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AN 18TH CENTURY MARBLE CAPITAL of classical scroll and foliate form, 13" square.

Gerrit Schouten (1779-1839), 'The waterfront at Paramaribo, Surinam', a painted papier mache diorama, signed and dated 1820 on label, in gilt wood and stained case, 60cm high, 90cm wide, 34cm deep. Provenance: By descent from William Leckie, an English merchant who settled in Surinam in the early 19th century. Surinam in South America was originally settled by the British in 1630 and in 1650 Paramaribo was declared the capital. The port was established as a major centre of trade for the export of gold, sugar, rice and tropical woods to the European market. By 1815 Surinam was under Dutch rule and remained so until independence in 1975. The architecture depicted in the diorama clearly shows this Dutch influence and provides an interesting historical record as a large part of the waterkant was destroyed by fire in 1832. William Leckie settled in Surinam after eloping with a married woman, Mrs Jane Ann Gill. Presumably, he considered Surinam to be distant enough to avoid the scandal that no doubt would have ensued. According to his will, Leckie had a daughter, Ann, with Jane Gill, to whom he bequeathed two thousand pounds. He also made provision for his two slaves, Bruno and Henry, granting them freedom after a period of seven years service to Mrs Gill. Of Dutch descent, Gerrit Schouten was a native of Surinam. He was primarily a botanical illustrator, though also constructed dioramas presumably to commission. William Leckie is depicted in this diorama in conversation with another gentleman to the right of the scene. Many of Schouten's dioramas are on a small scale illustrating village festivals and festival life; large scale works such as this are unusual. There are a number of Surinam dioramas in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, and Teylers museum, Haarlem.

A 19th Century copper and brass oil lamp with Corinthian capital and cylindrical stem, on stepped a base.

A Queen's South Africa Medal 1899-1902 with four bars 'Cape Colony', 'Orange Free State', 'Johannesburg' and 'Diamond Hill', to '760 Pte C, Cutting, C.I.V.', a King's South Africa Medal 1901-1902 with two bars 'South Africa 1901' and 'South Africa 1902', re-named in irregular capital letters to '5678 Pte. J.W. Harrald. K.R.R' (the suspension bar bent). (See illustration)

A 19th Century pen, the body formed various rings of geological samples, the nib end plated and terminating in scrollwork capital inset with a floral seal.

An unusual cased pair of capital letters formed from yellow sulphur crystals, the letters V & R (for Queen Victoria) flanked by barley twist half columns, in ebonised cases, each 33 x 26 x 21 cm

A LEIGH HUNT: THE CAPITAL OF THE ANCIENT KINGDOM OF EAST ANGLIA ---- BEING A COMPLETE AND AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT BOROUGH TOWN OF THETFORD -----, L 1870, 1st edn, orig hf cf worn + W G CLARKE: A SHORT HISTORICAL GUIDE TO THE ANCIENT BOROUGH OF THETFORD, Thetford 1908, 1st edn, orig cl gt (2)

Fuentes (Manuel A.). Lima or Sketches of the Capital of Peru, Historical, Statestical, Administrative, Commercial and Moral, Paris, 1866, additional wood engraved title, chromo. title decorated with gilt and colours, tinted litho. plates, numerous wood engraved illusts. to text, scattered spotting, orig. green cloth gilt, fraying to extrems., 8vo (1)

* Holbein (Hans, after). The Print being the Exact Representation of that Capital Ship the Great Harry, 18th century hand coloured engraving by P.C. Canot, 490 x 650 mm, ornate gilt frame (1)

Halket (Lady Anna). Instructions for Youth, for the use of those young noblemen and gentlemen, whose education was committed to her care, Edinburgh, printed and sold by Mr Andrew Symson, 1701, 18 pp., including title within woodcut border, bound with Meditations on the Twentieth and Fifth Psalm, Edinburgh, Andrew Symson, and Henry Knox, 1701, Meditations and Prayers, Upon the First Week; with observations on each day's creation: and considerations on the seven capital vices, to be oppos'd: and their opposit Vertues to be studied and practised, Edinburgh, Andrew Symson, 1701, & Meditations upon the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit ..., Edinburgh, Andrew Symson, and Henry Knox, 1702, 48 pp., 50 pp., & 86 pp., respectively, separate title to each, plus [Couper, Simon]. The Life of the Lady Halket, Edinburgh, Andrew Symson & Henry Knox, 1701, [8] + 58 + [6] pp., title somewhat soiled and frayed with loss to lower margin, sl. affecting imprint, some soiling to prelims. and some browning and spotting throughout, contemp. sheep, worn with covers det., small 4to. ESTC TO72803 for the last-named work by Simon Couper. (1)

