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Three 18th Century "patch mark" Derby porcelain figures - lady with lute, 7.25ins, girl with posy, 6.75ins and man with dog, 6.75ins, and a pair of Continental porcelain figures of musicians, after Derby originals, 8.25ins high (spurious painted puce mark to base)

An early 20th century mahogany rise and fall piano stool, stamped 52853, together with a cane seated stool on barley twist supports, a cased violin and a lute (4)

Rare late 18th Century carved ivory and watercolour painted fan, painted with a scene of The Vatican, the stick ends carved and pierced with a woman playing the lute and foliate scrolls, the sticks similarly carved and pierced, length 26cm, with original paper box with label for Clarke fan maker no. 45 Ludgate Hill.

19th Century bone Pounce Pot with pierced cover H8cm and a carved bone miniature lute with engraved decoration L16cm Condition Report & Further Details Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs

A Capodimonte figure, of an elegant lady resting on a column reading; a similar study of two children, one playing the lute; another, of a young woman and child (3)

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT, semi spherical lute

Chinese mother of pearl inlaid lute

Electric guitar Squire (Gibsons) & lute

*A modern lute, a/f

A cased vintage lute with label reading Carlo Ricordo Napoli N1001

A Derby Porcelain Figure of a Shepherdess, circa 1770, seated playing a lute, a sheep at her feet, on a mound base, 22.5cm high

A Chinese porcelain oval scent bottle decorated with female playing a lute, multiple character text on the reverse, red seal mark to base, height 3"

CLASSICAL COLLECTION - LPs. Sophisticated collection of around 350 x LPs. Composers/performers/works include Verdi Four Sacred Pieces by Carlo MAria Giulini (HMV SAN 120), Mendelssohn Violin Concerto - Bruch Scottish Fantasia by London Philharmonic Orchestra - Campoli Boult (Decca LXT-5453), Mario Del Monaco Operatic REcitals Nos. 1 & 2 (Decca LXT 2964, Gold), Carl Schuricht (Decca LXT 5257), Granados Goyescas (Decca LXT 5338), Brahms by Knappertsbusch (Decca LXT 5394), Beethoven Symphony 3 (Decca LXT 5537), Beethoven Sonatas by Schnabel (HMV COLH 51, COLH 59), Rossini Petite Messe Solennelle (HMV ALP 1278-9), Rubinstein Mozart Concerto (RCA SB-2117, Silver), Bartok Violin Concerto - Stravinsky Violin Concerto (RCA SB 6643), Shostakovich Suite On Poems Of Michelangelo Op. 145 (Decca SXL 6849), Beethoven String Quartet No. 9 & 15 by Tatrai Quartet (Telefunken GMA 38, 40), A Recital of Lute Songs by Peter Pears & Julian Bream (Decca LXT 5567), Beethoven Quintet Op. 16 by Spohr Octet (Decca LXT 5530), Bach Cello Suites 3 & 6 by Janos Starker (Saga STXID 5161), Mendelssohn Italian Symphony - Schubert Symphony No. 5 (Decca LXT 5477), The New Music (RCA Victrola VIC 1239), Berg Lulu, Zinka Milanov Famous Operatic Arias, Alexander Kipnis In Russian Opera, Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky by Chicago Symphony - Reiner. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+.

M.I. Hummel figures including Goose Girl, March Winds, Meditation, Apple Tree Girl, Little Sweeper, Angel with Lute, Angel with Accordion, My Best Friend, First Mate, Sweet Treats, A Flower for You, My Best Friend, A Four Leaf Clover and Grass Base Left (all boxed); a Baker (15)

CLASSICAL COLLECTION - LPs. Smart collection of around 300 x LPs. Composers/performers/works include Beethoven Sonatas by Solomon (HMV ALP 1573), Chopin Waltzes by Gyorgy Cziffra (Philips AL3426), Smetana Ma Vlast by Vienna Philharmonic ORchestra - Kubelik (Decca LXT 5474/5), Peter Grimes (Decca LXT 5521-2-3), Beethoven Sonatas by Schnabel (HMV COLH 56/57), Shostakovich Concerto For Piano, Trumpet & Strings - Stravinsky Capriccio by Academy of St. Martin-in-the-fields - Neville Marriner (Argo ZRG 674), Shostakovich Symphony No. 8 by Concertgebouw Orchestra - Bernard Haitink (Decca SXDL 7621), Mozart Quintets by Amadeus String Quartet - Cecil Aronowitz (HMV ALP 1539), Beethoven Choral Incidental Music to Egmont by Kemplerer (Columbia 33CX 1574/5), The Golden Age Of English Lute Music by Julian Bream (RCA Victor SB 2150, silver dot), Harp Music Of Spain by Marisa Robles (Argo RG 457), Lutoslawski (Philips SAL3683), String Quartets by William Walton & Elizabeth Maconchy (Argo ZRG 5329), Debussy La Mer: Iberia by NBC Symphony Orchestra - Toscanini (RCA Victrola VIC 1052), New Music Vol. 2 (RCA Victrola VICS 1312), Palestrina & Monteverdi by Netherlands Chamber Choir (Columbia 33CX 1567), The Hoffnung Interplanetary Music Festival (Columbia 33CX 1617), Die Kluge by Carl Orff (Columbia 1446/7), The Art of Zinka Milanov, Vladimir Ashkenazy, Elgar Enigma Variations, Strauss Symphonia Domestica, The Menuhin Family, Borodin Symphony No. 2, Schubert Octet in F Major. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+.

