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TWO VOLUMES ON THE PENINSULAR WAR BY FRANZ XAVER RIGEL FROM THE PAVLOVSK PALACE LIBRARYRIGEL, Franz Xaver (German, 1783-1852) Der siebenjahrige Kampf auf der Pyrenaischen Halbinsel vom Jahre 1807 bis 1814; besonders meine eigenen Erfahrungen in diesem Kriege nebst Bemerkungen uber das Spanische Volk und Land [A seven-years battle on the Iberian Peninsula from the year 1807 to 1814; particularly my own experiences in this war including my remarks about the Spanish people and the country] Rastatt, 1819. Published at author`s expense by the author himself. 12mo (206 x 133 mm) each volume. 532 pages (volume I); 454 pages (volume II). Both volumes contain a label from the Pavlovsk Palace Library indicating item`s location and inventory number. Contemporary red Morocco binding with gilt tooling along the borders and on the spines. All edges gilt. Silk endpapers. Volume I containing a full-page copperplate etching depicting a Spanish insurgent, and a foldout map of a battle plan. Volume II containing six full-page copperplate etchings featuring a Spanish national dance Bolero, and various landmarks of the territories where the battles took place.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN ILLUMINATED RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS MUSICAL MANUSCRIPT, FESTIVE LITURGY[Kniga glagolemaya oktai sirech osmoglasnik. Tvoreniye prepodobnago otsa nashego Ioanna Damaskina], Russia, first half of 19th Century. 8vo (225 x 180 mm). 148 leaves. Illuminated in red and black ink, with profusely illustrated headpieces. Contemporary blind stamp leather binding over wood panels. Spine with five raised bands, two clasps (both missing). Ownership inscriptions on the first flyleaf from Alexander Petriayev (1846) and his son Grigoriy (1880). LOT NOTES:A very similar manuscript is included in the collection of the Hermitage Book Museum under inv. #213234. It has been illustrated in the Museums catalog in 2002 (p. 87, cat. 68).PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

AN ILLUMINATED RUSSIAN OLD BELIEVERS MANUSCRIPT WITH NEUMES FOR THE DIVINE LITURGY OF SAINT JOHN CHRYSOSTOMRussia, middle of 19th Century. 8vo (232 x 183 mm). 93 leaves. Illuminated in red and black ink, with profuse polychrome and gilt illustrations of the title page and initials. Some leaves bear an impressed paper manufacturer`s stamp V. G. P. U. F. Sergiyevskoy in the corner. Contemporary blind stamp leather binding over wood panels, two clasps (both missing). Spine neatly restored. Colored top, fore, and lower edges.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

POSLEDNIY SOVREMENNIK, A POETRY BOOK BY S. KIRSANOV WITH WRAPPERS BY A. RODCHENKOtext by KIRSANOV [Kortchik], Semyon Isaakovich (Russian, 1906-1972) Posledniy sovremennik [The last Contemporary]. Moscow: Federatsiya, 1930. 12mo (184 x 130 mm). 96 pages. Original two-color wrappers designed by Alexander Rodchenko. First edition. An Agitprop poem.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

TWO VOLUMES OF NAVIGANTIUM ATQUE ITINERANTIUM BIBLIOTHECA HARRIS, John (English c. 1666-1719) Navigantium Atque Itinerantium Bibliotheca, Or A Complete Collection of Voyages and Travels., London: T. Woodard, A. Ward, S. Birt, D. Brown (et al.), 1744-1748. Large folio (417 x 267 mm) each volume. 984 pages (volume I); 1056 pages (volume II). Second edition. Contemporary quarter mottled calf binding with marbled paper. Spine with six raised bands and intricate gilt tooling. All edges stained. Marbled endpapers matching the cover. Royal privilege as frontispiece in volume one, engraved frontispiece in volume two. Containing 61 full-plate engravings, 39 of which featuring panoramas and landscape views, scenes from the life of locals depicting their customs and traditions; and 22 maps, most of them folding.LOT NOTESThis highly regarded work contains the first separate map of Australia, and one of the first maps of Georgia and the southeast United States-, along with valuable cartography on the Northwest Passage, North and South America, the Arctic regions, and more. It is the second edition, regarded as the best, notably by Hill who commented "This revised edition is the one collectors should seek. It is so expanded compared with the first edition that it is almost a new work." Particularly valuable is the inclusion of a printing of Tasman`s original map and two short articles printed on the map. One discusses Quiro`s voyage, while the other speculates about the possibility of the Australian continent being colonized. To the original extensive collection are added accounts of voyages completed since the first publication: Christopher Middleton to Hudson`s Bay in 1741-42; Bering to the Northeast in 1725-26; Woodes Rogers`s circumnavigation in 1708-11; Clipperton and Shelvocke`s circumnavigation, 1719-22; Roggeveen to the Pacific, 1721-33; and the various travels of Lord Anson, 1740-44. Rearranged to reflect the new English interest in the Pacific.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

