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Lot 900
Regency Period Pencil And Chalk Pastel Portraits Three in total depicting female portraits, possibly three members of the same family,rendered in descending order of age. The first an older lady in typical William IV day dress, with modest bonnet tied in bow at neck and reading spectacles/pincnez on chain. The second, a middle aged lady in walking dress with lace edged bonnet, tied at neck with pale pink bow. The third, a young lady with raven hair, centre parted and pinned in a low chignon covering her ears as was fashionable at the time. The young lady is depicted in typical day dress of the period with pleated shawl collar and gold brooch. There appears to be an indiscernible artists signature to the bottom left of the portrait of the young lady and a date of 1883. Very fine and accomplished renderings on heavyweight sand coloured pastel paper ground. Approx dimensions of each 11 x 16.8 inches. Each framed and mounted under glass with wide cream mount and gilt frame with foliate and scroll moulded corners. Several areas of foxing and spotting to each.
Lot 261
A Model 1889 Prussian infantry officer's sword. The straight blade is typically nickel plated, 31 inches long and has two parallel fullers running along most of its length. At the ricasso is seen the 'WKC' and knight's helmet stamp of the maker. The brass hilt is typically Prussian, consisting of a stepped celluloid grip wrapped in silver wire, canted pommel, and twin merging knuckle-bow bars, a hinged side guard bearing the Imperial Prussian Eagle completes the hilt
Lot 173
A pearl spray brooch by Mikimoto together with a pair of pearl cluster earstuds by Mikimoto, the brooch designed as asymmetric sprays of 5-7mm pearls and graceful leaves tied by a ropetwist bow, white precious metal presumed 18ct gold with allowed rhodium plating, signed with the Mikimoto logo of an M inside an oyster shell, length 5.5cm; the earstuds with each post headed by a small polished bow holding a trio of oval 5mm long pearls, yellow precious metal stamped '18k', also signed with the Mikimoto logo of an M inside an oyster shell, length 1.2cm (2)
Lot 222
A 19th century brooch with Indian portrait miniature of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, the oval portrait on ivory is finely painted in watercolour with gold detailing, and portrays the leader and unifier of the Sikh Empire with white moustache and beard, dressed in a pink and colourfully embroidered coat and turban with fur collar and jewelled aigrette, with a ceremonial arrow, bow and shield; it is collet set and mounted with a tubular edging that ties at the bottom like a stylised Q, verso with glazed panel enclosing a thick plait of brunette hair; width 4.9cm Other Notes: Ranjit Singh was born in 1780, and despite losing his sight in one eye as a result of childhood smallpox, he distinguished himself on the battlefield from his late teens onwards, beginning the conquest of the whole of central Punjab, driving the invading Afghans out of Lahore and back to Kabul, and unifying the various Sikh misls and factions into a functioning empire - eventually holding sway from the bounds of British India in the east to the Durrani Empire in the west, encompassing Kashmir in the north and parts of the Himalayas to Tibet, Multan in the south, Peshawar, Khyber and Jammu. Although this Empire was Sikh, Ranjit Singh was renowned for his reconciling ways: Muslims, Hindus and Christians as well as Sikhs held high political and military positions; all religions were equally respected, and the places of worship of conquered enemies were not destroyed. He is famous for the decoration of the Harmandir Sahib (the Golden Temple) in Amritsar, and for owning the Koh-i-Noor diamond. He died in 1839, being succeeded briefly by his first born son Kharak Singh, and then, after a short time of political turmoil, by his youngest son, Duleep Singh, aged only five. (The British soon swept him and his regent mother from power and exiled him to Britain, where he spent most of the rest of his life, a protégé of Queen Victoria, member of high society and owner of the Elvedon estate near Thetford.) Ranjit Singh thus created and presided over the Sikh Empire which dissolved within a decade of his death. His reputation was and remains remarkable. He was known as Sher-e-Punjab (Lion of the Punjab), one of only three awarded the title 'Lion' in the modern history of the Indian subcontinent. He has been compared to Napoleon for military prowess and leadership, but notably without ferocity or blood-thirstiness, nor punishing criminals with death. His foreign minister, Fakir Azizuddin, when asked by the Governor-General of India, Lord Auckland, which of Ranjit Singh's eyes was blind, replied, "the Maharaja is like the sun, and the sun has only one eye. The splendour and luminosity of his single eye is so much that I have never dared look at his other eye".
