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Click here to subscribeA yellow metal treated opal and diamond dress ring, the opal measuring approx 22 x 11.1 x 3.7mm, weight estimated as 4.69 carats, diamond diameters each approx 1.2mm, total weight estimated as 0.04 carats, size O½, gross weight 6.8g, stamped and tested as 18ctThe opal appears to have been treated - possibly with sugar to enhance the dark body colour. This would need to be confirmed by a gem testing laboratory.
A late Victorian 15ct yellow gold, opal and garnet dress ring, featuring a centre oval cabochon with an oval faceted garnet on either side, all in scalloped claw settings, opal dimensions approx 6 x 4.05 x 1.55mm, weight estimated as 0.19 carats, garnet dimensions each approx 4.55 x 3.85 x 2.6mm, total weight estimated as 0.78 carats, size O½, gross weight 2.5g, hallmarked 15ct, Birmingham 1876Worn facets on garnets.
A yellow metal, citrine and diamond dress ring, featuring a trilliant cut citrine in a four claw setting, with a round brilliant cut diamond on either side, citrine dimensions approx 13.65 x 11.9 x 9.45mm, weight estimated as 6.92 carats, diamond diameters each 1.9mm, total weight estimated as 0.04 carats, size O½, gross weight 4.9g, stamped and tested as 18ctIn excellent condition and appears very little worn.
A contemporary 18ct gold, sapphire and diamond cluster ring, the claw set oval cut sapphire measuring approx 9.5 x 7mm, within a surround of twelve small brilliant cut diamonds, all in a raised setting, sponsor KC, 6.7g, size OStones and setting excellent.Light surface wear to gold.Appears very little worn.
Rolex. A rare stainless steel manual wind bracelet watch offered on behalf of the original ownerModel: Anti-Magnetic Oyster Chronograph 'Pre-Daytona'Reference: 6234Date: Circa 1960Movement: 17-jewel Valjoux Cal.72 manual wind, column wheel chronographDial: Silvered, applied polished dart hour markers, black outer 1/5th second divisions with luminous dot 5 minute markers, blue outer telemeter scale, black outer base scale, subsidiary dials at 3, 6 and 9 for seconds, 30 minute and 12 hour recording, polished dagger hands with luminous inserts, red tipped centre chronograph handCase: Brushed and polished tonneau form, screw down crown flanked by twin pushers, personal engraving to back, No.530239Strap/Bracelet: Fitted brushed 78350 Oyster linkBuckle/Clasp: Signed folding clasp, stamped S 1Signed: Case, dial & movementSize: 36mm Accompaniments: Rolex pouch Footnotes:Offered between 1955 and 1960, the reference 6234 was one of the forerunners of the Daytona collection and as such is known by the nickname 'Pre-Daytona'. With such a short period of production the 6234 is a highly prized watch with limited availability. It is believed that approximately only 2300 examples were released in steel and naturally far less in gold. In 1960 Rolex replaced the 6234 with the 6238 which also shares the nickname of 'Pre-Daytona'.The present lot is offered for sale by the original owner who purchased the piece in 1964 whilst in the Royal Air Force in Singapore. At the young age of just 20, the owner bought the watch through NAFFI on HPI. A keen sailor, the owner was drawn to the watch by the practical nature of the 3 minute markers to the subsidiary dial at 3 o clock - when racing this was ideal for counting down after the three minute warning gun was fired. The owner went on to have a long career within the RAF spanning 25 years before establishing his own business dealing in reclaimed building materials.The watch was serviced by Hertfordshire Horologists (Tring) in 2017 and 2022 and is accompanied by the service guarantee cards.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
MG - 'O WAD SOME POWER THE GIFTIE'. A rare 1929 large format 12pp brochure, highlighting the activities of the company at a time of their move to Abingdon, having a tipped-in depiction of the Abingdon factory covering that of Edmunds Road in Oxford. Discussed is the Capt. Samuelson success in the Monte Carlo, Chiesman in the L to L, tributes from Malcolm Campbell and others, monochrome images. Some creasing to the cover edges, some soiling, the laid paper editorial with a little foxing, otherwise sound. Also, 'Adventures in France', a 1929 12pp leaflet discussing the use of a 14/40 through France, Good, clean condition. (2)
HORNBY 'O' GAUGE. A clockwork GWR Tank Engine, A 20-volt Royal Scott, two LMS tenders, each in red modern boxes. Also, an early period mechanical Duke of York with tender and a 2-inch GWR clockwork Tank Engine with removed motor, together with a similar dismantled locomotive in a wooden box. All in need of refurbishment. (6)
An 18ct yellow gold brilliant cut solitaire diamond ring, approximately 0.5ct, ring size O, 3.1g. CONDITION REPORT: We are not diamond graders, however this stone isn't drawing lots of colour and is quite white and bright, it isn't showing bad black inclusions in the main, under low magnification it does show a feather-like inclusion towards the surface and edge of the stone. We would think it might be around Vs1 and around a G/H in colour. The diamond is approximately 5mm in diameter.
