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Lot 275
Nicolas André Courtois (1734-1806) Portrait miniature of a gentleman, bust-length, in a grey coat, his hair worn en queue and tied with a black ribbonsigned lower right 'Courtois'enamel on copper, oval3.5cmProvenance:From the estate of the late Barry Lock (1934-2021)There are some abrasian marks around the border where the copper meets the frame, this may be the reason for some touching to the edging. The signature is clear in the lower right. There are visible stained hairline cracks to the enamel located, just below the bottom lip, just below the collar, the third running from the top button to shoulder. Some light sratching to the glass. The frame base metal most likely brass.
Lot 235
T..Hamlet (British, fl. early 19th Century), a bronze bust of His Royal Highness the Duke of York, dated 1823, portrayed in later years, togate with head turned to dexter, the reverse inscribed 'Published by T. Hamlet, 1 January 1823', mounted on a socle atop a cylindrical pedestal inscribed 'His Royal Highness, The Duke of York', all-over rich brown patina, 28cm high. Note: Hamlet appears to have been far from prolific in his output, although he was clearly highly accomplished and patronised by the very highest-placed members of society. Three years after producing the bust of the Duke of York, Hamlet sculpted his brother Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex. Indeed, a bronze reduction was produced (dated 1826) which matched the current bronze in height exactly, and it is quite possible that Hamlet sculpted two or more of King George III's sons and daughters as an intended set See Sotheby's London, European Sculpture and Works of Art, 9th December 1993, lot 131
Lot 176
WMF, a Jugendstil silver plated visiting card tray, model 279A, circa 1900, cast in relief with an Alphonse Mucha style profile bust of a maiden, within a bracketed frame of festoons, cast number, 21.5cm wideNote: see Art Nouveau Domestic Metalwork from Wurttembergische Metallwarenfabrik; English Catalogue 1906, 1988, Woodbridge: Antique Collectors Club, p.168, for an illustration of this design
Lot 144
A ROMAN CARVED MARBLE CINERARY URN WITH LID CIRCA LATE 1ST-EARLY 2ND CENTURY A.D. The round-backed urn with central rectangular tabula, its inscription now worn with three drill holes across the top, two birds pecking at fruits on a swag beneath the tabula and flanked on either side by sirens with up-curved wings, the lid with mask acroteria, the arched pediment decorated with a central bust within a foliate wreath 31cm overall height, 21cm height of base, 27cm deep Provenance: Purchased by A. Tillbrook from Bruton Knowles, pre 1985 From whom purchased by Robert Kime (1946-2022) Collection The semi-circular cinerary urn was designed to fit into a niche in a columbarium Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Overall with wear leading to softened definition of details. Inscription now illegible. Edge wear from contact between top and base. Drilled holes as per images. Surface dirt- engrained notably to recesses and interior. The lid and base are both from the same period and are both Roman. Whether they were found together is unknown but the fit is good - so they could have been but we cannot be certain. The level of wear on the urn is greater than on the lid. This could be due to how or where they lay.Originally the lids and the urns were made separately. When they were bought for the deceased by their family, it is thought that they could choose what lid they wanted for the urn. However, when urns were found, sometimes the lid would have been on the urn, other times they would have separated from the urn and there has often been some matching up of lid/bases post antiquity. Dreweatts thank Joanna van der Lande for her help cataloguing and condition reporting for this salePlease see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 174
A MISCELLANEOUS GROUP OF EGYPTIAN ANTIQUITIES THIRD INTERMEDIATE PERIOD - PTOLEMAIC, CIRCA 1069-30 B.C. Including a green glazed faience ring, the bezel moulded with falcon-headed Re-Horakhty standing beneath his solar disc, 3.5cm width of bezel; a bronze ostrich plume from an atef crown with twisted ram horn and uraeus, 15.7cm high; a bronze figure of the goddess Bastet with an aegis pendant, holding a sistrum and a basket, 10cm high including tang; a green glazed faience shabti with frontal column of hieroglyphic text inscribed for Psamtek, a seed-bag over the left shoulder, 10.2cm high, mounted; three small pale blue glazed shabtis, one with dorsal column of text, 7.3cm maximum height; the bust of a green glazed shabti, 3.3cm high; a blue glazed faience scarab with two wings, 6.8cm length of scarab, 12.1cm maximum width including wings; a bright blue glazed upper section of a plaque of one of the Four Sons of Horus, 5cm high, and a re-strung bead necklace composed of cylindrical and disc beads Together with a group of Egyptian style scarabs and shabtis; a steatite horus falcon and two decorative cuneiform tablets Not ancient Provenance: Ostrich plume: Charterhouse School Museum, largely formed between 1874-1940. Sotheby's, London, The Charterhouse Collection, 5 November 2002, lot 73 (part lot), where purchased by Robert Kime Condition Report: Both of the inscribed shabtis broken across the middle- remainder either fragmentary with loss- or heavy surface wear as per age With wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. Dreweatts thank Joanna van der Lande for her help cataloguing and condition reporting for this sale All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 257
