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AN ADDRESS FROM THE GENTRY OF NORFOLK AND NORWICH TO GENERAL MONCK IN 1660 - Facsimilie of a manuscript in the Norwich Public Library. Introduction by Hamon Le Strange and biographical notes by Walter Rye. Norwich, Jarrold and Sons, 1913. Cloth binding tith black stamped title and shield motif to upper cover. Some fold out pages and tipped in plates (incomplete). 350 copies produced and only 100 numbered copies. This copy number 58/100 and inscribed by Le Strange. Named to front, Anthony Hammond, thought to be his copy with pencil annotations throughout.

MATTHEW HOLBECHE BLOXAM: FRAGMENTA SEPULCHRALIA - A GLIMPSE OF THE SEPULCHRAL AND EARLY MONUMENTAL REMAINS OF GREAT BRITAIN, believed to be self-printed for the author at Oxford University Press, c1840-1850. Title page provided in manuscript by author, stated to be 'An unpublished fragment'. Half calf with marbled boards and endpapers, ex libris.

A Liverpool Shipping Trade account book from 1765-1772, possibly owned by Thomas Case, the forty-seven leaf vellum bound manuscript contains information relating to slave ships the 'Nancy' and 'Glory', trade vessels 'Adventure' and 'Venus' with details of their journeys to Africa, Jamaica, Barbados, Windward Islands and St. Vincent, the documents show the goods carried on these journeys, with names of the shipowners and values of the cargo. A rare insight into the administration of the shipping trade, showing some of the day-to-day expenses.Condition Report: - The pages are loose in the binding, the spine is torn and deteriorated, outer binding is worn and grubby, most of the handwritten pages available are clear, not all pages are present and not in correct order, wear is as would be expected with a well-used document of this age. There are 83 pages of writing, please see the typed description additional leaf describing some points of note. Some pages with holes and some repaired and some missing

Vintage Full Leather Classics, Gilded, Franklin Library Collectors Edition Books from the 100 Greatest Books of All Times. These Vintage Limited Edition Books have been printed to the highest of standards. Full Leather Bound, Hubbed Spines, 22k Gold Accents, 22K Gold Gilded Edges, Silk Moire End Papers, and Sewn-In Silk Ribbon Bookmarks. Smyth Sewn Bindings with Hidden Muslin Joints accentuate the Fine Bindings. Condition: Like New, Very Fine to Excellent. Vintage, See Title, Author and Year Listed. - Title: The Histories of Pantagruel. Author: Francois Rabelais. Illus. by Walter Brooks. Year: 1978. Limited Edition. Franklin Center, PA. Pages: 772. Excellent. Title: The Confessions of Saint Augustine. Author: Edward B. Pusey. George Braziller, Inc. of New York - Illustrations in this edition were reproduced from photographs by George Braziller of this original manuscript owned by the National Library, Florence. Franklin Center, PA. Year: 1976. Pages: 395. Excellent. Title: Charles Dickens Great Expectations. Author: Woodcuts by David Frampton. Limited Edition. Franklin Center, PA. Year: 1982. Pages: 475. Excellent. Title: Essays. Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson. First and Second Series. Limited Edition. Franklin Center, PA. Year: 1981. Pages: 400. Size: 7"L x 9.25"H. Excellent Artist: The Franklin LibraryIssued: In DescDimensions: In DescManufacturer: The Franklin LibraryCountry of Origin: Franklin Center, PA. USACondition: Excellent

Chess. Di Felice (Gino), Chess Results, 1747-1980, fifteen volumes, first editions, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2004-14, some loosely-inserted manuscript annotations, the first volume in original publisher's cloth over boards as issued, the others in publisher's pictorial wrappers, 4to; idem., Chess Periodicals: An Annotated International Bibliography, 1836-2008, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2010, original wrappers, 4to, (16)

A set of five Japanese figural textile and card appliqués, Meiji period, 19th c, worked in mixed fabrics and picked out in polychrome, contemporary paper wrappers inscribed in English manuscript: Daimio (sic; daimyo)/ Nobleman, Lady, Samurai/two sworded man, Tradesman,and Fisherman, some wrappers inscribed with the name Piper, 29cm h, (5) Well preserved examples in good condition; their colouring strong, the materials and backing fresh; one or two just affected by an occasional foxed spot. Their contemporary wrappings somewhat worn.

Anthony Vandyke Copely Fielding (1787-1855) - Landscape with Figures, attributed mount, later 19th c manuscript label to verso, watercolour, 21.5 x 32cm Apparently good condition, unexamined out of the wash-line mount and gilt frame

Books. Van Straubenzee (Margaret E.), Random Memories, s.l., n.d. [1956?], unpublished typescript manuscript, 249ff, illustrated with copies of earlier photographs, loosely-inserted ephemera, bound in mid-20th c morocco over boards, 4to; published Van Straubenzee family genealogy; a Victorian Mauchline ware rounded rectangular photograph album, the upper-cover transfer-printed with named-views, enclosing approx. 20 contemporary carte de visites, 4to; hardback and other antique and art history reference; general stock; etc

19th century Swiss cylinder music box, playing four airs, in rosewood and scumbled case with inlaid floral panel and stringing, with manuscript tune card 'Etouffoirs en acier soit a spiraux', L43cm

A 19th century Mughal manuscript depicting a tiger hunt, gouache on paper, 30.5x20cm

18th Century Manuscript Map, Co. Louth Manuscript Map, Irish, [Co. Louth] Byrne (Michael)cart. A Map of Castlering Demesne in Parish and County Louth, containing 38a.1r .27P Plantation Measure, surveyed in May 1775, m/ss, hand coloured decorative naïve cartouche, approx. 48cms x 19cms (19" x 7 1/2"), as a map, w.a.f. (1)

Very Important Volume Relating to Dundalk Roden - Co. Louth:  Bricoe and M'Neill, Solicitors, Statement of Title of The Rt. Hon. Robert Earl of Roden to The Manor, Town and Lands of Dundalk, and other lands in the County of Louth, in Ireland,  With the Opinion of The Rt. Hon. Thomas Lefroy thereon. Folio Dublin no date c. 1840. With 11 foolscap manuscript pages, in cont. full calf, mor. labels, raised bands. V. good copy. Ex. Rare. (1) * With manuscript note on front loose blank by [Lord] Roden.

