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Click here to subscribeA 9ct yellow gold gentleman's signet ring set with oval black coloured stone, size P, and a yellow metal lady's dress ring set with five opals, combined approx 4.6g.Additional InformationThe opal ring is heavily misshapen with numerous dents, knocks to the shoulder and extensive scratches to the signet ring.
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; portrait study believed to be Mrs Henry Wilson, holding a pen in her right hand, with landscape beyond, 75 x 62cm, framed.Additional InformationThe canvas has been relined. The frame with general wear and lacking one of the corner mounts. Canvas has a repaired tear to the top left, also to the shoulder of the sitter and other scratches and scuffs. Small paint loss in the drill of the dress, Craqueleur to the paint throughout and lightly grubby. Post code to the top right corner. Both top corners with some wear. From a private south Manchester collection.
18TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oval oil now laid on board, portrait study of a young woman wearing blue dress, unsigned, 75 x 60cm, framed.Additional InformationThe canvas has been laid on hardboard, the canvas around the top rim is bubbling/lifting, there is a large old repair to the bottom left on her dress, there are numerous smaller repairs throughout the canvas, the frame is af with large areas of damage, splits, craquelure and losses, we have not removed the painting from the frame and will not be doing so, the internal measurements are approx. 79 x 59cm, overall 98x84cm, the canvas bears a UK postal code to the right of the canvas, which can only be seen with a UV light.
AMALIA AURORA ADELAIDE LEUHUSEN, NEE VALERIUS (1828-1923); oil on canvas, study of a young girl with hound and cat, mounted in the oval, inscribed in German on label verso, 80 x 69.5cm, framed.Additional InformationImage with a couple of slight surface dirt spots - nothing serious. The paint with many small hair line cracks to the blue of the dress. A white spotted appearance to the paint also at the blue of the dress and lesser so around the face. Possibly an old paint repair to the tip of the nose. A slight tear tone canvas by the ear of the dog. Frame with some scuffs and knocks. Some slight cracking to paint. Overall appearance ok.
19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL; oil on canvas, portrait study of a young woman wearing black dress with white lace trim, unsigned, 77 x 64cm, framed.Additional InformationPainting has been relined, cleaned and are-varnished. Old cracking to the paint which is now flat. Possible repair to the paint to the left side of the chin and to the red/black fold of the lace here. Small repair to paint at the top of the head and to the top right corner of the image.
LLADRO; six assorted figures including a Victorian style lady holding a parasol beside dog, height 36cm, a girl with blue flowing dress with floral encrusted detail, height 30cm, also a Nao figure and Royal Doulton figure HN3002 'Marilyn' (8).Additional InformationThe bird with sliver chip to the underside of the tail, the girl with the flowing blue dress with losses dresses encrusted detail, light wear throughout, remaining figures appear good.
A vintage 1930s ivory silk velvet long wedding gown with a fitted bodice, long sleeves with covered buttons, a long train to the back with a long row of covered buttons, size small, handmade with no label, and a matching full length veil, 250cm, with a faux flower headdress, with a 1930s silk chiffon and lace drop waisted long sleeved mink coloured dress, the dress was worn by the bride's mother, size small (2).Additional InformationThe vintage silk velvet long wedding gown has a few age spots on it, it is overall in a very good condition for its age and has been stored hanging up well, there are no snags, scuffs or tears, and the sleeves and the bottom of the dress are in good condition, the veil is also in very good condition with no tears to it and has been stored hanging up, the lace headdress is in good vintage condition, the mink dress is in very good condition with no pulls or tears, it too has been handmade and handstitched and is fully lined.
FRANK USHER; a vintage original 1970s emerald green long sleeved full length maxi dress with turtle neck, size 38, and John J Hilton ‘It’s a honey, it’s a Hilton’ black and white 1970s polyester chiffon short waist belted dress with black leaf pattern, size 16 (2). Additional InformationThe green dress is in good vintage condition with original hooks and eyes and good working zip, and the white belted dress is in good condition with just a small stain to the front which would be dry cleanable.
JEAN ALLEN; a vintage original 1960s red crêpe chiffon maxi dress, fully lined with red satin with a high round neck, long puffed button sleeves and wide belt with belt hooks, and long A-line skirt, waist 30”, size 14, and Roland Klein at Marcel Fenez vintage red chiffon maxi dress with long A-line skirt, front bow, back zip and an attached over cape, size 14 (2). Additional InformationBoth dresses are in very good vintage condition.
