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Lot 150
A Victorian burr walnut pedestal desk by T.H.Filmer & Sons The rectangular moulded top with later black leather and gilt writing surface above a frieze drawer flanked by four short graduated drawers and a plinth base, with castors, with brass label to interior of drawer 'T.H.FILMER & SONS, CABINET UPHOLSTERY, BEDDING & CARPET MANUFACTORY, 28,32 & 34 BERNER'S ST OXFORD ST, LONDON W.' 121cm wide, 67cm deep, 76cm high. Thomas Henry Filmer is first listed as a cabinet-maker, upholsterer and appraiser at 34 Berner's Street, London in 1835 (see C.Glibert and Geoffrey Beard, Dictionary of English Furniture Makers 1660-1840, London, 1986, p.299). See also Gilbert, Pictorial Dictionary of Marked London Furniture 1700-1840, London, 1996, p.28 & p.206, fig.351 which illustrates a teapoy by Filmer now in the collection of the V&A.
Lot 27
A William & Mary kingwood oyster veneered cabinet on chest attributed to Thomas PistorThe upper part with a moulded overhanging cornice and a cushion frieze drawer above a pair of cupboard doors inlaid with concentric circles and enclosing a fitted interior of eleven various drawers, the housing for two of the larger top drawers concealing sliding compartments with small removable lidded boxes, around a central cupboard door with a sliding panel and concealed box compartment within the door, the door enclosing four further small short drawers, the lower part with two short and two long drawers, on later bun feet, the sides similarly decorated with oyster veneers, 119cm wide, 51cm deep, 180.5cm high The attribution to the London cabinet-maker Thomas Pistor is based on a group of pieces identified and previously with W.R Harvey including two kingwood cabinets and a desk to which the cabinet offered here is clearly part of the same group.There were in fact two cabinet-makers called Thomas Pistor, father and son, working for a period at the same time but at different premises. One or both are known to have made furniture of quality for Levens Hall although the group of kingwood pieces that correspond to the cabinet offered here do not relate directly to the Levens Hall furniture.From the 4-18 August 1950 Country Life ran a series of articles featuring what was then the recently rebuilt Buxted Park, a house reconstructed by the architect Basil Ionides following a serious fire and in one of the illustrations a kingwood escritoire is visible. Subsequently Christopher Gilbert commented in The Dictionary of Marked London Furniture, Leeds, 1996, p.44 that a “highly important kingwood fall-front cabinet inscribed ‘Thomas Pistor, Ludgate Hill, London’, formerly owned by the Hon. Basil Ionides, unfortunately remains untraced. It was amongst the Buxted Park furniture at Sotheby’s, 25 September 1963, lot 168 (withdrawn)…”. The whereabouts of this escritoire remain unknown and further details of how the pieces was marked remain uncertain.There was in fact no Sotheby’s sale on this date. A somewhat later sale of the Ionides’ property was held by Sotheby’s, 1 November 1963, in which lot 168 was described as “A William and Mary olivewood secretaire cabinet in richly figured parquetry…”. although no trade label is mentioned. It is nonetheless possible that this is the piece referred to by Christopher Gilbert. Gilbert was amongst the first generation of furniture historians to have begun compiling archives of stamped and labelled furniture leading to the publication of both The Dictionary of English Furniture Makers and Marked London Furniture 1660-1840 (1996). The Buxted cabinets appearance could well have meant that his attention was drawn to it by the furniture department at Sotheby’s while processing the Ionides property.The overall profile and proportions of the Buxted escritoire conforms to that of the cabinet offered here and the W.R Harvey cabinets as does the pattern of oysters visible on the frieze drawer, and there is a strikingly similar large radiating circular pattern. It is undoubtedly the same maker responsible for the cabinet offered here and for the two W.R Harvey cabinets, one of which is a near pair to the above cabinet. The two cabinets share virtually identical dimensions, profile of the mouldings at the cornice, waist and base. The size and layout of all of the drawers are identical and in both cabinets secret drawers can be found in the underside of the internal door and above the two top internal drawers and the use of veneers is near identical on both pieces. The interiors of both are furnished with two large drawers above and below the central door, three smaller drawers either side, and a small drawer immediately below the door. The veneers on the drawers are again almost identical, the chest sections have dovetails that appear to have been cut by the same hand. The internal door locks appear the same and most strikingly of all, the stylised numbers on the backs of the internal drawers and the corresponding divides were seemingly done by the same hand presumably in the same workshop.
