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Click here to subscribePaire d'appliques en bronze doré à trois bras de lumière de style Louis XVLes branches de forme mouvementée sont agrémentées d'un décor de feuillages et d'enroulements. (électrifiées)H. 44 cmA pair of Louis XV style ormolu three-light sconcesThe arms are decorated with foliage and scrolls. (electrified)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Semainier en placage de bois de rose et filets d'amarante d'époque Transition Louis XV-Louis XVIDe forme rectangulaire à décor marqueté de grecques, il ouvre à sept tiroirs dont un formant secrétaire, montants à pans coupés à cannelures simulées. Anneaux de tirage et entrées de serrure en bronze doré.Porte une double estampilleDessus de marbre gris veinéH. 162 cm - L. 94 cm - P. 40 cmA Louis XV-Louis XVI Transition tulipewood veneered and amaranth fillet semainierRectangular in shape with Greek inlaid decoration, it opens to seven drawers, one of which forms a secretary, the uprights are canted with simulated fluting. Gilt bronze drawer rings and key escutcheons.Double stamped.Grey veined marble topFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Sport / autographs, mixed selection, R. Jacquet Football World Cup 1998 signed postcards (5) & signed envelope (1), Jean Boiteux signed postcard, winner of the on 400m freestyle in 1952 & bronze in 4x200, the first French swimming gold medal, Skiing, scarce postcard of Cervina signed to reverse by 19 members of the French team of 1955, Juan Antonio Samaranch signed card, Ludmilla Tuirschtschewa signed postcard, Carl Lewis signed postcard 1984, Maurice Perrin signed postcard gold medal winner for cycling tandem 1932, Louis Chaillot signed postcard, cycling silver medallist 1932. Also boxing ticket signed by Juan Carlos Garcia Lemus lightweight gold medal winner, Barcelona 1992, Emil Zatopek signed cover etc (gen. gd/vg) (16)
An Austrian cold-painted bronze figural group, by Franz Bergman, 1861-1936, early 20th century, depicting an Arab trader holding an antelope head while standing on a tiger skin, with a rifle and jars at his feet, impressed B within amphora mark to underside, 15cm high, 16.2cm wide, 11cm deep
A French gilt-bronze mounted porcelain encrier, 19th century, mounted with a Samson & Co. Chinese Export Kangxi style Buddha, modelled seated and laughing with tongue extended, dressed in chequered robes, red square mark to underside, the gilt-bronze base of foliate scrollwork form, the turquoise porcelain inkwell with glass liner and gilt oak leaf lid, supported on a gilt-bronze tree branch with gilt leaves and porcelain flowerheads, 14cm high, 24cm wide, 17cm deepCondition Report: The encrier is in overall good condition and presents well. The Samson Kangxi-style buddha has a small Samson mark to the underside, please see additional images for reference. The buddha's tongue has been chipped with the tip missing, otherwise the porcelain has some marks and light general wear and dirt. The inkwell is in good overall condition, with removable plastic liner, the gilt bronze cover does not sit securely on top and is loose, the hinged lid is functional. The flowerheads have small chips to the tips and edges of the petals, expected for this kind of porcelain decoration and its age, two of the flowerheads are loose bu present. The gilt-bronze mounts are in good condition with expectedlight tarnishing and scratches, consistent with age. Additional images are available - click here.
After Edward Onslow Ford, English, R.A., 1851-1901, Dancing, a bronze of a half nude figure wearing a slip flowing skirt and studded head-band, the circular tapering base inscribed Onslow-Ford, 80.5cm high overall, the figure - 64cm Footnotes: Note: Born in Islington, London, Onslow Ford originally trained as a painter at Antwerp Academy, 1870, but turned to sculpture while studying at Munich, 1871-4. Amongst his many public commissions are the statues to General Gordon, Chatham (1890, repeated at Khartoum, 1904) and Queen Victoria, Manchester (1901). A close associate of Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934), and a contributor to the New Sculpture movement, he exhibited busts, statuettes and genre pieces at the RA from 1875, and was elected ARA, 1888, and RA, 1895. Originally conceived as a pendent to 'Music', 1890, the figure in 'Dancing' wears a large ornamental headdress with two wings. It was illustrated in the 1890 edition of the Magazine of the Art and later exhibited at the Fine Art Society in 1902. A life-size cast of the work, without headdress is in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Liverpool. The current lot is a reduction of this sculpture and forms part of an extended series of bronze statuettes of adolescent girls in poses loosely derived from mythology or allegorical themes which includes 'Folly', 'Peace', The Singer', 'Applause' and 'Echo'.
