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Lot 732
"Salambo" Gustav Oppel (Entwurf), Rosenthal, 1927 Auf Rundsockel Revuegirl in Tanzpose vor Schlange in Korb. Bunte Aufglasurbemalung, fleischfarbig matt. Auf dem Sockel bez.: GO (geritzt). Unterglasurgrüner Manufakturstempel, K.956/1. Malersignatur A. Geigenmüller (in Grau aufgemalt). H. 22 cm Lit.: E. Niecol, Rosenthal, Bd. 3, 3.0942
Lot 736
Pierrot (Aschermittwoch) Constantin Holzer-Defanti (Entwurf), Rosenthal, 1919 Aufgestützt liegender Pierrot mit übereinandergeschlagenen Beinen. Staffiert in farbiger Aufglasurbemalung. Besch.. Rückseitig bez.: C. HOLZER-DEFANTI (geritzt). Unterglasurgrüner Manufakturstempel, Modell-Nr. K 549 (geritzt) und Malersignatur 'Schönenberg' (in Grün aufgemalt). L. 30 cm.
Lot 713
Kumme mit Hirschjagd Meissen, um 1760 Runde tiefe, leicht gebauchte Form auf schmalem Standring. Dekoriert in Purpurcamaieu mit fein gemalter Hirschjagd und Wildschweinen auf Landschaftsinseln. Mündungsrand vergoldet. Im Spiegel Blumenzweig ebenfalls in Purpurcamaieu. Rest. Unterglasurblaue Schwertermarke und Buchstabe K.. H. 8,2 cm; D. 16 cm
Lot 731
Seltene Figur ''Tarantella'' Ferdinand Liebermann (Entwurf), Rosenthal (Ausführung), 1913 Tänzerin in Schrittpose auf geschweiftem unbemaltem Sockel. Reich staffiert in bunter Unterglasurmalerei und Gold. An einer Stelle geklebt. Auf der Sockelrückseite bez.: FERDINAND LIEBERMANN (geritzt und in Aufglasurbraun). Unterglasurgrüner Manufakturstempel, Modell-Nr. K 339 (eingestempelt). H. 38 cm Lit.: E. Niecol, Rosenthal, Bd.2, S. 297, 3.075
Lot 2357
Star Wars - Nine boxed Hasbro Star Wars The Black Series action figures to include #03 Kylo Ren, #13 First Order General Hux, #24 K-2SO, #49 Maz Kanata, #52 General Leia Organa, #54 Supreme Leader Snoke, #57 DJ (Canto Bright), #60 Death Star Trooper and #65 Lando Calrissian. All appearing unopened with figures in excellent condition
Lot 1467
13 x boxed Matchbox diecast models to include M-4 Fruehauf Hopper Train (diecast showing signs of play wear, tatty box) , K-2 King Size Scammell Heavy Wreck Truck (diecast showing signs of play wear but gd overall, box showing signs of wear), K-6 Mercedes Benz 'Binz' Ambulance (diecast showing signs of play wear but gd overall, box showing signs of wear), no. 1 Mercedes Truck, 2 Mercedes Trailer, 7, 20 Taxi Cab, 43, 44. 48, 58 D.A.F Girder Truck, 66 & 74 Daimler Bus, plus a boxed Matchless 10 Volt Power Pack, diecast showing some play wear but gd overall, boxes tatty in places with some missing end flaps
Lot 1364
Four boxed Corgi The Original Omnibus 1:76 scale diecast models to include OM40304 Burlingham Seagull, OM34602 Plaxton Palatine II, 43921 Bristol K Utility Bus and 44108 Optare Solo. Plus 7 x boxed Exclusive First Editions to include 12801 Atkinson Flat Bed and Wheel, 15101 Leyland National Mk 1 Long, 16216 Bristol MW Coach, 25403 Bedford TK Flat Bed, 30601 AEC Renown Bus, 31101 Leyland PD2 Highbridge and 33901 Trader Car Transporter (11)
Lot 518
(See English version below)Fred Thieler (Königsberg 1916 – 1999 Berlin ). „H-K-V/84 (Über landschaftlichem Blau)“. 1984Öl auf Leinwand. 120 × 110,5 cm ( 47 ¼ × 43 ½ in.). Unten links signiert und datiert: F Thieler 84. Auf dem Keilrahmen mit Filzstift in Schwarz signiert, datiert und betitelt: F. Thieler 1984 H-K-V-84 über landschaftlichem Blau.Melchior 8/129 (Abb. irrtümlich gespiegelt). [3040] Gerahmt. Wir berechnen auf den Hammerpreis 30% Aufgeld.Fred Thieler (Kaliningrad 1916 – 1999 Berlin ). ”H-K-V/84 (Über landschaftlichem Blau)”. 1984Oil on canvas. 120 × 110,5 cm ( 47 ¼ × 43 ½ in.). Signed and dated lower left: F Thieler 84. Signed, dated and titled in black felt-tip pen on the stretcher: F. Thieler 1984 H-K-V-84 über landschaftlichem Blau.Melchior 8/129 (ill. mirrored erroneously). [3040] Framed. We charge 30% premium on the hammerprice.
