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Lot 326
A WW2 British Army Captains Battledress jacket with cloth pips and Divisional patches, in a very good condition, it hardly looks worn. Size according to the cloth label inside reads: N 180 Made in Australia 1942. Blouses. British Battle Dress. SIZE 6. Height 5' 5" - 5' 6" CHEST 38" - 39". Waist 33" - 34"Condition ReportNo moth damage
Lot 138
dating: circa 1600 provenance: North Italy, Elegant set, composed of morion, bust and complete brassards. Morion with skull in one piece, comb of medium height, with border with twisted engraving, two bands with fullers on sides, an iron plume-holder on the back, a row of rivets at the skull base, with brass rosettes, brim with hemmed edge, remains of enameled numbering inside. Breast-plate carved in Pisan style, with smooth bands alternated with other engraved with braided rinceaux and with medallions with various characters, the main one with knight in a battle, Master of the Castle emblem right under the neckline, traces of gilding. Back-plate decorated in Pisan style as well, with theme of various characters and two portrays in circular medallions that look at each other, loin-guard with remains of edge. Two-plated gorget with remains of engravings in Pisan style and roped neckline and with twisted engraving. Seven-plated pauldrons (one with four restored lower small plates), with decorative bands and medallions. Complete brassards, engraved en suite with pauldrons. Knuckle-shields without fingers, with beautifully engraved braided rinceaux and medallions on cuffs with elegant effigy of antique warrior and a lady. On a fine, wooden mannequin with embossed and painted head, provided also with old dress, in embroidered fabric (worn), decorated in style.Height as shown circa 112 cm. The breast-plate bears the well-known mark of the Master of the Castle of the Three Towers, a gunsmith whose name is not known, probably of Milanese origin, who towards the end of the 16th century marked a large production of armour. Most of his production was carried out for the Dukes of Savoy. See the detail of a breast-plate photographed on page 191 (n. 36, cat. n. 20) in the volume 'Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Armeria I' catalogue of the relative museum. See also 'L'Arte dell'Armatura in Italia', pages 473-474. height total with base circa 190 cm.
Lot 68
A IMPRESSIVE AND VIBRANT MYTHICAL FLEMISH TAPESTRY SHOWING A SCENE FROM THE AENEID,early to mid 18th century,woven in rich wools and some golden threads, depicting a scene from Book Four of the Aeneid, the bare breasted Queen Dido, Queen of Carthage, having just fainted is bourne away by her attendants, all in eastern dress and headwear, meanwhile to the right, the father of Rome, Aeneas, turning to take command of his forces, set against a backdrop of verdant landscapes with Carthage in the distance, including abundant details of village figures, tents, soldiers and various natural forms, 338cm x 243cm Footnotes:Provenance: Property of a LadyLiterary sources:The story of Aeneas' return to the fleet is rarely depicted as told in the Aeneid Book IV. Virgil describes how Dido faints upon hearing that her lover is leaving Carthage but in the tradition of Western Art, she is typically shown standing or sitting on a throne. Here, the artist has shown her exactly as Virgil described her:His medium dictis sermonem abrumpit, et aurasaegra fugit, seque ex oculis avertit et aufert,linquens multa metu cunctantem et multa parantemdicere. Suscipiunt famulae, conlapsaque membramarmoreo referunt thalamo stratisque reponunt.At pius Aeneas, quamquam lenire dolentemsolando cupit et dictis avertere curas,multa gemens magnoque animum labefactus amore,iussa tamen divom exsequitur, classemque revisit.Abruptly, she stopped mid speech, sick at heart she fled, turning herself away from Aneneas' gaze, as she left, he tried fearfullyto talk and reassure her but in vain. Her attendants bore her away to her chamber as she faintedSo that she might rest her weary limbs.But Aeneas, mindful of his duty, however much he wished to turn to herand console such intense misery with words of comfort,even though his soul was heavy with love for her,nothing would persuade him away from the divine task in hand.And so he resumed command of the fleet.Literature: T.C Williams, Virgil, The Aeneidl Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston, 1910This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 1511
Konvolut dreier Puppen mit Zubehör, bestehend aus FRANZ SCHMIDT & CO, ab 1910, Porzellankurbelkopf, männlich, braune Schlafaugen, offener Mund mit 2 Zähnen, braune Perücke, Babykörper aus Holzmasse- Komposition, Haarrisse an der Stirn, Perücke mit Kleberesten, Altersspuren, Sitzhöhe 24 cm, sowie Porzellankopfpuppe, um 1900, Brustblattkopf, blaue Schlafaugen, geschlossener Mund, ungemarkt, im Gesicht stark beschädigt, Lederkörper, Finger durch Nähte geteilt, hochwertiges Trachtenkleid, H 50 cm, dazu Trachtenpuppe aus Stoff, hochwertige Kleidung, H 40cm, Altersspuren, 3 Puppenstühle und Henkelkorb mit Puppenschuhen in versch. Formen, Farben und Größen. Convolute of 3 dolls with accessoires, consisting of FRANZ SCHMIDT & CO, from 1910, porcelain crank head, male, brown sleepy eyes, open mouth with 2 teeth, brown wig, baby body made of wood composition, hairline cracks on the forehead, wig with adhesive residues, traces of age, seat height 24 cm, and porcelain head doll, around 1900, breastplate head, blue sleepy eyes, closed mouth, unmarked, face damaged, leather body, fingers divided by seams, high-quality costume dress, height 50 cm, with costume doll made of fabric, high-quality clothes, height 40 cm, signs of age, 3 doll chairs and handle basket with doll shoes in different shapes, colors and sizes.
