We found 375892 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 375892 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
375892 item(s)/page
Lot 75
NO RESERVE - A FINE ART DECO DIAMOND AND SAPPHIRE RING Made in platinum Principal old European brilliant cut diamonds, each weighing approximately 0.71, 0.52, 0.40, 0.32 and 0.31 carats, approximate total 2.26 carats Single cut diamonds Calibre cut blue sapphires No assay marks Size M / 6.25 Weight 4.8 grams
Lot 88
NO RESERVE - AN ANTIQUE FRENCH TURQUOISE AND DIAMOND BROOCH Made in 18 carat yellow gold and silver Oval cabochon turquoise Old mine brilliant cut and Old European brilliant cut diamonds, approximate total 1.20-1.40 carats French assay marks for 18 carat yellow gold, French maker's mark C M Diameter 21mm Weight 6.0 grams
Lot 8
TRAVAIL FRANÇAIS - ANNEES 1945BAGUE DÔME DIAMANTElle est ornée au centre d'un diamant coussin dans un entourage de diamants taille brillant (TA). Monture en or jaune 18K. Poids brut : 12,85 gr. (égrisures)Poids du diamant : 2,32 carats. Tour de doigt : 54.Avis LFG : couleur M, pureté SI1, pas de fluorescence.A 2,32 carats cushion diamond, old cut diamonds and 18K yellow gold ring, circa 1945. French assay mark. Gross weight : 12,85 gr. (small cracks). LFG preliminary report : color M, clarity SI1, no fluorescence. Ring size : 54.
Lot 174
A group of books on Greek vases Comprising: A. Rumpf, Chalkidische Vasen, text, 1927; A. Rumpf, Chalkidische Vasen, tafeln I, 1927; A. Rumpf, Chalkidische Vasen, tafeln II, 1927; R. Wachter, Non-Attic Greek Vase Inscriptions, 2001; I. McPhee and A.D. Trendall, Greek Red-figured Fish-plates, 1987; E. Pfuhl, Meisterwerke Griechischer Zeichnungund Malerei, 1924; S. Karouzou, The Amasis Painter, 1956; G. von Lucken and K. Zimmermann, Die Griechische Vase, heft 7/8, text, 1967; G. von Lucken and K. Zimmermann, Die Griechische Vase, heft 9/10, tafeln, 1967; H.G.G. Payne, Protokorinthische Vasenmalerei, 1974; J.W. Hayes, Greek and Greek-Style Painted and Plain Pottery in the Royal Ontario Museum, excluding Black-figure and Red-figure Vases, 1992; W.G. Moon, Ancient Greek Art and Iconography, 1983; E. Buschor, Grab eines Attischen Madchens, 1939; M. Collignon and L. Couve, Catalogue des Vases Peints du Musee National D'Athenes, 1902; E. Pottier, Douris et les Peintres de vases Grecs, third edition, undated; H.A. Shapiro, Art, Myth and Culture, Greek Vases from Southern Collections, 1981; E. Simon, Die Griechischen Vasen, 1981; P.E. Arias, A History of 1000 years of Greek Vase Painting, translated by B. Shefton, undated; Τσιαφακη, Δ, Η Θρακη στην Αττική Εικονογραφία, 1998; A. Kossatz-Deissmann, Dramen des Aischylos auf Westgriechischen Vasen, 1978; M. Iozzo, Arte della Magna Grecia, 2013; C. Aellen, A. Cambitoglou and J. Chamay, Le Peintre de Darius et son Milieu, 1986; E. Buschor, Greek Vase Painting, 1921; C. Isler-Kerenyi, Stamnoi, 1976; G. Guntner, E. Simon, et al., Mythen und Menschen, Griechische Vasenkunst aus einer Deutschen Privatsammlung, 1997; C. Ioannitis, Le Vase des Iberes, 2007; T. Seki, Untersuchungen zum Verhaltnis von Gefassform und Malerei Attischer Schalen, 1985; D. Callipolitis-Feytmans, Les 'Louteria' Attiques, 1965 (28)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 171
A group of books on Etruscan art Comprising M. Torelli, The Etruscans, London, 2001; D. Randall-Maciver, Villanovans and Early Etruscans; A Study of the Early Iron Age in Italy, Oxford, 1924; S. Haynes, Etruscan Civilisation; a Cultural History, Los Angeles, 2000; S. Haynes, Etruscan Bronzes, London, 1985; Les Etrusques et L'Europe, Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 1992; I. Krauskopf, Der Thebanische Sagenkreis und Andere Griechische Sagen in der Etruskischen Kunst, Mainz, 1974; E. Fiumi, Volterra; Etrusca e Romana, Pisa, 1976; W.L. Brown, The Etruscan Lion, Oxford, 1960; M.A. Rizzo, Un Artista Etrusco e il suo Mondo il Pittore di Micali, Rome, 1988; G. Martello, Gli Etruschi; una Nuova Immagine, Florence, 1984; R.D. De Puma, Etruscan Art in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New Haven, 2013; J. Martha, L'Art Etrusque, Paris, 1889; M. Martelli, La Ceramica degli Etruschi, Novara, 1987; M. Cristofani, I Bronzi degli Etruschi, Novara, 1985; B. Andreae, Pittura Etrusca, Rome, 1986 (15)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 154
A Roman moss green glass amphoriskos Circa 4th Century A.D.With applied trail handles and pad base of turquoise with fine red stripes, the flared mouth with turned-in rim, the body blown into a finely ribbed mould, twisted to create spiral ribs and tooled to form a piriform body with ten vertical indentations, 19.2cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Asprey Antiques Ltd., London. Private collection, USA, acquired on 7 May 1997.For amphoriskoi of similar form and decoration but without the pad base, cf. V. Arveiller-Dulong & M-D. Nenna Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre, Paris, 2005, p. 387-388, figs. 1038-1040, and for another made in amber-coloured glass with turquoise rim coil, base and handles in the Ernesto Wolf Collection cf. E. Marianne Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE - 700 CE. Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2001, p. 209, no. 99.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 65
An Achaemenid bronze animal-headed rhyton Circa 5th Century B.C.Terminating in the form of a bearded ram, with large eyes and engraved haunches, a small spout projecting from the ram's chest, the ribbed horn with a flaring everted lip, 27cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with J. Klejman, New York. with Gallery Six, New York, acquired from the above in 1963. with Aaron Gallery, London, acquired from the above 6 August 1991. Bashir Maleknian collection, London, acquired from the above in 1992; and thence by descent until acquired by the present owner.For a similar rhyton in silver, also with a bearded ram protome, see M. Carter, et al, Splendors of the Ancient East Antiquities from the al-Sabha Collection, Kuwait, 2013, p. 105, fig. 49.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 176
