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Lot 211
A square walnut frame dressing stool, labelled Brynmawr Furniture, with upholstered drop in seat, on splayed canted corner rectangular legs, 38cm square, stamped with numerals "1560 36 23 9 38" and a rectangular oak frame dressing stool, first half 20th century, with upholstered drop in seat on square legs united by stretchers, 42cm wide (2).
Lot 15
Pierre Fix-Masseau - Simplon Orient-Express posters, first edition colour lithographs, published in France by Imprimerie Baugé for Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Inc., 1981, 62 x 98.5cms; 24 1/2 x 38 3/4in., unframed. (set of six)Sold together with two original cardboard tubes bearing Orient-Express postage labels dated May 1982.PROVENANCEA gift from the Directors of the Railway Company to the Vendor.
Lot 826
GENTLEMAN'S OMEGA SPEEDMASTER PROFESSIONAL STAINLESS STEEL MANUAL WIND CHRONOMETER WRIST WATCHthe round black dial baton hour markers in white, outer seconds track in white, subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9, the 42mm case with black enamel tachymeter bezel, with SPEEDMASTER and hippocampus along with 'FLIGHT QUALIFIED BY NASA FOR ALL MANNED MISSIONS, THE FIRST WATCH WORN ON THE MOON' to the reverse exterior, on a stainless steel bracelet strap with Omega clasp, lacking box and papers
Lot 167
Fine and rare early English mahogany dolls cabinet and contents, circa 1820, the exterior with inlaid strips and three glazed windows to each side, with simple surrounds, and standing on four turned wooden feet, the front opens in two wings with original lock, key and bolt, to six rooms on three levels, hallway with staircase, all rooms with original early papers, and with hinged green painted interior doors with heavy surrounds and high skirting, ground floor kitchen with tinplate range, dresser, kitchen table and a collection of moulded food on cardboard decorated plates, bowls, jugs, bottles, candlesticks and two china head dolls, ground floor nursery with china head teacher, two all-bisque children and an array of toy animals and dolls, first floor dining room with Waltershausen Biedermeier style extending table with two leaves, three chairs with silk upholstery, glass fronted display cabinet, bureau, ornate tin fireplace and more, living room with built in tin plate fire place with wooden surround, Walterhausen circular table, cabinet and writing desk (lacks drawers), set of fabric covered chairs and a Parian doll in original clothes with Alice band and more, top floor bedroom with similar Parian doll, with brown hair and moulded hair net, washstand, (lacks draw), day bed, free standing mirror and more, second bedroom with metal beds, chest of drawers, side table, bone spinning wheel and more, 41 ¾” (106cm) tall, 31” (79cm) wide, 12 ¾” (33cm) deep.
Lot 174
Collection of dolls house ornaments and miniatures, mostly German, first half 20th Century, including glass bead-work furniture including sofa, rocking chair, table and six chairs, table 1 ½” (3.5cm) tall, four bisque figurines, collection of wooden painted table ware, Wedgewood style ceramic vases, tea-pot and jugs, bronze bust, and more, (lot).
Lot 196
FOOTBALL, brochures/programmes for first/last matches at stadiums, inc. Manchester City v Southampton (Maine Road), signed by 23 players, Goater, Trautmann, Book, Williamson, Clarke, Fagan, Johnny Hart etc; Coventry City v Derby & QPR (Highfield Road & Ricoh), Shrewsbury Town v Grimsby Town (Gay Meadow), Hull City v Darlington (Boothferry Park), VG to EX, 5
Lot 71
A CHINESE YELLOW AND GREEN 'DRAGON' BOWL LATE QING DYNASTY Decorated with two incised dragons chasing pearls above waves in green against a yellow ground, the base with a four character mark in underglaze blue which reads qing huan zhenpin (precious object of splendour) indicating it was made for the use of a first rank concubine, 16.2cm. Provenance: Orchardleigh Park, Christie's 21-22 Sep 1987, lot 516, £320. Cf. R E Scott, Elegant Form and Harmonious Decoration, Four Dynasties of Jingdezhen Porcelain, figure 199, p.172 and also G Avitabile, From the Dragon's Treasure, pp.88-89, no.121 for similar examples.
Lot 124
SEVEN CHINESE PHOTOGRAPHS C.1860 With examples by Felice Beato (1832-1909), depicting various sites in China, including a mosque near 'Pekin' occupied by Lord Elgin, the interior of North Taku Fort after the battle, and an arch in the Lama Temple near 'Pekin', 31.5cm x 26cm. (7) Felice Beato (1832-1909) was an Italian-British photographer and one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and also one of the first war photographers. His work represents the first substantial oeuvre of photojournalism; his photographs of the Second Opium War are the earliest to document a military campaign as it unfolded.