"The Devil Made Him Do It" Co. Carlow:  An interesting file of manuscript Legal Documents, relating to the Murder of Henry Lawler of Rathmore, Rathvilly, Co. Carlow, by James Dempsey, Patrickswell, Co. Carlow on 25th March 1786. Including inquisition and statement signed  by John Lawler and Laurence Byrne; together with a signed statement of the court proceedings of Patrick Dempsey, who states 'wholly moved and seduced by instigation of the devil,'  with mortal sticks and bruises caused his death. Signed  by Jury and Others. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

A Letter to Lady Dunsany, 1800 Manuscript: Letter dated 13 August 1800 from Stoke Park [Buckinghamshire], written by Elizabeth, née Smith, wife of William John Chute of The Vyne, Hampshire, to her aunt Emma Mary [Smith], wife of Randall [Plunkett], 12th Lord Dunsany, congratulating her on “an event which I hope will be productive of much happiness … [May you] find everything comfortable and pleasant in your new abode, and enjoy all the happiness possible. It will be a new scene to you, a new country, new acquaintances.” She hopes the Dunsanys will visit them at The Vyne, and recounts her present tour of country houses in the south of England. The “event” is Emma’s marriage to Lord Dunsany. The peerage gives two different dates for this, 24 April 1797 and 7 August 1800; this letter confirms that the second date is the correct one. As a m/ss., w.a.f.  (1)

Manuscript Map, Irish (Co. Louth) MCDonnell (J.) surveyor, Map of Silver Park Farm now attached to Lisrenny Demesne, The Seat of William Filgate, m/ss map, hand coloured, with reference table, dated June 18th, 1847, approx. 57cms x 91cms (22 1/2" x 36"), as a map, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript: Dublin City - Electricity Supply Committee - Orders Issued to the City Electrical Engineer, Folio covering period February 4th 1915 - March 22nd 1917. Manuscript entries thro-out, most orders Signed  by secretary & dated, cont. hf. suede covers, worn. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

Original Manuscript Estate Map Co. Limerick: Plan of Curragh [-chase] Estate] Attractive plan showing orchard, flower garden & other features, with shrubs & trees coloured in, also showing location in area, other estates nearby etc. Approx. 19cms x 23cms (7 1/2" x 9") c. 1825, in original cont. frame. Rare. (1) Provenance:  By direct Family descent.

With Folding Maps etc Irish Fisheries:  House of Commons- First [-Sixth] Reports of the Commissioners of the Irish Fisheries, folio 1819 - 1825, plus, Seventh Report, in manuscript 1826. Folio 1819-1826. With 15 engd. maps & charts (mostly lg. fold.), cont. hf. mor. As a coll. of maps etc. Clean. (1)

Manuscript Map, Irish [Co. Louth] Kelly (J.T.)cart. Map of Rosybrook Field for William Filgate, m/ss, hand coloured, dated 1848, approx. 63cms x 51cms (5" x 20"), as a map, w.a.f. (1)

Removal from Commissionership A very good T.L.S. from William T. Cosgrave, on his headed personal notepaper, 25 Feb. 1933, to General O'Duffy, 'I find it difficult to express in words my regret that your Office as Commissioner of the Garda Siohana has been terminated. The splendid traditions which distinguished your association with that disciplined, efficient and brave body of men will ever be remembered with affection, gratitude and satisfaction by the patriotic citizens of this State, You were father, guardian, counsellor and confidant of the officers and men under your charge.' With the printed report of the Dail debates on 14-16 March 1933, concerning O'Duffy's removal (by the Fianna Fail government headed by De Valera), some sections underlined by O'Duffy; also a page from O'Duffy's desk diary for February 1933, with a note of his meeting with President (de Valera), when he was informed of the decision to remove him from the Commissionership; seven pages of manuscript notes in O'Duffy's hand concerning his removal; correspondence about the seizure of Gen. O'Duffy's revolver, 1934, etc; and a collection of related press cuttings. (1)

Manuscript:  Dublin City - Electric Light Committee - Minute Book and Orders issued by City Accountant, folio June 1893 - January 1906. The entire in manuscript with notes, & signed  by various secretaries, a few printed items tipped in loosely, cont. hf. calf, gilt lettered front cover, worn. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Map: Irish, [Co. Louth] McMahon (Thom.) surveyor, Map and Survey of Several holdings at Killay in the Parish of Killay Barony of Ardee and County of Louth for the Right Honourable Sir A. John Foster, Bart., m/ss, hand coloured with key, approx. 50cms x 66cms (20" x 26") as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)

‘Don Philippe por la gracia de Dios Rey de Espana ..’  Philip II of Spain:  A signed manuscript letter from King Philip II of Spain [1527-1598], also signed by his personal secretary Gonzalo Perez and bearing the State Seal, possibly to Cardinal Monte, mentioning ‘sancto padre Pio Quinto’, also the Marquis de Aguilar, dated xx de Marzo MDLXVI [1566].  Translation Don Phelipe, by the grace of God King of Spain, the Two Sicilies, Jerusalem, etc., Very Reverend Father Cardinal in Christ, our very dear and very beloved friend, The benefit and mercy that our Lord has done for all Christendom in giving her as head and vicar our very holy father Pius the Fifth, has been so great that with very just cause we must all render Him infinite thanks for it, since on account of the holiness of his life and zeal we can have firm hope that from his firm rule must follow many great benefits and the remedy for the ills that are in this. And for this cause I have had and have very particular contentment from his election, because of which I send to him to represent to his holiness with the Marquis of Aguilar my cousin, that in my name he goes to visit him and kiss his feet, and I have commanded him to tell you of this, and of the thanks for that which on your part has procured such a brief and holy election. Affectionately I ask you to give him entire faith and belief in all that he shall say to you of this, and of the account that I have made of your person, and of the desire I have for you, which is that which you deserve and know in all that concerns you. Very Reverend Cardinal, our dear friend, may our Lord have you continually in his protection. From Madrid, 20 March 1566. I the King. G. Perez. [endorsed] To the Very Reverend Father in Christ Cardinal Monte Pulciano, our very dear and very beloved friend. Summary Philip II writes to Cardinal Montepulciano as a dear friend, expressing his pleasure at the election of Pope Pius V, and tells him that he is sending the Marquis de Aguilar to the new pope, and also to Montepulciano to congratulate him for his part in securing Pius’s prompt election. Background: Following the death of Pope Pius IV on 9 December 1565, a conclave was held to elect his successor. After several weeks of manoeuvring, ending in a two-hour debate on 7 January 1566, Cardinal Borromeo succeeded in enabling the election of Pius V, who was favoured by Philip II of Spain. Philip was, of course, the king who sent the “Invincible Armada” in 1588. He signs the letter as “Yo el Rey” (“I the King” – Perez is just the name of the clerk who wrote to his dictation) but I can’t identify the recipient of the letter. It can hardly be Borromeo (canonised in 1610), Archbishop of Milan, for he was a native of Lombardy whereas Montepulciano is in Tuscany. Nor can it be Cardinal Robert Bellarmine (canonised in 1930), who was a native of Montepulciano but was still a mere novice in 1566. 1pp quarto, very frail, minor damages, parting at fold. One of the great names in European history, the King who sent the Spanish Armada to try and conquer England a few years later. (1)