A group of catalogues of public and private collections Comprising: D. Von Bothmer, Glories of the Past; Ancient Art from the Shelby White and Leon Levy Collection, 1990; H. Hoffmann, Norbert Schimmel Collection, 1964; O. White Muscarella, Ancient Art; The Norbert Schimmel Collection, 1974; V.A. Hibbs, Iberian Antiquities from the Collection of Leon Levy and Shelby White, 1993; D. Von Bothmer, Ancient Art from New York Private Collections, 1959; N. Thomas and C. Oldknow, By Judgment of the Eye, The Varya and Hans Cohn Collection, 1991; S. Hooper, The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, part I, European 19th and 20th century Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture, 1997; S. Hooper, The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, part II, Pacific, African and Native North American Art, 1997; S. Hooper, The Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection, part III, Precolumbian, Asian, Egyptian and European Antiquities, 1997; I. Rubin, The Guennol Collection, vol I, 1975; G. Richter, Catalogue of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, 1956; M.C. Ross, Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Medieval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection, vol I, 1970; J. Babelon, Choix de Bronzes de la Collection Caylus, 1928 (x2); J. Babelon, Choix de Bronzes et de Terres Cuites des Collections de Janze et Opermann, 1929 (x2); J. Babelon, Le Cabinet du Roi ou le Salon Louis XV de la Bibliotheque Nationale, 1927; B. Fedele, L. Todisco et al. (eds), Antichita della Collezione Guarini, 1984; L. Marangou, Ancient Greek Art from the Collection of Stavros S Niarchos, 1995; J. Sieveking, Bronzen, Terrakotten, Vasen der Sammlung Loeb, 1930; J.L. Kieth, The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, 1966; H. Bloesch, Greek Vases from the Hirschmann Collection, 1982 (x2); H. Jucker and D. Willers, Gesichter, Griechische und Romische Bildnisse aus Schweizer Besitz, 1982; Von Zabern, Antiquities from the Collection of Christos G Bastis, 1987; D. De Menil, The John and Dominique De Menil Collection, 1962; J. Boardman, Engraved Gems; the Ionides Collection, 1968; S.D. Campbell, The Malcove Collection, 1985; G.B. Waywell, The Lever and Hope Sculptures, 1986; E. Angelicoussis, The Woburn Abbey Collection of Classical Antiquities, 1992; A. Scholl, Die Antiken Skulpturen in Farnborough Hall, 1995; D. Boschung, H. Von Hesberg and A. Linfert, Die Antiken Skulpturen in Chatsworth, 1997; D. Grassinger, Antike Marmorskulpturen auf Schloss Broadlands (Hampshire), 1994; J. Fejfer, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture, vol I, the Portraits, part 2, Roman Male Portraits, 1997; J. Fejfer and E. Southworth, The Ince Blundell Collection of Classical Sculpture, vol I, the Portraits, part 1, Female Portraits, 1991; I. Love, The Ophiuchus Collection, 1989; M. True and K. Hamma (eds), A Passion for Antiquities; Ancient Art from the Collection of Barbara and Lawrence Fleischman, 1994; A. Macgregor, Antiquities from Europe and the Near East in the Collection of the Lord McAlpine of West Green, 1987; R.W. Hamilton, Antiquities from the Bomford Collection, 1966 (x2); R.W. Hamilton, Ancient Glass, Jewellery and Terracottas from the Bomford Collection, 1971; L. Marangou, The Nicholas P Goulandris Foundation, from the Private Collection to the Museum of Cycladic Art, 1991; R. Wehrli, Sammlung E und M Kofler-Truniger, Luzern, 1964; R. Nicholls, Classical Heritage, Greek and Roman art from the Cambridge College Collections, 1978; I. Caruso, Collezione Castellani, Le Ceramiche, 1985; A. Kozloff, Animals in Ancient Art from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, 1981; U. Gehrig, Tierbilder aus Vier Jahrtausenden, Antiken der Sammlung Mildenberg, 1983; A. Kozloff, D.G. Mitten and M. Sguaitamatti, More Animals from the Leo Mildenberg Collection, 1986; G. Zahlhaas, Aus Noah's Arche, Tierbilder der Sammlung Mildenberg aus Funf Jahrtausenden, 1996 (x2); E. Strong, Catalogue of the Greek and Roman Antiques in the Possession of the Right Honourable Lord Melchett, PC, DSc, FRS, 1928 (x2); C. Boerker, E. Reschke and E.E. Schmidt, Katalog der Antikensammlung des Prinzen Carl von Preussen im Schloss zu Klein-Glienicke bei Potsdam, 1972; M.B. Wyndham, The Leconfield Collection, 1915; Von Saldern, Glaser de Antike; Sammlung Oppenlander, 1974; J. Doring, Art Antique, Collections Privee de Suisse Romande, 1975; J.D. Beazley, The Lewes House Collection of Ancient Gems, 1920 (QTY)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 175
A group of books on Greek vases Comprising: J.H. Oakley and O. Palagia (eds), Athenian Potters and Painters, vol I, 1997; J.H. Oakley and O. Palagia (eds), Athenian Potters and Painters, vol II, 2009; G.M.A. Richter, Red-figured Athenian Vases in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, vol II, plates, 1936; W. Kraiker, Aigina; die Vasen, 1951; D. Burr Thompson, Ptolemaic Oinochoai and Portraits in Faience, 1973; E. Pfuhl, Masterpieces of Greek Drawing and Painting, translated by JD Beazley, 1955; F. Lissarrague and F. Thelamon (eds), Image et Ceramique Grecque, 1983; G. Giudice, Αττικόν ... κεραμον: Veder Greco a Camarina dal Principe di Biscari ai nostri Giorni, vol I, 2010; S. Karouzou, Αγγεία του Αναγυρουντος, 1963; Facsimile, South Italian Greek Vases in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; W. Mankowitz, The Portland Vase and the Wedgewood Copies, 1952; E. Pottier, Douris et les Peintres de vases Grecs, third edition, undated; J. Bidez et al. (eds), L'Antiquite Classique, 1936; J. White, Perspective in Ancient Drawing and Painting, 1956; W. Klein, Die Grieschen Vasen mit Meistersignaturen, 1883; J.V. Noble, Techniques of Painted Attic Pottery, 1966; G. Aulenti, Euphronios; Peintre a Athenes au VIe siecle avant j-c, 1990; F. Hildebrandt, Antike Bilderwelten; Was Griechische Vasen Erzahlen, 2017; I. Wehgartner, Euphronios und Seine Zeit, 1991; M. Wegner, Duris, Ein Kunstlermonographischer Versuch, 1968; A. Seeberg, Corinthian Komos Vases, 1971; C. Isler-Kerenyi, Stamnoi, 1976; B. Schweitzer, Greek Geometric Art, 1971; R. Merhav, Painted Greek Vases; an Exercise in Observation, 1975; Griechische Plastik - Vasen und Kleinkunst, 1964; M. Steinhart, Topferkunst und Meisterzeichnung; Attische Wein- und Olgefaasse aus der Sammlung Zimmermann, 1996; H.A.G. Brijder, Ancient Greek and Related Pottery, 1984; G. Becatti, Meidias, 1946; M. Collignon, Vase de Terre Cuite en Forme de Double Tête, 1897 (29)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 160
A large Late Roman blue-green glass amphora Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.With a band of trail decoration around the funnel neck, ribbed strap handles and piriform body, 24cm highFootnotes:Provenance: Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, London, 13-14 July 1981, lot 462. with Barakat Galleries, Beverly Hills (A Catalogue of the Collection, vol. 1, 1985, GF3). Private collection, USA, acquired from the above.For another example in the Musée du Louvre, Paris, cf. V. Arveiller-Dulong and M.-D. Nenna, Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre, vol. II, Paris, 2005, p. 388, no. 1041, pl. 90.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 35
