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Click here to subscribeA late 19th century walnut table top polyphon, with a crank wind movement and two combs, No. 34933, playing 15.5inch disc, the lid inset a photographic print of a chateau and trade label for 'Henry Klein & Co, London, W.' the case with carved decoration, burr walnut veneers and floral marquetry, with forty five discs, 12.25in (31cm) h, 22.25in (56.5cm) w.
An early 20th Century patinated spelter and green Onyx mounted figural Mantel Clock, the circular and compressed case surmounted by a violin playing putto, to a foliate scrolling case, and plinth base, with applied scrolling bracket feet, to an Arabic enamel dial decorated with floral swags, to a circular Brass movement with anchor escapement and strike on a bell, height 21"
A Rare early 19th Century 'Anti Jacobite' Glass, raised on a square moulded foot with a bladed knop, inscribed with a banner; 'Honour and Friendship' above a seated figure of a cat playing the bagpipes in front of a music stand, the reverse engraved with initial "WB" between hops and barley (5.5ins 14cms high) (some chips to foot) (see illustration) NB A practically identical glass from the same suite is illustrated in Percy Bate; "English Table Glass", plate LXIV, fig 241. Whilst the phrase "Honour and Friendship is associated with the Jacobite cause, the date of this glass, circa 1800, falls outside the cannon of works associated with the restoration of the Stuart Monarchy. The choice of a cat to play the pipes is obviously anti Scottish and therefore, anti Jacobite, suggesting that this was made for members of an anti Jacobite drinking club around the time of the Second Act of Union.
Engraved playing cards showing a miniature map of County Durham as the Queen of Clubs, c.1680; six mounted together: including two with hand colouring, all in glazed Hogarth frame. NB: The above is part of a set of fifty two playing cards, each of which illustrates a county in England or Wales. Two extra cards were issued with the set on one of which is the wording "A Mapp of England & Wales"; together with a map showing all fifty two counties marked upon it, the other bearing instructions as to how to use the cards. The portrait used for the King is Charles II whilst the Queen in this case depicted is Catherine of Braganza.
[BOOTH JOHN WILKES]: (1838-1865) American Stage Actor, assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington DC on 14th April 1865. A good brown wooden walking cane previously belonging to Booth and presented to him by the Anglo-American actress Laura Keene (1826-1873), featuring an ivory handle and with an inscription engraved on a silver band mounted at the top of the cane, John Wilkes Booth from Laura Keen [sic] '65. 32" in length. Previously housed in the Boothbay Theatre Museum in Maine. Rare. Some light overall age wear and minor scuffing, G. Booth assassinated Lincoln during a performance of Our American Cousin by shooting him in the back of the head. It was Laura Keene's company that were playing at Ford's Theatre on the night of the assassination. Some reports state that Keene entered the Presidential box after Lincoln had been shot and cradled his wounded head in her lap.
PHILIP PRINCE: (1921- ) Duke of Edinburgh, husband of Queen Elizabeth II. D.S., Philip, one page, 8vo, Buckingham Palace, 1985. The document is the original typescript of an introduction to a Polo Annual which reads, in full, 'For those of us who don't, or can't, play polo any more, the next best thing is to read about it. I hope that the Polo Annual will be hugely successful and if the Chairman is half as effective at producing the Annual as he was at playing the game, I have little doubt that it will do very well indeed.' Together with Princess Helena (1846-1923, Daughter of Queen Victoria) portion of an A.L.S., Helena, Prs. Christian, two pages (upper half of an 8vo sheet of personal printed stationery), Pall Mall, London, n.d., to an unknown recipient, mentioning Mr. Churchill. G to VG, 2
A 19th century Samson porcelain figure of a gentleman, dog beside, on scroll base, 7.5in., a Victorian bone china figure of a seated Turk, playing the pipes, cat beside, 6.25in. and an early 19th century French porcelain fruit bowl, painted with a basket of flowers and drapes, 10in. - some damage throughout
A Pair of 17th Century Oak & Walnut Swags. The intricately carved with pendant garlands of berries, flowers, wheat & foliage tied at the top with a bow & surmounted by cherubs standing upon a scrolling acanthus leaf; one playing a flute, the other strumming a mandolin. 68 ins x 6¼ ins (174 cms x 16 cms).
Five Carved Eastern Figures & A Small Persian Mirror: A set of three figures carved as Oriental Deities, 8 ins (20 cms) in height and a pair Oriental seated figures with residual polychrome and gilding 10½ ins (27 cms) in height and 10 ins (25 cms) in height. The 19th Century Painted Persian Mirror having a rectangular frame with a central arched door painted with a seated figure playing a string instrument and opening to reveal the small arched mirror within. The outer painted border lavishly decorated with birds, flowers and a huntsman on horseback. 6 ins x 8½ ins (15 cms x 22 cms).
Good large French musical box made by L'Epee of Ste. Suzanne circa 1874, serial no. 39304, playing twelve airs on a 39cm cylinder with original blank coloured tune card of Thibouville Lamy under the lid, the movement playing on five bells with Bee strikers, a snare drum and castanets, within a rosewood, walnut parquetry case, the lid inlaid with a bird and butterfly amidst flowering foliage within a chevron banded border, with similar inlay to the front and sides fitted with ornate bronze cast drop handles, 27" wide overall
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