cover from the Reverend William Nelson service, circa 1806-08Of plain circular shape with a button finial and on a fixed stand, decorated with a neat keyfret border in red enamel and gold, the cover painted with two crests of Nelson's chelengk and the stern of the San Josef, surmounted by an earl's coronet, 15.8cm diam (2)Footnotes:The Reverend William Nelson appears to have commissioned an extensive service to celebrate his inherited title of 1st Earl Nelson. In contrast to the bright Japan pattern chosen by his late brother and Emma, William elected for a set with a simple classical keyfret border in red and gold. Two principal sets of this pattern were made for William Nelson. One was a tea set using Coalport porcelain, the other a breakfast and supper service in creamware, some pieces bearing the impressed mark of Wilson. Both sets will have been decorated outside of the manufactories. The creamware breakfast service passed to Earl Nelson's daughter, Charlotte, and part of this was included as lot 41 in Viscount Bridport's sale at Christie's in 1895. No butter tubs were mentioned, but the set in the auction did include a large jug and a basin and the catalogue noted that the jug was signed Absolon, Yarm'th'. William Absolon was a retailer and china-decorator based in Yarmouth. An unsigned dish in the Nelson-Ward Collection in the National Maritime Museum combines the same keyfret border with a painting of a church that is certainly in the manner of Absolon. Perhaps William Nelson asked his local china shop in Yarmouth to match the border design of a Coalport service made for him in London. An annotated catalogue records that lot 41 in Lord Bridport's sale was bought, for £28.7s, by a customer named 'Ward'. It thus entered the Nelson-Ward collection, perhaps joining other pieces already there. An oval butter tub from the creamware service, although with a different shape of finial, is now in Greenwich and came from the Nelson-Ward Collection, no.AAA4657.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Coalport breakfast cup and saucer from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802Of distinctive shape and large size, the border of green oak leaves and gold acorns used on both the interior and exterior of the cup and around the saucer, the full arms and insignia of Nelson filling the centre of the saucer, the cup with the shield and motto 'TRIA JUNCTA IN UNO' beneath a coronet flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, the saucer 16cm diam (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonViscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895, lot 43Charles Wentworth Wass Collection, Phillips, 6 December 1995, lot 324Various inventories of Lady Hamilton's possessions, used as sureties for loans, include a circa 1813 list, known as the Trickey Inventory, of 'Plate China Glass &c belonging to Lady Hamilton'. According to the terms of Nelson's will, Emma had inherited most of the household china, including the Horatia, Nelson and Baltic sets. The list of items in the 'Nelson Set' included a Dessert Service and a 'tea service', although this should more-correctly have been listed as a Breakfast Set. The set didn't include any teapot, but two bowls were present along with a sugar basin and a cream ewer. Curiously, the 1813 inventory lists '24 Cups and 13 Saucers', which has to be a mistake. More than thirteen saucers from the set survive today. It is impossible to believe that eleven saucers had been broken prior to 1813, and the only logical explanation is that whoever drew up the inventory meant to write '24 Cups and 23 Saucers'. One saucer had probably been broken, not eleven of them.Unfortunately, Emma's financial problems meant that she had to part with almost everything in return for loans. Much of Emma's china had been packed into crates and stored in Samuel Trickey's warehouse under instructions from Alderman J J Smith who kept her possessions as surety against money he had advanced to bail Emma out of debtor's prison. These crates were stored by Smith until at least 1831. Emma's daughter, Horatia and her husband had attempted to reclaim what she felt was hers by right, and their correspondence with Alderman Smith mentions 'the service you are anxious to possess with the arms of Nelson' (Prentice, p.22). Alderman Smith did, apparently return items to different members of Nelson's family, probably in exchange for money. Anything that Smith had not distributed was sold when he died in 1844. It is likely that the 'Nelson Set Tea Service' was passed from Alderman Smith to Nelson's niece, Charlotte, Duchess of Bronte, who had married Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport. On his death in 1868 his Nelson relics passed to their son, Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. Thus, what remained of this set was sold in Lord Bridport's sale at Christie's on 11 July 1895. A contemporary newspaper cutting attached to the back of this saucer by Wentworth Wass discusses the sale of this tea service, catalogued in 1895 as of Bristol porcelain but believed by 'enthusiastic collectors' to be of Worcester Pottery. The Bridport auction included a large part of the Nelson tea set and part of the Baltic set. In the Christie's sale ten pairs of breakfast cups and saucers sold for between 20 guineas and 36 guineas per pair. The present cup and saucer, together with the following lot, comprised one of these pairs, purchased at the sale by Charles Wentworth Wass. An annotated copy of the Bridport sale catalogue, shows that Wass was the buyer of lot 43, one pair of cups and saucers, for £37.16s. One of these cups and saucers is illustrated with a selection of Nelson China from the Wentworth Wass collection in Beresford and Wilson, Nelson and his Times (circa 1899), p.156. Both were then exhibited as part of the Wentworth Wass Collection at Thomas Goode's in South Audley Street in 1898, cat. no.61.