An Egyptian mosaic glass griffin inlay Ptolemaic Period, circa 332-30 B.C.The beast depicted with right forepaw raised, tongue extended, with elaborate feathered wings, wearing a thick collar, details in opaque yellow, red, turquoise, dark blue and white in a translucent cobalt blue matrix, 1.6cm high, 1.9cm longFootnotes:Provenance:The Groppi Collection, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920s-1940s. The Groppi Collection; Christie's, London, 26 April 2012, lot 105. Exhibited: Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008-9 (cat. p. 73, no. 22). Published:Treasures from the Al Thani Collection, Beijing, 2018, vol. II, no. 19, p. 72-3.Griffins are mythical creatures that typically combine the head and wings of an eagle with the body of a lion; this example, however, combines the forepart of a lion with the wings and tail of an eagle. Thought to have originated in the Near East and Egypt simultaneously around the 4th Century B.C., images of the griffin spread across the Mediterranean and into Western Asia, and conveyed ideas of power and divine majesty.For other examples see the Corning Museum, Corning, New York, acc. no. 59.1.99 (formerly in the Ray Winfield Smith collection), and E. M. Stern and B. Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern, 1994, no. 137. The Wolf example is symmetrical with another identical plaque facing it, suggesting that the above lot likely also originally formed part of a pair.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 21
An Egyptian brilliant blue faience amulet of Nefertum Third Intermediate Period-26th Dynasty, circa 1069-525 B.C.The short-kilted god striding forth wearing the lotus crown with tall feathers, with tripartite wig detail in black, 7cm highFootnotes:Provenance:A. Indjoudjian collection, formed ca. 1910s. M. collection.Anonymous sale; François de Ricqlès, Drouot, Paris,30 September - 1 October 1996, lot 325. with Royal-Athena Galleries, New York. Private collection, Europe, acquired from the above 15 December 2014.Along with Ptah and Sekhmet, Nefertum was part of the divine family of the Memphite area and represented youthful power. Nefertum was closely associated with the lotus flower, symbol of regeneration. He was linked with the creation myth in which the newborn sun god rose from the petals of the blue lotus. There is another example of a similarly dated Nefertum amulet with dark wig in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, acc. no. 72.1926.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 177
A large group of exhibition catalogues and miscellaneous reference books Comprising: Miho Museum, 1997; Sculpture Collection of the Cincinnati Art Museum, 1970; Kunsthalle Basel, Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, 1960; K. Schefold, Basler Antiken Im Bild, 1957; Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Kunstsammlungen, 1961; Stiftung zur Förderung der Hamburgischen Kunstsammlungen, 1970; Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Antik Kunst i Dansk Privateje, 1974; Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, Etrukische Kunst, 1988; Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, Orient und Fruehes Griechenland, 1990; Antikenmuseum Basel + Sammlung Ludwig, Münzen, 1988; Masterpieces of the J Paul Getty Museum, Antiquities, 1997; Institut der Universität Zürich, Das Tier in der Antike, 1974; Antikenmuseum Berlin, Antiken aus Berliner Privatbesitz, 1976; Miho Museum, Connaissance des Arts, 1997; Sotheby's, Classical Antiquities from the Private Collections of Great Britain - a Loan Exhibition, 1986; Handbook to the Nicholson Museum, 1948; J. Chittenden and C. Seltman, Greek Art: A Commemorative Catalogue of an Exhibition held in 1946 at the Royal Academy, Burlington House, London, 1946; Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum, Handbook, vol II, 1973; Nelson Gallery of Art, Atkins Museum, Handbook, vol I, 1973; P. Getz-Preziosi, The Obsidian Trail, Museum of Cycladic and Greek Art, 1987; J.L. Zimmermann, Ancient Art from the Barbier Mueller Museum, 1990; G. Ortiz, In Pursuit of the Absolute; Art of the Ancient World, the George Ortiz Collection, 1996; B. Fleischman, No Substitute for Quality; the Many Worlds of Larry Fleischman, 1995; D. Scott Fox, Mediterranean Heritage, 1978; Bob Hecht by Bob Hecht; J. van der Kiste, Kings of the Hellenes, Greek Kings 1863-1974, 1994; R.H. Randall jr., Masterpieces of Ivory from the Walters Art Gallery, 1985; D.M. Wilson, Anglo-Saxon Ornamental Metalwork, 700-1100; Catalogue of Antiquities of the Later Saxon Period, British Museum, Vol. I, 1964; M. Artamonov, The Dawn of Art, The Hermitage Collection, 1974; S. Moscati (eds.), The Celts, 1991; J. Durand, Byzance; L'Art Byzantin dans les collections Publiques Francaises, 1993; Gens Antiquissima Italiae, Antichita dall'Umbria a New York, 1991; V.R. Desborough, The Last Mycenaeans and their Successors; an Archaeological Survey c1200-c1000 BC, 1964; L. Marangou, Bone Carvings from Egypt; I. Graeco-Roman Period, 1976; J. Nells, The World of Ceramics; Masterpieces from the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1982; H. Froning, T. Holscher & H. Mielsch, Kotinos; festschrift fur Erika Simon, 1992; N. Kunina, Ancient Glass in the Hermitage Collection, 1997; B. Bergmann and C. Kondoleon, The Art of Ancient Spectacle, 1999; C. Wagner and J. Boardman, A Collection of Classical and Eastern Intaglios, Rings and Cameos, 2003; K. Kilian, Fibeln in Thessalien, 1975; S.M. Heim, Ladders to Heaven: Our Judeo-Christian Heritage 5000BC - AD 500, 1979; F. Edgu, The Anatolian Civilisations part I, Prehistoric/ Hittite/ Early Iron Age, 1983; N. Asgari and S. Atasoy (eds), The Anatolian Civilisations part II, Greek/ Roman/ Byzantine, 1983; N. Tapan and F. Cagman (eds), The Anatolian Civilisations part III, Seljuk/ Ottoman, 1983; J. Boardman, Intaglios and Rings; Greek, Etruscan and Eastern from a Private Collection, 1975 (x2); H. Shetelig (eds), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, part V, 1940; H. Shetelig (eds), Viking Antiquities in Great Britain and Ireland, part VI, 1954; E. Simon and M. Gawlikowski, Die Goetter am Trajansbogen zu Benevent & Aus dem syrischen Goetterhimmel, 1979/80; H. Wrede, Der Antikengarten der del Bufalo bei der Fontana Trevi, 1982; B.H. Krause, Iuppiter Optimus Maximus Saturnus, 1983; J. Boardman, Island Gems; a Study of Greek Seals in the Geometric and Early Archaic Periods, 1963; F. Baratte, East and West: A Central Asian Silver Hoard from the Parthian Era, 2002; K. Polinger Foster, Aegean Faience of the Bronze Age, 1979; F. Canciani and F.W. von Hase, La Tomba Bernardini di Palestrina, 1979; K. Lehmann and P. Williams Lehmann, Samothrace, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, part 3, The Hieron, Text II, 1969; Samothrace, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, part 3, The Hieron, plates, 1969; Samothrace, Excavations Conducted by the Institute of Fine Arts, New York, part 4, The Altar Court, 1964 (58)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 158