LEON AUGUSTIN LHERMITTE (FRENCH 1844-1925)Depart des laveuses le soir, 1892oil on canvas98 x 78 cm (38 1/2 x 30 3/4 in.)signed and dated lower left L Lhermitte 1892PROVENANCEAcquired from Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Paris (no. 22249)Collection of John Parkinson, Boston, MAMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston (loan 1920-1946)Vose Galleries, Boston, MACollection of Jacob L. Rosenthal, New York, NYPrivate Collection, New YorkEXHIBITEDSalon de la Societe nationale des beaux-arts, 1892, no. 683Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA 1920-1946LITERATURENew York Herald, March 29, 1892Doumic R. le Moniteur universel, May 5, 1892Fourtel Eugene, le Petit Marseillais, May 5, 1892les Petites Nouvelles, May 5, 1892Andre A. la France nouvelle, May 6, 1892Cardon E., le Moniteur des arts, May 6, 1892Correspondence Haras, May 6, 1892Fremine Ch., le Rappel, May 7, 1892l'Electeur, May 7, 1892Silvestre A. l'Echo de Paris, May 7, 1892De Fontissant M., le Telegraphe, May 9, 1892Dac H., le Monde, May 16, 1892Godin H., la Revue des Beaux-Arts, May 21, 1892l'Echo republicain, May 27, 1892De Gourcoff O., l'Avenir national, May 28, 1892Dalligny A., le Journal des arts, May 31, 1892le Phare de Dunkerque, June 10, 1892Talansier Ch., le Genie civil, July 2, 1892Furnel Ch., Revue moderne, September 10, 1892Hamel M. M., op cit., C 184, cat. No. 181Monique Le Pelley Fonteny, Leon Augustin Lhermitte: 1844-1925, Catalogue Raisonne, (Paris: Editions Cercle D`Art, 1991), p. 136, no. 160, illustrated LOT NOTESLeon Lhermitte spent the formative years of his life in rural northern France before moving to Paris at the age of 19 in 1863 to attend the Ecole des Beaux-Arts, and debuting at the salon the following year. He has been praised for his monumental and unsentimental treatment of the peasant life with which he himself was so familiar from an early age. Lhermitte at once showed the hard, daily toil of the rural working class and imbued his subjects with a sense of dignity so often lacking in the works of his predecessors. Lhermitte revisited the subject of women doing laundry on the banks of the Marne on several occasions, but this composition focusing on two young women at dusk is among his most striking. When Depart des Laveuses le Soir was shown in 1892 at the Salon exhibition of the new Societe nationale des beaux-arts it caused quite a stir, and in the catalogue raisonne Monique Le Pelley Fonteny has accrued an extensive list of reviews and mentions of the painting in contemporary publications. In the 20th century, the work continued to fascinate and inspire its audience during the decades it was at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston.Ever since first seeing his work in the early 1880s, Vincent van Gogh was taken with the Lhermitte: “He`s a master of the figure. He`s able to do what he likes with it -- conceiving the whole neither from the color nor from the local tone, but rather proceeding from the light -- as Rembrandt did -- there`s something astonishingly masterly in everything he does -- in modeling, above all things, he utterly satisfies the demands of honesty.” (Letter to his brother Theo, September 2, 1885)In the dapples of soft pink on a robin egg blue sky, the reflections of the setting sun in the water highlighted with scrapes from the wooden end of the brush, and the delicate silhouette of the carefully modeled peasant woman`s profile shimmering in the twilight, one can sense Lhermitte`s attempt to create a synergy between the teaching of the academies and the play of light using unadulterated colors popularized by the Impressionists. The admiration heaped upon Lhermitte by the van Gogh brothers may have also contributed to the artist`s association with Boussod, Valadon & Cie, the prominent international gallery which signed an exclusive contract of representation with Lhermitte in 1887. Vincent van Gogh (the uncle of the painter) was a partner at the firm, and both of the brothers were at one point or another employed by the gallery, as well.PLEASE NOTEIf you will be bidding live on auction day, please note that Session I of the Auction (Asian and Russian Fine & Decorative Art), starts at 10:00 AM New York Time and goes from Lot 1 through Lot 254. Session II of the Auction (European, American and International Fine & Decorative Art) starts at 3:00 PM New York Time and goes from Lot 500 through Lot 676. We sell approximately 70 lots per hour.

