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Click here to subscribeAN EMPIRE STYLE GILT METAL FIGURAL MANTEL CLOCKthe two train movement striking on a bell, fast slow lever to the reverse, the silvered dial with Roman numerals, the case with winged Amor leant atop the crest, a pastoral scene with cherubs cast in relief to the frieze, 38.5cm high x 26cm wide x 10cm deep
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MOUNTED CALACATTA VIOLA MARBLE CLOCK GARNITURE all with ‘Triumphal’ finials, the clock set with bronze maiden and lizard, the drum case with white enamel dial to the eight day moment striking on a bell by Vincenti et Cie, 35cm high, the companion urns, 31cm high
16 Boxed diecast models to include 3 x 1:43 Vanguards (VA04405, VA11202 & VA44002), 2 x Corgi Tramlines, 2 x EFE, Corgi Original Omnibus (OM43507), etc (diecast ex, boxes show storage wear); plus a quantity of unboxed diecast & plastic models (featuring Dinky, Corgi & Saico), and a San Francisco Bell Ringing Cable Car (boxed). (2)
Collection of 22 boxed Corgi diecast models to include 9 x World Of Tanks diecast models to include M48 Patton, Tiger 1 Ausf E, Churchill III, M3 Stuart, T-34 etc, 8 x Fire Heroes diecast models to include CS90065 Land Rover - City Of Bath, CS90056 1951 Seagrave Anniversary Pumper, CS90066 1951 Seagrave 70th Anniversary Pumper, CS90009 1966 GMC Fire Pumper, etc and 5 x Fighting Machines diecast models to include CS90114 Westland Wessex Royal Navy, CS90106 Mark IV Tank - Tank Corps, CS90030 Bell 47 Chopper, CS90384 Westland Wessex RAF Rescue, etc, all diecast ex, boxes mostly ex, with one or two showing signs of slight storage wear
Virginia Woolf: 'The Death of the Moth', London, Hogarth Press, 1942, 2nd impression, original cloth gilt, Vita Sackville-West, 3 first editions, all published London, Hogarth Pres: 'The Edwardians', 1930, orig. cloth gilt, 'The Dark Island', 1934, orig. cloth, 'Solitude', 1938, orig. cloth gilt, dust wrapper; E.M. Forster: 'Virginia Woolf', C.U.P., June 1942, 2nd printing, Bernard Blackstone: 'Virginia Woolf A Commentary', L, Hogarth Press, 1949, 1st edition, orig. cloth gilt; Quentin Bell: 'Virginia Woolf A Biography - Volume Two Mrs Woolf 1912-1941', L, Hogarth Press, 1972, 1st edition, 27 ills. from photographs on 15 full page plates + map end papers as called for, orig. cloth gilt, d/w; Raymond Mortimer: 'Channel Packet', L, Hogarth Press, 1942, 1st edition, Freya Stark: 'Perseus in the Wind', L, Murray, 1948, 1st edition, each orig. cloth gilt; plus 2 others Virginia Woolf, Leonard Woolf (11)
Virginia Woolf, Bloomsbury Group, Hogarth Press, a small collection of 5 titles, comprising Virginia Woolf: 'The Moment and Other Essays', London, The Hogarth Press, 1947, 1st edition, original cloth gilt, pictorial dust wrapper by Vanessa Bell; 'Duncan Grant', L, The Fleuron Ltd, 1927, 1st edition, British Artists of Today Number VI, 17 b/w plates as called for, original patterned paper covered boards; plus 'Hogarth Essays Second Series: The Prosepects of Literature', by Logan Pearsall Smith, Hogarth Press, 1927, 1st edition, orig. decorative wraps, E.M. Forster, 2 titles: 'A Letter to Madan Blanchard', Hogarth Press, 1931, 1st edition, original pictorial wraps, 'Viginia Woolf', Cambridge University Press, 1942, 1st edition, orig. printed wraps (5)
(Anatomy, Surgery.) Sir Charles Bell: 'Engravings of the Arteries, Illustrating the Second Volume of the Anatomy of the Human Body, by J. Bell, Surgeon; and serving as an Introduction to the Surgery of the Arteries', London, T.N. Longman et al, 1801, 1st edition, 10 partly hand coloured lithographic plates as called for, 49,[2]pp, old half calf, marbled paper covered boards
(Education.) Andrew Bell: 'The Madras School, or elements of tuition: comprising the analysis of an experiment in education made at the male asylum, Madras; with its facts, proofs, and illustrations', London, J. Murray et al, 1808, 1st edition, xv,[1],348pp + [8]pp publisher's adverts at end, contemporary paper covered boards worn. Scarce title by the Scottish Anglican priest and educationalist Andrew Bell (1753-1832), in which is described his pioneering Madras System of Education, (also known as "mutual instruction" or the "monitorial system") in schools.
