A Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Duelling Pistols By Clarke & Son, 62 Cheapside, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1799, Maker's Mark Of Michael Barnett With slightly swamped twist octagonal barrels retaining most of their old rebrowned finish, engraved with maker's address in capitals along the top flat and with copper fore-sight, breeches each with two gold lines and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each with back-sight and finely decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, flat bevelled detented locks (both cocks fractured) each signed in capitals and decorated with a starburst behind the gold-lined rainproof pan, engraved safety-catches also locking the steels, and rollers, figured half-stocks each with boldly chequered rounded butt, mounts comprising border engraved butt-caps each with retaining screw centred on a flower-head, spur trigger-guards each with a martial trophy and foliage on the bow and with engraved pineapple finial, border engraved fore-end caps each with a starburst around the ramrod-entry, shield-shaped vacant silver escutcheons, adjustable set triggers, and original silver-tipped ramrods with iron worm and threaded for a brass powder-measure respectively: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including red leather-covered two-way powder-flask (minor damage) and threaded brass powder-measure, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks and Ezekiel Baker's barrelsmith's mark 25.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Richard Clarke & Son are recorded as Hardwaremen and then as Goldsmiths & Jewellers at 62 Cheapside, London between 1797 and 1829 Ezekiel Baker (1758-1836), inventor of the Baker rifle and author of Remarks on Rifle Guns (1801), was Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to King George IV. He was influential in the King's shooting and collecting, played an important role in the formation of the Carlton House Armoury, and had his own proof house at Size Yard, Whitechapel Road, London For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Fine And Rare Pair Of 11-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted Holster Pistols Of Presentation Quality By Knubley, Charing Cross, London, London Silver Hallmarks For 1784, Maker's Mark Of Michael Barnett With reblued three-stage barrels (some old scattered pitting) each with silver spider fore-sight and engraved gold band at the chiselled mid-sections and at the rear of the breech, breeches becoming polygonal, engraved with garlands on the flats and each signed on an inlaid gold oval within engraved foliage on the top flat, the left flat each with Hyderabad inventory number, gold-lined touch-holes, bright tangs grooved for sighting and each engraved with foliage, flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals on a gold oval centred on a part martial trophy and engraved with foliage on the stepped tail, cocks deeply engraved with foliage, engraved safety-catches also locking the steels, gold-lined pans and steels, the latter each with roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, and internal bridles each pierced and engraved with foliage, figured full stocks (minor chips, one butt with old slender split), mounts cast and chased in relief and comprising pierced trophy of arms side-plates and vacant escutcheons, grotesque mask caps, trigger-guards each with a classical helmet and falchion against foliage on the foliate engraved bow, and with finial formed as a martial trophy, foliate engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons, border engraved fore-end band beneath each muzzle, turned ramrod-pipes, and original silver-tipped ramrods, London and Tower private proof marks (2) 26.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance The armoury of the Nizam of Hyderabad John Knubley is recorded as a gunmaker in Otley, Yorkshire in 1771. He was at 11 Charing Cross in London between 1784 and 1793 and was Gunmaker to the Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Prince Edward. From 1793 he was at 7 Charing Cross until his death in 1794. The business was carried on by Samuel Brunn under the Knubley name until 1797 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 14-Bore Percussion Officer's Pistols By H. James, London, Mid-19th Century With browned twist sighted barrels (some old rust patination along the upper surfaces) each signed in capitals along the sighting flat, case-hardened breeches each with platinum plug and engraved with a foliate scroll on the top flat, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with foliate scrollwork, signed border engraved flat locks and dolphin hammers (one replaced) en suite, the latter each with safety-catch behind, lacquered highly figured full stocks each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, the latter each with slightly flared pommel and ovoidal case-hardened cap engraved with scrolling foliage and with hinged circular butt-trap cover decorated with a flower-head, blued trigger-guards each decorated with scrolling foliage on the border engraved bow, case-hardened trigger-plates each with engraved pineapple-shaped finial, vacant silver escutcheons, stirrup ramrods, each tip engraved with a flower-head, and much original finish: in later lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including powder-flask with bag-shaped brass body embossed with a scallop shell on both sides, the exterior of the lid with large circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 19.8 cm. barrels Footnotes: H. James, London appears to be unrecorded For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Peacock, Duke St., Grosvenor