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Click here to subscribeGermany, Aemilia, Margravine of Brandenburg (1516-1591), uniface lead medal, 1540, attributed to Christof Weiditz, bust left in embroidered dress and hat, inscribed got vor.magk alle dinck (“God is before all things”) 1540, 35mm (Habich 1877; Trusted 185; Kress 602), a very fine contemporary cast set in lead frame with loop for suspension
Germany, Ludwig V of Pfalz (1478-1544), lead alloy medal, after Hans Schwarz, dated 1526, bust left in hat; incised date behind, rev., heraldic arms, 45.7mm (Habich 200; Stemper 3; cf. Kastenholz 86 and p. 218), very fine early cast with some oxidation. Ex Hermann Vogel (1841-1917) collection and Sotheby’s, 27 May 1999, lot 444. The obverse is taken from an undated medal by Hans Schwarz of around 1520.
A Stunning and Superb Mid Victorian Carved Ivory and Gold Brooch, The Central Carved Ivory Bust of a Young Woman within a Very Well Made and Ornate Gold Oval Shaped Frame. c.1872, with Original Period Box, 3 Inches High & 2.25 Inches wide. Pristine Condition, Boxed - Used. Inscription to Back Gold Plate - Date 1872.
*Coat. A long Paisley coat, 20th century, hand-made machine-sewn unstructured coat utilising earlier black and grey Paisley shawl, bodice and long sleeves lined with terracotta and black silk paisley fabric, mandarin collar, four matching covered buttons, length 122cm (48ins), side slits 61cm (24ins), bust 112cm (44ins), sleeve length 61cm (24ins) Nicely made and in very good, wearable, condition. (1)
*Dress. A printed day dress, circa 1830s, hand-sewn high-waisted apron-fronted cotton dress, with small floral pattern in pink, blue, and brown, on a white ground, bodice and sleeves lined with linen, bodice with gathered detail and front closure with four mother-of-pearl buttons, tie on back of bodice in self-fabric, wide sleeves with gathered buttoned frilled cuffs, some light soiling, small holes, and tears, length 133cm (52.5ins), bust 82cm (32ins), waist 68cm (27ins), sleeve length 72cm (28.25ins), together with another hand-sewn high-waisted printed day dress, circa 1830s, with floral pattern in pink, blue, green, and brown, on a cream ground, lined gathered bodice, rear metal hook and eye closure, upper sleeves gathered with double row of pleats, narrow cuffs with hook and eye closure, occasional light soiling, somewhat worn and a number of old repairs, length 128cm (50.5ins), bust 79cm (31ins), waist 70cm (27.5ins), sleeve length 63.5cm (25ins), plus another hand-sewn high-waisted printed cotton day dress of a similar age, somewhat worn and faded (3)
*Dress. A goldwork Regency dress, circa 1805-1810, hand-sewn silver-strip embroidered high-waisted muslin dress with train, elaborately worked overall with small buds, lined puff sleeves with deep edging bands worked with pulled and drawn threadwork strawberries, matching train with strawberry motif repeated on waist, and with grape vine border, some discolouration and wear (and some period darns), dress length 142cm (56ins), bust 71cm (28ins), waist 56cm (22ins), sleeve length 26.5cm (10.5ins), train length 122cm (48ins) A beautiful dress, typical in style of the period; its delicate nature, and the fact that it was obviously loved and worn, makes its survival all the more remarkable. (2)
*Dress. A silk brocade gown, circa 1840s, hand-sewn dress of silk brocade (probably earlier Spitalfields), with woven flower sprays in shades of green, yellow, and brown, on a ground of wide pink and cream stripes, fitted bodice with light boning, close-gathered piped v-shaped waist, short sleeves with pleated fringed trim, occasional minor stains, including light underarm discolouration, some small holes and edge-fraying, metal hook and eyelet closures on back, lined in cotton, length 138cm (54.5ins), bust 66cm (26ins), waist 46cm (18ins), sleeve length 16.5cm (6.5ins), together with another silk brocade gown similar, worn, with period darns, plus a Regency green silk gown, with wide net and silk hem border, worn (3)
*Dress. A Regency mourning dress, circa 1810, hand-sewn high-waisted black muslin dress, with woven vine leaf pattern, bodice with central buttoned loop and ruffles to neckline, metal hook closures on back, lined leg o'mutton sleeves, neckline and sleeves edged with black silk ribbon, some small holes and marks, length 140cm (55ins), bust 72cm (28ins), waist 66cm (26ins), sleeve length 71cm (28ins) (1)
*Dress. A Regency fine silk under dress, circa 1810, hand-sewn high-waisted cream silk dress, with draw-string neck and gathered puff sleeves, lining in sleeves continued as tabs at the back, adjustable silk waist tie, one or two tiny holes/old darns, but overall in very good condition, length 137cm (54ins), sleeve length 19cm (7.5ins), together with a hand-sewn white cotton lawn dress, circa 1820s, narrow pintucks on front and back of bodice, middle portion of skirt, and tops of sleeves, bodice closed at back with seven mother-of-pearl buttons and loops, double Peter Pan collar, folded double cuffs, each with three covered buttons and loops, length 123cm (48.5ins), bust 82cm (32ins), waist 68cm (27ins), sleeve length 52cm (20.5ins), plus a hand-sewn leaf-patterned white muslin shift, bodice with embroidered net insert, early 19th century, and a white cotton lawn petticoat of a similar age, both with occasional small holes/period darns (4)
