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* GERARD M BURNS, RED COAT IN THE CITY (GLASGOW) oil on canvas, signed 60cm x 60cm Framed. Note: Gerard Burns is one of Scotland's best known and most successful living artists. He trained at Glasgow School of Art and achieved UK wide acclaim as Winner of the Daily Mail ''Not the Turner'' Competition in 2003 with a £20,000 first prize. His many private collectors include The Malaysian Royal Family, Ewan McGregor, Sir Tom Hunter and numerous celebrities from the worlds of entertainment, sport and politics. Exhibiting Galleries include: Thompson's Gallery, London; Contemporary Fine Art Gallery Eton; Richmond Hill Gallery, Loch Gallery, Toronto; Robertson's Fine Art Gallery, Edinburgh. Works in Corporate Collections include: Aberdeen Asset Management New York and Aberdeen, RBS Scotland, Standard Charter Bank, West Coast Capital, Accenture, Dublin, Stagecoach Group, Norwood Club, New York. National Public Collections include: Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow; Kelvingrove Art Gallery, Glasgow; Burns Museum Alloway, Ayr; Scottish National Portrait Gallery (Portraits of former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond, and author Denise Mina entered into the permanent collection at the Scottish National Portrait Gallery in 2015). The Scottish Parliament (''The Rowan'' hung in the former First Minister Alex Salmond's office for the duration of his tenure and Portrait of Margo McDonald entered into the permanent collection and installed at the Scottish Parliament in Sept 2016). Glasgow Caledonian University Portrait of Chancellor Professor Yunus installed 2016, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons Glasgow. Portrait of former President Frank Dunn installed April 2016. Recent portraits include Judy Murray, Nicola Surgeon (First Minister, Scotland), Neil Lennon, Kirsty Wark, Alan Cumming, Billy Connolly, Elaine C Smith, Doddie Weir & Sir Brian and Lady Soutar.

A PLATED CORINTHIAN DESIGN TABLE LAMP, raised on square stepped base, 36.5cm high (from the top of the capital to the base)

CALABRIA, Tarentum. AR Nomos. Circa 280-272 BC. Silver, 6.6 grams. Obverse:  Youth on horseback right, crowning self with wreath in right hand, holding reins in left; IΩ to upper left; IAΛO and Ionic capital below horse. Reverse: Phalanthos, holding aphlaston in right hand and distaff in left; TAPA[Σ] below, ANΘ to upper right. Ref: Vlasto 803; HN Italy 1014. Very fine with nice tone, bought in the early 60s from B. A. Seaby, with old ticket.

A CONTINENTAL ONYX AND GILT METAL MOUNTED PEDESTAL, early 20th century, the revolving square top above an ovolo cast Doric capital, the shaft descending through a foliate cast collar to a square base, height: 106cm, the top: 29cm square

A VICTORIAN BRASS COLUMNAR TABLE LAMP, late 19th century and later adapted, with Composite capital reeded shaft, waisted socle and a stepped square section base, height excluding electrical fitment: 50cm

A PAIR OF CARVED AND PAINTED FAUX MARBLE WOOD PEDESTALS, 20th century, each with cartouche shaped top above a quatrefoil section fluted capital, on tapering square section plinths simulating marmo Breccia, on stepped and ogee moulded bases, height: 123cm, width: 40cm

A CONTINENTAL GREEN ONYX AND GILT METAL MOUNTED COLUMNAR PEDESTAL, early 20th century, with square top above an Ionic capital, the shaft descending through a metal collar to the square base, height: 99cm, width: 22cm

A CONTINENTAL GILT BRONZE AND MARBLE TOPPED PEDESTAL IN ROMANESQUE STYLE, late 19th century, the revolving top on a square section foliate cast capital rising from a corona, above a shaft cast with alternating spiral bands of stylised flower heads and foliage, on a conforming square section stepped base on four paw feet, height: 129cm, the top: 24cm square

Rome School, late 19th Century, portrait of a boy shepherd seated on a corinthian capital,  indistinctly signed and dated 1880 u.r., watercolour, 56 by 40cm, framed 

A carved giltwood Solomonic column, in 18th century style, 19th or early 20th century, with Corinthian capital and carved with intertwining fruiting grape vines, on a moulded plinth base, 170cm high, the base 45 x 45cm Provenance: By direct descent from Lady Enid Doreen Scudamore-Stanhope Browne (1899-1985), daughter of The Hon. Evelyn Theodore Scudamore-Stanhope and Julia Dasha Potter. Lady Enid was granddaughter of Henry Edwyn Chandos Scudamore-Stanhope, 9th Earl of Chesterfield and sister to Edward Henry Scudamore-Stanhope, the 12th and last Earl of Chesterfield, born on 9 February 1889. In December 1926 she married, Major Alexander Browne of Callaly Castle, Northumberland. The family homes included Beningbrough Hall, York and Holme Lacy, Herefordshire.Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. Some old splits and chips. The textured surface is very dry and with various areas of cracking and loss. Gilt elements with some rubbing, chips and losses (as illustrated). Condition Report Disclaimer

A glass topped and composite stone centre table, 20th century, the circular top above the base modelled as a Corinthian capital, 94cm high, 136cm diameterCondition Report: Please note this splits into three main pieces and the glass top (4) It is heavy (approx. 500kg) it is on a pallet and can be moved with a pump truck. It is a job to move for four removal people and essential any van has a suitable tail lift. Please see our list of suggested shippers who may be able to move this item Dreweatts can give no estimates or quotes as to what this may cost - potential purchasers need to ascertain this for themselves.Please note this is not a condition report Condition Report Disclaimer

