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Lot 327
**A FINE FRENCH GOLD-MOUNTED KNIFE, PARIS GOLD MARKS FOR 1819 with polished steel blade formed with a clipped-back point, signed 'Quelle fecit' in gold script on one face within a gold scrollwork frame and with the Greek inscription 'ôù ôùõ ôå÷õùõ þñïóôáô' (to the most......of arts) on the back-edge, gold ferrule chased with vine fruit and foliage and extending over the forte, mother-of-pearl grip carved with neo-classical ornament and inlaid with chased gold panels, and gold pommel chased with a classical bust enclosed by a laurel wreath: in its padded leather case lined with white silk and plum velvet (areas of staining), the outside encased in tooled leather decorated with scrolls, foliage and cornucopia enriched with gold and polychrome leather panels 13.4 cm; 5 3/8 in blade Pierre François Quelle is recorded as cutler and fourbisseur for game accessories at 151 rue Saint Martin, Paris in 1808.
Lot 330
A GERMAN PELLET CROSSBOW (SCHNEPPER), MID-17TH CENTURY AND LATER with slender steel bow, fitted with fixed fore-sight and string of twisted cords (later), integral tiller and gaffle, the latter with folding back-sight, carved wooden butt profusely inlaid with scrolls and pellets enclosing a portrait bust of an elector on the left and with the stylised electoral arms of the Duchy of Warsaw on the right, and a further rondel decorated en suite beneath (small repairs) 79.5 cm; 31 3/8 in tiller
Lot 379
**A PAIR OF 22 BORE BOHEMIAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY JOHANN PETER, CIRCA 1730 with swamped barrels formed with long sighting flats, brass fore-sights, stamped with brass-lined fleur-de-lys stamp and three smaller stamps, tangs incorporating the back-sights, bevelled locks chiselled with scrolls, decorated with eagles on the tails and signed in an oval held by a lion beneath the locks all against a punched ground (one steel, one top jaw and screw, and one cock-retaining screw replaced, combs of both cocks damaged), carved moulded figured walnut full stocks (butts cracked through and repaired), full brass mounts (originally gilt), cast and chased in relief with mounted cavalrymen, scrolls and strapwork, spurred pommels with grotesque mask caps, solid side-plates and fore-end caps with profile busts, crowned escutcheons with a bust of Diana supported by lions, and brass-tipped ramrods, probably the original 32.5 cm; 12 ¾ in barrels Provenance William Randolph Hearst Russell B. Aitken, sold Christie's, New York, 4 April 2003, lot 542 Johann Christoph Peter is recorded in Carlsbad as master in 1700 and died in 1738
Lot 536
A RARE 13-BORE SAXON HEAVY FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY JOHAN HEINRICH FRANCK OF FRANKENHAUSEN, CIRCA 1730 of massive proportions throughout, with swamped octagonal sighted barrel engraved with a band of leaf ornament over the breech, the muzzle face engraved with a wreath and the bore cut with eight grooves, bevelled lock signed "Jh Heinrich Franck" about the base of the pan, engraved with a two-part hunting-scene involving a mounted sportsman shooting a stag with a pistol, and the cock and the steel each chiselled with scrollwork designs on a contrasting pounced fish-roe ground, figured walnut full stock carved with acanthus leaf mouldings in low relief, the butt with carved cheek-piece inlaid with a star formed of contrasting segments of black and white horn (two pieces missing), the toe of the butt inset with a gilt-brass plaque cast in relief with acanthus scrolls, en suite with both the patch-box cover and the upper tang of the butt-plate, the latter two pieces each additionally cast with a trophy-of-arms, the butt-plate also involving the figure of a Turk supported by a mask, the trigger-guard decorated en suite, with gilt-brass side-plate formed as a large scrolling dragon cast in relief, three faceted moulded ramrod-pipes also of gilt-brass, the rear pipe decorated with a demon mask, decorated escutcheon cast with a bust and a grotesque mask, moulded faceted gilt-brass fore-end cap, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod, probably the original (the barrel and the lock each lightly cleaned with acid, the top jaw possibly associated). 104.2cm; 41 in barrel
Lot 537
