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Lot 307
An early 19th Century Vizagapatam ivory veneered sandal wood sewing box of sarcophagal form, engraved with flowers, leaves, branches and other motifs and raised on four carved lion paw feet. The compartmentalised interior with three engraved lids, velvet pin cushion, multiple reel, five ivory cotton barrels, a tape measure with printed tape commencing at 14 ins., a silver thimble and a European ivory pin cushion / needle book, box 21.5 x 16.5 x 9cms.
Lot 315
An early 19th Century red leather cased sewing etui, of rectangular form, ivory silk lid lining, the base flush fitted in purple velvet with fish form silver bodkin, steel bladed scissors with silver leaf arms to oval loops with floral sheath, a shell handled steel stiletto, and a silver thimble (holed), case 12 x 6.5cms.
Lot 318
An early 19th Century Anglo Indian horn and ivory sewing box for a child, of bombe form, the fan form radiating lid centred by a carved ivory oval finial the sides with engraved ivory bandings with a drawer to the front, on ball form ivory feet. The compartmentalised interior with fitted pin cushions and three lids, 13 x 9 x 7.5cms.
Lot 319
A mid Victorian rosewood rectangular sewing box with well fitted interior, the lid and front with cut brass borders, lid panel and escutcheon, the lid interior with ruched silk panel within green tooled leather surround. The tray in yellow paper with pewter bobbin mouldings and with five tooled green leather lids, tool mount and thimble stand, with a set of six bone reels, a further pair, two ivory stilettos, a pair of steel scissors and a bone cylinder needle case, 31.5 x 21 x 11.5cms.
Lot 320
A Palais Royal style small format sewing box, of rectangular form, the dished lid with steel carrying handle, mother of pearl escutcheon on four steel ball feet. The interior with mirror lined lid over a flush fitted ivory velvet tray with floral painted pin cushion, a pair of floral painted bone star form thread winders in circular mirror compartments, an ivory thimble, ivory and silk bound quiver of arrows needle case, painted bone swivel form earspoon/tweezer, steel scissors, bodkin and steel tweezers, point damaged and probably a replacement, 19 x 8.5 x 6cms.
Lot 321
An early 19th Century Anglo Indian sandal wood and Sadeli work sewing box of sarcophagol form, the interior with inset mirror lid panel, over a lidded and compartmentalised tray with a full complement of ivory fittings comprising four cotton barrels, a pair of ivory cylinder jars, six variant thread winders, cylinder tape measure, thimble and a few other bone and ivory accessories, some minor losses to Sadeli borders, 26 x 18 x 11cms.
Lot 322
An early 19th Century Anglo Indian sewing box, of sarcophagal form in porcupine quill with engraved Vitzagapatam ivory borders, the interior with hinged lid compartment, the tray with six conforming lids, two fitted pin cushions, thimble and space for tape measure, some losses, 32 x 24 x 13cms.
Lot 323
A good early 19th Century Chinese export lacquer sewing box with later European fitted interior by Fisher, the box of cut corner sarcophagal form decorated in red and gilt lacquer on a black background with figures, trees, pagodas, flowers, fruit and leaves, brass swan neck side carrying handles and raised on gilt carved wood paw and ball feet. The interior with ruched red silk lid panel, the compartmentalised and lidded tray in matching silk and incorporating the original carved ivory fittings comprising a pair of winding clamps, a pin cushion clamp, a pair of needle books with ivory spines, two cylinder needle cases, shuttle, tape measure and four cotton barrels. With additional European ivory and other fittings comprising a matched set of six ivory reels, the domed screw tops carved with flowers and fruit, two ivory thimbles, a pair of cut glass scent bottles complete with stoppers and silver gilt screw tops, a pair of steel scissors with gold rosettes, a mother of pearl folding knife, two matching tools, brass bodkin and sundry netting tools, 33.5 x 24 x 17.5cms. †Interiors of this type can be identified to Fisher Of 188, The Strand, London, established in 1838.
Lot 325
An early 19th Century Anglo Indian ivory veneered and Sadeli work sewing box of sarcophagol form, brass side carrying handles, the interior with frame to lid lacking mirror over a lidded and compartmentalised tray with ivory and Sadeli work lids with a full complement of eight ivory sewing tools, minor losses, the back base panel lacking all inlay and veneer, 33 x 23 x 12.5cms.
Lot 340
A good late 18th Century French etui in the form of a book, the covers and spine in green shagreen each with an oval enamel plaque of a bird and flowers within a gilt frame of ‘C’ scrolls and flowers, gilded pages, the spine with five gilt ribs, the sliding top when removed allowing the etui to rise upwards with a full complement of fittings comprising a pair of steel scissors with gilt loops, an ivory swivel tweezer inscribed in pencil ‘Rudeck 1760’, a silver bodkin ear spoon, a gilt cylinder pencil, an ivory tablet, a steel tweezer/file, and a gilt pistol handle folding knife, 8.5 x 3.8 x 1.5cms.
