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Click here to subscribeCalvin (John). Opera Omnia; in Novem Tomos Digesta, Editio omniium novissima..., 9 vols., Amsterdam, 1671-1667, red ink stamp to titles, occasional light dampstaining to margins of few leaves, library bookplate to upper pastedowns, contemp. vellum with blind stamped arabesque to boards, gilt monogram to centre of boards and spine panels, some corners neatly repaired, slight dust-soiling and occasional minor wear, lacking ties, folio. Brunet I 1499. (9)
Spence (Joseph). Polymetis: Or, an Enquiry Concerning the Agreement Between the Works of the Roman Poets, and the Remains of the Antient Artists. Being an attempt to illustrate them mutually from one another. In Ten Books, 2nd ed., 1755, engraved portrait frontispiece (offsetting to title), forty-one engraved plates, including four folding or double-page, occasional light spotting and offsetting, contemporary calf, rebacked, some edge wear, folio (1)
Valerius Maximus. Dictorum factorumq[ue] memorabilium libri novem, Venice: Gryphium, 1575, 238; [7] ff., woodcut printer`s device to title and verso of final leaf, occasional light damp-staining, small paper repairs to title, 19th century sheep-backed paper-covered boards, cracking to joints, 8vo (1)
Babbage (Charles & Dionysius Lardner). Babbage`s Calculating Machine, The Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal for April-July, vol. LIX, 1834, pp. 263-327, five illustrations of calculating dials, a few spots, front endpaper with light water stain, contemporary half calf (lacking spine, upper cover detached), 8vo. Contemporay account of Babbage`s Difference Engine No. 1. (1)
Darwin (Charles). The Formation of Vegetable Mould, Through the Action of Worms, with Observations of their Habits, 1st ed., 1881, illustrations, single leaf advert. at end, light spots front and rear, previous owner signatures, repait at front hinge, original green blindstamped cloth, slightly rubbed at spine ends, 8vo, together with The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life, 6th ed. (thirty-seventh thousand), 1883, half title, folding diagramatic plate, 32pp. publisher`s list at end dated September 1888, a few spots, front endpaper loosening at gutter, original green blindstamped cloth, 8vo, plus A Naturalist`s Voyage. Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage of H.M.S. "Beagle` Round the World, 1897, portrait frontispiece, illustrations, endpapers browned, bookplate, original green cloth gilt, 8vo, with Journal of Researches into the Natural History & Geology of the Countries Visited During the Voyage Round the World of H.M.S. "Beagle`, new ed., 1913 and 11 vols. of Darwin`s works (U.S. eds.) (15)
Houdlston (Thomas). A New Method of Cookery or, Expert and ready way for the Dressing of all Sorts of Flesh, Foul, Fish, either Baked, Boiled, Roasted, Stewed, Fryed, Hashed Frigasied, Carbonaded; Forced, Collared, Soused, &c. After the Best and Newest Way, with their several Sauces and Sallads. And making all sorts of Pickles. Also making Variety of pies, Pasties, Tarts, Cheese-Cakes, Custards, Creams, &c. With the Art of Preserving, Candying of Fruits and Flowers; and the making of Conserves, Syrrups, Jellies, and Cordial Waters. Also making several sorts of English Wines, Cyder, Mead, Metheglin. Together with several Cosmetick of Beautifying Waters: and also several Sorts of Essences and Sweet Waters: by Persons of the highest Quality. By Thomas Houdlston, Cook, in Dumfries, 1st ed.(?), [Dumfries?]: printed for the author, [1760?], 186pp., front pastedown with early ink ownership of Margaret McMurdo and early 20th c. printed ownership label of D.A. McM. Spence, some light general toning and show-through from text, contemp. sheep, neatly rebacked preserving orig. spine, small 8vo in 4s. Rare. Cagle 756 and Maclean p.71. Maclean records two editions: [Dumfries] printed for the author, c.1760, with 186 pages and Edinburgh, printed for E.Wilson at Dumfries, c.1760. Only one copy recorded on ESTC at the National Library of Scotland (ESTC T200990). (1)
Peckham (Ann). The Complete English Cook; or, Prudent Housewife. Being an entire New Collection of the most general, yet least expensive Receipts in every Branch of Cookery and Good Housewifery..., 2nd ed., Leeds, 1773, burn hole to leaves D5-D9 with consequent loss of text, light worming to lower inner blank margins, some spotting and browning, contemp. sheep, rubbed and worn to spine with slight loss of leather at foot, 12mo. Cagle 919 (first edition). (1)
