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A rare Bayreuth brown-glazed stoneware teabowl and saucer, c.1730-40, after Meissen's Böttger stoneware, with silberChinesen decoration, possibly by an Augsburg hausmaler, with figures carrying flowers, parasols and panniers of fruit within laub und bandelwerk decoration, the teabowl broken and restuck, 11.8cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection from Dorset. Sotheby's, 29th June 1982, A Distinguished Collection of German Porcelain; Property of a European Nobleman.

[Schmidt, Johann Andreas]. [Leib-beschirmende und Feinden trotz-bietende Fecht-Kunst, oder, Leicht und getreue Anweisung auf Stoss und Hieb zierlich und sicher zu fechten : nebst einem curieusen Unterricht vom Voltigiren und Ringen, deutlich und gru?ndlich beschrieben..., 1st edition, Nuremberg: Johann Christoph Weigel, 1713], [12], 376pp., initial 10 pages lacking (i.e. without portrait frontispiece, title, and preliminary leaves), 72 full-page engraved illustrations and 12 engraved plates, some show-through, occasional spotting and minor marks, tips of upper outer blank corners to few leaves slightly trimmed (where previously frayed?), pencil scribbles to fore-edge blank margin of page 272, upper blank margins of rear third of leaves with single & double worm holes, modern brown morocco, oblong 8vo (9.6 x 16.7 cm) (Qty: 1)NOTESThimm p.260; Pardoel 2365. The collation of a complete example is [22],376pp. Besides fencing, the engravings show gymnastic training on the horse and various wrestling techniques. Johann Andreas Schmidt was a German fencing master born circa 1650 in Marienberg, Germany. Sometime after 1671 (or after 1675), he studied fencing under the fencing master Johann Georg and Johannes Georgius Bruchius in Amsterdam. Schmidt's impressive fencing abilities were illustrated by a story that in 1712, as a result of a bet of 10 ducats, armed only with a stick, he took on "six strong farmers" in Altdorf in the area of Nuremberg and defeated them all, thus winning the bet. The following year, in 1713, he established his own fencing school in Nuremberg. In 1721 Georg Wilhelm von Brandenburg-Bayreuth (1678-1726) the ruler of Bayreuth appointed Schmidt as a Page Fencing Master following the successful defeat and disarming of two fencing masters. He was awarded the appointment as a Page Fencing Master with a wage of 1,000 guilders. After the death of his patron probably after 1726, Schmidt returned to Nuremberg to continue his teachings. He then moved to teach in both Stuttgart and finally in Tübingen, where he died.

ARTS THE: A good, interesting hardback bound 4to album containing over 60 signed clipped pieces, letterheads, A.Ls.S., musical quotations etc., by various famous individuals, most associated with the Arts (Classical Music, Literature, Art & Theatre etc.) at the end of the 19th century, including Anton Rubinstein (A.L.S., Ant. Rubinstein, one page, 8vo, Dresden, 5th October 1893, to Bock, in German), Moritz Moszkowski, Wilhelm Taubert, Arthur Quiller-Couch, S. R. Crockett (A.N.S., 'I hate giving autographs, but you ask nicely', 1895), Stanley J. Weyman, Adolf von Henselt, H. Rider Haggard, Leonard Borwick, Ferdinand Hiller, Hugo Thimig, Julius Benedict, Dr. Hans Paumgartner, Richard Wuerst, Robert Stawell Ball, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, John Everett Millais, Friedrich Kiel, Solomon J. Solomon, Frederic Leighton, Benjamin Leader, Luke Fildes, Arthur James Balfour, Anthony Hope Hawkins, Kate Greenaway, Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Philip Calderon, Walter Besant, Ellen Terry, Edward J. Poynter, Frank Dicksee, Moriz Rosenthal, Alexander Mackenzie (A.M.Q.S.), Joseph Chamberlain, Willy Hess (A.M.Q.S., April 1895), Grant Allen (an amusing A.N.S., 'Why ask a busy man for his autograph? I won't give it. Grant Allen'), Eugen d'Albert (A.M.Q.S., April 1896), Edward Dannreuther (ink signature in the form of a musical quotation), George Grove, Siegfried Wagner (dated Bayreuth, 1896), Lilli Lehmann, Rosa Sucher, Lillian Henschel, Felix Moul (A.M.Q.S., Bayreuth, 1896), John Lavery, Jean de Reszke, Emile Sauret (A.M.Q.S., London, 1900), Eduard Schutt (A.L.S., incorporating two musical quotations, Bremen, 17th November 1896), Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Rudolf Lehmann, Johan Strauss II, Eduard Hanslick, Theodor Leschetizky (A.M.Q.S., Vienna, December 1896), Giacomo Meyerbeer, Ignaz Brull etc. The majority are laid down to the pages, some in multiples, and with some light age wear and minor staining etc. The half morocco bound album with the gilt stamped initials of the original owner, Grace Falcon, to the cover and with her pencil ownership signature to the front free endpaper. Lacking the spine and the boards (and some interior pages) loose, generally G  £300-400   