1998-2012 AD. A mixed group of auction and saleroom catalogues comprising: Apex Philatelic UK & World stamps 6 November 2011; Aureo & Calico 'Imagines Imperatorum' 8 February 2012; Bonhams 'Antiquities' 25 November 1998; Bonhams 'Islamic and Indian Art' 29 April 2004; Bonhams 'Medals, Bonds, Banknotes and Coins', 25 October 2005; Bonhams 'Prints' 30 September 2008; Bonhams 'Antiquities' 28 October 2009; Bonhams 'Old Master, Modern & Contemporary Prints' 13 July 2010; Bonhams 'Antiquities' 25 April 2012; Bonhams 'Islamic & Indian Art' 28 April 2012; Bonhams 'Antiquities' 23 May 2012; Bloomsbury 'Erotica' 21 November 2002; Bloomsbury 'Photographs, Oil Paintings, Watercolours, Drawings & Prints' 12 July 2007; Bloomsbury 'Modern and Contemporary Prints' 29 March 2012; Bloomsbury 'Important Books and Manuscripts' 29 November 2012; Christie's 'Asian Art' 15 September 2005; Christie's 'German and Austrian Art' 20 June 2006; CNG 'Classical Coins' 5 May 2010; Phillips 'Antiquities & Tribal Art' 11 December 2005; Sotheby's 'Library of Irwin Silver' 26 April 2005; Spink 'Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria' 27 April 2000; Spink 'Orders, Decorations, Campaign Medals and Militaria' 30 November 2000; Spink 'World Banknotes' 27-28 October 2011; Spink 'World Banknotes' 24-25 April 2012; Spink 'British and Irish Banknotes' 24 April 2012. 15.8 kg, up to 23x30 cm (9 x 11 3/4"). Ex Steinberg collection; acquired London art market, 1960s-1970s. [No Reserve, 25, No Reserve]

Sir Terry Frost R.A. (British) 1915 - 2003, framed abstract oil on board signed Terry Frost '77, 43.5cm x 79cm, After or by Frost. Prov. Part of the estate of a female contemporary who studied at Glasgow School of Art (1960's) and her father, also an artist (1930's to 50's).

THE RECEIPT BOOK OF A LADY OF THE REIGN OF QUEEN ANNE, Intro John Shirley-Fox, Hampshire, Azania Press, 1931, (250), 1st edn, orig green vell + MRS H M YOUNG (ed): LIEBIG COMPANY'S PRACTICAL COOKERY BOOK, L, 1894, orig cl bkd pict bds + CHARLES HERMAN SENN: POPULAR BREAKFAST DISHES AND SAVOURIES, L, Food and Cookery Publishing Agency [1908], orig pict wraps worn + MARTHA JANE LOFTIE: THE DINING ROOM, L, MacMillan 1878 1st edn, orig cl soiled, + THOMAS WALKER: ARISTOLOGY, OR THE ART OF DINING, L, 1881 1st edn, contemporary green cl gt, soiled, spine darkened (5)

WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Greece, Eleftherios Venizelos (1864-1936), Prime Minister and his Return to Power, 1928-1932, modern Gold Medal, bust right wearing cap, before Parliament building, rev legend and dates, 24ct, 11.89g, 28mm, prooflike surface, virtually mint state; with contemporary Silvered-Bronze ‘Souvenir’ Medalet of Venizelos, facing bust, rev anchor and flag, 23.5mm, suspension loop and ring, very fine. (2)

WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Matteo di Andrea de’ Pasti (active from 1441, died 1467/8), Sigismondo Pandolfo Malatesta, Lord of Rimini and Fano (1417-1432-1468), Bronze Medal, bust of Sigismondo left, wearing cuirass and surcoat, SIGISMONDVS PANDVLFVS DE MALATESTIS S RO ECLESIE C GENERALIS, rev view of the Castle of Rimini, CATELLVM SISMONDVM ARIMINENSE M CCCC XLVI, 82mm (Hill, Corpus 174; Kress 60; Pollard 27). A high quality contemporary cast, nearly extremely fine. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010 lot 36

WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Italy, Gianfrancesco Enzola (active 1455-1478), Francesco I Sforza (1401-1466), 4th Duke of Milan and Galeazzo Maria Sforza (1444-1476), 5th Duke of Milan, cast Bronze Medal, 1459, bust of Francesco, rev bust of Galeazzo Maria, 42mm (Hill, Corpus 284; Arm I, 44/7; Kress 93; Pollard 136). A very fine contemporary cast with traces of acquisition number on obverse. ex Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, May 2010, lot 76

WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, Poland, Danzig, Silver Nativity Medal, 1631, by Sebastian Dadler, Visit of the Three Kings, with Joseph left and Mary holding the infant Christ in centre, legend around in two lines, EIN REINER GLAVB …, rev date above legend in seven lines, the first letter of each of the first five lines spelling IESVS, 55.5mm, contemporary wide suspension loop (Wiecek 78; Maué 106). Very fine, has been cleaned.

WORLD COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, Art Medals, United States of America and the Americas, USA, George Washington (1732-1799), President and General, Oval Portrait in White Glass Paste, in the style of William Tassie, his be-wigged bust left, the reverse incised “GW”, 39mm x 30mm, in plain gilt-metal frame with suspension loop. Much as made, good very fine and rare. Believed to be a memorial piece contemporary with Washington’s death.

Jack Russell MBE (20th/21st Century Contemporary) - 'Cheetah Storm', signed and bearing the copyright symbol, together with a further inscription verso, written in the artist's own hand, oil on canvas, 24" x 36" *The artist was an extremely successful English cricketer before turning to art and now has the Jack Russell Gallery situated in Chipping Sodbury, South Gloucestershire, his work hangs in many important collections and has been exhibited prolifically throughout Great Britain

Dame Elisabeth Frink CH DBE RA (1930-1993), 'Snowy Owl', a screen printed silk scarf, numbered 185/225, with Christie's Contemporary Art Certificate of Authentication, 88 x 88 cm (34 1/2 x 34 1/2 in)

* MURIEL BARCLAY, GENDER BALANCE oil on canvas, signed 76cm x 122cm Framed Label verso: The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton

* MURIEL BARCLAY, PUESTO DE SOL HABANERA oil on canvas, signed 86cm x 91cm Framed Label verso: The Contemporary Fine Art Gallery, Eton

* DUNCAN MACGREGOR, SAILING oil on board, signed with initials 45cm x 61cm Framed Note: Duncan MacGregor's inspiration has always come from the sea. He and his wife have sailed the Atlantic together in a little 34-foot yacht and have experienced the frustration of endless windless days - and the extremes of 65mph winds and huge seas. They now sail with their young son (and dog!), mainly on the west coast of Scotland and the Norfolk Broads where Duncan MacGregor was brought up .Duncan MacGregor's work is prolifically exhibited at many of the UK's most prestigious contemporary galleries including DeMontfort Fine Art and his paintings are held in collections around the world.