Wolley (Hannah). The Queen-Like Closet, or Rich Cabinet: Stored with all Manner of Rare Receipts for Preserving, Candying and Cookery, Very Pleasant and Beneficial to all Ingenious Persons of the Female Sex..., 2 parts in one (without supplement), 3rd ed., 1675, eng. frontis., license leaf present, title to second part dated 1674, advert leaf present at rear of volume, bound without supplement, occasional scattered spotting and few marks, light marginal dampstaining to few leaves, endpapers renewed, contemp. sheep, rebacked preserving original spine, 12mo. Bitting p.504; Cagle 1063; Oxford p.35. (1)
Whistler (Rex, illust.). The New Forget-Me-Not. A Calendar, Cobden-Sanderson, 1929, four colour plates, illustrations, bookplate, original blue half vellum (spine faded as often), 8vo, limited edition, 195/350 signed by the artist, together with Rex Whistler. The Konismark Drawings, Richard Press, 1952, ten tipped-in facsimile plates, light spots to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, 4to, limited edition, 591/1000, plus Songs From ÒNow We Are SixÓ, Words by A.A. Milne, Music by H. Fraser-Simson, Decorations by E.H. Shepard, 1927, one or two light spots, presentation inscription, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, paper label to upper cover (light spots), 4to, with others illustrated by Whistler, Edward Lear and Mervyn Peake (12)
Ardizzone (Edward, illust.). My Uncle Silas. Stories by H.E. Bates, 1st ed., 1939, b & w illustrations, slight marginal toning, a few light spots, original cloth, rubbed at foot of spine, loss at top margin of rear panel, a few chips, 4to, together with The Old Nurse`s Stocking-Basket, by Eleanor Farjeon, OUP, 1965, b & w illustrations, rear endpaper with a few marks, original cloth, d.j., rubbed and chipped at spine ends, 8vo, with others illustrated by Ardizzone including St. Luke`s Life of Christ, 1956, Brief to Counsel, 1958, Lucy Brown and Mr Grimes, 1970 and Tim`s Last Voyage, 1972 (20)
[Burt (Edward)]. Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland to his Friend in London..., 2 vols., 5th ed., 1822, engraved frontispiece to each, a few spots, faint manuscript annotation to titles, bookplates, t.e.g., modern half red morocco by Bayntun, spines with raised bands and gilt decoration, 8vo, together with The Scottish Gael; or Celtic Manners, as Preserved Among the Highlanders..., by the Late James Logan, 2 vols., Inverness, c. 1876, chromolithograph and b & w illustrations, a few marginal tears from rough opening, light browning, bookplates, contemporary calf-backed boards, spines faded, 8vo, with other Scotland interest including The Chronicle of Perth; A Register of Remarkable Occurrences, Chiefly Connected with that City, from the Year 1210 to 1668, Edinburgh, 1831 and J.J. Foster`s The Stuarts, 1907 (16)
Chandler (Raymond). The Long Good-Bye, 1st UK ed., 1953, a few light spots, original cloth, light stains, d.j., a few chips and tears, 8vo, together with Le Carre (John), The Russia House, 1st ed., 1989, light spots, original cloth, d.j., 8vo, signed by the author, plus Greene (Graham), Travels With My Aunt, 1st ed., 1969, original cloth, d.j., one or two minor nicks, 8vo, with others by John Le Carre and John Gardiner, including Raymond Chandler`s The High Window, 2nd Tower Books edition printing, 1946 (20)
Day Lewis (Cecil). Noah and the Waters, Hogarth Press, 1936, minor spots to endpapers, original cloth (upper cover with offsetting from d.j.), d.j., light spots, spine a little faded, 8vo, limited edition, one of 100 copies, (this copy unsigned and unumbered), together with A Sampler of Castile, by Roger Fry, Hogarth Press, 1923, 16 b & w illustrations, previous owner inscriptions, original cloth-backed boards, a little rubbed and stained, 4to, limited edition, 194/550, plus The Death of the Moth and Other Essays, by Virginia Woolf, 1st ed., 1942, p.155 with short marginal tear, occasional spotting, bookplate, original cloth, spine faded, d.j., some tears and repairs to verso, 8vo, with other Hogarth Press including John Hampson`s O Providence, 1932, inscribed by the author, Virginia Woolf`s Orlando, 1928 and A Letter to a Yong Poet, 1932 (35)
Dobson (Austin). Eighteenth Century Vignettes, 1st & 2nd series, 1892-94, b & w plates and portraits, spotting front and rear, small booklabel, original vellum-backed boards, a few light spots, 4to, limited large paper editions, 248/250 and 125/200 respectively, together with The Ballad of Beau Brocade and Other Poems of the XVIII Century, 1892, illustrations by Hugh Thomson, light spotting to endpapers, small booklabel, original cloth, spine toned, a few spots, 4to, limited edition, 244/250, with three others: W. Carew Hazlitt`s Hand-Book to the Popular, Poetical and Dramatic Literature of Great Britain, 1867, Geoffrey Glaister`s Glossary of the Book, 1960 and Edward Marsh & Christopher Hassall`s Catalogue of Books and Manuscripts by Rupert Brooke, 1970 (6)
