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Lot 87
Elgin - a very rare Scottish provincial table spoon by William Livingstone of Elgin circa 1720, marked WL (conjoined), ELG (serif above), gothic O, of ribbed Hanoverian pattern with long rat tail to bowl, later engraved script M 20cm long, 2oz Notes: William Livingstone is the among the earliest Elgin silver smiths with work still extant, the only other possible contender being William Scott who is known from circa 1708. Livingstone was the maker of the Communion beakers for Dundurcas Parish (the Kirks of Rothes and Boharm) (see Burn Communion plate p381 for details of the beaker and p523 for details of the maker) . These beakers are marked with the same marks as this spoon, it does not appear he changed his pseudo date letter through his career. Work by this maker is extremely rare and to date only three table spoons and the above communion beakers are recorded, including this example, all in private collections. References: Old Scottish Communion Plate, Rev T Burns, Moray Provincial Silversmith and Their Marks , GP Moss, Highland Gold and Silversmiths, GP Moss & AD Roe, 'Elgin Silver Exhibition' accompanying catalogue, Elgin Museum
Lot 141
Stonehaven - a rare Scottish provincial teaspoon by Alexander Glenny of Stonehaven circa 1840, marked A.G, S, T, O, N, H, N, of Fiddle pattern with chamfered stem, the terminal engraved with conjoined script initials JMF 14.5cm long, 16g Notes: Items of Stonehaven silver that can be confidently ascribed are extremely rare with only a handful known to survive. Other items with similar A.G makers marks and two part stylised thistle / flower punch have previously been tentatively attributed to Glenny in Stonehaven but are still not definitely ascribed. Without further evidence it seems highly unlikely this attribution is correct. Only items with this combination of marks should be considered a definite Stonehaven manufacture As previously stated these are extremely rare and must be considered among the rarest of all Scottish provincial town marks. The only possible rival being Ellon, which at present has slightly fewer pieces recorded. Little is known about Alexander Glenny, he first appears in the Stonehaven census of 1841 and is recorded as a Jeweller aged 35, he is registered as working from a shop in the town High Street. For an en suite masking spoon by John Glenny see lot 142
Lot 168
Dundee - a Scottish provincial punch ladle by David Manson of Dundee, circa 1810, marked DM, pot of lilies, of shaped circular bowl with pouring lip to edge, with Queen Anne halfcrown inset to base, engraved with two views of the hull of 'a man o' war' under construction, tapered stem to part twisted baleen handle with plain finial 37cm long Notes: The engraved scenes to this bowl add an interesting angle to the commission and owner of this piece. The ship building industry and trade to and from Dundee at the period this piece dates from, was a huge part of the area's commercial success. This piece must have been a special commission for somebody connected to the trade in the area.
Lot 228
Glasgow - a scarce George III sugar bowl and cover by Milne & Campbell of Glasgow circa 1765, marked M&C (struck twice), Glasgow town mark, O, of inverted pear shaped bowl chased with shell, scroll and flower head designs, the domed pull off cover with acanthus and flower border and spiraled leaf panel, with bud finial 15.5cm high, total weight 16oz Provenance: ' The Phoenix Collection'. Notes: Early covered sugar bowls are relatively scare in Scottish silver, it appears to have been the fashion to have open examples, it however must be assumed that some of the surviving examples are now lacking their original covers, making this a much rarer survival. The majority of covered sugar bowls of the fifteen recorded are of Edinburgh manufacture with only a small handful known by Glasgow makers. A Sugar bowl by this maker is represented in the National Museum of Scotland Collection Reference: This example illustrated in 'The Compendium of Scottish Silver Vol. II' by R & J Dietert 2007, plate 3 page 35
Lot 231
Glasgow - a pair of late George II, early George III sauceboats by Milne & Campbell of Glasgow, circa 1757-1780, marked M&C, Glasgow town mark, O, of oval outline with shaped scalloped everted rims, the S scroll handles with acanthus terminals, on stepped oval foot rims (2) 20cm wide, 8oz each
Lot 238
Unascribed - a Scottish provincial table spoon marked, E&M, M, O, N, of single struck Fiddle and Thread pattern with engraved initial B in script 22cm long, 2.3oz Notes: It is tempting to attribute this spoon to Emslie and Mollison (1833 - 1838) of Aberdeen it is a rather large leap to do this only as the makers initials match. The M, O & N punches perhaps have some significance to a location of manufacture and the obvious location would be Montrose, this also does not add any weight to the theory of Emslie and Mollison of Aberdeen as they have not been recorded working there.