Banks and Banking, including Gilbart, James William The History of Banking in Ireland. London: Longman &c., 1836. First edition, original green cloth-backed boards "A Stockholder". The Philadelphia National Bank. A Century's Record 1803-1903. Philadelphia, 1903, original cloth gilt; National City Bank of New York National Bank Organization 1812-1904. New York, 1904, original blue cloth; Harper, William Hudson, & C.H. Ravell Fifty Years of Banking in Chicago. The Merchants' Loan and Trust Co., 1908, original cloth gilt; Anderson, James L. The Story of the Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited. Edinburgh, 1910, quarter morocco gilt; Experiences of a Century 1818-1918. Brown Brothers and Company, Philadelphia. London & Baltimore, 1918, Privately Printed, original buckram gilt; Ralfe, P.G. Sixty Years of Banking 1865-1925. A Short History of the Isle of Man Banking Company Ltd. 1926, Compliments slip inserted, original quarter buckram; McCulloch, J.H. and Stirling., K.J. The Edinburgh Savings Bank 1836-1936. 1936, original black buckram gilt; Steuart, M.D. The Scottish Provident Institution 1837-1937. Edinburgh, 1937, original red buckram gilt; Reid, J.M. The History of The Clydesdale Bank 1838-1938. 1938, original blue buckram gilt, Compliments slip inserted, dustwrapper; Ellinger, B. The City. 1940, original cloth; Our Bank The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1941. 1942, original red cloth gilt, dustwrapper; Our Bank The Story of The Commercial Bank of Scotland Ltd. 1810-1946, 3 copies, original red cloth, dustwrapper; The Commercial Bank of Scotland Limited War Service Record 1939-1945. 1952, 2 copies, original blue buckram gilt, dustwrapper; Peddie, J.R. The Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland 1901-1951. 1951, original quarter cloth; Trustee Savings Banks Year Book. 1952, original cloth; Streeter, Edward Window on America... 175th Anniversary of The Bank of New York. New York, 1959, original pictorial boards; McLaren, M. The Capital of Scotland. 1950, de Luxe edition, limited to 500 signed copies, original calf gilt; and 5 others (Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, vol. 118; Scotland's Record, 1946; The Economist 1843-1943, 1943; Wilhelm. The Nobel Prize, 1983; The Scottish Bankers Magazine, vol. 52 no. 208)

Lawson, Ronald, the Reverend 10 works, several inscribed The Sacred Places of Scotland. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1891. 8vo, original cloth, inscribed by the author; [Idem] Through Eastern Cities. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1900. 8vo, original cloth, inscribed by the author on the title-page; [Idem] What I saw of India and its People. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1889. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, inscribed by the author; [Idem] A Minister's Life. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1895. 8vo, original cloth, inscribed by the author; [Idem] Persons who Influenced my Life. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1903. 8vo, original cloth, inscribed by the author with an additional tipped-in note; [Idem] The Covenanters of Ayrshire... Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1887. 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, ownership stamps; [Idem] Crossraguel Abbey. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1883. 8vo, original red cloth gilt, stamps; [Idem] The Famous Places of Scotland. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1893. 8vo, original blue cloth; [Idem] The Capital of Carrick. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1897. 8vo, original blue cloth; [Idem] Ailsa Craig. Paisley: J. and R. Parlane, 1895. 8vo, original blue cloth; and 9 other books by various authors regarding Scottish topography (19)

The East India Company: Robert Scott, Fairlie and Company, Agency Houses and papers of the Scott tin Deed Box, 29 x 41 x 30cm, containing a large quantity of correspondence, the majority sent to Robert Scott (1777-1844) and his Agency Firm, Robert Scott, Fairlie and Company, dating from the late eighteenth to mid-nineteenth centuries, discussing East India Company trade, dealings involving colonial plantations, and family matters in both India and BritainFootnote: Provenance: Robert Scott, 1777-1884; his daughter Isabella Mary Anne Quekett (née Scott), 1816-1872 and her husband, John Thomas Quekett, d.1861, founder of the Quekett Microscopical Society in London; and thence by descent Note: This collection comprises the Deed Box and papers predominantly sent to Robert Scott, 1777-1884, and his company, Robert Scott, Fairlie and Company. The company acted as a Scottish Agency House, a middleman between the East India Company, local people in India and other areas of the British Empire and Western owners of plantations in these places. In his work, The Scottish Connection with India 1725-1833, George McGilvary rather succinctly describes the role of such organisations: Without Scottish Houses of Agency (such as Scott & Co., Fairlie Fergusson & Co., Alexander & Co., Colvin Bazett & Co.) acting as middle-men and purveyors of capital for indigo plantations and production in Bengal, for salt farms and saltpetre, and most of all for opium and cotton, the EIC would not have fulfilled its primary commercial function or been able to remit moneys to London. A quantity of the documents contained in the deed box refer to this company. For example, a letter dated 10th April 1836 from another such company states: “We have of course no means of forming any opinion as to the present value of the Belvedere Plantation but have always considered it would be extremely advisable of the parties invested to dispose of the whole of their property in the Island should an eligible opportunity occur…” Whilst more exact details of the contemporary costs of estates, spices and land can be gleaned from other documents, providing a valuable insight into colonial trade in the early 19th century: Statement of the Claim of the State of the late Capt. Francis Salmond on that of the Late M. William Baskett. Feb. 1824 The Purchase Money of the Spice Plantation at Bencoolen? Called Fir Grove MsRs 5000… Add Live Stock on Plantation valued at 300…” However, the contents of the deed box also provides fascinating insights into the life of a British family who were heavily involved in the East India Company. Robert Scott's uncle, David Scott (1746-1805) and moved to India in 1763 as a teenager, making his fortune through his company, Scott, Tate and Adamson. Being the younger son of Robert Scott of Dunninald, he decided to purchase the estate from his older brother, Archibald in 1786, forming friendships with figures such as Henry Dundas, at the time Head of the India Board of Control, and William Pitt. These connections proved beneficial for David Scott's two nephews, Robert (1777-1844) and David (1786-1831). Robert Scott would follow his uncle's lead to become a writer with the East India Company and owner of Scott, Fairlie and Company, whilst David Scott would head out to India in 1801, becoming a judge and magistrate and the agent responsible for the North East Frontier and revenues from the Assam Valley by 1824. One of the most touching stories told in the family letters involves the three young children of David Scott the younger, his 'natural' children born outside of wedlock. In August 1831, letters sent to Robert Scott in England reveal the untimely death of his younger brother. Many of these letters appear to be sent by Lieutenant General Archibald Watson, David and Robert Scott's brother-in-law, as he married their sister Ann in 1821. Watson edited Memoir of the Late David Scott, published in Calcutta in 1832. Letters sent by Watson and other colleagues of David Scott reveal - apparently to the surprise of Robert Scott - that David was father to three young children, all of mixed British-Indian heritage: a six year old girl, and a younger boy and girl between the ages of two-and-a-half and three-and-a-half. Sent on the 19th October from Gowlpara, signed 'Rutherford', one letter reads: My Dear Sir, I have made enquiries with reference to your note of the 7th… And it appears that the [?] of the eldest child of poor Mr Scott now at Goahulty is about 6 yrs – it is a Girl – there are two others nearly about the [?] age 3 – The mother of two of them is said to be a native of this place, now I’ve not [?] doubt in that case that she would live here readily if any security for a provision was given, the other is I believe a native of [?] in Apaur, if she would have an objection to residing at this station, [?] it would decidedly be the best place… Several letters discuss the care and financial situation of these children, although less so their mothers. by Christmas 1831, the children appear to be living under the care of Archibald Watson himself. An earlier letter from General Archibald Watson to Robert Scott, discussing life in India, also offers a valuable insight into British colonial attitudes and opinions at the time. In one such letter, he writes about the Indian mutiny at Barrackpore in 1824, and his personal opinions about the future of the British Empire in India: A very serious business has just happened at Barrackpore - a Regiment of Infantry mutinied and refused to march to join the troops in the Burmese Country - in Consequence of which 2 Regiments of Europeans were ordered from Calcutta with their guns; paraded in front of the mutineers; who, on refusing either to march or lay down their guns, were ultimately blown to pieces... The Effects of this severe Example I fear will be rather sinister throughout the Country... ...I do not think we shall ever lose our Eastern Empire - but I do not in the least doubt that it will fall to pieces... Further family letters naturally discuss rather mundane matters, however scattered amongst these are testaments of love, details of estranged spouses (it would seem that Archibald Watson and his wife, Ann (née Scott), were separated following a suspected affair), and descriptions of voyages and journeys to India. Watson sent his children to be educated in Scotland under the supervision his wife Ann with whom he did not have children nor did she ever travel to India. Interestingly the papers include letters relating to the position of "natural" children in Scotland. Watson’s son Sydney Grandison emigrated to New South Wales in 1836 after finishing his education. Watson died in London, leaving his entire estate to his daughter Louisa. Further papers relating to the Scott family in India can be found in the India Office Records, whilst the lot also contains handwritten 'Extracts from the Letters' and 'David Scott: Some Pages from the Life of an Indian Civil Servant 1800-1831' compiled by Mrs A.E. Quekett in the 1920s.