Decca Label Demo 7" Singles, eight Demo release 7" singles on the Decca label comprising Life n Soul - Here Comes Yesterday Again, Sam Apple Pie - Tiger Man, Art Movement - Loving Touch, Ola and The Janglers - I Can Wait, John Mayall - Jenny, Joseph Consortium - The Coat Of Many Colours, Kingly Band - Bitter and the Sweet and Foggy Dew-O - Reflections - various years and conditions
CBS Label Demo 7" Singles, ten UK Demo release singles, all on the UK CBS label with White labels and large Orange 'A' lettering and comprising Magnet - Let Me Stay, Steamhammer - Junior's Wailing, The Selofane - Shingle I-A-O, Fields - A Friend Of Mine, January - It Sings For Me, The Quotations - Hello Memories, Moby Grape - Trucking Man, Chuckles - Never, High Noon - Old Fashioned Feeling and The Arbors - The Letter - all in Company sleeves - various years and conditions
A selection of collectible items, including: a pair of leather and brass opera glasses; a pair of gilt metal and red enamel opera glasses; a Yard-O-Led silver pencil; a silver plated chamber candlestick with snuffer; two twin handled silver plated trophy cups; a brass channel form snuff box; and other items.
A LARGE JAPANESE KAKIEMON-STYLE BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1700 Painted in underglaze blue with a central cartouche enclosing an elegant ho-o bird, the shochikubai (pine, prunus and bamboo) emerging from rockwork beside it; the cavetto with panels variously enclosing Chinese figures, flowering branches and further peacocks, the underside with karakusa scrolls, the base left unglazed; together with a baluster-shaped vase decorated in underglaze blue with peonies and pomegranates amongst tall grasses, the shoulder applied with small studs and handles modelled as mythical creatures with lion heads and fish tails, 34cm and 21.7cm respectively. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. B Davies, Ko-Imari Porcelain from the collection of Oliver Impey, pp.94-95, no.46, for a closely related dish, formerly in the collection of Margaret, Duchess of Portland (1715-1785), Welbeck Abbey.
AN EARLY JAPANESE NAMBAN CABINET FOR THE EXPORT MARKET MOMOYAMA PERIOD, C.1580-1620 Of rectangular form and with a hinged fall front opening to reveal nine drawers, the door and sides decorated with panels enclosing many fans embellished with bands of geometric designs and flowering branches of prunus, scrolling tendrils, and ume-bachi mon (family crests), in between borders of chevrons and other formal patterns, the decoration rendered in a multitude of raiden (mother of pearl) inlays and gold and black lacquer, the inside with further mother of pearl inlays and gilt decoration depicting panels of flowering prunus and peony, the copper fittings and side loop handles with designs of melons, flowers and tendrils, together with a key, 28cm x 37.5cm x 24cm. (2) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Formerly Sotheby's London, 24th June 1982, lot 566. Cf. O Impey & C Jörg, Japanese Export Lacquer (1580-1850), pp.123-24 where this very piece is illustrated and discussed. See the Brooklyn Museum, New York, access. no.84.69.1, for a comparable piece decorated with open fans. Also, see Christie's, New York, An Inquiring Mind: American Collecting of Japanese and Korean Art, lot 33, for another namban cabinet with mother of pearl fans. The ume-bachi mon was notably used by the Hisamatsu and the Maeda clans.