A RARE CHARLES I ROYALIST STUMPWORK AND HAIR WORK EMBROIDERED PICTURE DATED 1649 Depicting a bust of King Charles I on pedestal dated 1649, flanked by attendant figures of man and wife, amongst scrolling foliage, the portrait and figures with hair work, the whole with glass eye detailing, small bead and metal thread embellishment, needlework and raised work Later framed and glazed, the panel 20cm x 18cm, the frame 24.5cm x 22.3cm The portrait of Charles I is probably derived from the title page to Thomas Fuller's ''The Holy State'' by William Marshall. Dated portraits of Charles I are rare- although in this case it would seem likely that the picture is after his death- and commemorates the loyalty of the husband and wife depicted to the dead monarch. The use of hair is, again, unusual, but not unknown at this date. A needlework picture dated to 1646 was offered for sale at Sotheby's New York, 7th April 2004, lot 67. Like this example it combined needlework, raised work and the inclusion of real human hair to depict the King's coiffure. Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. As per cataloguing- frame is later and the whole looks to have been unframed for some time garnering dirt, dust ect which is now engrained. Sunlight has caused colour muting throughout. Some loose beads and elements, some areas of raised work not sagging such as left hand figures legs. Frame worn and with losses Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 6
AFTER THE ANTIQUE, A CARVED MARBLE GRAND TOUR FIGURE OF THE EPHESIAN ARTEMIS POSSIBLY ITALIAN OR FRENCH, 19TH CENTURY Depicting Artemis (or Diana) as a deity of nature, protection and of fertility, wearing a mural crown emblematic of her city protection, with multitude of breasts or egg shaped nodules, an enveloping tight sheath skirt with panels of heads of animals, plinth base 118cm high Provenance: Robert Kime (1946-2022) Collection "All cities worship Artemis of Ephesus, and all individuals hold her in honour" Pausanias "Guide to Greece", 2nd Century A.D. The Temple of Artemis was a Greek temple dedicated to an ancient, local form of the goddess Artemis located in Ephesus near the modern town of Selçuk in present day Turkey. The worship was centred around the Goddess Artemis- not as the virgin huntress but rather as a goddess of fecundity and protection akin to the Phrygian goddess Cybele. By around 150 B.C., coins of the period show a figure much like this example. Most characteristic are the rows of gourd egg like objects around her upper midriff. Sometimes thought of as breasts (where the figure is then referred to as Polymastros), scholars have posited that they are instead gourds or pouches called kurša - others have suggested bees' eggs, dates and bull testes. The finest examples of mostly Roman statues of this are found in the Ephesus Archaeological Museum in Selçuk titled 'Artemis the Beautiful' and 'Artemis the Colossal'. Stylistically this example, with the distinctive exaggerated building above a plain swept veil, natural curled hair, suggests a later derivation- perhaps from the 18th century and 19th century prints produced depicting what was then referred to as Diana of Ephesus (see for example Le Magasin pittoresque, book 26, publ. Paris 1833). Examples produced by Righetti and others at this period tend to depict her more in the traditional fashion with disc like headpiece and a Polos crown. Another comparison should be made with the plaster cast version in The Sir John Soane's Museum (Museum number: SC51) as described by Soane in his 1835 "Description of the house and museum on the north side of Lincoln's Inn Fields, the residence of Sir John Soane"; 'A few steps up the staircase leading to the Attic story, in a niche, is a bust .... and in the niche above is a plaster Cast of the Ephesian Diana or Prolific Nature, presented to me by Messrs. Rundell & Co.' In the Curatorial Notes for the Soane example- it is commented that: "It is fascinating that the original letter sent to Soane with the statue refers to its being a cast from a Greek marble formerly in the possession of Rundell and Bridge because in fact this figure has rather a 'Regency' look and former Director, Tim Knox, has speculated that it might in fact be an early 19th