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Click here to subscribeCollection of 19th century German or Austrian porcelain pipe bowls - the majority with transfer printed ground, hand-finished (approximately 18) CONDITION REPORT Blanc-de-chine is in good condition. Remainder of group - one pipe is broken at stem, one pipe repaired at heel / stem, otherwise general wear
Early 19th century English Pratt-type coiled pipe in the form of a serpent, with polychrome ornament on textured ground, 24cm long CONDITION REPORT Provenance- Trevor Barton Collection, Christies 2010 (Lot 731). Very slight loss and glaze chips to mouthpiece, glaze chips to bowl, restoration and glue residue below bowl around serpents head/mouth, bowl slightly inconsistent glaze and assuming this was not designed
Highly unusual early 19th century English Prattware pipe, the bowl modelled with four grotesque masks, the undulating stem with lamprey and dog's head, 25cm long.Provenance: Christie's, London, 23rd May 2006 - lot 840 CONDITION REPORT Dogs head embellishment is also a whistle, appears to be in good original condition
Three early 19th century Prattware coiled pipes - the largest 34cm long CONDITION REPORT Largest pipe has been broken where mouthpiece joins coil and is detached, further restoration to mouthpiece section, also restoration to central green coil, also to blue bowl coil (reattached). Smallest pipe with losses to mouthpiece, otherwise ok. Medium sized- mouthpiece section detached, with discoloured restoration here, otherwise ok
Fine mid-19th century German, probably Berlin, painted porcelain pipe with gilt edged frieze decoration of a siren sat upon the rocks, playing a lute, lost souls in a boat, 15cm high, in leather-trimmed case CONDITION REPORT Good condition, faint underglaze blue mark to terminal - possibly Berlin sceptre mark
Rare 19th century pipe tomahawk with cast bronze head, mounted on original wooden, slightly bowed shaft with tapered end, 56cm long CONDITION REPORT Axe head is loose- generally wear commensurate with age. Stem has number of splits vertically with the grain, otherwise basically ok, good patination, hole to the terminal
Mid-19th century German, probably Berlin porcelain pipe, hand-painted with fine reserve depicting a beauty admiring herself in a mirror, ebonised and turned wood stem with painted porcelain mount, together with a similar painted pipe, ebonised and turned stem with horn and porcelain mounts, painted with a young musician in landscape (2)
19th century Austro-Hungarian carved meerschaum lap-type pipe, the bowl with brass wind cap relief carved with female figure in landscape, natural wood stem with horn mounts and mouthpiece, together with plain Kalmasch meerschaum pipe with white metal wind cap and turned wood and bone stem and another with partial stem
Antique Chinese carved burr-wood, brass and ivory mounted pipe of large cylindrical form, with engraved mount and turned ivory terminals, 59cm long, together with Qing-style carved Chinese bone tusk form pipe on stand, Eastern cylindrical form carved bone opium page, two further opium pipes (5)
Early 20th century well-carved novelty briar pipe carved as a gentleman, 14cm high, together with carved St. Cloud-style briar, cased, three Irish carved bog oak pipes, Wedgwood-style Jasper ware pipe and early porcelain pipes (9) CONDITION REPORT Stamped Staite's Patent Wedgwood. Externally porcelain is fine, when the reservoir is removed the pipe leading from the bowl to reservoir appears truncated. Black basalt pipe missing most of stem, one bog oak pipe with glue repair to bowl and loss to rim
A Model 1882 Dutch Naval Officer's sword, 84.5cm clean pipe-backed blade with spear point, well etched with scrolling foliage, crowned fouled anchors and sailing ships, further etched YZERHOUWER, regulation pierced brass hilt decorated with scrolling foliage and crowned fouled anchor, lion's head pommel, wire bound ribbed ivory grip, contained in its brass mounted black leather scabbard.
A 40-bore percussion duelling or target pistol by Samuel and Charles Smith, 10inch sighted octagonal barrel fitted with dovetailed target sights and platinum lined breech, border and scroll engraved bolted lock, fitted with a rain-proof pan but now converted to drum and nipple, further marked PATENT 3137, set trigger, half-stocked with border and scroll engraved steel mounts, chequered butt, horn capped wooden ramrod. Tip of safety bolt lacking, front of lock pitted, rear ramrod pipe pitted, forward ramrod pipe re-brazed, and wood rubbed with some splitting and loss.
An 18-bore 18th Century Spanish flintlock sporting gun by Guiano, 36.5inch sighted two-stage tapering barrel with slightly flared muzzle, chiselled with a band of foliage at the transitional point and inset with gold maker's tablets at the breech and further inlaid in silver J,N L,A, the brass panned lock with maker's stamp shrouded on either side with engraved acanthus scrolls, full stock carved with foliate flourishes at the barrel tang and ramrod pipe, plain steel mounts with the exception of the trigger guard which is set with a further gold maker's tablet, ivory capped wooden ramrod.
Four pieces of famille rose, Chinese Export Porcelain, comprising: a circular dish decorated with a ManchuChinese scholar holding a pipe beside a seated lady, 20 cm diameter; a small saucer dish, 12 cm diameter; a teabowl; and a coffee cup, Qianlong/Jiaqing (4) Condition Report Please note that there are some areas of deterioration and damage to this group lot.
A collection of sterling silver items, including a cigarette case, Sydney & Co, Birmingham 1942, a pepperette, Marson & Jones, Birmingham 1931, a cased pair of salts with one spoon, William Aitken, Birmingham 1904, a pair of clothes brushes, Wilmot Manufacturing Co, Birmingham 1912, a miniature photograph frame, Levi & Salman, Birmingham 1908, a retractable pencil, S Blanckensee & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1896, a silver & chain mesh purse, imported by S&S, Chester, and a pipe with s silver collar, LO, Birmingham, the salts, pepperette, cigarette case and pencil holder 123g (3.94t oz) gross.
A collection of late 19th and early 20th century Chinese miniature silver items, most bearing the mark of Wang Hing & Co of Hong Kong including a pagoda 8 x 3 x 3cm, a miniature opium pipe, a street vendor, a dragon, and a sedan chair, together with an unmarked rickshaw and an unmarked boat, 194g (6.25t oz) gross.
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