* MARK HALSEY (BRITSH b 1961- ) SENTINEL oil on canvas, signed and dated February 1981 verso 121cm x 121cm Framed Note: Mark Halsey's work is in the collection of Hull Maritime Museum and in numerous corporate and notable private collections both in Britain and overseas and is on show in galleries in London, Yorkshire, Edinburgh and the USA. In The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction of 16th August 2015 "The Three Sisters", a 103cm x 151cm oil on canvas sold for £2800 (hammer)

GWEN HARDIE, BODY 07.02.14 oil on canvas, signed and titled verso 51cm x 41cm (oval) Unframed, as intended Note: Hardie is the youngest artist ever to be awarded a solo show at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland (1990).Gwen Hardie is represented in many private and public art collections in Britain, Europe and America including two major works in The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art. Since moving to New York in 2000, she has shown with The Lennon Weinberg Gallery, Dinter Fine Art and has been awarded Residencies at Yaddo in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a Bogliasco Fellowship at The Liguria Study Center in Italy. She lived in London between 1990 and 2000 and had 6 solo shows with galleries such as Annely Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fischer fine Art. In 1997 her painting was awarded a prize at the John Moores biennial, Liverpool and was included in the New British Painting" which toured America in 1986. Hardie left her native Scotland in 1984 when she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to study with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. A documentary was broadcast on Scottish Television about her in Berlin in 1987. At Edinburgh College of art she was awarded the Richard Ford Award to study the paintings of Velasquez at the Prado Museum and received a first class honours degree in 1983. " Three of Gwen Hardie's paintings are currently included in "REALITY; Modern and Contemporary British Painting" at The Walker Art Gallery (until 29th November 2015) alongside the work of Walter Sickert, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, L S Lowry, Jenny Saville, Ken Currie, George Shaw, David Hockney, Alison Watt, Paula Rego and other important 20th century and contemporary artists.

CONTEMPORARY SCOTTISH SCHOOL, POSTRAIT OF A SEATED GIRL mixed media on paper, signed and dated '87 28cm x 22.5cm Mounted and under glass Provenance: Purchased at the Glasgow School of Art.

HUGH DOUGLAS HAMILTON (1739-1808)A Portrait of Mary Preston Pastel and crayon, oval, 27 x 21.5cms (10.6 x 8.5)In gadroon gilt wood frame, with a contemporary paper label verso, Mary Preston youngest daughter of the Hon. Henry Hamilton, also with a later (19th century) label giving a misleading identification and attribution to Rosalba Carriera.Mary Hamilton married in 1764 (as his second wife) Nathaniel Preston of Swainston, Co. Meath. Her father was a younger son of Viscount Boyne of Stackallan, Co. Meath and her parents were intimate with Mrs Delaney who of them said - I never saw a couple better suited than Mr Hamilton and his wife, their house like themselves looks cheerful and neat...., they have four children, whose behaviour shows the sense of their parents. Mary's brother, Sackville Hamilton became a competent and respected Civil Servant.Provenance: Christie's 01/06/1928 Lot 30 (18 guineas)bought by John Maher, Bloomfield, Enniscorthy, thence by descent.Adam's, Important Irish Art 28/09/2005 Lot 25 (€8,200)

A small collection of volumes on Japanese art dating: 20th Century provenance: Japan Many volumes about Hokusai, painting, contemporary art. More than thirty volumes. Texts in Japanese. Different binding.dimensions: height 20 - 30 cm. Starting Price: €30 Please note commission bids lower than the start price will not be accepted.

•ZANNA WILSON (British Contemporary) HIGHLAND BOTHY Watercolour and pastel, signed, 47 x 65.5cm (18 1/2 x 25 1/2") Cyril Gerber Fine Art label verso

*Philippe Auge (French, b. 1935) two still life Oils on Canvas, "A Cause d'une Pomme" and "Le Matin Comtait ses Oiseaux", both signed upper right "Auge", both gilt box framed, 35cm x 26.5cm (2) "Philippe Augé is one of the most accomplished painters of our time and a colorist of rare quality." With this unusually high praise from the modern master, George Braque, the young French artist Philippe Augé embarked on a painting career which, since the 1950's has catapulted him into a meaningful position in the contemporary art arena. Braque's assessment represents the quintessence of all the qualities associated with Augé's work today.