Golden Cockerel Press. The Green Ship, by Patrick Miller, 1936, double-page wood-engraved title by Eric Gill, illustrations, small bookplate, t.e.g., original green morocco-backed boards, spine a little rubbed and faded, 4to, limited edition, 82/134, together with Glue and Lacquer. Four Cautionary Tales Translated from the Chinese by Harold Acton & Lee Yi-Hsieh, 1941, copperplate illustrations by Denis Tegetmeier after Eric Gill, a few spots, bookplate, t.e.g., original blue morocco-backed boards, spine faded, 4to, plus Mademoiselle de Maupin. A Romance by Theophile Gautier, Translated by R. & E. Powys Mathers, 1938, illustrations by John Buckland Wright, two loose prospectus, t.e.g., original vellum-backed boards, one or two light stains, 4to, limited edition, 108/500, with six other Golden Cockerel Press including Pictor Ignotus Fra Lippo Lippi Andrea del Sarto, by Robert Browning, 1925 (limited edition, 248/360), Apollonius of Tyre, 1956 (limited edition, 94/300) and Laus Veneris, by Algernon Charles Swinburne, 1948 (limited edition, 437/750) (9)
Powys (T.F.). What Lack I Yet?, E. Archer, March, 1927, 11pp., printed on Japanese vellum (stitching broken), original wrapper, marginal toning, 4to, limited edition, 8/25 signed by the author, together with Mark Only, 1st ed., 1924, light spotting, original cloth, d.j., spine browned and chipped at ends, a little rubbed with repairs to verso, 8vo, plus Mockery Gap, 1st ed., 1925, a few light spots, original cloth, d.j., spine toned, 8vo, with others by Powys including Soliloquies of a Hermit, 1918, Kindness in a Corner, 1930, The Strong Wooer, 1970 (limited edition of 150) and Theodore. Essays on T.F. Powys, 1964 (one of 450 copies) (18)
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. Pogany (Willy, illust.). Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam; The First and Fourth Renderings in English Verse by Edward Fitzgerald, pub. George Harrap, 1930, number 737 of 750 signed copies printed for England, additional etched frontispiece signed in pencil, twelve mounted colour plates, b & w illustrations, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original full turquoise morocco with gilt floral roundel to upper cover, contained in original card book-box (darkened with some edge wear), 4to, together with The Whittington Press. The Mirror & the Eye; Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam...illustrated by Richard Kennedy, 1984, number 85 of 126 copies signed by the artist and translator, lithograph plates, t.e.g. remainder rough-trimmed, original quarter vellum, contained in original slipcase, folio, and Dulac (Edmund, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stougton, [1909], mounted colour plates, decorative endpapers, original gilt decorated cream cloth, slightly rubbed, 4to, plus Fish (Anne Harriet, illust.), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Bodley Head, 1922, colour plates heightened in gold and silver, decorative endpapers, original two-tone cloth gilt, rubbed to extremities, 4to, and Bull (Rene), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Hodder & Stoughton, [1910), mounted colour plates, illustrations to text, original light-brown cloth blocked in red and blue, a little fraying to extremities, 4to, plus Vedder (Elihu), Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, Boston & London, [1884], b & w lithograph illustrations, original decorated cloth, faded and some edge fraying, folio, plus a collection of other copies of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam including many illustrated editions (40)
Yeats (W.B.). October Blast, Cuala Press, Dublin, 1927, woodcut device to title, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, one or two light stains, 8vo, limited edition, one of 350 copies, together with A Packet for Ezra Pound, Cuala Press, Dublin, 1929, woodcut device to title, lacking blue front endpaper, one or two spots, bookplate, original cloth-backed boards, minor stains, 8vo, limited edition, one of 425 copies, plus three others (5)
