Wilhelmine Schwanck (Russian, 1844-1936)The Scholar signed, inscribed and dated 'W. Schwanck./1876./Düsseldorf' (lower left)oil on canvas 122.5 x 85cm (48 1/4 x 33 7/16in).Footnotes:Wilhelmine Schwank studied in St. Petersburg and later in Dresden. She mostly painted still lives and portraits, exhibiting a small number of paintings at the Riga Art Society in 1880. She also worked in Dusseldorf - where the present lot was painted - Altenburg and Italy, before settling in Latvia, where she worked as a teacher.The sitter in the present lot, wearing North African dress, may be posing as a scholar or high-ranking secretary, suggested by the inclusion of an inkwell and Ottoman divit - a scribe's pen case- sticking out of his belt.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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French School (early 19th Century)Portrait of a Dragoman, possibly François Chabert oil on paper on a linen support, unframed58.5 x 45cm (23 1/16 x 17 11/16in).Footnotes:An inscription on the linen-backing of the present lot reads 'François Chabert/2d Dragoman to British Emb.' It identifies the sitter of this portrait as François (Francis) Chabert. He had a long career (over 50 years) as a dragoman in Istanbul, most notably for the British Embassy. The Chabert family, originating from France and involved in the ship-building industry, had been living in Istanbul since circa 1600. As well as dragomans, members of the family were also apothecaries, physicians, and jewellers. Alexander H de Groot, in his paper titled Dragomans' careers: Change of Status in Some Families Connected with the British and Dutch Embassies at Istanbul 1785-1829 provides historical background on the sitter: '[François] was director of the Polish Oriental Academy in Pera (where he had been trained himself) from 1792 to 1795. On the closure of the embassy and the academy he took up employment as dragoman in the British Embassy. He became 1st Dragoman in 1824, when he succeeded his brother-in-law Barthélemy Pisani, and he retained his position until 1855'.This portrait - executed when Chabert, resplendent in his Turkish uniform, was 2nd Dragoman - can therefore be dated prior to his promotion in 1824. By all accounts, he was an audacious character; in 1825 he was accused of sharing embassy secrets with the Prussians, and he did not adhere to sartorial reforms, ordered by Sultan Mahmud II, to wear more westernised dress. Dragomans (often locally sourced) were interpreters, official guides, translators and political advisors, acting as liaisons between embassies and the Chief Dragoman - senior interpreter of the Ottoman government and de facto deputy foreign minister. Ambassadors relied heavily on dragomans for meetings with Sultans and their ministers. They played a key and delicate role in passing knowledge and ideas between the Ottoman Empire and the West.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three Michel Herbelin dress watches, each with date aperture, together with three vintage ladies Seiko cocktail watches, a further ladies hunter type wristwatch with hinged gem set front, ladies Dunhill quartz dress watch, one other watch, spare watch strap, white metal bangle and jade disc (a collection)
Medieval Strap-End.Circa 13th century. Copper-alloy, 3.70 grams. 37.55 mm. A tapering plain panel terminating with a crowned facing bust. Although crudely styled the three demential bust displays every life like feature. Ref: Geoff Egan & Frances Pritchard, Dress Accessories. 1150-1450. fig 614. From a private collection.
Medieval Ring.Circa 13th-14th century. Copper-alloy, 2.65 grams. 21.08 mm, internal; 17.44 mm. A D-shaped band with flared rim on either side, detailed with a series of V's and N's forming a stylised inscription. Ref: G. Egan & F. Pritchard, Dress Accessories 1150-1450. P.331. Property of a private collector.
Medieval Brooch.Circa 13th century. Copper-alloy, 4.91 grams. 28.79 mm. An annular brooch with thick frame that tapers inward. The frame is decorated on one side of the pin with a series of lines forming a cable design, the other side is plain. Ref: Geoff Egan & Frances Pritchard, Dress Accessories 1150-1450. fig. 1312. P.249. From the collection of a retired detectorist.
Post-Medieval Silver Fastener.Circa, 16th century AD. Silver, 2.52 grams. 22.90 mm. A silver gilt Tudor period dress hook fastener of a quatrefoil-shape formed of a central square with a semicircular projection on each side. The face is detailed with a series of raised pellets and fine moulded decoration. Ref: Hooked-Claps & Eyes. p. 82. Property of an Essex collector.
A large unusual glazed china shoulder head doll, circa 1850. Short moulded hair. Sawdust filled cloth body, original boots, wearing a tulle dress.Original leather boots. Faint small hairline to forehead.Height 86cmCONDITION: Head and shoulders structurally good with a vertical scratch at her forehead, approximately 12mm, not serious.
An unusual white metal (stamped Plat), triangular, square and graduated baguette cut diamond cluster set dress ring, size O, gross 5.8 grams.CONDITION: Triangular stone weighing approximately 0.40ct. There is a tiny nick to the edge of the table facet on one of the smaller baguettes and there is the beginning of a small surface stress crack to the exterior lower section of the shank.
A small collection of bisque head dolls, including a Max Oscar Arnold example, a small German doll, mould 19/0 with fixed eyes and composition body, two Armand Marseille dolls, one mould 370, with sleeping eyes, open mouth and jointed composition body, the other a Dream Baby doll, mould 351 and a small German girl doll, all in Victorian style dress, together with four dolls' chairs and a display stand, H 14cm (smallest) 51cm (largest)CONDITION: Girl in green dress: Initialled at back of head MOA; her left hand rebuilt. Others good.
A LADIES 9CT GOLD CASED OMEGA WRISTWATCH AND DRESS STUDS, the watch with silver dial, baton markers, gold coloured hands, dial signed 'Omega', case back signed 'Omega Watch Co', hallmarked 9ct gold London 1967, fitted to a black strap, together with a set of four plain polished dress shirt studs, each stamped 9ct, accompanied with original case, approximate gross weight 2.5 grams Condition Report The watch winds, sets and runs
A collection of Goebel figurines, two Royal Doulton figurines and more. UNMARKED LABRADOR HAS SMALL CHIP Slight nibble to corner of the base of boy carring umbrella Repaired base to boy holding pie Head glued back on to girl with chicks Chip to hat of girl in green dress chip to ear of golden retriever
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