VICTORIA 1837-1901 The Three Faces of Queen Victoria Gold Half Sovereign Set. 1863 obverse young uncrowned portrait of Queen Victoria facing left, legend around VICTORIA DEI GRATIA , date below reverse crowned quartered shield of arms, legend around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: 3.95 grams 1892 obverse Jubilee bust of Queen Victoria wearing imperial crown and facing left, legend around VICTORIA DEI GRATIA reverse crowned quartered shield of arms, legend around, BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF: 3.85 grams 1897 obverse Crowned bust of Queen Victoria facing left, legend around, VICTORIA . DEI . GRA . BRITT . REGINA . FID . DEF . IND . IMP . reverse St. George on horseback the horse rearing to right over fallen dragon the date, 1893 in the exergue 4 grams (3) Condition Report:Available upon request
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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
VICTORIA 1901 1/d 2/d 3/d 4/d A rare cased set of four silver Maundy pieces, the last Maundy set issued during the reign of Queen Victoria 1837-1901. Obverse older crowned and veiled bust ('Old Head') of Queen Victoria left, legend around VICTORIA·DEI·GRA · BRITT·REGINA·FID·DEF · IND·IMP T.B. reverse Crowned denomination divides date within oak wreath 1901 Condition Report:Available upon request
A Doulton Lambeth, William Ewart Gladstone commemorative jug, early 20th century, moulded with the bust of William Gladstone to the front, and flanked by inscription ribbons reading "Effort, honest, manful, humble effort succeeds by its reflective action upon character, better than success", H22.5cm Overall condition is good, there are some minor chips and markings associated with age and use
A PAIR OF ROSENTHAL PORCELAIN CABINET PLATES, c.1900, of plain circular form, centrally painted in polychrome enamels by Wagner with bust length portraits of Napoleon and Josephine within raised gilded panelled borders and rims, signed and inscribed, green printed mark overpainted in gilt with a flower, pseudo Vienna shield on-glaze blue, 10" diameter (Illustrated) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Purchased in 1994 for £3,300 from David Bower Antiques. No chips, cracks or restoration, very minor scratches to backgrounds
A FRENCH PORCELAIN LARGE TWO HANDLED CUP AND COVER, 19th century, of flared cylindrical form painted in pastel colours with a bust length portrait of Marie Antoinette wearing a lace trimmed lilac dress within a gilded border on a cobalt blue ground, the reverse with her monogram painted in pink roses and forget-me-nots, the lift off cover with bud finial, pseudo mark in blue and incised 66, 6 1/2" high, together with an "Augustus Rex" cup, cover and saucer painted in polychrome enamels with a loose bouquet of flowers with griffin moulded rims picked out in blue, marked in blue, saucer 5 1/4" diameter (2) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: "Sevres" cup and cover no damage but gilding badly worn, especially below portrait and inner rim and blue worn on cover (misfired?), A R saucer and cup good, cover has loss to ribbon and gilding worn
ALLEN CURRAN (BRITISH 1933-2000): A BRONZED BUST OF JOHN LENNON, ENTITLED ‘IMAGINE’1984 Bronzed fibreglass and resin on lined wooden base, stamped to the reverse 'A. Curran 1984, Liverpool', 20.5cm high; Together with a card signed later in black ink by Paul McCartney, a Beatles commemorative tea towel, and thirty-six A. & B.C. Chewing Gum trading cards of The Beatles
2nd-3rd century A.D.. Composed of a large hoop with raised tongue-shaped plaques at the shoulders, bezel formed as the bust of goddess Selene wearing a crescentic crown; trace remains of gilding. 12.63 grams, 34.40 mm overall, 21.27 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V, USA 10 1/2, Europe 23.77, Japan 22) (1 3/8 in.). Acquired on the German art market around 2000s.From the collection of an EU gentleman living in the UK.