Sq.ar, London, Circa 1830 With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved with maker's address along the top flat and with bound foliage at the breech, case-hardened breeches each with two platinum lines and pierced platinum plug, foliate engraved tangs each with back-sight, border engraved flat detented locks each decorated with foliated serpents, dolphin hammers en suite, engraved safety-catches, figured half-stocks with silver fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, the latter each stamped '388', trigger-guards each with pineapple finial and decorated en suite with the locks on the bow, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set triggers, under-ribs each stamped '1190', and original ramrods each with threaded steel powder-measure: in their mahogany case fitted and lined in navy blue velvet with accessories including Sykes patent three-way powder-flask, steel bullet mould, turnscrews and a nipple-wrench, the interior of the lid with John Manton & Son trade label (stained and damaged), the exterior with large circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 24 cm. barrels Footnotes: William Peacock is recorded at 26 Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, London between 1821 and 1824. His trade label states 'from Mr. Joseph Manton' For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 38-Bore Percussion Duelling Or Target Pistols By Deane's, 46 King William St., London Bridge, Circa 1840 With rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed in full in capitals along the top flat, case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with back-sight, platinum line, pierced platinum plug and engraved with a foliate scroll on the flat, border engraved case-hardened tangs each decorated with foliate scrollwork, signed flat detented locks and dolphin hammers en suite, blued engraved safety-catches, lacquered highly figured half-stocks each with angled chequered rounded butt, steel mounts comprising case-hardened ovoidal butt-caps each decorated with foliate scrolls centred on the retaining screw, blued trigger-guards each engraved en suite with the locks, case-hardened trigger-plates each with foliate engraved pineapple-shaped finial, blued foliate engraved fore-end caps, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, no provision for ramrods, and retaining much original finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case with accessories including three-way powder-flask, the body embossed with two lines of vertical beadwork on each side, two steel bullet moulds, and a mainspring-clamp, the exterior of the lid (two old splits) with circular vacant brass escutcheon, London proof marks 23.8 cm. barrel Footnotes: Deane's are recorded at 46 King William Street, London between 1838 and 1845 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Percussion D.B. Carriage Pistols By T. Mortimer & Son, 44 Ludgate Hill, Gun Maker's To His Majesty, Circa 1815-20 Converted from flintlock, with rebrowned twist barrels each engraved with foliage around the silver fore-sight and engraved 'Gun Maker's' and 'to his Majesty' over the tops of the barrels, border engraved breeches each with silver oval centred on engraved petals and inscribed with maker's name and address respectively, a short gold line at the rear and decorated with foliage on the rib between, foliate engraved tangs each with a starburst in the sighting groove, border engraved flat bevelled locks signed with maker's name on the right and the address on the left, stepped tails engraved with foliage, safety-catches engaging with the back of each hammer, figured half-stocks each with chequered rounded butt and flat ovoidal pommel, the latter cut with pineapple chequering and each with steel oval engraved with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, spur trigger-guards each retaining some original blueing and decorated with a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, border engraved silver fore-end caps also forming the ramrod-entry and decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage, silver escutcheons and large barrel-bolt escutcheons, the former each engraved with owner's crest and motto, and original brass-mounted ramrods each with threaded brass cap over the worm: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (lock missing) with some accessories including two later powder-flasks, one of three-way type, and the other with wedge-shape body and retaining much of its lacquered finish, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with large circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and motto, London proof marks 16.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Thomas Jackson Mortimer was apprenticed to his father, Thomas Elsworth, in 1795. He joined his father as T. Mortimer & Son at 44 Ludgate Hill, London between 1807 and 1824. He was in business on his own account at 21 St. James's Street, London between 1818 and 1821; 38 St. James's Street between 1822 and 1824; and 34 St. James's Street between 1824 and the year of his death in 1833. He was appointed Gunmaker-in-Ordinary to George IV in 1822 The crest and motto is that of the Hervey family, the head of whom is the Marquess of Bristol For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 25-Bore Flintlock D.B. Carriage Pistol By Walter, Circa 1820 With continental russet sighted barrels (some scattered pitting) each stamped with a barrelsmith's mark at the breech, 'B' in an oval (originally gold-lined), engraved with a line of repeated foliage at the rear and with a starburst on the rib between, platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved tang decorated with foliage and with a further