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Lot 256
A lady's riding crop, and two others similar (3) Condition report Report by NG Ivory handled crop, approx. 81.5 cm long. Handle cracked. Collar with knocks and bumps, as is main shaft. General wear. Silver coloured metal handle, stamped 830, approx. 80 cm long, handle scratched. General wear, knocks and bumps. Carriage style whip with treen handle, treen approx. 51.5 cm long., remainder approx. 225 cm, leather at end broken and knotted, braiding appears complete.
Lot 357
A carved ivory figure, of a sage, with seal mark to base of left foot, 22.5 cm high See illustration Condition report Report by NG Damage and losses to left hand side of headdress, shoulder and hand. Some cracks visible in figure. Chips to front left foot and to one of left folds in sleeve. Surface grubby.
Lot 345
Panormo parlour guitar in need of restoration, labelled Louis Panormo...London, 1839, no. 2269, also bearing a retail label, the open peg box with engraved brass tuning strips signed Baker and with shaped ivory buttons, eighteen fret rosewood fingerboard, rosewood back and sides and fine grain top with purfled decoration to the sound hole and edges, case (at fault)
Lot 352
Grand piano by Muzio Clementi & Co, London, 1804, stamped with maker's number 504, the case of mahogany with holly stringing, the main board and cheeks veneered with satinwood with purple heart crossbanding, the main board painted with two groups of roses and convolvuli upon a trestle stand, the FF to C4 five and a half octave keyboard with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, English grand action with two pedals for dampener lift and una corda, the music desk with sliding candle shelves
Lot 353
Grand piano by John Broadwood & Son, London, circa 1801, the case of mahogany with holly stringing, the satinwood fascia-board and cheeks with holly and stained fruitwood stringing and mahogany crossbanding, the five and a half octave keyboard, FF to c4 with ivory naturals faced with boxwood mouldings and ebony accidentals, English grand action, two pedals controlling damper lift and una corda, with music desk, on trestle stand with square tapered legs, inscribed on an oval boxwood plaque on the name board John Broadwood and Son, Makers to his Majesty and the Princesses, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square, London, bearing the serial number 2080, the action signed Marshall, length 7' 5?" 226.3cm; width 3' 5?", 106.3cm
Lot 355
Ex Christopher Hogwood - Single-manual harpsichord by Thomas Culliford for Longman & Broderip, London, 1782, the case of mahogany with boxwood stringing, the lid with brass strap hinges, the key well veneered with panels of burr walnut with boxwood stringing and kingwood crossbanding, the fascia board extensively inlaid with scrolling foliage and a central urn, the soundboard with inset gilt-metal rose pierced and carved with King David playing the harp and with the pierced inscription Longman & Broderip Cheapside, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3 omitting FF sharp, with ivory naturals with boxwood mouldings and ebony accidentals, seven brass-knobbed hand stops with ivory caps inscribed with their function, six controlling the harp stop, 8ft lute stop, two 8ft stops, a 4ft stop and a 'mute' (dummy) stop, the seventh in the left cheek controlling the machine stop together with the left-hand pedal, the right-hand pedal controlling a swell mechanism operating on a secondary internal lid, with music desk, on trestle stand, with canvas cover. Inscribed on a boxwood plaque on the name batten Longman and Broderip, Musical Instrument Makers 26 Cheapside London and on the reverse of the name batten Thos. Culliford, Maker, 3 Fountain Court, Cheapside, London, February 1782. Length 7' 2?", 219.3cm; width 3' 3?", 100.9cm This instrument is one of only three known to have been made by Culliford with both a machine stop and a lid swell, one of the others being in The Mobbs Keyboard Collection, Golden Bay, New Zealand. The current location of the other one is not recorded. Culliford was the great-grandfather of the author Charles Dickens. Provenance Formerly the property of Miss Grace Gurteau (given as Gurteen in Boalch2 & 3) of Haverhill who purchased it from Alec Hodsdon in 1926. Literature Boalch3, p. 485 Boalch2, p. 104, No. 4b Boalch1, p. 74, No. 17 Mobbs & Mackenzie, pp. 45-46 Discography 1979-83 Mozart: Symphonies, Vols. 1-7, with Jaap Schr?der and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre D167D3, D168D3, D169D3, D170D3, D171D4, D172D4, D173D3 1983 Haydn: Cello Concertos, with Christophe Coin and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSDL711 1985 Mozart: Serenade in D K185 and March K189, with Jaap Schr?der and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 411 936-1OH 1986 Mozart: Clarinet Concerto and Oboe Concerto, with Antony Pay, Michel Piguet and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 414 339-1OH 1987 Haydn: Trumpet Concerto, Horn Concerto No. 1 and Organ Concerto No. 1, with Friedemann Immer, Timothy Brown and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 610-1OH 1988 Mozart: Flute and Harp Concerto, Flute Concerto No. 1, Andante in C and Bassoon Concerto, with Lisa Beznosiuk, Frances Kelly, Danny Bond and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 622-1OH Restoration history 1884 S. Denton, Neetwood, Manchester 1926 Alec Hodsdon 1978 Clayson & Garrett Last pitch (currently de-tensioned) A=430Hz