*Philippe Auge (French, b. 1935) "Melancholie du Coeur", No. 834, signed lower left Auge, moulded gilt frame with a linen fillet, annotated, numbered 834 and signed on the stretcher verso, 63cm x 52cm, "Philippe Augé is one of the most accomplished painters of our time and a colorist of rare quality." With this unusually high praise from the modern master, George Braque, the young French artist Philippe Augé embarked on a painting career which, since the 1950's has catapulted him into a meaningful position in the contemporary art arena. Braque's assessment represents the quintessence of all the qualities associated with Augé's work today.

*Philippe Auge (French, b. 1935) "Silence Des Souges", No. 225, Oil on Canvas, signed lower left, Wally Findlay gallery labels verso, signed annotated and numbered on stretcher verso, dated Feb. 9-82, moulded gilt frame with linen fillet, 71.5cm x 90.5cm, "Philippe Augé is one of the most accomplished painters of our time and a colorist of rare quality." With this unusually high praise from the modern master, George Braque, the young French artist Philippe Augé embarked on a painting career which, since the 1950's has catapulted him into a meaningful position in the contemporary art arena. Braque's assessment represents the quintessence of all the qualities associated with Augé's work today.

A Queen Anne oak eight-day longcase clock Abraham Pilson, Plymouth, early 18th century The five finned pillar inside countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement regulated by seconds pendulum, the 12 inch square brass dial with ringed winding holes, subsidiary seconds dial and herringbone border engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised sword hilt half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Abra. Pilson, Plymouth to lower edge, with pierced blued steel hands and twin cherub and crown decorated scroll cast spandrels to angles, the case with shallow domed caddy surmount and deep ogee moulded cornice over slender integral three-quarter twist columns to the glazed hood door, the sides with rectangular windows and conforming quarter columns applied to bargeboards at the rear, the trunk with full-width door centred with a lenticle and applied with half round outline mouldings to form a rectangular panel, the plinth base with ogee top moulding over conforming panel to front and moulded skirt, 208cm (82ins) high. Provenance: The estate of a connoisseur collector of regional furniture, works of art and clocks. Abraham Pilson is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in Plymouth circa 1700. The case of the current lot is noteworthy in that it appears to be a regional interpretation of the contemporary London style (probably made by a local joiner) which has generally survived in fine original condition.

A contemporary Art Deco style bronze figure of a dancing girl With outstretched arms and leg, raised on a stepped demi-lune shaped marble and slat base, signed L Noel to foot, height 29cm

DANIELLE O'CONNOR AKIYAMA. Unframed, signed, Contemporary oil and glaze on canvas, lotus flowers, titled verso, 'The Lotus Hours', 183cm x 122cm. Provenance: with DeMontford Fine Art, see label verso.

Antiquities.- [Worsley - ] Museum Worsleyanum or A Collection of Antique Basso Relievos... ( Sir Richard)] Museum Worsleyanum or A Collection of Antique Basso Relievos Bustos Statues and Gems with Views of Places in the Levant taken on the spot in the years MDCCLXXXV VI and VII, 2 vol., first edition, presentation copy inscribed "To Mrs. Mary ?Carter with Sir Richard Worsley's Compliments" on front free endpapers, engraved portrait by A.Cardon, vignette titles and 105 plates, one double-page, several with more than one image, and 7 engraved illustrations in text, text in English and Italian, with letterpress letter in Latin to Worsley from Cambridge University at end of vol.1 (often missing), portrait foxed and wormed, some other worming to vol.1 (mostly marginal), some light spotting and soiling and light offsetting from plates, on leaf (pp.47-48) in vol.2 torn, engraved book-label of George Cornwall Legh and shelf-label of High Legh library, contemporary half russia, uncut, worn, covers of vol.1 detached, folio, [cf.Blackmer 1842, second edition of 1824], W.Bulmer & Co. for the Shakespeare Press], 1794 [1798-1803]. Magnificent catalogue of antique sculpture and gems, including views of the Parthenon and other Greek temples, the Pyramids and Haghia Sophia in Constantinople. Sir Richard Worsley (1751-1805) was a politician and art collector who travelled widely in Greece and Asia Minor in 1785-87 and was later British Resident at Venice 1794-97. He was the first British traveller to transport works of art from Greece back to England, where he displayed his collection of antiquities at his house Appuldurcombe in the Isle of Wight. The cost of his travels, purchases and production of this work is reputed to have totalled approximately £27,000, the publication alone (excluding binding) amounting to almost £3000.

