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Lot 204A
Two 20th century painted portrait miniatures upon ivory, each of oval form in filigree frame, the first example depicting 'Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire' after Thomas Gainsborough, the second depicting 'Self-Portrait with her Daughter' after Elisabeth Vigee Le Brun, each approximately H10cm W7.5cm
Lot 153
Victorian portable Sikes's hydrometer in original box, the hinged lid with inset plaque for W. & J. Burrow 62 & 63 Great Tower Street London, including ivory backed thermometer, W13.5cm; together with two bakelite cased sets of laboratory scales weights by W.J.George and Becker Ltd. and Philip Harris Ltd. (3)
Lot 1989
CORONATION ROBES & ACCESSORIES - LADY BARONESS HEADLEY a wonderful set of George VI Coronation robes worn by Lady Baroness Headley, comprising a crimson silk velvet cloak trimmed with ermine, an ivory silk dress, a full length close fitting velvet robe with short fitted sleeves trimmed with lace. Also with a coronet within a silk lined Garrard & Co tin case. Also with a set of House of Lords robes, with scarlet wool trimmed with bands of purple silk velvet belonging to Baron Headley.
Lot 277
A 19th century Worcester blush ivory porcelain oil lamp, on a gilt metal base, 35cm highAppears to be intact, although it is screwed to the metal mounts, so we have not taken it apart to check. The decoration is worn. The font has a clear glass reservoir, which looks intact. Ther metal is dull and tarnished.
Lot 230
A pair of late 18th Century George III watercolour portrait paintings on ivory miniatures depicting Sir Benjamin Thompson, Count Rumford, FRS (1753-1814) and another possibly depicting his wife or daughter Sarah Rolfe born Sarah Walker. The portraits depicting Thompson in full military dress jacket and the lady being depicting in a blue dress with white shawl to hair. Both set to gilt metal frames. The portrait of Thompson being after the original by Moritz Kellerhoven. Measures approx; 11cm x 9cm.Count Rumford (German: Reichsgraf von Rumford was an American-born British physicist and inventor whose challenges to established physical theory were part of the 19th-century revolution in thermodynamics. He served as lieutenant-colonel of the King's American Dragoons, part of the British Loyalist forces, during the American Revolutionary War. After the end of the war he moved to London, where his administrative talents were recognized when he was appointed a full colonel, and in 1784 he received a knighthood from King George III. A prolific designer, Thompson also drew designs for warships. He later moved to Bavaria and entered government service there, being appointed Bavarian Army Minister and re-organizing the army, and, in 1791, was made a Count of the Holy Roman Empire.
Lot 235
A scarce 19th Century Napoleonic era carved ivory pipe tamper / tobacco stopper in the form of the Hartlepool Monkey. The tamer featuring a carved figurine depicting the monkey in military style human clothing set to a silver base with monogram to underside. Measures approx; 9cm long. As illustrated in 300 Years Of Tobacco Stoppers - Fine Works Of Art In Miniature by A. Leslie (privately published in 2012) The Hartlepool MonkeyA story is told that during the Napoleonic wars, a French ship sank in a storm off Hartlepool with none of the crew surviving. The local fishermen, like the rest of the country, were concerned about a possible French invasion and infiltration of spies. The ship had a pet monkey as a mascot who was smartly dressed in human clothes and when found alive was assumed by the suspicious fishermen, never having seen a Frenchman or, for that matter, a monkey, to be a French spy. Not responding to their questioning, the unfortunate animal went through a form of trial, was found guilty, and hanged from the mast of a fishing boat.A more plausible record recalls the sinking of a ship with the loss of all hands in 1772 off the village of Boddam near Peterhead. The villagers could only claim salvage of the wreck if there were no survivors so when the ship's monkey appeared alive, he had to be done away with and was duly hanged.Research at Aberdeen University by Fiona-Jane Brown, suggests that the Boddam story travelled down the East coast, was eventually picked up by a Geordie comic singer in the mid-nineteenth century and found root in Hartlepool, where it is still commemorated to this day despite the grave reservations as to its veracity.The clothing worn by the monkey in the stopper illustrated in Plate 76, that includes a curious mixture of tartan trews, tasseled bonnet and a Continental tail coat with a bow tie, dates not from the period of the alleged incident but to the middle of the nineteenth century, the date the story acquired notoriety. An explanation for this ensemble is that during a visit by Queen Victoria to Brittany in 1855, on her way to the Paris Exhibition, her son had worn a kilt, making highland dress and tartan fashionable locally for a brief period thereafter, from which the carver modelled his creation. This would imply that this finely carved stopper is of French origin.
Lot 38
A collection of three early 19th Century watercolour miniature paintings comprising a portrait miniature on ivory depicting Georgiana Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire after Thomas Gainsborough, another portrait of a young lady and a larger oval scene. All set within ivory and ebony frames. Largest frame measures approx; 15cm x 18.5cm.
Lot 44
A mid - late 19th Century Victorian watercolour on ivory portrait miniature painting study depicting a woman in green dress wearing a white bonnet with floral garland to top. The sitter wearing gold pin brooch, necklace and earrings. Set to an ornate swept frame with Rococo shell and scroll corners. Painting measures approx; 7.5cm x 6cm. Frame 20cm x 19cm.
Lot 508
An 18th Century George II mahogany bureau desk. Raised on bracket feet with chest of drawers having bureau atop. The interior being fully appointed with ivory panel set door and cubby holes flanking. All raised on three drawer base over bracket feet. Top section removes for ease of transport. Measures approx; 112cm x 102cm x 47cm.
Lot 67
An 18th Century large size portrait miniature on ivory study painting depicting General Sir Charles Stewart (1753-1801). Depicts Stewart in full military dress jacket and white curled wig. The portrait set within a boulle work brass and tortoiseshell frame. Label to verso. Measures approx; 19cm x 17cm.
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