Lot 356
Cabinet piano, by James Ball London, circa 1815, the case of mahogany with ebony stringing, barrel keyboard cover, the panel above the keyboard with later fabric, the frieze with central applied guilt-bronze vinous plaque, satinwood fascia board and cheeks with mahogany crossbanding, the five and a half keyboard, FF to c4, with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, two pedals controlling damper lift and una corda, two turned and reeded legs with brass collars to the front, inscribed above the keyboard James Ball, Duke Street, Grosvenor Square, Maker to His Royal Highness the Prince Regent, also bearing a brass plaque inscribed This piano belongs to Mrs Anne Butlin of Rugby circa 1810, height 5' 9?", 177cm; width 3' 5?", 106cm; depth 1' 10", 66cm *This piano originally formed part of the Mickleburgh Collection and was sold by the Bristol Auction Rooms on 24 June 2003, lot 221
Lot 357
Grand Piano by Matthew and William Stodart, London, late 18th century, the case of mahogany with holly stringing, the fascia board and cheeks of satinwood with holly and ebony stringing and mahogany crossbanding, the five and a half octave keyboard, FF to c4, with ivory naturals faced with boxwood mouldings and ebony accidentals, English grand action, split bridge, trichord stringing throughout, two pedals controlling damper lift and una corda, with music desk, on trestle stand, inscribed on a boxwood plaque on the name board Matthaeus et Guilielmus Stodart Londini Fecerunt, Golden Square, length 7' 4?", 225.5.cm; width 3' 6?", 107cm
Lot 358
Pipe organ by Peter Collins, Redbourn 1972, the case of oak in three rectangular sections, the two higher outer sections flanking a lower central section all with display pipes, 6, 21, 6, the whole surmounted by a later frieze with broken pediment in brown painted wood with gold-painted dentate mouldings, the keyboard at the back of the organ, compass four octaves and eight notes, C to g3, with arcaded walnut naturals and skunk-tail accidentals in walnut and simulated ivory, the pedal board compass two octaves and six notes, eight hand stops, controlling and accordingly inscribed 4' Principal, 8' Rohr flute, 16' Dulzian, 2' Gemshorn bass, 2' Gemshorn Treble, III Mixture Bass, III Mixture Treble, Tremulant, with elm bench, electric blower, inscribed on a small plastic plaque beside the keyboard Peter Collins, 1998, height 7' 5?", 228cm; width 5' 9½", 176.5cm; depth with pedal board 4' 10?",149.3cm
Lot 360
Small three-stop pipe organ ascribed to Peter Collins, Redbourn, circa 1975, the case of oak, the keyboard, compass four octaves and eight notes, C to g3, with rosewood overlaid naturals and skunk-tail accidentals of rosewood and imitation ivory, the stops with three internal levers controlling gedackt 8', rohr flute 4' and 15th 2', with electric blower, on trestle stand, with matching stool, height 5' 5½", 166.3cm; width 2' 8?", 82.9cm; depth 2' 1", 63.5cm
Lot 361
Unfretted clavichord after Christian Gotthelf Hoffmann, Ronnesburg in Ronneburg, 1784, by Jean Maurer, London, 1980, the case of pine, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3 with arcaded ebony naturals and simulated ivory overlaid accidentals, on four square tapered legs, inscribed on the name baton Christian Gotthelf Hoffmann in Ronneburg, Nom: 32. 1784, length 5' 9", 175.3cm; width 1' 7?", 50.1cm. *The instrument from which this clavichord is copied is preserved in the Cobbe Collection, Hatchlands, East Clandon, Surrey. See the catalogue Composer Instruments, The Cobbe Collection, No. 11, p. 20
Lot 362
Square piano by John Broadwood & Sons, London 1825, the case of mahogany with rosewood crossbanding and beaded along the lower edge, the rounded front corners inlaid with ebony scrollwork, the rosewood fascia board with brass floral inlay and two brass fretted panels, the six octave keyboard, FF to f4, with ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, double action with mopstick over-dampers, one foot pedal controlling the damper lift, on six turned and reeded legs, inscribed on a boxwood plaque John Broadwood & Sons Makers to His Majesty and the Princesses, Great Pulteney Street, Golden Square and bearing the serial no. 30987, length 5' 8?", 173.3cm; width 2' 2?", 66.7cm
Lot 365
