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Click here to subscribeContemporary silver three piece silver teaset, comprising teapot of globular form, with Celtic inspired, chased and engraved decoration, mythical beast spout, and hinged domed cover, on a stepped circular base, matching sugar, sugar tongs and cream jug (Birmingham1953) Adie Bros. Ltd. All at approximately 40ozs. Teapot 27.5cm across. (4)
Collection of jewellery to include Guernsey pearl set earrings, hat pins, Egyptian agate beaded necklace and silver pendant earrings, Wedgwood pendant on silver chain, IONA silver Celtic brooch, silver bangle engraved 'Felicity', silver ring with 9ct gold resizer clip and other silver items - total silver weight 3.5ozt
A George V Arts & Crafts planished silver two handled oval bowl by Omar Ramsden, with embossed Celtic rose decoration, 20.1cm, 9.5oz.***CONDITION REPORT***Slightly tarnished, otherwise in good order. Hallmarks clear.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
CELTIC FOLK - LP COLLECTION. Lovely collection of around 51 x LPs focusing on Celtic Folk. Artists/titles include Clannad - 2, Kevin BUrke - Eavesdropper, Kevin Burke/Micheal O' Domhnaill, The Bothy Band, Battlefield Band, Barde, Stockton's Wing, Planxty (x6), Matt Molloy, Jakob Lindberg, Charlie MacKinnon, Five Hand Reel, Finbar Furey, The Dubliners (x6), De Danann, The Chieftains (x6), John Burgess, Winter Consort (x3) and Derek Bell. Condition is chiefly Ex to Ex+/archive (records) and VG+ to Ex+ (sleeves).
Seltene Spathaklinge, spätkeltisch - frühe römische Kaiserzeit, 2. Hälfte 1. Jhdt. v. Chr. Seltene Sonderform einer Schwertklinge mit Verbreiterung der 80 cm langen Klinge zu Beginn des unteren Drittels, das in einer ausgesprochen langen und schmalen Spitze endet. Die Klinge mit deutlichem Mittelgrat. Die 15,5 cm lange Griffangel mit Abschlussknopf. Dieses noch spätkeltischen Traditionen verhaftete Schwert fand Verwendung in der Armee der frühen römischen Kaiserzeit. Gut erhaltene Eisensubstanz, fachmännisch restauriert. Gesamtlänge 95,5 cm. Provenienz: Aus in Süddeutschland aufbewahrter Privatsammlung. A rare Roman spatha blade, late Celtic - early Roman Empire, 2nd half of the 1st century B.C. A rare Roman spatha blade, late Celtic - early Roman Empire, 2nd half of the 1st century B.C. Rare specimen of a late Celtic - early Roman sword blade with a widening of the 80 cm blade at the beginning of the lower third, ending in an extremely long and narrow point. The blade with a central ridge. The 15.5 cm long hilt hinge with end button. This sword, still rooted in late Celtic traditions, was used in the army of the early Roman Empire. Well preserved iron substance, expertly restored. Total length 95.5 cm. Provenance: From a private collection in South Germany.Condition: II -
Mid-19th century Irish Killarney yew and arbutus wood breakfast table, the shaped tilt-top decorated with inlaid panels depicting various Killarney scenes including, Old Weir Bridge, Ross Castle and houses; decorated with foliage inlays and banding, octagonal faceted baluster pedestal on circular platform, inlaid with shamrocks and Celtic harps, three projecting carved paw feet with brass and ceramic castorsDimensions: Height: 75cm Length/Width: 152cm Depth/Diameter: 111cmCondition Report:Missing bolts.
