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Click here to subscribeSeven pieces of 19th Century & later collectors itemsTo include tortoiseshell patch box, having four impressed studs to each corner, length 6cm, carved bone container enclosing a miniature set of dominoes, height 8cm, thimble holder modelled in the form of an acorn, miniature tape measure and bone handled fruit knife CONDITION REPORT: No pencils in this lot
Assorted militaria including medals (The 1939-1945 Star, The Africa Star with 1st Army clasp, The Italy Star, The France and Germany Star, The Defence Medal, War Medal 1939-45, with ribbons), ten assorted badges, 1914 Princess Mary gift tin, two military issue pen knives; uniforms - coat with R.A.M.C patch, two swagger sticks, coat and trousers with Royal Engineers patch, child's bandsman coat, officer's cap with R.A.M.C badge, one other officer's cap; together with four gas masks, bags, belts, and two leather satchels
A Derby Frill Vase or Perfume Pot with a pierced domed cover and a rare Yellow Canary finial. With two faces under the leaf and flower handles. The body is encrusted with flowers and a fretwork top rim. Circa 1760-65 Patch marks. Size 25cm including cover. CONDITION: Good restoration to a small section of fret work rim. A few leaves of the frill restored and some chipped. A few other leaves & petals chipped. Fire cracks to cover.
A Sheraton Period mahogany, satinwood banded and polychrome decorated demi-lune side table, the top bordered with a band of foliate ornaments, the whole raised on square tapering supports with spade terminals, probably Irish, w.132cm, d.58cm, h.86cm Condition Report / Extra Information Stands well.Minor patch repair to satinwood crossbanding at front of top.Colour good.Top with numerous surface scuffs etc.Some age wear and losses to polychrome flowers.No apparent overpainting.All four legs have been cut into halfway up and above spade feet, and with old repairs (probably previously had a stretcher?).Underside of base shows arc of unexplained holes.Some losses around feet.
Agriculture.- Cato (Marcus Porcius) & Terentius Varro. Libri de re rustica, edited by Pietro Vettori], 1543 bound with Columella (Lucius Iunius Moderatus) De re rustica libri XII, 1543 and Palladius (Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus) De re rustica libri XIIII, 1543 and [Merula] Alexandrinus (Georgius) Enarrationes vocum priscarum in libris de re rustica..., 1543 and Vettori (Pietro) Explicationes suarum in Catonem, Varronem, Columellam castigationum, 1543, together 5 works bound in 2 vol., collation: A-P8; a-z, A-K8, L4; Aa-Mm8; aa-ii8, ll4; a-i8, all but the last with woodcut printer's device on title, the second with some woodcut diagrams, second work lacking final blank, signature kk of fourth work misbound between kk & ll of third, some contemporary ink annotations to versos of titles & margins and many underlinings, cropped with the former and a few side-notes shaved, first and last leaves in each vol. rather soiled and stained, some light water-staining to end of vol.1, old ink ownership stamp of H.G.Doggett to front free endpapers, 18th century calf, red morocco labels, rubbed, vol.1 with worn patch to upper cover and wear to head of spine, [Adams S817, C2410, P111, M1358 & V676; Renouard 55, 2; Schreiber 70, a-e], 8vo (59 x 100mm.), Paris, Robert Estienne⁂ Scarce complete set of Robert Estienne's Scriptores rei rusticae, of which all five parts were issued separately.
Slavery.- Brown (William Wells) Three Years in Europe, or, Places I Have Seen and People I Have Met, first edition, lacking portrait frontispiece, half-title, patch of browning to rear pastedown, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine a little browned, spine ends and corners a little bumped, a little rubbed, g.e., an excellent copy, 8vo, 1852. ⁂ Scarce. William Wells Brown (1814-84) was a prominent Africa-American abolitionist lecturer, novelist and historian. He was born into slavery in Kentucky but escaped the North in 1834. He journeyed to London in 1849 and remained there until 1854, also travelling throughout Europe during this period. Three Years in Europe provides his account of this period including his confrontation with American slaveholders in the grounds of Crystal Palace. A year after the publication of Three Years in Europe, Brown made history by becoming the first African-American to publish a novel, Clotel (1853).
