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Click here to subscribeFour gold rings, including a 9 ct bi-coloured band, ring size V 1/2, a square signet ring, in 18 ct, size T and two 22 ct weddings bands, the 3.8mm band, size M and the 2.8mm band, size P 1/2Condition Report: 9 ct gross weight 4.0 grams18 ct gross weight 8.7 grams22 ct gross weight 10.5 grams
This original Western theme oil on canvas entitled Daydreaming depicts a cowboy resting by his horse above a wide prairie filled with cattle. Realist artist E. M. Fisher applied areas of flat paint and impasto on the tall grass, red bandana, and the chaps. Canvas is unstretched. Signature, date, and dedication on lower right: E.M. Fisher, 11, Copy for our home (illegible.) Artist: E. M. Fisher (American 20th century)Issued: 1911Dimensions: 11"L x 14"HCountry of Origin: United StatesCondition: Age related wear. Paint loss on edges.
This extensive collection features patriotic World War I sheet music, including pre-war compositions like I Didn't Raise My Boy to be a Soldier, nationalistic tunes from the war era, and victory songs afterward. Reflecting the era's sentiments, these pieces capture themes of farewell between mothers and sons and soldiers' promises to return. They serve as poignant reminders of the era's changing public mood and are valuable artifacts of cultural significance. Additional titles include We're Going Over by Andrew B. Sterling, Bernie Grossman, and Arthur Lange. I'm Glad I Can Make You Cry by Chas R. McCarron and Carey Morgan. Just a Baby's Prayer at Twilight for Her Daddy Over There, by Sam Lewis and Joe Young, cover art by Barbelle. When You Kiss Your Dear Mother Good-bye by John J. Winslow and Chas H. Roth. Just for Tonight by Frank O. French. Over There by Geo M. Cohen. Fall in Love for Your Motherland, the Words of Woodrow Wilson. Marching Through Georgia, March and Two-Step by Rudolf Thaler, c. 1908. Is That You O'Reilly? by Ballard Macdonald. When Yankee Doodle Learns to Parlez Vous Francais by Will Hart and Ed Nelson, cover art by Barbelle. Bring Back My Daddy to Me by William Tracey and Howard Johnson with music by George W. Meyer. It's a Long Way to Berlin, But We'll Get There by Arthur Fields and Leon Flatow. Break the News to Mother by Chas K. Harris, cover art by Starmer. America Forever! March by E.T. Paull, C. 1898. Dear Old Virginia Just Before the War by Harry P. Diggs and Otto E. Standhardt. The Union Forever, The Star-Spangled Banner with words by Francis S. Key, c. 1876. Issued: Late 19th to early 20th centuryDimensions: 10.5"W x 13.5"HCondition: Age related wear. Conditions range from good to fair.
ARCHITECTS - I. M. PEI Comprising; Miho Museum: I.M. Pei Architecture, Kiyohiko Higashide (photography), Miho Museum, 2008 I.M. Pei: Complete Works, Philip Jodidio and Janet Adams Strong, Rizzoli, 2008 I.M. Pei: La Pyramide du Louvre / The Louvre Pyramid, Rizzoli, 2010 I.M. Pei, Carter Wiseman, Abrams, 1990 The Architecture of I.M. Pei, Carter Wiseman, Abrams, 2001 Contemporary Architecture & Landscape, Year not specified. I.M. Pei: Architect of Time, Place, and Purpose, Jill Rubalcaba, 2011 (7) Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
MIXED BOOKS - MID-CENTURY MODERN HOUSES (1/2) Comprising; The Tale of Tomorrow: Utopian Architecture in the Modernist Realm, Gestalten, 2016 Master of the Midcentury: The Architecture of William F. Cody, Laura J. Cochrane and Peter Moruzzi, Monacelli Press, 2021 American Glamour and the Evolution of Modern Architecture, Alice T. Friedman, Yale University Press, 2010 The Iconic American House: Architectural Masterworks since 1900, Dominic Bradbury and Richard Powers, Thames & Hudson, 2020 Trousdale Estates: Midcentury to Modern in Beverly Hills, Steven M. Price, Regan Arts, 2017 Hawaiian Modern: The Architecture of Vladimir Ossipoff, Dean Sakamoto, Yale University Press, 2015 Neutra: Complete Works, Barbara Mac Lamprecht, Peter Gössel, Taschen, 2010 Midnight Modern: Palm Springs Under the Full Moon, Tom Blachford, powerHouse Books, 2017 (8) Condition: For a condition report or further images please email hello@hotlotz.com at least 48 hours prior to the closing date of the auction. This is an auction of preowned and antique items. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and you should expect general wear and tear commensurate with age and use. We strongly advise you to examine items before you bid. Condition reports are provided as a goodwill gesture and are our general assessment of damage and restoration. Whilst care is taken in their drafting, they are for guidance only. We will not be held responsible for oversights concerning damage or restoration.