A .330 CALIBRE SILESIAN WHEEL-LOCK BIRDING RIFLE (TSCHINKE), THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY with slender octagonal barrel swamped at the muzzle, struck with maker's mark, probably that of Georg (1) Kałuża (Neue Støckel 7678), hexagonal bore rifled with six very narrow grooves and fitted with copper fore-sight and moulded tubular back-sight, engraved slender lock fitted with mechanism of characteristic part-external construction, engraved with a boldly drawn pattern of scrolling flowers, fitted with engraved sliding pan-cover with brass release button, the wheel-spindle impaling an arched and brass-covered bracket engraved with a guilloche band, the dog engraved with a stylised grotesque and a flower, and retaining the original brass bridle for fitting over the mainspring (the mainspring, its chain, the setting button and the bridle for the dog-spring all missing), fruitwood full stock inlaid over its length with a series of engraved horn plaques interspersed with plain mother-of pearl plaques, the latter lozenge-shaped over the fore-end and formed as discs over the rear, all arranged within horn linear borders and segmental lines, the butt with carved cheek-piece decorated with a horn roundel engraved with the bust of a Turk, and fitted with horn butt-plate, iron trigger-guard, and engraved horn fore-end cap (the patch-box cover, four horn plaques, the ramrod-pipe and the ramrod all missing). 99cm; 39in barrel
Lot 539
A PAIR OF 28-BORE NORTH GERMAN (BRUNSWICK) FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINES BY HINRICH TIMPER (SIC.), BLANCKENBURG, DATED 1720 each with swamped octagonal sighted barrel inscribed "Blanckenburg 1720" and rifled with eight grooves, engraved bevelled lock retained by concealed side-nails, signed on a scroll issuant from the mouth of a griffin, decorated with small demon masks along the upper edge and about the lip of the pan, engraved at the rear with a horseman shooting a Devil engraved on the cock, the latter also chiselled with a marine monster and retained by a screw with chiselled grotesque mask head, and the steel decorated with a demon mask chiselled in relief (actions defective, one top jaw and screw missing), each with figured walnut full stock carved with a series of decorative mouldings, including acanthus leaf motifs and scrolls (one chipped extensively above the lock), the butt flattened along its underside and with carved cheek-piece and carved sliding patch-box cover involving a demon mask, its brass tongue also forming the release catch, gilt-brass mounts including butt-plate engraved prominently with a female contemporary figure costumed as Minerva or Athena, a coronet above, bevelled solid side-plate engraved with a lion running in landscape before a walled town (one side-plate missing), the trigger-guards engraved with differing demon masks, one engraved on the bow with a gentleman in contemporary dress, the other with a classical bust, engraved ramrod-pipes, and escutcheons decorated with putti and engraved with lion supporters flanking a shield cut with the owner's monogram "CL", a princely crown above, and each fitted with horn fore-end cap, sling mounts and original horn-tipped ramrods (one sling mount incomplete, one ramrod now a poor fit). 59cm; 23 ¼ in barrels (2) The owner's monogram is probably that of Christine Louise (1671-1747), daughter of Albrecht Ernst, Prince of Öttingen. She was also the wife of Ludwig Rudolph, Duke of Braunschweig-Wolfenbüttel and ruler of the newly created Principality of Blankenburg
Lot 541
A 22-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1730 with octagonal twist barrel swamped at the muzzle, inlaid with a silver Bandelwerk design over the breech, with further small silver inlays enclosing the chiselled back-sight and the bore cut with seven grooves, bevelled lock with engraved subsidiary borders and finely engraved with trophies-of-war, the cock and the steel each cut with scrollwork designs on a recessed darkened ground, figured walnut full stock carved with a series of mouldings in low relief over its rear half, including an elaborate scrollwork design about the ramrod-pipe, further scrollwork motifs about the barrel tang, the trigger-guard and the butt carved about both the base of the comb and the cheek-piece, the butt flattened over the length of its underside, with patch-box fitted with sliding cover carved en suite with scrollwork and moving on a button release enclosed by a brass garland cast in low relief, full brass mounts cast in low relief, comprising butt-plate cast and engraved with Laub und Bandelwerk ornament characteristic of the period, solid side-plate cast with figures and animals in an idyllic hunting scene in low relief on a matted ground, the trigger-guard and three faceted ramrod-pipes decorated en suite with the butt-plate, ornate escutcheon involving lion supporters, a bust and a coronet, horn fore-end cap, sling-swivels, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod (the fore-end crack in two places on both sides). 76cm; 30 in barrel
Lot 547
A 45-BORE SOUTH GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE BY BLANCK, CIRCA 1730 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with seven grooves, signed bevelled lock engraved with the figure of Minerva seated within a trophy-of-war, a further trophy engraved at the rear, highly figured rootwood full stock carved with a series of raised decorative mouldings, the butt with flattened underside, carved cheek-piece and rootwood patch-box cover, full brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate decorated with a scrollwork pattern involving a female bust and a putto mask, the side-plate pierced with a Bandelwerk pattern carrying a festooned demon mask, the trigger-guard with acanthus finials and decorated with a monster on the bow, three strongly shaped faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, the rear pipe decorated with a grotesque mask, and cartouche-shaped escutcheon cast with a coronet and the bust of a nobleman (the butt with a nail hole on the right, the fore-end cracked on one side and with several repairs on both sides over its length, the rear portion of the side-plate replaced, ramrod missing). 72.4cm; 28 ½ in barrel