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Coalport slop bowl from the 'Nelson Set Tea Service', circa 1802Of plain shape and generous size, brightly painted with borders of oak leaves and acorns inside and out, the exterior with four reserves, two painted with the shield, motto and coronet of Lord Nelson flanked by the crests of the San Josef and the chelengk, 16.3cm diamFootnotes:ProvenanceVice-Admiral Horatio, Lord NelsonEmma, Lady HamiltonViscount Bridport, Christie's, 11 July 1895, lot 53 (part)Alfred Trapnell CollectionAccording to the terms of Nelson's will, Emma inherited most of their household china, including the 'Horatia', 'Nelson' and 'Baltic' sets. Eight years after Trafalgar, however, all of her possessions were packed in crates in a warehouse as surety against loans to keep her out of debtor's prison. Various inventories from the time include the Trickey Inventory of 'Plate China Glass &c belonging to Lady Hamilton'. The 'Nelson Set Tea Service' was listed as including '2 Slop basons'.Many years after Emma's death, the crates of china were still stored by Alderman Smith, until at least 1831. It is then likely that Alderman Smith gave (or sold) the 'Nelson Set' to Samuel Hood, Baron Bridport who had married Nelson's niece, Charlotte, Duchess of Bronte. When the Baron died in 1868, his Nelson relics passed to their son, Alexander Nelson, Viscount Bridport. Thus, what remained of the Nelson Tea Service was sold in Lord Bridport's sale at Christie's on 11 July 1895. In the Christie's sale, lot 53 comprised 'A Helmet-Shaped Milk-Jug; and a Basin' and these sold together for 30 guineas to a buyer named 'Wills'. Only one of the original two basins was included in the Bridport sale, and this suggests the other bowl had, by this time, been broken.At the time of the Bridport sale, the Nelson breakfast set was believed to be Champion's Bristol porcelain (even though the Bristol factory had closed in 1780). Alfred Trapnell was a prominent collector of Bristol porcelain and will have purchased this, probably from Wills.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Chinese blue and white large circular basin, Qianlong, the interior painted with numerous pavilions in a mountainous landscape, the exterior with flowering branches, 55cm diameter, 20.5cm highHole drilled at the side of the basin, possibly contemporary to manufacture and filled with a cork stopper. There are a series of glaze scratches including one long stained crack to the interior, some typical wear and scratching to glaze, but overall in good order.
Jazz/Blues/Soul LP collection. Thirteen 12" and four 10" albums. Mike Westbrook Concert Band; 'Release' (SMLA 1031), Shelly Manne; 'Mannekind' (MRL 375), Peterson & Pass & Brown; 'The Giants' (2310 796), Herb Alpert's Tijuana Brass; 'Whipped Cream & Other Delights' (SP 4110), Duke Ellington and His Orchestra; 'The Popular Duke Ellington' (LSA 3072), Ray Charles; 'Dedicated To You' (T566), Billy Eckstine & Quincy Jones; 'At Basin Street East' (SFL 13039), Diana Ross and The Supremes; 'Reflections' (TML 11073), Various; 'Rhythm & Blues All Stars' (MAL 610), B.B. King; 'Introducing B.B. King' MCB 8001), Stephane Grappelli and Barney Kessell With The New Hot Club Quintent; 'Limehouse Blues' (BLP 30129), Georgie Fame; 'Hall Of Fame' (SX 6120), Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges; 'Side By Side' (CLP 1374), Gerry Mulligan Quartet; 'Volume 1' (10", L.B.E. 029), Frank Sinatra; 'Sing and Dance with Frank Sinatra' (10", BBR 8003), Bix Beiderbecke Featuring Bix Beiderbecke Orchestras; 'The Great Bix' (10", 10S 1035), Emil Stern And His Honky Tonk Piano And His Friends; 'Honky Tonk Dance Hall' (10", SDL 86037). (17) The overall condition is generally G/VG. Estimated in-house shipping for this lot is available to the UK for £35.50.
An autojumblers lotincluding a quantity of magnetos, many incomplete; an incomplete mag-dynos; carburettor spares; pudding basin helmets; a rear wheel; Triumph timing covers; and sundry parts, condition and completeness unknown, close inspection advised. (Qty)Footnotes:All lots are sold 'as is/where is' and Bidders must satisfy themselves as to the provenance, condition, age, completeness and originality prior to bidding.REQUEST A TRANSPORT QUOTEPlease click the link to request a transport quote from our recommended transport company, Moving Motorcycles.To request a UK or European shipping quote - Moving MotorcyclesTo request an International shipping quote - ShippioThis Lot will be auctioned on Saturday 20 April starting at 11am GMT.'Lot to be sold without reserve.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ◊◊◊◊ £60 + VAT uplift and storage at £12 + VAT per lot per dayFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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