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Click here to subscribeA 19th century Japanese netsuke from Meiji period circa 1860-1890. Signed Seikazu or Seiichi. In carved and polychromed ivory portraying a standing warrior holding one of the horsemen who are riding in circles, 2,45x3,33x3 cm. 13,3 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A 19th century Japanese netsuke from Meiji period. Signed Gyokosei in a red kanji on the base. In carved elephant ivory portraying an oni sat on the floor while playing an instrument, 42x32x35 mm. 19,97 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A late 19th century Japanese netsuke from Meiji period. Not signed. In carved ivory portraying an eagle with its wings wide open, resting over a ray, that is starting to devour, 18,6x39,3x31,1 mm. 12,88 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A 19th century Japanese netsuke from Meiji period. Not signed. In carved and polychromed walrus tooth portraying Songoku dancing on his right leg, 58x19x25 mm. 16,21 gr. A 19th century Japanese netsuke from Meiji period. Signed on the base. In carved elephant ivory portraying a kneeling artisan working, 27x45x25 mm. 11,49 gr. Walrus ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A Japanese netsuke from Meiji period circa 1850-1880. Signed Homin on the base with a kakihan. In carved elephant ivory portraying a pair of children sat on the floor cooking and stiring fish in a big pot, 35,5x36,9x25,4 mm. 25,06 gr. Similar pieces published on Meinertzhagen, Frederick "The Art of the Netsuke carver", Routledge and Kegan Paul, London, 1956. Page 189. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A mid 18th century Japanese netsuke from Edo period. Not signed. In carved elephant ivory portraying a standing Sennin grabbing a big hat with both of his hands, 67,1x30,3x21,5 mm. 19,17 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A 19th century Japanese netsuke from Edo period. Not signed. In carved elephant ivory portraying a male character kneeled next to a rock resting his right arm over his right leg, 36,6x33,4x25,6 mm. 21,98 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A 19th century Japanese kagamibuta netsuke from Meiji period. Not signed. In carved elephant ivory an bronze work portraying a woman with a scroll next to a dog, 12,7x42,5x42,5 mm. 25 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
A 19th century Japanese netsuke from Meiji period. Not signed. In carved elephant ivory portraying a man carrying a turtle over his shoulder tied with ropes, 44,1x20,8x28,1 mm. 13,67 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
An 18th century Japanese netsuke from Edo period. Not signed. In carved elephant ivory portraying a standing Sennin with his characteristic long beard and a pilgrim's cane, 67,7x25,5x18,1 mm. 20,18 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
An 18th century Japanese netsuke from Edo period. Not signed. In carved elephant ivory with horn inlays portraying a standing dog with his head turned back, 42,7x24,1x17,5 mm. 15,08 gr. Elephant ivory specimen previous to 7/1/1947, as stated by the regulations CE 338/97 of 12/9/1996, article 2w.
silver heart shaped pin cushion by Henry Williamson Ltd, Birmingham 1901, silver heart shaped brush by Samuel Jacob, London 1894, pair of silver handled ivory glove stretchers by Cornelius Desormeaux Saunders & James Francis Hollings, one other pair of silver handled stretchers, silver and ivory three pronged fork and silver bladed slice
Victory: A collection of four unboxed Victory Industries, battery operated vehicles to comprise: Triumph TR2, red body with no interior, missing windscreen, battery cover, and some trim, rusting to chassis and hub caps, body appears generally undamaged; MG TF, green body with brown interior, missing windscreen, battery cover, front number plate, and some trim, body appears generally undamaged; MGA, ivory white body with red interior, missing windscreen, body appears undamaged but in need of a clean, rusty hub caps; and Austin A40, light blue body with cream interior, some warping, rusty hub caps, missing battery box cover, body generally undamaged; all vehicles in need of attention. (4)Provenance: The vendor is a descendent of one of the founding members of Victory Industries Ltd.
Victory: A boxed Victory Industries, Surrey, battery operated, 1:18 Scale, Triumph TR2 Sports Car, ivory white body with red interior, vehicle in need of a clean, some discolouring to body, missing windscreen, original box with some tearing to lid, with instructions.Provenance: The vendor is a descendent of one of the founding members of Victory Industries Ltd.
A Fine Quality Unusual Art Deco French Miniature Mantle Clock, with a domed top made from tortoiseshell, decorated in finely painted Chinese scenes in gilt and coloured enamels, with ivory stringing and feet; the body made from macassar wood, with a gilt metal engine turned face and a French movement No. 40793. 6" high.
A Fine Quality Miniature English Bracket Clock of typical form, with an arched engraved brass dial 'Tempus Fugit'. The case decorated in ivory coloured lacquer with Chinese figures picked out in gilt work and coloured enamels, with brass carrying handle. Maker Canham, London, circa 1920's. Overall height 8.5". In perfect working order.
