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A mixed lot of ceramics to include six Denby dinner plates, New Hall lustreware, Portuguese pottery, etc

A Chinese style painted three drawer hall table - Width 162cm x Width 85cm x Depth 40cm - as new

Lewin (William) The Insects of Great Britain...with the Natural History of each Species, vol.1 only [all published], first edition, first issue, titles and text in English and French, 46 magnificent hand-coloured engraved plates, one or two small marks or smudges but an excellent copy with the colours fresh and bright, engraved bookplate of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Essex, contemporary half russia, rubbed, corners a little worn, rebacked, [Hagen 476.1; Lisney 410; Nissen ZBI 2488], 4to, J.Johnson, 1795.⁂ Including all the species known at the time, the life-like illustrations set a new standard for future works.

Postcards, Kent, an RP selection of approx. 33 cards of Kent villages and street scenes inc. Shoreham, Church and pond Otford, High St Sevenoaks (2), Baths Corner Sevenoaks, The Vine Sevenoaks, Stone St, The Street Kemsing, Kemsing Village (3), New Hall Kemsing, Trosley P.O, Riverhead, Dymchurch and river, top of River Hill Sevenoaks, The Strand Walmer, Oast House Otford, Ightham Village, Seal Village, Puddle Dock Lane Toys Hill, Coronation Square Lydd, Dartford East Hill etc (mainly gd/vg)

Various part tea sets to include New Hall Lane, etc.

England to India.- [Mouat (Barbara, sister of Cordelia Campbell, wife of Frederick Campbell)] [Voyage from Madeia to Calcutta on the ship Warren Hastings, 1 July - 1 December 1811], manuscript, 29pp., folds, browned, disbound with contemporary stitching, final leaf verso docketed blan), old clear tape repairs to spine, folio, 1811.⁂ A contemporary copy in the hand of Frederick Campbell (1779-1816) of the 42nd Highlanders, husband of Cordelia Mouat (1788-1921), for whom the journal was intended, Trevor Hall, New Llangollen, Denbighshire, "I promised you my much loved Cordelia that I would keep a journal and from this day I will begin and try to give you as exact an account of all that passes as I possibly can, what your fond Barbara relates may serve to amuse you sweet girl and with that idea she study to recollect all that happens tho' I am afraid the my Delia's' patience will be exhausted long before she reaches the end of her Barbara's journal."

AN EXCEPTIONAL FOLDING LOCK KNIFE FOR EXHBITION, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY PROBABLY LONDON with burnished folding wavy-edged blade of flattened-diamond section, locked by a shaped burnished spring-catch, gilt-brass cross-piece cast with scrolling foliage and incorporating a pair of acanthus langets, gilt fillets fitted on each face with mother-of-pearl plaques (very small losses), those on the inner face polished flat and those on the outer finely carved with a symmetrical arrangement of delicate scrolling foliage, a stylised display stand charged with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Cutlers surmounted by its crest, an elephant’s head erased, in its original leather-covered case with blue velvet and silk padded lining, 46.2 cm long, (overall) LiteratureDavid Hayden-Wright, The Heritage of English Knives, Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2008, p. 93. The London Worshipful Company of Cutlers were granted their arms on 17 May 1476 with an alternative crest of an elephant and castle granted in 1622. The Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire received their incorporation in 1624 with the same arms as the London Company but with an augmentation of the fess. The latter company had much of the cutlery trade by the middle of the 18th century though there remained cutlers in London throughout the 19th century. In 1879 there were thirty cutlers recorded working in the city of London and the company held an Exhibition in its Hall, awarding medals for various classes of work. It is likely that the present dagger was submitted for such an exhibition. Part proceeds to benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Arms and Armor department, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

A LARGE PAINTING DEPICTING SHOULAO AND AN ATTENDANT, BY GU JIANLONG (1606-1687), DATED 1679 顧見龍(1606-1687)款《長壽仙芝》，1679年China. Ink and watercolors on paper. Depicting Shoulao holding a lingzhi fungus in his right hand, his face with a cheerful expression, dressed in fine robes with a floral hem, a jade pendant in the form of a ruyi cloud tied to his waist, followed by his attendant carrying his master's cane with attached gourd, the attendant also dressed in fine robes embellished with medallions of scrolling clouds, both standing in a rocky landscape below a gnarled pine tree backed by clouds, with rockwork issuing lingzhi in the foreground.Inscriptions: Upper left, inscribed 'The magical fungus of immortality', 'Painted in the autumn of the Year of Ji Wei (corresponding to 1679) in the manner of Tang Ziwei (also known as Tang Yin, 1470-1523)', 'Painted in the Studying Straw Hall of Deep Willow', and signed 'Yun Chen Gu Jianlong'. Two seals, 'Gu Jianlong Yin' and 'Yun Chen'. Provenance: From the collection of James Kedzie Penfield, and thence by descent in the same family. James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004), after graduating from Stanford, joined a hand-picked team who traveled to China to work for the American Diplomatic Corps during the 1930s and 1940, where, according to his daughter, he spent the best years of his life. During his stay, he established friendships with local artists, including Zhang Daqian, one of the most famous Chinese painters of the 20th century, and was gifted a painting by him as a farewell present, which was sold at Woolley & Wallis on 1 July 2020, lot 15, for GBP 50,000. In 1954, James Penfield became the High Commissioner for Austria and was sent there to re-establish a neutral and democratic country.Condition: The painting with extensive wear, tears, creasing, losses, touch-ups, soiling, and stains, but overall displaying remarkably well despite obvious signs of age. Mounted and stabilized behind a solid wood frame with glass. The frame with few small nicks and light scratches.Dimensions: Image size 226 x 107 cm, Size incl. fame 239.5 x 119.5 cmGu Jianlong (1606-1687) was born in Suzhou Taichang and served at the Qing court as a painter during the 1660s and 1670s, where he painted portraits of the Emperors Shunzhi and Kangxi as well as of the Imperial family.Literature comparison:Compare a related silk scroll painting by Gu Jianlong, in the British Museum, registration number 1910,0212,0.486. Compare also a related portrait of Ma Shiqi (1650-1714), illustrated in Wai-Kam Ho, et al., Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting: The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, and The Cleveland Museum of Art, p. 347-348, no. 255.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 19 March 2021, lot 852Price: USD 50,000 or approx. EUR 53,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: With signature of Gu Jianlong (1606-after 1687), Shoulao on a White DeerExpert remark: Compare the closely related motif. Note the slightly smaller size (182.5 x 97 cm).顧見龍(1606-1687)款《長壽仙芝》，1679年中國，紙本水墨設色。壽老右手持一株靈芝，面帶喜色，身著細花邊長袍，腰佩如意佩，侍從手持仙杖跟在後面，仙杖上掛著一個葫蘆，同樣身著精美的長袍，上面飾有雲紋理。一側青松高聳，祥雲浮動。面前地上靈芝遍地。 款識：長壽仙芝, 時己未之秋仿唐子畏筆意寫於深柳讀書草堂，雲臣顧見龍製；鈴印：顧見龍印，雲臣 來源：James Kedzie Penfield私人收藏，保存在同一家族至今。James Kedzie Penfield (1908-2004) 從斯坦福大學畢業後，於1930 年至 1940 年間前往中國為美國外交使團工作。據他的女兒說，他在那裡度過了一生中最美好的時光。在中國，他與藝術家建立了友誼，其中包括二十世紀最著名的中國畫家之一張大千，並獲張大千贈送一幅畫作為告別禮物，該畫於 2020 年 7 月 1 日在 Woolley & Wallis 售出，Lot 15，售價 50,000 英鎊。1954 年，James Penfield 成為高級專員，並被派往奧地利重建一個中立和民主的國家。 品相：磨損、撕裂、摺痕和汙漬，儘管有明顯的年代痕跡，但整體狀體極好。帶玻璃的木框。框架有一些小劃痕。 尺寸：畫面226 x 107 釐米, 總 239.5 x 119.5 釐米 顧見龍(1606-1687) 生於蘇州太倉，1660 至 1670 年代在清宮任畫家，曾為順治、康熙及皇室畫像。 文獻比較： 比較一件相近的顧見龍絹本設色卷軸畫，收藏於大英博物館，館藏編號1910,0212,0.486。比較一件相近《馬世奇(1650-1714)》畫像，見Wai-Kam Ho編，《Eight Dynasties of Chinese Painting：The Collections of the Nelson Gallery-Atkins Museum》，堪薩斯市和克利夫蘭藝術博物館，頁347-348，編號255。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：紐約佳士得，2021年3月19日，lot 852 價格：USD 50,000（相當於今日EUR 53,000） 描述：顧見龍（款，1606-1687年後），《白鹿壽老》 專家評論：比較非常相近的主題。請注意尺寸稍小(182.5 x 97毫米)。