starburst in the sighting groove, border engraved flat bevelled locks each signed in capitals and decorated with a part martial trophy and foliage at the stepped tail, foliate engraved cocks, semi-rainproof pans and rollers, figured half-stock with chequered rounded butt, steel trigger-guard with pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, rear ramrod-pipe with finial en suite, vacant silver escutcheon, and brass-tipped ramrod with iron worm 21 cm. barrels Footnotes: A Richard Walter is recorded at Portsea, Hampshire, circa 1829 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine Cased Pair Of 50-Bore Flintlock Travelling Or Overcoat Pistols By J. Thompson, Princes St., Edinburgh, Circa 1825 With browned twist octagonal sighted barrels each engraved 'Princes St., Edinburgh' in script along the top flat and with a silver line at the breech, platinum-lined touch-holes, border engraved case-hardened tangs each with back-sight and decorated with a starburst and foliage, signed border engraved flat bevelled case-hardened locks each decorated with foliage at the stepped tail, engraved cocks and safety-catches, and blued steel-springs each with roller, figured full stocks (some minor old bruising on the side-flats) each with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered rounded butt, blued trigger-guards (one with some loss of finish) each with pineapple finial and decorated with a Britannia shield and foliage on the border engraved bow, blued turned ramrod-pipes, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, original brass-tipped ramrods, one with threaded brass cap over the worm, and in fine condition retaining much of their original finish: in their lined and fitted mahogany case (one compartment lid split and repaired, both tabs missing, interior of lid with minor damage) with some accessories including powder-flask with wedge-shaped body and retaining most of its original finish, the exterior of the lid with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and motto, and centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle engraved 'THO.S OGILVY FOTHERINGHAM ESQ.R OF POWRIE', Birmingham proof marks and unidentified mark 15.5 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Ex W. Keith Neal Collection Offered with a handwritten note signed by W. Keith Neal, dated 13/1/62 and reading : 'Thomas Ogilvy Fotheringham - Colonel Scots Fusilier Guards eldest son of Alexander Ogilvy Fotheringham also Colonel of Scots Fusilier Guards - Thomas Ogilvy Fotheringham died unmarried in 1830 - There was a Thomas Fotheringham of Powrie in 1412.' A John Thompson is recorded of 14 Princes Street, Edinburgh between 1823 and 1827 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 25-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By Twigg, London, Circa 1775 With rebrowned twist slightly swamped octagonal sighted barrels (some wear and old pitting) each signed along the top flat, engraved with a line of beadwork at the rear and stamped '1' and '2' respectively at a later date in front of the back sight, gold-lined touch-holes, tangs each finely engraved with a rocaille and foliage, flat bevelled locks (cocks expertly replaced) each cusped behind the pan and with second form of signature, safety-catches also locking the steels, the latter each with small roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured half-stocks (some old bruising and splits in the fore-ends) each carved in relief with a shell behind the barrel tang, chequered rounded flat-sided butts with a dot in the centre of each diamond and carved with characteristic step behind each lock and side-flat, steel trigger-guards each with acorn finial and decorated with a flower-head in a diamond-shaped panel in the border engraved bow, silver escutcheons engraved with owner's crest and initials 'GM', turned ramrod-pipes, and later horn-tipped ramrods: in later relined and refitted mahogany case with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, the body re-covered in dark brown leather, the exterior of the lid with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks 35.3 cm. barrels Footnotes: John Fox Twigg was born in Grantham, Lincolnshire in 1732. He is recorded at various addresses in London between 1755 and the year of his death in 1790. Durs Egg worked for him on his arrival in London in 1772 and John Manton served as his foreman. He is considered to be one of the founding fathers of the English gun making trade For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Pair Of Cased 32-Bore Flintlock Saw-Handled Rifled Duelling Pistols By H.W. Mortimer & Son, 89 Fleet St., London, Gun-Makers To His Majesty, No. 1470, Circa 1810 With rebrowned twist sighted barrels each signed in full in re-engraved capitals along the top flat and rifled up to an inch inside the muzzle, recessed serial numbered breeches each with platinum lines and platinum-lined touch-hole, grooved tangs each engraved with foliate border and with back-sight, signed border engraved serial numbered detented locks each decorated with a starburst behind the semi-rainproof platinum-lined pan (rear pan-shield detented) and with a martial trophy on the tail, line engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved 'French' cocks and rollers, the internal working parts retaining much of their burnished finish, figured half-stocks each with grooved spur (both repaired) and chequered rounded butt, flat ovoidal pommels each inlaid with a border engraved oval steel plate, large spur trigger-guards for a gloved hand and each engraved with maker's address in an oval against a martial trophy and foliage, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, adjustable set triggers, vacant