A George III mahogany concertina action folding card table, circa 1760, attributed to Paul Saunders, the hinged serpentine shaped top with moulded edge opening to inset baize playing surface, above a plain frieze, on acanthus and scroll carved reeded cabriole legs, terminating in scroll feet, 73cm high, 95cm wide, 47cm deep Provenance: A notable Private Collection, Channel Islands Previously sold Sothebys, London, Fine English Furniture, 10th February 1989, Lot 68.For a further near identical table see Christie's, South Kensington, 27th May 2010, Lot 74 (£7,500). The provenance of the table offered was Richard, 2nd Marquess of Westminster (d.1869) Fonthill, Wiltshire.The same distinctive leg design incorporating Roman acanthus wrapped cabochons and flutes, features on a number of pieces attributed to the Soho firm of cabinet makers and upholsterers established around 1751 by Paul Saunders in partnership with George Smith Bradshaw. Among these is a set of chairs delivered in 1757 to the 1st Earl of Leicester for Holkham Hall, Norfolk, illustrated in A. Coleridge, Chippendale Furniture, London 1968, pl.369, and a suite of furniture almost certainly supplied to Thomas, 3rd Viscount Weymouth, later 1st Marquess of Bath (1734-96), between 1757 and 1759 for Longleat, Wiltshire. The latter included eight armchairs and two sofas, of which two armchairs were sold by The Trustees of the Longleat Chattels Settlement: Christie's, London, 13th June 2002, lot 338. A serpentine sofa attributed to Paul Saunders was sold by the late Mr & Mrs Patrick Radford, Christie's, London, 22nd January 2009, lot 32. Several fine pieces of 18th century furniture are known incorporating concertina action hinges bearing the stamp 'H. TIBATS' including a related table in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum. The stamp is almost certainly that of Hugh Tibats who is recorded in 1781 as a 'hinge and sash fastening maker, Bell St'. Hinges bearing this stamp from the same period include a pair of card tables supplied by Thomas Chippendale for the 5th Earl of Dumfries at Dumfries House, Scotland in 1759.
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A Continental tulipwood, marquetry and gilt metal mounted card table, probably French or Dutch, mid 19th century, decorated with flowering urns, perching birds and foliate marquetry throughout, the hinged top rotating and opening to a baize playing surface, on tapering cabriole legs terminating in sabots, 77cm high, 96.5cm wide, 48cm deep
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The Five Senses. Tasting, Feeling, Hearing, Smeling [sic] & Seeing, printed for George Minnikin and are to be sold at his shop at the Parrot in Shoo-Lane, circa 1670, a set of five woodcut broadsides with contemporary stencil colour, heightened with bodycolour and glitter, with printed lines of descriptive verse below image, each approximately 52 x 37 cm, uniformly framed and glazed in 20th-century black & gilt mouldings (Qty: 5)A remarkable set of unrecorded broadsides in fine condition. These striking 17th-century images are not recorded in Anthony Griffiths' The Print in Stuart Britain 1603-1689 , nor do they appear in the British Museum's four-volume collection of fourteen sets of allegorical subjects, acquired from the dealer Boone in 1870. Very little is known about the playing card manufacturer and print publisher George Minnikin (or Minningken), though he is recorded as Master of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards in 1661-62, and again in 1667-68. He is recorded in the Term Catalogue for 1676 (I, 237) as selling a pack of cards representing the counties of England at the sign of the King's Head in St Martin's-le-Grand, London. The same address appears on two prints in the BM and another, dated 1699, at the Ashmolean, as well as on his trade card; a print of the World Turned Upside Down gives Minnikin's address as ‘the Parrot, Shoo Lane’. No other copies of any of these broadsides have been located. The author of the verses has not been identified but they bear close similarity with those to be found in some 17th-century stained glass in Howroyd Hall, Barkisland, Yorkshire. William Horton built Howroyd Hall in 1642, and had put in the hall window, in stained glass, a group of emblematic images representing the five senses, featuring a female figure with mottos similar to those here printed. See John Watson, The History and Antiquities of the Parish of Halifax, Yorkshire (1775), pp. 161-62.
Card Game. The Improved and Illustrated Game of Doctor Busby, published by W. and S.B. Ives, Salem, Mass., circa 1843 or slightly later, a complete set of twenty hand-coloured lithographed cards (four suits of five cards each), some spotting and finger soiling throughout, versos blank, contained in original cloth slipcase with printed paper label to upper cover and to lower cover, slightly rubbed and soiled and split along one joint, 91 x 64mm, together with a group of 38 'Snap' (?)home-made playing cards, France, 19th century, cards with coloured engravings of monarchs, soldiers, etc. pasted to one side, a little soiling, 100 x 60mm (Qty: 59)The Doctor Busby game is a rare early edition of the first card game published in America. It consists of four suits (pestle & mortar, milk pan, eye, and spade), representing the Busby family, the family of Doll the dairy maid, the Ninny-Come-Twitch family, and the family of Spade the gardener.
