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Lot 530
Attributed to Domenico Fortunato Maggesi (1801-1892), a bronze bust of a gentleman, his hair classically arranged, his shoulders squared, his chest bare, 33cm (13 in) high Other Notes: Maggesi completed his apprenticeship in Carrara, in an artistic atmosphere in which the study of the ancient and the respect for the canons of classicism began to be joined with the observation of the real and of nature in its variety and even in its imperfections. After moving to Bordeaux in 1829, he became the official sculptor of the city for major public commissions, both religious and civil, and the favourite portraitist of the rich local bourgeoisie, for which he executed busts with the precious marble of his native Carrara. In 1833, Magessi was elected a member of the Academy of Science, Literature and the Arts of Bordeaux and he notably exhibited at the Paris Salons of 1838, 1841, 1844, and 1847.
Lot 565
A bronze two handled vase, a shallow bowl and a helmet paperweight, the winged figural handles of the baluster vase playing pan pipes, 24cm (9.5 in) high, the shallow bowl similarly on square sectioned ochre marble plinth, 14.5cm (5.75 in) high, the classical helmet with high copper content, resting on rectangular base with leaf cast edge, 13cm (5.25 in) wide (3)
Lot 711
An important pair of early 19th century Baroque style gilt bronze and copper Armorial Andirons, bearing the Arms of John Wilmer Field and Anne (nee Myddleton) 46 x 33cm (18 x 13in) Literature: A report written by Peter O'Donoghue, York Herald at the College of Arms is available on request. The paternal Arms may be blazoned as three wavy bars, Lion rampant and three escallops. The wife's would appear to be Gules a Cross patonce.
Lot 727
A bronze fountain of a Cherub seated on a Dolphin playing a flute, with stylised lily pad bowl, signed A Rhind 1926 89 x 41 x 46cm (35 x 16 x 18in) Literature: The Rhinds were an important 19th century family of sculptors from Edinburgh, notably; John, William Birnie and J Massey. A Rhind is unrecorded, but believed to be a member of the family
Lot 815
A Louis XVI marquetry inlaid bonheur du jour in the manner of J H Riesener, inlaid on all panels in a repeated latticework pattern with ormolu and gilt brass border mounts, a raised galleried back, tambour shuttered letter compartments, a concealed drawer with further drawers and inkwells, an undertier, on tapering square legs and ormolu feet 98 x 112 x 52cm (38 x 44 x 20in) Literature: Pradere (A) French Furniture Makers, The Art of the Ebeniste from Louis XIV to the Revolution, p.381, fig.462 Other Notes: Born in Germany in 1734, Jean Henri Riesener moved to Paris as an apprentice cabinet maker. He remained in Paris and married the widow of the furniture designer, Oeben, and took over his workshop - thus giving him access to the guilds. At the age of 40, he became the "ébéniste du roi" to King Louis XVI, and the favoured cabinet maker of Marie Antoinette. His furniture for Versailles Palace with mahogany veneers, floral marquetry and sculptural gilt-bronze mounts exemplified the neoclassical designs of the Louis XVI era. Some of his pieces include hidden compartments unlocked by ingenious mechanisms. One if his commodes from 1774 for Versailles was bought by George IV and is now part of the Royal Collection at Windsor. During the revolution, Riesener was retained by the Republic and in 1794, was required to remove the 'insignia of feudality" from his pieces - altering designs such as the Fleur de Lys with simple panels. Riesener was certain the monarchy would be re-established and spent much of his fortune buying his own works, only to find he was unable to sell them as they went out of fashion. He died in relative poverty in 1806. Much of his furniture was bought by the English during the sales of the Revolution. England became one of the great repositories of Riesener's work outside Paris and his work can be found in the Royal Collection, Waddesdon Manor and Woburn Abbey. Some very small veneer losses and slightly sprung gilt mounts to the base
Lot 110
A First World War Canadian Ordnance Corps Cap Badge and Pair of Collar Badges, in brass; a Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps Officer's Bronze Cap Badge, three brass examples, two pairs of gilt collar badges and four various cloth insignia; a Pre-1947 Indian Army Ordnance Corps Cap Badge and Pair of Collar Badges, in brass, two similar copy badges, an Indian Army Ordnance Corps bronze collar badge and shoulder title, and five similar badges from Canada x2, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa (27)
Lot 223
The Border Regiment:- an Officer's No.2 Service Dress Tunic, to a Captain, with bronze collar badges, brass buttons and rank pips, with a shirt and a leather Sam Browne, circa Second World War; a Post-Second World War No.1 Blues Jacket, to a Captain, with brass buttons and white metal collar badges; a Mess Dress Jacket to a Second Lieutenant, in scarlet wool with yellow facings, green waistcoat and Torin cap (7)
Lot 229
A Second World War No.2 Dress Tunic to a Lieutenant, King's Own Royal Regiment, with bronze Royal Engineers collar badges and rank pips, brass buttons, medal ribbon bar and a peaked cap with RE badge; a No.2 Dress Uniform to a Captain, the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, comprising tunic with gilt metal and enamel collar badges, staybrite rank pips and buttons, crimson lanyard, Sam Browne, pair of trousers and braces (3)
Lot 270
A German Third Reich Period Photograph Album and a Collection of Related Ephemera, pertaining to the military career of Feldwebel i.Frw.D. Karl-Heinz Wein, the album embossed to the cover with a profile portrait roundel of a German soldier, containing approx. 70 photographs taken in Luxembourg, Belgium and France, mostly annotated, including group and portrait photographs, captured prisoners, graphic scenes of casualties, damaged buildings and military equipment, etc., together with Wein's service book, tank badge (bronze grade), certificate of promotion (1.6.43), hospital discharge certificate from Rosslau (19.6.45), certificate of discharge (1.3.46) and clearance certificate (17.12.47)Album generally in good condition. Service book - Very tatty condition. Cover detached. Many pages loose. Old sellotape repairs. Documents - All with creases and some tears. Badge - Good.
