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Lot 540
An oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock,early 19th century the hood with broken scroll swan neck pediment above a 14 inch white painted enamel dial with Roman numerals and rolling moon phase in the arch subsidiary seconds dial, eight day movement striking on a bell, indistinctly signed 'Bilston' above a short trunk door and panel base raised on bracket feet, 227high
Lot 532
A mid 18th century Dutch burr walnut eight day longcase clock, the 12 inch arched brass dial signed 'William Redie, Inventeur, Amsterdam', with centred subsidiary seconds dial, date and month apertures over pierced scrolling leaf spandrels to the lower corners under a rolling painted scene to the arch, the movement striking on a single bell, the arched hood with plain columns surmounted by Atlas and two further figures, the trunk with arched long trunk door with oval glazed lenticle and pierced oval mount depicting Father Time on a stepped box base with concave canted angles, 269cm high overall
Lot 535
A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, the hood with broken scroll pediment and brass eagle and ball finials above a 14 inch painted enamel arched dial with Roman numerals subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture and marked 'Hanny, Shrewsbury', eight day movement striking on a bell above a short conch shell inlaid trunk door and oval panels and on bracket feet, 239cm high,
Lot 536
A George III oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock, the arched hood with broken scroll, swan neck pediment and brass thistle stamped roundels, above an arched glazed door flanked by fluted brass capped pilasters enclosing a 12'' arched white enamel dial with Roman numerals and date aperture painted spandrels and painted flower pot in the arch, the dial marked Thos Fletcher, Barnsley, 30 hour movement striking on a bell above an ogive moulding and shaped top crossbanded trunk door, centred by an oval harewood and boxwood conch shell motif over a further moulding and conforming base board and on plinth base, 219cm high.
Lot 101
Vanessa Bell, British School, Bloomsbury set, 1879-1961, 'Tommy's Nurse', life study of a young nurse in uniform, watercolour, estate VB stamp, label for the Bloomsbury Workshop to verso, 18.5 x 16cmThis illustration was painted for Julia Stephen's Emlycaunt, c.1920, an unpublished collection of children's stories written by the mother of Virginia Wolf, Vanessa was Virginia's sister
Lot 1505
8th-10th century AD. A bronze flask with flared base, spherical body, slender neck, bell-shaped mouth; the body with a band of calligraphic text to the shoulder, rosettes to the body, the mouth with incised guilloche and six radiating knops. Cf. von Gladiss, A. Glanz und Substanz. Metallarbeitung in der Sammlung des Museums für Islamische Kunst, Berlin, 2012, item 19 for type. 233 grams, 14cm (5 1/2"). Private collection, London, UK; formerly with Persepolis Gallery, Mayfair, London, UK; in the 1980s. . Fair condition, base chipped.
Lot 1347
19th century AD. A tin-glazed bowl with basal ring, bell-shaped profile. 403 grams, 16.5cm (6 1/2"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000. The Tek Sing (True Star) wreck is one of the famous recovery stories of the 20th century. Sailing from the port of Xiamen (then known as Amoy) in February 1822 the vessel Tek Sing was bound for Jakarta, Indonesia laden with porcelain goods and 1600 Chinese emigrants. The captain decided to pass through the Gaspar Strait, between the Bangka-Belitung Islands, and ran aground on a reef. The vessel sank in about 100 feet of water. The next morning, February 7, an English East Indiaman captained by James Pearl, passing through the same waters, encountered debris and some survivors and managed to rescue about 190 of the latter. [No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Lot 555
5th century BC. A bronze sceptre head comprising a bell-shaped socket and lateral loop, discoid panel with standing figurine of a moufflon with head raised, curled horns to the sides, annular eyes. 322 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a North American gentleman; formerly in a German collection, acquired from M. Yeganeh, Frankfurt, prior to 1980. . Very fine condition.
Lot 2508
8th-10th century AD. A ceramic ewer with flared base bulbous body, bell-shaped shoulder, funicular mouth with extended pouring lip, strap handle to the rear; raised linear bands to the neck, shoulder and body; red painted rosette, scrolled tendril and other motifs. 660 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition, minor abrasions.