Lot 550
A 19-BORE BAVARIAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE FOR LARGE GAME, BY JOHANN WOLF PETER (PIERRE), ÖTTINGEN, CIRCA 1710 with burnished sighted barrel of Spanish form signed "Pierre =a=Ötting" in gold, the breech with a series of five copper-lined stamps within a gold linear frame, including a unicorn stamp and another formed as the crowned inscription "IWP/ÖET" tiered over a small device, struck with two further marks on the lower side and the bore cut with eight straight grooves, bevelled lock signed in gold en suite with the barrel and inlaid with gold linear borders, carved moulded figured walnut half-stock, brass mounts cast in low relief, with butt-plate engraved with a trophy-of-arms involving a classical warrior bust, side-plate pierced with monsters' head scrollwork supporting a vacant oval, trigger-guard with acanthus finial and engraved with a grotesque mask, three engraved faceted ramrod-pipes, pierced cartouche-shaped escutcheon with coronet, and horn fore-end cap (ramrod missing). 109.2cm; 43 in barrel
Lot 561
A FINE 19-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE AFTER THE IBERIAN COURT FASHION, CIRCA 1730 with Spanish barrel formed in two stages with swamped muzzle, moulded girdle, a series of eight gold-lined maker's stamps of Alonso Martinez (the two larger stamps Neue Støckel 752, and another, resembling 753), gold-lined vent, silver "spider" fore-sight and retained by a single gilt-brass band pierced and engraved with addorsed leafy scrolls, the barrel tang numbered "2", German rounded gilt-brass lock moving on a single conventional sear and chiselled and engraved in the manner of Claude Simonin, with engraved wavy linear borders enclosing a cherub blowing a trumpet and a classical warrior figure each seated amid trophies, inscribed "Martinez" below the steel-spring, the cock chiselled in low relief with monsters' heads and scrolls, the top jaw inscribed "En Maderit" , and the steel inscribed "Aloso" on the pan-cover and chiselled with scrolls and a monster spiralled about its pivot arm, with figured walnut half-stock finely carved with a series of acanthus mouldings in low relief about its contours and borders, the butt flattened over the length of its underside and carved with a monster's head about the base of the comb after an original engraving by De La Collombe, the grip emergent from its maw, with full gilt-brass mounts engraved and cast in low relief in the Parisian taste, the butt-plate engraved with a mask suspended within a framework of scrolls and monsters, the side-plate finely decorated with a pierced design formed as a classical bust medallion supported by a pair of grotesque hippocampi ridden by putti, the pair issuant from a bandwork scroll pattern involving both a demon and a monster's head, the trigger-guard engraved with a classical helmeted head and with a demon mask elongated over the finial, three faceted ramrod-pipes engraved en suite with the barrel-band, the escutcheon cast with a pieced scrollwork frame involving a demon mask, a coronet and enclosing a further classical bust, horn fore-end cap carved with acanthus mouldings en suite with the stock, retaining its original sling-swivels, the barrel with some original blued finish and the lock-plate and the mounts retaining nearly all of their original gilding (ramrod missing). 107.3cm; 42 ¼ in. barrel Alonso Martínez was a pupil of the Madrid royal gunmaker Juan Belén (d.1691) and eight examples of firearms with barrels bearing his stamps are preserved in the royal armoury in Madrid, see del Campo 2006, cat nos. 189-196, the stamps reproduced in the text. Martínez moved to Portugal shortly after 1706, where he became gunmaker to King João V. He subsequently entered the workshop of Pedro Esteban in Cataluña, where he remained appointed Chief Master of Arms of Mallorca, a position which he held until his death; see Lavin 1965. The snarling monster's head included prominently on the stock of the present gun was evidently inspired by an early design for a decorated butt by De La Collombe, published in Paris in 1705; see del Campo (ibid.), p. 193 and Lenk 1965, pl.127. The German 18th century taste for firearms in the Iberian court fashion was most probably influenced by the extravagant court of King João V of Portugal, whose mother was Princess Maria Sophia of Neuburg, Daughter of the Elector Palatine.