Transformation Game. Metamorphosis costume cards, n.p., circa 1840s, 28 (of 30) hand-coloured etched cards, forming ten different figures in costume, including one playing a hurdy gurdy, one with a rifle, a Victorian gentleman with a tea tray, and various figures in flamboyant dress, one in a turban, lacking two heads, each card with contemporary ink numeral top right, toned and spotted, each card approximately 43 x 60 mm, contained together in original cardboard box, with hand-coloured etched label on pull-off lid (repeating one of the figures), toned and rubbed, lid split at joints and sometime reinforced on inside (Qty: 1)A rare early set of transformation cards, most unusually found in the original, rather delicate, cardboard box.NB: Amendment - 29 (of 30), lacking one head
Sir Patrick Stewart signed card approx 4 x 6 inches. Sir Patrick Stewart OBE 1371940 is a British stage, film , television actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, X Men film series and Royal Shakespeare Company. Very good condition with slight crease top right corner. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Sir Patrick Stewart signed card approx 4 x 6 inches. Sir Patrick Stewart OBE 13/7/1940 is a British stage, film , television actor best known for playing Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek, X Men film series and Royal Shakespeare Company. Very Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Tom Baker signed dedicated Dr Who costume design colour post card approx 6 x 4 inches. Thomas Stewart Baker 20/1/1934 is an English actor best known for playing 4th Doctor Who from 1974 to 1981. Very Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Nigel Planer signed post card approx 4 x 5 inches. Nigel George Planer 22/2/1953 is an English actor, comedian, playwright best known for playing Neil in The Young Ones plus west end musicals including Evita, Chicago, We Will Rock you, Hairspray. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
John Schneider signed card approx 4 x 6 inches. John Richard Schneider 8/4/1954 is an American actor best known for playing Bo Duke in the American television series The Dukes of Hazard. Very Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Val Kilmer signed card approx 4 x 6 inches. Val Edward Kilmer 31/12/1959 is an American actor best known for Top Gun, Batman Forever, Tombstone, The Doors playing Jim Morrison, Willow and the voice of KITT in Knight Rider. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Val Kilmer signed card approx 5 x 5 inches. Val Edward Kilmer 31/12/1959 is an American actor best known for Top Gun, Batman Forever, Tombstone, The Doors playing Jim Morrison, Willow and the voice of KITT in Knight Rider. Scruffy condition. Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
A LATE GEORGIAN IVORY, ENAMEL AND GOLD MOUNTED GAMING COUNTER BOX, of cylindrical form, the screw off cover enamelled with King of Diamonds playing card within a dark brown ground and white enamel circular frame inlaid in gold with 'Three Out' and foliate sprigs, height 3.5cm x diameter 2.9cm to fit counters approximate diameter 2.4cm (condition: gold band around base is loose in places, few small nibbles to screw rim, enamelled white band has several chips cracks which are just visible with the naked eye, bottom half of box has a deeper horizontal scratch approximately 4mm long)
A Victorian figured and carved walnut pedestal card table, the fold-over top having a moulded edge and opening to reveal baize lined playing surface, above an acanthus leaf and C-scroll carved frieze to a carved and knopped column, on hipped cabriole supports with brass casters, w.91cm, d.45cm, h.75cm
A 19th century amboyna and marquetry inlaid breakfront card table, the fold-over top having embossed brass edge, with swivel action, opening to reveal baize lined playing surface within a scroll leaf marquetry inlaid border, the whole with further floral marquetry inlaid frieze and raised on four ebonised gilt metal mounted ring turned and tapering fluted supports, w.91cm, d.45cm, h.75cm
W GURNEY BENHAM: PLAYING CARDS, London and Melbourne, Ward Lock, 1931, 1st edition, 4to, original pictorial cloth gilt + JEAN HUGARD & FREDERICK BRAUN: 2 titles: THE ROYAL ROAD TO CARD MAGIC, London, Faber & Faber, 1949, 1st edition, original cloth; EXPERT CARD TECHNIQUE, London, Faber & Faber, 1954, 1st edition, original cloth + ELLIS STANYON: CARD TRICKS, A PRACTICAL TREATISE ON CONJURING WITH CARDS, Philadelphia, The Penn Publishing Co, 1920, original pictorial wraps worn + ANON: CARD GAMES AND HOW TO PLAY THEM, Cincinnati, The United States Playing Card Co, 1900, original wraps (5)
Football Legends Stanley Mathews 3x1 signed cigarette card. Sir Stanley Matthews, CBE (1 February 1915 - 23 February 2000) was an English footballer. Often regarded as one of the greatest players of the British game, he is the only player to have been knighted while still playing football, as well as being the first winner of both the European Footballer of the Year and the Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year awards. Matthews' nicknames included "The Wizard of the Dribble" and "The Magician". Good condition Est.