16th century A.D.. Very heavy high-carat merchants ring with oval bezel bearing heraldic helmet and shield design with a chevron below two mullets and an eagle's head at the base; the helmet with luxurious looped mantle and crest of a human bust; to the underside, an incuse panel with reserved swan on a textured field probably a device alluding to the family name. Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl.47 (C,D). 17.61 grams, 23.28 mm overall, 17.93 mm internal diameter (approximate size British P 1/2, USA 7 3/4, Europe 16.86, Japan 16) (7/8 in.). From a 1990s private collection.Property of a European gentleman.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11909-207247. The arms appear to be a variant of those used by Adam de Cretinge in the Dering Roll of the late 13th century. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
William Holman Hunt OM (1827-1910) Portrait of Arthur Henry Giles, aged twelve, bust-length Signed W.H. HUNT. (lower right, on sitter's sleeve) Pen and brown ink 18 x 14.3cm; 7 x 5¾in Together with a framed copy of correspondence from the sitter regarding the present work (2) Provenance: Anna Sarah Giles, mother of the sitter, 1852; Arthur Henry Giles, the sitter, Weston-super-Mare, by 1907; Private Collection, West Midlands; Christie's, London, 14 March 1978, lot 175, where purchased by Maas (£198); T. Clark, July 1978; Agnew's, London, 1989; From whom purchased by the previous owner, August 1994; Christie's, London, British Art on Paper, 5 June 2007, lot 97 Literature: Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonné of Paintings and Drawings executed up to his Departure for the Near East on 13 January 1854, PhD dissertation (Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London, 1987), no. D87, pp. 435-6, pl. 215; Judith Bronkhurst, William Holman Hunt: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven and London, 2006), vol.II, p. 214, no. L26 Exhibited: Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery, Collective Exhibition of the Art of W. Holman Hunt, O.M., D.C.L., 1907, no.85, lent by A.H. Giles; Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Exhibition of Pictures and Drawings by W. Holman Hunt, O.M., D.C.L., 1907, no.65; London, Agnew's, Images of Victorian Life: An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1990, no.73, illustratedThere was once an old label on the backboard of the present work which gave the following information: 'Arthur Henry Giles Aetit XII Drawn by Holman Hunt in the drawing-room of Mrs Coombes [sic], wife of the Supt., Clarendon Press, Oxford, on a Sunday afternoon in 1852, Millais, & Collins also present'. Hunt first met Mr and Mrs Combe in the autumn of 1851 when he was painting at Worcester Park Farm in the company of Charles Alston Hunt and John Everett Millais. Mrs Coombe asked Hunt to sign the present work and told the sitter to give it to his mother 'as the person who drew it will some day be famous'.
After Sir Anthony Van DyckPortrait of Charles I (1600-1649), bust-length, wearing a lace collar and the garter ribbonOil on panel25.8 x 16.5cm; 10¼ x 6½inProvenance:Private Collection, Worcester (according to inscription to backing paper);Talbot Galleries, London, where purchased by the previous private collector, April 1962;And by family descentThis work appears to derive from the triple portrait of Charles I in the Royal Collection (no.RCIN404420), and the double portrait of Charles and Henrietta Maria in the Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum, Kroměříž (no.KE 2372).
After Sir Anthony Van DyckPortrait of Queen Henrietta Maria (1609-1669), bust-length, wearing a lace collar and pearl necklaceOil on panel25.8 x 16.5cm; 10¼ x 6½inProvenance:Private Collection, Worcester (according to inscription to backing paper);Talbot Galleries, London, where purchased by the previous private collector, April 1962;And by family descentThis work derives the double portrait of Charles I and Henrietta Maria in the Kroměříž Archdiocesan Museum, Kroměříž (no.KE 2372).
Manner of Sir Anthony Van DyckPortrait of Prince Charles, later Charles II (1630-1685), bust-length, wearing a lace collar and the garter ribbonOil on panel25.9 x 16.5cm; 10¼ x 6½inProvenance:Private Collection, Worcester (according to inscription to backing paper);Talbot Galleries, London, where purchased by the previous private collector, April 1962;And by family descent
After Sir Anthony Van DyckPortrait of Mary, Princess Royal, later Princess of Orange (1631-1660), bust-length, wearing a grey dress and pearl necklaceOil on panel25.4 x 16.2cm; 10 x 6½inProvenance:Private Collection, Worcester (according to inscription to backing paper);Talbot Galleries, London, where purchased by the previous private collector, April 1962;And by family descentThe work derives from the group portrait of the three oldest children of Charles I, in the Galleria Sabauda, Turin (no.285).
A small bronze bust in the manner of Niccolo Roccatagliata,17th century, North Italian, on an ebonised plinth,8cm wide19.5cm highCondition ReportOverall the bronze is in fair cosmetic condition. There is a horizontal crack across the figure's head. Wear and dirt throughout consistent with age. Small flaw or area of damage to the figure's chin.
A small patinated bronze bust of Napoleon,19th century, French, depicted as First Consul, raised on a black marble socle base,11cm wide22cm highCondition ReportThe bust leans quite considerably to the left on its marble plinth. Some light rubbing and wear to patination. General surface wear commensurate with age and use. Some small chips to the marble.
A Parian bust of Clytie,mid-late 19th century, stamped 'B.B-W & M',19cm wide30cm highThe Accumulations of a Cotswold Antiques Dealer: The David Pickup Edit.Condition ReportSome remnants of glue to the underside of the base. Very slight area of wear to the left shoulder. No chips or cracks. Some light dirt and dust throughout. Stands stable on the base. Overall in very good cosmetic and structural condition and ready for placement.
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