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Lot 9
NO RESERVE Faraday (Michael, natural philosopher, scientific adviser, and Sandemanian, 1791-1867) Autograph letter signed to "Sir", 1p., 8vo, Royal Institution, [London], 20th March 1852, I am very much obliged to you for your kindness but my apparatus are such that I would not make the slightest use of the specimens of water you propose to send me", folds, removed from an album; and another, a cabinet photograph of Faraday, v.s., v.d. (2).
Lot 247
A VERY LATE VICTORIAN SILVER SMALL VESTA/MATCH CASE, TWO OTHER VESTAS AND OTHER ITEMS comprising; the oblong vesta engraved with foliate script initials 'JC(?)', (the hinge detached from the body), Birmingham 1901: a plated large vesta/match case in the form of a tambour-fronted cabinet, one side with a scratched inscription, 7cm high overall (2 ¾ in); a tortoiseshell, abalone and mother of pearl mounted vesta/match case; two cut clear-glass scent/smelling salts bottles and two similar small dressing table pots, all with removable silver covers, various dates and makers; the head of a 19th century gold and woven hair mourning ring and a damaged half-pearl small spray brooch, 1.4g gross; two American regimental badge brooches in the form of crossed rifles; three farthings and a few other odd items
Lot 255
A COLLECTION OF 27 SILVER-MOUNTED STEEL BOOT HOOKS MOUNTED FOR DISPLAY IN A GLAZED DEMI-LUNE WALL CABINET the steel boot hooks with silver embossed handles and include some unusual and rarer examples including one in the form of a lion's head with green glass eyes; a Chinese export example of tapering form, the tapering handle entwined with a dragon; a pistol-handled example embossed with bamboo and leaves; another embossed with the Kings pattern; another drop-shaped of hammered form with a vacant round reserve; a large example embossed with a mask within scrolls and leaves, 24cm long overall (9 ½ in); and many of shaped outline embossed with a variety of foliate scrolls and shaped cartouches, various dates, makers and marks, mostly English circa 1898-1919, however there are four examples with foreign marks or lacking marks; all attractively and professionally mounted on green baize in a demi-lune shaped mahogany wall display cabinet, this approx. 33.5cm high (13 in), 68.5cm wide (27 in); and accompanied by a photocopy of an insurance valuation carried out by Leith of Taunton on 25th October 1996
Lot 257
A GROUP OF 16 MOSTLY STEEL GLOVE HOOKS CIRCA 1800-1920 including three late 18th/early 19th century cut-steel examples, these approx. 5-5.5cm long (2-2 ¼ in); a plated example in the form of a bird's claw clutching a spherical green hardstone bead, 11.5cm long overall (4 ½ in); a small green and white dot enamelled folding example, approx. 3m long when closed (1 ¼ in); three examples with mother of pearl handles; two examples with agate handles; another folding example with a tortoiseshell covered handle; another with a silver and orange-paste terminal in the form of a Scottish thistle motif, Birmingham 1922, 5cm long (2 in); and three other examples; ); together with a glazed mahogany table-top display cabinet with internal divisions and a grey watered-silk pad, 28.5cm overall (11 ¼ in)
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