Lot 562
A 21-BORE WALLOON FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE WITH EARLIER VIENNESE BARREL AND LOCK BY IACOB KOCH, CIRCA 1730 the barrel and the lock each circa 1700, the barrel formed in two stages with turned girdle, swamped muzzle with engraved gilt-brass sight and the octagonal rear section with the maker's oval stamp lined in silver (Cf. Neue Støckel 7705 and 3421 for very similar stamps), rounded lock engraved with designs of scrolling foliage inhabited by exotic birds, signed "Iacob" at the rear, "Koch" about the breast of the cock and "In Wienn" beneath the pan, the cock decorated with a monster chiselled in low relief, carved moulded figured walnut half-stock (chipped extensively above the lock), full gilt-brass mounts cast in low relief, the butt-plate including masks and figures duelling with swords, the side-plate decorated with a matching figure seated within a pierced design of monsters' head scrollwork, the trigger-guard decorated with acanthus finials and a further scrollwork design involving a monster's head, three strongly shaped faceted baluster ramrod-pipes, escutcheon cast with a classical warrior bust with mask and coronet, and horn fore-end cap (the barrel and the lock with modern blued finish, the ramrod missing). 117.5cm; 46 ¼ in barrel
Lot 563
A 48-BORE BOHEMIAN SMALL FLINTLOCK FOWLING-PIECE FOR A LADY, SIGNED ANDREAS. M. SIGL A SCHLACKENWERTH, CIRCA 1730 with tapering barrel signed on the sighting flat, lightly swamped muzzle, engraved breech and the breech basal moulding and the tang each overlaid with brass, engraved bevelled lock involving a classical figure seated within a trophy-of-arms, figured walnut half-stock finely carved with a series of rococo scrollwork mouldings in low relief, the butt flattened along its underside and carved about the base of the comb and to the rear of the raised cheek-piece, full brass mounts cast in low relief, after the Parisian fashion, the butt-plate decorated with a prominent grotesque mask and engraved with a classical warrior standing within a scrollwork pattern, the side-plate decorated with a pierced design of scrolling foliage inhabited by a serpent, the trigger-guard formed with a pierced scrollwork finial and engraved with a further classical warrior on the bow, with three faceted ramrod-pipes, the escutcheon cast with a grotesque mask and a classical female bust, perhaps Minerva, and fitted with horn fore-end cap and retaining a single mount for a sling (the barrel with modern blued finish over very light pitting, the engraving on the breech rubbed, the lock acid-cleaned, the stock with a hairline crack on one side of the grip, ramrod missing). 97.1cm; 38 ¼ in barrel Andreas Michael Siegel was apprenticed in Vienna in 1680, he was appointed court gunmaker to the Margrave of Baden in 1689.