Lot 133
A PAIR OF CHINESE HEXAGONAL-SECTION SOAPSTONE TEA CANISTERS AND COVERS FIRST HALF 18TH CENTURY Each face intricately carved in shallow relief with figures, landscapes, flower sprays, fish and crustacea veneered on a pewter base, with traces of coloured pigments and gilding and raised on six stump feet, each cover with a crane roundel, together with a copy of A Tale of Three Cities by D S Howard, 14cm. (5) Illustrated: D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canton, Shanghai & Hong Kong, p.162, no.209.
Lot 66
A turquoise-blue monochrome, Chinese vase; together with a small saucer dish, 12.5cm diameter, with Daoguang mark but not of the period; and two famille rose tea bowls and saucers (6)Provenance: The Property of a Gentleman. The saucer dish with the Daoguang mark here apparently portrays four of the famous heroes from Classical China (The Wu Shuang Pu) by Jin Gulian in a compilation that first appeared during the Kangxi era in 1694. Of course, both the iconography and colouring of each hero or heroine has been subject to some change, but the four paragons illustrated here may be Chen Tuan, the 9th Century Daoist, Chen Dong (1086-1127) presenting his petition to the Emperor, Qian Liu (852-932) and Cao E, the Han Dynasty heroine. Chen Dong was active in the resistance against those appeasing the invasion by the Jurchen Tartars, an opposition that even questioned the legitimacy and mandate of the Song Emperor, Gaozong Condition Report Please note that this is a group lot where condition may vary from object to object; some areas of damage, chipping and/or cracking are extant.
Lot 800
Dr Joseph Black (1728-1799), Professor of Chemistry at Glasgow University(1756) and Professor of Chemistry at Edinburgh University (1766): Three important handwritten, 18th century, leather bound notebooks of his lectures, commencing 13th June 1775, and written up as: 'Notes of Dr Black's Philosophical Lectures on Chemistry/Corrected and Enlarged by the Joint Labour of George Buchan Hepburn (later Sir George, 1st Baronet FRSE FSA) and Alexander Law, Advocates'. The first lecture significantly discussing Heat, a subject which Black had pioneered through the study of specific or latent heat in 1761.The notes from this lecture state: 'Chemistry is the effect of Heat, and of Mixture upon all bodys, or mixtures of bodys...Heat is easily communicated-it passes continually from hotter to colder Bodys and affects every species of matter-In this communication of it to colder bodys Density is no obstacle...'Subsequent headings and dates in Volume I include: Expansion/Thermometers ('Sir Isaac Newton on the degrees of heat gives an account of many experiments with an oil thermometer-He took a mass of red hot iron as hot as common fire could make it and suddenly exposed it at a window where he let it remain till cooled...')/Fluidity/Vapour/Ignition/Inflammation 12th Lecture, dated 26th June/Inflamability 13th Lecture, 27th June/Mixture/Mixture & Progress of Chemistry/Progress of Chemistry & Attraction/Chemical Attraction/Chemical Apparatus/The Elements and Objects of Chemistry/Elements and objects of Chemistry/Saline Substances, 17th Lecture, 1st July/Alkalis/Acids 19th Lecture, 4th July and 20th Lecture, 5th July/Compound Salts 21st Lecture, 6th July/Salts/Of Earthy & Stoney Substances 26th Lecture, 12th July/Earth 27th Lecture 13th July. The first volume ends on a page marked 200 after a brief discussion as to the discovery of porcelain manufacture.Volume II starts with 'Inflamable Substances' (Lecture dated 4th August 1775) and continues with a lecture on Charcoal (Lecture 38/7th August); Lecture 39/9th August; Lecture 40/10th August; Lecture 41/11th August; Lecture 42/28th November 1775; Lecture 43 on Metals/30th November; Lecture 44 on Metals/1st December; Lecture 45 on Metals/4th December; Lecture 46 on Metals/5th December; Lecture 47 on 7th December on Mercury and Metals; Lecture 48 on 8th December; Lecture 49 on 11th December; Lecture 50 on December 12th; subsequent pages titled: 'Of Regulus of Antimony'/'Of Bismuth'/'Of Linck...This metal which is also called spelter is more tough than Bismuth'/'Of Cobalt'; Lecture 51 on 14th December, including: Tin and Copper; Lecture 52 on 15th December; Lecture 53 on 18th December; Lecture 54 on 19th December. The Second Volume ends on Page 188 with the note that: 'In this abridged course of lectures, Doctor Black it would appear found it necessary to omitt the table of Elective Attractors which will be found in the Appendix no.10 page 40'.Volume III commences with the title: 'Notes of Doctor Black's Lectures on Chemistry/54th Lecture/Continued 19th Dec. 1775'. It continues with: Lecture 55 on Water/ 20th December; Lecture 56 on Vegetable Substances/21st December; Lecture 57 on Vegetable and Animal Substances/22nd December. On Page 37, Black concludes: 'Upon the Whole Chemistry is as yet but an opening Science closely connected however with the usefull and ornamental arts and worthy the attention of a liberal mind.