Attributed to Cornelis Ketel (Gouda 1548-1616 Amsterdam)Portrait of Sir George Gill of Wyddial Hall, Hertfordshire, three-quarter-length, in armour inscribed 'IN DESPECTO DE FORTUNO' (upper left) and dated and charged with sitter's coat-of-arms 'Ao 1578.' (upper right)oil on panel108.4 x 69.9cm (42 11/16 x 27 1/2in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, GermanyFrom the date and the coat-of-arms the sitter in the present portrait can be identified as George Gill (or Gyll) of Wyddial (before 1565 – 1619) who was an officer in the English army and was on the expedition which sacked Cadiz in 1596, along with Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, Lord Thomas Howard, Sir Walter Raleigh, and Sir Francis Vere, each of whom commanded a squad.The coat-of-arms on the painting has been identified by Thomas Woodcock FSA, Garter King of Arms at the College of Arms in London, as follows: the first quarter is Lozengy Argent and Sable a Lion rampant guardant Argent; the second quarter, Argent two chevronels Sable each charged with three Mullets Argent on a Canton Gules a Lion passant gardant Or; the third quarter Argent on a Fess Sable between three Crosses formy Gules three Martlets Or; and the fourth quarter Argent three Bars and in chief three Mulletts Gules. Somewhat unusually the second as well as the first quartering can be identified as those of the Gill family. The third quartering is that of the family of Canon, indicating that the sitter is the descendant of the marriage of John Gill and Margaret, daughter and heir of George Canon of Wyddial in 1508. This couple had four sons, the eldest of whom was George Gill who was recorded as dying in 1568; this George Gill's eldest son was John Gill of Buckland and Wyddial who was High Sheriff of Hertfordshire in 1575. His eldest son, another George, was the sitter in the present picture. Interestingly, the fourth quartering on the portrait seems to be a slight mis-interpretation of the arms of Washington, ancestors of the American President, which are Gules three bars and in chief three Mullets Argent (some of the tinctures have been reversed). There is no surviving evidence either to show that Gill's mother was or was not an heraldic heiress of the Washington family, but there is only one other coat (that of Kempston in Warwickshire) which is remotely similar. Wyddial Park, formerly the seat of the Gill family, consists of an estate of 1,187 acres close to the village of Wyddial (or Widiall), which is a parish in the hundred of Edwinstree in the county court district of Royston, in the north-east corner of Hertfordshire. This tiny village lies on the pre-Roman Icknield Way, deemed to be the oldest road in Britain, and probably first used in the late stone age. The ancient church of Saint Giles there contains several stained glass windows, including two in the aisle thought to be by a Dutch or Flemish artist of the 17th century, and some monuments and brasses to the Gulston, Gill and Ellis families; there are also brasses commemorating the Gill family which date from 1535-1600.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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WORLDTEESDALE (HENRY) New Chart of the World on Mercator's Projection, with the Tracks of the Most Celebrated & Recent Navigators, very large hand-coloured map engraved by John Dower, on 2 sheets (joined), laid on linen, black silk ribbon border, attached to a contemporary roller with ratchet mechanism and original release pull, the map terminating with contemporary wooden batten with metal ring pull, light soiling, a few small tears and repairs to blank margins, the map rolling into a contemporary semi-circular reeded mahogany and oak case (147 x 2130 x 133mm.), wooden title panel ('World') in black ink on gilt, total dimensions of map approximately 1280 x 1900mm., Henry Teesdale, 1839Footnotes:A FINE COPY OF TEESDALE'S MONUMENTAL WORLD MAP, rolling into a contemporary wooden case for fixing to the wall. Texas was declared a Republic in 1836, but not being recognised by Britain, it is still shown here as part of Mexico.