silver escutcheon on each side-plate, silver barrel-bolt escutcheons and fore-end caps, and original horn-tipped ramrods (threaded cover over one worm missing, barrels and trigger-guard with some light pitting): in their contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case with some accessories including later three-way powder-flask, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label for circa 1806-13 (some staining and minor damage), the refurbished exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle on the lid, London proof marks and Mortimer's barrelsmith's mark 23.5 cm. barrel Footnotes: Literature H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, p. 175, pls. 268 and 269 Harvey Walklate 2 Mortimer was apprenticed to his father in 1791. He was in partnership with his father and uncle as H.W. Mortimer, Son & T. Mortimer between 1800 and 1806, with his father as H.W. Mortimer & Son from 1806 to 1813 and on his own account as a gunmaker at 89 Fleet Street from 1814 to 1816, the year of his retirement to Algar House, Fersfield, Norfolk For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 28-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By H.W. Mortimer, London, Gun-Maker To His Majesty, Late 18th Century Expertly reconverted from percussion, with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed in full in capitals along the top flat and engraved with a line of beadwork at the rear, border engraved tangs each fitted with a back-sight and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, border engraved flat bevelled detented locks each with re-engraved signature and decorated with a martial trophy on the stepped tail, engraved safety-catches (one repaired), figured full stocks (fore-ends each with small splits at the muzzle) one with some bruising and loss of lacquer on the side-flat) each with chequered rounded butt, blued steel mounts (some loss of finish) comprising trigger-guards in the French fashion each with double pineapple finial and decorated with a large flower-head on the bow, turned ramrod-pipes, adjustable set triggers, and original ramrod (the other replaced) with iron worm and threaded powder-measure (two barrel-bolts broken): in their contemporary oak case (one compartment lid replaced) fitted and lined in dark brown velvet with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, the body covered in black leather (minor old damage), the interior of the lid with rare maker's illustrated trade label for Garnet Terry, the exterior of the lid (one corner chipped, minor old splits) with replacement brass carrying handle of Chippendale form, London proof marks and Mortimer's barrelsmith's mark 24.7 cm. barrels Footnotes: Harvey Walklate 1 Mortimer (1753-1819) was appointed Gunmaker to George III in 1783. He was at 89 Fleet Street, London, between 1782 and 1799, and was Contractor to the East India Company from 1796 until 1806. He retired in 1811 and died in 1819 For the trade label, an example of which is the Banks Collection at the British Museum, see H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, 1992, p. 273, pl. 488 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 15-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By John Manton, London, No. 3048 For 1798 Expertly reconverted from percussion drum and nipple, with rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels (some old scattered pitting) each signed in gold capitals along the top flat, silver fore-sights, breeches each with gold line and gold-lined touch-hole, border engraved tangs each finely engraved with a martial trophy, starburst and foliage, flat bevelled detented flat locks each signed in capitals and with a small roller bearing on a ramp on the steel-spring, figured full stocks (fore-ends with minor old splits and repairs) each with chequered rounded butt apart from the pommel and a plain strip along each side, reblued trigger-guards each with large pineapple finial and decorated with a martial trophy and foliage on the border engraved bow, turned ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's initial 'P', baron's coronet above, faulty set triggers, and original horn-tipped ramrods: in contemporary lined and fitted mahogany case (two old splits through the bottom) with some accessories including three-way powder-flask, the body covered in red leather (minor piece missing at the base), the interior of the lid with reproduction John Manton & Son trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, London proof marks 24.2 cm. barrels Footnotes: Literature W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, 1978, p. 42 D.H.L. Back, Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, pp. 26-27 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cased Pair Of 40-Bore Flintlock Duelling Pistols By Joseph Manton, London, No. 6090 For 1813 With heavy twist octagonal sighted scratch-rifled barrels (one with small patch of pitting on one flat) each retaining some original browning on the bottom flats at the breech, silver fore-sights, case-hardened recessed patent breeches each with rectangular platinum-lined maker's stamp, platinum line and platinum-lined touch-hole, border engraved case-hardened tangs each with large back-sight and decorated with foliage, case-hardened border engraved detented locks each signed in capitals and decorated with a starburst behind the rainproof pan with foliage, engraved safety-catches, foliate engraved cocks, and steels each with roller bearing on a ramp on the blued steel-spring, the steels engraved 'JOSEPH MANTON PATENT' and numbered respectively '5839' and '5840', figured half-stocks each with dark horn cap and chequered rounded butt (one with old slender