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Click here to subscribeA 19th Century Chinese export ivory “Burmese” pattern Chess Set, Stained red and natural, the kings and queens with foliate finials, pierced crowns and foliate carved baluster supports, the bishops as mitres, the knights as horse’s heads, the rooks as towers bearing banners, the pawns as finely carved balusters with bud finials, all with lotus carved bases, king 2 ¾ in., pawn 1 ½ in H.
A 19th Century Chinese export figural ivory Chess Set, the pieces set on puzzle ball stems, kings as emperors, queens as consorts, bishops as viziers, knights as horsemen with lances, pawns as horsemen with swords,stained red and natural, kings 7 1/2in H, pawns 3 1/2in H (one knight and one pawn with missing parts/damaged)
A pair of percussion hammer action side by side pistols with chequered locks, carved reeded grip, shaped butt cap, folding triggers and 4.5 inch octagonal rifled barrels, overall length 23cm in lockable fitted mahogany box with boxwood inlay, lined interior and ivory handled storage compartment
Box of assorted oddments, various to include: Meerschaum pipes, silver plated leather covered flask, oak tie press, cased spectacles, drawing instruments, magnifying glass, brass door knocker, ivory paperweight, 'Little Wonder' torch, brass blowtorch and an oriental double ended carving set. (B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
A good Japanese Shibayama inlaid ivory two-fold table screen (Tsuitate), Meiji period, inlaid in ivory, red lacquer and mother-of-pearl with three seated figures in conversation with a nobleman, being entertained by a dancer and musician, before a vase of prunus blossom and a hanging vase filled with flowers, above a smaller panel of flowers and a fan on a kinji lacquer ground, the reverse decorated with birds and flowers against a roiro ground sprinkled with nashiji, signed Masa.... on a mother-of pearl reserve, 37.5cm. high by 37.5cm. wide unfolded. Illustrated
A Japanese four-case gold lacquer inro, Meiji period, decorated in low relief with birds amongst sheaves of wheat, 7.5cm. high, with an iron ojime and an ivory netsuke carved as a toad on a root vegetable, 7.25cm. length; also an ivory netsuke of a seated monkey looking at a monkey netsuke attached to an inro, 3.5cm. high.
A Chinese ivory puzzle ball and stand, late 19th/20th century, the ball and pierced on the exterior with dragons amongst cloud scrolls, enclosing approximately seven geometric pierced concentric balls, the stand with a smaller puzzle ball above two warriors on horses, the base with further dragons, 49cm. high. Illustrated
A group of ivory carvings, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising; a Canton ivory cylindrical bodkin case carved with dragons amidst cloud scrolls and containing eight bodkins, 16cm. length; a Japanese ivory okimono of a farmer, 17cm. high; and an ivory handle carved with deer, 8cm. high.
A small mahogany cased two-day marine chronometerBy Parkinson & Frodsham, London, No. 768, circa 1825The case with plain hinged cover, above glazed lid, the front inset with a rectangular ivory panel, above shaped lock escutcheon and a brass carrying handle to each side, lacquered brass bowl, gimbals and locking lever, with 'tipsy' key stamped '768', the bezel with a convex glass above the 3in. silvered brass dial, signed below the XII 'PARKINSON & FRODSHAM / Change Alley /London No. 768', with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, blued steel hands and seconds subsidiary, the signed chain fusée movement with cylindrical ring-turned pillars, bi-metallic compensated balance with diamond endpiece, blued steel hairspring, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, internal brass sprung dust cover, (1 key and 1 case key)15.2cm. x 16cm. IllustratedParkinson & Frodsham was established in 1801 by William James Frodsham (1778-1850) and William Parkinson (d.1842). Their business continued throughout the 19th century at Change Alley, supplying chronometers to the Admiralty and to shipping lines. Very little of their records survive, although there are some late 19th century records from the firm at the Guildhall Library, London.In Phillip Arnott's article Chronometers on East India Company Ships 1800-33, the Company is recorded as having Parkinson & Frodsham No. 771, which was in use by Captain Graham on Caledonia in 1822, see Antiquarian Horological Journal, Vol. 30, No. 4, December 2007, p. 481-500.
A small brass-bound mahogany cased two-day marine chronometerBy Parkinson & Frodsham, London, London, No. 456, circa 1825The hinged lid centred with a shaped brass escutcheon, the front inset with a rectangular ivory panel, with shaped lock escutcheon and a brass carrying handle to each side, lacquered brass bowl, gimbals and locking lever, with 'tipsy' key, the bevelled convex glass above the 2¾ in. silvered brass dial, signed below the XII 'PARKINSON & FRODSHAM / Change Alley /London No. 456 TWO DAYS', with Roman chapters and Arabic five-minute markers, blued steel hands and seconds subsidiary, the fully signed and numbered chain fusée movement with cylindical ring-turned pillars, bi-metallic compensated balance with diamond endpiece, blued steel hairspring with double overcoil, Earnshaw spring detent escapement, (1 key, 1 case key).12.8cm x 13.4cm. Illustrated
An ivory desk thermometerBy Dollond, London, circa 1900On an ebonised scalloped base and with cylindrical glass cover23cm high; and a high/low thermometer by Carpenter & Westley, 24 Regent Street, London, circa 1890, with ivory scale, on ebonised support and base, 26.5cm high(2). Illustrated
A late Victorian ivory tower thermometer and inset compassBy T. Straight, London, circa 1890The compass scale below a convex glass, with pierced surround, on an engine-turned columnar support with thermometer scale on turned base, mounted on an ebonised plinth, lacking dome15cm high. IllustratedProbably Thomas Straight, 26 Bartlett Buildings, Strand, London.
A collection of twelve various thermometersIncluding a brass Polymetre Lambrecht; a marine ivory thermometer scale with later tube; a brass scale thermometer signed 'Buss Hatton Garden'; a boxwood thermometer impressed 'A. M. Viener, Southport'; two porcelain scale thermometers each in rectangular glazed cases; two others by Negretti & Zambra each with mahogany backs; and four various ceramic scale thermometers (12). Illustrated
A late Victorian oak and brass-mounted stick barometerBy Negretti & Zambra, London, circa 1890The plain case with an arched pediment, above a glazed brass surround with ivory plates, signed 'NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA LONDON', and fitted with a thermometer, the trunk with canted angles97cm high. Illustrated
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