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Click here to subscribeA rare 19th Century German antique Ludwigsburg porcelain bell in the form of a woman having a hand painted floral dress with a green corset and gilt detailing throughout. Metal bell clapper to inner with double blue C marks for Ludwigsburg. Sadly missing one hand. Measures 11 cm tall x 13 cm.
GODFREY SYKES (1824-1866) FOR THOMAS BRADBURY & SONS, SHEFFIELD TOBACCO JAR AND COVER, CIRCA 1855 copper, electrotyped (Dimensions: 23cm high)(23cm high)Footnote: Literature: For a similar example lacking its finial see Victoria & Albert Museum Collection, London, museum no. 4031&B-1858 Note: Geoffrey Sykes was first apprenticed to an engraver, James Bell, in Sheffield and attended Sheffield School of Art in 1843. Sykes was strongly influenced by Alfred Stevens, who from 1850 was chief designer for iron founders Hoole & Co. of Sheffield, and Sykes worked for a period under Stevens at Hoole & Co. for no pay. This tobacco jar was designed by Sykes during this period and shown at the Dublin 1853 exhibition. In 1859, Sykes moved to London and worked on the decoration of the new South Kensington Museum, now the V&A, under the architect Captain Fowke. The work employed a variety of media: terracotta, mosaic, bronze, majolica, stained glass, paint and iron.
A Fine 18/19th century pictorial sampler, silk and wool finely worked on linen depicting a farm with animals grazing nearby, surrounded by a border of rose and blue bell garland, with a quote by the poet Alexander Pope "Teach me to feel another's woe, to hide the fault I feel, that mercy I to others show, that mercy shown to me" Margaret Houstoun, approx 31 x 38.5 cms, framed and glazed together with a 19th century Chinese silk embroidery panel, approx 20 x 46 cms framed and glazed. (2)
Middlesbrough Football Autographs: 11 players plus the trainer from 30/31 set out in a football formation. C/W a nice 53/54 page with 11 picture profiles signed by all and others including Mannion Bell Robinson and Walker. Lastly a picture card of a 49/50 team group with 11 autographs on plain page below including Mannion Gordon and Linacre.
Ca.800 - 600 BC. An early necklace formed with bronze and stone beads, large pendants in the form of a bell attached, possibly Hallstatt culture. Professionally restrung, suitable for contemporary wear. 740mm; beads- 480mm; 29.156x 18.912 in; 322g; Provenance: Private London collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK and European art market.
ca.400-300 BC. An amazing large size Greek Apulian wide-mouthed bell krater; The krater depicts a standing female holding an offering tray and wheat stock to the reverse possibly a young Dionysius also holding wheat stock and offering tray. Good condition; repaired; 240x270mm; 9.456x 10.638 in; 1671g; Provenance: Property of a central London Ancient Art Gallery; previously obtained from a British private collection formed in the 1980s in Kent.
ca.400-300 BC. An amazing large size Greek Apulian wide-mouthed bell krater; The krater depicts a standing female holding an offering tray and to the reverse possibly a young Dionysius holding a crown. Good condition; repaired; TEST REPORT; 290x310mm; 11.426x 12.214 in; 2339g; Provenance: Property of a central London Ancient Art Gallery; previously obtained from a British private collection formed since the 1980s in Kent.
5th - 4th Century BC - A Greek red figure bell krater, c. 400 BC, the broad everted rim with red ring to the interior and a band of laurel wreath to the underside of the exterior, palmette decoration below the upturned handles and Greek key meander below the designs. Side A depicting a seated, draped female holding a phiale in her left hand, before her a naked, standing male (possibly a young Dionysus or satyr) holding a thyrsus in his left hand. Side B showing two draped male characters each holding a staff before them, approximately 29 cm (h) Condition Report This piece has been professionally restored to a high standard, appears to have been in several pieces prior to restoration. Further pictures will be added
Greene (Graham, author, 1904-91) 4 Typed Letters signed "Graham" and "for Graham Greene" to Robin Midgley of The Haymarket Theatre, Leicester, comprising: 1 TLs from Greene & 3 TLs.s dictated by Greene and signed in absence by his sister and secretary Elisabeth Dennys, together 5pp., 8vo & sm. 4to, Antibes, France, 18th January 1980 - 10th October 1981, discussing his play, For Whom the Bell Chimes, "The play is intended to be purely farcical and therefore I prefer to think that the confusion is worse confounded rather than any light is cast. I am rather tempted by your idea that the woman police inspector turns out to be Ginger and I am also tempted by the idea of a completely new situation by the introduction of someone who has absolutely nothing to do with the play. Let me put all this up to my unconscious which produced Yes and No", and sending "extra pages for you to judge", and Yes and No, "... did you get a note from Michael Imison that the name of the dramatist in YES & NO should be changed. I had forgotten that Potter was a playwright. I suggested it should be changed to Privet", folds; and 12pp. of typed additions to For Whom the Bell Chimes, with a few small autograph corrections and some corrections by ?Robin Midgley, v.s. (18 pieces).