A D. Cohen bell shaped vase with iron oxide glazed lower panel, signed verso (23cm x base: 20cm x 3cm), a pottery circular fruit bowl with mottled green border with incised Celtic scrolling double ring centre panel, with lugs to inner rim and impressed mark CP verso (9cm x 25cm) and a scalloped pottery plate with two pottery pockets, with pierced circular and scrolling design, unmarked (33cm x d.34cm) (3)
A thistle heart shaped brooch, an Edwardian white metal and yellow metal set stick pin, an Edwardian yellow metal lapis triple bead and seed pearl mounted stick pin, shows no signs of hard solder or repair, (L: 5.5cm) a Celtic silver knot style brooch set citrine cabouchon, (d: 0.6cm) and an Edwardian white metal diamond shaped brooch set four granite panels, (3cm x 4.5cm) with ball pattern border (a lot)
SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS Stewart, Colonel David Sketches of the Character, Manners and Present State of the Highlanders of Scotland Two volumes, Archibald Constable & Co., Edinburgh, 1822, bookplate of Duncan Alasdair Campbell Logan, James The Scottish Gael Or, Celtic Manners, as Preserved Among the Highlanders Two volumes, Smith, Elder and Co., London, 1831, bookplate of John Dunbar, Sea Park Home Life of the Highlanders 1400-1744 Robert Maclehose & Co. Ltd., Glasgow, 1911 Walker D.D., John An Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland Two volumes, Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme, London and Guthrie and Anderson, Edinburgh, 1812 Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland Two volumes, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1811 and others Condition Report:Available upon request
A GLASGOW SCHOOL ARTS AND CRAFTS BRASS CHARGER with celtic knotwork decoration, 35.5cm diameter, together with a Scottish square brass framed mirror with bosses Condition Report:"mirror - glass is slightly loose. backing board has signs of historic woodworm and has warped slightly. One section of the brass below a roundel may have been worked on.Charger has rust spots. No signs of repairs"
Large collection of mainly pre-1960s football programmes to include; Rangers V Clyde 8th September 1954, Stirling Albion V Clyde 3rd January 1955, Dundee V Queen of South 30th October 1954, Heart of Midlothian V Queen of The South 27th November 1954, Celtic V Kilmarnock 2nd October 1954, Morton V Dundee United 11th December 1954, League of Ireland V Irish League 1955, England V Scotland 11th April 1959, Final Tie Birmingham City V Manchester City 5th May 1956, Aston Villa V Manchester United 4th May 1957, England V Wales 14th November 1956, England V Germany 1st December 1954, various Bristol Speedway programmes, Leeds United V Doncaster Rovers Lincoln City V Plymouth Argyle 13th November 1954, Hull City V Bristol Rover 13th November 1954, Limerick V Bohemians 15th November 1953, Cork Athletic V St. Patrick's A 28th November 1954, etc.
A Modern Celtic Revival four piece silver tea set comprising tea and coffee pot, milk jug and sugar bowl, with Celtic band decoration to upper sections, applied strapwork to spouts, fruitwood handles, each lower with criss cross engraved decoration, hallmarked by Barrowclift Silvercraft, Birmingham, 1972, combined total gross weight approx 53.85oztFurther details: good all sit flush, some fine scratches, tarnish and minor wear and tear commensurate with age handles and hinges good
COLQUHOUN (ITHELL)Archive of 'magical writings', manuscripts, typescripts, original illustrations and printed material, comprising: i) Manuscript and typescript essays and lecture notes, including typed essays on Qabalah with manuscript amendments ('The Crown and the Kingdom' in four parts '...The ten circles, centres or concentrations of force are the Sephioth or Divine Emanation...'), Druidry and Gnosticism, 'Fire and the Pyramid of Flame' ('...the progeny of Electricity... the essence of our divine ancestors, the celestial hierarchies...'), typescript of her one-act play 'The Pilgrimage', essay on Aleister Crowley ('Heaven & Earth: The Dying Kick of the Dying-God'), on ritual ('Ceremony Connected with the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram... The altar is arranged as for the Neophyte Grade of the G.D... Rose and Dagger in E., Incense, lamp and Fire-Wand in S., Cup in W.... if the pentacle is not ready, a gold coin may be substituted...'), on interior