A Wheatstone forty-eight-button concertina,19th century, with ivory buttons, fretwork-decorated rosewood keyboards and paper maker's label, 'no.1745', in a mahogany carrying case,21cm wide17cm highIMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: 32CRPNGJCondition ReportLeather handle is weak at end joints and escutcheon plate is missing from the outer case. the serial number has now been photographed please see images,
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A Victorian walnut stick barometer,mid-19th century, having a pierced and scroll-carved crest, over an ivory indicator dial with a thermometer beneath,27cm wide122cm highIMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: 8P48KGSSCondition Reportloss to the carving, particularly to the dial surround, ivory dial scuffed and scratched, dirty and worn, thermometer broken, no guarantee as to working condition
A Steinway & Sons 9ft 'Model D' concert grand piano, c.1901, serial number '100900', rosewood cased, on square tapering legs, with ivory keys, 155cm wide 270cm deep 100cm high IMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: C7P388P7 Condition ReportThe case is remarkably clean, if a little dusty with no apparant damages.The piano will be tuned before the sale, but appears to have been kept in good playing condition. The keys are ivory and this has been registered with the appropriate authority.
An Art Deco walnut crossbanded breakfront cocktail cabinet, with a raised central section opening to reveal mirrored compartments, over a single drawer and cupboard below, with ivory escutcheon, flanked by further cupboards, 131.5cm wide 41cm deep 126cm high IMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: M3VUTG1E Condition ReportThe fall front has a bruise to the top left corner and the hinge below is slightly set back which prevents the fall closing perfectly. There is a veneer lift at the back edge of the top. The two lower dopors a slightly warped and show this at the top and bottom. The ivory escutcheon has a part missing.
A late George III mahogany small rectangular worktable, with a satinwood-banded top, a drawer in the frieze with an ivory escutcheon, on square tapering legs with a 'X' stretcher,36cm wide51cm deep73.5cm highIMPORTANT NOTE This lot contains elephant ivory material. Please be advised that several countries, including those in the EU and the USA, now prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Accordingly, prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding. This item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission reference: 5DLQT84HCondition ReportFormerly with a silk or wool boxMissing the ebony line border, leg mouldings and castors
Carved Hippopotamus Tusk depicting a Crocodile, early 20th century,A lower canine tooth / tusk from a Hippo / Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus amphibius). Carved in relief depicting a crocodile. Most likely from the Loango coast.CITES Annex B Appendix 11Note - it is currently legal for hippo tusks to be bought, sold and used for a commercial purpose within the UK. However, with the proposed extension of the Ivory Ban to include ivory from common hippopotamus, killer whale, narwhal, sperm whale and walrus, this tusk could be one of the last to be legally offered at auction.Dimensions - 25 cms wide
Andrew Plimer (Devon 1763-1837 London)A portrait miniature of a gentleman, wearing a blue coat, white stock and cravat, his hair powdered and tied with black ribbon. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair. Oval, 78mm (3 1/16in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Andrew Plimer (British, 1763-1837)Two portrait miniatures depicting Lieutenant Colonel Edward and Charlotte Archer of Trelaske, Cornwall: she wearing a white dress and a blue stole, her hair upswept and dressed with flowers beneath her bonnet, he wearing a dark blue coat with a black collar, a white waistcoat, a frilled chemise and stock. Watercolour on ivory, gold frames, the reverse of each set with a glazed plaited hair compartment within a blue glass surround. Oval, 78mm (3 1/16in) high (2)Footnotes:Edward Archer (1792-1834) married Charlotte Catherine Harward (b.1793) in 1814. Edward was the eldest son of Lt-Col. Samuel Archer (d. 1822) and his wife Dorothy Ayre, daughter of Reverend John Yonge of Puslinch. Edward became High Sheriff of Cornwall in 1832 and died aged 42 two years later. The couple had twelve children: Charlotte Dorothea (1815-1871), Colonel Edward (1816-1885), Jane (1818-1851), Reverend Charles Harward Archer (b.1819), Reverend Samuel Harward Archer (b.1821), Anne Augusta (b.1823), Elizabeth (c.1824-1907), Fulbert (1825-1904), Catherine (b.1827), Marianne (b.1829), William (b.1830) and Henry Swete (b.1834).