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Lot 85
A collection of nine Goebel Hummel figures to include : "Brother", "Little Drummer", "Merry Wanderer", "Little Sweeper", "Doctor", "Band Leader", "Little Goat Herder", "March Winds", and Girl with two geese" (9) CONDITION REPORTS Eight of the figures bear paper titles to bases. All have general wear and scuffs, and crazing to glaze/glazing cracks. "Brother" figure has scarf broken off and is sellotaped to his coat, plus some small nicks/chips to edges. Figures otherwise appear sound.
Lot 203
Royal Worcester 'Worcester Rowing Club' tankard dated 1907, painted with a boat house and printed with coat of arms, Hadley's 'H' and green printed marks to base including 1907 date code. 11cm high Condition report: well restored rim chip. No other damage, restoration or wear. Condition report: see terms and conditions
Lot 399
A GERMAN SMALL-SWORD WITH CHISELLED IRON HILT, MID-18TH CENTURY with slender blade of flattened-hexagonal then flattened-diamond section, each face inlaid with brass scrolls and flowers over the forte and with traces of a crowned coat-of-arms ahead (small losses, areas of pitting), iron hilt comprising asymmetrical double shell-guard, quillon, knuckle-guard and ovoid pommel all chiselled with fluting and pierced with an openwork design of boldly scrolling foliage and a pair of fluted arms 80.5 cm; 31 3/4 in blade
Lot 477
A GERMAN GORGET, EARLY 17TH CENTURY formed of a single plate front and rear, each with a low upstanding flange at its neck-opening, the deep U-shaped front plate connected to the considerably shorter rear one at the left side by a single pivoting-rivet (replaced) and closed at the right by a mushroom-headed stud and keyhole-slot, the main edges formed in all cases with plain inward turns of which those at the neck are bordered by blind lining-rivets retaining in the front plate only a leather lining band, and those at the lower edge by brass-capped lining-rivets retaining in both plates (except at the right rear) piccadils of crimson velvet bordered by gold thread (lightly pitted and patinated overall) 17.8 cm; 7 in This type of gorget was commonly worn as a badge of rank by officers both of regular troops and town-guards, either over a buff-coat or a civilian doublet.
Lot 527
A GERMAN SPORTING BULLET CROSSBOW (SLURBOW), LATE 17TH CENTURY with small steel bow, walnut tiller swelling about the release mechanism and formed with cheek-piece and patch-box, the latter fitted with sliding cover (associated), inlaid with engraved horn plaques including a demon mask and a coat-of-arms on the underside, additionally inlaid with an earlier series of engraved plaques, including a horse and a unicorn flanking the mechanism, a female nude and two grotesques, and fitted with iron loop, long angular trigger-guard, iron nut, horn butt-plate, and iron barrel formed in two stages (the tiller with inactive worm damage and an early repair involving a brass plate reinforcing the trigger area). Length 62.3cm; 24 ½in.
Lot 543
A 48-BORE SOUTH GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, SCHWÄBISCH-GMÜND, DATED 1668 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel decorated with engraved small bands over the breech and muzzle, the muzzle face engraved with a matching circlet, the bore cut with five grooves alternating with five narrow grooves, and the breech struck with the unicorn mark of Schwäbisch-Gmünd twice and with the maker's stamped abbreviated signature "*H*V*G*" (Neue Støckel 1629 and 3151 respectively), with plain lock fitted with pierced flat wheel-cover, sliding pan-cover with button release, the dog-spring bridle en suite with the wheel-cover and the dog engraved with two monsters, fruitwood full stock, fluted fore-end, the rear half of the stock finely carved in low relief and incised with border panels, acanthus ornament and scrolling designs of leafy tendrils all heightened with light hatching, with incised patterned thumb-rest, a stag vignette in low relief opposite the lock, the cheek-piece with the owner's coat-of-arms and crest finely carved in low relief within a matted fluted oval, cut with the date "1668" and with the stockmaker's initials "I.S" behind the barrel tang, fitted with sliding patch-box cover carved with a bird-of-prey, iron trigger-guard, and the butt-plate and fore-end cap each of natural staghorn en suite with the side-nail washers (the back-sight, the mainspring, the ramrod-pipe and the ramrod all missing, the ramrod-channel and the patch-box cover each chipped). 55.3cm; 21 ¾in. barrel The signature abbreviated on the barrel is that of a member of the Haas family of gunmakers and in full would read: "Haas von Gmünd". Neue Støckel attributes the use of this abbreviation to Johannes Haas, although Michael Haas (circa 1635-d.1701) is the more likely.
