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Click here to subscribeWARWICK (SIR PHILIP) - MEMOIRS OF THE REIGN OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST, 2 vols., Edinburgh 1813, numerous b/w plates, a.e.g. re-bound in gt. and panel stamped red calf; FROISSART (SIR JOHN) CHRONICLES OF ENGLAND FRANCE SPAIN AND THE ADJOINING COUNTRIES 3 vols., London 1842, embossed boards, faded(5)
SAMSON OF PARIS PORCELAIN TEA SERVICE OF WORCESTER FIRST PERIOD STYLE polychrome painted in the manner of James Giles with exotic birds and insects in mirror shape reserves, underglaze blue and gilded borders comprising teapot, sucrier and cover, spoon tray, saucer dish, bowl, five coffee cups and nine tea cups (two damaged) and eight saucers
An extensive Wedgwood creamware dinner service, mainly 18th century but with 1872 and other replacements, decorated with the 9233 pattern, to include: lidded custard cups on stand, large soup tureen, small gravy tureen with ladle and a large quantity of dinner and other plates. *In the vendors family since it was made for them as mentioned in Wedgwood's first order book
Five Iranian gold 1 Pahlavi coins (first half 20th century), 22mm; four 1/2 Pahlavi coins, 19mm and two 1/4 Pahlavi coins, 16mm; A Turkish gold 100 Kurush coin, 22mm; a Mexican gold 2 Pesos coin, 13mm, and an Iranian gold commemorative coin obverse depicting double heads, reverse architectural- Bank Melli, 21mm (in sealed plastic pouch) 75.2gm (including one pouch) (14)
General Peter Nicholas (Nikolaevich) Krasnoff (Russian, 1869-1947) The Auberge d'Aragon, Malta signed lower right "N Krasnoff" watercolour 14 x 22cm The Church of Our Lady of Victory, Malta signed lower left "N Krasnoff" watercolour 11 x 17cm The Tip of Valletta, Malta signed lower left "Krasnoff" watercolour 9 x 14cm three (3) Provenance: Captain Rapkin, RN, who was stationed in Malta with the Royal Navy at period between 1890 and 1930; a gift to his daughter, who grew up in Malta, and by descent with the family Nicholas Krasnoff studied art at the Petersburg Academy and became President of the Moscow Chamber of Architects. Krasnoff came to Malta as a refugee in 1919. He was a watercolour artist of great accomplishment. Princess Nathalie Poutintine wrote of him: "Nicholas Krasnoff was a well-known and talented artist; he had designed the beautiful new palace for the Imperial Family in Yalta. He was asked to give me lessons so as not to interrupt the tuition I was receiving in that art in Russia and for which I had an aptitude. I did greatly enjoy his lessons, sitting under a shady arch of military buildings in open air overlooking the blue sea. He explained to me the importance of light and shade and its techniques in watercolour. He found the light on the Malta stone most effective against the deep cobalt blue of the sea and sky. Puffing his pipe he always spoke to me of the pure colours, which had to be used without hesitation on the paper, and never to be retouched again, having first well understood their mutual effects in life around us. I greatly enjoyed these hours immersed in natural loveliness I was to reproduce."
Arnold Hanson Knight (British, 1906-1949) Views of Poole Harbour both signed lower right "Arnold Knight '38" watercolour 16 x 26cm Arnold Hanson Knight Old Harry Rocks, Dorset signed lower left "Arnold Knight '38" watercolour 25 x 35cm Arnold Knight Poole Harbour signed lower right "Arnold Knight 1934" watercolour 23 x 35cm Arnold Knight Study of the Harbour, Poole, with the Sailing Ship, the Pamir inscribed lower right in the print "drawn by Arnold Knight" woodblock 15 x 22cm five (5) Provenance: The family of Arnold Knight and by descent Arnold Knight studied at Poole and was a member of the Bournemouth Arts Club. He was a keen sailor and and oarsman and a talented landscape painter, known for his views of Dorset and Gloucestershire. He joined the Royal Air Force and worked as a draughtsman on the Folland Gnat, the first plane used by the RAF Display Team the Red Arrows. He showed at the Royal Academy, the RBA and the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool.
