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Click here to subscribeFour pin cushions and cards, comprising a rectangular example with silk panel for Punch Magazine Vol. No. 2060, 1881, 6cms, another as the Queen of Clubs, 4.5cms, another hand painted with clover leaves, 3.5cms, and a miniature book titled to spine 'Pointed Jokes Vol. 1', 3.5cms. (4) A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
A rosewood Tunbridge ware jewellery box, of rectangular form, the concave sides with a band of floral mosaic (very minor loss around key hole), the cushion lid with an inset panel of floral mosaic within a border of floral mosaic, the interior lined in red velvet the tray with a canted border of mosaic, 21 x 14.5 x 9cms. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A good rosewood Tunbridge ware rectangular games box, the concave sides with a broad band of floral mosaic with stick ware circular escutcheon, the cushion top with a fine mosaic panel of Bayham Abbey within a broad band of floral mosaic, the re-lined compartmentalised interior with central cribbage board, minor loss to back left corner of lid and slight crack, 27 x 21.5 x 8cms. The base with hand written label 'Henry Hollamby 1819-1893 Mfd 1842-1890'. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A small birds eye maple Tunbridge ware sewing box, of sarcophagal form and raised on four bun feet, the canted lid with a central mosaic geometric panel within two borders of stick ware, the re-lined interior with removeable pin cushion, needle book, rosewood thimble, stick ware waxer and nine thread winders, 16.8 x 11.5 x 6cms. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
An unusual Tunbridge ware stand by Thomas Barton, of square form raised on four rosewood bun feet, the concave sides inlaid with a broad band of floral mosaic below a canted border of geometric mosaic enclosing a plum velvet panel, printed paper label to base 'T. Barton late Nye…..', 29cms sq. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
Three rectangular sewing companions, comprising a leatherette example, the engraved brass lid inset with an oval electrotype panel of a woman with cherubs under glass, the lid interior inset with mirror over a flush fitted velvet base with four silver mounted tools (blade to seam knife changed), two mother of pearl thread winders, thimble lacking, with squab, 17cms, an early 20th Century example with eight silver or silver mounted tools, 18cms, and a linen covered example with contents, 16.5cms. (3) From the estate of a European collector Part 2
A William IV rosewood and inlaid sewing box, of rectangular form the front and lid inlaid with marquetry panels of vases of flowers, the lid with mother of pearl butterflies within pewter lines, the interior with later velvet lid panel over a red paper covered lidded and compartmentalised tray. The contents including a set of six cut mother of pearl top reels, a bone and mother of pearl top tape measure, a similar emery, a French silver thimble, steel scissors and a few other tools, the box raised on replacement rosewood bun feet and with replacement rosewood ring handles, 28 x 20 x 12.5cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A scarce rosewood Tunbridge ware rectangular box, the lid with an inset mosaic panel of a cottage with door and three windows within two geometric mosaic borders, the sides with a broad band of scrolling mosaic, old silk lined interior, 18 x 9 x 5.7cms. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A mid Victorian rosewood and cut mother of pearl sewing box of sarcophagal form, attractively fitted, the box on rosewood bun feet, mother of pearl floral panel escutcheon, the lid with four floral cut mother of pearl panels enclosing a raised tablet engraved with initials. The interior in yellow paper and silk, the lid interior fitted with a mirror over a lidded and compartmentalised tray with fitted pin cushions and needle books, with a set of six floral mother of pearl top reel holders, silver thimble, floral silver waxer, silver floral and leaf decorated cylinder tape measure, silver handled stiletto with sheath, a pair of silver handled scissors the arms decorated with flowers and leaves with matching sheath, and a silver needle case containing a silver bodkin. With remnants of a printed label 'Old Bond Street, Bath …..', 25.5 x 17.5 x 12cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A finely fitted kingwood and brass inlaid small format sewing box, circa 1835, of rectangular form, three sides and the lid inlaid with brass lines, the latter with a central tablet initialled 'EHB', the interior with ruched silk lid panel over a flush fitted partial tray with a fine selection of fittings comprising a pencil in oval section silver case one side engraved with flowers the other as a 4ins. rule, a mother of pearl handled stiletto, a steel bladed folding knife by Edwards with mother of pearl scales and gold mounts, a fine pair of gold scissors with cased steel blades, flower head rivet to floral and shell arms below engraved edge loops, a pair of delicate steel scissors with file cut loops, and an oval section silver needle case of tapering form and bright cut engraved, indistinct makers mark to