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![SILVER TOPPED HAIR TIDY, BIRMINGHAM [ILEGIBLE], SILVER TOPPED DRESSING TABLE ITEM - BIRMINGHAM 1904 AND SILVER TOPPED SCENT B](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6f2a593a-8cc0-4096-acf0-aafe008e7aa6/bf319906-3174-48f2-b48a-ab0c0135322e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 75
Arthur Melville A.R.S.A., R.S.W., A.R.S (1855-1904) North Aisle of St. Magnus Cathedral, Kirkwall Signed, inscribed and dated 'To my friend Dr. Clouston, 4 March 1885', watercolour (Dimensions: 48cm x 33cm (19in x 13in))(48cm x 33cm (19in x 13in))Footnote: Provenance: Fine Art Society 1995 Literature: Agnes Mackay, Arthur Melville 1951, p.150, item no.404. Note: Acquired 8.2.90 in exchange for Arthur Melville's 'The Mosque of Cordova'
![STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.Chapter Thirty-Four From the Novel East of Eden. [Bronxville]: Privately printed by Valenti Angelo](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/e4eb5919-aacc-4acb-a34e-ab050126a074/4010fa3c-8630-4d8f-8fa7-ab0900e96ed4/468x382.jpg)
Lot 301
STEINBECK, JOHN. 1902-1968.Chapter Thirty-Four From the Novel East of Eden. [Bronxville]: Privately printed by Valenti Angelo, 1952. 4to. Publisher's buff wrappers over white chipboard, with red and black rectangle leaf and branch device to title page, and 'JS' monogram at end of text, minor toning.FIRST SEPARATE EDITION, one of 125 copies privately printed on his hand press by Valenti Angelo, variant not in Goldstone & Payne, but matching the copy in the Holmes Collection (A36a), and variant (3) in John Steinbeck: An Exhibition of American and Foreign Editions (Texas, 1963). A fine copy of a scarce Steinbeck item. Goldstone & Payne A32d.
Lot 35
A collection of Sri Lankan presentation silver, including a large circular charger, a table cigarette box and a compote dish and cover - the charger and rectangular cigarette case profusely chased with elephants, lions and birds amongst profuse foliate decoration; the compote with swirling foliage (with moulded glass inset), each item in fitted case with gilt Sri Lankan insignia stamped in gilt on cover (3)
Lot 1349
A good quality painted Louis 15th French shabby chic style dressing table and stool. Raised on slender supports having a series of drawers with central kneehole recess. All finished with embellished gilded edges. Complete with the stool. Largest item measures 140cm high x 130cm wide x 50cm deep.
Lot 1422
A late 19th / early 20th Century copper jardiniere planter raised on a round footed base with repousse floral garland decoration and a fanned rim together with an Indian brass planter with engraved decoration, a twin handled brass bowl and three graduating copper cider measures. Largest item measures 40cm high
Lot 1519
A good quality 20th century oak refectory draw leaf dining table being raised on bulbous turned supports with splayed feet and united by stretchers. Above, a rectangular table top with pull out leaf extensions. Together with 2 chairs. Largest item measures 76cm high x 122cm wide x 75cm deep.
Lot 355
A matching pair of contemporary Rococo style brass table easels having acanthus and scroll decoration. Together with a pair of brass candle sticks moulded in the form of Roman style Legionary soldiers and a Art Nouveau style picture frame having a moulded lady atop with cherub and leaf decoration. Stamped 'BEATRICE' to verso. Tallest item measures 33cm tall.
