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Click here to subscribeA pair of Restauration patinated and gilt bronze twin light wall appliques circa 1830 the sockets held in the outstretched hands of winged cherubs each rising from a lobed cornucopia the backplates each with an anthemion above and below a circular foliate cast boss 25cm high 18.5cm wide 16.5cm protrusion (possibly adapted)
A Pair of amethyst stone & silver mounted cufflink's, cased;A triple strand paste pearl necklace; A 9ct yard-o-lead propelling pencil in case; A rolled gold propelling pencil; two further silver propelling pencils; two Netherlands '40 Jarr' 1945-1985 commemorative coins; also a 'Royal Military Academy- athletic sports- first prize bronze medal', awarded to 'C.D.King' for the 100 yards in 1878, with original retailers fitted case from 'Wyon of London'.(8)
*A Persian bronze shallow dish, of 13th century design. Circular shape, with engraved central geometric roundel and further decoration, 20cm diam. Also a Persian bronze, shallow circular dish,of 13th century design, with central engraved roundel depicting a bird, with heavy verdi gris patination, 16cm diam. (2)
*A Large bronze Koro by Shokaken, early Meiji period. Of twin handled archaistic shape on five out-swept legs, missing the cover. Finely cast with roundel's of flowers and mythical creatures, within bands of geometric motifs. Signed Dai Nippon, Tokyo, Kandagawa Hen-Ju, Shokaken chu kore. 44.5cm high. (af)
A late 19th century / early 20th century bronze figurine of a nude woman with castanets, her left arm raised above her head, right arm at her side, eyes closed, standing on tiptoe, the base studded with bronze circular details, unmarked, on circular turned marble base, circa 1900, 37cm high, good brown patination.
ROBERT SUMMERS (American b. 1940)End of the Day 1970Oil on masonite20in. x 30in.Signed and dated lower rightA contemporary Texas artist Robert Summers is known for his representational sculptures and paintings of genre and landscape scenes. He has been commissioned for many public art projects including the world's largest bronze sculpture group for Pioneer Plaza at the Dallas Convention Center which depicts a historic cattle drive with forty longhorns and three cowboys on horseback. In 1976 he was named official Texas Bicentennial Artist. Depicting a couple of cowboys in a vast Texas canyon End of the Day is a superb example of Summers' realistic painting style.Provenance: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Smith Houston TXDavid Dike Dallas TXacquired from the above by the present owner
ANCIENT COINS, Greek, Egypt, Ptolemy III Euergetes I, Bronze 44mm, Alexandria, head of Zeus Ammon right, with diadem and floral ornament, rev SOS, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae on left field, monogram between legs, 32.93g, 12h (SNG Cop 173; Svoronos 964). About extremely fine or better.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Zanzibar, Chake Chake District, large Bronze Medal, believed issued to probably to district Chiefs, arabic legends both sides and in English, ZANZIBAR GOVERNMENT / CHAKE CHAKE DISTRICT, 57mm, pierced for suspension, fine and rare; and an openwork Silver “Long Service” badge, “Kenya Colony”, 36mm, brooch fitting, very fine. (2) Chake Chake is located at the centre of the western side of Pemba Island and is the administrative headquarters of the district. It is the unofficial capital of Pemba with most government departments having their head offices in this town.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, TURKEY, the Ottoman Empire and the wars against them, 1927, Egypt/Italy, Fuad (1868-1917-1936), Bronze Medal, by Aurelio Mistruzzi (1880-1960), bust right wearing uniform and fez, rev naked River Godesses of the Nile and Tiber with, behind Sphynx, pyramids and Colosseum, 72mm. Nearly very fine.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, TURKEY, the Ottoman Empire and the wars against them, 1958, The Completion of the Restoration of the Rumeli Hisari Castle, Bronze Medal, bust of Mehmed II, The Conquerer (1430-1451-1481), to right, rev panorama of hillside castle, 78mm. Extremely fine. The great fortress of Rumeli Hisar was built by Mehmet II in 1452, to face the earlier Anadolu Hirasi across the Bosphorus. The obverse taken from Bertoldi di Giovanni’s medal, though the image reversed.
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Music–related, Lucienne Bréval (1869-1935) - [Berthe Agnes Liserte Schilling], French (Swiss born) soprano and opera singer, uniface Bronze Portrait Plaquette, 1911, by E Blin, bust right, in loose gown and veil, rectangular with arched top, 77mm x 56mm. Softly sculpted, very fine. Lucienne Bréval is remembered for her role as Brunhilde in Wagner’s “Walkyrie” in Paris in 1893, and for singing at the Metropolitan Opera (1900-1902)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Music–related, Gustav Mahler (1860-1911), Bohemian/Austrian composer and conductor, large Bronze Memorial Medal, 1911, by BE, head left, rev Lucifer burning in flames, 125mm. Very fine. Mahler completed symphonies as well as the song cycles “Songs of a Wayfarer” and “Songs on the Death of Children”
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Music–related, Felix Mottl (1856-1911), Austrian [Viennese] conductor, aged 33, Bronze Portrait Plaque, 1889, by Anton Scharff, bust right, emblems of music around, 137mm x 116mm. Manufactured as an electrotype, very fine and rare. Mottl, best known for conducting the operas of Wagner
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