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Lot 584
"A bun shaped glass dressing table container with silver lid, a silver dressing table mirror with engine turned decoration, a matching clothes brush, a modern silver photograph frame, various dates and makers ""Amendment: this lot no longer contains the bulldog mascot, chatelaine or Art Nouveau hand mirror "
Lot 165
A George V silver card case Cohen & Charles, Birmingham 1923, of curved oblong form with gilt interior, together with a pair of modern silver stem vases, an Argentinian Sterling silver playing card stand, a George V Dunlop `hole-in-one` miniature trophy, a George V silver mounted brush and a Thia silver miniature tray. (7)
Lot 35
Pittway Bros., a crocodile Gladstone type travelling case with silver mounted fittings, the fittings by Norman Marshall, London 1901 and 1902, the double-ended medicine spoon by Holland, Aldwinckle & Slater, London 1902, the ten jar and bottle covers and the shaving brush each engraved with a monogram ‘GP’ (another from another case), ivory mounted accessories including two steel boot pulls and various brushes, a manicure set in a leather folder, a stationery folder, a portable mirror and a leather cigar case, gilt stamped ‘Pittway Bros, London, EC1’, the exterior stamped ‘G. B. P.’, 47cm (18 ?in) long. Volume I of The Directory of Gold & Silversmiths (Woodbridge, 1987), p. 368 mentions William Tween and Frederick Purnell under the entry for Pittway Brothers. They are recorded as having bought the firm, listed in London directories as being a manufacturer of desks and dressing cases, circa 1861.
Lot 1079
SIGNED BOOKS: Selection of signed hardback (13) and paperback (6) books by various famous individuals including The Americans-Fifty Talks on our Life and Times by Alistair Cooke, Merman-An Autobiography by Ethel Merman, Doctor at Large by Richard Gordon, The Last Precinct by Patricia Cornwell, The Triumph of Katie Byrne by Barbara Taylor Bradford, Rhode Island Blues by Fay Weldon, A Brush with Steam by David Shepherd, Double Take by Eleanor Bron, The Sett by Ranulph Fiennes, Dors by Diana Dors etc. Unsigned (2). Most of the hardback editions are accompanied by the dust jackets. G to generally VG, 19
Lot 383
6 interesting items. A German tin-plate hinged case for a pocket watch with a clear front, the back embossed with Iron Cross within a wreath, `1914` and scroll `In Treue Fest`. With a small applied Zeppelin to top. Diameter 5cm. A travellers folding hair brush fitted within a grey painted tin, the lid is embossed with an airship and open touring car, C.1910. Action AF. 10cm x 6cm. A tin for `Mico` crayons with a view of an ocean liner, an airship and a speed boat on the lid, 8cm x 5cm. A folding double mirror in leatherette case with applied Zeppelin to cover. Mirrors worn. 2 display cards of hooks and eyes by `BATO` each with a small panel featuring a Zeppelin. Some eyes missing. GC
Lot 453
A travelling toilette kit in a small leather case. Comprising 6 glass containers with red and silver metal lids in Art-Deco style, together with a similar hair brush and a mirror. Plus an additional retaining strap. The lid of the case is decorated with a roundel with an image of the Hindenburg and a passenger aircraft. It bears the inscription `Airship Hindenburg Exclusive Connecting Services American Airlines Inc`. The case is complete with its outer protective canvas cover. Case GC some wear to finish, illustrated on Plate 26.
Lot 1022
HRH Princess Louise (1848-1939) (daughter of Queen Victoria) Sketch book containing 74 water-colours, sketches and pencil drawings The sketch book starts with a preface as follows;"In nature`s presence many a wretchProclaimed aloud his feelings gush;When silent I with hasty sketchWould paint her language with my brush:Thus something of the joy she gaveFor other days I tried to save;And make the scenes I gathered hereIf not to art to memory dear."It contains sketches made by the Princess as she and her new husband. the Marquis of Lorne (later Duke of Argyll) set off on their honeymoon to Italy. They left on 2nd April 1871 by train and the earliest sketch is dated 14th April. By following the dates one can obtain the detail of her itinerary through Italy. The first sketches are of Wurzberg which is close to where her sister Princess Alice who was married to Prince Louis of Hesse lived at Darmstadt. They are known to have met only briefly on that occasion. After the Honeymoon sketches, there are later sketches many in the Scottish highlands, the latest inscribed date being 1877. The detailed contents of the album mostly inscribed and with approximate sizes are as follows; 1 and 2.Two landscape drawings of Wurzburg one inscr. Apr 1871,4.5" X 7.5" 3. Water-colour sketch dated 14th April 1871 Botzein?, Alpine landscape, 4.5" x 7.5"4. Pen and ink gentleman in local dress inscr.. Verona April 15, 6.5" x 4.5"5. Pencil landscape S. Antonio, Padua, 