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Lot 210
A Victorian silver tea kettle on stand, bullet shaped form with a cane wrapped handle, raised on four hoot feet, the hinged cover with ivory pagoda finial and engraved with a crest, with angular support and spirit burner, Mappin & Webb, Sheffield 1887, 32.39 ozt CONDITION:the hinged cover engraved with a crestall three components marks, all marks goodthe original screw for finial has been replaced overall condition good
Lot 351
A Carl Theodore Golde of Dresden flute, mid 19th Century, of rosewood and ivory construction with nickel fittings, in three sections, stamped mark below a lyre surmounted by a star and a star below, length 70cmNote: C.T. Golde (1803-1873) was a German clarinet maker working in Dresden. It is believed that he made only two flues. An example of a horn by Golde can be found in the MET Museum, New York CONDITION:Generally good overall, no obvious cracks to the wood
Lot 47
George III mahogany serpentine-fronted sideboard with central curved drawer and flush fitting arched drawer below, flanked by cellarette drawer and cupboard, all cross-banded, with stringing, ivory shield-shape escutcheon plates, brass octagonal handles and stamped backplates, on four bulbous and tapering reeded supports, 188cm wide overall Re: Enquiry - Toys, Dolls, Models, Antiques & Interiors (4th and 5th December)Please see attached images. I am unable to photograph underneath. The drawer on the right hand side the compartments are loose and possible damaged. There are many very small deep surface scratches to the top and not discoloured . One ivory escutcheon on the right hand drawer has loss.
Lot 72
MASON JAMES: (1909-1984) English Actor. A correspondence collection of thirteen A.Ls.S., James, (and one with his full signature), eight pages and eight written to picture postcards and a few correspondence cards, 8vo and 4to, various places (London, California, Ireland, Switzerland etc.), 1965-83, all to Marion Leigh of the National Film Board of Canada. Mason writes and interesting series of letters to his friend, stating, in part, 'Many months seem already to have gone by and a clobber of not very stimulating work. The entire cast usually assembles at some airfield where the cameraman recommends what should be shot to suit best the everchanging weather' (written on the printed stationery of the Dublin Intercontinental hotel and accompanied by the original envelope featuring a printed logo for the British war film The Blue Max in which Mason starred in the role of General Count von Klugermann, 18th October 1965), 'I spent two weeks in Huddersfield, no ten days, but it felt like two weeks in an igloo. I came back Monday with a streaming cold & forced myself with various miracle drugs & infusions to keep the frogs in my throat at bay and perform two days of looking as the fat & now guffunal German General in the Blue Max……soon I shall be plunging into the Los Angeles smog bowl where my sinuses will take a further beating' (7th January 1966), 'This is my favourite ghastly postcard…..Southern California does not seem to improve, but there are some nice people, my children for instance' (written to the verso of a colour picture postcard depicting Kirk Douglas adding his signature to the wet cement outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, California, 14th January 1966), 'Many thanks for the full info about the piano. I paced out the salon of this suite and figured it was about the same size as my future Swiss salon. Six foot ten inch of piano threatens to take a heck of a lot of its floor space, but still….Anyway, I can't make up my mind at the moment….', (Hotel Imperial, Vienna, 11th December 1967), 'I so enjoyed getting a fan letter from you! I too thought it was a dear little film, a great credit to Ivory & Ruth whats her name who wrote the script for him' (5th February 1976), 'I just want you to know that our Jackie McGowan was marvelous (sic) in the film as I knew he would be. Might even be a rather marvelous (sic) film. Great place, Sydney' (Sydney, Australia, 9th May n.y.), in others hoping to meet his correspondent in London or Paris, sending Birthday greetings etc. Five of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes hand addressed by Mason (one signed by him in the return address panel to the verso). Also including a postcard photograph signed by Mason, the image depicting him outdoors in a half length pose. Boldly signed with his name alone to the lower white border. Generally VG, 14 Marion Leigh worked as a documentary film executive with the National Film Board of Canada in London and was the partner of A. J. 'Con' Leventhal, living in Paris with him until his death in 1979. Leventhal, formerly a lecturer at Trinity College, Dublin, was one of Samuel Beckett's oldest and most intimate friends, spending much time with the writer in Paris during the 1960s and 1970s.
Lot 143
Japanese Art. Lot composed of three wooden netsuke Japan, Meiji period. Japanese mushrooms group comprising two large and one smaller growth (3.5 cm) Provenance: Sotheby's 1969 wood netsuke of a man carrying an enormous mask on his back (4.5 cm) An ebony and ivory netsuke of Okame dancing (6 cm) .
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