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Lot 411
A LATE 19TH CENTURY/EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH GILT BRONZE & SÈVRES STYLE PORCELAIN MOUNTED EBONISED CENTRE TABLE, the engraved top inset with a bleu celeste ground plaque painted with a head and shoulders portrait of Louis XVI, signed J. Benieux, surrounded by oval cameos of noblewomen and floral sprays, one with the royal cypher, the baluster column supported by swagged and foliate brackets and with acanthus mounts, on a tripartite base, on castors, 83cm high, 73cm diameter. See illustration
Lot 147
A Burmese / Chinese bronze rain or frog drum, with two pairs of loop handles, the tympanum with a centred 8-pointed star surrounded by bands of birds, fish, rosettes and geometric decoration, four frog handles around the rim, 18" high, dia. 23 3/4". Provenance: Brought to England by the vendors` father-in-law who worked for the Bombay Burma Trading Co in the 1930s
Lot 176
A group of 1920s/30s cased athletic Royal Air Force College Cranwell sprinters` medals comprising 18 winners` medals, and six second-place bronze medals awarded to Squadron Leader Dennis Field, along with four Royal Air Force brass buttons, and an 18ct gold child`s ring with an engraved family crest, also a cased Silver Royal Society of Arts Manufacturers and Commerce medal named to F Burton Leach, later author and former Secretary of State of Burma. Squadron Leader Dennis Field competed in the 1931 FIBT World Championships at St Moritz winning a bronze medal in the four-man bobsleigh. He flew with Douglas Bader and Guy Gibson in the Second World War and was killed in action.
Lot 413
Ornate Italian ormolu mantle clock, with bronze figure of a huntsman walking through field, white porcelain dial with Roman numerals marked Imperial & Made Italy, approx. 12.5” tall, eight day striking movement, “working order”, in good condition, with key, Care! High International Shipping Charges
Lot 677
Various bronze /copper medallions (19), comprising Royal National Rose Society (12), The National Cactus & Succulent Society (1), The Royal Horticultural Society (5), with presentation engraving, `Pomona Flora` R.H.S. Affiliated Societies (1), presentation engraved, a WWI silver war medal & a WWII defence medal, both poor with mounts & suspenders missing, USA silver dollars (2), a 1972 gilt dollar & a debased 1821 crown, poor condition (25)
Lot 678
Commemorative medallion, 1910-1935, white metal, approx. 56mm, George V & Queen Mary, in original case, small silver medallion in same design, approx. 30mm, in original box, box slightly worn, 1937 Coronation medallion, white metal, approx. 56mm, in original case, small bronze medallion, approx. 30mm in same design, in original box, box tatty & torn, USA Bicentennial Commemorative medallion, 1973, sterling silver, encapsulated & in original case with certificate & History of British Currency medallions (2), both different (7)
Lot 679
Various medallions, comprising boxed set of three 1969, commemorating the Investiture of H.R.H Prince Charles as Prince of Wales, in fine silver, total weight (2.06oz), in original case, 50th Anniversary of The Battle of El Alamein, gilt finish in original fitted case, bronze Bronte medallion, Elizabeth II silver jubilee medallion & another (7)
Lot 131
A fine French Napoleon III Louis XVI revival patinated and gilt bronze figural mantel clock. The dial bearing signature for Ferdinand Berthoud, the case by Eugene Bazart, Paris circa 1860. The rectangular eight-day bell striking movement with stamped trademark of a square-rigged ship with initials JLF/EMS to shrouds and numbered 16306 to backplate, the white enamel Roman numeral convex dial bearing signature in red script Ferdinand Berthoud, A PARIS to centre, with fine foliate pierced and chased gilt hands and Arabic five minutes to outer track within fine guilloche chased gilt bezel, the case with patinated figure of a winged cherub wearing a sword standing beside the dial with floral trail surmount and resting on billowing clouds beside martial trophy, the bowfronted base with repeating triform motif inset panel terminating with leafy rosettes to angles, on conforming shaped white marble plinth with generous gilt disc feet, The rear with cast signature Eug. Bazart, Paris, 47cm (18.5ins) high. Eugene Bazart was a maker of fine decorative objects who worked in Paris circa 1850-75. The current clock is a faithful replica of a Louis XVI model which even bears the signature of an eminent Louis XVI horologist in order to make it appear as authentic as possible. The quality of the chiselling and gilding to the castings of the current lot equals that of the original, and reflects the standards set out by the leading ebenistes of the period such as Befort Jeune and Henri Dasson.
