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Click here to subscribeAttributed to Sir Charles West Cope RA (British, 1811-1890) Study of a recumbent young boy rock pooling at the beach, having tousled auburn hair, an indigo blue waistcoat and red neckerchief, possibly the artist's son Harry Cope, see Christie's, Old Master & Early British Drawings and Watercolours, 6 December 2012, Lot 203, Portrait of Harry Cope, 1861, watercolour, framed and mounted under glass, 33 x 50 cm
ENGLISH SCHOOL, Circa 1900-1920 MR RICE OF FALMOUTH, HARBOUR MASTER OF NEWQUAY, CORNWALL 1898-1906 Oil on canvas laid on board 44.5 x 59.5cm. * A later inscription on the backboard attributes the picture to `Ivimay or Croxford of Newquay`. Fairfax Ivimey flourished in Newquay in the 1930's. William Edward Croxford and his daughter Grace Marie Croxford worked in Newquay from c.1894-1930 ++ Retouching over old damages, paint losses and wear; some craquelure and paint separation; needs a clean
BOX 21 - MIXED SPIRITS (11)Marc de Bourgogne "Authentique" Jacoulot vieilli 7 ansJura Prophecy Single Highland MaltJames Cook Übersee RumBundaberg Rum : Master Distillers' Collection - Small Batch Vintage BarrelEagle Rare 17 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyApoteca GinPeychaud's AperitivoKWV 15 Potstill BrandySaber Blackcurrant LiqueurPaddy Irish WhiskeyWhite Rhum Laodi
BOX 77 - MIXED SPIRITS (11)Bundaberg Rum : Master Distillers' Collection - SoleraTails Cocktails Espresso MartiniLysholm LINIE Double Cask Aquavit MadeiraLaplandia Eclipse VodkaWilliam Hinton Rum Madeira 9 monthsOnyx Coffee VodkaSPEY from Speyside Distillery, 18 Years Old Single Malt Scotch WhiskyAdega Velha 12 YOTequila Corazón de Agave AñejoSpecially Selected Triple Sec Tamova Salted Caramel Vodka Liqueur
VANITY FAIR - FOX HUNTERS A hard rider, May 26th 1904, 39cm x 26.5cm; Blackmore Vale, Nov. 11th 1897, 39cm x 26.5cm; Worksop Manor (Sir John Robinson), supplement, 39.5cm x 26.5cm; Cattistock, March 30th 1899, 40cm x 27cm; An Old Master, Nov. 3rd 1898, 39.5cm x 26.5cm; The Quorn, July 12 1884, 39.5cm x 27cm; Otho, Jan 30th 1902, 39.5cm x 26.5cm (7)
VANITY FAIR - FOX HUNTERS Tom, Nov. 21 1885, 39.5cm x 27cm; To the Manner born (Mr Reginald Corbet), Supplement, 39.5cm x 26.5cm; Long Burns, Oct. 25th 1900, 39.5cm x 26.5cm; Alfred (Mr Alfred Curnick), Supplement, 39.5cm x 26.5cm; Doggie, Dec. 6 1884, 39.5cm x 27cm; A Very old Master, Oct 29 1896, 39.5cm x 26.5cm; The Sinner (Lord Southampton), Supplement, 39.5cm x 26.5cm (7)
SELECTION OF NINE BOTTLE OF PORT & WINE comprising: one W & J Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port (75cl/ 20% abv); one W & J Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port (75cl/ 20% abv); one R.R.S. Discovery Vintage Character Port (70cl/ 20% abv); one Taylor's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2008 (750ml/ 20% abv); one Dow's Master Blend Finest Reserve Port (75cl/ 20% abv); The Co-operative Ruby Port (75cl/ 20% abv); one Marks & Spencer Late bottled Vintage Port 1991 (75cl/ 20% abv); one Marks & Spencer Vintage Character Port (37.5cl/ 20% abv); and one Chateau La Raze Beauvallet (37.5cl/ 12.5% abv). All with good fill levels. 9 bottles.
Jan Josef Horemans (1682-1759) Flemish. "A Cobbler's Workshop", An Interior Scene, Oil on Canvas, Signed with Initials lower left, Inscribed on reverse, 19" x 23". Provenance: Paul Delaroff Collection, 1914 (catalogue number 45.), Sotheby's Old Master Painting Sale, London, Lot 18, 28 May 1998.