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROUSSELET (JEAN-PIERRE)Prières de la messe écrites par Rousselet, ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT on paper, in French, 39 leaves, 12 lines plus heading, written in black ink in a fine regular rounded roman hand, the headings in red (Italic script) and blue (roman), illuminated initials throughout in blue and white on highly burnished gold and red grounds, each page within border of burnished gold and red, title within decorative ornamental borer decorated with a basket and cornucopias of flowers, 2 full-page miniatures (Agony in the Garden and Crucifixion) within ornamental borders, 2 part titles with ornamental borders incorporating a vignette (Papal tiara beneath heavenly canopy and Christ administering the Sacrament), 2 large decorative tailpieces (the second incorporating the Holy dove), nineteenth century French morocco gilt in fanfare style, the covers with wide border of leaf sprays, stars, dots and flower corner-pieces enclosing a large central panel of repeated flower sprays, red morocco doublures with gilt dentelles, vellum free endpapers bordered in gilt, g.e., 8vo (220 x 140mm.), [Paris, c.1720-1730]Footnotes:A FINELY EXECUTED ROCOCO ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT BY JEAN-PIERRE ROUSSELET, in an elaborately decorated binding. Active in Paris 1677-1736, Rousselet followed very much in the tradition of Nicolas Jarry. A skilled calligrapher and painter to King Louis XIV, he also worked for rich and influential patrons such as the Duke of Richelieu and the Pontchartrain family, his numerous commissions including Le Labyrinthe de Versailles, l'Office de la Sainte Chapelle, le livre de mariage de Marie Leszczynska, and a number of Prières de la messe. 'Un charmant calligraphe... Il était de plus remarquable ornemaniste, décorant lui-meme ses manuscripts qui sont d'une grande richesse' (Roger Portalis, 'Nicolas Jarry et la calligraphie au XVIIe siècle' in Bulletin du bibliophile, 1896-1897). The present volume is a new addition to the twenty or so known Prières de la messe manuscripts listed by Portalis and on Rousselet's Wikipedia page.Provenance: Randle Leigh, M.D., armorial bookstamp on rear free endpaper; Cyril Sturla (1887-1956), bookplate; by descent to the present owner.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
BINDING - OMAR KHAYYÁMKHAYYÁM (OMAR) The Rubáiyát, translated by Edward Fitzgerald, 12 hand-coloured plates after Gilbert James, full maroon morocco gilt by Bayntun of Bath, the upper cover with a central panel depicting a scene from the Rubáiyát (young woman smelling a flower in a vase), in red, green, olive and pink morocco inlays with gilt tooling, vertical side borders of a vine and foliage design in purple, green and brown inlays on gilt ground, gilt lettered title and author's name in upper and lower borders, spine with vine and foliage design in 6 panels within raised bands, g.e., purple watered-silk endpapers, slight rubbing on joints, 8vo, George Routledge,and New York, E.P. Dutton, [c.1904]This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
CHARLES I AND II - STONEYWOOD BIBLEThe Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New, OT and NT titles within typographical border, lacks additional engraved title [ESTC S122140; Herbert 513], Cambridge, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniels, Printers to the Universitie, 1637; The Genealogies Recorded in the Sacred Scriptures, title within typographical border with decorative ornament, double-page map of Canaan, 2 leaves frayed at fore-margin [ESTC S124878], [Printed by Felix Kingston, 1632-1635?]; The Whole Book of Psalmes: Collected into English Metre, title within typographical border, lacks final leaf [ESTC S122393], Cambridge, Thomas Buck and Roger Daniel, 1637, bound with an incomplete Book of Common Prayer, together 4 works bound in 1 vol., contemporary embroidered binding with stumpwork design in silver thread on blue velvet, central panel with the Prince of Wales' feathers and crown within Garter badge, incorporating a banner with the motto 'Honi soit qui mal y pense' surmounted by a large crown flanked by the initials 'C.P.' (altered to 'C.R.'), and with rose and thistle at lower inner corners, embroidered palmette design outer order, spine comprising six compartments with floral embroidery in each, rebacked retaining original spine, some wear (mostly to central banner with loss of some of the lettering to the motto), rear pastedown with remnants of eighteenth century notes (including unclear mention of names Jean Erskine and 'Moire'), loosely inserted a blue silk bookmark with a design in silver and gold thread (split at centre with some loss); housed in a nineteenth century velvet-lined morocco case, covers with 3-line fillet border, gilt roll tool inner border and thistle cornerpieces, simple lozenge centre panel with circular decorative border enclosing a large device of an upturned crown, broken sceptre and axe above a banner proclaiming 'Remember', the decorative gilt spine lettered 'Holy Bible 