stars ('De Astris Interioribus'), a long descriptive essay on 'The Isiac Tablet of Bembo', also 'The Taro as Colour', 'Zodiacal Rulership of the Taro Court Cards' and descriptions of 17 of the 22 Major Arcana of the Tarot ('The Fool', 'The High Priestess', 'The Hanged Man', etc.), and much else; illustrated with some 23 original diagrams in biro, some coloured in gouache, including 'The Cube' (5), the Tree of Life (10), 'Tatwass Through the Day' (collection of loose coloured-paper shapes), 'Taro Trumps in the Cube of Space' (4), c.244 pages, typed or written in blue or black biro on lined paper, many annotations and amendments, illustrations and diagrams in biro and gouache, mostly 4to, [undated]; ii) File of incoming correspondence, some published as appendices (Dorothy Empson, Maxwell Armfield (3), Robert Temple (3), Colin Murray of the Golden Section Order), typed article by Mrs Armer on 'Worship of the Old Deity', printed matter concerning Colquhoun's Masonic affiliations, and 4 pages of unpublished notes and diagrams, 80 pages, various sizes, etc. [1970's]; iii) Colquhoun's research material pertaining to W.B. Yeats, Maude Gonne and Ireland, including notes taken at the Yeats International Summer School at Sligo, her 'Irish' address book (including those of Jack Yeats and Mrs W.B. Yeats), various photographs, maps, guidebooks, timetables etc., c.47 pages of notes, c.1966-1968; with first edition copies of Ithell Colquhoun's Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn, London and New York, 1975, one inscribed by the author to Kitty (2), The Crying of the Wind, Ireland, 1955, and The Living Stones, Cornwall, 1957, [second half twentieth century] (collection)Footnotes:'THE OPENING OF THE SEALS IS FOLLOWED BY THE SOUNDING OF SEVEN TRUMPETS & THE POURING OF SEVEN VIALS': MAGICAL WRITINGS AND ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE IMPORTANT BRITISH SURREALIST PAINTER, OCCULTIST & AUTHOR.Until recently the surrealist works of Ithell Colquhoun (1906-1988) have been somewhat overshadowed by better-known contemporaries such as Leonora Carrington and Eileen Agar, but interest in her art and writing is now firmly in the ascendant. Indeed, the scholar Amy Hale has noted that Colquhoun '...is becoming recognized as one of the most interesting and prolific esoteric thinkers and artists of the twentieth century...' (Amy Hale, 'The Magical Life of Ithell Colquhoun' in Nevill Drury, Pathways in Modern Western Magic, 2012) and argues that through Colquhoun's work '...we can see an interplay of themes and movements which characterizes the trajectory of certain British subcultures ranging from Surrealism to the Earth Mysteries movement and also gives us a rare insight into the thoughts and processes of a working magician...'.The magical material in this archive, save for four pages of notes and diagrams, was gathered together and published as The Magical Writings of Ithell Colquhoun in 2007 by Steve Nichols, a copy of which is included in the lot. It serves as a complement to Colquhoun's 1974 work, Sword of Wisdom: MacGregor Mathers and the Golden Dawn, her only published book on magical theory. The four essays entitled 'The Crown and the Kingdom' were also published by Steve Nichols as a separate volume in 2006. Much of it was delivered as lectures, notably to Countess Tamara Bourkhoun's Golden Dawn-inspired Order of the Pyramid and Sphinx in the 1960's, of which she was a prominent member, or articles in such publications as Prediction. She was an initiate of several different orders representing Hermetic and Pagan traditions including the OrdoTempli Orientis, the Masonic Order, the Fellowship of Isis and the French Gnostic Church. Colquhoun discovered surrealism through the work of Dali and Magritte whilst studying at the Slade under Henry Tonks, and joined the English Surrealist Group in 1939, exhibiting with Roland Penrose at the Mayor Gallery the same year. Her involvement with the British Surrealist movement, however, was to be brief as she was soon expelled from the group for refusing to abandon the occult research which had become central to her work. She was interested in the occult from an early age, particularly the principles of the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn, introduced through her cousin Edward Garstin, and she infused her art with elements of occult colour theory and sacred geometry, both