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Lot 627
*Rice Oxley (Margaret, 1888-1968). Autumn Fairies, watercolour, depicting a small boy and a lady in lace-edged dress seated on a river bank beneath a tree in autumn, with fairies and elves cavorting in tree and stream trying to catch the falling leaves, against a hill and landscape vista, one or two very short closed edge tears, signed lower left, 47 x 35cm (18.5 x 13.75ins), mounted, framed and glazed Provenance: Purchased by the current owner approximately twenty years ago from a lady who bought the painting at the sale of effects of Mary Rice Oxley (1887-1965), sister of Margaret, in Shrewsbury in the mid 1960s. Curiously for such a fine watercolourist, little is known about the life and work of Margaret Rice Oxley. (1)
Lot 583
*Miniature piano. An Edwardian dolls' piano, Continental, wooden piano with xylophone action, faux rosewood finish, turned supports, gilt metal furniture, including candle sconces and carrying handles, ivorine keys warped and mostly not working, 30.5 x 63 x 29cm (12 x 24.75 x 11.5ins), together with a French 1950s black doll with sleeping eyes, wearing a white lace dress, and shoes stamped 'Raynal', accompanied by a small suitcase of clothes (six garments, some hand-made) and some miniature coated wire hangers, plus a boxed toy dressing table set, with china pots and other accoutrements (some items missing), labelled 'Toilette' on lid, plus a dolls' wooden dresser and wardrobe, and metal bed, French, circa 1890s, plus a quantity of miniature kitchenalia & tableware Sold with all faults, not subject to return. (-)
Lot 588
*Optical toy. Der Augenpunckt. Le Point Oculaire. Point of View, German, circa 1820, eleven (of 12) hand-coloured engraved cards, each with slot to lower margin (lacking the viewer), occasional light marks and faint creasing, two cards slightly toned, 25 x 75cm (9.75 x 3ins), contained in original green paper-covered card slipcase, with printed label on front, rubbed and soiled Provenance: From the library of Percy H. Muir. Extremely rare perspective anamorphosis cards, in which the images no longer appear elongated when looked at through a viewer with a small circular hole. The cards depict: a dancing bear; a knight on horseback; a ladder against a wall; three coloured balls; a Georgian house; a stag; forget-me-nots; a young lady in national dress; three dice; a stork; and a gentleman in national dress smoking a pipe. (1)
Lot 589
*Optical toy. A set of eight mirror anamorphosis cards, possibly French, circa 1860, eight hand-coloured lithographs, toned and spotted, with some soiling, two with a corner tip missing, and one with some closed tears, 16 x 19.5cm (6.25 x 7.75ins), together with contemporary viewing cylinder (cracked), polished metal with wooden base and finial top, height 10cm (4") Provenance: From the library of Percy H. Muir. Depicting a lady in a coronet; a gentleman bowing; a dancing girl; a young gentleman in blue; an elephant; a bunch of flowers; a young lady in a green dress; and a ten of hearts playing card. Similar to a set of twenty-four cards designed by Armand Louis Henri T‚lory (also known by his pseudonym Henri Emy) and published by Walter Freres. (1)
Lot 572
*Dolls. A pair of Little Lulu dolls by Marge, American, circa 1944, two identical stuffed cloth dolls, each with black stranded wool hair (with red satin bow) and wearing a red and white dress, each with three original plastic purses (red pictorial lettered 'Little Lulu By Marge'; green; transparent containing toy cosmetics), one doll with a navy straw hat, the other with a red one, faces slightly dusty, length 36cm (14ins) Unusual to find two such Little Lulu dolls complete with their accessories. (2)
Lot 613
*Wallis (Edward, publisher). Game of Victoria, Queen of the Seas or British Colonists, Edward Wallis, circa 1840s, card game comprising thirteen (of 18) hand-coloured engraved cards and sixteen (of 18) printed cards representing various British Colonies and figures in (mostly) native dress, 7.5 x 6.5cm (3 x 2.5ins), with 7pp. booklet 'Directions for Playing the Game', contained in the original pictorial wooden box, together with Jigsaw Puzzle. Birds and their Nests drawn by Giacomelli and described by Mrs Surr, Thomas Nelson and Sons, circa 1878,a wooden double-sided jigsaw puzzle depicting six birds, accompanied by an illustrated book, part of the Queen Series of Picture Books, six colour lithograph plates of birds (matching those in the puzzle), with descriptions, jigsaw with one piece missing and one piece with a small loss, contained in the original wooden box with pictorial lid (repaired), plus Varty's Bible Illustrations Dissected: The Miracles of Christ, a wooden jigsaw illustrating six scenes from the life of Christ, complete (one interlocking tab broken but present), with a folded key picture laid onto linen, contained in the original pictorial box with printed publisher's advertisements on back of lid (lid repaired), plus The History of Printing, a wooden jigsaw, comprising forty-seven (of 48) pieces depicting historic moments in printing, contained in original pictorial wooden box, plus The Good Shepherd, a wooden double-sided jigsaw by Peacock & Co, depicting four scenes from the life of Christ, with an (incomplete) booklet describing the pictured stories and with full-page colour lithographs of the four scenes, contained in original pictorial wooden box Provenance: From the collection of Percy H. Muir. (5)
Lot 198
*McLean (Thomas, publisher). Seven plates from 'Military Costume of Turkey', 1818, aquatints with contemporary hand colouring, plus the title page, each approximately 300 x 220 mm, together with twelve engravings with contemporary hand colouring of Turkish costume and dress originally published in J.Dadley's 'The Costume of Turkey', [1802], each approximately 300 x 220 mm, plus another twenty-eight engravings and lithographs of military and marine costume, battles and scenery, various sizes and condition (48)
Lot 509
Kipling (Arthur L. & King, Hugh L.). Head-Dress Badges of the British Army, 1st edition, 1972, numerous black and white illustrations, original blue cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss to foot, 4to, together with May (W.E. et al), Badges and Insignia of the British Armed Services, 1st edition, 1974, numerous black and white illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, spine slightly rubbed to head, 4to, plus Robert Ogilby Trust, Index to British Military Costume Prints, 1500-1914, 1st edition, 1972, colour frontispiece plus black and white illustrations, original red cloth in dust jacket, covers rubbed with minor loss at head, 8vo, plus other modern military history and reference, including publications by Arms & Armour Press, Putnam, Sutton, Blandford, mostly original cloth in dust jackets, G/VG, 8vo/folio (6 shelves)
Lot 38
An Art Deco two-colour gold, mother-of-pearl and sapphire part dress set, composed of four canted square studs, each set with gridded mother-of-pearl, a square cut sapphire to the centre, white gold border, and stamped '9ct 18ct' verso, 3.6gms; together with two pearl (untested) studs, and two pairs of plain gold dress studs, one stamped '585', 1.3gms, the other fully hallmarked for 18 carat gold, 1.5gms
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