A pair of Derby plates, painted to the centre with a mounted huntsman and fox hounds in a wooded landscape, by Robert Brewer or William Cotton the gilt border with puce, blue and red leafage at intervals, 22cm diam, Robert Bloor & Co, painted crown, crossed batons, D and gilder's numeral 2 of James Clark in iron red, 39 in puce, c1820 Light wear to the outer part of the gilt border, some insignificant light wreathing of the glaze on the underside of one plate which is occasionally found on Derby wares of this period. No cracks, chips or restoration
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A Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre bowl or "Puff Box" and cover, in Flame Fairyland, the cover decorated with the Si WantgMu pattern, the bowl with the Bubbles II border and designed by Daisy Makeig Jones, gold lustre widow finial, 15cm diam, incised 3279, gilt printed vase mark, painted Z5360 cf des Fontaines (Una), Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre, p208. Some very light rubbing of the gilding on the exterior which is hardly noticeable and does not detract, no damage or restoration. A minute (less than a pinhead) graze on the edge of the rim of the cover on the underside which is more of a scratch in reality
A Rolex silver hunting cased wristwatch, the enamelled dial with arabic chapters, subsidiary seconds dial and luminescent hands, 15 jewel movement, import marked, London 1916 Exterior - a few light scratches and minor wear as to be expected. The dial original and undamaged, the movement in apparently in going order
English School - A Gentleman, in profile, watercolour on card, oval, 6.5 x 5cm, inscribed on the reverse Before Marriage taken Feby 16 1821 at 62 High Holborn, London, in rectangular papier mâché frame by Hill & Co, Birmingham, with giltmetal acorn suspender; five other miniatures and two silhouettes, one of the former miniatures inscribed on the reverse taken by W H Manners 18 Poultry & 81 Cheapside, one of the latter with printed trade label Cut with common scissors by Master Hubard (aged 13 years) without Drawing or machine, all in papier mâché frames, one also by W Hill & Co, Birmingham and with giltmetal hangers (8) In generally good condition with some light time staining to most of the images, the frames with the odd corner chip but most in fine original condition
Georges-Jacques Gatine after Lanté and Pecheux - Costume Plates from Costumes des Femmes du Pays de Caux, Paris, 1827, twelve etchings coloured in a contemporary hand, 30 x 20cm, unframed (12) Marginal and light soiling but in overall good condition. Trimmed to the plate mark and originally bound
Suffragette Movement. A printed tissue SOUVENIR OF THE WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE MARCH AND MASS MEETING AT THE ALBERT HALL SATURDAY JUNE 14TH, the border of flags and flowers in colours, printed and published by Mrs S Burgess 14 Artillery Lane Bishop's Gate London EC, 30 x 40cm, c1908 framed Cropped somewhat in the framing and with some light overall time staining but in overall reasonably good condition
Optical Toy. A Peep View of the Mall in St James's Park, the bellows of six sections, aquatinted in colours and hand coloured, with engraved title in green card wallet with pictorial label ST JAMES'S PARK THE NEW PALACE, 11 x 14cm, London, published for the engraver, 1830 One section detached and with very light soiling but in otherwise very fine condition
CHARLES AND GEORGE HUNT after FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER Vale of Aylesbury Steeplechase Plt I, aquatint on wove printed in colour, 45 x 59cm 19th c oak frame, some damp staining and light overall staining/fading with the odd minor surface blemish but overall quite an attractive image. Unexamined out of the frame
THOMAS HELLYER after THOMAS WHITCOMBE The Battle off Campadown fought on the 11th October 1797 aquatint, 47 x 70cm Some light foxing of the mount but in generally good original condition, in ebonised frame of about 1900, the trade label of T H Parker Barclay St ,Piccadilly. Some time staining to the title but in overall sound condition although unexamined out of the frame.
