A single-manual harpsichord by Jacob Kirckman, London, 1766, the mahogany case with boxwood stringing, the lid with shaped brass strap hinges, the key well veneered with root walnut with boxwood stringing and mahogany crossbanding, the soundboard with inset gilt rose pierced and carved with King David playing the harp and the maker's initials IK, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3, with ivory naturals faced with boxwood mouldings and ebony accidentals, four brass-knobbed draw stops controlling two 8ft stops, a 4ft stop and an 8ft buff stop, with foot pedal controlling a simple machine-stop mechanism disconnecting the front 8ft and 4ft stops, on trestle stand, later music desk. Inscribed on a boxwood plaque on the name batten Jacobus Kirckman Londini Fecit 1766. Length 7ft 2½in, 219.8cm; width 3ft ?in, 93cm. The conversion of the stop levers which would have originally moved sideways to the present 'draw' stops is probably an early modification. Provenance Purchased by Christopher Hogwood at Puttick & Simpson's in 1972. Literature Boalch3, p. 435 Boalch2, p.89, No. 32a Discography 1974 The Amorous Flute, with David Munrow, Oliver Brookes and Robert Spencer, Decca Argo ZRG 746 1974 Arne: Eight Overtures, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO503 1974 Arne: Eight Harpsichord Sonatas, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO502 1976 Geminiani: Cello Sonatas Io, 5, with Anthony Pleeth and Richard Webb, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO513 1977 Geminiani: Concerti Grossi Op. 3, with Jaap Schroder, Catherine Mackintosh, Trevor Jones, Anthony Pleeth and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO526 1978 Music at Court, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Folio Society FS1001/2 1978 J. C. Bath: Six Favourite Overtures, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO525 1978 Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne and Anthem for the Foundling Hospital, with Simon Preston and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO541 1978 Handel: Water Music, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO543 1979-83 Mozart: Symphonies, Vols 1 and 7, with Jaap Schroder and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre D167D3 and D173D3 1981 Handel: Cantatas, with Emma Kirkby, Judith Nelson, David Thomas and Susan Sheppard, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO580 1981 Handel: Musick for the Royal Fireworks and Wind Music, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO548 1982 Handel: Theatre Music, Vol. 2, with Patrizia Kwella, Margaret Cable, David Thomas and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO598 1987 J. S. Bath: Coffee and Peasant Cantatas, with Emma Kirkby, Rogers Covey-Crump, David Thomas and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 621-1OH 1988 J. S. Bath: Orchestral Suites, with the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 417 834-1OH2 1993 Handel, Arne: Arias, with Emma Kirkby and the Academy of Ancient Music, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 436 132-2OH Restoration history 1950 Alec Hodsdon
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An unfretted clavichord by Johann Adolph Hass, Hamburg, 1761, the case exterior painted with simulated tortoiseshell, the lid with a floral and trellis band, the lid interior with chinoiserie decoration comprising buildings on a lake and figures including a group of musicians, all on a red ground and within a floral and trellis border en suite with the exterior, the soundboard painted with flowers including tulips, cornflowers and an iris, the accessory compartment with ivory and ebony overlaid lid, the five octave keyboard, FF to f3, with arcaded ivory naturals and ebony accidentals, bichord brass stringing with octave stringing FF to c, later music desk, on later trestle stand with square tapered legs by Dolmetsch. Inscribed on the soundboard J. A. Hass, Hambr. Anno 1761. Length 5ft 10¼in, 178.3cm; width 1ft 9½in, 54.3cm. Provenance This instrument was acquired by Christopher Hogwood in 1976 from the family of Sir Humphrey Noble Bt. There is an undocumented tradition that it was once in the possession of the family of the engineer Isambard Kingdom Brunel who was an ancestor of the Noble family. Literature Boalch3, p. 373 Boalch2, p. 64, No. 17 Boalch1, p. 45, No. 17 Boalch1 & 2 record the instrument as dated 1763 but this has been corrected to 1761 by Christopher Clarke and Richard Luckett (private correspondence with Charles Mould). Technical drawings by Clarke and Barnes. Discography 1981 C. P. E. Bach: Sonatas and Sonatinas from 'Essay on the true art of playing keyboard instruments', 1753, Wq. 63/1-12, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre DSLO589 1996 J. S. Bach, W. F. Bach, C. P. E. Bach, J. C. Bach: Concertos and Duets with Christophe Rousset, Decca L'Oiseau-Lyre 440 649-2OH 2004 The Secret Bach, Metronome MET CD 1056 2005 The Secret Handel, with Derek Adlam, Metronome MET 1060 2006 The Secret Mozart, with Derek Adlam, Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 82876 83288 2 Restoration history 1918 Arnold Dolmetsch 1980-81 Christopher Clarke (full restoration), Mac & Me (decoration) 1999 Miles Hellon (new strings and listing) Current pitch A=392Hz
19th Century Minton Hollins & Co brown and off-white painted tile plaque, probably outside decorated with a young Grecian man playing a lyre, impressed marks and painted script 'Benham & Sons', 61.5cm x 25.5cm Probably outside decorated for Benham & Sons for use as a stove panel Condition: One surface flake visible on the right hand edge at head height approximately 15mm in diameter, a further slightly smaller flake to the top right hand corner, some minor paint losses and a further small flake beneath his right toe approximately 3mm x 2mm - ** General condition consistent with age
19th Century Swiss tortoiseshell cased miniature cylinder musical box, 6cm cylinder playing two airs, hinged cover with pressed decoration entitled 'Vue Du Palais Ducal A Venise Cot De La Mer', 9.5cm wide Condition: The box has had rough restoration to the cover behind the hinges, there is also a split to the lower back corner, we have not wound the box - ** General condition consistent with age
A lot of James Bond related playing cards to include; Skyfall poker set, two Cartamundi Guns & Gadgets and Heroes & Villains limited edition sets, limited edition 50th Anniversary playing card set, no. 2119/5000, Bond card and dice games gift set, together with 26 playing card decks with clear plastic card holder dispenser and boxed set of James Bond 50th anniversary 100 postcards.