WAGNER COSIMA: (1837-1930) born Francesca Cosima Liszt. Illegitimate daughter of Liszt. Second wife of Richard Wagner, and with him founder of the Bayreuth Festival. Cosima was the principal inspiration for Wagner´s later works, particularly Parsifal. After Richard Wagner´s death, she devoted the rest of her life to the promotion of his music. A.L.S., `C.Wagner´, one page, small 8vo, Lichterfelde, 10th February 1902, to Paul Bijk, in German. Cosima Wagner thanks her correspondent for his kindness and states in part `I can report that my regime is finished and that I feel an essential recovery! Accompanied by the original envelope, postmarked and post-stamped. With very small remnants of a former affixing to the blank integral leaf, otherwise, about EX  £200-300    

MAUREL VICTOR: (1848-1923) French Baritone. Rare A.L.S., `V.or Maurel´, four pages, 8vo, Paris, 15th August 1897, to Monsieur Litta, in French. Maurel first mentions the travelling that his correspondent´s letter did, stating `Your 2nd of August letter wandered from city to city before reaching me, first Paris, then Bayreuth, Munich, Nuremberg, Stuttgart and finally Paris again, where I got it last night. It was stupid clerk the one who caused..´, further referring to a performance issue with impresarios and future plans, stating in part `I believe that you will not regret the decision you have made, since the Don Juan affair seems to have taken a good turn…. Right on the spot and within a few days we could work out a good libretto, and as you correctly state, we could return in Spring with a theatrical work which we could stage immediately.´ Maurel adds two post-scriptums, and states to the second `I have written an article about Wagner and Bayreuth. It will be published on Wednesday on the Le Gaulois. Read it. I think that you will find it interesting.´ VG  £200-300    

El Anatsui (Ghanaian, born 1944)Curtain (yellow / ochre) signed and dated 'El/ '88' twice (centre right)dyed and printed cloth295.5 x 131cm (116 5/16 x 51 9/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceMr Christoph Ludzuweit; A private collection.El Anatsui made ten printed textiles in Nsukka in 1988, they were produced in black, blue, yellow and yellow/ochre pigments. Three of these works are now to be found in the collection of Iwalewahaus, Bayreuth.These early works can be considered as the first stage in the artist's development of the later wall hangings.Christoph Ludzuweit worked as a lecturer at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka from 1983 to 1988 and was a close friend and colleague of the artist.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

ART, LITERATURE AND PHILANTHROPYSeries of autograph letters to Lady Louisa Goldsmid, the philanthropist, educationalist and suffragist, from Robert Browning, Millicent Jarrett Fawcett and Edward Lear, comprising: three autograph letters signed 'Robert Browning', the first asking her to 'Please put the notes into the fire, and – if you please to honor it so far – the photograph into your album', the rest accepting invitations ('I understand your kindness in softening the disgrace by this second invitation, which I accept blushingly but joyfully too'), 3 pages, 8vo, 19 Warwick Crescent, 'Saturday afternoon', 20 February [18]69 and 'Tuesday'; two autograph letters written on mourning paper signed ('Millicent Jarrett Fawcett' and 'M.J.Fawcett'), thanking her for her efforts in funding a memorial fountain on London's Embankment to her husband Henry ('not only for the sympathy and consideration shown to my by yourself and others at every stage of the undertaking, but especially for embodying, in a lasting form, the appreciation of his country women... On all grounds then, public & private, I think there is no title he would have been prouder to bear than that of the Friend of Women', the second confirming that the fountain is being put to good use ('It was surrounded by children drinking from it the whole time we were there'), the first with envelope, 4 pages, 8vo, Alde House, Aldeburgh, 28 July [1886] and Bayreuth, 5 August; and autograph letter signed ('Edward Lear'), regretting he is unable to accept her invitations as he is preparing for an exhibition of oil and watercolour landscapes at Frank Lushington's and thanking her for her kindness, 3 pages, 8vo, 33 Norfolk Square, Friday 14 May (7)Footnotes:LETTERS OF GRATITUDE TO A LEADING SUPPORTER OF WOMEN'S EDUCATION.Lady Louisa Goldsmid's 'entire life was devoted to the advancement of women's causes, chief among which was raising the professional status of Victorian women of the middle classes' (Geoffrey Alderman, ODNB). She championed the rights of governesses and worked with other activists in the Langham Place circle such as Emily Davies to obtain the admission of women to university examinations, leading to the creation of Girton College, Cambridge and a campaign to give women the right to gain university degrees. Her wealth and position in society as a well-known London hostess attracted leading figures from the worlds of politics and the arts to her salon and her causes. The fountain she caused to be erected in the memory of the blind educational reformer and economist Henry Fawcett (by, appropriately, a female sculptor) can still be seen on the Embankment.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

