Cardiology.- Lower (Richard) Tractatus de Corde item De Motu & Colore Sanguinus et Chyli in cum Transitu, first edition, 7 folding engraved plates, near contemporary ink inscription to title, A6 replaced with cancel leaf, bookplates, occasional faint spotting, contemporary speckled calf, rebacked with original spine laid down, gilt arms to covers, a little rubbed, housed in a modern drop-back box, [Norman 1397; PMM 149; Russell 539; Wellcome III, 552; Wing L3310], 8vo, Typis Jo. Redmayne impensis Jacobi Allestry, 1669.⁂ Nobel Laureate André Cournand considered Lower's book to be one of the most important texts on physiology because of the nature of its observations, the rigour of it experimental design and demonstrations, and its simple and convincing form of presentation.Provenance. Bookplate and arms of Petrus Daniel Huetius, Bishop of Avranches. His library and manuscripts, although bequeathed elsewhere, were eventually bought by the King of France for the Royal Library.
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Collins (Samuel) A Systeme of Anatomy, treating of the Body of Man, Beasts, Birds, Fish, Insects, and Plants, 2 vol., first edition, licence leaf, engraved portrait by William Faithorne and frontispiece of the Theatrum Cutlerianum (latter bound as additional title in vol.2), titles printed in red and black, 74 engraved plates in vol.2 with letterpress descriptions to verso (including the scarce additional plate between pp. 934-935), woodcut initials and headpieces, with 8pp. 'Preface to Tables' in vol.2 and 5 of the inserted dedications (seemingly lacking those between pp.410 & 411 and pp.509 & 511 but some misbound), portrait lacking small portion from lower inner margin just touching border (repaired), title spotted and soiled, some other foxing, water-staining to vol.2 affecting plates, plate I torn and frayed at inner edge with slight loss (repaired), ex-library copy with faint stamp to plates, modern morocco-backed cloth, [Norman 498; Russell 194; Wellcome II, 373; Wing C5387], folio, Thomas Newcomb, 1685.⁂ The number of dedications varies: according to Russell "one copy has been noted with nine dedications, but the usual number is four". This copy has five: to the Duke of Albemarle, Earl of Devonshire, Duke of Norfolk, Charles Cheyne, and Lord Bennet Sherard.
Cowper (William) Myotomia Reformata: or an Anatomical Treatise on the Muscles of the Human Body, first folio edition, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black, engraved double-page list of muscles, 67 anatomical plates (some after Rubens and Raphael) including plate 13 in 2 states, diagrams and illustrations, head- & tail-pieces and pictorial initials, some plates with pencil or ink sketches to verso, some soiling and staining, mostly marginal, plate I and S1 torn and repaired affecting image and text, a few other marginal tears and repairs, modern panelled calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with red morocco label, [Norman 530; Russell 210; Wellcome II, 401], folio, [printed by William Bowyer] for Robert Knaplock, William and John Innys, and Jacob Tonson, 1724.⁂ First published in 1694 in 8vo with 10 plates, this grander version was published posthumously under the supervision and at the expense of the physician Richard Mead. "It ranks as one of the finest artistic anatomical productions of the period, not only for the quality of the large plates but for the engraved vignettes of musclemen used as head- and tail-pieces, and the ingenious historiated initials." (Norman)
Dentistry.- Fauchard (Pierre) Le Chirurgien Dentiste, ou Traité des Dents, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, engraved portrait by Scotin after Le Bel and 42 plates, 2 slightly smudged, vol.1 with very light staining to preliminaries, vol.2 with 2 preliminary leaves misbound and short tear to foot of H1 affecting a few lines but no loss, a good copy in attractive contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red morocco labels, a little rubbed, some neat repairs to spines, preserved together in modern cloth slip-case, [PMM 186, first edition; Wellcome III, 12], 12mo, Paris, Pierre-Jean Mariette, 1746.⁂ The foundation of modern scientific dentistry and one of the greatest works in the history of the subject. It was first published in 1728 and this is the preferred second edition, greatly revised and corrected, and with additional material. The excellent plates depict teeth, instruments, false teeth, braces etc. "Fauchard was the true pioneer of dental surgery". (PMM).
