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Click here to subscribeBell (John). The Poets of Great Britain, 68 volumes (of 109), Edinburgh: Apollo Press, 1776-79, some volumes with engraved frontispieces, additional illustrated title to each volume, bookplates of Ellen James to front pastedowns, occasional light spotting, contemporary uniform tree calf gilt, morocco labels, lightly rubbed, 18moQTY: (68)
Rutherford (William). A View of Antient History; including the progress of literature and the fine arts, 2 volumes, London: Printed for the author, 1788-91, engraved folding map frontispieces, armorial bookplates of Sir William Young to front pastedowns, occasional spotting, contemporary sprinkled calf gilt, morocco title and volume labels, rubbed, 8vo, together with:Strickland (Agnes). Lives of the Queens of England, from the Norman conquest, new edition, 6 volumes, London: George Bell & Sons, 1889-96, portrait frontispieces to each, armorial bookplate of Sir Fresham Lever to front pastedowns, occasional light spotting, contemporary black half calf gilt over red marbled boards, red morocco title labels, rubbed, 8vo, withThornbury (Walter). Old and New London, a narrative of its history, its people, and its places, 6 volumes in 3, London: Cassell, Petter & Galpin, circa 1875, frontispieces, black and white illustrations throughout, contemporary green half morocco gilt, all edges gilt, 4toQTY: (11)
Bronte (Charlotte, "Currer Bell"). Jane Eyre: An Autobiography, 4th edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1850, 16 pp. catalogue at end dated January 1851, occasional minor spotting, original brown blindstamped cloth, spine and extremities faded, small chip at foot of spine, joints splitting, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:First single volume edition, variant issue. The usual fourth edition of 1850 has 8 pages of the publisher's catalogue at rear and dated May 1850. The Brotherton Library copy at Leeds has identical pagination but their copy has the catalogue dated March 1854, the present copy is therefore an unrecorded variant issue. First published in 3 volumes in 1847.
* Austrian Mythological Tarock. A deck of mythology tarock cards, Linz, Austria: Friedrich Eurich, 1812, the complete deck of 54 engraved cards with contemporary colouring, comprising 4 suits of 8 (French suits), each with pip cards ace-4 (red) or 7-10 (black) and 4 double-ended court cards, tax and maker's stamps (both dated) on ace of hearts (spotted), plus 22 trump cards, comprising 21 double-ended trumps with Roman numerals, depicting figures from mainly Greek and Roman mythology, and Fool card, 2 of trumps with printed maker's name and faint artist's name (Biller?), knight of hearts and Fool each with small pale brown mark, versos with small blue pattern, each card 101 x 50 mm, 41 cards corner mounted onto 2 display boards, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display boards), the remainder contained in a clear plastic box within a clear bag, each display board 42 x 59 cm, together with: Austrian Linz Pattern, a deck of Linz or 'Raddreher' Pattern playing cards, Linz, Austria: Friedrich Eurich, 1810, the complete deck of 32 stencil coloured wood-engraved playing cards, comprising 4 suits of 8 (German suits), each with pip cards 2 & 7-10 and 3 full-length court cards, tax and maker's stamps (both dated) on 7 of hearts, 7 of bells with 'Deutsche Linzer Spielkarten', generally toned, soiled and marked, rubbed in places, 8 of bells with minor surface loss (affecting one bell), king of hearts with tiny surface loss to left edge, versos with coloured marbling, each card 95 x 56 mm, the cards corner mounted onto a display board, encapsulated in clear plastic (not examined out of display board), display board 42 x 59 cmQTY: (2)NOTE:First item: Cary, AUS 199 (later issue); Reisinger (Tarock), I, p.148.Second item: An early example of Linz Pattern playing cards. Kathleen Wowk in Playing Cards of the World (p.54) explains that this pattern gained the nickname 'Raddreher' or 'Wheel-turner' from the depiction on the deuce of hearts of a man pushing a large wheel. The Linz Pattern was in use for a short period of time during 19th century, with most decks being produced between 1840s-1880, making this deck an unusually early example. Mann describes this pattern as 'a quite unmistakable pattern which is a sad loss' (Mann: All Cards on the Table, p.102).
