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Click here to subscribeA SMALL BRONZE PLAQUE, c.1900, probably Continental, of rounded triangular form, cast in low relief with a masked warrior, probably allegorical of St George and the Dragon, the reverse cast with the naked figure of a young female standing in water, the rim subtly engraved with a fish, apparently unmarked, 4 1/4" high (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT)A little wear to patination especially tip of spear, some scratches around the rim but otherwise good
A mixed collection of decimal and pre-decimal coins to include a Pobjoy Mint silver 13 Winter Olympics 1980 silver crown, encapsulated and in presentation case, a limited edition Pobjoy Mint silver Washington crown, encapsulated and in presentation case, a Pobjoy Mint 22ct gold plated Silver Jubilee crown, encapsulated and in presentation case with information card, various other commemorative coins, some old pennies, bronze three penny bits, coin packs, silver and half silver threepence coins, etc.
A Chinese bronze censer of squat form with twin rope twist style handles, the base impressed with a dragon motif and on three legs, a six-character mark panel to the rim, diameter 11cm, height excluding handles 7cm. CONDITION REPORT Scratches, bumps and signs of wear. some age related wear to the interior, some wear to the base of three supports, no misshaping, cracks etc, no obvious repair or restoration
ATTRIBUTED TO ARTHUR DOOLEY (1929-1994); a bronze sculpture of a jockey riding a horse, the jockey holding a whip under his arm and wearing a cap, holding the horses neck with the other arm, mounted on rectangular grey marble base (base af), height 49cm, base width 44cm. †CONDITION REPORT This item was gifted to Roby Turf Bookies, Derby Lane, Old Swan in the 1970s.Vendors parents owned the betting shop in Old Swan Liverpool, Arthur Dooley used to drink there, the piece was gifted to them by Arthur DooleyThis lot may qualify for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit
FROGMAN; a bronze sculpture titled 'On the Ball', limited edition no.415/1000, depicting a cold painted bronze frog mid-leap, whilst holding a ball, signed with limited edition umber in gold to the underside, height 9.5cm, length 24cm, with certificate of authenticity. CONDITION REPORT No apparent damage, no wear to signature and number on frog
A vintage brass floorstanding ashtray with recessed pan, two cigar holders and matchbox holder, on open twist column, on lower bowl, on conical turned base, the ashtray also has a circular bronze lid, which has a figure of a huntsman with rifle to the middle, height 59cm, diameter of ashtray 27.5cm, a large handmade iron dustpan, three white and blue rimmed enamel cook pots, a tin plate tube, a vintage mantel clock (af), a folk art stitched cloth covered cardboard box, etc.
A LARGE VICTORIAN BLACK SLATE AND BRONZE FIGURAL MANTLE CLOCK, having a bow fronted base with bronze female figural side supports, bronze acanthus middle foot embellishment, front feet and mythological female mask above, movement having a Brocot visible escapement, gilded spade hands, hourly and half hourly striking on a silvered bell, H 41 cm
A collection of coins, mostly British pre-decimal as taken from circulation from Victoria onwards, but including an Alderney £5 silver proof 2006, a bronze medal 1896 by Remington Four generations of the British Royal family, an India 1 rupee 1945, an Italy silver 500 lira 1960 and a few other silver coins.
A collection of medals, comprising a cased set of four sterling silver Churchill medals by Pinches, each medal about 38g, lightly toned and about extra fine with certificate, and a similar set of these medals in bronze also about extra fine with certificate, together with a circulated US silver Peace dollar coin 1925.
A bronze bust of Thomas Edison, by Walter Russell, with WR impressed mark and signed Walter Russell Sculptor 1929 -- 22 in high (Walter Russell (1871-1963), an American artist who was also a musician, author and builder, turned to sculpture in the late 1920s; other portrait busts by him included Mark Twain, John Philip Sousa, George Gershwin and Charles Goodyear.)
A Byzantine bronze enkolpion reliquary cross pendant, c.10th-12th century,composed of two shallow hinged plates, with an articulated bale and hinged base. Incised Jesus Christ Corpus on the cross, MP and OV, repeated on the reverse, together with two similar examples,one with Jesus Corpus dressed in a loincloth with the letters IC, and the other with the wording OREWP NIKA to both sides. 60 x 45mm, 68 x 45mm, 56 x 40mm (3)Provenance: Iconastas, Piccadilly Arcade, St. James's, London, W1
patinated bronze, signed J. Durhams 186342.5cm (16 1/2in) highProvenance:Contents of Harrington House Leamington Spa, Christie’s, South Kensington, 4 May 2000, lot 407. Footnote: Literature:Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 14 (illustrated).Note:Joseph Durham is perhaps best remembered for his sculpture of Prince Albert on the Albert Memorial of 1863 situated outside the Royal Albert Hall in South Kensington, LondonOne of six in the series British Sports all exhibited at Royal Academy in 1864.