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Richard Cosway RA (British, 1742-1821)A portrait miniature of Georgiana Charlotte Cholmondeley née Bertie (1764–1838), when Countess of Cholmondeley, wearing a white dress and coral necklace, her dress and powdered hair decorated with strands of pearls. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse with a painted ivory mourning miniature depicting a lady holding a floral wreath and standing beside a funerary plinth set with gilt wire and seed pearls, supporting a flaming heart beneath a winged cherub, set within a glazed aperture and a blue glass surround. Oval, 70mm (2 3/4in) highFootnotes:Born Lady Georgiana Charlotte Bertie to General Peregrine Bertie, 3rd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven PC (1714-1778) and his second wife Mary. Georgiana was the eldest of three siblings. Georgiana married the British peer and politician, George James Cholmondeley, 1st Earl of Cholmondeley, KG, GCH, PC (1749–1827) in 1791. Their family home was Cholmondeley Castle in Cheshire. In 1795, Georgiana Cholmondeley was appointed Lady of the Bedchamber to the Princess of Wales when still a Countess. George was created Earl of Rocksavage (County of Chester) and Marquess of Cholmondeley in 1815. Together they had two sons and one daughter: George Horatio Cholmondeley, later 2nd Marquess of Cholmondeley, William Henry Hugh Cholmondeley, later 3rd Marquess of Cholmondeley, and Lady Charlotte Georgiana Cholmondley. Their father, when an Earl, already had an illegitimate daughter, Harriet, born around 1790 to his mistress, Madame Saint-Albin. Also living in the household was Georgiana Seymour, an illegitimate daughter of an earlier mistress, Grace Dalrymple.Lord Cholmondeley, who was fifteen years Georgiana's senior, died in 1827, and was succeeded by the couple's eldest son George. Georgiana died as the Dowager Marchioness of Cholmondeley at Carlton House Terrace in London, aged 73.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Engleheart (London 1750-1829)A portrait miniature of a lady called, Mrs Manette, wearing a pearl choker and a white dress with a frilled trim and blue and yellow detail, her powdered hair worn à la conseilleur. Watercolour on ivory, the frame with an old brilliant-cut diamond surround, approximately 1.40 carats total, the reverse engraved, Mrs Manette/ Engleheart, mounted in silver and gold. Oval, 52mm (2 1/16in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Richard Cosway RA (British, 1742-1821)A portrait miniature of a gentleman, said to be Sir William Jarvis Twysden Baronet (1760-1834), wearing blue coat with black collar, white waistcoat, stock and cravat, his hair powdered. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a plaited hair compartment, within a gold wreath of acorns and oak leaves with engraved detail, over a green glass surround, with applied handwritten inventory labels verso numbered 289, 36042 and 292, together with a further miniature of a gentleman painted on ivory, also by Richard Cosway in a gold frame, with a blue glass surround to the obverse, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair. Oval, 64mm (2 1/2in) and 43mm (1 11/16in) high (2)Footnotes:Provenance for title miniatureEdward Joseph no.22 1889Frank WoodroffeJohn Pierpont Morgan's sale at Christie's, 1935Judy & Brian Harden Ltd.Title miniature exhibitedBurlington Fine Arts Club, 1889 (lent by Edward Joseph)Literature for title miniatureDr G. C. Williamson, Catalogue of the Collection of Miniatures: The Property of J. Pierpont Morgan, No. 289.Sir William Jervis Twysden, 7th Baronet was one of three brothers. He married Frances Wynch, daughter of Alexander Wynch, Governor of Madras, in 1786. The couple raised a family of three boys and five daughters at their home in Freshwater, Isle of Wight.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Philip Jean (British, 1755-1802)A portrait miniature of a young gentleman, wearing a blue striped coat, white stock and tied cravat, his hair powdered. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a seed pearl monogram, 'HAS', over a blue glass ground, within a surround of blond and brown plaited hair. Oval, 60mm (2 3/8in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Peter Eduard Stroely (German, 1768-circa 1826)A portrait miniature of a lady, half-length, wearing a fur gilet, and holding an arrow, a landscape beyond. Gouache on ivory, bears inscription 'Mario Calistri riparo/ Firenze' (on the reverse). Octagonal, 87mm (3 7/16in) highFootnotes:Another portrait miniature of the same sitter, also by Stroely, was offered at Bonhams, Knightsbridge on 21 May 2014, lot 62.The items within this lot containing ivory have been registered in accordance with the Ivory Act (Section 10).