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Lot 522
An 18th century sardonyx intaglio depicting the bust of an Emperor (probably Julius Caesar), in profile and wearing laurels, accompanied by a palm leaf, set in a gold collector's swivel mount, intaglio 1.6cm high, size M approximately The palm became so closely associated with victory in ancient Roman culture that the Latin word 'palma' could be used as a metonym for "victory". When Julius Caesar secured his rise to sole power with a victory at Pharsalus, a palm tree was supposed to have sprung up miraculously at the Temple of Nike (the Greek counterpart of the goddess Victory).
Lot 78
Two pairs of gold cufflinks, including a pair of oval gold cufflinks engraved RLJ to one link and with the bust of a jockey in polychrome enamel to the other, stamped 9ct, 2cm high, 14g, and a pair of 18ct oval gold cufflinks, one link engraved RLJ, the other with engine-turned decoration, maker's mark D&F, Birmingham marks for 1993, 1.8cm high, 26g
Lot 101
Brian Johnson ACDC signed 10x8 colour photo. Brian Francis Johnson (born 5 October 1947) is an English singer and songwriter. In 1980, after the death of Bon Scott, he became the third lead singer of the Australian rock band AC/DC. He and the rest of the band were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003. In March 2016, he temporarily stepped away from the band during the Rock or Bust World Tour due to hearing problems. In September 2020, AC/DC officially confirmed that Johnson along with fellow band-mates Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams had returned in August 2018 to record the band's 2020 album, Power Up. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Lot 17
AFTER THE ANTIQUE: A PLASTER BUST OF NEROthe Grand Tour style plaster bust depicting the Roman emperor with typical drapery, raised on a cylindrical socle, socle repaired,61cm maximum height x 48cm maximum width x 30cm maximum depth,A similar 17th century bust is housed in the sculpture collection in Wilton House.
Lot 112
Andalusian school of the 18th century."Virgin of Bethlehem".Oil on canvas.With antique frame.Measurements: 59 x 50 cm; 68,5 x 60 cm (frame).The Virgin Mary is presented bust-length, totally covered with a mantle and a headdress and crowned, just like Jesus, placed in a mantilla in his arms, turning his back to the spectator but turning his head, while he raises a hand towards his Mother. This type of image derives directly from works already found in Gothic art known as "Virgins of Tenderness" because of this maternal-filial attitude, which were inspired by other Byzantine ones. Stylistically, they show the usual characteristics of the 17th century Baroque school of Seville, still alive at this time, but mixed with certain details from Neoclassicism, which are still very slight.Iconographically, the "Virgin of Bethlehem" is shown here, a very important devotion celebrated on 6 January which was spread, above all, thanks to the Franciscan order, and with a long tradition, as shown by its comparison with works such as that of Ambrosius Benson (Milan, 1490 - Flemish Region, 1550) in the Museum of Sacred Art of Gran Canaria, or with the image of Our Lady of Salazar of Las Palmas in Colombia, or the patron saint of the Aragua State of Venezuela.
