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Lot 647
English School, 19th Century, A large sketchbook belonging to the Hunt family, containing finely executed pencil and watercolour sketches, primarily portraits, some landscape and coastal views. Presented in a Moroccan binding. All works are on paper, mostly mounted some loose. Album contains approximately 67 individual sketches of various subjects, all found to be in good overall condition with no signifcant issues to report. Examples include a landscape watercolour of a bridge signed ‘A.W. Hunt 1838’; Eastham Hotel along the Manchester Ship Canal; pencil sketches of family members, some inscribed with the sitter and artist, namely two portraits of A. W. Hunt by Emma Westcott, others are anonymous. Additional portraits in pen and watercolour signed ‘Maria Hunt’, some depicting the sitters in costume. Vignettes, some of historical interest, including the Tower of London and a further example depicting parliamentarian soldiers. Front endpaper contains the following inscription: ‘Sketches by some of the Hunt Family of interest to the Flood Family in New York.'
![Kenneth Norman Lilly (1929-1996). "Olive-backed three-toed woodpecker" [and] "Narina Trogon". Each signed and inscribed, penc](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/b877289c-0903-4da2-b85b-adcc00ff3f2f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 105
Kenneth Norman Lilly (1929-1996). "Olive-backed three-toed woodpecker" [and] "Narina Trogon". Each signed and inscribed, pencil and gouache, 50.5 x 34.5 cm and 32 x 18 cm respectively (qty: 2)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote:Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot
Lot 109
After Roger Tory Peterson (1908-1996), American. "Road Runner", signed in pencil no. 599/950, together with a further signed and numbered 671/750 limited edition print after the same artist, "Great Horned Owl", 2 signed prints, "Rose-breasted grosbeak" and "Mourning Dove" and an open edition print, also by the same artist of "Yellow Billed Cuckoo", 51 x 72.5 cm, 69 x 54.5 cm, 25.5 x 29.5 cm, 62 x 51 cm respectively (qty: 5)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote:Artist's Resale Rights/Droit de Suite may apply to this lot
Lot 178
Maclaurin (Colin). An Account of Sir Isaac Newton's Philosophical Discoveries, in Four Books. Published from the Author's Manuscript Papers, by Patrick Murdoch, 1st edition, London: printed for the author's children, and sold by A. Millar [and others], 1748. 4to (254 x 192 mm), modern sheep with contemporary calf sides laid down, pp. [8] xx [20] 392, retaining half-title, 6 engraved folding plates (plate 5 bound between 2 and 3), very light worming in lower margins at front, first few leaves slightly browned, shallow marginal chips to initial blank, half-title, title-page and final leaf, title-page also dust-soiled, with date added in arabic numerals in blue pencil, and with small chip to upper inner corner (qty: 1)Footnote: Babson 85; ESTC T81914.
Lot 19
Holy Land. Large collection of travel accounts, 19th-20th century, including:1) Tristram (H. B.). The Land of Israel; a Journal of Travels in Palestine, 1st edition, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1865. 8vo, original pictorial cloth gilt, 4 chromolithographic plates including frontispiece, 8 wood-engraved plates, 2 folding maps, bookplate (Charles H. Lardner Woodd), fraying to spine-ends, spotting to plates,2) Sandie (George). Horeb and Jerusalem, 1st edition, Edinburgh: Edmonston and Douglas, 1864. 8vo, original cloth (rebacked and relined), half-title, 9 lithographic plates, maps and plans (one folding; several in colour), advertisement leaf, frontispiece trimmed and mounted, title-page spotted, pencilled marginalia,3) The Holy Land. Painted by John Fulleylove, R.I., described by John Kelman, 1st edition, one of 500 deluxe copies signed by the publishers, London: Adam & Charles Black, 1902. 4to, original cloth, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, 92 colour plates,and approx. 60 others (not collated), including: Samuel Manning, "Those Holy Fields": Palestine, illustrated by Pen and Pencil, London: Religious Tract Society, c.1870 (4to, original pictorial cloth gilt); L. Valentine, Palestine Past and Present, Pictorial and Description, London: Fredwick Warne & Co., c.1880 (4to, original pictorial cloth gilt); William M. Thomson, The Land and the Book ... Southern Palestine and Jerusalem, London: T. Nelson and Sons, 1881 (4to, original pictorial cloth gilt); and similar, including a few miscellaneous (not Holy Land-related), and several Baedeker guides (qty: 5 cartons)
![Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Two autograph letters signed to Mrs [Annie M.] Walker of ironmongers W. R. Walker, Ltd. of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/b562d3fd-6f3d-4b1c-8663-adcc00ff8807/468x382.jpg)
Lot 194
Nightingale (Florence, 1820-1910). Two autograph letters signed to Mrs [Annie M.] Walker of ironmongers W. R. Walker, Ltd. of Mount Street, Mayfair, 10 July 1896 & 10 January 1898. Each in pencil on Florence Nightingale's personal letterhead (10 South Street, Park Lane W.), 2 pp. and 1 p., signed 'F. Nightingale', the first letter reading 'Could you kindly put this pair of scissors to rights for me - you see it is loose at the hinge ... It was given to me as part of a scissor case nearly 70 years ago by my grandmother, in the days when Sheffield's cutlery lasted for a hundred years ...'), the second enclosing a cheque and sending wishes for a 'propserous & peaceful New Years [sic]', together with an envelope inscribed 'Letter from Miss Florence Nightingale' within black mourning border, and some 30 additional letters addressed to W. R. Walker Ltd. from various correspondents, c.1895-8, the second Nightingale letter (10 Jan. 1898) with marginal tear to no loss of text (qty: - )Provenance: by direct descent to the vendor.
Lot 207
Ephemera. Collection of printed and manuscript ephemera, 18th-20th century, including:1) A Catalogue of the Orleans' Italian Pictures, which will be exhibited for sale by Private Contract, on Wednesday, the 26th of December, 1798, and the Following Days, at Mr. Bryan's Gallery, No. 88, Pall Mall [-the Lyceum in the Strand], London: Sampson Low, 1798. 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, contemporary marbled wrappers, 14 + 14 pp., half-title to first part, marked up with prices and purchasers,2) Manuscript commonplace book. 4to, contemporary straight-grain green morocco decorated in gilt and blind, approx. 380 pp., with some 25 original sketches (pencil or pen-and-ink) and watercolours, including portraits of Lord Byron, a female beauty in a headdress, various castles, botanical and ornithological studies, front joint cracked, front inner hinge reinforced at an early date,3) 'Le Diable amoureux, nouvelle espagnole' [contemporary manuscript copy of a novel first published in 1777]. 4to, contemporary tree sheep, pp. [5] 90, front board detached,together with numerous other items including: 5 indentures on vellum, 1741-1802, all relating to Blackburn, Lancashire; mathematical manuscript exercise book, c.1830 (4to, red half sheep, approx. 90 pp.); album of paper-lace keepsakes and other sketches including a manuscript map of 'Hindoostan', c.1830 (4to, contents loose in contemporary green blind-stamped morocco covers); early newspapers including the Preston Chronicle, 1818-24; 2 Japanese hand-coloured woodblock books; vintage real-photo postcards and Christmas cards in japon wrappers; and more (qty: a carton)Footnote: ESTC T82429 & T82430 (A Catalogue, both parts; six and eight copies in UK libraries).
Lot 211
Braby (Dorothea, 1909-1987). Sketchbook of original designs for The Labyrinth of the World, Golden Cockerel Press, 1950, in pencil, on 55 leaves of lightweight paper, rectos only, with frequent annotations by Braby, wire-stitched in original cloth covers, leaf dimensions 252 x 190 mm, together with a copy of the published book (The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart by John Amos Komensky ... Illustrations by Dorothea Braby, number 36 of 70 specially bound copies from the total edition of 370, London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950, 8vo, original white pigskin by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, gilt-tooled red morocco onlays to covers, spine slightly rubbed, slipcase), and a collection of 9 wood-engraved proof pulls, 3 original pen-and-ink sketches and 1 original scraperboard design by Braby for The Ninety-First Psalm, Golden Cockerel Press, 1943, various dimensions, nearly all signed or annotated in pencil by Braby (the scraperboard with extensive calligraphic annotation verso), and a small group of ephemera including an letter to Braby from her grandmother (qty: -)Footnote: Dorothea Braby (1908-1987) studied at the Central School of Arts and Crafts under John Farleigh, at Heatherley's School of Fine Art, and in France and Italy. She was the author of The Way of Wood Engraving (1953), and her other commissions for the Golden Cockerel Press include Mabinogion (1948) and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1952).