A PAIR OF WILLIAM AND MARY SILVER CANDLESTICKS PROBABLY BY THOMAS ASH, LONDON 1689 AND 1690 With octagonal sconces, tapering fluted stems, to moulded octagonal bases, engraved P over TE beneath 20cm (8in) high 728g (23.4 oz) The maker's mark TA between pellets is listed in Jackson's silver & gold marks of England, Scotland and Ireland, page 136 as being found on two altar candlesticks and a pair of octagonal candlesticks and alms plate. See Silversmiths in Elizabethan and Stuart London, Their lives and their marks by David M Mitchell, page 504, where this mark is attributed to Thomas Ash Condition Report: Heraldry removedCondition Report Disclaimer
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND RING The square cut emerald with canted corners between trapeze and baguette cut diamond two stone shoulders, emerald weighing approximately 2.50 carats, unmarked Size/dimensions: ring size M Gross weight: 4.5 gramsOffered for sale with a Gemmological Certification Services (GCS) report, no. 5784-2333, dated 2nd May 2024, stating: Origin Colombia Comment Indications of minor clarity enhancement Condition Report: Shoulders have been later extended with the baguette cut diamonds, spots of solder at joints to hoop. Evidence of previous resizing Emerald of a bright mid green hue with good saturation and transparency. Typical natural inclusions visible. Measurements on GCS report approximately 9.3 x 8.7 x 4.2mm Metal unmarked and remains untestedCondition Report Disclaimer
LORENZ BAUMER FOR CHANEL, A DIAMOND AND CULTURED PEARL 'PERLES MATELASSE' RING Designed as a latticework of brilliant cut diamonds, set throughout with 3.5 to 5.9mm cultured pearls, between concave shoulders, diamonds approximately 0.90 carats total, signed Baumer, Chanel, numbered T28794, maker's mark, French poinçon Size/dimensions: ring size M Gross weight: 13.3 grams Condition Report: The pearls are well matched, the diamonds are all present and correct, bright and lively, the setting has some very light wear. The markings to the shank are clear.Condition Report Disclaimer
A DIAMOND ETERNITY RING Set with a continuous row of brilliant cut diamonds, diamonds approximately 2.00 carats total Size/dimensions: ring size M Gross weight: 4.6 grams Condition Report: Engraved with number 247 Diamonds average estimated clarity Vs, average estimated colour I/J, bright and well matched Overall in good condition with normal signs of wearCondition Report Disclaimer
AN ART DECO DIAMOND BROOCH CIRCA 1930 The openwork tapered plaque collet set with a central old European cut diamond within a single, baguette and old cut diamond surround, approximately 4.50 carats total, later pin fitting and loop, unmarked Size/dimensions: 6.6cm wide Gross weight: 13.8 grams Condition Report: Principal diamond approx. 0.85ct, estimated clarity I1, estimated colour J Remaining diamonds estimated colour range J-M, estimated clarity range Si1-I1 Spots of black solder under pin fittings, and to later added pendant hook Metal unmarked and remains untested Overall in good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
A DIAMOND SINGLE STONE RING The old European cut diamond, weighing 2.04 carats, in an eight claw mount, to a tapered shank, stamped Platinum Size/dimensions: ring size O Gross weight: 3.8 grams Condition Report: Estimated clarity Si2, estimated colour M, medium fluorescence Hoop stamped platinum, however no official hallmarks Some nicks and scratches to hoop Condition Report Disclaimer
A PAIR OF DIAMOND SET DRESS RINGS Each of polished fan shaped design inset with a brilliant cut diamond, stamped 18ct Size/dimensions: ring size M Gross weight: 36.7 grams Condition Report: Diamonds gauged to weigh approximately 0.35 carats total, bright, lively stones of good quality Each stamped with an unidentified maker's mark and 18ct, however no official hallmarks Rubbing to metal where rings have been worn together Surface wear throughoutCondition Report Disclaimer
A DIAMOND SINGLE STONE RING The brilliant cut diamond in an eight claw setting, weighing 2.05 carats, to a polished shank stamped 18ct Size/dimensions: ring size L Gross weight: 3 grams Condition Report: Estimated clarity Si3/I1, an inclusion to one side of the stone, colour estimated M. Medium to strong fluorescence. Claws are in good condition. There is some slight wear under the gallery and to the shank where the ring has been worn with a band.Condition Report Disclaimer
MIKIMOTO, A 'BEST OF THE BEST' CULTURED PEARL NECKLACE AND SIMILAR BRACELET The necklace composed of a slightly graduated row of 6.58 to 6.95mm cultured pearls, to a scrolled clasp set with a brilliant cut diamond, suspending a diamond accented 'M' charm, maker's mark, stamped The Best of the Best, stamped Pt1000 and K18, maker's case, the bracelet of similar design with a reeded clasp, maker's mark, stamped K18 Size/dimensions: necklace 43.5cm. bracelet 20.3cm long Gross weight: 46.9 grams Condition Report: Pearls of white body colour with rose overtones, with high lustre, even nacre and very well matched Knotted between pearls, stringing in good condition Clasps in good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