Lot 40
Gilbert Stuart (Saunderstown 1755-1828 Boston)Portrait of Mrs Hammond Dorsey, seated three-quarter-length, in a white dress and an ermine-trimmed robeoil on panel83.8 x 66.8cm (33 x 26 5/16in).together with volumes I, II and III of The Pickering GenealogyFootnotes:ProvenanceThe sitter and thence by descent to the present ownerLiteratureH. Ellery and C. Pickering Bowditch, The Pickering Genealogy, 1897, vol I, p. 270, ill. p. 268 Mrs Hammond Dorsey was the daughter of the Federalist Senator Timothy Pickering (1745-1829) who was painted by Stuart in 1808 and was Secretary of State in George Washington's administration. It is thought that the painting was commissioned by Elizabeth's brother, Henry Pickering.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 9
Studio of Sir Peter Lely (Soest 1618-1680 London)Portrait of a lady, said to be Lady Duke, seated three-quarter-length, in a blue dress oil on canvas124.6 x 99.8cm (49 1/16 x 39 5/16in).Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Collection of Lieutenant-Colonel Walter R. Tyrell, Haughley, Suffolk, by whom soldSale Christie's, London, 14 March 1892, lot 127 (bt Brown)The Collection of Captain W. W. Browne, 1892 (according to a label on the reverse)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 182
FLYFISHER'S CLASSIC LIBRARYBLACKER (WILLIAM) Art of Flymaking, ONE OF FIFTY SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES WITH AN ACTUAL FLAY SPECIMEN, 1994--NEWLAND (HENRY) The Erne, NUMBER 1 OF 45 COPIES, ACTUAL FLY SPECIMEN OF 'JACK THE GIANT KILLER', 1999, the specimen mounted inside upper cover--DAVIS (EDMUND W.) Salmon-fishing on the Grand Cascapedia, LIMITED TO 950 COPIES, 2001--CHALMERS (PATRICK R.) At the Tail of the Weir, NUMBER 1 OF 150 COPIES, 2003--GOODSPEED (CHARLES ELIOT) Angling in America, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1996--MARINARO (VINCENT) A Modern Dry-Fly, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1996--KELSON (GEORGE) Tips, LIMITED TO 150 COPIES, 2003--SKUES (G.E.M.) Side-Lines, Side-Lights & Reflections, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1996--HILLS (JOHN WALLER) A Summer on the Test, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1996--SAWYER (FRANK) The Frank Sawyer Omnibus, LIMITED TO 450 COPIES, 1997--PRYCE-TANNATT (T.E.) How to Dress Salmon Flies, LIMITED TO 500 COPIES, 1997--HENDERSON (WILLIAM) My Life as an Angler, LIMITED TO 750 COPIES, 2001--FARSON (NEGLEY) Going Fishing, LIMITED TO 600 COPIES, 1993--SWIFT (JEREMY) Arthur Ransome on Fishing, LIMITED TO 250 COPIES, 1994, plates, publisher's mock-morocco gilt, slipcases (first mentioned sprinkled with white paint on top edge), large 8vo, The Flyfisher's Classic Library; and 25 others, Flyfisher's Classic library, including titles by Kelson, Pritt, Scropes, Hills, Plunkett-Greene, Hardy, Barker, O'Gorman, Skues, Mottram, Sheringham, Stewart, and Walbran, in slipcases (40)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 254
MUNNINGS (ALFRED)Sketch, in black ink, signed ('A.J. Munnings') and inscribed with lines from Keats' Ode to a Nightingale ('Oh for a draught of vintage/ that hath been cooled a long age/ in the deepest/ delved/ earth/ A. J. Munnings'), depicting a gentleman in evening dress leaning back in his chair in front of a table laden with bottles and glasses, on a menu card for a banquet celebrating the Ligue Internationale des Adversaires de la Prohibition (XIIIth Congress), tied with coloured ribbon, 205 x 128mm. (sketch on double-page, 205 x 250mm.), Dorchester Hotel, 28 June 1933Footnotes:Alfred Munnings made spontaneous sketches such as this on anything that came to hand. He was a noted bon viveur and raconteur, and the lively drawing depicting the aftermath of a convivial evening and his exuberant annotation attests to his full enjoyment of the menu, which lists an impressive selection of eleven fine wines to accompany the eight courses. The Ligue Internationale des Adversaires de la Prohibition was formed in Paris in 1920, under the presidency of Baron Raymond de Luze, as a response to the prohibition of alcohol in America which came into force in the same year. It held annual congresses in various European cities until the repeal of prohibition in December 1933, making this London banquet its last event. Other notable members included Francis Berry of the eponymous London wine merchants and, it would seem, Munnings' friend, the poet and dramatist John Drinkwater, from whose collection this menu derives, and who may well be the gentleman depicted here, making the choice of annotation particularly apposite.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 3