of which she returned to in her later writings as evidenced here (see Amy Hale, The Magic Surrealism of Ithell Colquhoun, Art UK online, June 2020).The present collection represents many of her wide-ranging interests, drawing together her magical and artistic careers. In her short article of 1977, 'The Taro as Colour', a modern typed copy of which is included in the archive, she talks of her magical theory of colour and the surrealistic painting technique of automatism: '...It renders the essence of each card by the non-figurative means of pure colour, applied automatically in the manner of the psychomorphological movement in surrealism...' she explains. Also evident is her admiration for Celtic lore (one letter is from a Deaconess of the Ancient Celtic Church) and in particular W.B. Yeats, a Golden Dawn Adept who also used automatism in his work ('...Through his hermetic studies under MacGregor Mathews, Yeats was deeply embued with Qabalistic thought...'). Ithell's influential article about Aleister Crowley which appeared originally in the London Broadsheet, no.4, April 1955, is also present, typed and amended by the author: '...Ithells' attitude to Aleister Crowley was ambivalent. He chased her around a house once, but she managed to escape his advances...' (Nichols, p.3). Amongst the wealth of material here is a detailed description of a ritual, 'The Outline of Preliminary Ceremony Connected with the Banishing Ritual of the Pentagram', running to some five handwritten pages with red and black inks used to clarify which are spoken words and which are actions. As might be expected, there are also several striking illustrations, including a series of colourful painted diagrams depicting various configurations of The Cube. Provenance: Steve Nichols, editor of The Magical Writings of Ithell Colquhoun, 2007.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Caesar, Julius The Commentaries Translated into English. To which is prefixed a Discourse concerning the Roman Art of War. By William Duncan. Illustrated with Cuts. London: J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, and R. Dodsley, 1753. Folio (43 x 26cm), civ 335 [20] pp., modern panelled calf to style, richly gilt spine, marbled endpapers, edges sprinkled red, 79 engraved plates including frontispiece (plates '3' and '4' in fact one plate), most double-page and 3 (nos. 41, 75 and 78) also folding, 6 folding maps, frontispiece offset onto title-page, title-page additionally somewhat marked, signatures 2A-2B with short closed tear to head, plate 41 (buffalo) with repairs and short closed tears along bottom edge, plate 59 (folding map of Italy) with small repair, plate 75 (elephant) with small tear to intersection of folds and short closed tear to foot [ESTC T136453]Note: Note: First Duncan edition. William Duncan (1717-1760) was professor of philosopher at Marischal College, Aberdeen. The plates, many by Cornelis Huyberts, include depictions of Picts, Britons, and 'Germans', battles including the famous 'Battle with the Elephants' scene, military formations and encampments, aerial city views, and a suite of nine plates after Mantegna's Triumphs of Caesar. Remaining in print well into the 19th century, Duncan's translation was influential the 18th-century revival of interest in Britain's Celtic past and helped inspire his pupil James Macpherson in his creation of Ossian, the mythical Scottish bard. Publishing the work a few years after 1745 Jacobite rebellion, Duncan was evidently concerned to present Caesar as a model of leadership, advising his dedicatee the future George III: 'It is likewise well known, that in dangerous domestic seditions ... nothing tends more to confirm the well-affected in their duty, and to check the machinations of the factious, than when a king every was qualified to command, appears in person at the head of his troops'.
A collection of jewellery by Robert Catterson-Smith, including a square enamelled brooch, a Celtic brooch, an Identity bracelet inscribed RMS Catterson-Smith RNVR and twelve other pieces, a silver paperweight by Robert Catterson-Smith stamped in low relief with a deer and inscribed Ecce Ag Nus Dei Ecce Qui Tollit Peccatum Mundi, a base metal pin and an Elo Ware bakelite necklace by Birkby Bros, 4.2cm. square (enamel), (18) ProvenanceWoolley and Wallis 22nd October 2013, lots 1042 and 1043 for Robert Catterson-Smith items.