A Victorian white metal chilli form scent bottle, a silver backed 9cm hand mirror named RMS Empress of France, a small chain purse stamped sterling and a miniature tortoiseshell veneer lute

19th Century dark patinated bronzed figure of a woman playing a lute on a naturalistic base, 21ins high

A 17thC tent-stitch Embroidered Picture, depicting a courting couple among oak trees, flowers and insects being serenaded by two musicians: a female lute player and a male cornett player, below a Unicorn, a Hound and a Falcon, colours slightly faded commensurate with age, threads worn in Unicorn body, head of courting lady, cornett player's hat and shoes and central tree trunk, loose threads by falcon, 6in x 10½in (15cm x 27cm), within a modern frame.

A contemporary Juliana figural pendulum quartz clock, the movement held aloft on classical columns, with a classical female figure playing the lute to two young children.

A Sevres Chateaux de Dreux large cup and saucer, the cup decorated with a vignette of a boy and girl, he playing a lute, the saucer decorated with two late scenes within a banded and leaf border on a mottled blue ground, with green, blue and red factory marks, cup 2 1/2"h, 4 3/4"dia, saucer 7"dia

VICTORIAN CRYSTOLEUM, LADY PLAYING THE LUTE signed Franz Hanfstaeng 40cm x 26cm Framed

A concrete composite figure of a seated cherub playing a lute raised on a base. Please note this is very heavy, height 152 cm

AFTER JOHANNES KIPP (1653-1722) "The Abbey in Cirencester, the seat of Thomas Master esq", black and white engraving, framed and glazed together with AFTER I FABER An 18th Century mezzotint depicting a figure playing a lute and an 18th Century print depicting Edward Earl of Clarendon

Continental Ceramics - a Meissen style figure, of a young gentleman with lute; another, similar, as a candlestick; a Sitzendorf monkey band conductor, drummer, cellist; a study of a courtly couple; others, similar (13)

A wooden automaton, piano player; a clockwork automaton Jester, with a lute, his right arm moves; a tinplate monkey pushing whiskey barrel, made in Japan (3)

A MODERN BRONZE EFFECT GEISHA FIGURE PLAYING A LUTE

The Berta Hummel Nativity, a complete set of nativity figures to include 33501' Mary, Joseph, Baby Jesus', 33517 'Sleeping Shepherd, Peasant Girl and Ox', 33522 'Boy with Calf, Girl with Lute, Girl with Recorder', 33505 'Melchior, Gaspar and Balthazar', 33509 'Angel (Standing), Angel (Kneeling) and Camel' and 33513 'Shepherd Standing, Shepherd Sitting and Donkey', all boxed (18).

A modern fruitwood five-string lute, height 75cm.

Ben Holgate Pottery - Figure with Lute

19th century French mantel clock with eight day movement, silk suspension and outside countwheel, striking on a bell, silvered dial with Roman numerals in a classic gilt metal case with leaf decoration, surmounted by the figure of a lady with a lute, seated on a tree stump, holding a jewel box and examining a string of pearls, 50cm overall height (pendulum present, key lacking)

Marianne Graham (early 20th century), portrait miniature of woman wearing mediaeval attire, with a lute, signed, 15 x 11cm, glazed frame

Early 20th Century Meinel And Herold Bowl Backed Lute Comprising carved bridge with fretted soundhole inlay, carved scroll headstock and makers label to neck. Length, 38 inches, some dings to body and neck.

Capodimonte Carpie Nove(VI) Sele Arte A Pair Of Figurines Each in white glazed porcelain with hand painted gilt enamels. Each raised on gilt metal base, one in the form of a lute player, the second in the form of a female harpist. Each 9 1/4 inches, each signed Carpie with blue crown mark to base.

Mughal School. Princess under a blossoming tree, possibly the Deccan, mid-18th century, opaque watercolour with pen and ink on wove paper, heightened with gold, the princess facing right, female attendant with lute opposite, birds in tree and in flight, including a duck caught by a falcon, foreground containing stream with fish, bordered with flowers, mounted on a later card album leaf with orange outer frame enclosing floral border, the princess sometime repainted, remnants of tape verso and to outer frame recto, image size 26 x 15 cm, sheet size 30.2 x 22.2 cm (Qty: 1)Provenance: acquired from a London auction house circa 1980. The motif of a woman holding a tree originated in Indian sculpture and is known as salabhanjika.