SELECTION OF NINE BOTTLE OF PORT & WINEcomprising: one W & J Graham's 10 Year Old Tawny Port (75cl/ 20% abv); one W & J Graham's Late Bottled Vintage Port (75cl/ 20% abv); one R.R.S. Discovery Vintage Character Port (70cl/ 20% abv); one Taylor's Late Bottled Vintage Port 2008 (750ml/ 20% abv); one Dow's Master Blend Finest Reserve Port (75cl/ 20% abv); The Co-operative Ruby Port (75cl/ 20% abv); one Marks & Spencer Late bottled Vintage Port 1991 (75cl/ 20% abv); one Marks & Spencer Vintage Character Port (37.5cl/ 20% abv); and one Chateau La Raze Beauvallet (37.5cl/ 12.5% abv). All with good fill levels. 9 bottles.
Burton-on-Trent / Staffordshire / Derbyshire / local history interest: Collection of four Victorian/Edwardian ledgers for Lloyds Bank, Borough Road, Burton-on-Trent, dating from 1890-1910. The ledgers, containing extensive notes and letters, provide a valuable insight into business and leisure at the turn of the century. Arranged into the following four categories: 'Authorities and Standing Orders', 'Securities', 'Private Memoranda', 'Parcels for Safe Custody'. Some of the organisations/individuals documented include: Allsopp's Brewery; Egginton Dairy; Midland Railway; Marston's Brewery; Piccadilly Badminton Club; The Ryknield Engine Company Ltd; Renwick & Hunt, Grocers, Bakers, Confectioners; Shipton Hallewell Solicitors; Scarsdale Cycle & Motor Company; Grand Independent Order of Loyal Caledonian Corks; Derby Oxide & Colour Company; Hallams Manufacturing Chemists; Old Calabar Dog Biscuits; Burton Tramways Athletic Club; English Grains Company; Invetrol Gas Light Company; Shire Horse Society; J. Bottrill Furniture Removers; Burton Hockey Club; Burton Cricket Club; Grange Lawn Tennis Club; Alfred Bailey (Egginton Junction Station Master); David Baker (Brewery Taster); Frederick William Blankley (Publican); John Boston (Gentleman); Florence Chamberlain (Schoolmistress); Arthur John Woolrych (Journalist); Arthur Blurton Plant (Doctor of Music); William John Loverock (Cattle Dealer); Abraham Bates (Pork Butcher); William Wakley (Boot & Shoe Dealer); Ms Emilie Mary Burn (Dressmaker); Thomas Wood (Dairyman); James Forbes (Presbyterian Minister); Thomas Forbes (Wheelwright & Publican); Mary Granville (Furniture Dealer); Thomas Bennett (Railway Clerk); Ernest Alfred Baxter (Brewery Inspector); Albert Edward Baldock (Grocer); Samuel Bailey (Farmer); George Henry Adams (Builder); James Jordan (Draper). A number of pages document Marston's Brewery, with mortgages on pubs and brewery outhouses, 'Robin Hood Inn', 'Castle Inn', 'Old Pheasant Inn', 'Palace Vaults', and many others. Some of the documents are signed by company directors, treasurers, secretaries. Provenance: Discovered in the cellar of a Derby property.
Sale catalogue.- Basan (Frederic) Catalogue Raisonné des differens objets de curiosités dans les sciences et arts, qui composoient le Cabinet de feu Mr. Mariette, engraved frontispiece by Choffard after Cochin fils, engraved decorative title by Moreau le jeune, 3 (of 4) engraved plates after drawings by Guercino, Perino del Vaga and Carracci, priced and with buyer's names in a contemporary ink hand throughout, frontispiece trimmed at foot, affecting imprint, some light blue staining to preliminaries, Paris, Chez l'Auteur & Chez G. Desprez, 1775 bound with Catalogue de Tableaux, Dessins, Estampes en Feuilles, en Volumes Encadrees, Quelques Morceaux en Terre Cuite par les plus grands Maîtres des Écoles Italienne, Flamande & Françoise, Dont la Vente se sera le Lundi 8 Mars 1784, & jours suivans de relevee, a l'Hotel de Buillon, rue Platriere, half-title, priced throughout in a contemporary hand, a few small holes in half-title, affecting part of 1 letter, Paris, Basan, 1784, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary half calf, spine gilt and with dark green and orange morocco labels, 8vo⁂ One of the most important sale catalogues of the 18th century, offering Pierre-Jean Mariette's renowned collection of old master prints and drawings.
Moxon (Joseph) Mechanick Exercises: or, the Doctrine of Handy-Works. Applied to the Art of Bricklayers-Works, 8 engraved plates, one folding (slightly creased at fore-edge), joiner's old ink inscription in outer margin of title (cropped), old book-label "R.Roberts, Burton, Bradstock" on front pastedown, contemporary panelled sheep, rebacked, corners repaired, [Wing M3015; cf. Harris 581], J.Moxon, 1700 § Salmon (William) The London and Country Builder's Vade Mecum: or, the Complete and Universal Estimator, fifth edition, engraved frontispiece by B.Cole of gentleman supervising workmen felling trees, contemporary ink inscription "E Libris Amb. Seward" to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled sheep, upper cover a little worn, joints split, spine ends chipped, [Harris 792], for S.Crowder...and B.Collins, 1773, both rubbed, a few stains; and another on lime and cement, 4to & 8vo (3)⁂ The first was issued separately to accompany Moxon's Mechanick Exercises concerning smithing, carpentry, joinery, turning, dialling and printing. The second, by a master carpenter of Colchester, was the first to compile a universal price-guide of building tradesmen.