Banks (T. C.). The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England, Or, An Historical and Geneaological Account of the Lives, Public Employments, and the Most Memorable Actions, of the English Nobility who have flourished from the Norman Conquest to the Year 1806 ..., 3 vols., 1807-09, one or two folding tables, modern red cloth, rubbed and some light soiling, 4to, together with Foster (Joseph), Some Feudal Coats of Arms ..., 1902, numerous b&w illusts., dec. blue cloth, rubbed and some marks, large 4to, plus Doyle (James E.), The Official Baronage of England, 1066-1885, 3 vols., pub. 1886, b&w illusts. to text, t.e.g., orig. uniform qtr. red morocco, rubbed and scuffed, with some wear to head and foot of spine, large 8vo, and other geneaology and British family history, including E. Walford, The County Families of the United Kingdom, 1875, Burke`s Landed Gentry, 1937 (2 copies), Peerage & Baronetage, 1938, 1962, 1964 & 1970 (3 shelves)
Thorburn (Archibald). A Naturalist`s Sketch Book, 1st ed., 1919, sixty colour plates, t.e.g., orig. red cloth gilt, rubbed and some soiling, library bookplates to endpapers (otherwise unmarked), 4to, together with Mrs Basil Taylor, Japanese Gardens, New York, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1912, colour plts., some light scattered spotting, t.e.g., orig. green cloth-backed boards, rubbed and some marks, and damp discolouration to fore-edges, 4to, plus Watson (William), The Gardener`s Assistant, 6 vols., reprinted, Gresham Publishing Company, 1933, colour and b&w plts., orig. uniform cloth gilt, a little rubbed, some marks, 4to, and other gardening and botanical interest, including Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticulture Literature before 1800, 3 vols., Oxford University Press, 1975, etc., mostly late 19th and early 20th c., 4to/8vo (3 shelves)
Jefferies (Richard). Amaryllis at the Fair, 1st ed., 1887, some light spotting to title, orig. dec. green cloth gilt, in bright condition, together with others by and about Richard Jefferies, Edward Thomas, Thomas Hardy, George Gissing, etc., including some first editions, all 8vo (3 shelves)
A French black and light blue printed silk handkerchief “Souvenir de Salonique.” Showing the burnt out skeleton of Zeppelin LZ85 shot down in May 1916 and displayed near the White Tower of Salonika. Border of pansies with patriotic titles. Plus a similar cream handkerchief showing captured German biplane at Salonika, Feb 1916, with on-looking French troops. Both well mounted and framed, 46x46cm. VGC (2). See website.
A U.S. luminous spirit filled double gauge. Indicating the pitch and roll of an airship. Of blackened alloy, lettered in white, O degrees – 10 degrees both ways roll and 0 degrees – 30 degrees both ways pitch, screw sockets for light bulbs at one end of each gauge, marked “Degrees. W C Rieker. Maker. Phila. P2824” at base, 225mm x 125mm (max). GC. Plate.16
A KPM porcelain plaque `Clementine` after Kiesel Late 19th century, impressed ``KPM`` and scepter mark and incised ``315-255`` with a symbol, signed lower right ``L. Schinzel``, depicting an auburn-haired beauty adorned with sprigs of clementine leaves, after Conrad Kiesel (1846 - 1921 German), within an Italian Rococo style carved gilt wood frame, overall: 20.75`` H x 15.75`` W x 3.75`` D Condition: The plaque alone: 12.5`` x 10`` W. The plaque: overall good condition. Light marks commensurate with age. The frame: General marks, rubbing and scratches commensurate with age. A repaired break to cresting- unstable. Seven additional repaired breaks to each of the four corners, to the right side, and to each side of the top. A few scattered minor chipped losses to gilding.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A framed Berlin KPM style porcelain plaque Late 19th century, apparently unmarked, signed lower right ``J. Sch. / XR``, with handwritten inscription verso `Painted in the studio by J. Schumacher``, depicting a female nude hovering over a moonlit lake holding a torch aloft Provenance: Collection of the Estate of a Resident of Artist Alley, Champion Place, Alhambra, CA, prior to the 1960s. Condition: The plaque alone: 11.75`` H x 8.75`` W. Overall good condition. Light marks and scratches commensurate with age. Edge wear to frame. A Plexiglas panel inset in frame over plaque.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A French enameled double carriage barometer/clock Early 20th century, unsigned, back plate stamped ``Made in France``, the glazed rectangular case of gilt metal with enamel floral decoration divided by columns enclosing a clock and barometer with circular white enamel dials, flanking a thermometer, with a compass set into top, 6.25`` H x 6.5`` W x 2.75`` D Condition: Overall good condition. General light marks, scratches and rubbing commensurate with age. Surfaces recently lacquered, except for top. Compass lacking needle and glass aperture. Wind and runs. Moran`s does not guarantee working condition of clocks and watches. No key.