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Smart (British, 1742-1811)A portrait miniature of a gentleman, wearing a brown coat, mint green waistcoat edged with gold, white stock and lace cravat, his powdered wig worn en queue and tied with black ribbon. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse and dated, J.S./ 1782, gilt-metal frame, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair studded with gilt stars, glass loose. Oval, 37mm (1 7/16in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Richard Crosse (British, 1742-1810)A portrait miniature of a lady called, Miss Turner of Uxbridge, wearing a white dress with gold trim and braiding and a white plumed hat over her hair worn à la conseilleur. Watercolour on ivory, gilt-metal frame surrounded with interlocking ribbon detail, alternating with seed pearls and blue enamel decoration. Oval, 64mm (2 1/2in) highFootnotes:The present portrait is an edited version of a larger, rectangular miniature of the sitter depicted three-quarter-length seated, holding a book. Richard Crosse's leger records that on 20 February 1786 he 'received of Miss Turner for her 3rd size £12 12s'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Engleheart (London 1750-1829)A portrait miniature of a gentleman said to be Theobold Wolfe Tone (1763-1798), wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat, stock and tied cravat, his wig powdered. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse with a navette-shaped hairwork compartment, within a surround of blue glass studded with eight rose-cut diamonds. Oval, 51mm (2in) highFootnotes:Theobald Wolfe Tone, posthumously known as Wolfe Tone was a leading Irish revolutionary figure and one of the founding members of the United Irishmen in Belfast and Dublin, a republican society determined to end British rule, and achieve accountable government. Throughout his political career, Tone was involved in a number of military engagements against the British navy. He was active in drawing Irish Catholics and Protestants together in the United cause, and in soliciting French assistance for a general insurrection. In November 1798, on his second attempt to land in Ireland with French troops and supplies, he was captured by British naval forces. The United Irish risings of the summer had already been crushed. Tone died in advance of his scheduled execution, probably, as modern scholars generally believe, by his own hand. Later generations were to regard Tone as the father of Irish Republicanism and his grave in Bodenstown, County Kildare, is the site of annual commemorations.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Engleheart (London 1750-1829)A portrait miniature of a lady, said to be, Frances Doyle née Rainsford (d.1806), wearing a white dress with blue ribbons, a double-stranded necklace and black ribbon choker, her powdered hair secured with a blue bandeau. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, with a surround of half pearls to the front, the reverse of blue glass, accented by a halo of half pearls. Oval, 66mm (2 5/8in) highFootnotes:Frances was the great grand-daughter of Sir Marcus Rainsford (1660-1709) and his wife, Jane Mee. Sir Marcus was Lord Mayor of Dublin and established a brewery after inheriting a substantial water supply from his father-in-law. His grandson, Marcus, sold the brewery to Arthur Guinness in 1759 and it remains the original site of the Guiness Brewery.Frances married Welbore Ellis Doyle (c.1752-1797) of Bramblestown, Kilkenny in 1774. He came from a military family and was himself a Lieutenant in the 55th (Irish) Regiment of Foot. Frances travelled with her husband throughout his entire tour of duty across America, Continental Europe and eventually Ceylon.In 1781, the Doyles were captured together with Lord Rawdon when sailing home to England aboard the 'Cormorant'. In his Journal entry for 27 September, Baron von Closen referred to a rumour from America of Mrs Doyle's affair with Lord Rawdon and how he found Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle to have been 'a very easy-going fellow', suggesting that the affair might have been accepted by her husband. After several negotiations, Lieutenant-Colonel Doyle was exchanged for 'Sieur Ternan' and the Doyles finally reached English soil in 1782.Despite the alleged affair with Rawdon, Frances and Welbore went on to have three children. Their sons, Francis Hastings (1783-1839) and Carlo (b.1787) both became Major Generals in the army. The former became a baronet in 1828. The latter was born whilst the Doyles were stationed in Warsaw. Their third child, Charlotte Elizabeth was born in London in 1789.Welbore died in Ceylon just six months after being posted there as a Commander-in-Chief. Frances returned to England where she later married the exiled Prince Joseph of Monaco (1763–1816), second son of the Sovereign Prince of Monaco, Honoré III. The couple did not have any children. Prince Joseph already had three daughters by his first spouse, Françoise Thérèse de Choiseul whom he had lost to the Guillotine in 1794.