split), border engraved blued steel mounts comprising butt-caps each with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards each with serial number in an oval against a martial trophy on the border engraved bow, trigger-plates each with pineapple finial, and turned rear ramrod-pipes, silver escutcheons each engraved with owner's crest and initials 'HS', horn-tipped ramrods, probably original, and retaining most of their original case-hardened and blued finish: in original lined and fitted mahogany case (compartment lids repaired, one knob incomplete) with some accessories including James Dixon & Sons Britannia metal three-way powder-flask, one side of the body engraved with a gothic 'H' within a garter, brass powder-measure, and brass and wooden loading and cleaning rods, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label (two small areas of damage), the exterior (scratches and small old repair) with circular brass escutcheon engraved with owner's crest and initials, and centred on a flush-fitting circular brass carrying handle, William Fullered's barrelsmith's mark 24 cm. barrels Footnotes: Provenance Olympia Auctions, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 30 June 2021, lot 165 Literature W. Keith Neal & D.H.L. Back, The Manton Supplement, 1978, p. 239 D.H.L. Back Great British Gunmakers, The Mantons 1782-1878, 1993, p. 104 The crest appears to be that of Henry Sansom For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Ceylonese Piha Kaetta18th CenturyOf characteristic form, with single-edged blade inlaid in brass with a monster-head and foliage along each side at the beaked point (some pitting), fullered along the back over each side from the forte and set with silver embossed and chased with running foliage, hilt comprising foliate brass basal mount inlaid with engraved interlaced silver foliage, and horn grips carved with foliage and set with foliate silver mounts including pommel-cap with button finial, in its original fluted two-piece wooden scabbard with silver locket (minor damage) with filigree borders 19 cm. bladeFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Basket-Hilted Regimental Infantry Sword Circa 1750 With bright curved single-edged blade with a narrow fuller along the back-edge for most of its length on each side and stamped 'S. Harvey' on both sides at the forte, half-basket guard of slender flat iron bars, the slender side panel shaped and pierced with two pairs of ovals, made in one with a ring at the top beneath a bun-shaped pommel with button finial, and spirally-grooved fishskin-covered grip bound with twisted brass wire 79 cm. blade Footnotes: For a very similar example in the Royal Armouries, Leeds (IX, 2138) see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 230, VIII6 (illustrated) Cf. a remarkable groups of eight other examples sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour, 14 April 2005, lots 107-114 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Cavalry Officer's Basket-Hilted Backsword Mid-18th Century Or Later With tapering fullered blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a narrow fuller along the back for most of its length on both sides, the back at the forte stamped 'DRURY', iron guard of vertical rounded bars framing side panels each with fleur-de-lys shaped finial at the top and pierced heart-shaped terminal at the bottom, an oval panel at the front with a pair of hooked bars set either side of a central bar, fore-guards, scrolled wrist-guard, integral ring around the base of the bun-shaped pommel, and spirally-grooved leather-covered grip bound with a strand of twisted brass wire (light pitting overall) 88.7 cm. blade Footnotes: For a related sword in the National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh (LA 153) see Cyril Mazansky, British Basket-Hilted Swords, 2005, p. 143, G5a See also a sword with a very similar hilt by Walter Allan of Sterling, Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour..., 19 July 2001, lot 61 For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A 19th century Bohemian glass and silver plated claret jug, the cover with crown finial and resting cherub playing pipes to the handle, with gilt highlights to the opaque glass, height 28cm.Condition Report: The plate fits well to the glass. Plate in good condition, glass with general rubbing to the gilding, and wear to the underside of the base. No platers hallmark
A Chinese Export porcelain tureen and cover of shaped rectangular form, circa 1800, decorated in the Tobacco Leaf pattern with gilded highlights, with moulded ox handles, height 21cm, width 36cm.Condition Report: There is a small area of loss to the moulded detail on the cover, glaze imperfections to the body throughout, a small chip to the finial on the cover, minor glaze chipping to the foot rim otherwise good.
An 18th century Chinese Famille Rose teapot and stand painted in enamels with floral decoration, with applied floral motifs (2).Condition Report: Losses to the applied detail to the base of the teapot and stand, the stand with a firing fault/crack to the rim, minor chipping to the finial and to the rim of the teapot.
A Japanese Meiji period cloisonné jar and cover of square form, the cover with a finial pierced with leaves, the main body decorated with peacocks inside scrolling detail, height 13.5cm.Condition Report: Slight dent to the finial and a slight dent to the flange of the lid. General tarnishing and some wear to the metal surfaces, nothing serious. Enamel with some imperfections, small hair line cracks to the right hand side of one of the green panels. A few feint hair line cracks to the bottom left of one of the green panels, extending into darker ground area.
