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A QUEEN ANNE BRASS SINGLE CANDLESTICK, tapering knopped stem with urn capital, on an octagonal base, 20.5cm high

FIVE GERMAN ROEMER WINE GLASSES engraved around the rim 'Gruss Aus Bad Neuenahr' (greetings from Bad Neuenahr, capital of Ahrweiler)

An oak refectory table of traditional style, circa 1900 with quatrefoil decoration to the capital and foot of each column leg, united by end and central stretchers 77 x 153 x 106cm (30 x 60 x 41in)

Boxed Vintage Model Figurines, including 'Armies of the World', 'Hellenic Palace Guards and 'Plaza de Toros de la Capital 

A pair of Edwardian candlesticks Hamilton & Inches, Edinburgh 1906, each with square base, tapered column and vase shaped capital, decorated throughout with embossed border, removable sconces (loaded) (2) (Dimensions: Height: 23cm)(Height: 23cm)

Extremely Rare Charles I Smaller Module Gold Triple Unite of 1644Charles I (1625-49), gold Triple Unite of Three Pounds, 1644, Oxford Mint, struck on a smaller module flan, crowned smaller armoured half-length figure of King left, holding upright sword and palm branch, mostly within inner beaded circle, Oxford plumes with bands in field behind, legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark Shrewsbury style plumes, lozenge stops on obverse, CAROLVS. D: G: MAG: BRI: FRA: ET. HIBER: REX., rev. legend commences upper left on continuous scroll, toothed outer border surrounding, no initial mark, pellet stops, EXVRGAT. DEVS. DISSIPENTVR. INIMICI., running into Declaration inscription on three line scroll at centre, RELIG: PROT: / :LEG: ANG: / LIBER: PAR:, date below between stops, OXON below date, three Oxford plumes over III value above scroll, weight 26.72g (Beresford-Jones dies VIII / L8; Schneider 304; N.2385; Brooker 842; S.2729). Struck from the rocker press machinery of that time with associated weakness in strike evident mainly in legend at right side of obverse and corresponding part of reverse, small flan flaw on reverse under XV of legend and light rim bruise on edge above, otherwise lightly toned with an excellent portrait of the King, excellent facial detail, an extremely fine portrait though with the striking weakness a good very fine coin overall, with only seven or eight examples extant one of the rarer die combinations, extremely rare. The gold Triple Unite represents the largest hammered gold denomination ever produced in the English series of coinage at a face value of Three Pounds. Such coins were produced at a time of duress, when the King had moved his Capital from London after the Battle of Edgehill, to the Royalist Universities of the City of Oxford, where he made a state entrance on 29th October 1642. The King lived at Christ Church, with the Queen installed at Merton; the Royalist Parliament met in the Upper Schools and Great Convocation House; the Privy Council at Oriel; and the Mint worked at New Inn Hall from the 3rd January 1642/3. These magnificent gold coins were struck for only three dates, 1642, 1643 and 1644 with some variation as there are 24 different varieties of obverse and reverse across these three dates, plus an extremely rare 1642 piece struck in Shrewsbury. Today, it is estimated the 25 different combinations exist in a mere surviving sample of some 250 pieces. When the Triple Unite was introduced as currency it was more than double the value of any previous English coin produced, and would have been seen as a magnificent piece of propaganda against the Puritan cause, to show that though the King had moved from London, Oxford was a rich alternative City. Perhaps the King was inspired by similar large extremely rare Scottish coins produced some 70 years earlier by his Father, King James VI of Scotland in 1575-6. The King had introduced the first regular newspaper printed in Oxford the "Mercurius Aulicus" from the 1st January 1642/3 (1642 old calendar style), and the introduction of the new Triple Unite as currency is featured in the edition produced around the 18th February 1642/3, and features a woodcut illustration of the new denomination (dies 1/S1 combination). This is thought to be the first ever illustration of a current coin of the realm in contemporary print. As the new year in the old calendar style commenced on the 25th March this means all the 1642 dated coins were produced in only a very limited time from mid-February to probably April at latest when 1643 dated pieces were no doubt produced. It seems the issue of this great coin ceased with the great fire of Oxford as reported in the same newspaper of 6th October 1644, as there are only three reverse types known of 1644. Strangely the 1644 issue all feature a Shrewsbury style initial mark in the obverse legend, though the plumes in the field are true Oxford style with the double bands. Provenance: Ex Roderick Richardson Circular, Summer 2003, no.9. Ex Roderick Richardson Circular, Spring 2018, no.3.