![Fix-Masseau [Pierre Félix Masseau]. Venice Simplon Orient Express, Champigny-sur-Marne: Imprimerie I.P.A., 1985. 12 colour li](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/8ce31f3a-babd-44c1-bf97-adcc010022ab/468x382.jpg)
Lot 243
Fix-Masseau [Pierre Félix Masseau]. Venice Simplon Orient Express, Champigny-sur-Marne: Imprimerie I.P.A., 1985. 12 colour lithographs (500 x 310 mm), limitation leaf, contents leaf, all on thick wove paper, loose as issued in original printed wrappers, housed in original blue cloth solander box and chemise, retaining original cardboard box, excellent condition, together with a selection of related ephemera including folio-size pamphlet Centenaire de l'Orient-Express (qty: 1)Footnote: Number 10 of 200 sets only; the first lithograph ('Venice') is signed, numbered and dated by the artist in pencil in the lower margin: 'Fix-Masseau, 85, 16/200'. This limited edition set of Fix-Masseau's striking poster designs was published to mark the re-launch of the Venice Simplon Orient-Express by American entrepreneur Jim Sherwood in 1982, on the eve of the line's centenary in 1983.
Lot 31
Rauthmell (Richard). Antiquitates Bremetonacenses: or, the Roman Antiquities of Overborough, 1st edition, London: Henry Woodfall, 1746. 4to (232 x 172 mm), contemporary vellum (rebacked), 5 engraved plates (3 folding), contemporary marginalia in red and brown ink, together with 6 others (not collated) including: The Lives of the Eminent Antiquaries John Leland, Thomas Hearne, and Anthony à Wood, 1st edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1772 (2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary calf, engraved plates, volume 1 front cover detached); Harley, The Harleian Dairy System, 1st edition 1829 (8vo, original boards, engraved plates); 5 photograph albums containing approx. 200 original snapshots (albumen and gelatin silver prints) of family and travels round the British Isles, c.1897-1901, pencil annotations 'Ulick 9th Earl of Mayo' to front pastedowns (2 backstrips perished); New Robinson Crusoe: an Instructive and Entertaining History: Altered from the French, London: J. J. Stockdale, 1818 (8vo, contemporary half calf, woodcut plates); and 3 volumes of The Farmer's Magazine, 1834-45-45, with numerous engraved or lithographic plates; and A Few General Observations on the Principal Railways ... in the Midland Counties and North of England, 1st edition, 1838 (with 3 maps of 4) (qty: 14)Footnote: ESTC T92860 (Rauthmell)
![Kearton (Richard & Cherry). British Birds' Nests [later edition], London: Cassell and Company, Limited, c.1907. 8vo, orig](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/6ca41dfc-a478-4a4d-9b71-adcf0114fc21/468x382.jpg)
Lot 59
Kearton (Richard & Cherry). British Birds' Nests [later edition], London: Cassell and Company, Limited, c.1907. 8vo, original cloth, plates, with a laid-in original pencil portrait of Cherry Kearton by Yorkshire naturalist John 'Jack' Armitage (1900-1996), dated 1928 and inscribed for Eric Hosking in 1985 on verso,Seebohm (Henry). Coloured Figures of the Eggs of British Birds, 1st edition, Sheffield: Pawson and Brailsford, 1896. 8vo, original cloth, 60 chromolithographic plates, front inner hinges reinforced (stitching between frontispiece and title-page cracked), frontispiece spotted,Dresser (Henry Eeles). A Manual of Palaearctic Birds, 1st edition, London: by the author, 1902-3. 2 parts in 1 volume, 8vo, contemporary cloth, frontispiece to each part,Darwin (Charles). The Origin of Species ... Forty-Ninth Thousand, London: John Murray, 1897. 8vo, original cloth,Ogilvie (Fergus Menteith). Field Observations on British Birds, 1st edition, number 107 of 500 copies only, London: Selwyn & Blount, 1920. Tall 8vo, original quarter cloth (backstrip spotted),and approximately 70 others similar, late-19th and early-20th century ornithology and natural history, original cloth bindings, including later editions of other Darwin titles (Descent of Man; The Expression of the Emotions), Thorburn, British Birds, New Edition, 1925 (4 volumes), Witherby, A Practical Handbook of British Birds, 1st edition, 1920 (3 volumes), other Kearton titles (including Our Bird Friends, Revised Edition, 1923, signed), works by Seton Gordon, and more, many with bookplate(s) of Eric Hosking, the lot sold as seen (qty: approx. 80 volumes in 4 cartons)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote: Freeman 451 (Darwin, Origin); Mullens & Swann pp. 518 (Seebohm), 180 (Dresser).
