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Click here to subscribeJapan, Imari porseleinen Namban kom, 19e/ 20e eeuw, de binnenzijde met blauw-wit paneel met schepen omgeven door hortensia, de buitenzijde zwart met bloemen, samen met een zwarte porseleinen kom (haarlijn) diam. 21,5 cm [2] Japan, Imari porcelain Namban bowl, 19th/ 20th century, the interior with a blue and white panel with ships surrounded by hydrangea, together with a black porcelain bowl (condition: the Namban bowl with hairline of ca. 5 cm)
Thailand, klein bronzen figuur van Boeddha, Lanna-periode, 17e eeuw, gezeten in sattvasana op een troon opengewerkt met Boeddha-figuren, zijn handen in bhumisparsamudra, gekleed in sanghati, de ushnisha bekroond door een vlam (slijtage, kleine beschadiging) h. 16 cm [1] Thailand, small bronze figure of Buddha, Lanna period, 17th century, seated in sattvasana on a throne openworked with figures of Buddha, his hands in bhumisparsamudra, dressed in sanghait, the ushnisha topped by a flame (condition: wear, loss to reverse base)
17th century German architrave.Rosewood and walnut with lemongrass and fruitwood marquetry.The chest stands on a modern iron table.Measurements: 66 x 88 x 46 cm; 135 x 88 x 48 cm (with base).An important Renaissance-heritage chest made in Germany at the end of the 17th century. It is a type of bargueño that continues the models established in Augsburg, a German city that became one of the main centres of furniture production, particularly famous for its fine and intricate marquetry. Cabinetmakers in this southern German city specialised in cabinets for storing small precious objects. These luxury cabinets were entirely decorated with elaborate marquetry depicting cityscapes, classical Renaissance ruins or intricate vegetal elements, as well as a variety of ornamental motifs taken from contemporary German engravings and prints.This extraordinary chest has a hinged front which, when opened, reveals an intricate classical vegetal design on the inside, based on the use of dark wood fillets inlaid into lighter wood, composing classicistic motifs including sinuous vegetal scrolls. Marquetry covers both the interior and exterior of the piece, a common feature of the German Renaissance. Particularly worthy of note is the treatment of the exterior panels, which depict Renaissance architecture, demonstrating the painstaking skill of the cabinetmaker, who recreated the vanishing points and perspective that set the tone for Italian architecture in the 15th century. On the outside of the cabinet is the cut-out, openwork coat-of-arms. On the inside, the cabinet reveals a division into three sections, the side sections with up to five drawers each, each decorated with the vegetal design already worked into the rest of the chest. The central section has a door decorated with Renaissance architectural motifs, while the interior is ornamented with skilful fruit motifs. The chest stands on a modern iron table.
MINIATURE BOOKS - DAVID BRYCEAn extensive collection of some 201 works, published by David Bryce of Glasgow, including six copies of the Koran (one of which is an exceptionally rare example printed entirely in gold), the Khordeh Avesta, four copies of the Ghita-Pancha-Ratna, numerous sets of the Complete Works of William Shakespeare (including the famed Ellen Terry series, 'Bryce's greatest achievement as a leading promoter of miniature books' according to Bondy), the Midget Library, three sets of the Mite Series in tartan, three copies of the extremely rare and tiny Gray's Elegy in a Country Churchyard (the smallest Bryce book, 'exceedingly rare... at one time said not to exist', per Bondy), three copies of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, a Holy Bible once owned by Nora Bryce herself (plus 25 other Bibles), numerous copies of the miniature Dictionaries and Thumb Series, and a variety of sets of poetical works by Scott, Tennyson and Burns, some sets housed in their original (sometimes revolving) bookcases, the majority in original publisher's bindings, Glasgow, David Bryce, [various dates]Footnotes:THE MOST COMPREHENSIVE AND EXTENSIVE COLLECTION OF MINIATURE BOOKS PUBLISHED BY DAVID BRYCE & SON OF GLASGOW TO HAVE EVER APPEARED ON THE MARKET, containing many of the books described in the chapter devoted to Bryce in Louis Bondy's Miniature Books, 1981.A full list of the collection is available on request, but some of the principle works include:--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Complete Works, 40 vol., 3 sets, dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry, illustrated frontispiece, gilt cloth bindings (red, dark turquoise and forest green), housed in the original revolving bookcases by Bumpus, 55 x 38mm. [Bondy 114; Spielmann 459], 1904--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Complete Works, 40 vol., 2 sets, dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry, illustrated frontispiece, India paper, gilt Harlequin leather, housed in revolving bookcases by Bumpus, some covers sunned, 50 x 35mm, [Bondy 114; Spielmann 459], 1904 --SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) and J. TALFORD BLAIR (ed.). Complete Works, 40 vol. illustrated frontispiece, red leather gilt, the majority with dust-jackets, contained in an Art Nouveau gated hanging wooden bookcase with minor wear, 50 x 30mm., 1915--SHAKESPEARE (WILLIAM) Complete Works, 40 vol. bound in 20, 2 sets, dedicated to the actress Ellen Terry, illustrated frontispiece, red leather, housed in a wooden replica of Shakespeare's desk and in a oak-wood chest with a drop front (to which is fixed a