Oxford Mint Silver Crown With a Superb Depiction of Charles I on HorsebackCharles I (1625-49), silver Crown of Five Shillings, dated 1642, Oxford Mint, Shrewsbury obverse, armoured King on horseback left, crowned holding sword, plain groundline, Shrewsbury plume in field behind, legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark pellet, .CAROLVS: D: G: MAG: BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIBER. REX, rev. Declaration in two lines at centre between ruled lines RELIG: PROT: LEG / ANG: LIBER: PAR, three Oxford plumes above, over value .V., date below, legend and beaded borders surrounding, initial mark two pellets, :EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI, weight 30.24g (Brooker 869; Morrieson A-1; N.2405; S.2946). Toned, slightly double struck in parts, reverse with a few hairline marks and striations, otherwise almost extremely fine, with an excellent provenance and depiction of the King, rare. This silver Crown was struck at the Oxford Mint where Charles I had moved his capital from London after the Battle of Edgehill, to the Royalist Universities of the City of Oxford, where he made a state entrance on 29th October 1642. The King lived at Christ Church, with the Queen installed at Merton; the Royalist Parliament met in the Upper Schools and Great Convocation House; the Privy Council at Oriel; and the Mint worked at New Inn Hall from the 3rd January 1642/3. Provenance: Ex Spink / Glendining, 27-28th November 1974, lot 597. Ex U.B.S., Switzerland, 14-16th September 1999, lot 1521. Ex E. D. J. Van Roekel collection, Spink Auction 156, 15th November 2001, lot 64. Ex Dr Riccardo Ferrari collection, Spink Auction 189, 27th June 2007, lot 57. Ex A. H. Baldwin, Auction 77, 27th September 2012, lot 2170.

Charles I (1625-49), silver Halfcrown of Two Shillings and Sixpence, York Mint, type 7, armoured King on horseback left, with sword and flowing scarf, horse tail between legs, EBOR below, tiny letter B inside O, beaded borders with legend surrounding, initial mark lion both sides (1643-44), .CAROLVS. D. G. MAG. BRIT. FRAN. ET. HIB. REX., rev. round quartered shield of arms, with lion skin garniture, legend surrounding, .CHRISTO. AVSPICE. REGNO. weight 13.49g (Brooker 1087; Bull 559; N.2315; S.2869). Toned, raised die flaw on reverse, almost very fine. King Charles I’s second Capital City was York where he first went after fleeing London in January of 1641/2. A year later in early January of 1642/3 the King commanded the French engraver Nicholas Briot, at no doubt great danger to himself, to travel to York and Oxford secretly for meetings in relation to coinage. Later in the month a Mint at York became operational in the house of Sir Henry Jenkins in Minster Yard and operated until the 16th July 1644. Provenance: Ex A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd. May 1944. Ex Herbert M. Lingford, portion of English collection purchased by A H Baldwin 1951. Ex Colin Adams Collection of Halfcrowns, Spink Coin Auction 177, 1st December 2005, lot 158.

Very Rare Gold Oxford Mint Half Unite of King Charles ICharles I (1625-49), gold Half-Unite or Double-Crown of Ten Shillings, dated 1643, Oxford Mint, crowned bust of King in lace collar left extending to bottom of coin, value X in field behind, beaded and linear circle around, legend and outer linear and beaded border surrounding, CAROLVS. D: G: M: BR: FR: ET. HI: REX., rev. abbreviated Declaration inscription in three wavy lines at centre, RELIG. PROT. / LEG. ANGL. / .LIBER. PAR., date below, three Oxford plumes above, legend commences upper left within beaded and toothed border surrounding, initial mark pellet, .EXVRGAT DEVS. DISSIPENTVR. INIMICI., weight 4.54g (Beresford-Jones dies III/5; Brooker 858; Schneider 332; N.2395; S.2742). Attractively toned, a little double struck with a little weakness in striking on the high points, good very fine and very rare. Such coins as the gold Double Crown or Half-Unite were produced at a time of duress, when the King had moved his Capital from London after the Battle of Edgehill, to the Royalist Universities of the City of Oxford, where he made a state entrance on 29th October 1642. The Mint was set up to work at New Inn Hall from the 3rd January 1642/3. These Ten Shilling gold coins were struck for only three consecutive dates, 1642, 1643, and 1644, with a few variations in obverse and reverse dies, which were most fully defined by R Duncan Beresford-Jones in his article “The Oxford Mint 1642-46 Unites and Half-Unites” in volume 28 of the British Numismatic Journal dated 1955. They are much rarer than the companion Twenty Shilling piece. Provenance: Purchased from A. H. Baldwin and Sons Ltd, Autumn 2007.

