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Lot 364
A late Meiji Japanese shibayama tusk vase, cover and stand, the tusk depicting a lady with parasol walking with a young girl in a garden, insect and geese in flight, to the lid a carved ivory lion finial, bearing an inset mother-of-pearl signature plaque, mounted within a silver collar on a lobed wooded base revolving on an intricately carved stand, tusk vase and cover 35 cm
Lot 569
A very rare Gangarams boxwood triple slide rule by HOLTZAPFFEL & Co 8 1/2" x 2 1/4" the two short slides in ivory with German silver fittings, with Gangarans Patent scales for scantlings or timber in flat roofs and trusses, a complex rule with numerous scales and roof diagrams on the edges (see Cat 45 lot 1392 for similar rule) F
Lot 783
An extremely rare and important 18 c. 2' four fold ivory gunners rulewith silver fittings profusely marked with numerous scales for the loads of a large variety of cannons and other firearms, probably one of the most important rules we have offered and in wonderful condition F HEADING The Gunners Rule This very rare ivory Gunners' Rule is a truly magnificent example of the rule-makers art. The maker has managed to mark more than 2500 letters, numerals etc on every available surface and to give instruction on the loading weights of powder and shot for various sizes of "Brafs and Iron Guns, Musquets, Carbine, Pistol, Wall Pieces, Small Arms, Brafs and Iron Morters, Brafs Howits, Carronades" (all sic) etc. Also included is the formula "To find the No of shot in a Sq.r or Obl.g Pile..." There is also reference that states "In the Table of brafs guns G.D. signifies Gen. I Desaguliers" This refers to Major General Thomas Desaguliers and may give a guide to dating the rule. Thomas was born in 1721 to John Theophilus Desaguliers who had fled to England at an early age to escape the French persecution of the Huguenots. His father was obviously a very learned man for the age of 31 he was made a Member of the Royal Society, was an assistant to Isaac Newton and a distinguished scientist, inventor, hydraulic engineer, priest and a noted Freemason, becoming the Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of England in 1719. So it was hardly surprising that his son Thomas went on to follow his father in becoming a scientist and inventor and as a military man applying his talents to various improvements in ordinance, especially cannons and their carriages. He is thought to be the first to be employed by the English army to apply scientific principles to the production and efficiency of cannons and the power of gunnery. He was made Chief Fire Master at the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich in 1748 and was Superintendent when he died in 1780
Lot 789
A fine and rare, possibly unique, 12" Soho type ivory slide rule by E BRYAN 24 Cross St. Manchester but with Coggeshall's Improvement for calculating the contents of timber in the round, A.B.C. log lines, line D4 to 40 marked Girt Line with brass centre pin at 12. The reverse with R.T.Hawthorne's Tables of Gauge Points, an interesting hybrid, a carpenters rule for engineers c/w the orig leather slip case. One edge marked in inches the other edge 100ths of a foot. F
Lot 330
1937. A mixed group of white- and cream-glazed ceramics comprising: a mug with portrait within a garter with 'Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense' legend, beneath 'Coronation May 12th 1937', 'H.M. King Edward VIII', crowned shield with script 'E' and legend 'Long May He Reign', to the underside 'Diamond China England'; teacup and saucer each with photographic portraits in cartouches with foliage, crown above '1937 / Coronation', 'HM King George VI' and 'HM Queen Elizabeth', 'Long May They Reign', crown over 'GRVI' between flags, to the underside of the saucer 'Midwinter Porcelon Birslem England'; squat mug with portraits within the garter with legend, oakleaves and acorns, 'Dieu et mon Droit' legend on a scroll, 'Coronation of King George VI.Queen Elizabeth. May 1937' to the rim, 'GE' monogram within a wreath with crown, to the underside 'Official design of the British Pottery Manufacturers' Federation' with union flag and garter, 'Mintons, England' and 'Made in England'; a broad dish with purple detailing, central portraits beneath a crown with flags, legend 'George VII Elizabeth Coronation' on a scroll beneath, marked 'Ivory England' with an oil lamp to the underside. 1.1 kg, 7.5-23cm (3 - 9"). Property of an Essex collector; acquired 1960-1990. [5, No Reserve]
Lot 342
Africa, early 20th century AD. A carved wooden statuette of a couple in congress, mounted on a custom-made stand. 352 grams, 20cm including stand (8"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000. A Lobi Bateba Betise figure; Bateba translates as wooden carved figure and Betise is a figure depicting a man and a woman making love (the man always positioned behind the woman) and are prescribed for single men so that they find a wife, or to women to avoid sterility or wishing to have a child. The Lobi people live in a vast geographical area that stretches from Burkina Fasso, to the Ivory Coast and into Ghana. [No Reserve]
Lot 435
20th century AD. A ceramic mask plaque with stylized human face, slits for the eyes, row of holes to the border; suspension bracket to the reverse and old paper label 'Collected by John Petit NZ (New Zealand) Photographer'. 982 grams, 25cm (9 3/4"). Private collection, Cambridgeshire, UK; acquired prior to 2000. The Dan are a farming people who inhabit the hinterland of the western Ivory Coast and Liberia. They have a great number of masked figures who represent spirits of the bush, and fulfill a variety of social, political and religious functions. [No Reserve]
Lot 463
20th century AD or earlier. A cast penannular bracelet with ropework band to the outer face of the hoop; the terminals each an elaborate knot with collar below; a medial rectangular bezel with integral stylised human figure modelled in the half-round. 60 grams, 67mm (2 3/4"). Ex Yagello collection; acquired in the 1970s-1980s. The Lobi people live across Burkina Faso, the Ivory Coast and Ghana. They revere spirits known as Thil which are worshipped in shrines that are placed in the home and filled with a number of objects that represent their power. The Thil are shown with extended arms and heads that are characterized by large, lentoid eyes. The figure on this bacelet could be a Thil.
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