England & Wales. Hole (G.), Englalond Anglia Anglo Saxonum Heptarchia, circa 1610, hand-coloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche, mileage scale and compass rose, 275 x 325 mm, together with Homann (Johann Baptist). Magna Britannia complectens Angliae, Scotiae et Hiberniae Regna in suas Provincias et Comitatus divisa..., circa 1720, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring and some later enhancement to the cartouche, central fold partially split at top and base, 485 x 575 mm, with another approximately 50 maps of England & Wales and The British Isles, including examples by or after Moll, Morden, Harrison, 'Illustrated London News', Bowen, Teesdale, Cary, Kelly, Bell, Badeslade & Toms, Dower, Archer, Fullarton, Stockdale, J. & C. Walker, Bonne, Wilkinson and Bingley, some duplicates, various sizes and condition QTY: (approx. 52)
A collection of treen ware to include four model shoes, two originally snuff boxes and with pin head decoration, a small turned beaker, a turned cover in the form of a bell, a turned bone pedestal cup/goblet and a silver candlestick, etc., together with a collection of seven brass moulds, probably for jewellery and Indian, various shapes
A late 19thC French porphyry marble cased mantel clock, circular enamel dial bearing Roman numerals, eight day movement by L Marti & Cie, with bell strike, the case of fluted column form, raised on a square plinth, on embossed brass feet, bell, pendulum, and key lacking, 25cm wide, 20.5cm deep.
A Georgian mahogany longcase clock, by Andrew Padbery Bishops Waltham, the Tempus Fugit break arch dial with dolphin and mask spandrels, silver chapter ring bearing Roman and Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, eight day movement with bell strike, the broken arch pediment above a hood with brass capped fluted columns, plain trunk, raised on bracket feet, with pendulum, weights, no key, 233cm high.
A Georgian and later longcase clock by MS Johnson of Lincoln, the break arch dial painted with dog's heads, dial bearing Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds dial, date aperture, eight day movement with bell strike, the hood with break arch pediment, raised on a pair of turned columns, brass capped, plain trunk, raised on bracket feet, with pendulum weights and key, 202cm high.
A rustic 1920s home made dolls' three-piece suite comprising two-seater sofa and pair of armchairs, also a commemorative pressed glass twin-handled shallow bowl inscribed, 'The Boer War, Roberts Buller 1899-1900', a pressed glass ring tree, a brass counter bell and a pair of figural vases (8).
An early/mid-20th century Merrythought black and white kitten with solid composite face, with bell in ear, length approx 24cm, a c1930s Merrythought straw-filled teddy bear, length 31cm (af) and a pale gold mohair growler bear with straw-filled head and kapok body and arms, length 44cm (3). CONDITION REPORT: The gold mohair bear was purchased in Australia in 1939.The Merrythought bear is lacking its eyes and a lot of its fur.
NORTHERN SOUL; eight records to include UK issues of Eddie Floyd 'Big Bird', Gladys Knight & The Pips 'Letter Full of Tears', Walter Jackson 'It's an Uphill Climb to the Bottom', William Bell 'Happy', Doris Willingham 'You Can't Do That', The Marvelettes 'Please Mr Postman', etc (8). CONDITION REPORT: Please Mr Postman has centre pushed out.