German Third Reich Luftwaffe promotion document.A good large cream card example, the front with gold embossed eagle and swasika, housing document promoting Hautmann Joachim Bauer of the Luftwaffe Generalm Staff to be Major as of 1 August 1939. Dated Bayreuth 31 Juli 1939 and bears ink facsimile of Hitler ... also with three typed signals, mention him as Oberst (20.3.1945) from the Oberkommando der Luftwaffe. Contents VGC, folder grubby.

Andras Kaldor (Hungarian, born 1938)Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona; Teatro Nacional de San Carlos, Lisbon; Markgrafliches Opernhaus, Bayreuth; Opera, Montpelliera set of four works depicting various opera houseseach signed dated and inscribed (along the lower edge) watercolour the first 75 x 81.5cm (29 1/2 x 32 1/16in); the second 74 x 101cm (29 1/8 x 39 3/4in); the third 51 x 56cm (20 1/16 x 22 1/16in); the fourth 71 x 79.5cm (27 15/16 x 31 5/16in)(4)Footnotes:ExhibitedNew York, Coe Kerr Gallery Inc., The Opera Houses of Europe, December 5-21, 1990.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.

Assorted quartz movement wristwatches, a pair of mother of pearl opera glasses by Julius Heuberger, Bayreuth, etc.

Two Gill Adams limited edition prints of West Highland TerriersSigned coloured etching 'Bayreuth, Festspielhaus', signed indistinctly  and another Wagner's house (4)

Tea Set by Fein Bayreuth of Germany comprising tea pot, milk jug, lidded twin-handled sugar bowl, six cups, six saucers and six sandwich/cake plates. White ground with decorative yellow and grey floral design. Also, a Norwegian 1960s Coffee Set comprising coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, six cups and saucers. In black ground with gilt interiors and trims. Please see photographs.

A documentary Meissen Hausmaler saucerCirca 1740Painted in the workshop of Johann Friedrich Metzsch in Bayreuth, a flower spray in the centre and a border of stylised flower heads and scrolls with floral swags around the gilt-edged rim, the reverse inscribed in blue enamel 'M/ Bayr.', 13.2cm diameter, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed numeralFootnotes:Provenance:Luise Hofmann Collection, sold in these Rooms, 16 May 2007, lot 60A similar saucer with the same marks was sold by Christie's London, 11 December 2000, lot 296.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Marconiphone electric record player, with variable speed selector for 16, 33, 45 and 78 RPM, together with a quantity of classical records include recordings from the Bayreuth Festival 1936 'Lohengrin'

After Louis de Silvestre, portrait of Christiane Eberhardine (1671-1727), of Brandenburg-Bayreuth and Electress of Saxony, half length in a jewelled dress and urmine trimmed cloak, inscribed u.l., oil on canvas, 82 by 64.5cm, modern gilt frame 

