Hobbs Samuel The Kitchen Oracle of Modern Culinary Art containing Good Dinners and How to Dress them for every month in the year. London Dean and Son ca. 1860 8vo (205. x125mm) double-sided plates advertisement leaf at end contemporary half black morocco spine lettered in gilt extremities rubbed With three other works a three volume set of The Dictionary of Daily Wants (London n.d) a fifth edition of Charles Elme Francatelli The Royal Confectioner; English and Foreign. (London 1887) and Margaret Dobs The Cook and Housewifes Manual. (Edinburgh n.d.)
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A rare gilt bronze automaton clock by J F Houdin, 1836, surmounted by a Chinese magician in formal dress standing behind his star draped magic table and lifting alternate cups to reveal balls and dice. The silvered dial inscribed J F Houdin, Paris, within ornate mounts cast with dolphins, mythical birds and beasts and foliage. The automaton movement engraved Invente et Execute a la Fabrique DHorlogerie, J F Houdin Rue Vielle de Temple No. 78 A Paris, 1836, 45cm high x 31.5cm wide
CIRCLE OF HENRY WILLIAM PICKERSGILL, RA (1782-1875) PORTRAIT OF MARTHA PLAYNE Half length, wearing a red dress, blue shawl and a white bonnet, oil on canvas 74.5 x 62cm. Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter. The sitter is the mother of the gentleman in the following lot. ++ Lined; replaced stretchers; minimal associated retouching; good period gilt frame
A small collection of jewellery, comprising; a pair of small sapphire and mother of pearl collar studs, in a case, a black onyx barrel-shaped part dress set, stamped ‘9ct', in a case, a twin-fetterlink watch chain, stamped ‘18ct', 12.5g, a pair of damaged cufflinks, and other items, in a crocodile jewellery case
A quantity of child's garments to include; an early 20th century cream satin dress overlaid with net and trimmed with pale green watered silk and covered buttons, a green woollen dress with white cotton collar and cuffs and trimmed with a black velvet ribbon, by Strom's Petite, a black and white faux slub silk dress by Popchicks of London, retailed by Harrods, and a child's cotton apron printed with a design from Disney's ‘Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'
A quantity of lady's garments, to include; a 1960s white cotton jacquard short sleeved day dress, a red wool knee-length skirt and a green wool boucle knee-length skirt, a pink raw silk two-tone blouse, a white satin evening blouse with faux-pearl and diamante buttons, a Chinese printed silk night wear set, comprising; camisole, trousers and bed jacket, and a 1950s cotton day dress printed with buttercups
A 1950s/60s green satin sleeveless evening gown overlaid with black machine lace, a 1960s gold jacquard pencil skirt, a purple silk grosgrain strapless cocktail dress with matching stole and black crepe bolero jacket, a 1960s white linen sleeveless day dress by Miss Pony, size 14, a 1970s printed nylon tunic and trouser suit by Susan Small, size 14, a 1960s nylon jacquard pink jacket and trouser suit, and other garments
A Chinese yellow jacquard silk full skirt with embroidered panels of blue silk flowers and net petticoat, a black satin grosgrain full length sleeveless evening dress, a jade green velvet cocktail dress, a 1950s full length peach satin strapless evening dress trimmed with black machine lace and a black velvet ribbon, a black silk devore sleeveless cocktail dress, a 1960s silver-blue nylon jacquard full length sleeveless evening dress with beaded and sequined bodice, a peach silk camisole and a blue and black silk jacquard robe
English School (20th century) Portrait of a gentleman, bust length in court dress Oil on canvas 61cm x 45.5cm The sitter wears the neck badge and breast star of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, the oval breast badge of a Knight Bachelor, and a group of 5 dress miniatures indicating that he may have spent his career as a policeman, possibly a county Chief Constable.
A gentleman's keyless wind, openfaced pocket watch, the enamelled dial with black Arabic numerals and with a visible escapement, the dial detailed HEBDOMAS PATENT, 8 DAYS, two ladies' silver cased, key wind, openfaced fob watches, each with engraved decoration and with Roman numerals to the decorated dial and a dress albertine, with a pendant tassel drop.
A gentleman's silver cased, keyless wind, openfaced pocket watch, the enamelled dial with black Roman numerals and with subsidiary seconds, import mark Glasgow 1926, a keyless wind, openfaced dress watch, the dial of Art Deco design and two gentlemen's keyless wind openfaced pocket watches, with enamelled dials.
Two enamelled Red Cross badges, detailed 'County of London' and 'American Red Cross', detailed M.V.B. 1917 and 1918, a Red Cross Society Certificate presented for valuable services rendered during the war, two St John Ambulance Association bronze badges and two bars, detailed Violet Hodding, with the original boxes, a U.S.A. dollar, 1878, a Churchill crown 1965, a pair of cloth shoulder badges, twelve various buttons and a dress clip.
A group of eight European Orders and Awards as bestowed upon D.J.E. Graaf de Hochepied, Consul Generaal der Nederlanden, including two classes of the Netherlands Order of Orange-Nassau, the Norwegian Order of St Olaf, two classes of the Rumanian Order of the Crown and the Order of the Red Cross, Austria, with related photographs, booklets and bestowal documents, also a Dutch, Queen Juliana bronze medallion, 6th September 1948 and a Court Dress uniform, comprising: frock coat with tails, trousers and bicorn hat, with gilt braid embellishment and gilt buttons, with crown above script 'W' motifs. Part lot
A single row necklace of graduated Venetian glass beads, three further bead necklaces, a carved mother of pearl pendant crucifix, a filigree pendant cross, a dress albertine, with a pendant tassel drop, a rectangular silver and marcasite brooch, a small heart shaped pendant locket and four further items of jewellery.
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