FIRST EDITIONS, LONDON; a vintage original 1970s black velvet maxi dress with a V-fronted embellishment, with an embroidered pattern to top and along the hemline, with a sheer crêpe blouse with puffed elasticated sleeves, a turtle neck and long back zip, size 14, and a maxi full length black crêpe evening coat embroidered to edge with black brocade, with three front buttons and a large collar, chest 38/40” (2). Additional InformationBoth items are in a good vintage condition.
JEAN VARON; a vintage original 1970s multi coloured satin long sleeved max dress with frills to sleeves and front, a V-neck and front zip, a ribboned belt, size 14, and a Uninhibited Limited, The Selection orange and blue chiffon fully lined A-line dress with a V-shaped front, elasticated bodice and floaty short cap sleeves, size 14, and blue crocheted cape, one size (3). N.B Jean Varon also known as John Bates was credited with being the inventor of the mini skirt. Additional InformationThe Jean Varon dress has a small tear to the right elbow which would need repairing, otherwise in excellent, vintage condition, as is the orange and blue chiffon dress and cape.
TRICOVILLE; a vintage original 1970s bronze and black striped lurex maxi dress with long sleeves and turtle neck, size 14, and a Jean Allen vintage 1970s black and pink maxi dress with turtle neck collar and back zip, size 14 (2). Additional InformationBoth dresses are in very good vintage condition with few signs of wear.
HELEN ANDERSON; a vintage 1980s print polyester silk long maxi dress, lined with a front slit, strapless with cream embroidery with a long matching jacket, size 12, matching large silk hat with bow, and a pair of Angel Alarcon grey silk heeled court shoes with peep toes, size 39, boxed (3). Additional InformationAll three items are in very good barely used condition and have been worn once.
MARIE FRANCE VAN DAMME; a vintage 1980s cream, black and red two piece silk chiffon skirt with blouse top embellished with front covered buttons and frill sleeves, size 10, an After Six vintage black strapless short evening dress with a polyester over bodice with pink, purple, orange and blue spots and a large black flower to left hip, size 10, a French Dressing 1980s vintage two piece black, green and red floral strapless dress, fully lined with large bow to front and a matching blouson jacket, size 10, a Verse 1980s grey tweed suit consisting of a lined A-line skirt embellished with lace and velvet and a short button fronted jacket with ruffle neck two slit pockets and button sleeves, size 42, and a Tony la Manco France cream cotton corduroy fully lined suit consisting of a short pencil skirt with a zip back and a short fitted jacket embellished with silver tone hardware to front and belted sides, size 42 (5). Additional InformationEach item is in good vintage condition, the beige corduroy jacket has a small mark to the left sleeve.
JOHN MARKS; a vintage 1980s long black polyester fitted evening skirt with a matching V-necked long sleeved top embellished with crystals in the shape of diamonds to the front, size 36, an Elinett Design vintage 1980s full-length maxi dress with front slit, strap sleeves and a matching short bolero jacket with padded shoulders, size 38 and an Outlander acrylic and wool mix short navy fitted evening dress, embellished with a large amount of pearls and faux crystals to the front neck, collar and down the deep V-back, size medium (3). Additional InformationAll three items are in very good vintage condition.
DOLCE & GABBANA; a red, black and pink floral silk blouse with collar, size 40, a black satin long sleeve blouse with collar, size 40, a black vest top, size 42, a Christian Lacroix multi-coloured vest top, size small, and a Diana Von Furstenberg vintage 100% silk multi-coloured wraparound dress, size small (5).Additional InformationThe red, black and pink floral silk blouse has one small snag under the right arm but otherwise in good condition, the black satin blouse has some signs of use to the left side with bobbling but the two vests are in good condition, the dress is in good condition with no signs of wear.
H.C. ANDERSON, DENMARK; a thick tan calfskin leather shaped top hat box with brass tone front buckle, stud poppers, a thick leather top handle and a brass name tag with H.C. Anderson, Denmark and logo attached with a leather fob to top, and lined in purple velvet with an embroidered plaque 'HCA Dress, Denmark', 30 x 26cm.Additional InformationThe box is good working ondition, the buckle works but there is no key, the leather is in good condition throughout although it has faded on the top and the true leather colour can be seen underneath the strap.
JAMES REILY (IRISH, C. 1730-C. 1780/88)Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a purple dress and holding a dogsigned and dated 'J Reily 1764' (lower left)watercolour heightened with white4.5 x 3.8cmin a gilt metal frameProvenancePurchased from The City Antique Company on 1st April 1966 for £135Private collection, UKCondition reportA little minor rubbing and losses to the extreme edges.Surface appears fairly flat.The surround around the frame has a crack to upper left, minor abrasions and scratches and minor dinks to the back.Most likely painted on ivory.