A bronze model of Lord Byron, mid-19th century, modelled as a Classical figure, possibly Leander, holding a scroll in his right hand and leaning with his left hand on a support, the circular base inscribed in Greek ὴρόω θερισωγ (I reap the harvest), 47cm highFootnotes: Note: This portrayal of Byron in Classical robes could reference his success in swimming the tumultuous Hellespont strait in 1810, thereby emulating Leander's mythical feat. Byron celebrated his achievement in the poem 'Written after swimming from Sestos to Abydos' (10 May 1810). The unusual support in his left hand could allude to his club foot but also more likely refers to the inscription to the base, 'I reap the harvest', and is a form of plough breaking up the earth. Byron's narrative poem, Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, 1812-1818, includes the lines:‘The thorns which I have reap'd are of the tree I planted; they have torn me, and I bleed. I should have known what fruit would spring from such a seed’. (Canto IV, stanza 20)
After Michelangelo, a bronze model of The Young Slave, 20th century, 17cm highProvenance: Property from the estate of the late David Cornwell, best known as the author John le Carré.Footnotes: Note: The present lot is after Michelangelo's original marble sculpture dateable to around 1525-30 and is part of the "unfinished" Prigioni, along with The Awakening Slave, Bearded Slave and Atlas Slave, intended for the tomb of Julius II.
Two Russian gilt and patinated bronze paperweights, late 19th century, one modelled as bear on a rock, the other an Imperial Russian Garde de Corps helmet with lobster tail neck guard and curved chin-scales, each on a malachite veneered base, 10cm wide, 7.3cm deep; together with two malachite veneered boxes, 4.5cm high, 7.5cm wide, 5.5cm deep and smaller (4)Condition Report: The bronze elements in good condition with surface dirt and light tarnishing. Each of the malachite bases have various small losses to the corners and edges, and the remains of paper lining to the underside - the underside of the bronze bear also has a paper label. Each malachite box has small losses to the edges and corners, one box has lost its interior velvet lining exposing a crack to one side of the wood, the box retaining its velvet lining has a key, the hinges of both boxes are functional.
A pair of Italian reverse-etched girandoles, 20th century, each with silvered bronze twin branches, 63cm high; together with a pair of Dutch silvered metal repousse wall lights, late 19th / early 20th century, of cartouche shape, 37cm high, 28 cm wide (4)Provenance: Christie's, London, Gloria: Property from the late Dowager Countess Bathurst, lot 95.Photograph: © Christie's Images
A large Italian bronze mortar, Veneto, 17th century, of Renaissance style, cast with twin human head side handles and satyr masks, with coats-of-arms displaying a pair of bells and an oak tree within laurel garland, with borders of foliate swags and leaves above and below, 33.5cm high, 38cm diameter Provenance: Sotheby's Old Master Sculpture and Works of Art, 7 December 2010, Lot 65.Related Literature: Peta Motture, Bells and Mortars: Catalogue of Italian Bronzes in the Victoria and Albert Museum, p. 96-193, for a discussion and catalogue of other North Italian examples of bells and mortars.
After Giambologna, Italian, c.1529-1608, a bronze model of Venus, probably 18th century, on a later ebony cylindrical plinth, the bronze - 12.5cm high; 20.2cm high overallProvenance: Property from the estate of the late David Cornwell, best known as the author John le Carré.Literature: C. Avery and A. Radcliffe, Giambologna 1529-1608, Sculptor to the Medici (exhibition catalogue), 1978, page 64, plate 5 for an illustration of a very similar model where the figure is adopting the same pose.Footnotes: Note: The present lot is one of several versions of Venus after her bath by Giambologna. It was designed to be viewed from every vantage point. This model of Venus also comes in a version with Cupid called 'Little Venus Bathing'.
A Charles X gilt and patinated bronze mantel clock, second quarter 19th century, the case surmounted with a young scribe in Classical attire, seated on a rocky outcrop while holding a quill and scroll inscribed mon-a-mi, a bow and sheath of arrows leant nearby, on a plinth base with applied palm leaf, wreath, lyre and scroll mount above a still leaf rim on foliate feet, the white enamel dial with Roman numerals, outer minute track and spade hands, the twin train movement striking a bell, with associated pendulum and winder, 38cm high, 27.5cm wide, 12cm deepPlease note that Roseberys do not guarantee the working order or time keeping of any timepiece.
A pair of French gilt and patinated bronze column table lamps, first half 19th century, converted from candelabra, the tapering reeded shafts on triform paw feet bases, with adjustable japanned shades, 100cm high overall (2)Provenance: The Property of the late Dodi Heath (1934-2019).It is the buyer's responsibility to ensure that electrical items are professionally rewired for use.
