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Lot 25A
A Royal Crown Derby 1128 pattern coffee can, printed marks to base, first quality; a Royal Crown Derby Green Derby Panel cup and saucer, printed marks, first quality; a Derby Posies loving cup; a Royal Crown Derby Brocade pattern cup and saucer; a limited edition commemorative trinket pot and cover for Queen Elizabeth II 70th birthday commissioned y Govier's of Sidmouth, printed marks, first quality with certificate No. 51/750;etc
Lot 24A
A limited edition Royal Crown Derby miniature loving cup commissioned by Royal Doulton, printed marks to base, first quality, another; a near pair of limited edition Royal Crown Derby loving cups, commemorating Elizabeth II, with certificates; a limited edition commemorative loving cup for H.R.H Prince Henry of Wales 1984, with certificate; another(all first quality) (6)
Lot 18A
A limited edition Royal Crown Derby Govier's China Shop model, gold printed marks to base, first quality; a Royal Crown Derby wavy edge commemorative trinket dish for The Queens Mother's 90th birthday. printed marks to base, first quality; Derby Posies pattern trinket dish; a Paris Royal miniature cup and saucer, etc (5)
Lot 271
A collection of twenty 19th century oval engravings depicting famous boxers of the 18th and early 19th centuries, together with a 1952 first edition of The Bare Knuckle Breed by Louis Golding, signed and inscribed by the author, plus a signed real photograph of 1946 British middleweight champion Vince Hawkins and three other items including Boxing News Annual 1961 & 1963 (25)
Lot 264
THREE SETO-WARE VASESONE BY KAWAMOTO MASAKICHI, MEIJI PERIOD the first painted with a butterfly hovering above trailing bean vine with a grasshopper perched on top, signed Kawamoto Masakichi in underglaze blue to the base; the second of pear shape rising to a tall slender neck moulded with flanges; the third with twin mask handles, painted with three ducks (3)highest 31cmProvenance:Private Scottish collection.
Lot 57
CHINESE SCHOOLSIGNED SI HAI SAN REN, LATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIOD ink and colour on silk, the first depicting 'Kong Rong giving up pears', the second depicting an immortal catching flowers dispersed by a boy, each signed Si Hai San Ren, dated bingzi year (2)34.5x28.6cm (sight)Provenance:Private Scottish collection.
Lot 319
TWO THAI BRONZE SEATED FIGURES OF BUDDHA19TH CENTURY each cast seated in dhyanasana, with the slender body clad in loose robes, the first with hands joined in bhumisparsha mudra, the serene face flanked by long ears, the head with 'snail-curl' hair crowned with high ushnisha with a flame finial, raised on a stepped plinth (2)highest 24cmProvenance:From a deceased French estate; collected in the 1980s.
Lot 33
TWO EMBROIDERED RUST-GROUND SILK PANELSQING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY worked in couched-gilt and brightly coloured silk threads, the first depicting an elephant carrying precious objects, lingzhi and lotus issuing from a jardinière on its back, the second depicting a Buddhist lion playing with a brocade ball above a lishui border, both framed and glazed (2)largest 50x49cm (sight)Provenance:Private English collection.
Lot 246
TWO JIKI SHIPPO ENAMELLED PORCELAIN ARTICLESONE SIGNED MATSUOKA, MEIJI PERIOD the first a globular jar, worked in gilt wires and polychrome colours on a turquoise enamel ground with shaped panels enclosing birds and flowers, all below a lappet border at the shoulder and above a band of small flowerheads encircling the foot, signed in iron red to the base; the second a plate, enamelled with a swallow and a butterfly hovering amongst blossoming branches (2)dish 21cm diamProvenance:Private Scottish collection.
Lot 187
TWO AGATE SNUFF BOTTLESthe first carved with a continuous scene of boys at play in a courtyard, with three bats hovering above; the second carved to one side with a scholar resting below a pine tree issuing from rock work, the inclusion of the stones cleverly incorporated into the composition (2)highest 5.9cm
Lot 22
PAIR OF CINNABAR LACQUER COVERED BOXESLATE QING DYNASTY each of rectangular section with chamfered corners, the first carved with scholar mounted on a mule and followed by an attendant, the second carved with a scholar resting below a pine tree whilst two attendants are brewing tea nearby (2)8.7cm wideProvenance: Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire.
