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A collection of Olympic cigarette cards, Olympic Champions of Amsterdam 1928 36/36, issued by Godfrey Phillips; various colour & b&w cards issued from Bilde-Gruppe for the 1932 Los Angeles Olympic Games, Gruppe 20 & 22; a complete album of cards of national flags published by Sultan Zigarettenfabrik Aurelia Dresden; an album covering the summer & winter 1936 Games Die XI Olympiade published by Herausgegben von der Firma Heinrich Franck Sohne; 1936 Summer & Winter Games, issues from Bilder-Gruppe 55-Band II and 55-Band I

A blue and white Dresden bowl and collection of similar ceramics

A Dresden saucer decorated with birds and insects and a quantity of similar ceramics

A Dresden porcelain group of a couple seated in a naturalistic setting and two similar ornaments (3)

A Continental porcelain blanc de chine figural group of a lady and gent in 18th century style costume on a scrolling oval base, 32 cm high, to/w a Dresden porcelain comport supported by four putti, 17 cm high (approx.), both late 20th century (2)

A German porcelain beer stein, in the form of the head of a German officer with moustache and bushy eyebrows and wearing a stylised cuirassier helmet, the base bearing Dresden mark and “Neundorf”. GC (the rim repaired)

A Hammersley `Dresden Sprays` part tea service (37)

"20thC German Dresden porcelain flared beaker vase, decorated with hand painted flowers and birds, 29cm h x 19.5cm diam; and a small Dresden baluster vase & cover with hand painted flowers, 17cm h "

A Saxony thaler 17 2/3 90 - silver - Friedrich August 1763 - 1806 - Dresden mint. Condition - Fine

A pair of 19th century Chinese porcelain plates decorated in underglaze blue and polychrome enamels with gilt highlights, a shaped oval Meissen porcelain pin tray painted with a river scene "Bruhl Terrafsezu, Dresden", and a Chinese porcelain stem cup decorated in underglaze blue with chrysanthemums and trailing foliage

A 20th century Dresden porcelain figure of a lady in 18th century frilled lacework dress holding a basket of flowers in each arm, raised on a rococo style base (ILLUSTRATED)

A Dresden porcelain coffee service decorated with floral sprays comprising six coffee cups and saucers, cream jug, sugar bowl and coffee pot

A silver topped cut glass scent bottle, together with a Dresden type scent bottle of triangular form with applied floral decoration (PART ILLUSTRATED)

# A Davenport porcelain comport, circa 1880, painted with flowersprays within a blue and gilt border, 28cm, an 18th Century Derby coffee cup and saucer, a Staffordshire teacup and saucer, a Spode saucer, a Dresden saucer, another saucer and a Masons Ironstone square dish (9)

# A Spode porcelain pot pourri vase and pierced cover, circa 1820, of bucket shape with knurl rim, flamiform knop and paw feet, painted with flowersprays in panels on a blue ground, painted marks, 13.5cm high, a Dresden porcelain twin-handled cup and cover, painted with figures in landscapes in panels on a blue ground, 12cm high and a similar Custard Cup and Cover, 12.5cm high (3)

# A Derby porcelain twin-handled cup and cover, circa 1830, of cylindrical form painted with pink roses, painted mark in red, 12cm, a 19th century Staffordshire Pot Pourri basket and pierced cover, painted with landscapes, 7cm high, a gilt metal mounted Continental porcelain basket, a Coalport miniature tyg, a Dresden porcelain small bowl and two miniature saucepans (7)

A mixed lot of small decorative pottery, porcelain and other items, including: a Royal Crown Derby lidded box decorated in the Oriental manner, a Hummel figure modelled with a dog barking at a young boy climbing a tree, a Dresden porcelain vase decorated with cartouche of courting couple, a 19th century Derby teacup and saucer and other items.

* A Victorian Copeland bell-shaped pottery biscuit barrel, printed with blue and red floral decoration on a white ground with brass handle and mounts, registration mark to base ‘no. 403109’, 23cm high, together with a Victorian Staffordshire pottery flatback of a Highlander on horseback with deer, 39cm high, plus various 19th century Dresden porcelain tea wares, handpainted with floral decoration. (-)

An extensive continental porcelain dinner service, in the Meissen/Dresden style, having floral spray decoration and raised leaf moulded borders, comprising large meat platter, various sized plates, tureens etc.

