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Lot 286
Beerbohm (Sir Max) Oscar Wilde a sheet of caricature sketches" a central oval bust-length portrait surrounded by 4 other studies red chalk drawn over in ink 285 x 415mm. drawn on one side of a thin card folder signed and dated Max 1929 Rapallo inscribed on verso in ink Villino Chiaro " 1929.
Lot 201
A Cased Silver Gilt (?) Medal, by L.C. Wyon/Aw obv: In Memoriam Avvnculs Svi Academae per XXVII Annos Seneschall D.D. Gorgivs Carols Comes de Powis in the field arms surrounded by wreath, rev: Pro Carmine Heroico Virgilius, field bust LC Wyon below, name on edge Alwyn Faber Scholfield 1905, in red presentation case with gold lettering (inside lid), this is an attractive medal in EF condition
Lot 239
Archbishop Sancroft and the Seven Bishops a struck silver medal 1688 by George Bower bust of Sancroft right wearing cap and robes rev medallion portraits of the bishops around that of the Bishop of London lettered edge 51mm (Medallic Illustrations 622/37). Pierced and with ring for suspension nearly very fine. ** George Bower (d. 1690) silversmith and medallist worked in London from 1650 engraver at Royal Mint 1664.
Lot 65
An Italian pottery bust group by Igni, modelled as a fair haired mother wearing a flower painted shawl nursing a child, painted mark `Igni Torino Italia`, retailer`s label, 20.5cm high. See Terraroli, Valerio `Italian Art Ceramics 1900-1950` Milan: Skira 2007, p. 253 for a brief history of the factory. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 96
å Mary Cox, ARBS, SWA (b. 1938), a bronze bust portrait of Sir Oliver Popplewell, brown patination, signed in the maquette, on a stone base, 48cm high overall. The Honourable Sir Oliver Bury Popplewell (b. 1927) is a former British judge. He chaired the inquiry into the Bradford City stadium fire, presided over the libel case brought by Jonathan Aitken, MP against The Guardian newspaper which eventually led to Aitkin`s imprisonment for perjury, and was widely reported for asking "What is Linford`s lunchbox?" during a case over which he was presiding, brought by Linford Christie. He played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and was president of the MCC from 1994 until 1996. He wrote a book about his legal career. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 97
Fay Simmons, ARBA (New Zealander, b. 1938), `Head of a Young Woman`, plaster bust, the walnut base with a paper label from Richard McDougal, Fine Art, 5 Clarges Street, London, 47cm high overall. Exhibited: Royal Academy Schools exhibition, London 1963. See `Concrete Quarterly`, no. 64, January-March 1965, p. 21. The present lot bears a strong resemblance to the head of the mother in `Mother and Child` by Simmons exhibited at the Cement and Concrete Association`s centre at Wexham Springs in 1964. For a brief biography, see Buckman, David `Artists in Britain since 1945` New edition 2006, vol. 2, p. 1453. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 460
World Coins - Vatican And Papal States (15) Ferrara Muraiola 1710 Vg, 2 Giulio 1753 Vg Holed, 2 Giulio 1772 Vf, 1/2 Scudo 1773 Vg/Fine, 20 Baiocchi 1865r Year Xx Fine, 10 Soldi 1866r Year Xxi Vg, 1868r Year Xxiii Vf, Lira 1866r Year Xxi Small Bust With Ornament Ef, 1867r Year Xxii Vg, 1868r Year Xxii Fine, 2 Lire 1867r Year Xxii Fine, 5 Lire 1936 Year Xv Ef, 1940 Year Ii Bu, 10 Lire 1934 Year Xiii Vf, 500 Lire 1964 Unc
Lot 577
An 18th century weathered carved marble portrait bust of the Roman emperor Vitellius, naturalistically carved wearing a laurel wreath in his hair and a gown tied at his neck, on a scrolled socle base, inscribed SERGIVS GALBA, 97cm tall Provenance: removed from the grounds of Point House, in Attleborough, Norfolk. Despite the inscription to the base, for the Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba, who ruled briefly from A.D. 68 to 69, the likeness of this portrait would suggest that it is more likely to be Vitellius.