*French costume. A French peasant dress, Provence, circa 1810-1820, hand-sewn green cotton dress printed with small floral pattern in red, blue, yellow, and white, with two other similar fabrics used at yoke and front of skirt (intended to be covered by an apron), high-waisted, and with small leg o' mutton sleeves tightened by four rows of smocking on the shoulders, neck and cuffs fastened with pearl buttons (two replaced), bodice lined with flannel, extending to laced corset, sleeves lined (one in plain blue fabric, the other in blue gingham), overall length 143cm (56.25ins), bust 86cm (34ins), waist 70cm (27.5ins), sleeve length 65cm (25ins) Rare peasant dress; it is very unusual to find work clothes of this date in such a good state of preservation. 'Les indiennes' fabrics such as this dress is made from were at the height of their popularity at the beginning of the 19th century. These bright prints first arrived in France from India in the early 17th century. Both the import and production of such fabrics was banned in 1686, to protect French silk, linen, and wool manufacturing. When the ban was lifted in 1759 manufacturers became established all over Provence. (1)
*Jacket. A silk brocade skirted jacket, English, mid 18th century, short fitted hand-sewn jacket of silk brocade (possibly Spitalfields), floral pattern in shades of pink, yellow, and green on a blue ground, edged with green looped trim (slightly worn and pulled in places), three-quarter length sleeves terminating in wide ruffles, waist with short ruffled skirt, v-shaped at back, lined with linen, inner tabs with eyelets for lace fastening, outer metal hook and eye fastener, some overall light soiling (including underarm discolouration), length 47cm (18.5ins), bust 86cm (34ins), waist 66cm (26ins), sleeve length 47cm (18.5ins) A rare survival. (1)
*Pelisse. A silk pelisse, 1820s, hand-sewn high-waisted green changeable silk coat, lined shaped bodice and long sleeves, three metal barrel clasps at front, wide scalloped collar with five points, skirt gathered at back, collar and cuffs in a darker green changeable silk, braid on back of bodice and cuffs, cuffs each with six embroidered decorative buttons, some minor mottling and small holes, length 130cm (51ins), bust 80cm (31ins), waist 64cm (25ins), sleeve length 63.4cm (25ins) (1)
*Rouse (George, 18th century). Portrait of General George Washington, 1796, relief profile portrait in wax, with incised signature to shoulder 'G. Rouse Sclp', and incised below 'Gen. George Washington 1796', cracked to right hand side, but without loss, 28.5 x 22 cm (11.2 x 8.7 ins), period maplewood box frame, glazed Provenance: Private Collection, Oxfordshire. Fine and rare portrait of the American general and politician George Washington (1732-1799), first President of the United States from 1789 to 1797, showing him in profile to the right, wearing a military coat with frills at the neck and his hair tied at the back with a ribbon. This work exists in apparently identical versions, dated either 1796 or 1797. Only a handful of this portrait have appeared at auction in recent years; the last occasion that the 1796 portrait was sold, according to our research, was at Heritage Auctions, February 2007. Little is known of the sculptor, although,according to a letter from the Victoria & Albert Museum, dated 24th November 1932, a wax bust of a lawyer or cleric in a private London collection, dating from the end of the 18th century, signed by him, bears the address Cheyne Walk, Chelsea (from a letter supplied by the present owner). (1)
A Berlin-work iron cuff bracelet circa 1815, composed of six finely cast pierced plaques with alternating oval medallions of the busts of Greek philosophers set on lyres and entwined entirely in ivy, to a full width clasp overset with an oval polished steel plaque with a portrait bust of a contemporary man framed by a pierced wreath of vine leaves and grapes, length 17.5cm Other Notes: Berlin-work cast iron jewellery was developed at the end of the 18th century in Prussia, but was soon taken up by the Royal Berlin Foundry and excelled in popularity during the Napoleonic wars (1813-15) - when the German people were exhorted to exchange their gold jewellery for fine cast ironwork in order to fund the military campaign, It was sometimes marked 'Gold gab ich für eisen' ('I gave gold for iron') and was worn with pride. It gained favour throughout Europe, changing a little stylistically from neo-classical to naturalistic and finally to Gothic revival, continuing to be worn as mourning jewellery until the middle of the 19th century.
