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Click here to subscribeA French bronze bust of Minerva, late 19th century, after the Antique, on a gilt socle and square-section base, 49cm high Note: One of the major deities of ancient Greece and Rome, Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, arts and learning. The daughter of Jupiter and sister of Hebe, she is also associated with civilised war and the fighting of just causes. Please refer to department for condition report
After Jules Moigniez, French, 1835-1894, late 19th century, a bronze model of a bunting, on a naturalistically oval cast base, with cast signature Moigniez, 11.5cm high, 11.5 cm wide; together with a bronze model of two mountain goats, after Jules Moigniez, late 20th century, 28cm high, 23cm wide (2) Please refer to department for condition report
A French bronze model of the Warwick Vase, late 19th century, after the Antique, cast with faces and crossed scrolling handles, 17cm high, 27cm wide Note: The Warwick Vase was a rich source of Neo-classical ideas for both 18th and 19th century artists and craftsmen. Dating from the 2nd-century A.D., the original marble fragments from the ruins of Hadrian's villa at Tivoli, were incorporated in a marble reconstruction which was completed around 1775. The 'restoration' was paid for by Sir William Hamilton, who presented the vase to his nephew, the 2nd Earl of Warwick.Please refer to department for condition report
Three French copper L'Exposition Universalle Internationale, Paris, award medals, 1867, by H. Ponscarme, awarded to George Joachim Göschen, the larger obverse Napoleon III, the reverse Napoleonic eagle between two winged cherubs holding a named tablet, all in a velvet-lined fitted leather case with gilt-tooled cresting, the case 22-.5cm wide Note: Viscount George Joachim Göschen was a Fellow of the Royal Society and held a variety of government posts, from Chancellor of the Exchequer to the First Lord of the Admiralty. He was presented with a set of three specially struck bronze medallions in recognition of his work at the Paris Univeral Exhibition of 1867.Please refer to department for condition report
A French gilt-bronze souvenir medal of the "ascension dans le grand ballon captif a vapeur de Mr Henry Giffard", 1878, depicting a scene of a flying hot air balloon over the streets of Paris with the caption PANORAMA DE PARIS, 1878, inscription to verso, 5cm diameterPlease refer to department for condition report
A bronze 1948 London Olympic Games participation medal, designed by B Mackennal and executed by J.R Pinches, with a view of the Palace of Westminster above XIV OLMPIAD LONDON 1948 and the five Olympic rings, the verso with a quadriga, 5cm diameter; together with a album of press cuttings from the 1948 London Olympic Games (2)Please refer to department for condition report
A stamped brass pill box, circa 1806, the detachable lid with Nelson's portrait headed ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, the base with oak wreath and stamped Conqueror at Aboukir 1 Augt 1798, Copenhagen 2 April 1801, Trafalgar 21 Octr 1805, where he gloriously fell, Born 29 Septr 1758, the sides with Greek key border, 2.5cm high, 5.5cm diameterProvenance: with Timothy Millett, London, June 2005.Literature: L. Brown, British Historical Medals 1760-1860, I, 1980, p.143, no. 580.Note: There are bronze medals with the obverse and reverse in the Ashmolean Museum and the National Maritime Museum.Please refer to department for condition report
Mixed coinage of interest to include Victorian half crown, florins and shillings, early 20th century French coinage, Danish 18th century and later Germanic coinage and George III and Charlotte Golden Jubilee medal, USA 1888 'Indian Head' one cent, 1914 one cent, 1936 'Mercury Head' Dime, a pair of bronze Roman coins and a replica inscribed 'Caesar', together with a small group of possibly 8th century Indian coinage and othersLocation: cab
BATTLE OF BRITAIN AIR MINISTRY R.A.F. SCRAMBLE BELL,the bronze bell with remnants of a coating of red paint throughout, with crown suspension, stamped below with 'crown, A. M. and dated 1940', 31cm highThe Battle of Britain was a major military campaign of the Second World War in which the Royal Air Force and the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy defended the United Kingdom against large scale attacks by Nazi Germany's air force. The British officially recognise the battle's duration as being from 10th July - 31st October 1940.Provenance: a local private individualClapper present and appears original; Air Ministry stamp but no other visible markings; additional images available; heavy general wear with scratches, marks, weathering, extensively flaked paint, etc; 32.5cm diameter; rim with some knocks but no excessive misshapingRegisters as approximately 23.5kg on a set of step on scales
An early 20th century shaped rectangular tray, printed with Grace Darling rescue he survivors from the shipwrecked Forfarshire in 1838 , 30cm wide; Rowntree rectangular tin; a sampler, embroidered by Anne Ward age 12, Denstone School, 28cm x 28cm; a bronze commemorative trowel, inscribed Wesleyan Church Acton, A P Hedges, Esq, MP, 1906; a Victorian scrap book; a coquilla nut snuff box; etc
Pigment powders. A collection of 12 pigment powders and related accessories, suitable for illumination, calligraphy & painting etc., pigments include genuine vermilion (149g), cadmium vermilion (105g), lead read (94g), cerulean blue (268g), Egyptian indigo (121g), scarlet vermilion (98g), chromium oxide (190g), and five others (majority made by Cornelissen & Son Pigments), accessories include small quantities of bronze, silver & crimson copper powder & Reichgold tro-col bronze, together with a bag containing approx. 0.8 kg of gum ammoniac, a 10cm and 5cm muller, three glass grinding plates, ox gall liquid, Blanc fixe, ceramic dishes and palette, two palette knives, plus two reference books, Formulas for painters, by Robert Massey, 1979 and An anonymous fourteenth-century treatise: de Arte Illuminandi, the technique of manuscript illumination, translated from the Latin of Naples MS XII.E.27 by Daniel Varney Thompson, Jr. and George Heard Hamilton, 1933 QTY: (small carton)
Heavy Chinese baluster shaped bronze censer, with two loop handles on three short feet. Impressed geometric seal mark to base. 29cm diameter.(B.P. 21% + VAT)Heavily polished ,consigned from a home where there was a large quantity of shiny polished brass and copper in the kitchen.Weight - 6.8kg Diameter 29cm approx. Height - 20 cm approx.
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