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Lot 229
'THE BATTLES OF THE BRITISH ARMY IN PORTUGAL, SPAIN AND FRANCE, 1815' A BRONZE CASE in the form of a Duke of Wellington commemorative medallion containing coloured discs depicting the various battles, the case titled 'Picture Medal' with a bust of the Duke of Wellington, inscribed Edward Orme, Direx and Porter F, the case 7.5cm diameter approx. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
Lot 310
Royal Commemoratives - Queen Victoria Diamond Jubilee bronze plaque, by Francis John Williamson (1833-1920), Esher, modelled in relief with a portrait bust facing to dexter, 26.5cm diameter, together with a Coronation edition of 'The Sun', Thursday Evening, June 28th, 1838, No.14, 289 (2) Condition: Plaque has been polished and displays general wear and tarnishing to borders, superficial pitting and scratching etc. Newspaper has been folded, is discoloured, and general marks and edge wear etc, sold as seen. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 573
Franz Till, Dresden - Late 19th Century oval porcelain portrait miniature plaque, decorated with a bust-length figure of a lady, signed lower right, 12cm x 9.5cm, in later frame Condition: Not inspected out of frame but displays no faults or post-production damage to visible areas. **General condition consistent with age
Lot 717
Two unusual 19th Century oak hall chairs, in the 'Romayne' tradition, one with oval back and relief-carved profile portrait, the other back a full three-quarter bust portrait of 17th Century gentlemen, possibly Charles I and Cromwell, shaped solid seats and ring-turned splayed supports, each approximately 92cm high (2) Condition: Typical rubbing to tips of legs, otherwise sound. Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information.
Lot 808
Good early to mid 18th Century STYLE black-lacquered Chinoiserie cabinet, the hinged doors decorated with a perching mythical bird and four figures in a landscape with pavilions, punch-decorated brass escutcheon and six hinges, enclosing three short, two medium and two long drawers with further Chinoiserie decoration and quatrefoil backed drop handles, 100cm x 43cm x 89cm high, on a fine giltwood Baroque stand carved with central cherub bust between dolphins or sea serpents, the front supports finely carved as bare-breasted female terms with bead necklaces and fruiting pendants, over C-scroll legs, the sides deeply carved with shells and further pendants, 110cm x 58cm x 87cm high, overall 176cm high Condition: Minor fine crazing to door lacquer commensurate with age. Interior generally good, door interiors undecorated, minor cracking to one side, base has typical minor flake losses and a little cracking at joints as to be expected, see further images. Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information.
Lot 154
WORLD WAR I - MESOPOTAMIACollection of letters, photographs and ephemera relating to the career of Major James Wickham Ley, D.S.O., of the 2nd, attached to the 7th, Battalion (The Prince of Wales's) North Staffordshire Regiment, comprising over 70 letters to his mother and other members of his family from various postings, Blomfontein and Johannesburg in the Boer War, Simla, Lucknow and the North West Frontier, Basra, Mesopotamia ('Mespots') and Baghdad in the First World War, c.300 pages, with envelopes, dust-staining and usual signs of wear, 4to and 8vo, South Africa, India, Mesopotamia and Persia, 13 October 1897 to 22 September 1918; with some 70 photographs of family and camp life, his commission signed 'Victoria RI', a Stanford's map of Lower Mesopotamia, other personal papers and newspaper cuttings, with documents relating to his death, etc. (quantity)Footnotes:'I JUST GOT A BULLET THROUGH THE LEFT SHOULDER & SHALL BE ALRIGHT AGAIN VERY SOON': correspondence from a career-soldier. Many of Major Ley's letters from India describe a seemingly never-ending round of parties and sporting events, whilst making light of impending skirmishes with the Afghans ('there may be a bust up...'), possibly to spare the feelings of his mostly female correspondents to whom he is most solicitous ('I think you're quite right that Surbiton is not a very healthy place for anybody'). Weeks later he is in 'Mespots' with Expeditionary Force D, tormented by insects and sandstorms and writes with evident frustration at the lack of activity ('we've been doing practically nothing here & it looks as if we shall go on doing it...') and relying on a trickle of news from the Western Front ('I see the French are using gases and burning liquid which seems rather a pity but suppose it has got to be done...'). He was finally selected to join the so-called 'Hush-Hush' army, Dunsterforce, which suffered a heavy defeat at Baku ('Didn't take my boots off for over ten days and had a pretty worrying time of it...') and was forced to evacuate (in his last letter he writes 'I have lost all my kit... I've been through so many stages... it would be difficult to know where to begin...'). At the battle he held a crucial position with a handful of men, enabling others to escape but enduring heavy losses of his own battalion. The responsibility for this was too much and, suffering from depression, James Ley took his own life on 22 October 1918.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 74
A mid 20th century gem-set moor broochDepicting the bust of a Moor with seed-pearl earrings, the hat accented by cushion-shaped, old brilliant-cut diamonds and seed pearls, the cloak with a chased acanthus leaf design set with cushion-shaped diamonds and vari-cut emeralds, rubies and a sapphires, some in closed-back settings, length 4.0cmFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 21