-And it must always become more & more so: for tho' it is only of late that it has been looked upon in that light, the great progress already made in Chemical Knowledge, gives us a pleasant prospect of rich addition to it.'After the conclusion of the Lecture notes, Volume III includes the following subjects;(1) The Appendix introduction with a heading, stating: 'What follows is taken from the Papers of the Gentleman to whom we are indebted for the account of the Chemical Apparatus'.(2) The Preparation of Mercury and Mercury combined with Brimstone.(3) Of The Preparation of Iron referred to Vol II/Pag 132.(4) Of Regulus of Antimony and Antimonial Preparations.(5) The Preparations of Antimony(6) The Chemical History of Lead with regard to Acids(7) Of Silver Ores and the Method of Separation(8) Elective Attractions with an associated table, 'divided into four general parts', illustrating the attraction of elements, compounds, acids or alkalis.(9) The Analysis of Water, referred to Vol.3 page 3d.(10) Some discussion on physiology, including: urine; fluid secretion, Saliva and related Sediment or Calculus.(11) The Index, commencing with 'Absorbent Earth' and 'Absorption'Each book about 26 x 20cm (3)Provenance: Sir George Buchan-Hepburn, thence by direct family descent, The Property of a Gentleman. All three volumes with library bookplate for Buchan-Hepburn Bart. of Smeaton Hepburn. During Dr. Black's lifetime, many manuscript copies of his lectures were made by his students. Compare, for example: University of St. Andrews (Reference GB227/MS38181-38186, dated to 1771-1775), comprising volumes of notes from Black's lectures; some notes by unknown students, and some notes taken by Henry Beaufoy (died 1795), later a Whig MP for Minehead. These manuscripts include lectures 91-106, and include the subjects of Metals, Mercury, Semi-Metals, Antimony, Bismuth, Zinc, Lead and Tin.Black was succeeded as Professor of Chemistry at the University of Glasgow in 1766 by John Robson, FRSE (1739-1805) who in 1799 prepared Black's lectures for publication. Black's work has remained relevant; his theory of specific or latent heat, proposed in 1761, is a definition which has remained in use (see for example 'The Penguin Reference Library/Dictionary of Science'/2014 Edition page 626). Indeed, latent heat has long been considered significant; Thomas Thomson MD, FRS, writing in 1815, reminded his readers that Black 'was the first person who pointed out that every substance is possessed of a peculiar specific heat, or that different bodies have different capacities for heat'. However, the most significant compliment to Black's work was the attention given to it by the great French Chemist, Antoine-Laurent Lavoisier (1743-1794) and his wife Marie-Anne. Madame Lavoisier, who involved herself with all her husband's work, learnt English as a means by which to update Lavoisier on the work of British chemists. Presumably, therefore it was through Marie-Anne that Black's work was brought to Lavoisier's notice. Lavoisier's re-examined Black's experiments, in what was eventually to be termed Quantitative Analysis, an area which had been implied by Black's graduation thesis on Magnesia Alba, published in 1754. The following two years, 1755-56, saw Black's discovery of Magnesium (Element No.12 on Dmitry Mendeleyev's Periodic Table); this pointed the way towards the principle of The Conservation of Mass when Black summarised: 'We have already shewn by experiment that Magnesia Alba (Magnesium Carbonate) is a compound of peculiar earth and fixed air'. Here again, though, Lavoisier is the one most often understood to have discovered the idea that the mass of different matter remains constant, following a chemical reaction between them.Mendeleyev is justly celebrated on his Periodic Table by Element 101, so perhaps Black's discovery of Magnesium should be similarly remembered, and that an Element yet to be discovered, should be named after him.
