Jo Bradford Portal: Sky Cameraless Photography Signed on Verso 15 x 10cm (5¾ x 3¾ in.) About Jo Bradford was born in Hertfordshire, UK, and raised in South Africa. She now lives on Dartmoor, UK with her two children. Jo has worked with experimental, alternative process and cameraless photographs in her colour darkroom for over two decades. Jo has exhibited widely and has works in public and private collections around the world. Her work is created using only the primary tools of analogue photography, with precisely timed flashes of light captured on light sensitive paper in utter darkness. These detailed working methods produce in essence a kind of pure photography - not representational of the external physical world, but acutely resonant of something entirely more abstract and possibly internal. Whatever the resonance, there is a subversion, or inversion of the photographic process as it's commonly understood. Education Master's Degree (Distinction) in Photography: Critical Practice from University College Falmouth in 2004 Select Exhibitions/Awards Exhibitions Photo London. Gas Gallery - Somerset House, The Strand, London, UK. 2021 Expo Chicago. NFP Editions with the Tate and Whitechapel Gallery - Navy Pier, Chicago USA. 2019 Women In Colour: Anna Atkins, Colour Photography and Those Struck by Light - Galerie Miranda, Paris, France. 2019 The Armory Show. Field Editions / NFP Editions; with the Tate - Piers 90, 92, and 94, New York, USA. 2019 Fotofever Art Fair - Paris, France. 2018 Expo Chicago. Field Editions / NFP Editions with the Tate and the Royal Academy et al - Navy Pier, Chicago USA. 2018 NADA New York. Field Editions - Skylight Clarkson Square, New York, USA. 2018 NADA Miami. Field Editions at NADA PROJECTS - Miami Beach, Miami, Florida, USA. 2017 Expo Chicago. Field Editions at Expo Editions - Navy Pier, Chicago USA. 2017 London Art Fair. Eyestorm Gallery - Islington, London, UK. 2017 Lutyens - Showing 22 works by Bradford at 85 Fleet Street, London, UK. 2016 Facing Changes - Guys Hospital, London, UK. 2015 Bristol Festival of Photography - Bristol, UK. 2014 The Photocopy Club presents Space is Ace - Doomed Gallery, Dalston, London, UK. 2014 Photogram - Urmson Burnett Gallery, Salisbury, UK. 2014 Beautiful Science at the Imperial Science Festival - London, UK. 2013 Beautiful Science - Brick Lane Gallery, London, UK. 2012 NASA Space Shuttle Endeavour STS-134 - Launched 16th May 2011, docked with the international space station, orbited for 16 days and 16 million miles around earth, returned to earth. Cliché Verre in the Digital Age - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San Francisco, USA. 2011. Photo Alchemy - 23 Sandy Gallery, Portland, Oregon, USA. 2011 The Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, USA. 2011 Facing Changes - Gordon Museum, London, UK. 2011 Low Tech - Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. 2010 Urban - Stramash Space, Glasgow, UK. 2010 Kennedy Space Centre, Florida, USA. 2010 Fort Worth Art Centre, Texas, USA. 2010 Light! Colour! - Madera Design Studio, Downtown, Los Angeles, USA. 2009 La Galerie D'Art - Atelier Mandarine, Brest, France. 2007 Indications of the Infinite - Out Of Place Gallery, Porthtowan, Cornwall, UK. 2007 Heart Of A Garden - Great Oak Hall, Westonbirt National Arboretum, UK. 2007 Cream Of The Crop - Custard Factory, Birmingham, UK. 2003 Homegrown - Millennium Point, Birmingham, UK. 2002 Out Of Bounds - Wallsworth Hall, Gloucestershire, UK. 2000 Awards 2016 - Arts Council England - Grants for the Arts Award. 2015 - DNPA 'Your Dartmoor Fund' Grant - Project Funding Award. 2010 - AA2A - Artist in Residence Scheme - Plymouth College of Art. 2008 - Saatchi Gallery & Harper Collins Publishers - Finalist -Book Cover Design. 2006 - Unlocking Cornish Potential - Graduate Placement Award. 2004 - Fenton Arts Trust Grant - Project Funding Award. 2003 - Arts Council England - Creative Development Award. 2003 - West Midlands Arts - Funding Award. 2002 - Arts Council England - Creative Development Award. 2002 - West Midlands Arts - Funding Award Gallery Representation Gina Cross Art + Design Eyestorm Gallery Miranda Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork My photography begins in the absence of light. Undertaken in a completely black darkroom, in a time-consuming process requiring decades of practiced hand movements to mask light exposures and with continuous precise adjustments made to an array of dials and buttons not visible to the eye my work begins. Combining this with an understanding of the way colours mix in light to create primary and tertiary colours, and through a lot of trial and error and endless patience, hands and masks are used to create areas of shadow, which alter the path of light on its way to the paper during the brief flashes of light exposure. This non-figurative work subverts the established fidelity of the photograph as a record of an object, referring only to itself, without seeking to illustrate or represent anything. In a sense, it is a self-portrait made of photography, whereby the photographic means becomes the object and the medium becomes the subject.
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Worksplate ROBT STEPHENSON LIMITED ENGINEERS NEWCASTLE ON TYNE No 2880 1900. Ex 0-6-0ST delivered new to Pearson & Knowles Coal & Iron Co Moss Colliery which later became Wigan Coal & Iron Co the NCB from 1947. It also saw service at Kirklees, Low Hall , Moss and Walkden and was scrapped on site at Walkden in January 1963. Oval hand engraved brass in original but well polished condition. Measures 13.5in x 8in.
Worksplate THE HUNSLET ENGINE CO LTD LEEDS 12X18 No 1684 1931 ex 0-4-0 T supplied new to Hall & Co and used at Stoats Nest Quarry Redhill, then later moved to Kilmersdon Colliery, near Radstock in Somerset where it worked until the mid 1960's, after which it was preserved at the Bleadon & Uphill station museum. In 1968 it was purchased by the 1968 by the G.W.R. 1338 locomotive Fund, and moved to the Middleton Railway in 2006 and is awaiting restoration. Oval cast brass, face lightly cleaned, measures 11.5in x 8in.
Worksplate YORKSHIRE ENGINE CO LIMITED MEADOW HALL WORKS SHEFFIELD No 2847 1961 ex British Railways Class 02 0-4-0 Diesel Hydraulic D2864. Allocated new to 8B Warrington and withdrawn from 9A Longsight in February 1970 and sold to W. Hesslewood, Attercliffe. Oval cast brass in as removed condition measuring 11in x 6in. A rare plate from a class of 20.
POSTCARDS - TOPOGRAPHICAL & OTHER Approximately 275 cards, comprising real photographic views of G.W.R. Station, Hanwell; The County School, Southall; Fore Street, Westonzoyland; a shop front (by Hosier, Bridgwater); Bleadon (by Hopwood, Weston-super-Mare); Landing the Life-Boat, Burnham; New Central Library, Bristol; the Fire in Bristol, 1907; Fore Street, Heavitree [Exeter]; and Brendon Hill Incline; with printed views of Queen Street, Exeter; Elmsett Hall, Wedmore; Bossington Lane; Puriton; Woolavington Road, Puriton; the Triangle, Cossington; and others; together with a quantity of modern, mainly oversize cards, (album and loose).
POSTCARDS - TOPOGRAPHICAL & OTHER Approximately 119 cards, comprising real photographic views of the Town Hall and Market Place, Trowbridge; Market Place, Blandford; Canadian Pacific S.S. Montcalm (x2); Canadian Pacific S.S. Montnairn; and River Aire, Castleford; with printed views of Hampton Ferry, Evesham; Shotford Hill, Harleston; Malden Fountain, New Malden; Market Place, Frome; Christchurch Railway Station; Cunard Line Canadian Service R.M.S. Ascania; and artist-drawn Suffragette; and others, (album).
