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Click here to subscribeA continental three-band pinfire rifle with 35in. steel barrel and adjustable sight, stamped 1869, initials and crowned CB, the pinfire action folding to allow the breech to be loaded with hammer immediately behind, the side plates stamped 1869 and 1870 and fitted a circular brass escutcheon to the stock engraved "R", 52.25in. long overall.
ENGLISH PORCELAIN - An H. & R. Daniel part dessert service, lilac sprigged with fruiting vine within gilt line borders, comprising pair of sauce tureens, covers and stands; fourteen 8.5in shaped circular plates, four 11in navette shaped dishes, four 9in shell shaped dishes, two 11in shaped rectangular dishes, c.1840 (damages) (30)
DERBY PORCELAIN - A Derby part table service, moulded in shaped panels, painted and gilt with pink roses, comprising rectangular two-handled dish, slop bowl, six saucer dishes, five muffin dishes and six covers (finials lacking), two further covers, fourteen plates, twelve breakfast cups, four coffee cans, twenty-four various saucers, crown, crossed batons, dots and D in orange, c.1800 (damages) (70)
ENGLISH POTTERY - A Burgess and Leigh pottery flow blue Raleigh pattern part dinner service, printed with foliate swags and tendrils, comprising large tureen and cover; vegetable tureen, cover and stand; sauce tureen, cover and stand; five graduated meat plates; eight 10.5in plates; twelve 9.5in plates; twelve soup plates; eleven 8in plates, printed marks in blue, c.1880
CONTINENTAL CERAMICS - A pair of maiolica plates, in Castelli style, painted in typical tones of blue, yellow and green, one with a maiden and cherub bearing a garland, the other with seahorse drawing a chariot and with mer figures, all within broad borders of disporting cherubs, flowers and scrollwork, 12.75in diam, 19th century
ORIENTAL CERAMICS - A good Chinese blue and white Export porcelain part dinner service, painted with pagodas, willow trees and rockwork on river islands within foliate scroll borders, comprising four graduated meat dishes, thirteen octagonal plates, plates 8.5in wide, meat dishes 11.75in - 17in, Qianlong (damages) (17)
WAGNER (RICHARD) Siegfried and The Twilight of the Gods, 1911. Mounted colour plates by Arthur Rackham 1911. Signed, limited edition. Some mainly marginal, damp staining GRIMM Little Brother and Little Sister and other Tales illustrated by Arthur Rackham 1917, signed limited edition. Some damp staining back and front (2 vols)
A Coalport green batwing part tea service, early 20th century, pattern Y2665, comprising globular teapot and cover, eight teacups, eight saucers, seven side plates, two sandwich plates, a cream jug, a teacup, saucer and side plate, a coffee cup and saucer, three graduated sugar bowls, a small cream jug, a matched green batwing teacup, saucer and side plate and a Y4100 pattern teacup, saucer and side plate (42)
A Coalport blue batwing part tea and coffee service, early 20th century, pattern Y2665 and pattern Y3517, comprising ogee shape teapot and cover, three various large teacups and saucers, two tea plates, four small coffee cups, four saucers, a coffee can and saucer, three graduated sugar bowls, two ogee shape graduated cream jugs and a side plate (25)
Two Coalport teacups, saucers and tea plates, early 20th century, pattern Y3976, each piece panel decorated with flowers alternating with floral blue panels and gilded and two Coalport white glazed wrythen moulded shell teacups, saucers and tea plates, underglaze blue mark "undecorated seconds" (10)
A Coalport blue batwing part dessert service, early 20th century, patterns Y2665 and 3517, comprising six teacups, one small teacup, three mustache cups, acream jug, sugar bowl, crimped oval dish, preserve pot and cover, eight various saucers, six tea plates, twelve 9" plates, five square two handled sandwich plates, an oval two handled dish and matching pedestal dish, assembled, (47)
A Coalport tea service, 19th century, comprising melon shaped teapot with gilt trailing vine shoulder and green and gilt moulded feather borders, pattern 4/188, matching sugar bowl and cover, cream jug, two sandwich plates, six teacups, six coffee cups, six saucers, side plate and slop bowl, (25)