A private collection of BEATLES LPs, books and ephemera, the LPs including "With The Beatles" (mono), "With The Beatles" (stereo), "Please Please Me" (stereo), "A Hard Day's Night" (mono x 2), "Help" (4 different versions including 2 x mono and 2 x stereo), "Beatles For Sale", "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" and later picture disc, "Let It Be" (1 x Capital BMI, 1 x Apple EMI stereo plus booklet, "`1962-1966" (x 3), "1967-1970" (x 3), "The Lost Abbey Road Tapes" 1962-'64 (limited edition clear vinyl, cellophane wrapper), "Rareties" (sampler album, manufactured and distributed by EMI (Australia) Ltd), "The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan" (Pickwick Presents Contour), "Live at The BBC" (cellophane wrapper), "Abbey Road 2009" (cellphane wrapper), "Please Please Me" (2012 re-press), "Rare Beatles" (Phoenix 1977), "Beatles Again" (re-press), "The Beatles Ballads", "Historia de la Musica Rock The Beatles" 1981, "The Decca Tapes" (clear vinyl 2016), "At The Hollywood Bowl" 1977, "The Beatles First! Featuring Tony Sheridan and Guests" (Spanish re-press), "Que Noche La Da Aquel Dia", together with a collection of Russian pressings "Sgt. Pepper", "Love Songs", "The White Album", "A Hard Day's Night", "For Sale", "A Taste of Honey", "Yesterday" and "Today" (paste over edition, Gold Record Award stamp), "Live in Japan 1966" (special limited edition yellow vinyl, limited edition No'd. 0366/1000, cellophane wrapper), "File Under The Beatles", "The Beatles' Second Album" (monphonic micro groove), "The Beatles Story - A Narrative and Musical Biography of Beatle Mania on two long play records", "The Savage Young Beatles" (recorded Hamburg 1961, later pressing circa 1982), "Live at The Star Club in Hamburg, Germany 1962" 1977, "Back Upon Us All - A Collection (4th amendment)", "White Album" (De Agostini, cellophane wrapper), "Musical Rendezvous Presents The Early Years The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan" (Contour), "Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Beatles A Hard Day's Night" (United Artists), "The Rip-Offs Play A Golden Age of.....", "15 Great Songs Composed By John Paul George Played by The Mersey Boys", "Compilation Album - No-one's Gonna Change Our World" (World Wildlife Fund), together with various other albums including John Lennon and Yoko Ono "Double Fantasy", John Lennon "Mind Games", Lennon Plastic Ono Band "Shaved Fish", Paul McCartney and Wings "Greatest Hits", "Tug of War", "Wings Over America", Wings "At The Speed of Sound", "Egypt Station", "All The Best", the other ephemera including DVDs "Hard Day's Night" (x 2), "Help", "The Beatles Fab Four" CD and book set, limited edition No'd. 00476, VHS video "The Complete Beatles in Concert", various books including "The Beatles Anthology" (x 2), "The Beatles Unseen Archives", "Illustrated Lyrics", MARK LEWISOHN "A Complete Beatles Chronicle", "Postcards From The Boys", ANDY DAVIS "The Beatles Files", "The Beatles Bumper Songbook", "Fabulous Goes All Beatles", "Today", four page pull-out with The Beatles, "Disc No. 292 October 26th 1963", a Cult Images reprint photograph of The Beatles with Mohammed Ali (Cassius Clay), a reprint photograph of The Beatles with Helen Shapiro and Dusty Springfield and a Washington Pottery Limited plate depicting The Beatles with facsimile signatures, a "Where Are The Beatles?" book and jigsaw, in original wrapping, a board game "1960's to 1990's Reminiscing - The Game for People who Remember The Beatles", etc

10th-early 16th century AD. A jade statue of a seated male figure, legs crossed, arms bent, hands placed in an advanced position, each offering a cup; bracelets on the upper arms; ceremonial headdress, round lobed earrings, the body covered only by a fringed loincloth, or ehuatl. See Instituto Geologico de M?xico, Catalogo Geográfico de las especies minerales de M?xico, Boletin 41, M?xico, 1923; Mirambell, L.E., Tecnicas Lapidarias Prehispanica, M?xico, 1968; Pohl, J. Aztec, Mixtec and Zapotec Armies, London,1991; Mirambell, L.E., Materiales Arqueologicos y material prima’, in Serie Arqueologia INAH, M?xico, 2005; Langenscheidt, A., ‘Los Abrasivos en Mesoam?rica’, Arqueologia Mexicana vol. XIV, No 80 Julio-Agosto, M?xico, 2006, pp.55-60.5.8 kg, 30cm (11 3/4"). Property of an Italian collector living in Torino; part of her family's collection since 1965; by descent from her grandmother in 1993; accompanied by a copy of the Italian export permit and a signed academic report by Emilio J. Bejarano Erosa (Director of the Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia, Mexico, 1968-1982); also accompanied by scholarly note TL5340 by Dr Ronald Bonewitz; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10287-168435. The Aztecs capital city, Tenochtitlán, established in the 14th century, was located on the present-day site of Mexico City. [A video of this lot is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] Very fine condition.

