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Lot 1063
A copper and brass ear trumpet, S Maw, Son & Thompson, London with cracked ivory ear piece, 15.5cm h, the scrolling brass arm on copper bell shaped body bearing applied label, the open 'wheel' style end with green painted decoration, 16cm h; a brass lacquered tin penny whistle by generation, the body bearing label inscribed generation key bee British make, 36cm l (2) Ear trumpet with possible old solder repair, dents, scratches and other wear. The whistle with overall wear and scratches
Lot 1209
AUTOGRAPHS. A FINE COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY AND EARLIER LETTERS to include autograph letters signed, unless otherwise stated, by Robert Southey (to Thomas Allis, Superintendent of the Retreat, York], Keswick, 25 October 1834, "A line from the Retreat conveying something like hope, would at any time be the greatest comfort that this poor family could receive.", James Montgomery, ANS in the third person, Richard Cobden (to Thomas Wilcock), Sir John Bowring, Jacob Bright (to his cousin Joshua Blakey), Lord Melbourne, [10] Downing Street to John Thwaites (the brewer of Blackburn), Sir James Stansfield, Elihu Burritt, LS partly printed, Richard Monckton Milnes (to Jacob Bright), Hugh Stowell, Sir Charles Wood 1st Viscount Halifax (to Joshua Blakey), Adam Sedgwick,Trinity College Cambridge, 5 February 1832 ("... the Alligator... I have neither heard of it nor seen any account of it: but I will make some enquires about it as I have no doubt it would be a very valuable specimen for our geological museum, our Philosophical Society has a beautiful collection of birds but no equal collection of skeletons"), Sir Wilfred Lawson, Thomas O'Hagan (to Jacob Bright), Charles Sumner (to Jacob Bright, a letter of introduction of George Washburn Smalley), John Phillips (the geologist, to Thomas Allis), William Yarrell to Thomas Allis, about the Zoological Society of London), Charles Waterton to Thomas Allis, Walton Hall, 7 July 1861 ("We shall be glad to see you and to treat you to a dish of mashed Gorilla at one o'clock..."), Thomas Bell (to Thomas Allis), John Gould (to Thomas Allis), Sir William Vernon Harcourt, Frederick Douglass, AL [1846/7], (fourteen lines from a letter or speech, "the darkest feature connected with the American slave system, is the countenance and support which it receives from the Religious organisations of that land, slavery finds its strongest support in the Church and the pulpits... the ministers of religion have been foremost in defence of slavery...Corrupt and degrading as are the politics of America they send no champion into the field in defence of slavery that will bear comparison with the ministers of religion - These come in sacerdotal robes and with bibles in hand, They enforce slavery in the name of almighty God"), Sir George Stickland, Alfred Newth, John Mercer (the scientist), William Edward Forster (to Joshua Blakey), John Bright (to "Dear cousin Joshua Blakey"), Henry Vincent Marquess of Clanricarde, David Edward Hughes [1878] (on the microphone: "My speaking boxes are formed of three pieces of fine charcoal..."), William Black (to Jacob Bright), Earl of Clarendon (to Jacob Bright), Lord Sydney Godolphin Osborne (on the purchase of, and his experiments with telephones, Henry Cheetham Bishop of Sierra Leone, Thomas Bywater Smithies, Julia Bainbridge Wightman, Albert the Prince Consort, DS, (Great Exhibition 1851 certificate of the award of a medal to John Ward for services rendered to the exhibition), George III, DS, Court of St James, 22 June 1792, order to the joint paymasters to pay £11,236 17s 5d to certain general and staff officers in North America and the West Indies for their pay for the year to 24 December 1791, Duke of Wellington, General Sir Henry de Bathe, Sir Charles Dilke, Thomas Milner Gibson, Earl of Cardigan (1823), Bernard Barton (in the third person to the publishers of The Speculum), Sir Joseph Banks, Robert Owen, Braxfield [House] New Lanark, 28 July 1811 ("It has long been my opinion that there is not any individual so deserving of public patronage for their services to the community as yourself... your sincere friend Rt Owen"), Henry Lytton Bulwer, NS partly printed, Sir Francis Burdett to the Earl of Blessington, 29 January 1829 ("...Make my best regards to Lady Blessington & the other ladies and Monsieur D'Orsay with a thousand thanks for every thing..."), William Maginn, Barry Sullivan to Mr Turpin 16 June 1865 ("I have much pleasure in enclosing you a few Australian postage stamps all I have...."), 1st Earl of Ellenborogh, Maharajah Sir Duleep Singh (on Carlton Club notepaper), Lord George Bentinck (on India), Joanna Baillie [1824] ("I had no intimacy with any of the Poets you mention, Sir W Scott and Cambell excepted..."), George III, DS, 25 March 1809, commission appointing Edward Noble Bell adjutant of Melton Mowbray regiment of militia, Charles John Kean, Benjamin Robert Haydon to William Jerdan ("I am - beyond measure to pay my taxes to morrow, can you, will you help me with £10 till my pictures open in January?... pay pardon me"), Francis William Newman 1st Marquess of Normanby (the Whig politician and author), William Jerdan (letter of introduction of the traveller and author John Carne of Penzance), James Silk Buckingham, 1st Earl of Godolphin, DS, 27 June 1691, a pension of £4000 awarded to Charles Schomberg, 2nd Duke of Schomberg, George IV, DS as Regent) Carlton House ,13 March 1817, on the appointment of six clerks and increases in salaries including that of the 'Necessary Woman' of the Royal Hospital Chelsea, Sir Thomas Clifford, DS, 4 February 1669, a part payment of £3000 to the Earl of Sandwich Master of the Great Wardrobe, 1st Duke of Newcastle, DS, Treasury Chambers, 15 January 1762 to the Commissioners of Custom in Scotland appointing Robert Maclure a tidesman at Irvine, 7th Earl of Elgin (of the Marbles), Broom Hall, 7 May 1812, a letter of complaint in the third person to Mr Gow about an "extremely bad" pianoforte which the latter had supplied to Broom Hall "for the ladies Bruce", 3rd Duke of Portland, LS, Whitehall 10, August 1798, to Major General Keppel on the exportation of base coin, Henry Hunt (the orator), 10 January 1888 to the Editor of ?The Age? on the falsity of a report of Hunt's interrupting a performance of Madame Vestris at Covent Garden, Lord Frederick Cavendish, Louis Bonaparte, LS, Paris, 14 Ventose, an 10 [1801/2], Sir Robert Walpole, DS, Treasury Chambers, 2 January 1734, warrant for £2000 to be paid to John Hedges Treasurer and Receiver General to Frederick Prince of Wales, 1st Viscount Lyons, 7th Earl of Shaftesbury, Sir Richard Owen (to William Buckland), Caroline Norton to Mr Amory, "I send some venison Lord Camoys has just sent here I hope it is in proper condition....I took my grandson to Carlton Terrace, to see the wreck and remember it hereafter He said -O but I should be saved by thinking of my wife & family"! It is all inexpressibly sad to me remembering them in childhood....", Dr Hook Dean of Chichester, William Husskison, Viscountess Strangford, Lord Heytesbury, William Buckland (11 December 1843), John Payne Collier (the Shakespeare forger), Charles Babbage (18 March 1856), John Hutton Balfour, William Spence (13 March 1838 to James Scott Bowerbank), Augustus Morgan and several others, SIGNED PIECES including passes by the following: Thomas Hughes, Samuel Fenton Cary, Charles Haddon Spurgeon, William Howitt, Thomas Alva Edison, Alexander Graham Bell, Paul Mark Roget, Queen Victoria, Duke of Cambridge, Felicia Hemans, William Godwin, Maria Edgeworth, Harriet Martineau, Victor Hugo, John Horne Tooke, George Cruickshank, William Harrison Ainsworth, Joseph Grimaldi, William Wordsworth, Martin van Buren, Barry O'Meara, Sir Robert Smirke, Sir Philip Broke, Frederick Denison Maurice and the 6th Duke of Devonshire,SIGNED ENVELOPES and free fronts For continuation of this description, please contact Mellors & Kirk
Lot 1053
A Nuremberg nested cup-weight, 16 pound for Austria, 17th century. Master sign 'bell CS' = Christoph Schirmer der Ältere (1656-1714). Destination: 'W' = Vienna. Calibrated many times in Austria between 1673 and 1869. Filled with 10 cups and a filler (a few non original). Body decorated with geometric patterns and ornamental bands. Shackle with clasp on the lid decorated with sea creatures and horse heads. Handle decorated with sea creatures, hinging between 2 mermaids. Diam. 128 mm. total weight 8978 g. weight of the house 4485 g. (per pound 560 g.). Literature: Lockner mark 787.Condition report available onrequest.
