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Click here to subscribeA George III mahogany and gilt brass mounted bracket clock, by George Clerke, London, with twin fusee, verge escapement, quarter striking on one bell, with pull repeat, 48.5cm high. Condition Report: 1 hand missing, 1 hand bent, feet missing, case in untouched un-restored condition as are the gilt mounts, movement looks untouched.Will need a certain amount of restoration, not tested for time keeping or running, sold as seen.
A brass cased ship's compass by Sestrel, an Indian bone and ivory inlaid casket, python skin, metal Corpus Christi, pair of brass candlesticks in the Rococo taste, servant's bell, cow horn beaker, poison bottle, magnifying glass, Captain Black pipe, brass horn, stoneware bottle by Hooper, Struv & Co. Limited of London and Brighton, etc
A collection of ten various vintage telephones including a 1930's Corporation Magneto set, a GPO Designer telephone, Bell Gurder 1930's telephone, 1920's Ericsson telephone with horn hand set, white German telephone, 1950's French bakelite telephone, Richard Stark designer telephone, 1950's bakelite phone 300 Type, onyx cased telephone and a French bakelite wall telephone CONDITION REPORTS All telephones unknown if in condition or not. 1920 Ericsson handset has some losses of paint throughout revealing rust underneath in various locations. Variosu scratches, scuffs and marks, some chips to the mouthpiece - see images. Body mark FYNS KOMMUNALE TELEFONSELSKAP - the interior looks rusty, various general signs of wear and tear throughout. All remaining handsets with general signs of wear and tear. On telphone marked underneath P.T.T. various scratches, scuffs and marks in particular. Most handsets with various scratches scuffs and marks, most metal components show small signs of rust or corrosion and most could benefit from a good clean and attention. All tephones with various general signs of wear and tear throughout
A 19th Century French white marble bracket clock, circa 1870, of Baroque design, ormolu mounts throughout, urn finial, 11cm white enamel dial with swags below flanked by columns, the movement striking on a bell, height 47cmCondition Report: Appears generally good overall with wear in accordance with age, movement not tested
Bell ringing.- Roccha (Angelo) De Campanis Commentarius, first edition, title within woodcut architectural title, 4 engraved plates (2 folding), woodcut decorative initials, X4 blank, ink stamp of religious institution to title, plates trimmed, some browning and spotting, occasional staining, modern calf, small 4to, Rome, apud Guillelmum Facciottum, 1612. ⁂ Rare early work on church bells and bell ringing. It includes a 6pp. section on horology and bells. Please note:Lot 250 – This is listed on COPAC.
England & Ireland.- Tour commencing f[ro]m Stibbard, Norfolk, April 7th 1830 [to Boston, Lincoln, Gainsborough, Hull, Selby, York, Thirsk, Richmond, Barnard Castle, Brough, Penrith, Unthank, Cockermouth, Whitehaven, Belfast, Coleraine, Newton Steward, Londonderry], manuscript, 58pp., original marbled wrappers, paper label with manuscript title on upper cover, 8vo, 7th April - 11th June 1830. ⁂ Hull, "In the entrance to one of the docks saw a diving-bell... and... saw it descend with 2 men in it to examine the bottom as the closing gates would not shut... while down 4 men were constantly pumping air into it, they were below abt. half an hour..."; York, "... paid a visit to the Minster... the choir, wh was greatly damaged by fire, say Feb 1829"; Unthank, "...Skiddaw presents his lofty and huge shoulders... his double crown soars..."; Coleraine, "... passed several large linen factories..."; Londonderry, "... many beautiful views of Lough Foyle... the county Session House a fine modern built pile... the Lunatic Asylum, a spacious, new, & handsome building"; "Londonderry to Campbelltown in the L Derry Steam boat 90m, the passage down the Foyle river to Lough Foyle very pleasant gents seats on the left & their grounds finely wooded sloping down to the water...".
New Zealand.- Coxhead (Frank Arnold, photographer) Photograph Album of New Zealand Scenery, comprising 24 albumen prints mounted on 13 thick card leaves, many captioned and dated in the plate, most c.170 x 225mm., two c.120 x 155mm. ( uncaptioned), a little faded especially at edges, spotted (mostly to mounts but affecting some images), inscription and photographs of Charles R.Henderson of Melbourne and his house on front pastedown, contemporary half roan, label on upper cover, g.e., rubbed, oblong 4to, Dunedin, [c.1860-62]. ⁂ Comprising various views of Dunedin (Bell Hill, Princes St, High St. Rattray St, Maclagan St, the Empire Hotel and various shops), prospectors in Gabrial's Gully by the Tuapeka River, 2 of the geothermal terraces at Rotomahana, and 2 smaller uncaptioned scenes of quarries. The famous terraces of Rotomahana, formed by silica-laden water deposits, were New Zealand's greatest natural formation and described by some as the Eighth Wonder of the World. They were thought to have been destroyed by the eruption of the volcano Mount Tarawera in 1886, but were rediscovered in 2011 beneath a lake formed by the eruption. Frank Arnold Coxhead (1851-1908) was the son of the Customs House agent in Otago and established a photographic business in Dunedin. He emigrated to California in 1893 and died there in 1908.
A Quantity of Crested Ware, including Arcadia, Goss, Grafton, Alexandra, Willow Art of various interest, incl lifeboat, toby jug, officers cap, Welsh hat, bell, fire bucket, yacht, pillar, windmill, post office, bathing hut, greeting card, candle holder, hair tidy with a small quantity of pots. (21)
A William Moorcroft for Liberty green and blue floral jardiniere of bell form with shaped rim, signed in green W. Moorcroft des., printed Made for Liberty & Co., height 17.3cm. (See illustration) Condition report: One very small chip on rim and one area which has a half inch chip which has been glued but with small pieces missing. Also a chip to the underside of base.