Lot 567
A 27-BORE SOUTH GERMAN FLINTLOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1730 built on an earlier heavy octagonal barrel, cut with a series of decorative narrow bands at the breech and muzzle, the latter swamped and struck with the small letter "E" on its face, the breech signed and dated "Johan Wolf Petter in Oettingen 1693", struck with a mark (rubbed) and with lined vent and pierced chiselled back-sight, with plain detented lock with bevelled edges (the steel-spring broken), carved moulded figured walnut full stock, the butt flattened along its underside and the patch-box fitted with sliding cover, full brass mounts cast in low relief, inspired in part by the published designs of Claude Simonin, comprising butt-plate decorated with scrolls and a demon mask framing a classical half-figure, solid side-plate decorated with a scrollwork design involving a winged and breasted monster in relief on a stippled ground, trigger-guard with pierced finial and cast with a further demon mask, three faceted ramrod-pipes and cartouche-shaped escutcheon filled with a classical bust, with horn fore-end cap, one sling-swivel, and wooden ramrod. 80cm; 31 ½ in barrel Claude Simonin published his series of designs for firearms in Paris in 1684, as a pattern book entitled "Plusiers Pieces Et Ornaments Darquebuzerie ….. etc.". Simonin's designs proved a strong influence among German gunmakers working in fashionable emulation of the Parisian Louis XIV style, from shortly after publication until about 1735. The original pierced version of the design for the side-plate on the present rifle appears on page 10 in an edition of 1692 and is reproduced in Grancsay 1970, p.81.
Lot 578
A 120-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, CIRCA 1630-40 with shortened octagonal barrel cut with eight very narrow grooves, struck with the maker's initials "BM" and fitted with moulded tubular back-sight (fore-sight missing), plain lock drawn out to an elongated tail, fitted with a plain brass disc over the wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover and the dog engraved with a monster (the mainspring and the pan-release each missing), wooden stock inlaid with engraved bone roundels and pellets, the butt additionally inlaid with horn tendril patterns and the cheek-piece decorated with a roundel engraved with a contemporary male bust and suspended within a framework of tendrils and pellets, sliding patch-box cover veneered in engraved horn, and fitted with iron trigger-guard decorated with small leaf finials (the fore-end incomplete, six pieces of inlay missing, the butt-plate, the ramrod-pipe and the ramrod all missing) 39.4cm; 15 ½ in. barrel
Lot 591
AN UNUSUAL 24-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK GUN, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, BUILT ON AN EARLIER STOCK INLAID WITH MOTHER-OF-PEARL AND FINELY CARVED IN HIGH RELIEF, THE STOCK SIGNED JOH. EBERHARDT SOMER, CIRCA 1660 with 18th century barrel formed in two stages, the rear section octagonal changing to a polygonal band capped by a turned girdle, inlaid with silver lines and scrollwork panels over the breech and fitted with silver "spider" fore-sight, the lock early 19th century, sparsely engraved with scrollwork and signed "Joh. Lauterer", fruitwood full stock, the fore-end inlaid over its length on both sides with engraved mother-of-pearl plaques formed as varieties of birds within an incised scrolling tendril pattern of inlaid leaves and flowers (the tendrils originally inlaid with wire, this and a small quantity of plaques each now missing), the butt slender and paddle-shaped, carved with the portrait bust of a 17th century prince in low relief about the barrel tang, finely carved in high relief on both sides with Roman battle scenes from the Second Punic War, after the chronicles of Polybius and probably inspired by the works of the Dutch engraver Cornelis Cort, the scene carved on the left-hand side illustrating Scipio coming to his father's rescue during the battle of Trebia, that on the right a scene from Scipio's victory over Hannibal at Zama, each scene captioned at length in Latin on scrolls carved along the lower edges of the butt and with the carver's signature incised on a corner of the right-hand scroll, with plain gilt-brass mounts including butt-plate and solid flat side-plate, and the ramrod-pipes and fore-end cap all originally silvered (the butt with a very light coverage of inactive worm holes, the ramrod missing). 