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Lot 605
A Royal Worcester jug, decorated with flowers, with a faux bamboo handle, restored, shape number 1333, height 9.5ins, together with a Graingers Worcester gilded ivory globular vase, decorated with swallows, height 4ins and also a Royal Worcester vase decorated with ducks in flight against a moon light background, on a gilded ivory ground, shape number 991
Lot 130
AN IMPORTANT HISTORIC ARCHIVE OF COMMISSIONS AND LETTERS FROM THE BURTON FAMILY OF WAKEFIELD. For the purposes of this archive the Burton Family of Wakefield begin when Arthur Burton of Killing Hall near Ripley married Ursula Dickinson on the 4th December 1627. They had a son John 1628-1715 who married Ellen and their son also John (1675-1755) who married Edith Meagre in 1710 bringing £1000 of Aire & Calder Navigation Canal Shares to the marriage. They also had seven children before her death after which John married Dorcas, the Bishop of Peterborough’s daughter (Widow of a Colonel How). Condition Mixed condition. Generally good. Ivory Registration Number VQN4DAXR.
Lot 2901
An Afghan 'Ziegler' carpet, late 20th century, the shaded ivory field with overall horizontal bands of palmettes and foliage, within a terracotta complimentary border, 368cm x 331cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2909
A Turkish carpet, late 20th century, the ivory field with a bold burnt orange reserve, within a yellow flowerhead border, 295cm x 200cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2936
A Serrabend carpet, North-west Persia, late 20th century, the red field with overall offset boteh, within an ivory vine border, 320cm x 220cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2433
British School - an 18th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature, depicting a young girl wearing a blue bonnet and waistband, 10cm x 7cm, within an ebonized frame. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2545
A George III red stained tortoiseshell and ivory mounted canted rectangular tea caddy, the front with a glazed oval reserve painting of a classical figure, width 11cm. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2428
Circle of George Engleheart - a late 18th/early 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature, depicting a gentleman wearing a black jacket and white stock, 9.5cm x 7cm, within a gilt metal mounted papier-mâché frame. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2441
British School - a late 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature, depicting a lady wearing a white lace bonnet, 7.2cm x 6cm, together with a mid-19th century watercolour portrait miniature of a young lady in profile, 9cm x 7cm, both within gilt metal mounted papier-mâché frames. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2483
A good 19th century silver gilt walnut nécessaire, the hinged nut enclosing a foliate chased interior, fitted with two cranberry glass bottles, thimble, scissors, penknife and further accoutrements, width 5.8cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2928
A North-west Persian carpet, late 20th century, the ivory field with bold palmettes and angular vines, within a pink palmette border, 308cm x 215cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2930
A fine Lahore rug, Pakistan, mid-20th century, the ivory field with a shaped medallion and scrolling foliage, within a yellow complimentary border, 244cm x 175cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2915
A Sarough rug, Central Persia, late 20th century, the charcoal field with a stepped medallion, within an ivory flowering vine border, 220cm x 130cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2543
A George III harewood tea caddy, inlaid with a classical urn and flowers, width 13cm, together with a George III tea caddy with domed lid and inlaid conch shell paterae, width 11.5cm. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2902
A Tabriz carpet, Central Persia, early/mid-20th century, the terracotta field with overall tendrils issuing curled leaves and palmettes, within an ivory complimentary border, 365cm x 264cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2568
A 19th century Swiss Nicole Frères walnut cased music box, the lever-wind mechanism playing eight airs on an interchangeable 29cm cylinder, the interior bearing maker's label and fitted with dampener, tune indicator and speed adjuster, the walnut case with ebonized banding, width 82cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2426
William John Thompson - a pair of 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniatures, depicting a lady and gentleman, 7.5cm x 6cm, mounted within gilt metal frames. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2635