A Victorian memorial brooch and a cameo brooch, the first with an undulating outline of a scrolling and bright cut frame around a black enamel ground on which is overlaid a diamond and seed pearl set flower with sinuous stems and leaves, verso with a glazed panel containing curled hairwork with gold thread and seed pearls, and engraved 'In memory of Mrs Eliz'th Matthews, died 2nd April 1867, aged 74 yrs', length 4.7cm; the shell cameo depicting the bust of a young woman in profile, her hair curled and dressed with flowers and a diadem, and adorned with necklace and earring, scallop collet set with twisted wire and otherwise plain mount, length 4.0cm; both in unmarked yellow precious metal, both testing as 14-15ct gold (2)
A shell cameo brooch depicting the bust of a classical warrior, the young man - or youthful god, Mars - wearing a plumed and visored helmet with his long hair curling below, a fringed cuirass, cloak over one shoulder and patterned shield in his right hand, the cameo collet mounted to a ropetwist edge, length 4.1cm
§ Vanessa Bell (British, 1879-1961) Still life with tulips and roses in a vase and a bust of a child by a curtain signed lower right "Vanessa Bell 1957" oil on canvas 50 x 37cm (20 x 14in) Provenance: The Adams Gallery, 54 Davies Street, Berkeley Square, London, W1 Private collection, London Condition appears fine.
After Hippolyte Paul Delaroche (French, 1797-1856) A bust portrait of Napoleon I in three-quarter profile, wearing the uniform of Colonel of the Grenadiers of the Guard, bearing the Legion of Honour and the Iron Crown signed lower right "Léry" watercolour on porcelain plaque, circular; in a square wood frame 4½ x 4½cm (2 x 2in) Other Notes: The present miniature portrait of Napoleon appears to be based on the Emperor's portrait by Hippolyte Paul Delaroche, 'Portrait of Emperor Napoleon the First in his Office', currently in the collection of Pierre-Jean Chalençon. Unlike Delaroche's original, the miniature depicts the sitter in a landscape setting. Indistinctly inscribed on vellum to verso. A scuff on the left, between the sitter's head and the margin.
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Nicholson (Peter). The Principles of Architecture..., volumes 1-3, 1796-1798, numerous black and white illustrations including folding plates, some light toning and spotting, volume 2 front board detached, volume 3 lacking rear board and front board detached, spines and boards rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, together with Caesar (Julius), C. Julii Caesaris Et Aliorum De Bellis Gallico Civili Pompeiano..., Juxta Editionem..., 1780, Oxonii, 3 black and white folding maps, bookplate to front endpaper, some light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, boards and spine rubbed with some minor loss, 8vo, plus Addison (Joseph), The Works of Anacreon, Translated into English Verse..., printed for John Watts, 1735, black and white engraved portrait frontispiece, plus engraved bust of Sappho to M4, some light spotting, contemporary gilt-decorated full calf, spine and borads rubbed, 8vo, plus other 18th and 19th-century literature and reference, including The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, by Edward Gibbon, volumes 1-12, new edition, 1818, Plutarch's Lives, volumes 1-8, Dublin, 1730, 8vo, all leather bindings, condition is generally good/very good, 8vo/folio (59 volumes) (3 shelves)
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