* English School. Portrait of Mary Anne Johnson Headlam, née Sowerby, circa 1880, oval watercolour and bodycolour on ivory, half-length portrait of a seated young woman, wearing a blue and white gown with frilled lace neckline, a double strand of pearls, and a black bow choker, her auburn hair piled in plaits on her head, a few very small edge chips, 10.3 x 8.4cm, oval brass frame, inscribed on verso 'Cecil Headlam's mother, d. of George Sowerby of Putteridge Pk, Herts.', 11 x 9.3cm, together with 13 other miniature paintings, mostly copies after well-known works, e.g. Napoleon with the Murat Family by Louis Ducis, Susanna at the Bath by Jean-Jacques Henner, Diana Bathing (The Fountain) by Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot, Empress Elisabeth of Austria by Franz Schrotzberg, and Marie-Antoinette with a Rose by Elisabeth Louise Vigée Le Brun, all framed and glazedQty: (14)
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* Wilkie (David, 1785-1841). A King Enthroned, pen and brown ink on ivory wove paper, showing a king or similar figure seated on a throne with mother and child to one side, and a standing male figure to the other, sheet size 148 x 104 mm (5.8 x 4.1 ins), mid-20th century wood frame, glazed, with Ruskin Gallery Ltd. label to verso, and with auction stencil 90 NKQty: (1)
ARR * Tanner (Robin, 1904-1988). The Gamekeeper's Cottage, 1928, etching on ivory white wove paper, from the edition of 12 impressions only published by Garton & Cooke in 1982, following minor reworking by the artist in 1975, signed in pencil to centre of lower margin, and titled 'The Gamekeeper's Cottage' by the artist to lower left corner, plate size 173 x 224 mm (6.9 x 8.9 ins), sheet size 265 x 355 mm (10.5 x 14 ins), framed and glazedQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, Sussex, UK. Obtained directly from the artist by the current owner, who worked alongside Robin Tanner as a schools' inspector. Garton 8, iv/iv. The original edition of 50 impressions was published by Nicholson in 1929.
* Zorn (Anders, 1860-1920). Against the Current, 1919, etching on ivory laid paper, signed in pencil lower right, with full margins, some mount staining and discolouration from the backing card, glued to backing card along sheet edges, plate size 115 x 163 mm (4.5 x 6.5 ins), sheet size 280 x 375 mm (11 x 14.75 ins), period frame, glazed, with original label for James Connell & Sons, 31 Renfield Street, Glasgow, to versoQty: (1)NOTESAsplund 288 ii/ii.
AN UNUSUAL ANGLO-INDIAN TABLE CABINET. An Anglo Indian Table cabinet of rectangular form, decorated with carved leaf decoration and trailing foliate ivory inlay, with twin doors and drawer, the doors concealing a velvet lined interior with glazed panel and drawer with similar decoration, on turned feet, 41.5cm high, 36cm wide, 18cm deep.
Lundberg: Miniature bust portrait of a Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, her hair tied with a blue ribbon, wearing a sea-green dress with rose, signed Lundberg, on ivory, 8cm by 6cm, in gilt metal frame Nordenflycht (1718-1863) was a Swedish poet considered to be the country's first feminist and the present work is possibly based on an engraving by Johan Fredrik Martin. Not examined out of frame. Some scratching to frame.
A George III silver hot water jug, by John Parker and Edward Wakelin, London, 1761, the handle and handle sockets London, 1854, pear shaped and on collet foot, the spout and finial cast as foliage, engraved on each side with a crest, possibly originally with a stand, now lacking, with later ivory insulated handle, patched, 24cm high, gross weight 16oz 16dwt. Fully marked under base. The cover bezel further part marked. The handle with later part marks. There is some overall surface scratching and wear, consistent with age and use. The wear is noticeable as a softening to the engraving. There are a number of bruises and a large patch to the front.
An Edwardian silver mounted ebony and ivory conductors baton, a copper hunting horn, a cloth bound volume of C. Dixon, Game Birds and Wild Fowl together with a tray of assorted items including commemorative crowns, Japanese Meiji period ivory box, Chinese blue and white box and a Continental porcelain box, etc (four pieces and one tray)
Victory: A boxed Victory Industries, Surrey, battery operated, MGA, ivory white with red interior, some warping to vehicle, untested for working order, original box and internal packaging complete tape to one end flap and some foxing.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, Morris Minor Saloon, ivory white body with red interior, vehicle in need of a clean, missing front bumper, usual warping to roof, rusty hub caps, original box with general wear and tear, with instructions.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, MG Series TF, ivory white body with brown interior, vehicle in need of a clean, usual warping to body, missing windscreen, original box with general wear and tear, missing one end flap, tape to other end flap.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 TR3 Sports Car, ivory white body with red interior, vehicle in need of a clean, missing windscreen, front grill loose bur present, original TR2 box with yellow TR3 tape, general wear and tear to box, with instructions.Provenance: The vendor is a descendent of one of the founding members of Victory Industries Ltd.
