* An early 20th century brass inkwell modelled as an recumbent hound, on oak kidney shape base, 16cm wide, together with a brass inkwell modelled as three greyhound holding a spherical ball, the hinged lid enclosing aperture on a tapering base, 13cm high and a brass inkwell modelled as a rearing goat by a bucket, and a copper and brass pounce pot modelled as an owl on a perch, 13cm high, plus a brass inkwell in the form of a bell shaped weight, engraved with the number 3. (5)
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* A Victorian Copeland bell-shaped pottery biscuit barrel, printed with blue and red floral decoration on a white ground with brass handle and mounts, registration mark to base ‘no. 403109’, 23cm high, together with a Victorian Staffordshire pottery flatback of a Highlander on horseback with deer, 39cm high, plus various 19th century Dresden porcelain tea wares, handpainted with floral decoration. (-)
A George III mahogany and brass mounted bracket clock, the caddy top surmounted by brass finials above an arched panelled door, having pierced gilded corners, figureheads and trailing foliage enclosing a brass spandrilled and steel dial, by John Taylor of London, having strike silent subsidiary and date aperture, twin fusee 8 day movement striking on a bell, foliate engraved back plate, raised on four brass bracket feet, 28.5cm wide x 50cm high - see front cover illustration
A mixed lot of English and continental silver items, comprising: a 19th century French silver-gilt paten, by D. Mousset, the reverse with a scene of the last supper, a small French beaker, a table bell, a double egg cup, two funnels, a candle snuffer, a bowl, a burner, a fish a dish and other items, approx. weighable 27oz. (14)
A mahogany cased drop dial wall clock. The cream painted dial with black Roman numerals and signed "Camerer Kuss & Co 522 Oxford Street, London". The dial 21 cm approx with convex glass; with key wind movement; hour striking on an external bell and bares paper trade label to the inside for " Camerer Kuss Tritschler & Co Est 1788 Watch & Clock Manufacturers 522 Oxford Street & 2 Broad Street Bloomsbury". 37 cm length approx (dial AF)
Prints, Pierre Auguste Renoir, Earl Washington(lot of 2) Unframed (matted) etching on laid paper, ``Sur la Plage, a Berneval,`` by Pierre Auguste Renoir (French, 1841-1919), circa 1892, signed in the plate at lower right (Catalogue References: Delteil, 5; Stella, 5) and an unframed wood engraving on buff wove paper, Bell Telephone, 1933, by Earl M. Washington (American, 20th century), pencil signed lower left, largest overall: 12``h x 16``wStarting Price: $100
Continental style cloissone clockContinental style cloisonne mantle clock, the dome top surmounting the bevelled glass case encasing the brass movement fronted with a dial having Roman markers, the exterior case having four columnar supports flanking each side, and rising on bell feet, 18``h x 13``w x 5``dStarting Price: $250
Pottier and Stymus dining suite(lot of 14) Important American Renaissance Revival dining suite by Pottier and Stymus, New York, for Alfred A. Cohen`s Alameda, California estate ``Fernside``, executed in white oak, the extension dining table having a marquetry frieze flanked by the burlwood border centering the 10 leaves, above a pedestal base having relief carved lion figural mounts, the supports having acanthus detail terminating on carved paw feet, and rising on four baluster turned legs having banded leaf detail at the shoulder terminating on casters, (retains the original servant`s bell) 29.5``h x 17`4``w (extended) x 65``d, the twelve chairs each having full relief carved lion head finials above the leather padded backs and rising on turned legs, consisting of two armchairs 43.5``h x 23.5``w x 24``d, and ten side chairs 41``h, the sideboard (table leaf cabinet) having a relief carved 15`` wild boar medallion centering the later granite top above the two drawer case having an open gallery surmounting the fold down single door opening to the slotted interior used for table leaf storage, verso stenciled 4428/Pho/Cohen. Provenance: 1957-2012 Property from the collection of Raul A. Pena, thence by family descent ``Fernside`` The Estate of Alfred Andrew Cohen and Emilie Gibbons Cohen, The Cohens Alfred Andrew Cohen was born in England, July 17, 1829. After reversals of family fortunes he left Exeter Academy and went to work for a London solicitor. He immigrated to Canada in 1843, then to Jamaica, and finally in 1849 to Sacramento, California, arriving via Panama. Settling in San Francisco he married Emilie Gibbons, daughter of former Wilmington, Delaware, residents Martha Poole and Dr. Henry Gibbons. The Cohens had four sons and three daughters. Cohen`s business activities were varied. He engaged in railroad and ferry enterprises with William Ralston and Darius Ogden Mills, two of California`s early taste-makers. In 1857 he was admitted to the practice of law by the California Supreme Court. Cohen had several dealings with Central Pacific Railroad representing both defendants and plaintiffs. It had been said he was so successful in winning cases against the railroad that the owners made peace with him and hired him as their counsel. Cohen died in 1887 in Nebraska