James Sowerby, J.E. Sowerby and others: 'English Botany or Coloured Figures of British Plants', London, George Bell, 1902, 3rd edition, 12 volumes (of 13), comprising volumes 1, 3-13, 1,774 hand coloured lithograph plates and 2 uncoloured lithograph plates, ex Repton School Library, inkstamps to title pages, bookplates to front pastedowns, uniform quarter calf gilt (worn, vol. 12 top board detached but present), top edges gilt (12)
A. D. Mougin late C19th French three piece glazed pottery clock garniture, the moulded drum head case decorated with irises with blue and gilt boarder and the matching vases bearing potters monogram, porcelain Arabic dial with outer minute track, signed two train movement striking on a bell no. 88046 H20cm (no pendulum)
David Peterson, C20th 8 day brass carriage clock, signed white Roman dial with applied fretwork decoration, signed movement with hour and half strike on a bell H16cm and a late C19th French gilt metal Rocco style mantle clock with two train count wheel striking movement on a bell no. 2532 H26cm (2)
(Theosophy and the occult) Sixteen works. Jacquetta Hawkes. The Man and the Sun,' first edition, original cloth with gilt tooled sun to front board, unclipped dj with mylor window showing gilt sun, pp.280, plates, vg, the Cresset Press, London, 1962; Charles Squire. 'Celtic Myth & Legend. Poetry & Romance,' early edition, original decorative cloth, pp.450, frontis and plates, The Gresham Publishing Company, London, n.d; Ernest Wood. 'The Seven Rays. A Theosophical Handbook,' sixth printing, original cloth, unclipped dj, pp.191, vg, The Theosophical Publishing House, Illinois, 1972; J. Abelson. 'Jewish Mysticism,' original cloth, sun bleaching with staining, pp.184, good textblock, G. Bell and Sons, London, 1913; Dennis Wheatley. 'The Forbidden Territory,' 117th thousand, rebacked with cloth boards, advertisement opposite titlepage, pp.320, toning to an otherwise vg text block, Hutchinson & Co, London, n.d; With twelve other books including 'Life as Carola' by Joan Grant, 'V for Vengeance' by Dennis Wheatley. (16)
Five works. W. Heath Robinson (ill) and Walter De La Mare. 'Peacock Pie. A Book of Rhymes,' original cloth, nibbles to ends of spine panel, colour frontis, illustrations throughout, some folded corner and light finger soiling but generally good to very good, Constable & Co, London, n.d; Henry Williamson. 'Tarka the Otter,' first edition, original cloth, small nibbles to scarce unclipped dj, frontis and plates, G. P. Putman's Sons, London, 1932; Daniel O'Conner (retold by) and J. M. Barrie. 'The Story of Peter Pan,' reprint, decorative cloth, some spotting, G. Bell and Sons, London, 1924; With reprints of 'The Golden Age' by Kenneth Graham and 'A Dog Day' by Walter Emanuel. (5)
'The Case of the Borough of Saltash, in the County of Cornwall'. Volumes bound in one. Original binding relaid.Saltash was a ‘’Rotten Borough’’ in Cornwall, which returned two members of parliament to the House of Commons in the English and later British parliament from 1552 to 1832 When it was abolished by the Great Reform Act. Like most of the Cornish boroughs enfranchised or re-enfranchised during the tudor period, it wad a rotten borough from the start. Saltast was a Burgage Borough, meaning that the right to vote rested with the tenants of certain specified properties. For a long period in the 18th century there was a contest for control of the borough between the Government and the Buller family of Morval (some 14 miles away). Depending partly on legal uncertainities over the precise number and identity of the burgage properties, to which vote were attached. In the 1760’s it was considered an entirely secure Admiralty Borough, where the naval influence could sway all the voters, but by 1831 the Bullers owned all the tenancies and considered them the patrons. This is a faithfull copy by John Kipling ,1785, Clerk of the Rolls. 