Lot 77
Philip (Duke of Edinburgh, Prince, 1921-2021). Birds from Britannia, 1st edition, London: Longmans, 1962. Large 8vo, original blue boards decorated in gilt, dust jacket, halftone photographic plates, signed by the author 'Philip, Hilbre, 1965' on the title-page, bookplate of Eric Hosking, laid-in photograph of Prince Philip by Eric Hosking (gelatin silver print, 217 x 165 mm; Eric Hosking's wetstamp verso), together with a large-format gelatin silver print of one of Philip's own photographs, 475 x 390 mm, mounted, framed and glazed, with printed caption 'Wandering Albatross' and Prince Philip's autograph signature 'Philip' in black ink to mount, bookplate of Eric Hosking and pencil annotation 'Photography by Prince Philip' on backboard (qty: 2)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Footnote: Philip made a number of visits to Hilbre Island in the Dee Estuary as part of Eric Hosking's annual bird-watching party, and wrote the foreword to Hosking's autobiography An Eye for a Bird (1970), in which he remarked that 'no one could be kinder or more encouraging to beginners and to the amateur'. The accompanying large-format photograph of the 'Wandering Albatross' would have been taken by Philip on one of the Britannia voyages described in Birds from Britannia (1956 or 1959), but a different photograph is used to depict the species in the book.
Lot 87
Eric Hosking Library. Collection of modern ornithology and natural history titles inscribed by the author or illustrator to Eric Hosking, including:1) Green (Roland, 1890-1972). How I Draw Birds. A Practical Guide for the Bird-Watcher, 1st edition, London: Adam and Charles Black, 1951. 4to, original cloth, dust jacket, inscribed by the author 'Best wishes, to my old & valued friend Eric, Roland Green', and illustrated by him with an original pencil-drawing of a bald eagle to front pastedown and a pen-and-ink sketch of a wader to front free endpaper, 2) Kirkman (F. B., 1869-1945). British Birds, 1st edition, London: T. Nelson & Sons, Ltd, 1935. 4to, original cloth, dust jacket (toned on spine, a few spots and tears), inscribed 'E. J. Hosking, from F. B. Kirkman',3) Hollom (P. A. D., 1912-2014). The Popular Handbook of Rarer British Birds, 1st edition, London: H. F. & G. Witherby, 1960. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, inscribed 'To Eric Hosking, with best wishes for a successful conclusion to our Bulgarian adventure, Phil Hollom, June 1960', 4) Smith (Stuart, 1906-1963). How to Study Birds. Photographs by the Author, Eric Hosking, and A. G. Britten, 1st edition, London: Collins, 1945. 8vo, original cloth, dust jacket, inscribed 'To Eric Hosking, with best wishes and thanks, November 1945, Stuart Smith',5) Steyn (Peter, c.1936-?). Hunters of the African Sky, 1st edition, Winchester: Struik, 1990. Folio, original cloth, dust jacket, inscribed 'For Eric and Dorothy who share my love for these magnificent hunters of the African sky, all best wishes, Peter Steyn',and 34 others, including James Fisher, The Birds of Britain, 1942, Desmond Nethersole-Thompson, The Snow Bunting, 1966, 3 further works by Peter Steyn, 3 by Heather Angel, 2 by J. Morton Boyd, and similar, most works in lot with bookplate of Eric Hosking (qty: 39)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)
Lot 91
Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935). Sketch of a falcon, initialled, pencil, together with another sketch of a falcon by the same hand and a further sketch of a Sedge Warbler by Roland Green, 15 x 9.5 cm, 15 x 9.5 cm, 29.5 x 20.5cm (3 contained in 2 frames)THE LIBRARY, PICTURES & CAMERA COLLECTION OF ERIC HOSKING OBE HON. FRPS FBIPP (1909-1991)Condition report: Faint soiling to the lower margin of the Roland Green.