in route from Washington D.C., where he had been representing Central Pacific before the federal railroad commission. Newspaper accounts have estimated the value of his estate to be $5 million. His widow Emilie Cohen continued to live at Fernside until her death in 1925. The Estate and House Fernside, located in Alameda, an island community in San Francisco Bay southwest of Oakland, was acquired in the mid- 1850`s. A map dated September 9, 1859, shows the estate/working farm to be 110 acres and five buildings, including the residence, a substantial Gothic Revival structure. Over the years, buildings were added to the estate, including an elaborate stable built in 1870 for prize thoroughbred horses and a bowling alley building. In 1872 buildings began for a new grand ``Italianate`` house of some 52 rooms. Wright and Sanders, the architects, were noted for their churches, institutional buildings and the San Francisco home of Mark Hopkins. On March 24, 1897, a fire began in the building`s tower and spread quickly until the house burned to the ground. When it was found there was insufficient water to save the home, firemen and volunteers concentrated on removing furnishings, decorative objects, and bric-a-brac from the ground floor of the burning building. The Interiors The insurance papers together with interior photographs by Eadweard Muybridge and the Cohen`s third son, Edgar, give an idea of the interior fittings. Furnishing took place from occupancy in 1874 to 1888 (shortly after Cohen died). The photographs and invoices tell a story of continual change and upgrading. Herter Brothers, Pottier and Stymus, W. & J. Sloan and other New York and California firms supplied items for the house. In a letter dated October 15, 1874, Cohen mentions Mr. Schastie (likely George A. Schastey) in reference to the dining room of the house. The reference implies Schastey was on site at the house. Why the Cohen`s used more than one firm and the extent of the involvement of the firms is not clear. Likely, the strong personalities of both A. A. and Emilie G. Cohen were a factor. THE DINING ROOM. None of the Fernside post fire documents on the dining room are known to exist. The four photographs of the Dining Room in the VPCO`s collection at the Cohen/Bray House, give different views of the dining room. Two of the pictures likely Muybridge photo`s found in a family album show the table & chairs. A latter photo by Edgar Cohen, a noted California photographer, shows the dining room and the table leaf storage cabinet in more detail. The original upholstery is apparent in this photograph. This leather upholstery is still found on the back of the chairs. The forth picture shows the table and four chairs in the building converted to a residence for Mrs. Cohen after the main house burned in 1897. Of interest is a paragraph in a letter from A. A. Cohen to his wife Emilie Gibbons Cohen, dated October 15, 1874. I quote as follows: ``Dear Em, {in pencil added to the letter ``cover kept``} I learned this morning for the first time from Schasteys man that he sent a Red Marble slab for dinning room sideboard instead of Egyptian Green as I ordered. This is very provoking as the carpet for that room was changed to Green to suit the marble. I telegraphed to Will today to tell Schastey that I do not wan the red marble---- I do not want the red marble---- It will be out the question using a green carpet with the red marble. If the marble is retained I do not know what can be done except we change the carpet and use in the dining the carpets original intended for that room but which we afterwards concluded to use in the library. When you get this telegraph me what you think we had better do. If necessary I can get a new carpet for either library or dinning room & use the one we may put aside for the 2nd floor bed rooms. I have shipped the billiard room carpet it is intended that the [ballgrio ?] shall run across the mantel there is a nice border with it. I think now we will leave here on the morning of Nov. 3rd stopping one day at Niagara and one day at Chicago which I expect will bring us home on Nov. 12.`` [Note: these letters have been typed and numbered. FERNSIDE, SATURDAY EVE. JUNE 17, 1876] Schastey is known to have worked with Pottier & Stymus The leaf cabinet is known to have a replaced marble top when acquired by the current owners family. At president the history of the dining set after her death in 1927 is not known. An Overview of Pottier and Stymus From its inception in 1859, the Pottier and Stymus firm quickly rose to prominence as one of the nation`s most elite decorating and cabinetmaking firms. They retained their position at the forefront of American decorating firms well into the 20th century. August Pottier emigrated from France in 1847, gaining employment with the E. W. Hutchings and Son firm in New York City. During his tenure with Hutchings, Pottier apparently became acquainted with the cabinetmaker Gustave Herter, who would also become prominent in the emerging custom decorating field. In 1853, the two formed the short-lived Herter, Pottier and Company. By the end of the decade, Pottier was working with Rochefort and Skaaren as general foreman, where William Stymus was foreman of the upholstery room. Following the death of Rochefort, August Pottier and William Stymus assumed control of the business, forming their own partnership, Pottier and Stymus, in 1859. Shortly after its inception, the firm secured a number of important commissions, most notably to design and furnish the rooms occupied by the Secretary of the Treasury in 1863, and the Navy Department (1861-64). During t
