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A very rare sealed 'Shaft and Globe / Onion' transitional wine bottle, circa 1675-85 Of olive-green tint, the bulbous body with a tapering neck and prominent string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'D B' with three cinquefoils, all within a lined border, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 16.5cm high Footnotes: Provenance Charles and Barbara Robertson Collection, Combe Hay, Bath, Sotheby's, 16 December 2002 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.902 The individual to which the initials relate has not been identified. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare half size 'Shaft and Globe / Onion' transitional wine bottle, circa 1675-80 Of dark olive-green tint, the bulbous body narrowing towards the base, the long tapering neck applied with a prominent string rim with two tooled notches, the base with a 'kick-up', 16.2cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 9 October 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare and important sealed 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle, circa 1660-65Of olive-green tint, the rounded bulbous body tapering inwards towards the base, the slender tapering neck with a prominent string rim, the shoulder applied with a large seal inscribed with the initials 'G.O' within a beaded border, a shallow 'kick-up' to the base, 23.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBBR Auctions, 8 July 2012, lot 208A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureDavid Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.987 and 1575Although the initials on this significant bottle have not been identified, Burton suggests that a tavern motif or family crest may have sat above the initials which was lost during the seal impression.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare 'Shaft and Globe' serving bottle, circa 1670 Of dark olive-green tint, the bulbous body narrowing inwards towards the base, the long tapering neck with a prominent string rim, the loop handle with a pronounced thumbrest and scrolled terminal, with a 'kick-up' base, 21.8cm high Footnotes: Provenance Bonhams, 13 December 2006, lot 92 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Andy McConnell, The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018), p.47, fig.5 This extremely rare bottle was probably used at a table as a serving bottle. A sealed half size 'Shaft and Globe' serving bottle with a handle of similar shape is illustrated by Burton (2015), pp.1315-6. This bottle holds the current record for the highest price achieved at auction by any vernacular bottle, sealed or unsealed, when it sold at Bonhams in 2006. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare quarter size 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle or apothecary vial, circa 1660-70Of translucent pale aqua tint and attractive small size, the bulbous body with a long slightly tapering neck and prominent string rim, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 11.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 7 October 1996, lot 1A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureWard Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.109, pl.159It is exceptionally rare to find a 'Shaft and Globe' bottle in such a small size. Only two sealed quarter size examples are recorded by David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.940-1 and 943. Another example in translucent aqua glass is illustrated alongside the present lot by Ward Lloyd (2000), p.109, pl.159. It is possible that this bottle served as an apothecary vial considering that most early wine bottles were manufactured from dark green vernacular glass to protect the contents from light and hide visible impurities in wine.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A half size 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle, circa 1675 Of olive-green tint, the small bulbous body narrowing inwards towards the base, the tapering neck with a prominent string rim, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 16cm high Footnotes: Provenance With Neil Willcox, 20 December 2001 A C Hubbard Jr Collection This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare sealed half size 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle, circa 1650-60 Of dark olive-green tint, the bulbous body of attractive small size, with a tall, slender and slightly tapering neck applied with a thick and prominent string rim, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'TE.B', The 'TE' conjoined, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 18.9cm high Footnotes: Provenance Supposedly excavated in Shrewsbury, Shropshire or by repute perhaps north-east Durham BBR Auctions, 9 July 2000, lot 140 A C Hubbard Jr Collection Literature Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), p.105, pl.151 David Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), pp.913-4 Andy McConnell, The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018), p.43, fig.2 The conjoined initials on the seal suggest that this bottle was commissioned for a husband and wife, perhaps to celebrate a marriage, birth or baptism. Their identity remains unknown, but several early sealed bottles bear related conjoined initials. No other bottles bearing this seal are recorded. This lot achieved a world record auction price for a sealed bottle when it was sold in 2000, a record now held by the sealed 'Shaft and Globe' bottle bearing the initials 'L D' sold by Bonhams on 5 December 2007, lot 15, see Burton (2015), p.474. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * * VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A remarkable 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle, circa 1670Of dark olive-green tint, the bulbous body narrowing towards the base and with a long tapering neck, the prominent string rim most unusually dentated with six uneven scallops, with base with a shallow 'kick-up', 22.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceA C Hubbard Jr CollectionThis remarkable bottle would appear to be unique, with no other example applied with a similarly dentated string rim recorded in the literature.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Silver Potpourri, in the form of a flower head, the central pierced globe hallmarked and with the makers mark MJS, date letter rubbed, fitting into an unmarked petal base, gilded and with a textured surface, gross weight 7.5oz 232gmCondition Report: Generally tarnished, residues of polish, good condition.