An antique late 19th / early 20th century Victorian servants call box / bell board. Mahogany construction with glazed front. Notation for various rooms of the house including Front Door, Dining Room, Drawing Room etc. Retains all of its original cardboard 'alert' notices. Measures approx; 35cm tall.
Mole Richardson - An original 20th Century retro vintage industrial film studio set theatre spot light lamp having a bell shaped shade with cylindrical bulb holder. Makers marks and numbers 18TV4 to verso. Raised on an associated yellow painted tripod. Originally taken from University of Bristol AVA Unit. Measures: 146cm tall.
EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. Signed page, `Thos A Edison´, using his ''umbrella'' signature, folio, 13th June 1921. A bold black ink signature beneath a collector´s annotation to the heading stating "Autographs of the Leading People of the Whole World", and beneath, also in the collector´s hand the names of Guglielmo Marconi and Alexander Graham Bell, as future expected autographs. Folded, with overall minor age wear, otherwise G £250-350
AMERICAN INVENTORS: Elisha Gray (1835-1901) American Electrical Engineer, remembered for his development of a telephone prototype in 1876 and considered by some as the true inventor of the telephone ahead of Alexander Graham Bell. Gray is also considered to be the father of the modern music synthesizer. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Gray in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by Gentile of Chicago and bearing their imprint to the lower mount and verso. Signed by Gray in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount; Amos Dolbear (1837-1910) American Physicist & Inventor, remembered for his invention of a system for transmitting telegraph signals without wires in 1882. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Dolbear in a head and shoulders pose. Photograph by J. W. Black & Co. of Boston and bearing their imprint to the verso. Signed by Dolbear in dark fountain pen ink to the lower photographer's mount; Douglass Ottinger ( - ) American Captain with the United States Revenue Marine, credited as the inventor of the Life Car. Vintage signed sepia cabinet photograph of Ottinger in a half length pose wearing an official overcoat. Photograph by W. A. Morand of Erie, Pennsylvania and bearing his imprint to the lower mount. Signed by Ottinger with his name alone in fountain pen ink at the head of a printed biography to the verso. With a couple of pencil and ink annotations in another hand to the upper edge of the verso. An unusual grouping of signed cabinet photographs. Some light age wear and minor foxing and staining, G (2) to about VG, 3 £150-200
‘I open my fan mail from any corner, backwards, upside down…’ BERGMAN INGRID: (1915-1982) Swedish Actress, Academy Award winner. A somewhat curious A.L.S., Ingrid, one page, 8vo, n.p., n.d., to Mary Foster. Bergman writes in pencil on a sheet of feint ruled notepaper and states, in part, 'Now look what happened to your letter! You didn't pick it up right away and it fell from its superior place on the table into the fan mail. I open my fan mail from any corner, backwards, upside down and I read the name Mrs. Foster…..It rang a bell, I turn it and sure enough it's your letter. I didn't read it…..though I am dying to know what Mrs. Foster has to say!' With some heavy overall creasing and a series of tears to the upper edge, affecting some words of text but not the signature. FR £120-180