A rare opaque twist mead or champagne glass, circa 1760-70The distinctive cup shaped bowl moulded with a ring of twenty evenly spaced basal flutes or gadroons, the double-series stem with a central gauze column encircled by two pairs of heavy opaque white spiral threads, over a folded conical foot, 15.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceHarvey's Wine Museum, Bonhams, 1 October 2003, lot 202Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.219, no.656Glasses with this distinctive bowl are very rarely seen with opaque twist stems. Whilst traditionally known as mead glasses, mead was rarely drunk in Britain and it is more likely these were inspired by Continental roemers used for Rhenish wine, see Dwight Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), p.93. The London glass seller Thomas Betts sold '12 Green 1/2 Mo Egg Champagne' glasses which could refer to related forms. Another opaque twist mead or champagne glass from the Peter Meyer Collection was sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 28.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An important Bow figure group of 'Ki Mao Sao', circa 1750-52By the 'Muses Modeller' and left in the white, the Laotian goddess seated cross-legged with arms outstretched to display the wide sleeves of her robe, flanked by her two kneeling attendants, the elaborate scrolled base, heavily undercut, pierced and applied with groups of flowers and leaves, 17.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceElizabeth Adams CollectionTaken from a design by Watteau engraved by M Aubert, circa 1731. See Aubrey J Toppin, 'The Origin of Some Ceramic Designs', ECC Trans, Vol.10, Pt.2 (1977), pl.CIIa. Illustrated by Peter Bradshaw, Bow Porcelain Figures (1992), p.68, fig.19 and listed on p.89, with a polychrome version shown in fig.20. Coloured versions are illustrated by Yvonne Hackenbroch, Catalogue of the Irwin Untermyer Collection (1957), pl.80, fig.243, by Anton Gabszewicz, Bow Porcelain (1982), p.127, no.195 and others are in the collections of Colonial Williamsburg and the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Examples left in the white appear to be far rarer, although a white example was analysed by William R H and Elizabeth G Ramsay, 'A Classification of Bow Porcelain from First Patent to Closure 1743-1774', Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Victoria, Vol.119, No.1 (2007).It is interesting to compare the construction of this group with that of the Chinese Lovers, see lot 406 in this sale. Both show that the individual figures have been separately made together with their own portion of the base. The joins are clearly visible on the underside in both cases but are invisible on the upper surface. With the present lot, just as much effort has been expended on the modelling and finishing of the reverse as has been on the front. This lot represents an extraordinary piece of English chinoiserie, the modelling all the more crisp and striking for being one the few left in the white.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare sealed half size 'Onion' serving bottle, circa 1690-95Of olive-green tint, the squat bulbous body with a short tapering neck applied with a prominent string rim, the flattened scroll handle with a pronounced thumbrest, applied to the shoulder at the front with a circular seal inscribed 'M P' within a lined border, with a large basal 'kick-up', 13.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 15 June 2011, lot 1A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureDavid Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.1534This is an exceptionally rare serving bottle paralleled only by another example also of half size, of similar date and bearing the same initials, but lacking its handle.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
A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with an assortment of fruit, including a bunch of grapes and a large pear, a bird perched on round fruit to the right, on a double-series stem containing a lace twist encircled by a pair of five-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSir Hugh Dawson Collection, Sotheby's, 6 March 1951, lot 85Sotheby's, 20 May 1963, lot 109Cranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 97Bayreuth CollectionExhibitedSalisbury Museum, 1985A very similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1103 and was sold by Christie's on 14 June 1983, lot 94. For a facet stem glass with similar decoration in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.67-1942) see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.56, no.31. A virtually identical glass from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 97.