A BLUE AND WHITE POURING BOWL, YI, YUAN DYNASTY 元代青花纏枝蓮紋匜China, 1279-1368. Well potted with rounded sides resting on a slightly concave base, one side set with an outward flaring spout above a small loop handle, the interior painted with a central medallion enclosing a lotus blossom surrounded by leaves, encircled by a diapered band below the rim, the exterior with a broad band of flowerheads borne on sinuous leafy vines, the spout with a cloud, the base left partly unglazed to reveal the ware burnt to orange in the firing. Provenance: From the collection of Felix Tikotin, and thence by descent within the family. Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) was an architect, art collector, and founder of the first Museum of Japanese Art in the Middle East. Born in Glogau, Germany, to a Jewish family, his ancestors had returned with Napoleon from Russia from a town named Tykocin. He grew up in Dresden and after World War I, he traveled to Japan and immediately fell in love with the culture. In April 1927, he opened his own first gallery in Berlin. The entire family survived the holocaust, and in the 1950s Tikotin slowly resumed his activities as a dealer in Japanese art. He became, once again, very successful and prominent, holding exhibitions all over Europe and the United States. When he first visited Israel in 1956, he decided that the major part of his collection belonged in that country. In 1960, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art was opened in Haifa. Condition: Very good condition with some old wear, traces of use and shallow surface scratches, and firing irregularities including kiln grit and some glaze pooling and recess at the rim, the latter smoothened in the manufacturing process.Weight: 223.4 g Dimensions: Length 15.5 cmBowls of this form are known as yi and appear to have been used as pouring vessels together with yuhuchun vases. Chiumei Ho in 'Social Life Under the Mongols as Seen in Ceramics', Transactions of the Oriental Ceramic Society, vol. 59, 1994-95, p. 44, notes that in archaeological contexts they are often found together with such vases and wine cups. This pairing is also depicted in a wall painting from the tomb of Zhang Andabuhua and his wife, which has been dated to 1269 AD and is illustrated in the catalog of the exhibition The World of Khubilai Khan. Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010, p. 83, fig. 115.These bowls were also used by Mongols in Iran, as exemplified by the bowl painted in the Enthronement Scene, part of the album Jami al-tavarikh (Compendium of Chronicles), which was commissioned between the reigns of Ghazan (r. 1295-1304) and his brother, OEljeitü (r. 1304-1316), included in the exhibition The Legacy of Genghis Khan, Courtly Art and Culture in Western Asia, (1256-1353), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2002, cat. no. 19, fig. 84. The shape was probably copied from metal prototypes and a very similar silver pouring bowl was found together with a silver yuhuchun ping in a hoard at Hefei, Anhui province, which contained items inscribed with a name written in Phagspa characters as well as a date equivalent to 1333, both now in the Anhui Museum Provincial Museum, published in the exhibition catalog 'The World of Kublilai Khan, Chinese Art in the Yuan Dynasty', The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2010, p. 83, fig. 115.Literature comparison: Several pouring bowls of this form and decorated with various floral designs are illustrated in Zhongguo taoci quanji, vol. 11, Shanghai, 2000, pls. 213-217. One depicting a hare, in the British Museum, is published in Jessica Harrison-Hall, Ming Ceramics in the British Museum, London, 2000, pl. 1:22.Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's London, 6 November 2019, lot 137 Price: GBP 50,000 or approx. EUR 66,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A blue and white pouring bowl, yi, Yuan dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form and decoration. Note the slightly larger size (18.3 cm).Auction result comparison: Type: Closely related Auction: Sotheby's Hong Kong, 26 May 2021, lot 332 Price: HKD 126,000 or approx. EUR 15,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: A blue and white 'lingzhi' pouring vessel, yi, Yuan dynastyExpert remark: Compare the closely related form, decoration, and size (15.4 cm).元代青花纏枝蓮紋匜中國，1279-1368年。圓腹，口微歛，平底。沿有流，形呈長方，與腹相連，流下著一小系；流上有一朵雲；器心飾纏枝蓮紋，上；外壁有一圈纏枝花卉紋；白地釉色泛青。口沿無釉。底部部分未上釉，露出在燒製中燒成橙色的器皿。來源：Felix Tikotin收藏，在同一家族保存至今。Felix Tikotin (1893-1986) 一位建築師、藝術收藏家，也是中東第一家日本藝術博物館的創始人。他出生在德國格洛高的一個猶太家庭，他的祖先隨拿破崙從俄羅斯一個名叫提科欽的小鎮返回。他在德勒斯登長大，第一次世界大戰後前往日本旅行，並立即愛上了它的文化。1927 年 4 月，他在柏林開設了自己的第一家藝廊。二戰時，整個家庭在大屠殺中倖存下來。1950 年代，Tikotin 慢慢恢復了他作為日本藝術品經銷商的活動。 他非常成功，在歐洲和美國各地舉辦展覽。當他在 1956 年第一次訪問以色列時，他決定把他的大部分收藏都捐贈給以色列。1960 年，Tikotin 日本藝術博物館在海法開放。 品相：品相極好，有一些磨損、使用痕跡和表面淺劃痕，以及燒製不規則，包括窯砂和邊緣的一些釉池和凹槽。 重量：223.4 克 尺寸：長15.5 厘米 這種碗被稱為匜，似乎與玉壺春瓶一起使用。見Chiumei Ho 《Social Life Under the Mongols as Seen in Ceramics》，東方陶瓷學會彙刊，卷59，1994-95年，第44頁，注意到在考古挖掘中，它們經常與花瓶和酒杯一起被發現。 這一對也出現在墓葬壁畫中，該壁畫的歷史可追溯至公元 1269 年，並在"The World of Khubilai Khan"展覽的目錄中有所說明；元代中國藝術，大都會藝術博物館，紐約，2010年，第83頁，圖115。文獻比較： 數個有相似青花纏枝紋外形的匜，見《中國陶瓷全集》，卷11，上海，2000年，圖213-217。一件兔紋匜，收藏於大英博物館，出版於Jessica Harrison-Hall，《Ming Ceramics in the British Museum》，倫敦，2000年，圖1:22。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：倫敦蘇富比，2019年11月6日，lot 137 價格：GBP 50,000（相當於今日EUR 66,500） 描述：元青花一把蓮紋匜 專家評論：比較非常相近的外形和裝飾。請注意尺寸稍大(18.3 厘米)。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：非常相近 拍賣：香港蘇富比，2021年5月26日，lot 332 價格：HKD 126,000（相當於今日EUR 15,500） 描述：元青花靈芝紋匜 專家評論：比較非常相近的外形，裝飾和尺寸 (15.4 厘米)。

HARRY AND THE HENDERSONS (1987) - Stunt Cable-Controlled Harry Mask - A stunt cable-controlled Harry mask from William Dear's family comedy Harry and the Hendersons. The Henderson family struggled to keep their new friend a secret when they returned home from vacation with a Bigfoot they named Harry (Kevin Peter Hall).Created by creature designer Rick Baker's Cinovation Studios, this latex Sasquatch mask is hand-punched with hair on the scalp and face, inset with acrylic teeth, and outfitted with numerous cable controls designed to operate the creature's facial features. The mask rests on an original production biscuit-foam headstand mounted to a wooden base. It comes with its original bespoke production road case, which includes a sticker identifying the piece as a stunt mask. The lot exhibits some wear to the foam latex, which has hardened and become brittle in some areas. Dimensions: (mask) 12" x 15" x 16" (30 cm x 38 cm x 41 cm); (road case): 18.75" x 19.75" x 25.5" (48 cm x 50 cm x 65 cm)Contains mechanical components; see notice in the Buyer's Guide.Estimate: $5,000 - 10,000Bidding for this lot will end on Wednesday, June 28th. The auction will begin at 8:00AM PDT and lots are sold sequentially via live auctioneer; tune in to the live streaming broadcast on auction day to follow the pace. Note other lots in the auction may close on Thursday, June 29th or Friday, June 30th.