Manuscript Map:  Irish, [Co. Louth] A Map and Survey of Pepperstown in the Barony of Ardee and County Louth, the Property of the Right Honourable Augustus John Foster, with content table listing card? holders including Wm. Filgate, Joseph Shekleton, Widow's Rooney & Eaton, hand coloured, dated November 1831, Signed by Robert Kings? Col. Engineer, approx. 48cms x 73cms (19" x 29"). (1)

Manuscript Map, Irish (Co. Louth) Reading (Thomas) surveyor, A Map of Part of the Lands of Little Grange lying in the Barony of Fethard in County of Louth belonging to Mr. Mark Forward in  the present Tenure of Mr. Byrnes & Mr. Armstrong, m/ss, hand coloured, with chart, surveyed April 1757, approx. 25cms x 35cms (10" x 14"),mounted as a map, w.a.f. (1)

Important Co. Louth Rent Roll, 1800 [Co. Louth Manuscript:] Brabazon Estate A manuscript Rent Roll of Wallop Brabazon, (1770-1831), Estate in the County of Louth in October 1800 with numerous columns outlining (acreage, yearly rent, half yearly rent, leases commenced for the Term, and when expired] covering the areas in Salterstown, Lurganboy, Painestown, Termonfeckin, Meaghsland, Priorstown, Ten Houses in Barnhill Village, listing the total of the Estate at 1671 acres / 2439 yearly rent., vellum, approx. 84cms x 36cms (33" x 14 1/4") as a  m/ss. Unique. (1)

Manuscript Map, Irish [Co.Louth], Counsel (Richard) cart. Plan of Tetyboys Estate in the Parish of Clonkeen and in the County of Louth the Property of Thomas William Filgate Esq., m/ss hand coloured map, with reference table, dated July 1848, approx. 66cms x 51cms (26" x 20"), as a map, w.a.f. (1)

Happy Christmas from Lily Yeats Yeats (Lily) A manuscript Postcard, signed, sending love and good wishes to the Misses Allport in London, Xmas 1932, front of card with portrait of W.B. Yeats when a boy, by J.B. Yeats RHA. (1)

Co. Louth:  Griffith (Richard) General Valuation of Rateable Property in Ireland - County of the Town of Drogheda , Union of Drogheda, and Union of Drogheda - Situate in the Counties of Louth and Meath, Primary Valuation, 2 vols. folio Dublin 1851 & 1854. In manuscript, neat hand, & print, orig. hf. mor., rebacked, & recent cloth. (2)

With Important Manuscript Notes & Addition Co. Louth: Stubbs (Maj. Gen. F.W.) Place Names in the County of Louth, 4to Dundalk 1912. With important manuscript notes and additions, cloth backed boards; Tombstone Inscriptions St. Nicholas Churchyard, Dundalk,  2 copies, 4to typescripts; Copy - Book of Survey and Distribution, Co. Louth,  photo-reproductions. A lot.

Manuscript Map, Irish (Co. Louth) Hill (John) Map of Part of the Townland of Drumcashel in the Parish of Stabannan Barony of Ardee and County of Louth, the Property of Major Macan, m/ss hand coloured, approx. 66cms x 96cms (26" x 38"), (lacks reference chart) as a map, w.a.f. (1)

‘The Men are Sleeping’Important 1916 Documents. A very interesting and important file of documents with provenance to G.A. Newsom, manager of the Jacob’s Factory in Dublin, occupied by insurgents commanded by Thomas MacDonagh during Easter Week 1916, as follows:*  A printed document headed ‘NOTICE  / [three fleurons] / Please make no noise / as the men are sleeping’, on plain white poster-type paper circa 10 ½ ins x 10 ins, inscribed rear in a contemporary hand, ‘Printed by the I.R.A. / in Jacob’s Factory; & hung up there / during the Rebellion 1916.  When / they took the Factory.’  Fold marks, frayed at one edge, no loss, a little print offsetting.  To our knowledge unrecorded, probably A UNIQUE SURVIVAL from those dramatic days in April 1916.*  Surrender Order.  A contemporary manuscript copy of Pearse’s Surrender Order headed ‘H.Q. Moore St’ and subscribed ‘P.H. Pearse / Commandant General / Commanding in Chief / the Army of the Irish Republic’, dated 29 April 1916, in an unknown hand, not Pearse’s.  The text, beginning ‘Believing that the glorious stand ..’, matches copies signed by Pearse for distribution to outlying units (one of at least three different versions of the surrender order).  Written on the rear of a blank W.& R. Jacob memo form, evidently broadly contemporary.*  Typescript (carbon copy) account by P. Barry, a Jacob’s employee, dated 14th May 1916, headed ‘COPY / To Mr G.A. Newsom, Director’, 1 pp, with ms. annotations adding names, on rear of a Jacob’s continuation sheet, describing how he went to the factory about 3.30 on Sunday April 30th,  having heard of the surrender, ‘surprised and amazed to find Bishop Street full of Looters .. with armfuls of tins of biscuits .. others carrying away ten stone bags of flour .. It was disgraceful .. we entered and found the Volunteers ready to leave, I addressed the Commander and told him we were employees of the firm and wished to stop the looting. He readily agreed and told us to pass along and take two rifles with us. We found about 50 looters coming from the lofts, we made them drop their loot .. (They asked for mercy and not to shoot them)  .. hearing the clergy were in the house I invoked their aid.  I found Father Aloyious [sic] .. and Father Monaghan  .. They got out on the window sill and addressed the crowd with determination and said they should be flogged bringing ruin and disgrace on this country.’A fascinating account, evidently authentic. Part (only) is quoted in W&R Jacob: Celebrating 150 Years of Irish Biscuit Making, by Séamas Ó Maitiú (Woodfield Press, 2001). * Typescript (carbon copy), 2pp, on rear of Jacob’s continuation sheets, ‘Account given by Mr P. Cushen of his experience at the Biscuit Factory at the time of the surrender of the Rebels on April 30th 1916’. Again a fascinating contemporary account, ‘ran down about 3 p.m. and saw about 90 of them getting out of the windows and a lot of the rabble getting in up the rope that was hanging from the office window, and tumbling the sacks of flour out .. got in to the Bakehouse and was surprised to see between 90 and 100 of the rebels standing and sitting around  .. One of the officers of the rebels came in .. said there was a lot of bombs stored away that would blow up the whole place .. showed me where there were some hand grenades stored .. left me on guard of them and told me on peril of my life not to let anyone lay a hand on them until the Military came in that knew what they were. He then went away after making himself known to me, I found myself introduced to Major McBride, for the first and last time ..  Just then the [British] soldiers came in, ordered me at the point of the bayonet to take down ‘that d— rebel flag’, which he did, etc., with more detail about the looting, Frs. Aloysius and Monaghan etc.,  saw Major McBride marshalling the rebels in the Bakehouse and forming them into ranks.  McBride was called ‘General’ by the rebels and was the only Commander P. Cushen was aware of. 