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Giles gilded opaque twist goblet, circa 1765-70Decorated in the London workshop of James Giles, the generous round funnel bowl decorated with a meandering branch of fruiting vine, on a double-series stem containing a fourteen-ply spiral band around a central opaque white lace twist, over a conical foot, 19.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and Son, 9 March 1998Leuba CollectionAn almost identical goblet is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.350, no.1144 and another was sold by Sotheby's on 20 November 1972, lot 85. See also that sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2020, lot 20 (part).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
Two plain stem cordial glasses, circa 1740-50One with a small pan-topped bowl on a tall stem with a high domed foot, 16.3cm high, the other with a round funnel bowl on a tall stem with a folded domed foot, 16.7cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceCranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 24 (round funnel)Henry Fox Collection, Bonhams, 2 June 2004, lot 9 (pan-topped)Bayreuth CollectionExhibitedSalisbury Museum, 1985 (round funnel)Glass Circle Diamond Jubilee exhibition, 1997, no.56 (pan-topped)A very similar pan-topped cordial glass from the John Towse Collection is illustrated L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.142, no.355.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A heavy baluster dram glass, circa 1710Of attractive small size, the round funnel bowl with a solid base, the stem with a wide inverted baluster containing a tear, terminating in a basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 12.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePhillips, 10 December 1997, lot 25Bayreuth CollectionA similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.76, no.98, which was sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2010, lot 20. Compare also to the example illustrated by Delomosne and Son, The baluster Family (1985), pp.40-1, no.18a.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The drawn trumpet bowl finely painted in opaque white with a continuous band of fruiting vine, the rim gilt, on a multi-spiral opaque twist stem and conical foot, 17.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceProperty of a GentlemanAn almost identical glass in the Philadelphia Museum of Art is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.47, no.27. Two further examples are illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, nos.1121 and 1122. See also that from the Ron and Mary Thomas Collection sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 169 and the two examples from the Darrel Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 119 and 30 November 2022, lot 148 respectively.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A baluster mead or champagne glass, early 18th centuryOf attractive small size, the distinctive cup shaped bowl moulded with a ring of sixteen evenly spaced basal flutes or gadroons, the stem with a teared mushroom knop above a short plain section terminating in a teared basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 12.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePhillips, 10 December 1997, lot 9Bayreuth CollectionVery similar glasses are illustrated by Delomosne and Son, The Baluster Family (1985), p.55, no.26c and by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.59, no.37, the latter sold by Bonhams on 1 October 2003, lot 132. A virtually identical glass was from the Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection was sold by Bonhams on 1 December 2021, lot 63.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare baluster wine glass, circa 1720-30With a conical bowl extending into a true baluster stem containing a small tear, terminating in a small basal knop, over a folded domed foot, 16.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith AspreyLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.74, no.92This glass resembles those depicted in a painting of circa 1721 by Sir Godfrey Kneller of two members of the Kit-Cat Club, now hanging in the National Portrait Gallery (inv. no.NPG 3215). Traditionally known as 'Kit-Cat' glasses, recent research has in fact shown that this attribution is spurious and that the glasses shown in the painting are in fact of an earlier type with round funnel bowls and conical feet, see Simon Wain-Hobson, 'The serious misnomer of Kit-Cat glasses', Glass Matters, No.6 (October 2019), pp.9-14. A very similar glass to the present lot was sold by Bonhams as part of the Henry J Mein Collection on 12 November 2014, lot 94.