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Lot 353
A Japanese ivory okimono Carved as Jurojin with a monkey on his head; together with a Japanese ivory okimono carved as a dragon on a man's back, a child at his feet. 17.5 and 6 cms high respectively. (2) CONDITION REPORTS: Both generally in good condition, expected wear, some shrinkage cracks, some slight staining.
Lot 354
An ivory netsuke Carved as a sage with a toad on his back; together with another, similarly carved but smaller; and a further netsuke modelled as a figure holding aloft a lily pad of toads, a double gourd at his feet, the former two with labels for Mrs H Johnston's Collection and numbered 223 and 226. The largest 5 cms high. (3) CONDITION REPORTS: Generally in good condition, expected wear, some shrinkage cracks, some slight staining.
Lot 433
An 18th century portrait miniature mounted snuff box With unmarked silver gilt banding, the lid inset with a portrait on ivory of a young girl collecting flowers. 7.75 cms diameter. CONDITION REPORTS: Scuffing and scratching, some losses, fritting to tortoiseshell interior, miniature cracked in two places and now under a perspex cover, general wear.
Lot 105
A PAIR OF MID 20TH CENTURY BONE CHINA VASES, each having fancy shape circular top with squared orifice twin short handles on an ovoid tapered body painted with vignettes of Oriental birds, and vignettes of pink roses verso, the surround banded with b lue and ivory highly ornamented with gilt, 39cm
Lot 211
A Chinese natural and green stained carved ivory chess set, the kings 12 cm high (slight loss and damage, lacks a knight) See illustration Condition report Report by DP King - 12 cm Queen - 10.5 cm Bishop - 9.5 cm Knight - 7.5 cm Rook - 10.5 cm Pawn - 6.5 cm Report by NG Set is a private entry and came to us in wooden packing case. Construction of rooks different to other pieces, but green staining appears to match. Each pawn missing spear. Green king missing flag. A natural knight missing. Top of one of white rooks missing. All over grubby and dusty. Some small minor other losses and bumps
Lot 212
A Chinese ivory puzzle ball and stand, a tortoiseshell card case, and other ivory items (a.f.) (box) Condition report Report by NG Puzzle Ball: approx. 4 cm diameter. Interior balls smashed, and looks to be several pieces missing. The figural stand approx. 13.5 cm high. Several cracks, damage and glue repairs. Other stands missing bowl top, approx. 14.5 cm high, again cracked and repaired and with losses to carved decoration. Tortoiseshell card case: split, top and bottom to one side of hinge, therefore hinge wobbly, case scratched and knocked with some losses to one corner
Lot 3
A fine Regency lacquered brass ‘universalÂ’ pattern compound microscope, William and Samuel Jones, London, early 19th century, The moulded sighting tube with knurled edges to the threaded sections and screw-fitted at the objective end to a pivoted arm attached to the top of the square section limb upright over rectangular eared stage secured via collar with screw for fine up/down focus adjustment and with x and y object positioning screws, beneath the stage and fitted to the same rectangular section limb upright is a condensor lens mounted on a cranked bracket over a pivoted plano-concave mirror, the assembly supported via a rotating hinge joint onto a column turned upright issuing three folding horizontal supports with angled feet, one signed W. & S. JONES, 30 Holborn, London to upper surface, the original fully fitted mahogany box with a comprehensive and almost complete selection of original accessories including five objective lenses, three further lieberkuhn objectives, rotating slide accessory stage, sprung slide holder, ivory specimen canister, two specimen forceps (one fitted with viewing lens), three large boxwood sliders, bullseye condensor lens and a few additional later items, the box 36cm (14.25ins) wide; with a large quantity of mainly home-prepared slides, 19th century and later, including a handful of professionally prepared slides within card trays, the box 28.5cm (11.25ins) wide, (2). The partnership between the brothers William and Samuel Jones is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as operating from several addresses in Holborn, London 1792-1859 (including 30 Holborn 1800-1860). The current lot is very similar to ‘Jones Most Improved Compound Microscope and ApparatusÂ’ which was based upon a design originally conceived by George Adams and published in the 1798 edition of his Essays on the Microscope. A similar microscope by Dollond was sold in these rooms on Wednesday 17th February 2010 (lot 8) for a hammer price of £3,200.
Lot 20
A fine George III slender mahogany mercury stick barometer with ivory cistern float, Alexander Adie, Edinburgh, early 19th century, The slender figured mahogany case with brass vernier adjustment screw to top above inset rectangular silvered vernier scale with canted upper angles and calibrated in barometric inches to right hand margin beneath engraved signature A. Adie, Edinburgh to upper edge, the trunk with visible tube above moulded reeded square section cistern cover with ivory mercury float to right hand side and brass level adjustment screw beneath, 94.5cm (37.25ins) high. Alexander Adie is recorded in Goodison, Nicholas English BAROMETERS 1680-1860 as born 1774 and apprenticed to his uncle, the eminent Scottish instrument maker John Miller, in 1789. In 1804 his uncle took him into partnership under the name of Miller and Adie which continued until after MillerÂ’s death in 1815. Adie was particularly interested in meteorological instruments and is perhaps best known as the inventor of the Sympiesometer in 1818. In recognition of his work he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1819. He was appointed optician to William IV and later Queen Victoria and took one of his sons, John, into partnership in 1835. Two of his other sons set up businesses; Robert in Liverpool and Patrick in London. Unfortunately John Adie was prone to ‘fits of despondencyÂ’ which resulted in him shooting himself in 1857, Alexander Adie died the following year - no doubt expediated by the stress of his sonÂ’s demise. The current lot appears to be a well made but functional model from AdieÂ’s range that has practical refinements such as screw vernier adjustment to the top of the case and ivory cistern float. These details, along with the reeded decoration to the cistern cover, demonstrates a commonality between the current lot and the more exotic slender bowfronted model produced by Adie; an example of which was sold in these rooms on Tuesday 4th September 2012 (lot 112) for £7,500 hammer.
Lot 23
A rosewood and mahogany mercury tube stick barometer, C.A. Canti, London, circa 1840, The arched case with canted surround to the applied engraved ivory vernier scale calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual weather observations opposing mercury Fahrenheit and Reaumur scale thermometer, the upper left margin inscribed C.A. CANTI, 30 HIGH HOLBORN, the waisted trunk with visible tube above rounded base applied with a half-ovoid cistern cover with moulded cylindrical upstand and narrow band to waist, the underside with brass level adjustment screw, 91.5cm (36ins) high. C.A. Canti is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from 30 High Holborn, London, circa 1830-60.
Lot 58
An Edwardian ladies leather travelling vanity case, black hide, silk lined and internally fitted, containing removable stand with silver topped jars; ivory back brushes; ink well; match holder; freestanding easel mirror; mother of pearl handle manicure set in wallet; folding sketchpad/notepad; ivory glove stretcher; letter opener and hair comb in wallet, silver tops hallmarked Henry Matthews Birmingham 1903, with key
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