A 19th century walnut and stained pine Vienna wall clock with turned pediment above the circular enamelled dial set with Roman numerals, flanked by carved Corinthian columns, height 131cm. Condition Report: The clock appears in fairly good condition with only slight knocks and scrapes, the tip of the top finial has been damaged.
SALLY TUFFIN FOR DENNIS CHINAWORKS; a limited edition preserve jar and cover on circular plinth base, the cover with mounted polar bear finial, the plinth base applied with six further polar bears, signed, impressed marks and no.12-20, height 12cm.Condition Report: Light glaze crazing to the body and cover, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restoration.
JOSEPH & JOHN ANGELL; a Victorian hallmarked silver claret jug, London 1839, with fruiting vine finial, entwined vine handle and acanthus leaf cast base, London 1839, height 33cm, weight 37ozt/1161g.Condition Report: The claret jug is incomplete, there should be a fruiting vine band going around the widest section of the body and only two sections of this remain, small dents and general tarnishing throughout.
SALLY TUFFIN FOR DENNIS CHINAWORKS; a silver lustre preserve jar and cover, the finial modelled with a penguin, signed in gilt, and numbered 9 to the underside, height 10cm, and a second example with floral detail, height 9cm (2)Condition Report: The finial on the lustre example with a chip to the beak of the penguin, otherwise each in good condition.
A RARE CHINESE GILDED BRONZE DRAGON-HEAD FINIAL, HENGMOSHIEASTERN HAN DYNASTYCast as a hollow ferocious dragon-head baring its teeth, with flared nostrils and long slender horns, the mane with fine hair markings, the neck with faint incised scales, 167g, 14.5cm.Provenance: the H K Burnet Collection, sold Sotheby’s, 4th April 1941, lot 382 for £11; then the collection of Mark Dineley (1901-75), and thence by descent.Exhibited: the Bradford College Exhibition, 1932, Catalogue no.25.H K Burnet, of 9 Selbourne Villas, Bradford, had an extensive collection of Chinese ceramics, bronzes, archaic jades and works of art. Following his death, his collection was sold by Sotheby’s over three days in April 1941. Burnet lent four pieces to the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, at the Royal Academy, London.An almost identical finial in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, accession no.1992.165.25, donated by Charlotte and John Weber was exhibited: Arts of Ancient China, 2005. Another is on display at the British Museum, room 33, cabinet 6A, no.13. A similar example from the Worch Collection is illustrated with another from the Stoclet Collection by Umehara, Shina-Kodo Seikwa, part III, vol.I, pl.64. The Stoclet finial is also very similar, and was exhibited at the International Exhibition of Chinese Art, 1935-36, at the Royal Academy, London, catalogue no.541. The fitting is also very similar to one excavated from Han tomb No.2 at Ganquan in Hanjiang, Jiangsu province, illustrated in Wenwu, 1981:11, pl.2, fig.5 and p.6 fig.15. For a larger gilded bronze terminal, see Eskenazi Ltd., Masterpieces from Ancient China, London, 2000, no.10, sold Christie’s, London, Property from the Collection of Jonathan Benthall and Zamora Menuhin Benthall, 25th March 2022, lot 730; and for another closely related example, see Christie’s New York, 16th September 2010, lot 917.東漢 銅鎏金龍型衡末飾來源：蘇富比，H K Burnet 收藏，1941年4月4日·編號382，£11的價格購得。Mark Dineley（1901-75）收藏，之後由其後人繼承。Mark Dineley為當時威立士拍賣行拍出的著名元青花葫蘆瓶的藏家，亞歷山大的後人。展覽：The Bradford College Exhibition, 1932年, 圖錄編號 25。車衡為古代戰車上重要的構建之一，呈管狀，是設於車轅前端的橫木。衡末飾安裝在車衡的兩端， 對車衡起到保護及裝飾作用。戰車衡末飾具有武器功用，且此龍首衡末飾工藝精湛，製作完美，為當時身份尊貴的象征。此種龍首衡末飾目前查證四例，其一在大英博物館（room 33, cabinet 6A, no.13）。其二曾在紐約大都會藝術博物館（no.1992.165.25）展出，另1935-1936年，斯托克萊（Stoclet）家族曾借展倫敦皇家藝術學院。本拍品則為第四例。