Lot 706
Attributed to John Anster Fitzgerald (1819-1906)PORTRAIT OF A CHILD, STANDING BY HER BED IN A WHITE DRESSING GOWN, WITH DOLLS IN HER POCKETMonogram to the back of original canvas (apparently)61 x 51cmThis is thought to be an early painting by Fitzgerald, possibly of his first child. Provenance: Purchased from the studio of George Percy Jacomb Hood.
Lot 1
A silver five piece water or wine set, with gilt interior and textured banding, comprising jug and four goblets, Dorothy Budd, London 1993, 44.15oz.Provenance: Dorothy May Budd had a varied career, firstly as a nurse then a teacher retiring as Head of Art and Craft at Edwinstree Middle School, Buntingford in 1980.Dorothy became a member of the Guild Enamellers in 1980 becoming the first person in the country to become a Craftsman of the Guild of Craft Enamellers (Hons) in 1984. Winning the Peter Wolfe Cloisonné Cup twice.In 1983 at the age of 60 Dorothy started studying at Sir John Cass College, London, gaining qualifications in jewellery, silversmithing, enamelling, casting and engraving. Being awarded a Diploma with Distinction in Precious Metals and Allied crafts (1993) and Higher National Diploma in Design (Silversmithing, Jewellery and Allied Crafts (1997). Dorothy was also awarded the British Jewllers' Association Certificate of Merit for Silversmithing (1993).Exibitions included, Goldsmiths Hall, Sir John Cass, and a number of art galleries, Leeds, Hitchin, Guildford and Shrewsbury.Dorothy moved to Bourne in 1996 where she continued her enamelling, silversmithing, paintin
Lot 199
A collection of seaplane civil aviation photographs, postcards and ephemera dating 1920's - 1940's. Features Imperial Airways items from the late 1920's/early 1030's. Comprising: album of photos and postcards believed to have been collected by a former pilot for Imperial Airway and 3 framed and glazed items. 1. A 1946 RAF Air Movement Authority certificate from Jiwani to Karachi, 2. 4 photographs from 1946-56 of Durban Seaplane port, South Africa, 3. First Day covers commemorating the first Transatlantic flight (glass a/f).
Lot 22
Expect the Unexpected: The following two historically important lots originally formed part of the infamous Berlin Wall. The Berlin Wall was a guarded concrete barrier that physically and ideologically divided Berlin from 1961 to 1989. Constructed by the German Democratic Republic (GDR, East Germany), starting on 13 August 1961, the Wall cut off by land West Berlin from virtually all of surrounding East Germany and East Berlin until government officials opened it in November 1989. Its demolition officially began on 13 June 1990 and finished in 1992. More than 5,000 escape attempts were made trying to flee life behind the Iron Curtain. Then on November 9, 1989, the first sledgehammers pounded into the concrete to |tear down this wall|. It took 18 months to bulldoze the 140 km (87 mile) structure. Most of the materials were crushed and recycled into roads. However, some sections were sold, auctioned off or donated as historically important objet d’arts. A number of large scale installations from the Berlin wall may be seen as far away as the World Trade Centre in Montreal, donated to the city in 1992, to Seoul, South Korea, where a three section portion of the wall stands in Berlin Square. It was brought to Seoul in 2005 as a gift from the City of Berlin to inspire South Koreans to hope for a similar reunification with North Korea in the future. Closer to home a single section stands outside the Imperial War Museum, London. For a fuller description of 16 other historically important large scale sections of the Berlin Wall around the world and further photographs please see our website. An historically important reinforced concrete portion of the Berlin Wall comprising four sections, with stencilled graffiti by Ben Wagin PARLAMENT DER BAUME DENK-STATTE SICH ZU VEREINEN HEISST TEILEN LERNEN (Parliament of Trees, To Unite Means to Learn to Share) Richard Weizsacker 360cm high by 480cm wide overall by 238cm deep; each piece 360cm high by 120cm wide by 238cm deep German artist and environmental activist Ben Wagin painted his powerful messages over these sections of the Wall in 1990 after initial visitors had chipped off the original graffiti - creating a uniquely textured surface. The effect is as dramatic as it is powerful. These sections were part of the memorial to the hundreds of people killed at the Wall trying to escape to freedom, called the Parliament of Trees, in the middle of Berlin opposite the Reichstag. These parts of the original memorial had to be removed to make room for additional constructions. The wall is covered with a quote by the German President at the time, Richard von Weizsäcker, who said: |To unite means to learn to share.| The reverse shows graffiti ‘Berlin November 1989’
Lot 26