Lot 1058
A large bronze mortar on a stained wood pedestal by Johannes van Halle and Pauwels Neerincx, probably flemish, circa 1688. The flaring rim inscribed IOHANNES VAN HALLE HEEFT MIJ GEGOTEN ANNO 1688, above an acanthus and foliate frieze, the lower frieze inscribed BY MANCKEMENT VAN 'T GELDT HEEFT PAUWELS NEERINCX MY HERSTELDT 1688. Bronze pestle associated. Mortar: H. 29.5 cm. Diam. 40 cm. Pestle: L. 37 cm. Pedestal: H. 58 cm. This well cast 17th Century mortar is signed by two different founders. The lower frieze is inscribed with a short rhyme meaning 'by shortage of money Pauwels Neerincx restored me 1688'. The term 'hersteldt' probably means recast (no repairs are visible!) or finished. Possibly Van Halle prepared the cast of this mortar but ran out of money or material the so-called 'bell metal' and could not make the actual cast. Possibly Neerincx took over the cast and finished this mortar emphasizing the failure of Van Halle with his less sensitive rhyme. Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, Auction 2855, The Decorative Arts Sale, 22 September 2010, lot 241.Condition report available onrequest.
Lot 1059
A large Dutch bronze mortar by Gerrit Schimmel, Deventer, circa 1677. The flaring rim inscribed LAUS DEO GILLES WIBRANS 1677, above a frieze decorated with a scrolling band of six pairs of winged female herms holding a shield separated by flowers above a frieze cast with a scene of a boar hunt. H. 29.5 cm. Diam. 36.5 cm. Gerrit Schimmel took over the workshop of Henrick ter Horst in 1680. A mortar signed Henrick ter Horst with almost identical frieze decoration is illustrated in Wittop Koning I, p. 45 (WK II, p. 56). Unfortunately less is known about Gilles Wibrans in Amsterdam, Wittop Koning describes him as being a retailer for Gerrit Schimmel. In contrast with other mortars and bells which are mostly anonymous (only with inscriptions like Lof godt van al or Soli Deo Gloria), there are a few objects with the name of the retailer. Wittop Koning mentions some examples with similar inscription Gilles Wibrans (WK II, p. 58-59, nr. 5 and ill. 62 and p. 119). A bell ordered by Wibrans is illustrated in O. ter Kuile, Koper & Brons, Rijksmuseum Amsterdam 1986, p. 234, ill. 323A. Provenance: Christie's Amsterdam, Auction 2855, The Decorative Arts Sale, 22 September 2010, lot 231.Condition report available onrequest.
Lot 1
A Greek Apulian red figure bell krater circa 4th century BC each side with the profile head of a Lady of Fashion, with her hair dressed in a kekryphalos highlighted with dots and crosses, and wearing a radiate stephane, earring and with falling ringlets, with a palmette below each handle and all bordered by vitruvian scrolls, 25.8cm high. Provenance Edward Croft-Murray (1907-1980)
Lot 248
A Yoruba equestrian figure Nigeria brass, the horseman wearing a conical headdress with busts and gourds, a textured tunic and kilt and a bell hung on his chest, holding a sword in his right hand and the reins in his left, his feet in stirrups, early 20th century, 22cm high. Provenance Ex collection T H W Nevins. Sotheby's, London, 8 July 1969, lot 230. Private Collection, London.
Lot 401
Green japanned longcase clock, dial signed Wm Lambert, London, eight-day movement striking on a bell, the 12-inch arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring and subsidiary dial, cast brass spandrels, the lacquered case with arched door depicting figures and birds in a temple garden, height 218cm, with two weights and a pendulum.
Lot 496
Oak and mahogany longcase clock, swanneck pediment, the hood with fluted columns, long arched door flanked by quarter columns, box base, bracket feet, 12" arched painted dial, unsigned, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, eight day movement striking on a bell, height 214cm, with two weights and brass pendulum bob, winding key.