Lot 162
Henry Bone RA (1755-1834) GEORGE IV AS PRINCE REGENT bust portrait, wearing Field Marshall`s scarlet uniform with gold epaulette, collar and tied black stock, the Order of the Fleece around his neck and the breast star of the Order of the Garter, St Andrew, Black Eagle and Holy Spirit pinned to his breast enamel on gold in a gold and enamel frame inscribed on the reverse `His Majesty George 4, London April 1830, Painted by H Bone RA enamel painter to the King and the late Duke of York after the original picture by Sir Thos Lawrence P.R.A.` oval, 3.5cm x 2.75cm (1.25" x 1") Note: based on Sir Thomas Lawrence`s portrait of 1814, Bone produced several versions of the present work over some years. George IV was obviously very fond of them, as he gave many to his friends, courtiers and mistresses and also to Lady Conynham and his niece Princess Victoria in 1826. The Royal Collection boasts several of these enamels of varying sizes by Bone. Provenance: Mr & Mrs Tom Southern Collection Literature: Richard Walker, Miniatures in the Collection of Her Majesty the Queen, the 18th and 19th Centuries, 1992, pp.281-284, illustrations 757-765
Lot 42
A HALF-LENGTH BRONZE BUST OF KAISER WILHELM II, depicted in full military uniform, signed on reverse `H. Eichberg` with retailers marks for `R. Bellair & Co. Berlin`, secured to marble plinth - 16Iin. (42cm.) high; together with an Imperial Navy white ensign (faded) and a copy of Die Deutche Flotte in Groser Zeit [`The German Fleet in Peace Time`] published 1926 (3)
Lot 81
A BLACK BASALT BUST OF NELSON BY WEDGWOOD after the original by Robert Shout, impressed maker`s marks to back and under socle, further impressed `NELSON` Published July 22nd R. Shout Sep 1798 Holborn - 10Iin. (27cm.) high, Lit: Walker, R: The Nelson Portraits, Royal Naval Museum Publications, 1998, p.215.
Lot 283
A FINELY CARVED AND WELL-PRESENTED NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR-STYLE WOOD, BONE AND BALEEN SHIP MODEL OF THE 3rd- RATE `FAME` CLASS SHIP-OF-THE-LINE HERO (1803), the planked and pinned hull with baleen wales with protruding sprung brass cannon operated from stern cords, ornately carved bust-form figurehead, stern, quarter galleries and deck superstructure, standing and running rigging with bone blocks, bound masts, yards with stun`s`l booms, flags and streamer, mounted on bone cradles to inlaid wooden base with bone balustrade. Measurements overall - 19 x 24in. (48 x 61cm.), Built at Blackwell by Perry, Wells & Green, Hero was completed in 1803 and joined the Channel Fleet under command of Alan Gardner, and fought at Calder`s Action in July 1805 and Strachan`s Action in November the same year. In 1809 she served at the Basque Roads and was in the Baltic in 1811 when she was wrecked on the Haak Sand off the Texel with the loss of over 500 in the Great Strom on Christmas Day 1811, leaving just twelve survivors.
Lot 1
An unusual cast bronze sheet copper and cast iron weathervane circa 1860 198cm.; 78ins high The bronze crowned lion and crowned cast iron bust of a man surmounting this piece would suggest that it was originally situated by a building with some form of Royal connection such as the palace of Westminster or perhaps an Oxford or Cambridge college.
Lot 35
Matthew Noble: A carved white marble portrait bust of Joseph Earle signed M Noble and dated London, 1860 78cm.; 31ins high Joseph Haynsworth Earle (April 30, 1847 - May 20, 1897) was a United States Senator from South Carolina. Born in Greenville, he attended private schools in Sumter. He was a first year cadet at the South Carolina Military Academy (now The Citadel) at the outbreak of the Civil War enlisted in the Confederate Army. He graduated from Furman University (Greenville) in 1867, taught school for two years, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1870 and commenced practice in Anderson. He returned to Sumter in 1875 and continued the practice of law; he was also interested in the logging business and in agricultural pursuits Earle was a member of the South Carolina House of Representatives from 1878 to 1882, and was a member of the South Carolina Senate from 1882 to 1886. He was South Carolina attorney general from 1886 to 1890, declined the nomination for Governor, and ran unsuccessfully for that office in 1890. He returned to Greenville in 1892, was elected a circuit judge in 1894, and was elected as a Democrat to the U.S. Senate, serving from March 4, 1897 until his death in Greenville on May 20, 1897. Interment was in Christ Churchyard in Greenville Joseph Earle was a great-grandson of Elias Earle, a cousin of John Laurens Manning Irby, and a nephew of William Lowndes Yancey, all of whom were members of the U.S. Congress (Yancey also the C.S. Congress)
Lot 40
George Halse (1826-1895): A carved white marble figure of a girl with theatrical mask A carved white marble figure of a child signed G Halse Sc 58cm.; 23ins high Halse made his debut at the Royal Academy in 1855 and received a mention for his bust of the Duke of Devonshire in 1858. He exhibited for a number of years and was championed by the Art Critic John Ruskin.
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