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British Avant-Garde Torok, Karl The Swan. The Sepia Press, [nd]. No. 24 of 25 signed by Torok. 8vo, org. card wrappers, and a number of postcards to Torok from various figures such as American poets Ron Padgett and Kenward Elmslie - including from the latter a postcard showing an illustration by Torok in Elmslie's forthcoming Topiary Trek. Many postcards show work by Torok or other underground and revolutionary artists. Torok was a Bradford-born printmaker and painter of Hungarian descent. He was linked to many small press and avant-garde collectives such as Ian Gardner's New Arcadians and the many projects of Simon Cutts and Stuart Mills. The Blue Tunnel [Gardner, Ian] A collection of ephemeral works by Ian Gardner and others under the Blue Tunnel imprint, this includes a number of newsletters with contributions from old friends like Simon Cutts and odd works like Edwin Morgan's whimsical 'the blue tenniel'. Amongst the ephemera are Tom Meyer's Legends, inscribed to Karl; Rod Gathercole's Canal Water Lock Gates; and Gael Turnbull's poem for Wulfstan, the Saxon Bishop of Worcester. Meyer, Tom Material sent from Corn Close to Karl Torok, especially of Meyer's playing with computers and dot-matrix printers to create modern (1987) takes on the old typewriter work of the early concrete poets such as DSH. These are annotated by Meyer explaining the system. Along with three greetings cards and two letters to Torok. An intriguing piece, which simultaneously of an era of mechanical (or indeed digital) reproduction, whilst very likely being unique in this form and version.
A Regency satinwood and ebonised inlaid folding card table, circa 1815, in the manner of George Oakley, the hinged rectangular top with rounded front corners, opening to a baize inset playing surface, above a tablet moulded frieze, on square tapering cabriole legs, terminating in brass caps and castors, 73cm high, 92cm wide, 45cm deep Provenance: Private Collection, London
A late 19th century rosewood Tonbridge ware box, width 22cm, a George III elliptical fruitwood tea caddy with flower head paterae and marquetry decoration in the shape of swags and festoons, a small cylindrical pot with green cabochon stones, marked 'Allarn' to the base and a small walnut playing card case with mosaic bandwork to the centre, marked 'Bordichigre'.
Greyhound racing memorabilia,comprising: an item of signage ex-White City Stadium, white acrylic sheet printed in red one side TREBLE CHANCE & DUELLA 10p, and the other side FORECAST DUELLA, NON RUNNERS, 1st. LEG, 2nd. LEG, 38 by 30cm.; a counter top advertisement card for Harringay Races 40 by 31cm.; a set of four sherry glasses etched with the GRA logo; a greyhound & book novelty paperweight; a trophy for Crayford Races Ladbrokes Stayers Stakes 8th June 1995; a limited edition Italian ceramic tile printed with a photograph of the Derby winner "Hit The Lid"; a Totalisator Cash Controller's pass for Harringay Stadium; a vintage game "The New Dog-Racing Game", Cardora Series, British Made, Patent 27151, comprising playing surface and box containing six painted lead greyhounds and playing cards, good condition; a framed colour photo of the 1977 National Inter-Track Championship Winners (White City) with their trainers; a group of three official matted b&w photographs of champion greyhounds "Sir Ginger" (1970 Cambridgeshire), "Sole Aim" (1971 Greyhound Derby) and "Down Your Way" (1971 Gold Collar), each 38 by 42cm; a framed David French artist drawn limited edition print, numbered 263/500, titled "The Classic Winners of 1980"; another David French print (tube rolled), 21/300, titled "Great Greyhounds of the Twentieth Century"; and a tube rolled Michael Lyne print "A Review of Coursing"
A RARE JAPANESE SET OF HAND-PAINTED PLAYING CARDS, HYAKUNIN ISSHU UTA KARUTA EDO PERIOD 1615-1868 Comprising 416 cards, 208 with inscriptions in free cursive sosho script, the other 208 with figures and still lives, all hand-painted in ink, colour and gilt on thick card with gold flakes, the reverse covered in gold leaf, in its original box with paper wrappings and silk covers, a paper label for 'C.Pratt & Sons, Bradford' on the box, each card 7.9cm x 5.5cm, the box 16.5cm x 16cm x 22.3cm. (a lot) Provenance: from a private English playing cards collector. Together with a letter from Sir William Wilkinson (1858-1930), British Sinologist and card collector whose collection is now at the British Museum, addressed to the previous owner and identifying these as hyakunin isshu cards. Cf. J Berry, Playing-cards of the World: Catalogue of the Collection of the Worshipful Company of Makers of Playing Cards and Cards Owned by the Guildhall Library, City of London, p.VI 12 n.327, where the author discusses the rules of the Hyakunin Isshu game. Also, see J T Carpenter and M McCormick, The tale of Genji, A Japanese Classic Illuminated, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, pp.260-261 no.75, for a similar set of playing cards from the John C. Weber Collection, currently on display at the MET as part of the Tale of Genji exhibition.
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