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Lot 246
Flower Girl, after Aime Chesneau, for The Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union, Copeland, published 1874, the downward gazing beauty wearing diaphanous dress and holding a posy in her left hand, on a rocky base, impressed "Copeland M74, A Chesneau Sc Ceramic and Crystal Palace Art Union", 42.5cm high See illustration A similar figure is illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts, edited by Paul Atterbury, published by Richard Dennis, fig.536, pg.161. This figure is apparently also called French Flower Girl. Aime Chesneau: he exhibited at the Royal Academy and at the British Institution from 1863-1875. He was a specialist in bronze portrait busts, roundels and reliefs. He was born in Paris, and studied under Carrier-Belleuse, and Jules Salmson. See Copeland (Robert) Parian, Copeland's Statuary Porcelain, Antique Collectors Club, p.85, where this work is attributed to Amie Chesneau and goes by the name "First Bath of the Season" statuette.
Lot 251
Terriers Group, or "Chasse Au Lapin", after P J Mene, Copeland, circa 1870, with three dogs active, on a shaped oval base, impressed "Copeland", 33cm long, 16.5cm high See illustration A similar group is illustrated in The Parian Phenomenon, A Survey of Victorian Parian Porcelain Statuary & Busts, edited by Paul Atterbury, published by Richard Dennis, fig.579, pg.178. A wax model was shown at the Exposition Universelle 1855 and the bronze at the Salon 1872. This work was much reproduced in small bronze versions. Also made without the raised base, which this example shows.
Lot 335
A Chinese Bronze Tripod Censer, 18th or 19th century, with shallow domed and pierced cover with carved mineral fungus form finial, with S pierced upswept side handles, the main body cast with panels of dissolved taotie masks and lozenge diapers, each leg headed by a dragon mask and with pad foot, 23.5cm high, upon an associated lotus leaf form carved and pierced wood stand, 27.5cm high overall See illustration
Lot 818
Hungarian Red Deer (Cervus elaphus hippelaphus), antlers on frontlet, 12 points, CIC points 210, 192.34 Nadler points, length of antlers R105cm, L100cm From the collection of Erich Mökesch. Recorded in the list of the stags shot in Hungary in 1976 of gold, silver and bronze standards, and achieved gold medal (medal not included)
Lot 851
Chamois (Rupicapra rupricapra), shoulder mount, length of horns 28cm, on wood shield, with gold medal of the International Safari Club e.V (Yugoslavia); also with medal of the Lowveld Hunters and Game Conservation Association 2001 (Best in Class); and Nine Chamois Horns, on frontlets, comprising three examples (Balkans) with ISC bronze medals and six Austrian chamois, range of length of horns 18cm-24cm See illustration
Lot 872
The Game Book of Brigadier-General Henry Robert Kelham C.B. (1853-1931), 19.5cm by 34.5cm, the leather cover embossed "Game Book, Morocco, Spain, Sicily, Malta & Gozo, Malay Peninsular, Singapore, China, Scotland, Baltistan, Egypt, India, Kashmir, Astor", and with inked names "Tripoli, South Africa, and Crete", the spine embossed "HRK The Highland Light Infantry", and with brass clasp, and containing a diary record of hunting expeditions illustrated with over fifty-five photographs and thirty-two watercolours by the author, and a hand-drawn folding map "Rough Sketch on the Ghiri", together with related newspaper cuttings, printed photographs and ephemera, the titled watercolours include "Stalking the Great Bustard 1883 (the Mesa Casas Viejas, Dec 72)", "My Favourite Camp, Chumrerar 1887 N.W. Himalayas (the scene of many a happy day)" and photograph titles including "A days shooting along the Orange River", "Gunga Singh-My bearer", portraits of the author's hunting dogs and game trophies various See illustrations Historical footnote pasted into the inside cover. It is a piece of writing paper with letterhead "Heigholme Hall, Leven, Hull, North Humberside, which states the following: "Brigadier-General Henry Robert Kelham C.B., 1853-1931, son of Henry Robert Kelham R.N. entered 74th Highlanders 1873, Captain Highland L.I. 1882, Major 1890, Lieut-Colonel 1899, B.Colonel 1906 (retired 1910), & Hon Brig-General 1912, served with Egyptian Expedition 1882, present at the Battle of Tel-el-Kebir/Medal with clasp, bronze star. In Crete 1898, in S.Africa 1899-1902, in command of this Regiment, present at the Battle of Hodder River (or Modder?), Battle of Magersfontein, at Relief of Kimberley (twice wounded, despatches twice, medals with clasp and C.B.), was Brig-General County Lowland Grouped Regt. .... Scottish (and 1906-08, and Lowland Territorial Div 1908-10), appointed Brig-General 1914;-in 1903 Doris Lilian, daughter of Edmund Tattersall of Coleherne Court, S. Kensington & Fremington House, Barnstaple, N.Devon" and is signed indistinctly and dated 8 Oct 1977. Henry Robert Kelham died at Instow while out shooting on the marshes with his wife, in 1931, and his obituary appeared in The Times on October 7th of that year. An extensive summary of the life and ancestry of Henry Robert Kelham is available for inspection (but not for sale, and it is copyright) during the viewing.