Lot 938
Ten BOB pilots signed RAF WW2 cover. Lord Dowding/Hurricane signed RAF(AC)29 RAF cover Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Project. Flown in Hurricane LF 363 of The Battle of Britain Memorial Flight from RAF Coningsby to RAF Abingdon autographs include Frank Carey, Charlton Haw, K Lee, John Keatings, R Stillwell, T. Higginson, B Oxspring. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 839
British Team signed World Aerobatic Championships in Kiev cover. Signatures include Mr N M Williams, Mr P H Meeson, Mr J MacL K Black, Mr M A Riley, and Mr B E Smith. 8p GB QEII stamp. Departure from RAF Hendon of British Team to 8th World Aerobatic Championships BFPS 1549 19th July 1976 postmark. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 802
Lord Dowding Sheltered Housing Project cover RAF(AC)29 signed by Sqn Ldr K N T Lee and 8 DFC DFM winners. Signatures include Grp Capt Frank R Carey, Sqn Ldr Ronald W Dalton, Flt Lt F Gash, Wg Cdr Gregory, Wg Cdr F W Taffy Higginson, Air Cdre E W Ricky Wright, Sqn Ldr Charlton Haw, and Sqn Ldr Ronald L Stillwell. 17p Lord Dowding/Hurricane GB stamp. The 47th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain BFPS 2154 13th October 1987 postmark. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 712
A GREPPERT & KELCH TINPLATE HORSE-DRAWN CARRIAGE green with yellow spoked wheels, pulled by a trotting white horse, complete with seated driver figure and a seated female passenger with a parasol, the carriage body marked 'G & K', fitted with a clockwork mechanism (working), overall 28cm long.
Lot 1006
Karl Hauk 1889 Klosterneuburg / Wien - 1974 ebenda Damenbildnis. 1924 Rechts unten monogrammiert HK und datiert. Verso auf dem Keilrahmen bezeichnet K. Hauk Linz. Öl auf Leinwand. 56 x 37 cm. Farbabsplitterungen, verso stockfleckig. Rahmen. Provenienz: Privatbesitz Süddeutschland Karl Hauk 1889 Klosterneuburg / Vienna - 1974 ibid. Portrait of a lady. 1924 Monogrammed HK and dated lower right. Inscribed K. Hauk Linz on the stretcher verso. Oil on canvas. 56 x 37 cm. Paint chipping, foxing verso. Framed. Provenance: private owner, South Germany
Lot 122
A pair of Meissen models of partridges, mid 18th centuryNaturalistically modelled and coloured, the bases applied with yellow or green foliage, 14.3cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue to the rear of the bases (one with minor restoration to beak and tail) (2)Footnotes:Literature:U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 236Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 130
A Meissen deep dish, circa 1765Painted in underglaze-blue, enamels and gilding with a central floral motif of radiating panels of gilt and iron-red flowers alternating with gilt foliage on an underglaze-blue ground, enclosed by spiral panels of gilt and iron-red flowers reserved against underglaze-blue alternating with glowering branches, the gilt-edged rim with underglaze-blue trefoil panels reserved with flowers against extensive landscapes with pagodas, the reverse with chrysanthemum demi-florets and flowering branches above a geometric border around the footrim, a iron-red and gilt flower sprig to the base next to the mark, 21.8cm diam., crossed swords mark, dot and K in underglaze-blue, impressed 10Footnotes:A similar dish was sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 26 May 2010, lot 18.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 191
A rare set of six Nymphenburg topographical plates from an armorial service presented to the Ottoman Turkish Court, dated 1847Each superbly painted with a topographical view depicting Bavarian views, titled, signed and dated 1847 in black on the reverse, within a burnished gilt band, the rims reserved with a band of gilt foliage and scrollwork against the burgundy red ground, a gilt-edged circular reserve at the top and bottom painted with the crescent and star, and the royal arms of Bavaria, respectively, inscribed:Landshut/ gemalt von/ v. Marx./ München/ 1847Pinakothek in München/ gemalt von/ Schramm/ München./ 1847Scene aus dem Uebungslager/ bei Augsburg/ gemalt von/ Ferdinand le Feubure./ München/ 1847Chiemsee/ gemalt von/ Ferdinand le Feubure./ München/ 1847Obersee bei Berchtesgaden/ gemalt von/ Ferdinand le Feubure./ München/ 1847.Schloß Seefeld/ gemalt von/ Ferdinand le Feubure./ München/ 