Lot 169
A fine French gilt and patinated brass champlevé enamel mounted Gothic Revival mantel clock. The movement by Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris, late 19th century. The eight-day two train gong striking movement with S. Marti et Cie, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE roundel and stamped 3260 CH’LES MT to backplate, the silvered dial with sky blue ground polychrome rosette to centre, Gothic Roman numerals to chapter ring and blued steel cruciform hands within a foliate chased arcaded bezel, the elaborate case with foliate bud finial and coronet collar to the sky and cobalt blue enamelled cupola above pierced arcade buttresses flanking recessed shaped panels to upstand set onto a hipped roof with conforming enamel tile decoration and further finials set on canted pedestals to angles, the front of trefoil-arch outline with dial set into lattice decorated enamel ground with rosettes to lower angles, the apron with applied cast arcade surrounding panels polychrome enamelled with representations of saints with engraved detail to hands and faces, the angles cast with cluster columns complete with foliate capitals, each side with vacant arched tympanum above rectangular panel overlaid with a Gothic ogee arch enclosing a further figural representation, on cavetto moulded base with rounded projecting corners and turned feet, 52cm (20.5ins) high.
Lot 170
A French gilt brass mantel clock in the Greek Revival taste. The movement by Samuel Marti et Cie, Paris, late 19th century. The eight-day two train bell striking movement with S. Marti et Cie, MEDAILLE DE BRONZE roundel and stamped 5277 to backplate, the dial cast as a shield with concentric geometric and laurel band convex centre within chapter ring applied with raised black Roman numerals, the case with seated cherub surmount to the elaborate double scroll surmount above lotus leaf moulded break-arch cornice and female terms flanking dial, the sides applied with stylised seated winged griffin supports, the break-fronted wide plinth base with geometric mouldings and inset with relief cast figural frieze panels and with stalks to the front angles, on block feet with central cartouche between and flanked by scroll pierced side supports, 41cm (16ins) high.
Lot 177
A fine French Empire gilt and patinated bronze portico mantel clock. N. Jennart, Brussels, early 19th century. The two train outside countwheel bell striking movement with silk suspension for the female mask sunburst bob pendulum, the convex white enamel Roman numeral dial signed N. Jennart, a Bruxelles to centre, with fine gilt hands and milled bezel, the gabled case with ball finials above gadroon moulded cornice and applied opposing trumpeting Fortuna figural mounts flanked by standing putti to the angles of the pediment, the front pilaster uprights applied with stylised pedestals surmounted with griffins supporting a baton passing beneath the dial and draped with a lambrequin apron flanked by squirrels, each side with pierced infill to the top of the pointed arch aperture, on inverted Gothic arch tracery decorated plinth base with female mask rosette applied angles and skirt base with turned feet, 42.5cm (16.75ins) high.
