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Lot 123
A late 17th century Flemish ebony and ebonised cabinet, of architectural form, with two banks of four ripple moulded drawers, flanking a centre section decorated with a pedimented niche, flanked by solomonic columns, with a drawer above a hinged door enclosing an arrangement of seven drawers, above a further plinth drawer, on a conforming later stand, 151.3cm high, 153cm wide, 44.7cm deep. click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 179
λ A George III mahogany bureau bookcase, inlaid with barber's pole stringing, with a swan neck pediment, above a carved pendant frieze, with a pair of geometric astragal glazed doors, above a hinged fall, enclosing an arrangement of pigeonholes and drawers, flanking a central cupboard door with an ivory escutcheon and with three secret drawers, above four long drawers on reduced bracket feet, 247cm high, 142.5cm wide, 56.7cm deep.Provenance: Purchased for £120 on 12th December 1957 from F. Laycock, Skipton.click here to view the page turning catalogue
Lot 230
SCHLEGEL, HERMANN AND G. F. WESTERMANNDE TOERAKO'S AFGEBEELD EN BESCHREVEN DOOR H. SCHLEGEL, onder Medewerking van G.F. Westerman. Opgedraven aan B.M. den Koning. Amsterdam: Koninklijk Zoölogisch Genootschap. Natura Artis Magistra, 1860. First edition, double elephant folio (733 x 530mm.), 24pp. text (Dutch), plus leaf of Tabula Synoptica, 17 lithographed plates by P.W.M. Trapp after Schlegel, each in two states, uncoloured and with bright contemporary hand-colouring, later half cloth, a little rubbed, gilt label, binding with internal split (2 plates loose), occasional slight spotting, very short marginal tear to lower margin of text leavesNote: Probably the finest Dutch large colour-plate book on birds. "An account of the Touracos (fam. Musophagidae). The general text, in Dutch, contains a description of each species with distribution, synonymy and other notes. The synopsis contains Latin diagnoses of the species. The plates are excellent and suggest the work of Wolf" (Zimmer)."The essential part of the work consists of the beautiful plates, executed in lithography coloured by hand from drawings by Schlegel, made from nature and as far as possible from life. The birds are figured in life-size, which accounts for the large format" (Anker). These lively and colourful Sub-Saharan birds were mostly drawn from those in the Royal Amsterdam Zoo. Nissen IVB 833, Bradley Martin 191.
Lot 1066
An early George III mahogany bracket clock by John Lloyd, Minories, London, the 7ins arched brass dial with silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, matted dial centre with date aperture and strike/silent dial to arch, to the eight day two train verge movement, the backplate engraved with a Ho-Ho bird and leaf scroll ornament, contained in mahogany case with inverted bell shaped top with gilt brass folding carrying handle and pineapple finials, the door set with fretted panels and cornice and with moulded inner frame, the side panels now fully glazed, on block feet, 18.5ins high Note: John Lloyd recorded working Minories, London 1781
Lot 1070
A late 19th Century Continental stained as walnut cased "Vienna Regulator", the 5.25ins diameter white finished paper chapter ring with Roman numerals, to the two train spring driven movement, striking on a gong, contained in ornate stained as walnut case of architectural design, with split turned columns to door, 27ins high
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