The Philips Estate Manuscript Maps, Co. Louth Manuscript Maps:  Irish, [Co. Louth] Nevill (A.R.) cart, An important group of six original Manuscript Maps for the following Estates: * A Map of the Mill Lands of Termonfeikon in the County of Louth, the Estate of Molesworth Philllips (April 1811); * Part of Termonfeikon, late Nursery in the County of Louth (1812); * Survey of  Part of the Lands of Termonfeikon.. demised by Lieut. Col. M. Philips to T. & J. Moore (1812) and three others from the Molesworth Phillips Estate, (some damage & loss) m/ss and coloured in outline, mounted, as maps, w.a.f. (6)

Rental of a Londonderry Estate in the 1860s Hezlet (Robert) – A bound Manuscript Rental of the Estate of Robert Hezlet at Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, 1861-1870, listing tenants by year with details of rent and whether paid or not. As a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)

Co. Kildare & Co. Leix: A small Archive of Manuscript Material, numerous letters, some indentures, leases and two manuscript maps relating to Ballintubber Lodge, Athy, and Southville, Co. Leix, c. 1824, & principally 1890's. As a m/ss. lot, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Map, Irish (Co. Louth), McGawly (M.)sur. A Map and Survey of the Land of Givithersto in the Parish of Ardee and County of Louth, Part of the Estate of Charles Reston Esq., m/ss & coloured in outline, decorative cartouche, 56cms x 46cms (22" x 18 1/2") as a map, w.a.f. (1)

Co. Carlow: [Fishbourne (Wm.)] An extensive and comprehensive File of manuscript documents mostly Signed  by the Magistrate and Land Agent in Carlow William Fishbourne. It deals with assaults, wage disputes, stealing potatoes, mule, corn, clothing and cattle. It also deals with public house incidents along with several precepts for court appeals. A most interesting file of legal documents from the period of 1816-1831 in the Carlow area and the workings of a legal mind of that period. As a File, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Map, Irish [Co. Louth] Innes (Rbt.) cart. A Map of Part of the Townland of Thomastown in the Parish of Dunbin, Barony of Upper Dundalk, and County of Louth, the Property of Messrs Alexander & Richard Cooper Henry, m/ss, hand coloured, dated 1840, approx. 33cms x 36cms (13" x 14 1/2"). As a map, w.a.f. (1)

Manuscript Journal of a Scottish Presbyterian Lady, 1857-1865 Manuscript Diary: A calf-bound Volume (disbound), prefaced as “A Private diary of reflection & self examinations, feelings & thoughts on religious subjects …” running from 8 April 1857 to 9 July 1865. The writer (unidentified), a married lady, lived at Kirkwood, Coatbridge, North Lanarkshire.  The first third of the text consists of a detailed and moving account of the illness and death of her sister Jessie, aged 21, on 14 March 1857.  The remainder comprises weekly entries recording the family’s attendance at the Lord’s Day services in various churches (Old Monkland, Sandiford, Greyfriars Kirk, Dunkeld Cathedral), with comments on the preachers and their sermons; detailing also her father’s death on 21 February 1865, aged 65.  (1)

The 1908 A.C.F. Grand Prix, a red album and slip case containing period postcards depicting drivers and their cars, personalities, road views, circa 92 cards, some with manuscript verso and post-cancelled, some duplicates.

* Clothing. A beaded black cape, Liverpool: Cripps, Sons & Co., circa 1910, black satin cape, heavily beaded overall with a variety of seed beads and jet, forming patterns of flowers on scrolling foliate stems, incorporating black velvet and latticework, with triple layered pleated black organza collar, incorporating cream lace continuing to form a frill down the front, black ribbon ruffle to front and lower edges, and pleated black organza trim to hem, black satin bows at front corners, shot silk lining (perishing in places, especially at neck), woven label at nape 'Cripps, Sons & Co. Liverpool', length 61 cm (24 ins), together with: a shallow straw bonnet by Francis of Liverpool, trimmed with cream lace and fabric flowers, lined with silk, and with black velvet ribbon ties (later?), several minor breaks in raised straw pattern to edge of brim, lettered inside in gold 'Francis, 110 Bold Street & 4 Basnett Street Liverpool', 31 x 30 cm (12.25 x 11.75 ins); a black umbrella with a handle of bone ornately carved with flowers, length 93 cm (36.5 ins); a cream silk parasol, handpainted with flowers, toned in places, ivory ferrule, silk lining beginning to perish, labelled in early manuscript 'Parasol bought by Edith E. Binyon (née Crosfield) on her honeymoon in Paris 1876, EMBinyon', length 66 cm (26 ins); a child's cream embroidered wool and lace cape, late Victorian or Edwardian, some marks and moth holes; and 2 gentlemen's silk waistcoats QTY: (7)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.  Edith Elizabeth Crosfield (1849-1897) married Thomas Wakefield Binyon, grandson of Martha and Willam Spriggs, on 26th April 1876.Ivory Act 2018 self-declaration submission reference (for parasol): 6C1EMFLF.

* Royalty. Four samples of fabric used at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953, comprising: a piece of turquoise and gold silk lampas, woven with metallised gold threads, depicting a large rose, thistle, leek, and shamrock device, beneath a crown, flanked by branches of oak leaves and acorns, 62 x 64.5 cm (24.5 x 25.5 ins); a piece of gold silk lampas, woven with metallised gold threads, depicting a crown flanked by branches of oak leaves and acorns, with tassels above, upper edge with adhesive remains, 46 x 63.5 cm (18 x 25 ins); a piece of crimson silk damask, with foliate Tudor rose pattern, 53.5 x 44 cm (21 x 17.25 ins); and a piece of blue and gold silk damask, with Tudor rose design, 57 x 65.5 cm (22.5 x 25.75 ins), all with selvedge to left-hand side and remaining edges raw, all but final piece with stapled card label stating type of fabric and 'Coronation' in manuscript QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Windsor Castle; Phillips, 24th May 1994, lot 105.Evidently specially commissioned for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, these fabrics came from Windsor Castle and were sold at auction following the fire which broke out at the Castle on 20th November 1992.