A FAMILLE ROSE 'SHOULAO' VASE, JUREN TANG MARK, REPUBLICChina, 1912-1949. The ovoid body rising from a spreading foot to a waisted neck with a galleried rim. Painted in bright enamels with gilt highlights to depict Shoulao, wearing voluminous robes, offering a peach to Lan Caihe, holding a long staff with a flower basket and a sack filled with flowers at her sides, a young attendant standing beside Shoulao and carrying his basket, all below two iron-red bats painted to the neck. The base with an iron-red four-character seal mark Juren Tang zhi.Provenance: From an English private collection.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and firing flaws. Drilled to base.Weight: 984.7 gDimensions: Height 28 cmThe Juren Tang ('Hall where Benevolence Resides') in Zhongnanhai was the building in which Yuan Shikai (1859-1916) lived and also where he had his office around 1915. Yuan Shikai was the first President of the Republic of China and Emperor of the short-lived Empire of China (1915-1916), taking the era name Hongxian. In 1916, Guo Baochang, an antique dealer with a good relation to the court, was appointed to oversee Hongxian's new Imperial porcelain production. The intent from the outset was that the items produced were to be of excellent quality. The biscuit used was very thin, the enamels were sent from the Imperial Workshops and the mark used was a red seal reading Juren Tang zhi. The quality of items produced was reputed to be excellent. Unfortunately during production, because of the very thin biscuit, many objects were damaged. The remaining few perfect pieces were given to the most favored officials and are exceedingly rare today.Yuan Shikai stood down as Emperor on 22 March 1916 and resumed his presidency, dying shortly afterward in June 1916. After his death, production was halted and the kilns were destroyed, but the enamels were stolen by workers who then proceeded to copy the Juren Tang production, marking their pieces Hongxian nianzhi (also Hongxian Yu Chih or Hongxian Yuan Nian), mostly with Kaishu script. The first copies produced were apparently of extremely high quality, as they were still using the imperial biscuit and enamels, but quality fell as the quantity increased and, presumably, the imperial resources were depleted. One opinion has it that all Hongxian marked pieces are made after the actual period, and that the only possibly genuine mark of the Hongxian period are the Juren Tang, if any. Still, from extant pieces it is clear that the porcelain industry was much stimulated at this time and for decades to come, and that pieces of very high quality were made, some of which bear the Hongxian mark while others are marked Juren Tang.Auction result comparison: Compare a related famille rose vase, also depicting Shoulao and with a Juren Tang zhi mark, dated to the Republic period, at Christie's London in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 13 May 2014, lot 402, sold for GBP 37,500. 民國居仁堂款粉彩《壽老》賞瓶 中國，1912-1949年。唇沿，削肩，縮腹，圈足外撇。粉彩描金繪壽老，身穿長袍，手執長杖，高舉仙桃，身側站著侍者。頸部兩隻鐵紅釉蝙蝠。鐵紅釉四字款“居仁堂製”。來源：英國私人收藏。 品相：狀況極好，有輕微磨損和燒製瑕疵。底部鑽孔。 重量：984.7 克 尺寸：高 28 釐米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件民國居仁堂款粉彩壽老紋賞瓶，見倫敦佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2014年5月13日 lot 402, 售價GBP 37,500。
A LARGE BLUE AND WHITE 'PHOENIX AND PEONY' DISH, YU TANG (JADE HALL) MARK, TRANSITIONALChina, c. 1650-1660. The deep rounded sides rising from a thick, slightly tapered foot to a brown-enameled rim, the interior boldly painted with two phoenixes by a large craggy rock, which partly obscures one of the legendary birds, surrounded by gigantic peony blossoms, enclosed by a double line border. The recessed base bears an underglaze-blue four-character mark yu tang jia qi ('beautiful vessel for the Jade Hall') within a double circle.Provenance: R & G McPherson Antiques, London, 23 July 2008. A British private collection, acquired from the above. A copy of the original signed invoice, dated 23 July 2008 and confirming the dating above, accompanies the present lot.Condition: Very good condition with minor wear and some firing flaws, including kiln grit and dark spots. The central interior engraved with a mark, probably either for the family name Lu or the number six. Shallow surface scratches.Weight: 2,315 gDimensions: Diameter 35.2 cmAuction result comparison: Compare a related blue and white dish depicting immortals, also with a yu tang jia qi mark and dated circa 1650, at Christie's New York in An Era of Inspiration: 17th-Century Chinese Porcelains from the Collection of Julia and John Curtis on 16 March 2015, lot 3560, sold for USD 27,500. Compare a related blue and white dish depicting a qilin, also with a yu tang jia qi mark and dated to the Kangxi period, at Christie's London in The Royal House of Savoy on 15 October 2019, lot 16, sold for GBP 9,750.過渡時期“玉堂佳器”款大型青花鳳穿牡丹紋盤中國，約1650-1660年。敞口，深圓腹，圈足，邊沿醬色釉；盤中青花勾勒鳳穿牡丹紋，精美華麗；圈足内青花雙圈“玉堂佳器”款。 來源：倫敦R & G McPherson Antiques藝廊，2008年7月23日；英國私人收藏，購於上述藝廊。隨附一份原始發票副本確認上述購物時間。 品相：狀況極好，有輕微磨損和一些燒製瑕疵，包括窯砂和黑點。盤内中央刻了一個“陸“字。 重量：2,315 克 尺寸：直徑35.2 厘米 拍賣結果比較: 比較一件相近的青花仙人紋盤，同樣有”玉堂佳器“ 款，約1650年，見紐約佳士得An Era of Inspiration: 17th-Century Chinese Porcelains from the Collection of Julia and John Curtis 2015年3月16日 lot 3560, 售價USD 27,500；比較一件相近的青花”玉堂佳器“ 款麒麟紋盤，康熙時期，見倫敦佳士得The Royal House of Savoy 2019年10月15日 lot 16, 售價GBP 9,750。
A small mixed group of predominantly English pottery and porcelain, late 18th, 19th and 20th century, including a pair of pearlware cupid candlesticks, height 20.5cm, two Wedgwood hippocampus oval shaped comport bases, length 30cm, two Spode Dragon pattern coffee cans, a New Hall coffee can, pattern No. 224, and a small group of assorted covers (faults, repairs and losses).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
Ɵ Sculpture: 4 vols. Duthuit, Georges La Sculpture Copte . . . Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell, 1931, and three others related, 1940-1991. comprises: DUTHUIT, Georges. (1891 - 1973). La Sculpture Copte. Statues - Bas-Reliefs Masques. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell. Paris: les Editions G. Van Ouest, 1931. folio., (385 x 285mm), original brown paper wrappers, lettered in red and black to front and spine, inscribed and dated by the author in black ink to uncut half-title page, 'a Sacheverell Sitwell / son ami, /Georges Duthuit / 31 decembre 1931', 62pp. French text, 72 photo. illustrated plates; MOORE, Henry. (1898 - 1976). Heads, Figures and Ideas. London & Greenwich, Connecticut: George Rainbird Limited and The New York Graphic Society, 1958. first edition, folio. (475 x 335mm), original illustrated paper covered blue boards with grey cloth spine, white lettering to front, red lettering to spine, patterned e/ps.,. lacks tipped-in auto-lithograph frontispiece, illustrated throughout with full page drawings on Chater's Chariot Offset Cartridge paper, printed at the Curwen Press, London; EPSTEIN, Jacob. (1880 - 1959). Let There Be Sculpture An Autobiography. London: Michael Joseph Ltd., 1940. first edition, 8vo., (235 x 160mm), original publisher's cloth, silver lettering to spine, b/w. photo. illustrated throughout, 335pp; John Skeaping 1901-1980 A Retrospective, 4 June to 5th July, 1991. Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., 1991. exhibition catalogue, 8vo., (254 x 210mm), soft wrappers, b/w. and colour photo. illustrated throughout, catalogue listing 154 works, 75pp. Provenance: The Art Library of Sir Sacheverell Sitwell, Weston Hall. Condition Report: 1. Heads, Figures and Ideas - lacks tipped-in auto-lithograph frontispiece, illustrated grey paper boards with a few chips, spine a little bumped head/tail, o/w. clean, dustwrapper with tears and holes (with loss), clean internally. 2. La Sculpture Copte. Statues - Bas-Reliefs Masques. Author's Presentation copy to Sacheverell Sitwell - paper wrappers with a few marks to front, lower r.h. corner creased, many uncut edges have been opened, foxing to edges, and intermittent foxing internally to some pages, affecting a few of the plates. 3. Let There Be Sculpture An Autobiography - cloth clean but faded especially to spine, a few joints weakening but tightly bound, clean internally 4. John Skeaping 1901-1980 A Retrospective 4 June to 5 July, 1991 - a clean copy. Condition Report Disclaimer
