A CARDBOARD AND BELL METAL ASSIGNAT OF 5 LIVRES, Paris, 1791, 19.045g, 38mm. Hennin 339. Extremely rare, only 5 specimens recorded. Attractively toned. By far the finest known. Superb extremely fine Although Louis XVI was beloved at first, his indecisiveness and conservatism led some elements of the people of France to eventually view him as a symbol of perceived tyranny of the `Ancient Régime`. Today historians have a more nuanced view of Louis XVI, the only king of France to be executed, who is seen as an honest man with good intentions, but who was probably unfit for the task of reforming the monarchy, and who was used as a scapegoat by the revolutionaries.
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A BELL METAL PASS OF THE BARNABITES FOUNDRY WORKERS, Paris, 1791, 8.522g, 35mm. Hennin 285. Very rare. Attractively toned. Good very fine The suppression of the monasteries and many churches provides a huge amount of unnecessary bells. The metal recovered was used for coinage. The main cast was in Paris, in the former convent of Barnabites.
Birmingham Cab Company Ltd. £1 shares 188[6] no.555 blue together with Gamage-Bell Motor Cab Company Ltd. £1 preferred ordinary shares 191[0] no.446 `bell` in left border black; London Improved Cab Company Ltd. £1 shares 189[9] no.646 ornate border blue; London Electrical Cab Company Ltd. £1 shares 189[8] no.1988 black; Metropolitan Motor Cab & Carriage Company Ltd. £1 ordinary shares 190[6] no.89 blue; Universal Motor Cab Company Ltd. £1 preferred participating ordinary shares 190[8] no.60 black and 4 different certificates of the British Motor Cab Co. Ltd. 1914 mixed condition but mostly very fine and an interesting and scarce group. (10) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
A 19th century French Ormulu Mantel Clock, Circular case surmounted with applied tied ribbon, laurel leaf and roses and depicting a quiver of arrows and a torch. The hand painted porcelain face plate depicting sprays of flowers within pink border and Roman dial. Four further porcelain panels depicting a 19th century figure and floral sprays, the clock supported on lion claw feet. The signed and numbered movement striking on a bell initialled JBD on the movement and the pendulum. JBD is the monogram of Jean Baptiste Delettrez.
THREE PIECES OF GEORGE V SILVER, COMPRISING; Christening MUG, 3"" (7.6cm) high, initialled, Birmingham 1925, SMALL PEDESTAL TROPHY BOWL, 2"" (5.1cm) high, Birmingham 1931 on wooden plinth and an ENGINE TURNED NAPKIN RING, initialled, Birmingham, TOGETHER WITH A CHILD`S SILVER BELL with mother o`pearl teething ring, initialled, marks rubbed, 6oz weighable silver (4)
A 17th century style mahogany bracket clock, the case having a bell top, set silvered broken arch Arabic dial with chime/silent and slow/fast subsidiary dials, bears retailers plaque Lister & Sons, Newcastle on Tyne, set two train 8-day movement, chiming gongs, the dial flanked by chamfered fluted corners raised on a plinth base with brass bracket feet, H. 51 cm,W. 34 cm.
A 19th century carved giltwood chinoiserie mirror, in the manner of Thomas Chippendale The ornately C-scroll and florally carved frame surmounted with a pagoda issuing a bell, flanked by twin ho-ho birds. 165 cms wide. CONDITION REPORTS: Some gilt wear and loss, some restorations including necks and wings of birds, birds are removable, some other small losses and restorations, silvering damage to mirror plate.
Blacket Wallace, an early 19th century oak and mahogany longcase clock, the broken scrolled pediment with eagle ball finials above an arched moon phase dial, with silvered chapter and pierced spandrels, enclosing an eight day bell striking movement above three-quarter length drawer flanked by quarter turned reeded, pilasters, box base and plinth, 231cm.
Shropshire - Whitchurch - Broadside announcing a meeting of the subscribers of the Sunday School appointing a committee to introduce Dr Andrew Bell`s new system of education of the poor and turn the Sunday School into a day school. Printed on a single leaf of paper^ minor fraying to edges^ one small section torn away but not affecting text^ original folds but otherwise good. Approx 38x31cm. This was one of the first schools to establish the new system which became known as the `Monitorial System` whereby older and pupils were given basic lessons by the school teacher and they in turn related the lessons to a small group of other children. By the time of Bell`s death in 1832 some 12^000 schools had adopted the system.
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