1847., 23.7cm diam., impressed shield marks, incised 3 and 5Footnotes:The precise origins of this topographical service, of which only nine other plates are recorded, remain to be discovered, though it seems almost certain to have been a gift from the Bavarian court to the Ottoman Turkish Sultan or one of his representatives. The service was likely presented in an attempt to repair a diplomatic dispute between Greece - whose monarch since independence was King Otto, the second son of King Ludwig I of Bavaria - and the Turkish Ottoman Empire. The dispute in early 1847 brought the two countries to the brink of conflict, which also threatened to draw in the European powers. The Bavarian government advised Greece to make concessions, which it did following the intervention of Austria in December 1847. The gift of these plates seems likely to have been an attempt by the Bavarian government to repair relations with the Ottoman Turks; see K. Hantschmann, Nymphenburger Porzellan 1797 bis 1857 (1996), cat. no. 279, for a discussion of the service and a list of the other nine plates, eight of which are in Bavarian museums. See also pp. 446, 448 and 454 for details of the painters, Ferdinand Le Feubure, Karl von Marx and Gottlieb Schramm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 4
A pair of Du Paquier chargers from the Liechtenstein hunting service, circa 1735Each painted by Jakob Helchis in Schwarzlot, the first with a landscape scene depicting a standing figure with two horses by two broken columns on a plinth and a dog in the foreground, the second with two horses and a dog drinking from a fountain with a figure at the rear, signed 'J.H.', the rims with gilt and Schwarzlot strap and scrollwork borders, the reverse of each with three foliate strapwork motifs, 41.6cm and 41.8cm across, applied paper inventory labels with printed numbers 1495 and 1496 and numbered in ink 1 and 2 and 290 and 291 (one with small flat chip to rim at 9 o'clock and small burn mark to border, the second with small flat chip at 5.30 o'clock (visible on both sides), scattered wear to scenes overall) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Amelie Weissberger Collection, Prague (by 1904);Heinrich Rothberger Collection, Vienna (by 1907);Confiscated by the Vienna municipal authorities in November 1938;Placed for safe-keeping in the Staatliches Kunstgewerbemuseum, Vienna, in 1944;Acquired by the Museum für angewandte Kunst, Vienna, in 1947 (inv. nos. Ke8033 and Ke8034);Restituted to Heinrich Rothberger's niece, Mrs Bertha Gutmann, in 2015;Thence by descentLiterature:G.E. Pazaurek, Alt-Wiener Porzellan: eine Ausstellungsbetrachtung, in Kunstgewerbeblatt, N.F. XV, no. V (1904), p. 85 (one illustrated);J. Folnescis/E.W. Braun, Geschichte der k.k. Wiener Porzellanmanufaktur (1907), pp. 12 and 24;F.H. Hofmann, Geschichte der Bayrischen Porzellan-Manufaktur Nymphenburg I (1921), ill. 24 (one illustrated);G.E. Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence- und Porzellan-Hausmaler I (1925), p. 235, ill. 205 (one illustrated);M. Sauerlandt, Zwei Du Paquier-Porzellane von Jacobus Helchis, in Der Kunstwanderer 7/8 (1925-26), p. 316;I. Schlosser, A Contribution to the Preissler-Anreiter-Helchis Problem, in Apollo (February 1952), p. 42, fig. XI;J.F. Hayward, Viennese Porcelain of the Du Paquier Period (1952), pl. 40a and b;W. Mrazek/W. Neuwirth, Wiener Porzellan 1718-1864 (n.d. - 1970), nos. 126 and 127;K. Hantschmann, Du Paquier contra Meissen. Frühe Wiener Porzellanservice (1994), cat. no. 6.27a and 6.28aExhibited:Troppau, Kaiser Franz Josef-Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe (Schlesisches Landesmuseum), Alt-Wiener Porzellan', 16 September-2 November 1903, nos. 65 and 66;Munich, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Du Paquier contra Meissen. Frühe Wiener Porzellanservice, 9 December 1994-5 March 1995Two similarly-decorated Du Paquier hunting services - each including two different border patterns - are recorded: the first was originally owned by the Imperial family and was presented by the Empress Maria Theresia to the Benedictine abbey of Sankt Blasien in 1773; the second belonged to the Princes of Liechtenstein. The Sankt Blasien service was moved in the Napoleonic period to another Benedictine abbey in Austria, from where the surviving 54 pieces were