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Click here to subscribeTiffany Studios Six (6) Piece Pine Needle Desk Set. Bronze with green slag glass. Includes: letter holder, inkwell, rocking blotter, picture frame, letter opener, pen tray. All pieces signed appropriately. Light hairline cracks or in good antique condition. Letter holder measures 6-1/4" H x 10" L x 2-1/2" D. Shipping $65.00 (estimate $1000-$1500)
Antique French Louis XVI Style Clock Garniture Set with gilt bronze and blue porcelain Sevres style panels. Circular brass time and bell strike movement #5108, with key and pendulum. Light wear and rubbing. The gallery does not warranty the running condition of clocks. Clock measures 14" H x 91/2" W x 5-3/4" D; Candelabra - 9" H. Shipping $135.00 (estimate $1000-$1500)
- 1 of just 2,116 RHD examples made, 'matching' chassis and engine numbers- 51,000 recorded miles, original Cinnamon leather upholstery, Heritage Certificate- Manual gearbox, dry stored since 2010 and now in need of light restorationVendor Condition Ratings:Bodywork: 'Fair'Engine: 'Running'Electrical Equipment: 'Unknown'Paintwork: 'Poor'Transmission: 'Unknown'Interior Trim: 'Fair, original'Further Information:'Last MOT'd in 2010. Dry stored since then and now requires light restoration. Regularly started during its storage. 51,000 recorded miles. Heritage Certificate. History file including old MOTs to partially support the mileage. Four previous owners. Comes with various new parts including a stainless steel exhaust'
- Four-light design, restored during the 1990s and less than 9,000 miles since- Supplied new to a doctor from St Helen and current ownership for over 25 years- Red leather upholstery, 1.5 litre engine, 4-speed manual gearbox, history fileVendor Condition Ratings:Bodywork: 'Very Good'Engine: 'Very Good'Electrical Equipment: 'Very Good'Paintwork: 'Good'Transmission: 'Very Good'Interior Trim: 'Very Good'Further Information:'Wigan-issued number plate, history file. Supplied new to a doctor from St Helen. Restored over 20 years ago and mileage shown on the odometer represents the total covered since then. Very good Viking mascot, current ownership for 25 years plus. Only one former keeper shown on V5C registration document'.
Composition ‘Shirley Temple’ doll, probably Ideal, American 1930’s, with weighted green eyes, (crazed), open mouth with teeth and dimples, curly light brown hair and on a five piece body, wearing original cream dress with green polka-dots, original badge and velvet beret, 16” (41cm) tall, together with a framed picture of Shirley Temple, (2 items).
A rare Miniature Room set in the style of Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser’s Viennese Succession movement, circa 1908, the wooden (probably birch) cube with double hinged lid and lift-out front panel held closed by hooks and eyes, the exterior decorated with geometric stencilled star pattern fitted with two pairs of black, hinged, window shutters and a turned wooden bell-push as light switch to right side. Interior walls painted in orange with yellow and black chequer and dot frieze. Ceiling with hanging lampshade of strings of green glass beads with light wired to battery compartment wardrobe. Floor with chequer patterned carpet in beige and black. Suite of wooden furniture all painted in grey with white dot border decoration comprising wardrobe with bevel glass mirror door, bed with pillows, mattress, embroidered sheet and blanket with black and green geometric patterned sides and green bobble decoration, bedside pot cupboard and planter, dressing table with metal looking glass, square box table and two stools, two seat sofa with embroidered cushions, two arm chairs with embroidered cushions and seated bisque doll wearing black and white chequer dress , blue card folding screen with hand-painted, white, green and black geometric decoration, two plain white ‘sheer’ curtains hung on metal rings on curtain rail. Walls decorated with two hand painted pictures (woman with cat and winged angel – the latter slightly reminiscent of Gustav Klimt’s painting ‘Hoffnung II’), two embroidered pictures and one bevel glass mirror, all in metal frames hung by cord, 8 5/8x8 5/8 x 8 5/8 inches (22x22x22cm). History and Provenance: At the end of the 19th century young progressive artists in Vienna set up the break-away movement known as the Secession. Amongst its prominent members were the architect Josef Hoffmann (1870-1956) and the designer Koloman Moser (1868-1918). Both were ‘admirers of English applied art; the mood in the world of Viennese applied art around 1900 was Anglophile and progressive’. Work of the British designers, C.R. Ashbee and C.R. Mackintosh who were viewed as the inheritors of the Ruskin-Morris tradition, featured in their 1900 exhibition and influenced subsequent design developments in Vienna. Ashbee’s work was exhibited regularly in Vienna during the first decade of the 20th century. In 1903 Hoffmann and Moser founded the “Wiener Werkstätte, Produktivgenossenschaft von Kunsthandwerkern in Wien” after Hoffmann had been to England and very probably visited Ashbee’s socialist co-operative, “The Guild of Handicraft”. ‘The declared aim of the Wiener Werkstätte was to vanquish the evils of machine manufacturing and the mass production to which it had given rise. It also wished to re-establish direct contact between consumer and producer.’ Artists wished to unify art and life and interior design offered the opportunity to put this into practice. One of the most notable examples was the Purkersdorf Sanatorium designed by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser in 1904-1906 – ‘a synthesis of form and function, of aesthetics and economy, of the outer form…and the activities pursued within’ – where contrasting squares of colour occur throughout. The use of chequered patterns became a sort of Hoffmann trade mark and they featured again, for example, in his design for the Cabaret Fledermaus in 1907. In 1908 Hoffmann designed the exhibition pavilions for the Kunstschau in Vienna that featured the work of Gustav Klimt and his followers as well as the Wiener Werkstätte. Within that exhibition was a special hall, room 29, which was devoted to Kunst für das Kind (Art for the child) and included a number of dolls houses designed and made by students at the Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen under the direction of Professor Adolf Böhm. So far it has not been possible to establish whether the doll’s roomset offered here was actually one of those exhibits but it was undoubtedly inspired by and made as a tribute to the work of Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser at around this period. It was acquired by the English furniture designer and retailer Ambrose Heal and found its way to England. The period at the turn of the twentieth century was exactly the time when Ambrose Heal (1872-1959) was at his most productive and in contact with the latest design developments across Europe. Before he had set up his own cabinet workshops, his very first bedroom suite designs were manufactured by C.R. Ashbee’s ‘Guild of Handicraft’ in 1897. Ambrose Heal (he was knighted in 1933 and elected a Royal Designer for Industry in 1939) was the man who was responsible for establishing the high design standards for which the Heal family furnishing business in London became known. He had begun using chequer patterns in his designs as early as 1900 but from 1902 it featured prominently not only on furniture but as a border to the company’s advertising. He would therefore have followed with interest its subsequent adoption and development by Hoffmann. Another interesting parallel is that from 1908 onwards Heal’s began to specialise in children’s furniture so that they were invited to furnish an ‘Ideal Modern Nursery’ at the ‘Children’s Welfare Exhibition’ held at Olympia in 1912. An inventory carried out in February 1914 at Ambrose Heal’s home, ‘The Fives Court’, Pinner, by Maple & Co. for the purpose of insurance, listed under the contents of the drawing room “Viennese small wood dolls house & toys £2 2s 0d”. It has remained in the family ever since.
Steiff Teddy bear, German circa 1915, the straw filled light brown mohair bear with orange glass eyes, pointed muzzle and swivel neck, jointed at shoulders and hips and having elongated arms and large feet with felt paw pads, small hump to back, button in left ear, (wear to mohair, and some sparse areas, lacks stitching to nose and mouth, upper paw pads with repair), 13” (33cm) tall.
A rare Merrythought ‘Mr Woppit’ Teddy Bear with original card label, English circa 1956, The light brown character bear with orange glass eyes, black stitched nose and mouth, large pointed blue felt lined ears and feet, wearing red felt jacket with white buttons, label to left foot and original card label ‘Woppit by permission of Robin, Hulton Press Ltd, Magazine’, (overall excellent condition), 9” (23cm) tall. This bear is famously associated with Donald Campbell, who also owned a ‘Mr Woppit’ Teddy Bear.
A Large size 13 closed mouth Depose Tete Jumeau, circa 1890, with large blue glass paper-weight eyes, painted lashes and feathered eyebrows, closed mouth and dimple to chin, pierced ears and cork pate with later auburn wig, on a good fully jointed wood and composition body with fixed wrists and blue ‘Jumeau, Medaille D’or, Paris’ stamp to rear, wearing a light pink dress with lace, pink bonnet, underclothes, socks and shoes, (crack running from right side of rim, to temple and to mid neck, with small flakes to bisque, fine hairline to forehead), 28” (71cm) tall.
