TWO INDIAN SCHOOL MINIATURE PAINTINGS 19TH CENTURY on ivory, the first depicting a woman in traditional dress with a huqqa pipe, 6.5cm x 5cm; the second possibly depicting Akal Takht, showing a courtyard, 5cm x 7cm (2) Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
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INDO-PORTUGUESE CARVED FRUITWOOD AND IVORY TABLE CABINET 18TH CENTURY of cubic form with lozenge and cross ivory inlay, the fall front opening to an arrangement of four short and one long drawer, the front panel carved with flowers and foliate scrolls, on later turned feet 44.5cm wide, 40cm high, 31cm deep Provenance: A Private London Collection Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
SUDANESE ARM DAGGER LATE 19TH CENTURY the ivory pommel above a tapered rhino horn grip and ebony handle, with an iron blade and monitor lizard and leather scabbard, with a braided armband 29cm long overall Provenance: Ex. British private collection, Abergavenny. Acquired in 1898 following the Battle of Omdurman by a junior liaison officer. Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
AFTER GEORGE ROMNEY PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF LADY EMMA HAMILTON watercolour on ivory, depicted as a Bacchante, in a gilt metal glazed locket frame 8cm x 6cm Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
GEORGIAN LIGNUM VITAE CASED IVORY HYDROMETER LATE 18TH CENTURY the hollow bulb above a scale numbered 1-12, in a turned case 12cm long approx. Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF WILLIAM NAPIER, 7TH LORD NAPIER OF MERCHISTON (1730-1775) 18TH CENTURY watercolour on ivory, with artist's monogram GS.*, of oval form with a blue glass backing with paper label 4cm high approx. Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit http://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
λ A Flemish ebony cabinet, decorated with ripple mouldings, the hinged top revealing a vacant interior with a mirror to the underside of the lid, with a pair of panelled doors enclosing an arrangement of seven drawers around a mirrored and column recess with an ebony and ivory parquetry floor, with six further secret drawers, late 17th / early 18th century, 50cm high, 60.7cm wide, 35.5cm deep, on an English giltwood base, decorated with leaves on a punched ground, with pointed pad feet, 114.1cm high, 66cm wide, 40cm deep.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A late Regency tortoiseshell sarcophagus tea caddy, with pewter stringing, the hinged top with a silver coloured metal vacant plaque, revealing an interior with ivory edging and a pair of lidded compartments, with a serpentine front and concave sides, on ball feet, 14.5cm high, 18.2cm wide, 12cm deep.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A Victorian walnut games compendium, with brass strapwork mounts and pietra dura cabochons, the hinged lid with a monogram 'CAH', the satin birch veneered interior with a folding macassar ebony and ivory games board for backgammon and chess inset into the lid, above ivory and brass mounted bezique and cribbage boards, with an ivory chess set, draughts and whist markers, with dice and markers, with a base drawer activated by a button mechanism, fitted with dominoes, playing cards, shakers, dice and counters, with side carrying handles, 20.4cm high, 37cm wide, 25.7cm deep. Provenance: Given to the vendor's great grandfather, Charles Howard, of the Manor House, Shepperton, in lieu of a gambling debt by his neighbours the Beale brothers.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A collection of boxes, including: an early 19th century treen lignum vitae and ivory engine turned circular snuff box, a Russian papier-mache box, an 18th century tortoiseshell and gold inlaid snuff box (damages), an 18th century Dutch brass tobacco box, a Japanese lacquer box, a snuff box in the form of a hoof and a George III papier-mache snuff box with a silver plaque with initials 'W W', 16.6cm wide (max). (11)Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A Victorian coromandel dressing case, with brass mounts, the hinged lid with an engraved plaque with a monogram and a date '1862', the underside of the lid with a leather framed mirror and a letter pouch, above a fitted interior with cut glass bottles and jars, with engraved silver lids by Thomas Whitehouse, hallmarked London 1861, with a lift-out tray, the central compartment with bone and ivory handled utensils, with engraved silver hinges and a lock, the base drawer operated by a push button mechanism, with a leather cover revealing divisions for jewellery, 18.4cm high, 32.5cm wide, 23.2cm deep.