FREDERICK CHRISTIAN LEWIS, J GLEADAH, R G REEVE and J PHELPS after HENRY THOMAS ALKEN The Pytchley Hunt a set of four, aquatints on wove coloured in a contemporary hand, published by Tregear & Co, 42.5 x 61cm Some mainly light sporadic foxing especially on Full Cry and The Death but the colours well preserved and bright with full margins
JOHN HARRIS The Liverpool Great National Steeple-Chase 1852 Plts I-IV, aquatints on wove coloured in a contemporary hand, reissues published by Barnett Moss & Co, c 1900, 49 x 69cm, oak frames (4) Some light overall time staining and the colours rather subdued. The odd spot of minor foxing. Several a little slipped in the frame with marginal light creases in consequence and with light surface dust. The frames separating at the mitred joins in one or two cases
WILLIAM LIONEL WYLLIE Extensive Industrial Landscape with Shipping etching with roulette and drypoint, signed pencil and with Print Sellers Association blindstamp, published by L H Lefevre & Sons, 1903, 25 x 45cm Some even light time staining with mild vertical bands, a few cuts and scratches to the paper surface which are not too noticeable and do not detract from the appearance
ROBERT THORNE WAITE Harvest Time Making a Posy two, one signed with initials, the other signed indistinctly, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 27 x 19cm and c, framed as a pair (2) One with some very light sporadic foxing but both in excellent condition, the colours bright and well preserved. Both attractive examples
THOMAS LESLIE Views of Mount Edgcumbe a pair, one signed, dated 1843 and inscribed, pencil and watercolour, heightened with white, 25.5 x 35cm (2) Leslie painted watercolours of Devonshire from 1820s, exhibiting views taken near Newton Abbot at the Society of British Artists in 1828 Some light time staining slightly more pronounced on one drawing. On this drawing some mild foxing
HARRY WARD Midday Rest signed and dated 1866, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 31 x 24.5cm Some even light time staining of the support but the colours still fresh and well preserved. A pleasant watercolour reminiscent of the paintings of Thomas Creswick. No damage to the support, in inappropriate modern frame.
ENGLISH NAIVE ARTIST c1820 Three Officers of the 13th Regiment of (Light) Dragoons with inscription verso F A Cameron's regiment, pencil and watercolour, 29.5 x 25cm, unframed One or to marginal tears and some loss along the upper margin but in otherwise fine condition. The colours bright and well preserved
WILLIAM NIXON The West Front of Amiens Cathedral signed, pen, ink and watercolour, 60 x 43cm; with a coastal landscape by Frank Dobson, signed, watercolour, 24 x 54cm (2) With some very light mild time staining, this watercolour is in excellent condition overall and executed in late 18th c English topographical style. In modern frame. The Dobson watercolour in fine condition with some possible light fading.
PENRY WILLIAMS Merthyr signed and inscribed, pen, pencil, ink and grey wash, 11.5 x 19cm; and a late 19th c pen and ink drawing by a naive hand of a busy street scene at Merthyr Tydfil, 28 x 45cm (2) The drawing by Penry Williams executed circa 1819. In excellent condition in an early 20th century mount and gilt frame. The naive pen and ink sketch with two closed pairs and light sporadic foxing
J SEDGWICK Figures in an Arcadian Landscape A Horse Startled by a Thunderbolt An Eastern Encampment three, all signed and dated 1834, pen, pencil, ink and watercolour with gum arabic, 32 x 43cm (3) Some light overall time staining but most noticeable on the first title; but in a reasonably fine state of preservation. In 19th c gilt frames with handwritten trade label of Davis & Co 126 Redcliff Street Bristol Carvers & Gilders
KENNETH McLEAY Dodo a King Charles Spaniel signed, dated 1847 and inscribed, pencil and watercolour heightened with white, 27.5 x 17cm Kenneth McLeay (1802-78) painted miniatures and watercolour portraits including those of Prince Albert and the royal family at Balmoral. He was a founder member of the Royal Scottish Academy. In fine condition with only light time staining of the paper, the colours fairly fresh and well preserved in Victorian frame with the trade label of William Rodman & Co Ltd Belfast