A Roman pale olive-brown glass goblet Circa 4th-5th Century A.D.The bowl with moulded vertical ribbing, set on a short hollowed stem on a circular folded foot, formed from a single paraison of glass, 7.4cm high, 7.4cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 25 November 1997, lot 84. Private collection, USA, acquired at the above sale.For examples with faint ribbing in The Corning Museum of Glass and the Ernesto Wolf Collection, cf. K. A. Larson, Ancient and Islamic Glass from The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, pp. 90-1, no. 36, and E. M. Stern, Roman, Byzantine, and Early Medieval Glass, 10 BCE - 700 CE. Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2001, p. 309, no. 172.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 172
A group of books on Greek and Roman art Comprising: J.W. Hayes, Late Roman Pottery, 1972; P. Zanker, Roman Portraits; Sculptures in Stone and Bronze, 2016; L. Budde and R. Nicholls, The Fitzwilliam Museum Catalogue of Greek and Roman Sculpture, 1967; M.B. Comstock and C.C. Vermeule, Sculpture in Stone; The Greek, Roman and Etruscan Collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1976; M. De Nuccio and L. Ungaro, I Marmi Colorati della Roma Imperiale, 2002; D.G. Mitten and S.F. Doeringer, Master Bronzes of the Classical World, 1968; C.C. Vermeule, Greek and Roman Sculpture in America, 1981; J. Chamay and J.L. Maier, Art Romain, 1989; C.C. Mattusch, The Fire of Hephaistos, Large Classical Bronzes in North American Collections, 1997; Oehler, Foto+Skulptur, Romische Antiken in Englischen schlossern, 1980; R. Gnoli, Marmora Romana, 1971; J. Sieveking, Antike Metallgerate, undated; C. Doumas, The Wall Paintings of Thera, 1992; P. Jacobsthal, Greek Pins, 1956; E. Pfuhl, Tausend Jahre Griechischer Malerei, 1940; J.B. Carter and S.P. Morris, The Ages of Homer, 1995; E. Vanhove, Le Sport dans la Grece Antique du Jeu a la Competition, 1992; J. Latacz et al., Homer; der Mythos von Troia in Dichtung und Kunst, 2008; T.B.L. Webster, Monuments Illustrating Old and Middle Comedy, 1978; S. Albersmeier, Heroes; Mortals and Myths in Ancient Greece, 2009; Clara Rhodos; Studi e Materiali Pubblicati a Cura Dell'Istituto Storico-Archeologico di Rodi, vol IX, 1938; A. Ippel, Der Bronzefund Von Galjub, 1922; G. Dickins, The Growth of Spartan Policy, 1912; G.M.A. Richter, Archaic Greek Art Against its Historical Background, 1949; K.W. Arafat, Classical Zeus, 1990; H.A. Thompson and R.E. Wycherley, The Agora of Athens, 1972; F. Eckstein, Antike Plastik, 1979; M.B. Huish, Greek Terracotta Statuettes, 1900; T.B.L. Webster, Monuments Illustrating Tragedy and Satyr Play, 1967; E. Gowin, Petra, undated; K. Schefold, Meisterwerke Griechischer Kunst, 1960 (30)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 107
A Roman marble portrait head, probably Thucydides Circa 150-175 A.D.The face naturalistically carved and gazing slightly to the left, with drilled thick curly hair and short beard, a furrowed brow and deep-set almond-shaped eyes, 32.5cm high Footnotes:Provenance:Hormann collection, Germany, 1967-1982, acquired on the German art market. Exhibited at a Zurich art fair in 1985. Acquired by the current owner in 1994.For another bust of Thucydides of similar proportion see the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, object no. 957.159 as well as G. M. A. Richter, Portraits of the Greeks London, 1965, fig. 177.Thucydides was an Athenian historian and general who wrote History of the Peloponnesian War, which tells of the struggle for supremacy between Sparta and Athens from around 431 B.C. Born in 460 B.C., he was elected one of the 10 stratēgoi, a military magistrate of great importance, in 424 B.C. Shortly after his promotion he was exiled from Athens as he was unable to come to the aid of the city of Amphipolis before it was captured by the Spartans. It was during his exile that Thucydides wrote his History, and sought to record the events of the war as they were happening through extensive travel and research around Greece. His methodological approach and desire to record 'the truth' of the war made him one of the first historians in the Western world, following in the footsteps of Herodotus. His work was completed in 411 B.C. and was widely read by his contemporaries. Later historians took up the mantle and added to Thucydides's History as it did not cover the last six years of the war. Thucydides died sometime around 404 B.C., and his tomb in Athens was still visited into the 2nd Century A.D.On Thucydides's appearance Richter quotes, 'his features and bearing were serious and corresponding to the character of his History' (Portraits of the Greek , p. 213). Representation of the historian show him at around age 50, when he would have been writing his History, and Richter infers further that the Greek original type, which the above portrait likely follows, was most probably erected after his death when his History was becoming widely read (ibid, p. 215).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 164