A Dresden porcelain bowl painted with flower sprays and a pair of German porcelain chargers, each printed with flowers

Wedgwood Black Basalt sucrier, bird and flat bowl, Royal Crown Derby pin dishes and Dresden cache pots, Coalport cup and saucer etc

A Meissen porcelain group of three putti, c. 1875 NIZ, 73 and blue underglaze crossed swords mark, a Dresden group, and a pair of porcelain flower groups

A Dresden painted inkstand, and a Helena Wolfsohn cup painted with figures

Hammersley "Dresden Spays" pattern chamber stick, a Minton chamber stick retailed by Tiffany & Co. and other chamber sticks, (11).

Chinese Cloisonne bottle vase, decorated with dragons chasing a flaming pearl, a Dresden porcelain matchbox case and a matching dish, other matched stands, railway rolling stock and miscellany.

Dresden figural compoteDresden porcelain figural compote, the reticulated bowl above the naturalistic standard flanked with playful putti and rising on a Rococo style base, marked on base, 11.5``h x 10``w (lacks central bolt)Starting Price: $150

LATE 19TH CENTURY FLORAL ENCRUSTED GILT DRESDEN PORCELAIN CENTREPIECE in the form of a tripod table, the galleried oval top with figure and urn finials above three column supports and scroll legs surmounted with putti, 56cm high

LATE 19TH CENTURY FLORAL ENCRUSTED DRESDEN PORCELAIN CENTREPIECE BASKET the pierced oval basket supported by cherubs, blue underglaze crossed swords mark, damaged, 16cm high

A pair of Dresden bottle vases and covers, yellow ground and decorated with alternating panels of courting couples and floral sprays within gilt borders, flower head finials to covers, underglaze blue 'Dresden' to the bases, 35cm high (2)

Quantity of cups & saucers including Dresden, Gaudy Welsh & Copelands, together with a Brambly Hedge plate and two Pears plates

Good collection of 18th/19thC Staffordshire including pastille cottage ink stand, cockerels, Prince Albert, crock, Dresden etc.

Militaria: a WWII German minesweepers, sub-chasers and escort vessels war badge, first type, cast with a silver water spout rising from the waves of the sea within a gilded wreath of laurels surmounted by a broad winged eagle clutching a swastika, circa 1943, impressed on reverse AH for Hermann Aurich, Dresden, ex Otto Swann collection.

Continental porcelain cabinet cup and saucer of quatrefoil form, the claret ground with classical scenes and floral sprays, another of circular form with pale pink ground and a 19th Century Dresden porcelain moustache cup, the yellow ground decorated with traditional lady and beau figures, (3) 5 cm high

Dresden tankard, the puce ground with central panel of lovers in a garden (top lacking) blue AR mark, 14cm high

DRESDEN Pagoda figure, H26.4cm, marked on the side(CARL THIEME), with a cushion.

A Dresden bone china plate by Helena Wolfsohn of pale green and white ground with pierced sides and poly chrome floral detail, a bone china sandwich dish and matching slop bowl the gilt heightened white ground with broad gilt banding and floral detail, two small Limoges plates with figural detail and a small Noritake circular 2 handled dish

Pair of Dresden porcelain comport bowls, shallow dished form, painted with figurative scenes, alternating with pink ground reserves of flowers, three matching plates and a Limoges plate, (6).

Three Dresden figures

A pair of Dresden porcelain twin-handled vases, with scroll open handles enamelled with figures before swagged foliage raised on square plinth base, blue mock Meissen mark, 42cm h

A twelve piece Dresden porcelain monkey band group, enamelled in 18th century style, the gentlemen all in frock jackets, blue Dresden mark to base, each measuring approx 15cm h(12)

A set of seven Dresden monkey band figures, in 18th century style, vibrantly enamelled, 15cm h(7)

A Meissen enamelled porcelain cup and saucer, circa 1870, decorated with a view of Dresden

A FRENCH PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A DRESDEN SHEPHERD IN BLACK HAT, PUCE LINED GREEN CLOAK AND BLUE AND GILT COAT WITH YELLOW BREECHES, A SEATED HOUND AT HIS SIDE, ON GILT SCROLLING AND FLORAL ENCRUSTED MOUND, 31CM H, C1900

A 20TH CENTURY DRESDEN PORCELAIN VASE, having ovoid body with twin upswept gilt bordered handles, the body with "Deutch Blumen" on a wreath pedestal foot, 26cm high

A Dresden baluster shaped vase and cover, together with a matching stationery rack and ink stand

