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An interesting collection of 51 numbered magic lantern slides in original wooden box relating to the China Clay Quarry at St Stephen in Cornwall. No manufacturers label so most likely amateur produced for lecture purposes. The lid of the box contains a hand written list with a description of slides 1 to 39. A small quantity of rock samples are included in the box. Interesting historical subject matter; images of men at work, china clay machinery and buildings, map etc.Condition report: NOTE: The index in the lid seems not to relate to the slides.
dating: early 17th Century provenance: Italy, Iron cusp of lozenge section, placed on a pierced and chiselled lantern, with base carved with a mask. Hollow-edged axe, pierced in the center and with wings on sides. Curved and pierced beak. With long, flat straps of a wooden, octagonal haft. Base with iron mount. height 223 cm.
An oil fired magic lantern (lacking burner) with a box of slides, together with a Victorian wooden handheld stereo viewer with assorted slides, including those from Griffith & Griffith, Littleton View Co and B. W. Kilburn, a pair of opera glasses and also a framed engraving entitled 'The Dog of the Regiment Wounded'.
Ussher (Arland) From a Dark Lantern: A Journal, first edition, one of 350 copies, signatures of "Anne Yeats" and "M.B. Yeats" to front free endpaper, woodcut device to title, original linen-backed boards, some pages unopened, Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1978 § Colum (Paudraic) Ten Poems, one of 500 copies, this copy signed by the author to front free endpaper, ownership inscription, original cloth, Dublin, The Cuala Press, 1957 § Faulkner (Peter) William Morris and W. B. Yeats, limited edition, original cloth-backed boards, Dublin, The Dolmen Press, 1962, all with glacine dust-jackets; and 2 others, Irish literature, 8vo (5)
OVER ONE THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED COMICS, including Daredevil and The New Teen Titans, 4 x Moon Knight, volume 1, 40 x Daredevil, Tales of The Unexpected, volume 1, issue 97, Strange Adventures, volume 1, issue 231, Silver Surfer Annual, volume 1, issue 6, 2 x Fantastic Four, volume 1, 3 x Avengers, volume 1, 3 x Incredible Hulk, volume 1, 6 x The Mighty Thor, volume 1, The New Teen Titans, volume 1, issue 26 (first appearance of Terra), The New Teen Titans, volume 1, issue 22 (first appearance of Blackfire), The New Teen Titans, volume 1, issue 1 (Starfire, Raven & Cyborg join the team), 12 x The New Teen Titans, volume 1, 6 x Justice League of America, volume 1, 24 x Green Lantern Corps, volume 1, etc (four boxes and loose)
A QUANTITY OF MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, including a collection of slides issued by the Rural Industries Intelligence Bureau showing rural crafts and scenes from the early 20th Century contained in a fitted wooden box with bureau stamp to inside of lid, also a collection of British and Foreign topographical slides, including views of Surrey, Cornwall and the Lake District and a collection of family and topographical views taken by J. Staples (four boxes), condition: complete and in fair condition for their age
Various Chinese 19thC paintings on paper, to include a variety of shop scenes including milliners, lantern makers, umbrella makers, butchers as well as outside views, 16cm x 25cm, various others. (a quantity, AF) Upon initial inspection there are many losses as illustrated, nothing further to add.
Li Yinging (Chinese, B. 1936) "Year of the Rooster" Stamp lower left. Original Watercolor. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. It is Chinese New Year. People dressed in brightly-colored quilted jackets dance through a sea of exploding firecrackers. A dragon with a papier-mache head wends its way through the crowd. Homes are decorated with signs saying "Good Health and Prosperity." New Year's morning, children wish their parents Gong ho xin xi or "Respectful greetings, new happiness." Relatives gather to feast on lichee nuts, meat turnovers, fried dumplings and tea. There are joyful games, simple gifts. Youngsters receive red envelopes filled with small amounts of money. In the country, people make nian hua -- festive pictures which have decorated Chinese homes for a thousand years every New Year. It is a time of rest and recreation, a time to clear out the old, clean the house and repay debts. The celebrations last for 15 days until the Lantern Festival, when parades and dances fill nearly every street. For 5,000 years, 12 animals have symbolized each of 12 repeating-year cycles in China's lunar calendar. People born under the same animal sign are said to show similar personality traits. Thus, individuals born in the Years of the Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog and Pig each have distinctive characteristics. It is said that people born during the Year of the Rooster are stubborn, logical and highly successful. Image Size: 12 x 10 in. Overall Size: 12.25 x 10.25 in. Unframed. (B14068)