A large Roman pale yellow glass jug Circa 2nd-4th Century A.D.The bulbous body set on an applied thick green glass coiled base, with rope-twist amber handle, the base of the neck with a band of spiral decoration, the flared mouth with in-folded rim, 23cm highFootnotes:Provenance: with Aaron Gallery, London. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 13 May 1994.This large and slightly bulky jug is highly unusual and probably reflects a local production, maybe in the Rhineland. To date, it has been possible to only identify two others examples. The first, a small example at 16.2 cm high and made in light olive-green glass was purchased from a dealer in Nijmegen by the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden, in 1951 (inv. no. M 1951/5.1; W. Braat, 'The glass collection of the Rijksmuseum van Oudheden at Leiden', Oudheidkundige Mededelingen uit het Rijksmuseum van Oudheden 44, p. 109, no. 20, pl. XXXIX). It was subsequently published by Fritz Fremersdorf as 2nd-century CE and found in Cologne, and it possible that it could have been made in one of the glass-houses there (F. Fremersdorf, Das naturfarbene, sogenannte blaugrüne Glas in Köln, Die Denkmäler des Römischen Köln IV, Cologne, 1958, p. 34, pl. 52). The second example, without provenance, is the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (B. Caron & E. P. Zoïtopoúlou, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Collection of Mediterranean Antiquities, Vol. 1, The Ancient Glass, Leiden and Boston, 2008, pp. 86-7, no. 77). Slightly larger than the Leiden jug at 19 cm, it too is made in olive-green glass, although the Bonham's jug is the largest and has the remains of amber-coloured glass pontil.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 2
An Egyptian wood figure of a man Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, circa 2300-2181 B.C.Striding forward with the left leg advanced, the arms held tightly to the sides with clenched fists, the thumbs pointing downwards, wearing a short belted shendyet-kilt and echelon-curl wig, the face with large eyes and full lips, with traces of black pigment remaining in the wig, 37cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK, acquired by the mid 1960s or earlier; and thence by descent to the present owner.Statues of the deceased were placed in the tomb to serve as a surrogate for the physical body, and as such could receive offerings. Having previously been the preserve of the king and his family, non-royal tombs began to be equipped with such statues, both in wood and stone, during the 4th Dynasty, with the practice becoming widespread in elite burials by the 6th Dynasty. The facial features of the above lot are reminiscent of the wood figure of Tjeteti in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, acc. no. 26.2.9a, b and a statuette in the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Harvard University, acc. no. 1996.136.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 178
A large group of Sothebys, Christie's, Münzen und Medaillen and Antiquities Dealer Catalogues Including: Sotheby's London Antiquities catalogues dated 28 May 1936, 16 February 1953, 16 July 1962, 29 November 1965, 11 July 1967, 1 July 1969, 1 December 1969, 12 July 1971, 11 July 1972, 9 July 1974, 9 December 1974, 4 April 1977, 11 July 1977, 10 April 1978, 10 July 1979, 18 February 1980, 15 July 1980, 11 July 1983, 20 November 1987, and The Constable Maxwell Collection of Ancient Glass, 4 June 1979 (x2), Greek Vases form the Hirschmann Collection, 9th December 1993, The Benzian Collection of Ancient and Islamic Art, 7th July 1994; Sotheby's New York, The Nelson Bunker Hunt Collection of Highly Important Greek Vases; The William Herbert Hunt Collection of Highly Important Greek, Roman and Etruscan Bronzes, 19th June 1990; Christie's London Antiquities catalogues dated 21 June 1965 (Northwick Park), 10 July 1974 part 1, 10-11 July 1974 part 2, 17 November 1977, The Castle Ashby Vases, 2 July 1989 (x 2), 26 November 1980, Kofler Truniger Glass, 5 March 1985, Arundel Marbles, 10 December 1985, 11 December 1987, 8 June 1988, 13 December 1988, A Private Collection of Important Greek Vases, 28th April 1993 (x 3), The Alfred Wolkenberg Collection of Ancient Glass, 9th July 1991; Christie's New York, The Morven Collection of Ancient Art, 8th June 2004; Münzen und Medaillen catalogues, comprising nos XIV (19 June 1954), XVI (30 June 1956), 18 (29 November 1958), 46 (28 April 1972), 49 (27 June 1974), 51 (14 March 1975) (x2), 56 (19 February 1980), 59 (16 June 1981), 70 (14 November 1986), and Sonderlists G (November 1964), J (March 1968), M (September 1970, N (May 1971), R (December 1977), S (October 1980), T (October 1981), U (November 1984), W (October 1987); and catalogues from Michel Dumez-Onof, Ancient Works of Art, undated, Carlo-Maria Fallani, Dei e Uomini, 1997, Harlan Berk, Ancient Art, 1987, Herbert Cahn, Katalog 5, 1993, Herbert Cahn, Katalog 6, 1994, Herbert Cahn, Katalog 7, 1995, Robin Symes, Ancient Art, 1971, Galerie Nina Borowski, Archeologie 20eme Anniversaire, 1986, Von Hirsch collection, Volume II, Works of Art, 22 June 1978 (QTY)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 166
A Byzantine amber rectangular glass jug Circa 6th-7th Century A.D.With funnel mouth with infolded rim and green strap handle, the four sides mould blown respectively with the Edicule with hanging lamp; a tabula ansata; a large cross; and a tabula ansata, with a rosette on the underside of the base, 22cm highFootnotes:Provenance: Private collection, USA.Anonymous sale; Sotheby's, New York, 17 December 1997, lot 28. with Hadji Baba Ancient Art, London. Private collection, USA, acquired from the above 21 April 1998.This jug is a relic from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem, part of the Shrine Series of vessels. The moulded decoration includes the Edicule, an ornate shrine in the church that encloses what is believed to be the tomb of Jesus Christ.The mould blowing technique continued to be used in the 7th Century in the Eastern provinces of the Roman Empire and went on to influence Sasanian and early Islamic workshops. Many of these 7th Century flasks were mould blown with Christian and Judaic symbols, made for pilgrims visiting the holy places of Jerusalem. It is believed that pilgrims would purchase these bottles and fill them with earth that had been scantified overnight in the Tomb of Christ to place at a future date in their own graves. Other examples from this mould include a bluish-green handled bottle in the Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, London (M. Newby, Byzantine Mould-Blown Glass from the Holy Land with Jewish and Christian Symbols, The Shlomo Moussaieff Collection, London 2008, pp. 42-3, no. 5) and an olive-green example in the Erwin Oppenländer Collection (A. von Saldern et al. 1974, Gläser der Antike. Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer, Hamburg, p. 180, no. 500, fig. on p. 181).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 129