A group of small collectors' items, including an early/mid-20th century Chinese cloisonné cigarette case, width 9cm, an 18th century Staffordshire enamel patch box, detailed 'A Friends Gift' to the lid, width 4cm, a miniature enamelled plaque, detailed with a castle in a gilt metal frame, width 4.7cm, and a miniature Royal Worcester blush ivory miniature jug, height 4cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2467
A 19th century tortoiseshell cylindrical snuff box and cover, the lid inset with a watercolour on ivory portrait miniature of a young girl, diameter 6.5cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2906
A Kashmir part silk carpet, late 20th century, the ivory field with a flowerhead medallion, within a peach curled leaf border, 270cm x 184cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2462
A Victorian tortoiseshell and ivory banded needle case, the sloping lid hinged to reveal a compartmentalized interior, width 5.7cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2937
A Shiraz carpet, South-west Persia, late 20th century, the red field with three linked medallions, within an ivory stylized vine border, 301cm x 232cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2077
A George III mahogany chest of four graduated long drawers with boxwood stringing, height 83.5cm, width 91cm, depth 48cm, together with a George III mahogany swing frame mirror, height 57cm, width 56cm. Provenance: the property of Donald Church. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2118
A late Victorian rosewood and foliate inlaid lady's writing table, the fall front above a drawer and workbox, height 120cm, width 61cm, depth 40cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2442
British Provincial School - a pair of mid-19th century double-sided watercolour on ivory portrait miniatures, one side depicting a gentleman wearing a blue jacket, the other a young girl, 6cm x 5cm, within a gold plated mount with suspension ring, together with another 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature of a young lady, diameter 6cm, within a brass frame. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2049
A George III mahogany swing frame mirror, the base fitted with three drawers, height 59cm, width 54cm. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2643
A mid-19th century mahogany cased infant's bone 'Spelling Alphabet' set, including upper and lower case, the sliding lid with inscribed ivory plaque, length of box 12cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2931
An Afshar rug, South-west Persia, early 20th century, the ivory field with a hooked medallion supported by angular vines, within a charcoal flowering vine border 154cm x 100cm, together with a Sarough rug, 145cm x 96cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2464
A mid-19th century carved horn snuff mull, probably Scottish, finely modelled as an elephant's head inset with ivory tusks, the lid with a plated hinge and collar, length 10cm. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2401
A George III tortoiseshell and gilt metal mounted circular snuff box and cover, the ivory mounted lid inset with a glazed oval portrait of a young gentleman, diameter 8cm. Provenance: the property of Donald Church. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 2544
A George III burr fruitwood tea caddy with tulipwood crossbanding and oval yew reserves, width 10.5cm, together with a George III mahogany tea caddy inlaid with bellflowers, width 11.8cm. Provenance: the property of Michael Godfrey. Note: a non-transferrable ivory exemption certificate has been granted for the sale of this item.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 1152
A collection of Royal Worcester blush ivory porcelain to include; a small handled jug marked no. 1094 and registry mark to base, four cups - three are red mark, one is green mark, seven saucers (two broken) mainly pattern W5171, together with ten side plates.Some chis to some and general wear and staining. (Q)
Lot 4
Brooch featuring an elephant 18K gold entirely set with colourless and coloured diamonds, the tusk made of ivory, the howdah topped with a sapphire, calibré cut diamonds and two cultured pearls. The hanging on the side is set with a grid pattern of emeralds, rubis, sapphires and baguette cut diamonds. Can be attached to a malachite and onyx base supported by four 18K gold elephant set with diamonds, brooch: 7.4x8.0 cm, h. on the base: 10 cm
Lot 51
Great Britain Imperforate 1d reds (138) mostly selected for quality and varieties, starting with excellent four-margin Maltese cross examples incl. a few numbers in crosses, followed by plate 12 pale shade from worn plate, plate 13 basal shift, plate 14, plate 17, plate 18 (faint crease), plate 31 with Dublin cross, a superb ivory head, etc. Plenty more attractive examples in the later numeral-cancelled issues with some better varieties, though generally unplated so still plenty for the specialist to get their teeth into.