Adam (Robert, architect, 1728-1792) Cheque signed made payable to Edward Rooker for sixty-three pounds, drawn on Messrs Innes and Hope, tipped-in on card, 100x235mm., London, 30th March 1761; and 2 others, comprising: a further cheque made payable by William Adam (probably the youngest of the Adam brothers, 1738-1822) in favour of Jenny Adam for one hundred pounds on the account of Robert Adam, London, 6 February 1762, and a watercolour representation of the memorial to Robert Adam in Westminster Abbey, tipped-in and laid down on card, v.s., v.d. (3).⁂ At this period Robert Adam was settled into his newly-established London practice, following his return from the extended tour of Italy from which he had gained much of his command of the classical style. First mentioned cheque is evidently made payable to the engraver, draughtsman and actor Edward Rooker (c. 1712-74), so celebrated for his architectural plates that he was termed by Horace Walpole as the "Marc Antonio" of architecture. He contributed plates to Robert Adam's "Ruins of the Palace of Diocletian and Spalatro" of 1764.
Harvey (William) Recentiorum disceptationes de motu cordis, sanguinis, et chyli, in animalibus, 5 parts in 1, title with woodcut printer's device, 6 engraved plates (2 in 'De motu cordis' and 4 in Aselli's 'De lactibus'), 3 woodcut illustrations in text to Walaeus (2 full-page), light water- & damp-staining causing a few small holes with loss of a few letters in third part (Du Roy and Drake texts), trimmed, handsome modern sprinkled dark brown calf tooled in blind, black calf label, [Keynes 6], small 4to, Leiden, J.Maire, 1647.⁂ Including the fourth printing of Harveys' ground-breaking De motu cordis on the circulation of the blood in the human body, first published in 1628. This is the reissue of the second complete edition using the sheets of the 1639 printing, with the addition of others' works, making it the most complete contemporary collection of texts concerning the circulation debate.
Hewson (William) Experimental Inquiries: Part the First...An Inquiry into the Properties of the Blood..., second edition, contemporary ink signature of W.Moorhouse to title, stain to H3 & 4, T.Cadell, 1772; Part the Second. Containing a Description of the Lymphatic System..., first edition, presentation copy from the author to the anatomist John Sheldon inscribed on half-title, with Sheldon's engraved bookplate and in manuscript note "Joanni Jones dono dedit Rebecca Sheldon 1809" below, 6 engraved plates, all but one folding, J.Johnson, 1774; Part the Third. Containing a Description of the Red Particles of the Blood..., [edited] by Magnus Falconar, first edition, errata leaf, 4 folding engraved plates, faint trace of library stamp to foot of title, tear to D4 repaired, T.Longman, 1777, together 3 vol., mixed set, some light spotting or soiling, water-staining to vol.2, vol.1 & 2 with book-label of Haskell F.Norman, vol.1 contemporary sheep and slightly smaller, vol.2 & 3 contemporary calf, all rubbed, some worming to lower covers, rebacked, red morocco labels, vol.3 with new endpapers, [Norman 1069; Wellcome III, 259], 8vo ⁂ The first accurate account of blood coagulation and the first complete account of the lymphatics; rare to find all three volumes together.
Hooper (Robert) The Morbid Anatomy of the Human Uterus and its Appendages, only edition, 22 fine hand-coloured lithographed, stipple-engraved or aquatint plates, a few printed in red or sepia, tissue guards, occasional spotting but generally a good clean copy, presentation copy from the author to University of Glasgow library inscribed on front free endpaper, no stamps, library label to front pastedown cancelled, original boards with large paper label to upper cover, uncut, rubbed and marked, rebacked in cloth, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Wellcome II, 298], 4to, for the Author, 1832.