![Archibald Thorburn FZS (1860-1935). Study of Melodious Warbler [and] Great Reed Warbler, each with pencil annotations, pencil](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/cfa3491c-5ad9-47b6-a57d-ade400bc2769/468x382.jpg)
![Bruno Liljefors (1860-1939), Swedish. Eagle owl at rest on a rock (Uf uid HAFVET, OLJEMALNING 1896 [sic]). Signed, dated and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db4af7a9-7339-4127-83a8-ad8a00c5b912/d83772ab-e225-44bd-84e1-adcc00ffb8c3/468x382.jpg)
Lot 453
Chinese Schoola study of a girl, on paper, half length, with pencil inscription for Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) on the back and artist's seals, 40cm x 80cmCondition report: Unframed. Thin paper. Creasing and folding throughout. Foxing and some light staining. Tears to the edges, some are taped to secure them.
Lot 303
Katharine Jowett (1890-1965) 'Night, Tung Hwa Men Street, Peking' linocut, numbered 16/200, signed in pencil lower right, 23cm x 13cm, 'Temple of Heaven, Peking' linocut, numbered 83/200, signed in pencil lower right, 23cm x 15cm, 'Tien An Mien, Peking' linocut, numbered 92/200, signed in pencil lower right, 23cm x 15cm, 'The City Gate, Peking' linocut, numbered 49/200, signed in pencil lower right, 23cm x 17cm (4)Condition report: All with some marks and foxing to the mounts. Foreign objects trapped under glass, overall wear, some scuffs to the frame.
Lot 187
Princess Mary's pin cushion, one side in floral and leaf material within silk rope work border with corner circles, 11cms sq. ± In envelope with hand written pencil note 'I thought Nonie would like this little pin cushion as it belonged to Princess Mary when she was a little girl and it was sent from York Cottage with other things and put in the jumble sale at the Whist Drive where I went at Sandringham in 1917, K.G. Bennett'. ± York Cottage is a house in the grounds of Sandringham, in 1893 it was given by the future King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, as a wedding gift to his son later King George V, who lived there with his wife the future Queen Mary. In more recent times it was the home of Prince Harry and Megan.
Lot 253
A mother of pearl standing pin cushion and a similar swivel notelet, the first in the form of a miniature table, the top with radiating dished design on a turned mother of pearl pedestal, 4.5cms dia., 3.7cms high, the swivel notelet with floral and leaf engraving within lined borders, hinged catch, chained pencil, 6.5cms. (2)
Lot 289
A late 18th Century shagreen and silver mounted etui, of oval section and tapering form, the interior with blade, fork, bodkin/threader, steel bladed scissors with oval silver loops, bodkin/earspoon, ivory tweezer, silver pencil case - matched, four vacant spaces, 9.2cms. From the collectionof Enid Riley Part 2
Lot 298
A silver and metal thirteen piece sewing set attributed to Sampson Mordan contained in a maroon leather case of scallop shell form, the interior lined in cream suede, the base flush fitted, the tools mostly attractively engraved with flowering branches and stems in the aesthetic style. The silver fittings comprising thimble, oval pin case, acorn form tape measure, bodkin, propelling pencil (marked for SM), stiletto, button hook, folding twin blade knife (hallmarked for 1876), and ribbon threader, the set completed by three variently sized pairs of scissors, case 19 x 21.5cms max. From the collectionof Enid Riley Part 2
Lot 320
A small continental sewing box of rectangular form covered in patterned red leather, the lid inscribed in gilt 'Chriftianshavns Dottrefkole 1806', the interior in blue paper and silk, the lid with central mirror flanked by a red leather needle packet case and a similar thimble holder with a later engraved silver thimble with 'amethyst' top. The lower section with a hinged silk wallet with double shield shaped flannels, steel scissors with leaf capped arms, pencil, silver bodkin, bone needle case, and steel tweezer/earspoon. Further fitted with a silk covered notelet, various pages with dates and accounts of transactions and four landscape pencil drawings, 11.2 x 6.5 x 3.5cms. From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Lot 321