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An early heavy baluster goblet, circa 1700The generous conical bowl set on a wide inverted baluster stem enclosing a tear, over a folded conical foot, 21.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 7 March 1977, lot 122Christie's, 11 December 2000, lot 61Bayreuth CollectionA similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.64, no.52. Compare also to the example with a round funnel bowl from the Durrington Collection, sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2023, lot 6.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare tartan colour twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl on a single-series stem comprising four alternating pairs of spiral threads in translucent blue, translucent red, translucent green, and opaque white, over a conical foot, 14.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Delomosne and Son, 6 January 1987Leuba CollectionIt is very unusual to find a colour twist glass such as this with no central series in the stem. A similar example with a round funnel bowl is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.235, no.719.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
A good heavy baluster goblet, circa 1710The conical bowl solid at the base, on a stem with a wide angular knop containing a tear which extends into a basal ball knop, over a folded conical foot, 18.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceCranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 2Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.69, no.73ExhibitedWorthing Museum, 1968Salisbury Museum, 1985A very similar glass from the Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 41 and another from the Durrington Collection on 15 November 2023, lot 9. Compare also to the glass illustrated by Delomosne and Son, The Baluster Family (1985), pp.20-1, no.8a.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with four evenly looped floral swags, set on a double-series stem containing a ten-ply spiral band around a central lace twist, over a conical foot, 14.5cm highFootnotes:A set of six wine glasses with similar decoration was sold by Bonhams on 3 November 2016, lot 109. Another with a slightly different double-series stem is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilby's (1973), p.93, pl.51(b) and was sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2010, lot 55. See also the example illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.220, no.660.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare sealed 'Shaft and Globe' wine bottle of American interest, circa 1660-1670Of olive-green tint, the bulbous body tapering inwards towards the base, the upper part of the shoulder and neck reconstructed, applied to the shoulder with a seal inscribed 'E M' within separate matrices, with a shallow basal 'kick-up', 22.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceFound by Ben Cothrin Jr buried in a ship's ballast in the James River near Jamestown, VA, USA, 1970sGlass Works Auctions, 12 March 2001, lot 250A C Hubbard Jr CollectionLiteratureDavid Burton, Antique Sealed Bottles (2015), p.974Several fragments of early sealed bottles and detached seals from circa 1660-1780 were recovered from the same site in the James River as this bottle, including three detached seals inscribed 'E Moore/ 1727', representing some of the earliest bottle fragments found in America. No other bottle with this seal is recorded by Burton.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
An exceptional Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765-70The generous bucket bowl painted in opaque white with a bosky landscape featuring three poplar trees among classical ruins, comprising a stone arch beside three columns supporting a pediment, a large towering pyramid or obelisk to the right, a smaller pyramid or obelisk surmounted by a small urn to the left, on a double-series stem containing a nine-ply spiral band around a lace twist, over a conical foot, 18.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Mallett and SonLeuba CollectionThis splendid goblet is of a shape much favoured by the Beilbys, presenting a large flat surface upon which to paint. A small number of goblets with similar scenes incorporating pyramids or obelisks are known, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.628-1936) illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.67, no.38a. A comparable goblet from the Lymbery Collection is also illustrated Rush (1973), p.19, pl.7 and again by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1101. See also that sold by Bonhams on 2 May 2018, lot 140. The present lot is exceptional in that it features two pyramids.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