EDWARD ARMFIELD Terriers Ratting in a Barn signed, 31 x 41cm, unframed Minor bruise-tear upper right centre and the varnish rather yellowed with time and therefore in need of a light cleaning. In otherwise excellent original condition on the original stretchers. A characteristic example of the artist's work
R. B. Landscape signed with initials and dated 1908, 39.5 x 49cm In fine condition, the varnish having yellowed a little with time and in need of a light clean. No holes, tears or scratches, the canvas has not been relined, in what is probably the original giltwood and composition laurel bordered frame which is in reasonably good condition
AFTER ADRIAEN VAN DER WERFF The Banishment of Hagar and Ishmael 84 x 68cm Vide Genesis, 21:9-21. After the picture by Adriaen van der Werff (1659-1722) in the Gemaldegalerie, Dresden. Some even light craqueleur and the varnish having yellowed slightly with time. Repaired tear extreme upper left, the canvas relined. In 18th c style giltwood and composition frame
ARTHUR SPOONER Haymaking signed, canvas laid on board, 36 x 40cm (unframed) Subjects of this kind were a particular favourite of Spooner and ideally well suited to his habit of making quick sketches en pleinair. Characterised by rapid brush work they well capture the subtleties of fleeting light and shadow. The man building the rick is Frank Hunt who lived at Clifton just outside Nottingham. The present work was painted for Mr Hunt as 'wages' for his having modelled for Spooner on a previous occasion. In an excellent state of preservation requiring only a light clean. The support stable on the card backing consigned by a local private vendor
MARY ELIZABETH BERRY A Scottish Fireside with a Woman Carding Wool signed, signed again on the stretcher and inscribed with the artist's address, 16 Picardy Place, Edinburgh, 45 x 59.5cm Minute hole and two small scratches and spots of lost paint which are of no significance, the varnish in need of a light clean, the canvas on its original stretchers and it has not been re-lined. In ill-fitting mid Victorian giltwood and composition frame with losses
MARY ELIZABETH BERRY Portrait of Kate Berry head and shoulders, signed, 44 x 34cm Localised instability of the paint surface near the extreme upper margin with small spot of flaked paint. Some minor craqueleur in the lower part of the composition but in overall very good condition although the varnish in need of a light clean. In what is probably the original 'Rosetti' gilt oak and incised frame
JACOB HENDRICK MARIS Zwolle Holland signed, panel, 25.5 x 35.5cm In an excellent state of preservation; the panel having slipped very slightly (1/8inch approx) in its frame resulting in some very minor loss to the paint along the lower edge which is hardly noticeable and does not detract, the varnish in need of a light clean but the colours still strong and showing through well, in what is probably the original Victorian giltwood and composition cavetto frame with some wear to the gilding where handled. A pleasing example of the artist's work
DUTCH SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY Still Life with Fish on Pewter Dishes, a Bundle of Asparagus and a Brazier 48 x 55.5cm Re-lined in the 19th c and now in good stable condition, some old minor areas of overpainting, particularly at the margins and general light craquelure, minor faint 4inch scratch in the upper part of the composition. In later ebonised and giltwood frame, which is rather dirty and has some losses to the finish
MARY ELIZABETH BERRY Horses in a Stable signed with initials and with inscription on a label verso, Noble Hall Farm Romanno Bridge, 22.5 x 30cm Unstretched canvas loosely laid on panel in excellent condition the varnish perhaps in need of a light clean, original trade label on the backboards of John Matheson & Co Edinburgh. In contemporary giltwood and composition cavetto frame which is also in good condition
FOLLOWER OF ABRAHAM HULK Fisherfolk Unloading a Dutch Koff mahogany panel, 19 x 27cm Reduced in size; the varnish having yellowed slightly with time and with some light localised craqueleur, the panel sound and free from warping, cracks or repairs with an old and very faded illegible ink inscription on a fragmentary label on the reverse
