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Lot 249
Gillray (James) The first kiss this ten years! - or - the meeting of Britannia & Citizen François, etching and aquatint with original hand-colouring, on wove paper without watermark, sheet 357 x 260 mm (14 x 10 1/4 in), thread margins, minor even toning but mainly to extremities, some residual album leaves in corners verso, unframed, Hannah Humphrey, 1803Literature:BM Satires 9960 ⁂ Satire on Anglo-French relations with a fat good-natured Britannia receiving a big kiss from a lean French military officer, with oval bust portraits of Napoleon and George III above.
Lot 1198
Royalty. Dorothy Wilding (1893-1976), a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II, taken soon after her accession, bust-length, slightly-turned to sinister, wearing The George IV State Diadem and the Order of the Garter, n.d. but 1952/53, b/w photograph, 36cm x 28cm, mounted with the signatures of the late monarch as 'Elizabeth' and the photographer herself, 68cm x 52cm overall. Generally good condition. The autographed paper slightly browned/toned. Very slight wear to the frame.
Lot 1163
An early 19th Century Staffordshire pottery pearlware bust depicting The Duke of York hand painted in naturalistic colours, the plinth with faux marble decoration, impressed title to rear and CAMRC Collection label to base - sold with a similar depicting Nelson with impressed title to rear and label to base for Nevill Jackson Collection
Lot 363
A Victorian oval Jet cameo brooch, the female bust after the antique, carved in high relief with view chaplets in her hair, 6cm high, 5cm wide; a pair of 19th century Jet oval lockets, now as earrings, carved in high relief with leafy two-handled urns; a pair of Victorian Jet tear shaped pendant earrings, carved with female Bacchic cameos; another pair smaller (7)
Lot 483
An 18th century Wedgwood basalt tea pot and cover, moulded with wickerwork, weeping widow finial, 11cm high, c.1780; a pair of 19th century Wedgwood basalt spill vases, moulded with classical figures, 7.5cm high, impressed marks; a Wedgwood basalt bust, of a child on a plinth, 7cm high; etc (5)
Lot 412
A group of seven 19th century Parian figure groups to include Queen Victoria, a boy upon a pedestal, an infant and an angel and two busts, with a Parian holy water wall mount, a boy and basket, a spill vase and a composition bust of Beethoven.The boy with the shepherd is with grubby and with restored hands and lacking musical instrument, the conversation with some chips to the hat and other losses behind, the figure of the angel lacking tips to two fingers and with some firing flawsthe bust of Chopin is broken at the neck and glue repaired, the figure of the boy on the pedestal has later painted detailing, Queen Victoria cracked and glue repaired throughout the base.
Lot 547
Three decorative ceramic figures including a Cmielow example, a maiden with a bag and a pair of Italian examples, also a mid-century glass decanter and stopper, an African bust, a Murano dog, etc.Italian female righre with glue repaired break to the neck and restored wrist. Poodle head with chips the collar, some grazes and marks in the hair.
Lot 2549
Gustave Obiols Delgado - a French Art Nouveau painted terracotta head and shoulders bust of Sappho, wearing a flowerhead and turquoise seat headdress, the integral base bearing cast signature and registration numbers, height 41cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 129
An agate cameo brooch pendant, depicting a bust-length profile portrait of a maiden, yellow metal surround ornated with rose-cut diamonds, hinged pin stem and C-catch on the reverse, also fitted with a hook for pendant conversion, French eagle head assay mark, overall length 3.6 cm, total weight of item 12.9 grams.
Lot 461
A set of six Art Nouveau silver buttons, Levi & Salaman, Birmingham 1904, cast with a female bust amongst flowers framed by sinuous drapes, in original presentation case, and a pair of silver goblets, Garrard & Co, Birmingham 1975, the bowls with gilt interior, in original presentation case.In good condition.