An attractive light baluster wine glass, circa 1750The generous round funnel bowl on a slender multi-knopped stem with a small cushion knop above beaded and solid knops, on an inverted baluster terminating in a beaded basal knop, over a conical foot, 19.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceCranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 87Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.122, no.279ExhibitedWorthing Museum, 1968Salisbury Museum, 1985For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765The generous bucket bowl finely painted in opaque white with three diaper lattice panels within elaborate scrollwork borders pendant from the rim, raised on a double-series stem containing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a multi-ply corkscrew, over a conical foot, 17.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 19 May 2010, lot 27Property of a GentlemanLiteratureGeoffrey Wills, Antique Glass for Pleasure and Investment (1971), p.21L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, no.1123The decoration on this fine goblet relates closely to the diaper panels on a on an armorial punchbowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.43-1942) which is signed by Beilby and dated 1765. An identical goblet from the Walter F Smith Collection was sold by Sotheby's on 4 December 1967, lot 215. Compare also to the wine glass with very similar diaper panels sold by Bonhams on 13 December 2023, lot 115.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare bobbin-knopped mead or champagne glass, early 18th centuryThe distinctive cup shaped bowl moulded with a ring of sixteen evenly spaced basal flutes or gadroons, on a hollow multi-knopped stem formed of four equally sized knops, over a folded conical foot, 15.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceHenry Fox Collection, Bonhams, 8 December 2004, lot 23Bayreuth CollectionExhibitedGlass Circle Diamond Jubilee Exhibition 1937-1997, catalogue no.89These are popularly known as mead glasses, but mead was rarely drunk in Britain and it is more likely they were inspired by Continental roemers used for Rhenish wine, see Dwight Lanmon, The Golden Age of English Glass (2011), p.93. The bobbin-knopped stem is a particularly rare feature. A similar bobbin-knopped glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.118, no.264 and was sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2010, lot 15.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1725-30The flared trumpet bowl with a deep solid base enclosing a tiny air bead, on a collar above a half-knop, the stem with a solid true baluster between cushion knops, over a conical foot, 16.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 18 December 1997, lot 75Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.85, no.133For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765The generous bucket bowl painted in opaque white with a fruiting vine tree, the reverse with a butterfly in flight, on a double-series stem containing an opaque white gauze column within two pairs of three-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 17.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceRobert Lymbery Collection, Sotheby's, 11 May 1999, lot 17Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 16 December 2009, lot 71Property of a GentlemanLiteratureJames Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.117, pl.68aL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.341, no.1112ExhibitedThe Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 'The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778', (1980), catalogue no.3The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1980-1999 (inv. no.TWCMS:G15935)A number of Beilby glasses painted with virtually identical vine trees are recorded, but it is rare to find examples of goblet size. An identical goblet in the Higgins Bedford is illustrated by Rush (1973), p.70, pl.39 and a rare marriage goblet of comparable bucket shape from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection enamelled with a similar vine tree to the reverse was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 130. Compare also to a remarkable pair of covered goblets in this sale, lot 215.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three attractive plain stem wine glasses, circa 1750One with a bell bowl with graduated honeycomb moulding to the lower part, on a tall plain stem and conical foot, 19cm high, one with a generous round funnel bowl moulded with ten broad basal flutes, on a plain stem and conical foot, 16.8cm high, and one with a small panel-moulded bell bowl on a plain stem and a similarly panel-moulded domed foot, 15.2cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceCranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lots 23 and 29 (bell bowl glasses)Bonhams, 14 June 2000, lot 86 (shortest)Bayreuth CollectionExhibitedWorthing Museum, 1968 (tallest)An identical glass to the honeycomb-moulded example, perhaps the same glass, is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.144, no.364.