A twelve-inch terrestrial globe by Kosmos, Stuttgart, first half of the 20th century, German, inscribed 'Wirtschaftspolitischer KOSMOS-ERD-GLOBUS Gesellschaft der Naturfreunde', on a turned wooden stand with a compass,globe 30cm diameter52cm highCondition ReportWear, tears and losses throughout. Please see the additional images.
A Collection of 3 Children's Toy Lanterns, comprising of a small lantern on a wooden base with a globe-shaped body and 8 circular slides, in a case with instructions pasted to the inside of the case, with a trade lable to the lid for Ernst Plank, another small children's lantern with a brass label for G. B. N. for Gerbruder Bing Germany, in the original case with 12 glass slides, case width 25cm, and another black painted tinplate magic lantern in a card case, 28cm wide (x3)
(1) "Bentjes, op diss' greate print stean forschate ljouwe, De ade gean de treppen del, de jonge binn' oon 't kljouwen". Dimter (Deventer), J. de Lange, n.d. (ca. 1822-49). Handcol. woodcut engr. 34 x 41 cm. On the steps of the stairs, walking across the globe (the northern hemisphere), are figures between the ages of 10 and 100. Below the image a verse in 2 columns in Frisian. (2) H. Numan. "De Trap des Ouderdoms", no. 47. Handcol. woodcut engr. 30 x 40 cm. Between cradle and grave, a man and a woman climb the stairs of old age. Two 6 line verses in Dutch as captions. Orig. printed and publ. by Numan himself in the 18th century. This is most likely a reprint publ. by P.C.L. van Staden in Amst. between 1850 and 1870. Both prints mildly creased and worn, sm. tears/ holes. Very rare. (total 2)
A VINTAGE GERMAN GLOBE, Columbus-Erdglobus, bearbeitet von professor Dr. Felix Lampe, ausgeführt von Kartograph C. Luther, Columbus-Verlag Paul Oestergaard K.G. Berlin-und Stuttgart, twelve colour-printed globe gores mounted on cardboard sphere, wooden stand, height 46cm x diameter 28cm (Condition Report: in reasonable condition, catches on the chrome bar when spinning)
A SUPERB PAIR OF MIYAO-STYLE MIXED-METAL-INLAID AND PARCEL-GILT BRONZE VASES WITH SHOKI AND ONIJapan, late 19th century, Meiji period (1868-1912)Each vase with a baluster body supported on a spreading foot and rising to a gently waisted neck with flat everted rim, the shoulder with two long handles issued from baku heads, the exterior carved in high and sunken (shishiaibori) relief, inlaid in iro-e takazogan and hirazogan, and engraved in katakiri and kebori, with bamboo-framed panels surrounded by two snakes flanking a toad above and a snail below - an impressive example of the sansukumi motif. Each panel shows a different but complementary design, depicting on one vase a proudly standing Shoki holding his sword in one hand and extending the other, with a long-tailed pheasant amid chrysanthemums under a gnarled pine tree to the back; and on the other three oni depicted in different attitudes, one of them fighting back against the demon queller, the back with two long-tailed pheasants perched on a craggy rock. The body is further decorated with bamboo leaves, mushrooms, and leaves, the neck and foot with formalized bands.HEIGHT each 30.5 cmWEIGHT each 4.7 kgCondition: Very good condition with minor surface wear.Provenance: From the private collection of an intrepid and seasoned connoisseur who tirelessly travels the globe and acquires with passion, discernment and above all a sense of all-embracing eclecticism, bound by no rigid formula of what should constitute a worthy object save the admiration and wonder that it can produce in the viewer.The present pair of vases, impressively cast, finely carved in high and sunken relief, and masterfully inlaid in both hirazogan and takazogan, was clearly made by an extremely talented metalworker. The inspired use of inlays makes an attribution to the workshop of Miyao Eisuke reasonable. Although most often associated with large-scale bronze figures of samurai, the Miyao Company also manufactured or dealt in a wide range of craft goods including Shibayama-work panels and ivory figures. Apparently based first in Yokohama and then, after about 1890, in Nihonbashi-ku, Tokyo, the company is first recorded at the second Naikoku Kangyo Hakurankai (National Industrial Exposition) where Miyao Eisuke collaborated with the bronze caster Momose Sozaemon in the production of a bronze figure of seven drunken shojo.The combination of snake, frog, and snail (or slug) constitutes the sansukumi motif. Sansukumi translates to 'the three who are afraid of one another'. The three animals are in a state of mutually assured destruction: the snake will consume the frog, however the frog has already eaten a poisonous snail, so the snake must perish as well. This motif is connected to sansukumi-ken, a category of Japanese hand games played by using three hand gestures. The oldest sansukumi-ken game is mushi-ken, a game originally from China. In mushi-ken, the 'frog' represented by the thumb wins against the 'slug' represented by the pinkie finger, which, in turn defeats the 'snake' represented by the index finger, which wins against the 'frog'. Although this game was imported from China, the Japanese version differs in the animals represented. In adopting the game, the original Chinese characters for centipede or millipede were apparently confused with the characters for the 'slug'. The centipede was chosen because of the Chinese belief that the centipede was capable of killing a snake by climbing and entering its head. One of the few surviving sansukumi-ken games is jan-ken, which was brought to the West in the 20th century as rock paper scissors.