THOMAS HARDY INTEREST: A SILVER PLATED TEAPOT with ivory fittings, inscribed "Used by Thomas Hardy at Max Gate 20 years, and given by Emma Hardy to their Vicar Ri. Grosvenor Bartelot 7 July 1912", with further scratched inscription on the bottom by the recipient, confirming that Mrs Hardy gave the teapot as a momento in 1912.Thomas Hardy was a neighbour at Max Gate and parishioner of Grosvenor Bartelot's for 22 years. Rev. Bartelot attended regular teatimes with Mrs Hardy who was keen for her husband to take a greater interest in the church.Provenance: The Bartelot Family Collection, mostly the property of Rev. Richard Grosvenor Bartelot FSA, Rector of Fordington, Dorchester 1907-1939, or his son Major R St G G Bartelot.Grosvenor Bartelot was born in 1868 and went to Crewkerne Grammar School and Wadham College, Oxford, in the 1880s. In the next two decades he served as curate at Corfe Castle, Anglican chaplain in Turin, and as the Bishop of Salisbury's missioner covering duties of other clergy all over Dorset. He became a noted antiquarian and genealogist and was elected FSA. Having been born a Bartlett, in 1898 he changed his name to the original Norman form, Bartelot. In 1906 he became Vicar of Fordington St George, Dorchester, and next year he married Evelyn, daughter of Alfred Pope Esq of South Court and Wrackleford House, founder of the Eldridge Pope brewery. Having retired in 1936 to Timsbury, Somerset, he died in 1947.
* Box. Japanese ivory box, Meiji period (1868-1912), finely carved in relief with tigers fighting an elephant, with red seal mark to the lower right, the base with an old manuscript label, 5cm high x 12cm wide x 7.8cm deep, together with two ivory netsuke, one carved as a sumo wrestler, 3.5cm high, the other as a scroll with face of a man and spider, both signedQty: (3)
* Vestas. Japanese vesta case, Meiji Period (1868-1912), the horn vesta in the form of a book with ivory and mother of pearl shibayama panels depicting a geisha girl and the opposite side with flowers, 6 x 4cm together with another similar but the opposite side with insects, each with signature to the spineQty: (2)
* Children's clothes. A christening cape, late Victorian or Edwardian, hand-stitched fine cream wool cape, two-layered and with a collar, all edges hand-embroidered with flower, berry, and leaf sprays, worked in cream silk thread in satin and stem stitch and french knots, and scalloped with fringed edging, some scattered small holes (with slight loss of threadwork on collar), lined with cream satin and ivory glazed linen, lining spotted and with a water-stain, together with: A child's bonnet, circa 1910, hand-stitched and machine-stitched cream silk faille, crown with rose spray within a circle of dots embroidered in pale gold silk thread, front with double band of ruching, and large cream satin rosette, brim trimmed with pleated cream satin ribbon, lower edge with cream knotted fringe, lined with silk, and with satin ties, some scattered very small holes and marks, 22cm (including fringe) x 14.5cm, An infant's dress with Irish crochet, circa 1920, hand-stitched white fine cotton lawn baby dress, with puffed sleeves, and tucks and inserts of handmade Irish crochet lace, 4 tiny buttons at rear, without the inserted ribbon at waist, and 10 other items similar, comprising: a fine cotton lawn sleeveless baby dress or petticoat with Irish crochet insertions, a few small holes and marks; 4 pairs of white cotton bloomers and 2 white cotton buttoned combination vests; 2 late 18th or early 19th century fine lawn infants' shirts; and a hand-stitched white cotton bib embroidered with lily-of-the-valley flowers, accompanied by a bookmark with hand-drawn posy and inscription in a calligraphic hand in blue ink 'The bib has a design of lilies in compliment to the baby's grandmother', plus a child's white sunhatQty: (14)
* Fan. A hand-painted fan, Chinese, mid 19th century, folding double-sided paper fan, painted with a variety of vignettes, including landscapes, interior scenes, courtly figures, the latter with applied painted ivory faces, rubbed, with some splitting and fraying to folds, mounted on lacquered and gilt pierced wooden sticks, with tissue paper inserts painted with floral decoration, 21.5cm (8.5ins), contained in a lacquered wooden fan box, hinged lid decorated with gilt flower spray, opening to reveal blue silk lining painted with a bird and flowers (slightly frayed at one end)Qty: (1)NOTESA highly decorative and finely detailed fan in accompanying box.
* After John Henning (1771-1851). Parthenon Frieze, early-mid 20th century, copper electrotype relief panel, with 2 hanging chains on verso, 33.9 x 132.3cm (13.25 x 52ins)Qty: (1)NOTESDuring the 18th and 19th centuries interest in classical sculpture was at its height, and the famous Parthenon frieze was part of Lord Elgin's collection of Greek sculpture, displayed at his London home from 1808 to privileged guests. Scottish artist John Henning was one of the first to access the collection and he embarked on a project of making models of the Parthenon frieze, first in ivory and subsequently in plaster, which were widely copied and reproduced, usually on a much smaller scale than the present work.
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