A miscellany of works on history and biography, to include Penrhyn Stanley (Arthur), SINAI AND PALESTINE IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR HISTORY, new edition, full leather, gilt embossed crest to boards, gilt decoration to spine, marbled block, marbled end papers, John Murray, London 1866; Abbott (E) (Ed), HEROES OF THE NATIONS, four vols, half leather, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, London 1904; O’Malley (C ), THE IRISH DRAGOON, two vols, illustrated by Phizz, ¾ leather, Chapman & Hall, London; Napier (W.F.P), HISTORY OF THE WAR IN THE PENINSULA AND IN THE SOUTH OF FRANCE, six vols, red cloth boards, patterned end papers, Frederick Warne and Co, London; Gibbon (E), THE DECLINE & FALL OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE, six vols, red cloth boards, patterned end papers, J.M.Dent & Sons Ltd, London 1911; Hugo (Victor), LES MISERABLES, two vols, red cloth boards, J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd, London 1910; Llorente ( D. Juan Antonio), THE HISTORY OF THE INQUISITION OF SPAIN, FROM THE TIME OF ITS ESTABLISHMENT TO THE REIGN OF FERDINAND VII, second edition, ¾ leather, marbled boards, printed for Geo. B. Whittaker, London 1827; and Maxwell (W.H), HISTORY OF THE IRISH REBELLION IN 1798; WITH MEMOIRS OF THE UNION, AND EMMETT’S INSURRECTION IN 1803, 3/4 leather, marbled boards, Baily, Brothers, Cornhill, London 1845; etc. (Qty) (at fault)

Hendrick Goltzius (Dutch, 1558-1617)The Farnese Hercules (Bartsch 143; Hollstein 145; Strauss 312; New Hollstein 378) Engraving, 1592, on laid paper, watermark Fleur-de-Lys in Crowned Shield with pendant Letters WR (see Briquet 7212), a fine impression, trimmed to the plate on three sides, with a lower thread margin, framedSheet 415 x 299mm (16 3/8 x 11 3/4in)Footnotes:In 1590 Goltzius travelled to Rome to study the antique sculptures, including the ancient statue of Hercules, which had been discovered in the Caracalla Baths in 1546 and entered the collection of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese. Goltzius made sketches of this statue and also of the Federico Zuccaro's Hercules Hall frescoes at the Palazzo Farnese in Caprarola, using both as a basis for this engraving.Goltzius was a student of anatomy and owned a collection of écorchés – small sculptures of figures without skin to show the musculature. He attended a dissection in the anatomical theatre at Leiden University, which had established an anatomy department in 1589, and therefore understood how the muscles worked and their correct positioning within the body.Like the original statue, this is a monumental Hercules and a great technical achievement. Engraving is a laborious and time-consuming technique and Goltzius demonstrates his great skill in depicting each tensed muscle and sinew with a series of swelling and tapering lines to emphasize Hercules' strength and readiness for action. The feeling of power and strength is reinforced by the large scale of the engraving. The unusual viewpoint and monumentality of the figure captured the viewer's imagination and greatly increased the statue's renown. The identity of the two onlookers below has never been ascertained. The eighteenth-century Dutch artist Cornelis Ploos van Amstel put forth the theory that they are a self-portrait and a portrait of the artist's stepson Jacob Matham, who was taught engraving by Goltzius and later took over his workshop.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A BRUSSELS BIBLICAL TAPESTRY 'THE DISCOVERY OF MOSES' EARLY 18TH CENTURY, FRANS VAN DER BORGHT WORKSHOP BRUSSELS Probably after designs by Jan Van Orley and Augustin Coppens, woven in silk and wool with Moses in a basket being saved by the Queen of Egypt, with attendant figures, verdure setting, townscape beyond, Brussels town mark and signed to lower margin F V D Borght approximately 315cm high, 376cm wide Provenance: Formerly the Messel family collection at Nymans Removed to the Drawing Room at Holmstead Manor in 1947 after the disastrous fire and thence by descent to Oliver Messel Supplied by Oliver Messel to Frederick and Phyllis Baden Watkins for Flaxley Abbey, GloucestershireWhilst the figural designs are traditionally attributed to the Flemish artist Jan Van Orley- it would seem likely that the landscape setting may have been the work of Augustin Coppens. In this collaboration they were echoing the work of Nicholas Poussin and Charles Le Brun at the royal tapestry works at Gobelins from the 1680s. This particular design is known to have been woven by various members of the Borght weaving dynasty but signed examples are rare. A similar example, catalogued as being from the "workshop Van der Borcht, Brussels, 1737" hangs in the Princes' Chamber in the Maastricht Town Hall. For a similar tapestry depicting this exact scene "MOISE SAUVE DES EAUX"- attributed to Peter and Frans Van Der Borght but unsigned and reduced in width, see Christie's Paris 'Important Mobilier Et Objets D'art, Tableaux Et Ceramiques', 7th December 2005, lot 144 sold EUR 36,000. Literature: N. de Reniès, 'Jean van Orley Cartonnier: La Tenture d'Achille au Musée Jacquemart- André', Gazette des beaux Arts, February 1995, p. 172 Condition Report: Lacking original border, edges trimmed and now with plain blue material border and later backing. The signature and town mark look to have been extricated from the margins of the original piece and dropped back in to the lower right hand margin. The stitching and weave are a match for the main panel but they are now held in with yellow thread and have variances of design at odds with their new location. Overall the tapestry has colour muting and loss. The surface is slightly rumpled and creased from folding and will benefit from smoothing out before display. Some pulling to threads and sections- these may again benefit from remedial work. With the fixed later backing it is impossible to determine the extent to which there may have been repairs but from the the front there are indications of scattered small spot repairs, tightening and remedial work throughout the surface Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report.All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items.We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so, and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of descriptionAll lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.    Condition Report Disclaimer

A rare Chinese blue and white ‘eighteen luohan’ censer, Kangxi period, inscribed dedication and cyclical date for 1709, of bombé form, surrounded by expressive figures of the eighteen luohan, flanking an arched reserve inscribed ‘Kangxi 47th year, given to san xianggong by Hebao QingJi who belongs to Xia religion’, 23cm diameter, 14.4cm high, carved hongmu stand, cracks to basecf. Christie’s, New York, An era of inspiration: 17th century Chinese porcelains from the collection of Julia and John Curtis, 16 March 2015, lot number 3574, for a Kangxi blue and white cylindrical censer featuring a rare ‘eighteen luohan’ design featuring smaller scale figures in a landscape.***CONDITION REPORT***Provenance - UK private collection, 1920s or earlier, thence by family descent.This collection of late Ming and Qing dynasty porcelain and bronze vessels, lots 137 to 163, has been owned by a single Cotswold family for a number of generations dating back to the 1920s or earlier.The collection was formerly on display at the family home in Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, UK before the house was sold in the 1980s. Some interior photos taken c.1982 show a number of the pieces on display in the family house and an inventory undertaken in 1948 by the local Campden auctioneer and valuer Alfred Bower lists many of the items. Extracts of the 1948 inventory are included where they correspond to the relevant lots in the sale.This censer might be part of item 388 on the 1948 inventory incorrectly described as ‘3 Chinese Blue and White Cylinder pen holders on carved wood stand Kang Hsi 6” high’. In some old English reference books Chinese censers were often incorrectly described as pen or brush holders.See the attached photo taken around 1982, showing the ‘eighteen luohan’ censer on display in the Entrance Hall of the Chipping Campden residence.The censer has a crack extending from midway on the body curving across next to the foot and up to midway on the body at the inscribed dedication. There is also a firing crack to the inside edge of the foot which is not visible on the interior, typical minor glaze imperfections all over, some slight caramelisation and staining to the glaze to the underside of the censer. The wood stand is slightly misshapen and has a few fine age cracksPLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail. 