Lot 292
A German Bronze Paper Knife, cast in the form of an early Germanic dagger, one side of the 19cm multi-fullered blade engraved 'SS = Obergruppenfuhrer E Weitzel, Gewidmet vom SS Oberabschnitt West', the opposing side 'Wo wir stehen steht die Treue' and a long inscription in Germanic runes, the waisted grip with double ball pommel, 28cm
Lot 330
A British 1796 Pattern Infantry Officer's Sword, with 79.5cm single edge fullered steel blade, brass hilt with fixed double shell guard, lacks quillon, copper wire bound grip, stirrup knuckle bow and baluster urn finial, lacks scabbard; a Masai Lion Spear Blade, in relic condition, 84cm, with raised medial ridge to each side, and socket fitting, 95cm overall (2)The Infantry sword has deep rust pitting to the blade. The hilt has a dirty dark bronze patina. Lacks scabbard. The lion spear has no damage, but is deeply pitted.
Lot 393
A Dan Wood Mask, Ivory Coast, with domed forehead, elliptical pierced eyes, triangular block nose with pierced nostrils and open mouth with animal hair beard, 30cm; a Chokwe Type Small Wood Headrest for a Child, with curved top and mask carved support, 12cm; a Japanese Bronze Censor, with elephant mask handles, 17cm (3)
Lot 403
An Austrian Cold-Painted Bronze Figure of a Grouse, stamped, ''AUSTRIA'', oak base, the bronze 7.7. cm high; and three shotgun powder tins, comprising a Curtis & Harvey, Extra Coarse Grain, No.2, 28 Size Gunpowder Tin, retaining much of original paper covering; another by the same maker, Diamond Grain Gunpowder. 24 size, and an ICI Neobel No.1 Smokeless Shotgun Powder tin, retaining original label (4)
Lot 163
A collection of small silver and objects, including: a folding pocket double photograph frame, stamped 925 and Sterling; a Russian vodka tot, worn marks, 19th century; an Italian small model of an elephant, post 1968 .925 standard; an embossed square tea caddy, pseudo marks; a small hand mirror by Henry Matthews, Birmingham 1917; an Austrian cold painted bronze group of three birds on a silver blossom bough; a miniature lighter, stamped Pygmy Japan; and other items
Lot 45
Royal Navy Interest- HMS Amethyst, the Ships bronze and painted name plaqueHMS Amethyst was a modified Black Swan - class sloop of the Royal Navy, launched in May 1943. After World War II she was modified and redesigned as a Frigate No. F116. On 20th April 1949, Amethyst was on her way to Shanghai to Nanking when she was fired upon by the Peoples Liberation Army starting the Yangtse River incident, later made into the 1957 film
Lot 678
HENRY SCOTT TUKE, RA, RWS (1858-1929) THE WATCHER bronze, inscribed TUKE/1916 (on the front of the base), rich greenish dark patinaa, on wood plinth, 31cm h Conceived in 1916 and cast shortly afterwards in an edition of 5. Provenance: Sir William John Lancaster (1841-1929); obtained from his descendants by C J R Alderson and b y whom sold to the present vendor on 20 November, 2003. Literature: Sainsbury (M Tuke) Henry Scott Tuke a Memoir 1933, p 158. Price (B D) The Registers of Henry Scott Tuke 1983, R843. Cooper (E), The Life and Work of Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929) 1987, pp 57-58. Wainwright (D) and C Dinn, Henry Scott Tuke (1858-1929), Under Canvas 1989, p116. Prices realised by other examples of 'The Watcher' sold at auction in recent listings comprise Sotheby's, 15 November 2011, lot 87 £31250; Christie's, 6 June 2003, lot 43 £22,705; Sotheby's, 29 October 2002, lot 104 $22,705 and Christie's 6 March 1998, lot 8 £42,200. It is surprising given the assured modelling and the figures alert lifelike pose so familiar from the naked local Falmouth lads of his pictures, that the Watcher was to be Tuke's only foray into sculpture. It was conceived at a time of significant professional and personal change for Tuke. Although the subject on which his reputation was established did not change - dazzling coastal light under a blue sky and golden sunlight reflected on athletic male flesh - his pictures, already recognised as a unique contribution to British art of the period was transformed by a new found freedom in technique and a confidence to experiment. Profoundly distressed by World War I, which from his vantage point overlooking the approach to the Carrick Rose and also listening first hand to the testimonies of local men, sometimes his own former models of the reality of life and death on the battle fields of Flanders. The principal models for The Watcher were Harry Childs and Charlie Mitchell and the plaster cast from the wax maquette was shown at the Royal Academy in 1916 before a very small number, thought to be five, bronzes were cast, including the present lot. Access to the coast around Tuke's secluded house and studio on the cliffs at Pennance and the rocks and sands below setting of many of his pictures of bathers were stopped because of the war and this enforced idleness, although fortunately brief, was why he turned to sculpture.++Good condition
Lot 679
†SIR WILLIAM REID DICK, KCVO, RA (1879-1961) THE SLING SHOT, 1911 bronze, rich uneven dark brown patina, 33cm h, inscribed W Reid Dick An early 20th century case reduction of the sculptor's most celebrated work published before and after the First World War.++Much of the old patina remaining under the present glossy polish
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