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Lot 438
Thwaites & Reed, London, a limited edition interpretation of an 18th Century brass rack clock, 1973, No.094/500, pineapple finial, cast leaf border 12cm circular white enamel dial with Roman numerals, mounted on a grey veined marble and wooden plinth with plaque, 54cm high, with accompanying documentation
Lot 446
Leroy, Paris, a late 19th Century French clock garniture, gilt metal four-glass case with white marble urn finial, extensive gilt ormolu mounts of bows suspending branches of fruit, 11cm white enamel convex dial with Arabic numerals, signed 'Leroy, H....de La Cour', raised on a white marble plinth, toupie feet, the movement striking on a bell, 45cm, high, the matching pair of white marble and gilt ormolu mounted candelabra in the form of corinthian columns with vintner cherubs and trailing vine, toupie feet, 31cm high (3) (key and pendulum)
Lot 676
Alfred Stellmacher, an Amphora figural teapot, circa 1885, blush ivory ground baluster form with dragon handle, spout and finial, painted to the body with a flying duck and iris, printed marks, 24cm longNote: see Scott, R L, 1955, House of Amphora 1890-1915, p.21 fig.4 for an example of an incense burner of the same design
Lot 119
Johan Rohde (attributed) for WMF, a Jugendstil silver plated three piece tea set, circa 1912, lobed baluster form, with everted denticulated and beaded rims, including teapot, jug and bowl, tapered reeded S form handles, the ogee domed lid with gadrooned band and finial, gilt interiors, stamped WMF marks, 24.5cm long (3)Note: Internationally celebrated Danish artist and designer Johan Gudmann Rohde supplied designs to a number of silversmiths, most likely including German manufacturer WMF, prior to his exclusive contract with Georg Jensen in 1914, for whom he designed the famous Cosmos service and other similar wares, featuring many of the elements seen in this set.
Lot 1
A George III silver tea urnHenry Chawner and John EmesLondon, 1797The urn-shaped body with twin lion mask handles supported by four columnar legs with paw feet, raised on a shaped square base on four ball supports, the domed cover with lobed decoration and a knopped ovoid finial, conforming decoration to base and body, the faceted spout to a rotating spigot with green stained wood finial, approx. 44cm high, gross weight approx. 135ozt
Lot 81
A George V silver three piece tea setGoldsmiths and Silversmiths Co.London, 1927Of plain, circular form with gadrooned borders and engraved lion crest to sides, each raised on a shallow circular foot, the teapot with wooden handle and finial, approx. 12.5cm high, total weight approx. 29ozt (3)
Lot 62
Of historical interest. A William IV silver coffee potA. B. Savory & Sons London, 1834Raised on four shell bracket feet, the lid with flower finial and the body engraved with presentation inscription reading: To Captain A. W. Robe R.E and his sisters. A token of affection from the parents of Hastings Fitz-Edward Murphy, Lient. Roy. Engineers who died 9th August 1856 at Bassora whilst employed as Astronomer to the expedition to the Euprates', engraved with coat of arms and the Robe family motto 'cum toga honoris' (with the cloak of honour) to opposite side, approx. 23cm high, approx. weight 30oz Ivory submission reference: GFJAP62K Condition Report: Note: Hastings Fitz-Edward Murphy died of typhus at Basra (Bassora), Iraq, on 9 August 1836, aged 37, while on the ill-fated expedition to explore the Euphrates under Colonel Chesney. Chesney had persuaded the British government to allow him to survey the long stretch of the river Euphrates from the Anatolian mountains to the Persian Gulf. In 1835 Chesney was put in charge of the expedition and carefully selected his associates, about fifty people in total, including Hastings Fitz-Edward Murphy. Two iron-hulled steamboats, the Euphrates and the Tigris, were chosen for the voyage. The objectives of the expedition were to set up a new trade route between Britain and India (which would avoid the lengthy voyage around the South African Cape of Good Hope) and to prevent Russian expansion in the Near East, as some considered this a threat to Britain's control of India.