Pair of silver plated Corinthian column table lamps, each with scrolling capital and stop-fluted column on stepped square beaded base, 60cm high

A Capital fold up bike

English School (19th Century), landscape with trainer and two horses, oil on canvas, unsigned, 61 x 74cms, bearing label verso; The Earl of Chesterfield's capital fillys, The Dark Bay Industry, Scott up and The Bay Casoline Elvina, Holins up, framed

Collection of approx 300 CDs includes many promotional CDs all from a radio broadcaster includes a Dionne Warwick signed CD, plus limited edition CDs from artists - The Beatles (2 promos), David Bowie, Brian Wilson, The Who, JamesBond, Bruce Springsteen (promo), Cat Stevens, Steely Dan, Michael Jackson, Queen, Paul McCartney, Oasis, Kinks, Janis Joplin, Scott Walker, UB40, Paul Simon, Northern Soul, plus promo singles, The Rolling Stones, ELO,  etc. (approx 300) Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.

Tour brochures and tickets previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio for artists including Queen "A Kind of Magic" with Status Quo and tickets (1986), Freddie Mercury, Steve Winwood (1983), Tina Turner (1996 & 1984) with tickets, Phil Collins (Serious Tour) plus tickets, Paul Simon plus tickets (1991), Eagles (1995) plus tickets, Bob Dylan (1984) plus VIP pass and tickets, and Newcastle extras, Duran Duran (signed by John Taylor), Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA tour brochure with ticket, signed Paul McCartney World Tour brochure and Paul McCartney Flowers in the Dirt 1989 album promo pack with synopsis, biography, photos from Richard Houghton and CD, Madness Complete Madness tour brochure includes demo 7 inch vinyl record, Suzanne Vega plus tickets, Meatloaf plus tickets, Dire Straits plus tickets, Rainbow plus tickets, Simply Red, James Taylor, Billy Joel etc. plus additional tickets including Diana Ross, Sting, Simply red, Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey, Rod Stewart, Fleetwood Mac, Michael Jackson, dating mainly from the 1990's.

Vinyl LP records including some promotional from artists Renaissance (collection), Deepest Purple (promo), Steeleye Span (collection with a promo), The Jam "Snap!" (sealed), Procol Harum promo, Carole King, and other promo LPs Rainbow, REO Speedwagon, Monkees, Moody Blues, Platters, Hollies, John and Vangelis, Blondie, Jackson 5, Chicago etc belonging to radio broadcaster at Capital Gold and Smooth FM in various conditions.

Vinyl LP records mainly all promotional copies from Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio. Artists include Barbra Streisand (collection), Dionne Warwick LPs, Judie Tzuke, Beach Boys, Al Stewart, Chris Rea, Creedence Clearwater revival, Graham Parker, Elkie Brooks, Motown collection, AWB, Donna Summer etc. various conditions.mostly very good to excellent condition.

Collection of 7 inch vinyl record singles in DJ sleeves including Traffic on Island WIP 6025, Isao Tomita, Vangelis (demo), The Tams, Three Dog Night SS 8052 & MCA, Deborah Harry, The Vanilla Fudge, Tony Blackburn, Ennio Morricone etc. also included is "The Capital Gold Game" x2 which was made to promote the launch of Capital Gold radio station and was given as a promotional item to advertisers. The game includes standees DJs inc Steve Wells, Tony Blackburn, David Hamilton, Kenny Everett, etc quiz cards and a board (complete) This game was never released commercially and was made in very limited numbers. Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.

Promo CDs including Pink Floyd The Dark Side of the Moon March 8th 1993 20th Anniversary (sealed) PM518, 30th Anniversary SACD, The Final Cut, The Who Then and Now, Sting, Paul Simon, Sam Cooke (sealed), Hollies (sealed), John Lennon, Suzanne Vega, Kate Bush, Mott the Hoople, Beatles (sealed), Cat Stevens, Pogues, Joni Mitchell, Lennon,Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.Wings, Led Zeppelin, plus a large collection of 3 inch CDs comprising the majority as Beatles (collection), plus Otis Redding, Michael Jackson, Prince, Queen etc plus The Beatles limited edition 45s 1962-70 7 inch vinyl box set in original box, Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.