Dalí, SalvadorFigueras/Spain 1904 - 1989Tristan et Iseult. German edition. 1969. Book with 21 coloured drypoint etchings on BFK RIVES (watermark). Each: 40 x 26cm (45.5 x 64cm, central fold). Cover sheet signed and inscribed (artist's proof), all remaining sheets monogrammed. In the imprint with the copy number: A. With it is a complete suite on BFK RIVES (watermark). Each: 45 x 26cm (45 x 32cm). Inscribed (Signature and artist's proof). Suite and book (each in portfolios) in original box (49 x 37 x 8.5cm). Orangerie-Verlag, Cologne (publisher). Number artist's proof. Each sheet with the blind stamp of the publisher. The present book is one of three Hors de Commerce-copies (inscribed A-C). The numbered total edition was published with an amount of 200 copies.Provenance:- Collection Gerhard F. Reinz, CologneLiterature:- Sahli, Charles: Salvador Dalí - 257 editions originales 1964-1985, New York/Paris/Cologne/Bern 1985, cat.rais.-no. 138-158, ill.- Michler, Ralf/Löpsinger, Lutz W. (eds.): Salvador Dali - Das druckgraphische Werk 1924-1980, Oeuvrekatalog der Radierungen und Mixed-Media-Graphiken, Munich 1994, cat.rais.-no. 406-426, ill. Explanations to the CatalogueSalvador Dalí Spain Modern Art Prints 1960s Literary theme Print Drypoint etching Figure / FiguresDalí, SalvadorFigueras/Spanien 1904 - 1989Tristan et Iseult. Deutsche Ausgabe. 1969. Buch mit 21 farbigen Kaltnadelradierungen auf BFK RIVES (Wasserzeichen). Jeweils: 40 x 26cm (45,5 x 64cm, mittig gefalzt). Titelblatt signiert und bezeichnet (E.A.), alle übrigen Blätter monogrammiert. Im Impressum mit der Exemplarangabe: A. Dazu eine komplette Suite auf BFK RIVES (Wasserzeichen). Jeweils: 45 x 26cm (45 x 32cm). Bezeichnet (Namenszug und E.A). Suite und Buch (jeweils in Mappen) in originaler Kassette (49 x 37 x 8,5cm). Orangerie-Verlag, Köln (Hrsg.). Ex. E.A. Jedes Blatt ist mit dem Trockenstempel des Herausgebers versehen. Das vorliegende Buch ist eines von drei Hors de Commerce-Exemplaren (bezeichnet A-C). Die nummerierte Gesamtauflage erschien in einer Höhe von 200 Exemplaren.Provenienz:- Sammlung Gerhard F. Reinz, KölnLiteratur:- Sahli, Charles: Salvador Dalí - 257 editions originales 1964-1985, New York/Paris/Köln/Bern 1985, WVZ.-Nr. 138-158, Abb.- Michler, Ralf/Löpsinger, Lutz W. (Hrsg.): Salvador Dali - Das druckgraphische Werk 1924-1980, Oeuvrekatalog der Radierungen und Mixed-Media-Graphiken, München 1994, WVZ.-Nr. 406-426, Abb.Gerhard F. Reinz, der Herausgeber der Arbeit, liebt und schätzt Richard Wagner sehr. In Salvador Dalí findet er einen Gleichgesinnten und so hören die beiden oft während der "Signier-Stunden" im New Yorker oder Pariser Hotelzimmer die Musik des deutschen Komponisten. Wohl bei einer dieser Sitzungen entsteht die Idee zu einer Zusammenarbeit für den Radierzyklus "Tristan und Isolde". In der 21-teiligen Suite zu den Texten von André Mary gestaltet Dalí eine seiner vielen Interpretationen der populären Geschichte aus dem 12. Jahrhundert über Romantik und Tragödie. Reinz, der 1964 erstmals die Festspiele in Bayreuth besucht und dort die Familie Wagner kennenlernt, durfte zur Eröffnung der Eremitage 1969 eine Ausstellung mit Dalís Zyklus zeigen. Sie ist die erste Ausstellung von weiteren, die Reinz während der folgenden Festspiele einrichtet. Erläuterungen zum KatalogSalvador Dalí Spanien Surrealismus Moderne Kunst Grafik 1960er Literarische Themen Druckgrafik Kaltnadelradierung Figur / Figuren- - -29.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer priceVAT margin scheme, VAT included, but not indicated and not reclaimableOptional:19.00 % VAT on the hammer price25.00 % buyer's premium on the hammer price19.00 % VAT on buyer's premiumArtist resale rights:1.50 % on hammer price over 400 EUR0.50 % on hammer price over 200,000 EUR0.25 % on hammer price over 350,000 EUR0.13 % on hammer price over 500,000 EUR

Royal Bayreuth Bavaria Silver Collared Twin Handle Bud Vase The body decorated with transfer print depicting 17th century Flemish musicians, factory mark to base, twin scroll handles and silver rim, fully hallmarked - rubbed. Height, 3 inches, slight chip/5mm hairline to bottom left.

Tea Set by Fein Bayreuth of Germany comprising tea pot, milk jug, lidded twin-handled sugar bowl, six cups, six saucers and six sandwich/cake plates. White ground with decorative yellow and grey floral design. Also, a Norwegian 1960s Coffee Set comprising coffee pot, milk jug, sugar bowl, six cups and saucers. In black ground with gilt interiors and trims. Please see photographs.