A BLUE GLASS 'MALLOW' SNUFF BOTTLE, QIANLONG MARK AND PERIODChina, 1736-1795. The ovoid sides rising from a short spreading foot to a cylindrical neck. The bottle is finely carved on each main side with a large mallow blossom with curled edges, flanked on the sides by mask-and-ring handles, with a band of pendent palm blades to the neck and a band of lotus lappets above the foot. The transparent glass is of a vibrant dark-blue tone and shows neatly incised and wheel cut details. Finely incised four-character seal mark Qianlong yuzhi in horizontal script to the base and of the period.Provenance: Property from the Halim Time & Glass Museum, Evanston, Illinois. The Halim Time and Glass Museum opened its doors in 2017, showcasing over 1170 works of glass and time pieces. The museum, founded by Cameel and Hoda Halim, also displays its unique collection of works of art by Louis Comfort Tiffany.Condition: Excellent condition with minor old wear and tiny manufacturing imperfections. Note that the incised mark to base is slightly off balance.Stopper: Carved pink glass in imitation of rose quartz, mother-of-pearl platelet, possibly matching and from the Imperial glass workshops as well. Weight: 50.8 g Dimensions: Height incl. stopper 68 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 9 mm.This bottle depicts the mallow which is associated with the successful scholar. Its Chinese name gui is also a homophone on the word gui for "honor". As such, the mallow flower is depicted on a variety of Imperial bottles made from different materials.Literature comparison: A number of bottles with this design are known, including several in different colors of glass in the Marian Mayer Collection, illustrated by R. Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, London, 1989, nos. 86-90 and 93; one illustrated by H. Hui et. al., Hidden Treasures of the Dragon, Hong Kong, 1991, p. 61, fig. 111; another illustrated by Robert Kleiner, A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch, Hong Kong, 1991, no. 95; and a white glass example in the collection of Denis Low illustrated by R. Kleiner, Treasures from the Sanctum of Enlightened Respect, Singapore, 1999, p. 101, no. 83.Auction result comparison: Compare a related 'mallow' snuff bottle, carved from golden glass, at Christie's Hong Kong in Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from a Distinguished American Collection on 7 October 2014, lot 13, sold for HKD 118,750 and another in golden-yellow overlay glass at Christie's New York in The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part V on 13 September 2017, lot 345, sold for USD 15,000. 乾隆款及年代藍料葵紋輔耳鼻烟壺 Description: 中國1736-1795年。直頸，橢圓形側面，短圈足。 瓶身兩側精雕細刻各一朵大錦葵花，邊緣捲曲，兩側為輔耳和環柄，頸部蕉葉紋，足部上方有蓮紋。 透明玻璃呈充滿活力的深藍色調，邊沿和細節十分精美整齊。圈足内四字"乾隆御製"款。 來源：美國伊利伊諾州伊凡斯頓Halim Time & Glass Museum美術館收藏。Halim Time & Glass Museum 美術館2017年開放，展示了1170多件玻璃及時計藝術品。這個美術館由Cameel 及 Hoda Halim創立，同時也展出Louis Comfort Tiffany 的作品。 品相：狀況極好，有輕微的磨損和微小的製造瑕疵。 請注意，底部的款稍微不平衡。 壺蓋：粉紅玻璃，貝母蓋托，可能來自御用工坊 重量：50.8 克 尺寸：含蓋高 68 毫米；頸部直徑 17 毫米與嘴部 9 毫米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件相似的金色葵紋琉璃鼻烟壺，見香港佳士得Important Chinese Snuff Bottles from a Distinguished American Collection 2014年10月7日 lot 13, 售價HKD 118,750；另一件 金黃色套料鼻烟壺見紐約佳士得The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part V 2017年9月 13日lot 345, 售價USD 15,000。
A RUBY-RED OVERLAY GLASS 'CARP' SNUFF BOTTLE, 1760-1840China. Of long oval shape, the transparent overlay in ruby-red carved as a jumping carp in pursuit of a pearl, wrapping around the flattened foot of the bottle, reserved on a clear pink bubble suffused ground. Provenance: From an English private collection. Condition: Good condition with some wear, light surface scratches, little nibbling to the mouth, small chips to stopper, neck, and relief. Stopper: Dark blue hardstone stopper Weight: 59 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 72 mm. Diameter neck 14 mm and mouth 7 mm. The bold conception of this overlay glass bottle is impressive, and is a variation on the design of the 'Carp leaping through Dragon Gate', which alludes to the attainment of rank and fulfillment of one's ambitions, as when the carp transforms into the dragon according to legend.Literature comparison: Compare a similar bottle in the Marian Meyer Collection with the same type of elongated glass snuff bottle with a red overlay fish wrapped around the foot, with the only difference being that this one spouts a pavillion from its mouth on one side, illustrated in Hall, Chinese Snuff Bottles II, London, 1989, no. 44. See also another bottle of similar shape and decoration but on clear ground from the Eric Young Collection sold at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 28 October 1993, lot 1031.Auction result comparison: Compare also a related red overlay clear glass snuff bottle, attributed to the Beijing Palace Workshops, dated 1750-1790, at Sotheby's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art on 31 March 2005, lot 359, sold for USD 4,320. 1760-1840年寶石紅套料鯉魚紋鼻烟壺中國，橢圓形削肩，透明粉紅色地料器，寶石紅套料雕一條跳躍的鯉魚追逐一顆珍珠。來源：英國私人收藏。 品相：狀況良好，有一些磨損，輕微的表面劃痕，唇部輕微磕損，壺蓋、頸部和浮雕上有小磕損。 壺蓋：深藍色石質 重量：59 克 尺寸：含壺蓋高72 毫米；頸部直徑14 毫米，唇部直徑7 毫米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件1750-1790年相近的紅色套料鼻烟壺，或爲北京御用工坊，見紐約蘇富比Fine Chinese Ceramics & Works of Art 2005年3月31日 lot 359, 售價USD 4,320。
AN EMERALD-GREEN AND WHITE 'PINES IN THE SNOW' JADEITE SNUFF BOTTLE, 1770-1850China. Smoothly polished and well hollowed, the flattened rectangular body rising from a short oval foot to a cylindrical neck. The semi-translucent icy white stone with vivid emerald-green inclusions, creating the legendary 'pine trees in the snow' effect.Provenance: From a UK private collection, acquired from Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., London. A copy of the original invoice dated 20 November 2000 and confirming the dating and description above accompanies this lot. Robert Kleiner (1948-2014) was an important expert on and dealer of Chinese snuff bottles, beginning his long career at Sotheby's Chinese Art department in London. Along with Hugh Moss and Bob Hall, Robert Kleiner became a key advisor to the Mary and George Bloch collection, and it was Robert who wrote and produced the very first catalog of their bottles. Condition: Excellent condition with only minor wear and tiny nibbles to neck. With a fine, unctuous feel overall.The Chinese have traditionally taken a subjective and often poetic approach to the appreciation of art, including towards the materials with which they work. The name given to jadeite is feicui and refers to the brilliance of a kingfisher's plumage. Jadeite, itself, however, does not appear in exactly the colors of the feathers or, indeed, with their iridescence. The type of jadeite shown in the present example is known as 'pine trees in the snow' since the markings resemble the idea of a pine tree-filled snowy landscape. Stopper: Green glass and carved spoon Weight: 86.7 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 65 mm. Diameter neck 18 mm and mouth 6 mm. Auction result comparison: Compare a 'pine trees in the snow' jadeite bottle at Sotheby's New York in The Joe Grimberg Collection Of Chinese Snuff Bottles on 14 September 2010, lot 85, sold for USD 15,000.1770-1850年翡翠松雪紋鼻烟壺中國。掏膛良好，表面光滑，圓柱形頸，扁平長方削肩膀，橢圓形圈足。半透明的冰白色玉料，帶有生動的翠綠色紋理，如雪中松一般。 來源：英國私人收藏，購於倫敦Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd.藝廊。隨附一份2000年11月20日開具的發票副本，確認了相關描述和斷代。Robert Kleiner (1948-2014) 是一位重要的中國鼻煙壺專家和古玩商，在倫敦蘇富比中國藝術部開始了他的職業生涯。Robert Kleiner與 Hugh Moss 和 Bob Hall 一起，成為 Mary 和 George Bloch 收藏的重要顧問，他編寫並製作了他們的第一個鼻烟壺目錄。 品相：狀況極好，只有輕微磨損和頸部微小的磕損，整體光滑瑩潤。 壺蓋: 綠色玻璃，雕刻小勺 重量：86.7 克 尺寸：含蓋高65 毫米；頸部直徑18 毫米及口部直徑6 毫米 拍賣結果比較：比較一件松雪紋翡翠鼻烟壺，見紐約蘇富比The Joe Grimberg Collection Of Chinese Snuff Bottles 2010年9月14日 lot 85, 售價 USD 15,000。