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Rococo style blackamoor torchiere The figure 19th century, the base and torch late 20th century additions, the gilt and polychrome-painted carved wooden figure grasping a gilt metal standard issuing four candle arms surrounding a central light, mounted on a square pedestal, electrified, 55.75`` H x 11.5`` W x 11.5`` D Condition: Overall good condition. General scratches, marks and rubbing commensurate with age. Wiring should be checked by a qualified electrician prior to use. The figure converted to use as a lamp; the base and torch later additions, as stated. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
After Leon Tharel a patinated bronze `Idle Fiddle` Late 19th century, signed ``THAREL`` (Leon Tharel c. 1858 - 1902 French) and ``sculpt``, depicting a sleeping boy holding a violin and bow, on an integral rectangular base, together with a velvet-covered wooden plinth, excluding the plinth: 10`` H x 10.75`` W x 8`` D Condition: The wooden plinth alone: 2.5`` H x 12.75`` W x 8.5`` D. Overall good condition. Light scratches, marks and rubbing commensurate with age. With a golden-brown patina. Bow lacking string.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A framed leaded glass panel Dated 1894, signed ``E. Moreau``, the arched central panel depicting a courting couple and cherubs on a terrace, within a foliate border with roundels in the upper corners, with electric back light, overall: 29.25`` H x 21`` W x 3.5`` D Condition: Overall good condition. Wiring should be checked by a qualified electrician prior to use. Working condition unknown and not guaranteed.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Berlin KPM porcelain plaque Late 19th / early 20th century, impressed ``K.P.M`` and scepter mark, also incised ``12 . 9 3/4``, signed `Horn` lower right, depicting a bearded man, within a carved painted wooden frame, 12.5`` H x 10.5`` W Condition: Overall: 21.5`` H x 19.25`` W. Good condition overall. Minor light scratches to surface commensurate with age. Rubbing, marks and wear to frame with spots of paint flaking off to reveal gilt wood underneath. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A framed enamel on copper portrait 19th century, signed lower right with conjoined initials ``CL``, circular, depicting in profile a lady in a red hood, within a velvet-lined gilt-metal frame, overall: 11.5`` H x 11.5`` W Condition: Diameter of plate alone: 7.75``. Overall good condition. Light rubbing and marks commensurate with age.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
An enamel on copper portrait miniature `Fiametta` Late 19th century, unsigned, titled to plate upper left, rectangular, depicting a brown-haired beauty adorned with a wreath and wearing a gold-trimmed crimson dress against a black ground, within a gilt metal frame, overall: 7.5`` H x 6`` W Note: Fiametta was lover and muse of Italian Renaissance poet Giovanni Boccaccio. Condition: The plate alone: 7.25`` H x 5.25`` W. Overall good condition. Light marks and rubbing commensurate with age. Plate bowed. Not examined out of frame.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A large Zsolnay ceramic dragon vase Circa 1900, with raised mark and impressed ``6112`` and ``23``, the tapering body with iridescent purple ground encircled with a molded dragon glazed in green and orange, 14.5`` H x 7`` Dia. Condition: Overall good condition. Light scratches and marks commensurate with age. A few minute superficial nicks to glaze. Glaze crackle to dragon.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Holzer-Defanti Rosenthal porcelain figure First quarter 20th century, designed 1919, with green underglaze Rosenthal / Selb-Bavaria mark, signed in green ``Schonenberg`` and impressed ``14``, impressed to side ``C. Holzer-Defanti`` (Constanin Holzer-Defanti, 1881 - 1951), depicting Pierrot reclining in black and white costume with green and blue striped socks, 5.5`` H x 11.5`` W x 4`` D Condition: Overall good condition. Light scratches and marks commensurate with age. No apparent restorations or repairs.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
An R. Marcuse Rosenthal porcelain figure group First quarter 20th century, designed 1913, with green underglaze ``Rosenthal / Selb-Bavaria`` mark, impressed to rear ``Rudolf Marcuse / -1913-``, depicting Pierrot playing guitar beside a poodle on an integral base, 13.5`` H x 9.5`` W x 8.25`` D Condition: Overall good condition. Scattered light scratches commensurate with age. Three areas of inherent glaze imperfections along edge of base, two 1`` long, one .5`` long. No apparent restorations or repairs. Pads applied to underside.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