Lot 351
1949-52 the three printings in CTO'd blocks of four, the first two with full gum. The 1949 printing with very late postmark (1969) but the two chalky paper blocks are dated 1952 and 1953 respectively. The 1952 printing is a difficult stamp used; a used multiple must be rare, and it would be interesting to learn if there is another used Plate block! SG 118f, g/CW 23, a, b
Lot 259
A late 19th Century Brazilian hunting knife, 40cm heavy clipped back blade with spear point, partially stamped XXXXXX & GADET PELOTAS, white metal hilt with two-piece riveted ivory grips, contained in its white metal mounted leather scabbard, chape lacking, blade patinated and old repair to guard, together with an elongated machete by LUCKHAUS & GUNTHER and stamped LA CATALANA, 70.5cm blade, white metal hilt with eagle's head pommel and chequered two-piece wooden grips, contained in its white metal mounted tooled leather scabbard. (2) The Company Scholberg & Gadet of Pelotas merged with Leopold Joucla in the mid 1870's to form Scholberg, Joucla & Silva and Alexander Gadet, was proprietor of this partnership from 1882 until his death in 1894, dating the first knife in this lot to circa 1875. Please further note that this item can not be shipped outside of the EU.
Lot 294
First War Medals archive diary and photographs to Major O.S. Vickers Machine Gun Corps, comprising Defence Medal, British War Medal and Victory Medal to MAJOR O.S. VICKERS, an Album of Photographs pertaining to Major Malenoir Vickers Machine Gun Corps, comprising 63 images taken in Russia during August 1919, various wartime and post war pictures of family and military scenes to include Malta, India etc, 9ct gold Swiss watch named on the back O.S. VICKERS DBVI/4/1, Cruchon & Emons 1915 dated compass and 1916 dated case named to Vickers, a 1910 dated OTTWAY sighting compass (?) boxed, a hallmarked silver Chelmsford Diocese Readers medal, silver gilt Lodge Medal to Vickers, Essex Regt bronze collar badge, Machine Gun Corps Officer's bronze cap badge, various Scouting and Legion badges, an Ingersol watch, his Brother in Law's Frist War trio to 10199 CPL. J.E.L. BURDETT R.A. and a selection of early 19th Century newspapers, The Times, Sept 3 1810, June 3 1807, Aug 16 1810, Sep 23 1806, Oct 7 1806, May 21 1807, Oct 5 1810, Aug 29 1806, Aug 7 1806, Sept 6 1806, Nov 10 1810, May 28 1807.
Lot 314
Two Turkish flint lock holster pistols, the first with 12.5inch 20-bore two-stage barrel, border and scroll engraved stepped lock, full stock carved with foliage about the brass mounts, dummy wooden ramrod, the second with 13inch 20-bore barrel, plain lock, full stock carved with foliage about the brass and iron mounts, dummy wooden ramrod. (2)
Lot 86
Two hall marked silver sgian-dubh, the first with 18.5cm fullered blade with faceted back edge, grey stained, characteristic carved wooden hilt decorated with basket weave, the pommel set with a stone, contained in its pierced Celtic strap work mounted leather scabbard, the upper mount hallmarked Edinburgh 1900 and bearing the maker's mark of TJ, together with another similar, later, also of silver and bearing maker's mark T.E. The former with pinned repair to pommel. (2)
Lot 362
*Ralph Cusack ((Irish, 1912-1965)THE WASHING LINESigned and dated '40 l.l., inscribed verso 'To Mainie, thanking her for all her encouragement, Ralph, October 1940', gouache28 x 19cmCusack was the first cousin of the celebrated Irish artist Mainie Jellett, to whom his dedication is addressed.*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.
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