Alps.- Saussure (Horace-Bénédict de) Voyages dans les Alpes, précédés d'un Essai sur l'Histoire Naturelle des Environs de Geneve, 4 vol., mixed edition, vol.1 & 2 later editions, vol.3 & 4 first editions, half-titles, engraved title vignettes and head-pieces, 2 folding engraved maps and 22 plates on 21 sheets, all but one folding, some browning, stab-hole/tear to lower margin towards end of vol.1, attractive contemporary half mottled calf, spines ruled in gilt with red & blue roan labels, a little rubbed, small wormed patch to upper joint of vol.1, slight damage to one label of vol.4, [Mckley 169; Perret 3911], 4to, Neuchatel, Louis Fauche-Borel, 1803-04-1796-96.⁂ Saussure was almost single-handedly responsible for drawing attention to the Alps and particularly Mont Blanc. He first visited Chamonix in 1760 and established a prize for the first ascent of Mont Blanc, which was achieved in 1786. Saussure reached the summit himself the following year and published Relation abregée d'un Voyage a la Cime du Mont-Blanc, the first published account of the ascent of the mountain. The present work was his magnum opus, the first volume of which first appeared in 1779.
Ireland.- Wollstonecraft (Mary) A Vindication of the Rights of Women, vol.1 (all published), first Dublin edition, light foxing and browning, occasional staining, gathering H with patch of increased browning, [cf. PMM 242], Dublin, J.Stockdale, for James Moore, 1793 bound with [Williams (John)], "Anthony Pasquin". A Postscript to the New Bath Guide. A Poem, occasional spotting and damp-staining, light soiling to title and final f., old paper repair to title with loss to first 3 letters, Dublin, Richard White, 1790, together 2 works in 1 vol., ink inscriptions to rear pastedowns, contemporary half calf, rebacked, preserving original backstrip, rubbed, endpapers supplied, slip-case, 8vo.⁂ Two scarce Dublin imprints, the Dublin edition of A Vindication of the Rights of Women is the likely the rarest of the 18th century editions.
A Meissen style porcelain patch box, 19th century, rectangular form with waisted sides, domed hinged lid with Watteau-esque scene to centre within raised gilt scroll work border, topographical scenes to all sides, scroll thumb piece, underglaze blue crossed swords with initials E. and C. above and below, 2¼ x 1½in. (5.75 x 3.75cm.); together with a smaller oval 19th century porcelain patch box, floral bouquet design with pique work style gold enamel, gilt metal reeded mounts and shell thumb piece, 1½ x 1in. (3.8 x 2.4cm.). (2)* Condition: 1. In good condition, some space between brass rim of upper section and plaque. 2. In good condition, with no faults.
A cased set of eight Royal Worcester for Asprey demitasse coffee cups and saucers, with puce printed factory marks, date code for 1935, the tapered pedestal cups with pointed scroll handles decorated in cerise with white scalloped panels enriched with gilded swags and oval rosettes, the interiors gilded, the cups 2¼in. (5.25cm.) high, in original black faux-leather case; together with a matched set of six Royal Worcester coffee cups and saucers with similar decoration, three cups and two saucers with a black ground and earlier date codes, 1918-1922, the case matched. (2)* Condition: 1. Complete cased set: Complete case contains one cup with tiny chip to foot rim, another cup has a 3mm patch of discoluration (we think probably in the glazing process). 2. Matched set (in similiar case): contains one cup with two tiny chips to foot rim, one cup with a chip (3 x 3mm) to cup rim exterior, one cup with tiny chip to foot rim - the three black decorated cups with similiar but inferior decoration (not for Aspreys) - one cup with tiny chip to foot rim and another with two 3 mm chips to rim. one plate has a green enamel dot missing.