SOUL; eleven LPs to include Garnet Mimms, 'I'll Take Good Care of You' on United Artists US pressing black label, Little Milton, 'We're Gonna Make It', on Checker US pressing, O.V. Wright, 'Only For Tonight' on Back Beat US pressing red label, Chuck Jackson, 'Encore', and 'I Don't Want To Cry' US pressing on Wand 655 and 650, William Bell, 'The Soul Of A Bell', US pressing on yellow label, Freddy Scott, 'Lonely Man' US pressing on Columbia Stereo red label, Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell, 'You're All I need', UK original on Tamla Motown, Wilson Pickett, 'The Wicked Pickett', UK original on Atlantic red/plum, also Freddie Scott, 'I Shall be released' US pressing on probe and the Jimmy Castor Bunch, 'Butt of Course' UK Atlantic1975. CONDITION REPORT: Encore, OV Wright and Little Milton edges of sleeves are taped
SOUL; records to include William Bell, 'Coming Back For More' on UK Mercury 1977, Valerie Simpson, 'Keep It Comin'' on Motown US pressing 1977, B.B. King, 'Midnight Believer' on ABC UK pressing 1978, two by Millie Jackson, 'Still Caught Up', and 'Get It Outcha System' both on UK Spring, three by the Whispers, 'Love Story' on Janus US pressing, 'Life and Breath' on Janus US pressing 1972, and 'The Whispers' on Contempo-raries 1974, etc.
SOUL; six LPs to include Jackie Wilson, 'Whispers' UK original on Coral Groove Label, two by James Carr, 'A Man Needs A Woman' on UK Bell 1968, and 'You Got My Mind Messed Up', on Goldwax US yellow Label, Marvin Gaye 'In The Groove', UK original on Tamla Motown 1968, Darrell Banks, 'Here To Stay', UK original on Stax 1969 yellow label, and Eddie Floyd, 'I've Never Found A Girl' UK original on UK Stax 1968 (6).
Approx twenty-seven LPs to include John Lennon, 'Imagine' 1988, Box Tops, The Dimensions, UK pressing on Bell, The Buckinghams 'Time & Charges' on US Columbia, Therapy, 'One Night Stand', Morrissey, 'Viva Hate' on UK HMV Fame pressing, Magic Lanterns, 'One Night Stand' on Polydor, John Howard, 'Kid In A Big World', UK original on CBS, Small Faces, '78 In The Shade', The Guess Who, 'Wheatfield Soul' UK original, 'Blonds Have More Fun' picture disc, etc (approx 27).
Two contemporary brass carriage clocks with domed bell tops, the brass dials set with black Roman numerals, one engraved verso 'Smiths Industries Ltd Clock and Watch Division, Made in Great Britain', height of each approx 7.5cm (2). CONDITION REPORT: Please note that this lot is not suitable for our in-house postage service.We would recommend booking a collection slot for this lot or contacting Mailboxes Etc for postage of this lot, their details can be found on www.adampartridge.co.uk/services/postage-shipping/
An impressive Victorian hallmarked silver four-piece tea set in the Gothic style, comprising coffee pot, height 34cm, teapot, height 26cm, sugar bowl, height 16.5cm and milk jug, height 15cm, height each piece of tall hexagonal shape, with urn finials, bell-shaped lids, straight and angular handles, Rococo-style spouts adorned with acanthus leaves, each panel decorated with floral scrolls and columns, the front panel with engraved crest of upright arm holding a cross, the lower panels with possible folklore scenes, to include a boy with bow and arrow, a mythical bird, a fox in woodland, on a hexagonal base, the sugar bowl and milk jug with gilt interiors, London 1844, with sponsor's mark 'J.A' over 'J.A', also marked 'J. Mayer Goldsmith, 68 Lord Street, Liverpool', combined approx 86.5ozt (4).Footnote: The teapot and coffee pot both have two ivory spacers to each handle. The ivory has been declared, with reference numbers 2A17YC5N for the coffee pot and JQ1NRL82 for the teapot. CONDITION REPORT: This has been looked after by the generations of the vendor's family. There are no obvious repairs or damage. The handle on the teapot is a little loose. There may be some slight indents, dimples and surface scratches, but the decoration hides most of these.
A collection of Dresden and similar cabinet cups and saucers, including a Helena Wolfsohn Augustus Rex trio, two cups and saucers, a shaped saucer and bell (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The lid to the chocolate cup has been extensively restored. The cup with the snake handle and three feet has a hairline crack and is discoloured to the interior. All other pieces in this lot are in good order and are free from any chips, damage, repairs or restoration. All pieces do have some rubbing to the gilding as one would expect.