A SMALL JAPANESE GOLD AND SILVER LACQUER KOGO (INCENSE BOX AND COVER) MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH CENTURY Of rounded rectangular form, decorated in gold and silver takamaki-e, hiramaki-e, and with silver inlays on the nashiji ground, the cover and sides embellished with a stream meandering amongst rocks, flowering prunus and pine to the side, some branches issuing from behind fences made of woven bamboo; with two raised characters reading tsuki o (the moon), possibly a reference to a chapter from the Tale of Genji, and with ai go mon crests for the Tokugawa clan repeated across the composition, 6.7cm x 7.5cm x 8.7cm. (2)
A POLYCHROME WOOD EMA (VOTIVE PAINTING) EDO OR MEIJI, 19TH CENTURY Of rectangular form and painted in ink and pigments, the heavy wood panel decorated with Ono no Takamura, Emma-O, and a queue of demonic figures behind them, the tall scholar dressed in long black garments, holding a shaku tablet before him and looking up towards the King of Hell, the Lord of the Underworld depicted with ornate robes embellished with patterns of seashells; framed and glazed, a paper label on the back explaining Ono no Takamura's story, 60.3cm x 46.5cm. The label reads: [...on thin wood panels illustrating the following legend: Ono no Takamura, a councillor of Saga, tenno (9th century A.D.) sentenced to exile in the Isles of Oki, took a certain holy monk with him to visit Yama the King of Hell, where he found Jizo among the damned in the lowest of the hot hells, undergoing torment to free some of the inmates and to mitigate the punishments of sinning mankind. Jizo besought the monk to describe his suffering so that the hearts of men should be turned to his worship. When the monk returned to earth, he carved a great figure of Jizo, which is still in the temple of Yata no Jizo at Koriyama near Nara.]
A JAPANESE COMMEMORATIVE FOLDING FAN MEIJI PERIOD, 1893 Made of paper, bamboo sticks, and a brass loop handle, printed to the inside with a panoramic view of the World's Columbian Exposition held in Chicago in 1893, with minute figures amongst the tall buildings and Chicago's skyline in the distance, 33.5cm. The World Fair was held to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus' arrival in the New World in 1492. Japan took part and built an authentic Japanese pavilion based on the Ho-o-Do (Phoenix Hall) in Kyoto.
A LARGE JAPANESE IMARI MOULDED VASE AND COVER EDO PERIOD, EARLY 18TH CENTURY The baluster body typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green and black enamels, painted with three large panels enclosing flowering branches of prunus, chrysanthemum and peony issuing from rocky outcrops, with a border of lappets above the foot, the shoulder with a wide band of scrolling tendrils and chrysanthemum flowerheads, the neck with a repeated design of open fans; the cover with similar decoration and topped by a large bulbous knop; with sixteen-petal chrysanthemums and other flowers moulded in low relief, 70cm overall. (2) Provenance: the collection of Vice-Admiral Reginald Vesey Holt, CB, DSO, MVO, (1884-1957), and thence by descent. Cf. O Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, Catalogue of the collection of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, p.197, no.320, for another jar and cover with similar moulded and painted decoration.
TWO JAPANESE IMARI MUSTARD POTS AND COVERS EDO PERIOD, C.1690-1720 Each with a bulbous body raised on a flared foot and with a side handle, decorated with moulded patterns resembling petals painted in gilt, red, cyan, purple and black enamels, the panels enclosing many flowers, the foot decorated with bands of chevrons and lappets; each cover with a circular aperture and painted with further flowers, 9.7cm and 10cm respectively. (4) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. See J Ayers, O Impey, JVG Mallet, Porcelain for Palaces, The Fashion for Japan in Europe 1650-1750, p.206, no.202, for a comparable mustard pot. The authors explain that in both moulding and colouring these pieces are inspired by, or ancestral to Chinese famille verte wares of the Kangxi period. Also, see C Jörg, Fine & Curious, Japanese Export Porcelain in Dutch Collections, p.190, no.238, for a miniature example in the Groninger Museum, Groningen.