Statuary: â–² David Wynne The Breath of Life Commissioned 1962 Nabresina Marble 490cm high, base of column 100cm diameter With inscribed pavement surround with glazed metal frames originally housing electric uplighters and a stone plaque with brass giving details of the sculpture. This iconic sculpture, resembling a totem pole, was originally commissioned in 1962 for the forecourt of Hammersmith House, the London headquarters of the British Oxygen Company. Fittingly, the theme from the second Chapter of Genesis is carved into the circular pavement surround of the sculpture; ‘And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils, the breath of life; and man became a living soul.’ The simple tapering column of Nabresina marble, a form of limestone similar to Portland, has been carved and incised to form a group of three human figures. The lowest figure shows man in the foetal position, as though newly formed from the rock. Upon his bowed back crouches a second figure struggling to inhale the first breathe, wracked by the stresses of his awakening. He supports with his arms the topmost figure, who kneels upright with his face gazing up into the sky. David Wynne OBE, (1926-2014) was one of Britain’s best loved sculptors of the 20th Century. Educated at Stowe School he then served in the Royal Navy during World War II and read Zoology at Trinity College, Cambridge, before taking up sculpture professionally in 1950. In London alone, Wynne was responsible for a huge number of important public commissions. He carved one of the capital’s best-loved animal figures, Guy the Gorilla, in Crystal Palace Park (1961). He sculpted the iconic Boy with a Dolphin at the Chelsea end of Albert Bridge, (1974) and Girl with a Dolphin outside Tower Bridge. (1973). Elsewhere he sculpted the Tyne God fountain in Newcastle upon Tyne; (1968), Christ and Mary Magdalene at Ely Cathedral;(2000) and a Risen Christ for the front of Wells Cathedral, one of his most famous commissions. (1985) His portraits included the Queen and the Prince of Wales, (1970) Sir John Gielgud, (1962), Sir Yehudi Menuhin,(1963), Sir Thomas Beecham (who said the piece reminded him of all the mistakes his orchestra had made in the previous 10 years),(1956), the four Beatles(1964) and the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi (whom he introduced to the group), as well as the Derby-winning racehorse Shergar. In 1973 he designed the linked hands on the 50p pieces that marked Britain’s entry into the European Community. Some of Wynne’s most striking pieces were designed for garden settings. He created works for the Abbey Gardens at Tresco, including Gaia, a sculpture made from South African marble, which has a South African planting around it. The Prince of Wales was so taken by the figure he commissioned a similar piece, called Goddess of the Woods, for his gardens at Highgrove. Wynne always took particular care in his choice of materials. A commission in 1957 for the façade of the Taylor Woodrow headquarters in London resulted in a distinctive 100ton block of granite being blasted from a Cornish quarry and being worked on in the rough in situ before being precariously transported to Wynne’s studio in Wimbledon. Likewise, when Pepsi Cola gave him carte blanche for a large piece, he spent three weeks in the Rocky Mountains and came out with a plan for a grizzly bear fashioned from a 36-ton block of marble. Literature: The Sculpture of David Wynne 1949-1967, T.S.R Boase, Michael Joseph, 1968, pages 82-83 Please see our website for further pictures and details.
Lot 28
Natural History: A Gibeon meteorite slice showing Widmanstatten pattern 17cm by 10cm, 0.8kg Meteorites have long held a fascination from ancient times onwards. Recent Research at the McMaster University in Canada and the Max Planck Institute in Germany concluded that Life on Earth began after meteorites splashed into warm little ponds and leached them with essential elements between 3.7 and 4.5 billion years ago. Often known as shooting or falling stars, due to the fireball that occurs when the meteoroid passes through the atmosphere and often accompanied by a sonic boom, a meteorite is a solid piece of debris that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon. They have played a big part in our history - the first iron had not been found in the earth and smelted but had in fact come from out of this world. Meteorites were seen as precious, almost cult-like objects and considered of high value. Confucius, the Chinese philosopher, made the connection between a streak in the sky and the rock in the ground when he made the first description of a meteorite fall in 645 BC. One of the earliest known human finds of a meteorite in Europe seems to have been in the UK, where a stone meteorite was uncovered during an archaeological dig at Danebury Iron Age hillfort in the 1970s. The fact that it was found deposited part way down in an Iron Age pit (c.1200 BC) suggests it must have been deliberately placed there. Scientific documentation only began in the last few centuries, but two of the oldest recorded meteorite falls in Europe were in Elbogen (1400) and Ensisheim (1492) and the German physicist, Ernst Florens Chladni, was the first to publish the idea that meteorites were rocks from space in 1794 but met with resistance from the European scientific community. Meteorites may have started life on earth, but one of the leading theories of mass extinction, the demise of the dinosaurs, also concludes that it coincided with a large meteorite impact - the Cretaceous-Paleogene extinction event which occurred 66 million years ago. The oldest known iron artefacts - nine small beads hammered from meteoric iron - were found in northern Egypt and securely dated to 3200 BC, and were indeed made long before the Iron Age. Egyptian hieroglyphics even referred to iron as being ‘from the sky’and Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun, who died in 1324 BC, was buried with an iron headrest, bracelet, and dagger from three different meteorites. Some Native Americans treated meteorites as ceremonial objects and the Indigenous peoples used iron-nickel meteorites as a source of iron metal.