Vinyl LP records including some Promotional including Ian Dury collection, (1 promo), Joni Mitchell collection (1 promo), Travelling Willburys promo, Prince, Michael Jackson, George Michael, Kate Bush, Beatles, various conditions, some damaged sleeves, Kate Bush (promos), George Harrison Best of Dark Horse promo, etc Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.

A collection from a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.of framed picture discs from the studios including Queen, John Lennon, Blondie, Elvis Presley, Freddie Mercury, Beach Boys, Beatles (5 x 7 inch), The Damned, Kinks, Kate Bush and two signed Hounds of Love promotional photos (framed). (18) plus 16 picture discs including Paul McCartney, Bronski Beat, Bruce Springsteen etc.

Collection of vinyl LP records includes many promotional records, from artists including Cat Stevens, Traffic, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, Deja Vu, The Alan Parsons Project, Marianne Faithful, Motown, Dione Warwick, Sandy Denny CD box set, Steely Dan, etc Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.

Promo CD collection inc 20 David Bowie promo CDs, and box sets including A Diana Ross signed musical memoirs, BB King, Led Zeppelin Remasters, George Martin, Billy Joel (Sealed), David Sylvian ltd ed, Bruce Springsteen (sealed), Elvis Presley (sealed), Sensual world of Kate Bush, Volume CDs (collection), Springsteen Songs sealed book, and Bob Dylan July 5th St James Park concert poster with Lindisfarne Metro Radio. Previously the property of a radio broadcaster and founder member of Capital Gold and DJ for Smooth radio.

A concrete garden bust of a Roman gentleman on a Corinthian column base with capital decoration, 59"h

2 GOLD PENDANTS, 1 heart marked 18ct with seed pearl set capital A, 3 grams, other yellow metal hinged locket, 5 grams

A REGENCY GILT BRASS MOUNTED ROSEWOOD WRITING CABINET, C1810, TWO OF THE PIETRE DURE PANELS GRAND DUCAL WORKSHOPS, FLORENCE, C1700-35 with gilt brass mounts and marble slab, the fall front inset with three Italian pietre dure panels of a volcano or ruins in beaded gilt brass frames , the interior fitted with drawers and pigeon holes, contemporary straight grained navy morocco inset writing surface, flanked by plain pillars with milled capital and foot above panelled frieze drawer, on tapering turned legs with reeded knop and collar, 126cm h; 39 x 107cm, keyProvenance: In the same private family ownership since the early 20th c. Florentine pietre dure panels of landscapes with ruins of this type were a speciality of the Galleria degli Lavori later known as the Opificio delle Pietre Dure and reflects the taste of the Grand Duke of Tuscany, Cosimo II (r. 1609.20). Its founder, Cosimo's father Grand Duke Ferdinando I de Medici (1549-1609) sought to emulate landscape paintings by the newly perfected art of pietre dure. Similar examples of the use of pietre dure are found on 17th-19th c case furniture and caskets but also framed or unmounted panels such as in the Florentine room of the Schloss Favorite near Baden Baden and others still in the Museo dell'Opificio in Florence. The two on the present beautifully preserved Regency cabinet are identical to two of those on the magnificent Wingfield Castle Cabinet now in the Gilbert Collection, London. Of ebonised and giltwood, it was made in England, 1775-99 to display a series of eleven panels all similarly featuring classical ruins, the monumentality emphasised by the presence of peasants in the foreground. See Massinelli (A M), The Gilbert Collection, Hardstones, London 2000, Catalogue No 6, pp 44-46 and Minter (A), Pietre Dure-A Palette made of Hardstones, article in Furniture History Society Newsletter 215, August 2019, pp 1-7, fig 5.++In fine original condition

Two collector's books, "Profiles in Courage" by John F. Kennedy and "Washington Magnificent Capital" (2)

A collection of 19th century and later oriental blue and white ceramics including a ginger jar with dragon and exotic bird decoration, 23 cm tall approx, a charger also with dragon detail, 37 cm diameter approx, two further blue and white chargers, a pair of bottle shaped vases 16 cm tall approx, together with an 18th century coffee pot and cover with blue and white chinoiserie decoration, probably Worcester and with capital S mark to base, 27 cm high approx, an early 19th century pearlware type plate with painted chinoiserie style figure decoration, 24.5 cm diameter, etc

Pair of Georgian style silver boat shaped cream jugs, both engraved with a stylised capital A, maker marks worn, Birmingham 1930, 17cm long, 8.5oz approx

A silver 'TOAST' rack of lozenge plan, the divisions forming capital letters, on ball feet - London 1903, 5.25" across.