Lot 341
A late 19th Century French ivory etui, of rounded corner rectangular form the lid in gilt lacquer with a bird, insect and flowers in shibayama, the flush fitted interior with silver gilt pencil, twin blade knife, stiletto, bodkin, engraved border thimble, tapering needle case, and steel bladed scissors with engraved arms and beaded loops, 12 x 6.5cms.
Lot 402
Reels, winders and related packaging, comprising a pair of bone reels with fancy tops and labels to bases ‘I. and W. Taylor’, 3.5cm, a 19th Century ivory reel, 3.5cm, a silver top reel holder, 4cm, two 19th Century ivory cotton barrels, a pressed brass ended reel ‘Victoria 36 Thread 7’, with Royal Coat of Arms, 3cm, two rectangular cardboard boxes one for ‘Geo. A. Clark’ with view of Linside Thread Works, 13cm, the other ‘John Clark Jr. and Cos., Mile End, Glasgow … ‘, 13.5cm, and four thread winders. (13) From the collection of Margaret Blakeley
Lot 457
Four 19th Century sewing clamps, comprising a large mahogany cylinder form example with roundel turned end below a bowl form pin cushion, 15cm, another wooden example with book form frame below a bird cage reel and bowl top, 16cm, an ivory example the rectangular frame mounted with red velvet pin cushion below an urn finial and reel top, 10cm, and a Cantonese carved ivory example chip and loss at screw below reel, 12cm. (4) From the collection of Margaret Blakeley
Lot 478
Two 19th Century needle books, comprising a black horn example the covers pierced and carved with flowers and leaves within roundel borders, red silk spine, liner and ribbons complete with ribbon tie, 6 x 4cm, and another, the ivory boards pierced with a building in a landscape, green silk spine, liner and ribbon ties complete with flannels, 4.2 x 3cm. (2)
Lot 484
A mid 19th Century needle packet and needle flannel wallet, in ivory watered silk embroidered in coloured silks with flowering stems, the damson interior with multiple needle packet slots, provision for three tools, and four semi circular needle flannels with fancy embroidered borders, the first and smallest embroidered with a flowering leaf spray, 12 x 12.5cm closed, 12 x 35cm open.
Lot 504
Three early 19th Century ivory needle cases, comprising a harp shaped example, fancy gilt joint one side with two verre eglomise panels, glass cover to one cracked, 8cm, another of rectangular section with cut steel pin borders and oval circular fleur de lis verre eglomise panel, small crack to top, 8.4cms, and a finely carved example as a quiver of arrows carved with quiver, bow and other motifs, small crack to top, 8.5cms. (3)
Lot 563
A French early 19th Century ivory bodkin case and two other pieces, all embellished with cut steel pins, comprising a bodkin case of octagonal section, 12.5cms, a rectangular needle case inscribed ‘Souvenir’, 8.2cms, and a rectangular sliding lid box inscribed ‘Spingles’ within a dot border, 6.4cm. (3)
Lot 608
Three thimble cases, comprising an early 19th Century bone egg covered in coloured beadwork trellis and containing a silver thimble, 4.8cm, a turned and carved vegetable ivory thimble case with original vegetable ivory thimble with pierced border, 6cm, and a mahogany example modelled as a chess piece with needle case and steel thimble, 7.2cm. (3) From the collection of Margaret Blakeley
Lot 636
A mixed lot, sewing, comprising a bone lucet, 8.5cm, a bone needle case in the form of a furled umbrella the fist handle with Stanhope (Palace Hotel, Birkdale, Southport), 12cm, a 19th Century ivory reversible stiletto, 7cm, a reverse glass rectangular needle book, ‘St Marys Church, Ambleside’, small chip above spire, mirror back, 4.5cm, and four bog oak pieces, a pan and cover, a thimble ball, a cauldron pin cushion and a toilet pin holder inscribed ‘Eastbourne’, 6.2cm. (8) From the collection of Margaret Blakeley
Lot 641
A mixed lot – sewing, comprising two marble hand coolers, a coquilla egg, 6.5cm, a straw work circular box, 5cm, a cardboard box with embroidered top, an oval pin cushion, 7cm, a boxwood circular darner stamped ‘Lowson and Benbow’, 8.2cm, a vegetable ivory box with powder puff, a 19th Century carved ivory ring mirror, sd to rim, 5.5cm, a group of netting tools, a 19th Century ivory ball form vinaigrette, a brass skirt lifter ‘Fyfes Patent’, a bone pencil with Stanhope (A Memory of Morecambe – six views) and six other pieces. (19) From the collection of Margaret Blakeley
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