17th Century Italian Old Master Oil On Canvas, Possibly Follower Of Andrea Schiavone, Italian (born circa 1500-1563) "Massacre Of The Innocents" Unsigned. Good restored condition. Original purchase receipt from Sloan's Auctioneers included. Measures 52" x 76", frame measures 55" x 78-1/2". Shipping: Third party (estimate $6000-$8000)
1966 Aston Martin DB6 PLEASE NOTE: A faulty brake master cylinder has prevented the vendor from submitting this lot for MOT testing as planned and as such it does not possess a current / valid MOT certificate. The vendor has purchased a reconditioned brake master cylinder from Aston Engineering of Derby and this can be forwarded to the successful purchaser on an exchange basis. PLEASE NOTE: The saleroom estimate for this lot is now 160,000 - 200,000 - Current ownership since 1972 and less than 81,000 recorded miles - Matching chassis and engine numbers, ZF five-speed manual gearbox - Taken off the road in 1979 and reupholstered by Chisholm to include headlining, door cards, carpets and boot - Treated to a bare metal repaint some eight years ago plus new windscreen, unleaded cylinder head conversion (Aston Engineering), fresh tyres, electronic ignition etc Unveiled at the 1965 London Motor Show, the DB6 was notable for being the first Aston Martin model to be engineered following the company's move from Feltham to Newport Pagnell. Although, a direct development of the DB5, with the same visage, the newcomer enjoyed notably better high-speed stability thanks to the provision of a Kamm tail with built-in spoiler, and superior interior space courtesy of a 3.7-inch longer wheelbase and taller roofline. Grafted over a sheet steel platform chassis, the four-seater's hand-finished aluminium panels helped contribute to the claimed kerb weight of 3,232lbs that was actually only 17lbs heavier than its predecessor. Praised by the contemporary motoring press for its poise and handling, the DB6 employed all-round coil-sprung suspension, four-wheel disc brakes and rack-and-pinion steering. Powered by the fabulous Tadek Marek designed 3995cc DOHC straight-six engine, the model boasted some 282bhp and 280lbft of torque in standard tune and could be had with five-speed ZF manual or three-speed Borg Warner automatic transmission. A contemporary road test found a manual DB6 to be capable of 0-60mph in 7.4 seconds and 150mph. A total of 1,327 MKI Saloons were produced between October 1965 and the MKII's July 1969 arrival. First registered in Newcastle-upon-Tyne as 'LVK 37D' on 11th January 1966, this particular example - chassis DB6/2470/R - entered the current ownership some six years later. Acquired from a local acquaintance who is believed to have been its second keeper at an indicated 63,000 miles, the Aston Martin was pressed into service as an everyday car. The vendor and his wife finding that its back seats were capacious enough to take their boys to rugby practice and its potent straight-six untroubled by towing the family speedboat. Laid-up in a heated garage during 1979 due to the demands of a busy veterinary practice, the DB6 was nonetheless treated to much work over the next two years. The sills and jacking points were replaced and repairs made to the suspension location points. The rear axle was overhauled by Roadstyles, the flywheel renewed and a fresh clutch fitted (complete with associated slave cylinder and hose). Newport Pagnell-trained, Chisholm not only reupholstered the seats in Red leather but also installed a new headlining, door cards and carpets. Thereafter, the suspension was refurbished with new parts as necessary, while a thorough overhaul of the brake system saw the callipers stripped and uprated with stainless steel pistons, the discs / pads renewed and various cables / hoses replaced. The radiator was recored, an electric fuel pump added and the triple SU carburettors rejuvenated. The rev counter was recalibrated and a stainless steel exhaust fitted. New wire wheels were sourced along with new electric window motors and wing shields / rubber seals. More recent fettling carried out over the past eight years or so has encompassed a bare metal respray in its original Silver Birch livery and an upgrade to electronic ignition. The windscreen and badging have been renewed as have the four tyres / tubes. The factory-fitted engine (number 400/2379) has had its cylinder head converted to unleaded by Aston Engineering. Starting readily upon inspection and manoeuvring easily whilst being photographed, it is hoped but not guaranteed that 'LVK 37D' will possess a fresh MOT certificate by the time of sale. Kept in a heated garage for the past thirty-nine years and coming to market for the first time since 1972, this appealing DB6 shows a highly credible 81,000 miles to its odometer and is offered for sale with continuation green logbook, cloth cover, original handbook, workshop manual, Heritage Certificate, sundry old MOTs dating back to 1974 and numerous parts receipts.