Lot 14
William John Leech RHA ROI (1881-1968)Boats Oil on panel, 37 x 46cm (14½ x 18'')SignedProvenance: Sent by W.J. Leech to Leo Smith, Dawson Gallery, via Bourlet, 20/03/51. Recorded in the list, for death duties, by Leo Smith, No. 26 'Boats', as works retained in the Dawson Gallery.Leech stayed at Christchurch, when May Botterell, then his long term partner, was ill and was cared for by her family at Burnley in the New Forest, which was close by. He wrote to his New Zealand friend S.L.Thompson, dated 5 May 1948; ‘I am not, however, at 20 Abbey Rd at the moment but at Christchurch, Hants,…..it is in sight of the Isle of Wight, on a land locked sea ….’ He painted the region, the old Church and graveyard and the River Stour, which is joined by the River Avon before it flows through the harbour into the English Channel. The harbour at Christchurch was used to land oysters, crab, lobster and cuttle fish and the river is navigable up to Tuckton where Leech also did a series of paintings ‘Tuckton Creek - Sunlight’ and ‘Tuckton Creek’ (Municipal Art Collection, Drogheda) which depict similar boats moored in the harbour as in ‘High tide on the Stour’, 1949 (Coll. Parknasilla Hotel, Kerry) which is a freely painted scene of still water with boats moored along the far bank. In the present work, ‘Boats’ similar, small, flat-bottomed rowing boats, moored along the banks of a river are depicted. Leech captures sunlight on the boats and water, using light tones of yellow and Cerulean blue. He paints the water and the reflections of the boats, bathed in sunshine, in a free, fluid style, rendering the viscosity of the water in strokes of light blues and soft greens. On the back of the painting, in Leech’s handwriting, he has written ‘Flake White’ and ‘Aureolin’ which is sometimes referred to as Cobalt Yellow, which may have been guidance to a picture restorer. Characteristically he has written in block letters ‘WAXED’ to prevent anyone varnishing the work. There is a stamp from the art supplier, L.Rontani, Rue de President, Nice on the back of the panel but Leech used materials he had previously purchased in France, where he had been unable to visit after the outbreak of the war in 1939. There is also a label referring to the Centenary Exhibition in Wellington, N.Z, 1939-1940 which Leech participated in, but it had to have been an earlier work than ‘Boats’. In his letter to S.L.Thompson, he wrote that ‘There is quite a lot of sunshine here, it must be one of the sunniest places in England, and there are boats and water……’ Leech has regained some of his former confidence in using light and colour and now, out of London, after the war, he is motivated by the colour of the boats on the water along the quiet estuary. There is a Bourlet Label on the back and checking the transport agents, Bourlet records, the firm brought in 8 works on 17:3:51. In a letter to Leo Smith on 20th March 1951, Leech wrote that he had ‘despatched to Bourlet’s yesterday for you. It may be necessary to add a little to the prices to help cover the expense of framing if that is rather a heavy item as it may be these times.’ One of these 8 works, No.3, is titled ‘Boats’, which is oil on panel and which is the same size as the present work. These 8 works were sent to the Dawson Gallery for Leech’s solo exhibition of thirty-three works, planned for May 1951 with Sean Keating opening the show. Leech had already sent over eighteen paintings in August 1950 and a further fourteen paintings in October 1950. In his letter to Leo Smith he wrote: ‘I do hope you will like them, I think they are rather a good lot myself…. I hope you will let me know how you like the pictures, and that they will arrive quickly and safely.’ Dr Denise Ferran, October 2019.