Lot 143
Cycling interest - a collection of ceramics, comprising: 4 German steins, 3 with metal mounts, Crown Devon 'Daisy Bell' musical jug, small Wedgwood Pixie jug, 4 Gien plates, Shorter' Daisy Bell' plate, Luneville Cycliste plate, 2 further. (14) Tallest 24cm.Condition report: 4 Steins - appear to be okMusical jug - plays sporadically, all over crazed glazeLuneville plate - small chip to back
Lot 120
Wheatley, Phillis " Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr John Wheatley of Boston, New England" London, printed for A. Bell. Bookseller Aldgate and sold by Messrs Cox and Berry, King - Street, Boston ,engraved portrait frontis of Phillis Wheatley, titled 'Phillis Wheatley Negro Servant to Mr John Wheatley Published According to Act of Parliament Sept. 1st 1773 by Arch'd Bell, Bookseller no 8 by the Saracen's Head. Aldgate. Faint offsetting from the frontis onto title page, foxing between pages 39-52, dedication to 'The Right Honourable Countess of Huntingdon the Poems are most Respectively inscribed by her much obliged, very humble and devoted servant Phillis Wheatley June 12 1773' , some staining to edges of endpapers, contemp full calf, full calf, gilt titles , faded, gilt dentelles to edges of boards 15.75 x 12 cms, a slender volumeplease note also so odd marks in centre pages, not loss, please see images, engraved frontis portrait has been laid down as there has been a tear across the lower part of the page. Expertly repairedc.f. The New Yorker, Elizabeth Winkler, July 30th 2020 Poets.org - Phillis Wheatley East End Women's Museum, Phillis Wheatley -The First Published Black Woman PoetIn 1773, Phillis Wheatley accomplished something that no other woman of her status had done. When her book of poetry, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral, appeared, she became the first American slave, the first person of African descent, and only the third colonial American woman to have her work published.Originally from Bowden Hall, Upton St Leonards, GloucestershireDear Customer, in order to comply with Anti Money Laundering Regulations, please contact the auctioneer before bidding on this lot. BOOKS NOT COLLATED UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED, PLEASE ENSURE YOU ARE SATISFIED BEFORE YOU BIDCondition Reportplease see all images and text
Lot 941
The dial inscribed John Anderson, Dunse, the 29cm brass dial with silvered centre, Roman and Arabic numerals and subsidiary seconds and date dial, the arch with strike/silent dial, foliate spandrels, eight day bell striking movement, the hood with broken swan neck pediment, centred and flanked by orb finials, Greek key pattern and foliate fretwork below, oak case, on a plinth base214,5cm high, 47,5cm wide, 26cm deep
Lot 833
A quantity of Oriental wares to include a Chinese hardstone carving, possibly C18th, a bronze seated buddha; a Chinese soapstone bell; A black carved seated buddha; a carved marble dog of fo, a pair of onyx vases, 12cm high; a figure of a Chinese elder, on soapstone base, and another standing figure of an elder 23cm High on wooden base; and a Chinese carved head of a Buddha, 22cm High, possibly C18th. Condition - all with wear - see images for details
Lot 465
Collection of 57 books on boxing, published in the post WW2 period, the vast majority in hardback and including various editions of Nat Fleischer's Ring Record Book, with other titles including The Boxing Companion by Denzil Batchelor, The Ring's Boxing Encyclopaedia, Twenty Years by Freddie Mills, History of the Amateur Boxing Association, The Michigan Assassin, Leonard the Magnificent and The Heavyweight Championship by Nat Fleischer, Championship Fighting and Round By Round by Jack Dempsey, Strange Encounters by James Brady, Somebody Up There Likes Me by Rocky Graziano, The Noble Art, An Anthology by T. B. Shepherd, Somebody Ring the Bell! by Willie Toweel and many others,generally fair to good condition
Lot 62
1936 Berlin Olympic Games bronze participation medal with original case, designed by Otto Placzek,of circular form, obverse with five athletes representing the continents and pulling the ropes of the Olympic bell, inscribed XI OLYMPIADE BERLIN 1936, reverse with the Olympic bell in relief, diameter 70mm., with original red circular case, the lid stamped with the Olympic rings inset in the Olympic bell in gilt, the base with handwritten note in black ink diameter 75mm., case bears some wear with the handwritten note partially rubbed
Lot 102
1956 Melbourne Olympic Games autograph album collected by an Australian at the Olympics, comprising of over 150 individual signatures in ink, including two pages of the Japanese wrestling team, Australian football team gold medallists, Oerter discus, Davis 400m. hurdles, Bell long jump, Kendricks 100m. freestyle swimming and gold in 4x100m. relay, basketball American gold medallists Ford and Boushka, and further medallists, good representation of USA, Australia and Japan, wear to exterior hardcover
Lot 395