Lot 521
5th-3rd century BC. A large red figure ware bell krater of Magna Graecian (Apulian) workmanship, with pedestal base, a pair of handles, bell-shaped body and broad rim; the body decorated with two large palmettes separating figural scenes, to one side a central seated naked young male holding a staff(?), accompanied by two standing women dressed in peplos, one holding a large plate and wreath(?), one preparing a wreath (?); to the other side three standing female figures wearing long robes and wreaths. 4.12 kg, 38cm (15"). From the estate of a North Country collector, acquired over a 30 year period from the early 1970s. . Very fine condition.
Lot 1046
10th-11th century AD. A complex bronze ornament comprising: one larger and one smaller dress pin each with round-section tapering shaft and cruciform finial of four lobes, the larger with conical bosses and the smaller with incised ring-and-dot motifs; a pair of trapezoidal openwork plaques each with conical bosses, the plaque attached to the smaller pin modified after loss of the upper lobe; three substantial double-link chains attached to the rear of each plaque, extending to the central waisted plaque with tremolier ladder pattern motif; the chains supporting a variety of embellishments and pendants comprising: two lengths of coiled rod, a disc pendant with hook, a small conical bell, two larger conical bells, a spherical rumbler bell, a silver disc fragment, a Roman(?) hand pendant in the 'figa' gesture, two flat-section triangular pendants, a fragment of green-glazed ceramic, Baltic workmanship. Cf. Griciuviene, E. Žiemgaliai. The Semigallians, Vilnius, 2005, items 474, 478. 684 grams total, 87cm overall (34 1/4"). Property of a German collector; acquired in the 1980s and 1990s. . Fine condition.
Lot 1487
10th-12th century AD. A bell-shaped ceramic bowl with cream glaze, basal ring, scene to the inner face of a frieze of advancing birds amid foliage larger bird to the centre. See Lane, A. Early Islamic Pottery: Mesopotamia, Egypt & Persia, London, 1947 for discussion. 446 grams, 21.5cm (8 1/2"). Property of a European collector living in London; acquired before 2000. This type of pottery is typical of that produced at Nishapur, Iran, capital of the Tahirid dynasty. Wares of several distinct types were made here, the most distinctive of which have a red of buff body and designs in several colours, black, green, red and bright yellow being the most usual, under a colourless glaze. The pottery is mostly thin, with widely flaring sides. It was exported as far as Central Asia, notably Samarkand. . Fine condition, restored.
Lot 320
An ebonised bracket clock, late 17th century, by Edward Speakman, the 7in brass dial with cherub spandrels, with a matted centre with calendar and false pendulum apertures, signed 'Edward Speakman' in the recess, with a double fusee movement with crown wheel escapement, striking the hours on a bell and pull quarter repeating on three bells, with a strike/silent lever, inscribed N/S, above the chapter ring, the backplate engraved with leaf scrolls and signed 'Edw Speakman London fecit', the case with gilt mounts, carrying handle and finials, the side frets with arches and columns,40cm highEdward Speakman was apprenticed to his father William in 1682, and became free of the Clockmakers’ Company in 1691, working until 1711 in Newgate Street in the City of London. Provenance: Purchased at the auction of the effects of Colonel Gibbons (of Gibbons and Randall Brewery, Great Dunmow).
Lot 585
A pair of reproduction late 16th century style bell metal candlesticks, with ring turned stems and stepped spreading circular bases, 22.5cm high, a reproduction of a mid 18th century brass candlestick, of silver shape, two other pairs of brass candlesticks and a miniature brass tripod table (8).
Lot 876
3rd-5th century AD. A Kiev culture necklace and pendant suite comprising: two trapezoidal openwork plaques with loops to the rear, red and white enamelled panels, bar with rings to the broad end; two rectangular openwork plaques with red enamel geometric detailing, lateral square-section bells; large suspension ring with bronze bands coiled round with D-shaped openwork pendant with red enamel lobed crescent to the top and three circles of red enamel with twisted bar between; large square section bell with lobed corners. 451 grams total, 6-48cm (2 1/4 - 19"). From an old Munich collection; acquired on the German art market before 2000. The Kiev archaeological culture was located in the basin of the rivers Dnieper and Visla between the 3rd and 5th centuries; archaeologists connect this culture with the historical ancestors of the Slavs. However, there are suggestions that in different regions of the Kiev culture the ethnogenetic processes were not the same. In some cases, the Slavic component prevailed, whilst Baltic and others were dominant elsewhere. . Fine condition. Rare.