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare moulded stem wine or cordial glass and a facet stem cordial glass, third quarter 18th centuryThe first with a round funnel bowl with fine wrythen moulding to the lower part, on a tall eight-sided pedestal stem with basal collars, over a folded conical foot, 17.2cm high, the other with a small ogee bowl cut with facets to the base, on a tall diamond-cut stem and conical foot, 17.5cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceParkington Collection, Christie's, 16 October 1997, lot 13 (facet stem)W H D Riley-Smith Collection, Sotheby's, 14 July 1982, lot 269 (moulded stem)Henry Fox Collection, Bonhams, 2 June 2004, lot 5 (moulded stem)Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.134, no.324 (moulded stem)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine acorn-knopped heavy baluster goblet, circa 1710-15The generous round funnel bowl with a solid base containing a tear, set on a cushion knop above a substantial teared acorn knop and teared basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 19.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 25 May 1993, lot 23An acorn-knopped goblet of comparable form and size is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.78, no.106. See also the example of larger size from the Peter Lole Collection sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 18.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good baluster wine glass, circa 1720The generous flared trumpet bowl with a deep solid base enclosing a tear, supported by a collar above a double-annulated knop, the stem with a wide solid true baluster between shoulder and basal knops, over a conical folded foot, 18.7cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDavid Davis Collection, Sotheby's, 2 May 1928, lot 167Walter F Smith Collection, Sotheby's, 18 March 1968, lot 318Harvey's Wine Museum, Bonhams, 1 October 2003, lot 113Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.86, no.135A smaller glass of very similar form from the Patrick and Mavis Walker Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 47.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An exceptionally rare South Staffordshire enamelled opaque white glass guglet, circa 1755-60Of simple pear-shaped bottle form with a bulbous knop below the flared rim, finely enamelled in a famille rose palette with two long-tailed 'fancy' birds perched on the meandering branches of a flowering prunus tree, flanked by leafy stems of bamboo, 26.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMiss Millie Manheim and D M & P Manheim Antiques Corporation, Sotheby's New York, 15 October 1996, lot 267With Delomosne and Son, June 2002Christie's, 14 May 2003, lot 282Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureAndy McConnell, The Decanter: Ancient to Modern (2018), p.102, no.2The introduction of arsenic as an opacifier in lead glass in Britain in the mid-18th century led to the production of opaque white glass of far superior quality and whiteness than that produced using a traditional tin oxide opacifier, particularly on the Continent. This remarkable guglet is among the largest pieces of opaque white glass made in this tradition and truly exemplifies this technical achievement. The various artists responsible for enamelling glass such as this were undoubtedly connected with enamelling on Staffordshire saltglaze stoneware and on Worcester porcelain, as discussed by R J Charleston in Delomosne and Sons exhibition catalogue, Gilding the Lily (1978), p.8. No other guglet of this particular form would appear to be recorded, but an example of different form was exhibited by Delomosne and Son, Gilding the Lily (1978), p.17, no.23.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine Dutch stipple-engraved light baluster wine glass attributed to 'Gyrinius', circa 1765-75The round funnel bowl finely decorated with a stone-arched wine cellar with its wooden doors wide open, within which a cherub seated amongst barrels, drawing wine from a cask into a bottle, a nude winged cherub holding a half-filled long-stemmed wine glass in his outstretched right hand before a finely dressed lady standing before him, she reaching for the glass with her right hand, a banner above inscribed 'HANSIE IN DE KELDER' (Little Hans in the Cellar), the stem with an angular shoulder knop above a further knop and beaded inverted baluster terminating in a basal knop, over a conical foot, 17.