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Lot 9
Autograph Album containing more than twenty signatures of British actors, radio stars and old time Music hall entertainers from the 1920’s – 1940’s. Signatures include: G. S. Melvin Scottish pantomime dame and comedian, Len Clifford British stage actor who performed with the Granada Babes, c. 1940, Wee Georgie Wood ‘Bamlett’ OBE, 1895 – 1979, 4ft. 9in. Actor, comedian, and star of Music Hall, Claude Dampier, 1879 – 1955, film actor and comedian, Arthur Prince, 1881 – 1946, Music Hall Ventriloquist, Ben Lyon and Bebe Daniels – they married in 1930, Ben Lyon American actor, studio executive with 20th Century Fox. Also acted in British radio, films and TV, Bebe Daniels American actress, singer, dancer, writer and producer, The Western Brothers – Kenneth and George Western known as those ‘Radio Cads’ of the 1930’s and 40’s. Performed self-written topical songs. First broadcast as ‘The Perfectly Polite Pair’ in the 1920’s, Vesta Victoria, female Music Hall singer and comedian, famous for such songs as ‘Waiting at the Church’ and ‘Daddy Wouldn’t Buy Me A Bow Wow’, David Keir, 1884 – 1971, actor appearing in such films as ‘The Return of the Fog’ 1938 and ‘The Arsenal Stadium Mystery’ 1939, Billy Bennett DCM, MM, 1887 – 1942 British comedian and performer of dramatic monologues, Billy Gerhardi Dance Band leader of the 1940’s, Robb Wilton, Comedian famous for his sketches on monologues including perhaps his best known work ‘Robb Wiltons War’, Harvey Cowan, pianist and others. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lot 585
A 14 carat gold and diamond set quarter repeating open faced pocket watch, of Iranian Royal interest, the white enamel dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary sunken seconds dial, black painted open work hands, the case with applied raised relief of the Arm of Persia, used until 1907, the lion with rose diamond set eyes, standing on a line of rose cut diamonds, the four piece hinged case stamped 'LBF', 'O,585' a crown mark and Swiss squirrel control mark, also inscribed 'M&C' over '1865-1895', and 30769, the gold curette inscribed 'Repetition', 'No30769', 'Ancre', 'Ligne'. Droite Spiral Breguette', 'Levees Visibles', Balancie Compense', the movement visible under glass dust cover, sitting lever to the left of the winding crown and bow, repeat slide to right hand side, 5.1cm overall diameter, 98.3g gross, with fitted box, the inside material lined cover also with the National Arms of Persia in black, accompanied by various certificates and paperwork of recent issue
Lot 22
A late 19th century mahogany mirror back sideboard, with bow front, the mirror back with carved decoration and cluster columns, the base fitted with a drawer over a pair of cupboard doors, flanked by cupboards, with egg and dart moulding to the base and raised on ball and claw feet, width 84ins, height 78ins, depth 27ins
Lot 1499
A 19th century Regency Scottish mahogany large drop centre pedestal sideboard dresser. Raised on sugar twist turned and tapering legs supporting a deep and wide body with cupboards and drawers. Each pedestal with sarcophagus top flanking a drop centre with twin decanter drawers beneath single drawers having 2 cutlery trays to the left, 3 trays to the right. Large bow front drawer centre. Above twin sliding door cupboards. Measures 108cms high x 225cms widex 77cms depth
Lot 1532
A fine 19th century Regency polished mahogany chiffonier sideboard - dresser. Raised on bun feet with plinth base supporting an upright body with double door cupboard and bow fronted twin frieze drawers having blind fronts. Each cupboard door with inset arched fielded panels. Above, a stage gallery back having tier shelves united by s-scroll supports. Measures 143cms high x 109cms wide x 51cms depth
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Lot 104
Archey.- [Markham (Gervase)] The Art of Archerie. Shewing how it is most necessary in these times for this Kingdome, both in Peace and War, and how it may be done without charge to the Country, trouble to the People, or any hinderance to necessary Occasions. Also, of the Discipline, the Postures, and whatsoever else is necessarie for the attayning to the Art, first edition, woodcut frontispiece, initials and head-pieces, closely trimmed, occasionally affecting headlines and catchwords, occasional soiling, lacking front free endpaper, ink ownership inscription to head of A1 recto, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, sympathetically rebacked, retaining original backstrip, [Schwerdt II, p.10; STC 17333], small 8vo, by B[ernard] A[lsop] and T[homas] F[awcett] for Ben: Fisher, and are to be sold at his shop, at the signe of the Talbot without Aldersgate, 1634.⁂ Rare, we can trace only 2 copies at auction in the last 70 years, including this one in 1979. "First edition of a book on archery, which, although it does not actually include the chase, describes fully how the bow and arrow was used in early times for all purposes." - Schwerdt. Provenance: D.G. Int. Temp. Soc. (ink inscription).