Lot 545
A 23-BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, CIRCA 1650-60 with lightly swamped octagonal sighted barrel rifled with eight very shallow grooves and the breech struck with maker's large initials "CR", plain lock fitted with flat wheel-cover and sliding pan-cover with button release, walnut full stock, fluted fore-end, the rear portion of the stock with fluted and stamped brattished borders and additionally sparsely decorated with stamped small designs of minute rosettes and pellets, sliding patch-box cover decorated en suite, and inlaid with horn rosettes under the side-nails, with horn butt-plate engraved with the owner's coat-of-arms quartered beneath a scroll cut with the abbreviated inscription "MGZOGGZE", fitted with iron trigger-guard (trigger mechanism missing), a slotted brass band reinforcing the wooden ramrod-pipe, and horn-tipped wooden ramrod 69.5cm 27 3/8 in barrel The arms are those of Erbach of Hesse, created Counts of the Holy Roman Empire in 1532.
Lot 568
A 42-BORE GERMAN FLINTLOCK RIFLED SPORTING CARBINE SIGNED GEORG C. FREUND A FURSTENAU, DATED 1742 with swamped octagonal sighted barrel signed and dated in gold, gold-lined vent and rifled with seven grooves, plain rounded lock, figured walnut full stock carved in low relief with a series of rococo scrollwork motifs, the butt with raised cheek-piece inset with an engraved gilt-brass plaque and carved with C-scroll patterns at the rear and about the base of the comb, the patch-box with sliding cover inset with a brass relief plaque cast and pierced with a stag brought down by hounds, brass mounts cast in low relief in the Parisian taste, comprising butt-plate decorated with the figure of Diana within a framework capped by a demon mask, side-plate decorated with a pierced scrollwork design filled with a further stag brought down by hounds, the trigger-guard en suite and with ornate finial involving a classical mask, two decorated faceted ramrod-pipes, decorated brass fore-end cap, brass-tipped ramrod, and brass shield-shaped escutcheon clasped in the talons of a bird-of-prey and engraved with the owner's coat-of-arms (the barrel and lock acid-cleaned, the maker's gold signature incomplete, the lock pan removed, the stock and the mounts with cleaning wear). 62.3cm; 24 ½ in barrel The arms are those of Georg August, Graf zu Erbach-Fürstenau (1651-1758).
Lot 334
An Orrefors glass slab decanter and stopper, c.1977, 28.5cm An Orrefors glass slab decanter and stopper, c.1977, diamond point engraved with the Royal coat of arms in commemoration of Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee in 1977 by Jean Main, inscribed on the reverse Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II * Silver Jubilee 1977, Orrefors engraved mark, 28.5cm
Lot 842
An Edwardian carved oak bench seat, formerly from Christ's Hospital, Sussex, W.7ft An Edwardian carved oak bench seat, formerly from Christ's Hospital, Sussex, the central panel carved with the Christ's Hospital coat of arms between further linenfold panels, on square section supports united by an H frame stretcher, W.7ft
Lot 518
A Chinese export porcelain 'Arms Of Liberty' punch bowl, painted in polychrome colours with two sets of portraits of John Wilkes and Lord Mansfield in family crest style, interspaced with flowering peony sprays, internally decorated with scattered blooms to the well within an iron red and black cell border, chocolate brown rim lining, c1770, 25.5cm diameter *This punch bowl's pseudo-armorial was satirically drawn to poke fun at English political figures of the late 1760s for their opposition to John Wilkes (1727-97). A proponent of civil liberties and American independence, Wilkes was elected several times to the House of Commons, but repeatedly expelled for attacking King George III and his loyalists. The portrait of John Wilkes is topped with a crest with lion passant and over the motto, "ALWAYS READY IN A GOOD CAUSE"; it is flanked by two figures - his friend and legal advisor Serjeant John Glynn (1722-1779) in flowing robes on the left and his patron Lord Temple (1739-1802) in coat and breeches on the right. The second portrait is of Lord Mansfield (1705-1793), Chief Justice from 1756-1788, this is over the motto "JUSTICE SANS PITIE" (Justice without mercy); and is supported by Lord Bute (1713-1792) in coat and breeches and the Devil. Mansfield was the judge who produced the judgment against Wilkes for the libelous attacks on King George III. The crest over Mansfield's portrait, a snake flanked by thistles, is a thinly veiled reference to Lord Bute's Scottish connections and his possible Jacobite leanings. The decoration on this bowl was copied in China from a printed broadsheet issued in London in June of 1768. The impending conflict between Britain and America, and Wilkes's renewed electoral struggles in 1772, heightened the popularity of these bowls on both sides of the Atlantic. They were prized by those who hailed Wilkes as a champion of liberty. A similarly decorated bowl, c.f. Sotheby's New York, 20th January 2012, Lot 227 and previously Sotheby's New York, Important Americana: Robert E.Crawford, October 13, 2001, lot 60.
Lot 129
A William IV silver spirit kettle and burner, Thomas Mitchell & Co., London 1830 & 1831, together with a matched silver stand, Barnard Brothers, London 1833, the kettle of compressed circular form with embossed flowers and scrolls against trellis pattern ground, with engraved crest and coat of arms, the cover with cast silver greyhound finial and turned ivory swing handle, all supported by circular silver stand with gadrooned rim and raised on three outswept feet, with central silver burner, 32cm high (including stand and handle), total weight 59oz
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