159 pages plus title page, with fold out tables, copy of poll for 1713 and instructions for a poll att an eleconn for 2 members to serve in next parliament. Saltash 13th Aprill 1722.Samuel Carpenter Esq of the Inner Temple, Barrister at Law. 'A Statement of the Evidence and Arguments of Counsel Before the Committee of the House of Commons Upon the Controverted Election for Saltash. Together with a Few Annotations,' first edition, 1808, printed by Luke Hansford & Sons, London and published by W. Reed, Law Bookseller, Bell-Yard, Temple-Bar, London. ‘’The final object of the enquiry in this case was to ascertain in whom the elective franchise was vested…. at the time Saltash was first represented in parliament’’ : P. VII.. from elizabeth 1st to the very late 18th century, 231 pages, with the stamp and bookplate of The Birmingham Law Society, original morocco boards with gilt lettering on the front cover and gilt motif of the society on the back cover, with a little foxing (given the age not surprising), overall a very good copy.
F. Hamilton Davey. 'Lectures and Essays. William Pennington Cocks' 'Being an offprint from the report of the Royal Cornwall Polytechnic Society,' 1909. Visit of the Botanist to Cornwall, circa 1910, being an offprint of the Royal Institution of Cornwall.R. Foster-Meillar. 'My Garden by the Sea,' first edition, 212 pages in original green boards, good copy, G. Bell and Sons, London, 1936.Wendy Aldridge. 'Hobnails and Seaboots. Flower Farming in the Scilly Isles,' first edition, this is an entirely personal account of ten years spent by the author and her husband working as islanders in the principal occupation of flower farming, George G. Harrap, London, 1956.'Visit of Botanists to Cornwall,' circa 1910, being an offprint from no.LVIII Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. (4)
Stuart Henry Bell(1823-1896)"The Entrance to Sunderland Harbour, The View from Lighthouse, South Pier 1860",signed and dated, further signed, titled, and dated 1892 verso,oil on canvas,34.5 x 44.5cms, in frame.Notes:Canvas back inscribed "painted by Stuart Henry Bell, 1892, marine painter to her most gracious majesty The Queen".
Barter, Southampton: a Regency mahogany and brass inlaid bracket clock, circular brass dial, 8-day twin fusee movement striking on a bell, the case with urn finial on a shallow pyramid-shaped top with stepped beadwork border, rosette and ring handles to side above pierced brass grilles, brass ball feet, with pendulum and key, 49cms high.
An ornate French brass hanging lantern clock, late 19th/20th Century, the ornate dial with raised enamelled roman numerals and outer arabic numerals, also with date cartouche '1745', ornate openwork armorial style frieze, the two train 8-day striking movement with outside countwheel and backplate signed 'H&F Paris' and numbered 73/9/10, sunburst pendulum, the embossed case with bell under an arch with finial, peg feet, (with key), 47cms high, with ornate wooden and gilt metal wall bracket 67cms high. (2)
A fine brass Grande Sonnerie repeating alarm carriage clock, retailed by Fernando Gantez, Madrid, circa 1890, the case with carrying handle and repeat button, the underside of the case with sonnerie selection lever in Spanish - grande sonnerie/silent/petite sonnerie -number on base '1903', the enamel dial with Arabic and Roman numerals, alarm dial, twin barrel movement with a platform lever escapement, striking on two blued steel gongs and alarm striking on a bell, 19.5cm high over handle (overwound).