Lot 154
VULCANIUS (BONAVENTURA, EDITOR)Jornandes... De Getarum, sive Gothorum origine et rebus gestis. Isidori chronicon Gothorum, Vandalorum, Suevorum, & Wisogothorum; De literis & lingua Getarum, sive Gothorum. Item de notis Lombardicis, 2 works in 1 vol., FIRST EDITION, lower fore-corner of 2 leaves (pp.13-16) torn away resulting in loss to one word of printed text, woodcut printer's device on titles, without the final blank in second work, eighteenth century vellum over pasteboards, ink title ('Jornandes et al de Rebus Gothor)' on spine, soiled with some spots on upper cover [Adams J321 (including 'De Literis' as a third part), and V1024], 8vo, Leiden, Ex Officina Plantiniana, 1597This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
Lot 80
Anon The Hampstead Congress: or, the Happy Pair. Printed: And sold by M. Cooper, A. Dodd, and G. Woodfal, 1745. 8vo, half calf over marbled boards in a period style; pp. 23, blank; provenance: North Library (bookplate upper pastedown) -- J.O. Edwards (book label upper pastedown). First ed. A scarce item (we have only traced on copy at auction in 1997). This light-hearted poem traces an argument between newly-weds about where is best to live - town or country. The argument going nowhere, Sir John retires to his country seat, from whence the news is brought to his wife of his death from a broken heart. She races to his side and weeps, at which he ups with a start and they are re-affirm their love for each other, conveniently just after she has pledged to bow to his Will in all things, if only he will be restored to her... ESTC T35963; Foxon H30
![E.P. [Ellis Pratt M.D.] The Art of Dressing the Hair. A Poem Humbly Inscribed to the Members of the T[uesday] N[ights] Club.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/f296de29-53dc-4405-a508-aaef00d56230/8d6f7e67-7db0-422d-a52f-ab0d00abe9af/468x382.jpg)
Lot 85
E.P. [Ellis Pratt M.D.] The Art of Dressing the Hair. A Poem Humbly Inscribed to the Members of the T[uesday] N[ights] Club. Bath: Printed by R. Cruttwell, for the Author, 1770. 4to, wrappers; pp.18. An intriguing little item by the self-described 'Philocosm And Late Hairdresser to the said Society'. The poem was well reviewed by several periodicals of the time, making sly comment on their suspicion that E.P. was not the mere hairdresser he purported to be. The Monthly Review (Vol. 43) said 'it is evident that he is not unacquainted with the internal cultivation of the head; for his poem is more spirited, correct, and harmonious than most pamphlets of this kind that come under our review.' Higgs (Economics) 5081 [Forster Book Reviews 2267 for other reviews]
Lot 123
Hunting Wicksted, Charles The Cheshire Hunt; A Song. Chester: Printed for the Publisher, by T. Griffith, 1837. 8vo, org. pink moire cloth (upper joint starting, board loose but attached); 2 plates; provenance: Douglas Peter Crossman (armorial bookplate to upper pastedown). A rare item, the Schwerdt copy sold in 2006 in the Duke of Gloucester sale at Christie's. Schwerdt II p. 294 ''Very rare. We have never heard of another copy.'' [Hawke, Martin] Howell Wood; or, the Raby Hunt, in Yorkshire. A new hunting song, to the tune of Ballynamonaora. Pontefract: Printed and Published by John Fox, 1806. 8vo, unbound pamphlet; decorative woodcut headpiece. Third ed., ''with very considerable additions''. The first edition of this work was published in 1804. The author was first identified in the 1840 edition by the Middle Hill Press. [2]
Lot 405
A recent Murano glass chandelier or shade, set with tubular red glass sections, on an arrow shaped centre section with entwined metal fastening and circular hook top, approx. 87cm H, 82cm Dia. at the widest point. This item has been photographed in situ at the property and has diligently been taken apart and brought to the saleroom, it is currently in unmade condition and will require attentive work to reassemble. Buyer be aware careful movement is necessary.
Lot 406
A large and impressive Murano centrepiece chandelier or shade, set with various red glass shaped sections, on a central tapering cone, with plain ring top and chain light fitting, of very large proportion and of graduated form, approx. 3m H x 110cm Dia. at the widest point. This item has been photographed in situ at the property and has diligently been taken apart and brought to the saleroom, it is currently in unmade condition and will require attentive work to reassemble. Buyer be aware careful movement is necessary.
Lot 408
Louis Vuitton; a c1980s textured blue and black leather bag with LV monogram to one side and zipped compartment to interior, approx 27 x 37.5cm. Purchased by the vendor in a Louis Vuitton boutique in Belgium. CONDITION REPORT This item is somewhat tired with scuffs, some discolouration, will require cleaning and some attention.