A Chinese jade boulderPossibly 19th/early 20th centuryOf a pale celadon tone with light brown streaks. Carved in the shape of two fighting dragons with flaming pearl, against a rocky background.H 6 cm x W 14 cm CONDITION REPORT: No damages or losses, the well carved piece in good original condition
G. Gianni (late 19th century), sailing boat in full sail, with figures, leaving Valletta Harbour, Malta, signed G. Gianni and dated 1889, oil on board, 28cm high x 11cm wide, in plain oak frame: Condition: Requires light clean. Provenance, property of Charles James Ferguson Esquire, Secretary to Admiral Pearson, C-in-C Royal Navy, Australia Station c1900, and thence by decent to C.J. Ferguson's granddaughter
G. Gianni (late 19th century), Valletta Harbour with various barges and other craft outside the harbour, possible HMS Warrior entering the harbour beyond, unsigned, oil on board, 18cm high x 40cm wide, in plain oak frame: Condition: requires light clean: Provenance, property of Charles James Ferguson Esquire, Secretary to Admiral Pearson, C-in-C Royal Navy, Australia Station c1900, and thence by decent to C.J. Ferguson's granddaughter
Hornby Dublo 00 Gauge 2-3-Rail Accessories, including Meat Container, Water Cranes (3), 5045, ES6, Colour Light Signals (2), Cable Drums (unboxed), D3 Junction Signals, ED3 Electric Junction Signal, D2, Hand (1) and ED2 Double Arm electric signals (2 boxes), 051 Station Staff (3 boxes with only our figures) and 053 Passengers (six in one box) most in original boxes, unboxed Colour Light Signal, semaphore Signals (4), various switches (qty, many boxed), Dublo Dinky Bedford Flat lorry and Pick up Van and other items, F-VG, boxes F-G (qty)
A Fine Collection of WW2 and Immediately Post-war RAF and Related Publications, including 'Fleet Air Arm', 'Bomber Command' and 'Coastal Command', the story of the film 'One of Our Aircraft is Missing', several light-hearted books by Raff and Anthony Thompson, including 'Behind the Spitfires', and a Players Cigarette-card book of RAF badges (complete but 2 need re-fixing), all G-VG (19)
Dinky Commercial Vehicles, 561 Blaw Knox Bulldozer, red body, green rubber tracks, driver lifting blade, in blue box with orange label, 965 Euclid Rear Dump Truck, light yellow body, yellow hubs and no windows, together with a 564 Elevator Loader, yellow with blue chutes and hubs, all in original boxes F-G, boxes P (3)
Britains New Metal sets Welsh Guards and Royal Welch Fusiliers, VG in VG boxes, Britains Colonial Highlanders lying firing (6), standing (3) and kneeling, officer, mounted HM the Queen, other Britains and Hilco (33), Michael Sutty porcelain Welsh Guard and Light Infantryman, F, pewter Guards Drummer, G, resin model of Lt. Bromhead V.C. of Rorkes Drift fame, F, (51) porcelain Welsh guard with detached scabbard, Bromhead with detached butt though present, front name plate requires reattaching
Scalextric Cars and Buildings, racing cars: 93160 Mazda 787, 83810 Porsche 911, C.462 BMW 3181 Westminster, C445 AEG Sauber Mercedes and a 83320 Toyota Celica 'Repsol', all in original boxes, three unboxed and broken models, boxed C.209 Start Light Gantry set, controllers, accessories, including a spectators stand and Dunlop Bridge, figures and other items, P-E, boxes F-VG (qty)
A Collection of 'Non-Hornby' Tinplate Items for O Gauge or Larger, including Marklin 3-rail girder bridge with ramps, German station by unknown maker, Bing goods shed, two Mettoy stations, Astra colour light signal, Bassett-Lowke controller, B-L LMS open wagon and various signals by Bing and others, varying P-VG (qty)
Hornby-Dublo OO Gauge Signals Switches and Other Items, including 6 colour light signals, one remote-operated semaphore and two others, a H-D illuminated buffer stop, together with a collection of switches by Hornby and others, H&M point motors, Wrenn 2-rail points and other track, mostly F-G (qty)
Hornby Dublo 00 Gauge 3-Rail Rolling Stock and large quantity of Track and Points, including TPO Set, BR coaches (2), various trucks (14, some boxed), Buffer Stops, unboxed Electric Signal and Colour Light Signal, together with very large quantity of track and points (50 + ) some boxed, generally F-G, boxes P-F ( large qty)
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