A late Georgian mahogany longcase clock, with fretwork pediment arched painted dial and two train striking movement with long trunk door flanked by quarter round columns. Height including finial 230 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Whilst we have not had the movement running as we do not have a pendulum, when weight is applied to the going train it does operate. When the hands are manually advanced the strike mechanism also operates when weight is applied. The movement is however very dirty. The bell is currently detached. The face condition should be visible from our images. We have all three metal finials. The left one is detached. The fretwork has some fractures but is all present. The hood is in generally good order and the glass original and not cracked. The door is not warped. The trunk door is also not warped and closes as it should. We have the key and lock. The sides of the case are in generally good condition. The base has some veneer losses to the extremities and around the legs and the bottom base narrow applied moulding is missing in places.
Dr. Who The Happiness Patrol, a 10x8 colour photo signed by 7: Sylvester McCoy, the Seventh Doctor, Sophie Aldred as Ace, Shelia Hancock, Georgina Hale, Rachel Bell, Tim Barker and Mary Healey. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Anthony Baynes (British, 1921-2003), 'Greek Shepherd's Shelter', titled and inscribed and dated 'c1955' on Abbott and Holder gallery labels verso, watercolour and gouache, 22 x 24.5cm, frame 43 x 43cm, with another signed example depicting 4 landscapes in a window-like frame, signed lower right side in pencil, watercolour and gouache, 30 x 24cm, frame 49 x 41.5cm (2)Antony Baynes. Thence by descent.Anthony Baynes studied art at the Slade School of Art. Baynes studied under Professor Randolphe Schwabe, along with fellow students Kyffin Williams and Bernard Dunstan. In 1946 his work 'The Betrayal' won the Mary Richgitz Prize. This painting is in the UCL Art Museum.After the war he taught art at the Badminton School and in 1949 went to Greece. Then in the 1950s he lived in Crete and held an exhbition in Athens in 1955 and later in London in 1958.He was an accomplished artist in both watercolour and oil and a designer of theatrical sets (eg for Sadler's Wells in the 1940s) and decorated furniture. Baynes was a noted dust jacket designer too from the 1950s to the 1970s, working for publishers John Murray, Capes and Eyre and Spottiswoode. He painted murals at the Portsmouth Guildhall and the London Stock Exchange.Anthony Baynes was the cousin of the well known artist Keith Baynes (1877-1977), who studied at the Slade School of Art from1912 to 1914. After the war Keith Baynes became a member of the circle of Roger Fry. He exhibited with the NEAC and with the London Group from 1919 and was friends with Bloomsbury Group members Vanessa Bell and Duncan Grant. He Exhibited at Agnew's amongst other galleries.Ok.
An interesting group of Caughley and early Coalport porcelain, comprising a transitional period hybrid hard-paste jug, circa 1795-99, transfer-printed in underglaze blue with the 'Three Flowers' pattern, unmarked, 14.5cm high; a John Rose teapot or tureen stand, circa 1795, decorated in overglaze enamel and gilt in the 'Flaming Pearl' pattern, unmarked, 15.3cm wide and a John Rose 'Bell Toy' tea bowl and saucer, possibly a Caughley porcelain body later finished by Rose & Co, saucer 12.5cm diameter and a Coalport fluted spiral fluted tea bowl and saucer, circa 1800, painted with a gilded border containing a continuous band of flowers with black centres, unmarked, saucer 13.5cm; a Caughley 'Fisherman' or 'Pleasure Boat' baking dish, impressed and painted S mark, (riveted repair), 24cm wide; a Full Nankin lobed plate, unmarked, 18cm diameter; a 'Bouquets' mug (broken and repaired), 10.5cm high; a 'Pagoda' tea canister, lacking cover, So mark, 10.5cm high and a Temple coffee pot and cover, 26cm high (extensive body cracks); together with a Worcester 'Fruit and Wreath' coffee pot, lacking cover, crescent mark, 19cm high;(qty) (some damages, repairs)John Rose teapot stand: Ex. Roger Edmundson Collection. 'Bell Toy' Tea bowl and saucer: Ex. Roger Edmundson Collection. These items appear in the Journal of the Northern Ceramic Society Vol. 29, 2013.Spiral-fluted tea bowl and saucer: Ex. Willis CollectionNotes: The jug is featured in the Caughley Society Newsletter February 2019, no. 77, pgs. 10-12.