sold to the Staatliche Kunstgewerbemuseum (now Museum für angewandte Kunst) in Vienna in 1925 (M. Chilton/C. Lehner-Jobst, Fired by Passion (2009), cat. no. 227).According to a 1748 inventory of the silver chamber of the Liechtenstein Schloss Feldsberg in southern Moravia, the 'black hunting service' comprised 126 pieces: 80 plates, 8 round and 6 oval tureens, 4 sauce boats, 13 small plates, and 7 eight-cornered and 8 oval dishes in two to three sizes. Of these, 24 pieces have survived in the possession of the Prince of Liechtenstein (Chilton/Lehner-Jobst, cat. no. 228). The Liechtenstein archives reveal that less than a tenth of the wares purchased by the Princes from the Du Paquier manufactory has survived in the family's possession (K. Hantschmann, The Art of Dining, in Chilton/Lehner-Jobst, vol. 2, p. 835).See also footnote to lot 6.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 64
A very rare Meissen Hausmaler beaker and saucer, circa 1728-30Painted by Ignaz Bottengruber, Breslau, the beaker depicting Mars in full armour holding a sword and shield, attended by a horse, enclosed by elaborate gilt foliate scrollwork embellished with military trophies, the reverse painted en grisaille with a battle scene, the saucer similarly decorated with Minerva enclosed by gilt scrollwork embellished with a Medusa head, various trophies, owls and a monkey, above another small monochrome scene, the beaker: 7.6cm high; the saucer: 12.5cm diam. (2)Footnotes:Literature:U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 72Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997From a series depicting the twelve months; a beaker and saucer from the same series, formerly in the Arnhold Collection and now in the Frick Museum, New York, is published by M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50 (2008), no. 323. The author notes (p. 637) that Bottengruber likely was influenced by prints after artists at the French court, such as Berain, Marot and Claude Audran, for which see D.O. Kisluk-Grosheide, 'Cutting up Berchems, Watteaus and Audrans': a Lacca Povera Secretary at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, in Metropolitan Museum Journal 31 (1996), figs. 28-33. Another beaker and saucer from the same series was in the Margarete Oppenheim Collection (sold at Julius Böhler, Munich, 18-20 May 1936, lot 931; one is in the Museo civico in Turin (published by G. Pazaurek, Deutsche Fayence- und Porzellan-Hausmaler (1925), I, ill. 146; and a single beaker was sold in these Rooms, 6 December 2018, lot 238.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 72
A Meissen figure of St. John Nepomuk, circa 1731Modelled by Johann Gottlieb Kirchner, in two parts, the group kneeling on a cloud borne by four angels, on it five gilt relief stars (symbolising the word 'tacui' [I am silent]), the Saint wearing an ermine cloak trimmed in gold, the angels and saint coloured in flesh tones, their wings picked out in gilding, fitted on an ormolu metal base fitting onto the elaborate scrollwork base surmounted by another angel holding a biretta, the scrollwork elaborately detailed in relief, the strapwork picked out in gilding, the trefoil base with gilt scrollwork and stylised floral patterns in gold, 54 cm high, crossed swords mark to the base (some restoration) (2)Footnotes:The martyr St. John Nepomuk, who was canonised in 1729, was drowned in the Vltava River in Prague in 1393 by order of the king of the Romans and of Bohemia. He was patron saint of Bohemia and greatly venerated in the Hapsburg lands and southern Germany. The Crown Princess of Saxony, the Habsburg princess Maria Josepha was particularly devoted to the Saint and the north-east chapel in the Hofkirche was later dedicated to him. Because of the manner of his death, he is regarded as the protector from floods and drowning, and bridges in Central Europe often bear his statue.Ernst Zimmermann linked this model in 1929 to an archive reference that refers to Kirchner working on a figure of Nepomuk in Autumn 1731 'so nebst Postament 1 elle lang ist [along with the pedestal 1 elle long]. In October 1731, drawings for 'Altären' [altars] had been sent by Augustus the Strong to the Meissen manufactory as a context for Kirchner's model. Due to technical difficulties, he made at least five models, of which two examples