ENGLISH SCHOOL, CIRCA 1880Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a black shawl and a hatwatercolour heightened with white10.6 x 8.4cmin a gilt metal frame with blue enamel surround set with seed pearls, the reverse centred with a monogram 'FLG' surmounted by a coronet on plaited hairProvenancePurchased from Edward A. Nowell, Wells, Somerset on 3rd October 1959 for £38Private collection, UKCondition reportRetouching in places, including to dress, background, hair, nose and hat.Work appears fairly flat.The frame: small scratches, abrasions, wear and tear. Chip to enamel on the reverse.
HENRY JACOB BURCH (BRITISH, 1763-1834)Portrait miniature of a lady wearing a white dress and a pink ribbon in her hairwatercolour heightened with white7.3 x 5.7cmCondition reportSome retouching in places, mostly to dress.A few minor marks.Appears fairly flat.Frame has scratches and general wear commensurate with age and use.
ANDRE MARTIN (FRENCH, FL. 1806-1817)Portrait miniature of a lady in a pale dress with red beads in her hairsigned and inscribed 'par A.dre Martin Sourd-muet' (upper left)watercolour heightened with white6.5 x 6.5cmProvenanceThe estate of the late Dame Diana Rigg, her sale Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 14th December 2021, part of lot 360Private collection
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY (4)Portrait miniature of a lady in a blue dress holding a portrait miniaturewatercolour8 x 6.4cmtogether with three other 19th century portrait miniatures of ladies(4)ProvenanceThe estate of the late Dame Diana Rigg, her sale Bonhams, Knightsbridge, London, 14th December 2021, part of lot 360Private collection
Dervishes seated beneath a tree in a landscape, attributed to Mir Yusuf al-Husaini Persia, probably Isfahan, circa 1640-50drawing with some gouache on paper, nasta'liq attribution inscription at lower centre, laid down on an album page with gilt-decorated blue borders with medallions of light pink and buff paper, red outer border with ruled margins, verso a leaf from a manuscript of Persian poetry in nasta'liq script in four columns drawing 170 x 80 mm.; album page 328 x 212 mm.Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, 3rd May 2001, lot 60.The inscription reads: 'Its painter, Mir Yusuf al-Husaini'. Karimzadeh Tabrizi records him as a student of Reza 'Abbasi, working in the style of his master and of Mu'in Musavvir, and attributes some of the paintings in the Forty Column Palace in Isfahan to him. His recorded work dates to between AH 1040/AD 1630-31 and AH 1068/AD 1657-58, and this and the use of the attribute 'Abbasi in one of his works, perhaps suggests that he was working at the court of Shah 'Abbas II. A work by him signed similarly to the present lot, depicting a youth in European dress holding a bottle, is in the British Museum (1948, 1211,0.15; illustrated in S. Canby, The Golden Age of Persian Art, 1501-1722, London 1999, p. 139, fig. 129). See Karimzadeh Tabrizi, The Lives & Art of Old Painters of Iran, vol. 3, 1991, pp. 1111-14.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Nizami, Khamsa, copied by ibn Husain Murad 'Ali Damavandi, with 29 illustrations Persia, dated Thursday, the beginning of Rabi' I 1061/23rd February 1651Persian manuscript on paper, 303 leaves, 25 lines to the page written in nasta'liq script in black ink in four columns, coloured intercolumnar rules, inner margins ruled in blue and gold, headings written in red ink, opening illuminated headpiece, five further illuminated headpieces, 29 illustrations in gouache and gold, brown morocco with central lacquered medallions 370 x 220 mm.Footnotes:The scribe is not recorded, other than being listed as katibeh-negar (a scribe of inscriptions on monuments (see http://damavandfamous.blogfa.com, retrieved on 13 February 2022).The manuscript was in the library of the Qajar Prince Farhad Mirza (grandson of Fath 'Ali Shah and brother of Muhammad Shah), who wrote that it entered his library on 15th Shawwal 1298/10th September 1881. He gives his name as 'Farhad son of the Crown Prince' (i.e. 'Abbas Mirza). Another note, not written by Farhad Mirza, says that the manuscript was bought from Qizi in Shawwal 1298/1880-81. There is also a note by another owner:'Muhammad [...] in the capital Tehran. The oval seal impression of a certain 'Abdullah appears twice next to the colophon.The illustrations, it has been suggested, are by an artist in the school of Muhammad Zaman and his pupils, e.g. 'Ali Quli Jabbadar. The scene of four maidens picknicking is strikingly similar in terms of composition and dress to an illustration from a manuscript of Nizami's Khamsa, dated to the middle of Rajab 1071/March-April 1661, with illustrations close to the manner of Mu'in Mussavir, offered at Christie's Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 20th October 2016, lot 41 (illus.).