Collection of Porcelain and Pottery, comprising: Duchess China tea set comprising seven cups, saucers and side plates, a milk jug and sugar bowl; together with a small Coalport figure 'Thank You' measures 5'' tall; Burleigh Jug numbered 4801 with a squirrel handle; an Ivory Ware Hancock's jug numbered 7938H; and two Wedgwood Silver Jubilee items, a pin dish and trinket box.
Victorian Period Hand Painted Portrait Miniature on Ivory - Of A Miss Carter - Daughter of Doctor Carter of Kennington Asford, Who Married John Monnins of Ringwood, Buried at Ringwood 1838 - 1860. Mounted Within a Gilt on Silver Oval Frame at a Later Period. Hallmark for Birmingham 1932. Size - Height 3.5 Inches - 8.75 cms & Width 2.5 Inches - 6.25 cms. Miniature - Excellent Condition, Leather Case Good, Silver Frame Tarnished.
1930's Excellent Quality Oval Shaped Hand Painted Portrait Miniature on Ivory of a Young Lady In Period Dress. Framed within Gilt on White Metal Oval Shaped Mount, With Leather Carrying Case, Velvet Interior. Size 2.75 Inches - 6.90 cm High & 2.25 Inches - 5.65 cms Wide. Excellent Condition .
MINIATUR-DOMINOSPIELWohl Nordrussland, Mitte 18. Jh.Elfenbein mit graviertem und gefärbtem Dekor in Form von geometrischen Reserven und stilisierten Blüten. Rechteckige Schatulle mit Schiebedeckel, darin Domino-Spielsteine.8 x 2,2 x 2cm.3 Steine fehlen.Arbeiten mit vergleichbarem Dekor abgebildet bei: Irina Ukhanova. North-Russian Bone-Carving Ivory 17th-19th Centuries. Sankt Petersburg, 2005. S. 85 und 63/62.
ZWEI GESCHNITZTE FLUSSPFERDZÄHNEKongo, Anfang 20. Jh.Mit umlaufendem figürlichem Reliefdekor mit Darstellungen des afrikanischen Lebens, die Figuren teils koloniale Siedler in westlicher Kleidung. Der eine Zahn endend in Form einer sitzenden Frau mit Kind.L 30,5 bzw. 32 cm.Risse.Ein ähnlicher Zahn abgebildet bei: Rychard H. Randall, Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery. S. 317, Abbildung 482.
HAMPSHIRE, Bisley, National Rifle Association, Life Member’s Pass, ivory, bowman and rifleman standing, rev. legend, named (Honble. Gerald Walsh, 1895) ink script below (W. Mackinnon Col, Sec. N.R.A.), 45mm, 9.30g (W 1508). Extremely fine, rare; pierced for suspension £90-£120 --- Gerald Walsh (1864-1925), son of Arthur Walsh, 2nd Baron Ormathwaite, and Lady Katherine Emily Mary Somerset; General Inspector, Local Government Board; lived at Melton Mowbray. Col. William Mackinnon (†1899), Hythe School of Musketry, first secretary of the National Rifle Association 1890-8. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
A group of 12 Tickets and Passes awarded to Lord Cheylesmore who, as Herbert Eaton, was a pioneer collector of war medals and decorations in the 1860s and 1870s and later Chairman of the National Rifle Association: HAMPSHIRE, Bisley, National Rifle Association, stained red ivory, standing archer and rifleman, rev. pass everywhere, named (Lord Cheylesmore), also signed by C.R. Crosse, Lt. Col., Sec. N.R.A., 42mm, 6.76g; HAMPSHIRE, Bisley, National Rifle Association, Council, stained red ivory, back signed (C.R. Crosse, Lt. Col., Sec. N.R.A.), 43mm, 8.51g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Military Tournament, 1898, Patron’s Box, uniface stained bone, lion passant guardant, back painted 1898, 50 x 42mm, 7.44g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Military Tournament, 1899, Patron’s Box, uniface stained bone, monogram on cruciform arrangement, back with no.28 and painted 1899, 50mm, 11.16g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Military Tournament, 1900, Patron’s Box, uniface stained bone, Welsh plumes at centre of cross, back with no.10 and painted 1900, 65 x 62mm, 9.92g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Military Tournament, 1902, Patron’s Box, uniface stained bone, crowned E VII R monogram on shamrock-shaped cross, back with no.21 and painted 1902, 62mm, 12.70g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Military Tournament, 1903, Patron’s Box, uniface stained bone, central star surrounded by Garter, back with no.14, 40mm, 6.03g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Military Tournament, 1904, Patron’s Box, uniface stained lozenge-shaped bone, crowned monogram, back with no.15 and painted 1904, 62 x 45mm, 9.59g; LONDON, Islington, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, 1905, Patron’s Box, uniface stained bone, sailing ship, back with no.11 and painted 1905, 53mm, 10.21g; LONDON, Kensington Olympia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, 1907, Reception Committee, star-shaped bone, back named (4, Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, C.V.O.), 38mm, 1.80g; LONDON, Kensington Olympia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, 1909, Reception Committee, lozenge-shaped bone, back named (21, Major-General Lord Cheylesmore, C.V.O.), 39 x 35mm, 5.03g; LONDON, Kensington Olympia, Royal Naval & Military Tournament, 1910, Reception Committee, shield-shaped bone, back named (21, Major General Lord Cheylesmore, C.V.O.), 