A Victorian brass and faceted glass columnar table oil lamp, circa 1870, with dished reservoir above a Composite capital and reeded stem, the waisted socle on a stepped, square section base, the weighted underside stamped for HINKS & SON Ltd, 59cm high excluding later electrical fittings

A plated Corinthian capital table lamp, 18.5in (47cm) h.

A Victorian oak inverted breakfront bookcase, the egg and dart moulded edge top above adjustable shelves flanked by lonic capital columns with winged sphinx, to a base moulding, 49in (124.5cm) h, 124in (315cm) w, 16.25in (41cm) d.

* Totem, CARDIFF QUEEN STREET, H/F. Ex Taff Vale Railway, later GWR station in the capital of Wales. In Fair Condition.

A mahogany longcase clock of Regency design, the hood enclosed by a circular door with a wreath surround, the pillar case with scroll capital and gadroon border, on bracket feet fitted a circular convex silvered dial engraved foliage and having an eight day striking and chiming Westminster movement, on gong three by Maple, London

Antoninus [Forciglioni], Saint, Archbishop of Florence Quarta pars summe maioris Antonini archipsulis florentini. [Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1487]. Folio, 40.5 x 27 cm, 252 of 256 leaves (lacking 4 leaves of table], Black Letter, text in two columns, capitals supplied in red and black, rubricated throughout, contemporary blind stamped calf over wooden boards, heavily restored, margin of table of chapters water stained, small library stamp at foot of page of first leaf, capital cut out from folio 1 of text (9.5 x 9 cm), two patches of worming in the inner margins, a number of single worm holes (particularly through last few signatures) Note: GSW 2189; Hain 1246; Proctor 2052 Volume 4 of the Summa theologica moralis, partibus IV distincta, the principal work of the Dominican Archbishop of Florence composed shortly befoe his death in 1479. It marked a new and very considerable development in moral theology. Fifteen editions of the work appeared in the first fifty years after its first appearance in print and it continued to be reprinted into the 19th century.

Gregory I, Saint, Pope Epistolae. [Augsburg: Gunther Zainer, not after 1476], large folio (403 x 279mm.), 163 leaves of 164 (without 5/7), 59 lines and headline, double column, headings and colophons printed in red, lavishly rubricated with red filling to small capitals and printed paragraph signs, red capital strokes and underlines, various flourishes and ornaments, nineteenth century half mottled sheep, marbled sides, 6/12 and 11/5.6 supplied from a shorter copy, 14/7 rehinged, reinforcements to inner margins of 17/4-6, tear to 17/5 repaired without loss of text, several wormholes to blank margins, some with old repairs, rebacked and repaired with spine laid down Note: First and only incunable edition of the letters of Pope Gregory the Great. The edition is dated from a rubricator's inscription in a Munich copy. Zainer was the first printer of Augsburg (1468), the first after the R printer (Adolf Rusch) of Strassburg to use Roman type in Germany, and the first to introduce woodcut capitals as a regular feature of book production. Goff G-415 (9 copies); Hain 7991* Provenance: rubricated in 1477 by someone who signed V on 1/10r, C.W.E.G. on 6/8v, W.S.D.L. A.M.S. on 6/9r, and W.S.D.L. A.S.M.S. on 17/8r; two versions of the same coat of arms, coloured, on 2/1r, in outline on 17/8r; dated on 5/6r, 6/8v, 17/8r; John Hadmar Sticht, bookplate dated 1947

An 18th century painted and carved oak Solomian column, with scrolling acanthus capital and leaf decorated stem, on plinth base, 193cm high