century sculptor's version of the Ephesian Diana rather than a cast after the antique." As with this example from The Kime Collection, both share a softened more idealised presentation of the form with a face that is more suggestive of a Regency approach to Classical beauty. Condition Report: Wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. The reverse shows clearly that this has been broken into several pieces at the upper end of the figure and repaired- also visible to the front. There's a clear line also across slightly lower which may be from construction suggesting use of sectional composition. Edge loss and wear- some scuffing around nose and mouth and what appears to be some deposition of material to her left cheek. old iron inserts at wrists- surface dirt which has become engrained. Wear to base edges Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.As catalogued this is 118cm high overall Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 199
Albert-Ernest CARRIER-BELLEUSE (d'après). Buste de femme en biscuit. Fin du XIXe siècleLa tête légèrement orientée vers la droite à décor polychrome, piédouche. Marque apocryphe de Sèvres.H. 37 cm Ernest Carrier-Belleuse (after). Biscuit bust of a woman from the late 19th century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 207
Auguste CLESINGER (1914-1883). Buste de bacchanale. Seconde partie du XIXe siècleBronze à patine médaille et doréSigné et daté 1857 RomaRéduction Colas Base en marbre griotteH. 41 cm Auguste CLESINGER. Bacchanalian bust from the second half of the 19th century. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 524
GEORGE II 1/2 crown 1746, obverse; older laureate and draped bust of King George II left, legend around, GEORGIUS·II· DEI·GRATIA· LIMA reverse; crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star, divided date above, legend around, M·B·F·ET H·REX·F·D·B ET·L·D·S·R·I A·T·ET·E·17 46· 15 grams 33mm Ø 1745-46 LIMA pieces were struck from a large hoard of silver captured from the Spanish by Admiral Anson's squadron operating in the Pacific Ocean. The word "Lima" engraved under the bust is a reference to the fact that the Spanish silver was being shipped from Lima, Peru back to Spain when it was intercepted by Anson. Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 525
GEORGE II 1 shilling 1745 obverse; older laureate and draped bust of King George II left, legend around, GEORGIUS·II· DEI·GRATIA· LIMA reverse; crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star, divided date above, legend around, M·B·F·ET H·REX· F·D·B ET·L·D·S·R·I A·T·ET·E 17 45 GEORGE II 1 shilling 1758 obverse older laureate and draped bust of King George II left, legend around GEORGIVS·II· DEI·GRATIA reverse; crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star, divided date above, legend around M·B·F·ET H·REX· F·D·B ET·L·D·S·R·I A·T·ET·E 17 58· (5) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 526
CHARLES II 1/2 crown 1671, Obverse Third laureate and draped bust of King Charles II right, legend around CAROLVS·II· DEI·GRATIA, reverse crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, interlinked C's in angles, divided date above, legend around MAG· BR·FRA· ET·HIB· REX·16 71 together with Charles II 1/2 crown 1679 (3) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 527
Queen Anne 1/2 crowns 1707, 1707,1708 and 1709 obverse Draped bust of Queen Anne left, legend around ANNA·DEI· GRATIA· reverse; crowned cruciform shields with central Garter star, divided date above, legend around MAG· BRI·FRA· ET·HIB REG·17 08· together with two Queen Anne 1 shillings 1703 and 1709 (6) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 528
WILLIAM & MARY 1689 1/2 crown obverse first laureate conjoined busts of King William and Queen Mary right, legend around GVLIELMVS · ET · MARIA · DEI · GRATIA reverse; quartered shield of arms with crown above dividing date, legend around MAG·BR·FR·ET·HIB·REX·ET·REGINA·16 89· Note: 2nd reverse, English and French arms quartered shields, together with William III 1696 1 shilling Chester mint obverse first laureate and draped bust of King William III right, legend around GVLIELMVS · III · DEI · GRA ·C Reverse crowned cruciform shields around central Nassau lion, divided date above, legend around MAG BR·FRA ET·HIB REX·16 96· and 1 shilling 1696 and 1 shilling 1700 (4) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 530
CHARLES I obverse; crowned bust of King Charles I left, denomination behind, within inner beaded circle, legend around, CAROLVS-D’. G’. MAG’. BR’. FR’. ET HI’. REX XII Reverse Garnished oval shield of arms dividing royal cypher within inner beaded circle, legend around, CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO together with various hammer3d cross coins Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 532
ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK 1894 1/2 POND (mounted) obverse bearded bust of President Johannes Paulus Kruger facing left, legend around ZUID AFRIKAANSCHE REPUBLIEK O.S. reverse arms of the South African Republic denomination and date above ½ POND * 1894 * EENDRAGT MAAKT MAGT 4.24 grams total weight including mount 19mm Ø Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 536
VICTORIA 1/2 crown 2nd portrait 1887- 1892 Obverse; crowned and veiled bust ('Jubilee Head') of Queen Victoria left, legend around, VICTORIA DEI GRATIA Reverse; crowned quartered shield of arms within garter and collar, legend around, divided date below BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID DEF 1889 HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, with nine other examples various dates, the lot to include six Victoria florin coins and assorted Victoria 1 shilling and sixpence coins (35) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 537
VICTORIA 1897 1/2 crown Obverse; older veiled bust ('Old head') of Queen Victoria left, wearing the Sapphire and Diamond coronet, legend around, VICTORIA·DEI GRA·BRITT · REG T.B. Reverse; crowned quartered shield of arms in collar, legend around, divided date below, ·FID·DEF· IND·IMP· HALF 18 97 CROWN and six others various dates together with a Victoria 1898 two shillings and assorted Victoria 3rd portrait 1 shilling and sixpence coins (21) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 538
GEORGE II 1758 sixpence Obverse; laureate and draped bust of King George II left, legend around GEORGIUS·II· DEI·GRATIA· Reverse; crowned cruciform shields around central Garter star, divided date above, legend around M·B·F·ET H·REX·F·D·B ET·L·D·S·R·I A·T·ET·E·17 58 and two George II 6 pence 1759 and 1758 (3) Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 544
UNITED STATES 1980 Adam Smith Tenth-Ounce Gold Medal Obverse; bust of Adam Smith facing left, legend around TRUST IN GOD ADAM SMITH 1980 and eleven stars. Reverse, inscription FOR INTEGRITY THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE G .10 CONTAINS 1/10 OUNCE PURE GOLD. 3.5 grams 12mm Ø Condition Report:Available upon request
Lot 168
A FRENCH MAHOGANY AND ORMOLU MOUNTED HEADBOARDIN EMPIRE STYLE, 19TH CENTURYwith gilt and patinated bronze classical bust finials above a padded back decorated with a Napoleon style bee and wreath motif138cm high, 221.5cm wideProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 176
A SET OF EIGHTEEN WAX PORTRAIT RELIEF BUSTS OF EUROPEAN ROYALTY19TH CENTURYeach bust in a circular gilt bezel and mounted in an ebonised frame, with gilt title (18)7cm diameter (the portrait) 14.5cm squareProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 177
A PAIR OF FRENCH LAPIS LAZULI AND ORMOLU CANDELABRAMID-19TH CENTURYeach modelled as a female bust on a lapis lazuli stem supporting a pair of scrolling branches and foliate sconces with lapis lazuli nozzles, on a circular foot with bands of beading and stiff leaf decoration (2)34.8cm highProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 195
A FRENCH BISCUIT PORCELAIN GRAND TOUR BUST OF APOLLO BELVEDEREAFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURYon a socle base, with an applied blue oval plaque inscribed 'VB'71cm highProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.Purchased Mallams, 15th October 2012, Lot 39.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 234
A FRENCH SANDSTONE BUST OF THE SORROWING VIRGINPOSSIBLY LORRAINE, C.1400with traces of polychrome decoration, carved with her head tilted to the right, wearing a wimple and veil above a blue cloak and a red and gold dress75.5cm highProvenanceSotheby Parke Bernet, The Robert von Hirsch Collection, 22nd June 1978, lot 381.Purchased from Michel Dumez-Onof, 109 Mount Street, London, 10th July 1981.From a Private Collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Lot 24
A COLLECTION OF FOUR GEORGE III SEPIA STIPPLE ENGRAVINGSAFTER BARTOLOZZI, BUNBURY AND OTHERS, C.1800including: 'Expectations', two young women with doves, a mother with three children and a bust of a lady, in glazed giltwood frames (4)31 x 25.3cm (max)ProvenanceKenneth Neame: An Enduring Legacy.PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 452
A CARVED OAK ROMAYNE PANEL 16TH CENTURYrelief decorated with an angel above a bust of a man in a rondel, together with a 17th century panel carved with scrolling leaves and a section of oak linenfold panelling (3)61cm (max) ProvenanceFrom the collection of Phillip Allen (1938-2022).PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 567
A GEORGE III WHITE GLASS PORTRAIT RELIEF BUST OF ADMIRAL LORD HORATIO NELSONIN THE MANNER OF WILLIAM TASSIE (1877-1860), LATE 18TH CENTURY / EARLY 19TH CENTURYmounted on black glass, in an ebonised fruitwood frame together with a lacquered papier-mâché snuff box lid inset with a gilt portrait medallion of Napoleon, inscribed 'Napoleon Empereur' and signed 'Galle Fecit' (2)12.1cm diameter (max)
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