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • R• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar silk and metal thread brocade panel with painted details, depicting a Qajar official dressed partly in religious robes and carrying prayer beads Persia, late 19th Centuryrectangular, woven and embroidered with gold metal thread and polychrome silks, the beard, face and hat in polychrome paint, framed 108 x 53 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe collection of Bryan Wilkins (1950-2021), son of Fraser Wilkins (1908-89), Inspector-General of the US Foreign Service 1964-71, US Ambassador to Cyprus 1960-64.Purchased in Baghdad, Iraq, in 1942 (where Bryan Wilkins was born).The identification of the official depicted here is uncertain. It is also peculiar that he wears on the one hand a plain robe associated with religious devotions, but retains the tall black hat so familiar from Qajar full-dress uniforms. The nature of the painting itself is also unusual, combining painted elements with brocade details. It is also possible that the painting is a fragment of a larger, multi-figure work.A possible candidate for its subject is Hajji Mirza Suleyman Khan, Rukn al-Mulk (1838-1912), Chief Secretary to Mas'ud Mirza, Zil al-Sultan, who later appointed him deputy governor of Isfahan. When Hajji Mirza died he was buried in a mosque in Isfahan which he himself had endowed, and portrait tiles were incorporated into its exterior decoration, based on a watercolour portrait by Abu Turab Ghaffari (executed circa 1880-89). For Hajji Mirza and the portrait, see L. Diba, Royal Persian Paintings: the Qajar Epoch 1785-1925, New York 1998, p. 254-55; also G. Fellinger et al, L'Empire des Roses: chefs d'oeuvre de l'art persan du XIXe siecle, Lens 2018, pp. 388-389, no. 389. The portrait combines the full beard, long robe (rather than tunic etc.), and tall hat.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * R* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.R This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Six portraits of European officers and officials serving with the Sikhs Punjab, circa 1840-50gouache and gold on paper, each with white panel at top containing identifying inscription in Urdu in nasta'liq script, inner border with stylised intertwining motifs in gold on a dark blue ground, pink outer border with red margin rules, one inscribed Lawrence verso 240 x 153 mm. and slightly smaller(6)Footnotes:ProvenanceThe collection of Bryan Wilkins (1950-2021), son of Fraser Wilkins (1908-89), Inspector-General of the US Foreign Service 1964-71, US Ambassador to Cyprus 1960-64.The readings of the inscriptions, and hence the identifications of the sitters are not certain, given the difficulty of expressing unfamiliar European names in Urdu. The inscriptions (on five of the six) are as follows: A. shabih-i ajitan S-D-D-L sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Adjutant [...] Sahib Bahadur'.B. shabih-i KH-S-B sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Khosep [Joseph?] Sahib Bahadur'.A possible identification is Henri Joseph de Facieu, who is listed as the commander of a regiment in Ranjit Singh's army (see C. Grey, European Adventurers in Northern India, 1785 to 1849, Lahore 1929, p. 350). Jean-Louis Alexis de Facieu (1788-1843) was a French officer of cuirassiers who arrived in the Punjab in 1839 and enlisted in the service of the Lahore Durbar during the reign of Maharajah Kharak Singh. He held the rank of Colonel. (His son, Henry Joseph, served in the same regiment with the rank of Captain). He was accorded the honour of a full military funeral by the British authorities. His tomb still survives.C. shabih-i kaptan iklat sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Captain Iklat [Quilette?] Sahib Bahadur'.This is probably a certain Quilette who is recorded as an instructor of Artillery in Ranjit Singh's army (see Grey, op. cit., pp. 350-351. D. shabih-i alaran sahib bahadur, Portrait of Alaran [Halloran] Sahib Bahadur'.This is probably the Irishman, Halloran, variations on whose name are found in records in connection with the army of Ranjit Singh (see Grey, p. 352). E. shabih-i dakthar sartand [?] sahib bahadur, 'Portrait of Dr. Sartand [Sergeant? Surgeon?] Sahib Bahadur.Three doctors are mentioned on the payroll of the Sikh army: the Transylvanian Johann Martin Honigberger, a Frenchman called Benet, and an Englishman called Harvey (see Grey, pp. 334-345).Six paintings, almost certainly from the same