A collection of reference books on art, antiques, jewellery and fashion, 19th-20th centuries, to include: William Chaffers, Hall Marks on Gold and Silver Plate, to which is added A History of L'Orfévrerie Française, eighth edition, with introductory essay by Christopher A. Markham, London: Reeves and Turner, 1986; George C. Williamson & Percy Buckman R.M.S., The Art of the Miniature Painter, from the Universal Art Series ed. Frederick Marriott, London: Chapman and Hall Ltd., 1926; Fred W. Burgess, Antique Jewellery and Trinkets, with 142 illustrations, New York: Tudor Publishing Company, 1937; and various others (lot)  

An original concert poster advertising Frank Zappa at New Bingley Hall, 12th Feb 1977. Measures approx 30 x 40". Rolled. Mounted, framed and glazed. Appears NM condition, not inspected out of frame.

A pair of original circa 1980s t-shirts for the annual Post-Punk Goth Rock Futurama festival. A medium red 'Futurama 3' t-shirt at New Bingley Hall - Stafford 1981 and a medium black 'Futurama 5' t-shirt at Queens Hall - Leeds 1983. Artists included are The Smiths, Killing Joke, The Mekons, John Cooper Clarke, Billy Bragg, Death Cult, The Bay City Rollers, Simple Minds, Gang of Four, Bauhaus, The Passions etc.

KISS - TRADE MARK OF QUALITY PRIVATE RELEASED LP PACK. A super selection of 8 privately released LPs by Kiss, all released on the legendary bootleg label Trade Mark Of Quality. Titles include High Voltage Live '74 (Limited Edition No: 66 of 105 on green & white vinyl), Tokyo Rock City (Limited Edition No: 55 of 100 on coloured vinyl), Rockin' At The Coliseum: September 1976 (coloured vinyl), Chinese '69: Tour Rehearsals Lakeland Center 1979 (coloured vinyl), One Night In An Empty Arena: Lakeland 1979 (BARCA25), Do Ya Wanna Party?: Live At Budokan Hall Tokyo 1977 (Coloured vinyl), Kiss: Live At Parthenon Theatre Indiana 1974 (Limited Edition 493 of 500, coloured vinyl) & 4 Shows In A Judo Arena 1977 (BARCA24). Condition is generally Ex to Ex+/ Like New.

KISS - PRIVATE RELEASED LP PACK. A quality selection of 10 privately released LPs by Kiss. Can include live, studio, demo material etc. Titles include Kiss Gold, Destroyers Anaheim, All The Way At The Ball Room: Australia 1995, 50,000,000 Kiss Fans Can't Be Wrong: Live San Francisco 1977, The Louder They Are: Live Baton Rouge 1974, Alive In The Woods (Limited Edition coloured vinyl), Makin' Detroit: Live At Budokan Hall 1977, Soboba Casino (The Trio Show), Walking Around The World: Live Chicago 1986 & Psycho Circus: World Tour Vol.1. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+/ Like New.

DAVID BOWIE - LP COLLECTION. A quality collection of 18 LPs by British rock icon David Bowie, includes a couple of private releases. Titles include Diamond Dogs (stock orange labels A-1oly/B-1oly - VG+/Ex sharp sleeve), Pinups (French orange RCA label - Ex+/VG+, w/insert, also green label RE - Ex+/VG+), Ziggy Stardust (green label RE, INTS 5063 - Ex+/VG+), Aladdin Sane (2010s silver vinyl RE, Ex+/Ex+), Hunky Dory (UK SF 8422 orange RCA Victor label 5E/5E matrix - VG/G+ worn sleeve, w/insert), ChangesOne (RS 1055 orange UK label - Ex+/Ex), Toyko (2018 private yellow vinyl, Ex+ or 'as new'), The Man Who Sold The World (stock US copy orange labels - VG copy, w/insert), Young Americans (stock UK orange label copy - Ex/Ex nice example), Let's Dance (stock UK/EU EMI America AML 3029 - Ex+/Ex w/printed inner), Tonight (EU EL 2402271 - Ex/Ex w/printed inner), Legacy (2017 release, Ex+ or 'as new'), Zion Tapes 1970-1973, private release - Ex+/Ex), Bowie Now (2018 RSD white vinyl - Ex+/Ex), The Tokyo Dome 1990 (private brown vinyl - Ex+ 'as new') and The NHK Hall Toyo 1978 (private silver vinyl - Ex+ 'as new').

PSYCH/ PROG/ FOLK ROCK - LP PACK (REISSUES/ MODERN RELEASES). A quality selection of 14 LPs. Artists/ titles include Grateful Dead - Pirates Of The Deep South (PARA243LP), Neil Young inc Carnegie Hall 1970 (093624885153), Homegrown (093624893639). Bob Dylan - Triplicate (88985413501), Love - Forever Changes (R2-565276, LP/ CD set housed in a lovely hardbound book style case), The Velvet Underground inc White Light/ White Heat, A Collection Of Previously Unreleased Recordings. The Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation - Doctor Dunbar's Prescription, Gong - The Universe Also Collapses, David Matthews - The Grodeck Whipper Jenny, Various - The Psychedelic Scene, Assagai Zimbabwe. The Web - Theraphosa Blondi & Ozric Tentacles - Become The Other. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+/ Like New.

A Chinese style painted three drawer hall table - Width 162cm x Width 85cm x Depth 40cm - as new

A new burr walnut D shaped hall/side table with two drawers on turned legs made by a local craftsman to a high standard - Height 86cm x 119cm x 33cm - in well polished condition

An academic collection of New Hall porcelains, early 19th Century, to comprise three tea pots and covers, one with vine and grape decoration on a blue ground, 18cm high, a jug, approximately seventy cups, approximately fifty saucers and six plates, variously decorated to include designs after Buck, flowers and Asian inspired scenes, together with a part index system of purchases (Qty)

4 Bauzeichnungen des Gewandhauses in Leipzig4 Stahlstiche. 1882 - 1884. Je im Passepartout: max. 36 x 70 cm. 4 architektonische Pläne zu "Neues Gewandhaus in Leipzig" von Martin Gropius und Heino Schmieden; aus der Zeitschrift für Bauwesen 1886, Jahrgang XXXVI., Blatt 1: "Erdgeschoss", Blatt 2: "Grundriss auf Logenhöhe, Grundriss auf Saalhöhe", Blatt 4: "Seitenansicht" und Blatt 6: "Längsschnitt" Blatt je lichtgebräunt, Blatt 1 mit Riss an der unteren rechten Ecke. 4 architectural drawings of the Gewandhaus in Leipzig4 steel engravings. 1882 - 1884. Each in passepartout: max. 36 x 70 cm. 4 architectural plans to "New Gewandhaus in Leipzig" by Martin Gropius and Heino Schmieden; from the Journal of Civil Engineering 1886, Volume XXXVI, sheet 1: "first floor", sheet 2: "floor plan at lodge level, floor plan at hall level", sheet 4: "side view" and sheet 6: "longitudinal section" Sheet each light browned, sheet 1 with tear at the lower right corner. *This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

DOBBS (ARTHUR)An Account of the Countries Adjoining to Hudson's Bay, in the North-West Part of America, FIRST EDITION, one folding engraved map of North America (off-setting), occasional spotting, contemporary calf gilt, spines tooled in gilt within raised bands, joints neatly refurbished [Howes D373; Lande 1144; Sabin 20404], 4to (290 x 220mm.), J. Robinson, 1744Footnotes:Dobbs (1685-1765) had first begun his campaign to find the Northwest Passage in 1731, and helped finance an expedition under the command of Christopher Middleton, a captain of the Hudson's Bay Company. The Account includes Dobbs' first attack in print on Middleton, who he believed was undermining efforts to find the Passage in order to protect monopoly of the Company. The description on Hudson's Bay is based on the account of the French Canadian Joseph La France. The map shows the coastline of America from California in the west, to Greenland in the north and down to New York in the southeast.Provenance: Library of Ragley Hall, seat of the Marquesses of Hertford, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

