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Click here to subscribeA set of four George III playing card decks by T. Wheeler, each ace of spades printed with `Six Pence Addl Duty, GIII Rex, 1344... T. Wheeler`, with plain backs, together with a group of mother-of-pearl playing counters, all contained within a period card box of octagonal form, the hinged lid with a penwork reserve of a maiden upon a chariot pulled by two deer, within a foliate border, width approx 26cm.
A late Victorian silver heart shaped pin dish embossed with two ladies seated in a garden accompanied by a man playing a stringed instrument within a scroll rim, Birmingham 1899 by Henry Matthews, an Edwardian silver oval trinket box, the hinged lid and sides embossed with scrolls and amorini within fluted rims, Birmingham 1901, and a Victorian silver circular dish with embossed and pierced decoration, Chester 1898.
A Continental glass flask, probably low Countries, late 18th Century, of octagonal shape, engraved to one side with a seated man playing bagpipes, opposing a dancing woman, the sides engraved with a violinist opposing a dancing male, flanked by scrolling foliage, the rounded shoulders with engraved foliage beneath the metal mounted collar, height approx 11cm.
An Edwardian silver playing card box by George Unite & Sons, Birmingham 1902, the hinged cover with a pop up red leather lined interior for the packs, the bevelled glazed front and back inset with playing cards of Napoleon and French Imperial motifs, supported on moulded bracket feet, 13cm (5in) high, loaded
Late C19th/Early C20th French Games Table on tall tapering fluted circular section supports with brass collars, marquetry cross-banded top with flowers, quarter veneers with pull-out drawer to side containing roulette wheel, draughts, back gammon, card games, solitaire, chess, gaming pieces, crib board, counters, etc. with internal mahogany lid, removable trays with back gammon, fold-over top with green baize lined card playing surface, inset disc marked G. F B Teef GBG Paris
Pair C18th Bow Porcelain Figurines on raised gilt scroll feet bases, yellow hatted woman in pink blouse, floral & gilt decorated skirt reading book on a tree stump amongst brocage, companion yellow hatted boy with pink jacket, red & gilt striped trousers playing a flute on tree stump amongst brocage approx. 5 1/4H each marked to the base with red anchor & dagger 1 incised Ale the other 3? (2)"
C18th/C19th German Porcelain Figural Musical Group, woman playing a stringed instrument in long flowing yellow gown, decorated with flower heads, her under-skirt white with floral decoration & pink petticoat, pug dog resting between them, male wearing a blue jacket playing a flute with green & lilac striped waistcoat, yellow breeches, resting on a burgundy, gilt & yellow decorated armed sofa with a walking stick by his side, marked to the base with inscribed W 65 44? under glazed blue cross with V between handles, approx. 5 3/4H 9"L"
Harry Rutherford (1903-1985), Playing cards, signed, pencil, 12 x 18cm.; 4.75 x 7.25in. * His work can be found in galleries in Manchester, Salford and Oldham, and the Borough of Tameside owns more than 30 of Rutherford`s paintings, which can be seen at the Astley Chetham Art Gallery in Stalybridge. Artists` Resale Right ("droit de suite") may apply to this lot.
Silver & marcasite framed cameo brooch, comprising oval carved shell of a winged & robed maiden playing a lyre, fitted with safety chain, a butterfly brooch with black & white onyx & marcasite set wings, white onyx set body & a flying swallow brooch set with marcasite, stamped or tested (0.68oz) (3)
A rare George I oak eight-day musical longcase clock. Benjamin Rodgers, Chesterfield, circa 1730. The substantial five-pillar triple train inside countwheel bell striking movement playing a choice of two tunes via eight bells with fifteen hammers every four hours, with original anchor escapement and outside fly with adjustable vanes for the music train, the 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary second dial and foliate engraved calendar aperture to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with foliate half hour markers, Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Benjamin Rodgers to lower edge, the angles with applied female mask and scroll spandrels, with tune selection lever at 9 o’clock and pierced steel hands, the case with elaborate stepped and moulded caddy surmount above ogee cornice, plain frieze and three quarter columns to the glazed hood door, the trunk with complex mouldings to throat above rectangular door with canted upper angles, decorative brass hinges and centred with a gilt lenticle, on plain plinth base with moulded skirt, 242cm (95.5ins) high. Benjamin Rodgers is recorded in Hughes, Roy G. and Craven, Maxwell Clockmakers & Watchmakers of DERBYSHIRE as working in Chesterfield circa 1729-40. The current lot formerly belonged to the collection of the late John Hooper and was purchased by the current owner in these rooms from the sale of the Library & Workshop of John Hooper 10th February 2009 lot 99 for £3,800 hammer.
A fine George III brass mounted ebonised quarter chiming musical table clock. Paul Rimbault, London, late 18th century. The substantial six pillar triple fusee movement with verge escapement and chiming the quarters on eight bells and playing a choice of two tunes including ‘Oh Worship the King!’ on the same eight bells with fifteen hammers on the hour, the symmetrical foliate scroll and strapwork engraved backplate with external fly with adjustable vanes for regulating the speed of the music and conforming decorative backcock apron, the 7 inch wavy-outline arched Roman numeral painted dial signed PAUL RIMBAULT, LONDON to centre and with scroll pierced blued steel hands within spandrels decorated with delicate floral sprays on a dark ground, beneath arch finely painted with a landscape view of a church beside a river with a sailing boat and bridge beyond, the inverted bell top case with figural surmount cast as ‘Britannia’ set on a pedestal applied with side scrolls over foliate festoon mount to the concave section of the superstructure flanked by cast vase finials to corners, with pierced and engraved foliate brass frets to upper quadrants of the brass fillet inset front door flanked by ribbon bow and entwined husk drapery cast mounts incorporating relief portrait medallions to front angles, the sides with hinged handles above arched fishscale frets and with conforming mounts to rear canted angles, on brass-bound shallow cavetto moulded skirt base with brass bracket feet, 48cm (19ins) high excluding figural surmount, 60cm (23.5ins) high overall. Paul Rimbault is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Denmark Street, London 1770-85. He was related to John Stephen Rimbault who is recorded working from Great St. Andrew’s Street, London 1744-85. Both makers probably had Huguenot roots and appear to have specialised in the production of complex musical clocks which often incorporated automata within the arch of the dial. The current lot can be traced back within the vendor’s family until at least mid 19th century and it is possible that the clock has remained in the same family since it was made; this is perhaps supported by the fact that it survives in good, relatively unrestored original condition. With a dial width of seven inches the current lot is also perhaps of a more manageable size than many musical clocks from this period which tended to be of larger proportions, however it still remains a highly decorative thus impressive object.