A Royal Worcester porcelain dessert service, circa 1910/11, each plate finely painted with Highland cattle in mountainous, loch and river landscapes and signed J Stinton, within cobalt blue and raised gilt borders comprising comport, two pedestal dishes and six plates, two plates badly cracked, one plate with hairline fracture, one plate with fractures to back, one pedestal dish chipped, (9)
Two Royal Worcester cabinet plates, 1955 and 1960s, one painted with roses and wild flowers and signed Freeman, within gilt scroll and green borders, 10.5" diameter, the other painted with a wild flower bouquet, indistinctly signed within gilt foliate and claret ground borders, 10.5" diameter (2)
A Charles II joined oak chest, circa 1680, with restorations, the bevelled rectangular top above two short and three long graduated geometrically moulded drawers with later brass swing handles and lock plates and raised on a shaped apron and bracket feet, drawers re-lined the carcass in two parts, 36" wide 19" deep 38" high
Crawhall (Joseph) Chaplets from Coquet-side, one of 16 extra-illustrated copies for presentation by the author, [iv], 83pp., [3pp.], 44 woodcuts in the text, including 19 hand-coloured, with 6 extra plates from Crawhall's 'Compleatest Angling Booke', 1859, tipped in, including etched portrait of Walton on India paper, 3 others etchings, 1 steel engraving and 1 woodcut, initialled postcard from Charles Keene and related newpaper cutting loosely inserted, some foxing, a little offsetting, contemporary straight-grain morocco-backed cloth, t.e.g., some staining to text margins, light soiling, [Westwood & Satchell p.69], 8vo, [Newcastle upon Tyne, Robert Robinson], 1873. *** The rarest of Crawhall's angling publications, one of an edition of only 16 extra-illustrated copies from a total printing of 100. Postcard from Keene asks Crawhall to allow his friend, A.C. Stannus, "the Champion Irish Trout Fisher ... ", to enter one of his pictures of the Coquet into Crawhall's exhibition. This copy also has a woodcut vignette on p.33 which is coloured in red as well as blue. Crawhall made gifts of this book in both the standard edition and this limited extra-illustrated edition of 16. A curious mix of the old and new, 'Chaplets' contains several poems celebrating angling, comic pieces, anecdotes about Newcastle and a selection from his contributions to 'Newcastle's Fishers' Garlands'. The only rarer work is the unattainable single copy of 'Angling Quips and Sporting Skits'.
Crawhall (Joseph) Chorographia, or a Survey of Newcastle Upon Tyne: 1649, signed presentation copy from the author to his daughter, 121pp., [3pp.], woodcut plates, coats-of-arms and text illustrations throughout, all hand-coloured, hand-coloured Crawhall Christmas card for 1884 tipped in to front free endpaper, contemporary newspaper reviews tipped in at end, uncut, original half vellum, gilt, woodcut vignettes to covers, paper split along vellum on upper cover, slightly rubbed and spotted, 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, Andrew Reid, 1884. *** Exceptionally handsome copy. Inscription reads "For my beloved Daughter Elspeth Challoner, Oct.4.1884. Joseph Crawhall". The Christmas card bears woodcuts reading "Lett thys presente My good intente. With kynde greeting. Christmas. M.DCCC.L.XXXIIII."
Crawhall (Joseph) The Compleatest Angling Booke That Ever was Writ, first edition, signed presentation copy from the author to his daughter, and from her to her daughters, 159ff. printed on rectos only (unpaginated), number 15 of 40 copies, additional engraved title, 34 mounted plates, including 3 hand-coloured and 2 in two states (1 being hand-coloured), 2 original watercolours on text versos, all initialled by artist, original double-page watercolour of a trout tipped in, numerous vignettes in the text, many hand-coloured, facsimile plates, music, Crawhall's bookplate to front free endpaper, contemporary newspaper cuttings and photocopied hand-written table showing to whom the 40 copies were presented tipped in, some foxing, contemporary green morocco, gilt, g.e., rebacked and repaired with original spine laid down, lower cover damp-stained, drop-back box, [Westwood & Satchell pp.69-70], 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, [by and for the author], 1859. *** This is without question the premier collectable copy of this much sought after work.