The unique and important 1936 ‘Palestine’ Military Division O.B.E., Second War R.R.C. and Second Award Bar group of ten awarded Chief Principal Matron W. M. Coulthurst, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Nursing Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge; Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, reverse dated ‘1942’, with Second Award Bar, reverse dated ‘1945’; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (Matron W. M. Coulthurst. P.M.R.A.F.N.S.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Burma Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Jubilee 1935, mounted as originally worn by Spink & Son Ltd, St. James, generally good very fine (10) £3,000-£4,000 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 11 May 1937: ‘In recognition of valuable services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Palestine during the period April - October 1936.’ R.R.C. London Gazette 1 January 1942. The original recommendation states: ‘Miss Coulthurst opened the R.A.F. Hospital, Littleport, at the outbreak of war with speed and efficiency. She was posted to Torquay in April 1940, and has since maintained a high standard of efficiency.’ R.R.C. Second Award Bar London Gazette 14 June 1945. The original recommendation states: ‘Operational Commands 1 August 1944 - 31 January 1945 - Middle East. This lady was appointed Chief Principal Matron in March, 1944 and since then she has visited all hospitals and units where personnel of P.M.R.A.F.N.S. are serving in the Mediterranean, Middle East, India, Iraq and Aden. She has dealt with many problems in the most tactful and understanding manner and has been a great help to the Matrons in opening up new general hospitals in India. Miss Coulthurst has been a tower of strength to the Nursing Service in overseas commands.’ Of a total of 100 R.R.C. and Bars issued, only 4 have been awarded to members of Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service, and the award to Miss Coulthurst was the first. Moreover, her O.B.E. (Military) was the first ever operational award to a member of the P.M.R.A.F.N.S. - the sprinkling of earlier awards having been associated with the New Year and Birthday Honours Lists. Approximately 39 General Service Medals with clasp ‘Palestine’ were awarded to P.M.R.A.F.N.S. Winifred Maud Coulthurst was born in Salford in 1887, and was appointed Sister in the Royal Air Force Nursing Service in May 1920, advancing to Senior Sister in the P.M.R.A.F.N.S. in January 1930. Coulthurst was promoted to Matron in January 1932, and Chief Principal Matron (the equivalent rank of Group Captain) in March 1944. She served in Basrah, Iraq; Aden in 1929 and in Palestine in 1936 before her initial posting of the Second War at Littleport and the Torquay Palace Hotel Convalescent Hospital. The following detail is given of her time at the latter in Sky Wards, A History of the Princess Mary’s Royal Air Force Nursing Service by Mary Mackie: ‘The Officer’s Convalescent Hospital now flourished near Torquay, in the former Palace Hotel at Babbacombe. By the end of 1939 it had achieved its full capacity of 249 equipped beds and, after minor alterations, four bedrooms on the second floor had become an operating theatre. Patients recuperating in cosy rooms holding two or three beds, rather than in crowded wards, found the hospital a pleasant spot.... Matron W. M. Coulthurst led a nursing team of twenty-one members of the P.M.R.A.F.N.S. - four senior sisters, ten junior sisters and some VAD nurses - plus a number of nursing orderlies. Other staff included R.A.F. doctors and dentists, administration and supporting personnel, and about eighty civilian ancillary workers, most of whom were former hotel employees. Altogether, Torquay gave employment to around 200 people.... The hospital became known for its lively and optimistic atmosphere. BBC correspondent Macdonald Hastings, writing in London Calling, the overseas journal of the BBC, in October 1941, describes it as being like a country club, but with incomparable amenities: ‘wooded grounds with velvet lawns, tropical trees, luxurious flower beds... golf course, tennis courts, squash courts, swimming pool, archery butts, and gymnasium.’ Against this idyllic backdrop: ‘Disaster struck on the bitterly cold, wet morning of 25 October 1942. A Sunday morning, around 1100hrs. Most of the patients were in their rooms, shaving, dressing or reading Sunday papers. Domestic staff tidied up, kitchen hands prepared Sunday lunch, and nurses readied themselves for doctors’ rounds. Fred Payne, gowned and masked, was assisting in the operating theatre. Fluffy Ogilvie was on the first floor... As Fluffy and the MO went into the patients’ room, ‘we both saw, through the large windows, German planes, with their Swastikas clearly visible. There was no time to be brave or heroic, we dived under the bed...’ After preliminary machine-gun strafing, the enemy dropped high-explosive 500 kilo bombs. The first scored a direct hit on the east wing. The second landed in the road, its blast shattering windows, doors and partitions in the west wing and severely damaging the operating theatre. Lamps over the operating table fell on to the unconscious patient and a door flew across the room and knocked out Fred Payne. The floor where Fluffy Ogilvie had taken cover lost its door and windows. Rain and cold air rushed in, but all four patients, plus doctor and nurse, had survived. The latter pair dashed out into the hall to find ‘dust and rubble everywhere and, where there had been a further room, just one big gaping hole... The first body we came to was that of ‘Tinkle’ Bell. I saw her hand and arm sticking out beneath the heavy masonry. I also saw... two bodies which seemed to be hanging from the girder. The bomb had gone through all the floors down to the basement...’ Two platoons of the local home guard had been carrying out exercises close by. Two of their number died in the attack but the rest came to help, along with local air raid precaution volunteers... Through the rubble and dust, shivering against the cold winds that swept through shattered windows and gaping holes in brickwork, men carried laden stretchers to where doctors and nurses made rapid diagnoses, applied dressings and splints, and administered what drugs they could; amid such chaos and destruction they could offer little more than first aid.... Nineteen people died, one was missing, another forty-five suffered injury. Had it not been a Sunday, casualties would have been even worse because many patients would have been in the basement gymnasium and its milk bar, which had been flattened.’ After Torquay, and advancing to Chief Principal Matron, Coulthurst say extensive overseas postings for the remainder of the war. Chief Principal Matron Coulthurst retired in January 1947. In later life she resided at Limehurst St Margaret’s Road, Altrincham, Cheshire, and died at the Royal Infirmary Manchester in April 1950. Sold with the following related items and documents: Riband bar; named Buckingham Palace enclosure for R.R.C. Second Award Bar; Air Ministry letter of appreciation on the occasion of recipient’s retirement, signed by Philip Noel-Baker, then Secretary of State for Air, dated 16 January 1947; newspaper cuttings and photographic image of recipient; with copied research.

Harkness, Henry A Description of a Singular Aboriginal Race inhabiting the Summit of the Neilgherry Hills or Blue Mountains of Coimbatoor, in the Southern Peninsula of India. London: Smith, Elder, and Co., 1832. First edition, 8vo (24.7 x 15cm), contemporary half calf, rebacked, vi [2] 175 pp., 4 lithographic plates including frontispiece, wear to corners, plates spotted, occasional spotting and a few marks to text [not in Abbey];Marshall, William E. A Phrenologist amongst the Todas, or the Study of a Primitive Tribe in South India. History, Character, Customs, Religion, Infanticide, Polyandry, Language. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1873. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth lettered in gilt and ruled in black (apparently one of several variant bindings), rebacked with original spine laid down, xx 271 pp., 18 autotype plates of which 14 from photographs, autotype map, illustrations in text, tips bumped and worn, first signature near detached;King, W. Ross. The Aboriginal Tribes of the Nilgiri Hills. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1870. First edition, 8vo, original cloth, 2 tinted lithographic frontispieces ('Toda Woman' and 'Toda Man'), one further plate, gutta percha perished and text-block detached from binding, ink-stamps and pencil markings of the Clinton Hall Association, New York to pastedowns and title-page, scraps of paper adhering to front pastedown and free endpaper causing small hole in latter

A George III mahogany chest on chestThe upper section with cavetto cornice and two short over three long graduated and cock-beaded drawers, the base with brushing slide over three long graduated and cock-beaded drawers, raised on bracket feet.112cm wide x 55cm deep x 184cm highFootnote:By repute, this chest originates from Coleorton Hall, Leicestershire. Built 1804-8 for Sir George Beaumont, Coleorton Hall was designed by George Dance the Younger (d 1825), who had known Beaumont for twenty years, and was invited to design a new house, employing stripped gothic, Greek and 'Hindoo' styles. The house was greatly enlarged in 1862 by F P Cockerell (d 1878).Condition:Generally good and clean with nice colour and figuring. Very good provincial or possibly London maker. Some minor cosmetic marks in places as expected. Small veneer patch to front left side stile adjacent to top drawer. Cock beading appears intact. Brass bale handles possibly original. Sides are solid and free from any splits. Rear left foot possibly re-attached.