Fine Quality Glazed Stoneware Art Pottery Contemporary Shaped Vase, Stamped To Base With Makers Initials J.A.S. The glaze in a brown bronzed finish. Slightly Iridescent. 10'' in diameter, 8'' in height.

VALERIE DAVIDE black and white print of cow, 73cm x 51cm, Valerie Davide is a contemporary Cornish artist, represented by Davidson Fine Art, and is particularly well known for her animal studies with quick spontaneous lines.

DANTE GABRIEL ROSSETTI - his name entered twice in a pharmaceutical chemist's prescription day book during June 1876; the art-vellum bound volume (covering the period Jan 1875 - July 1876) with patient's index & 250pp. of prescriptions under the printed headings - 'Name & No.' & 'Copy of Prescription & Price' ( & initialled by dispenser); together with a contemporary (same source) sm. 8vo. leatherbound notebook (138pp. used) of ms. pharmaceutical & related 'receipts'. * in October 1875 the unwell, depressed, impecunious & chloral-addicted Rossetti had left Cheyne Walk for Aldwick Lodge, Bognor (on the bracing W. Sussex coast, & a stay of some 18 months); it was here that the painting 'Venus Astarte' was commenced. Comparison with prescription names & those in a Kellys Directory proves this book to be that of an (un-named) Bognor chemist - possibly Alfred Thorby Long of the High Street; the prescriptions themselves are apparently for a general tonic & appetite stimulation. Illustrated

20th century AD. A museum-quality plaster reproduction of a moonfish Mene rhombea from the Middle Eocene (45 million years BP) of Monte Bolca, about 30 kilometers north-east of Verona, Italy. 583 grams, 18.5cm (7 1/4"). Property of a Lincolnshire, UK, gentleman; acquired on the UK art market. Mene rhombea was a perciform fish belonging to the family Menidae (moonfish"). During the Middle Eocene about 48 to 40 million years ago, these fishes lived in the Tethys Ocean, a large tropical sea in the area corresponding to the current Mediterranean. This ocean extended between the continents of Gondwana and Laurasia. Mene rhombea had a laterally compressed body, very long and slim pelvic fins and a wide triangular tail fin. As suggested by their fossils’ small, upturned mouths, and by comparison of its living relative, Mene maculata, fishes of this species were planktivore. The species shows close affinities with contemporary species inhabiting the coral reef environment of the Indo-Pacific warm seas. [No Reserve] Fine condition.

A Contemporary Art glass vase designed by Tom Michael iridescent swirl pattern blue and brown glaze with stylized frill top 24cmH

* Julian Cooper (b. 1947), oil on canvas, "Kaillash South Face, study". 27.5 cm x 40 cm, signed, titled and dated 2006 verso, also label Art Space Gallery, Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, etc. (see illustration). ARR

* Julian Cooper (b. 1947), pastel, "Pool at Marrakesh". 62 cm x 45.3 cm, label verso "Dallam Auction 18 November 92 No. 12 and Michael Richardson Contemporary Art card for exhibition 3 April - 2 May 1998" (see illustration). ARR

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ART NOUVEAU OAK WARDROBE WITH CARVED PANELS AND OXIDISED BRASS FURNITURE AND A SIMILAR CONTEMPORARY DRESSING CHEST

Jurgen Gorg. "Ansammlung" limited edition lithograph no. 107/180. 100cm x 70cm. Signed in pencil. Christie's Contemporary Art certificate verso.

Jurgen Gorg. "Puzzle" limited edition lithograph no. 107/180. 100cm x 70cm. Signed in pencil. Christie's Contemporary Art certificate verso.

Jurgen Gorg. "Incognito" limited edition lithograph no. 112/180. 65cm x 50cm. Signed in pencil. Christie's Contemporary Art certificate verso.