series (with the Urdu inscriptions within a panel, the same types of chairs, the distinctive striped carpets, the plain coloured backgrounds, and the same borders, were sold at Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 7th October 2008, lot 244. Two paintings, in a very similar style (featuring the same chairs), but with different background features, dated circa 1845, were sold at Christie's, Art of the Islamic and Indian Worlds, 10th April 2014, lots 182 and 183.Finally, for slightly different but related portraits of Sir Henry Fane (British Commander in Chief) and Frederick Currie (agent to the Governor-General, Lord Hardinge, and later Resident at Lahore), significant figures in British involvement with the Punjab, see Sotheby's, Arts of the Islamic World, 7th October 2015, lot 286. The model for such individual portraits may be larger works featuring a number of figures, such as the depiction of the signing of the Treaty of Bhairowal in December 1846, by a Punjabi artist, circa 1846-47, which depicts four English officers alongside the Sikh contingent (British Museum, 1948.10-9.0109; illustrated in S. Stronge (ed.), The Arts of the Sikh Kingdoms, London 1999, pp. 24-25, fig. 18).Lahore was full of European servicemen and adventurers. Davinder Toor, discussing a tulwar which once belonged to Colonel Francis Henri Mouton, who served with the Sikhs and took part in the Anglo-Sikh Wars, comments as follows:Mouton was among the last of a bevy of foreign (firangi) mercenaries and adventurers who travelled to Lahore in search of fame and fortune in the service of the Sikhs. The French contingent was particularly well represented. Besides Mouton, its cavalry officers included General Allard, Commander de la Roche, Mr Garron (or Carron), Messrs de Facieu (father and son) and Captain Argoud. The infantry wing was served by Captain de la Font, Mr Amise, Mr Dubuignon, Mr de la Ust and Mr Gervais, while General Court oversaw artillery operations. Finally, Dr Benet served briefly as Maharajah Ranjit Singh's medical physician and the surgeon-general of the Sikh army.Every one of them had to agree to certain pre-conditions of employment, including the growing of their beards, abstaining from eating beef, marrying locally and promising to remain loyal to the Sikh court, even if it meant going to war against their countrymen. Besides adopting a blend of European and Punjabi dress, many of them also chose to wear Punjabi-made weapons.(Davinder Toor, In Pursuit of Empire: Treasures from the Toor Collection of Sikh Art, London 2018, pp. 194-195).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Mid 20th century 9ct Gold Dress Watch and Braceletrecord "Delux", 330-2, the 17 jewel movement to a signed and silvered circular dial to a circular case with integral mesh link bracelet with folding clasp, Birming, 1965, maker's mark WHWLD, 302680.Width (excluding crown) 17mm, weight approx 27g all in
A Mid 20th Century Gold Dress Watch, Tudorthe swiss 15 jewel movement to a signed and silvered square dial with gilt arabic numerals and dagger hands in a polished square case with shaped lugs and snap on back, presentation engraved 1960, and fitted gilt link bracelet with folding clasp, Chester 1956, marker's mark R.W.Co.Ltd, 302406, together with its original burgundy fabric covered box of issue and card outer.Width (excluding crown) 15mm
A silver 1940s cigarette case by Smith & Bartlam, Birmingham 1946, the printed lid depicting a scene after Gil Elvgrin (1914-1980), titled ‘I’ve Been Spotted’, depicting a pin-up lady holding an umbrella, signed, 8.2 x 10cm together with another similar example, by Henry Williamson Ltd, Birmingham 1936, the printed lid depicting a pin-up lady in a red dress, 8.5 x 10cm, total 8.8ozt (2)Condition report: Scratches and light marks to the exterior. Heavier tarnishing and marks to the interior of the Elvgrin example.
A VICTORIAN 10TH ROYAL HUSSARS OFFICER'S FULL DRESS AND UNDRESS SABRETACHE, the full dress sabretache with shaped body, crowned bullion VR cypher surmounting the battle honours on a blue ground PENINSULA, WATERLOO, SEVASTOPOL, ALI-MASJID and AFGHANISTAN 1878-79, surmounted by an X, the whole on a scarlet ground with broad bullion lace border, the red morocco leather flap to the rear with maker's trade label for Hawkes & Co. Piccadilly, secured on a brass stud, together with its companion black patent leather undress sabretache applied with the regimental badge in yellow and white metals, contained in their japanned storage tin with applied brass maker's plaque and applied brass owner's name plate Capt Lord William Bentick 10th Royal Hussars. (3)
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