Mauchline ware - sewing, six pieces, comprising a cylinder needle case (Singer's Sewing Machines / New Pier Brighton West End), 6cms, a shield form pin cushion (Brighton New Pier/Brighton West End), 5cms, a large disc form pin cushion (Coach On Ferry, Windermere), 5.2cms, an oval section crochet box, bone handled chuck, one hook only (Oystermouth Village / Mumbles From The Hill Side), 10.5cms, a box form needle flannel (New Museum, Ipswich / New Town Hall and Post Office, Ipswich), 8.7cms, and a tape cylinder (Blackfriars New Bridge / Lambeth Palace / Chelsea Suspension Bridge), small split to base at aperture, 7cms. (6) From the collection of the late Christabelle and David Davey.

Mauchline ware - seven pieces, comprising a railway truck (New Museum, Ipswich), one wheel part lacking, 10.5cms, a tumbler case with fern decorated glass (International Exhibition Of Industry, Science and Art, Edinburgh, 1886), 7.5cms, a drum form go to bed (St. Cadvans, Towyn / Neptune Hall, Towyn), 5.2cms, a plaster case (Lynton), 5.2cms, a wall mounting vesta box (Penmaenmaur / coloured seaweed), 12cms, a cylinder go to bed (Yarmouth From Brittania Pier), 6.8cms, and a cylinder box (Whitby From Larpool Wood), 8.5cms. (7) From the collection of the late Christabelle and David Davey.

8 late 18th/early 19th century teacups, 4 New Hall and 4 Alcock (2 with cracks)

A New Hall bone china teapot and cover and cup and saucer, c1825, Old English shape, decorated with roses and gilt, teapot and cover 17cm h Teapot - hairline crack and slight wear. Cover in good condition. Cup and saucer - wear to gilding inside

Nine New Hall, Liverpool and other contemporary English porcelain teaware, late 18th c, including three tea bowls, largest saucer 14.5cm diam Mostly in good condition. Liverpool blue and white cup cracked and stained

Royal Worcester ivory ground Persian-style vase, a pink-ground part tea-service and other similar teawares, late 19th century, various printed green and black marks, the vase moulded and gilt with trailing leafy branches, the service painted with pink roses, initialled C.M.H. and dated 1902, comprising: a teapot and cover, a milk-jug, a sugar-bowl, a teacup and two saucers, two white glazed leaf-shaped leaf dishes, assorted Aesthetic movement teacups and saucers, a late 18th century New Hall-type teabowl and other items 

Group of English and Continental pottery and porcelain figures, early 19th century and later, including: two Staffordshire porcelain recumbent sheep, three Staffordshire pottery models of greyhounds, a group of the Welsh Tea Party, Wade Whimsies, assorted Continental figures and groups in the Meissen style, together with a New Hall fluted oval teapot and cover painted with famille rose flowers

A selection of 19th Century and later tea cups and saucers, including: New Hall chinoiserie blue and white tea cup and saucer; Copeland Imari cup and saucer; Crown Devon Fieldings ‘Fathers’ large tea cup and saucer; and others.

Forward by Anita Loos. New York, Tudor, 1948. 1st ed. Cloth-backed hc w. mounted ill. folio. -and 3 other works on Vertès. (2) Claude Aveline. Steinlen. L'homme & l'oeuvre. Paris, Les Ecrivains reunis, 1926. Sc. Sm. 8vo. -and 1 other work on Steinlen. (3) Gustav Coquiot. H. de Toulouse-Lautrec. Nombreuses illustrations la plupart inédites avec des souvenirs. Paris, Blaizot, 1913. Sc. 4to. -and 4 other works about Lautrec. (4) Jack Rennert. Alain Weill. Alphonse Mucha. The Complete Posters and Panels. Boston, Hall, 1984. Hc w. ill. dust-j. Folio. -and 1 other work about Mucha. -and 12 others, incl. 3 works about Eugène Grasset. (total 25)

The Record Book - International Edition. A Guide to the World of Phonography. By David Hall. Published by Oliver Durrell Inc Publishers, New York. 1st edition 1948. 1394 pages including index. Excellent copy in D/W. From single vendor Book and Magazine collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99

Moore, John: A Journal During A Residence In France, From The Beginning Of August, To The Middle Of December 1792, A New Edition Corrected, In Two Volumes, London: Printed For G.G. And J. Robinson, Paternoster-Row, 1793, half calf over marbled boards, volume 1 lacking map, 8vo, together with Hall, Captain Basil: Extracts From A Journal Written On The Coasts Of Chili, Peru & Mexico, In Two Volumes, Third Edition. Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable And Co., Edinburgh, 1824, half leather over marbled boards, Post 8vo. (4)

Good Rosewood Bechstein Model B Grand Piano, frame number 51027, circa 1900, supported upon octagonal tapering legs terminating in brass caps and castors, 80" long, 59" wide *This piano has been in the same family for over 100 years and the vendor has written a brief history of the instrument below: "My Grandmother, Cynthia Daniell purchased the piano new we think in about 1920 as the family were then living at Luscombe Farm, Bovey Tracy, Nr Chudleigh Devon and the Dealer (Paish & Co Torquay & Exeter) is labelled in Gold Leaf on the front lid of the instrument. After the death of my grandfather in 1933 the family moved back to London. My mother was a keen amateur soprano opera singer and loaned the piano one year in the 1960’s to the Bath Music festival where it was played in the Guild hall. The piano has not been played much since those days as my mother developed arthritis which effected her ability to play. My daughter played to grade 8 whilst of school age (2008) which was when the piano was last tuned" *This piano is sold with a professional condition report recently commissioned by the vendor from All Instruments *Ivory Sale Submission reference 2JW11XC8

Group of late 18th Century English porcelain wares including a Machin tea bowl, a Worcester cup and saucer with gilt decoration, New Hall style helmet jug etc

Cosmetics.- Jeamson (Thomas) Artificiall Embellishments. Or Arts Best Directions How to Preserve Beauty or Procure it, first edition, marginal worming, paper flaw in L3 with loss of one letter, corner of L8 torn away but not quite affecting text block, new endpapers, contemporary calf, rebacked, head of spine worn, rubbed, [Wing J503; Madan III, 2705], 8vo, Oxford, Printed by William Hall, 1665.⁂ ''A manual of cosmetics, interspersed with highfalutin' talk...There is a modicum of scientific practical medicine, and much humbug, such as a recipe to get plump (p.67), namely to take twelve or thirteen 'lizards or neuts', boil them &c., feed a hen with them, then 'kil her and eat her'. All this was written for ladies by a fellow of Wadham, who tried in vain to conceal the authorship, and was much laughed at...'' (Madan). Provenance: Archibald Spark (ink inscription and Latin verse, dated 1666 on front free endpaper); John Lloyd (ink inscription dated 1706 on another front free endpaper); Catherine Lloyd (ink inscription on rear free endpaper).

SIDNEY HALL: A NEW BRITISH ATLAS, 1834, lacks title page etc, 54 engraved maps, 4to modern cloth

Items of Newhall blue and white 'Broseley' pattern porcelain, to include a cream jug, three tea cups and saucers, a coffee can and stand, a coffee can, saucer and side plate; Newhall blue and white 'Two Ducks' pattern porcelain, to include a trio, a tea cup, a coffee can and a cream jug; New Hall blue and white 'Man on a Bridge' pattern porcelain, to include a slop bowl, three coffee cups, three saucers and a tea bowl; a Newhall asparagus server, a tea bowl and saucer and two tea bowlsRubbing to the gilt, some rubbing to the glaze. chipping throughout the lot, a few notable chips to the rims and some to the base.