An unusual padouk wood musical alarm table clock. Berguer London, probably early 19th century. The five pillar twin chain fusee movement with verge escapement and alarm playing a choice of two peels or a lively melodic tune on eight bells, the backplate engraved with an urn within a rococo scroll cartouche and decorative border incorporating leafy sprays to angles, with a 7 inch brass break-arch dial with alarm disc to the matted centre and blued steel hands within an applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track and signed Berguer, London to lower edge the angles with female mask and scroll pattern spandrels beneath arch with CHIME/SILENT dial flanked by conforming scroll cast mounts, in a case with brass carrying handle to a moulded panel following the profile of the break-arch top with brass pineapple finials, the front door with ebonised fillet mouldings to the glazed aperture and brass inset angles, the sides with circular foliate scroll engraved brass sound frets above concave-topped windows, on moulded base with brass bracket feet, 39.5cm (15.5ins) high. Four makers with the surname Berguer (probably brothers) are recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working in London during the first quarter of the 19th century; Frederick 1805-24, John 1809-24, Francis (Holborn) 1820 and Joseph 1820. Two generations of makers with the same surname are also recorded working in Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland during the 18th century hence it is probable that the London-based makers at the start of the 19th century were first generation immigrants. The fact that the signature to the chapter ring suggests that the maker of the current lot was probably an immigrant may account for the unusual specification of the movement (which plays music as an alarm only) as well as the individual nature of the detail design of the case. These variations perhaps echo those seen on clocks made in London by an earlier generation of Huguenot immigrant makers working during the early years of the 18th century.
A Victorian mahogany games compendium, circa 1880, of square section, the cover with a chequerboard of sycamore and rosewood, the cover interior housing coloured leather playing boards for ‘Matrimony’, backgammon and chess, the fitted interior with bone chess pieces, turned wood backgammn counters, a cribbage marker board and other items, 8cm high, 29cm wide, 29cm deep
A 19th Century Swiss Cylinder Music Box, with 28cm brass cylinder and single steel comb movement playing six airs, with six bells in sight, under a glazed cover, ratcheted brass winding arm opposite stop/start and change/repeat levers, printed and hand written tune sheet to underside of lid, in a inlaid walnut case, 54cm by 30cm (a/f)
A Swiss Sublime Harmony Cylinder Music Box, with 33.5cm steel cylinder and two comb movement playing eight airs, with makers logo `A.K K.I` within a circle, the bedplate numbered 3765, set with a lyre shaped tune indicator, enclosed by a glazed inner cover, with ratcheted winding handle opposite Change/Repeat and Stop/Play levers, with a coloured lithographic tune sheet to underside of lid, in an inlaid rosewood and stained case, length 66cm
A 19th Century Swiss Cylinder Music Box, with 30cm brass cylinder and single steel comb movement playing ten airs, ratcheted winding handle numbered 8772, under a glazed cover, with stop/start and change/repeat levers, lithographed tune sheet to underside of lid, in an inlaid rosewood and stained case, length 49cm
Lorenzaccio / Sarah Bernhardt poster Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939 Czech/French), printed by F. Champenois, Paris, color lithographic poster on woven paper laid to masonite, two-sheet format, 1896, sight size: 82.25`` H x 30`` WNote: Sarah Bernhardt adapted for herself an 1863 play by Alfred de Musset that tells the story of Lorenzo the Magnificent and his desperate struggle to save Florence from a power-hungry conqueror. Mucha depicts a dragon menacing the city`s coat of arms in the background while Bernhardt, playing Lorenzo, thoughtfully considers how to act against this threat. Provenance: Estate of Kent Elofson, Pasadena, CA. Condition: Scattered stable tears and creases in the upper area. The paper pieced crease in the center. Scattered staining primarily in the margins. Paper laid to masonite as stated. Not examined out of the frame.Your bid indicates acceptance of our Conditions of Sale. AS-IS. ALL SALES FINAL
NATIVE AMERICAN PEACE PIPE - Late 19th c Sioux Calumet, taken at Fort Abercrombie, Dakota Territory (according to label), two-color catlinite bowl with lead inlay of four winds on sides of round flat sided bowl, playing card `clubs` at stem, red and green painted spiral twist stem carved from one piece of ash, 31 1/4" long overall, 4 3/4" x 8" x 1" bowl, very good condition.
A CREAM VINYL HALF MOON SHAPED MUSICAL "BALLERINA" JEWELLERY BOX playing "Dance Ballerina Dance" having key-wind mechanism, together with a variety of costume and other jewellery to include a lady`s 1970`s Omega watch with certificate, boxed, powder compact, brooches, bracelets, earrings, cameos, Lourdes pendant souvenir, mother-of-pearl handled stainless steel fruit knife, etc
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