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Lot 169
A barrel piano orchestrion, with 41-key action (36 notes, two drums, cymbal and triangle), gravity motor with friction governor, two barrels pinned for eight airs each, in mahogany veneered oak case with part mirror-glazed doors and compartment for spare barrel below -- 84 ½ in (215cm) high (excluding pulley), the barrels 29 ½ x 10 in. (75 x 25 cm), with brass label 'Jenerahny przedstawiciel na krolestwo polskie i Rosje -- ZDZIS?AW RYLSKI, CZESTOCHOWA' (Poland) (case repolished, old splits in cornice and top left hand door, silvering on rh door partly rubbed); with a cast iron weight, spare barrel and a (detached) warning bell
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Lot 18
A rare Edison Bell Homestead phonograph, with two-speed gearing (marked 2 ½ and 5 [minute], No. H128, with Crystol 4-minute reproducer, Edison Standard Model A motor and modern witch's hat brass horn (possibly a prototype that never reached production, which would explain the use of an obsolete Edison motor)
Lot 19
An Edison Bell Elf phonograph, No. A40005, with double-spring motor, New Model reproducer and whitemetal plaque engraved 'Edison Bell Prize Competition 1907 Awarded to J Schoffield, Walthamstow'; and a small red flower horn-- 10 in. diam (The Prize Competition was designed to find names for the new Edison Bell Phonographs, 'Elf', 'Imp', 'Era' and 'Don' being the winners, but a number of prizes, of phonographs and cylinders, were awarded.)
Lot 3662
BACON, Francis. The Essays or Counsels Civil and Moral with the Wisdom of the Ancients. London: Bell & Daldy, 1857. Inscribed by the novelist Samuel Butler to his sister Mary, 8vo (168 x 103mm.) (Some staining to preliminaries.) Original red cloth, mounted paper label to spine (wear to spine ends, fading to the label). Note: the inscription reads: 'M. Butler, from her affect. brother, S.B.' Provenance: Mary Butler (gift inscribed to on the front blank). - And a further ten volumes associated with and inscribed by the Butler family (including 'A Short and Plain Instruction for the Better Understanding of the Lord's Supper', 1829, 8vo) (11).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Lot 3661
BINDINGS. - Ronald Sutherland GOWER. Thomas Gainsborough. London: George Bell and Sons, 1903. First edition, 8vo (208 x 123mm.) Numerous plates, folding facsimile letter. (Mild toning.) Near contemporary blue half morocco over blue cloth-covered boards bound by Truslove & Hanson with an art nouveau design to spine, t.e.g. (slight sunning to spine). - And a further nine volumes (including Elisha Kent Kane's 'Arctic Explorations in Search of Sir John Franklin', 1885, 8vo, and a signed copy of Victorien Sardou's play 'Fernande', 1870, 8vo) (10).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Lot 3506
ROBINSON, Charles (illustrator) and J.J. BELL. Jack of all Trades. London & New York: John Lane, 1900. 4to (234 x 168mm.) Frontispiece with tissue-guard, numerous colour plates. (Toning, occasional mild spotting, corner crease to front-free endpaper.) Original pictorial cloth (minor mark to lower cover).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
Lot 50
Signed and dated ‘R Anning Bell 08’ (lower left), oil on canvas34.3cm x 53.3cm (13.5in x 21in)Provenance: Sotheby’s, 14 July 1984, lot 170;With Abbott & Holder, London, 1984.Footnote: Exhibited: London, The New Gallery, Summer Exhibition, 1909;London, Barbican Centre, The Last Romantics, 1989, no. 241.
Lot 150
GEORGIAN RATTLE. A George III silver rattle/whistle, named for Eliza Leach & dated 178(0). Last digit indistinct. Maker's mark JS. Hung with two (of 4) bells (One bell detached. Lacks coral teether) Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 25
TABLE BELL. A silver table bell, Birmingham 1911, fitted with a figural handle with different stamped marks. A 1936 Royal commemorative pin tray & a modern small ashtray. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 186
1st millennium BC. A rectangular silver plaque bearing a repoussé image of Gilgamesh standing facing, arms reaching upwards at a 45 degree angle to the body, detailing to his horns, face, muscular torso and calves, wrap around the waist, bell-shaped symbol between his legs, low-relief pelletted border above and below; three applied tubular loops to the perimeter. 4.57 grams, 55mm (2 1/4"). Property of a London gentleman; before that in the private collection of a Kensington collector; previously in the collection of Mrs Petra Schamelman, Breitenbach, Germany; acquired from the collection of Fernand Adda, formed in the 1920s-1930s. The Adda family, originally from Alexandria, formed the majority of their collection in the 1920s-1930s. Abraham Adda (b. circa 1855) had three sons, Victor (b. circa 1885-1965) a collector of coins, Iznik and ancient Egyptian objects; Fernand, a collector of Iznik ceramics, and Joseph. The collection has been situated in Europe since before the Second World War. Possibly a pendant or furniture element. Fine condition.
Lot 236
Ming Dynasty, 1368-1644 AD. A pair of glazed ceramic attendants, each modelled in the round standing on a hexagonal plinth, one carrying a rectangular offering plate, the other a bell-shaped dish, with separately modelled capped heads. 5.9 kg total, 46.5-47cm (18 1/4 - 18 1/2"). Ex West Country collection, Bath, Somerset, UK, 1970-2000s. [2] Fair condition.