Set of Belgian stocks and stocks with Belgian capital BELGIUM Nice diverse lot including, among others: Merbes-Sprimont, Chemin de Fer de Chimay (multiple types), Palaces d'Ostende, Nouvelles Presses Gantoises (nom.), Touw & Bindgarenfabriek "Hinda", CrŽdit Agricole Foncier (titre de 25), Monastre du Mont Vierge, Holding ZŽlando-Luxembourgeoise, Engrais organiques pour l'Europe Centrale (nom.), etc., etc. anywhere from one to 20-30 copies of each. Must be seen.

Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "American Cats" Signed lower right. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This is the original painting which was originally published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for a Se-tenant Block of four U.S. 22c American Cat stamps issued February 5, 1988. Domestic cats have been a part of civilization for nearly five thousand years. In the days of Ancient Egypt, as slaves toiled about the pyramids, cats held a place of honor. The Greeks used cats to combat rodents and began to steal them from the Egyptians, and it soon became a capital crime to steal a cat. As Romans overran the Kingdom of Egypt, the cats of a dying civilization became the spoils of war. By ships, by land, carried by wagon or cart, the cat made its way into the heart of nearly every civilization on earth. In America, cats made their appearance in the 1700's, wending their way into the hearts and homes of our founding fathers. Today, cats are among America's favorite pets and are lavished with affection in many an American home. Image Size: in. Overall Size: in. Unframed. (B11366)

Don Balke (North Carolina, B. 1933) "Mockingbird" Signed middle right. Original Watercolor painting on Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. This is the original painting which was published on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the limited edition collection of The Songbirds of the Fifty States. Each cover was postmarked on the anniversary of statehood in the appropriate state capital. Deep in the South, the songs of the Mockingbird can be heard filling the air of a summer's evening with joyous sounds and lilting notes. This lovely bird was once named by the Indians "four hundred tongues" because of its ability to mimic so many different tones. And yet, researchers have determined that perhaps the most wonderful of all is the Mockingbird's own song. Not shy, Mockingbirds revel in singing their distinctive theme over and over again. Tiring of that, they may turn to the songs of some thirty-nine other birds, or produce one of fifty or more bird calls, or even imitate a nearby frog or cricket sound. In fact, Mockingirds have been known to recreate such sounds as squeaky gate hinges, dogs barking, or the whistle of a happy human passing below them. However, the cheerfulness of the Mockingbird generally ends with his song, as unfortunate pets, people and even other Mockingbirds will attest. For, the Mockingbird is a highly territorial creature, and will fight fiercely to repel trespassers. Image Size: 8.5 x 8.75 in. Overall Size: 18 x 18 in. Unframed. (B06769)

Donald Moss (American, 1920 - 2010) "The White House" Signed lower right. Original Oil painting on Cold Press Illustration Board. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. In 1791, a prestigious competition was held to design the President's residence in the new capital city of Washington. Many prominent architects, including Thomas Jefferson, submitted their ideas. The honor, and an award of $500, went to Irish-American James Hoban, whose sketch was approved by George Washington. Completed in 1800, the Palladian style Georgian mansion was first referredto as the President's House, then as the Executive Mansion. However, it soon became known as the "White House" because of its white-grey sandstone exterior. During the War of 1812, British troops burned the building, with only the charred exterior walls remaining. Under direction of Hoban, the structure was rebuilt and enlarged. Today the White House is the oldest federal building in the capital. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, D.C., the White House remains the official residence of the President of the United States and his family. The home of every President except George Washington, who died before construction was completed, the 132-room mansion stands in the center of 18 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds. Under guidance of First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy, the White House Historical Association was founded in 1961. Three years later, President Lyndon B. Johnson established the Committee for the Preservation of the White House. Today, the White House, symbol of the greatness of America, receives over one and a half million visitors every year. Image Size: 13.5 x 15 in. Overall Size: 20.25 x 22 in. Unframed. (B05971)

Old Master 16th C. Drawing, After Raphael Sanzio (Italian 1483-1520) "The Fire in the Borgo" 1514. Illegibly inscribed verso. Pen/ink on laid paper. Appears to be unsigned. Watermarks; Haewood # 1591 The watermark is a Fleur de Lis within a double circle and a capital V on top of the circle. Multiple labels verso. Newhouse Galleries (New York, NY) label verso. Provenance: Dr. George Kofas collection, former professor of fine arts; University of Maryland overseas division, as well as a fine arts instructor for the Department of Defense. Sight Size: 15 x 22 in. Overall Framed Size: 23 x 35 in. Framed behind glass.

An Antique mahogany cased long case clock, the painted arched dial with sun and moon phased inscribed C Rutter Belbroughton, the hood with blind fret work, Corinthian capital fluted columns, with similar to the trunk and star inlay to the base

Seaforth. British Warship Recognition, The Perkins Identification Albums, volumes 1-4, by Richard Perkins, 1st editions, 2016-17, numerous colour & monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, folio British Battleships of World War One, reprint, 2012, British Battleships 1919-1945, reprint, 2012, by R. A. Burt, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jackets, spines lightly faded, large 4to British Submarines in Two World Wars, by Norman Friedman, 1st edition, 2019, 2 folding plates & numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to German Capital Ships of the Second World War, by Siegfried Breyer & Miroslaw Skwiot, 1st edition, 2012, numerous monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust jacket, large 4to, together with 77 further volumes of Seaforth publications, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, some paperbacks, G/VG, 8vo/folioQty: (85)

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Tavares Memorabilia, a large quantity of Tavares memorabilia including a framed and glazed presentation of the single 'More Than a Woman' (45cm x 35cm), a wooden Tavares wall hanging, fourteen programmes from tours with one ticket stub (one signed by Ralph), cloth badges, a number of small promotional posters, Capital records promo photographs and literature, press cuttings, fifteen pieces of sheet music and more, all in very good condition

A pair of early 20th century brass candlesticks having a flared sconce over a bulbous capital raised on a florally decorated support set on a pierced base.  Stamped 2333 to the base. 18cm high.

An early 20th century Edwardian silver hallmarked Adam style candlestick having oval sconce and capital tapered column and oval base. Silver London hallmarks dated 1910 by William Hutton & Sons Ltd. total gross weight: 944g. Measure: 28cm tall.