POP MUSIC, LE photos (11.5 x 9.5), inc. Bob Dylan at Picnic at Blackbushe (17th July 1978), John Bonham playing with Led Zeppelin at Knebworth (11th August 1979), each overmounted with brief description of the photo shoot, mounts signed by the photographer Allan Perry, LE of 2500, pub. by Studio Limited Editions (2006), EX, 2
A late 18th/early 19th Century English porcelain figure group, depicting the Taylor of Gloucester; a Bow figure group depicting a boy playing pipes; a 19th Century porcelain figure group depicting a lady carrying posies of flowers; and a continental porcelain figurine of a dancing girl, AF, (4)
Sale Item: W C PAINTING & SKETCH MAN PLAYING FLUE Vat Status: No Vat Buyers Premium: This lot is subject to a Buyers Premium of 15% + Vat @ 20% Additional Info : Lots purchased online with the-saleroom.com will attract an additional charge for this service in the sum of 3% of the hammer price plus VAT @ 20%
A late 19th Century Continental Musical Workbox, of rectangular form, hinged and Brass bound lid to a strung body on peg feet to a fitted interior with mirror inset to the cover and fitted interior containing inkwells (one lacking stopper) and containing various sewing implements with lift out section to a key-wind music box with 2 = pin barrel and single piece comb playing two Airs and with stop/start and tune changing levers to the base, width 8 =
A quantity of Capodimonte porcelain figures, comprising; a fisherman, hound, rag and bone man, two tramps on a bench, two pipe smokers on a bench, 18th century boy and girl removing a bird's nest from a tree, tramp with doves, two gentlemen conversing, huntsman with hound, and two musicians playing a violin and guitar. (10)
A NICOLE FRERES 'BELLS, DRUM & CASTANETS IN SIGHT' MUSICAL BOX Swiss, late 19th century, the 30cm pinned cylinder set to a gilded steel bed, playing six airs and flanked by a winding lever to one side, and stop / start and change / repeat levers to the other, the mechanism striking on six bells mounted sideways in two groups of three, with a drum to one side and castanet to the other, the lid interior with a printed and hand-written tune sheet numbered '3106' and '46127', the rosewood case with quarter-veneered tulipwood cross-banding, the lid exterior and front panel with marquetry inlaid musical trophies, 25cm high, 55cm wide, 29cm deep.
A MUSICAL BOX late 19th century, the 12.5cm pinned cylinder set to a gilded steel bed, playing a series of airs (probably six) and flanked by a winding lever to one side, and stop / start and change / repeat levers to the other, in a stained and ebonized case, the lid interior stamped 'J.H. Ebblewhite / Aldgate London', the lid exterior and front panel with boxwood line inlay, 12cm high, 32.5cm wide, 17.5cm deep.
FORTY-FIVE ASSORTED LONG-PLAYING RECORDS including Jimmy McGriff, 'Black and Blues', double album (People PLED 501), gatefold sleeve; The Soft Machine, as titled (probe CPLP4500); The Soft Machine, 'Fourth' (CBS 64280); and Kevin Ayers, 'Joy of a Toy' (Harvest SHVL 763); together with a quantity of single records.
A white metal two handled wine taster, embossed with a female figure playing a harp, with pierced figural and scroll handles, marked N GS L, together with a white metal Chinese model of a sedan chair, and a pair of silver plated knife rests, the ends formed as the three legged emblem for the Isle of Man
A rare Exella boxed 'House of Twigs' from Walt Disney Three Little Pigs, with pig playing flute, generally G box complete. Lid has split to 1 corner. Label very slightly dirty with small convex dent by pig's left hand. Pig is complete and in good condition with a few minor chips, esp. to hat and feet. Lead house has a couple of minor paint chips. Otherwise VG.
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