Two Rosenthal porcelain figures First half 20th century, the first: ``Traubenjaegerin``, designed 1917, with green underglaze Rosenthal / Selb-Bavaria mark and impressed M.477, impressed to side of base ``Marcuse.`` (Rudolf Marcuse, 1878 - 1930, German), depicting a maiden holding a basket of grapes seated on a rectangular plinth (6.5`` H x 4`` W x 2.5`` D); the second: ``Beata``, designed 1933, with green underglaze Rosenthal / Germany mark, impressed to underside of base ``G. Schliepstein`` (Gerhard Schliepstein, 1886 - 1963 German) and ``795``, depicting a nude maiden seated on an oval base (6.5`` H x 6.25`` W x 3.25`` D), 2 pcs Condition: Each: Overall good condition. Light scratches and marks commensurate with age. No apparent restorations or repairs.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A bronze tea kettle on stand Circa 1900, unmarked, in pseudo-Asian style of copper-washed bronze, the stand modeled as a dragon, his extended claws forming a support for the hanging repousse-decorated teapot, his tail supporting a floriform holder for a kerosene burner, overall: 15`` H x 9.5`` W x 12`` D Condition: The teapot: 6.5`` Dia. Good condition overall. General light rubbing and marks. The teapot with a crack to wooden insulator on handle and with a poorly executed repair to handle mount where it is re-soldered to body.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Tiffany & Co Japanese sterling silver pitcher Directorship of Edward Moore (1873 - 1891), designed 1879, marked ``Tiffany & Co / 5403 M 402 / sterling silver / 1218``, in the ``Japanese`` style, the lobed, rectangular body with a short spout and applied handle, the hand hammered surface with applied decorations comprising a maple leaf, a beetle, and a leaf stem, with gilt-washed interior, 1.75`` H x 3.25`` W x 1.75`` D, 3.4 oz troy approximately Condition: Very good condition overall. Light scratches, marks and rubbing commensurate with age. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Chinese silver jardiniere Late 19th century, Shanghai, Tuck Chang & Co., of rectangular form with pierced bamboo rim over bombe sides, each side variously decorated with bamboo, chrysanthemums, dragons, and figures in a village, joined at the corners with dragon-form loop handles extending to scrolled feet, 3.75`` H x 7.75`` W x 6.5`` D, 18.6 oz troy approximately Provenance: Private Collection, Pasadena, CA; acquired in Hong Kong in the 1950`s. Condition: Overall good condition. General light scratches, marks and tarnishing commensurate with age and use. No liner.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A pair of R. Lalique decanters with stoppers Each with etched script signature to underside ``R. Lalique - Paris - France``; one numbered ``342``, the other ``343``, one stopper numbered ``342``, the other ``343``, each of clear and frosted glass, the lobed body of elliptical outline decorated with a border of molded grape clusters, with conforming stopper, 2 pcs, each: 11.25`` H x 5.5`` W x 3.5`` D Condition: Each: overall good condition. General light scratches commensurate with age.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
An Erte `Flora I` patinated and gilt bronze vase 1984, incised signature to base ``Erte`` (Romain de Tirtoff 1892 - 1990 French) and marked with copy write symbol and ``1984 Con Ker 227 / 250`` and with conjoined ``JM``, depicting a couple with entwined drapery tapering to a circular base, 14`` H x 3`` W x 2`` D Provenance: Private Collection Laguna Woods CA. Condition: Overall good condition. Light rubbing, marks and wear.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
An Erte `Celebration` bronze vase 1985, incised signature to base ``Erte`` (Romain de Tirtoff 1892 - 1990 French) and marked with copy write symbol and ``1985 Con-Ker 44 / 93`` and with conjoined ``JM``, of bronze and mixed metal overlay, the shouldered tapering body decorated with a frieze of molded female figures in exotic costume, on a spreading circular base, 15.25`` H x 9.25`` Dia. Provenance: Private Collection Laguna Woods CA. Condition: Overall good condition. Light rubbing, marks, scratches and wear commensurate with age.