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Click here to subscribeIndian School (19th century), portrait miniature of a lady with long black hair holding a white rose, wearing jewelled ear, neck and wrist ornaments, her naked upper torso showing beneath an embroidered sheer cloth, watercolour on ivory, oval 3 3/4in. (9.5cm), in assocaited velvet lined leather case with oval glass.
Six Chinese watercolour album leaves, Late Qing Dynasty, silk on paper within ivory brocade mounts, depicting groups of Chinese, Manchu, Chinese minorities, central Asians etc. in costume, with camel, horse, mythical beasts etc., each pair in Chinese hardwood frame, each painting 10 x 14in, each frame 31 1/2 x 25in.
A Chinese ivory mounted Cricket Cage, 19th Century, the domed cover carved inhigh relief with three figures and a horse, on diaper pierced grille, ivory collar, the waisted gourd finely incised with a sinuous dragon amid clouds rendered in pokerwork, 5in. H. (gourd cracked, figure with broken hand)
A Chinese ivory mounted Cricket Cage, 19th Century, the domed cover carved in high relief with three goats or sheep nibbling lingzhi fungus, one issuing billowing vapours from his mouth, ivory collar, on waisted gourd deliately decorated with pokerwork with a continuous scene of the three animals in a mountainous landscape, ivory disc foot, 5 1/4in. H. (crack to gourd)
A VICTORIAN SILVER TEA SERVICE AND A MATCHING CONTEMPORARY COFFEE POT ivory knop, teapot 17cm h, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1887 and a pair of George III silver sugar bows, 42ozs, 12dwts (5)++Tea service engraved with contemporary monogram, the coffee pot engraved but not engraved, of the same pattern and by Walker & Hall. Slight play in handle of teapot, little sign of wear
A FINE A C CLARKE ART DECO SILVER TEA SERVICE teapot with ivory knop, 12cm h, each piece engraved on the underside A C Clarke fecit 1949 Furnival Works Sheffield 1900 to [date letter] maker SC over A&C (teapot) or Roberts & Belk Ltd, Sheffield 1948 or 49, 36ozs 18dwts++Minor dent on lid of teapot and fine cracks in ivory knop
AN INDIAN IVORY MODEL OF TWO DIGNITARIES DRAWN IN A BULLOCK CART, LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH C with six attendants, on rectangular base, 17cm h ++In basically good condition with several small pieces re-attached with glue, blackened hairline cracks in backs of bullocks and flat tops of the domed canopy
AN ANGLO-INDIAN IVORY, HORN AND SADELI WORKBOX, MID 19TH C of sandalwood, the interior divided into compartments, with several accessories, a mirror to the underside of the lid, 25.5cm l ++Minor old shrinkage cracks and age staining but no substantial damage, the interior basically complete
TRIBAL ART. A CENTRAL AFRICAN IVORY CLUB, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, 19TH C, PRE 1889 with raffia carved grip and of rich, old golden brown patina, adapted as a desk thermometer and mounted on an ivory base in 1899, 32cm h, underside inscribed Bast Schlager eines Neger Konigs aus Njangwe (oberer Congo) von Tippu Tipp 1889 nach Deutsch Ost Afrika gebracht Geschenk des Herrn G W H WestendarpProvenance: Presented by Tippu Tip (1932-1905) to G W H Westendarp in 1889. A slave trader, ivory trader and explorer, Tippu Tip (Hamad bin Muhammad bin Juma Rajab el Murjebi) frequently led expeditions into the heart of Africa buying or plundering ivory to sell in his native Zanzibar and slaves for the country's plantations. He was immensely successful in his trade, at one point owning 10,000 slaves. In 1871 David Livingstone witnessed the massacre of 400 Africans in Njangwe (Nyangwe) by arab slavers. Three years later H M Stanley visited the town with Tippu Tip (meaning 'gatherer of wealth') who also assisted several other explorers. The cover of the "Illustrated London News" for December 7 1889 featured his memorial portrait.++Much accretion of old dirt and grime, thermometer undamaged, the ivory generally heavily patinated with old polish and handling marks, minor hairline on scale