Lot 984
East African Bush Duiker (Sylvicapra grimmia), shoulder mount, length of horns 12cm, silver medal of International Safari Club, eligible for entry in Rowland Ward Record Book; Klipspringer (Oreotragus oreotragus), shoulder mount, length of horns 9cm, with bronze medal of International Safari Club; Oribi (Ourebia ourebi), shoulder mount, length of horns 14cm, with Rowland Ward certificate and ISC medal (3) See illustration
Lot 1343
A French Bronze Bacchanalian Group, 19th century, as the drunken Silenus holding grapes and a wine cup, being supported in his sorry state by a faun, both astride the back of a recumbent ass, 11cm high, raised upon a yellow veined marble rectangular thick plinth, 19cm wide overall See illustration
Lot 1344
After Clodion: A Pair of Bronze Figures of Bacchante, circa 1850-70, one stands holding a jug and basin, an eagle at her feet, the other holding a bunch of grapes and a bowl, in flowing and revealing togas, each bearing the name "Clodion", on black marble concave sided circular plinths, 51.5cm high
Lot 1345
After Canova: A Bronze Group from the Labours of Hercules, 19th century, possibly Hercules hurling Lichas into the sea, Hercules, his body half turned in preparation for a last effort to find Lichas into the sea, who hangs upside down, his leg held in Hercules' powerful grip, inscribed "Canova", 41.5cm high See illustration
Lot 1346
Albert Carrier-Belleuse: A Chryselaphantine Gilt Bronze Figure of a Woman in Medieval Costume, circa 1870, standing full length in fleur de lys embellished robes, wearing an ornate head dress and gazing pensively downwards to dexter, taking thread from her distaff, upon a slim circular base, inscribed "A.Carrier-Belleuse", on a red and yellow veined marble shallow capstan plinth, 35.8cm high See illustration
Lot 1352
A Pair of French Bronze, Ormolu and Marble Seated Goat Table Candlesticks, 19th century, the sconces modelled as baskets brimming with fruits, upon the horns of seated long haired goats, raised on white marble capstan bases with semi-gadrooned and repeat leaf tip edge bands, 28cm high See illustration
Lot 1357
A Gilt Bronze, Gilt Brass and Marble Standard Lamp, F Barbedienne, circa 1910, the reeded stem supporting three C scroll candle branches, with a central reeded stem (now supporting a shade), issuing from a classical vase base cast with the seven vestal virgins, horned feline mask shoulder handles, on (part painted) fluted rosso antico square base on outscroll paw feet, 134.5cm high (the shade support a further 25cm)
Lot 1359
A Bronze and Blue John Pedestal Cup, the semi-ovoid cup with moulded and slightly everted rim, attractive deep purple banded inclusions, on a (probably associated) triple dolphin entwined tail stem, capstan base, upon a yellow marble rectangular plinth, 15.7cm high overall; and Two Small Blue John Bowls, shallow circular, 6cm and 5cm diameter respectively (3)
Lot 1402
A Collection of Approximately Two Hundred Medieval and Later Artefacts, including an extensive collection of horse pendants, the majority with reasonably detailed data, including Limoges figural mount from a crucifix (found in Oxfordshire), a pewter boatswain's whistle (found in the Thames, circa 16th century), a copper alloy shield shaped pendant with red and black enamel (apparently a marriage between Richard Leybourne and a lady of the Dernford family), a gilded and enamelled Medieval religious pendant (15th/16th century), and a copper alloy stud with red enamel and some silvering (attributed to Sir William Aton, 2nd Baron, Parliamentary role), and diverse other artefacts including 15th century bronze bracelet, a silver metal dress pin with acorn finial (circa 15th century), and a lead seal bearing the arms of England and France quartered (after 1341); the whole collection contained in carrying cases with trays or drawers See illustration
Lot 292
* An Art Nouveau bronze figure of a lightly draped maiden, perhaps emblematic of Dawn, her hair with a semi sunburst diadem and holding forth a flaming torch, unsigned, on a marble plinth, 34cm high (the forward wrist cracked) Sold on behalf of The Metropolitan Police (101DC08037) and subject to VAT on the hammer price
Lot 294
Franz Bergman (1898-1963), a cold painted bronze mechanical figure of an erotic female dancer, circa 1910, her hinged skirt opening to reveal her nudity, standing on a rug with one leg outstretched, on a circular marble base, impressed Bergman seal mark and stamped Nam Greb to reverse of dress, 14cm high
Lot 1
Philip Hearsey, FRSA, 'Dutch Vessel III', bronze, unique in a series of variations, 32cm x 25cm x 12cm high. Exhibited: Internationally and held in private corporate collections in the UK, USA, Hong Kong, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy and Greece. After practicing for more than thirty years as an architectural and interior designer, Philip Hearsey devotes his time to making small-scale sculptural vessel forms in solid bronze.He lives and works on the edge of the Black Mountains on the Herefordshire / Welsh border
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