AFTER THE OLD MASTER, (19th Century), 'Nymph and Cupid' oils on artists board, 46 x 36cm.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Whilst appearing of some quality, picture is very dirty overall with some minor paint loss in places and over-splash, 19th Century gilt foliate frame which has suffered some damage.
NO RESERVE Scrap album.- An album of old master prints, 39 works, including an etching by Stefano della Bella of beggar figures in a circle, others by Le Carpentier, Weirotter, Guyot, and other minor Dutch and French engravers, etchings and engravings, largest 100 x 140 mm. (4 x 5 1/2 in), hinged into later album, oblong 8vo, [mainly 18th and 19th century].
Nine framed Pratt pot lids to include The Seven Ages of Man,The Shrimpers, Vue de la Ville de Strasbourg Prise du Port, French Street Scene, The Master of the Hounds, The Picnic, H.R.H The Prince of Wales visiting the Tomb of Washington, The Fisher Boy, and The Old Water Mill, (9) We are unable to provide condition reports for this sale.
Late 18th or Early 19th Century Old Master Style "St. John the Baptist" Oil on Canvas Painting. Condition is consistent with age, discoloration, craquelure, drying to canvas, a few small puncture holes/creases. Measures 36-3/4" H x 21" W, frame measures 42-3/4" H x 27" W. Shipping: Third party. (estimate $450-$650)
Old Master Oil on Canvas. Continental School Depicting Architecture, Boats and Figures. Very Old Gilt Carved Frame. Unsigned. Antique Condition with Craquelure and Losses to Frame. Measures 9-3/4 Inches by 14-1/2 Inches, Frame Measures 16-1/2 Inches by 21 Inches. Shipping $95.00 (estimate $200-$300)
Art History - Old Master Drawings - Tolnay (Charles de), History and Technique of Old Master Drawings: A Handbook, Hacker Art Books, New York 1972, h/b, small folio; Goldner (George R.), European Drawings: 1, Catalogue of the Collections, The J. Paul Getty Museum, Malibu 1988, h/b, d/j, small folio; Old Master Drawings From the Collection of John and Alice Steiner, edited by Alfred Moir, Santa Barbara Museum o Art, 1986, card covers, 4to; Flemish Paintings & Drawings at 56 Princes Gate, London SW7: Addenda, Shenval Press, London 1969, card covers, 4to; other collection catalogues; Gere (John), I Disegni Dei Maestri: Il Manierismo A Roma, Fratelli Fabbri Editori, Milan 1971, h/b, small folio; further volumes from the same series, numbers: 1, 9, 12 & 14, h/b, d/j, (4); etc
Old Master Sale Catalogues - Sotheby, Amsterdam: no. 246, June 1975; The Collection of The Late Bernard Houthaker, no. 253, November 1975; no. 260, May 1976; 271, March 1977; Fine Dutch, Flemish and German Drawings From the Collection of the Late Mr C.R. Rudolf, Part I, no. 273, April 1977; Fine Dutch, Flemish and Swiss Drawings From the Collection of the Late Mr C.R. Rudolf, Part II, no. 276, June 1977; no. 284, April 1978; Fine Dutch Drawings: A Collection Formed by F.W.A. Knight, Esq., no. 301, October 1979; no. 301a, October 1979 (2); no. 336, November 1981; no. 346, April 1982; no. 365, April 1983; no. 372, November 1983; November 1984; November 1985; December 1986; November 1989, (18); Christie's, Fine Dutch, Flemish and German Drawings: December 12th 1978, May 3rd 1979, December 11th 1979 (2), June 24th 1980, November 26th 1984, November 18th 1985, November 14th 1988, November 21st 1989, November 12th 1990, (10); Christie's, Old Master Drawings: January 30th 1998, January 28th 1999, July 8th 2003, (3); Agnew's 1817 - 1967, h/b, red buckram; Colnaghi's 1760 - 1960, h/b, blue buckram; Colnaghi: Discoveries From the Cinquecento, 1982, An Exhibition of Master Drawings, 1995, h/b, d/j, (2); Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd, Master Drawings, 2002, 2006 & 2010, h/b, d/j, (3); Matthiesen: Early Italian Paintings and Works of Art Art, 1300 - 1480; Helkion, Exhibition of Old Masters, June - September 1974, h/b, d/j; Kate Ganz Ltd, A Catalogue of Drawings, Small Paintings & Oil Sketches, no. 10, 22 May - 12 June 1996; Heim, London: Paintings By Luca Giordano, Summer Exhibition 1975 & The Finest Drawings from The Museums of Angers, Autumn Exhibition 1977 (2); Johnny van Haeften, London: no. 12, 2002 & no. 17, 2009 (2)