Crawhall (Joseph) A Jubilee Thought, presentation copy from the author to his daughter, [i], 77pp., one of 50 copies, hand-coloured woodcut illustrations throughout, 2pp. press notices at end, 2 Crawhall woodcuts plates tipped in to rear endpaper and paste-down, browning, light water-staining and foxing to paste-downs and endpapers, several ff. with edges chipped, title and final leaf reinforced at inner margin, 1f. loose, original half vellum, printed boards with hand-coloured vignettes, rebacked with original spine laid down, 4to, Newcastle upon Tyne, Mawson, Swan, & Morgan, 1887. *** Inscription reads "Elspeth Crawhall Challoner with her Father's Dear love. July. 1887." This book also appeared in the same size in black and white. Printed from the original blocks, this celebrates Victoria's Jubilee, and includes portraits of Sir Walter Raleigh, King Alfred, Raphael and the Madonna, and again, a self-caricature (p.54). This work displays well Crawhall's talent particularly for working in dialect or in the comic vein.
Crawhall (Joseph) Ye Loving Ballad of Lorde Bateman, To itte's owne Tune herein sette ffoorth, signed presentation copy from the author to his son-in-law, number 2 of only 15 copies printed ?on India paper, [15ff.], 2 woodcuts, including hand-coloured cut of the Crawhall coat of arms, 2ff. printed music, one inlaid as issued, 1f. of music spotted and with light water-staining, a little light browning, original morocco, rebacked, gilt spine, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, n.p., n.d. [?1860]. *** Crawhall's extremely scarce second book. Inscription reads "Joseph Crawhall 1860" to which has been added "to Frederick C.T. Challoner. October-14-1884." A note to the front free endpaper reads "4 copies on India printed - 6 d[itt]o. thick paper, 5 d[itt]o. 4to - 15 copies in all." Crawhall liked the cut at the beginning of a singer accompanied by piper enough to use it again and again in later books. Music was a central interest in his life and this produced some of his best illustrations. Although 15 copies were printed, only 13 copies were available seperately as two were bound in the copies of 'The Compleatest Angling Booke' presented to his wife and daughter Elspeth. In the copy of this book given to his wife he notes "the whole of the text and songs composed, written and printed by me". The plates in copper were done by his brothers George and Thomas, his sister Mary Elizabeth and William Chapman.
Crawhall (Joseph I), "Jeffrey Gorcock". Grouse Shooting Made Quite Easy, second edition, number 294 of 300 copies, 40ff., introduction by Duff Hart-Davies, 2 colour plates and 36 illustrations by the author, original buckram-backed boards, gilt, small folio, Shap, Cumbria, David A.H. Grayling, 1998. *** Reprint of the first edition of 1827, the only book by Joseph Crawhall I (1793-1853), of which very few copies were printed, probably no more than 20, and all different.
Tuer (Andrew W.) London Cries: With Six Charming Children, [iv], 48pp., 2pp., half-title, 12 engraved plates with tissue guards, 15 hand-coloured illustrations including 3 charming wood-engravings by Crawhall II (the others by Rowlandson and Cruikshank), 1p. advertisements at end, bookplate, upper hinge a little weak, original half cloth with paper label mounted on upper cover, boards lightly rubbed and marked, spine creased, 4to, Field & Tuer, Leadenhall Press, n.d. [1883]. *** The Crawhall illustrations depict three street-criers, 'Toys', 'Eggs' and 'Flowers'. There is also a brief notice of his work on p.47. Tuer wrote to Crawhall, February 7th, 1884, "Many thanks for the original little sketches for 'London Cries' which I shall add to my specially illustrated ed.". This copy was priced at one guinea, there were also 250 large paper signed proofs and 50 large paper signed proofs on satin produced.
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