Lot 154
A group of silver tea waresVarious dates and makersEarly 20th century The group comprising: a matched three piece coffee set by Elkington & Co., London and Birmingham, 1907-1912, comprising coffee pot, sugar bowl and milk jug of similar rounded design, the coffee pot with twisted ovoid finial, each item engraved with lion passant crest and the motto 'Esperance en Dieu', coffee pot 19.5cm high, sugar bowl 10.4cm dia., milk jug 9cm high, together with a (different) teapot and twin handled sugar bowl with the same crest and motto, the teapot C. S. Harris & Sons, London, 1907, 22cm wide, the sugar bowl Elkington & Co., London, 1911, 13.5cm wide, approx. weight 29.5ozt (5)
Lot 73
A Victorian three piece silver tea setWilliam Hutton & SonsLondon, 1897Comprising teapot, cream jug and twin handled sugar bowl, all of oval, half lobed design, the teapot with ebonised handle and finial, teapot 14cm high (inc. handle), 25.8cm wide, cream jug 9cm high, sugar bowl 16.5cm wide, total weight approx. 26.5ozt (3)Condition Report: Marks rubbed off on the teapot.
Lot 26
A George I silver casterThomas FarrenLondon, 1718Of octagonal, baluster form, the body engraved with coat of arms and raised on a stepped octagonal foot, the pierced cover to a knopped finial, 20.5cm high, approx. weight 11.6ozt Arms: The arms on the caster are those of Vanderplank impaling Pembroke. Kesser (Kesar) Vanderplank, merchant of Lothbury, Baronet married Catherine Pembroke of St. Albans in Hertfordshire on 27th March 1739 in the Fleet (a liberty where the laws of London pertaining to debt, marriage etc. did not apply). This was a clandestine marriage. (With thanks to Pursuivant Research) Footnotes: Thomas Farren was subordinate goldsmith to the King 1723-42. His most famous pieces are the fountain and wine cistern of 1728 at Burghley House in Lincolnshire.Kesser Vanderplank was christened in London in 1720, the son of Samuel Vanderplank of Tokenhouse Yard who died in 1749. Kesser died before his father (date of death unknown), but Samuel Vanderplank left annuities to the widow and daughter of his son. Kesar and Catherine's daughter Hannah married John Kentish (1741-1814) of St, Albans in 1766. (With thanks to Pursuivant Research)
Lot 130
A Rococo style French mustard pot and pepper millMaison CardeilhacParis, late 19th/ early 20th century Of baluster form, each raised on a circular foot, the pepper (maker's mark Amelie Cardeilhac) with scroll handle and the mustard (maker's mark Ernest Cardeilhac) with flower finial, approx. 12 and 11cm high, together with a pair of pierced Dutch 'snowdrop' design salts with blue glass liners, Dutch axe marks, approx. 2cm high; a set of four small George V silver trophy cups, London, 1919, Charles Stuart Harris, with plain bodies and twin handles, approx. 6.5cm high (inc. handles); a hexagonal pepper and mustard, Birmingham, 1947 and 1957, Henry Clifford Davis, with spoons by the same maker, dates different, liner to mustard deficient; a Dutch openwork salt cellar with blue glass liner, sword mark; and two silver plated condiment spoons, total weighable weight approx. 13.4ozt (a lot) Condition Report: weight excludes liners, pepper mill and silver plated spoons
Lot 163
A group of Georgian silverVarious dates and makersThe group comprising: a blue glass-lined pierced silver mustard with acorn finial, London, 1820, Robert Hennell I, bright cut engraved with garlands and raised on a beaded, circular foot, engraved crest to side, 12.3cm high; a silver pedestal mustard on a square foot, London, 1794, maker's mark rubbed, with blue glass liner, 13cm high; a pair of silver gilt pedestal salts with gadrooned borders and gilded bowls, London, 1804 and 1813, Abstinando King, 6cm high; a swing-handled sugar bowl, London, 1791, Joseph Scammell, 9.5cm high (exc. handle); a pair of silver knife rests, London, 1820, maker's marks rubbed; and three silver mustard spoons, one with picture back bowl, possible Thomas Wallis I, total weighable silver approx. 19.5ozt (a lot)
Lot 72