A LARGE COLLECTION OF COMMERCIAL ADVERTISING MODELS, PRODUCED BY BREWERS AND DISTILLERS AND OTHER MANUFACTURERS. TOGETHER WITH BISCUIT AND SWEET TINS, COMMEMORATIVE PLATES AND VICTORIAN INHALERS BEING SOLD ON BEHALF OF MR JOHN HILL. 3 containers and model for advertising Yardley English Perfumes and handled mug of Nancy and the Artful Dodger (marked on base New Hall Hanley) to include two packaged Yardley English Lavender soap

Morris (William). The Defence of Guenevere and Other Poems, reprinted from the Kelmscott Press edition as revised by the author, London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1908, a little light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary green morocco elaborate gilt by Marshall, spine faded to brown, 8vo, together with Hardy (Thomas). Wessex Poems and other verses, 1st edition, London & New York: Harper & Brothers, 1898, 30 illustrations by the author, light toning to endpapers, top edge gilt, original green cloth gilt, some dampstaining, 8vo, plus Dickens (Charles). The Life and Adventures of Martin Chuzzlewit, 1st edition, 2nd issue, London: Chapman and Hall, 1844, 2nd issue with £100 on additional title signpost (corrected from 100£), etched frontispiece, additional title (laid down) and 38 plates by Phiz, pp. 385-624 misbound after p. 288, a few plates and leaves repaired, some light spotting and toning, contemporary half calf, rebacked, original spine relaid, 8vo, with five others including The Haunted Man, by Charles Dickens, 1st edition, 1848 (lacking spine, some wear), Our Village, by Mary Russell Mitford, illustrated by Hugh Thomson, 1893, and The Song of Hiawatha, by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, illustrated by Harrison Fisher, London, 1908 QTY: (8)

Lewis (William, publisher). Lewis's New Traveller's Guide, or a Pocket Edition of the English Counties, containing all the Direct & Cross Roads in England and Wales, with the Distance of each Principal Place from London, [1819], hand coloured engraved frontispiece of a map of England & Wales, calligraphic title page with a black & white engraved vignette of a coach and postillions, preface (dated 1819), contents list, list of mail coaches and cost of postage, forty-two (complete as list) engraved maps with contemporary hand colouring, including one folding (Yorkshire), each map with a page of descriptive text, some dust soiling and slight staining throughout, a few text pages with long closed tears, text block cracked an weak, several ownership inscriptions to pastedowns and front and rear endpapers, contemporary quarter morocco with morocco gilt title label to the upper siding, heavily worn and frayed, 8vo, together with Cary (John). Cary's Traveller's Companion, or a Delineation of the Turnpike Roads of England and Wales..., 1791, calligraphic title, advertisement and contents, 43 engraved maps including one folding (Yorkshire), all with contemporary outline colouring, index bound at rear, later endpapers, modern half calf gilt, small 8vo, with Leigh (Samuel). Leigh's New Pocket Road Book of England and Wales and part of Scotland..., 1826, frontispiece of the price of posting, additional decorative half-title and preface, 55 uncoloured engraved maps by Sidney Hall, additional half-title and a folding map of England & Wales (this map with contemporary hand-colouring, index and publisher's advertisement bound at rear, later pencil annotations to rear first blank, contemporary morocco gilt, re-backed, bumped with some wear to the extremities,12mo, plus Reynolds (James). Reynolds's Travelling Atlas of England: With all the Railways and Stations..., [1848], title page and 30 engraved maps with contemporary outline colouring, some spotting and dust soiling throughout, text block detached, broken and split, publisher's decorative gilt cloth, worn and rubbed, 8voQTY: (4)

A collection of early 20th Century Magic Lantern Slides comprising: The Old Masters, to include: Rembrandt, Titian, Gainsborough, Leonardo Da Vinci, Van Dyck, Raphael, Giotto; together with The Life of David Livingstone, American Lecture Paintings: City Hall, Canal Street, Birdseye view of New York, view of Broadway, Central Park, Profile Rock on the Mohawk, and more.

SEX PISTOLS POSTER - A Rare survivor from the Roadie who was at the Gig and a friend of Martin who was the band member of the support act on the night, Albert Dock.This Sex Pistols Poster is an original 1976 Handbill / Poster and an extremely rare piece of original early Sex Pistols Promotional Material. It was for the show at Eric’s in Liverpool, England on October 15, 1976.The poster is in good condition for its age. It has a small piece missing on the top right of the poster and a small side tear and a little light creasing. Its quite a deep yellow paper with crisp black print.The two figures standing on the rock are John Campbell and Henry Priestman, both member’s of Yachts, and later, It’s Immaterial, and Henry Priestman from The Christians. Martin a member of Albert Dock took the photograph on an art college trip to the Lake District and passed the negative on for the poster production. `The item measures just short of A4 at 295mm x 208mm and it served as both poster and handbill for the gig promotion, the Sex Pistols’ first outing to Liverpool. At that time at Erics, the main act performed upstairs early on in the evening and the support act played downstairs in what would later become the main club area.`This performance came at a pivotal time for the Pistols.  Less than a month before, they’d signed a five year management contract with Malcolm McLaren’s Glitterbest Ltd.  Three weeks prior to this show, Nick Mobbs of EMI saw the band for the first time, and on October 8, just a week before the Eric’s show, the group officially signed to the label.On October 10 the band recorded an early version of “Anarchy in the UK” with their sound man, Dave Goodman, and beginning on the 12th, they played shows in Dundee, Wolverhampton, and Birkenhead before the Liverpool show on October 15.  The Liverpool Echo noted “This gig certainly didn’t have the same impact as the Pistol’s Free Trade Hall gigs in Manchester – in fact it almost went unnoticed as there were only about 50 people there…Eric’s had only just opened on 1 October, and among the first bands to play were the Runaways and the Stranglers. But on 15 October, the infamous Sex Pistols pogo’ed their way into town…Holly Johnston, Paul Rutherford [both later of Frankie Goes to Hollywood], and Pete Burns [Dead or Alive] were all in attendance that night.”Just two days after the Eric’s show, the Pistols recorded the version of “Anarchy in the UK” that EMI released.  Five days later, on October 22, Stiff records released The Damned’s “New Rose”, the first-ever UK punk record, beating the Pistols debut single by about a month.Provenance from Richard, a college friend of Martin Watson, Guitarist and Vocals for Albert Dock and later Yachts and who was the roadie for the night. As he states to ensure admission to the gig I was the roadie for Albert Dock ! The other poster is a rare Albert Dock - Return of the Magnificent 7 Poster in fair condition. It has a little staining has been folded once and has pin holes in the corner. It measures 44 cm by 33 cm.

PE Bishop (19thC School). Hall at New House, signed, titled and dated 1886, watercolour, with label to reverse and gilt frame, 39cm x 34cm.

An early 19thC New Hall pottery teapot, decorated with pink panelled borders, with roses and green floral sprays, 14cm high.

A part set of Spode china blue and gilt tea wares, pattern 892, comprising eight cups and six saucers, to/w a blue and gilt Derby milk jug, a Meissen floral-encrusted chocolate cup and cover on stand and a polychrome-enamelled tea bowl (probably New Hall)

Two Sino-Tibeten Copper Alloy Deities, modelled as Tara weilding a sword; together with an 18th Chinese export blue and white sauce boat, a Flight period Worcester cream jug, two similar New Hall jugs and a Regency porcelain spill vaseStatues- both missing base plates and with dull pattina.Sauceboat- loss to spout and a small section reglued, crack to lower handle terminal, glazed fritted.Worcester- three hair cracks to rim.New Hall- both with restored rim chips.Vase- restoration to all three feet and a large section of the body.