46 x 37mm, 4.42g [12]. First very fine, second fine and with chip to bottom, both pierced for suspension, others extremely fine and with original cords for wear £200-£400 --- Major-General Herbert Francis Eaton, 3rd Baron Cheylesmore, GBE, KCMG, KCVO (1848-1925), youngest son of Henry Eaton, 1st Baron (1816-91), who was head of the family firm, William Eaton & Sons, china silk brokers, and MP for Coventry 1865-87. Henry Eaton, a significant art collector who acquired a large tranche of paintings from the studio sale of Sir Edwin Landseer in 1874, owned that artist’s Monarch of the Glen, now in the National Galleries of Scotland; at the Christie’s sale of Henry Eaton’s paintings in 1892 it realised £7,245, which remained the highest price paid for a work by Landseer for over 70 years. Herbert Eaton was educated at Eton, where he rowed in Warre’s House Four and shot for the Ashburton Shield in 1866. In 1868 he was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, for whose 1st battalion he rowed in the 1877 Grand Challenge Cup at Henley. In 1884 he was given command of the National Rifle Association camp, then still at Wimbledon Common, and oversaw its move to Bisley, close to the Guards camp at Pirbright, in 1889-90. When his father inherited the baronetcy in 1887 he had to give up his parliamentary seat and Herbert, who stood for it in the ensuing by-election, failed to win it by a mere 16 votes. By 1891 he was in command of the Grenadier’s 2nd battalion which, according to an account in Vanity Fair, he had “just brought back from a well-deserved, if enforced, holiday in Bermuda” to which it had been sent following ‘an act of insubordination’. Herbert used his time in Bermuda well, meeting and later marrying an American heiress, Elizabeth Richardson French (1861-1945). Appointed Major-General in 1899, Cheylesmore succeeded to the baronetcy on the death of his surviving brother in July 1902, taking his seat in the House of Lords, for whom he shot against the House of Commons in their annual marksmanship competition. He became an alderman of Westminster City Council and served as Mayor of Westminster 1905-6, subsequently becoming chairman of London County Council in April 1912, the year after he and his wife had purchased Cooper’s Hill, Runnymede. At the outbreak of the Great War Cheylesmore was appointed commandant of the School of Musketry at Bisley, which was to train over 14,000 officers, NCOs and civilians during the conflict. At the same time he presided over several courts-martial, most notably that of the German spy Carl Hans Lody, aka Charles Inglis, whose movements in Scotland and Ireland in the first two months of the War had attracted the attention of MI5. In his trial, at the end of October 1914, Lody did not attempt to deny that he was a German spy. His bearing in court was widely praised by the press and police, but nevertheless he was convicted and sentenced to death after a 3-day hearing. Four days later, on 6 November 1914, Lody was shot at dawn by a firing squad at the Tower of London in the first execution there for 167 years. Cheylesmore was honoured with the Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire on 8 June 1925, but died a few weeks later, on 29 July 1925, at Englefield Green Hospital, Berkshire, as a result of injuries sustained in a car crash, being the first peer of the realm to suffer such a fate in Britain. He is buried in a mausoleum in Highgate Cemetery and commemorated by a monument by Sir Edwin Lutyens in Victoria Embankment Gardens, London. His phenomenally important collection of military and naval medals, which included no fewer than seven VCs and over 150 Naval General Service medals, which had been on public display in 23 display cases at the United Services Museum in Whitehall since Cheylesmore’s term as Mayor of Westminster, was sold over three days in July 1930. According to the cataloguer Douglas Glendining, the collection was largely formed prior to 1880, when the well-known private catalogue of it was produced. Cheylesmore certainly availed himself of the opportunity of acquiring pieces from the collections of his contemporaries, including Colonel Murray, Lawson Whalley and Edward Hyde Greg, dispersed in the 1870s and early 1880s; doubtless many others were, as Mr Glendining wrote, bought by Cheylesmore to save them from an untimely end in the melting pot. Lt-Col Charles Robert Crosse, CMG, MVO (1851-1921), Royal West Kent Regt, secretary of the National Rifle Association 1898-1920. 