Thomas Stokes (British, fl.1730-1737) Portrait of Sir Stafford Fairbourne, Vice-Admiral of the Red (c.1666-1742) inscribed on the reverse on an old label "T Stokes pinxit Nov. 1737" oil on canvas 74 x 60cm Provenance: Beeleigh Abbey, Essex Inscribed on the reverse: "Painted aged 71, thirty years after the death of his first wife Dorothy Fane, T Stokes pinxit Nov. 1737" A three-quarter length portrait of Fairbourne. He wears a red velvet coat with black buttons and button holes and a grey full bottom wig. Fairbourne saw early service in Tangier against the Moors in the 1680s. He commanded the 'Warspite' at the battle of Beachy Head in 1690, and the 'Elizabeth' at Cape Barfleur in 1692. During the War of Spanish Succession 1702-13 he recognised the strategic importance of Mediterranean operations and held a variety of commands in the Channel culminating in the capture of Ostend in 1706, at which he was the senior naval officer. Here his co-operation with the Duke of Marlborough helped to secure a valuable depot for continental transport.
Golfing interest: a Delft blue and white tile, painted with two figures holding clubs or kolve, late 18th century, 13cm. The Dutch game of kolf or kolven, where the aim is to be first to hit a post at the opposite end of the court or ice-rink, is believed to have given its name to the more popular modern game of golf.
An 'A' mark porcelain fluted coffee cup, painted with six alternate panels of flowers and a bird above two scrolls before flowing red ribbons, brown line rim above a black specked and gilt scrolling border, unmarked, c.1744-45, a 2cm section broken and repaired, 9cm. Cf. English Ceramic Circle Transactions, Vol. 18 Part 2, 2003, p.270 shows a similar cup from the collection of the British Museum (M&LA 1995, 11-3.1). The group of wares that have come to be known as 'A'-marked porcelain have been a subject of much deliberation since a "curious teapot" and three cups appeared for discussion at a 1937 meeting of the English Ceramic Circle. Some forty one pieces attributed to this group are now recorded in literature; the majority of them cups similar in style to the above. The British provenance of nearly all of these examples has helped quash an early theory of an Italian source of origin. Recent scientific research on some of the objects has confirmed the proximity of both the porcelain body and the glaze to the Heylyn and Frye patent of 1744, which had previously been thought an unworkable recipe. Research by Ramsay et al (2001; 2003) put forward the view that this was an erroneous belief and this has subsequently changed the accepted chronology of British ceramics history. The currently accepted view is that these 'A'-marked wares represent the first production of porcelain in England, and that it was probably wares of this type that were shown to William Cookworthy in early 1745. The propinquity to the Heylyn and Frye patent, together with Anton Gabszewicz's stylistic comparisons to the 'drab' or 'mushroom' wares of early Bow have linked the group to an early phase of experimental production by this factory.
A rare early Worcester bowl, moulded with eight wide panels, painted in the famille verte palette with Oriental flowers and foliage amongst rockwork, unmarked, c.1752, minor chips to the rim, some wear, 21.5cm. Cf. Important Worcester Porcelain, The R. David Butti Collection, Bonhams, 10 May 2006, lot. 14, and H. Rissik Marshall, Coloured Worcester Porcelain of the First Period, Part II, pl. 3, no. 47 for similar examples.
"Snaffles" (Charles Johnson Payne) 4 1/4in. x 6in. (10.8 x 14.9cm) "The sweet little feller his wescoat was yeller" - photo lithograph with hand colouring Inscribed on the reverse in the Artist's hand "Many thanks for the card Brigadier, it is reproduced in first class style. All the best for 1965 to you and the Black Watch. Snaffles. Orchard Cottage, Salisbury - Wilts, Tisbury".
Sir William MacTaggart 18 1/4in. x 24 1/4in. (46.5 x 61.5cm) "Trees: drawing" Signed; with inscription on a label on the reverse. Provenance: Sold by direction of Mrs. Ruth Jacobson. From the Artist's first one-man exhibition in England at the Stone Gallery, Brunswick Place, Newcastle, November-December, 1960. Purchased by Mr. T. Bergman and later acquired by Lionel Jacobson.
