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Click here to subscribeAn antique 19th Century Georgian Regency Period mahogany games / card table having a fold over top with rounded corners swivel top revealing an internal storage area. The table top raised on an tapering octagonal column over quadruped splayed base with brass cup ceramic castors. Measures approx; 73cm x 91cm x 45cm. (90cm when extended)
An antique 19th Century Victorian English mahogany cheval dressing mirror having a large central mirror panel with mahogany veneered frame. The mirror flanked and supported by two cylindrical columns having turned finials atop with adjustable brass sconces protruding outwards. All being raised on sweeping supports upon ceramic castors. Measures approx; 141cm x 85cm x 64cm.
A DIAMOND 'TRINITY' RING, BY CARTIERDesigned as three interlocking bands, one pavé-set with brilliant-cut diamonds throughout, one in black ceramic and one in plain polished platinum, mounted in 18K gold, platinum and ceramic, signed Cartier, numbered, maker's mark, with Cartier case, ring size approx. K½ (51) Condition Report: Minor signs of wear, overall in good conditionRetail price on Cartier website: Ôé¼6,250
A FLOWER COCKTAIL RINGDesigned as an ivory coloured Camelia flowerhead (possibly white agate) within a six-claw setting, to a gold hoop with floral details, mounted in 18K gold, French assay mark, ring size K½Condition Report: The flowerhead: possibly ivory coloured ceramic - in good conditionNormal signs of wear, overall in good condition
An 18ct gold mounted ceramic pendant, a branch coral necklace and further mostly costume jewellery (20)Comprising; a branch coral bracelet, another bracelet, three bangles, two lady's bracelet watches, two bead necklaces, five rings, a silver collar necklace and three further items, contained in a Victorian rosewood box
A pair of French gilt-bronze Sevres style six light candelabraCirca 188059cm highCondition report:- Evidence of restoration and loss to gilding at the top baluster section of the ceramic central column of one candelabra. - Signs of solder repair to the base of one branch.- Would benefit from a thorough clean, overall dirt and dust commensurate with age.
‡ Cuthbert Hamilton, (1885-1959) attributed a ceramic roundel probably made at the Yeoman Pottery, painted with a Vorticist figure in black on a pink and white ground unsigned, 13.5cm. diam. Provenance Arts and Crafts, Woolley and Wallis, 17th June 2015 lot 71. Private collection. Literature The Omega Workshops Alliance and Enmity in English Art, 1911-1920, Anthony d'Offay, 1984, catalogue number 144 for a plate by Cuthbert Hamilton, (not illustrated).
A large Clarice Cliff Toby jug, model no. 859, moulded as a seated gentleman in tricorn hat, holding a frothing pint of ale, painted in colours, another smaller and five Kevin Francis limited edition ceramic sculptures of Clarice Cliff, two smaller figures, a modern Royal Staffordhsire 'House and Bridge' Conical sifter, eight cans and saucers a teapot and cover and a milk-jug printed factory marks, 25.5cm. high (27) Provenance The Collection of Stephen and Marjorie Page
An Aesthetic Movement oak mantle clock with letter box in the manner of Lewis Foreman Day, rectangular form with trefoil over-mantle, the metal letter box with hinged wood door with photographic castle panel, inset with blue ceramic tiles with classical scroll design, the circular ceramic dial with Arabic numerals, crack to dial panel, 43.5cm. high Literature Joan Maria Hansen Lewis Foreman Day (1845-1910) Unity in Design and Industry, Antique Collector's Club, page 204 and 205 for comparable clocks illustrated.
'Claremont' a Moorcroft Pottery vase designed by William Moorcroft, shouldered ovoid form with everted top rim, painted in shades of pink, purple and green on a graduated blue to celadon ground, impressed mark, painted green signature, applied exhibition paper label, 15cm. high Exhibited Morley College Ceramic Circle Exhibition, 2012. Provenance Private collection.
Two Chinese ceramic jardinieres, two Oriental lacquered boxes, carved soapstone ornament and vintage coralCondition report: Smaller navy blue jardiniere measures approximately 26cm diameter x 22cm high. Overall good condition. Larger jardiniere measures approximately 32cm diameter x25cm high. Chip to rim and very dirty inside bowl.
1st-3rd century AD. A high-relief ceramic lobster figure on an integral ellipsoidal base, with lower end of tail curled beneath the body and detailing to the carapace; pinching and crushing claws, eyes, antenna, abdomen, walking legs and swimmerets; hollow to the underside.See Roberts, P., Life and death in Pompeii and Herculaneum, London, 2013, for depictions of lobsters in Roman mosaics and in gemstones.540 grams, 18cm (7"). From the collection of a Surrey gentleman; acquired 1970-1980. Fine condition, restored.