Jurgen Gorg. "Marionetten I" limited edition lithograph no. 148/225. 63cm x 48cm. Signed in pencil. Christie's Contemporary Art certificate verso.

Jurgen Gorg. "Marionetten III" limited edition lithograph no. 154/225. 63cm x 48cm. Signed in pencil. Christie's Contemporary Art certificate verso.

AFTER NICK HOLLY, (Contemporary Welsh), 'Fountain Fine Art', Main Street, Llandeilo, limited edition coloured print no. 16 of 20, signed by the artist in pencil. 11" x 11" (28 x 28cm). CONDITION REPORT: Good condition, no damage.

An Art Deco, Egyptian revival enamel and jewelled stick pin, in the style of Carlo Guiliano, the setting in the form of a Pharoah's portrait, with carved black basalt face, complete with head dress adorned with six diamonds and two opal and enamel decoration, above two diamonds and cabochon emerald to the chest, in a contemporary fitted leather case, 12 by 23mm, 7.5cm long overall.

Glasgow Girls School Of Art Style Art Nouveau Carved Plaster Wall Plaque Depicting The Madonna Holding Baby Jesus With Angel & Children Attendants. Highlighted in gold leaf to the Halos & Dress. Indistinctly signed to the front of the Plaster panel at the bottom edge. In contemporary oak frame with gilded inscription. Madonna Della Rosa. 34x18''

THREE EARLY 20TH CENTURY GLAZED AND PANELLED MAHOGANY DOORS, EACH WITH ONE OR A PAIR OF CONTEMPORARY ART NOUVEAU OR OTHER BRASS HANDLE AND A MAHOGANY PANEL DOOR

AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ART NOUVEAU OAK WARDROBE WITH CARVED PANELS AND OXIDISED BRASS FURNITURE AND A SIMILAR CONTEMPORARY DRESSING CHEST

* WILLIAM SELBY RWS RSW ROI RBA NEAC (BRITISH b 1933 - ) A STILL LIFE acrylic, signed 55cm x 39cm (21.5 x 15 inches) Framed Provenance: Exhibited The Royal Academy Summer Exhibition (London) 1985. Exhibition label verso. Note: Selby has emerged as an important name in British Art. His contemporary paintings have created an impressive following and Selby has exhibited at the principal Academies, Institutes and Societies of Arts, where he has won many major art awards and fellowships. William Selby's work is exhibited at many of the UK's finest contemporary galleries including Thompson's Gallery (London), The Red Rag Gallery, Whitington Fine Art and Adam Gallery. Selby's paintings rarely appear at auction but notably on 20th June 2013, Bloomsbury Auctions London sold a 73cm x 89cm acrylic still life (lot 47) for £4200 (hammer).

A 1930's oak and bakelite table lamp in the Art Deco-style, together with a contemporary oak large mantle clock, having French movement, two cigar boxes and a brass handled wooden box.

A lady's Accurist watch in yellow metal case, together with a lady's contemporary fob watch on chain, a lady's Art Deco-style watch, a twin strand simulated pearl necklace and a cameo brooch in yellow metal frame.

An early 20th Century Loetz "Papillon" glass vase of purple tint and with polished pontil, on contemporary Art Nouveau silvered metal stand, 8.5ins high

Sue Gollifer, set of four screen prints, untitled, pencilled signed, certificate verso, Christies Contemporary Art, 48cm x 48cm, framed and glazed.

Contemporary bronze Art Deco style figure, of an Amazonian Warrior, marble plinth, 42cm.

Contemporary bronze figure of an Art Deco dancer, after Chiparus, step marble plinth, 50cm.

Contemporary Art Deco style bronze figure, of a dancer after Alonzo, cylindrical marble plinth, 48cm.

*WILLIAM SCOTT, RA (1913-1989, BRITISH) Pears coloured lithograph, signed, dated 79 and numbered 149/150 in pencil to lower image 19 x 25ins Footnote: sold with original Certificate of Authenticity by Christies Contemporary Art

A pair of mid-20th C moulded porcelain relief's of Rococo lovers, set into contemporary gilt frames by 'Alt. Meissen Art'