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Russell R.A. (Guildford 1745-1806 Hull)A portrait miniature of a lady, wearing a red dress, white fichu, a black ribbon choker, her powdered hair worn à la conseilleur. Watercolour on ivory, gold fausse-montre frame. Oval, 51mm (2in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Horace Hone ARA (London circa 1756-1825)A portrait miniature of Mary Viscountess Dillon née Rogier, wearing a blue and yellow dress over her white chemise, her dress and powdered hair decorated with strands of pearls. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse and dated, HH/ 1787, gold frame, the reverse with a glazed compartment containing plaited hair, within a surround of blue glass. Oval, 74mm (2 15/16in) highFootnotes:The sitter married Charles, 12th Viscount Dillon (1745-1813) of Lough Glynn House, Ireland and Ditchley House, Oxfordshire in 1787 as his second wife. Charles had two children from a previous marriage and in 1787 had a daughter, Charlotte with Mary.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Francis Joseph, ARA (Irish, 1764-1846)A portrait miniature of a lady called, Mrs Thomas Beckwith née Matthews, wearing a white dress with frilled trim and fichu, her hair powdered and secured with a white bandeau. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse, G F Joseph, gold frame with blue glass border, the reverse glazed to reveal gold monogram, 'SB' over a blue glass ground, within a surround of plaited hair. Oval, 55mm (2 3/16in) highFootnotes:Sarah Matthews married Thomas Beckwith in 1794 at St. Thomas' church in Liverpool. The couple had seven children, all christened at St Thomas' church: John (b. 1795), Thomas (b. 1799), William (b. 1800), Sarah (b. 1801), Mary (b. 1803), Susannah (b. 1804) and Eliza (b. 1806). Beckwith Street in Liverpool is likely to have been named after this family of mercers and drapers.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Smart (British, 1742-1811)A portrait miniature of a gentleman called, Wimburn Sudden Horlock, wearing a brown coat, green waistcoat, white stock and lace cravat, his powdered wig worn en queue and tied with black ribbon. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse and dated, J.S./ 1777, within a cushion-shaped diamond surround, diamonds approximately 1.00 carat total, bracelet clasp mount with later brooch fitting, pin deficient, mounted in silver and gold. Oval, 38mm (1 1/2in) highSaleroom notices:Please note the lot depicts Wimburn Suddell Horlock and not as previously stated.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Smart (British, 1742-1811)A portrait miniature of a lady of the Lodge family, wearing a white stole over her blue dress and frilled white chemise, a topaz jewel at her corsage, her hair upswept. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse, J.S., gold fausse-montre frame, with a border of half pearls, the reverse with a glazed hairwork compartment. Oval, 50mm (1 15/16in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
William Wood (British, 1769-1810)A portrait miniature of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Davis (born 1763), wearing the uniform of the Light Dragoons, his French Grey coatee with silver lace and buttons, his red collar outlined with silver, his white leather shoulder belt secured with a silver lace shoulder cord. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the reverse, By/ Will: Wood/ of Cork Strt,/ Lond. and inscribed beneath, now/ dead, backed with card signed, E W Thomson/ Miniature Painter/ New Bond Street/ Enquire at Mr Orme's Print Seller, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal a ground of plaited brown hair within a surround of plaited blond hair. Oval, 85mm (3 3/8in) highFootnotes:ProvenanceSold Bonhams, London, 23 November 2005, lot 94LiteratureWilliam Wood, Memorandum of Miniatures Painted and Finished by William Wood, 1790-1808, vol.III, folio 5824 or 5830William Wood produced two portrait miniatures of Davis in 1801. The first finished on 14 February and delivered on 22nd February (costing £5 and £5/10/- for the frame). The second began on 15 February, finished on 21 February and delivered on 28 February (costing £10/10/- presumably for both miniature and frame). Both miniatures were framed by Flower. The overlapping time frame of the two miniatures implies that Wood was commissioned right from the beginning to paint two versions. In his fee book, Wood describes the sitter as, 'about 38 years old, shows chiefly right side and looking on'.In this portrait miniature, Henry Davis is wearing his Lieutenant Colonel uniform - a rank he obtained in the 25th Light Dragoons in January 1800. In May of the same year he was promoted to Major. In June 1799 Colonel Arthur Wellesley, later the Duke of Wellington, raised a military force in the north of Mysore, comprising the 25th Light Dragoons and the 73rd and 77th Regiments of Foot. Details of Lieutenant Colonel Davis' military history are limited but it is fair to assume, he served as part of this operation. The regiment disbanded in 1819, when the 25th Light Dragoons returned to Portsmouth on HMS Mangles from Madras.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