A Dresden blanc-de-chine table lamp base modelled as a Classical maiden bearing flowers, a similar Dresden blanc-de-chine table lamp base modelled as a boy wearing skates and with a rabbit on his belt, and a Continental porcelain twin-handled jar with two oval panels of floral sprays on a cobalt blue and gilt decorated ground

A quantity of porcelain vases and dishes to include Rosenthal, Dresden, Limoges and Aynsley (18)

A quantity of Meissen onion pattern handles for dessert knives and forks, Dresden, the blue and white pistol grip handles with blue cross swords mark, fitted a variety of blades including silver

Early 20th c. Dresden ribbon plates (5)

A Dresden Porcelain Painted Portrait Plaque, 19th Century, Signed `Wagner` upper right corner. h: 5 x w: 3.50 in.

AN IMPORTANT GERMAN RENAISSANCE SILVER-MOUNTED HAND-AND-A-HALF SWORD, DATED 1540 with earlier tapering double-edged blade of flattened-hexagonal section, cut with a short central fuller and retaining traces of the sacred inscription `I.N.R.I.` on each face, the forte with a cross-and-orb mark on each face, steel hilt encased in engraved and gilt sheet silver, comprising a pair of straight tapering quillons with moulded terminals each fitted with a silver-gilt rosette button, moulded silver-gilt scabbard cap pierced on each side perhaps for an applied ornament (now missing), plummet-shaped pommel gadrooned on the top and fitted with rosette tang button en suite with the quillons, the lower portion decorated with an acanthus band, two-stage wooden grip, the upper portion encased in engraved and gilt sheet silver, decorated at the top with a band of acanthus, the lower portion bound with silver-gilt ribband (an early replacement), the pommel, grip and scabbard cap engraved with scrolls and sprays of running fig foliage (rubbed), in its original silver-gilt scabbard lined with wooden fillets, formed of four sections and a chape, each fitting into each other at a plain junction (partly reconstructed, previously covered by applied mouldings), the four sections formed of a front and a rear panel (two replaced) joined by a slender moulded frame, pierced and engraved with delicate sprays and scrolls of running fig foliage (minor restorations), the top panel decorated with the winged figure of Justice, the middle with the figure of Death above the date, and the reverse of the forte painted with an inventory number, perhaps 770 95cm; 37 1/2in bladeProvenanceDr. Ing. H. C. M. Dreger, sold Fischer & Kahlert, Luzern, 2 August 1927, lot 75.The Property of a Lady, sold Christie`s, King Street, 30th April 1986, lot 207.LiteratureDr. Ing. E.H. Max Dreger, Waffensammlung Dreger, Berlin, 1926, cat. Nr. 63The decoration is in the manner of Heinrich Aldegrever of Paderborn (born 1502, died sometime between 1555-61). Three superb engraved designs of daggers with sectional scabbards by Aldegrever are dated 1536, 1537 and 1539. See J. Hayward 1976, p.314 and Wheeler 1998, pp.50-51. The distinguished quality of the present sword places it amongst a small group of highly decorated pieces of the same date, all of which appear to be have been preserved in old collections from the earliest times. The closest example to the present sword is that of King Gustav Vasa of Sweden, attributed to an unknown Brunswick maker, dating to circa 1535-40 and preserved in the Treasury of Uppsala Cathedral. Another is preserved in the Treasury of Cracow Cathedral, originating from the tomb of King Sigismund Augustus I of Poland. Other examples are preserved in the Historisches Museum Dresden and Krems Munster (inv. no. STA 4). See H. Seitz. 1956-8, pp. 165-6; the same author 1965, pp.277-284; Z. Zygulski 1982, p.44 and Krems 1971, cat. No. 449.

GUSLER, W. B. & LAVIN, J. D. Decorated Firearms 1540-1870, Williamsburg 1977; KIST J.B, Dutch Muskets and Pistols, London 1974; NEDERLANDS LEGER- EN WAPENMUSEUM, Nederlandse Vuurwapens uit de 17e en 18e eeuw, Netherlands 1978; BOTTET, M. Nicolas Boutet et la Manufacture de Versailles, France; HOFF, A. Dutch Firearms, Rugby 1978; STAATLICHE KUNSTSAMMLUNGEN DRESDEN HISTORISCHES MUSEUM,KATALOG DRESDENER BÜCHSENMACHER 16.-18.JH, Dresden 1975; GLAGE, W. Das Kunsthandwerk der Büchsenmacher im Land Braunschweig, Braunschweig 1983; and another related volume (8)