Lot 1839
A 19th century figured mahogany longcase clock by Telford of Wigton, the 32 cm wide painted dial with Roman numerals, calendar aperture and moon phase to arch, to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell contained in case with scroll cresting, turned pillars to hood and trunk. 220 cm high. CONDITION REPORT: The movement winds on both trains. We have not had the clock running but when weight is applied to both trains it does appear to tick and strike. We have the winding key and both weights. We do not appear to have the pendulum. The case is in generally good condition. The top right hand roundel to the swans neck pediment is missing. There is some minor polish to the left hand side of the case where the door at some point has been Sellotaped shut. The hood door is not warped. The trunk door is also not warped and as with the rest of the case is generally figured. The base has some old water splash marks but is in generally good condition as are the sides and the rear boards.
Lot 114
A Victorian gold marquise shaped onyx brooch,with a marquise cabochon onyx, in a cut down collet set to the centre, with an applied star, grain set with an old cut diamond cluster. To an outer row of split pearls in cut down collets, with pin, 'C' catch and glazed locket verso. Tested as approximately 9ct gold. In a case by Bell & Dams Jewellers, Uttoxeter. 44 x 19mm, 11.85gProvenance: The Peter and Pat Crofts CollectionCondition report: Surface reaching inclusions to some of the diamonds.Minor surface marks/scratches to gold.Some remnants of glue visible verso.
Lot 121
A French ormolu eight day figural mantel clock, signed Leroi a Paris, the case surmounted by a chariot driven by a winged cherub pulled by a pair of butterflies, the white enamelled clock dial forming the wheel, on rectangular plinth raised on lion paw feet, the clock striking on a bell on the hour and half-hour, on oval wooden stand, clock measures 31cm long by 13cm wide by 28cm high. CONDITION REPORT: The original glass dome for this clock is present but sadly it is cracked.
Lot 171
A Minton Majolica jardiniere of rounded form of turquoise ground, the upper rim & shoulder with coloured bell-flower, Vitruvian scroll, & fret borders, laurel wreath ring handles tied with pink ribbon bows, on spiral-fluted round pedestal foot, 14” wide x 12½” high; impressed marks & year cypher for 1868. (Chip to upper rim, chip to loop of one bow).
Lot 2243
Selection of hard to find LP records, mostly in Ex condition, John Mayall's Blue Breakers (Beano), Zoot Money's Big Roll Band, Simon Dupree and th Big Sound, Michael Garrick (October Woman), Grapefruit, Gun, Bell & Arc, The Left Banke and Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (yellow vinyl) and signed " To Judy with love from Elton John
Lot 895
Interesting Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) medal group and ephemera relating to Air Commodore Cedric Arnold Bell. Bell was born on 14th September 1905 in Hackney, London. He was commissioned into the RAF at the rank of Pilot Officer, aged 19, in January 1925, going on to serve as a pilot in 16 Squadron. Throughout the 1920s and '30s Bell rose up the ranks of the RAF as he attended signals courses and moved to Farnborough, as the Second World War began Bell was appointed a Wing Commander in 1940. Shortly after this, Wing Commander Bell travelled to America where he was head of the Radio Section, Technical Department, British Air Commission, Washington. His work in America saw him awarded the Legion of Merit in 1943. Bell returned from his success in America to become a Staff Officer - Radar, HQ Bomber Command. Appointed Air Commadore in 1949, Bell finally retired from the RAF in 1953 as a Senior Air Staff Officer, HQ No 90 (Signals) Group.Included in the lot is Cedric Bell's original Service Commission from 1925, medals comprising Second World War Defence Medal, Second World War War Medal, Elizabeth II Coronation Medal and American Legion of Merit (mounted on bar) together with miniature medals, framed citation from the award of the Legion of Merit, visitor badge from The Glenn L. Martin Company Baltimore, large album of photographs including dinners and receptions in America, handwritten record of Air Commodore Bell's RAF service and a silver desk blotter engraved with his initials.Second World War RAF medal group with American Legion of Honour
Lot 96
An 18th century bell metal pillar candlestick of architectural design, with stepped square base, 23 cm high, and a 19th century Toleware oval two handled tray printed and painted with continental views and flowers. 40 cm x 29 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The candlestick is a good example and generally in good overall condition although there is significant wear and rubbing to the column. The Toleware tray is scuffed and worn and has some slight rusting.
Lot 241
An unusual George II mahogany and brass mounted longcase clock and barometer by Richard PeckoverThe pagoda shaped hood with brass flame finials above silk backed fretwork above an arched door flanked by cast columns, the 12inch brass dial with eagle and urn spandrels and silvered chapter ring with Roman & Arabic numerals, signed 'Richard Peckover, LONDON' with matted centre and subsidiary seconds and date aperture, with strike/silent, blued steel hands, the eight day movement with five pillars, anchor escapement and rack strike on a bell, the arched moulded front door with a glazed barometer, with fielded panel to the plinth on ogee bracket feet, 54.5cm wide, 28cm deep, 266cm high.Provenance:C. Wills.Christie's, London, Dealing in Excellence, A Celebration of Hotspur & Jeremy, 20 London 2008, lot 141.Comparative Literature:R.W. Symonds, A Book of English Clocks, Harmondsworth, 1947, p.68.N. Goodison, English Barometers and Their Makers 1680-1860, Woodbridge, 1977, pp.144-146.T.Robinson, The Longcase Clock, Woodbridge, 1981, p.270.P.G.Dawson, The Iden Clock Collection, Woodbridge, 1987, pp..260-261Richard Peckover is recorded in Change Alley in 1735 and Royal Exchange in 1751, taking over Quare and Horseman's business in 1733.
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