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Click here to subscribeA 19th Century walking stick, having yellow metal and bronze knob handle with stylised floral decoration; a hardwood walking cane with white metal Niello ware decoration and ivory terminal; another walking cane with inlaid enamel decoration and crook shaped handle; a Malacca cane with silver knob handle; and a collection of various Country House riding crops and sticks
A GEM-SET AND DIAMOND 'SPIDER WEB' PENDANT NECKLACE, BY CHAUMETWhimsically designed as a spider web set with brilliant-cut diamonds, suspending an insect set with an oval-shaped amethyst cabochon and similarly-cut diamond, linked by a circular-cut pink sapphire, to a double trace-link chain, mounted in 18K gold, diamonds approximately 0.80ct total, chain and pendant signed Chaumet Paris, numbered, French assay marks, pendant length 7.5cm, necklace length 42.5cm* Please note that the suspending insect is detachableChaumetChaumet was founded in 1780 by Marie-Etienne Nitot, with an establishment at the heart of place Vendôme. His creativity and quality of workmanship, led him to become one of the most sought-after jewellers in Europe and thus establish a loyal and prestigious clientele. The history of Chaumet has been entwined with the History of France, with Nitot and his son, Francois Regnault Nitot becoming the official jeweller to Napoleon during the Consulate and the Empire. Napoleon's marriage to Joséphine, then to Marie-Louise of Habsburg-Lorraine, Queen Marie-Antoinette's great-niece, resulted in some impressive commissions for Chaumet. Following the fall of the Empire, Nitot's successors Jean-Baptiste Fossin and his son, Jules dedicated themselves to romantic jewellery inspired by the decorative arts of the Italian Renaissance and of the French 17th-century.In 1848, Jules Fossin set up a London branch in partnership with J.V., Morel, assisted by his son Prosper. On his return to Paris in 1954, Prosper Morel joined Jules Fossin whom he succeeded in 1868. Prospers Morels daughter married Joeseph Chaumet in 1875. With exceptional creativity and inspired by the re-enchantment of nature, Joseph Chaumet came to be recognised as an undisputed master of the Belle Époque. In 1889, Chaumet took over the company and gave his name to the House.In the 1920’s Chaumets jewellery styles became more geometric in line, following art deco style, characterised by strong contrasts in colours and materials, the use of semi-precious stones, black and white, as well as exotic inspirations. The 1930s saw Chaumet becoming more feminine, continuing its style while exploring a certain modernity that echoed fine Parisian taste, ever in search of novelty and the avant-garde. In 1970, gold jewellery, sometimes set with hardstone, bronze or mother-of-pearl, was on offer in a new boutique concept.Chaumet’s legacy of bucolic beauty is a deep well of inspiration that bridges past and present designs. Today, the bees share Chaumet's garden-inspired Jardins Collection with the spider, weaving its perilous web, playing their game of amorous hide-and-seek. The Hortensia collections invite us into a delicate garden filled with vibrant colour, the Bee my love collection, including the diamond bee and the honeycomb motif celebrate an imperial pledge of love and the Attrape Moi collection once again highlights the bee. For more than 230 years Chaumet’s excellence in high Jewellery has been passed down through generations of jewellers. Diamonds and precious stones, carefully selected for their exceptional clarity and brilliance, are sculpted into round, cushion, oval, emerald or the House’s signature pear-shaped cut and then the jewellers, stone setters, polishers and engravers give life to the jewels, exhibited in magnificent pieces of jewellery.
A French gilt bronze and porcelain mantel clock, 19th century, with figural urn surmount over a foliate painted porcelain dial and Sevres style plaque painted with gallant and companion, the Japy Fres two train movement with a single hammer striking a bell, the case stamped 'P.H. Mourey', on a giltwood shaped base, the clock 41.5cm high, (pendulum).
A Grand Tour marble bust of Aristo, circa 1830, on a marble plinth, 22cm high, a small 19th century bronze bust of a classical female atop a marble and gilt metal mounted column, 24cm high, and an Art Deco patinated spelter model of two hounds, signed 'Macron' to the hardstone base, 33cm high, (3).
Edward VII Coronation Gilded bronze Medallion, Gilded Bronze Medallion by G. W. De Saulles. Obverse - King Edward VII’s head above a laurel spray and surrounded by a circlet bearing EDWARD VII CROWNED 9 AUGUST 1902. Reverse – Queen Alexandra’s head above a laurel spray and a scroll dated 9 AUG 1902 surrounded by a circlet bearing ALEXANDRA QUEEN CONSORT. 55mm in diameter. Complete in red presentation box bearing Edward VII’s cypher 1902 and Coronation Medal in gilt lettering. Extremely fine
Russia. 1904-05 Russo-Japanese War Commemorative Medal. Uncommon, unofficial bronze die-struck medal, 3.9mm diameter. Issued circa 1906 and featuring Marshal-Admiral Marquis Togo Hejhachiro OM GCVO, the gensui or Admiral of the Fleet in the Imperial Japanese Navy. He was one of Japan’s greatest naval heroes and was called ‘The Nelson of the East’ by Western journalists. During the Russo-Japanese War, Togo Heihachiro engaged the Russian Navy at Port Arthur and the Yellow Sea in 1904, then destroyed the Russian Baltic Fleet at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905, a battle which shocked the world. Tsushima had broken the Russian strength in East Asia and is said to have triggered the Russian Navy uprising in Vladivostok and the Battleship Potemkin uprising, which contributed to the Russian Revolution of 1905. No ribbon. Minor contact marks, Very fine or better
INTERESTING AND RARE CAST BRONZE PAPER KNIFE PROMOTING A 1925 CECIL B.DEMILLE SILENT MOVIE "THE ROAD O YESTERDAY" produced in a realistic dagger form by W.O. Lewis (Badges) Ltd Birmingham (still in operation) for the "Producers Distributing Corporation" (P.D.C) who were a short lived Hollywood film distribution company 1925-1927 the dagger in little worn condition but with a few dents and scratches to edges, point and reverse side 5 7/8" (14.9 cm) long
MASONIC-WORSHIPFUL MASTERS SILVER GILT AND ENAMEL JEWEL with ribbon incorporating badge for Old Salfordians Lodge No 7968 with set square pendant below circa 1976-77 a pre war silver gilt and enamel medallion for "Blair Chapter 815" inscription dated 1925-26 and a CAST BRONZE OBLONG MEDALLION "BI-CENTENARY OF THE GRAND LODGE OF SCOTLAND 1736-1936" and a small selection of Masonic related items including a RUBY FLASHED AND WHEEL ENGRAVED SMALL THISTLE SHAPED GLASS VASE design of Masonic Altar Star of David and cross swords, murano glass dark blue and gilt paperweight etc
A gilt bronze mounted burr walnut writing and card table, late 19th century, in French style, the rectangular top crossbanded in kingwood and with boxwood stringing set to the centre, inset with a tooled leather writing surface within a shaped moulded edge, turning and folding with a baize surface above a well and a shaped apron, raised on cabriole legs,92cm wide
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