A MINIATURE INTERIOR-PAINTED GLASS SNUFF BOTTLE, BY YAN YUTIANChina, circa 1895. The rectangular glass bottle with rounded sides and shoulders, of miniature size, painted in rich tones of grisaille depicting a lake and mountain landscape scene on each side, by Yan Yutian, signed Zhou Leyuan.Provenance: From a UK private collection, Hertfordshire, acquired from Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd. A copy of the original invoice, dated 20 November 2000 and describing the piece as 'A rare glass inside-painted Snuff Bottle, of miniature size, painted in rich tones of grisailles with a continuous lake and mountain landscape scene, by Yan Yutian, circa 1895, signed Zhou Leyuan', accompanies this lot. Robert Kleiner (1948-2014) was an important expert on and dealer of Chinese snuff bottles, beginning his long career at Sotheby's Chinese Art department in London. Along with Hugh Moss and Bob Hall, Robert Kleiner became a key advisor to the Mary and George Bloch collection, and it was Robert who wrote and produced the very first catalog of their bottles. Condition: Good condition with little wear, few tiny nibbles to the foot and neck, a minute chip to the lip, some manufacturing irregularities such as open bubbles.Stopper: Ruby red glass stopper, carved spoon Weight: 19 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 56 mm. Diameter neck 18 mm and mouth 5 mm. Yan Yutian was one of the most well-known artists of the Beijing Middle School period c. 1880-1920 and occasionally signed his works in the name of the master of the school, Zhou Leyuan. As the styles of the two artists are radically different there was no intent to deceive, and such a signing is in the tradition of Chinese painting where a pupil would often sign his master's name as a mark of respect.Auction result comparison: Compare a closely related inside-painted glass snuff bottle, by Yan Yutian, also dated 1895, at Sotheby's Hong Kong in Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X on 31 May 2015, lot 97, sold for HKD 60,000. Compare another closely related inside-painted glass snuff bottle, signed by Yan Yutian, also dated to 1895, at Christie's New York in The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part VI on 12 September 2018, lot 634, sold for USD 4,375. 閻玉田内畫鼻烟壺中國，約1895年。扁方形壺，削肩，極小，内畫水墨山水。落款為"京師周樂元作"，但實則為閻玉田所作。閻玉田是清末（約1880-1920年）周樂元北京流派著名的藝術家之一，他偶爾會在自己的作品上簽上老師周樂元的名字，但兩位藝術家的風格截然不同。而且這樣的簽名符合中國繪畫的傳統，即學生經常簽署其師父的名字以示尊重。來源：英國Hertfordshire私人收藏，購於倫敦Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd.藝廊。隨附一份2000年11月20日開具的發票副本，描述此拍品為"A rare glass inside-painted Snuff Bottle, of miniature size, painted in rich tones of grisailles with a continuous lake and mountain landscape scene, by Yan Yutian, circa 1895, signed Zhou Leyuan" (罕見琉璃内畫鼻烟壺，微型，内畫山水風景，閻玉田，約1895年，周樂元)。Robert Kleiner (1948-2014) 是一位重要的中國鼻煙壺專家和古玩商，在倫敦蘇富比中國藝術部開始了他的職業生涯。 Robert Kleiner與 Hugh Moss 和 Bob Hall 一起，成為 Mary 和 George Bloch 收藏的重要顧問，他編寫並製作了他們的第一個鼻烟壺目錄。品相：狀況良好，輕微磨損，足部和頸部輕微小磕損，唇部有微小的磕損，一些製造瑕疵，例如開放的氣泡。壺蓋: 寶石紅琉璃, 雕刻小勺重量：19 克尺寸：含蓋高56 毫米頸部直徑18 毫米及口部直徑5 毫米拍賣結果比較：比較一件十分相近的1895年閻玉田内畫琉璃鼻烟壺，見香港蘇富比Snuff Bottles From The Mary And George Bloch Collection: Part X 2015年5月31日 lot 97, 售價HKD 60,000；另一件1895年閻玉田内畫琉璃鼻烟壺，見紐約佳士得The Ruth and Carl Barron Collection of Fine Chinese Snuff Bottles: Part VI 2018年9月12日 lot 634, 售價USD 4,375。
A PALE CELADON JADE SNUFF BOTTLE CARVED WITH A POEM, MID-QINGChina, 18th to early 19th century. Well-polished and hollowed, keeping the natural shape of the pebble, one end polished to create a flat foot, the opaque celadon stone with russet inclusions and veins. One side carved with a scholar holding a staff attended by a small boy, all beneath a pine tree.Inscription: The reverse with a poem in relief 'Somewhere in the mountain you were for certain, uncertain was where among the deep cloud cover you were'. Provenance: From a UK private collection, Hertfordshire, by repute acquired from Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd around the year 2000, and thence by descent in the same family. Robert Kleiner (1948-2014) was an important expert on and dealer of Chinese snuff bottles, beginning his long career at Sotheby's Chinese Art department in London. Along with Hugh Moss and Bob Hall, Robert Kleiner became a key advisor to the Mary and George Bloch collection, and it was Robert who wrote and produced the very first catalog of their bottles. Condition: Very good condition with minor wear, microscopic nibbling to mouth, the stone with natural fissures. Stopper: Coral imitation with platelet and old spoon Weight: 85.3 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 68 mm. Diameter mouth 5 mm. Auction result comparison: Compare a related pebble snuff bottle of similar form and size, also with a carved poem, at Christie's New York in Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art on 20 September 2005, lot 481, sold for USD 12,000. 明代中期青白玉《尋隱者不遇》鼻烟壺中國，十八至十九世紀初。掏膛良好，保留了天然的山子形狀，巧妙利用不透明的青白色夾雜赤褐色絮狀物和紋理，雕刻松下詩僧賈島上山尋訪隱者，巧遇其童子，詢問其蹤影的場景。另一面雕刻《尋隱者不遇》的詩句。款識：師問：只在此山中，雲深不知處。天局 來源: 英國赫爾福特郡私人收藏，據説在2000年前後購於Robert Kleiner & Co. Ltd., 在同一家族保存至今。Robert Kleiner是一位重要的中國鼻煙壺專家和經銷商，起初，他在倫敦蘇富比中國藝術部工作，與 Hugh Moss 和 Bob Hall 一起，Robert Kleiner 成為 Mary 和 George Bloch 收藏的重要顧問，他編寫並製作了他們的第一個鼻烟壺目錄。 品相: 狀況良好，輕微磨損，壺嘴有輕微磕損，石料有天然裂痕。 壺蓋: 仿珊瑚，托片，舊時小勺 重量: 85.3 克 尺寸: 含蓋高 68 毫米，唇部直徑5 毫米 拍賣結果比較: 比較一件相近的詩文山子鼻烟壺，相似尺寸和形狀，見紐約佳士得 Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art 2005年9月20日, lot 481, 售價USD 12,000。
Attributed to Luca Giordano (Naples 1634-1705). Women preparing fish in a kitchen, circa 1680, pen and brown ink with traces of black chalk, on firm laid paper, bearing inscriptions in pen and brown ink, 'Jordan' and 'No 73' lower left, and '360 r' lower right, a further, apparently crossed out inscription in the lower right corner, a few minor losses touched in with brown ink, sheet size 31 x 44.1 cm (12 1/4 x 17 3/8 ins), framed (50 x 65.3 cm)Qty: (1)Footnote: Provenance: Charles Robert Rudolf (1884-1974); Colnaghi, London; A.J. Mackenzie Stuart, Edinburgh; Day & Faber, London (their label, verso); Christie's, London, Old Master and British Drawings and Watercolours, 7 July 2015, lot 16.Literature: O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, Luca Giordano: L'opera completa, Naples, 1992, D79.Exhibited: London, Colnaghi, Exhibition of Old Master Drawings, 1967, number 21, illustrated; Edinburgh, Merchants' Hall, Italian 17th century drawings from British private collections, 1972, number 63, illustrated (Scottish Arts Council label to verso)A similar inscription to the one on the present drawing ('Jordan', 'Nº. 73' and '360 r') can be found in The Triumph of Cybele by Giordano dated to his Spanish period, circa 1697, in pen and brown ink lower right 'Jorda/N.º 72. 324Ps, 4 . . . Rs [?].' now in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. 63.76.4; J. Bean, 100 European Drawings in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1964, 38). Like the present drawing, the Metropolitan example is executed in brush and brown over black chalk. Another version of the present drawing, of women preparing fish in a kitchen with a cat stealing fish from a table, in pen and brown ink and grey-brown wash over black chalk and grey wash and measuring 32.4 x 44.8 cm. is in the British Museum (inv. 1950,1111.41; O. Ferrari and G. Scavizzi, op. cit., no. D79).