A Chinese "Imari" porcelain quart tankard, Qing Dynasty, early 18th century, painted with river and mountain landscapes to the perpendicular sides with moulded loop handle. 15 cm wide x 17 cm high, together with an 18th century Chinese "Imari" bell-shaped quart tankard, a Qianlong bell-shaped tankard and one smaller, (4) A private collection Some restoration to the handle of the primary item and the bell-shaped "Imari" tankard rim, an old metal repair to the handle of the Qianlong quart tankard and old restoration to the smaller tankard.
A "Mid Century Vintage" Perivale, triple train, 8-day bracket clock, in the late 17th-century style with bell top walnut case, brass dial and folding bale handle. 22 cm wide x 18 cm deep x 32 cm highA private estateAll three trains wind, the movement escapes and the chime activates as esxpected, as with any vintage clock or indeed mechanical item no guarantee can be made of either reliability or accuracy of the movement,
William Priest, Bristol, a George III mahogany eight-day longcase clock, the broken arched pediment with blind-fretwork, over fluted columns and corners with shaped trunk dorr and plinth base, the arched brass dial with rocking Old Father Time, Roman numerals, seconds dial and date aperture, dolphin and floral scroll spandrels, the four pillar movement striking on a bell, 12 inch dial, case height 217.5 cmThe clock will need some restoration to make good but the movement seems to be complete and is accompanied by a pair of weights and a pendulum.Please see the extra images supplied.
Taxidermy Interest: a Victorian cased diorama of taxidermy birds, shown in parade for the "Who Killed Cock Robin" parody (first heard of in the mid to late 18th century), having a mix of birds from the main Robin to a Raven and an Owl in a concierge to the burial grave area, with a mix of various shrubs, branches and leaves to show forest style surround, a painted country scene background panel, all housed within a glazed wooden display cabinet, with a printed copy of the parody behind glass to the front. Case approx. 112.5cm wide x 63.5cm high x 37.5cm deep. Who killed Cock Robin?I, said the Sparrow,with my bow and arrow,I killed Cock Robin.Who saw him die?I, said the Fly,with my little teeny eye,I saw him die.Who caught his blood?I, said the Fish,With my little dishI caught his blood.Who'll make the shroud?I, said the Beetle,with my thread and needle,I'll make the shroud.Who'll dig his grave?I, said the Owl,with my pick and trowel,I'll dig his grave.Who'll be the parson?I, said the Rook,with my little book,I'll be the parson.Who'll be the clerk?I, said the Lark,if it's not in the dark,I'll be the clerk.Who'll carry the link?I, said the Linnet,I'll fetch it in a minute,I'll carry the link.Who'll be chief mourner?I, said the Dove,I mourn for my love,I'll be chief mourner.Who'll carry the coffin?I, said the Kite,if it's not through the night,I'll carry the coffin.Who'll bear the pall?We, said the Wren,both the cock and the hen,We’ll bear the pall.Who'll sing a psalm?I, said the Thrush,as she sat on a bush,I'll sing a psalm.Who'll toll the bell?I, said the Bull,because I can pull,I'll toll the bell.All the birds of the airfell a-sighing and a-sobbing,when they heard the bell tollfor poor Cock Robin.Further Details: All taxidermy behind glass so untouched, some damage to parts of casing but still in generally good and stable condition, glass intact, some scratching and slight wear, wear and chips to wooden areas to top, edges and casing around glass.