* Needlepoint Picture. Portrait of Queen Anne (1665-1714), British, early 18th century, finely worked in petit point, using wool threads in shades of green, blue, red, pink, brown, and cream, showing Queen Anne wearing flowing robes standing in a verdant garden, with the sun in splendour above, and surrounded by large flowering stems, including carnations and Tudor roses, incorporating several caterpillars and moths, and a large exotic bird perching on each side, some scattered loss of threadwork, sometime hand-stitched to a linen strip all round, and mounted over a wooden panel with tacks through the strip, 19th century manuscript label on verso 'Mrs W. Colledge', 34.5 x 26 cm (13.5 x 10.25 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:See the V&A for a similar depiction of Queen Anne - who reigned from 1702 to 1714 - embroidered on a sampler (accession number T.77-1916).

* Clothing. Three Quaker coal-scuttle bonnets, circa 1840s, 3 hand-stitched bonnets, the first covered in grey silk, neck frill gathered with twisted cord bow at the back, cream lining and silk ties with a few minor marks, lining with some small holes at edges, 24 x 19 cm (9.5 x 7.5 ins), the second covered in black grosgrain silk, with neck frill gather as before, cream lining faintly foxed, some light staining to cream silk ribbon ties, 24 x 20 cm (9.5 x 8 ins), and the third covered in brown silk, with neck frill gather as before, corners showing, cream lining damp-stained, cream silk ribbon ties with some discolouration, 24 x 21 cm (9.5 x 8.25 ins), together with:A calash or 'ugly', circa 1850, a folding blue silk calash, some spotting overall, and a few small holes, with later black elastic tie (perishing), manuscript label attached 'An "Ugly" ... Worn over a Quaker bonnet brim as a protection to the complexion. Found at Henwick 1942. EM Binyon', 25.5 x 28 cm (10 x 11 ins)QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.Notwithstanding the condition points mentioned, these three bonnets are in remarkable condition, and show little sign of being worn. They may have been left-over stock from the family draper's shop, Spriggs and Co., 16 Broad Street, Worcester. For similar coal-scuttle bonnets see the V&A, accession numbers 461-1906 and T.39-1933.Francis Powell Frith's famous painting 'Ramsgate Sands (Life at the Seaside)', painted 1851-54, shows many of the women and children wearing uglies. A similar calash can be seen in the V&A (accession number T.321-1996). Martha Spriggs' daughter, Martha Anna, married tea and coffee merchant Thomas Binyon, and they lived at Henwick Grove in Oldbury Road, Worcester.

* Sewing. An 18th century sailor's hussif, hand-stitched sewing kit of dark green silk, unrolling to reveal a cream silk arched flap with flower design in red and green silk appliqués (silk ground just beginning to perish at left-hand edge), and 4 pockets in alternating cream and blue silk, ornamented respectively with a heart shaped mirror, gold foil anchor, oval mirror, and flower design, with beading and/or metal coilwork to each, a few small faint marks to silk of first pocket, terminating in a shaped blue silk pincushion, edged wih silver metallised braid and lace, flap with metallised tie, 44.5 x 13.5 cm (17.5 x 5.25 ins), together with a brown silk sailor's hussif similar, with interior of cream and green silk, ornamented as before, coilwork becoming loose in places, remains of metallised tie on flap, 31 x 12 cm (12.25 x 4.75 ins), plus an early Victorian embroidered hussif, worked in feather stitch in coloured wools, edges a little worn, opening to reveal 7 glazed linen pockets, lettered in contemporary ink 'Needles', 'Pins', 'Hooks', 'Tape', 'Silk', 'Cotton', 'Sundries', containing several printed packets of needles (and some pins and needles inserted inside flap), and a manuscript pattern for Baby Socks, dated April 1874, 31 x 13.5 cm (12.25 x 5.25 ins)QTY: (3)NOTE:The word 'housewife' was first used in the mid 18th century to refer to portable sewing kits, which subsequently became known as 'huswifes', 'hussives', and, most commonly, 'hussifs'. Most soldiers and sailors owned a hussif, often a gift from their mother, sister, sweetheart or wife. The two sailor's hussifs offered here survive in usually good condition.

* Miniature Clothing. A Hollie point lace doll's bonnet, 18th century, cream fine lawn baby cap, minutely hand-stitched with tucks, and insertions of Hollie point lace to crown and back, 6.5 x 8.5 cm (2.5 x 3.5 ins), with stitched paper label attached written in early sepia ink copperplate on recto 'Dolls cap beautifully stitched, point lace back and crown', and on verso 'Miss Spriggs Henwick Grove Worcester', together with other hand-made miniature garments, comprising: a tiny sleeveless under-shirt with lace-trimmed cap; a larger sleeveless under-shirt; a high-waisted brown silk dress; a pair of tucked pantaloons; 2 long cotton undergarments; a tucked apron; and a pair of knitted woollen stockings, together with a later manuscript label 'Dolls' clothes, found in the trunk containing old wedding dresses etc.', plus a tiny knitted glove attached to the verso of an engraved trade card and captioned 'Knit by the blind at an Asylum in Bristol, AMS 11th/28th 1879', various condition and sizesQTY: (12)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.The earlier label is in the hand of Hester Spriggs (1818-1889), daughter of Martha and William Spriggs.

* Clothing. Wedding dress worn by Martha Spriggs, née Knight, 1813, hand-stitched cream silk high-waisted gown with short train, bib-fronted bodice lined with linen, and long narrow sleeves with turn-back cuffs lined with oyster silk, original waist ties present, self sash secured at back of waist, hem with lining of cream silk, occasional fox spots and small marks, but overall in very good condition, old manuscript note attached with stitching to back 'Wedding Dress of Martha Spriggs, née Knight. Married William Spriggs in 1813', bust 76 cm (30 ins), waist 66 cm (26 ins), sleeves 73.5 cm (29 ins), length at front 138.5 cm (54.5 ins), length at back 160 cm (63 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.Beautiful in its simplicity, this Quaker Regency gown, surviving in remarkable condition, was worn by Martha Knight at her wedding to draper and clothier William Spriggs. The marriage took place at the Friends Meeting House in Evesham in May 1813.