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's Amsterdam, 2 May 2006, lot 186Property of a Gentleman'Hansje' goblets were used at gatherings of relatives and friends to discreetly announce that one of the ladies present, presumably the hostess, was pregnant. Whilst the present lot is unrecorded by F G A M Smit in his catalogue, Uniquely Dutch Eighteenth-Century Stipple-Engravings on Glass (1993), he does record four glasses stippled with very similar scenes and identical inscriptions all by the same hand, see pp.129-30, nos.Dd.22 to Dd.25. Smit does not attribute these to a specific engraver, but the way in which the hair and wings of the cherub and the hair and sleeves of the lady have been delineated in fine diamond-point suggests that the engraving is attributable to 'Gyrinius'.Whilst he never signed any of his engravings, 'Gyrinus' is associated with designs on 24 extant goblets known as 'polder glasses', originally commissioned by members of the Water Board office 'De Hooge Maasdijk van Stad en Lande van Heusden' between 1762 and 1788, which were sold by Christie's as part of the Earl of Bradford Collection on 4 June 1985. These particular glasses are all partly, and a few wholly, line-engraved in very fine diamond-point. With a handful of exceptions, the engraved decoration is distinctive in the use of 'pseudo-stippling' in which the decoration is formed of a pattern of fine and dense lines which give the impression of stippling.The engraving on the present lot bears particularly close similarities to a group of goblets all of very similar form which are inscribed 'INCLINATIE' on a banner, attributed by Smit (1993) to this elusive engraver on the grounds that their fine stippling incorporates some line work, see p.148, nos.Eb.29 to Eb.31. One of these is illustrated by Sheppard and Smith, Engraved Glass Masterpieces from Holland (1990), pp.68-9, no.33, who attribute it to an unknown contemporary of David Wolff. The stylistic similarities in the rendering of the grassy sward and banner between this and the present lot are particularly apparent.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three airtwist cordial glasses, circa 1750Two with bucket bowls solid at the bases, including one on a double-knopped multi-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot, 17.9cm high, and one with a double-series stem containing a spiral cable within a four-ply spiral band, over a domed foot, 16cm high, the last with a round funnel bowl solid at the base, on a double-series stem containing a pair of spiral threads within a pair of five-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 17.9cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceCranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 83 (second mentioned)Parkington Collection, Christie's, 16 October 1997, lot 8 (first mentioned)Parkington Collection, Christie's, 8 April 1998, lot 6 (third mentioned)Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.182, no.516 (second mentioned)ExhibitedWorthing Museum, 1968, no.221 (second mentioned)Salisbury Museum, 1985 (second mentioned)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Three good moulded stem sweetmeat glasses, circa 1740-50With lipped double-ogee bowls set on eight-sided teared pedestal stems applied with diamonds on the shoulders and set between collars, one with a panel-moulded bowl with a dentated rim and a similarly moulded domed foot, 16.8cm high, one with a rib-moulded bowl and a similarly moulded folded domed foot, 16.8cm high, the last with a plain bowl and a folded domed foot, 16.3cm high (3)Footnotes:ProvenanceCranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 39 (last mentioned)Phillips, 10 December 1997, lot 2 (second mentioned)Bonhams, 21 November 2001, lot 134 (first mentioned)Bayreuth CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.130, no.310 (last mentioned)ExhibitedWorthing Museum, 1968 (last mentioned)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A good baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1730The flared trumpet bowl with a deep solid base enclosing a tear, on a collar above a double-annulated knop, the stem with a slender teared true baluster terminating in a basal knop, over a folded conical foot, 16.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenancePhillips, 10 December 1997, lot 16Bayreuth CollectionSimilar glasses are illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.86, nos.135 and 137. See also that from the Stephen Pohlmann Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 10.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare cylinder-knopped baluster wine or cordial glass, circa 1720The trumpet bowl with a solid base containing a small tear, set on a cushion knop and a collar, above a teared cylinder knop terminating in two basal knops, over a domed foot, 17.2cm highFootnotes:The cylinder knop is among the rarest of baluster knops. A similar glass from the Basil Jefferies Collection was sold by Bonhams on 20 November 2019, lot 72 and an example in the Cecil Higgins Museum in Bedford is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.98, no.183.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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