BURTON (RICHARD FRANCIS)Abeokuta and the Camaroons Mountains. An Exploration, 2 vol., FIRST EDITION, first issue with mounted photographic portrait frontispiece above facsimile signature, 4 wood-engraved plates, folding map in volume 2, frontispiece and map with repaired tears, without half-titles, modern half calf, spines gilt with red morocco labels [Penzer p.70], 8vo, Tinsley Brothers, 1863Footnotes:Burton's account of a journey from Lagos to Abeokuta, the capital of the Egba Yoruba tribe, as part of a mission he joined while serving as British Consul to the Spanish colony of Fernando Po.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

MORVI STATE, GUJARAT - PHOTOGRAPHY'Morvi State Album', 70 silver gelatin prints (190 x 240mm.) mounted one per page, all captioned in blue pencil in lower margin, original decorative maroon morocco gilt, titled on upper cover with State Arms, g.e., oblong folio (280 x 385mm.), [c.1900]Footnotes:A fine album of 70 large views of the State capital of Morvi [or Morbi], in Gujarat showcasing the extensive modernisations undertaken by Maharaja Thakur Sahib of Morvi Sir Waghji II Rawaji (1858-1922), who ruled for fifty years. Images include groups centred on the Maharaja (5, with state officials, 'private group' with his two sons and railway officials); State carriages (5, 2 seating the Maharaja, one his son and heir Lakhiriji, one captioned 'State carriage and the Golden harness. Whole turn out got out from England'); State Police on parade (5, mostly mounted on horse or camels); the majority depicting modern building and infrastructure projects, some populated in the fore-ground, including the State weaving and spinning cotton mill, hospital 'for uncurable diseases', 15-arch stone bridge across the Machchhu River (4), the Railway station and offices (3, including horse drawn train), post office, 'gas work for lighting town', customs house, 'dispensary for town people', vegetable market, public park, the Green Chowk clock tower with tram line, the palace (6 exterior views, 4 interiors), the remarkable 'Private suspension bridge for the private use of the palace', general workshops, State stables, stud and coach house (5), Nazzar Bagh summer palace and grounds (4), bird's-eye views of the town (2, one with bridge in background, one showing the length of main thoroughfare, the whole length of which fronted in a classical facade).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Captain Claudius Richard William Harris (British, 1826-1862)Front View of the Ruined Mosque, the Jumah Musjid; and View of the modern village of Mandoo and of the ancient mosque the Jumah Musjid, a pairwatercolour each 22.8 x 34cm (9 x 13 3/8in). (2)unframedFootnotes:Both works offered are believed to be the originals upon which J. Guiand based two lithographs published in his The Ruins of Mandoo: The Ancient Mahommedan Capital of Malwah in Central India by J Guiand, of Nice from Original Sketches of Captain Claudius Harris of 8th Madras Light Cavalry with Descriptive and Historical Notices (Day & Son, London, 1859).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

RIGBY (CHRISTOPHER PALMER) - ANGLO-PERSIAN WAR & ZANZIBARSeries of twenty six autograph letters signed from Christopher Palmer Rigby ('C.P. Rigby') to his friend Joseph Miles, Quartermaster of Marines at Bombay ('My dear Miles'), comprising: (i) seventeen letters written from Bushire during the Anglo-Persian war of 1856-7, in his position as Superintendent of Police and Assistant Civil Commissioner, reporting on life in the town ('...supplies coming in from all parts, fruit, vegetables, fish etc in abundance, and the meat as good as English...'), troop movements ('...The Persians are still encamped 2 marches off and are trying to cut off our supplies... the Russians have occupied Asterabad and have a large army on the Persian frontier...'), reporting '...you will hear of the defeat of the Persian Army... Outram arrived looking remarkably well... [The Highlanders] caused an immense sensation marching through the town in their kilts. The Persians think they are our great warriors... their force amounted to eight regiments of infantry, 18 guns and four or five thousand irregular horse... They [the Persians] evacuated their camp before our arrival... finding we did not follow them came back to make a night attack on us in their entrenched camp... our Artillery blazed at them with grape and cannister... the Persians fled in confusion... we might march through their country with moderate force...'), General Jacob ('...detested by nearly everyone in camp... he is doing everything he can to embroil us with the Persians and the tribes around... a wretched stick, pig headed as a mule... it is a wretched patched up peace, we gain nothing...'), visit from a Persian Colonel ('...looks as if he had just been figged out in Paris... The Persians seem really anxious to cultivate friendship with us...'), news of mutual friends ('...what a 1000 pities all our fellows are marrying, it hampers a Regiment in every way...'), complaints of the Bombay postal system ('...a disgrace to any Christian country, a foul blot upon the 19th century...'), reports of mutinies in India ('...most exaggerated...'), and withdrawal (...'I suppose I shall be the last to embark from here...'); (ii) one letter from aboard the Falkland giving a description of the Seychelle Islands ('...every species of tropical fruit...The roads are lined with roses, myrtles & oleander... the whole island almost is in a state of nature... the root of the manioc which grows like a weed makes excellent white bread... people are too lazy... no money is ever spent on improvements... the style of living is very different... I don't think they even have tiffin or dinner, breakfast seems to be the meal... turkey, ham, curries, fish, salads, ducks stewed in olives... with claret... fancy eating all this at 10 in the morning...'); (iii) eight letters from Zanzibar as British Consul, describing being greeted by the Sultan on arrival ('...he gave a capital dinner in the European style but only sherbet to drink... the English Consul is the only person here the Sultan calls on...'), hospitality ('...the French Consul... has a French cook... would have done credit to the Café de Paris... The American Consul... can't speak a word of French... only language in which he can make himself understood is the Sowahili or negro language... I laughed when I heard them salute each other with 'Jambo Monsieur'...'), scenery and abundant produce ('...like a fine park... huge mango trees, groves of oranges etc...'), arrival of slaves ('...they all wear a wooden ticket round the neck...') and slave ships ('...they come to try to bully the Sultan into consenting to a slave trade, but they find it no go... they pretend it is not a slave trade that the negroes are only 'engaged' to serve for a term of years and go willingly...'), cholera ('...raging here... carried off thousands of people...'), threat of attack from Muscat ('...there will most likely be a good deal of fighting... There are 25000 wild Africans here & a firing & yelling is kept up all day... & kill 2 or 3 people daily by accident...'), the arrival of Burton and Speke ('...Speke has done much more than Burton, he left Burton after surveying the Tanganika Lake which is about 400 miles long and went alone 25 days journey North where he discovered Lake Nianza... unknown to any...'), his low opinion of Burton ('...Speke is a right good jolly resolute follow, Burton is not fit to hold a candle to him... Speke works, Burton lies on his back all day & picks other people's brains...'), arrival of explorer Albrecht Roscher from the interior ('...Burton is very jealous of him...') and his discovery of Lake Nyassa ('...the first white man who has ever done so... There is a report he has been murdered... we are very anxious about him... Speke is going with 50 armed men...'), French designs on the colony ('...all very savage altho' outwardly polite... they want to get rid of the Sultan...'), the quashing of the rebellion of the El Harth Arabs ('...the Sultan's brother who was backed up by the French... The rebel tribe has suffered severely... the English are in high favour here now...'), his own legacy ('...I have lately emancipated 3700 slaves here... I was occupied from daylight to dark for 6 weeks having the slaves brought up and writing a certificate of freedom for each...'), and much else, c.96 pages, creased with some small tears along folds, one small portion excised to remove postmark, rust staining from old paperclips, some integral address panels with red wax seals, 8vo, Bushire, Karrack, Seychelle Islands, British Consulate Zanzibar, 28 December 1856 to 22 June 1860Footnotes:'ENGLISH INFLUENCE IS SUPREME HERE': LETTERS FROM THE BRITISH CONSUL IN ZANZIBAR & HIS FIRST-HAND ACCOUNT OF THE ANGLO-PERSIAN WARA wide-ranging, closely written and detailed correspondence beginning with Rigby's first-hand experience of the Anglo-Persian war of November 1856-April 1857. As Bushire's only Magistrate and Superintendent of Police, on the arrival of Sir James Outram, commander of the British forces, Rigby was elevated to Assistant Civil Commissioner and Military Commandant. His services were indispensable as the only officer who could speak Persian. Rigby's account covers the battle of Bushire, the British attack on Brazjun, and the battle of Khushab, the largest battle of the war. During his next posting as British Consul in Zanzibar, against a vividly portrayed background of life on the island, he speaks of his great successes in fighting the slave trade, the quashing of the Burghash rebellion, describes assisting several explorers and reveals his personal thoughts on the rivalry between Burton and Speke (see Lot 89).These letters were retained in the papers of Christopher Palmer Rigby, extracts from which were published in his daughter's memoir, General Rigby, Zanzibar and the Slave Trade, published in 1935.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A DECORATIVE RESIN TORCHERE, MODERN, OF SPIRAL MOULDED LEAFY FORM, WITH CORINTHIAN STYLE CAPITAL AND LAUREL CLASPED BASE, 97CM H Some decoration possibly refreshed. Wear commensurate with age