* Embroidered map. A Map of the World, work'd at E. Price's School, Worcester, by Martha Knight, 1793, double-hemisphere world map, finely worked on linen, each hemisphere in blackwork, with title 'The Western Hemisphere or New World' and 'The Eastern Hemisphere or Old World', land masses outlined in coloured silk threads, and the route of Captain Cook's voyages shown in black, central decorative circular title and compass rose worked in black and gold threads, and 4 allegorical cornerpiece vignettes stitched in black representing Europe, Asia, Africa, America, toned, 40.5 x 73.5 cm (16 x 29 ins), framed and glazed (48 x 80.5cm), backboard with 20th century manuscript label pertaining to Martha Spriggs' life QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.Martha Spriggs' maiden name was Knight. Esther Price's educational establishment in Worcester was a Quaker school, but we have been unable to find any further information about it.An 18th century embroidered map surviving in much better condition than usual, partly due to the use of linen rather than silk for the ground fabric.

* Household Linen. A large damask linen tablecloth, Dutch, circa 1700, large white damask cloth, woven with horizontal bands of prancing stags, archers, ladies and gentlemen amongst stylised trees, houses, and dogs chasing hares, selvedges to sides, hemmed by hand to top and bottom edges, marked and threadbare in places, with some small holes and period darns, initialled in one corner in blue cross-stitch 'WM' with 'K' above (presumably William and Martha Knight), with old manuscript label attached 'Old Dutch tablecloth bough[t] by our Great Gandmother (Martha Knight) supposed to be nearly 200 year old', another corner inked '2 yds' and 'S6', 208 x 189 cm (82 x 74.5 ins), together with:A large damask linen tablecloth, circa 1700, woven with a pattern of exotic songbirds amongst floral boughs, border (relating to Juno?) of horsemen with spears and hounds hunting prancing stags and a figure fending off a large peacock with a pitchfork, with a goat atop a crag in each corner, selvedges to sides, hemmed by hand to top and bottom, initialled in blue as before, marked, but cloth robust, 215 x 218.5 cm (84.75 x 86 ins), plus: A small damask linen tablecloth, circa 1700, woven with a depiction of Jonah and the whale, ships and buildings, and lettering 'Nineve', with ownership initials as before, neatly hemmed all round by hand, marked, 132 x 127 cm (52 x 50 ins), together with another small damask linen tablecloth, woven with lattice and chevron patterns, 97 x 143.5 cm (38.25 x 56.5 ins), accompanied by 4 matching napkins, approximately 72 x 99 cm (28.25 x 39 ins), some light marks and small holes, tablecloth and 2 napkins initialled 'MT' in brown cross-stitch, the set with various old manuscript labels attached indicating that it was spun by Martha Tessyman and woven into cloth by her husband John Tessyman circa 1740, plus 7 other 18th and 19th century woven damask linen napkins, with various markings and old manuscript labels attached pertaining to family provenance, and 2 large early bed sheets belonging to William and Martha Knight, with their initials in blue cross-stitch, various sizesQTY: (17)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.William Knight (1738-1801) and Martha Knight née Tessyman (1741-1816) were the parents of Martha Spriggs. John Tessyman (1692-1769) and Martha Tessyman née Box (1701-1781) were Martha Tessyman's parents, and therefore the grandparents of Martha Spriggs.In the early sixteenth century, damask table linen, with its elaborate reversible patterns, had been reserved for the church and the upper echelons of society, namely royalty, the nobility and the very rich. As the century progressed, however, the textile industry grew, with linen weaving centres flourishing in Flanders in the Southern Netherlands and Haarlem in Holland. As a result, the use of table linen by merchants, tradesmen, and others of the middle and upper classes grew, so that by 1600 most of these households had at least one complete set of table linen, comprising one or more tablecloths, and a number of napkins. Household inventories of the time - often listing more napkins and tablecloths than sheets and pillowcases - show the importance of table linen in households; such items were accumulated by families over many years and passed down the generations.

* Clothing. A Regency silk cape, circa 1800, hand-stitched pale gold silk cape, with large hood gathered to a point at the back, and long lappets to front, self lined, original drawstring silk ribbon at neck, several small holes and marks, a few small darns, length at front 92 cm (36.25 ins), length at back 71 x cm (28 ins), together with:A Regency wool cloak, circa 1800, hand-stitched beige woollen cloak, with hood gathered to a point at the back, and rounded collar, hood and shoulders lined with grey silk, original cream silk ties and matching bow on hood, side and lower hems edged on reverse with silk ribbon, scattered spotting and moth holes, length 118 cm (46.6 ins), plus a hand-stitched Regency white lawn shift, with elbow-length sleeves, drawstring ties, pocket slits, and tucks to hem, some scattered foxing and small marks, and a hand-stitched cream grosgrain skirt with pocket slits, old manuscript label attached: 'Old silk dress probably belonging to Martha Knight née Tessiman', scattered marks and stains, a few small holes QTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.Martha Knight (1741-1816) was Martha Spriggs' mother.

* Sampler. A needlework picture by Esther Savory, 1760, worked in cross-stitch using polychrome threads on a beige linen ground, with bands of upper case letters and didactic quotations alternating between patterned borders, one with crowns, wide border to lower edge with a stag flanked by stylised flowering plants, incorporating the maker's name and date 'Esther Savory her work finished in the year 1760', some small holes and fraying to edges (with consequent loss of stitching), occasional fading to threadwork, but colours generally bright, 27 x 25.5 cm (10.5 x 10 ins), framed and glazed (34 x 33 cm), backboard with old manuscript label 'Sampler of Esther Savory (friend of Chas. Lamb) lent by Miss Binyon'QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.Hester Savory (1751-1783) married William Spriggs (1744-1805); they had seven children, of which the fourth was William Spriggs (1776-1855), draper, and husband of Martha Spriggs. William and Martha Spriggs' daughter, Martha Anna, married Thomas Binyon, and they had three daughters.

* Infants' Clothing. A collection of 18th and 19th century baby clothes, including a white cotton gathered baby frock with early manuscript label attached 'our Grandfather William Spriggs 1770 Baby's frock', a quilted corset, 3 baby shirts, one marked in ink 'Binyon 1877' (the other 2 probably earlier), and 6 baby frocks and christening gowns, 4 with labels attached pertaining to provenance, including 3 relating to the Crosfield family, some toning and foxing but generally in good condition, various sizes, together with a knitted cot coverlet dated 1877QTY: (14)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.The first item was presumably worn by Martha Spriggs's husband, William (1776-1855). Martha and William Spriggs' grandson, Thomas Wakefield (the third of six children bourne by their daughter Martha Ann), married Edith Elizabeth Crosfield in 1876.