William Wood (British, 1769-1810)A portrait miniature of a gentleman, wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat, stock and cravat, his hair powdered. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hair. Oval, 69mm (2 11/16in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Smart (British, 1742-1811)A portrait miniature of a lady, wearing a white satin mantle over her pink dress with mint green lining, her hair upswept, braided and dressed with a strand of pearls. Watercolour on ivory, signed on the obverse and dated, J.S./ 1769, gilt-metal frame. Oval, 44mm (1 3/4in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Andrew Plimer (British, 1763-1837)A portrait miniature of a lady called, Jenny Piggot, wearing a white dress with frilled trim and a blue bandeau in her powdered hair. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal the gilt initial 'P' over a blue glass ground, within a surround of plaited hair. Oval, 58mm (2 5/16in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Engleheart (London 1750-1829)A portrait miniature of a lady called, Elizabeth Tyers Shergold, wearing a white dress with frilled trim, a black ribbon choker and a white bandeau. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame, the reverse glazed to reveal plaited hairwork. Oval, 70mm (2 3/4in) highFootnotes:The sitter, daughter of wealthy merchant and landowner James Shergold and his wife Sarah, remained unmarried. Her brother, George moved to Archangel, Russia and raised his family.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
John Barry (British, active 1784-1827)A portrait miniature of Captain Meredith Charles Deane of the 24th Light Dragoons (1762-1815), wearing a blue frock coat, a white stock and a cravat, his hair powdered. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame with plaited hair surround and buckle detail, the reverse engraved, Meredith/ Charles Deane/ Captain 24th Light Dragoons/ Aet 1815, later brooch pin fitting. Oval, 44mm (1 3/4in) highFootnotes:Captain Deane travelled to India with his wife, Ann Deane (1770-1847) in 1799. The couple left behind their eldest son, Charles, so that he could be educated in England but took with them a younger child, John Bathurst Deane. Little is known of the first period of the Deanes' residence in India. However, in 1804 Ann returned to England to place John in school, then sailed back to India with Charles, by then aged 14. Ann rejoined Captain Deane at Calcutta, and the couple lived in India for a further ten years. Captain Deane was employed by the East India Company as a District Collector and Ann accompanied him on several long tours of the Company's recently acquired northern provinces in Bengal, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. These tours subsequently became the focus of Ann's published narrative, which details the family's travels across India between 1805-1811. Ann returned to England in 1814, possibly as a result of escalating tensions between the East India Company and the Maratha Confederacy, which culminated in the Third Anglo-Maratha War of 1817-18. Captain Deane remained behind and died in India in 1815.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
George Engleheart (British, 1750-1829)A portrait miniature of a lady, wearing a white dress with frilled trim, her dress and powdered hair dressed with yellow ribbon. Watercolour on ivory, gold frame. Oval, 57mm (2 1/4in) highThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory and cannot be imported into the USA or any country within the EU.