Lot 24
A fine exhibition quality 5 inch gauge model of a London Midland and Scottish 4-6-2 Duchess of Atholl tender locomotive, recently completed by gold medal winning, model engineer John Richardson of Halifax. The locomotive was built using works drawings and is finished in the 1938 LMS livery of crimson lake with black, vermillion and gold lining. Important Notice: Sadly, the tender to this locomotive was scratched while in storage at Dreweatts. However, the builder of the locomotive, has kindly offered to oversee the repair of the tender to faultless new condition by the original professional painter of the locomotive at no extra cost to the buyer, within six weeks of the auction date. For more information please contact Dreweatts on 01635 553553 or transport@dreweatts.com The copper silver soldered superheated boiler supplied by Western Steam with top feed and four safety valves, chrome nameplates, smokebox and maker's plates.Fine detailed cab incorporating pressure gauges, regulator, reverser, twin water sight gauges, brake, injector, blower, whistle, soot blower and continuous blowdown controls, oak seats, wooden floor, doors and three part fall-plate. The cab interior painted in black and white, woodwork having grained finish.The chassis with four cylinders, hollow axles and working leaf springs throughout, running boards with lubricators and fine detail pipework, double brake blocks. Two injectors and detailed nonworking exhaust injector and pipework.The 4000 gallon tender with hand pump and lift up water valves. Coal pusher, water scoop and coal spray bars, removable front bulkhead and plates. Chassis with working leaf springs, brakes and detailed buffer beam.The unfinished model locomotive was trial run and subsequently totally stripped and the remaining details completed followed by painting. The engine has not been run since painting.Duchess of Atholl was one of a batch of five conventional Pacifics built in 1938 following the first ten Coronation Class locomotives which were all streamlined.The class eventually numbered 38 and were regarded by many as the pinnacle of express British steam locomotives.Boiler History: Western Steam boiler documentation. Southern Federation hydraulic test valid until 13th February 2021. Steam test expired 4th April 2018. Documentation available for inspection at the auction rooms on view days.BOILER HISTORY DISCLAIMER Please Note: All boiler history records and references made in this catalogue are made for guidance only and the auctioneers are not able to convey any guarantees or warranty as to the safety of the boilers or their present condition.
Lot 7
A well-engineered 10 ¼ inch gauge model of a rebuilt ‘American Outline’ Atlantic 2-6-2 live steam tender locomotive ‘Lord Braybrooke’ No.3548, Built by the late David Curwen, circa 1948, and re-built as a Prairie in 1981. The steel boiler with fittings including steam pressure gauge, large in-cased water sight-glass, regulator, safety, direction control, hinged firebox door, drain cocks and associated copper pipework. The chassis with twin outside cylinders and Walschaert’s valve gear, detailed motion, oiler system, injector and whistle. The six wheel tender with coal compartment, fitted steps, hand-irons and rear ladder.The model finished in green and black lined livery with name plate to side ‘Lord Braybrooke’, rivet-work, steps, hand-rails, brass mounted bell and cow catcher to front. Locomotive length 245cm. Tender length 155cm Locomotive width 61cm. Cab height 97cm.This locomotive will be sold together with a folder containing further details and some history of its life.Provenance: The Lord Braybrooke Collection, Audley End, Saffron WaldenLocomotive No.3548 ‘Lord Braybrooke’ was the first steam locomotive at Audley End being driven by Stirling Moss at the opening ceremony in 1964. Rebuilt by David Curwen in 1981 as a 2-6-2 to handle the heavier trains at Audley End.Boiler History: This locomotive will be sold with a current boiler certificate and steam test. Full details will be available from the auction rooms on view days.BOILER HISTORY DISCLAIMER Please Note: All boiler history records and references made in this catalogue are made for guidance only and the auctioneers are not able to convey any guarantees or warranty as to the safety of the boilers or their present condition.
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