A late 19th Century French oval ivory etui, the lid monogramed BM?, the flush fitted interior with silver gilt engraved tools comprising pencil lacking end nozzle, stiletto, steel scissors with scroll form arms and loops in silver gilt, needle case, and replacement gold thimble with leaf chased border and floret rim, bodkin lacking, case 11.5cms. From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Lot 332
A fitted mother of pearl decorated etui, circa 1860, of rectangular form with canted lid veneered in geometric pearl and abalone shell with central white metal tablet, press catch lacking. The interior in blue velvet, the lid with five various tools, the base with flush fitted tray with silver pencil, single blade folding knife one pearl scale cracked, a pair of steel scissors matching those in the lid, a silver thimble, steel bodkin, mother of pearl handled cork-screw and tweezer, box, 14 x 8.7 x 4.5cms. From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Lot 336
A French ebony and cut steel sewing box, of cut corner rectangular form, the whole decorated with cut steel and faceted raised beadings and bosses, circa 1840, the interior with silk lined lid over a flush fitted velvet tray with two colour gold thimble, a blue glass scent bottle with hinged gold cover, a retractable cylinder pencil, a pair of steel scissors with gold dots, and a replacement two blade folding knife with tortoiseshell scales, three vacant apertures, some losses to steel beadings, box 21 x 13 x 8.5cms. A passion for collecting lasting forty years Part 2
Lot 384
A mid 19th Century lady's companion, the sides in alternate diamonds of mother of pearl and abalone shell, the slant top in mother of pearl with abalone shell border. The silk and velvet lined interior with card notelet inscribed 'Given to me from Charlie as a 19th birthday March 8 1866', a mirror, a tool wallet with steel scissors and a stiletto, a silver thimble with stone top on drawer form stand, a silver pencil, a mother of pearl handled single blade folding knife, and a faceted glass scent bottle with silver screw top and internal stopper, 7 x 6 x 11.5cms max.
Lot 482
A mid 19th Century French green leather chatelaine, the gilt clip to a green leather shield mount with four leather straps to a notebook with pencil closure internally stamped 'Au Touriste É.. Paris', a brass sovereign case, a scent flask, and a cased mirror, 25cms max. From the collectionof Enid Riley Part 2
Lot 488
An EPNS chatelaine, the hinged hook with a triangular mount pierced with leaves, scrolls and figures to a further similar mount, with four mask decorated chains to a mask and scroll decorated thimble bucket with thimble, a floral decorated scissor sheath with steel scissors, a 19th Century ivory swivel notelet and a retractable pencil, 28.5cms. From the collectionof Susan Franklin Part 1
Lot 489
An EPNS chatelaine, the hinged clip to a cloud form mount with angel heads over a further mount with an angel blowing a trumpet, with five leaf a 'C' scroll tablet form chains to an acorn form pin cushion initialled 'FLR' and stamped 'Sterling', a leaf scroll decorated rectangular silver needle case, a spiral decorated scissor sheath with steel scissors, a note book in floral decorated white metal cover with pencil holder, and an egg form pin cushion engraved 'Nora 1893', 33cms. From the collectionof Susan Franklin Part 1
Lot 686
Four needle books and two needle packet boxes, comprising a floral decorated papier mache needle book with bone stylus closure, 7.5cms, an oval Bristol card example, 8.5cms, another with pencil drawings, losses to corners, 8.5cms, a blue silk example, 8.2cms, a gilt tooled red leather needle box book 'Queens Needles', 4.5cms, and a cardboard example with colour print to lid, 4.6cms. (6) From the collectionof Enid Riley Part 2
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