Referring to the Emperor, `Alex´ ministers are either idiots or thieves. They are enemies of the emancipation of peasants. Alex is better, but he is of such a feminine weakness…´ HERZEN ALEXANDER: (1812-1870) Russian Writer, known as the "Father of Russian Socialism". Herzen, while in exile in London, strongly influenced and contributed with his writings to the change of the political climate in Russia that led to the emancipation of the serfs in 1861 and further to the Russian Socialist Revolution. Extremely rare A.L.S., A. Herzen, one page, 4to, Percy Cross, Fulham, 24th December 1858, in French, with few words in German. A letter of extremely interesting content, referring to Tsar Alexander II and to the emancipation, stating in part `.. How can you ask which one is the relation between the "Bell" and the Emperor Alex and his ministers. Alex´ ministers are either idiots or thieves. They are enemies of the emancipation of peasants. Alex is better, but he is of such a feminine weakness… the necessity of chasing the rascals around him and urge the emancipation movement..´ Folded, otherwise VG £8000-12000
PASTERNAK BORIS: (1890-1960) Russian Poet and Novelist of Doctor Zhivago (1957). Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1958. An excellent and lengthy Autograph Manuscript, four pages, folio, n.p., n.d., in Cyrillic. The text is entitled `Pavlo Tychyna - The First Encounter- Chernigov, 1910´ and corresponds to Pasternak´s full translation into Russian of Tychyna´s work The First Encounter, being Pasternak a literary translator. The manuscript states in part `I remember an autumn day. The sky turned blue. Silver dust seemed to fall from the hot firmament… Lessons had finished, and you could hear the din, the laughing and the music of the harmonica in the seminar classes…´ further saying `..he said into the void, while holding a heap of leaves in his hands. He was black-eyed and was wearing a hat. I grasped anxiety in his eyes… The sun came out again. And the stranger, being about to get up, looked at me as if I were a dear person. How could I not lose my mind!...´ The poetic text further refers to George Sand, Glinka, and a musical concert, stating `After about five days a concert was given in the seminar hall. Students were in charge of taking care of spectators. Guests were arriving, the corridor was full. At the entrance of the hall, the greenery on the balconies hung down as a living garland hiding the frieze. We were on duty among the stewards, either rehearsing the bow, either joking about forfeits or about George Sand… "Don't be shy!" said the art teacher, slightly pushing me, introducing me to his companion: "A very promising poet, if there is a chance, it would not be a bad idea to publish his works. You must have a bunch of poems already?.. The bell rang and everyone started gathering slowly at the hall. Clumsy tuning up was escaping through the door. The horn set the tone for violas, racing with the clarinet. A roar of instruments was sonorous like a brawl. I also tried my oboe… Then the conductor waved his baton, reconciling discordant sounds. Everything froze. Glinka spoke from the suite. From the bottom of the bass, the forest began to rise… Winter was over... There was a spring day without limits around me, and the sun, and this little bird above the field! No! There was also the sweat of the working people, and the glory….that Glinka was praising. That work that tears the limits of time and pulls forward. I thought that Kotsyubinsky was also feeling that storming of notes. At the peak of our powers, we performed "Lark". While playing the oboe, I kept an eye on Kotsyubinsky. He was looking into the distance quietly, like a person at the helm. He knew: there were battles, victories and wars far away, and therefore our beloved creator was sitting straight up, honourable, and looked into the distance...´ Overall age wear, with some professional repairs, mostly to edges. Otherwise About G £6000-9000 Tychyna´s work "The First Encounter" was originally written in Ukranian, and was translated into Russian by Boris Pasternak. It was first published in 1939 by Molodaya Gvardia in Moscow. George Sand (1804-1876) French Novelist who used the pseudonym of George Sand, her real name being Amantine Dupin. Also known for her romantic affairs with artists, including Frédéric Chopin and Alfred de Musset. Mikhail Glinka (1804-1857) Russian Composer. Widely regarded as the Father of Russian music.