Lot 75
The fascinating M.B.E. and A.G.S. Nandi pair awarded to Mr P. H. Clarke, a civilian who was attached to the 3rd Kings African Rifles for the operations in Nandi country - at the time he was the only European trader at Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria, where he ran the company store for Boustead, Ridley & Co. In addition he was also the Town Clerk. When vessels were required to transport the Sudanese troops for the oncoming campaign, Clarke, on behalf of his employers supplied two dhows. Clarke was no stranger to adventure - ‘he was of the pioneer school, the members of which went after business on their flat feet. When he first reached East Africa, ivory was the main item of trade, and again and again he trekked up to Uganda to bring down caravans of the precious commodity. That his camps were sometimes raided and his own life endangered did not divert him from his purpose’ The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 1st type, breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London ‘1919’, in Garrard & Co. Ltd. case of issue; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Nandi 1905-06 (P. H. Clarke. Nandi F.F.) generally very fine or better (2) £800-£1,000 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 27 June 1919: Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council, East Africa Protectorate, for services on behalf of the British Red Cross Society and Order of St. John. Percival Herbert Clarke and his colourful life in Africa is recorded in his obituary which appeared in East Africa, 1934: ‘The sudden death in Mombasa at the age of 62 of Mr Percival Herbert Clarke will not surprise those friends who knew the serious state of his health. For a long time his heart had caused more anxiety to others than he allowed it to cause him and the news which he received a month ago of the death in this country of the daughter to whom he was so deeply attached must certainly have loosened his hold on life. “PH” as he was known to all pre-War Kenyans, and to many of the post-War generation was born in Bermondsey on the last day of 1872, and educated at the Royal Merchant Seaman’s Orphanage... At the age of 18 he went to S. Africa, from which he returned a few years later. In 1898 he sailed for Mombasa to join the firm of Boustead, Ridley & Co. on the liquidation of which four years later he began trading on his own account in Kisumu - of which he used to recall with mock solemnity that he was its first Town Clerk (honorary). Then followed years of strenuous effort, the fruits of which he reinvested in his business. But he lost everything by shipwreck on Victoria Nyanza when returning from Uganda in a dhow laden with ivory and other goods. For a while he organised a gold prospecting syndicate, but when that failed he restarted trading in Kisumu. In 1909 he amalgamated with Boustead Bros. and established his headquarters in Mombasa as principal of Boustead and Clarke, which has for many years been one of the best known names in EA commerce. “PH’s” record of public service was outstanding. At one time he was a member of no fewer than 17 different Commissions and Committees sitting in Kenya; and he was never a member merely in name, for, possessed of decided views and wide experience, he always contributed something to the subject under consideration. He had been an unofficial member of the Kenya War Council, the Kenya Legco and the Inter-Colonial Railway Advisory Council; he was the first President of the Association of Chambers of Commerce of EA, thrice President of the Mombasa Chamber of Commerce; and an original member of the Mombasa War Committee, the Mombasa Harbour Board, and the Mombasa District Committee.... He was of the pioneer school, the members of which went after business on their flat feet. When he first reached EA, ivory was the main item of trade, and again and again he trekked up to Uganda to bring down caravans of the precious commodity. That his camps were sometimes raided and his own life endangered did not divert him from his purpose....’ Clarke was one of a number of civilians attached to the 3rd Kings African Rifles as part of the Nandi Field Force for operations in Nandi country between October 1905 - July 1906. He was no stranger to conflict, and indeed had been attacked during his first year in East Africa: ‘December 1898. It was unfortunately necessary to send a punitive expedition into the Kivosoi location of the Kikuyu because of an unprovoked attack by the natives on Mr. P. Clarke of Messrs Boustead, Ridley & Co.’ (John Ainsworth and the Making of Kenya, by R. Maxon refers) At the time of the Nandi operations Clarke was the only European trader at Kisumu on the shores of Lake Victoria, where he ran the company store. In addition he was also the Town Clerk. When vessels were required to transport the Sudanese troops for the oncoming campaign, Clarke on behalf of his employers supplied two dhows. He is also remembered in Kenya from Chartered Company to Crown Colony by C. W. Hobley: ‘While we were living in the old station of Kisumu many incidents occurred which stay in my mind... At Mumias I had a small piano which I had brought up the coast with great labour, part of the way by porters and part of the way by bullock cart. When I moved to Kisumu it was packed in its case, and there it lay in store unused. The representative of a well-known Mombasa firm, Mr P. H. Clarke, offered to buy it for resale in Uganda. I agreed, and left one day for Entebbe in a sailing dhow with the piano as cargo. About a week later he staggered into my office in an exhausted state and told me that a couple of days after leaving Kisumu they had encountered a bad storm on the lake. It was night and, after being buffeted for some hours, the dhow sank and the occupants were precipitated into the water. Clarke swam about for a little and bumped up against the piano, which was floating, and presently the native skipper also held onto the case; the rest of the crew were never seen again. They hung on and floated about until daylight, when they discovered that they were a mile or two from an island. Eventually they reached it and landed from their novel craft. Native fishermen approached the island, but at first paddled away in terror at seeing a white man there. Eventually they returned, however, took off the castaways and landed them on the mainland. Here a friendly chief, Ugada Ndiek, gave them food and shelter, and as soon as Clarke had recovered strength, fitted him out with some old boots and a hat, and then he marched back to Kisumu. It was a trying ordeal for a European to be precipitated into the lake at the dead of night and to float about in the sun for the best part of the following day with no hat and clad in nothing but a thin suit of pyjamas. He suffered from shock for a week or two, but soon recovered.’ Sold with copied research.