7.5" x 4.5"6. Pencil drawing a lady in local dress Bologna April 17, 7.5" x 4.5"7. Pencil drawing Pontevecchio Florence 1871, 7.5" x 4.5"8.W/c Pisa 9.25" x 5.75"9. W/c Lake of Como looking towards Lecco, 5.75" x 9.25"10. W/c Lake Como, 5.75" x 9.25"11 and 12. Pencil "Como" and w/c "View from Cadenabbia" both 4.5" x 7.25"13. W/c Como, 7" x 10"14. Pencil, view from Villa Melzi of Bellagio, Como, 4.75 x 11"15. W/c, view of Lake from Villa Julia, 5" x 7"16. W/c,, Villa belonging to Victor Emmanuel and Villa belonging to Grand Duchess Maria of Russia from ? formerly residence of Lorenzo de Medici, Frisoli Florence 1871, 7" x 10"17. W/c, View of Carrara Mountain from Spezzia, May 1871, 7" x 10"18. Ink and wash, peasant with firewood, near Spezzia 1871, 7.5" x 4.5"19 W/c, View of \Phoenix Park from Vice-regal Lodge. Aug 6th 1871, (this was during a six day visit to Ireland with the Prince of Wales), 5.75" x 9.25"20. Pencil landscape Mentone, 6" x 9", (This w/c is out of sequence because they did not go to Mentone until after Christmas 1871, see below.)21. Pencil landscape, Inverary, Homecoming 1871, this was the occasion of the first visit and accompanying festivities held to celebrate the return of the Duke of Argyll`s heir and his new bride. It shows the harbour and assembled boats, 4.75" x 7"22. Pencil landscape, Place Vendome, Paris, Dec31st 1871, 4.5" x 7"23. W/c, Mentone, Jan 1872, Coastal landscape,4.5" x 9.25"24. Pencil, peasant woman (pres. at Mentone),9" x 5.75"25. Pencil, Olive (tree) Mentone 1872, 9.25" x 5.75"26. W/c, Cannes from Villa Poralto, Feb 1872, 4.5" x 7.25"27. Pencil landscape, Roquebrum (nr. Mentone) Feb 17 1872, 4.75" x 7"28. W/c, landscape, Tunbridge Wells,July 1872, 4.75" x 7"29 and 30. W/cs, Galen, Mull 24th August and Gribbin Headland, Loch na Kiel Mull, both 3.5" x 6.75" The Summer of 1872 was spent in Scotland31 and 32. W/cs, Iona with Ross of Mull in the distance and Benmore from Bunessan, Mull, both 3.5" x 6.75"33. W/c landscape Loch Boa, Mull, Aug 23 1872, 4.75" x 10"34. Loch Boa and Glenmore, Mull, Aug 24 1872, 4.75" x 10"35. W/c Boig Headland, Mull from Bunessan. Aug 26 1872, 4.75" x 9.75"36. and 37. W/cs Macarioch House (Mull) 1872, 4.75" x 9" and 3" x 7"38. W/c Argyll`s Bowling Green Gareloch, from Rosemeath, 4.5" x 9.75"39. W/c Balmoral, 4.5" x 9.75" 40. W/c View from the Drawing Room window Balmoral, Oct 25 `73 4.75" x 10"41. W/c Powderham Devon, 4.75" x 10"42 W/c, Old Kinloss? Hills and Strone Point, Inverary from Castle, 5.75" x 8.75"43. W/c, Portrait inscr. "Libby". Lady Elisabeth Campbell her husband`s sister and chief bridesmaid at their wedding (She later became Lady Elisabeth Clough Taylor). 7" x 5"44. W/c Cruachan from ?? Sep 13 1874, 7.25 x 9"45. W/c Rock fish, Tobermory, Sept 12 1874, 5" x 9.75"46 and 47, W/c coastal landscapes from a boat (no inscription) both 9" x 5.75"48, 49 and 50, W/c highland landscapes (not inscribed) 6" x 9.5", 6.75" x 9.5" and 7.5" x 10"51 and 52, W/cs beached fishing boat and coastal landscape inscribed from Oban `75, both 4.25" x 6.5"53 and 54, pen and ink ghillie in a kilt pushing out a rowing boat inscr.. Mull Cottage `75 and pencil, crewman in oilskins, inscr. Yacht Columba, `75 4.25" x 6.25" and 6.25" x 4.25"55 Pencil, Aschach `76 Sept 14, view over rooftops, 4.25" x 6.25"56. W/c Continental street scene, 7" x 9.25"57. Ink, full length portrait of a lady, inscr. Marienbad 1877, 6.75" x 4.25"58. Pencil, trees, Marienbad 14th to 21st Aug. `77 (It is known from a letter in the Royal Archive from Princess Louise`s sister the Crown Princess of Prussia dated Aug 16th 1877 that Princess Louise was in Marienbad at that time. This was one of many visits to the Spa seeking a cure because she had failed to conceive.) 6.5" x 4.25"59 W/c landscape, 6.75" x 9.5"60. W/c, A castle, 9.5" x 6.75"61 and 62, pen and ink, a collie and a fir tree, 2.75" x 5" and 7.5" x 5"63 and 64, W/c of a house, 4.25" x 6.5"and pencil drawing of a dog inscr. Dombie `76, 4.25" x 6.5"65 and 66. Two W/cs of an iceberg and a coastal landscape with a lighthouse, both 4" x 7.5" and 3.75" x 7.5". These watercolours will have been painted when her husband was Governor General of Canada 1878-83.67. W/c Continental bridge, 7.25" x 4.25"68. Pen and ink, Two peasant women, 7.25" x 3.25"69. W/c Highland coastal landscape,3.75" x 7.5"70 and 71 W/cs two landscapes, both 4" x 7.25"72 and 73. W/cs two landscapes, both 7.5" x 4"74 W/c Continental townscape with bridge, 4.25" x 7.5" ProvENANCE; Authenticated as one of Princess Louise`s sketchbooks the album is sold with a letter dated 20th May 1988 from the Royal Library at Windsor. It may well have been purchased at auction from the Christies sale of the contents of Bagsot Park in 1942 following the death of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, a son of Queen Victoria and therefore brother of Princess Louise. It has bee
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