NO RESERVE Nazi architecture.- Troost (Gurdy) Das Bauen im neuen Reich, 2 vol., photographic illustrations, original cloth-backed boards, dust-jackets, minor chipping to spine ends and corners, light rubbing to extremities, near-fine otherwise, 4to, Bayreuth, 1942.

Carltonware Rouge Royal vase, a Royal Bayreuth vase and a Johann Havilland vase

WAGNER RICHARD: (1813-1883) German Composer. A good vintage signed sepia carte-de-visite photograph by Wagner, the sepia albumen print by Franz Hanfstaengl of Berlin depicting Wagner in a profile half length pose wearing his velvet suit, cravat and beret. Signed ('Richard Wagner') with his name alone in ink to the lower photographer's mount. With the photographer's imprint to the verso, which is further annotated in bold black fountain pen ink in an unidentified hand indicating that the photograph was received on 15th September 1893 from [the antiquarian bookseller] B. Seligsberg of Bayreuth, 'Wagner's own collector of curios etc., who, in letter of same date, absolutely guarantees the authenticity of the autograph'. Some light, very minor age wear, otherwise VG

Wagner (Cosima, 1837-1930). Autograph letter signed, 'C. Wagner', Bayreuth, 31 December 1897, to Princess Herrmann of Saxe-Weimar in German, wishing her well, two pages with integral blank, minor split along centre fold, 4to (Qty: 1)Cosima Wagner was the illegitimate daughter of Frans Liszt and Marie D'Agoult, who later became the second wife of Richard Wagner, and with him founded the Bayreuth Festival.

Wagner (Richard). Richard Wagner's Parsifal, Illustrirt von C. Ritter, Bayreuth: Heinrich Heuschmann, [1888], title (spotted and browned) and letterpress leaf, plus nine mounted albumen prints of scenes from Parsifal after paintings by Ritter, photographed by Jos. Albert, images approximately 15 x 20cm, loosely contained as issued in original gilt-decorated cloth portfolio, a little rubbed and soiled, oblong folio, together with a modern facsimile of a similar portfolio-style work of Parsifal by Frans Stassen, plus three volumes from the series '100 Jahre Bayreuther Festspiele' by Gisela Zeh, Heinrich Habel and Dietrich Mack, illustrations from photographs, original cloth in dust jacket, 4to, plus two related (Qty: 7)

Five items of German Bayreuth porcelain, to include two tazza, a pierced centre piece, a bowl and an octagonal dish, each printed with red flowers.

 WAGNER WINIFRED: (1897-1980) English-born wife of Siegfried Wagner, the son of German Composer Richard Wagner. A friend and supporter of Adolf Hitler, Winifred Wagner ran the Bayreuth Festival after the death of her husband in 1930 and until the end of World War II in 1945. T.L.S., Winifred Wagner, one page, oblong 8vo, Haus Wahnfried, Bayreuth, 1st April 1932, to her cousin ('Lieber Vetter'), in German. Wagner informs her correspondent that Eva had passed on a questionnaire and continues 'Since I knew neither Liszt, nor Wagner, nor my mother-in-law during the time when she was in normal health, I regret that I can provide no information on the subject', further adding 'Where Siegfried is concerned, I believe that the correct answer is provided by the passage on page 51 of the Hutchen libretto'. VG   Eva Maria von Bulow (1867-1942) Illegitimate Daughter of Richard Wagner and his second wife, Cosima, who at the time of Eva's birth was married to the German Conductor Hans von Bulow. Sister of Siegfried Wagner and wife of Houston Stewart Chamberlain (1855-1927) British-born German Philosopher whose works influenced the antisemitism of Nazi racial policy.   Franz Liszt (1811-1886) Hungarian Composer, Pianist & Conductor, a friend of Richard Wagner.   Richard Wagner (1813-1883) German Composer, father-in-law of Winifred Wagner.   Cosima Wagner (1837-1930) German Director of the Bayreuth Festival, the second wife of Richard Wagner. The illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, Cosima Wagner was a permanent invalid at the time of Siegfried's marriage to Winifred in 1915 and she had given up producing her late husband's operas at Bayreuth in 1906.   In the present letter Winifred Wagner refers to her husband's opera An allem ist Hutchen schuld! which premiered in 1917.   Haus Wahnfried, from where the present letter was written, was the villa owned by Richard Wagner in Bayreuth. Adolf Hitler, an ardent admirer of the composer's works, was a frequent visitor to the house.  