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Y A FINE VICTORIAN OXIDISED BRASS FORTIN-TYPE MERCURY FORECASTING BAROMETERGEORGE S. WOOD, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1880Constructed with central large-bore tube flanked by silvered scales applied to separate ebonised moulded panels calibrated in barometric inches 0-32 and with rack and pinion adjusted Vernier slide to right hand side, opposing an arrangement of three plates engraved with detailed forecasting predictions within fine scroll engraved margins and incorporating recording slide labelled SET AT, 9 A.M. YESTERDAY to top, the apex with further applied bridging plate signed G.S. Wood, LATE ABRAHAM & Co., OPTICIAN, LIVERPOOL, the base with substantial cylindrical cistern incorporating glazed collar enclosing ivory level pointer between screw-clamped collars over fine level adjustment screw to underside, the instrument mounted onto the backboard of a full-height half-round glazed case opening at the front, with domed cupola surmounted with a reeded gilt brass ball finial and conforming inverted dome to base, (mercury removed).130cm (51ins) approx. high, 20.5cm (8ins) wide, 15cm (8ins) deep. George S. Wood is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as taking over the business of Abraham Abraham and Company located at 20 Lord Street, Liverpool in 1875 and working until 1894. The current lot is made to the principles laid down by Nicholas Fortin (1750-1831) and incorporates a glazed cistern so that the level can be calibrated via the adjustment screw to the base against an inverted conical ivory cone in the cistern in order to obtain consistency in the readings. This particular type of barometer provides an accurate reading hence was generally adopted for laboratory use throughout the 19th and early 20th centuries. The combination of comprehensive scales complete with detailed observations to assist in forecasting (based on those laid-out by Admiral Fitzroy in the 1850's) and fine bow-fronted case suggests that the current lot was either made to be exhibited by the maker (possibly in his own showroom) or for a wealthy client or institution. Condition Report: Instrument appears complete with the exception of mercury and two (of the three) brass cistern securing rods and screws (for holding the base of the cistern tight against the cylindrical glass sleeve) which are now unfortunately missing. The silvering to the register plates has some patchy discolouration but engraving is fine and crisp. The case is in good original condition with noticeable faults apparently only limited to the finial being a little bent. Condition Report Disclaimer
Y A REGENCY BRASS MOUNTED MAHOGANY MARINE MERCURY STICK BAROMETERBARRAUDS, LONDON, CIRCA 1825With brass suspension ring above ivory plate engraved Barrauds, London and hinged rectangular door enclosing canted brass Vernier register plates annotated with the usual observations, the inside of the door applied with mercury Fahrenheit thermometer, the rectangular section trunk with gimbal pivot holes to the slightly bowed sides above ogee-turned base fitted with stepped moulded cylindrical lacquered brass cistern cover beneath, now with later brass gimbal bulkhead/wall-mount.94cm (37ins) high excluding top ring, the cistern 5.5cm (2.25ins) diameter. Paul Phillip Barraud (born 1752) worked with his father at first until his death in 1795 after which he turned his attention more towards chronometers. Using the valuable experience gained whilst working on Mudge's timekeepers with W. Howells and G. Jamieson to good effect, he became very successful. After his death in 1820 the business was continued by his sons taking John Richard Lund, a former apprentice of John Pennington (who developed the auxiliary compensation balance weight to correct for middle temperature changes), into partnership in 1838. Condition Report: Tube is filled and providing a reasonable reading; the column rises to the top when tilted with only a very small amount of air evident. The thermometer is intact and working however the tube is probably a replacement. The Vernier slide has been converted to be manually adjusted (the rack and pinion adjustment mechanism is no longer present). The scales have been polished back to brass but the engraving is still legible. The case is in sound condition with faults limited to a few bumps and scuffs most noticeably to the trunk just above the gimbals. The finish is a little flat hence would benefit from a polish; the brass work is also somewhat tarnished (the top ring is a replacement but the post appears original). As catalogued the gimbals are 20th century replacements. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Broadwood White of London mahogany cased upright piano, No'd 55281 Ivory registration ref E5HPA6RN, together with an early 20th Century mahogany piano stool with drawer containing various sheet music to include "Roland's Pianoforte Tutor", "Doddy's Songs", "Album of the Great Song Hits of Ken Dodd", "Jealousy Dance Appassionata" by Jacob Gade, "Tchaikovsky's Konzerte No. 2", "Ave Maria" by Bach-Gounod, "Let it be" Lennon & McCartney and "Vocal gems" from The Pirates of Penzance, "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" by Ray Davis and "3rd Album of Christmas Carols - Easy for Children", etc.