Ω A matched 19th century Russian silver four piece tea service, the tea pot and mug by Stephan Wakeva, St Petersburg 1892, assay master Aleksandr Timofeyevich Shevyakov, 84 zolotniki, the cream jug and covered sugar basin by Otto Makselius, S Petersburg 1890, assay master Ivan Vonifatiyevich Yevstigneyev, 84 zolotniki, engraved in old Russian style with stylised dachas and elaborate bands in the style of embroidered cloths, the tea pot and sugar basin with turned finials and ivory spacers to the shallow domed covers, the baton and disc angular handles with ivory spacers, the cylindrical neck with a band of running scrolls, the conical body with a beaded rims, on a spreading circular bases, the tea pot 18.5cm (7 1/4in) long, 1273g (40.95 oz) gross See sale these rooms 2nd November 2016 Jewellery, Silver, Watches, Pens & Luxury Accessories, lot 74 for a broadly similar service on a tray.Cites Regulations Please note that this lot (lots marked with the symbol Ω in the printed catalogue) may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The CITES regulations may be found at www. defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
*Album. An album of watercolour designs for porcelain by Ellen Theophila Simpson, circa 1888, 32 pages of finely executed watercolour designs for china (plus a number of blank leaves), some to rectos only, others to recto and verso, each page covered with numerous motifs, mostly floral, but also including moths, insects, birds, and border designs, some specifying in neat manuscript 'centre of saucer', 'cup', etc., one page with manuscript maker's mark 'KPM' with orb above, several leaves with a fish emblem in blue ink, Whatman paper watermarked 1888, some light finger-soiling and marks, one leaf detached, leaf size 15 x 22.5cm (6 x 9ins), inscribed in pencil on front pastedown 'Designs for China Painting, Ellen Theophila Simpson, my Father's mother, N. Douglas Simpson', original quarter black morocco, spine rubbed, corners showing, elastic closure broken, oblong 8vo, together with another album with a number of leaves of similar watercolour designs, probably by the same hand, as well as other original drawings, including thirty pages with carefully executed silhouettes painted in black, of courting couples, children at play, animals, fairy folk, etc., and twenty-one pencil drawings, for example portraits, studies after Old Master works, animal studies, a design of fairies for a tapestry, etc., toned, stitching partially broken and a number of leaves detached, front free endpaper inscribed in pencil 'M. Simpson, Wiesbaden 1884, Maud Penny [...?] Simpson, my Father's youngest sister, N.D. Simpson', original cloth, lettered on upper cover 'Skizzenbuch', a little rubbed and marked in places, remains of cloth ties, oblong 8vo (2)
*Dayes (Edward, 1763-1804). Framlington Castle, Suffolk, pen and grey ink and watercolour over pencil on paper, bears inscription JMW Turner towards lower left, 138 x 215 mm (5.5 x 8.5 ins), wash mount, framed and glazed with Spink gallery label and typed description to verso Provenance: From the collection of D.A. Hall, Camberley, Surrey. A similar sized view of Wingfield Castle, Wingfield, Suffolk, was sold at Christies London, Old Master & Early British Drawings & Watercolours, 6 December 2012, lot 247. (1)
*English School. Two angels racing across the sky, early 19th century, pen & brown ink with pale brown wash on paper watermarked J Whatman Turkey Mills 18 , possibly a copy after an Old Master original, inscribed in brown ink lower left J.B.C. 1747, sheet size 165 x 112 mm (6.5 x 4.4 ins), together with Italian School. Holy Family, 18th century, black ink and red chalk on laid paper with partial large crown watermark, inscribed to verso 'Napoli', and two other Italian words not legible, upper outer corners cut away, 150 x 105 mm (5.9 x 4.1 ins), mounted (2)
*Saenredam (Jan Pietersz., 1565-1607). Susanna and the Elders, copper engraving on laid paper by Saenredam after Hendrick Goltzius (1558-1617), published by Jan Jansson [Amsterdam], circa 1650, plate size 25 x 17 cm (10 x 6.7 ins), sheet size 28 x 19.5 cm (11 x 7.7 ins), together with Sadeler (Johannes, 1550-1600), Christ in the House of Martha and Mary, 1598, copper engraving on laid paper, by Sadeler after Jacopo Bassano, plate size 22.5 x 28.5 cm (8.8 x 11.2 ins), sheet size 29 x 38.5 cm (11.5 x 15.2 ins), plus other Old Master prints, various, 17th & 18th century, including Valentin Lefebre (circa 1642-1682), David and Goliath, after Titian, published by Van Campen, Venice, a copy in reverse after Cornelis Cort, Rest on the Flight to Egypt, after Barocci, circa 1600, Erik Jonsson Dahlberg (1625-1703), Siege of Brest Litovsk in 1657, published 1696, Vorsterman, Thomas Howard & Alethea Talbot, after Van Dyck, an engraved copy by Marc Antonio Raimond; of Durer's woodcut of The Visitation (from the Life of the Virgin), etc. (19)