A RARE CHINESE MARKET GILDED BRONZE EQUESTRIAN TIMEPIECE QIANLONG/JIAQING C.1780-1800Cast in the form of a stallion, standing with his head lowered and slightly tilted to one side, the front right and rear left legs raised; his back with tasselled trappings and leaf scrolls supporting a thirty hour timepiece by Samuel Biddulph, No.3661, the white enamel dial within red and white paste brilliants, with an eagle finial and a pale yellow marble rectangular plinth, 27cm. (29.5cm overall).Provenance: from the collection of The Hon. Nellie Ionides, (1883-1962), of Buxted Park, sold by Sotheby & Co., London, The Ionides Collections, Part I, 31st May 1963, lot 50.Published:H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, January / February 1951, where the above example and nine further clocks from the Ionides Collection are illustrated. Also Christopher Hussey, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides, Country Life, 18th August 1950, p.519, where this equestrian timepiece is illustrated on the mantelpiece in the Chinese room together with others, including one in the form of a stag, (see overleaf).Cf. Sotheby & Co., London, The Ionides Collections Part II, 1st November 1963, lot 13 for a related musical clock by James Cox in the form of a stag, and lot 14 for a related watch stand by Joseph Silver, cast as a lion. Later sold, Sotheby's New York, 25th September 2012, lot 495.The Honourable Nellie Ionides (1883-1962), was the daughter of the Shell Oil magnet Sir Marcus Samuel, 1st Viscount Bearsted, and Lord Mayor of London, 1902-3. After her first husband, Walter Henry Levy, died in 1923, Nellie married the architect Basil Ionides and they lived at the fine Palladian estate in Sussex, Buxted Park, where they were great entertainers and friends of George V and Queen Mary. Nellie amassed an important collection of Chinese art, part of which was left to the British Museum, and part of which was sold in four sales at Sotheby’s in 1963 and 1964. For further details about Nellie Ionides as a collector, see R Davids & D Jellinek, Provenance, pp.251-255.清乾隆/嘉慶 銅鍍金馬馱鼓式鐘來源: The Hon. Nellie Ionides (1883-1962) 收藏, 購於倫敦蘇富比，1963年5月31日，The Ionides Collections, 第一部分，編號50。出版：H Alan Lloyd, English Clocks for the Chinese Market, The Antique Collector, 1950年一/二月, 上述的馬馱鼓式鐘和Ionides收藏中的另外九個時鐘都有在圖錄中記載; 另見Christopher Hussey所著, Buxted Park, The Home of Mr and the Hon. Mrs Basil Ionides，發表於1950年8月18日的Country Life雜誌的第519頁，該書亦記載了這個馬馱鼓式鐘及其他的時鐘收藏，當中包括一個鹿形時鐘(見後頁)。
Large Canton famille rose jug and coverChinese, mid-19th Centurypainted with a court scene of officials and attendants on a temple's terrace, with a painted wide band beneath the cover, and having a gilt lion dog finial, 26cm high Chip on the spout and some old repairs and rivets on the handle. Further smaller losses and wear.
With a decorative fluted bowl inlaid with scrolling silver and gilt damascene type decoration, the rim with islamic script. the finial on an inverted flower shaped mount, with adjustable nose guard and two further mounts, with iron chain mail to the back and sides. The interior with apparently original padded crimson lining. 38cm high, 27cm wide *Condition: light surface rust to chain mail and rubbing to decoration and areas of loss to decoration, interior distressed.
With a brass hexagonal spike finial with four flower-head mounts and South Wales Borderers Helmet Plate with Queen's crown above an eight-pointed star, with brass chin strap on floral mounts, with green lining with brown leather band, 25cm high, 26cm front to back. On a turned wooden helmet stand *Condition: A nice example, white surface probably refinished.
A white metal medal of H.I.J.M.S. Katori recording the launching in 1905 by W.T. Story, 3.7cm In story case of issue (Eimer 1886), a white metal Heliogoland Bight and Dogger Bank medal, Admiral Byng medal, Pipetamper with Admiral Hood finial and four others (8) *Condition: Mixed states, first two very good condition.
Powder blue porcelain vase and cover Chinese, 19th Centurythe lid with knop finial, the baluster vase decorated with famille verte panels, depicting scholars studying a scroll, figures and vases of flowers, unmarked, in the Kangxi style, 38cm high overallOverall wear, some marks and scratches. Minimal firing faults.
Small group of piecesChinese and Khmerto include a standing giltwood Buddha figure, 44cm high on a later base, a glazed earthenware figure on a horned animal, 22cm high and a carved giltwood phoenix, 17cm high (3)The finial to the standing figure is loose and of a later date. The glazed group has some losses and breaks and the phoenix has some wear and small losses.
Group of small itemsChineseto include a bronze censer, 4cm high, an archaic axe head, a hardstone cup, a seal with a tortoise finial and a wooden netsuke (5)At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.
