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Dated 1822. A group of two framed and glazed tinted sporting prints from the series 'A hunting trip to Melton Mowbray' comprising: a fox hunt with fallen horse (left) and broken fence, group of kneeling men, a man walking with assistance from two comrades (centre) and pack of baying hounds surrounding a man holding the fox's body aloft (right), title beneath '13. Death and the Doctors'; a group of huntsmen with hounds returning, title beneath '14. Dulce domum, - jamdudum animus est in patinis. exeunt in fumo' (sweetly homeward - for some time the mind is on the cooking pot. They leave in smoke); each with old printed label to the reverse 'From Dimmock & Son Fine Art Galleries, Framing and Gilding Establishment, 66 London Street, Norwich. Fancy Goods, Artists' Materials, Paintings Cleaned, Line and Restored'. 1.9 kg total, 66cm (26"). Property of an Essex collector. See D. Snelgrove, British Sporting and Animal Prints 1658-1874, London and New Haven, 1981, p.128, no.1. The series 'A hunting trip to Melton Mowbray' comprises fourteen numbered scenes, progressing from left to right, depicting the journey out of town, preparation for the hunt, various incidents during the hunt and the return. Each a lithograph with hand colouring issued by Henry Alken (1785-1851), printmaker, after images by John Dean Paul (1775-1852); published by S.& J. Fuller (active 1811-1826"). [2, No Reserve] Fine condition; contemporary frames.
Sylvester (Charles, engineer). The Philosophy of Domestic Economy; as Exemplified in the mode of Warming, Ventilating, Washing, Drying, & Cooking, and in Various Arrangements contributing to the Comfort and Convenience of Domestic Life, Adopted in the Derbyshire General Infirmary, and more Recently, on a Greatly Extended Scale, in Several other Public Buildings, Newly Erected in this Country..., Nottingham: printed by H. Barnett, 1819, engraved frontispiece, ten engraved plates (including floor plans and diagrams), erratum slip present, bound with Watson (White), A Delineation of the Strata of Derbyshire, Forming the Surface from Bolsover in the East to Buxton in the West, by a Plate, Designed from a Tablet, Composed of the Specimens of each Stratum within the above Line, with a Explanatory Account of the same; together with a Description of the Fossils found in these Strata; and also of the Nature and Quality of the respective Soils, Sheffield: printed by W. Todd, 1811, folding engraved plate of a section of strata, engraved plate depicting the first vase made of Derbyshire Spar (Blue John), bound with Pegge (Rev. Samuel), Sketch of the History of Bolsover and Peak Castles, in the County of Derby... in a Letter to His Grace the Duke of Portland..., Forming no. XXXII of the Bibliotheca Topographica Britannica, London: J. Nichols, 1785, seven engraved plates after drawings by Hayman Rooke (including frontispiece), some spotting and occasional offsetting throughout, contemporary gilt and blind decorated calf, spine & extremities rubbed, 4to. The first title ÒDomestic EconomyÓ is dedicated to William Strutt (1756-1830), who invented much of the equipment in Derby Infirmary. This volume was probably his own copy as it bears the bookplate of his son Edward Strutt (1801-1880) who became the 1st Baron Belper. Edward Strutt was a British Liberal Party politician, who served as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1852 to 1854 under Lord Aberdeen. (1)
A Chinese porcelain rice bowl and cover, decorated with figures cooking on one side and, bears hand painted inscription the other, seal mark to base together with smaller bowl & cover (2) Provenance: from the Rev. Jonathan Lees of the London Missionary Society who served in Tientsin between c. 1862 and 1900 or his son Edward Lees who died in Tientsin in 1915 and thence by descent
A large Minton Majolica Christmas platter or charger c.1860, made for the Crystal Palace Art Union, the well with a Christmas rose surrounded by mistletoe, the rim pierced with panels of holly between putti at seasonal activities, one cooking a goose, another warming his hands before a fire, impressed facsimilie `Minton` signature, 39.5cm.
A large Minton Majolica Christmas platter or charger c.1860, made for the Crystal Palace Art Union, the well with a Christmas rose surrounded by mistletoe, the rim pierced with panels of holly between putti at seasonal activities, one cooking a goose, another warming his hands before a fire, impressed facsimilie `Minton` signature, 39.5cm.
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