A Victorian silver teapot and sugarCharles Stuart HarrisLondon, 1898Designed with spirally fluted lower bodies raised on a gadrooned foot, both with vacant cartouches to sides and repousse floral scroll decoration to shoulders, the teapot with hinged lid to lobed wooden finial and scroll handle, teapot approx. 17cm high, total weight approx. 34.7oz (2)
Lot 135
A 19th century Dutch silver teapot and milk jug Theodorous Gerardus Bentveld 1826Of oblong form with cord and reed banding to bodies, the teapot with wooden handle and stylised dolphin loop finial to cover, .934 standard, teapot 12cm high (inc. handle), jug 11.6cm high, total weight approx. 25.1ozt (2)
Lot 157
A group of silver including napkin rings and a wager cupThe group comprising: a cased set of silver napkin rings, Birmingham, 1947, V. Brittain & Co., of engine turned weave design with vacant cartouches, in fitted Hopkins & Hopkins case; a blue glass lined sugar caster, Chester, 1910, Herbert Edward Barker & Frank Ernest Barker, the pierced cover with knopped finial, 14cm high; a monogrammed Victorian silver card case chased with flowers and foliate scroll motifs, Birmingham, 1876, George Unite, 6.6 x 9.5cm; a silver cigarette case; an unmarked metal chain with silver pendant; and a German silver wager/marriage cup by B. Neresheimer & Sohne, with pseudo Hanau and British import marks, approx. 14cm high, total weighable silver approx. 14.8ozt (a lot) Condition Report: Napkin rings 4.5ozt; caster 2.6ozt (exc. liner); card case 1.8ozt; cigarette case 2.8ozt; wager cup 3.1ozt
Lot 80
A George V silver three piece tea setBarker BrothersBirmingham, 1931Of plain, oval form with reeded banding to upper bodies, the teapot with wooden handle and finial, together with a late Victorian silver coffee pot of fluted, baluster design with stylised foliate spout, London, 1897, William Hutton & Sons, 23.5cm high, total weight approx. 46.7ozt (4)
Lot 69
A Victorian silver teapotJohn Aldwinckle & Thomas Slater London, 1891Of oval form with half lobed design, wooden handle and finial, 13.5cm high (inc. handle), 23.8cm wide, together with: a Victorian silver cream jug and twin handled sugar bowl, John Millward Banks, Chester, 1890, of half lobed design, the cream jug 7.5cm high, the sugar bowl 12.5cm wide; and an Old English pattern silver teaspoon, marks rubbed, engraved with initials to handle, 12.4cm long, total weight approx. 15.6ozt (4)
Lot 22
A Regency four piece silver tea set Solomon Royes London, 1819 and 1820Of half-lobed, oval form, the coffee pot raised on an oval foot and designed with foliate tipped handle and a hinged cover with oval flowerhead finial, each item raised on four paw and bracket feet and decorated with a gadrooned border, the heart-shaped cartouches vacant, the sugar and milk with gilded interiors, ivory insulators to the handles of the tea and coffee pots, coffee pot 20cm high, teapot 15cm high, total weight approx. 81.1ozt (4)Ivory submission reference: UQ7JE5VT
Lot 129
An Edwardian hallmarked Britannia silver coffee pot. The Edward VII pot having a hinged lid, finial and spout and having a hardwood handle. Britannia marks and date letter i for 1904. Makers mark HL for Lambert & Co (Herbert Charles Lambert). Marked to base Lambert, Coventry Street London. Weight approx 893.8g. Measures approx 26cm x 15cm.
Lot 137
A hallmarked Sampson and Mordan / J Rabone & Sons silver cased tape measure and a silver plated toothpick. The tape measure hallmarked for Chester 1908. SM&Co, the tape having makers mark for R Rabone & Sons London. The tooth pick having an amethyst topped finial stamped S.Mordan. Total weight 41.9g Tape measures measure 3.8cm. Toothpick 7.2cm. Toothpick sliding mechanism not working.
Lot 28
A collection of hallmarked silver items.The lot to include a cased set of six coffee spoons. The tea spoons each having a finial in the shape of a coffee bean. Hallmarked for Birmingham 1924. Makers mark WJM&Co for W J Myatt & Co. Two condiment pots with one of circular form, hallmarked for London, date and makers mark illegible. The other Victorian condiment pot being of oval form and having a pierced ribbon design and having a blue glass liner. Hallmarked for London,1898. Makers mark WH&SSLd for William Hutton & Sons Ltd. Combined weight approx 404g. Measures approx 7cm x 4.5cm / 9cm x 2cm (spoon).
