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Lot 19
DYLAN THOMAS two limited edition volumes being (1) 'Letter to Loren', Swansea Salubrious Press,1993, edited from an original manuscript by Jeff Towns, one of 200 numbered copies, marked editor's copy and signed (2) 'Twelve More Letters' published by Turret Books 1969, imited to 175 copiesProvenance: private collection Swansea
Lot 678
* Quilt. A large floral Welsh quilt, mid-late 19th century, chintz quilt of pink, yellow, and green floral motifs, on a ground of alternating cream and light brown stripes, with large (earlier, circa 1800?) central appliqué panel depicting a flower urn surrounded by exotic birds and butterflies, 53 x 55.5 cm (21 x 22 ins), backed with cream cotton, and with hand-sewn butted hems, quilted overall in pale thread forming various patterns, including helix, flowers, leaves, spirals, lattice, trefoils, etc., generally toned, reverse with scattered foxing, with recent manuscript label attached "Belonged to RGB's grandmother, who died in the 1920s ... ", 244.5 x 231 cm (96.25 x 91 ins) QTY: (1)
Lot 468
* Ancient Egypt. An old tobacco box containing pieces of an ancient Egyptian mummy case, including one polychrome painted piece with hieroglyphics, 7 x 5 cm, a piece of wood from a tomb plus a cotton tape form a stopper of a flagon, an old manuscript card accompanies the lot listing these items, together with a small Egyptian pottery figure modelled a kneeling by a hollow vessel, 8 cm high QTY: (5)NOTE:Provenance: Private collection, Germany.
Lot 621
* Bedcover. An embroidered marriage bedcover belonging to Elisabeth Clara Morier, circa 1768-1778, cream silk bedcover, very finely hand-worked in polychrome silk threads, with floral and foliate monogram of Elisabeth Clara Morier in the centre of a laurel wreath tied with a blue ribbon bow, within a circular border of lattice scrolls interlaced with flower garlands, top of border with a cluster of grapes, strawberries and a pear, with a dragonfly, and bottom of border with a flower posy, on a ground of scattered flower sprigs and sprays, wide border of interwoven flower garlands, with pink or blue bow-tied posies at intervals, including roses, heartsease, bluebells, lilies, sweetpeas, auriculas, carnations, and morning glory, with fruit, butterflies, and other insects at corners, narrow outer scrolling floral border, lightly toned and spotted overall, support just beginning to perish in places at folds and edges, backed with cream cotton, paper label stitched to one corner of verso with manuscript note in a late 19th century hand: 'Quilt worked by Mrs. David Van Lennep & presented to her daughter Elisabeth Clara (b. 1760) on her wedding (February 1778 at Smyrna) to Isaac Morier, British Consul at Constantinople. This quilt took ten years to work.', 150 x 150 cm (59 x 59 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Made by Anna Maria van Lennep née Leidstar (1737-1802); presented to her daughter Elisabeth Clara van Lennep (1760-1834) on her wedding day in 1778 to Isaac Morier (1750-1817), British Consul-General of the Levant Company in Constantinople; passed to their eldest daughter Frances Horatia Morier (1815-1906) who married Edward Harbottle Grimston (1812-1881) in 1842; passed to their son Walter Edward Grimston (1844-1932) who married Emily Pryor in 1872; passed to their daughter Mary Noel Grimston (1881-1937) who married Henry Hamilton Gepp (abt 1876-1945) in 1905; passed to their eldest child Miriam Gepp (1906-1996) who married Lionel William Harrison in 1929; passed to their daughter Helen Harrison who married David Matcham in 1958; passed to their daughter, the current owner.An exquisite example of 18th century needlework, with a most remarkable history: made by a mother for her daughter, it has descended through the generations of one family, right down to the present day.Anna Maria Leidstar married David George van Lennep (1712-1797) in 1758. A fine family portrait of the couple with some of their thirteen children, attributed to Antoine de Favray, is held by the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The Museum dates the oil painting to around 1769-1771. When it was painted, therefore, the bedcover had not long been begun by Anna Maria, and the marriage of her oldest surviving daughter perhaps only a hopeful anticipation for the future. The picture shows Elisabeth Clara as a beautiful young girl, standing to the right of her parents. She wears Turkish clothes consisting of an apricot-coloured silk and fur coat over a matching gown, with a large belt around her waist, pearls at her throat, and flowers and feathers in her turbanesque headdress, her long dark hair in a single plait. She holds a drawing pen in her right hand, and gazes out at the viewer knowingly. She perhaps had good cause to look sure of herself: her father was an affluent Dutch banker and merchant, dealing in fine cloth, as well as a variety of other goods, such as sugar, coffee, fruit, herbs, porcelain and glass; and her mother had ensured the education of her daughters, as well as of her sons.Isaac Morier met Elisabeth Clara whilst working for his future father-in-law. In 1804, he was appointed the first Consul-General of the Levant Company at Constantinople, and on the dissolution of the company in 1806, he became his Britannic Majesty's Consul. He also became an agent of the East India Company, and held both positions until his death from the plague in Constantinople in 1817.