* Clothing. A jacket belonging to Edith E. Crosfield, née Binyon, Paris: Grands Magasins du Louvre, 1876, beige jacket with 'log cabin' textured pattern, with long flared sleeves, front lappets, pleated brown taffeta frills to sleeves and pockets to lappets, and ostrich feather trim to sleeves, edges, and centre of back, 2 metal hooks and eyes to front, matching brown silk tie, large bow on lower back, and bows to sleeves and back of neck, some foxing (mostly to taffeta and ribbon), woven label at nape 'Grands Magasins du Louvre, Manteaux et Confections', and additional ink label '6273', old manuscript note tucked into pocket 'Jacket bought in Paris by Edith E. Binyon (Mrs Crosfield) on her honeymoon May-June 1876', bust 76 cm (30 ins), sleeves 61 cm (24 ins), length at front 84 cm (33 ins), length at back (not including bow) 58.5 cm (23 ins), together with:A hat belonging to Edith E. Binyon, Paris: Maison Lemmonier, 1876, brown straw hat, small brim with a wide twisted and knotted cream and brown silk trim, fringed to tail and incorporating 2 brown ostrich feathers, underside of brim ruched and with fabric flowers to one side, lettered inside in gold 'Maison Lemmonier Rascol Sr 348, Rue St Honoré Près la Place Vendôme Paris', accompanied by a label written in contemporary sepia ink 'Hat bought by me in Paris on my wedding tour, May or June 1876', dimensions (excluding tail of trim) 26 x 24 cm (10.5 x 9.5 ins)QTY: (2)NOTE:Provenance: Edith Elizabeth Crosfield née Binyon (1849-1897), and thence by descent.Edith married Thomas Wakefield Binyon, grandson of Martha and William Spriggs, on 26th April 1876. The prestigious Parisian department store, Grands Magasins du Louvre, opened in 1855 and continued selling high-quality goods until 1974.The National Gallery of Victoria, in Melbourne, Australia, has two wedding bonnets by Maison Lemmonier in its collection (accession numbers D271-1974 and D272-1974).

* Lee (Arthur H. & Sons). A large crewelwork panel, Birkenhead, 1950s, hand-embroidered in polychrome wools on a beige twilled ground, with all over 17th century-style design of exotic birds amongst trailing foliage and large flowers, using long & short, stem, chain, satin, and cross-stitch, latticework, and french knots, lined with linen, looped tufted edging in blue, grey, and brown to sides and lower edges (15 cm length becoming loose), threads pulled in places (mostly to edging), verso with adhesive fabric manuscript label lettered 'Jacobean', and manufacturer's card label stitched through two eyelets bearing company monogram and giving typed and manuscript information: 'Crewel-Craft Embroidery, Special Treyes/3 Curtain, No.194', 307 x 134.5 cm (121 x 53 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased from Arthur H. Lee when the company closed in 1970 by the owner's father, proprietor of flooring and soft furnishings company F. Sanson Contracts.A rare piece of hand-embroidery by important textile designer and manufacturer Arthur H. Lee (1853-1932); in very good condition, probably an unused sample piece. Pieces such as these seldom appear on the market; this example, featuring exotic birds is particularly unusual.

* Clothing. A collection of handkerchiefs, gloves, cuffs, & stockings, 19th & early 20th century, belonging to various members of the Spriggs family, many with ink ownership marks and contemporary or early manuscript labels attached, comprising: 11 handkerchiefs, including a lawn handkerchief faintly inscribed in ink to one corner 'Aimee Dupont to Mary Capper', and in another corner 'Dupont' with '4' above, loosely contained in folded yellow paper, inscribed in ink in an early hand: 'Aimee Dupont a great friend of Mary Capper's, her sister married Brissot, she was in the cart on the way to the Guilotine[sic] when the news of Robespierre's death came & they took them back to prison, she afterwards kept a fashionable school at the West end of London', toned, some small holes and period darns; 11 pairs of silk, cotton, or leather gloves and mittens, some long, including 2 leather pairs of child's gloves, one pair stamped 'Dent Allcroft & Co.', the other 'A. Marr[ier?], Paris'; 7 pairs of lacy cuffs, labelled 'Martha Anna Binyon's cuffs', and a pale turquoise silk cuff, labelled 'cuff of my mother's (Elizabeth Wilson's) wedding dress; and 4 pairs of stockings, one pair labelled 'William Spriggs' stockings', mostly in good condition, various sizesQTY: (34)NOTE: Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.Mary Capper (1755-1845) was brought up in the Church of England, but found herself drawn instead to the Religious Society of Friends. She joined the Quakers in 1785, and was acknowledged as a Minister in 1794. Her story was published in 1847, edited by Katharine Backhouse, and entitled A Memoir of Mary Capper: late of Birmingham, a Minister of the Society of Friends. Mary became friends with Aimee and Félicité Dupont, French sisters who had been teachers at a school in Park Street, Bristol, run by the sisters of Hannah More. The young women were ardent revolutionaries, and Félicité married Jacques-Pierre Brissot who was guillotined in 1793.

* Miniature Umbrella. A dolls' silk umbrella, Hobday & Francis, circa 1820-30, green silk umbrella, the silk lightly mottled, ebony shaft with carved and lacquered curved handle in the shape of an eagle's head, with a profile portrait medallion on each side below, lettered 'Decater' on one side and 'Jackson' on the other, the brass runner engraved 'By the Kings Patent Hobday & Francis', one rib broken (with resultant small hole in silk), luggage label annotated in manuscript 'Dolls Umbrella belonging to Hester Savory Spriggs & after her death, given to her great niece Elizabeth M. Binyon then aged 7 years', length 29 cm (11.5 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Hester Savory Spriggs (1818-1889), daughter of Martha and William Spriggs; her great niece Elizabeth M. Binyon (1882-1924), and thence by descent.Extremely rare early dolls' umbrella; we have not been able to trace anything similar, nor have we been able to determine the significance of the name on the handle. The Snowshill Wade Costume Collection at the National Trust property of Snowshill Manor in Gloucestershire, has a full-size umbrella by Francis Hobday & Co., which the Trust dates between 1800 and 1830 (NT 1348985).