Zu Tianli (Chinese, 20th C.) "Year of the Rooster" Water color on Paper. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation. It is Chinese New Year. People dressed in brightly-colored quilted jackets dance through a sea of exploding firecrackers. A dragon with a papier-mach? head wends its way through the crowd. Homes are decorated with signs saying "Good Health and Prosperity." New Year's morning, children wish their parents Gong ho xin xi or "Respectful greetings, new happiness." Relatives gather to feast on lichee nuts, meat turnovers, fried dumplings and tea. There are joyful games, simple gifts. Youngsters receive red envelopes filled with small amounts of money. In the country, people make nian hua -- festive pictures which have decorated Chinese homes for a thousand years every New Year. It is a time of rest and recreation, a time to clear out the old, clean the house and repay debts. The celebrations last for 15 days until the Lantern Festival, when parades and dances fill nearly every street. The sign of the Rooster indicates a person who is hard-working and definite about their decisions. Roosters are not afraid to speak their minds and can therefore come across as boastful. The Rooster years are: 1933, 1945, 1957, 1969, 1981, 1993 and 2005. Image Size: 13.75 x 11.25 in. Overall Size: 24 x 20 in. Unframed. (B11284)
Dennis Lyall (American, B. 1946) "Sandy Hook Lighthouse, NJ" Signed lower left. Oil on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.This painting was published on the Fleetwood First Day Cover for the U.S. 25c Sandy Hook stamp issued April 26, 1990. The Sandy Hook Lighthouse is the oldest maritime light tower still in use in the United States. Built by the British, the beacon was lighted for the first time on June 11, 1764. Though it was originally called the "New York Lighthouse," the tower stands on the New Jersey side of Lower New York Bay. Upon its completion, Sandy Hook Lighthouse was described as a "house of an octagon figure, having eight equal sides; the diameter at the base, twenty-nine feet; and at the top of the wall, fifteen feet. The lantern is seven feet high; the circumference, fifteen feet. The whole construction of the lantern is iron; the top covered with copper. There are forty-eight oil blazes. The building from the surface is nine stories; the whole from bottom to top, one hundred and three feet." After the revolutionary war, Sandy Hook Lighthouse was ceded to the infant United States by the state of New Jersey, and the new government agreed to maintain the beacon thereafter. One of George Washington's first acts as President was to direct that a light be kept burning permanently at Sandy Hook. Over ten thousand dollars was raised for its maintenance between 1804 and 1817, and by 1832 there were two lighthouses lighting Sandy Hook, one to the north and one to the west. Today, one beacon remains, and will hopefully survive for many years through the efforts of the federal government and the lighthouse preservation movement. Image Size: 13.5 x 12 in. Overall Size: 15.5 x 14 in. Unframed. (B12314)
Dennis Lyall (American, B. 1946) "Admiralty Head Lighthouse" Signed lower right. Oil on Canvas. Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.This painting appeared on the Fleetwood First Day of Issue Maximum Card for the U.S. 25c Admiralty Head stamp issued April 26, 1990. From man's earliest seafaring days, beacons have guided ancient navigators through troubled waters. As early as 280 B.C., man-made lighthouses like the Egyptians' Pharos marked harbors and headwaters. Considered one of the seven wonders of the world, the Pharos reputedly rose four hundred and fifty feet into the air and had a wood fire burning at its top. From these beginnings, the lighthouse developed into a priceless navigational tool such as the beacon at Admiralty Head, Washington, positioned at the east entrance to Admiralty Inlet and the Puget Sound. The life of this lighthouse was relatively brief. The lighthouse was built in 1903 and was touted as the most comfortable dwelling on the coast, but the maritime traffic pattern had changed by the mid 1920's and the lantern was removed from this tower in 1927. Though no light has gleamed from Admiralty Head in more than six decades, the structure has become one of the most popular tourist attractions of the area. The lighthouse was restored and opened to the public by the Washington State Parks and Island County Historical Society and though there is still no lantern on the tower, a lantern used at the nearby Alki Lighthouse is on display in Admiralty Head's rotunda. Similar efforts by The Lighthouse Preservation Society and its friends will hopefully keep America's early lighthouses from disappearing quietly into the annals of history. Image Size: 12.5 x 17.5 in. Overall Size: 14 x 19.5 in. Unframed. (B12336)
ATTRIBUTED TO F. & C. OSLER, LONDON & BIRMINGHAM AESTHETIC MOVEMENT HALL LANTERN, CIRCA 1880 the brass frame with central turned column, with four later fittings for light bulbs and cylindrical glass shade, comprising four panels, each etched with peacocks and other birds in a landscape (Dimensions: 101cm high, 30cm diameter)(101cm high, 30cm diameter)Footnote: Provenance: Paul Reeves, London

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