Chinese Enameled Porcelain Tea BowlChinese polychrome enameled porcelain lidded tea bowl, of inverted bell form brightly enameled with lobed reserves of flowers of the four seasons, set against an underglaze blue wave pattern scattered with lotus blossoms below a diaper ground, the recessed base with an apocryphal Kangxi mark, together with a lid decorated en suite (hairline crack to the cup), 2.5``h x 4``wStarting Price: $50
AUTOGRAPHS: A small, miscellaneous selection of signed hardback books, a few theatre programmes, autograph album etc., including Melloney Holtspur by John Masefield, Barbara Frietchie by Claude Fitch (A.L.S. laid down to inside cover), A Yard of Sun by Christopher Fry, Anne Meara etc., the autograph album containing signatures of Eric Geddes, Robert Cecil, Margot Asquith, Gertrude Bell, Amy Johnson etc., also including Busby Berkeley`s personal copy of a film script for Only the Poor have Rich Dreams with eight pages of holograph pencil notes by Berkeley at the beginning and various pencil annotations and corrections throughout etc. G to VG, 19
[NELSON HORATIO]: (1758-1805) British Admiral during the Napoleonic Wars, the victor of the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Small collection of books including Memoirs of Lady Hamilton published by David Huntington, New York, 1815, with the bookplate of Florence Horatia Suckling, The Life of The Right Honourable Horatio Lord Viscount Nelson by Archibald Duncan, published by James Cundee, London, 1806 (front board detached), unbound folio edition of A Most Complete and Valuable Memoir of Lord Nelson`s Life and Funeral, printed by J. Bell, Strand, 1806, The Life of Lord Viscount Nelson by T. O. Churchill, London, 1808 (lacking spine and front board) etc. Only FR, 5
LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRASS PORCELAIN MANTEL CLOCK maker Le Roy of Paris, with cornucopia vase finial above a circular enamel dial, flanked by putti, the base set with Sevres style porcelain panels, the movement striking on a bell, movement no. 1052, some damages and losses, 33.5cm high, 33cm wide
A George III walnut cased bracket clock William Edwards, London, with bell top case and 7`` arch brass dial with silent/strike and silverized chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and name plate and date, the eight day twin fusee movement with engraved back plate and striking on a bell, 46cm high
A 19th century white alabaster eight day mantel clock by Vincenti & Cie the 3.5 inch dial with ring of Roman numerals under an ormolu swag moulded urn within a champlevé enamel Arabesque surround with central enamel portrait plaque between scrolling and swag moulded ormolu mounts on a cut-out alabaster base with enamel panels on square tapering fluted ormolu front feet, the back plate stamped '1867 1517', the clock striking on a single bell, 51cm high
A 19th century cast brass mantel clock in the French 18th century style the 3.5 inch dial with ring of enamel cabochon Roman numerals under an urn shaped finial over a mask moulded stepped base on four splay feet, the movement stamped H P & Co 31202 55704' striking on a single bell, 42.5cm high
A George II/III oak eight day longcase clock the twelve inch square brass dial signed 'George Hewitt, Marlbro' with centred subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture within a ring of Roman and Arabic numerals and engraved floral corner spandrels, the four pillar movement striking on a single bell, the hood with square glazed hood door between turned front corner hood pilasters over a rectangular trunk door on a crossbanded boarded base with later skirting plinth, 196cm high NOTE G H Baillie list George Marlbro 1720-69 in Watch Makers and Clock Makers of the World volume one
A late Victorian brass carriage alarm clock the 1 3/4 inch enamel chapter ring of Arabic numerals over a subsidiary alarm dial within blind filigree work the case with fluted swing handle over filigree sides between half fluted corner pilasters on four short turned feet, the movement striking on a bell to the underside, (at fault) 15.5cm high
A 19th century boulle bracket type clock by Japy Freres & Co the 4.5 inch gilded dial with enamel cabochons of Roman numerals under a figural finial in a balloon shaped case with gilt metal mounts on four short scroll feet, the eight day movement striking on a single bell with sunburst pendulum and boulle work to the interior of the door, 40cm high
Tibetan cast bi-metal hand bell , moulded with eight lanca characters and dorje motifs, the handle of two crowned masks and a half-dorje terminal, length 18cm; also another similar hand bell , 16.5cm; two cast brass dorjes , 11.5cm; carved horn powder flask and cover carved with animals and symbols the white metal mounts dressed with turquoise and coral, 15cm. (5)
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