HUKIN & HEATH; a Victorian hallmarked silver rimmed Coalport porcelain circular bowl with textured sides, Birmingham 1893, diameter 13cm (af), and a Royal Bayreuth porcelain miniature vase with silver rim, Henry Perkins & Sons, London 1911 (2).Additional InformationThere is a hairline crack below the silver mounted rim, with staining, also a few other areas of staining, very fine crazing to the glaze, predominantly to the base and incised parts, a band of staining to the inside, the silver mounts appear to be intact.

Third Reich German Day Collecting Tin red painted, tankard style, collecting tin with hinged lid numbered "39427". The body marked "Gau Bayreuth". Paper "Winter-Hilfsmerk" with eagle and swastika label (damaged). Complete with a small amount of German coinage.

A floral encrusted vase and a Bayreuth porcelain plate.

Adolf Hitler signed 1935 Programme for the Richard Wagner Opera Tristan und Isolde at the Berlin Opera house, which he attended. In German signed in pencil on front and dated to lower border. Unfolds into six pages with images and cast list. Has Certificate of Authenticity dated 2004, with note in German which translates approx. as follows. This was the second anniversary of Hitlers appointment as Chancellor of Germany and he signed some copies of the programme for loyal employees. These signatures are written in a very typical manner of the most common type and in the well-known version, the readability and the preservation of the signature is excellent the execution of the document with a picture of Hitler's favourite composer shown on top of the document Hitler maintained already in the twenties close ideologically motivated contacts to the Bayreuth house wahnfried and to Winfried and winifred wagner. At the beginning of 1935 Hitler gave some interviews held 22. 1 for the 85th birthday of General von Litzmann in Berlin-nikolassee, he gave the general a car. Hitler was intensively involved with the preparations for the proclamation of universal military service. Several English politicians in the Reich Chancellery, Lord Allen Huttwood and Marquis of Lothian, it was about disarmament questions about the return of Germany in the Volkerbund and the participation in a collective security system a very interesting original signed document out of a moving context, text the document is particularly rare and so very difficult to procure. Good condition Est.

Photograph Album.- Wagner.- Bayreuth Festival, 1931.- c.100 pasted-in views and portraits documenting a British couple's visit, with travel catalogues and brochures, postcards, tickets, maps, menus, wine lists, festival programmes, playbills, and cigarette cards, also syndicated portraits of Toscanini, Elmendorff, Friedrich Schorr, Rosalind von Schirach, Maria Müller, Gotthelf Pistor, Nanny Larsén-Todsen, and Lauritz Melchior, the last signed ?by Melchior, shots of the stage sets, sample of Gustav Mori's 1931 facsimile of Gutenberg's Erste Seite des Türkenkalendars, itinerary and hand-drawn map pasted in, ownership inscription to front pastedown, contemporary cloth, hinges pulling, a little worn, oblong 4to [1931].

Commemorative 2 Groschen/Dwugrosz 1727. Drezno/Dresden. On the Death of the Electress Christiane Eberhardine v. Brandenburg-Bayreuth. Poplar, stacks of hearts either side, TOT-CORDA, QVOT FOLIA; LVGENT in ex. Rev. Eleven-line memorial legend (Kop.11128 - R3, Gum.2124, Kam.636). Extremely Fine.

A mixed group of scientific instruments including Vidicon TV camera tube, Triode power valve, cased Sestrel circumferometer, cased Stuart's Marine Distance Meter, a brass cased and oak mounted aneroid barometer by John Barker & Co Ltd of Kensington, a cased pair of Steiner Bayreuth 10x50 binoculars, a Phillip Harris Ltd of Birmingham conservation of energy experiment machine stamped 213.3GM, cased Norstedt's physics set, etc.

NO RESERVE Wagner (Cosima, illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt; second wife of the German composer Richard Wagner, and with him founded the Bayreuth Festival, 1837-1930) Autograph Letter signed to Monsieur ?Collran, date and note in another hand in Italian, 1p., in French, sm. 8vo, 29th October 1880, thanking him for his friendship, writing faded but mostly legible, small tear starting along fold, browned.

A group of ceramics To include a pair of Royal Bayreuth vases, a blue Prattware vase with hunting scenes, height 10cm, Royal Worcester 'Thursdays child has far to go' figure 3260, etc. (qty)

Circa 1906, A Wooden Brisé Autograph Fan, with seventeen inner sticks and two guards, a pencil contained in the tip of the lower guard. Various signatures, dating between 1906 and 1910, some relating to the Bavarian town of Bayreuth. Guard length 8.25 inches or 21cmOne stick near the centre damaged and repaired. Ribbon sound. Some adhesive residue from price labels evident on both guards.