A Victorian rosewood case of forty two birds, including a toucan, parrot, humming birds and other exotic species perched in a mossy tree or on the marshy groundwork with vegetation before a light blue background painted with palm and other trees before mountains, the case with beaded glazing bars, 97cm h; 100 x 35cm Some minor old repair to several specimens and little dusty. One pane of glass in the side replaced and mis-measured (slightly too small) and secured with unsightly blobs of adhesive
Two similar William IV linen samplers both by Emma West, Aged 11 years or dated August 21st 1835 and worked with a house, dogs, birds, trees and flowers in trailing borders, one with a central verse, 40 x 35cm and 44 x 43cm, both framed In generally good condition with some light time staining of the background and the colours rather subdued. On the sampler with the central verse a 1cm moth hole just beneath the central panel and with three or four smaller moth holes lower right, another smaller hole upper right. The other sampler apparently free from moth holes but with the odd pulled thread here and there, no smudging of the colours
An unusual early Victorian linen sampler by Mary anne Davies 1838, worked in coloured wools with a named view of Erdigg, two birds, flowers in pots and trees in green border, 22 x 32cm, mahogany frame Some even light brown time staining of the support and the odd pulled stitch principally to the borders but not unattractive and a rare subject (see catalogue footnote)
A French silver-hilted hunting hanger, dated 1773 with broad slightly curved faux damascus blade cut with a broad fuller on each face and double-edged towards the point, decorated with a gilded panel filled by a profile bust of a Turk between the initials 'SC' on one side and the date and 'Constantinople' on the other side at the forte, silver hilt comprising broad short cross-piece decorated with repousee foliage and a stylised scallop on each side, and large ebony grip fitted with a silver repousee collar at the base and applied with stars, a crescent and a profile bust of a Turk on each side (the grip cracked on one side); and a Mameluke-hilted sword for a child, by Phelps & Co., Calcutta, Delhi & Simla, 19th Century, with etched blade, gilt-brass cross-piece cast in low relief, bone grip-scales, in its silver-plated steel scabbard engraved with scrolling foliage and large gilt-brass mounts cast en suite with the cross-piece, contained in its mahogany presentation case lined with padded blue silk (now faded to light brown) the first: 54.4 cm ; 21.375in blade (2) The hunting sword commemorates the Ottoman victory against the Russians outside Constantinople in 1773, which led to the Treaty of Kuchuk-Kainardji and the end of Catherine the Great's first war with the Turks in 1774.
a French model 1885 helmet and cuirass for an Officer of Cuirassiers, Third Republic the helmet with full gilt-brass mounts including original velvet-and leather-backed chinscales, original leather lining with arsenal stamps, and original horsehair tuft and mane ( the skull with light tarnish and rust patches, plume missing, mane worn); the cuirass of burnished steel, the breast- and back-plates each with the Officer's pattern arsenal inscription and dated 1892 and 1893 respectively, and the back-plate fitted with later waist-strap, and later leather-backed shoulder-chains each with gilt-brass clasp and lion mask boss of regulation type (3). the helmet 27.3cm., 10.75in
A South German small cabinet inlaid with etched steel plaques, last quarter of the 16th Century of rectangular form, veneered in rosewood, the corners each reinforced by a shaped etched steel bracket, the outer faces each inlaid with pairs of white metal bands framing a raised moulding enclosing a large steel plaque, each etched with scrolling foliage enclosing a central panel of differing scenes, including on the reverse Christ entering Jerusalem on the reverse, a marine monster on one side, a grotesque demi-figure on the other, and with biblical scenes on the top and front, the latter opening to reveal a series of drawers and a central door, the door secured by a contemporary lock, the drawer and panel fronts all inlaid with steel plaques etched with scrolling foliage and strapwork bands, the inside of the lid inlaid with white metal bands and a large steel plaque etched with the Arrest of Christ in the Garden (the carrying handle and keys each missing, the etching with areas of light wear, the veneer with one small chip and cracks on the reverse, one foot associated) 24.1 cm ; 9.5in by 30.4 cm ; 12 in by 21.6 cm ; 8.5in