base, the lower section fitted with a small dovetailed reel box, 19.5 x 15 x 7.5cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A rare painted velvet, gilt foil and brass mounted Regency sewing box of sarcophagal form, raised on lion paw feet and with side ring handles on floral mounts, the front fitted with a drawer with conforming handle below an anthemion escutcheon, the sides in basket weave gilt foil, the stepped top in floral painted velvet with ornamental gilt brass corner mounts, the interior with a floral painted velvet lid panel over two conforming pin cushions to the lower section divided by two cotton balls, the division to the remainder now lacking, 31 x 20.5 x 16cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A Georgian partridge wood and inlaid small format sewing box, of rectangular form, the top inlaid with an oval conche shell within a crossbanded and line inlaid border, the lid interior with a painted silk panel of a lady playing a harp, the lower compartmentalised section in red morocco with thimble stand and boxwood thimble, pin cushion, leather book form needle flannel, and tool card with three steel tools, with key, 18.5 x 14 x 6cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A late Tunbridge ware figured oak card box, of rectangular form, the lid with an inset mosaic panel of a thatched cottage within a border of geometric mosaic, on bun feet, the lid internally stamped for 'Royal Tunbridge Wells' and additionally stamped to base, repairs around hinges, 20.5 x 11.5 x 7.5cms. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A three piece silver sewing set, circa 1840, contained in a rectangular mother of pearl case, the canted lid rising to a panel of abalone and mother of pearl centred by a silver tablet, the blue silk and velvet lined three division interior with silver double ended pin cushion, tape measure with reduced printed tape, and a silver button end waxer, 6.2 x 4.2 x 2.7cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
Two Tunbridge ware card boxes, comprising a rectangular rosewood example, the lid titled in mosaic 'Besique', within multiple borders, the interior with two packs of cards, pocket guide, two score boards and four bone markers, complete with key, 13cms, and another in mahogany, the domed lid with a panel of floral mosaic within geometric mosaic border, internal stamp for Tunbridge Wells Manufacturing Co. Ltd., 11.5cms. (2) From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A fine late 18th Century continental enamel etui, with a full complement of fittings, of oval section and tapering form decorated with four panels of figures in classical landscapes with a further panel to the lid, the panels within raised dot and scroll white borders, copper gilt mounts and hinge. The interior with steel scissors with gilt hinged handles, bodkin/earspoon, spoon, pencil holder, folding knife with leaf scroll scales, ivory tweezer, and a further bodkin the last possibly a replacement, two feint cracks to one side of lid, internal cracks to interior of lid not affecting image, 10cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
An 18th Century ivory silk sewing wallet, with anthemion and floral printed or painted decoration, gilt button, edged in gold lace, the interior with two variant silk pockets divided by a green two panel graduated flannel edged in gilt wire, 9.5 x 6.7cms closed. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
An Anglo-Indian horn and ivory mounted sewing box, circa 1830, of rectangular form with canted lid, the whole overlaid with pierced and engraved ivory and raised on ivory paw feet, the sandal wood interior with lid panel over a compartmentalised base with three engraved ivory mounted lids, a multiple reel and two fitted pin cushions, with three hardwood engine turned reels, lid strut lacking, some losses to ivory fret, 20.5 x 16 x 8cms.
A good leather cased silver sewing trio, circa 1830, the red leather rectangular case with a gilt tooled and colour onlay panel of flowers and leaves, the three division interior in red velvet and silk with an attractive silver thimble with floral and leaf border, a girdle form silver pin cushion and a silver button end waxer, case, 5.8 x 3.6 x 2.3cms.
Tunbridge ware - four pieces, comprising a small rectangular tray with base panel of cube work within a geometric mosaic border, 10.8cms, a rosewood circular pin dish with geometric stick ware motif, 7.6cms, a rosewood pin hinge rectangular box the lid with floral mosaic panel within geometric borders, canted sides, the base with oval retailers label 'From Meghurst's Manufactory - A Trifle From Malvern', 8.4cms, and a paper knife with geometric mosaic handle, 19.5cms. (4) From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A fine Anglo-Indian ivory veneered sewing box, Vizagapatam, circa 1820, of sarcophagal form engraved with floral and other bands of decoration in black lac, the lid with radiating fan panel below a carved tablet, on lion paw carved bracket feet. The sandal wood interior with hinged ivory inlaid lid panel over a compartmentalised tray with three engraved ivory lids, multiple reel, and two pin cushions, the space below the tray with further divisions, 21 x 15.5 x 15.5cms.