A group of vintage Lobster ware to include a Carlton Red Lobster pattern salad bowl and servers set, lobster creamer jugs in the manner of Royal Bayreuth stamped Germany or Foreign along with a similar creamer jug and a pair of vegetable condiments.

CHARLES ROBERT ASHBEE (1863-1942) FOR THE GUILD OF HANDICRAFT LTD. ARTS & CRAFTS SILVER PORRINGER, LONDON 1905 with whiplash handle inset with purple cabochon stone, bears maker's mark GofHLTD, hallmarked London 1905, with engraved initials MB 18cm long Note: The engraved monogram MB refers to Marie Brema (1856-1925), the first British singer to sing at Bayreuth.

An early Wedgwood oval dish, , Royal Bayreuth small silver toped twin handled vase. - Royal Crown Derby unfinished, small rag doll etc.

Two porcelain part tea services: one by 'Royal Bayreuth', painted with yellow flowers, 8 cups, saucers and plates, the other with ten cups, saucers and plates, two larger plates and a bowl

A 16-BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY S. HOFFMAN, 35inch sighted two-stage barrel signed S. HOFFMAN on the top flat and engraved with geometric designs at the breach, border engraved stepped lock with faceted pan and signed S. HOFFMAN BAYREUTH, full stocked with horn fore-end cap, the stock well carved about the brass mounts.

A collection of eleven various tea cup/coffee cans and saucers, including Royal Crown Derby 1128 Imari; green Derby panel A.1237, Royal Antoinette A.1225, Majesty A. 1292; together with Minton B1451 'Haddon Hall'; Royal Worcester 'Prince Regent', Wedgwood 'Clio', Gloria 'Bayreuth' and three various (11)

OPERA: Selection of vintage signed postcard photographs by various male opera singers, including Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavarotti, Gerhard Stolze at the Bayreuth festival in 1958, Hermann Prey at Bayreuth 1966, Aldo Protti, Luigi Ottolini, Horst Stein, Eugenio Fernandi, Eberhard Waechter, etc.. All are signed in bold dark inks, most to clear areas of the photographs. VG,11 £100-120

Two miniature Royal Bayreuth Bavaria vases decorated with Arabs and horses, both with silver collar, 8cm, (marks worn), (a/f)

NINETEENTH CENTURY COPPER LUSTRE JUG, 4 1/2" HIGH, ALLERTON'S LUSTRE SMALL CREAM JUG AND SUGAR BASIN; TORQUAY MOTTO WARE SMALL MILK JUG, ROYAL BAYREUTH CHINA MILK JUG IN THE FORM OF AN APPLE WITH STALK PATTERN HANDLE; SMALL MAJOLICA TWO DIVISION CRUET FRAME AND 7 OTHER PIECES (12)

A Braun Gloria Viewfinder Camera, 120 film, shutter working with a Bayreuth Praxar 7.5cm f/ 2.9 lens, complete with original maker's box and instructions

An early porcelain tea bowl and saucer, very finely painted with chinoiserie scenes, possibly Meissen hausmalered in Bayreuth. Numeral '10' to the base of each.

Collection of Three (3) Antique Porcelain Tableware. Includes: Royal Bayreuth Devil with Card creamer, Dresden candle holder, Victorian style letter holder. Letter holder is unsigned. Creamer has some rubbing to handle, candle holder has some restorations. Letter holder measures 5-1/2" H x 8-1/2" W. Shipping $48.00 (estimate $50-$100)

Large Royal Bayreuth Shire horses vase & a twin handled goats vase

A MEISSEN HAUSMALEREI TEA BOWL, C1725, THE DECORATION EITHER CONTEMPORARY OR EXECUTED AT BAYREUTH, C1735-50, enamelled in the manner of Danhoffer with a chinaman beside an exotic purple bird flanked by delicate flowering plants, the other side with two buildings, a tree and fence, gilt rims, 7.5cm diam, dreher's incised / to footrim ++Gilding rubbed to the inner border and slight wear around the lower edge of the footrim

Hatpin stands - a quantity of Limoges and Continental stands to include a Reinhold Schlegelmilch floral stand; a Vignaud Limoges stand; a Royal Bayreuth, Bavaria stand, printed hunting scene; a stand modelled as a young female bust; etc (14)

Vintage Royal Doulton porcelain bowl rose decorated, design # HBY022/E4891 to base; together with Royal Bayreuth vase, rose decorated, marked to base. Diameter 13cms approx (Doulton bowl).

