We found 59216 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 59216 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
59216 item(s)/page
Lot 241
A North European pine box seat/hall bench, first half 19th century, with forward hinging seat and front, 102cm high, 184cm wide, 46cm deepProvenance: Private Collection, BerkshireCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use, Old splits and cracks,the whole front of the bench hinges forward and not just the seat, it is secured by two hooks to the back - these are present and holding securely at time of reportThe seat with wear, watermarks and stains, it would properly benefit from a sympathetic clean and polish. Some signs of old filler to the old splits and cracks. The hinges have been moved to the interior, they appear to still be the originals, just re-sited. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 276
* Gillray (James). Judge Thumb-or-Patent Sticks for Family Correction; Warranted Lawful!, W. Humphrey, Nov. 27th. 1782, uncoloured etching on laid, some spotting. slight staining and dust soiling, 350 x 250 mm, together with "Oh! that this too too solid flesh would melt, [1791] but a later impression by John Miller, London and William Blackwood, Edinburgh, [1824 - 27], etched caricature with contemporary hand colouring, slight mount staining, 210 x 240 mm, with Cruikshank (G. C.). The Wimbledon Hoax! or Waterloo Review!!! !!! June 18th 1816, etching with contemporary hand colouring, thread margins, old folds, 200 x 470 mm, plus Williams (Charles). Making a Compass at Sea - or the use of a Scotch Louse..., Thomas Tegg, circa 1815, etched caricature with bright contemporary hand colouring, one short closed tear affecting image, slight mount staining, 235 x 330 mm, with another four caricatures after Henry Alken and four others similar, various sizes and conditionQty: (12)NOTESThe first described item is an early Gillray caricature of Sir Francis Buller. Buller's conduct on the bench was often the subject of severe criticism, and he was accused of being very severe and prejudiced. He was the subject of controversy due to an alleged statement he made that "a husband could thrash his wife with impunity provided that he used a stick no bigger than his thumb" . This claim was widely circulated and led to Buller being caricatured as "Judge Thumb" and depicted carrying a bunch of 'rods'.
Lot 602
A photograph album, formerly the property of District Commissioner Anthony Soutar, to Kenya/East Africa, the photographs mounted in a 'Colony and Protectorate of Kenya' cash book (used and probably of historical interest in its own right) dated 19/4/44 to 30/12-? The albums starts with large format numbered Ministry of Information photographs c1961 with accompanying typed annotations including Jomo Kenyatta press conference at Maralal, Turkhana male with wrist knife and mud pot on head, Turkhana women voting with hide skirts and bead necklaces, multiple photographs of everyday Kenyan life, sign-written car 'Freedom, Justice, Peace and Security, Kitale Branch'. Steam trains, topographical, public gatherings, athletics, child operating a saw bench, agriculture, irrigation scheme/waterwheel, village life, cattle marking/sorting/market, Kenyan military/militaria with rifle, 'District Commissioner Elgeyo Marakwet' Land Rover, open air schools, biplane and aerial views of cities, dipping cattle, technical annotated photographs for building of Supreme/law courts, court in progress, shops, commerce, veterinary interest. Africa Inland Catholic Mission, Africans looking at nativity scene with amusement, West Pokot Missionary Society, tribal gatherings with finery, military marching band, multiple cityscapes, housing, dam, riverboat trip with elephants hippopotamus etc, West, Suk and Nairobi interest, polo match, Tambach regulation office, white colonial life interest, Leica pamphlets and promotional items, political pamphlets/flyers about citizenship, the constitution, voting, political rallies wildlife etc. In all over 700 photographs and items of interest as well as a fascinating financial ledger of colonial and East African/Kenyan life in the 1940s.
Lot 863
A modern verdigris patinated scrollwork iron framed bench with upholstered seat, 139 cm wide x 40 cm deep x 95.5 cm high CONDITION REPORTS Appears basically sound throughout. The iron work has a verdigris patination which appears to have speckles of rust in several areas though this may be part of the effect giving it an "antiqued" look.
Lot 742
A Hille Interplan slat top bench designed by Robin Day, seven wooden slats on enamelled metal frame, unsigned, 183cm long, 32.5cm. high Literature Lesley Jackson, Modern British Furniture Design Since 1945,page 60 for a contemporary photograph of the Interplan benches and storage units designed by Robin Day in 1954.
Loading...-
59216 item(s)/page