Lot 314
SOUTH, Richard , 'The Moths of The British Isles', Warne, First & Second Series, Tog.with 'The Butterflies of The British Isles', by same, 1928, 8th edn. Plus COWARD, T.A. 'The Birds of The British Isles and Their Eggs', Warne, 1923 4th edn. first & second series. w/o d/ws. Plus FURNEAUX, W. 'The Outdoor World or Young Collectors Handbook', Longmans, 1893. cold frontis. full tr. cf. glt. spine. plus two others. 9
Lot 767
Eileen Wyon, early 20th century- Portrait of Mrs Frederick; charcoal, signed and dated 1944, inscribed "Belle of Dublin for three seasons" verso, 25x18cm: together with other 19/20th century watercolour, book and print studies by and after various hands to include a view of "Rotterdam", watercolour, initialed E G, "Tam O' Shantrr", book as issued after Robert Burns and others, (a lot) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)
Lot 44
ADDY (S O), PIKE (W T) SHEFFIELD AT THE OPENING OF THE XX CENTURY: CONTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHIES. PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED WITH BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS OF OLD SHEFFIELD WITH BIOGRAPHIES OF MAGISTRATES, PROFESSORS, ARCHITECTS, ACCOUNTANTS ETC - BOUND IN FULL MAROON MOROCCO WITH DECORATIVE GILT STAMPED FRONT BOARD AND SPINE, BLINDSTAMPED REAR BOARD, MARBLED END PAPERS.
Lot 495
A Scottish George IV oak and mahogany crossbanded longcase clockby William Rutherford, Hawick the painted arched dial emblematic of the Robert Burns poem 'Rigg's O Barley', the eight-day twin train movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell, the hood with a broken swan neck pediment over a rectangular case with reeded quarter columns and raised on bracket feet united by a wavy apron, 50cm wide, 219cm high, 24cm deep
Lot 227
A HORNBY O GAUGE TWO RAIL GOODS TRAIN consisting of engine, with Great Western livery, No 5500, a two barrell wine wagon, a 40 ton Great Western wagon, a further wagon, a Shell tanker, guards van and snow plough (boxed RS681) together with buffer stops (boxed), platform crane (boxed) and a quantity of track (see illustration).
Lot 153
Illuminated Book of Hours, North-East France, use of Cambrai late fifteenth century, comprising Calendar in French, including SS. Medart, Landelin, Vedast, Geri (Gaugeri), Bishop of Cambrai and Nicasie (14 December, in red), Prayers, including ÔO temeratae , and Sequences of the Gospels and Hours of the Holy Ghost; Hours of the Cross. Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary, penitential psalms and litany, hymns and prayers inclduing the seven words from the Cross and Ôles vioyes nostre damee, suffrages of the saints, including Gaugeric, Office of the dead, five half-page miniatures depicting the Crucifixion, Pentecost, the Annunciation, David in Prayer and the raising of Lazarus, all beautifully executed and extended to full-page by ornate borders, illuminated initials and borders throughout with generous use of gold, 14.2 x 9.5cm, 158 leaves, eighteenth century red morocco gilt, covers with ornate gilt leaf and flower design, spines gilt in compartments, gilt dentelles, g.e., green morocco slipcase Note: A very attractive late 15th century Book of Hours, Use of Cambrai in a fine eighteenth century binding. The manuscript was evidently written for a woman, the prayers "O intemerata" and "Deprecor te domina" both having the feminine form "percatrici". Provenance: Denys Franois du Rieu, 16 February 1686, purchase inscription on verso of final leaf.