Brass hanging lanternIndianwith coloured glass panels, 64cm high including the chain Provenance:- from the descendant of a British Indian colonial family, related to General William Clive Justice, who led the British troops at the siege of Delhi, during the Indian mutiny.Overall wear consistent with age and use. Finial is loose/detached. Lower part of the lamp has become detached. Repairs with sellotape. One of the coloured panels is missing. Losses to other panels. Some marks and scratches.
An impressive George IV silver cup and cover, London, 1828, Hyam Hyams, the twin handles designed as horns of plenty to a campana-shaped body with gilded interior, the fluted lower section decorated with repousse flowers and foliage, the upper with a floral garland against a textured ground, the cup raised on a pedestal foot and engraved with coat of arms, the cover with a shaped floral and foliate scroll border surmounted by an associated flower finial by Paul Storr, approx. 29cm high, approx. weight 40.4oz Condition Report: The cup with cover is in good condition commensurate with age. Some minor surface scratching, nicking and pitting noted. Light wear to gilded interior. Hallmarks clear. Decoration in good condition. No damage or repairs noted. Steady on foot. Slightly darker tone to gilding under cover. Rose finial is an associated example by Paul Storr. Some small dings and bruising to inner rim of cover. Cover sits slightly loose and wobbles a little. Engraved crest to lid.
An 18th century Baltic parcel gilt silver beaker with cover, Riga, Michael Kresner the Younger, c.1765 (warden’s mark D, probably for Johann Christoph Zingk), the flared cylindrical body raised on a fluted circular foot and prick dot engraved beneath moulded rim, the stepped cover with nut finial opening to gilded interior, beaker engraved N43 to underside, approx. 24.5cm high, 11.5cm dia (at top), approx. weight 18.5ozProvenance: The Robert G. Vater Collection Condition Report: Ref: See Neumann, Verzeichnis baltischer Goldschmiede
A Höchst fayence Rococo tureen, cover and stand, c.1750, the stand with black wheel/G. mark, the tureen moulded with a pendent rocaille border and painted with loose bouquets of flowers, painted in Schwarzlot with landscape panels within moulded cartouches beneath the handles, on four foliate scroll feet, the domed foliate cover with a scrolling upturned flower finial, the shaped oval stand similarly moulded and decorated, R.G. Vater Collection no. 578 (paper collection label attached to the interior of the cover), Clampanan (?) Collection label (possibly dating from the 19th century) attached to the interior of the cover, the stand - 40cm wide Provenance: The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics.Footnotes: Note: Examples of this form are illustrated by Horst Reber, Die Kurmainzische Porzellanmanufaktur Höchst, Munich, 1986, Vol. II, pp.171-174. Condition Report: There are numerous glaze chips in areas overall to the tureen, cover and stand, mostly to the edges. The tip of the flower finial to the cover is missing. The top edges of the tureen handles with some small nibbles. The base of the tureen with a 'cross' fracture visible both inside and out and further smaller fractures radiating from this. Losses to the tips of the feet. Tiny pin prick glaze spots to the interior and underside of the tureen. The stand with nicks to the rim in places and small (approx 2cm) repair to the rim.
A Frankenthal porcelain Chinese pavilion group, c.1770, blue crowned CT mark over VIII, modelled by K.G. Lück, with four chinoiserie figures at various pursuits including picking fruit and playing musical instruments around a tiered pagoda, by a river, on a rockwork base with a pierced fence and applied with melons, 30cm highProvenance: The Robert G. Vater Collection of European Ceramics.Footnotes: Note: An example of this model is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (museum no. 1982.60.294).Condition Report: There are restorations/overpainting overall which include: the roof of the pagoda is lacking the finial and the openwork structure has been restored to all four sections. Repairs to the fruiting swags of the roof and three black ball finials to the roof edge are missing and other some others are restored back into place. The figure standing inside the pagoda with a restored right hand.The lattice fence of the pagoda on the right side by the long steps into the upright has been repaired. The figure holding a basket has a repair to the top of his hat. The figure playing a stringed instrument has a restored tassel to his turban hat, a repaired left hand and repairs to the instrument. A section of fence is missing besides this figure on the step edge.The right ankle/foot of the last standing figure has been restored.The curved fence on the base is missing one finial, has repairs to the remaining finials and the upright pole nearest the steps. The low scroll fence at the back of the base has a large chip. The rockwork base and other leaf/melong elements with small nicks and repairs. There is a firing crack to the base by a section of fence dating from the time of manufacture.
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