The Working Man's Companion. The Rights of Industry: Capital & Labour, Knight, London 1831. Original plain grey cloth with title labels, octavo; Select Biography; or, Memoirs of Pious Females, second edition, Oliphant et al., Edinburgh 1822; Waddel, Moses. Memoirs of Miss Caroline E. Smeldt, Chalmers & Collins et al., Glasgow 1826; and A Victory Over the Last Enemy, in the Experience of Miss E. Linton, second edition, by Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, et al., London no date, all bound as one. Full diced calf, small octavo; Thompson, William. An Enquiry Into the Natural State of Man, Dublin 1743. Full calf, octavo; Josephus, Flavius. The Complete Works of, translated by William Whiston, The London Printing & Publishing Co., London no date [circa 1870]. Half calf, engraved plate illustrations, quarto; The Holy Bible, Dublin 1741. Original full panelled calf, folio (boards detached; lacking Old Testament title); and a further eight assorted volumes, (13).

A FRENCH TERRACOTTA PEDESTAL of square tapering Neoclassical form with Ionic capital, the panelled tapering sides applied with paterae and husking, on moulded base, painted in a faux wood pattern and gilt embellished , late 19th century/20th century, 10 wide, 44 high

A carved oak pillar capital, of stylised Ionic form, with clover-leaf design, possibly Irish, 33 cm high.

COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Turkey and the Ottoman Empire, 1529, Holy Roman Empire, Ferdinand I (1503-1564), The Siege of Vienna, Klippe 6-Kreutzer, four shields in cross, rev TVRCK / BLEGERT / WIEN / 1529 (Mont 55; Markl 298). Struck on an irregular square flan, good fine. Ferdinand I, King of Bohemia and Hungary 1527, King of the Romans 1531, Holy Roman Emperor 1556. Ferdinand I successfully repelled Suleiman’s assault on his capital at the First Battle of Vienna in 1529, his successors finally signing a Peace Treaty with the the Ottoman Empire in 1633.

A pair of Old Sheffield plate candlesticks (one capital detached) and various small silver trophy cups, various 20th century dates and makers

A composite group of amorous putti, on an oblong base, 20in (50.7cm) high on a carved stone capital. Worn. (2).

A late 19th Century Venetian Vetro a retorti pedestal bowl probably by Salviati, the swept circular foot rising to an aventurine flecked opal dolphin stem with knopped capital decorated with applied flowers set with a wide frill rim bowl, the body decorated with cased alternate white latticino and yellow twisted canes, height 23cm.

Bible. Latin. Biblia (titled on al recto), [Nuremberg. Caspar Hochfeder, not after 1493], 401 (of 402) leaves, lacking final blank, two columns, fifty-six lines and head-line, gothic letter, capital F on a2 recto supplied in gold and colours, other capitals in red and blue, initial strokes in red, B8 incorrectly signed B2, ms. quiring in black, cut away in places, the first leaf soiled, ink scored, and frayed with some loss, many headlines cut into to varying degrees by the binder, early ink marginalia and underscoring in different hands, mostly shaved at the fore-edge, text soiled, with some staining, particularly at the beginning and end, clean tear in P5 repaired, with trivial loss, top corner of Q1 torn away, mid-16th c. blind stamped pigskn over wooden boards, with a roll-tooled border of the saints, and the initials WPR, soiled, worn at the corners and foot of the spine, formerly with catches and clasps, folio (in 8's and 6's). Hain 3048. Goff B595. BMC II 475. GKW 4272. The first book printed by Hochfeder was the Works of St. Anselm, dated 27 March 1491; in 1498 or 1499 he went to Metz, and continued printing there and later at Cracow in the 16th Century. Ex libris Ronald Knox library, Prinknash Abbey, with bookplates on the front free endpaper. (1)

a 16th century French gilded bronze and engraved portrait medallion of oval form, with burnished mirror verso revealing an open compartment, the shoulder length portrait depciting Henry III wearing a cap with floret cresting and a high buttoned shirt below robes of state, the border inscribed in capital letters: HENRICVS*III*D*G*FRANCORVM*ET* pOLANIAE*REX*1584, the pulvinated frame with three spire shaped bosses and mounting ring on a stepped plinth 8.3cm wide, 11.1cm high, 1.4cm deep

louis Charles Hippolyte Buhot french School (1815-1865) a pair of bronze cupids each holding a dove and draped in a sash, gazing downwards, on rocaille cast circular plinth base, struck with maker's stamp in capital letters, copper patination (2) 47cm high, plinths 20cm deep note: Buhot began his career at the end of the neo-Classical period of French sculpture as a student of David d'Angers at the École des Beaux-Arts, first exhibiting at the Salon in 1837 and becoming a regular participant in its exhibitions until 1865. His works in bronze are primarily figurative.