Adelaide Hall - 1936 C.F. Martin 0-18T acoustic tenor guitar, made in USA, ser. no. 62402, formerly owned and extensively used by jazz legend Adelaide Hall; Back and sides: mahogany, taped over hole to the rib, various scratches and dings throughout; Top: natural spruce, heavy wear to the upper bouts, further minor dings; Neck: mahogany, neck repair with reinforcement brass bar fitted; Fretboard: ebony; Frets: worn; Hardware: Grover tuners with possibly replaced buttons, assorted bridge pins with one missing; Case: later soft bag inscribed internally 'Mrs. A. Hall Hicks, 54 Fairholme Road, London, W14 98Y, 01-385-9103' *Sold with Adelaide's original plaited rope strap; an autographed black and white photograph of Adelaide Hall playing the guitar dated 1937; a black and white photograph of Adelaide Hall holding the guitar on stage within the BBC studio, 1946; a copy of 'Sophisticated Lady - A Celebration of Adelaide Hall' written by the vendor Stephen Bourne; a copy of 'Underneath A Harlem Moon - The Harlem to Paris Years of Adelaide Hall' by Iain Cameron Williams and a selection of old used guitar strings found within the guitar's case **Provenance: Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a central figure in the great resurgence of African American music that began in the early 1920s and was popularly known as the Harlem Renaissance. As a young singer, Adelaide helped to create the sound of jazz alongside other innovators, such as Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington. Her most notable professional partnership was with Duke Ellington and it began accidentally when they were both touring America's Vaudeville circuit in 1927. Standing in the wings, listening to Duke and his orchestra playing Creole Love Call, Adelaide began to improvise a counter-melody. Ellington was impressed, and asked her to perform it on stage with him. He also invited her to make a recording on 6 October 1927, with Adelaide's wordless vocal counterpoint and her matchless 'scat' technique, this was innovatory as a use of the voice as a pure jazz instrument. With The Blues I Love to Sing on the flip side, the record has become one of the great jazz classics. Consequently, Adelaide influenced a generation of younger African American female singers including Ella Fitzgerald and Lena Horne. There were numerous career highlights. In 1928 she starred on the Broadway stage with the legendry tap dancer Bill 'Bojangles' Robinson in the revue Blackbirds of 1928. It was this show that brought her to the Moulin Rouge in Paris in 1929 where she was a sensation. In the early 1930s she starred at The London Palladium and New York's famous Cotton Club before making a new home in Paris in 1934 with her husband, Bertram Hicks, a Trinidadian and her manager. They opened a popular nightclub, which they named La Grosse Pomme (The Big Apple), and Adelaide was its star attraction. Its regular guests included such famous celebrities as Maurice Chevalier and Josephine Baker. With the threat of a Nazi invasion, Adelaide and Bertram relocated to London in 1939 where they opened another nightclub, The Florida Club, in Mayfair. During The Second World War, Adelaide entertained the troops and the British public and joined ENSA (Entertainments National Service Association). After the war, Adelaide continued her career in Britain with cabaret shows, West End musicals, and many television and radio appearances. In 1951 she took part in The Royal Variety Show and was presented to Princess Elizabeth, soon to become Queen. In 1974 she sang at a memorial concert for Duke Ellington at St Martin in The Fields in London. In 1989 she was the subject of the documentary film Sophisticated Lady which featured her in concert at The Riverside Studios in Hammersmith, London, at the age of 87. In 1991 she celebrated her 90th birthday with an all-star tribute concert at London's Queen Elizabeth Hall in London's South Bank. She passed away in 1993. In 1994 stars of stage and screen, including Michael Parkinson and Dame Cleo Laine, attended a memorial service for Adelaide at St Paul's, known as the actor's church, in London's Covent Garden. Stephen Bourne befriended Adelaide Hall in 1983 and worked as the historical consultant on her 1989 film Sophisticated Lady. In 2001 Stephen's short biography Sophisticated Lady - A Celebration of Adelaide Hall was published to coincide with the centenary of her birth. Dame Barbara Windsor and Lena Horne both contributed forewords to the book. In 2021 this Martin guitar was presented to Stephen Bourne by Kate Greer, a mutual friend.
MATTEO BASILÉ (Rome, 1974)."Trans- Avanguardía Series", 2006.Mixed media print on aluminium.Work referenced on the artist's website.Signed and dated on the back.Sizes: 150 x 100 cm; 154.5 x 104.5 cm (frame).Matteo Basilé began his career in the early 1990s, establishing himself as one of the first artists in Europe to fuse art and technology. Reconciling opposing ideas such as beauty and the grotesque, the real and the surreal, natural and artificial. Exploring the nature of humanity, the artist developed his own narrative, which crystallised in artistic serias such as transavanguarde (2006), los santos vienen (2007), este orientado (2009), thishumanity (2010), aterrizaje (2012), invisible (2014), pietra santa (2016), viaje al centro de la tierra (2017), stardust (2018), memento (2019), and mnemosyne (2021). Basilé's research can be seen as an interface between East and West (in fact, he lived and worked for almost 8 years in Southeast Asia), a dialectic that works in collision between tradition and modernity, between the professional and sacrifice. Only based on multicultural and timeless (timeless and multicultural) signs or values, because it instead includes visually a more global language where the connubial between dream, fantasy and real, is no longer the predominant real character. His anti-eroes stand out as meticulous, realistic portraits, recalling classical history yet always incorporating the spirit of the present time. Basilé's poetics is an iconographic universe, the result of a combination of technological mannerism and surrealism.Matteo Basilé's (Rome 1974) solo exhibitions include: Matteo Basilé-Utopia, Vittoria Colonna Museum of Modern Art, Pescara, 2006; No Man's Land, Guidi & Schoen, Genoa, 2006; Alchemical Primordiality, Galleria Pack, Milan, 2005; Lord of the Flies, Galerie Beukers, Rotterdam, 2004. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including On the edge of vision - New idioms in contemporary Indian and Italian art, Victoria Memorial Hall, Kolkata / National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi / National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai; Arterritory. Art, Territory, Memory, Centrale Montemartini, Rome, 2006; Nature and Metamorphosis, Urban Planning Exhibition Centre, Shanghai / Creative Art Centre, Beijing, 2006; Sound & Vision, City Museum / Palazzo della Penna, Perugia; Evil. Exercises in Cruel Painting, Palazzina di Caccia di Stupinigi, Turin, 2005; Italian Six, Barbara Davis Gallery, Houston, 2003. Basilé was the winner of the New York Price, Columbia University, 2002/2003.