A painted plaster bust of William Pitt the Younger after Joseph Nollekens (British 1737-1823), possibly first half 19th century, portrayed togate, inscribed PITT to the rear, 72cm high The present bust portrays William Pitt, who served as Prime Minister during the reign of King George III, including during the Napoleonic Wars. After Pitt's death, London-born sculptor Joseph Nollekens RA won the commission for a full length commemorative statue, to be placed at the Senate House of the University of Cambridge. When this commission proved popular, the sculptor produced over 70 busts of Pitt in marble. The present bust is a rendition in plaster, and its painted surface and vivid modelling recall early 19th century examples such as the one sold at Christie's South Kensington, 9 November 2010, lot 106 This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 258
A French sculpted and stained terracotta bust of Madame du Barry in 18th century manner, early 20th century, portrayed looking slightly to dexter and partially draped, on a waisted circular socle, stamped for the Musee de Sculpture Comparee Palais Trocadero and dated 1905 to the rear, 63cm high This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 257
A George II style mahogany library bookcase, the broken arch pediment with egg and dart mouldings and a central platform for a bust or vase flanked by acanthus scrolls with eagle head terminals, the pair of panelled astragal doors enclosing adjustable shelves, the lower part with a Vitruvian scroll-carved waist moulding incorporating a pair of book rests, the lower part with two pairs of articulated fielded-panel cupboard doors each enclosing a drawer and a shelf, on a plinth with a ribbon-and-rosette carved border, with associated bust, 283cm high, 208cm wide, 54cm deep Provenance: Bought by R.W. Symonds for Geoffrey Blackwell.James Kenneth Weir, 2nd Viscount Weir of Eastwood CBE Acquired by the present owner, anonymous sale, Christie's London, 12 March 1981, lot 108 Literature: R.W. Symonds, 'Furniture in the Collection of Mr Geoffrey Blackwel', Apollo, April 1936, pp. 192-4, fig. II P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Dictionary of English Furniture, London, 1954, vol. 1, p. 83, fig. 11.R.W. Symonds 'A Fine Pair of Library Bookcases', Country Life, 29 May 1958, pp. 1176-7, fig. 1 P. Macquoid and R. Edwards, The Shorter Dictionary of English Furniture, London, rev. ed., 1964, p.53, fig. 7. The present bookcase is designed in the Roman style first promoted by the architect Inigo Jones (d. 1637) and later adopted by Richard Boyle 3rd Earl of Burlington and his circle including William Kent. The centre of the pediment features Jupiter eagles flanking a bracket intended for the display of a bust. The design is shares similarities, in respect of its pediment and glazing bars with a Tuscan bookcase pattern of 1739, illustrated in Batty Langley's Treasury of Designs: or the Art of Drawing and Working the ornamental parts of Architecture, London, 1745, pl. 58. The eagles to the centre of the pediment are paralleled in Langley's design for a chimney-piece in Gothic Architecture Improv'd by Rules and Proportions, 1742 (pl. 47). The present bookcase sold Christie's 12 March 1981, lot 108, forming one of three lots (106-108) designated as 'The Property of a Nobleman'. Lot 106, another bookcase of a very similar design, was purchased by Geoffrey's Blackwell's son John. The latter catalogued as A George II mahogany bookcase, circa 1740, with minor alterations sold more recently (Euro 277,050) Christie's Antwerp, 'Axel Vervoordt', 10-12 May 2004, lot 110 with provenance: possibly supplied to the Fermor family, Tusmore, Oxfordshire and possibly sold with the house to the 2nd Earl of Effingham (d. 1889). Please note, this lot is 293cm high and not as printed in the catalogue.
Lot 19
A French gilt bronze bust of Diana the Huntress after Jean-Antoine Houdon (1741-1828), cast by the Susse Frères, last quarter 19th century, portrayed facing to dexter, with a crescent moon to her loosely tied hair, partially draped along the truncation, on a waisted square section socle stamped HOUDON to the side, stamped for SUSSE FRES and with mark and initials A V S to the rear, 28cm high, 17cm wide The Susse brothers ran a prolific foundry in Paris, and are perhaps best-known for manufacturing one of the earliest Daguerrotype cameras.This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 15
A large and impressive simulated marble bust of Emperor Hadrian, after the Antique, late 20th century, the bearded subject portrayed in military dress and looking slightly to sinister, on a waisted circular socle, 92cm high This bust is a full-size rendition of the monumental example in the British Museum, London, INV.1805,0703.95 This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 250
A patinated bronze bust of John Milton after John Cheere (1709-1787), cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, late 19th century, portrayed facing forward and with loose curls, draped surrounding the truncation, above a waisted circular socle and further square section plinth, inscribed F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR. and bearing a A. Collas Reduction Mecanique stamp to the rear, 28cm high, 20cm wide The present portrait is after a circa 1750 bust attributed to Cheere at the Wren Library, Cambridge. This model was, in turn, likely based on the 17th century model by Rysbrack which graces Milton's grave monument at Westminster Abbey This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 74
A French patinated bronze and gilt metal mounted bust of Ajax or Menelaus after the Antique, last quarter 19th century, the bearded and truncated subject portrayed looking to dexter and wearing a helmet cast with a mask and figures, on a waisted rectangular section socle, 40cm high, approximately 22cm wide The present lot represents a part of the renowned Hellenistic Pasquino group, known to us only through Roman copies. The dramatic sculpture is variously interpreted as 'Ajax carrying the body of Achilles' or 'Menelaus supporting Patroclus'.
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