Lot 112
A FINE AND RARE DECORATED TIBETAN SADDLE, 17TH/18TH CENTURY formed of a wooden tree joined by later leather thongs, fitted with iron cantle, bow and end board plates all decorated with openwork designs of scrolling foliage and billowing clouds inhabited by dragons, the cantle and bow each with central flaming jewels guarded by a pair of dragons, all encrusted with silver and highlighted with gilding (small losses), and with pairs of iron rings front and rear for attachment 10 3/4 in; 27.5 cm high A similar saddle decorated with a related scheme in the same technique is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (acc. No. 1999.318). See Larocca 2006, 224-226.
Lot 283
˜A 16 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY CLAUDE BERTON-BOURLIER, FOR PRESENTATION TO AN EASTERN POTENTATE, CIRCA 1830 with exceptionally long tapering barrel decorated with a gilt band around the muzzle and formed with a full-length slender groove for sighting, fitted with gold fore-sight on a gilt arrow, four gold lines at the breech, St Etienne proof mark on the left and stamped 'Merlez Duon' beneath, platinum vent, engraved grooved tang, engraved flush-fitting lock signed on a gold-lined oval (rubbed), fitted with 'French' cock, rain proof pan and roller, figured walnut half-stock profusely inlaid with silver wire scrolls, flowers and baskets of fruit, carved with a panel of basket weave at the fore-end and the grip, the latter continuing back to a finely chequered panel and a scroll in the round on the underside of the butt, raised cheek-piece, full silver mounts cast and chased in low relief, comprising solid side-plate decorated with trophies-of-arms, garlands and scrolls, trigger-guard with palmette terminal and a trophy-of-arms on the bow, struck with marks on the rear, butt-plate stamped en suite and with further designs of foliage, rear ramrod-pipe matching the butt-plate tang and five further ramrod-pipes each decorated with foliage and flowers, and original ivory-tipped ramrod with iron worm 171.5 cm; 67 1/2 in barrel Claude Berton-Bourlier specialised in making high quality weapons for export to the east and is recorded in St Etienne circa 1753-1831.
Lot 288
‡ A 15 BORE SPANISH PERCUSSION SPORTING GUN BY VICTOR ESTEBAN, DATED 1838 with octagonal sighted barrel punched and blued over its entire surface, retained by a pair of slender iron bands each incorporating a ramrod-pipe beneath, fitted with silver 'spider' fore-sight on a bed of gold scrolls, further gold scrolls over the breech and about the gold-lined punzónes of Bustindui at the breech (Neue Støckel 124 and 130, the latter unclear), finely engraved tang decorated with scrolling foliage on a matted ground, dated at the rear and with the maker's gold-lined punzón behind the breech, finely chiselled lock decorated with a pair of hounds in pursuit of a stag, marked en suite with the breech and with a waterfowl on the tail, chiselled hammer, figured full stock carved over the fore-end and with a low bud-shaped moulding about the tang, iron mounts comprising trigger-guard with foliate terminal and the bow struck with gold-lined punzón of Miguel de Zegarra, engraved flush-fitting foliate side-plate, engraved butt-plate, a pair of sling swivels, and horn-tipped ramrod 89.0 cm; 35 in barrel Provenance Dr James D. Lavin
Lot 29
‡ AN INDIAN IRON MACE (GURZ), 17TH CENTURY with bulbous head formed of six slender shaped flanges, slender faceted haft moulded at the base, iron hilt of khanda form, comprising figure-of-eight shaped guard, broad knuckle-bow, disc pommel with attenuated button, decorated throughout with gold koftgari panels of flowers and border ornament, and the hilt retaining an early padded fabric and leather lining 80.5 cm; 31 ¾ in overall Provenance Sotheby's, 29 July 1980, lot 333
Lot 299
**A FINE FRENCH D.B. FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY PIRMET À PARIS, PARIS SILVER MARKS, 1798-1809 AND 1809-1819 with tapering barrels decorated with gold around the muzzles, fitted with silver fore-sight on a large gilt sunburst bed, signed in gold letters over the breech, struck with the barrelsmith's mark of Albert Renette (Neue Støckel 8127, worn), and decorated with gilt flowers and gilt panels over the breeches (refreshed), platinum lined vents, engraved grooved tang, signed rounded locks engraved with griffins and foliage, fitted with rollers and gold-lined pans, cocks engraved en suite (one replaced), highly figured walnut half-stock, chequered fore-end, fish-scale chequered grip carved as a marine monster in the round behind, full silver mounts cast and chased in high relief, comprising trigger-guard decorated with the head of a sea-god with crossed trumpets beneath on the bow and with a finial formed of a bouquet carried by addorsed marine monsters, struck on the inside with the mark of François Alexis Carron, butt-plate decorated with a further bouquet on the tang, rear ramrod-pipe with a boar's head, two further ramrod-pipes and retaining a portion of a silver-tipped ramrod 81.7 cm; 32 ¼ in barrels Provenance Christie's, 25 February 1981, lot 108A
Lot 327
‡ A 54 BORE CENTRAL ITALIAN SNAPHAUNCE PISTOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY with swamped two-stage barrel, border-engraved rounded lock with small chiselled details (the upper half of the cock missing), carved walnut stock and full-brass mounts cast in low relief (escutcheon incomplete, ramrod missing), comprising openwork side-plate decorated with a profile medallion, spurred pommel and trigger-guard decorated with a profile bust on the bow 12.4 cm; 4 7/8 in barrel Provenance Sotheby's, 14th March 1978, lot 274
Lot 352
AN IRISH FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY HUTCHINSON, DUBLIN, LATE 18TH CENTURY with multi-stage brass barrel formed with a belled moulded muzzle, inscribed 'Dublin' and with Dublin city census marks 'DC-4673' over the breech, engraved iron tang, bevelled lock signed within a scrollwork frame and with a spray of foliage on the tail (cock replaced), full stock, engraved brass mounts comprising solid side-plate decorated with a trophy-of-arms trigger-guard signed 'Fras Hutchinson' on the tang and decorated with a rococo flower on the bow, butt-cap with a trophy on the tang, two ramrod-pipes, and a pair of sling swivels, and associated ramrod 39.5 cm; 15 1/2 in barrel Michael Hutchinson, son-in-law of Francis Lord, is recorded at 8 Dame Street, Dublin in 1796 and 1806. See Garrett 2008, p. 30.