1637. Charles Rex. Beheaded 30th Jany. 1647', with Scottish thistle and English rose devices, and the crown and axe emblem (as on cover), edges fully gilt, rubbed, small losses to leather on spine, without key and lock-catch, the whole preserved in a nineteenth century glass-panelled display case by Drew & Cadman, Holborn (signed on handle), 4to (the Bible 220 x 155mm.), sold as an association itemFootnotes:'THE BIBLE OF KING CHARLES THE FIRST USED BY HIM ON THE SCAFFOLD DURING HIS LAST MOMENTS...' - THE STONEYWOOD BIBLE, BOUND FOR KING CHARLES II, but long reputed to have belonged to Charles I, and to have been presented by him 'upon that awful occasion to Juxon, Bishop of London who assisted the devotions of his unfortunate Monarch' (manuscript note on box). The Royal Collection holds a 1638 Book of Common Prayer with an almost identical binding, described as 'bound for King Charles II when he was Prince of Wales...' (RCIN 1047677, see Royal Collection Trust website for image, noting that Queen Victoria loaned the volume to the Burlington Fine Art Club Exhibition of Fine Binding, 1891).The Bible is in an exceptionally fine embroidered binding, decorated with the emblem of the Prince of Wales and the initials 'C.P.' (altered to 'C.R.', for Carolus Rex'), and passed through generations of the Moir and Skene families (see below), during which time several narratives, recorded in The Story of the Stoneywood Bible (1949), were attached to it: 'The Bible was kept in the chest of Stoneywood [near Aberdeen]. One day it disappeared. With it went the 'luck' of the Moirs... One of the family's maid-servants was the thief... but [whilst other valuables were lost]... the Bible was secretly returned... One morning it was found under a chestnut tree near the entrance to the Moir mansion'. A further adventure is recorded in a note, probably by its nineteenth century owner James Skene, a close friend of Sir Walter Scott, pasted to the box in which the Bible is housed: '...The Bible remained in perfect preservation untill [sic] the Rebellion [of] 1745 when it was stolen, and afterwards found in the its present dilapidated state concealed in a hole underground'.In his Horae subsecivae (1858) the celebrated Scottish essayist John Burns noted 'The family of Stoneywood seem from the earliest record down to their close, to have been devotedly attached to the house of Stuart. In the old house there long hung a portrait of Bishop Juxon, who attended Charles 1. on the scaffold, and through this prelate must have come a still more precious relic, long preserved in the family, and which is now before us, the Bible which the doomed King put into the hands of the Bishop on the scaffold, with the word 'Remember,' having beforehand taken off his cloak and presented it and the insignia of the Garter to the same faithful minister and friend... We have the sacred and royal book before us now,—a quarto, printed in 1637, bound in blue velvet, and richly embroidered and embossed with gold and silver lace. There is the crown and the Prince of Wales' feathers, showing it had belonged to Charles II when prince. He must have given it to his hapless father, as the C.P. is changed into C.R.'.Further literature: Charles Roach Smith reproduced an image of the Bible in his Collectanea Antiqua (1848-1880), stating 'There is so much external evidence of the genuineness of this very beautiful and interesting relique, that no doubt that no doubt can exist to its perfect authenticity'. This image, and a version of the story, also appeared in The Illustrated London News, 26 January 1850, at which time the Bible was in the possession of Robert Skene, of Rubislaw; Illustrated (captioned 'Prayerbook of Charles I') in Felicia Skewes of Oxford. A Memoir by E.C. Rickards, 1902; A manuscript (MS. 20478), titled 'Reminiscences and notes concerning the Moir family Bible which had belonged to Charles I' by James Skene is held by the National Library of Scotland.Provenance: Bound for Charles II, when Prince of Wales; reputedly given by Charles I to William Juxon (1582-1663), Bishop of London; bequeathed by him to Patrick Scougall [or 'Scorgie'] (1607-1682), Bishop of Aberdeen, as told in The Story of The Stoneywood Bible, reprinted from The Aberdeen Press and Journal, 26 January 1949 (a copy of which is included with the lot); William Scroogie, Bishop of Argyle, whose daughter Mary married James Moir II, of Stoneywood (1659-1739) in 1683; Moir family, subsequently through the marriage of Jean Moir to George Skene (1736-1776) of Rubislaw, Aberdeen; James Skene (1775-1864); by descent to the present owners.