COOKERY MANUSCRIPTCulinary recipe book, written in several hands, with over 100 receipts including 'Sauce for wild Ducks', 'For a goos and greats', 'To pickle larg Cookombers like mangoes', 'To pickle littel cuckombours', 'To dress a pig after ye new mode', 'To make a goos-gibblet pye', 'To make a chicken pye sweet', 'To make a very good cake' ('...beat...not too light, for then it may deceive you and make the cake heavy...'), 'Sauce for all sorts of fresh fish', 'Sauce for larks or any other small birds', 'Codling Cream', 'Queen Cakes', 'To Colour a H. head of Brandy', two medicinal receipts inserted at end, ink blots and a few pen trials throughout, 84 pages, browned and stained, edges frayed, contemporary ruled vellum, worn, 4to (184 x 150mm.), mid eighteenth centuryThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 55
RUSKIN (JOHN)Praeterita: Outlines of Scenes and Thoughts Perhaps Worthy of Memory in My Past Life [-Dilecta_ Correspondence, Diary Notes, and Extracts from Books, illustrating Praeterita], 31 original parts in 6 vol., FIRST EDITION, EXTENSIVELY EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED FOR CHARLES E. GOODSPEED WITH THE INSERTION OF 25 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS SIGNED BY RUSKIN, 23 autograph letters and notes by contemporaries (including Turner), numerous sketches, photographs, cut signatures, annotated proof sheets, and upwards of 280 additional engravings and plates (some coloured), the collection comprising: i) Group of 25 autograph letters signed ('J. Ruskin', 'John Ruskin', 'J.R.') to various correspondents, including:'Darling Reille', an unknown child ('...although May is irresistible, And Alice is so bewitching – yet you were my first Love... ps Don't frizz the hair quite so high this time...'); Miss Rudkin, organising a spring dress for Arthur Severn's daughter whom he finds '...already tall enough – to become – a pretty costume, and refresh and refine my savage mind...'; an unknown recipient recalling an encounter with Charles Darwin ('...A couple of years ago, a man, Darwin was walking with me on my garden terrace and stopped to look at a strange form of (I forget what) flower. – 'Now – why is that shaped so' – he said. Why should you want to know? I answered – Oh – he said, laughing – but with the perfectly frank expression of a man partly ashamed of a weakness – 'I always want to know' – 'And I never do.' – ended this 'discussion' in that direction – and we went into lunch...'); Charles Newton on his engagement to Effie Gray ('...I believe indeed that it is every way better for me that I should marry... Miss Gray is a good girl... will be a very noble creature – and far above my deservings...'); another to Newton (speaking of his recent trip to Europe ('...that vast blunder St Peters...'), the effect of political feeling on architecture, hoping to 'get out of Jephson's clutches' soon to show him some architectural drawings completed in Italy); the Revd A. Tighe Gregory (mentioning his nervous condition '...the most trivial matter will sometime sicken and sting me...', his debt to Turner for art and Carlyle for literature and marvelling how they, like him 'should be irreligious' but that he is open to 'all influences'); Lady Naesmyth (sending copies of verses by Rose La Touche, despairing she has gone to Ireland and may not love him when she returns); four to his friend and neighbour at Brantwood, Susan Beever, including a highly personal undated letter regarding '...that wretched child...' [Rose La Touche], complaining of her evangelism and his frustration ('...a husband can always say a little word for himself – whereas a poor, servile – wretch of an old lover... she I verily believe is like to be in mortal illness as not – and vowing I shan't come near her unless I swear first that I don't care to! – and only love God. And of course I can't & won't do anything of the sort – I don't love anything but her in the whole universe – and she leads me the life to Tantalus & Prometheus Vinctus in one...'); another illustrated with a sprig of blossom written three days after her death ('...I've just heard that my poor little Rose is gone when the hawthorn blossoms