of the figure were successfully fired in November 1731 and three were ready for firing in December (J.L. Sponsel, Kabinettstücke (1900), p. 52). Among the deliveries to the Dresden depot for Augustus III on 7 March 1733, there is: '1 Johannes nepomucenus-Figur mit beschlaganem Postamente und 1 Crucifix dabey' [1 figure of St. John Nepomuk with ornamental pedestal and 1 Crucifix] (quaoted by K. Berling, Festive Publication (1911), p. 13; E. Zimmermann, E. Kirchner (1929), pp. 14-15, 30). In February 1744, J.J. Kaendler copied Kirchner's figure for his group of Nepomuk on the bridge (R. Rückert, Meissener Porzellan (1966), no. 914).Other examples of the Kirchner figure of St. John Nepumuk with the pedestal are in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Frankfurt; the Museum of Decorative Arts (UPM) in Prague (published by U. Pietsch/C. Banz (eds.), Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2000), no. 385); the Gardiner Museum, Toronto (unpublished loan); and another was sold at Galerie Koller, Zürich, 28 March 2011, lot 1591. Examples of the figure without the pedestal are in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin (S. Bursche, Meissen (1980), no. 298; the Victoria & Albert Museum, London (inv. no. C.37-1961); and the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam (A.L. den Blaauwen, Meissen Porcelain in the Rijksmuseum (2000), no. 311).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 73
A Meissen armorial teapot and cover from the service for Christian VI of Denmark, circa 1730-35Each side painted with the royal arms of Christian VI of Denmark flanked by a landscape vignette with a large chinoiserie figure engaged in various pursuits, the scroll handle partially gilt with a sprig of iron-red indianische Blumen, the animal spout entirely gilt, the rim with a band of gilt scrollwork, the cover with a continuous harbour view with figures and trees, 12.3cm high, K.P.M in underglaze-blue, gilt 1. to both (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Given by Augustus the Strong, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony, to King Christian VI of Denmark; his consortQueen Sophie Magdalene of Denmark (1700-70); Christiansborg Palace, Copenhagen, to 1794;Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, 1795-97;Sold in 1797 as part of lot 7 in the sale of property damaged in the 1795 fire at Christianborg Palace;Sold by the descendants of the purchaser in the above sale, Christie's London, 1 December 1986, lot 176Literature:G. Reinheckel, Meissener Prunkservice (1989), ill. 10;U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 18;M. Bencard, Denmark and Saxony Family Ties and Meissen Porcelain Part 2, in M. Cassidy-Geiger (ed.), Fragile Diplomacy (2007). pp. 184-185Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997This service was unusual for its size as well as the combination of chinoiserie decoration and European harbour scenes. When it was sold in 1797 it was described as including two waste bowls, two sugar boxes and eighteen pairs of teabowls, but no coffee pot. The waste bowl, two beakers and saucers and two teabowls and saucers were acquired by Rosenborg Castle in 1986. A teabowl and saucer from the service was in the Arnhold Collection, New York (M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain (2008), no. 100); another is in the Carabelli Collection (U. Pietsch, Frühes Meißener Porzellan Sammlung Carabelli (2000), no. 57); and others were sold in these Rooms, from the Marouf Collection on 2 December 2015. lot 41, on 5 July 2018, lot 40, and on 22 July 2020, lot 45 (formerly in the Hoffmeister Collection, sold in these Rooms, 26 May 2010, lot 70). A Meissen desk set in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg is decorated with a fragment of a court calendar recording the birthdays of Christian VI and his consort, Sophia Magdalena, in 1735 (J. Lessmann, Porzellan (2006), p. 36).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 76