THREE BOXES AND LOOSE CERAMICS, GLASS AND ORNAMENTS ETC, to include Villeroy & Boch 'Cortina' tea/dinner wares, Royal Doulton Capital Hotel ware, Goebel Nina Marco boxed nursery ware, boxed Wedgwood Thomas the Tank Engine plates, bisque porcelain bird sculptures, Goebel teddy bears, Royal Doulton and Coalport flower bowl ornaments, continental beer drinking glasses, boxed whisky tasting glasses, etc

A LADY'S CUSTOM PEARL, PERSIAN TURQUOISE, RUBY, AND 18K YELLOW GOLD RING, of domed elliptical form and centering a band of turquoise cabochons flanked by two bands of twenty-nine circular rubies with an approximate total weight of 1.45 carats, withinside rows of twenty-four pale pink 5mm cultured pearls, set on a yellow gold band stamped 18K and engraved in block capital letters "ROTHS CHILD'S," approximate ring size 7. Note: A copy of the registered bidder's government-issued ID is required and must be on file with the auction gallery before any jewelry, watches, and/or gold is released for shipping. Condition: Good condition with some normal buildup in crevices, pearls turn slightly in mountings revealing drill holes occasionally, light surface wear throughout, lacking one ruby, two rubies have surface scratches, otherwise good shape. All weights and dimensions are to be considered approximate. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

A RENAISSANCE REVIVAL MARBLE INSET WALNUT BUFFET À DEUX CORPS, FRENCH, SECOND HALF 19TH CENTURY, the cabochon shield form crest within feather fan demilunes over a square lozenge and pierced baluster gallery above a relief Rococo style flourish within Mannerist bead and stop fluted moldings and lattice carved brackets, over a back centering addorsed dolphin fish within coquille, acanthus leaf and pomegranate fruit volutes within pierced repeating Gothic style "C" scrolls, dentil molding and large feather flume hand fans; an open shelf stands over a fielded panel backsplash with a central plate gallery upheld by ring turned cup and cover supports surmounting an inset rouge Languedoc marble over two demilune floret carved convex drawers within grotesque masks, above two cupboard doors, each with fitting beribboned swaged urns centering an Ionic capital and flanked by four twisted fluted columns, over a lower open shelf with molded edges upheld by lobed cup form legs and raised on bun feet. Height: 80" Width: 49" Depth: 23" Condition: Some mild expected dents and scuffs, normal wear on top, areas of old inactive woodworm, surface dust, minor losses, no key for drawers, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate for age and use. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

CEDRIC HARTMAN (American b. 1929) A PAIR OF MARBLE TOPPED BRASS END TABLES, "AE," DESIGNED 1973, each with a circular rouge marble top on polished brass tubular legs joined by a tripartite flat panel brass stretcher, verso capital lettered and cursive signature "Cedric Hartman," numbered 820342 and letters "V" or "W." Height: 23 1/4" Diameter: 17" Provenance: From the Estate of William Woodford, Houston, Texas. Condition: Some normal light surface buildup, expected minor surface scratches and wear, a few oxidized spots on metal, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age and use. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

CEDRIC HARTMAN (American b. 1929) A GRANITE TOPPED END TABLE, "AE," DESIGNED 1973, the circular grey granite top on brushed nickel-plated brass tripod legs joined by a tripartite flat stretcher, verso capital lettered and cursive signature "Cedric Hartman," numbered and engraved series numbers. Height: 23" Diameter: 17" Provenance: From the Estate of William Woodford, Houston, Texas. Condition: A small light stain on top, some expected scuffs, and a few small oxidized spots on metal, but overall in good to very good condition, wear commensurate with age and use. Simpson Galleries strongly encourages in-person inspection of items by the bidder. Statements by Simpson Galleries regarding the condition of objects are for guidance only and should not be relied upon as statements of fact and do not constitute a representation, warranty, or assumption of liability by Simpson Galleries. All lots offered are sold "AS IS." NO REFUNDS will be issued based on condition.

20th C lead crystal classical design table lamp, octagonal tapering column on square stepped base with gilt metal capital H64cm

A Corinthian column capital, hand carved in soft wood with a distressed finish, top dimension 45cm x 44cm, base 35cm diameter

Six similar Georgian silver bright cut teaspoons, five by William Bateman I, London 1825, one by William Woodman, Exeter 1823, silver bright cut sugar tongs, 14cm, lion passant, monarch's head, date letter capital F, shell design caddy spoon by Hyghpoint Import and Export Ltd, Birmingham 1971, gross weight 5oz.