A PAIR OF LATE GEORGE III SILVER GILT TWIN HANDLED CUPS PAUL STORR, LONDON 1817 Of antique Krater form, entwined vine form handles, chased with flowering hop vines on a matted ground, with bulbous fluted bases to the cups, on plain pedestal spreading bases 12.5cm (5in) high 941g (30.25 oz)Provenance: from the collection of Victoria, Lady de Rothschild Sale Christies, London, Early English & Foreign Silver and Silver-gilt Plate, Bijouterie and Objects of Art J Dunn-Gardner Esq, 29 April 1902 John Dunn-Gardner (1811-1903) was the illegitimate progeny of a scandalous and bigamous liaison between the wife of a prominent member of the aristocracy and a commoner. However, despite such an inauspicious beginning, he had a successful political career, and was to become a major landholder. In 1807, Sarah, the future 3rd Marchioness Townshend (d. 1858), née Dunn-Gardner, only surviving daughter and heiress of William Dunn-Gardner of Chatteris House, Cambridgeshire, had married George Ferrars Townshend, Earl of Leicester, later 3rd Marquess Townshend (1778-1855) of Raynham Hall, Norfolk. A year later, she left the marital home accusing her husband of being impotent and having had a homosexual relationship with his Italian secretary. In an attempt to have the marriage dissolved, Sarah unsuccessfully sued for an annulment in the ecclesiastical courts. In 1809, she eloped to Gretna Green with John Margetts, a St. Ives brewer, who she bigamously married. Lord Leicester was disinherited by his father, the 2nd Marquess, for bringing shame on the family name, and moved abroad - although the disinheritance would not affect the descent of the peerage. Sarah went on to have several illegitimate children with Margetts, all of whom in the early years bore the Margetts name; John (eventually Dunn-Gardner) was the eldest son. In 1823, as Sarah's legal marriage had never been annulled, and by law, the children she had borne Margetts were considered the issue of Lord Townshend and thus could inherit the estates and titles, she had her children baptised with the surname Townshend. John (Dunn-Gardner) became 'John Townshend', and inherited the courtesy title Earl of Leicester. In 1841, he became Member of Parliament for Bodmin. In 1842, Lord Charles Townshend (1785-1853), George Ferrars' brother, and heir if there were no legitimate sons, petitioned Parliament to have Sarah's children de-legitimised, and in 1843, they were all declared illegitimate by a private Act of Parliament. 'John Townshend' took his mother's maiden name and became John Dunn-Gardner. In 1859, John Dunn Gardner became High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire, and was one of the largest landowners in Cambridgeshire. He was known for his magnificent collection of important early English silver and objects of art, which he had loaned on exhibition to the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. This collection was dispersed at Christie's on 29th April 1902, with The New York Times reporting on 4th May 1902: 'The sensational prices realised at the auctions of art objects, books, pictures, furniture and old silver in London this week easily eclipsed all records. The dispersal of the celebrated Dunn-Gardner Collection of old silver attracted buyers from all parts'. See sale Sotheby's 27th April 2010, lot 282 for a conforming pair of 1819.Condition Report: Light scratches and wear commensurate with age and light use. Minimal wear to gilding: a touch on a few leaves to sides, light wear to handles and to footrims as expected. Marks all crisp, sit wellCondition Report Disclaimer
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, DERBYSHIRE, Alfreton, Sherwood Street Social Club, brass Fourpence, 23mm; Chesterfield, Bryan Donkin Co Ltd, aluminium, stamped 354, 32mm, Ilkeston, Stanton Foundry, shaped rectangular Dinner, stamped 58, 45 x 29mm; YORKSHIRE, Bradford, S. Anderton & Sons, brass (3), stamped 121, 125 and 596, all 35mm, Leeds, Hill Top Leather Works, copper, stamped 273, 32mm, Lawson’s Hope Foundry, oval brass, stamped 2209, 35 x 27mm, Marshall & Snelgrove, brass, stamped 69, 32mm, James Mathers & Sons, Ridge Mills, brass, stamped 28, 32mm, New Music Hall, Thornton’s, brass Threepence, 27mm (W 723), St James’s Hall, brass Penny, 26mm, George Sykes, brass One Shilling and Sixpence, 23mm, Sheffield, William Harvey, copper, 22mm (W 4590), Sheffield Patent Welding Co Ltd, brass, rev. stamped 28, 33mm; together with other Leeds and Sheffield-related tokens (12) [27]. Varied state £50-£70
A rare Chinese ruby ground medallion vase, Huairentang mark, early Republic period,finely painted to three oval medallions with two quails below chrysanthemums, two black birds amid Prunus and fungus and a Cockrell by rockwork and flowers, on a ruby pink ground, the base with ‘Huai ren tang zhi’ blue enamelled seal mark to base.Provenance - the vase has been in the owner’s family prior to 1985.The Huairen Hall or Huairentang (Hall of Cherished Compassion) is a building inside Zhongnanhai, the Chinese government's leadership compound in Beijing. It has been the site of several major events in Chinese history. Construction of the hall began in 1885 and was overseen by Yixuan, Prince Chun. In 1888 the hall became the daily workplace of Dowager Empress Cixi, replacing the Hall of Mental Cultivation in the nearby Forbidden City. After the Boxer rebellion, Huairentang became the headquarters of occupying Eight Nation Alliance's commander Alfred von Waldersee. In 1902 Empress Cixi rebuilt Huairentang at a cost of five million taels of silver and in 1908 she died there. After the founding of the Republic of China in 1911, President Yuan Shikai used the building to meet with foreign guests and to accept New Year's day greetings. After Yuan's death, it was the site of his funeral. When Cao Kun became president, he used Huairentang as his residence. See Gerald Davison, The new and revised handbook of marks on Chinese ceramics, 2010, number 3195 for a version of this mark.24cm highThe porcelain thin and well potted as light can be seen through the vase when held up to our interior lighting. There is wear to the gilding around the edge of the rim, a few small scratches to the shoulder between two of the oval medallions and some occasional dirt which will remove with a thumb nail. Otherwise in good condition with no restoration chips or cracks detected.PLEASE 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. 24cm high
Kilkenny College, a silver award medal after W. Mossop, Minerva seated left holding a wreath, owl at feet, WB engraved in exergue, rev. wreath, named (Benjamin Bushbury, 1841), 36mm (Grimshaw 126; cf. BDW 3, 165). Usual die flaw on obverse, bright from past cleaning and with associated surface marks, otherwise very fine, rare £80-£100 --- Kilkenny College, the history of which dates back to 1538, was re-endowed by the Duke of Ormonde in 1667; the new college, erected in the 1780s, is now the present-day County Hall, Kilkenny
Dickens (Charles): The Chimes: A Gothic Story of Some Bells that Rang an Old Year Out and a New Year In, eighth edition, London: Chapman and Hall, 1845, [&] The Cricket on the Heart: A Fairy Tale of Home, twelfth edition, London: Printed and Published for the Author, By Bradbury and Evans, 1846, engraved frontispieces and additional title-pages, in-text illustrations, original publisher's pictorial red cloth gilt, all edges gilt, 8vo, [2] Provenance: 1: 1st) 'Willie Hones/From his affectionate/sister Annie/November 30th 93', ink MS inscription to front-free endpaper; 2) mid-20th century pictorial-armorial seal bookplate, monogrammed NHLT, printed in green.