Oak figures. A pair of carved oak male figures playing musical instruments, late 19th/early 20th century, one playing a woodwind instrument and the other a lute, total height 31.5 cm (12.5 ins) & 31 cm (12 ins) respectively (Qty: 2)Possibly originally part of a piece of furniture or staircase.

Classical Records. Collection of approximately 100 classical records and 19 box sets, including Violin Concerto No 1 by Paganini with Leonid Kogan on violin and Charles Bruck conducting the Paris Conservatoire Orchestra (Angel Records 35502), Concerto for 2 Violins and Strings in D Minor by Johann Sebastian Bach with David and Igor Oistrach on violin (Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft LPM 18714), Four Concerti for Violin, Strings and Cembalo by Vivaldi with Nathan Millstein on violin (Angel Records S 36001), Horowitz in Concert - Recorded at his 1966 Carnegie Hall Recitals (Columbia 2-LP M2S 757), The Complete Concertos for Lute (Guitar) and Mandolin by Vivaldi with Narciso Yepes on Guitar and Takashi & Silvia Ochi on Mandolin (DGG 2530211),20 Nocturnes by Frederic Chopin with Tamas Vasary on Piano (DGG Privilige Stereo 2726070), Piano Sonata No 29 by Beethoven with Wilhelm Kempff on piano (sample copy, DGG LPM 18944) and other popular recordings by well known composers, box sets included are The Complete Piano Sonatas by Beethoven with Alfred Brendel on piano (13-LP box set, Philips 6768 004), Piano Works 1822-1828 by Schubert with Alfred Brendel on piano (8-LP box set, Philips 6747 175), The Four Seasons / L'Estro Armonico / La Stravaganza / La Cetra / Concerti for Wind and Strings by Vivaldi with The Academy of St Martin-in-the-Fields (10-LP box set, Argo D101D) and others. (Qty: 3 cartons)

19th Century watercolour, man in an interior playing a lute, unsigned, gilt framed, 5.5ins x 4ins, together with a 20th Century watercolour, sailing boats, gilt framed, unsigned, 8ins x 6ins and a small engraving, Marseille

19th Century dark patinated bronzed figure of a woman playing a lute on a naturalistic base, 21ins high

17th Century Roman School/Young Man Playing a Lute by Candlelight/oil on canvas, 71cm x 62cm/Provenance: The Arcade Gallery, London 1965; K R Bernard-Smith Collection, New South Wales, Australia/see illustration CONDITION REPORT: Relined. There are no obvious signs of restoration under UV light, but with naked eye would appear to be some restoration to the background on the left and the left side of the face. Otherwise it is in good condition. The stretcher appears to be 18th/19th century, ebonised and gilt frame 16th/17th century with restoration.

Rotary dialer decorated porcelain device, depicting a musician.An antique upright black metal produced ca. 1918 for Rikstelefon, the telephone network for Televerket, the Swedish agency responsible for telecommunications starting in 1853. The word Rikstelefonen means that the telephone could connect between cities (i.e. long-distance). On the rotary dialer is a hand decorated porcelain device, depicting a musician playing a lute for a young maiden holding a bouquet of flowers. It is signed Fragonard, after Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806), French Rococo artist and printmaker who produced more than 550 paintings distinguished by their exuberance and hedonism. Original black Bakelite and chrome receiver. On each side is the manufacturer stamp gilt stenciled RIKSTELEFONEN alternating with lion shields. The Rikstelefon network was supplied with telephones produced by Ericsson. Issued: c. 1918 Dimensions: 9"H Country of Origin: Sweden Condition: Fraying to original cord. Age related wear. Untested

Oriental Soapstone style Tray with Floral decoration and set with five Mother of Pearl images, four of them Birds, the central one a Lute or Mandolin playing Figure with seal type mark to reverse, measures approx 24.5 x 16cm at the widest points

A continental silver model of an Ice-cream bike, silver book marks, silver model swords, silver mouse, silver boot, a small white metal lute, gross weight of set (excluding lute) 118g

A pair of German Ernst Bohne Sohne figures in traditional dress; the lady with lute and the gentleman with a flute, both on raised circular bases, stamped EBS and pattern number 519 together with a German Parian ware wall plaque decorated with lovers in high relief in 18th Century dress piqued in gilt, the reverse incised 36 (3)

A German porcelain candlestick, converted to a lamp, the stem with children, one playing a lute above bocage base, stamped 757 on base and blue cross mark