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROYAL ENGINEERS, CHATHAMJohn Chard's surveying and drawing instrument wooden case, with 6 instruments on purple velveteen-covered tray (others missing), box in mahogany, lid with inset metal panel stamped 'Major Chard V.C. Royal Engineers', brass corner-pieces and decorations, with key (working), 165 x 210 x 60mm.--MANUSCRIPT ADDRESS TO 'MAJOR CHARD R.E. V.C.', from 'The High Constable and Court Leet of the ancient Manor of Chatham', expressing on behalf of the inhabitants of Chatham their 'profound admiration and warmest appreciation of the cool judgment, consumate skill, and heroic valour....' shown by Chard at Rorke's Drift, and noting their pride that Chard 'received part of your military education at the School of Engineering in this neighbourhood...', ink on paper, 2 pages on a bifolium with conjugate blank, signed by G.H. Delabour (High Constable), Edward Winch (Foreman), and George Winch (Steward), folio (375 x 245mm.), 9 November 1879 (2)Footnotes:John Chard passed through the Royal Military Academy at Woolwich, before being commissioned lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 15 July 1868, after which he spent two years training at their Chatham headquarters, prior to his first posting to Bermuda in October 1870. In his address of thanks to Chard for heroism at Rorke's Drift the High Constable of Chatham proclaimed 'It is gratifying to us to recollect that you received part of your military education at the School of Engineering in this neighbourhood, and that your training there contributed in some degree to the valuable services you rendered to your Queen and country [at Rorke's Drift]'.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E.; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NEUVILLE (ALPHONSE DE)Portrait of John Chard V.C., head and shoulders, facing right, in the uniform of the Royal Engineers, oil on panel, inscribed and signed 'Au major Chard souvenir amical A. de Neuville' on the image, framed, 280 x 195mm., [c.1879-1880]Footnotes:A PREVIOUSLY UNKNOWN PORTRAIT OF JOHN CHARD BY ALPHONSE DE NEUVILLE (1836-1885), who included a prominent depiction of Chard in his painting The Defence of Rorke's Drift. In the 38-page catalogue published by the Fine Art Society to accompany the exhibition of the painting, it is noted that 'the painter has had sittings of all the principal actors in the scene who were in this country while he was at work - Major Chard, the Rev. G. Smith.... As for the localities he had the benefit of all forms of topographical record; official plans, Major Chard's sketches..., As to the incidents of the defence, he has had the use not only of Major Chard's official report, and all the letters which appeared at the time, but of many others from actors on the scene'. It is therefore probable that this rapid oil sketch portrait was taken from life at one of the men's meetings to discuss the events of Rorke's Drift.Provenance: John Chard V.C., R.E., gift from the artist Alphonse de Neuville; by descent to the present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
DHARAMPUR, BOMBAY STATE - GUJERAT'Installation of Maharana Shri Vijayadevii Ran, Raja Saheb of Dharampur, 23rd May 1921', 48 large gelatin silver prints (images 255 x 355mm.), mounted one per page (recto only) on thick card, each with printed caption, a few single wormholes to opening 2 images, rust spots on most (some quite heavy), later cloth, preserving original gilt morocco title panel (within elaborately tooled ornamental border, and with Dharampur arms) on upper cover, oblong folio (380 x 500mm.), 1921Footnotes:An album commemorating the accession to the Princely State of Dharampur, Bombay State of H.H. Maharana Vijaydevji II in 1921. Like his father he had studied at Rajkumar College, embracing modernising reforms for his State. Images include portraits of the Maharana, his father and family, visiting dignatories, welcoming arches, processions, and various stages of the ceremony (including unusually a parrot encouraged to ride a car during the garden party), with street views of the town, and major new buildings, including the Jubilee Hall, Mohan, and Narsinha Vilas, Diamond Jubilee Charitable Hospital, new jail, and girl's school.