Original vintage travel advertising poster, with a pictorial map by Swedish artist Ernst Akerbladh (1890-1969), and captioned A map of Saltsjobaden, in the archipelago, half an hours trip from Stockholm, the 7 centuries old capital of Sweden, and the illustration showing a compass, and colourful drawings of the landmarks and various activities available, such as skiing, photography, rowing, picniking, fishing, swimming, sailing, skinny dipping, hiking, and tennis. Decorated with a bust of Poseidon with a trident at the bottom right. Printed by Haeggstrom Litho, Stockholm, Sweden. Good condition, foxing, creasing, small tears. Country of issue: Sweden, designer: Ernst Akerbladh, size (cm): 100x69, year of printing: 1930s

Original vintage travel poster for Stockholm in Sweden - striking design features iconic monuments and architecture from the Swedish capital with boats on a lake in the background laid over a stylised white S on a yellow background. Good condition, tears. Country of issue: Sweden, designer: Anders Beckman, size (cm): 100x62, year of printing: 1946

Original vintage travel poster for Nassau in the Bahamas - Great design features tourists in a pristine town with people giving rides on a horse and carriage. Bold red lettering below. Nassau is the capital of the Bahamas on the island of New Providence. Good condition, creasing, tears, tape damage on paper surface. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 71x56, year of printing: 1950s

Original vintage travel advertsing poster for TWA / Trans World Airlines featuring an illustrated menu for Da Meo Patacca restaurant including drawings of grapes, wine, TWA planes and a man on horseback. Patterned red border on a yelow background. Da Meo Patacca, a 19th-century taverna located in the Trastevere area in the centre of Roma, the Italian capital city. In July 1959 Remington Olmsted, American actor and Roman of adoption, conceived and founded the restaurant Da Meo Patacca in Rome. He recreated the atmosphere of a Roman tavern of the nineteenth century within the splendid setting of Trastevere, historical and architectural gem of medieval Rome. The dishes, the location, the furnishings: everything in the restaurant Da Meo Patacca expresses history, the rich and fascinating history of the city, but above all the history of the Roman people and their ancient traditions; the lighting is still entrusted to the gas lights, to the oil pans, to candles and soft lights, the waiters are in costumes of the time, professional musicians go around the tables every evening entertaining the customers with Roman songs, jokes and folk songs. Good condition, tears, creasing, small paper losses at margins. Country of issue: Italy, designer: D'Evelmia & D'Amico, size (cm): 100x43, year of printing: 1959

Original vintage travel poster promoting the Swedish capital city of Stockholm - the City on the Water - as a tourist destination with a photograph showing the tower of the City Hall overlooking one of Stockholm's numerous waterways. Poster published by the Swedish Tourist Traffic Association and the Stockholm Tourist Traffic Society. Good condition, creasing, tears, staining, small paper loss at top right corner. Country of issue: Sweden, designer: Lars Ryde (Photo), size (cm): 100x62, year of printing: 1970s

Original vintage travel poster for St Gallen featuring a great photo of Gallen Cathedral with bold yellow lettering. St. Gallen is a town in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of St. Gallen. Good condition, tears at margins. Country of issue: Switzerland, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 102x64, year of printing: 1980s

Original vintage produce advertising poster with the line Eat more fruit and make every week a health week., with bold capital-lettered text in rastafarian colours (green, yellow, red), against a plain background, with a green lined frame around the poster. Horizontal. Good condtition, pinholes on top margin, staining. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 25x61, year of printing: 1930s

Original vintage ski poster advertising Mammoth California featuring a great image of a man in a red patterned woollen jumper jumping off of a ski slope with blue sky in the background. Mammoth Mountain Ski Area is a large ski resort in the western United States, located in eastern California along the east side of the Sierra Nevada mountain range in the Inyo National Forest. Mammoth has more than 3,500 acres (1,420 ha) of ski-able terrain, serviced by 28 lifts. The area has 3,100 ft (940 m) of vertical, rising to an elevation of 11,059 ft (3,371 m), and enjoys a long ski season. The resort was founded in 1953 by Dave McCoy and, from 2005 to 2017, was owned by the Starwood Capital Group. In 2017, Mammoth Resorts announced its sale by Starwood to a partnership of Aspen Skiing Company and KSL Capital Partners, later named Alterra Mountain Company. Excellent condition. Country of issue: USA, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 76x53.5, year of printing: 1960s

Original vintage advertising poster in Swedish promoting celebrations of 500 year anniversary of Gavle, Gavle 500 Ar - Jubileumsustallning 24 Juni - 4 Augusti 1946 (21 June - 4 August 1946), with an artwork featuring a cog and landscape embedded within it, against a light blue background. Gavle is a city in Sweden, the seat of Gavle Municipality and the capital of Gavleborg County. It had 102 418 inhabitants in 2019, which makes it the 13th most populated city in Sweden. It is the oldest city in the historical Norrland (Sweden's Northern Lands), having received its charter in 1446 from Christopher of Bavaria. However, Gavle is far nearer the greater Stockholm region than it is to the other major settlements in Norrland. Very good condition, creasing. Country of issue: Sweden, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 100x62, year of printing: 1945

Capital Transport BOOK 'THE LONDON LT' by Ken Blacker, the definitive history of this classic London bus class. Published in 2010 and quickly out of print, this book is now seldom seen. This copy is as new. [1]

BOHEMIAN RUBY GLASS DECANTERwith stopper and vine decoration to the collar, 36.5cm high, two stout ruby glass spirit glasses with floral decoration, fuchsia glass vase of tapering form, 10cm high, a faceted Bristol blue decanter and stopper, 25.5cm high and a modern Bormioli Rocco Capital decanter and stopper, 27.5cm high, boxed

A gilt bronze table lamp, in Louis XVI style, of fluted baluster form with leaf sheathed capital and base, on engine turned base with stylised palmettes and square plinth, 47cm high, fitted for electricity. Some typical surface wear and scratching.