GEORGE HUBBARD: ON THE SITE OF THE GLOBE PLAYHOUSE OF SHAKESPEARE..., Cambridge University Press, 1923 first edition, original cloth gilt plus ROYAL COMMISSION ON HISTORICAL MONUMENTS (ENGLAND): AN INVENTORY OF THE HISTORICAL MONUMENTS IN LONDON, London, HMSO, 1928, vol 3 Roman London, 4to, original cloth plus SIR LAURENCE GOMME AND PHILIP NORMAN (Eds): LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL SURVEY OF LONDON, 1912, London County Council vol 3 The Parish of St Giles-in-the-Fields (part 1) Lincoln's Inn Fields, 4to, original wraps plus SIR HOWARD ROBERTS AND WALTER H GODFREY (Eds): LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL SURVEY OF LONDON, London County Council 1950, vol 22 Bankside, 4to, original cloth d/w plus J H FORSHAW AND PATRICK ABERCROMBIE: COUNTY OF LONDON PLAN PREPARED FOR THE LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL, London, McMillan, 1943 first edition, 4to original cloth plus PATRICK ABERCROMBIE: GREATER LONDON PLAN 1944, London, HMSO, 1945 first edition, 4to original cloth gilt (6)
WILLIAM EDMONDSTOUNE ATTOUS: LEYS OF THE SCOTTISH CAVALIERS AND OTHER POEMS, Edinburgh and London, William Blackwood, 1853 sixth edition, contemporary prize inscription verso of ffep, contemporary calf gilt, spine gilt in compartments, all edges marbled plus JOHN KEATS: THE POETICALWORKS, Ed William T Arnold, London, McMillan, 1907, The Globe Edition, contemporary calf gilt, prize bindings, spine gilt in compartments, contemporary Bedford Modern School prize label dated 1908 on front paste down (2)
An early 20th century mahogany Globe Wernicke five-tier bookcase with glazed doors, on a plinth base, height 182cm, width 86cm, depth 36cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
An early Victorian table-top terrestrial globe, detailed 'Malby's Terrestrial Globe... Houghton St, Newcastle St, Strand, London 1847', raised on a mahogany stand, diameter of globe 22cm (faults). Provenance: from the principal contents of Stone House, Bolney, West Sussex.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A late 19th Century Stourbridge crystal glass liqueur set attributed to Joseph Keller for Stevens & Williams, the footed globe and shaft decanter with a hollow blown stopper, the body engraved with a band of spiders webs with ivy leaf borders around a central dedication, dated 1898, together with four small stemmed liqueur glasses. (5)
Four 19th century decanters, two later decanters and three decanter stoppers:1. a Victorian shaft-and-globe magnum decanter with panel and petal cut decoration, cut mushroom stopper and star cut base (35.5 cm high) chipped.2. a late-Georgian decanter with triple neck rings, etched with fruiting vines (24 cm high). 3.a late-Georgian decanter with etched floral band and diamond-cut coaster base.4. a late-Georgian decanter with diamond and swag cut decoration (chipped).5. two later cut glass decanters, one with a modern silver 'Madeira' wine labelAlso to include three decanter stoppers.Condition- Magnum decanter: Large chip to rim. No other faults.- Etched vine decanter: Chipping to stopper plug. Otherwise good.- Etched floral decanter: Stopper probably matched. Otherwise good with just a few tiny frits to cutting.- Swagged decanter: Large chip to rim. A few tiny edge frits to cutting.- Two 20th century decanters and wine label: Good condition.- Stoppers: One missing lower section of plug. Mushroom stopper chipping to plug.
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