A pair of large French gilt and lacquered bronze chenets, last quarter 19th century, each modelled as a flaming athénienne above a fluted column encircled by an oak wreath joined by a berried laurel frieze to a smaller urn with berry finial atop a conforming column, 42cm high, 43cm wide (2)Provenance: Christie's, London, Gloria: Property from the late Dowager Countess Bathurst, lot 24.Photograph: © Christie's Images
A SMALL COLLECTION OF SWEDISH AND FINNISH JEWELLERY Comprising a silver coloured flattened belcher link necklace by Karl-Ingemar Johansson, Göteborg 1964, with KIJ maker's mark; a silver coloured flattened hooped panel necklace by Sven Erik Högberg, Göteborg 1968, with SEH maker's mark; a Finnish abstract silver coloured pendant necklace by Pertti Peuri, Turku 1987; and a bronze and oval cabochon tiger's eye brooch by Pentti Sarpaneva Size/dimensions: first necklace 50cm long; second 45cm long; third 42cm long Gross weight: 173 grams
Φ Dame Lucie Rie DBE (1902-1995)a footed porcelain bowl, flaring conical form with radiating sgraffito lines, glazed pink with a thin turquoise band, the rim and foot with bronze manganese band, running to the interiorimpressed seal mark, small firing flaw to the body, 7.5cm. high14cm. diam. ProvenanceGiven directly by Lucie Rie to the vendors mother, circa 1979-1981.Private collection.
λ Demetre Chiparus (1886-1947) Les Amis de Toujours (Friends Forever)patinated bronze and ivory on a veined brown onyx base,incised Chiparus to base,28.5cm. high29cm. widePlease note this item has Ivory Registration no. 8N1FWVHS ProvenancePrivate collection. LiteratureAlberto Shayo Chiparus, Master of Art Deco, Antique Collector's Club, page 87 figure 14 for a comparable sculpture illustrated.
An unusual Art Nouveau pottery ewer probably Tiffany Studios, gourd, dimpled form with pinched handle, glazed matt mint green, the shoulder a metallic bronze running glaze, unsigned, 14.5cm. high LiteratureEdgar Pelichet & Michele Duperrex, La Ceramique Art Nouveau, page 41, catalogue number 42-43 for comparable examples.Fine Arts and Crafts, Woolley and Wallis Auctioneer's, 23nd June 2023 lots 248-249 for comparable examples.
A Post-Second World War Part Uniform to a Captain, the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, comprising a No.1 blue dress tunic, with brass buttons, a No.2 dress tunic with staybrite buttons, bronze rank pips, brass shoulder titles, and scarlet lanyard, with Sam Browne, a pair of No.2 dress trousers, a mess uniform of scarlet jacket with gosling green collar, gosling green waistcoat, blue overalls with scarlet side stripes, and a pair of black leather mess dress wellingtons, together with various rank pips, buttons and a pair of slip-on shoulder rank straps.
An Order of St. John Officer's Silver Breast Badge, 1926-36, in case of issue; also, a Manchester Unity Independant Order of Oddfellows breast jewel, a Royal Life Saving Society Award dated 1941, a small bronze copy of a Memorial Plaque, two tokens and eighteen various British Campaign copy medals (24)
A Set of Ten Miniature Medals, comprising 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, South Africa Service Medal, Colonial Auxiliary Forces Decoration, Volunteer Long Service Medal, Coronation Medal 1937, Coronation Medal 1953 and Service Medal of the Order of St John, court mounted; a Set of Seven Miniature Medals, comprising Military Medal, 1939-45 Star, Italy Star, 1939-45 War Medal, South Africa Service Medal, South African Defence Force 20 Year Silver Commando Award and South Africa Defence Force 10 Year Bronze Commando Award, court mounted, all contained in a display frame.
A Pair of 19th Century Dutch Bronze Signal/Salute Cannons in the 17th Century Style, each with 42cm ringed multi stage barrel with foliate banded muzzle, a pair of stylised dolphin handles and a shaped cartouche panel cast M IAN GLUMMER ANNO 1617 before the touch hole, with ringed cascabel and baluster boss, the cylindrical trunnions numbered 1 on one cannon and 2 on the other, on an oak carriage with four solid wheels, 63cmOne barrel blocked with wadding. One carriage with a horizontal split to a side panel.
A Second World War Japanese Wakizashi, the 47.5cm steel blade with one piece copper habaki decorated with diagonal burred lines, the iron tsuba pierced on one side with a lotus blossom and leaves, the gold braid bound same hilt with parcel gilt bronze menuki cast as bamboo, with plain iron kashira and leather scabbard with press stud securing strap, 76.5cm; a Second World War Small Japanese Good Luck Flag, in cream cotton with printed red sun, inscribed in ink, 53cm by 66cm; a Second World War Japanese Military Fan, the paper leaf printed with the rising sun and signed by Japanese comrades, with bamboo sticks and guards; a Late 19th Century Arab Jambiya, with wood grip and brass scabbard, 42cm (4)Footnote - Brought by a Burma veteran serving with No.5 Commando, Royal Marines. 1 - The well greased blade with tiny nicks to the edge. Deep pitting to the tsuba and kashira. 2 - Flag is soiled and stained. 3 - Fan leaf is torn and one guard is loose. 4 - Jambiya is in dirty condition.