Lot 1138
PONIATOWSKI STANISLAW: (1754-1833) Polish nobleman, politician and diplomat, a member of the wealthy Poniatowski family, cousin of Prinz Jozef Poniatowski (1763-1813, Polish General who became a Marshal of the French Empire during the Napoleonic Wars) and a nephew of Stanislaw II Augustus (1732-1798, King of Poland 1764-95). Stanislaw Poniatowski served as Grand Treasurer of Lithuania 1784-91, making him a key figure in Poland during the Age of Enlightenment. A.L., unsigned, three pages, 4to, Rome, 11th October 1774, to Revd. Barker. Poniatowski states that he had much pleasure in receiving his correspondent's letter from Florence, and also wishes to have good news from Paris or England, continuing to write of his own recent activities, in part, 'I have so much to write to you about that I do not know where to begin with, this is really the first moment of real sociable pleasure I felt since your departure……The next day after your departure I went to Tivoli, and never was more sorry not to have you with me; really the country out does all description, it is not a large spott (sic) but finer than any we ever saw for natural buty (sic)……the country about Albano is as you know one great rising thrown up by volcanos, there are in it two lakes which seem plainly to have formerly been craters; notwithstanding there is nothing here so striking as a Tivoly, yet the extent and the variety of views which there are follows the hills make it much more fit for a person who intends to spend some time out of Rome: besides that the people seem to be more honest at Albano than at Tivoli……There is a curiosity at Tivoly which one might thinck (sic) of so late date, some thousand years counted but for little, and at so different a kind, that natural history being but the least interesting part of it, it is but with some difficulty it might be classed under that head. I wish I may give you a clear idea of it, it is a wheele (sic) which clearly has formerly existed in the rock of which all the country is formed of. If you thrust the wheel here by ill drawn [at this point in the letter Poniatowski has added an ink sketch of a wheel with four spokes visible] as far as goes the whole lined part into very loose weed which hardens in time and rotts (sic) away the wood of the wheel you will have the best idea of the wholes (sic) left in the rock for there still exist the wholes (sic) which the spokes formerly occupied…..this mould of the wheel would not be as curious a thing, did not the elevation of the rock, a corse (sic) quite different which the waters have taken now make it so…..I wish you had staied (sic) to see it with your own eyes, the whole of this expedition would surely have given you vast satisfaction. I received a letter from Father in which……he repeats with much earnestness his wish to see me back next spring into Polland (sic), I am the less disposed for this that I do not see a sufficient reason for it…..never show my letters because thoug (sic) English I have the impudanse (sic) of sending them without reading them over'. In a postscript Poniatowski provides an intriguing anecdote regarding a murder, in part, 'St. Germain getting into his carriage in the night hits a man with his foot, it was one of the coachmen of the English who in a dispute had been assassinated and was dying, the other coachmen remained upon their seats…..nobody ever thought about giving assistance, because there is a law that the man found with the murdered is strait (sic) set into prison….the story is so inhumain (sic) that it becomes hardly credible'. With integral address leaf addressed to Barker in Bakewell, Derbyshire and bearing a good red wax seal with an imprint of the bust of a man in profile. Some age wear, light staining and a few minor holes, only very slightly affecting a few words of text, G
Lot 280
TWO GEM-SET PENDANTS AND DIAMOND-SET BROOCH1st: The onyx plaque, overlaid with a bust of a lady facing right, the foliate frame accented with rose-cut diamonds, 2nd: The oval-shaped zircon within a pinched collet setting, 3rd: The bar brooch set with rose and cushion-shaped diamonds, onyx plaque damaged, lengths: pendants 1.5-3.0cm, chains 51.0-40.5cm, brooch 4.8cm (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 588
FLAXMAN JOHN: (1755-1826) British sculptor and draughtsman, a leading figure in British and European Neoclassicism. Manuscript D.S., J Flaxman, one page, slim oblong 8vo, n.p., 13th March 1784. The document is a receipt of payment and states, in full, 'Received of Sir John Sebright five Guineas the remainder of Miss. Sebright's statue a bust of Mercury &c in full'. Slightly irregularly torn to the lower edge, not affecting the text or signature, otherwise VG Sir John Sebright (1725-1794) British General and politician, a close friend of Edmund Burke. Sebright had two daughters, Mary (d.1854) and Henrietta (1770-1840).