Manget (Jean Jacques) Theatrum anatomicum, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 with half-title, titles with engraved vignette of a dissection and most printed in red & black, 135 engraved plates by Seiller & others only (of 136, lacking plate 8 in vol.1), 2 folding, also lacking engraved portraits of Manget and Eustachius, with woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and a few diagrams, some light browning to text but plates very clean, a few minor marginal defects, slight worming to Oo gathering in vol.2 affecting a few lines but not plates, near contemporary mottled calf, rubbed and scuffed, spines gilt with morocco labels, spine ends and joints repaired, folio, Geneva, Cramer & Perachon, 1717.⁂ Important compilation of anatomical works by Browne, Willis, Harvey, Malpighi and many others. Vol.2 includes Eustachius' Tabulae anatomicae which were executed in 1552 but left unpublished until Giovanni Maria Lancisi issued them with his notes in 1714.
Santorini (Giovanni Domenico) Septemdecim tabulae quas nunc primum edit atque explicat iisque alias addit de structura mammarum et de tunica testis vaginali, edited by Michael Giradi, first edition, lacking engraved portrait but with 21 fine stipple-engraved plates by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and others, each with additional outline plate making total of 42, with final leaf containing privilege and arrangement of plates (sometimes missing), title with small embossed stamp to head and a little foxed and soiled, some other light spotting, small stain to upper margin of a few leaves affecting border of plate 17, contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, rubbed, repairs to spine ends, [Norman 1888], folio, Parma, [Giambattista Bodoni] for Regia Typographia, 1775.⁂ The only significant medical book printed by Giambattista Bodoni. Santorini was generally acknowledged as the outstanding anatomist of his day with many parts of the body named after him, particularly in the face. The first 17 plates in the work, the "septemdecim tabulae" of the title, were drawn by Giovanni Battista Piazzetta and engraved under Santorini's personal supervision, intended for an enlarged edition of his Observationes anatomicae but he died before completing the task. The plates were published 38 years after his death by Michael Girardi, a professor of anatomy at Parma, who added to them two plates by the anatomist Giovanni Battista Covoli, as well as two of his own.
Spieghel (Adriaan van den) Opera quae extant omnia, edited by J.A. vander Linden, 2 parts in 1, first collected edition, half-title, fine engraved architectural title by Francesco Valesio after Viallet, engraved portrait by Falck, 110 engraved plates or illustrations only (of 117, lacking illustrations on EE1-3 & FF2-5 but supplied in facsimile), all but one full-page, one hand-coloured, woodcut initials and ornaments, old ink inscription "l'Abbé Rive G.G.Bibliothecaise Paris 1790" to head of title and "S.M.F.Bichat Paris 1800" to half-title, title lightly soiled and stained, slight worming to first few leaves (mostly to inner margin), paper flaw tear to CC4 but no loss, marginal water-staining, a tall copy with wide margins, modern panelled calf, spine gilt, red morocco label, slightly rubbed, [Norman 1987], folio (c.495 x 300mm.), Amsterdam, Johannes Blaeu, 1645.⁂ Important collection of anatomical works by Spieghel and others, including the fifth printing of Harvey's De motu cordis. Spieghel was professor of anatomy at Padua; many of the plates were produced for his predecessor Cassario's unfinished Theatrum anatomicum.
Vaccination.- Jenner (Edward) An Inquiry into the Causes and Effects of the Variolae Vaccinae...known by the name of the Cow Pox, third edition, half-title, 4 hand-coloured stipple-engraved plates by William Skelton, tissue guards, with the final blank, very occasional marginal spotting or soiling, original limp boards, uncut, rubbed and marked, corners worn, rebacked, preserved in modern cloth drop-back box, [Lefanu 25; Norman 1164; PMM 250; Wellcome III, 351], 4to, for the Author, 1801.⁂ "The basis of the modern science of immunology". (PMM). The second collected edition of Jenner's three important monographs, including 'Further Observations on the Variolae Vaccinae' and 'A Continuation of Facts and Observations relative to the Variolae Vaccinae', which were originally published separately between 1798 and 1800.