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ Two 19th century Italian carved ivory rondels, one with St. George and the Dragon the other with a portrait of a knight, each in a plush frame, with a trade label to the verso 'CORNICI SPECCHIERE A. PIAZZINI, V.G. CARDUCCI 30, TEL.181914, ROMA', 13.8 x 11cm (overall). (2)Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A 19th century European ivory ornamental powder horn, carved to one side with a deer hunt in a cartouche, flanked by panels of oak leaves and acorns, the verso with the coat of arms of the Kingdom of Württemberg: three black antlers representing Württemberg on the dexter and three black lions passant of Medieval Swabia on the sinister, with a beast head terminal and carved with acanthus leaves, Austrian or French Dieppe, 30.5cm long.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A late 17th century South German ivory relief plaque in the manner of Balthasar Permoser, depicting the Holy family with St. John the Baptist, the Virgin seated beneath a column holding Christ, with a recumbent sheep tucked into her dress, Joseph leaning on a tree trunk, the sky with three cavorting putti, one holding a laurel wreath, 18.5 x 12.5cm, in an early 20th century ivory frame.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A carved ivory figure of Christ as the good shepherd, with traces of polychromy, depicted sleeping with his lamb, 17th / 18th century, probably Chinese or Thai-Portuguese, 20.6cm long. See the Tàvora Sequeira Pinto Collection, illustrated in Pedro Dias, Thailand and Portugal 500 years of a common Past: The Art legacy, 2011, p. 26, fig. 19. For other examples sold at auction see Christie's Amsterdam, 26th & 27th March 2013, lot 74 and Christie's New York, 15th & 16th September 2011, lot 1283. Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A late 19th century Anglo-Indian ivory and sadeli box, inlaid with ebonised stringing and geometric designs, Bombay, together with a late 19th century Chinese carved ivory needle case and a Victorian fan with ivory guards and sticks, boxed, 20.5cm (max). (3)Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A rare collection of thirty-six Indian carved ivory botanical specimens, polychrome decorated, comprising: fruit, vegetables and spices, including: mango, nutmeg and mace, pineapple, plantain, jack fruit and pomegranate, late 19th century, together with a beetle, housed in an English stained pine box with numbered divisions and a typed index list, 9.1cm long (max), the box: 35cm wide. (38)Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A late 19th century Anglo-Indian horn and ivory jewellery box, with fret carved panels and lac decoration, the lid with a central panel of a goddess, the interior with divisions and lidded compartments and a hinged clock aperture, on paw feet, Vizagapatam, 7.9cm high, 21.8cm wide, 15.5cm deep. Provenance: Woolley and Wallis, The Dr. Lawrie Webster Collection of Boxes, 8th July 2014, lot 444.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A late 19th century Anglo-Indian ebony dressing box, all over carved with scrolling leaves and flowers, the hinged lid inscribed in ivory 'Mrs H.M. SMITH', the sandalwood interior fitted with a mirror, with a lift-out tray and six divisions, 12.4cm high, 22.7cm wide, 28.3cm deep.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ An Anglo-Indian hardwood octagonal occasional table, inlaid with ebonised stringing and bone and ivory scrolling leaves and foliage, the detachable top on a folding base, Hoshiarpur, late 19th / early 20th century, 47cm high, 49cm wide.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ A George V carved and painted wood half-block model of a trout by Rowland Ward, mounted on an oak plaque and applied with an ivory plaque inscribed '6 LBS 6 OZS, KILLED BY G.T. HAWKES IN SHERMAN'S LOCK AVINGTON, KENNET JUNE 6TH 1917', the verso with two paper trade labels inscribed 'The Jungle TRADE MARK Rowland Ward 167 Piccadilly London', numbered in chalk '1503', 27.7 x 71cm.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
λ An Edwardian mahogany metamorphic campaign style desk, with satinwood banding and boxwood stringing, the hinged top revealing a slide-out maroon leather lined interior, with plated mounts and fitted with paper clips, stationery compartments, a pocket watch holder with watch, calendar and engagement frames, a blotter/writing surface, five drawers, one for ink and with ivory and bone utensils, with a Bramah lock, the hinges stamped 'HODGES PATENT', above a leather lined frieze drawer, 84.3cm high, 65cm wide, 44.5cm deep.Click here to view the online page turning catalogue.
A MIXED LOT:- An engine-turned purse, initialled, five napkin rings (some initialled), a cigarette case, initialled and engraved inside, a plated-mounted ivory & steel campaign set in a wooden case, and a small quantity of knives, forks & spoons (some loaded); the campaign set 5.5" (14 cms) long; 21.9 oz weighable silver (lot)
A MIXED LOT:- A modern butter shell, a cased fork & spoon, two other spoons (one a Roman relica), a small pill box, an incomplete article (possibly a pepper), a set of four napkin rings (each engraved with a name), a single napkin ring, and a mounted ivory purse inset with a timepiece on the cover; the latter 3" (7.8 cms) long; 10.4 oz weighable silver (12)
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