A Victorian brass Porthmeor Beach hand bell, with turned wood handle, height 28cm.Provenance: Porthmeor Beach Bell belonging to John Care, better known locally as Jack Mallett. Jack and his wife Mary Ann ran Porthmeor beach from the 1930s for a number of years. The bell was used to call the bathers up to the bathing huts at the end of the day. The bell has been in the family ever since. Jack also ran Porthgwidden Beach and made all the tents himself he also played the fiddle for the dancing round the steeple at the John Knill ceremony.
A very large and impressive late Victorian silver cup in early 18th century style, the bell shaped bowl embossed with leaves, the twin handles acanthus capped, by the Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Co (William Gibson and John Lawrence Langman), London 1896, 25cm, 76oz. On ebonized socle with a silver tablet inscribed 'Major F. S. Garratt From His Brother Officers Of The Carabiniers (6th Dragoon Guards) May 8th 1897'. (See illustration) Condition report: There are a few dents, minor deflection to foot. Not worn thin. Inscription on plinth only.
Dermot Seymour (b.1956)Bell Hueys over Clew Bay (1984)Oil on canvas, 91 x 120cm (35¾ x 47¼'')Signed and dated (19)'84; signed and inscribed with title versoThis work was painted by Dermot Seymour while he still lived in Belfast, after a trip to Mayo, where he now lives with fellow artist Alice Maher. The artist has said he was just articulating an iconography of the world around me,an exploration of a seemingly absurd world at the time in the North, the Middle East Iran etc.”. The model for the work is his friend and fellow artist Colin McGookin who is painted twice at either side of a fencing pole inscribed'Brits Out’ wearing the ‘Red hand of Ulster’ on one side and ‘The Easter Lily ‘ on the other. Similar works to this have been shown internationally including in the exhibition “On the Balcony of a Nation” which toured to several cities in The United States in 1990 and more recently in “Art of The Troubles Exhibition” in The Ulster Museum .We thank the artist for his help cataloguing this lot.
AUSTEN, Jane - Sense and Sensibility - 1899, first edition, with illustrations by Chris Hammond; another by the same author, Pride and Prejudice - September, 1903, reprint with illustrations by Hugh Thomson, each cloth bound with gilt tooling tog. w. The Complete Works of William Shakespeare, with a biographical introduction by Henry Glassford Bell and MACLEOD, Norman (Ed.) - Good Words for 1864, (4)
A GEORGE V SILVER AND IVORY TABLE BELL of plain form with turned handle, 13cm high, Chester 1913 by Haseler & Bill; a plain silver two handled porringer, 15cm wide, Chester 1913 by George Nathan & Ridley Hayes; and a Georgian silver cream jug with chased foliate decoration, makers mark rubbed (3)
Mary Alexandra Bell (1864-1951) - Children fishing in a sunlit landscape, signed, also inscribed on the reverse of the frame 'M.A.Bell, St. Ives Cornwall, Exhibited at Royal Academy '1896, £21', possibly the picture titled 'A Summers Day', oil on canvas, 20" x 24" *Sold together with copies of information from the Royal Academy of Arts and the Victoria and Albert Museum **The artist married the painter Charles H.Eastlake, circa 1897. Originally from Canada, she was born in Douglas, Ontario and studied in Montreal with Robert Harris as well as in New York at the Art Students League with William Chase. She was commissioned to paint a number of works for American patrons in New York. She travelled to England in 1890 and Paris in 1891, settling in St. Ives where she met and married the painter Charles Herbert Eastlake (fl. 1889-1927) where they became designers and jewellery makers, as well as continuing to paint and exhibit. She travelled extensively in Europe and Asia, returning to Canada in 1939, she was a member of the Royal Canadian Academy resigning after her marriage, she was also a member of the pastel society of London, the Women's International Art Club, and the Boston Water-Colour Society. She exhibited prolifically in both Canada, America and at the Royal Academy in London.
A large Hancock & Sons Morris Ware vase designed by George Cartlidge, model no.C28-1, ovoid with long cylindrical neck and everted rim, tubeline decorated with bell flowers in purple and green on a mottled green ground, printed factory mark, painted facsimile signature, 36.5cm. high Literature Tony Johnson The Morris Ware, Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, private press, page 101 catalogue number 269 for this design in another colour-way. Provenance Millennium Collection, Sylvia Powell Decorative Arts Tony Johnson This lot is sold with a copy of The Morris Ware Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, by Tony Johnson.
A large Hancock & Sons Morris Ware candlestick designed by George Cartlidge, model no.C20-1, painted with bell flowers in purple and green on a mottled green ground, printed factory mark, 33cm. high Literature Tony Johnson The Morris Ware, Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, private press, page 98 catalogue number 266 for this design illustrated. Provenance Tony Johnson This lot is sold with a copy of The Morris Ware Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, by Tony Johnson.
A large Hancock & Sons Morris Ware vase designed by George Cartlidge, model no.C28-27, ovoid with long cylindrical neck and everted rim, tubeline decorated with bell flowers in red, purple and green on a mottled pale blue ground, printed factory mark, painted facsimile signature, small chip to base rim, 36.5cm. high Literature Tony Johnson The Morris Ware, Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, private press, page 101 catalogue number 269 for this actual vase illustrated. Provenance Tony Johnson This lot is sold with a copy of The Morris Ware Tiles & Art of George Cartlidge, by Tony Johnson.
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