A SMALL COLLECTION OF JAPANESE PORCELAIN PIECES EDO PERIOD, 18TH CENTURY Comprising of three dishes and a large bowl, all typically decorated in underglaze blue, gilt, red, green and yellow enamels, variously painted with figures, flowers and brocade patterns, the largest plate with sixteen sides and with Chinese figures to the well, the characters fu, ki, cho, shun (riches, prosperity and eternal spring) inscribed underneath, 32.2cm max. (5) Provenance: from an English private collection, London. Cf. O Impey, Japanese Export Porcelain, p.243 no.430 for another sixteen-sided dish at the Ashmolean Museum closely related to the one in this lot.
A PAIR OF JAPANESE NABESHIMA DISHES SIGNED IMAEMON SHOWA PERIOD, 20TH CENTURY Both decorated in polychrome enamels and painted to the well with a large ho-o in flight, the majestic bird depicted with long trailing feathers above flowering peonies issuing from rockwork, both signed Imaemon underneath, probably for Imaizumi Imaemon XII (1897-1975), both 21.6cm. (2)
A RARE JAPANESE TENMOKU AND BLUE AND WHITE DISH EDO PERIOD, C.1660-70 The shaped dish decorated with an elegant design of snow-covered banded hedges, the upper section in mottled chocolate-brown tenmoku glaze and the fences below rendered in underglaze blue, with old kintsugi gold lacquer repairs, a flattened rim and raised on a short foot, 15.5cm. Provenance: purchased from Richard Barker Fine Art. Exhibited: Asahi Shimbun, Ko-Imari Porcelain, Daimaru Kyoto, November 1992, and illustrated in the catalogue p.113, pl.131. The exhibition toured other Daimaru stores in Fukuoka, Osaka and Tokyo in 1993. Cf. O Impey, The Early Porcelain Kilns of Japan, Arita in the First Half of the Seventeenth Century, no.48d where this very dish is illustrated. Also, see Ko_imari: A Catalogue of Hizen Porcelain from the Nezu Museum's Yamamoto Collection, p.72, no.274, for a related dih with the same decoration of snow-covered brushwood fences.
A JAPANESE SATSUMA VASE BY KINKOZAN MEIJI PERIOD, LATE 19TH / EARLY 20TH CENTURY The elegant baluster body delicately painted with two large panels enclosing beauties and children in luxuriant gardens, and two men engaged in conversation behind them; the figures wearing elegant garments richly decorated with gilt; the reverse with chickens amongst chrysanthemums, morning glories, daisies, wisteria and other flowers, with two fanciful birds in flight above, one with long tail feathers; all reserved on a navy-blue ground embellished with dense brocade patterns featuring dragons and ho-o birds in gilt and polychrome enamels, the base with an impressed mark and a gilt seal, both reading Kinkozan zo, 23.3cm.
A PAIR OF LARGE JAPANESE ARITA BLUE AND WHITE DISHES MEIJI PERIOD, 19TH OR 20TH CENTURY Both delicately painted in underglaze blue with dense patterns of formal lotus flowers and leafy tendrils, each with four ho-o birds in flight on the cavetto and with a border of flowerheads in lozenges to the foliate rim, the undersides with karakusa scrolls; together with a fitted tomobako wood box, the lid inscribed, each dish approx. 47.2cm. (3) Provenance: from the collection of the late Gas Kimishima, wood-fire potter and specialist in the ancient kilns of Japan, purchased in Japan and thence by descent. Gas established his studio in England and built his own anagama kiln in Tring, Hertfordshire.
Weckmann, Nik(o)laus (Umkreis, circle)Ulm, um 1500H. 89 cmMadonna mit Kind. Laubholz/Linde, rückseitig gehöhlt. Reste alter Fassung, großflächig übergangen. Starke Altersschäden. Fehlstelle im Sockelbereich, rest. Stehende Figur mit weich fallendem Haar und auffälligem Faltenwurf des Mantels.Aus einer hessischen Sammlung.Unsere Madonna weist zwar nicht das für die Weckmann-Werkstatt charakteristische "Spechtloch" am Hinterkopf auf, jedoch zeigt der Faltenwurf tpyische Elemente, die bei Werken von Weckmann häufig vorkommen, so u.a. die markante Brückenfalte (auf dem goldenen Mantel auf Kniehöhe) und das darunterliegende "Dreieck", sodaß eine Arbeit aus dem Umkreis der weitreichenden Werkstatt vermutet werden darf. Lit.: Meisterwerke Massenhaft, Die Bildhauerwerkstatt des Niklaus Weckmann und die Malerei in Ulm um 1500, Württembergisches Landesmuseum Stuttgart, 1993, Abb. 100 (Faltenformen). Im direkten Vergleich dazu eine Madonna mit Kind aus der Pfarrkriche in Wattenweiler bei Krumbach, in Aufbau und Haltung ähnlich der hier vorliegenden Figur und mit einer Rolle an der Mantelkante im linken Bereich sowie Brückenfalte unterhalb der rechten Hand.