Lot 5
Leaf from a very large copy of the Acta Sanctorum, with a monumental decorated initial 'T', in Beneventan minuscule, in Latin, decorated manuscript on parchment [Italy (probably Monte Cassino), eleventh century]single large leaf, with remains of double column of 34 lines in a good and regular Beneventan hand with notably large letters (cf. the eleventh-century Homiliae Capitulares leaf in Quaritch, Bookhands of the Middle Ages IV: Beneventan Script, 1990, no. 3, and perhaps also no. 8), red rubrics, one very large initial 'T' (opening Temporibus suis maximianus imperatores miserunt ..., the opening of the readings for the Passion of St. Theodore the Martyr, preceded by the end of the SS. Quattuor Coronati Romae Culti) formed of a blank parchment T-shape flanked by geometric pane of blank parchment edged with red penwork, all encased in pale green grounds, small remnants of bright yellow paint in places, leaf still in situ around a large pasteboard and so folded around extremities, tears, damage to edges and surface scuffs, small cutting from another Italian thirteenth-century manuscript pasted over upper inner corner, watermark on paper pastedown of this bookboard an anchor in a circle flattened on its lower left hand side and surmounted by a six-pointed star, almost certainly Briquet, no. 478 (recorded Bergamo in 1502, Gurk, Austria in c. 1500 and Graz, Austria, 1502), visible area of manuscript: 435 by 285mm.The present manuscript is the sister leaf of that sold in our 2 July sale this year (lot 1), and the publishing of that leaf led to the subsequent rediscovery of this one. The re-emergence of this leaf enables us to see the scale of the decoration of the parent codex, and its survival on a bookboard with a paper pastedown allows us to conclude that the parent manuscript had left Montecassino and travelled to Bergamo on the northernmost border of Italy or one of its neighbour-towns on the other side of the Alps, either Gurk or Gratz, by 1500/1502 when it was reused on a binding.Like its sister leaf, this is a large and fine example of early Beneventan minuscule, the strange and visually confounding Dark Age script formed from curling letterforms, broken lines and reliance on early medieval abbreviations, but what is of especial note here is its large Romanesque initial. This initial stands quite apart from the long and thin initials encased within whip-like vines more common in Beneventan books (see those on a Missal leaf in Quaritch, Bookhands of the Middle Ages, IV: Beneventan Script, 1990, no. 8, reproduced in colour at front and with item). Certain features, such as the small circular leaf curls found halfway around the body of the foliate finials at its terminations, are found elsewhere in Beneventan decoration (see Avril and Załuska, Manuscrits enluminés d'origine Italienne, I, 1980, no. 31), however, the initial here is notably more heavy and Romanesque than those models. Its closest parallels are found in the contemporary Italian book arts outside of Beneventan productions, in the Italian reinventions of the Carolingian Tours Bibles that became the Atlantic Bibles in the late eleventh and twelfth century (for the same compartmentalisation within the body of the initial, and the filling of the resulting panels with open intertwined designs, see ibid. nos. 65 and 74, both early twelfth century, and W. Cahn, Romanesque Bible Illumination, fig. 62, for an eleventh-century example in the Hirsau Bible). As such it represents an interesting crossover between the book arts of Monte Cassino and the surrounding centres in Italy.
Lot 54
Conveyance of the title and privileges of the Priore d’Urbino to Giovanni Battista Zanchini da Castiglionchio, granted by Ferdinand Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, grand illuminated manuscript charter in Italian on parchment [Italy (Florence), dated 8 November 1589]large and impressive single sheet document, opening with liquid gold capitals: “NOI FERDINANDO MEDICI” (each letter about 34mm. high), above 37 lines of capitals ruled in liquid gold, with ending of sentences marked off with gilt floral sprays, rows of gilt fleur-de-lys down each side of text, and entire text framed within concentric bands of liquid gold (in outermost layers these laid over turn up at foot to continue striking visual impression), contemporary endorsements at foot including scrawled signature of the Grand Duke, brief endorsements on reverse, cords for lead bulla attachment present but broken, lead bulla with Medici arms also present (but loose with item), natural flaw in parchment hidden by turn up with contemporary patch repair, some folds resulting in small scuffs, else outstanding condition, 487+10 by 740mm.Giovanni Battista Zanchini da Castiglionchio (d. 1590) was a sixteenth-century Florentine senator, who greatly enlarged the Palazzo Zanchini-Corbinelli in Florence. He commissioned a statue of Giasone from Pietro Francavilla, a pupil of Giambologna (now Muzeo Nazionale, Bargello), and is recorded as a substantial art collector by Francesco Bocci’s 1591 guide to Florence. This is most probably his own lavish copy of this grant.
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