A FINE AND RARE GERMAN ETCHED AND GILT COMB MORION OF THE SAXON TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE CHRISTIAN II, ELECTOR OF SAXONY (1591-1611) with tall skull formed in one piece and rising to a roped comb, the base encircled by a row of sixteen gilt-brass lion`s masks over lining-rivets, each with a ring in its mouth (two rings missing), narrow brim rising to a point at the front and rear, decorated at its edges with a roped inward turn, struck with Nuremberg mark and the maker`s mark, a pair of shears, at the front, fitted at the rear with gilt-brass plume-holder cast and chased in high relief as a female herm, the skull decorated with etched and gilt bands of interlaced foliate scrollwork encircling the figure of Mutius Scaevola before Porsena on one side and Marcus Curtius leaping into the gulf on the other, the comb with further etched and gilt bands of running foliage and a central-cabled medallion framing, on the respective faces, the arms of the Dukes of Saxony and the Archmarshallship of the Holy Roman Empire, the brim decorated with etched and gilt bands of running scrolls, complete with its original cheek-pieces comprising three lames on the left and two on the right (one missing), each etched and gilt with bands of running foliage around its border and fitted at its centre with a gilt-brass foliate boss over an iron rivet, and retaining much original gilding throughout 30cm; 11 3/4in high Provenance The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden Colonel Norman Colville, sold Sotheby & Co., 12th June 1953, lot 66The maker`s mark is perhaps that of the Nuremberg master Martin Schneider (Müller & Kunter 1984, pp. 263-5 and 269). A shield struck with the same mark was sold in these rooms, 8th December 2012, lot 178.This helmet belongs to a distinctive group which was first made for the Trabantenleibgarde of the Elector August I of Saxony (1553-86) and continued to be used, and possibly added to, in the time of his successors Christian I (1586-91) and Christian II (1601-11). Originally this would have matched the black doublets and yellow trunk hoses of the uniform of the guards. A large number of helmets from this group, which may have included the present example, were removed from the Electoral armoury in the 1830s and sent to the State Opera House in Dresden for theatrical use, many of which were seen there by Bashford Dean in 1912. See H. Nickel 1989, pp.117-21 and I. Eaves 2002, pp. 149-150.

A RARE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE TOURNEY, CIRCA 1590, AUGSBURG OR DRESDEN of notable weight, formed of a rounded skull rising to a high roped medial comb, pierced at the rear of the neck with six small rivet-holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder and to either side of it with four lace-holes, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots with domed heads, the visor with a prominent step beneath its single broad vision-slit and a spring-catch at the right side (pull missing), upper bevor with roped upper edge, pierced at its left side with twenty-six small circular ventilation holes arranged in three concentric circles and at the right side with a similar arrangement of twenty-four holes, the right side secured by a spring-catch with button release, the bevor fitted with a threaded bolt and retaining its wing-nut for the attachment of a reinforce, lower bevor shaped to the chin and secured to the right of the skull by a spring-catch with push-button release and fitted with pivotted prop for the upper bevor, the lower edges of the skull flanged outwards to receive missing gorget-plates (one small patched repair at the nape of the neck), and the left side of the skull showing numerous cuts from a rebated sword 27cm; 10 3/4in highProvenance The Property of a Gentleman, sold Sotheby & Co., 31st July 1951, lot 67.The strongly stepped visor, the provision for a reinforce, the overall form and the weight of this helmet is reminiscent of the well known group of armours made for the Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560-91). Several complete armours of this type are still preserved in Dresden and were used for tournaments until just before the Second World War. See E. Haenel 1923, pl. 9.