Lot 612
An Italian mid or third quarter 19th century specimen marble and hardstone top set in a near contemporary giltwood gueridon or centre tablethe top: 1845-1860; the table: 1860-1875The circular top with a roundel inlaid with three concentric six-pointed stars, the central star inset with assorted marble tesserae and a smaller conforming star motif, encompassed by sixteen radiating segments of various specimens, within a complex chevron border, on three acanthus wrapped, volute scrolled and floral swagged griffin monopodiae, each headed by a carved griffin bust and terminating in lion paw feet, joined by foliate clasped and bhusk pendant capped scrolled stretchers surmounted by an urn finial, on a concave tripartite base with three scrolled feet, remnants of an old depository label to the underside, approximate diameter of the whole top: 66cm; 77cm high approximately.Footnotes:An Italian mid-19th century specimen marble top of similar design to the one surmounting the present lot appears illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile dell'Ottocento in Italia, Milan, 2007, p. 80, wherein this comparable is somewhat tentatively attributed to Francesco Sibilio. This comparable table top sold at Semenzato, March 2003, lot 390.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots 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 80
A Fine & important French bronze 8 day clock garniture in the Orientalist style, circa 1880. The 8 day clock with a time and strike mechanism, is housed in a lavish bronze case heightened with silver gilt, to the top is an engraved 'Minaret' shaped finial and below a gallery of silvered and gilt bronze leaves. The silvered clock dial having black Arabic numerals, the center of the dial with a bas relief of palm trees and figures below the sun and a fort to the background. The front of the clock is shaped like a Mihrab (a niche in a mosque), to the base is another bas relief of an East Indian scene with gilded bronze figures holding muskets and spears, with an elephant and tiger, the clock raised on engraved cabriole feet. The clock garniture having twin side vases with handles, each having a fine cartouche with bas relief hunting figures. Every piece is standing on a wooden plinth. The original key is present. (3)
Lot 31
A Dutch Delftware tobacco jar and brass cover, De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells) factory, second half 18th centuryOf ovoid form, painted in blue with a framed rectangular scene of a tobacco plantation depicting the preparation and packing in barrels of tobacco leaves, titled above 'DE TABAKSPLANTAGIE' and with an oval frame flanked by leaves below inscribed 'No 5', the slightly domed brass cover with a ball finial, 31cm high, 'three bells' mark in blue (glaze losses to edge of rim)Footnotes:Provenance:Acquired in 1987Literature:D. Gage/M. Marsh, Tobacco Containers & Accessories (1988), no. 1;D. Gage, A Quintessential Art Rediscovered, in The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1988, pp. 71-75, fig. 3;S. Fellner, Die lasterhafte Panazee (1992), no. I/71Exhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988;Vienna, Österreichisches Tabakmuseum, Die lasterhafte Panazee 500 Jahre Tabakkultur in Europa, 11 June-4 October 1992The potters at Delft were among the earliest to produce large tobacco jars with a large capacity that were intended for shops and tobacco producers rather than for personal use. Many such jars are inscribed with numbers or the names of different tobacco and some also bear the V.O.C, monogram of the Dutch East India Company.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 73
A Cozzi armorial tobacco jar and cover, circa 1765-70The front painted with the accollé arms of Erizzo and Bentivoglio below a gilt coronet, the reverse painted with a colourful flower bouquet, the sides with scattered gilt flowers, all below a band of gilt scrolling foliage below the rim, wavy gilt border around the footrim, the cover similarly decorated, with a green flower finial, 17cm high (flower finial restored) (2)Footnotes:Provenance: The Property of Mrs. M.A. Stevens, Christie's London, 30 June, 1975, Lot 55;Anon. sale, Christie's Geneva, 17 November 1978, lot 12;Anon. sale, Christie's Geneva, 11 November 1985, lot 10;Acquired in the above saleExhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988The arms are those of Niccolò XII Marcantonio Erizzo (1723-1787), a member of the illustrious Venetian patrician family, who married Matilde, the daughter of Count Guido Bentivoglio on 31 August 1758. In 1767, Erozzi was appointed Venetian Ambassador to the Holy See and was elected a Procurator of Saint Mark, a post second in prestige only to that of the Doge. Erizzo was Venetian ambassador during the pontificates of Clement XIII and Clement XIV; he was particularly appreciated by the latter, who appointed him cavaliere aurato in 1771. In May 1770, Erizzo and his wife hosted a visit to the Palazzo Venezia by the then fourteen-year-old Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on the last day of his month-long stay in Rome (when he famously transcribed the score of Allegri's Miserere, which he heard sung in the Sistine Chapel during Holy Week, from memory). In 1785, Errizo was sent to Corfu as provveditore strordinario [Magistrate Extraordinary] of the Venetian Republic in the Levant. He died in Corfu in December 1787, well-loved and held in high esteem by all for his good governance.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 66
