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A Small Late 19th Century French Novelty `Swinging Cherub` Alabaster Clock. The enamel chapter ring enclosing the skeletonised visible movement. The cylindrical alabaster case surmounted by gilt brass lute & horns with foliage. The shaped supports rising above an angled plinth with a gilt border and short knop feet. 12 ins (30 cms) in height, 7 ins x 2½ ins (18 cms x 6.5 cms).
After Jean Antoine Watteau - Fête Champêtre Scene with Woman wearing 18th Century Costume seated by a Stone Column, a Male Musician nearby playing a Lute, and Lady seated at a Fountain by a Child and Gallant, a pair of late 19th/early 20th Century colour prints, both within rococo revival gilt composition frames.
A late 18th/early 19th century French fan, gouache painted on skin, depicting a couple playing a lute in a woodland scene with a flower girl, flanked by floral and scroll border, on mother of pearl sticks with gilt inlay, together with an 18th/19th century possibly Anglo-Chinese ivory fan, painted in a slightly provisional manner with possibly Dutch figures, gilt embossed detail, and a number of ivory, wooden and other fans, (a lot).
A 20th century silk embroidered floral panel in verre eglomise frame, together with a small wool tapestry depicting two children dancing to a lady playing a lute, two other framed pieces, a small piece of cream silk wrapped in paper with writing stating `a piece of bridal dress of Queen Victoria`, a handkerchief with a small crowed V monogram to corner, (6).
A Group of Seven Meissen Monkey Band Musicians, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising those playing oboe, French horn, hurdy-gurdy, spinet, triangle and lute, and one other holding an open music book, decorated in typical enamel colours, on rococo scroll edged shaped bases, each with crossed swords mark in underglaze blue, with various incised and pressnummers, the tallest monkey 15cm
De Negen-Zang Godinnen engraving depicting a consort with harp, lute, viol and other instruments, Amsterdam, A. Olofsen; a small engraving of a lady harpist and two admirers, in contemporary brass frame; a mezzotint portrait after Reynolds of Miss Fordyce playing the English guitar, John Bowles, [c.1750]; The Patent Dital-Harp, aquatint by J. Minasi and Stadler after Burney depicting a young woman playing the instrument, 1819; Music for the Million no.4: A Grand Instrument a Little Out of Tune, humorous lithograph coloured by hand depicting a woman and piano-tuner beside a badly damaged instrument, Dean & Co., [c.1830], all framed and glazed, and seven other prints depicting musicians, all but three framed, various sizes(11)
Chivers Binding.- Manning (Anne) 1906 colour plates, contemporary brown morocco by Cedric Chivers of Bath, upper cover with inlaid original watercolour of a 16th century lady playing a lute, within gilt stylised floral border, spine with similar floral decoration, preserved within a later cloth drop-back box, frayed, a fine example, 8vo, 1906.
A GENTLEMAN`S GEORGE II GOLD PAIR CASED VERGE POCKET WATCH, the outer case chased with a nude seated beneath a tree holding a lute and with woodland animals nearby, the white enamel dial with black Arabic and Roman numerals, the verge movement by Sam Atkins, London, numbered 1134, with turned pillars, and pierced and engraved balance cock with diamond end stone, London c.1746, with original dust cover, the case with engraved border
A pair of French silver double trumpet posy vases, the c & s scroll pierced handle uniting the two trumpet shaped posy vases with with pierced c & s scrolled edges above embossed courting couples, with a centrally seated winged cherub playing a lute, raised upon pierced rosette c scrolled supports, stamped H with crown above, sponsors mark for Edwin Thompson Bryant, English Import marks for London 1897, approximate gross weight 40.43 oz, (2).
A mid 19th Century mantel clock of Louis XVI design, the ormolu case with basket of flowers finial and surround of acanthus and C scrolls, the base set a porcelain panel painted a man playing the lute to a lady in a landscape, the silvered dial with Roman numerals and fitted an eight-day movement striking the hours and half hours on a bell, 40.5cm (16") high, see illustration
Black Japanned Table Cabinet With Late 17th Century Crewelwork Panels To The Interior. The cabinet comprises of a hinged cover with two front opening doors enclosing two drawers and a lift out tray, with crewelwork panels to the doors and drawer fronts. Each door has an embroidery panel of a lady in 17th Century style dress with a tree in the background, one is playing the lute and the other holds some paper (possibly a sheet of music). The top drawer embroidery depicts a hunter seated with his dogs playing a musical instrument and a fisherman catching a fish from his boat, the remaining two drawers have foliate designs using bullion thread. 36cms by 28cms by 22cms,
A Meissen porcelain figure group of child musicians modelled with central conductor, seated female lute and harp players, a seated lad playing the flute and a standing tambourine player with dog at foot, set on a rocky mound and fluted circular base in white, gold and some sparse colour, 18.5 cm high, under glaze blue crossed swords, press number 74 and incised B.24, base chipped.
Sir Joseph Noël Paton - Knight on Horseback accompanied by a Maiden playing a Lute, sepia pen and ink, indistinctly inscribed and dated `Sept 11./78`, approx 15.5cm x 19cm, within an inscribed mount and gilt frame. Provenance: Rupert Toovey & Co Sale of the Noël-Paton Collection, 10th October 2001.
HENRY VIII: (1491-1547) King of England 1509-47. Very fine D.S., Henry R, as King, at the head, one page, oblong 4to vellum (one membrane), Westminster, 14th December 1533. The manuscript document is addressed to Lord Windsor, Keeper of the Wardrobe, and is a warrant to provide livery for six of the King`s sackbut players, named as Mark Anthony, Peregrine Symon, Nicholas Shakbote, Lewes Vincle, Nicholas Andrewe and Anthony Symon, stating that each of the `shakbotes` is allowed `fowertene yards of chamlet for a gowne price evry yarde iii s iiii d It[em] to evry of them a furre of blak bogy [lamb`s skin] for every of their gownes price every furre four pownde It[em] to every of them eight yards of Damaske for a Jaquet price every yarde viii s....thre yards of velvet for a dublet.` With blind embossed paper impression of the Royal signet seal at the foot. Rare. One small hole in the left margin, not affecting the text or signature, in otherwise remarkably clean and crisp condition. VG. Henry VIII was a renaissance man and his court was a centre of artistic and scholarly innovation and glamorous excess. The King was an accomplished musician and competent performer on the lute and harpsichord who maintained a considerable musical establishment including as many as ten sackbuts, a similar instrument to the modern trombone.

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