Lot 96
A shell cameo brooch and three rings, the brooch contains a shell cameo depicting a bust of a maiden with flowers, with braided surround, to stem and C-catch, 5.0 x 4.0 cm; a 22ct yellow gold wedding band, size P½; a 9ct gold ring with diagonal stripe pattern, size M; a 9ct gold ring star-set with diamond accent, engraved shoulders to flat shank, size R½; Total weight of items 25.9 grams (4)Qty: 422ct ring weighs 2.4 gramstwo 9ct rings weigh 6.8 grams together
Lot 181
Pair: Labourer B. Bust, a civilian employee of Messrs. Lucas & Aird who were contracted to construct the railway from Suakin to Berber, near Khartoum, a distance of 200 miles, although only 20 miles of track had been laid before the Army withdrew from the Suakin operations in May 1885 Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, undated reverse, 1 clasp, Suakin 1885 (Labourer. B. Bust); Khedive’s Star, dated 1884-6, unnamed as issued, extremely fine (2) £300-£400 --- Among the main objectives of the second British expedition to set foot in the eastern Sudan in 1885 was the construction of a railway line from Suakin to Berber. It was, to quote the historian Thomas Archer, an effort to ‘smash the Mahdi’ by means of the ‘latest resources of civilization.’ Indeed had all gone to plan, a 280-mile railway line would have been constructed, thereby securing the protection of the eastern Sudan. In the event, however, it proved to be an expensive red herring: as some had rightly observed from the outset, an exercise on this scale, in enemy territory, would have to involve round the clock protection for the civilian construction workers, and, with the difficult climate and terrain, a good deal of luck. The contract to carry out this monumental task was awarded to the British company Messrs. Lucas & Aird. In the official minute issued by the Government, the company was to construct ‘for the War Department for the purposes of the Expeditionary Force sent out to Suakin, and, according to the orders and under the control of the General Officer for the time being in command of the same force, a 4ft. 8.5ins. gauge single line of railway from Suakin, and thence in sections to so far towards Berber as may from time to time be ordered by the Secretary of State. The War Department engages to keep the way clear and the working-staff protected.’ The staff of Lucas & Aird were to be paid by the Government and their rations and clothes supplied by the War Department and, if an employee died as a result of enemy action, or the climate, his next of kin would be paid a gratuity equal to one year’s salary. Otherwise, the assorted navvies would receive a daily payment of 12 shillings, a small fortune for the day. And quite a sight they must have made, working alongside the military, in their bowler-hats. Certainly their language was colourful enough, an Army Padre who was billeted alongside one of their huts having his vocabulary ‘widened by the experience’ (Henry Keown-Boyd’s A Good Dusting refers). Yet, as predicted from the outset, their endeavours quickly attracted hostile interest from Osman Digma’s tribesmen. In fact, for the purposes of safety, while the military fought out such battles as that at Tofrek on 22 March 1885, Lucas & Aird were instructed to halt progress. By early April, work had recommenced but General Graham, still concerned for the safety of the navvies, ordered an advanced zeriba to be established five miles along the road to Handoub to cover the head of the railway, and a block-house and another zeriba to be built at Handoub itself, while covering parties were to protect the head of the railway as it advanced. Owing, however, to the growing heat, the difficulty confronted in obtaining water supplies, and the fact that many local tribesmen continued to act with hostility, progress was slow and painful, and by the time General Graham ordered a halt to the project, the railway line had advanced just 20 miles to the town of Otao; ultimately the British withdrew from the Sudan and the railway project was abandoned at a cost of £865,000 to the Government. Added to that cost was the distribution of the relevant campaign medal and clasp to the navvies of Lucas & Aird, the relevant roll (WO 100 68) revealing an extremely interesting and varied head count of 475 employees. In all the Company was represented by some 30 different types of employee, Blacksmiths, Boilermakers, Carpenters, Cashiers, Clerks, Cooks, Engine Drivers, Firemen, Foremen, Guards, Labourers, Pipelayers, Platelayers, Ropemakers, Roperunners, Storekeepers and Traffic Managers among them: and each and every Medal was duly engraved with the recipient’s relevant job title. The medal roll is dated 16 August 1887. Several locomotives built specially for this contract were subsequently put to work on the Chattenden & Upnor Railway in Kent. Sold with copied medal roll entry.
Lot 577
Ancient World, Ptolemaic Kings of Egypt, Arsinoe II (wife of Ptolemy II), c250BC, gold Oktadrachm, Θ before right facing veiled bust, ΑΡΣΙΝΟΗΕ ΦΙΛΑΔΕΛΦΟΥ; claw mounted in bright gold coloured loop with suspension ring, 29.57gm in total, good VF or betterIt is a claw mount, and so it it difficult to say whether there is any damage, however, it seems to have been mounted with considerable care. As to the weight of the mount, it is very difficult to guesstimate
Lot 587
Charles II, Crown 1662 Rose, vg-F; Shillings, Queen Anne, 1708E g-vg; George II, 1745 LIMA VG; 1750 Fine; George III, 1816, rev edge flan flaw and two minor digs below bust, EF; with a Henry VI Groat of Calais with 2 annulets on reverse; Bank Token, Three Shillings, 1811 almost Fine; 19TH Century Silver Shilling token, Leicestershire D1, good Fine, others (12)
Lot 619
Bust length, wearing a brown jacket and grey rollneck, signed, oil on thin panel 44 x 33cm. with a pencil sketch of the same sitter, inscribed `Brom 1930` and signed, 15 x 12.5cm. (2) Provenance: The family of the sitter. ** The oil in good condition; the drawing creased and worn with tears at edges.
Lot 823
A 19thc large basalt bust of Venus, raised on a socle base. Impressed marks to the back of the bust, 'Wedgwood, Venus', and also impressed 'Wedgwood' to the socle base. 33.5cms high *This was modelled after Canova, a similar bust was exhibited at the Great Exhibition in 1851. ** Generally good, couple of tiny nicks to the base rim and some wear to the base over time.
Lot 383
A DUTCH MAHOGANY AND MARQUETRY CHEST LATE 18TH / EARLY 19TH CENTURY the top inlaid with a coat-of-arms of the Hague with a stork holding an eel flanked by lions and butterflies above four long drawers, the sides decorated with ribbon tied drapes and a portrait bust inscribed "Maarten Harpeszoon anno 1680, Tromp. Luitenant, Admiraal van Holland, En West Vriesland" with further inscriptions 96cm high, 85.6cm wide, 42cm deep
Lot 417
NAPOLEON INTEREST. A BRONZED COPPER MEDAL SNUFF BOX 19TH CENTURY the lid decorated with a portrait bust of Napoleon, inscribed 'Bonaparte Primus Consul Anno VIII', the base with classical figures, together with a French silver and steel folding knife, scissor and file tool in the form of a Napoleon III coin by Charles Louis Eloi Pernet, stamped 'Eloi France' (2) 5cm diameter (max) Provenance 'A Lifetime of Collecting' - The Property of a Gentleman
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