A set of four creamware architectural candlesticks with Ionic capital, fluted capital and stepped base, impressed shield mark possibly Wachertsbach, 10.5" high. S/D.

A green veined marble pedestal with brass capital, late 20th century 120cm

'Winged Hours', a Compton Pottery sectional grey terracotta garden sundial, modelled with winged cherub heads, the conforming capital also with roundels inscribed N, S, E and W, with an octagonal engraved dial, approximately 112cm high (faults). Exhibited: The Watts Gallery exhibition, 1998 at Compton. See Franklin Gould, Veronica. Archibald Knox & Mary Seton Watts Modern Celtic Art Garden Pottery, pp. 14, 15 and 41. Watts's first tombstone, modelled in March 1898 by Thomas Steadman, was inspired by a pattern in the Liberty of Saint Gall, embellished with a ring of cherubs, their intertwining wings surrounding a celtic wheel cross and knot roundel. Two days later Louis Deuchars modelled the capital for her Winged Hours sundial where cherubs face north, south, east and west, suggesting the idea of the Cross

A pair of late Victorian Scottish silver chamber candlesticks by Hamilton and Inches, Edinburgh 1898, each with a vase-shaped capital, a moulded chippendale border and engraved with the script initial R, motto and coronet of the Earls of Rosebery, with conical extinguishers and nozzles, 15.5cm (6.25 in) diameter, 740g (24 oz) Provenence; Mentmore House sale 23rd May 1977, lot 1618

A centre table Italian incorporating a modern pietre dure inlaid marble top with gilt-bronze border on a gilt-bronze Corinthian capital base ½ W

A rosewood table lamp with reeded column and gilt capital over stepped square base, raised on brass hairy lions paw feet, 43 cm high.

An early 20th century cut glass oil lamp retailed by Harrods, the wick mechanism by Messengers, the receiver supported on a gilt brass Corinthian capital, the cylindrical column flaring slightly to the domed base, four facetted balls to the corners of the gilt brass foot, 64cm high

*Norfolk Loan. A printed form completed in manuscript concerning a forced loan, Ordinance date of 27th October 1643, whereby six thousand poundes is to be levied by way of loan in the County of Norfolk and City and County of Norwich, ‘For the better inabling of our Brethren the Scots ... Assesse you to lend the summe of five poundes of currant english money to bee paid within eight dayes unto John Bassett Ald[erman] our trea[sure]r at his house in Lynn [Kings Lynn], with printed decoration at head, decorative capital initial letter, signed by six people lower right, A. Robarts (?), Valentine Pell, Tho. Toll, Josh. Greene, Richard Warner, and Latir. Sampson, and directed to Mr. Jermine Booth of the Parish of Geo. Tombleland [St. George Tombland] in the Cittie of Norwich, small pinhole to upper margin, 265 x 165 mm. Provenance: Archdeacon George Glover. John Bassett, Joshua Greene and Thomas Toll were all Mayors of Kings Lynn and West Norfolk on more than one occasion during the mid-17th century. Sir Valentine Pell became High Sheriff of the County of Norfolk in 1644. (1)