Lot 589
EPSTEIN JACOB: (1880-1959) American-born British Sculptor. Collection of ten A.Ls.S., Jacob Epstein, nineteen pages (total), 8vo, Hyde Park Gate, Kensington, 28th October 1953 to 10th June 1954, each to David Hardman, secretary of the Sir Stafford Cripps Memorial Trust. In the first letter Epstein invites Hardman to come and see the bust of Cripps, explaining that it is not finished however adding that Lady Cripps is also keen to see it, and explaining 'I am a little uncertain about showing it yet to Lady Cripps who of course will have a not unnatural anxiety about it & I want really a decision from you before I show it [to] her'. The sculptor also comments on being shown an unsuitable place in St. Paul's that had been allocated to the bust although adding that he now understands he can choose any place he wishes for the memorial. In his second letter Epstein thanks Hardman for a payment of £337 and announces 'Tomorrow I am showing the bust to Lady Cripps, not without some trepidation! I think I have interpreted Sir Stafford in the right spirit.' and in further letters discusses the inscriptions to appear on the bust, preparations for sending the work to the foundry ('I have been today to the foundry & the more I think of it the less I like the idea of glasses on the bust. After all God made Sir Stafford without spectacles'), also requesting the final payment from the committee, updating Hardman on the progress at the foundry, discussing his thoughts on the pedestal ('Dove silver grey will look very fine & show up the bronze.'), and also commenting on a meeting at the foundry ('The reception….was somewhat curious I thought. The ecclesiastic talked as if we were attempting a crime when I asked about the site of the bust & Mr. Attlee was like a frozen turnip. A somewhat chilling affair.'), stating that he hasn't the heart to battle with the Cathedral authorities and also asking for confirmation of the date of the unveiling and requesting 5 or 6 tickets to give to friends who would like to attend ('I recall that the Dean hinted that a crowd would not be welcome! What a silly idea….I don't mind in the least the vagaries of the ecclesiastical mind. Of course it is their cathedral.') and in the final letter Epstein thanks Hardman for 'photographs of [the] great event, when we were shoved out after half an hour' and asks if he saw Tom Driberg's account? An interesting series of letters. One letter has some light age wear and another has a minor tear, a few with ink annotations (presumably in Hardman's hand), otherwise G to generally VG, 10 Sir Richard Stafford Cripps (1889-1952) British Labour Politician, Chancellor of the Exchequer 1947-50.
Lot 594
FRANK MARKHAM SKIPWORTH (1854-1929) PORTRAIT OF MISS MABEL MILLETT (1867-1951) Bust length, wearing a dark dress and fur stole, signed with initials and dated 85, oil on canvas 39.5 x 29.5cm. * Mabel Elizabeth Vincent Millett was born in May 1867. She married the ship owner Joseph Temperley in 1887 and bore him three children. She later became Lady Strakosch upon her marriage to the banker and financier Sir Heinrich `Henry` Strakosch in 1941. Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter ++ Patched repair on stole with evident retouching; needs a clean
Lot 903
RARE ROYAL DOULTON BUST - WILLIAM PITT, POLITICAL INTEREST a grey terracotta portrait bust of William Pitt, 1759-1806, made circa 1906 to commemorate the centenary of his death. Designed by John Broad and signed to the reverse, and with Royal Doulton impressed mark. Some chips in places, 34cms high
Lot 697
HINTON GIBBS "Gentleman facing right", a silhouette portrait bust study, oval, unsigned, inscribed on paper label verso "H Gibbs Artist", bears "Christie Collection" label, frame stamped "W Hill Birmh" beneath a crown, 8 cm x 6.3 cm (very cracked white background), together with 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Gentleman in white stock and black coat facing left", a miniature silhouette portrait bust study, unsigned, inscribed on "Christie Collection" label verso "? J Vaass", possibly refering to John Waass, frame stamped "W Hill & Co. Birmh" beneath a crown, 8 cm x 6.5 cm and another 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Gentleman in black coat facing left", a cut-out silhouette portrait bust study, heightened with white, on circular paper background, bears wax collector's seal verso, 7.5 cm diameter
Lot 695
JOHN FIELD "Jeremy Bentham", study of an older gentleman with grey hair facing right, a highlighted miniature portrait silhouette bust with plait of grey hair, signed "Field 2 Strand", bears artist's label verso "J Field Profilist to Their Majesties and HRH The Princess Augusta No. 2 Strand London two doors east from Northumberland House upwards of 30 years Sole Profile Painter and Late.... Firm of Miers & Field.....", inscribed on "Christie Collection" label "Jeremy Bentham is written on back May....", 8 cm x 6.5 cm CONDITION REPORTS Overall condition of image good though paper browned. Signature clear. Hair plait and paintwork itself in good condition. Frame with some cracking to the lacquer work and dirty to the edges. Reverse label extant though covered over with old paper tape and old selotape and with various lablels. See images for further detail.