Bibles and Devotionals - New Testament, Bagster's Large-Print Greek Testament, London: Samuel Bagster and Sons, [n.d., c. 1853], contemporary calf by Waters of Tunbridge Wells, their ticket, blind-stamped cover and spine, marbled edges, 8vo, (1); Hayday Binding, The Book of Common Prayer [...], Oxford: University Press, 1850, contemporary gilt-metal mounted brown morocco binding by Hayday, stamped, blind-panelled and rolled covers, chased clasp and corner bosses, all edges gilt, contemporaneous ownership label and stamps, 12mo, (1); The Gift of Doctor John Hall/Late Lord Bishop of Bristol/Northfield Trust Holy Bible, Oxford: University Press, 1861, contemporary gilt armorial binding, blind-stamped covers, 8vo, (1); further Bibles, early 19th century and later, including Stereotype Edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1813, contemporary Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge calf binding, 8vo, (1); Jenks (The Rev. Benjamin), Prayers [...], London: Thomas Kelly, 1844, calf, 8vo, (1); etc., [11]
Little Anthony signed 12x8 colour photo. Little Anthony and the Imperials is an American rhythm and blues/soul vocal group from New York City founded by Clarence Collins in the 1950s and named in part for its lead singer, Jerome Anthony Little Anthony Gourdine, who was noted for his high-pitched voice. In addition to Collins and Gourdine, the original Imperials included Ernest Wright, Glouster Nate Rogers, and Tracey Lord, the last two of whom were subsequently replaced by Sammy Strain. The group was one of the very few doo-wop groups to enjoy sustained success on the RandB and pop charts throughout the 1960s. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on April 4, 2009, 23 years after the group's first year of eligibility for induction. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
Butler (Samuel). Hudibras, in three parts, written in the time of the late wars..., with large annotations and a preface by Zachary Grey, 2 volumes, London: Printed by T. Bensley, for Vennor & Hood, Otridge & Son, J. Cuthell (& others), 1801, engraved portrait frontispiece, wood engraved vignette to titles, 14 (of 16) plates after Hogarth including one folding, text vignettes, some offsetting, occasional browning (particularly to upper outer corners of initial leaves in volume 2) and scattered spotting, contemporary blind and gilt decorated calf, volume 1 with closed tear to headcap and upper board near detached, other joints cracked and light wear to extremities, 8vo, together with:Johnstone (James), Antiquitates Celto-Normannicae, containing the Chronicle of Man and the Isles..., Copenhagen: Printed by Aug. Frid. Stein, 1786, contemporary ownership to title, light damp stain to lower outer corners of initial leaves, contemporary calf, joints cracked, extremities worn, slim 4to,Crabbe (George), Poems, 3rd edition, London: J. Hatchard, 1808; The Borough: A Poem..., 2nd edition, London: J. Hatchard, 1810; Tales, London: J. Hatchard, 1812; Tales of the Hall, 2 volumes, London: John Murray, 1819, together 5 volumes, armorial bookplate of R.C.A. Prior to upper pastedowns, uniform contemporary gilt decorated calf, green morocco labels to spines, joints to few volumes slightly worn, 8vo,Sterne (Laurence), The Works of Laurence Sterne, 7 volumes, Dublin, 1780, engraved frontispiece and title to each, volume 5 with worm trail and holes to fore-edge blank margins, contemporary calf, 12mo, and other 18th & 19th century antiquarian, including Zouch (Thomas), Memoirs of the life and writings of Sir Philip Sidney, York & London, 1809; Hutchinson (Lucy), Memoirs of the life of Colonel Hutchinson, 1806; Herbert of Cherbury (Edward Herbert), The Life of Edward Lord Herbert of Cherbury, 4th edition, 1792, bound with Hamilton (Antoinne), Memoires du Comte de Grammont, new edition, Augmentée... par M. Horace Walpole, 1783, etc.Qty: (25)
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Reynolds Hole (S.). Our Gardens [The Haddon Hall Library], limited edition, London: J. M. Dent & Co., 1899, signed by the author to the limitation page, 12 illustrations including the colour frontispiece, bookplate to front pastedown, some minor marginal toning, publishers original gilt decorated full vellum, boards lightly marked, 8vo, 84/150, together with:Jekyll (Gertrude), Wood and Garden..., 2nd edition, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1899, numerous monochrome illustrations, some light toning throughout, publishers original gilt decorated blue cloth, spine faded, boards & spine lightly rubbed, 8vo,Hibberd (Shirley), New and Rare Beautiful-Leaved Plants..., 1st edition, London: Bell and Daldry, 1870, colour chromolithographic plates plus black & white illustrations, some light spotting & minor toning, publishers original gilt decorated green cloth, spine rubbed with some minor loss to head & foot, boards slightly rubbed & marked, 8vo, and other late 19th & early 20th-century gardening reference, including works by E. A. Bowles, E. T. Cook, Alfred Smee, mostly original cloth, G/VG, 8vo/4toQty: (3 shelves )
Scotland. Swan's Views of the Lakes of Scotland .. with historical and descriptive illustrations, by John M. Leighton, 2 volumes in one, 2nd edition, Glasgow: Joseph Swan, 1836, additional engraved titles, numerous engraved plates, generally spotted throught, preliminary blank with early ink manuscript inscription dated 1840, hinges cracked, all edges gilt, contemporary maroon morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear to extremities, short split at head of front joint, 4to, together with: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland; or Dictionary of Scottish Topography, edited by the Rev. John Marius Wilson, 2 volumes, Edinburgh: A. Fullarton, circa 1867, additional engraved titles, numerous maps and plates, one folding map with a few tears, occasional generally minor spotting, hinges cracked, contemporary dark green morocco gilt, rubbed with some wear, some splitting to joints, large 8vo, plus: Caledonia Illustrated in a series of views ... by W.H. Bartlett, T. Allom, and others, ...text by William Beattie, 2 volumes, London and New York: James S. Virtue, [1838], additional engraved titles, engraved map, numerous engraved plates, some minor spotting and marks, mainly to blank margins, pictorial bookplates of Victor Hilton, Pencombe Hall, hinges cracked, contemporary half calf gilt, rubbed with some wear, some short splits to joint ends, 4to, and volume 1 only of Scotland Illustrated in a series of views, by William Beattie, 1838Qty: (6)
Donovan (Edward). The Natural History of British Insects; explaining them in their several states, with the periods of their transformations, their food, oeconomy &c. Together with the history of such minute insects as require investigation by the microscope, 16 volumes bound in 8, London: printed for the author and F C and J Rivington, 1793-1813, volume I 3rd edition, 1813, volumes II-XVI 1st editions, 1793-1813, 576 engraved plates (568 hand-coloured), a few plates and leaves detached, occasional light spotting and toning, mainly to text, all edges gilt, later nineteenth century green half morocco gilt, spines uniformly faded to brown, edges slightly rubbed, 8vo Qty: (8)Footnote: Freeman 1030; Nissen ZBI 1142. Provenance: Bookplates of Hermann Marx (book collector, his library sold by Sotheby's on 19 April 1948), and Christopher Turnor (1809-1886, Conservative MP) of Stoke Rochford Hall, Kesteven, Lincolnshire. Donovan originally intended the work to be in ten volumes, but a further six were added as new specimens were acquired.
Collection of 18th century New Hall type porcelain items to include helmet-shaped jug in Oriental style, similar straight sided cup, three tea bowls, a tea bowl and saucer, and a cup and saucers, all with hand painted decoration. Together with a Newhall blue and white pagoda design cup and a New Hall 'Malayan Hut' design blue and white saucer. (11)(B.P. 21% + VAT) Consigned from a large home counties of England estate collection. Malayan hut saucer has hair crack. Other pieces have wear commensurate with age. No other significant damage noted. Rather grubby.