Vertue (George). A Description of the Works of the Ingenious Delineator and Engraver Wenceslaus Hollar, disposed into classes of different sorts, with some account of his life, 2nd ed., with additions, 1759, several eng. illusts., light waterstain to lower outer corners towards front of vol., contemp. sprinkled full calf, rubbed and a little wear, joints cracked, 4to, together with British Portraits. A Catalogue of A Genuine and Extensive Collection of English Portraits, consisting of the Royal Families, Peers, Gentry, Clergy, Lawyers, Military, Literary, Artists, Actors, Writing-Masters, Musicians, Female sex, Phenomena, Convicts, Monsters, &c, from Egbert the Great to the present time; comprising the choicest works of Delaran, Elstrack, Faithorne, Hollar, Loggan, Lumley, The Pass's ... which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Richardson, February-March 1800, 323 pp., with prices annotated in ink to margins throughout, contemp. half calf, rubbed and some wear, upper joint cracked, 8vo, plus Catalogue of the Capital and Entire Collection of Prints, and Books of Prints of H. Fagel, Esq. Late Greffier of the States General of Holland ..., which will be sold by auction, under the direction of Mr. T. Philipe, April 1901, four parts bound in one, a few contemp. annotations in ink, contemp. calf, worn with upper cover det., 8vo, and Engraved British and Foreign Portraits. A Catalogue of A Very Collection of Engraved British and Foreign Portraits ..., The Property of the Late Bishop of Ely, which will be sold by auction by Mr. Christie, March 1813, 82 pp., prices neatly annotated in ink to margins, light waterstain throughout, contemp. calf-backed marbled boards, rubbed and some minor wear, small 4to, plus a similar bound volume containing three similar printed catalogues (catalogue of a Collection of Prints, the work of that incomprable artist, Wenceslaus Hollar, formed by the late John Towneley, 1818, an alphabetical catalogue of plates, engraved by the most esteemed artists, after the finest pictures and drawings of the Italian, Flemish, German, French, English and other Schools, which composed the stock of John and Josiah Boydell, 1803 & Mr. George Robins, is honoured with instructions to announce for unreserved competition ... the splendid property of every denomination appertaining to Shugborough Hall, within 5 miles of Stafford and 12 from Lichfield, August 1842), and three others related including two later pamphlets, all 8vo (8)

Asia. [Wells, Edward], Present Asia Distinguisht into its General Divisions or Countries together with their Capital Cities Chief Rivers, Mountains &c., [1700 or later], engraved map with original outline colouring, title and dedication cartouches, one professionally repaired tear, some toning and a small library stamp to margins, plate dimensions approx. 375 x 510 mm (1)

A George II cast taperstick, on a shaped square base with a well centre and a knopped column with a spool capital, by James Gould, London 1735, 4.2in (10.5cm) long, 3.7oz.

A cased set of two West Country 'Puritan' silver serving spoons, each with figure capital handle and ship decorated bowl, maker Richard B Wigfull & Son Limited, Sheffield 1970 and another case, similar (2)

A German Naval Officers' dirk with eagle capital and ivory coloured grip and decorated channelled blade in gilt metal scabbard, 42cm long

A 19th century gilt brass 'four glass' mantel clock, the 8 day movement striking on a bell to a enamel chapter ring with visible 'Brocot' escapement, having a twin mercury pendulum, the case with Corinthian capital pilasters, 11.5in (29.2cm) h.

A silver four branch candelabra by James Deakin & Sons Ltd, Sheffield 1926, the ivy clad column with four Corinthian capital lights on a stepped base, loaded, 49.5cm high

A LATE VICTORIAN CANDLESTICK with a corinthian capital, fluted column and pull-off beaded sconce, on a stepped square base with a beaded border, loaded, makers mark rubbed, London, date letter rubbed, 6" high

A pair of late Victorian silver candlesticks, the stop fluted stems with Corinthian capital candle holders, detachable bead edge nozzels, on loaded stepped square bases, with beaded borders. 6in. (15cm.) high. Maker William Hutton and Son. London, 1898. (2).