ROLEX CRONOGRAFO "ANTIMAGNETIC" REF. 2811, 1935 CIRCA Cassa: firmata, n. 034422, in acciaio, fondello a scatto, pulsanti a oliva. Bracciale/Cinturino: non originale. Quadrante: firmato, salmone, indici a rilievo a numeri arabi e a bastone, suddivisione dei minuti con frazioni a 1/5 di secondo, quadrantini ribassati dei secondi continui e del sommatore dei 30 minuti, scala tachimetrica e telemetrica, lancette a foglia. Movimento: firmato, cal. manuale Valjoux 23, 17 rubini, ruota a colonne, bilanciere monometallico con viti, spirale Breguet brunita. Accessori: – Diametro: 32 mm Note: funzionante. Si stima che la referenza 2811 sia stata prodotta in soli 500 esemplari realizzati con casse in acciaio e oro giallo o rosa. L'orologio qui proposto si presenta in splendide condizioni con un raro quadrante salmone caratterizzato da una patina naturale. La cassa in acciaio con pulsanti a forma di oliva si distingue per essere una prima serie, in quanto la successiva produzione differì per l'adozione di pulsanti rettangolari e anse maggiormente concave e ravvicinate. ROLEX CHRONOGRAPH "ANTIMAGNETIC" REF. 2811, CIRCA 1935 Case: signed, n. 034422, in stainless steel, snap on caseback, olive pushers. Bracelet/Strap: not original. Dial: signed, salmon, embossed bâton indexes and numerals, minute divisions with 1/5th of second fractions, sunk dials for small seconds and 30-min register, tachymeter and telemeter graduations, feuille hands. Movement: signed, manual-winding cal. Valjoux 23, 17 jewels, columns wheel, monometallic balance with screws, blued Breguet hairspring. Accessories: – Diameter: 32 mm Note: working. It's estimated that the reference 2811 was produced in only 500 exemplars with steel, yellow or pink gold cases. The watch proposed is in stunning condition with a rare salmon dial characterized by a natural patina. The steel case with olive-shaped pushers stands out for being a first series, cause the subsequent production differed in the adoption of rectangular pushers and more concave and close lugs.
A quantity of Various Makes. Including Corgi: Slumberland/Ribble Bedford O Series Pantechnicon & Bedford OB Coach. Bedford S Lorry AFS. 2x Eddie Stobart ERF Curtainside Trailer. E.Stobart ERF Rigid Truck. Scania Rigid Truck & Trailer, Silentnight. DAF 95 Transporter, MG Rover Xpower. ERF Tractor Unit & Trailer, MG Rover. Renault Car Transporter, Grayston. Scania Food Tanker, Norbert Dentressangle. ERF Tanker, Tate & Lyle. Vanguard Morris Minor Van, E.Stobart. Oxford Konecranes E.Stobart. Atlas Komatsu Hydraulic Excavator. Scania R560 Tractor Unit & Low Loader, all E.Stobart. All boxed, minor wear. Contents VGC-Mint. (32) £80-100
12 heavy plant/construction equipment. 2x Joal, Caterpillar Hydraulic Excavator and a Caterpillar Wheel Tractor Scraper. Scoop Volvo BM L180C Front Loader. Scaledown Models metal kit 1959 County CD50 Crawler Dozer. O&K L30 front loader. Manitou Maniscopic front bucket loader. NZG Blaw Knox tarmac laying vehicle. Plus an ERTL John Deere 690 DLC Excavator etc. Boxed, minor/some wear. Contents VGC-Mint. £70-90
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