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A SET OF SIX 19TH CENTURY FRENCH IVORY FIGURES MOULDED AS MUSICIANS, standing atop stained wooden coopered effect barrels, comprising a conductor, a bagpipe player, an accordion player, a cymbal player, a lute or mandolin player and a Clarinetist, approximate heights 15.5cm and 15cm, a.f. (6) (condition: Condition as described in catalogue, one broken figure, figures stained)
A MINTON ARTS AND CRAFTS EARTHENWARE PLAQUE, 1876, of plain shallow dished circular form painted in polychrome enamels by C.L. Florris-Broughton with the head and shoulders portrait of a Pre-Raphaelite maiden wearing pearls in her braided hair, high collar and turquoise dress, holding a lute and overlooking a blossoming bough, signed and dated 1881, impressed marks, 19 1/4" diameter (Est. plus 21% premium inc. VAT) (Illustrated)
JOHN CALCOTT HORSLEY RA (BRITISH 1817 - 1903), MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS IN CAPTIVITY oil on canvas, signed 137cm x 190cm (54 x 75 inches) Framed Exhibited: London, Royal Academy, 1871, no. 193; Edinburgh, Royal Scottish Academy, 1876, no. 321; London, Royal Academy, Works by Recently Deceased Members of the Academy, 1904, no. 132; Edinburgh, Scottish National Portrait Gallery and Mappin Gallery, Sheffield The Queen's Image; A Celebration of Mary Queen of Scots, 1987 Literature: Helen Smailes and Duncan Thomson, The Queen's Image; A Celebration of Mary Queen of Scots, 1987 Provenance: William H. Smith, M.P., London by 1876; Hon. W. F. D. Smith by 1904 ; Private collection. Sotheby's Scottish & Sporting Pictures 29 August 2007 lot 2 sold £45,600 (premium) Private collection Edinburgh. Note When the painting was first exhibited at the Royal Academy in London in 1871, the following words accompanied it: "Mary, at twenty-six years of age, was consigned to the charge of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury, and remained captive in their custody for nearly sixteen years. There was little love lost between the Countess and her loyal prisoner. The former, familiarly known as Bess of Hardwick, was a woman of strong character and imperious disposition." Mary is dressed in black at a mullioned window of her bedchamber where she has been held captive for many years. She is feeding doves that have flown to the open window from the world outside that she cannot return to. The contrast of their freedom and her captivity is made more pathetic by the entry into the scene of the cruel-faced Bess of Hardwick who clutches the warrant for Mary's execution which will finally release her from her captivity. Her young page who has been holding a plate of bread from which she feeds the birds, hangs his head in grief and her hand-maidens are startled by Bess and the Earl of Shrewsbury's approach.The little dog at her feet and the religious triptych add to the symbolism, denoting fidelity and piety whilst the abandoned lute suggests the silence of lost romance.
19th-8th century BC. A group of five ceramic plaques comprising of: a rectangular plaque with a standing 'bull-man' holding a long staff; a repaired plaque with a dancing(?) lute player; a small figurine of a standing nude female with short hair and clasped hands; a larger plaque with a standing nude female(?) with large almond-shaped eyes, covering breasts with hands; a high relief figure of a female with emphasised thighs, clasped hands supporting breasts. 366 grams total, 6.2-14.3cm (2 1/2 - 5 1/2"). From a German collection; acquired on the German art market before 1990.[5, No Reserve] Fair condition.
Bloor Derby Pair of Musician Figures, the lady, perching on a tree trunk, with a sheep standing close to her right, is shown playing a lute; well dressed, a swathe of cloth from her turban style hat is billowing in the breeze; the gentleman, similarly perched, accompanied by a seated pet dog, is playing bagpipes; both elaborately dressed, shown in white with allover gilt decoration, with flesh tones and contrasting black shoes and hat, each set on a typically shaped rococo Derby base; 5 and 5.5 inches high; partial red circle Bloor, Derby mark to underside of male; c1835 ( restoration to lute, arms and sheep, his hand and tip of hat) NB A pair showing the same couple, made in Staffordshire, is lot 587
Bloor Derby Pair of Musician Figures, the lady, perching on a tree trunk, with a sheep standing close to her right, is shown playing a lute; well dressed, a swathe of cloth from her turban style hat is billowing in the breeze; the gentleman, similarly perched, accompanied by a seated pet dog, is playing bagpipes; both elaborately dressed, shown in white with allover gilt decoration, with flesh tones and contrasting black shoes and hat, each set on a typically shaped rococo Derby base; 5 and 5.5 inches high; partial red circle Bloor, Derby mark to underside of male; c1835 ( restoration to lute, arms and sheep, his hand and tip of hat) NB A pair showing the same couple, made in Staffordshire, is lot 587
Staffordshire Pair of Musician Figures, each wearing detailed clothes in gilt on white and seated on a tree trunk, the lady playing a lute, the gentleman, the bagpipes; the lady's headgear has a veil billowing in the breeze, the gentleman's is in a Scottish style; each set on a grassy mound with a rococo scrolled base; 6 inches high (restoration to man's right hand and chanter)
Conta & Boehme and Sitzendorf Candle Holders etc. comprising a C & B double candlestick with a boy and girl playing amongst the 'tree trunks', a C & B single female figure stick (lacking sconce), a Sitzendorf double stick with a girl playing a lute, a further double with a boy, plus a small swan sleigh surmounted by a small cherub (5)