Willis (Thomas) Dr. Willis's Practice of Physick, being the whole Works of that Renowned and Famous Physician..., 36 engraved plates on 35 leaves (correct, not 40 as erroneously stated on title-page), one folding, most parts separately paginated, several with separate title-pages, folding plate torn and repaired, occasional spotting or soiling, a few stains, modern calf elaborately tooled in blind, spine with green morocco label, new endpapers, spine a little faded, [Russell 876; Wellcome V.443; Wing W2854], folio, for T.Dring [& others], 1684.⁂ Second edition of Willis' collected works in English including his writings on fermentation, fevers, the brain and nervous system, and convulsive diseases. His 'Anatomy of the Brain' was the most complete and accurate account of the nervous system that had until then appeared; he coined the term "neurology" and discovered the "Circle of Willis", a circle of arteries on the base of the brain. The section of Treatise VIII entitled 'Of the convulsive cough and asthma' marks the beginning of the modern treatment of asthma, while the final part contains the first clear account of whooping cough.
Coastal Navigation.- Veglia (Piero Dionigio) Della Dimensione delle Linee Rette, only edition, title with woodcut device, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, initials and diagrams, with final blank, lightly spotted, browned, contemporary limp vellum, a little rubbed, a few small stains, 4to, Perugia, Angelo Bartoli, 1632.⁂ Early application of geometry to coastal navigation. It is sometimes, but not always, found with an engraved frontispiece and 3 plates.
Eiffel (Gustave) La Tour de Trois Cents Mètres, 2 vol., one of 500 copies (numbering not uniform), signed presentation copy from the author inscribed "A l'Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland de Glasgow. Hommage de G.Eiffel" on half-title of vol.1, etched portrait (spotted), titles in red & black with vignette, text with illustrations, 2 leaves of facsimile signatures and appendix at end, plate vol. with 53 double-page lithographed or chromolithographed plates numbered I-XLVII as called for (with 8 additional plates but XXVI & XXVII never printed), a few with folding leaf of explanatory text, 13 photogravure plates, 11 double-page, double-page colour map of environs of Paris, all mounted on stubs, text volume lacking pp.181-185, library stamp to titles but an excellent copy, contemporary half morocco, t.e.g., rubbed, particularly joints, spine ends repaired, preserved in modern cloth slip-cases, folio, Paris, 1900.⁂ Magnificent account of the construction of the famous Eiffel Tower, built in 1887-89 for the Universal Exposition in Paris of 1889, and one of the earliest monographs dedicated to a modern building. It was produced at Eiffel's expense for presentation to libraries, institutions etc.
Hydraulics.- Belidor (Bernard Forest de) Architecture Hydraulique, ou l'Art de Conduire, d'Élever et de Ménager Les Eaux, 4 vol., 219 engraved folding plates (of which 1 torn), vol. 1 engraved frontispiece, vol. 2-4 title with engraved vignette, vol. 3 half-title, titles with library stamp, engraved and woodcut head-pieces, vol. 1 title with small tear to lower edge (blank margin), vol. 4 front endpaper torn, some light browning, occasional scattered spotting, contemporary patterned sheep, spines gilt with red morocco labels, vol. 3 with brown label, rubbed and corners worn, 4to, Paris, chez Jombert, 1782 .