silvered electrotype, inscribed Search The Scriptures, The Monmouthshire Congregational Union Sunday Schools Examination, Inaugurated 1913, Sir W James Thomas Shield, Cariad, Gobaith, Fydd.62cm (24 1/2in) high, 45cm (17 3/4in) wideFootnote: Exhibited: Charles Sargeant Jagger Memorial Exhibition, May 21st to June 20th 1935Literature:McAllister, I. G. Rising British Sculptor: Charles Sargeant Jagger, Studio International, Vol. 54 (Nov. 1914-Feb.1915): pp. 84-99 (illustrated) p.99 captioned 'Design for a Shield by C.S. Jagger'Note:Jagger probably secured this commission through the sculptor W. Goscombe John and chose a Celtic style for the commission because it 'is suitable for any object definitely of Welsh interest and secondly because the Celtic is essentially a "religious art".’ The father and mother mourning their child represents love triumphing over pain. The full-scale model was sent to Wurttemburg, Germany, to be cast in silver. In October 1914 Jagger resigned from the commission because, having enlisted, he felt he could not complete the work. The model sent to Germany is presumed lost, but a bronze cast was listed in the studio inventory at Jagger's death.
patinated bronze, signed in the cast ALBERT TOFT, ebonised wood base42cm (16 ½in) highProvenance:Purchased from Danny Katz, 1975.Literature: Toft, A., Modelling and Sculpture: A Full Account of the Various Methods and Processes Employed in these Arts, J. R. Lippincott Company, 1915, fig. XLV (similar example illustrated);Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 240 (illustrated).Footnote: Exhibited: Royal Academy, 1903, no. 1878. Illustrated in Academy Illustrated, page 65.
probably designed by Alexandre Sandier, pâte nouvelle porcelain with crystalline glaze, bronze mounted, black printed cypher S1901, incised H 00 12 PN, 24cm (9 1/2in) high; together with a FOURMAINTRUAX-DELASSUS FAIENCE DESVRES VASE, glazed porcelain, impressed FD DESVRESFRANCE, 14cm (5 1/2in) highFootnote: Literature:Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, former p. 218 (illustrated).
patinated bronze, signed C. Meunier38cm (15in) highFootnote: Literature: Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 242 (illustrated);Weisberg, G. P., Becker, E. and Possémé, E. (eds), The Orgins of L’Art Nouveau The Bing Empire, (exhib. cat.) Amsterdam, Paris and Antwerp, 2004, p. 240, fig. 284 (period photograph from Kunstbibliothek, Dresden, illustrating a similar example displayed at the International Art Exhibition, Dresden, 1897).
plaster relief panel, oak frame, signed Geo. Frampton 8942cm (16 3/4in) high, 23.5cm (9 1/4in) wideFootnote: Literature:Beattie, S., The New Sculpture, London, 1983, p. 87, pl. 68 (similar bronze example illustrated from the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool);Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 229 (illustrated).Note: It was for his bas-relief work that Frampton initially found recognition and the composition of this work pays tribute to 15th-century portraiture. He had an ability to create forms conveying a sense of depth that were actually very shallow. St Christina is portrayed as a mystical figure combining occult-like spirituality with earlier secular portraiture.
patinated bronze, signed C. Meunier, J. BETERMANN/ FONDEUR/ BRUXELLES48.5cm (19 1/8 in) highProvenance: Purchased from Jeremy Cooper, 1981.Footnote: Literature:Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 240 (illustrated);Weisberg, G. P., Becker, E. and Possémé, E. (eds), The Orgins of L’Art Nouveau The Bing Empire, (exhib. cat.) Amsterdam, Paris and Antwerp, 2004, p. 240, fig. 284 (period photograph from Kunstbibliothek, Dresden, illustrating a similar example displayed at the International Art Exhibition, Dresden, 1897). Note:An initial wax version of this model of a dock worker was exhibited at the Salon De XX in Brussels in 1885, before a larger plaster was shown at the National Society of Fine Arts in Paris in 1889 to much acclaim: ‘never had one, with such intensity, put in a figure so tragic expression and touching, energy, suffering and resignation’. In 1890 the French State bought a version in bronze, which now resides at the Musée d'Orsay and a life-size copy resides in the main square in Antwerp, to the point of almost being a symbol of the city.
silvered metal, black patinated bronze base, signed ALEX FISHER/ BHANAVAR49cm (19 1/4in) highProvenance:20th Century Decorative Arts, Christie's South Kensington, 23 July 1993, lot 765;Purchased from Michael Whiteway, December 1993.Footnote: Literature:Coleman, B., The Best of British Arts & Crafts, Atglen, 2004, p. 213 (illustrated). Note:George Meredith’s The Story of Bhanavar the Beautiful, from a collection of pseudo-oriental stories titled The Shaving of Shagpat was first published in 1856 and became a popular subject of artists and sculptors of the period. The tale follows Bhanavar, an Arabian beauty and innocent daughter of a Caucasian amir, who gains possession of a magical jewel and is transformed into an evil queen of the serpents. In Alexander Fisher’s rendition he captures Bhanavar at the moment of transformation, with her arms held aloft to the heavens, creating a femme fatale figure that was a source of fascination to the public, as was shown in art and literature of the period, in the latter half of the long nineteenth century.
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