An oak coffer or shoe box the design attributed to Alexander Ritchie of Iona, tapering rectangular form, carved with panels of Celtic knot decoration, the end panels with mythical dragons and heart shaped foliage, with pierced handles, unsigned, 45.5cm. high LiteratureThe Scottish Sale, Bonhams, Edinburgh, 30th August 2012, lot 560 for a comparable slipper box.
A pair of Liberty & Co Otley oak fire bellow designed by Archibald Knox, carved with Celtic knot panels to one side, unsigned, 75.5cm. long LiteratureDaryl Bennett Liberty's Furniture 1875-1915 The Birth of Modern Interior Design, ACC books, page 224 plate 6.26 this design illustrated in a Yuletides catalogue, 1907.
A silver necklace in the manner of Newlyn Industrial Classes, silver wirework links with Celtic knot and ball decoration, set with abalone panel links and drops, unsigned, 43.5cm. long ProvenanceDreweatt Neate, November 2004. LiteratureDaryl Bennett & Colin Pill, Newlyn Copper Arts and Crafts Copper Work in Newlyn, Sansom & Company, page 40&41 for comparable enamelled silver jewellery illustrated.
A Murrle Bennett silver and enamel pendant necklace designed by Archibald Knox, shield-shape with pierced celtic entrelac corners, enamelled in shades of red and purple, stamped makers mark, 4cm. drop LiteratureStephen A Martin, Archibald Knox, Academy Editions, page 123 for a comparable example illustrated.
A BAG OF ASSORTED JEWELLERY, to include a pair of 9ct gold ruby and diamond drop earrings, each earring set with an oval cut ruby collet set beneath two collet set round brilliant cut diamonds, post and scroll fittings hallmarked 9ct Sheffield import, approximate drop length 14mm, approximate gross weight 3.4 grams, together with a yellow metal coin pendant mount, rubbed possibly 9ct mark, 2.2 grams, an AF yellow metal spring clasp stamped 375, a rose metal glass brooch, a paste set ring stamped 925, a silver AF hardstone Celtic brooch, hallmarked Birmingham, a cross pendant necklace, yellow metal bar brooch, a white metal floral brooch, and two white metal rings, also including a yellow metal initial 'B' charm stamped 9ct on a black cord bracelet etc
A 9CT GOLD DIAMOND LINE BRACELET, designed with a series of Celtic pattern open work links, interspaced with small single cut diamonds, fitted with a lobster clasp, hallmarked Sheffield, length 190mm, approximate gross weight 5.5 grams (condition report: general light wear, clasp in working order, overall condition good)
Roman Republic Silver Denarii, 179-169 BC, head of Roma right, x behind, r. Discouri; M. Bæbius Q.f. Tampilus, Denarius, c. 137, helmeted head of Roma left, rev. Apollo, with bow and arrow, driving quadriga right; L. Memmius, Denarius, 109/108 BC. 20mm, young male head right, r. Dioscuri standing between their horses; L. Marcius Philippus Denarius 56 BC, 17.2mm diademed head right, ANCVS. R. PHILIPPVS, r. equestrian statue; Mn. Acilius Galbrio, Denarius, c. 49 BC, 21mm, head of Salus right, r. Valetudo standing left, holding serpent in right hand; Also Mark Anthony Denarius Circa, 32-31 BC, 20mm. Galley right, ANT AVG; and a North Italian Celtic drachma, DIKOI. (7)
An Edwardian silver caddy spoon, having a lute shaped bowl with C-scroll decoration, maker James Deakin & Sons (John & William F Deakin) Sheffield, 1910, 8cm, together with a George V silver caddy spoon, having a hammered shovel shaped bowl with further hammered stem and Celtic cross terminal, markers marks rubbed, Chester, 1945, 10cm (2)
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