A Roman pale grey-green glass animal-headed rhyton Circa 1st Century A.D.The horn shaped body decorated with vertical ribs, the spout in the form of a creature with short pointed horns with perforated narrow mouth, 22cm long, rim 8.1cm diam.Footnotes:Provenance:with Fortuna Fine Arts Ltd, New York. Private collection, USA, formed from the 1980s onwards and acquired from the above.Rhyta in glass are rare. Such glass rhyta as the above lot were used as drinking horns or for libations. There are two main versions of rhyta with animal horns: those with or without standing bases. As drinking vessels, this meant that the contents of the latter version, like this example, had to be drunk in one go. A fresco in Pompeii shows how a banqueteer would have raised the rhyton high above the head and poured wine in a stream into the mouth, cf. Herculaneum Museum inv. no. 9024 in M. Beretta and G. di Pasquale (ed), Vitrum. Il vetro fra arte e scienza nel mondo romano, Florence, 2004, p. 275. It is possible that the head of this rhyton could represent a snail, since they were considered by the Romans to be an elite delicacy. The historian Pliny the Elder mentions a farmer harvesting snails, no doubt to provide dishes for wealthy banqueteers such as the one depicted in the fresco at Pompeii.For a similar rhyton cf. Mandruzzato & Marcante (eds), Vetri Antichi del Museo Archaeologico Nazionale de Aquileia Il vasellame de mensa, 2005, p. 51 and p. 113, no. 330. There is also a footed example with horned spout, dated to 75-125 A.D., in the Corning Museum of Glass, acc. no. 87.1.2.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 108
A Roman giallo antico marble herm head of Dionysus Circa 1st-2nd Century A.D.The wavy hair dressed with a fillet and garlanded with berries, the youthful face with rimmed recessed eyes and slightly parted lips, 15.5cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with J.-P. Mariaud de Serres, Paris. Private collection, France, acquired from the above 13 September 1996.Giallo antico was quarried by the ancient Romans at Chemtou (Simitthus) in North Africa. The yellow marble was considered to be precious and opulent, and was widely used during the 1st-2nd Centuries in both the Imperial and private households. For a herm of Dionysus in giallo antico cf. M De Nuccio & L Ungaro, i marmami colorati della Roma imperiale, Rome, 2002, p.378, fig.79, Museo Nazionale Romano, Roma, inv. n. 4252.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 173
A group of books on Greek sculpture Comprising: G.M.A. Richter, The Portraits of the Greeks, vols I-III, London, 1965; G.M.A. Richter, Catalogue of the Greek Sculptures in the Metropolitan Museum, New York, New York, 1954; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Art in North American Collections, Virginia, 1988; P. Getz-Preziosi, Early Cycladic Sculpture: an Introduction, London, 1985; F.P. Johnson, Corinth, Volume IX, Sculpture, Cambridge, Mass., 1931; G. Dickins, Damophon, 1905; K. Lapatin, Chryselephantine Statuary in the Ancient Mediterranean World, Oxford, 2001; E. Wasmuth, Frühgriechische Plastik, Band 3; Berlin; J. Dorig, The Olympia Master and his Collaborators, Leiden, 1987; A. Kozloff & D.G. Mitten, The Gods Delight; The Human Figure in Classical Bronze, Cleveland, 1988; M. Bieber, The Sculpture of the Hellenistic Age, New York, 1961; B.S. Ridgway, The Archaic Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1977; B.S. Ridgway, The Severe Style in Greek Sculpture, Princeton, 1970; P.C. Bol, Die Skulpturen Des Schiffsfundes von Antikythera, Berlin, 1972; C. Rolley, Greek Bronzes, London, 1986; M.L. Saflund, The East Pediment of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Göteborg, 1970; D. Buitron-Oliver, The Greek Miracle; Classical Sculpture from the Dawn of Democracy – The Fifth Century BC, Washington, 1992; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Text, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger & M. Gisler, Parthenon Dokumentation zum Fries, Tafeln, Mainz, 1996; E. Berger, Parthenon Metopen in Basel, Tafeln, Mainz, 1986; E. Berger, Das Basler Arztrelief, Basel, 1970; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, second edition, 1950; H. Payne & G. Mackworth-Young, Archaic Marble Sculpture, first edition, undated. (25)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 61
An Amlash pottery bull rhyton Circa early 1st Millennium B.C.The hollow vessel with large rump and prominent neck hump, the muzzle extending into a long spout, with crescentic horns, small pierced ears and vertical ridges for the dewlap and tail, on four tapering legs, 20.5cm high, 32cm longFootnotes:Provenance:Mr Theodore Monell collection, Brooklyn, NY, whose collection was mostly formed in the 1970's-1980's. US art market, 2020. Accompanied by an Thermoluminescence Test from Oxford Authentication Ltd.It has been suggested that vessels such as this bull rhyton may have been used in a secular context for the drinking of wine. For a discussion on whether ceramic rhytons were used for the domestic consumption of wine and other fluids or as libation vessels at religious ceremonies see A. C. Gunter, 'The Art of Eating and Drinking in ancient Iran' in Asian Art, Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, vol. 1, no. 2, Spring 1988, pp.11-14. The rhyton first appeared in Iran in the 4th Millennium B.C. and continued to be used throughout the Pre-Islamic period. An 11th Century Persian dictionary gives the definition of the rhyton as 'a bull or cow formed of pottery, gold or other materials used for the drinking of wine'. However Hittite texts found in Turkey (circa 1450-1200 B.C.) refer to the use of animal-shaped rhytons for making ritual libations of wine or beer to certain deities. It is quite possible that rhytons were used for both purposes and that deities were being made offerings of drink in imitation of everyday domestic meals (ibid.).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
![Daniel O'Connell's Copy [Connery (Jos.)?] Some Short and Useful Reflections upon Duelling,... by a Christian Patriot. S](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/17bfbbdd-36f2-4bb9-b57c-adef012c40b2/468x382.jpg)
Lot 113
Daniel O'Connell's Copy [Connery (Jos.)?] Some Short and Useful Reflections upon Duelling,... by a Christian Patriot. Sm. 8vo Dub. (For the Author)1823. First Edn., engd. frontis. advert. leaf at end, uncut, orig. printed boards, recent slipcase. V. good. (1) * Rare volume, with 2 additional fold. engd. plts. of duelling, with two signatures of Daniel O'Connell, & a m/ss note from him tipped in, and with his bookplate.