Mathematics.- Adams (George) Geometrical and graphical essays, containing a description of the mathematical instruments used in geometry, civil and military surveying, levelling and perspective, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 32 folding plates by Lodge after Milne, a few tables in text, ink signature to title and occasional initialled notes or marginalia of a Robert Hicks (seemingly of Bath, or certainly resident there at the time of study), plate 32 split at a fold, with a short tear at foot and trimmed just within border at outer edge, with loss of 2 numbers of pagination and outer border, occasional offsetting or spotting, lightly browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, corners worn, covers scuffed, rubbed, a sold copy, 8vo, printed for the author by R. Hindmarsh, Printer to his Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, No. 32, Clerkenwell-Close, 1791.⁂ George Adams, the younger, was mathematical instrument maker to the king, and optician to the Prince of Wales. Pages 486-500 comprise 'A catalogue of mathematical and philosophical instruments, made and sold by George Adams', with printed prices.
Mining safety.- Davy (Sir Humphry) On the Safety Lamp for Coal Miners; with some researches on flame, first edition, folding engraved plate by Lowry, lacking half-title, plate lightly foxed and with some offsetting, [Norman 613], Printed for R. Hunter, 1818 bound with Davy (Sir Humphry) The Papers... communicated to the Royal Society on the fire-damp of coal-mines, and on methods of lighting the mines so as to prevent its explosion, folding engraved plate, this with some dust-soiling and spotting, text with occasional light foxing, lightly browned, Newcastle, Printed for Emerson Charnley, 1817 and Buddle (John) The First report of a Society for Preventing Accidents in coal mines, comprising a letter to Sir Ralph Milbanke, Bart., on the various modes employed in the ventilation of collieries, 10 engraved plates, 1 full-page engraved plan, final f. with list of principal offices of the society recto and a list of subscribers and errata verso, Newcastle, Printed by Edward Walker, 1814 and 4 others related, together 7 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting or light foxing, contemporary half calf, covers detached, the upper taking with it first 2 ff. of an unmentioned work, worn, 8vo⁂ A very good group of works on mining safety. The first mentioned is the first edition of 'a full description of Davy's wire-gauze lamp ... and a preliminary account of his researches on flame' (Norman).
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Sundials.- [Saher (Ferdinand)] Nova praxis construendi circinum proportionalem horographicum..., only edition, woodcut head- & tail-pieces and initials,18 engraved plates containing 22 figures, light staining to verso of plates, modern ink stamp of Christopher St. J.H.Daniel to pastedowns, modern sprinkled brown calf tooled in blind, very slightly rubbed, [Tomash & Williams S6; VD17 23:269580Z], oblong 8vo, Vienna, Sussana Christina [Saher], 1695.⁂ Rare work attributed to Ferdinand Saher, brother of the printer of the work, concerning a sector customised for the design of sundials. OCLC locates 5 copies worldwide with only one in the UK (University of Oxford), one in Italy, two in Germany and one in America.
Children's.- Trusler (John) The Progress of Man and Society, first edition, half-title with wood-engraved vignette and the author's coat-of-arms to verso forming frontispiece, numerous wood-engraved illustrations by John Bewick, elaborate calligraphic inscription "George Cuitt 1794" (etcher, son of George senior the landscape painter) to head of frontispiece, a little soiled and stained, a few leaves with small tears to fore-edge repaired, modern book-label of Philip Gosse Weppons, old sheep, rubbed, spine faded, John Trusler, 1791 § Book of English Trades (The), wood-engraved plates, modern half calf, red roan label, 1818 § Book of Trades; or, circle of the Useful Arts, engraved frontispiece, additional vignette title and plates, wood-engraved illustrations, original blind-stamped green cloth, pictorial gilt spine, Glasgow, 1839 § New Ready Reckoner (The); or, Trader's Sure Guide, tables, contemporary sheep, worn and wormed, London: W.C.Fletcher, Leeds: Webb & Millington, Selby: W.R.Galpine, 1844 § Cabinet of Useful Arts and Manufactures (The), designed for the perusal of Young Persons, 10 full-page woodcut illustrations, contemporary sheep, rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine, corners repaired, Dublin, 1825, most rubbed; and 11 others, trades and children's, 8vo et infra (16)⁂ The first is an educational work for children covering a wide range of subjects but particularly trades, sports and pastimes including balloons, dancing, fencing, and swimming.