Collection of autographs and handwritten, signed correspondence from boxing personalities to the English collector Derek L. Hurst, autographs include Joe Louis, John Conteh, Ted Broadribb, Frank Bell, Billy Clements, Fred Charlton and a 1922 French boxing magazine bearing an unidentified signature; three autograph albums containing signatures by Jack Powell, Paul Schulz, Tommy Loughran, Cyclone Kelly, Tony Butcher, Terry Spinks, Harry Pierpoint, Johnny Brown, Harry Mason, Jack London and many others; letters dating circa 1970s include examples from Bob Symonds, Tom S. Crome, Sammy Venti, Tan Wee Eng, John Craggs, Graham Grant, Tom Holder and Bob Fielding, fair condition
Lot 430
A RARE ARCHAIC BRONZE RITUAL BELL, BIANZHONGWestern Zhou DynastyThe body of elliptical cross-section with the two sides rising up in an arc, cast with a pictogram of a family sign, on the front, each side set with three rows of three bosses, evenly distributed and placed in the upper part on both sides, surmounted by a long tapering tubular shank, box.31.5cm (12 3/8in) high. (2).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價西周 青銅編鐘Published, Illustrated and Exhibited: Roger Keverne Ltd., Summer Exhibition, London, 2011, no.5.展覽著錄：Roger Keverne Ltd.，《夏季展覽》，倫敦，2011年，編號5According to the Zhou Li (the Rites of Zhou) from the Eastern Zhou period, only Kings, Marquises and other selected aristocratic groups were entitled to possess such bronze bells, and the number of sets allowed varied according to different Royal titles.See a single bronze bell, Western Zhou period, illustrated in Collections of the Palace Museum: Bronzes, Taipei, 2007, p.136, no.90.See also a slightly larger archaic bronze bell, early Western Zhou dynasty, which was sold at Bonhams Hong Kong, 1 December 2020, lot 1.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 572
A RARE BLUE AND WHITE KO-SOMETSUKE 'LUDUAN' INCENSE BURNEREarly 17th centuryRobustly potted, the mythical beast standing four-square, with a bell at the chest and a curled upswept tail at the rear, the bulbous body painted in cobalt blue with large coin on each side on a scale-pattern ground, the chest decorated with prunus-flower heads on a speckled ground, standing on four scale-pattern legs, with a later metal cover, Japanese wood box.11cm (4 3/8in) long. (3).Footnotes:Please note this Lot is to be sold at No Reserve. 本拍品不設底價十七世紀早期 青花甪端式薰爐The present lot belongs to a select group of wares modelled in the form of luduan that were produced during the Wanli period. Luduan, an auspicious creature with the ability to traverse vast distances in a day and to master all languages, was said to appear only in areas where a virtuous leader was present. Compare with a related but larger blue and white incense burner and cover, in the form of a mythical beast, early 17th century, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, which was acquired from Sotheby's New York, 20 March 2018, lot 451.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1201
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY OAK EIGHT DAY CHIMING LONGCASE CLOCK, the hood with an elaborate swan neck pediment flanking a finial, below is signed with initials 'W.D. 1902' above a carved mask, two fretwork doors to both sides of hood, carved columns flanking a glazed door enclosing a brass and silvered 11inch dial, the movement with bell and tube strikers, roman and Arabic numerals, seconds and date dials, singed above date dial 'William Evans', surrounded by foliate and acorn spandrels, the trunk with matching columns flanking a bowfront carved door, above a carved panel and wavy plinth, height 243cm (brass pendulum, two weights, winding key)
Lot 160
A BOX OF MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, to include a quantity of costume jewellery, compacts to include 'Stratton' with a green floral enamelled front, yellow and white metal bangles, a bag of assorted cufflinks, yellow and white metal brooches, rings, bracelets, etc, empty jewellery boxes, two small wooden jewellery boxes with costume jewellery contents, rosary beads, a bag of individually packaged costume jewellery pieces, a small base metal bell, imitation pearl strands etc
Lot 422
A ROYAL ALBERT 'MOONLIGHT ROSE' PATTERN DINNER AND TEA SERVICE WITH MATCHING ORNAMENTAL ITEMS, etc, including two sizes of tea pot, both seconds, sugar bowl and two milk jugs (all seconds), eight tea plates (all seconds), six tea cups and six saucers (all seconds), a coffee pot (second), small sugar bowl (second), cream jug (first), three coffee cups (firsts, all chipped), eight mugs (all seconds), two larger mugs (seconds), a covered sugar bowl (second), two jars and covers (both seconds, one cover plain), two breakfast cups and saucers (all seconds, one cup defective), two 20cm/8'' plates (both seconds), six coasters, the following are all seconds: covered butter dish, sauce boat on stand, jug and basin set, footed bowl, pin dish, smaller photo frame, bell, two napkin rings, four bread and butter plates and another larger, a 34cm/13¼'' circular platter, two oval meat platters, oval tray, eight bowls, six soup bowls, soup tureen and cover, twin handled tureen and cover, eight dinner plates, other items not checked but firsts include a large photo frame (no back), a Royal Doulton figure HN3483, a 1988 year plate, salt and pepper, boxed pie and cake servers (approximately 113 pieces)
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