Two Meissen armorial double-handled beakers and saucers from the service for Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden, circa 1734Each finely painted with the arms of Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden on an elaborate gilt scrollwork pedestal, the beakers with Kauffahrtei and harbour scenes within gilt shaped quatrelobe scrollwork cartouches filled with Böttger lustre and edged with iron-red and purple scrolls, the handles half gilt, the saucers with sprigs of indianische Blumen on the reverse, gilt foliate scrollwork borders to the rims, the beakers: 7cm high; the saucers: 13cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, impressed Dreher's marks : for Johann Martin Kittel to saucers (4)Footnotes:Provenance:Ordered by Augustus the Strong, probably in late 1732;Given by Augustus III of Poland and Saxony to Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden in May 1734;Transferred to the Royal Wardrobe after Queen Ulrika Eleonora's death in 1741;Anon. sale, Auktionverket Stockholm, 1 December 1992, lots 5247 and 5248Literature:U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 19;L. Ljungström, Sweden, Hesse-Cassel, and Meissen, in M. Cassidy-Geiger (ed.), Fragile Diplomacy (2007), p. 265 and n. 24Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997Part of a lavish gift of Meissen porcelain presented to Queen Ulrika Eleonora of Sweden in late May, 1734, by a Swedish colonel in the Saxon Swiss Guards, Count Axel Cronhielm, on behalf of Augustus III, King of Poland and Elector of Saxony. The gift, which consisted of several services and sets of decorative objects, is mostly still preserved in Swedish collections (see Ljungström, pp.257-273). Queen Ulrika Eleonora (1688-1741), the daughter of Charles XI, reigned in her own right for only a short time, from the death of her brother in November 1718 until February 1720, when she abdicated in favour of her husband, Friedrich, Landgrave of Hessen-Kassel (Frederik I of Sweden). The political and diplomatic purpose of Augustus III's gifts to Queen Ulrika Eleonora and her husband, lay in his plans to succeed his father as King of Poland, although in a letter to the queen he himself claimed that the initiative for the gift was originally his father's (see Ljungström for a comprehensive discussion).The Meissen manufactory archives include a list dated 1st February 1733 of finished and unfinished porcelain for the gift to Sweden ('Was vor Ihro Königl. Majestät in Schweden an Porcellain Geschirren bereits verferttiget und noch zu verferttigen ist..'), which indicates that the present tea and chocolate service for the Queen had already been finished: '2 Thee- und Chocolade-Servise, als: 1 fein emaillirtes mit Seefahrten, Landschaften und Wappen (ist verferttiget und geliefert)..' (2 tea and chocolate services, as: 1 finely enamelled with sea journeys, landscapes and arms (is completed and delivered). An earlier report of August 1732 indicates that one tea service (as well as a small table service and two chimney garnitures) had already been completed (quoted by G. Reinheckel, Prachtvolle Service aus Meissner Porzellan (1989), p. 196, no. 66).An undated document quoted by Rainer Rückert suggests that the gift to Sweden was ordered by Augustus the Strong personally during a visit to Meissen before mid January 1733 (R. Rückert, R. Rückert, Alchemistische Symbolzeichen..., in Keramos 151 (1996), p. 86).The teapot, coffee pot, sugar bowl and cover, tea caddy and six teabowls and saucers, were given to Skokloster Castle in 1840 by Count Magnus Stenbock. They were probably inherited by his mother, Countess Lolotte Stenbock, from the estate of Princess Sofia Albertina of Sweden (1753-1829), whose Lady-in-Waiting she was (Ljungström 2007, loc. cit.). Two further beakers and saucers were sold in these rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 25 Nov 2009, lot 80, and 24 Nov 2010, lot 65. A waste bowl from the service was also in the Hoffmeister Collection and sold in these rooms, 26 May 2010, lot 69.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 78