An 18th Century hand-painted and ivory fan, the sticks and guards pierced and gilded, the hand-painted leaf depicting figures in the grounds of an estate or palace, with a seated lady holding a lute, the border with gilt scrolls, painter verso with a simple, idyllic rural scene, remnants of feathered edge present, L. 27 cm

After Lemo, two bronze and ivory figures of a boy playing a lute and a boy in sallopettes tallest 19cm

A Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Musician, circa 1755, standing wearing loose robes holding a lute and a hand bell, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, 15cm high; A Similar Figure with a Guitar, 13.5cm high; and A Similar Figure of a Girl as Autumn, 14cm high (3)

A Meissen Porcelain Figure of Harlequin, 20th century, wearing a feathered cap and mask, standing on one leg playing a lute, on a mound base, crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, 15.5cm high. Very minor surface wear. 280519

A complete collection of Royal Doulton musicians figures: Collection comprising Cello HN2331 (bow missing), Virginals HN2427, Lute HN2431, Violin HN2432, Harp HN2482, Flute HN2483, Cymbals HN2699, Chittarone HN2700, Dulcimer HN2798, Hurdy Gurdy HN2796, French Horn HN2795 and Viola D'Amor HN2797, all with bases & boxed with certificates. (12)

A pair of 19th century porcelain allegorical figures, red anchor mark to base, 13.5 and 14 cm high to/w a seated figure playing bagpipes, 14.5 cm high; gentleman with lute, 16 cm high and a Berlin KPM porcelain figure of a young child holding a bottle and wine glass, 8.5 cm high (5)All figures a/f - restored/repaired

A pair of continental bisque porcelain figures of a lady and gentleman, she holding cotton, he playing lute, each on naturalistic floral lined bases, predominately in pink, blue and red with gilt highlights, unmarked, 40cm H. (2)

Early 20th Century Meinel And Herold Bowl Backed Lute Comprising carved bridge with fretted soundhole inlay, carved scroll headstock and makers label to neck. Length, 38 inches, some dings to body and neck.

A Derby porcelain figure of a musician, circa 1760-1765, playing a lute, a sheep at her side, on an openwork scroll base, impressed marks, 18.5cm high.

FIVE CONTINENTAL PORCELAIN FIGURINES including a standing female lute-player, believed by Rudolsladt, together with another figurine of a female scholar, believed Meissen, Approx 21.5cms highPlease note: possible professional restoration on each piece one figure has finger damage. 

Attributed to Giovanni Battista Lenardi (17th/18th century) - Figures in a classical garden, a lady holding a mandolin or lute in the foreground with trees and mountains beyond, inscribed by a later hand verso with the name Johe Baptista Lenardi, also bearing a fragment of the original canvas pinned to the new stretcher and a further old inscription on a label attached to the frame, oil on canvas, 20" x 25.5" - **Provenance purchased by Captain Price 57 years old £40 on Monday November 20th 1848, said to have been purchased out of an Irish castle near Dublin

A Mid to Third Quarter 18th Century White Mother-of-Pearl and Tortoiseshell Fan, French, the heavy mother-of-pearl guards carved and gilded, the upper sections with a figure and trophies of love, the gorge sticks in pairs, the mother-of-pearl alternating with thin tortoiseshell. The gorge is elaborately gilded in different shades of gold, and carved with figures and flowers, urns and musical instruments. The double paper leaf depicts a countryside gathering, two young men vying for the attentions of shepherdesses with their flocks, a young boy to the side gathering berries. The verso, painted more simply, shows a lute player. Guard length 10.5 inches or 27cm. Provenance: the Lucien Duchet collection. Bears the tiny number which is rubbed but may be 52. In good order, the gilding shiny, the leaf colourful.

Creation LG: A Contemporary and Unique Fan, by the Master Fan Maker, and award winning Sylvain le Guen, signed and dated 2006. The wooden monture is mounted with turquoise organdie, the upper guard and leaf panels in the shape of a long lute. Shaped head. Each panel is in relief both to the recto and verso. Guard length 11 inches or 28cm. Very good, clean, nothing to note.

A PAIR OF SILVER INSTRUMENTS consisting of a lute and a violin on wooden bases, 8.5cm and 10.5cm high.

MAURICE VINCENT, ONGAR. 1967 A SEVENTEEN STRING LUTE

A Renaissance eight course lute, mid-20th century, signed with initials AM below the neck, with strung maple bowl back, ebony fretboard with thirteen frets, spruce top with ebony edge stringing and pierced fretwork to the soundhole, 32½in. (82.5cm.) long overall, with case. *Condition: Dent to spruce top just below and to right of sound hole. Small scratch to right edge of top and three tiny nicks below bridge. Several small, light scratches to back. Two tiny dings to surface of wood to head. Requires restringing. Case poor with rust to metal parts and some rexine covering loose or lifting.