Bloor Derby Pair of Musician Figures, the lady, perching on a tree trunk, with a sheep standing close to her right, is shown playing a lute; well dressed, a swathe of cloth from her turban style hat is billowing in the breeze; the gentleman, similarly perched, accompanied by a seated pet dog, is playing bagpipes; both elaborately dressed, shown in white with allover gilt decoration, with flesh tones and contrasting black shoes and hat, each set on a typically shaped rococo Derby base; 5 and 5.5 inches high; partial red circle Bloor, Derby mark to underside of male; c1835 ( restoration to lute, arms and sheep, his hand and tip of hat) NB A pair showing the same couple, made in Staffordshire, is lot 587
Bloor Derby Pair of Musician Figures, the lady, perching on a tree trunk, with a sheep standing close to her right, is shown playing a lute; well dressed, a swathe of cloth from her turban style hat is billowing in the breeze; the gentleman, similarly perched, accompanied by a seated pet dog, is playing bagpipes; both elaborately dressed, shown in white with allover gilt decoration, with flesh tones and contrasting black shoes and hat, each set on a typically shaped rococo Derby base; 5 and 5.5 inches high; partial red circle Bloor, Derby mark to underside of male; c1835 ( restoration to lute, arms and sheep, his hand and tip of hat) NB A pair showing the same couple, made in Staffordshire, is lot 587
Ashton (John). Real Sailor-Songs Collected and Edited by John Ashton, Leadenhall Press, 1891, title printed in red and black with decorative device, numerous black & white illustrations, decorative initials, head and tail-pieces, edges rough trimmed, original half vellum printed boards, some slight dust-soiling, light rubbing to extremities, folio, together with Rollins (Hyder Edward), The Pepys Ballads, 7 volumes, Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1929, a few black and white plates and illustrations, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, original cloth-backed marbled boards, slightly faded to spines, 8vo, with Child (Francis James, edited), The English and Scottish Popular Ballads, 10 volumes, Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Cambridge: The Riverside Press, 1882-1894, interleaved with blanks some with manuscript notes, occasional dampstaining to margins, bookplate of Milton Waldman, top edge gilt, remainder untrimmed, contemporary half morocco gilt, slightly rubbed, 4to (limited edition 579/1000), and Auden (W.H. & Kallman, Chester, editors), An Elizabethan Songbook, Lute Songs, Madrigals and Rounds, 1st edition, Faber & Faber, 1957, decorative vignette to title, musical notation throughout, occasional black and white illustrations, original cloth in somewhat worn dust jacket, 4to, and Karpeles (Maud, editor), Cecil Sharp's Collection of English Folk Songs, 2 volumes, 1st edition, Oxford University Press, 1974, musical notation and verse throughout, original green cloth gilt, contained in original slipcase, 8vo, and Humphreys (Arthur L.), The Berkshire Book of Song, Rhyme & Steeple Chime, Methuen and Company, 1935, edges rough trimmed, original cloth-backed boards, printed paper label to spine, slightly rubbed, contained in original slipcase, 8vo, plus others similar mostly relating to British and American folk songs and traditional tunes, etc. (38)
Incline Press. The Deserted Village by Oliver Goldsmith, 1993, title designed by Peter S. Carter, untrimmed, original cloth with printed spine label, 8vo, limited edition of 160 copies, this being one of 50 copies signed by Peter S. Carter, together with Montgomery (Madame G. de), Le Jardine de l'Amour, avec six illustrations de G.F. Watts, Paris, Pierre Lafitte, 1910, six half-tone plates, printed by Charles Whittingham, original vellum-backed boards with paper label to upper cover, some marks and discolouration, plus Stein (Gertrude), Narration, Four Lectures by Gertrude Stein, with an introduction by Thornton Wilder, University of Chicago Press, 1969, original printed boards with matching slipcase (rubbed and discoloured to spine), and other illustrated and Private Press items, including Curwen Press, Chekhov Theatre Studio, Dartington Hall, circa 1935, 2 Medici Society booklets (The Quest of Cynthia, by Michael Drayton & Alfred de Musset, Poesies), Shakespeare Head Press (The Ballad of Agincourt and the Ode to the Virginian Voyage by Michael Drayton & Sonnets from the Portuguese by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, 1926/1933 respectively), The Lute of Love, decorated by C. Lovat Fraser, Selwyn & Blount, circa 1920, etc., mostly 8vo (13)
Fine mid-19th century German, probably Berlin, painted porcelain pipe with gilt edged frieze decoration of a siren sat upon the rocks, playing a lute, lost souls in a boat, 15cm high, in leather-trimmed case CONDITION REPORT Good condition, faint underglaze blue mark to terminal - possibly Berlin sceptre mark
A pair of Meissen porcelain figures of a Spanish flamenco dancer and lute player, the dancer in standing pose, the lute player seated upon a baroque pedestal, both glazed in bright enamels, underglaze blue crossed sword mark verso, No.67077 and 67076, dancer h.27cm, lute player h.19.5cm Condition Report / Extra Information No apparent faults.
Ladies' accessories - a Continental silver lute shaped scent bottle c 1885, London import marks; a silver circular pill box, Birmingham 1900; an early 20th Century lady's accessories case, crimson velvet and silk, contents to include silver handled shoe horn, nail and thread scissors, button hook, needles and needle case; a souvenir of London gilt metal coin case; a silver handled shoe button hook; a cloissone matchbox cover; a champagne tap etc
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