A rare Meissen armorial plate from the 'Coronation Service', circa 1733-34The centre painted with the quartered Arms of Saxony and Poland within a crowned escutcheon surrounded by scattered flowers and banded hedges in Kakiemon style, the rim with a broad band of elaborate gilt scrollwork, 24cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, incised Dreher's mark for Johann Christoph Pietzsch, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=147-/ W (very minor wear)Footnotes:Provenance:The Royal collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden (from 1734);Private Collection, Germany (by 1997)Literature:U. Pietsch/K. Jakobsen, Frühes Meissener Porzellan (1997), no. 22Exhibited:Düsseldorf, Hetjens-Museum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 19 January-6 April 1997;Dresden, Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger, Albertinum, 'Frühes Meissener Porzellan Kostbarkeiten aus deutschen Privatsammlungen', 7 May-13 July 1997A lack of archival evidence means that it remains uncertain whether this service was ordered by Augustus the Strong before his death on 1 February 1733, or by his son in anticipation of his election to the Polish throne in Warsaw in January 1734. The prominence of the Polish arms perhaps suggests the latter, though the name 'Coronation service' is a 19th-century title.The service was delivered to the Japanese Palace in Dresden in 1734, when, according to a delivery specification (published by C. Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in Keramos 153 (July 1996), p. 91), it comprised 77 parts in total, including 37 plates, and only six such small lobed dishes. The 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace (Boltz, ibid., p. 76), lists the service under number 147: 'Ein Tafel-Service, mit dem Königl. Pohlnis, und ChurFürstl. Sächsi. Wappen, fein mit Golde und Zierrathen, aufm Boden mit gebundenen Korn-Aehren, und kleinen Blümgen, der Rand sehr reich mit vergoldeten Zierrathen eingefaßt' [a table service with the Royal Polish and Electoral Saxon arms, fine with gold and decorations, with bundles of corn sheaves and small flowers on the surface, the rim with very rich gold decorations]. The inventory lists the same pieces as the 1734 delivery specification, except for three missing tureens and a broken plate. According to the catalogue of the Wark Collection catalogue (1984, no. 516), part of the service was transferred to the Hofconditorei (court pantry) in 1792, and was used at the Dresden Residence for special court functions.In addition to the examples listed by Dieter Hoffmeister (Meissen Porzellan des 18. Jahrhunderts Sammlung Hoffmeister, vol. II (1999), nos. 343-344) other plates from the service are in the Seattle Art Museum (inv. no. 69.201, gift of Martha and Henry Isaacson); in the Ludwig Collection, Bamberg (R. Hanemann (pub.), Goldchinesen und Indianischen Blumen (2010), no. 69); and in the Arnhold Collection, New York (M. Cassidy-Geiger, The Arnhold Collection of Meissen Porcelain 1710-50 (2008), no. 186). Two plates were sold in these Rooms from the Hoffmeister Collection, 25 November 2009, lot 74, and 26 May 2010, lot 65, and a circular dish was sold in these Rooms from a Private European Collection, 6 Dec 2018, lot 260.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 51
NO RESERVE Modern & Contemporary Art.- Livingstone (Marco) Paula Rego, signed by the artist, original wrappers, Madrid, 2007 § Vanessa Beecroft: Performances 1993-2003, signed by the artist, Milan, 2003 § Rewald (S.) Balthus, New York, 1984 § Manolo Valdés: Pintura y Escultura, Bilbao, 2002 § Suarez (Ruben) & others. Daniel Quintero: Pinturas y Dibujos, Oviedo, 1997 § Honnef (K.) Contemporary Art, Cologne, 1988, illustrations, many colour, all but the first original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.45 others on modern and contemporary art, some catalogues, 4to (c.50)
Lot 63
NO RESERVE Sculpture.- Farr (Dennis) & Eva Chadwick. Lynn Chadwick Sculptor with a Complete Illustrated Catalogue 1947-1988, Oxford, 1990 § Mullins (Edwin) The Art of Elisabeth Frink, 1972 § Strachan (W.J.) Henry Moore: Animals, 1983 § Wilkins (M.-J., editor) Lorenzo Quinn, 2007 § Wilkin (K.) & Kosme de Barañano. Anthony Caro: Galvanised Steel Sculptures, 2007, illustrations, some colour, original cloth or boards, all but the last with dust-jackets, some a little rubbed or soiled; and c.45 others on sculpture, mostly modern and British, some catalogues, v.s. (c.50)
Lot 32
NO RESERVE Architecture.- Mercer (Eric) English Vernacular Houses, 1975 § Gravett (K.) Timber and Brick Building in Kent, review loosely inserted, Chichester, 1971 § Parsons (David) Stone: Quarrying and Building in England AD 43-1525, Chichester, 1990 § Ashurst (John & Nicola) Practical Building Conservation, 5 vol., Aldershot, 1988 § Barley (M.W.) The English Farmhouse and Cottage, 1961 § Williams-Ellis (Clough) & others. Building in Cob, Pisé, and Stabilized Earth, enlarged edition, 1947 § Davey (Norman) A History of Building Materials, 1961, illustrations, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets, some rubbed and frayed; and 6 others on building materials & conservation, 4to & 8vo (16)