Fretted clavichord after Christian Gottlob Hubert, Ansbach, 1784 by Christopher Barlow, Frome, 1987, the case of panelled walnut, the keyboard, compass four octaves and six notes, C to f3, with arcaded ebony naturals and simulated ivory accidentals, bearing label on the bass hitchpin block Christopher Barlow Frome fecit ao: 1987, length 4' 2?", 167.7cm; width 1' 2", 35.5cm *The instrument from which this clavichord is copied is preserved in the Edinburgh University Collection of Historic Musical Instruments. See the online catalogue
Lot 366
Unfretted clavichord by W. J. Zuckerman and Michael Thomas circa 1970, the case veneered with mahogany, the keyboard, compass four octaves and nine notes, A to f3, with ebony naturals and simulated ivory overlaid accidentals, the lid with an applied painting of trees and a lake, the soundboard decorated with roses, on an unassociated stand, length 4' 9?", 145.8cm; width 1' 10", 56cm
Lot 368
*SOLD IN SITU* Chamber organ by Theodore Bates & Son, Ludgate Hill, London, the classical case of flame Brazilian rosewood decorated with carved impost, Corinthian capitals and an elaborate cornice, the flat back casework pipes retain their original gilding, the keyboard has ivory naturals and ebony sharps, the drawstop heads are solid ivory with copper plate hand engraving, with original brass candle sconces, the organ has a hitch down Venetian swell, three combination pedals and a straight and flat eighteen note pedal board and can be blow by foot or hand *Arrangements to view this lot can be made by contacting Jamie South or Luke Hobbs at Gardiner Houlgate on 01225 812912
Lot 411
Interesting early double-headed baroque style lute, the angled head with thirteen boxwood tuning pegs, the straight head with six boxwood tuning pegs and three bone nuts, the neck with ebony and bone striped back and the nine fret ebony fingerboard with mother of pearl double heart shaped inlay, the bowl back with boxwood strung inlay, the table with a further mother of pearl heart inlay, ebony and ivory inlaid rosette and decorative carved fretwork to the sound hole, within a fitted case bearing a Rushworth & Dreaper Ltd label, total length 37.5", scale length 21 5/8" (at fault)
Lot 416
Interesting early lute in need of restoration, the open peg box bearing ten turned pegs and with carved head finial, the neck with ivory strung inlay and the inset ivory fretboard with inscribed musical decoration, the table with mother of pearl, bone and ebony inlay to the rosette and carved fret panel to the sound hole, the bridge with unusual mother of pearl cap, the bowl back with ebony strung scalloped bands (at fault)
Lot 469
Good English boxwood and ivory mounted flute by and stamped W. Milhouse, London, 337 Oxford Street, with three Corps de Change, six/seven keys on wooden blocks, longest total length 678mm, longest sound length 600mm, shortest total length 665mm, shortest sound length 586mm, within a fitted mahogany box bearing a William Milhouse label
Lot 236
19th century ivory dagger, the sheath depicting a dog chasing a hare with white metal mounts, the handle with figure holding a baton and lion finial, 29cm long CONDITION REPORT: Very small hole just above one of the dogs main body. Quite dirty throughout. A couple of age cracks to both the handle and the sheath. No other obvious damages but needs well cleaned Rusting to blade
Lot 443
Early 20th century Chinese cinnabar lacquer box and cover of rectangular section, decorated with chrysanthemums and key fret pattern, 15cm 10cm, the centre of the lid inlaid with pale green hardstone carving, and a small cinnabar snuff bottle, nicely decorated with ivory and semi precious stones depicting flowering fruits on a key fret ground, domed lid, the base of gilded metal and inlaid with Chien Lung mark in Zhuanshu script, 7.5cm CONDITION REPORT: Snuff bottle:- Gilding on foot rim and base rubbed Applied work appears ok Top:- Spoon not present, rather scraped red on stopper otherwise ok Bottle:- Lid scraped, very few minor flakes / uneven areas One ridge of small square broken off and tiny surface chip next to it. Box:- Top:- Rather dirty overall , cinnabar rather dirty, some slightly rubbed areas One tiny loss triangle shape at edge of side panel and there is a slight surface chip on that corner, slightly rubbed at one other corner inside black sliightly scraped rubbed particularly in one corner Remnants of half old label, no script Hariline carved hardstone, narrow side to side Bottom:- Interior, two small bruises to edge rim, no obvious restoration or cracks Cinnabar - small scratches, rubs to surface, base scraped, painted letters CHINA
Lot 496
Chinese 19th century ivory carved puzzle ball stand, the column with five ball carving, the outside pierced with figures in a landscape, a stag above and figural group, supported on a further figure group and circular stand, 20cm CONDITION REPORT: A few cracks to the base where section comes out, as two small losses The top three quarters of the ivory has been reglued to the base Minor losses throughout and is quite dirty Top section has been repaired and very top part is missing
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