Knitting & Crochet Books. A collection of 9 paperback manuals, many of the authors (but not the titles) listed in Esther Potter's bibliography(The Library, 1953) the best known being Cornellia Mee & Eleonore Riego unknown are E & A Partridge of Teignmouth --Album pour Ouvrages en Frivolite, Paris, Sajou,c. 1860 [only copy found an English ed. in Bib. Nat.]; wrappers, mostly rather worn, c 1860-80-A school sewing workbook with c. 28 actual samples pasted in “Darn in Stocking-web” “ Calico patch” c. 1890-An imperfect calligraphic manual, 26 engraved leaves, mounted, defective, half calf , c. 1750 and some similar material (qty) the lot sold not subject to return
Crown Derby ginger jar, with twin gilt handles and on spreading foot, 21 cm, together with a Royal Worcester vase and cover, 29 cm high, (2). Crown Derby ginger jar: approx 4cm crack to lid. Damage/repair to gilding on base. Foot has been restored.Royal Worcester vase: Repair to lid finial. Very small patch of wear to blue glaze at top of neck. No other damage found.
19th Century portrait of a Young Woman with a Gold Locket and Chain, unsigned oil on canvas - 77 x 64 cm . Extensive craquelure , 4 visible patch repairs to the back of the canvas the largest 6cm x 3cm approxabrasion to top of head and loss of paintminor scrapes to surface and some paint loss to areas.visible stretcher marks
A 20TH CENTURY CONTINENTAL WHITE METAL AND ENAMEL COMPACT, of rectangular outline, malachite effect enamel, engraved decoration to the metal work, fitted with lipstick holder and mirror, stamped .800 to the interior, width 6.5cm x depth 5cm(condition: Enamel is in good condition but has slight scratches, the gilding is slightly worn to the interior, a patch of sticky residue on the underside which has made a slightly darker area)
A WEDGWOOD BUTTERFLY LUSTRE PEDESTAL BOWL, pattern number Z4830, single butterfly to the interior, the exterior with a band of insects, lacks factory mark, approximate diameter 12cm (condition: Lacks Wedgwood backstamp, patch of bloom on exterior of the bowl below the top rim (see image)Wearing to the gilding on rim edges and just inside bowl, some light scratches to inside of bowl.)
AN ANTIQUE 33 BORE 31 3/4'' DAMASCUS SINGLE BARREL PERCUSSION SMOOTH BORE GUN, bearing the name Rabone Bros & Co, it is marked with post 1855 Birmingham Proof marks on the underside of the barrel, the tip of the hammer is broken off, it is fitted with a patch box in the stock, the metal work has an overall rust patina, the original ramrod is present however its tip has broken off, Edward & John Rabone were gun, rifle & pistol makers who are listed in trade journals as operated from 22 New Buildings Price Street, Birmingham between 1866-1868
A mah-jong set, early 20th century, with bone sticks, black and caramel celluloid tiles, all in a tooled leather case with green plush lined trays, and four Chinese red and black lacquered tile trays. CONDITION REPORT: The leather case is in nice condition throughout. The handle is good and not perished although there is slight opening to the leather of the grip but I believe it is not too detrimental. There are some scratches beneath the grip on the top of the lid through handling. There is a small fingernail patch of ink on the rear lid edge. There is a small scuff to the top edge of the fall front and the right hand upper edge has been slightly folded over where not shut correctly. The plush lined trays appear to be in good order. The lid to the body retaining strap is in good order. The front lock and both side clasps are firmly attached and in working order. The locking plate is engraved “Made by KIU YIH”. The front lower left corner has a slight deterioration about 1 cm in length. There is some slight staining to the underside of the case but overall it is pretty much intact. Within the leather case there are two sets of mah-jong rule books and a score card. There are 144 game tiles, 4 black sided tiles and four counters marked 1,000. There is a miniature set of four dice in a softwood case and two further dice. There is a rotating disc denoting the players turn. There are 121 bone sticks. There are four lacquered tiled trays contained in a cloth bag.
A Chinese export lacquer games box cover and stand, early 19th century, each piece with gilt decoration against a black lacquered ground, the lid opening to 15 boxes and covers, various forms, all on a shaped stand with ruyi head feet. CONDITION REPORT: All the decoration from the lid surface has been erased. The gilt decoration around the sides of the lid is still intact although the lacquer is very crazed. The interior of the lid is very crazed. One of the larger interior boxes has a very slight split on the corner of one lid. Another large box has a small rubbed patch to the gilding on the decoration of the lid. A further lid is slightly warped but still fits nicely. One smaller shaped box has a small fingernail size flake missing to the lacquer on the lower section of the body and also on the upper section of the body the lacquer is flaking. A further smaller box has a small split to the corner edge of one lid. The interior finish on five of the smaller boxes is blistering and lifting. The main box that houses a smaller box has a full length repair to one edge. The ground throughout is crazed. There are patches which are dull and look like restorations and also the gilding is dull in areas. The separate stand has small repairs and splits throughout. Overall this is a rather tired piece.