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Humour.- [Duncan (John Shute)], "Solomon Upright". Hints to the Bearers of Walking-Sticks and Umbrellas, third edition, 6 etched plates, illustrations, 8pp. publisher's catalogue at end, light spotting or soiling, old tape stains to front free endpaper and final leaf of advertisements, original printed wrappers, rubbed, slightly creased at edges, spine ends worn, 1809 § Crowquill (Alfred) A Guide to the Watering Places, first edition, 17 plates, some engraved views, light foxing, modern half morocco, original pictorial board bound in at end, [1845], 8vo (2)⁂ The first is a scarce work first published the previous year, by the keeper of the Ashmolean Museum in Oxford. It warns against the dangers of carelessly-used sticks and umbrellas.
CIRCLE OF AMBROSIUS BENSON (FLEMISH B. 1495-1550)THE BANQUET OF THE PRODIGAL SONOil on panel, unframedInscription 'FILIVS PRODIG* DISC(...) SVBSTANTIAE (...)' lower left130 x 167cm (51 x 65½ in.)This Flemish painting relates to a series of 16th century paintings by Ambrose Benson (1495-1550, b. Lombardy, a. Bruges) described by the art historian, Georges Marlier, as 'Reunions Galantes et Concerts aprés le Repas' (G. Marlier, Ambrosius Benson et la Peinture à Bruges au Temps de Charles-Quint, Damme, 1957, p. 229). The series combines the tradition of musical gatherings found in Italian art with Flemish banquet representations (ibid. p. 233). There are about ten paintings of this genre either attributed to Benson or from his workshop including: one in the Museo di Castelvecchio, Verona (ibid., cat. 120); another in the Öffentliche Kunstsammlung, Basel (ibid., cat. 114); one formerly in the collection of Paul Wallraf (ibid., cat. 117); another in the Louvre, Paris (ibid. cat. 119) and one in a private collection (cat. 120). They all depict men and women dressed in the latest fashion around a square or round table on which an extravagant meal is laid out with platters of fruit and bread together with plates, knives, flacons and drinking glasses. As the meal is in effect over, some of the figures are playing the flute and lute, others intimately drape their arms around each other, and there are playing cards on the table. The whole scene takes place in a garden with, in the foreground, a foliate screen or drapery, and, in the distance, a land- or townscape. This description of Benson's genre paintings can equally relate to the present painting, which is by another as yet unidentified artist but undoubtedly inspired by Benson's oeuvre. The indistinct inscription on the bucket in the lower left corner hints at the biblical parable of the Prodigal Son, a theme which was commonly used to dignify a genre scene with moral content. In Luke 15:11-32 the son squanders his father's fortune on a lavish life of drinking, gambling and prostitutes until he is so destitute that he is forced to take work as a swineherd, which is simultaneously depicted in the landscape in the background. Provenance: This item was inherited from the 7th Viscount Gort, deemed to be of national importance and placed into conditional exemption upon his death Condition Report: The panel is made up of at least five planks of wood which is supported by a strip of wood around each edge and a thin layer of canvas on the reverse. Generally the panel appears stable although there are old cracks which have been filled, most of theses are horizontals and visible to the naked eye. There are minor surface scratches and abrasions and a small replacement to the corner of the lover right panel. The paint surface is in remarkable fresh condition and the surface impasto is well preserved. Under UCV light there are scattered edges of planks of wood. There is also some work in the corner with the dog and the cat. There are also some fine lines of retouching in the sitters foreheads but generally they are untouched and in remarkable good condition. The varnish layer is slightly discoloured and there is some surface dirt. The picture is unframed. Condition Report Disclaimer
MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, three boxes containing a large collection (several hundred) of glass photographic plates many dating from the early 20th century and including family and individuals, topographical scenes, churches and buildings, religious or children's fables, etc. a mix of b/w and colour examples
MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES, three boxes containing a large collection (several hundred) of glass photographic plates many dating from the early 20th century and including family and individuals, topographical scenes, churches and buildings, religious or children's fables, etc. a mix of b/w and colour examples
Keith Murray for Wedgwood, an Annular shape part dinner service, comprising six coffee cups, six small saucers, six twin-handled cups, six large saucers, six plates, three platters of various sizes, three small side plates, two tureens and covers, a coffee pot, a twin-handled sugar pot and cover, a sauce boat, a milk jug, and two small pots (44)All pieces with some crazing and banded decoration variously worn, particularly the dinner plates. One tureen with chip to shoulder, further chipping to inside rim of cover, the other tureen with stained hairline crack to one handle. One soup bowl with glued handle. One cup with chip to rim, another with heavily stained crazing. One dinner plate with a small rim chip, another with star crack to underside, another with hairline crack. Three side plates all well-worn and cracked. Soup bowl saucers generally good, one rather rubbed. Cup saucers generally good.