Lot 165
Martialis, Marcus Valerius M. val. Martialis epigrammaton libri. London: F. Kingston, 1615, first English edition, small 8vo, nineteenth century half calf, [STC 17492], slight worming affecting text, rubbed; Pindar Olympia, Pythia, Nemea, Isthmia. [Geneva]: Paulus Stephanus, 1600, 16mo, 576pp., modern calf, raised bands; [Lubrano, Giacomo] "Brinacio, Paolo" Scintille poetiche o poesie sacre e morali. Naples: ad instanza deAndrea Poletti stampatore in Venetia, [1692], 12mo, engraved title, contemporary boards, boards lightly soiled; [Mount Carmel] Constitutiones fratrum discalceatorum congregationis teliae ordinid Bmae. Virginis Mariae de Monte Carmelo. Antwerp: ex officina Plantiniana Balthasaris Moreti, 1632, 8vo, woodcut coat-of-arms on title, woodcut device on final leaf, eighteenth century calf, early ownership inscription on title, lacking signature A, rebacked; [Bouhours, Dominique] Pensees ingenieuses des anciens et modernes. Paris: S. Mabre-Cramoisy, 1692, 12mo, engraved frontispiece, engraved title vignette, contemporary calf, rubbed; [Anon.] Les nouveaux rudimens de la langue latine. Amsterdam: deE. Roger, 1715, 12mo, contemporary sheep, joints slightly split; and a quantity of miscellaneous printed works (quantity)
Lot 421
Stair, James, Viscount The institutions of the law of Scotland. Edinburgh: G. Hamilton & J. Balfour, 1759, folio, third edition, contemporary calf, very slightly rubbed; Reynolds, Susannah Frances & W.E. Hall The household book of practical receipts, 1847, 8vo, interleaved copy with a few receipts added, contemporary half calf, rubbed, some light spotting; Goldsmith, O. Dalzieles illustrated Goldsmith, 1865, 4to, green half calf gilt; Wakefield, W.W. & H.P. Marshall Rugger, 1930, 8vo, plates, original cloth; Brook, A.J.S. Old Scottish hall-marks on plate, 1892, 4to, contemporary half morocco, rubbed (5)
Lot 84
Andreus Divus-Homer Homeri poetarum onmium principis Ilias, Andrea Divi Justinopolita[n]o interprete, ad verbu[m] translata. Herodoti Halicarnassei libellus, Homeri vita[m] fidelissime continens Conrado Heresbachio interprete. [Homeri poetae clarissimi Odyssea A. Divo interprete, ad vebum translata. Ejusdem Batrachomiomachia ... Aldo Manutio Romano interprete. Eiusdem Hymni Deorum XXXII. Georgio Dartona Cretense interprete.] Venice: J. a Burgofrancho, 1537, 2 volumes in one, 8vo [**8, a12, b-z8, aa-mm8; [title], 8, A-Z8, CC8, DD10, EE-GG8, HH10], first edition of Andreas Divuses translation, presentation copy from the translator, possibly to Pope Paul III, titles within woodcut borders, volume 1 with blanks MM7-MM8, woodcut colophon at end of each volume, contemporary brown Italian morocco, gilt panelled sides incorporating the words on upper cover "Homerus. And. Divi. Munus" within a central gilt tooled circle, and, on the lower cover, the letters P.P. and a gilt shield enclosing a tree, surmounted by a bishopes mitre, spine blindstamped and gilt in compartments, raised bands, gauffered edges, first title slightly wormed in inner margin, minimally touching woodcut border, and two minute wormholes just affecting date, wormhole only affecting lower blank margin of A2, first title lightly dust-soiled, split to part of upper joint extending to spine, slightly worn at foot of spine and corners, a few small womholes to spine Note: A presentation Renaissance binding, the gift of the translator Andreas Divus, blindstamped "Homerus" and "And. Divi. Munus" [Andreas Divi Munus, i.e., the Gift of Andreas Divus], an elaborately tooled brown morocco binding with gauffered gilt edges. The nature and statues of the recipient is indicated by the gilt Bishopes mitre and the initials P.P., standing for "Pastor Pastorum (Shepherd of Shepherds), "Papa Pontifex" or simply "Papa". Although P.P. can signify Bishop, "P.P." generally stands for Pope and may therefore indicate Pope Paul III (Pope 1534-1549). The earliest known inscription of "P.P." refers to the papacy of Marcellinus which lasted from A.D. 296 to 304 (see G.B. de Rossi. Inscriptiones Christianae urbis romae, vol.1, p.115). At some point at attempt has been made to obscrue the mitre and the tree, but both remain clearly visible nevertheless. George Chapman drew on Andreas Divuses translation in his own important translation of the Odyssey, originally published in folio in 1614Ð16. Adams H770
Lot 111
Della Rocca, Bartolomeo La physionomie naturelle et la chiromance de Barthelemy Cocles, De Boulogne... o par les traits et les signes du visage et par les marques et les lineamens de la main, ou peu connaitre les moeurs, les complexions, le naturel et leinterieur de toutes personnes. Rouen: Jean-B. Besongne, 1698, 12mo, numerous woodcuts, nineteenth-century brown morocco, title page repaired with loss of text, fore-edge of p. 97-98 repaired, just affecting text, small paper defect on last page affecting word "Fin", neatly rebacked retaining original spine Note: Authorship attributed to Bartolomeo Della Rocca (1467-1504) by the French national library. The only copy shown by COPAC is in the Wellcome Library, imperfect, wanting pages 207-210. The Bibliotheque National de France also shows an imperfect copy ("les pp.11-12 sont lacerees).
Lot 628
A set of seven late 19th Century Maw & Co dust pressed tiles each black line transfer decorated with an Aesop's fable set within a running leaf borders over white glazed ground, comprising, The Old man & his Ass, The Pilgrims & the Oyster, The Doctors & the dying man, The Old man & his sons, Death & the Woodman, The Milkmaid and her jug of milk and Small fish better than none, all after designs by C. O. Murray.
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