go... just left the second number of Proserpine to be printed – there are many little things going to be said in it, which nobody but she would have understood... I have been long prepared so you need not be anxious about me...'); and another including a delicate drawing of moss ('...all in stars as close as that – it takes such a dreadful time to paint...'); and Thomas Carlyle discussing the use of colour in Greek sculpture ('...if colour will make Greek endurable – it will make Gothic glorious...'); others include a note to Dante Gabriel Rossetti arranging a meeting, another refusing an invitation to dine at Mr D'Israeli's, to his physician Henry Jephson, to Hale White regarding his paper on Byron and to Henry Jowett regarding the publication of Praeterita, c.52pp in all, 8vo, Denmark Hill, Brantwood, Leamington Spa, Perth etc., c.1841-1889 where dated. ii) Illustrations, including a copy of John Ruskin's self portrait of c.1861, head and shoulders, wearing a black neckerchief, pencil and watercolour, in an unknown hand, image 155 x 125mm.; a sketch map of Oxford depicting the town and colleges, in ink, with monogram ('JR') on reverse of a printed prospectus for Robert Taylor Pritchett's Brush-Notes in Holland, 183 x 240mm.; two fine pen and ink vignettes of hawthorn blossom and moss; and sketch of a dog by John Brown entitled 'orat plorat et adorat', 85 x 65mm.; together with numerous printed plates and engravings including landscapes, architecture and portraits.iii) Some 23 autograph letters by others including J.M.W. Turner (arranging for James Lennox of New York '...to view the work of art at Denmark Hill Slave Ship...'), Ruskin's father John James Ruskin, George Cruikshank, Giulia Grisi (signed musical quotation from Verdi's Il Trovatore), his physician Dr Henry Jephson, John Brown (3), George Allen, Charles Eliot Norton (from whom Goodspeed received Ruskin's autograph), J. A. Froude, Joan Ruskin Severn, Thomas Carlyle, Robert Harry Inglis, Sir Walter Scott, Mary Carlyle (to Robert Browning regarding her uncle's funeral), and Lord Egremont; with others regarding the publication of Praeterita, additional photographs and cut signatures.iv) Printer's proof sheets of Chapter XI Volume 2 with corrections and annotations by Ruskin in black ink., bound at the end of volume 2.Footnotes:AN IMPORTANT EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED SET WITH 25 AUTOGRAPH LETTERS BY RUSKIN, ASSEMBLED BY AND BOUND FOR THE EMINENT RUSKIN COLLECTOR CHARLES E. GOODSPEED OF BOSTON.Praeterita, the story of Ruskin's early life, was published in 28 parts at intervals from July 1885 to July 1889 when ill-health took its toll on the author and the series remained unfinished: '...Praeterita is a delightful work, a rewriting of Ruskin's life that makes it unreliable as a source of biographical fact, yet an accurate portrait of the author's mind...' (Robert Hewison, ODNB). This finely-bound set of Praeteritia is the result of a collaboration in the early years of the twentieth century between Ruskin's friend and literary executor, the American Charles Eliot Norton, who supplied the parts (as evidenced by the ownership inscriptions on the bound-in wrappers), and the eminent Ruskin collector, bibliophile and bookseller Charles E. Goodspeed, who organised the extra material and binding, supplying much of it from his own extensive collection.The extra material Goodspeed carefully chose to include in this edition is not organised in exact chronological order but fitted in where deemed appropriate to fit the text, and includes several important autograph letters by Ruskin amongst the wealth of material. Although some of the letters are marked in pencil presumably for the purposes of publication, most are apparently unpublished, with one particularly revealing letter bearing the pencilled note 'Rosie... perhaps too 'intime' to print?...'. Goodspeed has indeed selected some particularly personal letters for inclusion, several relating to his relationships with young girls, one to Charles Newton for example enthuses about his engagement to Effie Gray ('...far above my deservings...'), and another to his close friend and neighbour at Brantwood, Susan Beever, where, in a highly intimate letter, he complains of '...that wretched child...' (presumably the deeply religious Rose La To... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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