A JAPANESE IVORY VASE, MEIJI PERIOD carved from a section of tusk with continuous scenes including figures watching a performing monkey beneath cherry blossom, 16.5cm h and a chrysanthemum carved wood stand (2)++Good condition with minor hairline cracks in the thin part of the base extending only by a few millimetres, not chipped, no restoration
A CHINESE CARVED IVORY CRIBBAGE BOARD, LATE 19TH C 14cm l, a Chinese ivory framed polychrome and pierced ivory plaque, 19th c, an oval Chinese carved ivory miniature frame, late 19th c and four various Chinese and other ivory and bone bodkin cases (7)++Polychrome and pierced plaque damaged, the other items in good overall condition
AN INDIAN IVORY BONE AND SADELI DECORATED CARD CASE AND COVER AND A PIERCED IVORY CARD CASE AND COVER, BOTH 19TH C 9 and 10cm h, a silver mounted carved ivory vase and an ivory group of a bullock and calf, both late 19th c (4)++In basically good condition with one or two slight faults and minor cracks only
AN ANGLO INDIAN IVORY WORKBOX, VIZAGAPATAM, 19TH C veneered on sandalwood, decorated in lac with deities and trailing foliage, the interior with tray having silvered wire ring handles and divided into compartments, on carved ivory paw feet, 33cm l, key ++One or two minor cracks on lid and on one of the five detachable covers to the interior but in altogether excellent original condition, the interior lacking the metal strut that locks the lid in position
ALESSANDRO CITTADINI (1820-1877) A YOUNG WOMAN in a blue dress with lace collar, signed, ivory, oval, 4.2 x 3.2cm, set in a contemporary pierced gold brooch and a Victorian gold locket (2)++Miniature and mount in good condition, locket with light scratches to the overpainted photograph, the centre part swivelling to reveal in the back hair
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A YOUNG MAN in white stock and blue coat with black collar and brass buttons, holding a book in his right hand before drapery, ivory, oval, 8.4 x 6.4cm and a 19th c photographic miniature of a gentleman, indistinctly signed, in similar brass frames (2)++Both in good condition
ENGLISH SCHOOL, C1780 A GENTLEMAN with powdered light grey hair and grey coat and white stock, shaded background, ivory, oval, 3.9 x 3.1cm, in giltmetal fausse montre locket frame, the glazed back with hair under gold initials RC++Good condition, the glass slightly scratched with slight dust beneath the glass
ATTRIBUTED TO E TAYLER (1828-) A CHILD traditionally identified as James Digby Legard seated full length clasping a dove, landscape background, ivory, 9.5 x 7.2cm, with old inscription on the backing paper, in one half of an associated scarlet morocco case++Support slightly warped but not split
AN ENGLISH BRASS AND EBONY OCTANT, SPENCER BROWNING & RUST, LONDON, C1800 with divided ivory arc, vernier and name tablet, on three feet, 35cm l, oak box++Vernier incomplete, vernier scale cracked, frame, brass and ivory in good condition and basically complete and entirely original, silvering on mirrors mostly lost. The three glass coloured filters original and undamaged. Instrument stiff in operation from long having been displayed as a wall piece, not cleaned or restored, the wooden box probably original but repaired and black painted at later date, the interior retaining two 19th c fragmentary printed trade labels
AN ENGLISH EBONY HANDLED TREPANNING SET, C1830-50 comprising two steel and brass trephines, ivory handled brush, two lenticulars with round or pentagonal end, brass ended elevator marked SAVIGNY, forceps and a Hey's saw with chequered ebony grips, in fitted mahogany case, 25 x 20cm++The case in very good condition, attractive old colour and patina with stains and marks, pleasing signs of age, the red plush lining slightly frayed, more or less in tact, the hooks and eyes securing the lid, lockplate and lock all present but no key. Instruments - the two trephines and pentagon ended lenticular appear never to have been used. The brush in very good condition. The rounded lenticular with localised quite deep corrosion behind the head, forceps with local surface rust. The hey saw with small rust spots. There is no space in the box for the hey saw, the set would have originally included scalpels, no longer present
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