Schuco, all boxed 1:43 scale limited edition, German fire service vehicles comprising, three Volkswagen T2a, Bus Bayreuth, Doppelkabine Frankfurt and Westfalia- Pritsche, (03228,03346,03334) and a Mercedes Benz L 319 and Opel Reckford E (02807,03423) E, boxes G-E (5)

1930's travel and cruise brochures, for Browns Tours, Mansfield, including Royal Mail and Orient Line cruises, Olympic Games, Berlin 1936, Bayreuth Festival Performances 1938 and Brighton illustrated by Aubrey Hammond.

ROYAL BAYREUTH, pair of flow blue portrait vases, 10" height

A Royal Bayreuth porcelain Bermuda Devil playing card mug (Bavaria Germany US zone)

A c1930 Royal Bayreuth hunting fox candleholder, painted and glazed with green stamp and impressed marks to base, height approx 15cm. CONDITION REPORT Mild paint loss to fox's left-hand ear, surface dirt. Several areas of minor paint rub, less than 1mm diameter. Two minor paint scratches less than 0.5cm.

Two pieces of miniature Royal Bayreuth china with silver topped rims

Rudolph Berger signed vintage postcard. He was one of the best opera singers of his time. He studied singing under Adolf Robinson in Brunn. He made his debut as baritone in 1896 at the Municipal Theatre of Brunn as Telramund in Lohengrin. Then till 1897 he was active at the Municipal Theatre of Olmutz and in 1898 he was engaged by the Berlin Court Opera. Here he sang among other things on 18. 4. 1899 in the premiere of the opera Mudarra of Fernand Le Borne, on 10. 4. 1900 in Ferdinand Hummel's opera Die Beichte, on 13. 12. 1904 in the premiere of Leoncavallo's opera Der Roland von Berlin; on 14. 4. 1905 in the Berlin premiere of E.Humperdinck's Die Heirat wider Willen. In 1901, 1906 and 1908 he appeared at Bayreuth Festival in Parsifal and Gotterdammerung. In 1908 he retired for a year and studied under Oscar Sanger, reappearing as a tenor in Lohengrin at a performance in Berlin in 1909. In 1913 he married the American soprano Marie Rappold. After guest performances, primarily, in Wagner's operas in Paris, London, Prague and Amsterdam as well as at the Vienna Court Opera, in 1913 he was engaged to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. In his two seasons, he sang 24 performances of 8 roles, including Siegfried, Lohengrin, Walther, Parsifal, Tristan, and Tannhauser. His only non-Wagnerian role was Tamino in Die Zauberflote. However, his career total number of roles was 96 as a baritone and 18 as a tenor. He suddenly died, at the height of his career, only 41 years old. Good Condition. All signed items come with our certificate of authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.95, EU from £4.95, Overseas from £6.95.

WAGNER RICHARD: (1813-1883) German Composer. An unusual printed 8vo page annotated by Wagner, being the introduction to a publication relating to the composer's opera Tannhauser, the German text to the recto and verso of the page, removed from a First Edition work published by Schulthess of Zurich, August 1852. At the head of the first page Wagner has added the words 'Programm der Ouvertüre zu Tannhäuser' in his hand. A thin strip of sellotape staining to the left edge, not affecting the printed text or Wagner's holograph annotation. Some very light, minor creasing, about VG £1000 - 1500Tannhäuser und der Sängerkrieg auf Wartburg (1845) is an opera in three acts with music and text by Wagner, inspired by two German legends. The story centres on the struggle between sacred and profane love, and redemption through love, a theme running through much of Wagner's mature work. Wagner made a number of revisions of the opera throughout his life and was still unsatisfied with its format when he died. The most significant revision was made for the opera's premiere in Paris in 1861. The opera remains a staple of major opera house repertoire in the 21st century. Richard Wagner is primarily known for his operas (or 'music dramas' as some of his later works were known) and, unlike most opera composers, Wagner wrote both the libretto and music for each of his stage works. The composer revolutionised opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk ('total work of art') and described his vision in a series of essays published between 1849-52. Wagner's most important operas continue to be performed annually at the Bayreuth Festival, run by his descendants. The effect of Wagner's ideas can be traced in many of the arts throughout the 20th century; his influence spread beyond composition into conducting, philosophy, literature, the visual arts and theatre.

18th Century brown glazed red earthenware coffee pot, possibly Bayreuth, bearing traces of the original gilt decoration, standing on a square foot, 16.25cm high Condition: The knop is missing from the cover, the original gilding is almost entirely rubbed off, the foot rim has glaze losses but these are where the glaze has not taken - **General condition consistent with age