12th-15th century AD. A ceramic sgraffito cup with carinated body, flared foot and broad everted rim, the interior decorated with a bird walking left, the rim with circumferential band of geometric motifs; green and yellow glazes; Lusignan Cyprus.420 grams, 17cm (6 3/4"). Ex central London gallery since 2012; formerly with Bonhams, New Bond Street, 29 April 2009, lot 274 [part]; accompanied by copies of the relevant catalogue pages. [No Reserve] Fine condition, small chip to rim.
12th-early 13th century AD. A ceramic footed bowl with carinated body, inner face with incised lines below the rim, green glaze with detailing, sgraffito motif of an advancing regardant bird; from Lusignan Cyprus.472 grams, 17.7cm (7"). Ex central London gallery since 2012; formerly with Bonhams, New Bond Street, 29 April 2009, lot 274 [part]; accompanied by copies of the relevant catalogue pages. [No Reserve] Fine condition, chipped.
19th-17th century BC. A ceramic tablet with cuneiform text to both faces; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay Tablet, 125 x 69mm., with 50 lines of Babylonian cuneiform. This is an Old Babylonian tablet, c. 1900-1700 B.C. While part of all 50 lines is preserved, not one line is complete and legible. However, enough is clear to show that this is from an important text. It is Babylonian literary, not Sumerian as most literary tablets from this period are. The content is not yet settled, but from the phrases so far read it seems to be a hymn. Note line 19: The singers sing of Panigingarra. Panigingarra was a god with warrior attributes. There is hard incrustation of the surface of some lines, and when this is removed more will be legible.'330 grams, 12.7cm (5"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992, thence by descent to family members; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by an original typed and signed scholarly note by Professor Lambert; collection number 59; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10707-175201. A video of this lot is available to view at TimeLine Auctions website. Fine condition. Very rare.
2nd millennium BC. A ceramic tablet fragment with impressed cuneiform text in seven columns to the obverse, similar to the reverse.See The British Museum, Cuneiform texts in Babylonian tablets & C. in the British Museum, London, for similar examples.22.3 grams, 35mm (1 1/2"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.Cuneiform script was written on clay tablets with long reeds while the clay was still wet. The fresh clay then hardened and a permanent record was created. The writing greatly changed Mesopotamian social structure and the civilization's relationship to its own history, allowing laws, such as the famous Code of Hammurabi, King of Old Babylonia from 1795 to 1750 BC, to be written. [No Reserve] Very fine condition.
17th-15th century BC. A ceramic tablet with cuneiform text to one face; accompanied by an old scholarly note, typed and signed by W.G. Lambert, late Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham, 1970-1993, which states: 'Clay Tablet, 47 x 80mm., inscribed with 7 lines of Babylonian cuneiform on the obverse only. An administrative document, c. 1700-1500 B.C. listing areas of land against named men with their professions given. Six such men and their areas of land are given. No doubt they got their land in return for services to the king, and this is a record of the fact.'132 grams, 81mm (3 1/4"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992, thence by descent to family members; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples; accompanied by a copy of a typed and signed scholarly note by Professor Lambert; collection number 63. Fair condition.
14th-13th century BC. A ceramic tablet fragment with low-relief cuneiform text in eight columns to the obverse, six to the reverse, one side inscribed.See Cornwall, P. B., ‘Two Letters from Dilmun’ in Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 6, No. 4, 1952, pp. 137-145, for similar style tablets.125 grams, 69mm (2 3/4"). Part of a specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman; examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s; this small collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.In general, the tablets contain lists of objects of the most varied character. Especially important are those with names of gods, kings, cities and countries. Very often the Mesopotamian scribes ordered the names in the lists according to some definite principle: for instance in a series of tablets from Nippur the scribes wrote down all the names of the gods of Nippur preceded by the determinative, while the foreign gods are listed in the last column without determinative. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
20th-16th century BC. A ceramic sub-rectangular plaque with moulded high-relief image of a facing bearded male with broad cap and herringbone detailing to the beard, arms bent across the chest and with a sickle tucked beneath the left arm; band of sickles flanking the shoulders, beaded panel below above a smaller facing figure flanked by four diminutive beasts and outer figures of Humbaba(?) on end-posts of a shrine or chariot.An almost identical plaque, possibly from the same mould, was excavated at Nuzi and is now in the British Museum, London, reference 123287.190 grams, 12.5cm (5"). From an important collection, London, UK, 1970-1999; thence by descent; accompanied by a copy of an old scholarly note, collection reference 3780/3782. Fine condition.