Lot 705
An interesting U boat souvenir desk paperweight, being the domed brass cover to the torpedo firing mechanism of U.144, marked “Zum Oelennur Schmierlocker benutzen Oel und Wasser in Patronenlager gibt Versager”, mounted on a brass base engraved “U. 144 Ford Torp Tubes”, GC; an Italian fascist brass disc, with toothed outer edge, the centre with fasces, star and “RoEto”, 5” diameter; a bronze disc with head of Mussolini and legend; a humorous WWI Belgian brass ash tray; and another item. Average GC
Lot 756
A cast Vic Infantry Mounted Rifles bit boss badge, copper studs; a Christian Chaplain’s embroidered cap badge c 1900, with details, bronze cap, pair collars and 2 buttons; 2 enamelled porcelain ovals A&S Highlanders and RAMC; a silver badge of an Arab state with inscription and device, HM JRG & S, B’ham 1946. GC to VGC
Lot 410
A French bronze and parcel gilt figural clock and barometer set, late 19th century, drum case mechanisms, silvered dials, the barometer signed - Mayler, upheld by kneeling Nubian figures supporting scrolled brackets, marble platforms, (one repaired), raised on lion paw feet, 26cms, (10"), (2)
Lot 255
A pair of bronze figural candlesticks, in 16/17th century style, probably 19th century, each cast as an armoured solder, on a domed circular base, each 20cm high, together with four similar cast bronze figures, comprising three male figures depicted in ecclesiastical robes and one female figure, each approximately 12cm high. Provenance: The White House, Marlborough.
Lot 261
A Dieppe sculpted ivory mounted desk thermometer, last quarter 19th century, modelled with the standing figure of a soldier in Mediaeval armour on a capital with moulded edging, the shaft below with thermometre to the front and fluted to the reverse, 23.5cm high; a gilt metal profile portrait of Arthur Wellesley, first Duke of Wellington, circa 1815, with sinister showing and the wording ‘FIELD MARSHALL MARQUIS WELLINGTON, EL DUQUE DE CIUDAD RODERIGO’, within a rectangular ebonised papier mache frame, 14.5cm high overall; a bronze portrait bust of Admiral Lord Nelson, early 20th century, 18.5cm high; an Austrian circular bone box containing four gilt metal tokens, late 19th century, 2.5cm diameter; a Berlin porcelain portrait miniature, late 19th century, within a carved softwood mount, 20cm high overall; a Victorian turned and part stained bone Barleycorn Pattern chess set, mid 19th century, the kings 9.7cm high; and other items
Lot 425
A pair of French patinated bronze models of gypsy dancers, cast after Jean-Jacques Feuchere, last quarter 19th century, both figures portrayed in traditional garb and on one leg, the male’s hands raised above him to hold a sash (now missing), the female holding a tambourine, the circular base inscribed ‘J. Feuchere Scpt’ and ‘Vittoz B...’, raised on octagonal marmo nero Belgio socles, 40.5 and 37cm high respectively
Lot 447
A patinated bronze model of an Oriental peasant, probably Continental, late 19th century, portrayed standing and dressed in traditional garb, a bundle of firewood tied to his back, the naturalistically cast base with kanxi three character signature, 39.5cm high. Note: The casting and patination qualities of the bronze, as well as the quantity of bronze used in the cast are not at all typical of Meiji bronzes, but more indicative of French casting. The signature is certainly Japanese though, suggesting that this bronze might be the work of an expatriot Japanese working in Europe.
Lot 499
A patinated bronze table lamp cast as a Louis Philippe candlestick, late 19th/ early 20th century, with foliate cast socket above the tapering, reeded stem, the acanthus clad and waisted socle above three acanthus cast monopodial legs with paw feet, on a triform base, 43cm high excluding electrical fitments; and a Victorian lacquered, mother-of-pearl inset and gilt bronze mounted table lamp, last quarter 19th century, adapted from an oil lamp, 30cm high excluding shade and fitments
Lot 502
A French bronze and marmo giallo mounted Bacchic group of three putti and a leopard, third quarter 19th century, one putto seated on the beast, the other two either side, the naturalistically cast oval base inscribed ‘DELARUE’ probably for Sebastian Delarue (1822-1870), the marble base wih beaded border, 35cm high, 28cm wide
Lot 567
A German patinated bronze and marble mounted model of a chimpanzee, early 20th century, cast after Hugo Wolfgang Rheinhold, the beast portrayed looking pensively at a human skull, seated on a stack of books, one inscribed ‘DARWIN’ to the spine, a pair of calipers held in his toes, the rectangular base inscribed ‘Rheinhold’, on a rectangular section variegated black and white marble base, 33.5cm high Please note: This is an electrotype model, not a cast bronze
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