~ A Pine Thirty Hour Longcase Clock with Rocking Eye Automata, signed Richard Marshal, Wolsingham, Fecit, 1732, pagoda pediment, moulded trunk door, 11-inch square brass dial with chapter ring signed and dated, finely engraved dial centre, date aperture, recessed engraved face with rocking eye automata, four pillar movement with outside countwheel striking on a bell, 219cm high 21.08.19 Later brass finials, hood door with one gilt capital missing, case surfaces are rubbed in parts and with scratches and chips, dial is clean, movement needs cleaning, with pendulum and weight.

dating: circa 1800 provenance: Italy, Single-and false-edged blade, richly pierced and with a curl at the base. Capital-shaped knot. Horn grip, enlarged toward the pommel and decorated with longitudinal grooves, silver, grooved ring-nut and cap. Turn-off hilt, provided with a pierced pin, richly chiselled. Wooden, leather-covered scabbard with silver, engraved mounts. length 30 cm.

A 1920s Royal Doulton glazed stoneware footed circular tyg, decorated with raised floral stylised motifs, underglaze painted in tones of blue, green and brown, stamped marks, numbered 3955, with further stamped inscription W. T. Lamb & Sons Compliments Christmas 1925, h.18cm; together with two 1920s Royal Doulton stoneware circular footed table bowls, each underglaze painted in tones of blue and decorated with stylised fruit, stamped marks and with further stamped inscriptons verso, the largest dia. 26.5cm, the smaller dia. 23cm; and a further Doulton Lambeth 1930s stoneware octagonal capital, h.14cm (4)

A George V Silver Lamp-Base, by S. Blanckensee and Sons Ltd., Birmingham, 1929, on octagonal base and with tapering stem, filled, Together With: A Victorian Silver-Plated Lamp-Base, on swag chased square base with fluted column and Corinthian capital, the base with an inscription, filled, both later fitted for electricity, 43.5cm high and smaller (2)

Four Victorian Silver Candlesticks, Three by William Gibson and John Langman, Two Sheffield, 1897, One London, 1898, the Fourth by Hawkesworth, Eyre and Co., Sheffield, 1897, each on stepped square base with gadrooned border, the fluted column terminating in Corinthian capital form socket, with detachable nozzle, the base engraved with an inscription, filled, 22.5cm high (4)

A pair of ornamental ceramic wall hanging shelves decorated with flowers and cherubs.With pierced work detail. Reverse shows a cross swords mark above a capital R.Approx. 24cm tall x 29cm wide.

A pair of large ceramic ornamental urns with flower and figure detail.Bulbous shaped bowls to top decorated with hand painted flowers and pierced work & gilt detail. Bowls raised on pedestal bases detailed with hand painted flowers detail, flowers applied in relief and figures of a man and woman. Marked to base with a cross swords mark and a capital R.Approx. 29cm tall.

A pair of modern mahogany and brass mounted table lamps, each with brass Corinthian capital to swollen fluted mahogany columns and octagonal brass bases (2) 86cm (34in)

A pair of French onyx and gilt metal mounted pedestals, early 20th century, each with square top above a Corinthian capital and straight shaft, above waisted collars and square bases, each on four bracket feet, 113cm high, the tops 33cm square Provenance: Private collection from a country house, Derbyshire

CLASH/DAMNED/WIRE 7"/POSTER. Three punk rarity 7" to include: The Clash - Capital Radio E.P, (CL 1, promo, VG/VG,ringwear and seam split on lower edge/sleeve has some discolouration, scratch on A side), Wire - Mannequin (HAR 5144, VG+/VG+, sleeve has some edgewear and ringwear, record shows some slight surface markings), The Damned - New Rose (BUY 6, VG/VG+, sleeve has some creasing/edgewear/ringwear, record has very light surface marking, and some W.O.L.). Also to include a framed Clash - Out Of Control poster (to measure 22x30").