Lot 698
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Gentleman in white stock and black coat facing right", a silhouette portrait bust study, inscribed on "Christie Collection" label verso "? J Stooke of Bristol", 7 cm x 5.5 cm (background very cracked), together with another 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL "Gentleman in white stock and black coat facing left", a silhouette portrait bust study, unsigned, 7 cm x 5.5 cm
Lot 693
CHARLES ROSENBERG (1745-1844) "Pitt Earl of Chatham", study of a gentleman facing left, silhouette bust, reverse painted on glass, unsigned, bears artist's label verso "Rosenberg Profile Painter to their Majesties Their Royal Highnesses The Prince and Princess of Wales and The Duke and Duchess of York No. 14 Grove Bath" and titled on "Christie Collection" label, 7.5 cm x 6 cm CONDITION REPORTS Condition of painting and glass appears overall good though there appear to be two light spots or potentially air bubbles at around the eye level. Paper slightly discoloured to the edge top left.
Lot 696
HENRY HERVÉ "Gentleman with bow in his hair facing right" and "Lady facing left", a pair of silhouette bust portrait studies, oval, reverse painted on glass, bear artist's labels verso "Henry Hervé Miniature and Profile Painter No 12 Cheapside Correct Likenesses in Miniature Taken by Hawkins's Patent machine by which he has taken the likenesses of upwards of 12,000 persons; profiles taken and cut out in paper at 2s. 6d each, completed in five minutes. Miniatures from 1 guinea upwards....", inscribed on "Christie Collection" label "July 1948 P" (on his portrait), bears "Christie Collection" label to hers, 8.5 cm x 7 cm
Lot 602
A late 19thC Austrian gilt metal commemorative beaker, for the Golden Jubilee of Emperor Franz Josef I of Austria 1848-98, embossed with bust portraits of the Emperor at the two dates, within laurel wreaths, flanking the royal regalia, verso 'Gott erhalte, Gott geschutze...Osterreichs geschick vereint', maker's details to underside for C Huber, Wien, 11cm high.
Lot 282
Murdoch (William, 1754-1839). Scottish engineer and inventor of lighting by gas. A scale model of William Murdoch’s 1784 steam carriage or road locomotive, the model with wooden frame, three 8-spoke wheels, the engine and boiler placed between the larger back wheels with a spirit lamp underneath to heat the water and a tiller at the front which turns the smaller front wheel, 48 cm long x 39 cm high, presented in a wood and glass display case with an ivorine maker's plaque stamped ‘E.T. Newton & Son Ltd, Mathematical Instrument Maker, Camborne England’, and a silver title plaque (detached) engraved 'Full Size Model Made by William Murdock 1781, at Redruth, Cornwall. Presented by George Tangye, Esq., Birmingham, 1912', case size 50 cm high x 59 cm wide x 29cm deep, together with a patinated plaster bust of William Murdoch (1754-1839) from the original by David Watson Stevenson, 1892, socle base, 34 cm high, plus a copy of John Griffiths' biography of Murdoch, The Third Man (1992), showing a photograph of the model after page 246, original cloth in dust jacket, 8voQty: (3)
Lot 167
Three pieces of decorative art to include a possibly rare double-faced langola mask from the Congo Republic, height 31cm, a terracotta head of an African lady with large flower earrings, height approx 10cm and a reproduction plaster bust of a Greek head on a museum-style base, overall height 23cm (3).
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