A Victorian green onyx sculpture pedestal. the revolving table above a plain column with gilt metal foliate capital and surbase with volute scroll corner details, on octagonal plinth base with brass feet35cm wide, 119cm high

A George III period neo-Classical mahogany and marble top side table. the rectangular serpentine fossil marble and scagliola top with an incised diagonal trellis pattern and flat edge, above a moulded frieze decorated with inlaid fan patera at the centre and at each capital, on chamfered and ogee moulded square section legs, the left side fitted with a shallow end drawer (of darker patination, see note below)167cm wide, 88cm high, 74.5cm deep . Provenance: Known as The Byron Table and reputedly from the family seat of Newstead Abbey in Nottinghamshire. most recently the property of Sir John Rothenstein (1901~1992) and thence by descent. The small end frieze drawer was only relatively recently discovered in the owner's attic, hence it's darker colouration. . Sir John Knewstub Maurice Rothenstein, son of Sir William Rothenstein and lauded English art historian, was educated at Oxford, became friends of T.E. Lawrence & the Bloomsbury set, and from 1938 to 1964 served the longest term to date as Director of the Tate.

Mostly plated table flatware, including; a part set of dessert knives and forks with mother of pearl handles, a part set of dessert knives and forks with ivory handles, with crest engraved plated capital finials, a small soup ladle, a sugar sifting spoon and six further items.

A Victorian cased set of bone letter tiles, presumably for educational purposes, each tile black engraved with a capital or lower case letter, in fitted mahogany box 20.5cm wide; and a Staunton ebony and boxwood chess set, early 20th century, the weighted kings 9cm high, in original mahogany box 19cm wide (2) Provenance: from the home of a late Gentleman of title, Worcestershire

A Victorian electroplate five light candelabrum by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, with square stepped and gadrooned foot below a fluted column with Corinthian capital, the branch with wrythen fluted centre knop supporting a Corinthian capital socket with gadrooned nozzle and drip sill supported by four scrolled branches with similar sockets, 47.5cm high, 33cm span

bENT GABRIEL PEDERSON - a 1960's 14ct gold torque ring, with import marks for London 1968, maker Hans Hansen (marked capital H within a larger H), also stamped 585 and DSD, designed as a broad tapering band with rounded cylindrical terminals; together with a Georg Jensen 18ct gold ring, with marks for London 2000, with post 1945 maker's mark, also stamped 750, of asymmetric undulating form (2) approximate finger sizes: M/N (UK), 6.75 (USA) - slightly adjustable and M (UK), 6.25 (USA), 14g total

a set of four candlesticks, with marks for London 1985, maker's mark CAA. PRP, also stamped TESSIERS, LONDON, each of canted square outline, with inverted baluster form knopped column beneath a waisted capital height 18cm, 63oz

a Georgian style candlestick, with marks for London 1967, maker Spink & Son, of canted square outline with stepped base beneath a knopped column and vase shaped capital height 17.5cm, 13oz

19th century metalware - three pewter flagons, sauceboat, mortar; brass trivet, chestnut roaster, skimmer, ladle and fork; also a green onyx column table lamp with Corinthian capital (11)

An unusual Victorian silver presentation water turn-key by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1892, the disc surmount engraved with sheep and ‘Shipley Local Board: Yorkshire, 1853’, the handles with pointed terminals, leaf capital to the turned shaft and square block base, 17cm (6.75in) long, 259g (8.25 oz), in a leather-covered case Presentation engraved ‘Presented to Mr Samuel Rushworth on opening the High Level Waterworks, November 1892’. Sold with a clipping from The Wharfdale and Airedale Observer recording the event

AN EDWARDIAN ART NOUVEAU PERIOD TABLE OIL LAMP, the slice-cut fount raised on an alabaster column with gilt metal capital and pierced base, 21 ins high, together with an etched shade

A pair of modern two-branch plated candelabra, each with stepped octagonal base, beneath a tapered square section column and panelled vase shaped capital, with scroll branches (one socket deficient) Height 30.5cm

A five-light candelabrum, with marks for Sheffield 1918, maker Walker & Hall, the shaped oval base, with reeded border, beneath a tapered column and vase shaped capital, with four scroll branches. Height 51.5cm, loaded

A Harp, 19th century with later repairs. Ebonised body with parcel gilt decoration to the capital. 166cm high.

[Burt, Edward]. Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London, containing the Description of a Capital Town... with an Account of some Uncommon Customs of the Inhabitants: likewise an Account of the Highlands..., 2 vols., 1st ed., 1754,. eng. plan of Inverness and eight eng. plts., some foxing, a.e.g., 20th c. calf gilt, morocco title labels, 8vo (2)