* Parliamentary Robe. A fur-trimmed robe worn by Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan (1911-1988), Wilkinson & Son, 1950s, red wool robe with a wide miniver collar, applied with three bands of miniver and wide gold oak-leaf braid, latter rubbed and tarnished in places (reused from an earlier robe?), cream silk shoulder bows (one detached), black silk ties to neck and left shoulder, lined with ivory silk taffeta (some minor staining and a few short splits), purple ink stamp at nape 'Wilkinson & Son, late John Hunter, Tailors & Robe Makers To Her Majesty, 34, Maddox Street, Regent Street, London', length at front 135 cm (53.25 ins), and at back 180 cm (71 ins), contained in a red wool bag, marked and with a few tiny holes, with twisted tasselled drawstring to top, and matching tassels to lower corners, the ivory silk lining with ink stamp as before, and maker's printed label sewn to front of bag, with manuscript label stitched below 'Earl of Cavan KP GCMG', 66.5 x 59 cm (26.25 x 23.25 ins), together with:Invitation Letter to Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation, 1953, a printed letter of invitation to Michael Edward Oliver to attend the coronation, signed by Queen Elizabeth II to upper right corner, and by the Duke of Norfolk to lower right, the recipient's name written in calligraphic ink lower left, 1 gilt edged leaf (33 x 20 cm/13 x 8 ins), contained in original envelope stamped 'Earl Marshall's Office', and 2 other items of ephemera related: an 8pp. booklet 'The Earl Marshal's Orders Concerning Robes and Dress to be worn by Peers & Peeresses attending the solemnity of The Coronation of Her Most Sacred Majesty Queen Elizabeth II in Westminster Abbey'; and a printed letter with armorial letterhead of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, thanking Lady Ellen Lambert (sister of the 12th Earl of Cavan) for her service to the country in 1939 QTY: (4)NOTE:Michael Edward Oliver Lambart, 12th Earl of Cavan (1911-1988), succeeded his father to the earldom in 1950. He was educated at Radley College, in Oxfordshire, and was commanding officer of the Shropshire Yeomanry between 1955 and 1958. He married Essex Lucy Cholmondeley, daughter of Henry Arthur Cholmondeley and Helen Mary Wrigley, on 10th April 1947. He had no sons, so on his death the title passed to a distant cousin, Roger Cavan Lambart, a descendant of the 7th Earl of Cavan. One of Michael Lambert's first cousins - the daughter of his uncle the 10th earl - was Lady Elizabeth Mary Longman née Lambert, who was a childhood friend of Queen Elizabeth II and one of her eight bridesmaids.Wilkinson & Son made the opulent coat of gold silk, or supertunica, worn by King Charles III at his Coronation; it was made for the Coronation of King George V in 1911, and was subsequently worn by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II. Wilkinson & Son also made the Sword Belt worn by King Charles, which was made for his grandfather, King George VI, in 1937.

* Lee (Arthur H. & Sons). A large crewelwork panel, Birkenhead, 1950s, hand-embroidered in polychrome wools on a rich blue twilled ground, with all over 17th century-style floral design of trailing foliage and large flowers, using long & short, stem, chain, satin, and cross-stitch, latticework, and french knots, selvedges to sides, upper and lower edges hemmed with machine-stitching, small nick and evidence of tacking threads in right-hand edge, some faint vertical fading, and 1 or 2 very small marks, adhesive fabric manuscript label to verso lettered 'Blue Ground Jacobean', 331.5 x 133 cm (130.5 x 52.5 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased from Arthur H. Lee when the company closed in 1970 by the owner's father, proprietor of flooring and soft furnishings company F. Sanson Contracts.A rare and beautiful piece of hand-embroidery by important textile designer and manufacturer Arthur H. Lee (1853-1932); in very good condition, probably an unused sample piece. Pieces such as these seldom appear on the market; the rich blue ground of this example is particularly unusual.The prestigious family firm of Arthur Lee & Sons was founded in 1888 in Bolton, subsequently moving to a purpose-built factory in Birkenhead in 1908. The company continued throughout the 20th century under the direction of Arthur's three sons and five grandsons before closing in 1970. The American branch of the firm, Lee Jofa, is still in existence in New York. As well as developing innovative methods of weaving tapestry cloths, and producing high-quality hand-blocked fabrics, Arthur Lee revived the practise of hand-crafted needlepoint and crewelwork.

* Miniature. A collection of miniature, sewing, needlework, and miscellaneous items, mostly 18th & 19th century, including: a circular scissorcut by Georgiana Goodwin, of a bird perched on a branch surrounded by beribboned garlands, incorporating the words 'Peace & Love, William Spriggs' and the date '1783', mounted on pink paper, diameter 9.5 cm (3.75 ins), framed (12.5 cm), with contemporary ink inscription pertaining to provenance on the verso; a miniature (pin?) cushion sampler, worked in brown cross-stitch with the alphabet in upper and lower case, and Arabic numerals, within pink borders, on a cream linen ground, some tiny holes (just touching threadwork in places), crimson silk to verso, and brown thread tassel at each corner, 31 x 56 mm (1.25 x 2.25 ins); a pin cushion in the shape of a crown, with inscription on base in early manuscript 'Part of a dress given to Queen Caroline by the Silk trade 1820 & worn by her at a concert for the benefit of the North Street School, London', one small stain, 31 x 45 mm (1.25 x 1.75 ins); a yellow metal flyer for a spinning wheel with maiden upright fashioned as filigree bellows; various handmade bookmarks, including one made of camels' teeth; a cylindrical filigree bone tape measure, the measure marked out in ink, and various other items, including pin cushions and needlecases, glass bracelets and rings, a collection of semi-precious stones, some in small cardboard pill boxes, one inscribed 'Amethysts from Brazil', and the other 'The pills to be taken immediately Mr W. Spriggs', some Chinese rice paper drawings (torn), and a tiny portrait miniature of a lady, 15 x 13 mm, various condition and sizesQTY: (a small carton)NOTE:Provenance: Collection of Quaker antiquary Martha Spriggs (1777-1866), Worcester, by family descent.

* Lee (Arthur H. & Sons). A large crewelwork panel, Birkenhead, 1950s, hand-embroidered in polychrome wools on a green-beige twilled ground, with all over early 18th century-style floral design of trailing foliage and large flowers, including carnations, paeonies, tulips, roses, dahlias, trumpet vine, etc., using long & short, stem, chain, and satin stitch, selvedges to sides, top and bottom edges hemmed with machine-stitching, top edge with some holes and fraying (not affecting threadwork), verso with adhesive fabric manuscript label lettered 'Queensbury Crewel Beige Background', and manufacturer's card label (broken) stitched through two eyelets bearing company monogram and giving typed and manuscript information: 'Crewel-Craft Embroidery, 2718 Queensbury curtain, 1 of pair', 330 x 138.5 cm (130 x 54.5 ins)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased from Arthur H. Lee when the company closed in 1970 by the owner's father, proprietor of flooring and soft furnishings company F. Sanson Contracts.A rare piece of hand-embroidery by important textile designer and manufacturer Arthur H. Lee (1853-1932); in very good condition, probably unused. Pieces such as these seldom appear on the market.