A 19th Century French split and coloured straw work sewing companion, of stepped and tapering cylinder form, in three sections, the pull off lid with a circular panel of flowers revealing a thread compartment with bone aperture over a tapering thimble container with thimble and a needle case, the body in geometric mosaic, 12.5cms.
A rare Tunbridge ware mahogany writing box, the lid with an inset mosaic panel of Tunbridge Castle within twin borders of geometric mosaic and chequer stringing, the interior with original blind tooled velvet writing slope within geometric mosaic borders below stationery compartments, pen tray and two variant brass top ink wells, complete with key, repaired split to mosaic lid panel, 35.5 x 25 x 16cms. From the Hamlin Collection of Tunbridge Ware Part 2
A mid 19th Century rosewood sewing box, of rectangular form, the lid and front with cut brass borders, escutcheon and lid cartouche, the front fitted with a shallow drawer, the sides with brass flush fitting carrying handles. The interior with blue silk rouched panel over a compartmentalised tray with a few accessories including umbrella form needle case and two mother of pearl top reels, 30.5 x 20 x 15.2cms.
A satin wood collectors cabinet - a 20th Century masterpiece of cabinet making by Max Cooper, in the Sheraton style, of oval form, the top gently rising to an inlaid oval tablet the whole inlaid in various woods with flowers, harebells, leaf scrolls, flowering branches and other motifs, the base crossbanded in kingwood over a moulded plinth base. The front fitted with a pair of spring activated curved doors operated by push catches and opening to reveal an arrangement of six bow front drawers arranged as three pairs each in rose wood with line inlay and turned handles, the draw linings in macassar ebony with the dovetail details highlighted by boxwood lines, the drawer backs curved. The base finely veneered with a central circular marquetry panel of a butterfly and raised on eight dome feet, 47.5cms max. width, 32cms depth, 28cms high. † This exceptional collector's cabinet was commissioned in 1988 as a 25th wedding anniversary gift, it was invoiced on the 24th September 1988 at a cost of £3,500 and took a total of 480 hours to complete. Sold with invoice, original photographs, letters and note concerning the woods employed; 'Chasis in laminates of Gaboon, veneered with satin wood (West Indies), inlaid with marquetry of tulip wood, rose wood, yew wood, green sycamore, pear wood, wenge, walnut, Aphromosia.
A mid 19th Century French tortoiseshell and gold inlaid etui, with silver gilt fittings, the case of shaped oval form, the lid inlaid with an oval panel of dots centred by a shield, the base with an oval outlined panel of flowers. The flush fitted interior with engraved silver gilt tools comprising stiletto, needle case (some dents), scissors, and a thimble (latter probably replaced), bodkin lacking, 11.5cms.
An unusual format and particularly well fitted papier mâché sewing box, circa 1830, the box of rectangular cushion form raised on a smaller plinth base and decorated with gilt scrolls, polychrome painted panels of birds and flowers. The interior of the lid with green silk panel over a green silk and velvet compartmentalised tray with a complete set of ten mother of pearl top reels and seven silver or silver mounted tools in the style of Joseph Taylor comprising basket form pin cushion, floral cylinder tape measure (tape within), thimble, reeded and leaf decorated needle case, fish form bodkin, floral handled scissors with sheath (one arm with neat repair), and a stiletto, 24 x 19 x 12.5cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
An unusual late 18th Century/early 19th Century Chinese silver needle case, of square section, each with a panel of filigree overlay with a building and other motifs highlighted in coloured enamels, one with an oval tablet 'MW to EM', the thimble style cover below a branch finial, 8.5cms. From the collection of Enid Riley Part 1
A fine 19th Century French carved ivory needle case in the form of a quiver of arrows, the top section carved as feathers and sticks, the lower section with a panel carved with horticultural tools to one side and love birds and flowers to the other over a carved terminal, very minor chip to one corner of feather, 9.4cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
A 19th Century French carved bone needle or toothpick case, of rectangular form the sliding lid carved with a figure in a carriage pulled by love birds, scallop form thumb piece, the border with cut steel pins, some loss to edges of sliding lid not affecting the panel, 7.8cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Three 19th Century needle books, comprising an ivory example, the covers pierced with an oval panel depicting a dog amid pierced motifs, blue silk interior incorporating a pin cushion, 5 x 3.8cms, another with geometric pierced covers, 5.4cms, and a bone example with leaf pierced boards, 4.8cms. (3) A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
