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Click here to subscribeλ A pair of 19th century French Dieppe carved ivory dancing girls, one playing the tambourine with articulated zils, the other with castanets and with a flower entwined baton, each with a revealing flowing dress, on a slightly differing oval lappet carved base, 31.4cm high (max). (2) Provenance: From a distinguished naval family.
A Victorian coromandel games compendium, the interior with two lift-out trays, fitted with boxwood and ebony draft pieces, a cribbage board, bone dominoes, playing cards, counters, a shaker, painted metal horse and riders, a small gavel, dice, the twin hinged front with a boxwood and ebony chess set and with leather game boards inset into the underside of the lid, 18.1cm high, 33.8cm wide, 22.5cm deep.
*Stereoview - Chess. A fine stereoview of the American Paul Morphy playing chess with Hungarian champion Johann Jacob Loewenthal, London, 1858, light grey mount, manuscript number 137 to verso The chess phenomenon Paul Morphy collected 9 wins in this match, Loewenthal winning 3 and drawing 2 further games. 'The stakes per £100, but the winner chivalrously presented Loewenthal with some furniture costing more than that amount for a new house he was taking', British Chess Magazine, July 1976, p. 313. (1)
Tokens, British, Middlesex, Thomas Spence, halfpennies (2): 1796, bust of Rt Hon. C.J. Fox, rev. boys playing on turnstile (DH.771); undated, heads of Pitt and Fox conjoined, rev. hand holding heart (DH.804c), DH.771 about mint state, DH.804c good extremely fine, a little short of flan for the devices either side, both lustrous (2) *DH.771 ex Longman, lot 189 (part) both ex Baldwin’s vault
Tokens, British, Northumberland, Newcastle, [Spence], halfpennies (2), sailor holding stick, revs. Scottish Highlander with sword and staff (DH.10), boys playing on turnstile, 1796 (DH.16), extremely fine or better with a little lustre, DH.10 lacquered, with flan crack (2) *ex Baldwin’s vault
Tokens, British, Warwickshire, Stratford upon Avon, mule halfpennies (3): bust of Shakespeare (2), revs. breeches burning etc., PANDORAS BREECHES (DH.322), boys playing on turnstile, 1796 (DH.323); STRUCK IN HONOR etc., rev. as DH.322 (DH.325), extremely fine or better, DH.322 toned, the flan slightly 'porous', DH.323 on a flan not quite full, with lustre chiefly around the legends and a small obverse edged knock, DH.325 bronzed, all rare (3) *ex Baldwin’s vault
CHET BAKER - ART PEPPER SEXTED - PLAYBOYS - A fantastic 1st US pressing of this fabulous 1957 LP. As Lars Werner says: ""The consistency of playing and the never-failing inspiration on these sides is a joy to hear. Issued by World Pacific (High Fidelity PJ-1234 deep groove). The record is in Ex+ condition with perhaps just one or two extremely faint and wispy marks. Complete with original company inner. The sleeve is in Ex condition with some minor wear to the front.
CLASSICAL - EP RELEASES - Another marvelous collection of music with around 1000 picture sleeve EPs here. Performers/composers/works include Eugene Onegin (Munich Phil), Dorati - Strauss Family Album, Puccini - La Boheme (Tebaldi), Fischer-Dieskau, Hugo Distler , Charles Mackerras, The Last Of The Titans, Verdi - La Forza Del Destino, Yehudi Menuhin with Gerald Moore, Ferenc Fricsay, Kathleen Ferrier, Renata Tebaldi Recital, Backhaus playing Mendelssohn, Koeckert Quartet with Adrian Aeschbacher, Fennell - Marching Along, Peer Gynt Excerpts (Grieg), Ansermet, Debussy Nocturnes and Offenbach Overtures. Condition, very well presented, is generally Ex to Ex+.
GEORGE WALLINGTON QUINTET - THE NEW YORK SCENE - Extremely rare original UK Esquire release featuring George Wallington, who found his fortune as a young man playing alongside Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Pettiford on 52nd Street... The LP (32-132) is in Ex condition with a few light surface marks. These are by no means of a heavier nature, and this is a clean example. PRLP 8207 A +B matrix with 'RVG' in the outer on both sides. The front laminated flipback sleeve is in Ex condition with a little wear to the laminate.
CONTEMPORARY/BOP - EARLY US LABELS - Mega collection of 10 x LPs on these highly respected labels. On East-West we introduce the fantastic baritone sax playing of Lars Gullin in Lars Gullin Swings (4003 deep groove - Ex/Ex). On Time Records there's Max Roach - S/T (reissue 52087) then 4 fab LPs on Liberty in Bobby Enevoldsen - Smorgasbord (LJH 6008), Herbie Harper/Bud Shank/Bob Gordon (LJH 6003), Hollywood Saxophone Quartet (LJH 6005) and Here And Now! Bold, Swinging Big Band Ideas (2607951). Finishing off this ace selection with 4 Verve releases in Mr. Roberts Plays Guitar (amazing playing from a very young Howard Roberts, MGV-8192, original yellow label), Gil Melle - Tom VI (V6-8744), Metronome All Stars 1956 (Clef MGV-8030) and Bobby Scott Plays Leonard Bernstein (MGV-8326). Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+.