Lot 421
* Delft. An 18th century Bristol delft plate circa 1760, shaped edge and decorated with a figure by a pagoda, within a polychrome border, painted in yellow, manganese and blue, on a greyish blue ground with bianco sopra bianco floral scroll border, a couple of chips and old hairline to the base, 22.5 cm diameter, together with a 17th century Dutch faience-teller pottery dish, polychrome decorated with an exotic bird perched a flower, within foliate border on a white ground, a manuscript label to the underneath inscribed 'Blane Marke' and with blue number '7' mark, fritting around the edge, 22 cm diameter QTY: (2)
Lot 471
* Pre-Columbian. A small collection of pre-columbian terracotta pots, including an ovoid pot with a rope twist moulded decoration and incised decoration, the remains of a manuscript label on the base, 8 cm high x 9 cm across, another example with two handles and professionally restored QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Private collection, Germany.
Lot 465
* Ancient Egypt. A small collection of Egyptian faience shabti, including a turquoise example with old manuscript label inscribed 'Cairo Museum 2400 years old', 9.5 cm high, two smaller turquoise shabti 7.5 and 5 cm and three broken shabti sections plus a cigar box of faience fragmentsQTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Private collection, Germany.
Lot 620
* Beadwork pelmet. A beaded pelmet, London: Reville & Rossiter Ltd., circa 1900, pelmet of polychrome beadwork, depicting flowers and birds within a floral border, lower edge with scalloped bead border (occasional minor loss of stitching and beads, 2 cm length with a scallop missing and a stitched repair), top edge bound with ribbon, stitch mounted on a fine linen backing, with Reville & Rossiter's printed and manuscript paper label, 18 x 185.5 cm (7 x 73 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:A striking beadwork pelmet in very good condition, designed and made by London couture house Reville & Rossiter. Founded in 1906, the firm became court dressmakers to Queen Mary, gaining the royal warrant in 1910, and designing the Queen's heavily beaded coronation robe in 1911 (Royal Collection Trust RCIN 75030). The royal warrant guaranteed patronage from the leading members of London society, although it didn't prevent the firm's eventual decline in the 1920s, and merger by the late 1930s.
Lot 525
* Silver Tea Caddy Set. A composed 18th century silver tea caddy set, comprising two canisters, one with hallmarks for James Barratt, London 1805, the other for John Farnell, London 1718, plus a mixing bowl and cover, unidentified makers mark, London 1746, all of plain form, contained in a later mahogany and rosewood crossbanded box with silver carrying handle, 16 cm high x 30 cm wide x 15 cm deep, the combined weight of the silver 822g QTY: (1)NOTE:An original manuscript receipt is included with the lot dated 28 September 1805, which notes a new canister and repair on the old one.
Lot 657
* Lace. A collection of lace and other items, 19th-20th century, hand and machine-made lace and a few other items, including handkerchiefs, lappets, cuffs, collars, etc., e.g. a hand-worked broderie anglais bonnet with manuscript name 'E. Griffin', a fine silk handkerchief with deep border of Bedfordshire lace, a child's lace bodice front and matching sleeves, a hand-worked broderie anglais handkerchief with manuscript name 'M. Cummings', a pair of Edwardian children's gaiters, 11 matching small collars of white bobbin lace, several knitted parasol covers, a large stole, and a small veil, various sizes and conditionQTY: (a carton)
Lot 537
* Duke of Wellington. A collection of miniature portraits, including a Victorian silhouette of the duke facing right, period maple frame, glazed, frame size 19 x 18 cm, two further silhouettes each with manuscript caption 'Wellington', ebonised frames glazed, porcelain and transfer printed examples, a handpainted porcelain miniature of the duke in later life, oval ebonised frame and others including one of King Charles I, handpainted and signed 'Mary', inscribed to verso 'Roi Charles I de Muotgue Anglais peiatre Andre M'ary', ebonised frame, frame size 13.5 x 11.5 cmQTY: (20)NOTES: The miniature of the Army Officer is a print and not an original.
Lot 260
FELLOWES W. D. A Visit to the Monastery of La Trappe in 1871 with Notes Taken During a Tour. The 15 plates & illus. as called for with plate at p83 being a substitute on smaller paper plus extra illustrated with eight very attractive duplicated hand col. aquatint plates bound beside the monochrome versions of the same. Pages 49 to 64 are provided in a neat old manuscript hand. Calf. 1819.
Lot 105
Scottish Borders - Documents & Ephemera. A folder of various items incl. documents relative to the relief of the debts of John Riccleton, Minister of Hobkirk, 1770's, Specification for a Cattle Shed shade at Newton, prntd. & manuscript items ref. Robson Scott of Newton, cash accounts & other items.
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