Lot 533
5th century BC. A white-ground ceramic lekythos with pedestal base, deep shoulder, slender neck, strap handle to the shoulder, bell-shaped mouth; the shoulder black with reserved palmette and tendrils motifs, the body with opposed female figures: a black-haired lady standing wearing a black tubular peplos holding a red box in her extended left hand, lyre or kythera in the right hand; a black-haired lady sitting on a red chair holding an object in her extended hands; meander frieze above. 830 grams, 35cm (13 3/4"). Property of a Middlesex gentleman; acquired in the 1980s. . Fair condition, restored.
Lot 446
10th-13th century AD. A bronze censer comprising a broad flared base and round-section stem, carinated bowl with dolphin handle and hinge, bell-shaped lid with thumb-pad and cross fleury finial; five vents to the lid in cruciform formation. 295 grams, 15cm (6"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Lot 8
3rd-4th century AD. A gold ring with shank resembling a victory wreath, wide shoulder with acanthus leaf and framing a raised round bezel engraved with BELL EV VI. 11.91 grams, 22.87mm overall, 17.93 internal diameter (approximate ring size British P, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.23, Japan 16) (1"). Extremely fine condition.UK art market, acquired prior to 2000.Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate.
Lot 530
Apulian, 5th-3rd century AD. A ceramic blackware lekythos with pedestal base, bulbous body, slender neck and bell-shaped mouth, strap handle to the reverse; panel of radiating strokes and dots to the shoulder, scrolled tendrils flanking reserved image of a standing female in a chlamys with necklace and chignon, releasing an object from her open right hand. 103 grams, 13cm (5"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired by his grandfather in the 1920s; thence by descent. . Fine condition, usage wear.
Lot 3243
Dated 1797 AD. Die D. Obv: Westmister bridge with WESTMINSTER / BRIDGE in two lines above and COMPLEATED / NOVR 1750 in two lines in exergue. Rev: Justice standing with incuse BRITISH PENNY TOKEN legend and date. Edge: incuse PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY inscription. D&H Middlesex 70; Bell p.62, fig.121. 18.18 grams. . [No Reserve]. Near extremely fine. Scarce.
Lot 1769
15th-16th century AD. A group of bronze bells, three with applied decoration possibly from the same workshop, one smaller plain, one plain with several cracks, one miniature bell pierced for attachment. 886 grams total, 2-11.5cm (3/4 - 4 1/2"). Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman; acquired on the London art market 1990s. [6, No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Lot 398
2nd-3rd century AD. A glass vessel with broad bell-shaped base and recessed underside, tapering tubular body with everted and folded rim. Cf. Whitehouse, D. Roman Glass in the Corning Museum of Glass, vol.1, New York, 1997, item 259. 54 grams, 13.5cm (5 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; acquired before 1995. . Fine condition.
Lot 1364
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of pale blue glazed porcelain bowls, bell-shaped in profile with foliage detail to the outer face, rosette to the centre. 315 grams total, 13.5-14cm (5 1/4 - 5 1/2"). Property of an Essex gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. [2, No Reserve]. Fine condition.
Lot 381
1st century AD. A pair of ceramic cups comprising: one bell-shaped with everted rim, low-relief palmette decoration; one hemispherical with everted rim, moulded rosettes and pellets to the outer face. 301 grams total, 11-12cm (4 1/4 - 4 3/4"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990. [2, No Reserve]. Fine condition, one repaired.
Lot 1049
10th-12th century AD. A group of items comprising of: an iron torc with coiled ends forming loops; a string with cylindrical and square-section glass beads, circular bronze pendant with scroll decoration, openwork D-shaped bronze pendant, a Byzantine coin, bronze bell, silver ring with amber(?) bead, stone cross, large animal tusk. 183 grams total, 19-90cm (7 1/2, 35 1/2"). Property of a London businessman, from his grandfather's collection formed after World War II; thence by descent 1972. [2]. Fine condition.
Lot 2458
8th-10th century AD. A ceramic ewer with biconvex body, flared base, bell-shaped neck, broad neck with extended pouring lip, round-section handle with pellet; painted with bands of guilloche, hatching rosettes and other motifs in cream, black and crimson. 821 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). Property of an Austrian collector; acquired in the 1970s. . Fine condition, usage wear.
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