Lot 149
GROUP OF THREE BLUE AND WHITE WARES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 仿哥釉青花瓜瓞綿綿紋雙耳瓶、康熙款 青花山水人物紋印盒 及 雍正款 青花螭龍紋印盒（共三件） comprising: a Ge-type crackle-glazed with blue and white vase, of baluster form, the exterior painted in underglaze blue with butterflies in flight between melons on branches, with two tendrils forming the handles flanking the neck, both the interior and exterior covered overall with a thick layer of creamy glaze with ivory tinge and a web of fine russet crackles, leaving the foot rim unglazed and revealing the buff stoneware body, 25.5cm high; and two blue and white seal paste boxes and covers, one painted with small figures in mountainous landscape on the domed cover, and small fishermen on the sides of the box, the base inscribed with a six-character Kangxi mark, 8.5cm diameter, the other adorned with a sinuous chi dragon against a swirling tendril on the ground, the box similarly decorated, the base inscribed with a six-character Yongzheng mark, 5.5cm diameterDimensions:largest: 25.5cm high
![[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION] GROUP OF FIFTEEN EMBROIDERED PANELS 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 各色刺綉織品（共十五件） comprising: a rank](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d2eb2310-83e0-46fc-9b08-afb1010398b3/611a7415-435c-4e29-a414-afc101098401/468x382.jpg)
Lot 217
[A PRIVATE SCOTTISH COLLECTION] GROUP OF FIFTEEN EMBROIDERED PANELS 19TH-20TH CENTURY 十九至二十世紀 各色刺綉織品（共十五件） comprising: a rank badge, inset into the top of a wooden table; four black-ground 'figural' and 'floral' roundels; four ivory ground 'birds and flowers' roundels; two floral panels embroidered in blue; a pair of ivory ground 'crane and peacock' square panels; an ivory ground sleeve band and a small panel decorated with figures, all framedDimensions:rank badge: 26cm x 29.5cmProvenance:Provenance: Private Scottish collection, Edinburgh
Lot 255
TWO QAJAR LACQUERED LEATHER PAPIER MACHE BOOK COVERS PERSIA, 19TH CENTURY with central reserves of lovers on white grounds adorned with peacocks and flowers within script borders, the opposing sides with panels of script on red and gilt grounds; one comprising front cover only, framed; the other comprising front and back cover, unframedDimensions:46cm x 31cm eachProvenance:Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L. (1925-2018)Major General Sir John Swinton began his military career in 1944 with the Scots Guards, rising in rank to Major General in 1976. He was also Brigadier of the Queen’s Body Guard for Scotland (Royal Company of Archers) in 1977, and retired from Army life in 1979. With his strong military background, he was appointed Deputy Lieutenant for Berwickshire in 1980 and Lord Lieutenant from 1989 to 2000. A high point of his tenure was escorting the Stone of Scone back to Scotland in 1996.The Swinton family history and ownership of land in Berwickshire can be traced to the early part of the 12th century, when Ernulf de Swinton received one of the first private charters recorded in Scotland which confirmed his property from David I of Scotland (1084-1153). This is one of two original charters of David I kept in the cartulary of Durham; both are to Ernulf and also refer to Ernulf’s father (Udard), grandfather (Liulf) and great-grandfather (Eadulf) as holding the land before him. This would make Eadulf the first landowner of Scotland whose ownership could be proved, and means that the Swinton family would by this hypothesis be one of only three (the two others being the Arden and Berkeley families) that could trace its unbroken land ownership and lineage to before the Norman Conquest, making it one of the oldest landed families in Britain.Kimmerghame itself was the site of an earlier house, the home of Sir Andrew Home in the 1730s. The lands and estate of Kimmerghame came into the ownership of the family of Swinton in 1776 when Archibald Swinton of Manderston married Henrietta Campbell of Blythswood in Glasgow. This older house was demolished and rebuilt in the early 1850s, the architect being the celebrated David Bryce, who employed some materials from the older house. Bryce’s Scots Baronial house was substantially damaged by fire in 1938 and only partially rebuilt. The family still retains Kimmerghame and its contents.Captain Archibald Swinton (1731-1804) went to India in the service of the East India Company as a surgeon. He reached Madras in 1752 and took part in the campaigns being waged between the French and English Companies for supremacy in the south. He also took part in an expedition 1756-57 to Negrais in Burma. He reached eastern India for the first time in 1759 when he arrived at Ganjam in Orissa and from there went