A Sèvres tobacco jar and cover (pot à tabac), dated 1757Of cylindrical form, painted in rose camaieu with scattered flower sprays, gilt dentil borders to the rims and a gilt band to the footrim, the cover applied with a flower finial, 13.5cm high, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter D and (unidentified) painter's mark F in blue (finial restuck, restored chips to cover rim) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Acquired in 1982Literature:D. Gage/M. Marsh, Tobacco Containers & Accessories (1988), no. 9Exhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 60
A rare Mennecy tobacco jar and cover, circa 1755Of cylindicial form with a slightly flared foot and domed cover, superbly painted with two large flower sprays and further scattered blooms and leaves, the domed cover similarly decorated and surmounted by a leafy rosebud finial, with rare guilt dentil borders to the rims, 18.5cm high overall. incised D,V (some restoration to rosebud finial, scattered wear to gilt rims) (2)Footnotes:Provenence:With Winifred Williams, London;Acquired from the above in 1981Literature:Winifred Williams, 'Eighteenth Century French Porcelain', Exhibition Catalogue, 3-20 July 1978, no. 79;D. Gage/M. Marsh, Tobacco Containers & Accessories (1988), no. 14Exhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 145
A Sèvres green-ground mustard pot and cover (moutardier), dated 1763Finely painted by P.-N. Pithou (l'aîné) with a loose bouquet of flowers within a gilt floral and foliate scrollwork cartouche, gilt dentil borders to the rims, the cover applied with a flower finial, 8.4cm high, interlaced LL monogram enclosing date letter K and painter's mark for Pithou (l'aîné), incised SD (tiny chips to finial) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Probably from the service delivered to Henri-Léonard-Jean-Baptiste Bertin, secrétaire d'Etat and côntroleur-général des Finances, on 1 May 1763;Most probably acquired by Peter, 5th Earl Cowper (d. 1836), for Panshanger, Hertfordshire, or by Thomas, 2nd Earl de Grey (d. 1859) for Wrest Park, Bedfordshire, and subsequently through de Grey's daughter to Panshanger, and at Panshanger until circa 1953, thence by descent;Anon. sale, Christie's London, 27 November 2012, lot 155The service delivered to M. Bertin in 1763 included four mustard pots and stands at a price of 60 livres each. See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services of the 18th Century (2005, revised edition 2015), II, pp.357-359, no. 63-3, for a full discussion of the service.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 88
A rare and early Meissen (KPF) octagonal sugar box and cover, circa 1722-23Painted with two oval cartouches depicting battle scenes after print examples by Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder, the cover with a similar continuous scene, all enclosed in elaborate Laub und Bandelwerk in iron red and gilding, the finial, rim and rim below the edge of the box with gilt bands, 11.5cm diam., KPF in underglaze-blue, (old restoration and flat chip to two corners of the cover and underneath finial) (2)Footnotes:The source for the decoration of the cover of this box is most likely a print by Georg Philipp Rugendas the Elder in the Meissen manufactory Archive (inc. no. VA 1985-2), illustrated by Claudia Bodinek, Raffinesse im Akkord, Meissener Porzellanmalerei und ihre Vorlagen (2018), II, pl. 241. The side of the box is decorated with a fallen horse that corresponds to a print published by Bodinek, pl. 244.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
Lot 32
A Dutch Delftware tobacco jar and brass cover, De Drie Klokken (The Three Bells) factory, second half 18th centuryOf ovoid form, painted in blue with a tobacco plantation scene depicting the preparation and packing of tobacco leaves, within a rectangular frame titled 'DE TABAKSPLANTAGIE' above 'No. 4' within an oval frame at the base, with a brass, slightly domed cover with ball finial, 26.5cm high (excluding cover); 32cm high including cover, three bells mark in blueFootnotes:Provenance:Acquired in 1991For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 67
A Sèvres tobacco jar and cover (pot à tabac), circa 1765Painted with a Taillandier ground of larger gilt dots within a grid of red, blue and gilt small dots, gilt dentil borders to the rims, the cylindrical body applied with two gilt-edged straps to hold a spoon, the domed cover with a gilt ball finial, 16.5cm high, interlaced LL monogram in iron-red, incised marks CZ (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Anon. sale, Sotheby, Parke-Bernet, Monaco, Tres Importantes Porcelaines Europeenes du XVIIIe Siecle, 26 May 1980, lot 315;Acquired in the above saleLiterature:D. Gage/M. Marsh, Tobacco Containers & Accessories (1988), no. 8Exhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988Saleroom notices:Please note there is a small restored chip to the cover rim not mentioned in the catalogue description. A full condition report is available online.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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