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Lot 299
Autograph – art and artists – Samuel Joseph Sculptor good group of four autograph letters signed 1827/8 to Mrs George Selby discussing various matters and discussing his works : ‘...the cause of my being not into the country was to do a Bust of the Duke of Argyle: this happened to give entire satisfaction and led to my getting two or three other commissions – one was a bust of Lady Ellinor Campbell the daughter of Lord Whemyss. My time at the Castle passed very delightfully...’ Joseph is best known for his statue of William Wilberforce.
Lot 664
Universal History, From the Earliest Account of Time, vols. I-20, 1747-48, numerous folding engraved maps and plates, annotated throughout with ballpoint pen, some tears and light spotting, bookplates, contemporary speckled calf, some joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo, together with Montagu (Edward Wortley), Observations Upon a Supposed Antique Bust at Turin. In Two Letters, Addressed to the Right Honourable the Earl of Macclesfield, President of the Royal Society, Reda Before the Royal Society, November 25, 1762, 1763, 19pp., engraved plate, disbound, 4to, plus Farnaby (Thomas), L. & M. Annaei Senecae at Que Aliorum Tragoediae, Frankfurt, 1625, title with woodcut device, occasional underlining and annotation, dampstains, contemporary calf, spine with tape reinforcement, rubbed, 8vo, with other antiquarian etc, including John Martyn’s Publii Virgilii Maronis Libri Quatuor. The Georgicks of Virgil, 2nd ed., 1746, and Edward Spelman’s The Expedition of Cyrus into Persia; and the Retreat of the Ten Thousand Greeks, new ed., 1776. (2 cartons)
Lot 70
A 19th century French attributed ivory parasol handle, with floral and beaded stem, terminating with the bust of a young female, 22cm (excluding screw), and a 19th century Indian attributed carved ivory parasol handle in the form of a mythical beast, with a fish in its mouth (some damage), 18.5cm long
Lot 213
A Royal Doulton stoneware Lord Nelson loving cup, decorated with a blue ground bust and reverse legend `England expects every man will do his duty`, impressed marks to the underside, height 14.5cm and a Doulton Lambeth jug, commemorating William Gladstone, with impressed marks (spout restored) height 23cm
Lot 110
PETER TURNERELLI (1775-1839) "George IV with Order of the Garter badge", a bust length portrait study, white marble on a turned socle, inscribed verso "P. Turnerelli Fecit", 43.5 cm high (Provenance: by family repute a gift from George IV to The First Lord Melville, Henry Dundas, First Viscount Melville) (Peter Turnerelli-Irish sculptor of Italian origin, studied under Peter Francis Chenu. From 1797 to 1800 he taught modelling to the daughters of George III and was subsequently Sculptor-in-Ordinary to the Royal Family. Other works include George III-1810 Windsor Castle, Duke of Wellington 1815 India Office, Louis XVIII 1816). (ILLUSTRATED)
Lot 8
A Foley part-tea service, celebrating 60 years of Victoria`s reign, comprising five tea cups, six saucers, three tea plates, sugar and cream, together with two similar tea plates, a Royal Doulton plate transfer decorated with bust of Victoria and names of Commonwealth nations and a Doulton Burslem plate commemorating the 1897 Jubilee.
Lot 260
early 17th Century Italian School/Carlo Emanuele I, Duke of Savoy/bust portrait, the bearded sitter facing left, wearing a white ruff and gilded armour/oil on playing card (nine of spades), 8cm x 5.75cm (3.25" x 2.25")/in a gilt brass oval frame with ribbon tie surmount and rope border/see illustration
Lot 644
‘Keate - Cut by Bryan the Pastrycook of Eton. 1845’, a fruitwood bust of Dr John Keate (1773-1852), he wears a Napoleonic tricorn hat, the robes of a Doctor of Divinity and sports vigorous sideburns, 8cm (3in) high Dr Keate was headmaster of Eton from 1809-34. He introduced discipline to the college with the use of the birch but was well respected for his kind heart. Sadly, Bryan the pastry cook, is more obscure
Lot 194
A William and Mary pewter lidded porringer by Samuel Lawrence, the ears with dolphin supporters, one missing its tip, touch to reverse (MPM 2863a), the interior with a cast relief medallion with a bust of William III with a crown and orb, the lid with cast relief decoration with busts of William and Mary, with a crown above flanked by angels, the centre with a circle framing HONI SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE, to WM monograms and royal arms, the whole with three applied knops of a crown with cherub supporters, one replaced, c.1689 - 1694, 4in (10cm) h, 10.5in (26.5cm) wide overall. For similar see The Worshipful Company of Pewterers, Supplementary Catalogue, p.65 & 73.
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