Blaeu, Johannes Plan de la Ville et des Environs de Pavie. Amsterdam: Pieter Mortier, 1704. Engraved map, uncoloured, framed and glazed. Blaeu originally began his enormous atlas of Italy after finishing his monumental Atlas Maior in 1662. The work was planned in two parts, each of five books, the first on Italy and the second on Rome. However he only finished three volumes in his lifetime. Pieter Mortier reissued the Blaeu maps in 1704/5 as an atlas, from which this map is taken. The map is numbered XI and is taken from the first Mortier volume on Lombardy (Pavia being the old capital of the Lombard Kings). A description under the map's title explains the 1525 siege of Pavia, where the besieging French under Francis I were shattered by a larger relieving Imperial army under Charles V. However intriguingly, a modern dealer's note on the rear appears to suggest that the illustration of warfare on the map shows not 1525, but rather the failed siege of 1655 by Prince Thomas of Savoy, which would certainly have been contemporary for Blaeu during his original work on the maps. It may be that, in common with other Early Modern depictions of historical scenes, Blaeu drew on the contemporary forms of dress and equipment, inspired by the recent events.

YOSHIKAZU (EDO PERIOD, 1618 - 1868)Prosperous, The Eastern Capital Woodblock print, 37 x 75cm

A Pair of Elizabeth II Silver Candlesticks, by Carrs, Sheffield, 2005, each on stepped and beaded square base, with fluted column with Corinthian capital socket, with detachable beaded nozzle, filled, 21.5cm high (2). Marked on base and nozzle. In generally good condition.

A fine 15th/16th century carved oak architectural uprightWell carved with the torso of bearded long-haired man, supported on a fruiting swag carved tapering column, the whole supporting a capital, standing on an associated ebonised plinth base. 147 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good with expected wear, various shrinkage cracks, losses, old worm damage, filling, etc.

An album, ''Our South African birds'', together with The Capital Stamp album with maps having only Great Britain stamps and France.

Miscellaneous Books. An Authentic, Candid, and Circumstantial Narrative of the Astonishing Transactions at Stockwell... 1772, soiled, defective, 24pp., 8vo, London: J. Marks, 1772; The Frequency of Capital Punishments... by William Dodd, 20pp., 8vo, [London, c.1800]; A Short and True Narrative of a Swindling Scheme, 28pp., wrappers, 8vo, London: Printed for the Author, 1794; and others, mostly late eighteenth and early nineteenth century, v.s. (a quantity) The principal item in this lot describes a poltergeist active within two households in London and centred upon a maidservant.

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor. The British Neptune; or, Naval, Military, and Fashionable Advertiser, Number 466, 2pp., folded sheet, company of stationers stamp, ANNOTATED BY SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE, the upper margin further inscribed by an unknown hand, 'With Mr Valpy's Compts.', folio, Sunday, September 15, 1811 This issue of the British Neptune carries a review of The Curse of Kehama, by Robert Southey. Verso there is an article titled 'Further Advances on the Price of Bread' to which Coleridge has provided a critical response, noting after his own calculations, 'I do not imagine how the Baker could have less profit than he has, when we consider in how small a way Bakers trade in general, & how many there are & must be for the convenience of the Customers as well as the small capital required to set up.'

Framed 19th Century panoramic print, 'Hobart Town, The Capital of Tasmania', 17.5x52.5cm

A bronzed painted pedestal of squared, tapering form, with ionic capital, above a body decorated with relief-moulded bellflower decoration and raised on stepped, platform base, 118cm high

A brass fire curb, a brass lidded coal scuttle and a Corinthian capital table lamp

A hand carved wooden figurehead, draped female figure raised on an architectural capital. Height 220 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The figure does not have any significant age and may only be 20 or 30 years old. It is in generally very good condition with no issues. The figure stands on an older capital but in our opinion is not particularly secure on this. The figure is life size and standing on one leg on this plinth is not safe.