Lot 801
Millar, Phillip, The Gardeners Dictionary, Vol. III, 4th edition, pub. London 1754 to/w Carpenter, Joseph, The Retir'd Gardener in Six Parts, the First Being Dialogues Between a Gentleman and a Gardener, 2nd edition, revised, now pub. in one volume, 8vl, complete, original fifteen fold out plates, engraved intro page and The British Gardeners Calendar, pub. R.Flemming, 1759, leather bound, bears library bookplate of (sir) George Buchan-Hepburn of Smeaton Hepburn (Scotland) (3)
Lot 809
Father Richard Augustin Hay, (James Maidment) Genealogie of the Sainteclaires of Rosslyn (St. Clairs of Rosslyn), pub. Thomas G Stevenson, Edinburgh, 1835, a very scarce volume from the original 120 first editions, in part untranslated from the Latin, c/w three fold out engravings, part leather bound with marbled boards and gilt tooled spine title.This volume published anonymously, resulting from the work of James Maidment (1795-1879) having edited the original, earlier work of Father Hay, whose own research had been compiled from the original documents contained within Castle Rosslyn. This text is the earliest published account resulting from examination of the papers of William St Clair of Rosslyn, 1st Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ancient, Free and accepted Masons of Scotland, the papers since lost.Printed in two formats, this volume one of the 108 on small paper, a further twelve copies were published on large thick paper. Provenance; Buchan-Hepburn family of Smeaton-Hepburn, Haddington, Scotland, thence by direct descent to the current vendor Condition Report good original overall, corners of boards rubbed, light foxing to reserve of marbled pages, discolouration to some page corners through use, fold out maps all have a single tear from bottom edge of spine approx. 3 cm long, otherwise clean and bright
Lot 810
Dahl, Roald, The Gremlins from the Walt Disney Production, A Royal Air Force Story, 1st English ed., pub. Collins, London & Glasgow 1944, deluxe presentation binding, blue calf, gilt titled, blue end papers, ink signed Dwight D Eisenhower, probably at a special dinner in London in aid of the RAF Benevolent Fund and sold to/w a second damaged example, also signed by Eisenhower (2)Prov; Patrick George Thomas Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes GBE, GH, PC (1901-1974), Conservative MP and sometime personal secretary to Winston Churchill, thence by descent Condition Report first volume good original, signs of careful use, outer boards ok with minimal wear to extermities, the second copy boards heavily damaged and detached, the leaves well preserved despite this
Lot 814
Miller, John, History of The United States from their first settlement as colonies to the end of the war with Great Britain in 1815, 1st English pub, London 1826, gilt tooled leather bound to/w Griswold, Rufus Wilmott, The Prose Writers of America, pub. Richard Bentley, London 1847, leather bound, library bookplate of McDouell of Logan (2)
Lot 831
A good Victorian travel photograph album of the East and Europe, compiled by Jane Stewart (nee McDouell of Logan) circa 1860-65, albumen and other type images by various hands including Pascal Sebah (1823-1886) and Antonio Beato (1832-1906) titles include - Interior of an Arab Court, Street in Cairo, Shepperds Hotel, Camels in Sebah's Yard, The Shoorla Road, portrait of a Water Carrier, The Nile, The Great Pyramid, Pyramid of Cheops, Camels in the Desert, The Luxor Hotel, Pigeon Houses, Wall of Rameseum, The First Cataract, Temple of Isis, Tomb of David, Bethlehem, Jerusalem, Beyrout, The Bosphorous, The Seraglio Point, Stamboul and views of Prague, Dresden, Nuremburg, Cologne etc, approx 100 images, each hand titled beneath, sizes vary but mostly 26.5 x 35 cm and 20 x 20.5 cm, some signed within the plate, others similarly numbered, within a black hard-bound album bearing gilt monogram 'JS'Prov; Jane Stewart, daughter of Col.McDouell of Logan, married 1860 the distinguished officer Lt.Col. Patrick Stewart, Bengal Engineers (died 1865), thence by descent via the McDouell / Buchan-Hepburn family (see also lot 830 and 832)
Lot 92
An ivory okimono of a Yamato Nadeshko, holding a samisen with her left hand, 18cm high, Meiji/Taisho Period; together with an ivory or bone paper knife, 22cm long (2)Provenance: Collected by the parents of the vendor's first wife prior to The Second World War Condition Report No easily apparent areas of damage.
Lot 1165
British Coins, Charles I, Briot’s first milled issue (1631-1632), halfgroat, crowned bust l. with B below, mark of value behind, rev. long cross fourchée over square-topped shield, wt. 1.07gms. (S.2856; N.2302; Brooker 721), beautifully toned, some weakness, extremely fine, about as struck *ex Baldwin’s vault
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