76.9cm; 30 ¼ in barrel This gun is previously unrecorded within a small surviving group characterised by their distinctive paddle-shaped butts carved in high relief. Of these, the most well-documented is an example with its stock also signed "Joh. Eberhardt Somer" and which was formerly included in the renowned Gewehrkammer of the Grand Dukes of Saxe-Weimar at Schloss Ettersburg: see Lenk 1965, pp. 66-7 and p.71, pl.45, figs. 1-3, pl.46, fig. 3 and pl.47, fig. 2., the gun attributed by him to circa 1660. Also see Fischer & Kahlert 1927, lot 51 (illustrated), attributed to circa 1650 in the auction catalogue, sold to Jakobssen. All of the examples known within this enigmatic small group appear to be mounted with barrels, locks and mounts from disparate periods, but for the most part these components are apparently the first and only ones mounted to each of the stocks. In this respect the Ettersburg gun primarily differs from the present one in that the barrel, the lock and the mounts are of types much closer in keeping with the period suggested by the form of the stock. The Ettersburg stock differs also in as much as the butt is carved on the right-hand side only: the left-hand side is decorated instead with an inlaid pattern of mother-of-pearl plaques near-identical to those inlaid over the fore-end of the present gun. The carving on the right-hand side of the Ettersburg stock is a very closely comparable version of the identical scene, together with its identical caption, which is carved on the corresponding left-hand side of the present gun. Another, the stock unsigned, was sold in these rooms 4th December 2013, lot 395, the property of a nobleman descended from the Grand Duke of Baden. This stock was decorated with carved battle scenes involving figures in dress contemporaneous with circa 1700. A further example was sold by Christie's Paris, 31st March 2011, lot 622. The Alsatian stockmaker Hans (Johann) Eberhardt Sommer is recorded active circa 1650-70, in Strasbourg and possibly also in the Bavarian city of Bamberg: see Neue Støckel II, p.1193. Johann Lauterer, whose signature is on the lock, was a gunmaker working in Weikersheim, in the vicinity of Schloss Langenburg, at least by circa 1780 and almost certainly related to I.G. Lauterer, who was active early within the second quarter of the 18th century. Other sporting guns by the Lauterers are recorded in the princely armoury at Schloss Langenburg. In the present instance at least, the inclusion of an early 19th century lock, together with the barrel and mounts equally out of stylistic keeping with the stock, supports the certainty that the previously unused stock was mounted or set-up considerably later than the period for which it would ordinarily have been intended.
Lot 601
A GERMAN FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL, EARLY 18TH CENTURY with swamped sighted barrel cut with sighting flat and a stepped moulding at the breech, bevelled plain lock lightly chiselled at the rear, walnut full stock carved with a series of raised mouldings about its contours and borders, full iron mounts with chiselled acanthus finials, including spurred pommel fitted with domed cap cut with a shaped cartouche, flat side-plate pierced and engraved with a scrolling bandwork pattern involving a monster's head and a bust oval, faceted ramrod-pipes, horn fore-end cap, and wooden ramrod (light chemical pitting throughout, the stock chipped along the upper edges on both sides at the muzzle, scattered very light inactive worm damage, the ramrod incomplete). 55cm; 215/8 in
Lot 11
A bust of Lenin porcelain propagada inkstand, after a design by Natalia Danko, The State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd circa 1930, 14.5c A bust of Lenin porcelain propaganda inkstand, after a design by Natalia Danko, The State Porcelain Factory, Petrograd circa 1930, bearing inscriptions, green printed mark with cancellation mark, 14.5cm
Lot 161
Lawrence Macdonald (Scottish, 1799-1878). A carved white marble bust of a maiden, 25.5in. Lawrence Macdonald (Scottish, 1799-1878). A carved white marble bust of a maiden, inscribed L. Macdonald Fecit Roma 1843, on circular socle and ebonised plinth base, 25.5in.Lawrence Macdonald trained in Edinburgh but spent most of his life working in Rome, exhibited regularly at The Royal Academy in London and The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh and also showed works at the Great Exhibition of 1851. He provided works for Osborne House on the Isle of Wight. For similar examples please see the V & A Collections.
Lot 262
A Martin Brothers stoneware bust of Samuel Pickwick, dated 1906, 10.5cm, stuck to a wooden base A Martin Brothers stoneware bust of Samuel Pickwick, dated 1906, the square waisted pedestal incised 'Samuel Pickwick G.C.M.P.C.' and 'RW Martin Sc.', the plinth incised 'Martin Bros. 1906, London + Southall 10.5cm, stuck to a wooden base
Lot 435
Two Chinese export armorial octagonal plates, Qianlong period, 23cm Two Chinese export armorial octagonal plates, Qianlong period, the first decorated with the arms of Lane with Clarke in pretence, with a swag border, see Howard p.641 for this armorial, 22cm, the second painted with a European subject of two cherubs supporting a shield with three fish, imprint of foliage with a bust above them, brocade banded borders, basketweave moulded edge, 23cm
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