A Japanese Meiji Period hardwood and ivory inlaid boxrectangular, the pull off cover mounted with an animated mask with moving eyes and protruding tongue and various monogramslength 10.4cm.Condition: One side of the pull off cover has been repaired. Lever to move eyes and tongue is absent IMPORTANT NOTEThis item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission number reference: F7X3Q42W
A collection of silver and other sewing items comprising an Edwardian novelty pin cushion in the form of a lace up shoe or boot Birmingham, 1910, Levi & Salaman, stamped RD 477079, a continental embossed silver needle case, silver thimbles to include six enamelled thimbles decorated with song birds by James Swann, a Zodiac thimble etc., together with a Tunbridge ware pin cushion / thread waxer, an egg shaped vegetable ivory thimble case, two mother of pearl thread winders, a obelisk form needle case painted with Art Nouveau floral decoration and two bone bodkins, (qty)first length 4.4cm.Condition: Cushion pad of novelty pin cushion replaced, knocks and marks. Other items in fair condition commensurate with age
A set of late George III silver toilet boxes an inkwell and a shaving mug London, 1813/14, William Parker each piece engraved with a Greek key border and initialled, comprising a cylindrical campaign shaving mug with hinged cover with reeded border detachable turned ivory handle, interior gilt, together with a travelling inkwell with screw fitting hinged cover, a silver lidded glass jar with an engraved band and cut over a row of flutes, and five silver boxes of various sizes with hinged lids and gilt interiors, of which two with pierced lids, (8)various., weight approx. 24.8oztCondition: Good condition, slight hairline to handle IMPORTANT NOTE:License applied for from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission number reference: 9KWL9YXW
A George IV silver teapotLondon, 1828, makers mark indistinctof of squat circular tapering form with hinged domed cover and leaf capped scroll handle with ivory insulators, all over engraved with flower filled urns and a flower basket, framed by rocaille scrolls and flowers, on as circular foot, crested, accompanied by a later matching twin handled electroplated twin handled sugar vase, (2)teapot handle to spout 28cm., weight of teapot only approx. 22.55oztCondition: Handle no longer attached from teapot as fixing pins are absent to top and lower joint. Otherwise free from dings IMPORTANT NOTEThis item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission number reference: 6T33UQHF
A George III silver rococo style teapot, embossed with foliate scroll decoration and with ivory insulators to the handle, London 1804, together with a silver sugar basin and milk jug, both of the same design, each unhallmarked (3). Gross weight for three items +/- 880 grams. Provenance: The estate of the late Bill Teasdale. NOTE: This item has been assigned an ivory exemption certificate SDC6FR77.
A George III silver lidded jug, by John Foster II London 1776, repousse with scroll work and flowerheads, fully hallmarked to the base and lid and with gilt interior, 1313 grams, height 22 cm. NOTE: This item has been assigned an ivory exemption certificate ZEG9WEM9. (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Hallmarks are clear to the inside of the lid and base. The lid itself opens and closes on a smooth hinge with ivory insulators. The second ivory insulator has loss to the top. This is sold with an exemption certificate. There are numerous small dings to the surface of this lidded jug in line with age. The smooth centre of the cartouche to the side of the jug appears with little undulation and is smooth to look at. The embossed overall decoration is intact. Some signs of wear and tear with scratching in places.
Three trays of china to include: Limoges 'Porcelaine de la Rose' large two handled lidded soup tureen on stand with ladle, various plates; collectors, French porcelain, Limoges, Glyn Coch designs 'Rose Abraham Darby', Morley ware rectangular dish, charger, Minton bowl, Art pottery jug, hardstone bust of an African lady, stoneware pot with lid, St Killian pot, Paragon eggcup, blush ivory sugar sifter and lidded pot and a woven porcelain basket etc. (3) (B.P. 21% + VAT)
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