metal bust of Shakespeare), 54 x 33mm, c.1900--[Qur'an] The Koran, PRINTED ENTIRELY IN GOLD, in Arabic, decorated borders to each page, red morocco gilt, housed in a typical 'Bryce style' white metal hinged locket with inset magnifier, a very rare example as only a few were printed in gold, 27 x 19mm [Bondy 111], c.1900 --[Chained Bible] 'Smallest Bible in the World', The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Produced for the Tercentenary Commemoration of the Authorised Version of the English Bible, illustrated frontispiece, brown blind-stamped roan, with magnifier in pocket inside front cover, chained to a model wooden lectern (measuring 139mm.), hinges lose, contained in its original box with a pictorial label which is very rare [Bondy p.109], 42 x 30mm., c.1901--[Midget Library], complete 12 vol. set (German English Dictionary; French English Dictionary; English Dictionary; Tourist's Conversational Guide in English French German Italian; Golden Thoughts from Great Authors; The Koran; New Testament; Robert Burns; English Scots and Irish Songs; Animals; Birds), illustrated frontispieces, limp red morocco gilt, minor wear [Bondy 72, 107, 11, 113], housed in original and very rare Jahncke's tin, with hinged door and fitted glass fronted case set in an angled wooden stand, all measure 26 x 12mm. (except the New Testament which is 18 x 15mm.), 1925--The Allies Bible in Khaki, 5 copies (one with the original dust-jacket and all but one with magnifying glass), prefaced with the national anthems of the Allies, a recessional by Rudyard Kipling, and Neil Munro's 'Evening Prayer of a People', khaki cloth, minor wear [Bondy 110], c.1914 --The Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of the Original Tongues ... by His majesty's special command, illustrations, inscription by Nora Bryce on first fly-leaves ('Nora Bryce – Given to me by Davie's father on my first visit to 60 Berkeley St. Glasgow – August 1914.'), cream Oxford morocco gilt, yapp edges, with magnifying glass [Spielmann 24-25], 40 x 30mm., c.1900--'Illustrated Miniature Bible': The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments, Souvenir of the Glasgow Exhibition, illustrations, dark green cloth, minor shelf-wear, 45 x 30mm., c.1901--New Testament, 3 copies, gilt leather (green, charcoal, and red) [Bondy p.111, 'staggeringly small'], 20 x 16mm., 1896--'The Mite Series in Tartan' (including Burns' Poems First Edition 1786; Bryce's English Dictionary; English Scotch and Irish Songs; My Tiny Alphabet Book; My Tiny Alphabet Book), illustrations in colour, tartan paper covers over red cloth, housed in a in fitted plain wooden box divided into six compartments with hinged glazed top, sixth space in the box as a framed portrait of Burns beneath a magnifying glass, 27 x 20mm., 75 x 80mm. (box), c.1905--[The Coronation Bible], Holy Bible Containing the Old and New Testaments Translated out of the Original Tongues ... by His Majesty's Special Command, 5 copies, illustrations, two in purple cloth with round medallion photograph on upper cover, two in dark tan embossed leather, one in dark red buckram [Bondy 109], 43 x 35mm., 1902, 1911 and 1914--English and German Dictionary, red leather, 31 x 19mm., c. 1896--Khordeh Avesta, red morocco gilt, housed in a white metal hinged locket with inset magnifier and engraved floral decoration, overall 26 x 19mm., c.1900--'Smallest English Classic in the World': Thomas Gray, An Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard, 3 copies, maroon leather gilt, 17 x 13mm. [Bondy p.113-4], 1911--Tourist's Conversational Guide in English, French, German, Italian, red leather gilt, housed in a sterling silver hinged locket with embossed floral design around inset magnifier and to rear, 26 x 19mm., c.1900 --Old English Scotch and Irish Songs, illustrated with twenty-four original sketches by A.S. Boyd, red paper wrappers, housed in a sterling silver plain case with inset magnifier and slide hinge, 26 x 19mm., c.1900--Napoleon's Book of Fate, 2 copies, one fold out plate, red leather gilt and blue leather gilt, 50 x 34mm., c.1905 --SCOTT (WALTER) and ROBERT BURNS. Poems, 12 vol. (double set of 6 vols. each), illustrated, early ownership inscription on first fly-leaves with 1895 date, green buckram gilt and embossed, minor wear, 85 x 60mm., housed in a double-hinged and lidded tartanware box, 96 x 75 x 115mm., Fredrick A. Stokes and Brother, New York. c.1890's--BURNS (ROBERT) The Poetical works of Robert Burns, Pearl Edition, illustrated frontispiece, various bookplates, ownership signature and collation markings of bibliographer Edward Gordon Duff and bookplate of Grace Broecker, brown morocco by Fazakerley (Liverpool) with gilt text in Greek on upper cover, fore-edge painting comprising a circular portrait of Burns, flanked by his birthplace at Alloway, and the old 'Brig O Doon', with slipcase, minor wear [not in Bondy or Spielmann; not in NLS collection], 85 x 60mm., c.1890--The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, 3 copies, green leather gilt, dark green marbled board, cream boards with red and gold print decoration, minor wear, 53 x 35mm. (one copy), 70 x 80mm., c.1904--My Tiny Alphabet Book, 2 copies, colour illustrations, respectively in red and b... 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An early 20th century French marble top bedside cabinet / pot cupboard, carved oak back-splash with serpentine top, and single shelf, single drawer to frieze, above a small cupboard door enclosing a white marble lined storage, pot shelf to base, carved supports and apron, 124cm tall x 39.5cm wide x 33.5cm deep.