Lot 58
NO RESERVE Oriental Art.- Martinelli (Antonio) & George Michell. Palaces of Rajasthan, Mumbai, 2005 § Singh (Madanjeet) Ajanta, Lausanne, 1965 § Desai (K.) & Pratapaditya Pal. A Centennial Bouquet: The Khandalavala Collection of Indian Art..., Mumbai, 2004 § Wahid (Siddiq) Ladakhh: Between Earth and Sky, 1981 § Snellgrove (David) Angkor - Before and After: A Cultural History of the Khmers, Trumbull, Ct., 2004 § Lee (Sherman E.) A History of Far Eastern Art, revised edition, New York, n.d., illustrations, many colour, original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.30 others on Indian and other Asian art, v.s. (c.35)
Lot 172
NO RESERVE Jerome (Jerome K.) The Second Thoughts of an Idle Fellow, ink ownership inscription to pastedown, 1898; The Angel & the Author - and others, light foxing, 1908 § Leacock (Stephen) Over the Footlights, dust-jacket, spine ends and corners a little chipped, spine a little darkened, light surface soiling, chip to lower joint, 1923 § Andom (R., pseudonym) The Same Old Troddlers, dust-jacket, spine a little browned, tear to head of lower joint and fore-edge, creasing, n.d., first editions, original cloth, generally excellent or near-fine; and 12 others, humour, 8vo (16)
Lot 200
NO RESERVE Stapledon (Olaf) Odd John, light browning to spine, 1935 § Zelazny (Roger) Creatures of Light and Darkness, jacket a little rubbed at extremities, 1970 § Williamson (Jack) Humanoids, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to head and foot, New York, 1949 § Bradbury (Ray), Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, John Wyndham, Agatha Christie and others. Beyond the Barriers of Space and Time, jacket with light rubbing and creasing to spine ends and corners, 1955, first or first English editions, original boards, dust-jackets, generally excellent or near-fine; and 24 others, science fiction, 8vo (28)
Lot 38
NO RESERVE American Art.- Wilmerding (John) Andrew Wyeth: The Helga Pictures, New York, 1987 § Barter (J.) & others. Mary Cassatt: Modern Woman, Chicago, 1998 § Perreault (John) Philip Pearlstein: Drawings and Watercolors, New York, 1988 § Honnef (K.) Andy Warhol 1928-1987: Commerce into Art, Cologne, 1990 § Benezra (N.) & others. Celebrating Modern Art: The Anderson Collection, Berkeley, Los Angeles & London, 2000 § Waldman (D.) Roy Lichtenstein, New York, 1993; Ellsworth Kelly: A Retrospective, New York, 1996, illustrations, many colour, the last two original wrappers, the rest original cloth or boards with dust-jackets; and c.20 others on American art, mostly modern, 4to (c.25)
Lot 31
AMERICAN FIREARMSHOUZE (HERBERT G.): Samuel Colt, Arms, Art, and Invention, d.w., exhibition catalogue, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, May 6, 2006 - January 7, 2007 - WILSON (R.L.): Samuel Colt Presents, A Loan Exhibition Of Presentation Percussion Colt Firearms, exhibition catalogue, Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 3 November 1961 to 4 January 1962 - JORDAN (ROBERT M.) AND WATT (DARROW M.): Colt's Pocket '49, It's Evolution Including The Baby Dragoon & Wells Fargo..., 2000 - SWAYZE (NATHAN L.): '51 Colt Navies..., d.w., 1967 - WILSON (R.L.): Colt An American Legend, d.w, 1987; Fine Colts, The Dr. Joseph A. Murphy Collection, d.w., 1999 - SELLERS (FRANK M.): The William M. Locke Collection, 1973 - RAPLEY (ROBIN J.): The History And Identification Of Colt Accoutrements 1834-1911..., d.w., signed by the author, New Zealand, 2006 - OGLE (JOHN): The Book Of Colt Paper 1834-1911..., 2011 - JAMES (EDSALL): Volcanic Firearms - And Their Successors, 1974 - MARCOT (ROY) & PAXTON (RON): Colt Brevete Revolvers, d.w., 2011 - MADAUS (HOWARD M.): The Guns Of Remington..., d.w., 1997 - MADIS (GEORGE): The Winchester Book, Dallas, 1961 - SWORD (WILEY): The Historic Henry Rifle..., 2006 - BOORMAN (DEAN K.): The History Of Smith & Wesson, d.w., 2002 - and four related publications (19)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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