6th millennium BC. A ceramic figure modelled as a nude female, seated, knees drawn up to chest, arms held to body, hands cupping full breasts, deltoid-shaped head; facial features, geometric patterns to the body applied with 'red' pigment.43 grams, 76mm (3"). From an important London W1, gallery; previously acquired 1970s-1980s.In the 7th millennium BC, cultures in the Near East began creating organised settlements with developed religious and funerary practices. The Halaf culture of Anatolia and northern Syria produced a variety of figures representing females and associated with fertility. It is not known whether figures such as this were intended to represent real, ideal, or divine women. However, scholars believe that their primary purpose was to encourage female fertility. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
2nd millennium BC. A ceramic figure modelled as a nude female, head inclined slightly to the right, hands clasped at the chest, hair dressed in bunches at the side of the face, wearing a necklace and bracelets on both arms; mounted on a custom-made stand.54 grams total, 12cm including stand (4 3/4"). From an important collection, London, UK, 1970-1999; thence by descent; accompanied by a scholarly note for item 0714. Nude figures such as the one offered here are most frequently excavated from domestic contexts, and were thus likely owned by 'ordinary' people. Fertility figures usually portrayed wide hips and large breasts, whereas this female figure is portrayed with a slender figure, suggesting a concern with sexuality and pleasure. Fine condition.
2nd-1st millennium BC. A ceramic lamp formed as a D-shaped tripod dish with a row of three heads to one edge; legs conical in form, the heads with pinched faces, ribbed hair, large applied circular eyes and full lips.71.9 grams, 68mm (2 1/2"). From an important London W1, gallery; previously acquired 1970s-1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition.
12th-9th century BC. A ceramic vessel in the form of a standing bull, with a bulbous body and discoid rump with slender tail; large hump, forward projecting horns, rounded conical forelegs and head, face and muzzle styled as a tapering spout, possibly a marriage.See The British Museum, museum number 132973, for similar.590 grams, 24cm (9 1/2"). From an important London W1, gallery; previously acquired 1970s-1980s. [No Reserve] Fine condition, restored.
Early 3rd millennium BC. A bifacial grey ceramic idol in the form of a vessel with piriform body, waisted rim and two zoomorphic handles; one face with eyes incised into the handles and conical breasts below, the body bisected by a central vertical line, flanked by chevrons.78.6 grams, 10.4cm (4"). From the collection housed in London since before 1992; thence by descent to the family members. Fine condition.
6th-4th century BC. A silver discoid bowl with flared rim and prominent raised central boss surrounded by circles; at the external base a double circle from which are radiating elongated ovules, worked in light repoussé.See similar bowl in the British Museum, accession number 117839, in Hughes, M.J., Analyses of silver objects in the British Museum Treasures, Treasures, The World’s Cultures from the British Museum, London, 2009, p.30.72 grams, 12.5cm (5"). From an important London W1, gallery; previously acquired 1970s-1980s.Libation bowls, known as phialai or mesomphaloi, were used for holding wine in ritual and ceremonial settings and were made from many materials - glass, ceramic, and many kinds of metal. The vessels of each imperial xšaçap?van (Governor of the Achaemenid provinces, in Greek satráp?s) were often made of precious metals, like this one. The raised central boss was a feature designed to allow the bowl to be comfortably held on the finger-tips. [No Reserve] Fair condition, repaired.
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A dynamic pair of ceramic polo players, each modelled in the round and depicting a female polo player riding a galloping horse with front and rear legs outstretched, heads turned, tails dressed, wearing saddle cloth and saddle, with detailing to the mane, head and body; the riders with one leg either side of the saddle, short stirrups, one arm positioned forwards to hold reins, the other raised to swing the mallet, each with dressed hair and decorative clothes; substantial remains of painted pigmentation; accompanied by two custom made display stands.See The British Museum, museum number 1938,0524.114, for a comparable pair; see Prodan, M., The Art of the Tang Potter, London, 1960, fig.71, for an additional pair of polo players with comparable features.11.8 kg total, 61cm each (24"). From a West Country collection, 1990s; formerly with a Hong Kong gallery; accompanied by positive Kotalla Laboratory thermoluminescence report Nos.: 23CM110520 and 22CM110520; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10620-173312. [2] A video of this lot is available to view at TimeLine Auctions website. Finely modelled.
Tang Dynasty, 618-907 AD. A pair of hollow-formed ceramic figures modelled as courtly ladies standing on integral polygonal bases, each dressed in a loose-fitting floor length robe with V-shaped opening at the neck, chignon, headpiece rising to a curved peak, painted facial detailing; one lady with both hands within voluminous sleeves, black robe with floral motifs and red sash; the other with one hand emerging from a sleeve; painted pigmentation remaining, including decorative patterns on the clothes.See Caroselli, S.L. ed., The Quest For Eternity Chinese Ceramic Sculptures From The People's Republic Of China, London, 1987, p.viii, for a comparable figure; see Prodan, M., The Art of the Tang Potter, London, 1960, fig.63, for a comparable figure; see The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 1979.108, for a comparable example; see The Victorian and Albert Museum, accession number CIRC.36-1934, for a comparable example.7.7 kg total, 51cm each (20"). From a West Country collection, 1990s; formerly with a Hong Kong gallery; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10634-173322. [2] A video of this lot is available to view at TimeLine Auctions website. Finely modelled.
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