Two Caughley teapots and coverscomprising a 'Pagoda' example, circa 1782-92, transfer-printed in underglaze blue and over-decorated with gilding to the borders, handle and spout, printed S mark, 14.5cm high and a 'Fenced Garden' example, circa 1780-85, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, painted Sx mark, 13.5cm high; together with further Caughley including a 'Bell Toy' tea bowl and saucer; a 'Temple' pattern coffee cup with a reinforced upper rim and gentle fluting to the body; a 'Chantilly Sprigs' saucer and a 'Salopian Sprigs' coffee cup, painted Sand a group of Coalport porcelain early 19th century, comprising two Birds in Branches pickle leaf dishes and a Birds in Branches coffee cup, together with three plates, transfer-printed with Apple and Damsons, printed Caughley marks, 19cm diameter (qty, some a.f)Fenced Garden - teapot body badly cracked, cover with various chips and losses.Pagoda - handle re-attached.Bell Toy saucer - small rim chip.
A French gilt metal figural mantel clock, late 19th century, the neoclassical case surmounted by a maiden and putti and raised on toupie feet, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, the eight day movement striking on a bell, on a conforming giltwood stand and ebonised base with glass dome, clock 39cm high, dome 54cm high.
An early Victorian, Gothic style, mahogany bracket clock, by 'Moss, Sheffield', the top with a crocketed gallery above an arched crocketed front overa 7.5" painted circular dial, signed and with Roman numerals and minute markers, raised on gadrooned feet, with an 8-day movement, striking on a bell, some damage, without key and rear door locked, with a pendulum, 46cm high (2)Generally ok and a nice colour with nice figuring, but some damage, including lacking 1.5cm section of veneer on the back left corner of the left side plinth and whole of rear section, wall side, (about 2cm x 2cm). Without key and rear door locked and so cannot inspect movement. Chips, dents and scratches consistent with age and use.
An 18th century oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clock by William Bromley, Salop, the hood with a scotia cornice above a door flanked by a fluted pillar on each side, enclosing a brass dial with cherubim spandrels, Roman numerals, matted ground and signed, 'Wllm Bromley Salop', above a long trunk door, the 8 day movement with anchor escapement, striking on a bell, 194cm high, with 2 weights, pendulum and winder (7)There is a William Bromley listed as operating in the early 19th century in Shrewsbury. Looms, B, Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, 1st Published 2006, page 106.Not operational in home of deceased. general condition good. Above average colour and figuring, but lacking section beneath hood and on back edge lacking 5cm section. Base of hood lacking 7 cm back section of bead. Minor restoration, including old mahogany inlay on base. Dial- small chip top right, chapter ring- silvering totally worn.
A George III painted dial oak longcase clock by Griffith of Denbigh, the hood with swan-neck pediment and fluted full columns, the trunk with a shaped door between fluted corner quarter columns, the base box with a moulded panel front, raised on bracket feet, the 13in (33cm) dial painted with exotic birds to the centre and flower corner spandrels around a black chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals and a calendar aperture, the four-pillar eight-day movement striking on a bell, 51cm wide x 24cm deep x 212cm high.
A 19th Century Victorian silver hallmarked 'grenade' table cigar lighter. The lighter having an orb shaped body with a moulded flame to the top having engraved initials to the front dated 1897. Hallmarked London 1895, James Samuel Bell & Louis Willmott. Measures approx 8.5cm tall. Total weight 155.5g.