Four 18th century Chinese porcelain dishes, a pair decorated in famille rose colours with wavy foliate decoration to the rim and central flower panels, a blue and white dish and a further famille rose dish, all circa 22.5cm (4) Pink border - badly crackedBlue and white tin glaze - two cracks.Pair of plates - both cracked and stapled.
Pair of Continental porcelain cabinet plates with reticulated lattice borders, central vignettes of Classical scenes on a aquamarine blue ground with three floral spray vignettes, Meissen style blue crossed swords marks to base, 25cm diameter. (2) Plate 1 - gilding losses to the border.Plate 2 - gilding losses to the border and losses to the blue ground
Comprehensive Wedgwood Florentine W4312 pattern bone china dinner, tea and coffee set including tureens and covers, sauce boat, soup bowls, ashet etc. (130 approx.) Unfinished pieces in the service not marked Wedgwood, there is rubbed gilding throughout plates and cups etc. Some utensil marks and dull residue to some of the service. Some seconds
Geoffrey H Bell reproduction perpetual motion mantel clock, the principal 7" silvered minute chapter ring enclosing a Perspex centre housing individual ball bearings for each five minute interval, surmounted by a silvered disc with an aperture indicating hours and signed Geoffrey H Bell, Fecit et delin, the movement with platform escapement housed within shaped brass plates upon a rectangular brass base, under a Perspex casing and stepped wooden rectangular plinth, 14.25" high overall **This clock is sold with various correspondence from the maker dated 1980
A pair of Chinese allegorical plates, Qianlong, 18th century, painted in puce enamel with a nude lady and two attendants, before a tree and classical temple, with du Pacquier style borders, with gilt rims, 22.8cmPlate one has a 1cm long chip and a tiny chip on the rim. There is demi lune shape rubbing to the enamel below the figures. The figure to the right of the nude female is not easily seen. The centre image has wear and rubbing to the puce painting, the decoration on the border appears to be in good order. Crazing to the glaze.Plate two - has tiny rim frit, some of which retain the gilding. There is a 1.5cm glazed scuff mark at the centre bottom of the main image and a pin head since glaze spot to the image on the left. There are striations visible in the body of the porcelain when held to the light. Enamel rubbed around the edges. Crazing to the glaze.
A George IV/ William IV mahogany partners kneehole writing desk with tooled leather and crossbanded to, Fitted three frieze drawers to each side and a further six pedestal drawers and panel cupboard doors to the opposing side. On simple moulded plinths. 137 cm long x 96 cm wide x 79 cm overall height, 60 cm height of kneehole.Private estatesome small areas of crossbanding missing from the topOne frieze drawer requires the drawer stops replacingThe sides of the pedestals have signs of the usual fine shrinkage cracksThe leather top is in good order.The handles are replacements and it looks as if the desk has had a succession of handles that seem to occupy the same holes, some of the holes are plugged from wooden knobs being fitted at some point, all of these holes are hidden by the handle back plates.See images for clarification
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