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LONDON, Covent Garden, Royal Italian Opera, ivory (2), both 1863, legend around, named (C. & T. Lucas Esqs.), revs. date above Box 80, 1, Box 80, 2, both signed by J. Parsons, both 37mm, 4.52g, 4.15g (W 161; D & W 15/179) [2]. Very fine, second with small indentation in centre, very rare; both pierced for suspension £400-£500 --- Charles Thomas Lucas, Bt (1820-95) and Sir Thomas Lucas (1822-1902), brothers, b London; C.T. Lucas commenced business as a building contractor in Norwich in the early 1840s and was soon joined by his brother in a venture entitled Lucas Bros in Lowestoft. Involved in much construction work in Norwich, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft, as well as throughout East Anglia, they were the principal contractors for rebuilding the Covent Garden Theatre under the architect, E.M. Barry, after it was destroyed by fire in 1856. They, and 13 other subscribers, acquired the lease after jointly subscribing some £80,000. Building began in September 1857 and was completed on 8 May 1858 the following year, with much of the joinery completed in Lowestoft and shipped to London by sea. The Covent Garden contract cemented the company’s reputation in the metropolis with the establishment of a factory in Belvedere road, Lambeth, and Lucas Bros subsequently built Cannon Street and Charing Cross stations, the Langham Hotel and the Star and Garter Hotel in Richmond, the Royal Albert Hall and the Floral Hall in Covent Garden, to name but a few. In 1874 the brothers invited the Beaconsfield-based railway, gas and water contractor Sir John Aird, Bt (1833-1911), to join them and the result was three different but allied companies; between them they were involved in many railway contracts throughout England and Scotland and would have constructed the line from Suakin to Berber, but the cessation of the Egyptian conflict in 1886 caused the cancellation of that government contract. Charles Lucas died at his home, Warnham Court, near Horsham, which he acquired in 1866. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Covent Garden, Royal Italian Opera, ivory, 1878, legend around, named (C. Lucas Esq), revs. date above Every Night, Stall 216, signed by E. Hall, 36mm, 3.95g (cf. W 162; D & W 16/181). Fine to very fine, very rare; pierced for suspension £150-£200 --- See footnote to previous Lot. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Harley Street, Quartett Society, ivory, honour to beethoven quartett society around 41, rev. sr, 37mm, 4.38g (W –; cf. Baldwin 61, 513). Very fine, rare £140-£180 --- The Quartett Society was founded in 1845 by Thomas Alsager (1779-1846), co-owner of The Times. Based at the Beethoven Rooms, 76 Harley street, the first ever performance of a complete cycle of Beethoven quartets was performed over a period of two months from mid-April to mid-June and repeated each year from 1846 to 1851. Sold with further background information. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Harley Street, Quartett Society, ivory, honour to beethoven quartett society around 44, rev. sr, 37mm, 3.96g (W –; cf. Baldwin 61, 513). Good fine, rare £100-£140 --- See footnote to previous Lot. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Harley Street, Quartett Society, ivory, honour to beethoven quartett society around 46, rev. sr, 37mm, 3.83g (W –; cf. Baldwin 61, 513). Very fine, rare £140-£180 --- See footnote to Lot 585. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, 1839, ivory, opera above date, signature of P.-F. Laporte in centre, rev. Box 2, 1, un-named, 40mm, 5.19g (W –; cf. D & W 29/316; cf. T. Millett FPL 2006, 110). Signature very feint, otherwise very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300 --- Pierre-François Laporte (1799-1841), actor and theatrical impresario, made his debut at Drury Lane in November 1826 and joined His Majesty’s Theatre in 1827, actively managing the facility for most of the next 13 years. It is thought that very few ivory tickets survive bearing his signature. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, ivory, legend above 1846/0, signed by C. Nugent, rev. named (Honble. R. Curzon, Stall 115), 39mm, 6.41g (W 335). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £300-£360 --- Robert Curzon, 14th Baron Zouche (1810-73), traveller, diplomat and author, active in the Near East; son of Hon. Robert Curzon and Harriet Anne Bishopp, 13th Baroness Zouche; b London; educ. Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford; MP for Clitheroe 1831-2; entered the diplomatic service and travelled to Palestine 1833; served as the British attaché at Constantinople; visited numerous monasteries and the 1830s and 1840s, rescuing several rare books and manuscripts, including the Bulgarian Gospels of Tsar Ivan Alexander, loaned and later donated to the British Museum; returned to England 1844 and succeeded to the barony 1870; DL of Sussex; d at his country seat, Parham (W. Sussex). Sold with much further background information. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
LONDON, Haymarket, Her Majesty’s Theatre, ivory, legend above 1858, rev. named (M.C. Jolle Esqr.), 37mm, 4.06g (W 342; cf. D & W 30/328). Very fine and very rare; pierced for suspension £240-£300 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 64, 14 December 2004, lot 1074. Please note ivory is covered by CITES legislation and may be subject to import/export and trade restrictions
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