Lot 353
A FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS BY WILLIAM 2 NICHOLSON, NO. 45 CORNHILL, LONDON, TOWER PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790 with brass barrel formed in five stages divided by raised mouldings, belled at the muzzle, signed over the breech and sparsely engraved at each end of the latter, engraved iron tang, signed stepped lock fitted with large roller, full stock (cracked), inlaid with silver scrolls around the tang (small losses), engraved brass mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with a rococo flower on the bow and with acorn finial, solid side-plate, butt-plate with a rococo shell on the tang, vacant escutcheon, two ramrod-pipes (one dented), and iron ramrod, probably the original 36.0 cm; 14 in barrel William 2 Nicholson is recorded at this address circa 1786-94.
Lot 359
A 15 BORE FLINTLOCK SPORTING GUN BY OAKES, LONDON, CIRCA 1760 with tapering swamped brass barrel signed in a linear frame drawn-out to a loop over the breech, struck with London view and proof marks and the barrelsmith's mark, grooved iron tang, stepped lock (the iron parts pitted), walnut half-stock, chequered grip, engraved brass mounts including trigger-guard with foliate terminal and a bouquet on the bow and butt-plate with a small trophy-of-arms on the tang, horn fore-end cap and associated horn-tipped wooden ramrod 76.5 cm; 30 1/8 in barrel
Lot 368
A RARE 12-BORE D.B. NEEDHAM PATENT NEEDLE-FIRE SPORTING GUN BY JOSEPH NEEDHAM & CO, 26 PICCADILLY LONDON, NO 1051, CIRCA 1854-60 with rebrowned twist barrels signed in block capitals on the rib, signed scroll-engraved breech bolts each fitted with safety-catch and numbered inside and out, figured walnut half-stock (minor bruising), chequered grip and fore-end, finely engraved iron mounts including numbered trigger-guard decorated with a large hound on the bow, butt-cap with a pair of game birds on the tang, silver escutcheon engraved with the owner's initial, 'WD', horn fore-end cap, and the butt previously fitted with a pad on the left 83.9 cm; 33 in barrels Joseph and William Needham traded as Joseph Needham & Co circa 1854-70. The present gun incorporates patent number 184 of 1852.
Lot 137
ϒ A late 1940s coral, emerald and diamond brooch/pendant designed by Afro Basaldella for Masenza, circa 1949, the figures of the reclining Venus and winged Cupid with bow and arrow, with rubover set eight cut diamond eyes, on a branch of coral (corallium rubrum), with carved emerald leaves, with possible partial rubbed signature MA, 10cm long; together with a 1950s artist ring, the shoulders in the form of two stylised acrobats supporting the now void setting, finger size O, 8.6g This brooch with its original collar necklace (now missing) was first exhibited by Masenza in his Milan exhibition 'Gioilelli Di Masenza' in December 1949, and was also published in an article in Moda magazine on 16 December 1949. Masenza promoted Italian artist jewellers and jewellery sculptors, including Edgarado Mannucci, Franco Cannilla, and Mirko and Afro Basadella amongst others from the late 1940s right through to the early 1980s from his jewellery shop in the Via Del Corso, in the heart of Rome. Masenza is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the artist jeweller movement in mid to late 20th century Italian jewellery design. Literature: 'L'Arte Del Gioiello E Il Gioiell D'Artista Dal'900 Ad Oggi', Giunti Press, Florence, 2001, pp 303 - 337 'Masenza, Fumanti, Montebello: Interpreti Del Gioiello D'Autore In Italia'. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Lot 80
ϒA Continental oval frame for a portrait miniature, unmarked, late 20th century with earlier elements, gold coloured diamonds and pearls, with a bow suspension clip, containing a copy portrait of a lady, watercolour on ivory, a loose label Goya inserted, sight size 5cm x 4cm, ribbon clip to base 9.5cm (3 3/4in) Please note the pearls are untested and unwarranted for natural pearl ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
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