on to Calcutta. He also transferred from being a surgeon to an ensignship in the Company’s Bengal army.When Archibald Swinton left the Company’s service at the end of 1765, he took with him a letter from the Emperor to King George III asking for help to reseat him on the throne of his ancestors, since Clive would not do so unilaterally; Swinton took a munshi with him in case the answer should be written in Persian. So ‘Captain Swinton, bringing with him the Munshy (sic) (and including in his baggage the large Indian jars, the Indian pictures, Chinese pictures painted on glass, numberless ivory, silver and crystal handled arms, jewels, Persian books, etc. etc.), sailed from India …’ The important group of Indian paintings and other works of art are now in the care of the National Museum of Scotland having been accepted by the nation in lieu of inheritance tax.The Swinton family have had strong connections with the Army and the legal profession. Part of their impressive collection was sold at our saleroom in Five Centuries: Furniture, Paintings and Works of Art sale on 23 Feb 2022, and subsequently Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art on 13 May 2022, lot 150-159
Lot 98
COLLECTION OF FIVE MONOCHROME WARES QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 紅釉螭龍紋瓶、德化白瓷螭龜紋葫蘆瓶、德化白瓷立柱型香插一對 及 漳窯白釉三足洗（共五件） comprising: a red-glazed bottle vase, moulded with slender chi-dragon coiling on the long cylindrical neck, with a fitted wooden stand, 16.7cm high; a Dehua double-gourd vase, moulded in relief with a tortoise on the lower bulb and a sinuous chi dragon above the upper bulb on the waisted neck, the base with an obscure mark in a panel, 13.4cm high; two Dehua incense holders, each finely moulded on a tall stand, the square-column body extended toward a wide shoulder, terminating to a square top adorned with a four-petal flower in relief, 11.8cm high each; and a white-glazed tripod brush washer, of compressed globular form, supported on three cabriole feet, covered overall with a white glaze with ivory tinge and a fine network of craquelure, 12.5cm diameter
Lot 107
FLAMBÉ-GLAZED MEIPING VASE QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY 清 窯變釉小梅瓶 the high-shouldered baluster body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck and terminating to a flared rim, covered overall with an uneven red glaze suffused with lavender and blue streaks, the glaze thinning on the mouth revealing a yellowish-brown coloured body, the thick glaze pooling and forming the foot, the base with an ivory white glaze with some grits, the foot ring unglazed revealing the fine porcelain bodyDimensions:16.5cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private English collection
Lot 25
GROUP OF THREE SILK EMBROIDERED SLEEVE BANDS QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 象牙白地刺綉庭院閣樓紋挽袖一對 及 金地刺綉庭院閣樓紋挽袖 鏡框（共三件） comprising: a pair of ivory ground sleeve bands, decorated in mirror images of a garden with pagoda, sampan and pine tree; and one golden ground sleeve band with blue embroidery of figures in a garden, all framedDimensions:62cm x 11.5cm each for the pair and 59xm x 15.8cmProvenance:Provenance: Private English collection, London
Lot 182
FAMILLE VERTE CRACQUEL GLAZE BALUSTER VASE QING DYNASTY, 19TH CENTURY 清 鐵鏽釉綠彩開光花鳥博古紋瓶 painted with birds, flowers and antiquities in cartouches on an ivory colour glaze with fine craquelure, further against a brown ground, with moulded brown glazed borders around the mouth rim, the shoulder and the foot, the base has an incised mark within a squareDimensions:46cm highProvenance:Provenance: Private collection, England
Lot 336
A Harrison Fisher & Co part canteen of plated King's pattern cutlery, comprising twelve table knives and forks, four tablespoons, twelve dessert knives, forks and spoons, eleven soup spoons, soup ladle, two sauce ladles, twelve teaspoons, six coffee spoons, four salt spoons, mustard spoon, pair of sugar tongs, and four-piece carving set, with faux ivory knife handles and carving handles, within a single drawer oak canteen case, together with a set of six matched sorbet spoons.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Lot 300
A Victorian silver and mother-of-pearl handled butter knife with engraved decoration, Birmingham 1858 by G. Wheeler & Co, length 19.3cm, a silver and faux ivory handled butter knife, Birmingham 1881 by Thomas Prime & Son, length 20.8cm, and a silver butter knife with engraved decoration, Birmingham 1880 by Hilliard & Thomason, length 19.6cm, together with four other silver butter knives and a silver dessert knife, weighable items 208.1g.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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