a well-constructed model of an armstrong 12-pounder breech-loading field gun of circa 1859, probably third quarter of the 19th Century with jacketed iron barrel cut with micro-groove rifling, functional blued breech screw locking the vent piece, elevating screw with detachable handle, and retaining almost all of its original blackened finish ( very light rust specking), on its detailed iron-mounted mahogany carriage with iron-shod spoked wheels and loading-tray; and a modern model of a British Blomefield naval deck gun of circa 1800, possibly a 32-pounder, with brass barrel cast with raised mouldings and 'GR' crowned, detailed wooden carriage with four trucks, and on a decking base with detailed accessories (2). the first 49.5cm., 19.5in
a pair of Scottish flintlock belt pistols made entirely of steel, by I. Murdoch, late 18th Century each with three-stage barrel with fluted breech, flared octagonal muzzle and engraved designs of characteristic type, signed engraved bevelled lock, profusely engraved lobe-butted stock inlaid with three silver bands below the lock and with geometric inlays about the pommel, engraved steel belt hook, silver button trigger pricked and engraved as a flowerhead, and one retaining its original ramrod ( light wear and pitting throughout) (2) 32.4cm., 12.75in
A Scottish flintlock belt pistol made entirely of steel, by Ias. Sutherland, third quarter of the 18th Century with two-stage barrel formed with raised mouldings at the breech, the median and the muzzle, signed engraved bevelled lock with punched linear borders (mainspring defective, cock retaining screw replaced), and the cock formed with a pierced rosette behind the comb, with plain stock, ram's horn butt decorated en suite with the lock, plain steel belt hook, and pierced faceted button trigger ( the engraving on the butt heavily worn, light pitting throughout, ramrod-pipe, ramrod and pricker all missing) 34.3cm., 13.5in
A .36 calibre colt London model 1851 Navy revolver cased with a .31 colt London model 1849 pocket revolver, London proof marks, No. 36767 for 1855 and No. 3136 for 1854 the 1851 Navy of standard production specifications, the barrel with London address, the back-strap engraved 'J.R.Oliver Esq., Royal Artillery,' with comprehensively matching numbers (the barrel wedge mis-matched), and retaining much original blued and case-hardened finish (the barrel with small areas of light pitting, the back-strap and trigger-guard finish worn); the 1849 Pocket revolver of standard production specifications, with 6in barrel with London address, comprehensively matching numbers, retaining some original finish (the barrel wedge seized): in a fitted oak case with some accessories including a .31 calibre bullet mould, the case lid escutcheon with later inscription 'J.R. Oliver, Royal Artillery' the first: 33cm; 13in the second: 27.2cm; 10.75in
A .577 calibre flintlock service pistol of Light Dragoon type, circa 1800 with 9in barrel, plain lock, figured walnut full stock, and regulation brass mounts (the steel parts pitted); a percussion pepperbox revolver, Birmingham proof marks, circa 1845, with fluted barrel group, engraved steel action, and chequered wooden grips; and a Naval dirk, early 19th Century, with fullered blade retaining traces of etched and gilt decoration, gilt-brass cross-piece pierced with ropes and foliage, gilt-brass hound's head pommel, and spirally fluted ivory grip, in its leather scabbard with gilt-brass mounts the first: 38.7 cm ; 15.25in (3)
AN EDWARDIAN ART NOUVEAU INLAID MAHOGANY DISPLAY CABINET, the mirror inset back supported by triple turnings with foliate mother-o-pearl light wood inlay, three mirrors below with pierced brackets, three leaded light foliate design glazed doors below, flowering tree inlaid doors below, raised on shaped legs united by a shaped apron, 54 ins x 78 ins high.

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