A fine Continental marble and gilt metal mounted columnar pedestal, 20th century, the square green serpentine marble top above an openwork Composite order capital; the yellow and rose Breccia shaft descending through a laurel cast collar to a square section serpentine base, with foliate cast socle, 120cm high, the top 28cm squareCondition Report: Minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age.Small chip to corner of the base.Some scratching to edges of top, as well as one or two very small nibbles.There are a handful of tiny casting cracks/inconsistencies to the collar, likely result of manufacture.The gilding to the collar is also a little rubbed with one or two patches of verdigris.Very minor surface nicks to marble shaft, with sections of the red veining possibly strengthened/evened out with subtle areas of filling, though the marble is naturally variegated.Overall in perfectly presentable condition.Condition Report Disclaimer

A Continental iron and limestone pricket candlestick, elements probably 14th century and later, the wrythen stem mounted to a Medieval capital sculpted with fleshy leaves, 123cm high overall

Jules Leleu (French, 1883-1961), an Art Deco sycamore parquetry cabinet, with four cupboards, inlaid with pewter, flanked with plain capitals and columns, stamped '21667' and signed to one of the central doors, 189.5cm wide52.5cm deep155cm highJules Leleu (1883-1961)Born into a family of artisans and artists in Boulogne-sur-Mer in Northern France, Jules Leleu was one of the fathers of French Art Deco design. Although he ‘never achieved the international fame of Jacques-Émile Ruhlmann, Jean Michel Frank, or Le Corbusier,’The New York Times once wrote, ‘he was just as successful and probably more prolific than his better-known contemporaries.’Leleu exhibited at the prestigious ‘Exposition des Arts Decoratifs’ in 1925, for which he designed the chairs for the Grand Salon and the Music Room, both part of the French Embassy Exhibition, and also exhibited a complete suite of furniture in his own space on the Esplanade des Invalides. He won a Grand Prize at the 1925 Exposition, and one of his pieces was purchased by the Metropolitan Museum in New York City.Often compared with the furniture designs of Ruhlmann, Leleu’s chairs, tables, and cabinets emphasized simple shapes, exotic woods, and marquetry, and inlaid ivory and other embellishments.As these techniques had been brought to France from the Orient, Leleu employed Oriental craftspeople for this work. Hamanaka, one of the great masters of lacquer work, and the famed Jean Dunand, who had learned the skills from Hamanaka, collaborated with Leleu on pieces where lacquer was an element.Leleu was very prolific, and was also constantly evolving and developing his styles. The awards that he won brought him many important clients and commissions, including the ocean liners Ile de France and the famed and ill-fated Normandie. Among other important commissions were a dining room for the Elysée Palace, and, later on, the Grand Salon des Ambassadeurs at La Societé des Nations in Geneva, called the Salon Leleu, and is still in existence.The collection comes from the descendants of Mrs Celestine Galani, the wife of John Galani, who ran a Shipping Company, and who was a friend of Jules Leleu. She commissioned him in the 1940s, to decorate her entire apartment at 81 Avenue Marceau in Paris. Their flat was less than one mile from the Maison Leleu which was at 65 Avenue Franklin Roosevelt, in the 8th arrondissement, in Paris. Condition report: No shelves, knocked edges. One bronze capital missing. Back legs damaged and loose. Front legs are missing slices - one is fixed for photos but loose. No keys. Further images uploaded. Interior depth 42.5cm. Further images uploaded more can be sent if requested to auctions@sworder.co.uk

A RARE YELLOW MARBLE FIGURE OF AVALOKITESHVARA, NORTHERN QI DYNASTY China, 550-577. Elegantly carved in the form of Avalokiteshvara standing sturdily on a round lotus base supported by a rectangular plinth, the figure portrayed with both elbows bent, adorned in robes cascading in voluminous folds, the serene expression framed by a cowl. Condition: Extensive wear, encrustations and weathering with areas of erosion. Minor losses. Old and visible repair to two vertical fissures. Overall condition exactly as expected from a statue of this age. Provenance: From an old Swiss private collection. Weight: 1021.7 g Dimensions: Height 22.3 cm This rare statue displays the major artistic developments of the Northern Qi dynasty, one of the most vibrant periods in the history of Chinese lapidary work, when carvers began incorporating a heightened awareness of the human body in their works. The rounded contours clothed in lightweight robes evidence this first attempt at naturalism and mark an important shift from the strict linearity of the preceding Northern Wei dynasty. The collapse of the Wei dynasty and resultant split of China into the Northern Qi (550-577) dynasty in the east and the Northern Zhou (557-581) dynasty in the west, had a profound influence on Buddhist doctrine and art in China. While the Gandharan and Mathuran schools of Kushan India had influenced the art of the Northern Wei, Northern Qi carvers turned to the sensuous sculptures of the Gupta School for inspiration. This approach to the human body is best displayed in the sculptures of the Northern and Southern Xiantangshan caves, situated between Henan and Hebei, close to the capital Ye, and in votive statues such as the present. These sculptures feature rounder figures dressed in unobtrusive elegant robes, lacking the heavy straight folds of drapery of the preceding dynasty, and a naturalistic, more benevolent approach to the rendering of facial expressions. 罕見漢白玉觀音立像，北齊 中國，550-577。觀音站立矩形底座上的蓮花座上，手肘彎曲，長褶疊疊的長袍，面容慈祥。 品相：廣汎磨損，局部結殼、風化侵蝕。 輕微缺失。 兩個垂直裂縫曾進行修復。總體狀況完全符合這個時代雕像。 來源：瑞士私人收藏 重量：1021.7 克 尺寸：高22.3 厘米

IX: Original Naval Rewards (and Electrotypes), Naval Reward, 1650-1, a gilt uniface British Museum electrotype of the obv. of the small gold medal by T. Simon, from the same die as previous, 24 x 21mm 6.86g (cf. Lessen, BNJ 1981, pp.112-13; Platt II, p.335, type B; cf. MI I, 390/12; cf. E 179). Extremely fine, with loop for suspension, the reverse inscribed with an italic capital R £80-£100 --- Provenance: Baldwin FPL Spring 2002 (13). This is presumably a British Museum display specimen, hence only the one side. The R, inscribed on the plain reverse, is probably for Robert Ready

Antique Indian Rajastan Capital From a Supporting Column of Cruci form Shape. c.1900's. Size 35 x 25 Inches.

A pair of Elizabeth I/James I carved oak figures, circa 1600-25Carved in the round, both topped by a capital of stylised acanthus and both wearing long, leafy skirts, the female figure holding a shell(?) to her breast, the companion male figure with his arms crossed, one finger pointing to his left, on later plain plinths, 61cm high excluding plinths; 72cm high overall, (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A pair of late 16th/early 17th century carved oak slender corner figural terms, English/Low CountriesEach topped by a stiff leaf-carved capital above the head and torso of a bearded man, the lower body modelled as intertwined scaly tendrils beneath a leafy skirt, 5cm wide x 4cm deep x 42cm high, (1 1/2in wide x 1 1/2in deep x 16 1/2in high) (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com