Second/third quarter of 20th century gent's stainless steel cased Rolex Oyster Royale wrist watch with green luminous hands and red seconds sweep hand to a faded white coloured/cream dial with Arabic numerals, further with red 24 hour numerals within, also having retailer's name: H G Bell, Salisbury, dial diam 2.4cm, stamped to back of case 1537267 2280, mounted on an old leather strap
Last quarter of 19th/1st quarter of 20th century ornate brass and glass cased carriage clock having floral and bird painted surround to the white enamelled chapter ring, alarm subsidiary dial under, two further side panels, again painted with birds and flowers, the brass case ornately engraved with foliate designs, striking on a bell and having repeat and alarm movement, inscribed to back plate "Callibart a Constantinople", 13cm tall
An important early 18th century heavy baluster wine glass with bell bowl with tiered solid base and large annulated knop above basal knop, domed and folded foot, 17cm high. Note: from the Grant Francis Collection illustrated "Old English Glasses" plate 5 No 26, purchased Sothebys 1/2/82 Lot 164
JOHN LOMAX, BLACKBURN. A GEORGE III MAHOGANY AUTOMATION BRACKET CLOCK with bell top case surmounted by a brass hinged handle above a glazed door with pierced brass sound frets enclosing an 8" painted arched dial with scrolled painted spandrels and applied brass oval plaques, chapter ring having Roman and Arabic numerals below a painted farm scene with farmer repairing a wheel with moving arm fronting a signed eight-day double fusee movement with engraved backplate and pull quarter repeat on two bells, striking the hours on a larger bell 52cm high, handle down
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BRASS CARRIAGE CLOCK REPEATER WITH ALARM the corniche case with folding handle and white enamel dial with Roman numerals fronting an eight-day spring-driven movement with lever escapement striking the hours and half hours on a bell; with a subsidiary alarm and Moroccan covered travelling case 15.5cm handle up
DESBOIS, GRAYS INN PASSAGE (LOND0N). A LATE REGENCY BRASS INSET MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK with ebonized mouldings and caddy top above quadrant corners, brass side handles and fish scale frets. The 8" painted convex dial with Roman numerals fronting an eight-day twin fusee movement with strike silent regulation, anchor escapement and hourly bell strike; on brass ball feet 41cm high
GEORGE CLARKE, LEADEN HALL STREET, LONDON. A GEORGE II WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK the pagoda top and concave mould above glazed arched door with turned columns on slender trunk having a moulded edged door on box base, the 12" arched brass dial with gilt spandrels and engraved chapter ring surrounding a matted centre with calendar aperture and subsidiary seconds dial, Strike/Silent lever above the twelve fronting an eight-day five-pillar weight driven movement striking the hours on a bell 241cm high not including finial
SIMMONS, COLMAN St. LONDON A REGENCY FIGURED MAHOGANY DOMESTIC REGULATOR LONGCASE CLOCK the hood with shaped pediment above a locking brass bezel with convex glass and ebonised moulded corners on slender trunk with moulded edge door flanked by reeded canted corners on box base with applied moulds, the 12" painted circular dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial fronting an eight-day five-pillar weight-driven movement with deadbeat escapement and Harrison maintaining power striking the hours on a bell 207cm high, not including finial
VINCENT. A MID 19tH CENTURY FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK RETAILED BY KLAFTENBERGER, PARIS the gilt rococo style case of scrolling leaf work design enclosing a 3" gilt brass relief work dial with porcelain Roman numerals fronting an eight-day spring driven movement with anchor escapement striking the hours/half hours on a bell 28.5cm high
A GOOD 19TH CENTURY FRENCH BLACK SLATE AND MALACHITE PANELLED LARGE MANTEL CLOCK/BAROMETER WITH PERPETUAL CALENDAR WORK the case with gilt scratch inlaid floral panels on a platform base with rounded sides and domed pediment above a white enamel Roman chapter ring and recessed centre with visible Brocot escapement enclosed by a gilt brass bezel; the lower case with a visible Aneroid Barometer and Perpetual Calendar Dial with central revolving on phase - the eight-day spring-driven movement with pendulum escapement and bell strike 48cm high 44cm across base
A LATE 19th CENTURY EBONISED EIGHT BELL QUARTER CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK the case with pagoda top pediment surmounted by Hermes and four flaming urns above a glazed door flanked by ormolu caryatid canted corners, side carrying handles and pierced brass sound frets to sides, the 8" silvered engraved dial with Roman chapter ring and three subsidiary dials to the arch for Chime/Silence, tune selection and regulation dial fronting a substantial eight-day triple fusee chain driven movement chiming the quarters on eight bells and the hour on a gong 82cm high.
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