Lot 287
A Belle Époque sapphire, diamond and pearl brooch / pendant, designed as a hoop set with graduated and alternating old cushion or round cut diamonds and 3.0-4.3mm pearls, joined at the top by a diamond set three loop bow with a pearl as the knot and suspending into the hoop a pear cut sapphire, back with brooch fitting (pin possibly unscrews) and small hinged suspensory loop to take either a safety chain or a bale to enable the piece to be worn as a pendant; length without suspensory loop 2.9cm
Lot 295
A pair of Belle Époque diamond and sapphire earpendants, each designed as a linear ribbon bow with millegrain edges and set throughout with old round cut diamonds, suspending an oval cut vivid mid blue sapphire, Continental hook and clip fittings, white on yellow precious metal stamped '750' to indicate 18ct gold; length of each sapphire 7.4mm, overall length 3.1cm; in period case both sapphs show fine strt colour banding with a loupe
Lot 304
A ruby and diamond ring, the eight round and oval cut rubies arranged in a horozontal diaper pattern around a cluster of four round brilliant cut diamonds with further similar diamonds in a linear cupid's bow either side, in white precious metal, marked faintly '585' for 14ct gold, ring size L
Lot 336
An 18th century or early 19th century emerald bodice ornament, probably Spanish, and designed in six articulated sections, the largest, with brooch fitting, at the top with a step cut emerald in an open circlet of round cut stones flanked by smaller circlets and bounded by a figure-of-eight set with graduated calibré cut emeralds, suspending a small bow figure then a large drop shaped form of similar calibré cut emeralds and containing a trefoil and the Hebrew / Aramaic / Arabic letter Shiin, (which in Judaism represents the word Shaddai, a name for God, and also later came to be translated into the similarly pronounced Greek letter Chi or X, symbol for Christ), and in turn suspending three girandole drops, set throughout with emeralds (three small stones lacking) all in closed back settings, the verso with cast and inscribed decoration, length 8.5cm
Lot 668
Wilhelm Andreas Müller (Danish, 1733-1816) Portrait of a lady in a white silk dress with a bow at her corsage, pearls and unswept powdered hair, seated at a desk, crocheting; and A portrait of a gentleman in a brown frock coat, green waistcoat and powdered wig worn en queue, seated and holding a letter, circa 1774 watercolour on ivory, ovals; in gilt-metal frames with wavy reeded surrounds (a pair) 8 x 6½cm (3 x 2in) Provenance: With D S Lavender (Antiques) Ltd., London, where described as His Majesty King Christian VII and Queen Caroline Mathilde of Denmark; Property of a European Gentleman; Christie's, London, 27 November 2012, lot 270 Literature: Illustrated in colour in "The Grosvenor House Art and Antiques Fair 1996 Handbook", p. 231 Other Notes: In 1765, Müller was appointed as the official painter to the King of Denmark. The present pair are thought to have been executed at a time when the artist was commissioned to paint the various members at the court of Christian VII. Gentleman - slight paint loss by the right edge, opposite the sitter's neck. Lady - some staining above the vase. A small scuff by the top left edge, opposite the sitter's wig.
Lot 925
A mid-Victorian amboyna wood side cabinet, in the French style, inset with oval Wedgwood jasperware medallions, inlaid with arabesques and mounted with gilt brass to the border of each panel, flanked by glazed bow front displays, on turned feet 106 x 163 x 40cm (41 x 64 x 16in) One small section of gilt brass beaded mount is missing and a slight bruise to the timber of one door, where it has repeatedly touched a mount.
Lot 1078
Sale Item: MAHOGANY BOW FRONTED CABINET Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 1147
Sale Item: BOW FRONTED 5 DRAWER CHEST Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
Lot 1161
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