An early 20th century Carolean style walnut, sycamore and beech centre table in the manner of Lenygon and Morant The rectangular top with an acanthus carved border above a frieze and scroll carved shaped apron, on S-scroll legs decorated with husks and bell flowers joined by a shaped foliate carved stretcher, on acanthus bun feet, 137cm wide, 77cm deep, 76cm high. Provenance: Private family collection, Berkshire
A PARIAN-WARE OR BISCUIT PORCELAIN GROUP OF ARIADNE AND THE PANTHER; TOGETHER WTIH A TERRACOTTA VERSION (2)Coleridge Collection, Second half 19th CenturyModelled wearing a laurel wreath and holding drapery, 15.5cm wide; 18.5cm high; The later terracotta example facing the opposing direction,19cm wide; 20.5cm high; both with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ labelsProvenanceTheAnthony & Marietta Coleridge CollectionAlthoughthis example of Parian Ware is unmarked it is the same model produced by Minton& Co in 1847 until the 1860s for Summerly’s Art Manufactures. The model, byJohn Bell (1811-1895), was after a marble original by Johann Heinrich Dannecker(1758-1841), a German sculptor who’s life-size sculpture was a popular touristattraction in Frankfurt. Smaller statuettes, like this one, were available astourist souvenirs.Condition Report:Terracotta: Loss to the central section of the lion’s tail. Small chips to the base not int he casting. Parian/biscuit: Loss of to to the lower foot.
AN EMPIRE PARCEL-GILT AND BRONZE BRÛLE-PARFUM (3)Coleridge Collection, With winged swan mount supporting a cut-glass bowl, with ‘Anthony & Marietta Coleridge Collection’ label, 19.5cm high; Together with a gilt-metal mounted gilt-brass table bell, surmounted by a bird, 15cm high; and a gilt-metal mounted and pearl mounted fob watch holder, mounted on an marble base modelled as a tasselled cushion, possibly Italian, 19th Century, 21cm highProvenanceTheAnthony & Marietta Coleridge CollectionChristie's, South Kensington, 15 December 1994, unknownlot (the perfume burner).Condition Report:Brule-parfum: central hanging chain is broken and missing a small section; general marks and wear consistent with age and use; glass bowl loose in its gilt-metal mount.Table bell: evidence of small solder repairs notably to the base of the gilt-metal above the marble; marble base with knocks and scratches consistent with age and use; lacking screw to fix the bell to the base.Fob watch holder: Wear and discolouration throughout including verdigris to the base of the ‘shell’ ; holder loose on the marble base; marks and wear throughout.
A WORCESTER BELL-SHAPED COFFEE-CUP WITH WISHBONE HANDLEColeridge Collection, Circa 1758-60Printed in greyish-black with `The Milkmaid at the Gate', the reverse with a milking scene, 6cm highHaircrack to rim, approx. 3cm length. Small chip to rimProvenanceThe Anthony &Marietta Coleridge CollectionWith Gus Brain, December 1987
A SMALL WORCESTER `KING OF PRUSSIA' BELL- SHAPED MUGColeridge Collection, Dated 1757Printed in black with a half length portrait above the date 1757, flanked by military trophies and Fame, 8.75cm highShallow chip to the rim. Haircrack around lower handle terminal, approx. 2.5cm length. Minor wear to printProvenanceThe Anthony & Marietta ColeridgeCollection
French brass gorge cased carriage clock, by Drocourt, number 11726, engraved case with bevelled glass, rectangular enamelled dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary alarm dial, platform escapement, repeating movement striking on a bell, the back plate with two character Chinese signature, 15cm, in a velvet covered travelling case with associated key.Condition report:The movement winds and the scapement workd but when powered the strike runs continuously so can not confirm the strike and repeat function, the dial and hands are in good condition, seconds hand functions, engraving on the case is slightly worn and glass panels are in good condition, case covering is quite worn and loose in places.A further image of the back with the door open has been uploaded to the lot page on our website for you to view.
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