A pair of Chinese prunus gu shaped vases, 19th century, pseudo four character Kangxi mark. Height 35 cm. CONDITION REPORT: One vase has a 6 cm long section of restorer's overspray to the bottom rim about 6 cm long and 1 cm wide. The other vase has a very fine 8 cm hairline crack just above the central band. There is a small 2 cm square patch to the interior that has been restored.
Ginnosuke Yokouchi (1870-1942), Japanese street scene beneath stormy clouds with figures outside buildings, signed, watercolour. 62 cm x 46.5 cm. CONDITION REPORT: First impressions of the picture are that it requires a clean. There are very obvious foxing patches; the off centre left at the bottom and also at the bottom right hand corner and a further smaller patch to the bottom left hand corner. The two larger patches run approximately 20 cm from the bottom of the picture and are approximately 7.5 cm wide each. There are further patches of spotting throughout the sky. It may have been that the picture has been subject to damp conditions as the paper does not lie flat. However, having said all this we are sure that once it does have a clean it will be a rather attractive picture.
A pair of Chinese Famille Verte chargers, post Republic period, enamelled with flowering baskets and shou and with wavy rim, pseudo six character Kangxi marks. Diameter 45 cm. CONDITION REPORT: These are not of any significant age. Both are free from any post production cracks, chips or flaws. Both have small amounts of discolouration, one has a small patch of pitting. The edges of each have been artificially rubbed in order to give a perception of age. Both ring out nicely when lightly tapped. Given what has been mentioned they still remain large and decorative chargers.
A Bilston enamel patch/snuffbox, circa 1800, oval waisted form, the lid decorated with a basket of flowers against a royal blue ground, the base with further floral decoration against a similar ground, the interior inset with a mirror, width 4.3 cm, and another, circa 1780, oval, decorated with panels of flowers against a blue ground, width 5.3 cm.
A George III stained ivory and shagreen spyglass by Dollond of London, late 18th century, single draw cylindrical form, with shagreen covered body, the red leather covered draw inset with tooled floral decoration and stamped "Dollond, London", all housed in its original ray skin and plush lined case. Glass diameter 3.8 cm, 7.3 cm closed (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The shagreen case is in good order throughout. The edges, top and the hinge area are slightly worn and faded but it is generally a good uniform colour. Generally the shagreen on the glass is in good order however there is a small tiny patch which looks like a repair which has replaced six small cells. The eyepiece and housing are in good order as is the single draw. The end lens housing has a single crack and a small piece of ivory missing, the screw which this fits to has a 1.5 mm x 2 mm section of ivory missing. Both the glasses appear to be free from any scratches or chips.
H. Talboth, oil on canvas, historical scene, lady reading documents. 67 cm x 53 cm, framed, signed (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The painting is in reasonably good condition. It has not been relined. There is a small paint loss and beginnings of a hole just below the centre of the ladies bun. There is also one very small 1 cm square rectangular patch immediately behind the bottom buckle of the open portfolio. There is no significant paint loss or overpainting that we can see. The picture has craquelure.
A Derby figure of Athena, circa 1770/80, her left hand resting on a shield bearing the face mask of the gorgon, her owl perched on a stack of books beside her, all on a Rococo scrolling base, with patch marks to the underside, incised "No. 298, 3 Size" and with incised triangle. Height 6 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There is a loss to the rear of the helmet and rubbing to the gilding around the helmet rim. The top finger of the raised head is half missing. There are numerous losses to the floral encrustations both left and right. There is also one branch missing at the rear behind the shield. There are several chips and nibbles to the Rococo base.
