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Click here to subscribeA Wedgwood black jasper copy of the Portland or Barberini vase, late 19th century, after a model by Thomas Lovett, decorated with a frieze of classical figures, columns and trees, the base with a bust of Paris wearing a Phrygian cap, impressed factory and modeller's marks, slight cameo loss to one tree branch.
An opaque glass memorial profile bust of the Duke of Wellington, on black background, in circular ebony frame, 71/2" diameter, with suspension ring, GC (2 small chips to frame); and a similar metal memorial brooch, 21/2" x 11/2", the bust with bowed head guarded by 2 angels and scrolls below with motto "Virtutis Fortuna Comeo", pin fastening and ring for suspension, in a gilt frame. GC (2)
A 19th Century French ebonised and Boulle bookcase of "Regence" design with gilt brass mouldings and mounts, the arched pediment centred with a gilt brass bust of a classical maiden flanked by turned finials, the interior veneered in birdseye maple and fitted five adjustable shelves enclosed by a pair of doors with glazed upper panels and Boulle lower panels decorated with urns of flowers and leaf scrolls, flanked by mounts with female busts and leaf scroll ornament, on turned feet, 45ins wide x 71ins high
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, a silver crown piece, 1658 by Thomas Simon, laureate and draped bust left, OLIVAR.D.G.P.ANG.SCO.HIB &c PRO., rev. crowned arms of the protectorate, PAX.QVAERITVR.BELLO, lettered edge HAS. NISI. PERITVRVS.MIHI.ADIMAT.NEMO ESC 10; S.3226). Very fine and toned, the usual die flaw in an early stage.
Hammered Silver Coins (4), Pennies of the Edwards (2), Long Cross, London mint; Henry VIII (1509-1547), Groat, Second coinage, crowned profile portrait bust right, mintmark lis (S.2337 E); Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixpence, 1566 Third issue, mintmark lion (S.2562), fair to fine but small segment missing from third and fourth pierced; together with Roman silvered Antoniniani (2), very fine; and other ancient bronze coins (4). (10)
Archbishop William Laud, (1573 - executed 1645), a silver memorial medal, by John Roettier, struck after the Restoration, showing his bust and cherubs with crown and mitre, over a panarama of London, 58mm, contained in a fitted wooden box, this with a dedication to the Vicar of Woodmansterne (Nr. Banstead, Surrey), dated 1848.
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