Lot 127
Volney (M. C.-F) Travels through Syria and Egypt, in the Years 1783, 1784, and 1785, 2 vols. in one, 8vo Dublin (for Messrs. Burnet, White.. Moore and Dornin) 1788. First Dublin Edn., hf. title Vol. I, 2 fold. maps, cont. full calf, mor. label. Castletown copy with T. Conolly's B.P., and later Furness Copy. (1)
Lot 209
Quintiniani (M. Fabii) Institutionum Oratoriarum Libri Duodecim, Sm. 8vo London (Antonio Gryphium) 1575; Bound with, ... Declamationes Undeviginti,... London 1575. Each with wd. cut printers device, wd. cut initials, early part of first work badly wormed in margins, generally not affecting text, later calf, blind tooled, raised bands, mor. label. (1)
Lot 217
Renaudot (Eusebius) Trans. Ancient Account of India and China By Two Mohammedan Travellers. Who went to those Parts in the 9th Century, Translated from the Arabic, 8vo Lond. (For Sam. Harding.) 1733. First English Edn., Two Parts in one Vol. Title printed in red and black with wood engraved device, pps XXXVII [1] 99, 260 [12] Index. A few pages creased at fore-edge, also some browning at fore-edges, some stains, some m/ss annotations & notes, the first loose blank with one page of notes in pen, signed James Bedoon, cont. calf, worn & joints cracked. Ex. Scarce. (1) Ref: [Cordier, Sinica 1923; Lust 299] * The First Edition in English of important accounts by "Sulaiman, the merchant" and Hasan ibn Yazid al Sirafi of journeys undertaken in the ninth century A.D., translated from the Arabic by the French linguist Eusebius Renaudot.
Lot 248
Rowlands (Henry) Mona Antiqua Restaurata, An Archaeological Discourse on the Antiquities,... of the Isle of Anglesea.. 4to Dublin (A. Rhames) 1723. First Edn., hf. title, title in red & bl., 8pp of subscribers, 2 plts. (one ex 12) with a cont. m/ss document tipped in at end, owner's name on front loose blank, 'Rev. George Stokes,' cont. panel calf. (1)
Lot 35
Neilson (Rev. Wm.) An Introduction to the Irish Language, Dublin 1808. First Edn., List of subs., 6 plts. (some dam.) hf. mor.; O'Donovan (John) A Grammar of the Irish Language, Published for ... The College of St. Columba. 8vo D. 1845. First Edn. Two engd. plts., some m/ss annots, orig. Maynooth Prize Binding, gilt decor by Bellew. (2)
![Cinema Poster: Rocketship X-M, [1950] starring Lloyd Bridges, Osa Masen, John Emery, Noah Berry Junior, directed b](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/ad2a77c6-49d5-4c85-a7a8-adef013067ed/468x382.jpg)
Lot 399
Periodical: Ár m-Eire New Ireland, Vol. III No. 12, Jan. 27th 1917 - Vol. IX, No. 4, Dec. 21st, 1921, together approx. 33 issues only. Orig. ptd. wrappers. As a periodical, w.a.f. (1) * Ed. by D. Gwynn & P.J. Little, it first favoured the Irish National League, but afterwards adapted bye policy of Sinn Fein.
Lot 509
D'Arnay (M.) The Private Life of the Romans, Trans. from the French, 12mo Edin. (A. Donaldson & J. Reid) 1761. First English Edn., cont. calf, raised bands, mor. label; Pezzl (Mr.) La Vie du Feldmarechal Baron de Loudon, translated by Le Baron de Bock, 12mo Luxembourg 1792, title with vignette, cont. tree calf. (2)
Lot 622
Napoleon Repatriates a Wounded Irish Officer Military Interest: A Passport, allowing John Nicholson, a lieutenant in the 83rd Infantry and now a prisoner of war, to be repatriated to England via Morlaix on grounds of ill health as part of a prisoner exchange. Dated February 1813 and signed by Napoleon?s Minister for War, Henry James Clarke, duc de Feltre (both of whose parents were Irish). Includes a detailed description of the prisoner, who is aged 28, a native of Wexford, and ?a perdu la jambe gauche? (so he was unlikely to be of much further military use). The 83rd (County Dublin) Foot served in the Peninsular War, where presumably Lieut. Nicholson received his injury. Paper, 40cms x 28 cms (some damage), as a m/ss document, w.a.f. (1)
![Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Austin Stack?s Widow [Stack (Mrs. W.)] Diary of a Trip to Holy Land, written on Cu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/136f7fea-8bbc-4ae7-a05c-adf00096e372/468x382.jpg)
Lot 624
Pilgrimage to the Holy Land by Austin Stack?s Widow [Stack (Mrs. W.)] Diary of a Trip to Holy Land, written on Cunard White Star Lancastria notepaper and envelope, 21cms x 13 cms, pp 1-13. Narrates the visit of a group of pilgrims to Mount Carmel, Galilee and Jerusalem, breaking off when they are about to depart for Jericho. The year is not stated, but it must have been after Stack?s death in 1929 and before the outbreak of World War Two (the Lancastria was sunk in 1940 with thousands of fatalities - the largest single-ship loss of life in British maritime history). Card of Mrs Austin Stack enclosed. The Kerry republican leader Austin Stack married in 1925 Winifred (Una) Gordon, née Cassidy, the widow of an RIC district inspector. She died in 1950. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (2)
Lot 626
18th Century Writ Regarding Property in New Ross Co. Wexford: A m/ss of George, Viscount Townsend, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, dated 6 May 11th of George III (1771) to the sheriff of Co. Wexford, directing him to command Joseph Rogers of New Ross to surrender to Hill Matthews of Dublin various pieces of property (details given) in New Ross. Signed "FitzRoy." Endorsement signed by the Lord Chancellor, Lord Lifford, as a m/ss., w.a.f. (1)
Lot 629
Kavangh (Arthur Mc Murrough) 1873, on the headed Notepaper of his yacht the Eva with stamped logo of The Royal Yacht Squadron, a three page Letter from the pen of the incredible Arthur McMurrough Kavanagh, M.P. born without arms or legs, Arthur served as Member of Parliament for fourteen years, travelled to Russia, India and Persia on safari, was an expert horseman and shot, and was a keen yachtsman. This letter addressed to his land agent "Devine" who it appears has sought a Publican's licence for himself. The letter expresses Arthur's concern over the issuing of pub licences in Borris, stating his objection' to increasing the number of Publican's licences in the town.' The letter ends with the message from Arthur to his land agent 'it is only for me to say that you would have to choose between it and the position you now hold, as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 662
Northern Ireland Interest - Manuscript: Institute of Journalists - Ulster District Honorary Treasurer's Records for the Years 1890-1931, manuscript notebook, 8vo, over 275pp of entries, recording income and expenditure, and with an extensive index at front, cloth & paper cover. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
![Molly Keane’s Hunting Registers, 1928-1930 [Keane (Molly)] Hunting Registers, 2 vols, 1928-29 and 1929-30, bound in red](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/17697a59-4758-41e3-9120-adf000975c30/468x382.jpg)
Lot 666
Molly Keane’s Hunting Registers, 1928-1930 [Keane (Molly)] Hunting Registers, 2 vols, 1928-29 and 1929-30, bound in red buckram with marbled endpapers and edges. 21 x 15 cm. 2nd half of 2nd vol blank. A few inserts. Inscribed “Kept by Molly Skrine.” Each double page has on the left printed headings for filling in the details of each hunt, and on the right a blank page on which the owner could write a narrative. These vary from very detailed accounts, mainly of hunting in Co. Wexford, to “Never found a fox all day”. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (2) Mary Nesta (Molly) Skrine (1904-1996) grew up at Ballyrankin House, Co. Wexford, where horses and hunting were an intimate part of her life. An acute observer of the society in which she lived, at the time she wrote these journals she was already producing novels under the pen name M.J. Farrell. She married in 1938 Bobby Keane of Cappoquin. Her novel Good Behaviour, published in 1981 under her married name of Molly Keane, launched her career as an international literary figure.