A Bow bocage figure of a dancer, circa 1760/70, modelled as a young boy wearing a plumed hat and long jacket with fanciful trousers all with floral pattern standing in front of a large floral encrusted bocage and on a Rococo scrolling ground with further applied floral sprays and heightened with gilding and turquoise, unmarked. Height 22 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There is a patch to the reverse of the bocage where a leaf was once stuck and in the same area a branch has been broken off. Two branches of the upper section of the bocage have been knocked off and oversprayed. On the reverse of the bocage to the upper left hand section a leaf has been broken in half and a there are further leaves throughout the bocage which have small chips. On first view the flowers all appear to be intact however some, though not all, have petals missing or chipped. The figure's left hand has been off and is restored. Given its faults this is still a rather attractive piece and we would think the faults are inline with something of this nature. I can see no obvious faults to the base or the remainder of the figure.
Three Sunderland lustre plaques, 19th century, two with religious texts with shell and scroll moulded borders, the other with printed garden scene, all heightened with enamels. Largest diameter 24 cm. CONDITION REPORT: The plaque inscribed “Praise Ye The Lord” has a small restored patch to the lower border otherwise there are no obvious further cracks or chips. There is a factory flaw running across the letter “L”. Other than that mentioned there are no further post production faults. The floral landscape plaque has a small slither chip to the bottom right hand corner though this does not impact on any of the decoration. There are no post production faults or flaws visible. On the biblical text example the lustre has faded and is now a very light pink/orange colour. There is a very small amount of glaze rubbing to the top left hand and right hand corners. The right hand corner has two minute nibbles on the reverse. The glaze is very finely crazed. Other than those mentioned there are no further post production faults visible.
A blown glass gin pig, with silver collar, possibly for Edward Langridge & Co., Birmingham 1904. Length 55 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Under a jewellers loop as you look at the pig its left ear at the rear has a rough patch however we cannot see any cracks or chips but there are two small patches that look to have been polished. There is no stopper. The tail is of a clouded colour. The silver collar is in good order however the initials of the maker are ever so slightly rubbed. The other marks are clear and legible. Other than those mentioned we cannot see any further obvious faults.
A collection of late 18th/early 19th century English porcelain tea bowls and saucers, to include factories Worcester, Newhall, Derby, and a single Chinese Famille Rose fluted saucer (19). CONDITION REPORT: Seven tea bowls are free from any chips or obvious chips, cracks or flaws and ring out nicely. Two tea bowls appear to be in good order with no obvious faults but have a dull ring. One tea bowl has been fully restored and oversprayed but still rings out when tapped. One saucer is Chinese and has been restored but rings out. Five saucers are in good order and ring out. Two saucers have star shaped hairline cracks to the underside. The monogram saucer has been broken in two and has three large patches of unfinished restoration. A further pair of saucers, one has been broken in two and glued whilst the other has a 4 cm x 2.5 cm patch of restoration. One tea bowl is misshapen and has 20% of the interior enamel decoration erased.
An impressive Minton Majolica stick stand, date code for 1876, modelled by Paul Comolera, a heron with wriggling fish in its beak standing beside bulrushes and lily pads, moulded to the base "P. Comolera" and with impressed marks to underside and Shape No. 1917. Height 101 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There are some feathers to the crest missing. There is a 2 cm high x 1 cm across triangle slice missing from the rear of the neck. The tip of lower beak is missing and a section of the upper beak missing. The fins of the fish has some tips missing. The lip of the upper mouth of the fish is missing. There is a 4 cm x 1 cm patch of glaze missing to the upper reed attached to the neck. Five points of bulrush leaf tips are missing. There are large chips to the leaves at the foot of the base missing. A third of the base has been broken reattached. There are further small patches of glaze missing amongst the reeds throughout. There is a large thumbnail chip and two further smaller chips to the side of the base. Ideally one would come and view this item.
A Farnham type pottery owl, 19th century, with incised feathers against a green ground. Height 13.8 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Looking directly at the handle there is a small 4 mm x 4 mm square glazed chip to the upper left hand side and approximately 4 cm below there is a small dark stained patch of which on the bottom are two small specks of missing glaze. There is a small patch of glaze rubbing to the peak of the spout. Looking at the owls face there is a small chip to the interior rim located just above the left eye. There is a further small glaze chip to the rim at the rear of the jug. There are small specks where the body shows through the glaze, whether this is deliberate or not we do not know. Other than the flaws mentioned the body appears to be free of any significant chips or cracks.
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