A RARE VENETIAN PARADE SHIELD MADE FOR THE BODYGUARD OF WOLF DIETRICH VON RAITENAU, PRINCE ARCHBISHOP OF SALZBURG, LATE 16TH CENTURY of convex near circular form, constructed of two-ply wood covered with leather decorated on its front face, within an outer border of foliate chevrons and engrailing and an inner border of running foliage and flowerheads, with a pattern of foliate interlace and flowerheads all tooled and lacquered gold over silver, the ground of the main field additionally covered with translucent red lacquer, and the detail picked out throughout with red and green lacquer, the rear retaining its yellow-painted decoration, and a series of nails for attaching an arm-pad, and enarmes (some losses, expertly restored and in stable condition throughout) 57cm; 22 1/2in wideThis shield is one of a series made in the time of Wolf Dietrich von Raitenau, who ruled as Prince Archbishop of Salzburg, 1587-1612. An inventory of 1669, now in the archives of the Städtisches Museum, Salzburg, mentions 398 gilded and painted shields. Some seventy of these shields are still to be found in the Carolina-Augusteum Museum, Salzburg. When Salzburg was occupied by the Bavarian troops in 1809 a number of these shields were transferred to the main Zeughaus at Munich, and sold from there after the First World War.Other examples of this distinctive group of shields are to be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (Acc. No. 29.158.586) the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Art Institute, of Chicago, the Wallace Collection, London, the Historisches Museum, Dresden (Inv. No. N1), and Schloss Vaduz, Liechtenstein (cat. no. 871 & 881). In recent years a small number have been offered for sale at auction, including one sold in these rooms 8th December 2010, lot 126; another from the collection of Karsten Klingbeil at Pierre Bergé & Hermann Historica, Brussels, 13th December 2011, lot 88 and another was in the collection of Lord Astor of Hever, sold Sotheby`s, London, 5 May 1983, Lot 29.The fashion for Turkish-style arms is recorded in Europe as early as the middle years of the 16th century. King Philip II had a `Turkish` bodyguard for his entry into Milan in 1548. The influence of Turkish taste is evident in both the style and technique of decoration of the Salzburg shields which has its origins in Turkish bookbindings of the period. During the 16th Century Venice had its own leatherworkers guild and many bookbindings as well as helmets, shields and quivers were made in this manner.For a contemporary discussion on the Venetian technique of varnishing and gilding see Leonardo Fioravanti, Compendio de` Secreti Nationali, Venice 1562 and Tommaso Garzoni, La Piazza universale di tutte le professioni del mondo, Nuovamente ristampata, posta in luce da Thomaso Garzoni da Bagnacauallo, con l`aggiunta d`alcune bellissime annotationi a discorso per discorso, Venice 1589. See E.J. Grube, 2007, pp. 231-251.Related shields of this type, but not part of the Salzburg contract, are preserved in the armoury of the Palazzo Ducale, Venice (See U. Franzoi 1990, pp. 82-3). Another, set with a late 15th Century besagew in the centre and perhaps related to a group in the Correr Museum, Venice, was sold Sotheby`s, Milan, 14th October 2009, lot 1217.

A FINE 18 BORE GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOL OF THE SAXON ELECTORAL TRABANTENLEIB-GARDE OF CHRISTIAN I (1586-91) OR CHRISTIAN II (1591-11), DATED 1591 with blued swamped two-stage barrel, engraved with linear bands, the breech engraved with bands of foliage, stamped with the date and the barrelsmith`s mark, in a shield a cockerel surmounted by the letters `CH`, blued tang, case-hardened flat lock fitted with external wheel, safety-catch, sliding pan-cover with button release, and dog of shaped outline, blackened full stock stamped in imitation of rough staghorn and sparsely inlaid with engraved horn plaques decorated with scrolls and foliage, spherical pommel inset with a horn roundel engraved with the arms of Saxony and the crossed swords of the Archmarshalcy of the Holy Roman Empire, blued-iron trigger-guard, engraved staghorn side nail washers, trigger-plate, ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap, original wooden ramrod with iron tip, engraved staghorn cap, and retaining much original finish throughout 56cm; 22inProvenance The Saxon Electoral Armouries, Dresden John Haines, Iowa Ray Petry, PennsylvaniaThe outstanding condition of this pistol is noteworthy.The barrelsmith`s mark is apparently unrecorded and is perhaps that of Clemens Hahn, recorded in Dresden circa 1590. For a discussion of Saxon military pistols see R. Brooker 1975, pp.102-114.

Four Dresden porcelain figures, 20th century, each period figure modelled picking flowers, on a circular naturalistic base with Greek key gilt border, impressed and printed marks to base, (a.f.), 21.5cm high, (4).

Four Dresden porcelain wares, late 20th century, comprising; a mantel clock, a pedestal tazza and two pierced two handled bowls with applied decoration, the clock 21.2cm high, (4).

Two Dresden porcelain military figures, 20th century, the first of a Coldstream Guard in circa 1820 summer dress and the other from the 1st Life Guards, (a.f.), 27.2cm high, (2).

A Dresden porcelain yellow ground ovoid vase and cover decorated with flowers and panels of figures in 18th century dress, gilt scroll borders, knop repaired, AR mark circa 1900, 35cm high.