A 19th century framed woolwork, woven wool and painted silk, depicting a maiden and girl at a cottage door greeting a farmer and boy, 30x35cm (frame 46x52cm).Splits to silk middle left. Generally faded, consistently but not drastically. Frame has multiple chips and losses and is separating at the left side, top and top corners. However, lower back seal appears intact.
A late 19th century rosewood Vienna wall clock by Gustav Becker, with shell and scroll cresting above turned half columns flanking the door, the cream enamel dial with black Roman numerals and red scroll hlaf-hour markers, the weight-driven movement striking on a coil gong, 43.5cm wide x 18cm deep x 117cm high, together with an English oak circular fusee wall timepiece, inter-war period, the enamel dial with black Roman numerals, 33cm dia. (2)
A George III mahogany and checquer strung stick barometer, the broken triangular pediment with an urn finial above a 3.75" brass dial signed 'P.Garof & Co, No 8 Hanover Street, Edinburgh', with a thermometer, some damage and restoration, 98cm highSome damage, including chips, including bottom right of door - lacking section on the face and an old patinated chip on the side.Some restoration, including reservoir cover, as hairline crack visible along the top.
A George III oak brass dial longcase clock by Moses Evans of Llanddoget, the hood with broken pediment above a plain frieze and turned, fluted columns, the trunk with quarter columns flanking a shaped door, the base box with shaped panel and inlaid star patera, raised on a plain plinth, the 13.25in dial with moulded corner spandrels around a silvered chapter ring having Roman numerals with an outer Arabic minutes track, the centre with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, incised with an oval cartouche signed Moses Evans, Llanddoget, the eight-day movement with four knopped pillars, striking on a bell, with pendulum, two weights and a winder, 58cm wide x 33cm deep x 213cm high.Hood split to one side. Columns loose. Plinth replaced. Split to trunk door re-glued and stabilised. General typical cosmetic marks and signs of age and use to case. Dial fair to good with some minor wear to chapter ring.Sub seconds hand missing. Movement appears intact. not tested or seen to be running.
A Sid Pollard, Thirsk, light oak cased weight-driven longcase clock, the arched hood with three finials, the trunk with glazed door above a fielded panel base box on a plain plinth base, the brass dial with moulded spandrels around a silvered Roman chapter ring, the German eight-day weight-driven movement striking on a gong, 40cm wide x 24cm deep x 182cm high.
A Victorian stained oak housekeeper's cupboard, the shaped cornice above a pair of doors, each with panels with chamfered frames, enclosing three shelves on the left and 4 on the right, the base with three short frieze drawers above a central cupboard door, flanked on each side by two short drawers, raised on turned feet, lacking one handle, 175.5cm wide x 57cm deep x 245cm highMinor chips, dents and scratches consistent with age and use, including front left corner of base. Decorator's paint on part of the back edges and some paint spatters on sides. Lacking one handle on right door.
An early Victorian mahogany, satinwood cross-banded, breakfront sideboard, inlaid with ebony and boxwood stringing and anthemia, the panelled gallery back above two central drawers, flanked on the right by a cupboard door, enclosing slides and on the left by a cupboard with a cellarette drawer, raised on ogee bracket feet, some damage and lacking drawer, 225cm wide x 75cm deep x 108cm highGenerally ok, apart from lacking interior drawer in right cupboard. Minor scratches, dents and chips.
A rosewood veneered chiffonier, circa 1840, inlaid with brass stringing, the superstructure with a gallery over a shelf, supported by brass doric columns, the base with a frieze drawer above a panelled door, flanked on each side by a free standing pillar, raised on turned feet, some damage and losses, with key, 78cm wide x 39cm deep x 133cm high (2) Back gallery broken below top and needs repairing and re-attaching. Overall ok, apart from hairline cracks and some chips, including on the front right of the apron and lacking front section of veneer on the base of the right pillar.
A Biedermeier parcel ebonised walnut glazed display cabinet, the bladed cornice above a plain frieze and turned ebonised columns flanking a single glazed door, opening to two shelves with a half top shelf on ebonised columns, raised on tapering square-section supports, 88cm wide x 46.5cm deep x 166cm high.
A French style cream painted bedroom suite, with turquoise borders and painted design of flowers, comprising corner cabinet, 186cm high, 66cm wide, 45cm deep, a two door wardrobe, 201cm high, 92cm wide, 56cm deep, chest of two short and three long drawers, 87cm high, 89cm wide, 46cm deep, a dressing table stool, nest of three tables, lady's Bonheur du Jour, 92cm high, 54cm wide, 43cm deep and two single bed ends.
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