A Chinese style painted three drawer hall table - Width 162cm x Width 85cm x Depth 40cm - as new

A QUANTITY OF VINTAGE TEAPOTS TO INCLUDE NEW HALL, LEONARDO, ETC PLUS TWO JUGS

Travel, Middle Eastern and African interest mainly to include :-Nivedita, Sister & Coomaraswamy, Ananda "Myths of the Hindus and Buddhists", George G Harrop & Company 1913, colour frontis with lettered tissue guard, colour plates with lettered tissue guards, rather a full description on ffep dated 18/2/17, the front hinge cracked and back board separating, pictorial clothMallock, W H "In an Enchanted Island ...", Richard Bentley & Son 1889, frontis with tissue guard, foxed, advertisement for Richard Bentley & Sons list of new and standard works at back of the book, back ffep missing, pictorial cloth with gilt titles but all rather worn and bumpedSchebesta, Paul "Among the Forest Dwarfs of Malaya", Hutchinson & Co, photographic frontis, photographic illustrations throughout, folding map at the back of the book, ink name on ffep, red cloth, backstrip faded Patterson, Lt Col J H "In the Grip of the Nyika ...", Macmillan & Co 1910, numerous black and white photographic illustrations though text, British East Africa at the rear of the book, back ffep torn, advertisement for the earlier book 'The Man Eaters of Tsavo', hinges cracked, backstrip separating, pictorial cloth Alexander, Herbert"Boyd Alexander's Last Journey", Edward Arnold 1912, photographic frontis, tissue guard, photographic plates, folding map at the rear of the book, blue pictorial cloth, backstrip fadedGibbs, Henry"Twilight in South Africa", Jarrolds (1953), photographic frontis, photographic illustrations throughout, boards suffered a little dampFisher, Ruth B "On the Borders of Pigmy Land", Marshall Brothers (4th edition), photographic frontis, photographic illustrations throughout, green cloth, pictorial boards faded and backstrip seen some dampDuncan-Kemp, A M "Where Strange Paths Go Down", W R Smith & Paterson 1952, photographic frontis, photographic plates throughout, map on ep and front board with titles Sharp, R R "Early Days in Katanga", printed by Rhodesian Printers, Bulawayo 1956, photographic plates throughout, folding map at back of the book which has been torn but with no loss, needs repairing, green boards, black titlesPonder, H W "Javanese Panorama ...", Seeley, Service & Co Ltd, double page map of Java showing two separate maps, red clothBetham-Edwards, Miss "In French-Africa Scenes and Memories", Chapman & Hall 1912, frontis photographic portrait of Marechal de MacMahon, photographic plates throughout, blue cloth with gilt rules, decorations and titles to front board and gilt titles to backstrip (4 boxes) 

BONER, Charles - Chamois Hunting in the Mountains of Bavaria and in the Tyrol. Full prize calf. Plates. 8vo. Chapman & Hall. New edition, 1860.

VARDON, Harry - How To Play Golf : Illustrated, 8vo, org. red cloth. Third ed. 1912. With - Jackson, Charles. The New Pocket Hoyle. Part 11. Consisting of Gentlemen's Games ... (etc). Org. paper covered boards. Small 8vo. Eng. title. 1808. With - Mason, James. The Principles of Chess in Theory and Practice. Frontis. 8vo. Fifth edition, org. cloth. No date. With - De La Rue & Co's Improved Pocket Chess Board with Chess Men Complete, With - Lewis, William. Chess for Beginners. In a series of Progressive Lessons (etc). 24 diagrams. Org. pictorial cloth, small 4to. second edition revised and corrected, Chapman & Hall, 1837.(5)

Thomas Koether (New York, Florida, Europe, Australia, b. 1940) Abstract Painting. Titled: "Red Progression" Dated: '89 Oil on Canvas. Signed and titled verso. Overall Size: 60 x 48 in. (114 - 4266)In 1960, Koether was accepted to the school of the Art Institute of Chicago at age 20. In 1963 Koether Moved to New York City and started going to the Art Students League. In June of 1966 he graduated with honors from N.Y.U. and was accepted to the N.Y.U. graduate school of Communications Arts in Cinematography under Haig Manoogian. In 1970, he moved to Paris to take a studio space at the American Center on Boulevard Raspail. In July of ’71 Koether went to Italy and did a lot of drawing and watercolors. In Florence he met Italian art restorers and learned a lot about restoration from them. That same year, he participated in a group show at the American Center and sold several pieces – one to director Henry Pillsbury. The work from Ibiza and Paris dealt with attempts to delineate abstraction as a form with his own experience of his own abstractness – landscapes and still-lives of his own psychic and emotional space. This work has a post-psychedelic aspect. In 1974 Koether moved back to New York and worked in N.Y.C. as an art restorer with Roger Ricco Associates. That year, he had a one man show at Ajanta Gallery on East 9th Street. In 1976, Koether moved to Australia and established an art conservation business and worked on the 5 major collections of Oceanic art in Australia. ONE PERSON SHOWS2001 SRQ ON MAIN, Sarasota, Florida1996 TAMPA ELECTRIC CO., TECO PLAZA, Tampa, July 1 – July 31, Marilyn Mars, Curator1995 KOETHER – NEW OILS, Nations Bank Executive Headquarters, Sarasota, Florida1993 MATRIX, Renegade Gallery, East Hampton, New York1992 KOETHER, A NEW EDGE, Renegade Gallery, East Hampton, New York1989 AUSTRALIAN ROCK AND WATER, Gochenhaur Gallery, Delray Beach, Florida1987 TOM KOETHER, EXPATRIATE PAINTINGS, Curator: Nick Pearson, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY1988 KOETHER, Recent work from New York, Cape Gallery, Byron Bay, N.S.W., Australia1986 TOM KOETHER, RECENT PAINTINGS, AUSTRALIAN EXPERIENCE, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton NY1985 PAINTINGS FROM EAST HAMPTON, Curators: Dane Dixon and Steve Loschen, Ashawagh Hall, NY1983 KOETHER, Outback Australian Gallery, Curator: Gate Fynn, 382 W. Broadway, New York, NY1974 AJANTA GALLERY, New York, New York1973 St. Croix, Virgin Islands1972 St. Croix, Virgin Islands1971 Ars Bar, Ibiza, Spain1970 Ars Bar, Ibiza, Spain1969 Ars Bar, Ibiza, Spain1969 KOETHER, DRAWINGS, Mahogany Inn, St. Croix, Virgin IslandsSELECTED GROUP AND JURIED SHOWS2002 TOM KOETHER, STEVE LOSCHEN RECENT PAINTINGS, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY1996 Represented by KLABAL GALLERY, 363 12th Avenue South, Naples, Florida1995 ART FOR LIFE, Juried Voice Auction, Jurors Marilyn Mars, Arts Impact, and Emily Kass, Exec Director, Tampa Museum1994 SARASOTA VISUAL ARTS CENTER, Autumn Annual, Juror Tiffani Szilage, St. Petersburg Center for the Arts, Exhibition Coordinator, St. Petersburg, Florida1994 GREATER TAMPA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Executive Exhibition, Juror Marilyn Mars, Arts Impact, Tampa, Florida1994 KOETHER, ASHAWAGH ’94, Loschen, Najdzionek, Strong/Cuevas, Grove, and Briscoe, East Hampton, NY1992 SOUTH COBB ART ALLIANCE 7TH NATIONAL JURIED ART EXHIB., Juror: Larry Walker, Prof. of Art at Georgia-State University1991 KOETHER, GOCHENOUR, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1990 KOETHER, LOSCHEN, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1990 FICKERA, KOETHER, LAWRENCE, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1989 FICKERA, KOETHER, LAWRENCE, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1989 M. CAIN SCULPTURE TOM KOETHER, STEVE LOSCHEN, PAINTINGS, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1989 DRAWING THE LINE, Curator: Kay Jeffed, Tweed River Regional Art Gallery, Murwilumbha, Australia1989 BLOSSOMS, The Gallery at Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York1988 HUNTINGTON TOWN ART LEAGUE ANNUAL, Huntington, New York1988 BEYOND STATUS QUO, The Gallery at Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York1988 WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE, The Gallery at Bryant Library, Roslyn, New York1988 EGBERT, KOETHER, LOSCHEN, LAWRENCE, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1987 EGBERT, KOETHER, LOSCHEN, LAWRENCE, Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, New York1986 PLASTO GALLERY, Mullumbimby, N.S.W., Australia1986 SOUTHPORT ART SHOW, Southport, Queensland, Australia1986 GOLD COAST CITY ART INVITATIONAL, Gold Coast City Art Prize, purchase, Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia1985 ST. ALBANS COLLEGE EXHIBITION, Honorable mention, Southport, Australia1985 N.P.U. QUEENSLAND EXHIBITION, purchase price, Cape Gallery, Bryon Bay, N.S.W., Australia1971 LE CENTER AMERICAN, Paris, France