*[Henrietta, Maria, Queen Consort of Charles I, 1609-69]. Embroidered apron panel, English, early-mid 17th century, a large portion of early embroidery on cream silk, silk ground toned, sometime neatly stitched at edge to a linen backing and with a number of carefully stitched repairs, elaborately worked design with various floral, foliate, and lattice motifs, incorporating entwining stems and tendrils, in coloured silks (a little faded), metal threads, and sequins, using satin stitch, long and short stitch, couching, and bullion stitch, creases along top edge where previously gathered at waist, 53.5 x 101cm (21 x 39.75ins), framed, with manuscript label on verso in an early 20th century hand The label on the verso reads "Apron from Rushbrooke Park thought to have belonged to Queen Henrietta Maria who went there after Charles' death. Two Laburnham wood cabinets & several other things bearing Charles' [...?] initials were also left at Rushbrooke, the old House of Mabel Davies Cooke's mother (Fanny Louisa Eyres) who was born there, her mother being Louisa Elizabeth Rushbrooke. The Cabinets are now in State Apartments at Windsor.' Highly decorated aprons like this one were not intended to be protective garments; rather they were an opportunity to add an element of sumptuous embellishment which could both demonstrate the fine sewing skills of the wearer and indicate her wealth and position in society. The Jermyns of Rushbrooke Hall, near Bury St. Edmunds, were a prominent Royalist family. Sir Thomas Jermyn (1573-1645) was Comptroller of the Household between 1639 and 1641, and his son Henry Lord Jermyn, Earl of St. Albans (1605-1684) was a life-long friend of Queen Henrietta Maria, fulfilling variously the roles of Vice-Chamberlain, Master of the Horse and Lord Chamberlain. He was at her side throughout the various campaigns of the Civil War, and it was even rumoured that the pair were married in secret, with a contemporary report asserting that all the Queen's children were Jermyn's bastards. It is believed that the aforementioned cabinets were presented by Henrietta Maria to Lord Jermyn in 1665. On his death his will directed that the cabinets be taken to Rushbrooke Hall, the then residence of his nephew Sir Thomas Jermyn, where they were noted in an inventory of 1759. They were sold at Christie's in 1910 to Lord Rothschild and his brothers, who presented them to King George V and Queen Mary shortly after their Coronation, and today they reside in The Queen's Gallery at Buckingham Palace. (1)
NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA (FRENCH 1807-1876)Les Baigneuses, oil on panel16.3 x 23.5 cm (6 3/8 x 9 1/4 in.)signed with monogram lower rightLOT NOTESArtist dedicated this work to his son Ziem. Inscribed in ink on verso A Ziem et sa fee de ses couleurs [To Ziem and his color muse]. Born to Spanish political refugees in Bordeaux, France, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena found himself orphaned and penniless at ten years old. While still a child, he lost his leg from a viper bite and he gained local recognition for both his wooden leg and his exceptional skill as a painter.In 1836, Diaz met Theodore Rousseau and the two became friends, neighbors, and fellow artists in the village of Barbizon. Rousseau had a strong influence on Diaz, even giving him lessons on how to paint trees. Diaz remained popular throughout his career Ð he had active followers and was creating works for private patrons. He reached the height of his fame in 1855 and was regarded as a master landscapist who fully understood and used the lure of the forest of Fontainebleau. In 1863, Diaz met Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frederic Bazille, who admired his brilliant colors; his late landscapes very likely influenced the impressionists.
A PAIR OF RUSSIAN SILVER GILT AND NIELLO CUP HOLDERScomprising: a) silver gilt cup holder, niello old russian ornament with openwork rim, 84 standard, workmaster`s mark VS for Vasiliy Semenov, assay master I.K for Ivan Konstantinov, Moscow, 1878, all marks on the bottom of the cup, height: 7.5 cm. (3 in.); b) silver gilt cup holder, with monogram NM and inscribed Enjoy your meal in Cyrillic, 84 standard, workmaster`s mark Grachevi Brothers with Imperial warrant, St. Petersburg, 1896-1898, height: 6.5 cm. (2 1/2 in.), all marks on the bottom of the cup holder.
NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA (FRENCH 1807-1876)Bouquet de Fleurs, 1857oil on canvas43.4 x 34.5 cm (17 1/8 x 13 5/8 in.)signed lower left; signed and dated on verso Born to Spanish political refugees in Bordeaux, France, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena found himself orphaned and penniless at ten years old. While still a child, he lost his leg from a viper bite and he gained local recognition for both his wooden leg and his exceptional skill as a painter.In 1836, Diaz met Theodore Rousseau and the two became friends, neighbors, and fellow artists in the village of Barbizon. Rousseau had a strong influence on Diaz, even giving him lessons on how to paint trees. Diaz remained popular throughout his career Ð he had active followers and was creating works for private patrons. He reached the height of his fame in 1855 and was regarded as a master landscapist who fully understood and used the lure of the forest of Fontainebleau. In 1863, Diaz met Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frederic Bazille, who admired his brilliant colors; his late landscapes very likely influenced the impressionists.
NARCISSE VIRGILE DIAZ DE LA PENA (FRENCH 1807-1876)Repas Champetre en Foret de Fontainebleau, 1863oil on canvas19.8 x 30.2 cm (7 7/8 x 11 7/8 in.)signed lower right; signed, titled and dated upper stretcher on verso LOT NOTESThis work is dedicated to Claude Monet. Inscribed on verso a l`artiste Claude Monet. N. Diaz Born to Spanish political refugees in Bordeaux, France, Narcisse Diaz de la Pena found himself orphaned and penniless at ten years old. While still a child, he lost his leg from a viper bite and he gained local recognition for both his wooden leg and his exceptional skill as a painter.In 1836, Diaz met Theodore Rousseau and the two became friends, neighbors, and fellow artists in the village of Barbizon. Rousseau had a strong influence on Diaz, even giving him lessons on how to paint trees. Diaz remained popular throughout his career Ð he had active followers and was creating works for private patrons. He reached the height of his fame in 1855 and was regarded as a master landscapist who fully understood and used the lure of the forest of Fontainebleau. In 1863, Diaz met Claude Monet, Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley and Frederic Bazille, who admired his brilliant colors; his late landscapes very likely influenced the impressionists.
English School, 19th Century Portrait of Henry Vigne, Master of the Epping Harriers, as a young man, in a black coat and blue cravat oil on canvas in a gilt swept frame 75 x 63cm (29 x 25in) Provenance: By descent within the family of the sitter Other Notes: Henry Vigne lived at The Oaks, Woodford, Essex. Some craquelure overall. Old stretcher bar marks can be seen from the front.
*Prints & Engravings. A collection of various antiquarian steel engravings, etchings and Old Master prints, mostly 18th and 19th century, including a mezzotint portrait of Edward Heardson, Cook to the Ad Libitum Society, by J. R. Smith after James Barry, etched portrait of John Stuart Mill by Rajon after G.F. Watts, mixed method engraving of Sarah Siddons as the Tragic Muse, by Francis Haward after Reynolds, 1778 (trimmed near border line), large scale engravings including Tilbury Fort by Willmore after Clarkson Stanfield, The House of Commons in 1860, by J.G. Barlow after John Phillip (signed by Phillip), Family of Lions, by Atkinson after Rosa Bonheur, 1881 (signed by the engraver), a quantity of stipple engravings reissued on silk, an late 18th century oval embroidered landscape on silk, etc (approx. 40)
19TH CENTURY FOLLOWER OF JAKOB BOGDANI A PHEASANT AND FLOWERS IN A LANDSCAPE WITH RUINS oil on canvas, 67 x 88cm++A 19th c decorative old master in the style of 17tth/18th century flower pictures, lined and conserved for the vendor's family c1970 and some old incrained dirt, the varnish possibly in need of a light clean
ATTRIBUTED TO GUIDO RENI (1575-1642) The Virgin Mary standing over the Infant Christ, pen, brown ink and brown wash, the paper joined at the centre, 21 x 16cm Prov. With Richard Day, 173 New Bond St., London Exh 'Italian Old Master Drawings November 16th - December 3rd 1971' (A leading specialist of works by Guido Reni has been consulted about this drawing. For further details please contact the Mallams saleroom)(Lots 158-170)A fine collection of etchings, drawings and watercolours until recently on loan to the Ashmolean Museum: This intriguing collection of etchings, drawings and watercolours was gathered together by Jean and Bill Beale. They lived beside the Thames at Chelsea in London through the nineteen sixties and seventies while Bill worked in the Foreign Office. A birthday or a wedding anniversary meant a joyful trip to a central London art dealer to look, reflect and then purchase a drawing or watercolour. Many were bought from New Bond Street art galleries like Colnaghi’s, John Baskett and Richard Day, the renowned central London fine art specialists of this period. This can be seen on the backing to the frames. In later life the Beales moved to a village in Oxfordshire. The subject matter of their pictures reflected their interest in rural England, the Thames and the highest standard of British and European drawing and watercolour painting. In the 1990’s the collection was placed on loan to the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, which has conserved their fine condition that makes them such a pleasure to look at today. All but two are unframed but professionally re-mounted to museum specification, however the frames with their labels have been preserved and are sold in their respective lots
6th century AD. A buckle set of garnet and gold elements comprising: D-shaped garnet loop with expanded outer edge; gold tongue-shaped plaque with returned straps; tongue-shaped setting with inset garnet cloisons forming a disc with flanking triangular cells, three attachment pins; narrow tongue with three rectangular inset garnet cloisons, forward edge curved over the loop. See Heynoswki, R. Bestimmungsbuch Archaeologie: Gürtel, Munich, 2017, type 2.1.10.11 grams, 40mm (2 1/2"). From an old European collection; acquired in Munich in the 1970s. Dr. Bonewitz notes: 'The carving of the loop is of an extremely high standard, and is very unusual for the period. It is the work of a master lapidary.' Extremely fine condition.