A First World War Pair, awarded to 3116 PTE.G.O.FEA, YORKS.DNS., comprising 1914-15 Star and Victory Medal in boxes of issue; a Collection of Various Medals, including a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal and Defence Medal to FREDERICK C.WILSON, two Bradford Technical College Students Union silver and five bronze sports medallions to H.MOORE, dated 1925 and 1926, and six commemorative medallions, in a tin deed box
Two Second World War RAF Officer's Peaked Caps, one by Burberrys, the other by Watson Prickard Ltd., each with raised bullion thread and gilt metal cap badge, mohair cap band, black patent leather chin strap and Real Roan Leather sweatband; a Similar Cold War Period RAF Officer's Peaked Cap by Bates of Jermyn St., St. James, London, in oirginal cardboard box and outer case; a Second World War Army Officer's No.2 Dress Peaked Cap by Lock & Co., London, with bronze cap badge to the Green Howards (4)Watson Prickard hat and army hat with some moth damage.
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire - A First/Second World War Knights Commanders (KBE) Group, awarded to Engineer Lieutenant (later Rear Admiral) Sydney Oswell Frew, Royal Navy, comprising KBE Star and Neck Badge in Garrard & Co Ltd case of issue, Naval General Service Medal (1909-1962) with clasp PERSIAN GULF 1909-1914 (271978 S.O.FREW. E.R.A.4CL. H.M.S. PERSEUS), 1914-15 Star (271978 S.O.FREW, E.R.A.3, R.N.), British War Medal and Victory Medal (ENG.LT.), Defence Medal, 1939-45 War Medal, Jubilee Medal 1935 and Coronation Medal 1937, court mounted, with medal ribbon bar and miniatures including Most Honourable Order of the Bath KCB neck badge and the Order of Orange-Nassau, court mounted, together with his black silk bicorn hat, pair of bullion epaulettes, three pairs of shoulder boards, gold lace and leather waist belt with sword slings, all contained in japanned tin case, and with a portrait photograph of the above as a young man taken in 1911, a photograph of the Hulk HMS Tenedos on which he trained, and two photographs of K12 and K14 - the submarines he served in; also, a Victoria 1837-1897 bronze medal in leather case of issue.Footnote : - Sir Sydney Oswell Frew was the first officer in the navy to have risen to the rank of Engineer Rear Admiral from Engine Room Artificer. He was a submariner. Born in Kingston-upon-Hull 1890, died Hampstead 1972.
A Japanese Shinto Tanto, with 21.5cm steel blade, one piece copper habaki with ridged decoration, the tang with two mekugi ana and traces of a signature, the small horn tsuba decorated with gilt scrolls,the same covered tsuka with parcel gilt bronze fuchi, lacks kashira, with green and black aventurine type saya set with a single kogai, 47.5cm
A Collection of Twelve Polish Medals, comprising Gold Cross of Merit with Swords, Silver Cross of Merit with Swords, Air Force Medal for War 1939-45, Cross of Military Virtue, Cross of Merit - second class, 20 Years Armed Service in the Fatherland, Cross of Valour 1944, Independence Cross, Armed Forces in the West Cross with clasp BREDA, National Defence Medals of Merit - second class, in gold, silver and bronze; six Austro-Hungarian Medals, including a Military Merit Medal circa 1890 - un-named, three Tapferkeit (Bravery) Medals; Various Foreign Medals, including Imperial Russian Tsar Alexander I Bravery Medal, Greek Second World War Medal, Bulgarian Order for Bravery 1879, two Bulgarian medals commemorating the marriage of Boris III and Gioivanna, Swiss Medal commemorating the Victory over France 1792, etc (qty)
An India Medal 1895-1902, Queen Victoria to the obverse, with clasp PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98, possibly renamed to 16298 GR. LLOYD.C. 3.MOUNT.BTY. R.G.A.; an India Medal 1895-1902, in silver plated bronze, the obverse with Queen Victoria, with two clasps RELIEF OF CHITRAL 1895 and PUNJAB FRONTIER 1897-98, awarded to Pte. ???? Khan (2)1 - the edge is quite thin and uneven, possibly renamed. 2 - Reverse with ding to edge at 5 o'clock and through Pte., with scratching to the edge through the silver plating which makes the naming hard to decipher.
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