A group of three Chinese green glazed pottery bells, Warring States Period (475BC - 221BC), with ring and pierced arches to the top, 11.5cm and 9.5cm diameter, a pottery bowl with wave incised edge, Warring States Period (475BC - 221BC), 14cm wide 6cm high: and a pottery urn, Qijia Culture (2000BC – 1500BC), Upper Yellow River Valley, with applied decoration and four shoulder handles, 11.5cm high (5) *With 5 certificates of Authenticity dated April 3rd, 2002 (large bell), May 14th, 2005 (2 other bells), January 21st, 2003 (bowl) and April 19th, 2005 (urn), from Arch Angel, 53/55 Hollywood Road Hong Kong
No reserve - 6-piece lot of miscellaneous silver. Consisting of 2 bell jars with saucers, 1 large bell jar with engraved decorations, a acidifier stand, cream jug and a cake server with silver handle. The Netherlands, various makers, early 20th century, hallmarks: various hallmarks - signs of use, dents and chips. 1861 grams, 833/1000 and 835/1000. This lot will be auctioned without reserve price.
No reserve - Table bell silver. Very fine model with rocaille (empty) cartouches and flower-decorated stem. The inner bell is made of brass. Netherlands, Voorschoten, J.M. van Kempen & Zonen, 1874, hallmarks: lion, Minerva, maker's mark, year letter p - light signs of use (clapper is missing). 226 grams, 833/1000. Dim. L 9.6 cm, W 9.6 cm, H 14.8 cm. This lot will be auctioned without reserve price.
No reserve - 4-piece set of various miniature fruits, silver. Set consisting of a prickly pear, normal fig, strawberry and a bell pepper. Comes with box and 3 protective covers. Italy, Firenze, PAMPALONI, ca. 1960, hallmarks: maker's mark / city hallmark, 925 - light signs of wear. 132 grams, 925/1000. This lot will be auctioned without reserve price.
Includes 1999 Christmas Bell 1016636, Under The Mistletoe Ball 1008075, and,2 Angelic Melody Bells 1008078. Lladro backstamp. Ball measures: 10"L x 3"W. Christmas Bell measures: 3"W x 3.5"H. Angelic Melody Bells measure: 2.75"W x 7.75"H. This item has its original boxes. Largest box measures; 4.5"L x 4.5"W x 5.25"H. Smallest boxes measure: 3.5"L x 3.5"W x 4.25"H. Issued: 1999-2008Manufacturer: LladroCountry of Origin: SpainCondition: Age related wear.
Nice grouping including a small vase, pitcher, bell, gramophone, china plate, a mini vase, a bird in cage, and a table with two chairs. Limoges France backstamp. Largest vase measures: 4.5"W x 4.75"H. Bell measures: 2.5"W x 3.5"H. Pitcher measures: 1.75"L x 2"W x 4"H. Bird in Cage measures: 2.5"W x 4.5"H. Table measures: 2.75"W x 2"H. Chairs measure: 1.75"L x 2"W x 2.75"H. Country of Origin: FranceCondition: Age related wear.
Autographed copy of John Harrison and his TimekeepersR.T.Gould, John Harrison and his Timekeepers, (1935) signed: 'R.T.Gould II' (the second in a series he signed), along with four rare Sette menus illustrated by Gould, a 1973 Holland Press edition of The Marine Chronometer Its History and Development, a 1st edition of Oddities (Allen 1928) and a later edition of Enigmas (Bell 1965). (8)For further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
A rare late 18th century mahogany automata longcase clockJohn Thompson, LondonSurmounted by three ball-and-spire finials over an arched cornice supported on brass stop-fluted freestanding columns over a flame-veneered long door and plain base on double apron. The 12-inch arched dial set with a painted automata scene depicting a constantly rocking couple on a see-saw with a working windmill behind them; on the hour, an apparently shut door in the miller's house to the left opens and the miller appears dressed in his white clothes, all over a silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring, recessed subsidiary seconds dial and applied nameplate. The movement with five knopped pillars, anchor escapement and rack striking on a bell, the levers for the automata set behind the dial (sprung door in need of attention). Together with a brass-faced pendulum and brass-clad weights, crank key and some loose mouldings. 2.26m (7ft 5ins) highFor further information on this lot please visit the Bonhams website
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