Three leather slant top needle packet boxes relating to Rodgers, comprising a dark green example the top with gilt crown and 'Superior Needles' over a front panel 'Joseph Rodgers and Sons, Sheffield, Cutlers To Her Majesty', 4.7cms, another near identical in brown leather, and another similar in dark green leather, the front with variant lettering 'Rodgers and Sons, Sheffield, Cutlers To Her Majesties', 5.8cms. (3)
A leather needle packet box and a similar leather thimble case, the first in tooled green leather in the form of a miniature book titled at the closure in gilt 'Kinning and Cos Needles', paper lined interior, the lid with a printed silk panel of stag and hare, 4.2cms, the red leather thimble box titled in gilt 'Lister and Co', paper and red velvet interior, 3.2cms. (2)
* Court Rolls: Hensall Court, Yorkshire, 1600-1623 & 1626, 1633, 1635 & 1639, manuscript on two rolls of stitched vellum membranes, each court is conducted by Robert Somerscales, then from 1602, William Richard, and opens with a prescription giving the date of its holding, then a list of the sworn panel of jury men, then often a list of men who owe suit at court but are in default, with their fines indicated above their names, usually 4d or 6d, plus records of land conveyances, with some precise descriptions and scattered references to the old manorial strip system of farming, fines include one relating to a feud between Charles Salmon and Lord of the Manor of Hethensall, Alan Percy, succeeded in 1619 by Jaslin Percy, whereby Salmon is accused of various offences including cutting and uprooting woodland and digging up the dividing baulk between his Lord's lands and another, leading to Salmon's lands being seized and a heavy fine being paid, etc., the earlier court rolls for 1600-23 on 16 stitched vellum membranes, the other for courts on 5 stitched membranes, each measuring approximately 60-80 cm in length x 28 cm wide, some soiling, occasional rubbing of text with loss of legibility, a few scattered holes and tearsQty: (2)NOTESHensall is a village now in North Yorkshire in an area known as the Humberhead Levels. An old 15-page photocopy of a typed summary of the Rolls plus a few other related photocopies is included with the lot.Note: This lot is subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls. Accordingly the purchasers of the documents lie under an obligation to notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and to provide details of where they will be kept. They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls.
* Edward Jenner (1749-1823). Pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology. An important unpublished Autograph Letter Signed, 'Edw[ar]d Jenner]', Bond Street, [London], 15 April 1802, to the Yorkshire physician Dr [John Glover] Loy, about vaccination and equination, being an enthusiastic and triumphant response to a pamphlet by Dr Loy [dedicated to Jenner] proving Jenner's own early assertions about the equine origin of cowpox, '… I know of no Production on the Vaccine subject which has afforded me more satisfaction, since it was first brought before the Public, than yours. It contains the Experimentum Crucis & has effectually put a stop to the sneers of those little minded Persons who think everything impossible which does not come within the narrow sphere of their own comprehension. I regret that your confirmation of the Fact I had adduced, is not more generally known. You will be surprised to hear that this day before a Committee of the House of Commons, Dr [George] Pearson exalted at having refuted my preposterous supposition respecting the origin of the Cowpox. This circumstance alone will, I trust, induce you to send some of your pamphlets to London where they have a long time been loudly call’d for and I hope too that you will fully advertise it in the London Papers. …', concluding the letter with indirect reference to true and spurious horsepox, 3 pages with further text written horizontally at head and foot of page 4 (inside folds of address panel), some age wear to folds, small contemporary light blue-green stain to one fold intersection in lower part of letter, with very slight acidic loss to paper but barely touching letters and with no loss of sense and away from signature, indistinct circular postmark and seal remains, address and outer panels soiled, 4to, together with a half-length oval albumen print portrait of Dr Loy as an elderly man, 1850s, 9 x 7 cm, passe-partout mount within decorative oval wooden wall frame, inscribed 'Dr Loy' in an old hand to backing paper, overall 27 x 23 cmQty: (2)NOTESFrom the family of Dr John Glover Loy (1774-1865) by direct descent. An important unpublished letter concerning the work of Dr Loy which proved Jenner's view that the origins of cowpox was a disease of horses known as 'grease' (horsepox), and supported the role of horsepox in the prevention of smallpox. W.R. LeFanu, A Bio-Bibliography of Edward Jenner 1749-1823 lists only 3 letters from Loy to Jenner, 26 December 1802 and two undated letters from 1803. See John G. Loy, An Account of Some Experiments on the Origin of Cow-Pox, Whitby, 1801. Dedicated 'To Edward Jenner, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S., etc.'