Manner of Girolamo Francesco Maria Mazzola, called Parmigianino (1503-1540) Madonna and Child with St John the Baptist Sleeping, oil on panel, 165 x 205 mm. (6 1/2 x 8 in), unframed Provenance:Private collection, Scotland⁂ There are two other known works based on the same composition as the present work; one was in the collection of Prof. R.A. Humphrey's, London, and another was sold at Sotheby's in 2011 (see Old Master Paintings, Day Sale, 8th December 2011, lot 113; sold for £17,500). The composition is derived from a chiaroscuro woodcut by Antonio da Trento after a drawing by Parmigianino, thought to have been lost during the second world war (see Bartsch 12).
Art, Architecture & Clocks, 22 volumesMillais, John Guille The Life and Letters of Sir John Everett Millais. London: Methuen & Co., 1902. Third edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary red morocco gilt with floral tooling to spine; MacQuoid, Percy & Ralph Edwards The Dictionary of English Furniture. London: Country Life, 1924. 3 volumes, folio, original green cloth gilt; MacGibbon, David & Thomas Ross The Castellated and Domestic Architecture of Scotland... Edinburgh, 1990. 5 volumes, 8vo, green cloth; M. Harris and Sons A Catalogue and Index of Old Furniture and Works of Decorative Art, [n.d.] 3 volumes, 4to; Symonds, R.W. English Furniture from Charles II to George II. London: The Conoisseur, 1929. Folio, original cloth gilt; Cescinsky, Herbert The Old English Master Clockmakers. London: George Routledge & Sons, Ltd., 1938. 8vo, black cloth, spine detaching; and 7 others, sold not subject t return (22)
[MacTaggart, Ann], and others, 14 booksMemoirs of a Gentlewoman of the Old School. London: Hurst, Chance, and Co., 1830. 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt, bookplates of Francis Frederick Fox, a little light foxing, some rubbing to covers and spines; [Mackenzie, Henry] The Man of Feeling. London: W. Strahan..., 1781. New edition, 12mo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, bookplate; Urquhart, Sir Thomas, translator Master Francis Rabelais. London: Lawrence and Bullen, 1892. 2 volumes, 4to., number 807 of 1000 copies, crushed brown half morocco with decorative floral motifs to spines, bookplate of the Library of the Dominican Fathers, London; [Whyte, Henry, and others] The Tartans of the Clans and Septs of Scotland... Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1906. 2 volumes, small 4to., contemporary half morocco gilt, neatly rebacked; Drummond, William, of Hawthornden The Works. Edinburgh: Printed by James Watson, 1711. Folio, portrait, contemporary panelled calf; and 6 others, sold not subject to return (14)Note: The MacTaggart work is unusual. Copac lists only one copy, in the British Library. The memoirs of a female descendent of an old Scottish family, The Literary Gazette and Journal of Belles Lettres, Arts, Sciences for the year 1830 writes a rather disparaging review of the work: Truly the production of an elderly lady, - gossipings of some fifty years ago, to which affection might listen in a family circle, but little likely to attract the public.
Twenty two British silver table spoons, mainly George III, both top and bottom marked, mainly initialled or crested, including: an Irish old English example by Michael Keating, Dublin 1794; and A German pointed end example by Gottlieb Ephaim Wulsten, Danzig, assay master Johann Jakob Raths (1829-1833 and 1836), pricked J. F. Hein in Danzig , 1507g (48.45 oz) gross (23) J. F. Hein was a ship's chandler in Danzig during the middle of the 19th century. The maritime museum Kapiteinshuis, Nieuwe Pekela in the Netherlands has a large collection of captain's spoons, among which there are three from J. F. Hein, with maker's mark Wulsten.
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