![A Charming Record of an Irish Peer's Babyhood [The O'Briens of Dromoland]Baby's Souvenir, by A.O. Kaplan, with pic](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/491787aa-ec68-4f66-aa62-adf000976803/468x382.jpg)
Lot 669
A Charming Record of an Irish Peer's Babyhood [The O'Briens of Dromoland]Baby's Souvenir, by A.O. Kaplan, with pictures by Frances Brundage, London, Dean & Son, n.d. blue and crimson cover with gold tooling and illustration. Many illustrations in text. "The Book Contains a Biographical Record of the Child-Life of [Donough E.F. O'Brien]. born at 16 Grosvenor Square 6 January 1897 to Lucius and Ethel O'Brien. With m/ss notes by mother on his earliest experiences to the end of 1899: lock of hair (enclosed), first laugh, first tooth, first steps etc. Many photographs and a few letters loose or pasted in. Donough Edward Foster O'Brien, the baby commemorated so lovingly in this book, was the first of six children born to the Hon. Lucius O'Brien (who in 1900 became the 15th Baron Inchiquin) and Ethel Jane Foster. He served in the Rifle Brigade during the First World War, and married in 1921 Anne Molyneux Thesiger. In 1939 he succeeded his father as 16th Baron Inchiquin and settled at the ancestral seat of Dromoland Castle. For twenty years he struggled to keep the estate afloat, but in 1962 financial circumstances forced him to sell castle and estate. he died in 1968. Frances Isabelle Lockwood Brundage (1854-1937) was an American illustrator best known for her depictions of attractive and endearing children, both for ephemera such as postcards and calendars and for the novels of Louisa May Alcott and others. She was a prolific artist, producing in her late sixties as many as twenty books annually. As an Album, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 70
Illustrated Children's Books: Adams (Frank) Illustrator, Old Time Rhymes, lg. 4to L. (Blackie & Co.) 1915. 35 full page mtd. cold. prints cloth; Birkdale (Eleanor Flortescue) Golden Book of Famous Women, 4to L. n.d. Fine mtd. cold. plts., gilt pict. cloth, & orig. d.w.; Sowerby (M. & G.) Cinderella, 4to L. n.d., mtd. cold. plts., pict. boards; Neilson (Harry B.) Droll Doings, L. (Blackie) n.d. cold. plts. & illus. thro.-out, pict. boards. Good lot. (4)
Lot 713
'I was Very Glad to be Associated with the Fianna Fail Government' Lynch (Jack) A single Page m/ss Letter to Mary (Mary Hogan - Kilkenny), dated 9/4/73, replying to her kind letter, he acknowledges his proud involvement with Fianna Fail, and the hope for the future, Signed as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 751
Guarding the Frontiers of the United States American Revolution. Chittenden (Thomas) President of the Council of Safety, Manuscript Document signed as President of the Council of Safety, Bennington, Vermont, March 2 1778, a military warrant to Isaac Clark: 'You are hereby required .. to enlist fifty ablebodied effective ...' countersigned by Joseph Fay, Secretary. One page, folds expertly repaired on blank verso. With a typescript biography of Joseph Fay. Revolutionary material from the State of Vermont is now rare. As a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 765
Hyde (Dr. Douglas) 'An Craoibhin.' An ALs 4pp (single folded sheet|) dated 12.6.1912, from 1 Earlsford Place, Dublin to 'A Athair dhilis' and also to 'An Maileach (Tomas O'Maille), giving details of papers which the three of them have to set for examinations for Travelling Studentship's, mentioning the source books, etc. In Irish throughout in Hyde's rather idiosyncratic script. Wearing at folds., as a m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
![[Bjersby (Birgit)] Upsala Irish Studies - The Interpretation of The Cuchulain Legend in the Works of W.B](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/fde74502-a069-4d32-b90f-adf000989770/468x382.jpg)
Lot 767
[Bjersby (Birgit)] Upsala Irish Studies - The Interpretation of The Cuchulain Legend in the Works of W.B Yeats, 8vo Upsala 1950, some annotations, ptd. wrappers, recent hf. cloth marble boards; [Gogarty (Oliver St. J.)] A single page m/ss Letter to Mrs. Birgit Bjersby from Florida Jan. 30th 1951, referring to the above publication and Yeats referral to Cuchulain in On Bailes Strand, clear signature, as a m/ss. (2)
![Co. Sligo: [O'Flanagan (M.)ed] Ordnance Survey - Name Books No 117, Achonry to Killaraght, and No. 118, Kilaspugbr](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/6e4c89b0-9e21-45b6-97ed-ade100bf2b2d/374ea68e-511e-447f-87e7-adef012be595/468x382.jpg)
Lot 770
Wilson (Florence M), Ulster Poet (c. 1870-1946). A binder containing fourteen original poems, mostly typescript with two manuscript, some signed or with m/ss. corrections, many of them about children or written in a child?s voice, some probably unpublished. The last poem here is dated Jan. 1 1916. A few sheets fragile and strengthened to rear. With a folder containing a printed copy of The Hearthstone, The Story Magazine of Ireland, Vol.1 no 3, July 1922, containing Florence Wilson?s best known work, the ballad ?The Man from God Knows Where? (about the 1798 leader Thomas Russell). Florence Wilson published only one collection, The Coming of the Earls and Other Verse (Candle Press 1918). She was a friend of Alice Milligan and of Alice Stopford Green.
Loading...-
375892 item(s)/page