Excellent selection (100+) Jazz, Opera, Comedy, Royalty, Social History - Many Very Rare Items,Noted are the following:Original Dixieland 'Jazz' Band - Victor (18564): Paul Whiteman and his Orchestra - Victor (21240): Big Maceo - 32-20 - RCA Victor (20-2028): Ella Shields – Columbia (A2311): Erwin Lehn - Brunswick (82745): King Oliver’s Creole Jazz Band - Gennett (5133) (V): Paramount Rhythm Boys (5161) E/B/Winner (V): Billy Bennett (9205). (9296) - BBC (transcription Service) 'Salute to Rhythm' – Parade of the best of Jazz Parts 4 & 5: National Saving Movement 'Lend To Defend The Right To Be Free' Stanley Holloway, Sir Robert Kindersley, Air Marshall Sir Bertine Sutton/Daylight Raid on Lubeck, Parachute Drop, The Defence of Britain, Raid on Rostock etc (5). Opera/Classical: Maggie Teyte, Claire Dux, Margaret Cooper, I.J.Paderewski, Dame Clara Butt, Eva Turner. Columbia UNISSUED single sided white vinyl - Fletcher Henderson (20858-2) & (B.20859-) (B.20857-2) Fed Hall (W.490029-A) Duke Ellington (WM.1064-A) Lee Wiley (13122-2). Special Record Victor Talking Machine Co (Opera) - Mattia Battistini (91058) – Emma Calve (91002). Edison Bell (White Label) Test Print – Charles Remue & his New Stompers Orchestra (Double sided) Matrix: 10919A & 10932A. Homochord Tommy Kinsman (D1267), Rena Double Face - John Bardsley (Tenor) (R34 – 1034). HMV (B3820) Pola Negri. Rare Schallplatte Grammophon (Lola Arlot). Melody Record (Morgan Scott Ltd) John Parry (Tenor) (1429). Laurel and Hardy 'Dance of the Cuckoos' (DX370) Superb Copy (Believed only 1000 copies produced). Duke Ellington (Oriole Records) Duke Ellington Souvenir – Private Recording of interview with the Editor of the Melody Maker (1933) Few copies known to exist (superb example). Graziella Pareto HMV White Label - Advance Copy “Not for Sale” (2-0531730). BBC Radio Jazz Transcriptions (x2) Various Artists - Found in a Scrap Yard in Portland Bill Dorset and believed to have come from Local Navel Base. Artists include, Billy Banks, Annette Hanshaw, Joe Marsala, Adrian Rollini, Carl Fenton etc. - Single sided Transcription - Warner Bros (As the Vitaphone Corporation (1930) 'Fader Horns' for Soundtrack for the Film (Three Faces East) Staring Constance Bennett & Willian Holden - Pressed by Columbia Gramophone Ltd (Very Rare.) - HMV - Single Sided (09308) 'Recording of Gas Shell Bombardment (Royal Garrison Artillery)' actual recording taken on the front line in France 1918. Also included a fine Opera Bundle - Beke-Grand Mlle. Zelie de Lussan (Mignon) No 8314, Gennaro Pasquariello, Fonotipia/Blue Disc Odeon (A82125), Mlle Agussol - Dr Otto Briesemeister, Anker Record No 706 Loges Erzahlung (£200.00) - Lyrophone - Mr Aumonnier Basse (No 323/4), Mme Rosa Linde Wright - Columbia Gramophone Record (3502), Madame Jomelli - Velvet Face 1087, Engelen Sewing - Anker Records (1944-1) - Agnes Herrmann – Anker Record (5691). Sirena-Grand-Record (10173) Piano Solo M-me Tcharnecka, Odeon Record (A144258)– Skuespiller og Sanger – Johannes Herskind. Box (x1)
Mixed Box of Shellac/Jazz, Music Hall and Opera: (76),Noted: Mariano Stable, George Formby, Charlie Jackson, Ethel Waters, Frankie Trumbauer (R3323), Bix Beiderbecke, Harry Champion, Oberkantor S.Pinkasowicz, The Tampa Blue Five, Earl Fuller’s Famous Five, Ida Cox, Gladys Bryant, Chicago Stompers, Fletcher Henderson, Virgina Liston (Rare), Madam Ma Rainey (Rare), Paul Whiteman (07037), Mary Straine, Tennessee Ten, Arthur Sims, Django Reinhardt (Oriole), Pee-Wee, Zutty and James P, California Ramblers, Lina Sarti, Fred Astaire, Little Tich, The Trix Sister, Ralph, Sutton (Vogue), Tito Schipa, Vasa Prihoda, Enrico Caruso, Rosa Olitzka, Piron’s New Orleans Orch, Earl Fuller, Pete Johnson (Solo Art), Mamie Smith (Okeh), Cookie’s Gingersnaps (Okeh), Sarah Martin, Blythes Blue Boys (40025) Scarce. Okeh: Tickle Toe Ten (40325), Frankie Trumbauer (40822) and (41301), Fred Sugar Hall (41026), Clarence Williams (8462) & (8267), Gennett: King Olivers Creole (5133). Very interesting group. Box (1).
Collection of pottery and porcelain, circa 1780 and later, including four New Hall-style tea bowls and saucers painted with baskets of flowers, two Spode pearlware transfer-printed soup plates, three Spode New Faience pattern plates, a brown glazed stoneware small harvest jug (14cm high), a Copeland pottery cow jelly mould and a small German pewter-mounted salt glazed stoneware jug and cover
Vintage TV/Entertainment Collection of 17 Signed Sepia and Black and white photos in Barratt Confectionary folder. Signatures include Beryl Reid, Janette Scott, Terry Hall, Teddy Johnathan, Miki and Griff, Edmund Hockridge, Slim, Rikki Fulton, The New Vaudeville Band, Arthur Tolcher and others. Great Collection. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
A Bachelor's breakfast service very fine silver eggcup (a), Armada dish (b), mug (c), tea strainer (d), napkin ring (e); and trinket in the shape of a sedan chair carried by two liveried footmen (f). Eggcup with ornate frieze rim of Celtic knot and beading sections, raised on moulded ring foot; by Mappin & Webb. Armada dish with central raised dome and flat rim with chased concentric rings; by William Comyn's & Sons Ltd. Mug with fluted rim, two fluted handles, set on moulded ring; made by Arthur Martin Parsons & Frank Herbert Parsons. Ornate tea strainer in Celtic style; by Walker & Hall. Napkin ring with central floral frieze bordered by beading; by Robert Chandler. All except (f) with hallmarks. Condylis Collection (a) 2.25 inch (H); 1.38 oz(b) 3.5 inch diameter; 3.14 oz(c) 3 inch (H); 3.5 inch diameter; 5.86 oz(d) 7 inch (L), 2.5 inch (W); 2.05 oz(e) 1 inch (H); 2 inch diameter; 1.06 oz(f) 1.5 inch (H) x 1.5 inch (L); 1.2 oz Markings (a):[1] Lion passant (English quality mark for sterling);[2] Anchor (Birmingham assay office mark);[3] Z (London date letter for 1974);[4] MN & WB. Maker's mark for Mappin & Webb. Markings (b):[1] Lion passant (English quality mark for sterling);[2] Leopard head uncrowned (London assay office mark);[3] R (London date letter for 1991);[4] R C. Maker's mark for William Comyn's & Sons Ltd.[5] "Comyn" Markings (c):[1] Lion passant (English quality mark for sterling);[2] Leopard head uncrowned (London assay office mark);[3] S (London date letter for 1913);[4] A P R P. Maker's mark for Arthur Martin Parsons & Frank Herbert Parsons trading as Vander & Hedges then as Tessiers, New Bond Street, London. Markings (d):[1] Lion passant (English quality mark for sterling);[2] Sheffield Crown;[3] C (London date letter for 1920);[4] W&H. Maker's mark for Walker & Hall. Markings (e):[1] Lion passant (English quality mark for sterling);[2] Anchor (Birmingham assay office mark);[3] L (London date letter for 1910);[4] R C. Maker's mark for Robert Chandler.
§ Richard Ziegler (German 1891-1992) Earthly and Heavenly Love, 1925initialled (lower right)pen and ink26 x 18.5cm Exhibited: Runkel-Hue-Williams Ltd., London, Richard Ziegler, October 31 1991 - January 31 1992, cat. no.23The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Wisconsin, The Janet and Marvin Fishman Collection: New Acquisitions, Recent Gifts and Old Friends, March 6 - April 3 1994Liljevalchs, Stockholm, Art as Resistance, November 18 1995 - July 1 1996, cat. no.189Art Hall, Helsinki, Countercurrent, October 10 - April 14 1996
WWE: A collection of assorted boxed / carded WWE figures and collectables to include: Funko Stone Cold Steve Austin 84, Hulk Hogan 71 and Chyna 85; Hot Wheels; Mattel Scott Hall, Alexa Bliss, two variants, and Paige figures; WWE 'Poker Deck'; Jada Paige figure; twelve various Jada 'Nano Metalfigs'; and a boxed Booty O's New Day Pack. (one box)
A PAIR OF SHOOLBRED STYLE VICTORIAN OAK HALL SEATS, with brass mounts and pierced gallery, solid panel seats and raised on reeded legs and cross stretcher, design registration mark to back. 55.5cm wideCondition Report: Very good solid sturdy examplesSome knocks and scuffs commensurate with age One example with loose brass gallery but a new pin would resolve this See additional images
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