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HENDLEY (THOMAS HOLBEIN)Ulwar and its Art Treasures, FIRST EDITION, PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED BY THE MAHARAJAH BEY SINGH OF ALWAR, additional chromolithographed title, colour portrait of the Maharao Raja of Ulwar (with printed label noting that on 1 January 1889 he was 'granted the hereditary distinction of Maharaja' pasted in margin), 80 plates (numbered 1-79 and 17A, mostly chromolithographed, 2 double-page), illustrations (some colour, others photographic) in the text, all leaves on stubs, original decorative black morocco gilt, each cover with gilt-tooled border enclosing a large central panel of red morocco with elaborate design, gilt dentelles, extremities rubbed, folio (370 x 270mm.), W. Griggs, 1888Footnotes:PRESENTATION COPY FROM MAHARAJAH SIR JAI SINGH OF ALWAR, IN A SPECIAL GILT MOROCCO BINDING. Hendley based his pioneering study of Mughal art treasures on the extensive collection of the Maharaja of Alwar ('at whose whole cost this book is published', the total value of the collection estimated by the author to be about two million pounds sterling), and research he carried out 'in the native capitals of Rajputana'.Provenance: Captain Smith, presentation inscription from Maharaja Sir Jai Singh of Alwar, 'To Captain Smith. In memory of the pleasant time we spent together, and as but a poor return for all the trouble you took with with me especially on 5th September 1902 from yours sincerely Jey Singh, Ulwar'. Jai Singh (1882-1937) succeeded his father in 1892, and ruled Alwar until 1933.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
HENDLEY (THOMAS HOLBEIN)Damascening on Steel or Iron, a Practised in India, FIRST EDITION, tinted photographic frontispiece ('Group of Damasceners in Gold'), 31 colour photo-chromo-lithographed plates by W. Griggs from water colour drawings 'by Murli, Nand Lal, Chaju Lal, Ram Gopal, Jiwan, and other Indian artists', calf-backed cloth, original decorative title panel (printed in silver) mounted on upper cover, folio (375 x 270mm.), W. Griggs & Sons, 1892This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Tri-ang, England: a doll's house, Model No. DH/2, c.1927, the white-rendered single-panel two-storey exterior opening to reveal four rooms and adjoining stairwell, with original fireplaces, kitchen range and dresser, original wall and floor papers, on green painted box base, 63 w x 61h x 29cms deep.
Shelley - Art Deco Period ( 45 ) Piece Tea and Coffee Service ' Blue Iris ' Pattern. Design No 11561. Queen Anne Shape, Entered Pattern Book 1927. Description - Irises with Green Leaves on Small Panels, Yellow and Red Stylised Fruit and Grey Leaves on Large Panels, Dots and Circles on Panel Joints on White Ground. Comprises 8 Trios ' Cup, Saucer and Side Plate ' ( 24 ) Pieces, 2 Large Sandwich Plates, 1 Large Dish, 1 Coffee Pot, Milk Jug and Sugar Bowl, 3 Side Plates, 2 Fruit Dishes, 4 Coffee Cups and Saucer, 2 Side Plates, 1 Small Milk Jug, All Pieces are In Very Good Condition Except for the Coffee Pot Which has a Hairline Crack across It - Please See Photo.
Royal Doulton - Decorative Hand Painted Cabinet Plate Made for Tiffany & Company New York. c.1923-1930. The Central Painted Panel Signed by the Artist R. Johnson, Embellished with Wonderful Painted Raised Gold Borders. Diameter of Plate 10.25 Inches - 25.70 cms. All Aspects of Condition Is Excellent.
Shelley - Art Deco Period ( 12 ) Piece Part Tea-Service ' Blue Iris ' Pattern No 11561. Queen Anne Shape ' All Pieces ' Description - Irises with Green Leaves on Small Panels, Red and Yellow Stylised Fruit and Grey Leaves on Large Panel, Dots and Circles on Panel Joints. White Ground, Dark Blue Edges, Entered In Pattern Book 1927. Comprises 2 Dessert Dishes, 1 Large Sugar Bowl, 1 Trio - Cup, Saucer and Side Plate, Coffee Cup and Two Saucers, 1 Tea Cup and Saucer + 1 Tea Cup. All In Excellent Condition.
1920S/1930S RUDGE WHITWORTH (BY APPOINTMENT TO HIS MAJESTY THE KING) LIGHTWEIGHT STEP THROUGH BICYCLE MODEL 701 ROADSTER WITH ORIGINAL MAKERS PLAQUES WICKER BASKET STORAGE RACK AND A WHITE PAINTED REFLECTIVE PANEL ON THE REAR MUD GUARD PROBABLY RELATING TO THE WWII BLACK OUT REGULATIONS SUPERB DISPLAY ITEM/DECORATORS PIECE
An early 19th century Derby porcelain Campagna urn vase, decorated with a panel of brightly coloured birds, with gilt decorated blue ground, 20cm high, a Bloor Derby pot pourri vase and two Derby examples (all missing covers), and a Bloor Derby porcelain stand, together with a small collection of similar porcelain (no maker's marks) (a/f)
A 1.65m late Victorian ebonised and boxwood strung breakfront credenza with cast brass decorative embellishments and four oval Kaufmann style inset porcelain panels (two figural and two floral), with central cupboard and flanking velvet lined shelves enclosed by glazed panel doors, set on bracket base
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