THE MICHAEL GARRICK SEXTET - THE HEART IS A LOTUS - A superb original UK release of this incredible work from The Michael Garrick Sextet with Norma Winstone, also featuring Don Rendell and Ian Carr. Released on Argo in 1970 (ZDA 135). The record is in stunning Ex+ or archival condition with barely any markings to the playing surface. The labels are crisp and sharp. The sleeve is in strict Ex condition with a little staining on the reverse - this barely detracts from the extremely clean nature of it.
LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE BLUES VOLUME ONE - BLUE HORIZON -The electrifying, superb and insanely rare 2nd Blue Horizon release (VER LP/124). With offerings from Floyd Jones, The Howlin' Wolf, Eddie Hope and West Texas Slim this really is the king of all compilations! The record is in outlandish Ex+ condition - barely looking played there are very few markings to the playing surface indeed. The labels are bright, sharp and crisp. MATRIX: VER LP 124 and 125. The sleeve is in VG+ condition with a couple of light creases and some minor ringwear.
BLUE NOTE CDs - Killer collection of around 180 x CDs that includes many limited edition releases. Expect all the classic albums from the likes of Lee Morgan, Art Blakey, Donald Byrd, Horace Silver, Kenny Burrell, Duke Jordan, Freddie Redd, Miles Davis, Clifford Brown, Jimmy Smith, Sonny Clark, Curtis FUller, Paul Chambers, Wayne Shorter, Hank Mobley, Freddie Hubbard, Andre Hill, Miles Davis, Gil Melle, Fats Navarro, Dexter Gordon, Sonny Rollins, John Coltrane, Lou Donaldson, Charles Mingus, The Ornette Coleman Trio and the slick guitar playing of Grant Green. Condition is generally excellent with unopened, mint and sealed releases included.
POST BOP/FREE/CONTEMPORARY JAZZ SAX PLAYERS - Another excellent collection of 18 x LPs from those who specialised in the sax. Artists/titles include Albert Ayler (x3) - New York Eye And Ear Control (ESP 1016 US original - VG/VG some surface marks, nothing heavier), Swing Low Sweet Spiritual (Osmosis 4001 - multiple surface markings to the record) and The Hilversum Session (Osmosis 6001 - clean Ex copy), Bennie Maupin - The Jewel In The Lotus (ECM 1043 ST - Ex+/Ex+) and Almanac, Dewey Redman (x13) inc. Tarik (Actuel 529334 - Ex+ copy), A Tribute To Blackwell (120 113-1), The Ear Of The Behearer (AS-9250), Look For The Black Star, Music's, Playing and David Murray inc. The People's Choice, New Life and The Healers. Condition is largely Ex to Ex+.
Of Irish interest, a rare early 19th century pearlware plate: with feather edged rim, the centre with transfer printed vignette depicting a woman playing a harp and wearing a crucifix, a banner behind inscribed 'Erin Ma Vournin!' [My Beloved Ireland], further inscribed above and below 'To the battle men of Erin, To the front of battle go, Every breast a shamrock wearing, Burns to meet his country's foe', 18 cm [hair crack to rim].
A Victorian rosewood games compendium: of rectangular outline bordered with ebony, the hinged lid and fold front enclosing lift out trays and shelves containing a Staunton pattern boxwood and ebonised chess set, draughts, dominoes, cribbage board and assorted playing cards together with a boxwood tumbler and assorted dice, bears registration kite for 29th November 1869 33 cm wide.
Attributed to Johann Rudolf Feyerabend [1770-1814, Swiss]-Still life studies; incorporating marble urns and a comport,globe, maps and dividers, playing cards, a violin, song birds and an exotic moth, fruit, flowers, decanters and wine, vegetables, nuts, cutlery and bread:-a set of ninewatercolours and bodycoloureach 15 x 20.5cm. [9]
A French ormolu and porcelain mounted mantel clock No. 9045 11, the 3.375ins diameter porcelain dial with Roman numerals within gilt reserves on turquoise ground, the dial centre enamelled in colours with two children playing, to the eight day two train movement striking on a bell, in ormolu case surmounted by conforming two handled urn and with acanthus leaf wreath handles to sides on turned feet, 12ins high and with shaped giltwood plinth base
Three Japanese carved and stained ivory okimono - Monkey feeding his youngster, 2.5ins (6.4cm) high, a group of three monkeys - Here no evil, see no evil, speak no evil, 3ins (7.6cm) high, and a monkey covered with a leafy branch playing with its youngster, 2.5ins (6.3cm) high (all Meiji Period)
A Meiji period Japanese ivory netsuke, modelled as a pair of puppies playing on a coolie hat, one in white with black eyes, the other stained black with black eyes, the underside with carved chin straps, reputedly from the Bluth Collection, 2.3 cm high x 5 cmA hairline crack is running from the side of the white puppy's head, through the eyes and down to its tail. Additional smaller cracks are present on its back, paw and leg.The darker puppy also has two cracks running down its back and one through its thigh.One crack is visible on the underside of the netsuke.Light scuffs and scratches and visible on the main structure.Areas of yellow residue are present on the underside.
AFTER ADRIEN-JEAN LE MAYEUR (1880-1958) "Bermain di Kaam" (playing in the pool), an Indonesian-Bali fantasy of semi-clad young women playing in and resting in the shade of a water lily pond in a secluded garden (A copy of a known work), inscribed lo wer left, Oil on canvas, 69cm x 99cm in an ornate gilt frame
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