GLADSTONE ADAMS - MASTER PHOTOGRAPHER STUDIO SALE The items offered for sale come from the Studio of Gladstone Adams (1880-1966), generally regarded as one of the leading North East photographers of the first half of the 20th Century. His fame has been recognised by a review of his life and achievements in the New Oxford Dictionary of National Biography published in 2004 and in 2006 Newcastle City Council placed a 'blue plaque' on the wall of the Mansion House adjacent to his birthplace in the city's St. Anne's Row. Other recent acknowledgements of his achievements have been his inclusion in Adam Hart Davis's BBC2 television series Local Heroes, in 2002; the book Tyneside's Finest, in 2006, and BBC TV's Inside Out, in 2008.
A First World War brass shell case (sadly unfinished) with embossed somme, 1918 and the first letter of a word 'F', 13 3/4in. high; together with a pair of brass shell case fluted vases, 10in. high; together with a shell brass case ashtray centred by a French coin, 4 1/4in. diameter; and a brass shell case tobacco jar and cover, 5in. high.
[WHITE KENNET]: THE CASE OF IMPROPRIATIONS AND OF THE AUGMENTATION OF VICARAGES AND OTHER INSUFFICIENT CURES STATED BY HISTORY AND LAW FROM THE FIRST USURPATION OF THE POPES AND MONKS TO HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL BOUNTY LATELY EXTENDED TO THE POORER CLERGY OF THE CHURCH OF ENGLAND, L 1704, 1st edn, old cf worn
PHILIP L BARBOUR (ED): THE JAMESTOWN VOYAGES UNDER THE FIRST CHARTER 1606-1609, Hakluyt Society 1969, 1st edn, 2 vols, orig cl, d/ws + WILLIAM BOURNE: A REGIMENT FOR THE SEA AND OTHER WRITINGS ON NAVIGATION, Ed E G R Taylor, Hakluyt Society 1963, 1st edn, orig cl, d/w + JEAN BARBOT: BARBOT ON GUINEA THE WRITINGS, Hakluyt Society 1992, 1st edn, 2 vols, orig cl, d/ws + E G R TAYLOR (ED): THE TROUBLESOME VOYAGE OF CAPTAIN EDWARD FENTON 1582-1583, Hakluyt Society 1959, 1st edn, orig cl gt + JOHN DUNMOR (TRANS/ED): THE EXPEDITION OF THE ST JEAN-BAPTISTE TO THE PACIFIC 1769-1770, Hakluyt Society 1981, 1st edn, orig cl gt + RAYMOND H FISHER: THE VOYAGE OF SEMEN DEZHNEV IN 1648, Hakluyt Society 1981, 1st edn, orig cl gt (8)
TEN VARIOUS FRAMED AND SIGNED PHOTOGRAPHS to include Henri Leonte, two World Cup Winners First Day Covers '96, signed by Jeff Hurst and Alf Ramsay, another Len Hutton, Jim Peters and Brian Lara, David Beckham, 50th anniversary of the first flight of the Bristol Blenheim and the 50th anniversary of the first world air speed record and a few other related pieces
MARSHALL (H Russik); Coloured Worcester porcelain of the first period, 1954: SANDON (Henry); Flight & Barr Worcester porcelain, 1783-1840: Royal Worcester porcelain, 1862 to present day: The Illustrated Guide to Worcester porcelain: GODDEN (Geoffrey A); Chamberlain-Worcester porcelain: GODDEN (Geoffrey A); Caughley & Worcester porcelain (5)
An album containing three Victorian covers from Victoria to England, two U.S.A. postcards, a French cover dated 17th December 1900, a postcard for First United Kingdom Aerial Post September 16th 1911, five other covers, a block of 12 mint 1937 Coronation stamps, two blocks of six New Zealand 1d Health stamps, two 1980 Post Office Jubilee covers (one unused), and a few loose Victorian 1d stasmps
A white Rolls Royce Silver Shadow, Series 1, four door saloon, approx 83,000 registered miles, first registered in 1972 and with five former owners, the present owner has had and maintained the car since 1984. . The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow 1, 1965 -1976. This V8 powered vehicle has a monocoque body, a hydraulic system with pumps operated from the camshaft powered hydraulic clampers and automatic height control. The chassis number on this vehicle denotes the type of car: SRH is the pre-fix for ‘Standard Rolls Royce Home’.
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