. 13 October 1801. [LeFanu, p. 151] José Esparza, Livia Schrick, Clarissa R. Damaso & Andreas Nitsche, 'Equination (inoculation of horsepox): 'An early alternative to vaccination (inoculation of cowpox) and the potential role of horsepox virus in the origin of the smallpox vaccine', Vaccine, 35:52, 19 December 2017, pp. 7222-7230: 'A little-known fact is that Edward Jenner himself considered that the preventative against smallpox which is present in cowpox lesions, in fact derived from a disease of horses known as “grease” (horsepox). Early in the 19th century, European physicians conducted experiments that seemed to confirm the hypothesis that horsepox could protect against smallpox. Because of the relative rarity of cases of spontaneous cowpox, matter obtained from either cowpox or horsepox was interchangeably used in the protection against smallpox. Congruent with the use of the word vaccination, the inoculation from the horse (Lat. equus) was referred to as “equination”.' (p. 7223). 'The first independent evidence in support of a horsepox role in the prevention of smallpox was published in 1801 by John Glover Loy, a Yorkshire physician. Loy described several cases of people who became infected while treating horses suffering from grease or of individuals inoculated with horse matter that had been passaged in cows. Loy reported that the lesions produced had exactly the appearance of genuine cowpox, and in many cases the individuals were shown to be protected from variolation. A most important observation made by Loy was that “two kinds of Grease exist, differing from each other in the power of giving disease to the human or brute animal”, an observation that mirrors Jenner’s description of “true” and of “spurious” cowpox, which could explain the lack of success of some earlier investigators who attempted to equinate. The work of Loy was not in total agreement with Jenner’s original hypothesis which required that the horse matter was first modified by a passage in the cow before it could fully function as a preventative of smallpox. Nevertheless, Jenner considered that Loy’s work “decisively proves (his) early assertions” about the horse origin of vaccinia, although Jenner never again adopted the horsepox theory in his publications. Additional confirmation of the horsepox hypothesis was provided by Luigi Sacco, an Italian physician responsible for the early introduction and widespread use of vaccination in Northern Italy. In a letter from Sacco to Jenner, dated 25 March 1803, he explains that after reading the book by John Loy, he was encouraged to continue his own experiments to try to obtain the vaccine from horses with grease.' (pp. 7224-5).
* Illuminated Leaf. Illuminated leaf from a Book of Hours, Northern France, circa 1500, manuscript in black ink on a single vellum leaf, 18 lines of text, written in a lettre bâtarde hand, 3-line initial in white, infilled with a rose, and 11 single-line initials in liquid gold on blue or red grounds (5 to the recto and 6 to verso), line fillers in matching gold on blue or red backgrounds, text on recto enclosed within full geometric panel border, composed of blue and gold acanthus, coloured flowers (roses, daisies and bluebells) and in the lower border, 2 large cockerels, the decoration on white and gold grounds, leaf size 147 x 104 mm, tab-mounted in cream card window-mountQty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Private Collection, South Gloucestershire, England. The text is from the sixth of the Seven Penitential Psalms: Domine ne in furore tuo arguas me, neque in ira tua corribias me. Miserere mei Domine, quoniam infirmus sum, sana me Domine quoniam conturbata sunt ossa mea (Lord rebuke me not in thy fury, nor chastise me in thy wrath. Have mercy on me Lord, because I am weak, heal me Lord, because all my bones be troubled).
A good 18th Century English Staffordshire enamel bodkin case, of cylinder form, the blue ground overlaid with white scrolling flowers and stems, the lower section with two reserved panels of classical ruins with a further panel to the top, copper gilt ferrule and core, 11.6cms. A private collection - a passion for collecting of forty years Part 1
A rosewood Tunbridge ware netting box, of rectangular form, the sides with a border of floral scroll mosaic, the dome top lid with a rectangular inset incorporating a mosaic panel of flowers and leaves within an outer border of geometric mosaic, silk lined interior, with key, 24.2 x 10 x 7cms max.
An unusual Tunbridge ware rectangular box, the sides completely in mosaic with two broad bands of geometric and patterned mosaic, mother of pearl circular escutcheon, the hinged lid with a panel of cube and star work encircling cubes part executed in alternate bands of wood within a geometric mosaic border, interior in tartan style paper, 15.2 x 11.2 x 7.5cms.
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