6th century AD. A marble sarcophagus-shaped casket from the period of Justinian the Great, rectangular in plan with pitched-roof lid; the contoured body with rosette within a wreath to each short side, expanding-arm cross within a wreath to one long side and to the other long side a D-shaped trough with arcaded outer face flanked by opposed peacocks and with a scallop above forming a spout; the plain interior with corresponding outlet hole; the lid with scrolled up stand to each corner, expanding-arm cross to each short side, similar motif in a wreath to one long side and to the other the image of the Divine Lamb (Agnus Dei) within a wreath; apex of the roof flat with central hole to accept strongly scented offerings of oils which was the method of interaction with the precious relic; the holes inside the wreaths were originally inserted with precious stones. [A video of this item is available to view on TimeLine Auctions website.] See Grabar, A. L'età d'oro di Giustiniano, Milano, 1966; Hahn C. (ed.), Objects of devotion and desire, medieval relic to contemporary art, Januar 27-April 30, 2011, catalogue of the exhibition at the he Bertha and Karl Lebsdorf Art Gallery, Hunter College, New York, 2011; Various, Byzanz Pracht und Alltag, Kunst und Austellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn 26.Februar bis 13.Juni 2010, Mainz; and cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1978.273a,b and 49.69.2a,b for similar shaped caskets with offering apertures to the top. Such object of devotions began to be common from 4th century AD, when the Roman Empire slowly underwent its transformation in a Christian Empire, beginning with the Edict of tolerance towards all the Religions (included the Christian one) of Constantine and Licinius in 313 AD and ending with the proclamation of the Christianity as official religion of the Roman State, with Theodosius, in 380 AD. Since then the Roman Empire was a Christian one, with its Eastern Capital, Constantinople (the city of Constantine) or Nea Romi (New Rome) born as Christian city, and remaining such until its fall to the Turks in 1453 AD, except for the short period of Julian II (361-363 AD"). Many simpler similar reliquaries are preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of New York, generically dated to a large period between 400-600 AD. A similar reliquary, although less decorated, is preserved at the Israel Museum. Our reliquary can be dated with a major precision. It shows decorations and characters typical of the Age of Justinian the Great (527-565 AD"). The exquisite facture of the work points to Asiatic workshops of the Empire, in particular Ephesus or the same Chief City, Byzantium. The style of the crosses is the same of the cross held by the victorious Christ in the so-called Barberini ivory, today preserved at the Louvre Museum (Grabar, 1966, p.279, fig.319), with all probability realised at Constantinople in the first half of 6th century AD. The holes in the wreaths were inserted with precious stones, like those of the wreath the Diptych of Saint Lupicin in Bibliothèque Nationale de Paris, also an artwork realised in Constantinople in 6th century. Two similar reliquaries, today in the Römisch-Germanisches Museum of Köln (Byzanz, 2010, pp.230-231), dated at the 6th century, were instead realized in Syria, one of the most rich provinces of the Empire before of its lost to the Arabs after the battle of Yarmouk in 636 AD. 16.3 kg, 30cm (12"). Property of a central London gentleman; previously with a London, Mayfair, gallery in the early 1990s, accompanied by an academic report by specialist Dr Raffaele D'Amato and a geologic report No. TL005222, by geologic consultant Dr R. L. Bonewitz. This casket is in excellent condition and the refinement of execution is very rare. In many churches, the sacred relics were the focus of the liturgical rites and cultic processions. The relics were bones, bits of clothing, or fragments of objects that had belonged to a saint or holy person, which were kept in special boxes called reliquaries. In Khirbet Beth Sila, north of Jerusalem, a small reliquary was found containing a long strand of hair. The gabled stone sarcophagi used for Christian burial were the model for miniature copies, like the one seen here, that were manufactured throughout the Roman Empire as containers for relics or objects made holy by physical contact with them. Beginning in the fourth century, the bodies of martyrs and saints were exhumed, divided, and moved to local churches, where they were placed in reliquaries that were enclosed within altars or buried under them or displayed in chapels dedicated to the Saint. The reliquaries were placed beneath the main altar, within a depression in the floor, and sometimes also kept in the rooms alongside the apse or in the side apses, called for this reason martyria. The reliquaries served to the Pilgrims and devotes for the collecting of the holy Oil, the Myron. They were sealed, probably with lead, and the only way to interact with the precious relic kept inside was the opening at the top of the reliquary, where strongly scented offerings of oil could be poured inside the small sarcophagus. Once the oil had been poured through the upper aperture it passed over the enclosed relic and would have been collected in pilgrim flasks from the source on the side, thus creating holy oil. This is the reason why some of the reliquaries, like our specimen, have an additional hole in one of the sides, to make it easier to remove the sanctified oil. These holes were sometimes, like here, equipped with spouts, usually made of metal. The devoted honoured the reliquary with the most precious oil in the hope they would be rewarded with protection and healing. Alternatively, the holes in the lid of such sarcophagi-shaped reliquary, as seen in our specimen, allowed the faithful to insert cloth attached to narrow rods into the reliquary in order to absorb the power of the relic through contact. Very fine condition, minor wear. Extremely rare.