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Colt `Peacemaker` SAA revolver, Rough Riders 1891, U.S. marked no.138236, .45 caliber, 5.5" barrel, blue finish, non-matching numbers, accompanied by an authentication certificate from Colt Archive Properties LLC., stating that this gun was originally sold to the United States Government and delivered to the U.S. Government Inspector at the Colt plant on February 17, 1891, and was one of 200 same type guns in shipment Note: This revolver was carried in the Battle of San Juan Hill on July 1st, 1898 by Sgt. Albert P. Wright, Regimental Color Sergeant of Colonel Theodore Roosevelt`s 1st US Volunteer Cavalry, better known as the ``Rough Riders``. One of the most famous volunteer fighting forces in American history, the Rough Riders` heroic actions at San Juan Hill were key to the American victory in the Spanish American War. Originally from Yuma, AZ, Sergeant Wright served with Roosevelt in Cuba from May 1st, 1898 until September 1898, when the regiment was mustered out. He held the revolver in his possession after the war, and it then passed to Herbert D. Lore, proprietor of the Painted Desert Inn and Lore Trading Post in the Four Corners region. Handed down in the Lore family by descent, it remains in as-found condition. Provenance: By repute: Carried by Albert P. Wright of Yuma, Arizona. Acquired thereafter by Herbert D. Lore of the Lore Trading Company in Painted Desert, Holbrooke, Arizona. By descent in the Lore family to present owner. Condition: Good condition overall. General wear commensurate with age. Mechanically sound with evidence of light use and no restoration. Nickel finish shows wear and areas of light chipping. Screw heads appear intact and unworn. Front sight blade slightly bent and scuffed. A gouge .25" in length to cylinder. Barrel has been cut down.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Dale Chihuly yellow glass `Seaform` vase Late 20th century, etched signature ``Chihuly`` (Dale Chihuly, b. 1941, Tacoma, WA), the wide undulating rim with red lip wrap, tapering to a tightly gathered neck over a ribbed, spherical body, together with a lexan display case, 9`` H x 11`` Dia. Condition: Overall good condition. No chips or cracks. The display case with light scratches.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Monterey china cabinet / hutch Circa 1930, Mason Manufacturing Company, with branded horseshoe mark and ``Monterey`` to reverse, `Old Wood` finish, the waved crest over a pair of hinged doors enclosing two shelves, over an outset rectangular top over a pair of crackle-painted doors decorated with flowers, enclosing one shelf, 65`` H x 37.25`` W x 16`` D Provenance: Collection of the Estate of a Resident of Artist Alley, Champion Place, Alhambra, CA, prior to the 1960s. Condition: Overall good condition. Structurally sound. General light marks, scratches, rubbing and wear commensurate with age. A few minor nicks to edges. A few minor flaked losses to painted decoration.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Steuben white calcite and pink art glass vase Early 20th century, retains partial paper Steuben label to base, shape no.7658, of iridescent ivory-colored glass, the flared circular rim over a ribbed baluster-form body with three applied handles to shoulder , 11.5`` H x 8`` Dia. Condition: Overall good condition. Light scratches and marks commensurate with age. Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
Two swans & mirror base, Lalique `Miroir Cygnes` After 1950, the swans each with script signature ``Lalique France``, of clear and frosted glass, depicted afloat, one with head raised, the other with head bowed; the base unmarked, of mirrored glass etched with lines to depict a wake of ripples on water, 3 pcs Condition: Overall good condition. Undersides of swans with light scuffs and a few minor scratches. Top of mirrored base with some light scratches.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Lalique `Igor` caviar server Second half 20th century, the base and bowl insert each signed in script ``Lalique France``, of clear and frosted crystal, the circular cover with dolphin finial over a small bowl held in place by a chrome-plated support fitting over a circular base raised on an integral tripartite dolphin pedestal, overall: 9.75`` H x 7.5`` Dia. Condition: Overall good condition. Little evidence of wear, except for a few light scratches and a flea bite nick to underside of base which does not affect appearance when placed right-side up.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
A Steuben glass `Frog Prince` figurine 20th century, etched script signature ``Steuben``, modeled crouching with protruding eyes, wearing a gilt metal crown, 6`` H x 5.75`` W x 5.5`` D Condition: Overall good condition. A few light scratches to underside.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
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