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Lot 571
A 19th century Anglo-Indian Vizagapatam and ivory inlaid counter box with ivory counters 10cms across There are additional photographs uploaded - no damage to box itself, small areas of bone/ivory inlay missing -small piece missing to very front of lid, corner left hand piece, and very top right hand piece to lid.
Lot 523
ENGLISH SCHOOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY A FAMILY GROUP OF FIVE MINIATURES OF MEMBERS OF THE O'HARA AND TAYLOR FAMILIES OF IRELAND comprising (clockwise from top left) William O'Hara of Caher House, Feakle, Co Clare (who married Frances Taylor); General Sir John Taylor, KCB (1771-1843) of Castle Taylor, Co Galway (who married in 1784 Alinia Jane Jefferyes); Power Le Poer Trench, Archbishop of Tuam (1770-1839) (who married his cousin Anne Taylor, daughter of Walter Taylor of Castle Taylor, Co Galway; an unknown lady and Elizabeth O'Hara, ivory, 10 x 8cm and c, gilt brass mounts, in maroon velvet lined mahogany box frame, four of the sitters identified on old labels on the backboard ++Miniature of Gen Taylor cracked; that of Elizabeth O'H\ara with small rubbed area upper right. Backboard in poor condition
Lot 457
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF A HARE, OSAKA SCHOOL, EDO/MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH C unsigned, 5.2cm l A delightful netsuke, closely resembling and contemporary with the celebrated Hare with the Amber Eyes of Edmund de Waal, by Masatoshi. See Royal Academy of Arts Exhibition, White a Project by Edmund de Waal, 26 September 2015 - 3 January 2016. Another example was sold Sotheby's, Paris, 18 December 2012, lot 279. ++Fine ascending hairline near tail
Lot 460
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF A CHICK EMERGING FROM AN EGG, SIGNED DORAKU, OSAKA SCHOOL, EDO PERIOD, 19THE C the eyes inlaid, 4.4cm Similar examples by the same artist are in the British Museum and the Asian Art Museum, San Fancisco. See also Davey (N), Netsuke, 1974, plt 50. ++Fine black hairline crack running through body, the ivory slightly yellowed with age
Lot 769
A VICTORIAN INLAID MAHOGANY STATIONERY BOX, C1890 the maroon leather lined and fitted interior retaining contemporary accessories, including a silver handled ivory letter knife, a giltmetal tablet to the underside of the fold over writing slope engraved PRESENTED TOGETHER WITH A PURSE OF GOLD AS A TOKEN OF LOVE AND ESTEEM TO THE MISSES SCULLARD BY THEIR PAST AND PRESENT PUPILS OCTOBER 1908, 31cm w, marked Rd 173368 (?) ++In fine condition the interior exceptionally so apparently never having been used
Lot 197
AN ENGLISH ROSEWOOD 7 FOOT GRAND PIANO BY T TOMKISON, NO 1588, C1835 the nameboard inscribed PATENT Thos Tomkison Dean Street Soho maker to His Majesty, on reeded tapering turned legs with brass castors, brass lock shooting three bolts, stamped TURNER Provenance: (By repute) a female acquaintance of David Lloyd George, OM, PC (1863-1945) The Prime Minster is said to have played the piano when he visited. Thomas Tomkison (d 1853) traded from 55-57 Dean Street, Soho from 1799 until 1851. He enjoyed royal patronage, supplying the Prince Regent (later George IV) with several instruments, including a very fine ormolu mounted and brass inlaid grand piano for Brighton Pavilion, c1821. The lyre pedal frame of that piano is identical to that of the present example. ++In dusty but basically complete and entirely original condition, two of the ivory keys snapped
Lot 188
IRISH FURNITURE. A VICTORIAN ARBUTUS WOOD, KILLARNEY MARQUETRY AND PENWORK WORK TABLE, C1870 the lid decorated with Muckross Abbey and fern spandrels, the underside with harp medallion and trailing shamrock surround, having fitted interior with several contemporary Victorian tartanware, ivory and mother of pearl accessories, the pedestal and base conforming, carved paw feet, 74cm h; 41 x 56cm Provenance: Believed to have been brought from Ireland by Eliza Pryce, nee Williams of Gunley Hall in the mid 19th c; thence by descent. ++Dirt and shrinkage crack across top but unrestored
Lot 469
A JAPANESE BOXWOOD NETSUKE OF A RAT, SIGNED SUZUKI MASAKATSU, ISE, C1839-1899 3cm h There are examples by the artist in both the British Museum and Victoria & Albert Museum and several have been sold at auction recently, see Bonhams for a boxwood netsuke of two puppies and a toad in ivory from a Private European Collection, 8 May 2016, lots 48 and 71cm and a boxwood netsuke of aquatic creatures from The Harriet Szechenyi Sale of Japanese Art, 8 November 1011, lot 244. ++Fine condition and good patina, excellent signature impression
Lot 210
AN ENGLISH BRASS PANTOGRAPH, EARLY 19TH C with ivory wheels and lead weighted pivot, 83.5cm l, in fitted mahogany box ++Complete and in good unrestored condition somewhat dusty, the exterior of the box in good condition with old build up of dirt and grime retaining both the brass hooks and eyes
Lot 459
A JAPANESE IVORY NETSUKE OF TWO MONKEYS WITH A PERSIMMON FRUIT, SIGNED MASATAMI, NAGOYA SCHOOL, MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH C the eyes inlaid, 3.6cm h Comparable monkey netsuke by Masatami have been sold Christie's, 12 May 2010, lot 39, Bonhams, 12 November 2015, lot 40 and 8 May 2016, lot 33 and Bonhams, Edinburgh, 13 November 2013, lot 18. ++Natural accretion of dust and dirt
Lot 150
MISCELLANEOUS WORKS OF ART AND BYGONES to include a silver gilt filigree butterfly brooch, two Victorian ivory aides memoir, several pens and pencils, two beadwork purses, a Turkish mother of pearl inlaid tobacco pipe bowl, a miniature cold painted bronze salamander, coins, commemorative medals, etc ++The majority of the items in fair to good condition
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