Madeira.- [Johnston (William)] [Geo-Hydrographic Survey of the Isle of Madeira with the Dezertas and Porto Santo Islands geometrically taken in the year 1788], one section only, with chart with view of Funchal and plan of the road of Funchal, lacking main chart of Madeira, engraving with hand-colouring on wove paper, sheet 615 x 390 mm. (24 1/4 x 15 1/8 in), some handling creases and minor surface dirt unframed, [William Faden, 1791]; together with another 'View of the Town and Road of Funchal, the Capital of Madera', by a different hand, engraving, 170 x 230 mm. (6 3/4 x 9 in), unframed (2).

REV DANIEL LYSONS: THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON BEING AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TOWNS VILLAGES AND HAMLETS WITHIN TWELVE MILES OF THE THAT CAPITAL INTERSPERSED WITH BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES, London, A Strahan for T Cadell Jun & W Davies, 1796 [1791]-1800 [1807], five volumes in nine including supplement, greatly extra illustrated, large paper, five engraved titles, additional engraved and manuscript titles, six maps, 704 views, plans and plates including some folding, some hand-coloured, three original watercolours of churches, original pencil sketch of King George II by Thomas Wortlidge, two folding pedigrees, quarto decorative blind stamped calf gilt, spines gilt in compartments, boards with gilt arms of the Crowle Family, top edges gilt, bookplates of John Charles Crowle (1738-1811) (9) From John Charles Crowle's fine extra-illustrated library at Dalham Tower, Cumbria, and from the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor.

REV DANIEL LYSONS: THE ENVIRONS OF LONDON BEING AN HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE TOWNS, VILLAGES AND HAMLETS WITHIN TWELVE MILES OF THAT CAPITAL INTERSPERSED WITH BIOGRAPHICAL ANECDOTES, London for T Cadell and W Davies, 1810 2nd edition, 2 volumes in 8, extra illustrated, 2 engraved vignette titles, 28 plates as list, 693 additional engraved views, portraits etc, large quarto, decorative grained, blind stamped green morocco gilt, inner dentelles gilt, spines gilt in compartments, all edges gilt (8). From the collection of the late Ron Fiske of Morningthorpe Manor.

All world stamp collection in capital album, few 100s, early to 1960's.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)

A late George III giltwood and ebonised concert harp, Johann Andreas Stumpff, London, circa 1805, with forty-four tuning pins and eight pedals, the brass plates near the head inscribed for the maker; to one side PATENT HARP INVENTED BY J. A. stumpff, LONDON, No. 44 Great Portland Street, Portland Place and to the other MAKER, TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING OF GREAT BRITAIN &c., the fluted post topped with a caryatid and anthemion adorned classical capital at the head and with an acanthus terminal, the soundboard decorated with two classical female figures, one holding a lyre and the other a garland, within a border of laurel wreathed Muses, the gilded foot with applied hippocampi, 170cm high, 81cm deep Provenance: The Property of a Lady of Title, Ripple Hall, Gloucestershire

A small 'Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei' (NSDAP) Propaganda Enamel Sign (Propagandaschild) the enamelled wall plaque edged in black, white and red, with red swastika-flag and black pole upon the white field and the words ‘Mit Uns’ (With Us), upper with manufacturer’s name “C.R.Dold” from Offenburg, at the bottom is in capital black letters "Deutscher Plakatverlag, Hamburg" and "Ges.Gesch", 6cm x 4cm – an unusual smaller variant of a sign normally seen in larger sizes (top right edge at fault)

A substantial Victorian oak library or drawing room chair with Ionic capital supports, further geometric carved detail raised on fluted supports

Lysons, Daniel - The Environs of London .... within twelve miles of that Capital, Vol 3: The County of Middlesex, small folio, half calf, title page vignette and 11 engraved plates, London 1795

Lysons, Daniel - The Environs of London .... within twelve miles of that Capital ... Vol 4: Counties of Herts, Essex and Kent, with map frontis, title page vignette and 11 plates, small folio, tree calf, joints split, London 1796