Violet, Duchess of Rutland (British, 1856-1937) Study of the artist's daughter, the Lady Diana Cooper, as the Madonna in Max Reinhardt's 1923 play "The Miracle" signed and inscribed lower left "The Miracle DC / New York / 1924 by VR" and inscribed verso with artist and sitter pencil 15 x 10cm (6 x 4in) Other Notes: Lady Diana Cooper (nee Manners), Viscountess Norwich (1892-1982) was a high profile London socialite and actress. She was married to Alfred Duff Cooper, 1st Viscount Norwich who served in Winston Churchill's war cabinet and was the daughter of the 8th Duke of Rutland. She was also the great aunt of former prime minister David Cameron. One of her most famous acting roles was on Boadway in 1923, playing the Madonna in Max Reinhardt's "The Miracle", which went on to tour Britain and Europe. "The Miracle" was a sumptous recreation of an old German legend, in which a miraculous statue of the Virgin comes to life and takes the place of a young nun so she can escape the convent and see the world. The Austrian director Max Reinhardt had staged an earlier production in 1912 but in the 1920s he devised a more lavish production. Lady Diana Cooper usually played the Virgin which involved standing stock-still for nearly as hour as a statue before coming to life; she occasionally played the nun. They opened in New York in 1924, toured all of America, then central Europe, then finally England and Wales. A little loss of colour.
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*Table cabinet. A late 19th-century Continental table cabinet in the Renaissance style, of architectural form inset with seventeen enamel panels to the exterior finely painted with classical scenes, four enamel columns each with brass putto with grapes or playing the cymbal's, the two doors enclosing inner enamel panels plus three drawers each inset with an enamel panel, 23cm high x 20cm wide x 18cm deep (would benefit from restoration) (1)
*Embroidery designs. A set of place mat designs for The Shaken Crown, Shipton-under-Wychwood, Oxfordshire, late 1940s, together eight pencil and watercolour designs on paper, in a 17th century naive style, each depicting a variety of figures, country houses, flora and fauna, etc., including hunting wild boar, river fishing, children playing, musicians performing, falconry, and pastoral scenes, such as milking cows, two toned, each 20 x 20cm (7.75 x 7.75ins), together with pen & ink drawings replicating three of the designs An amusing set of designs were which commissioned by the publican of The Shaven Crown, and from them a set of place mats were worked in floss silk on satin. (11)
ASSORTED COLLECTABLES comprising a set of six Guinness waistcoat buttons; a Victoria diamond jubilee 1897 pack of commemorative playing cards, in a crimson leather case by Mudie & Sons of Piccadilly; a Carl Zeiss Turmon 8x pocket monocular, cased; a pair of Emil Busch opera glasses; and a small quantity of other items.
Conjuring & Magic. The personal scrap album of Major Lionel Hugh Branson, circa 1900s/1930s, comprising hundreds of ephemeral items pasted in, tipped in and loosely inserted into an album of over 50 leaves, including letters (and copy letters of his own), posters, programmes, advertising leaflets, menus, news cuttings and reviews, etc., all relating to his career as a conjuror under various stage names including 'The Major' and 'Lionel Cardac', specific items include autograph letters signed from Charles Bertram, Cunard White Star entertainment programme, ephemera relating to his run at the Palace Theatre in 1913, 6 black and white photo film stills from a film about Branson filmed by Hepworth Manufacturing Company, an Inner Magic Circle membership acceptance letter, a three of hearts playing card (loose) signed by Edward, Prince of Wales, 'Edward P', with a related typed letter signed from Maharaja Kishan Singh of Bharatpur thanking Branson for the conjuring entertainment at the state banquet in honour of the Prince of Wales that took place there in December 1921, a publisher's agreement from Routledge for Branson's book 'Indian Conjuring', a typed letter signed from Houdini on his own letterhead, New York, 13 October 1923, complimenting him on his book 'I consider it a most important item in the art of magic', and with a p.s. concerning Louis de Rougement, one page, somewhat toned, 4to, a photograph and related ephemera relating to the Cabinet of Conjuring Tricks which Branson suggested and was accepted for The Queen's Dolls' House in 1924, a typed letter signed from Harry Price, honorary director of the National Laboratory of Psychical Research, an autograph letter signed from Violet Astor, etc., contemporary half morocco with Branson's business card to upper cover (damaged), upper cover and spine detached, lower cover deficient, worn, 4to Major Lionel Hugh Branson (1879-1946) was an English officer who served with the Indian army from 1899 until 1923. He had learned magic from reading Hoffmann's 'Modern Magic' and had studied under Charles Bertram. He wrote two books under the pen name Elbiquet, and in his book 'Indian Conjuring' (1922) he devoted a whole chapter to debunking the Indian rope trick. He was also a debunker of spiritualism and wrote that it was all the result of conjuring tricks and fraudulent phenomena. (1)
A set of fifty-three French engraved playing cards, the set decorated with coats of arms, kings and queens and other figures, probably late 17th century, together with twelve hand-coloured engraved French playing cards, decorated with famous historical figures including: Marguerite De Valois, Francois 1, Richelieu, early 19th century, a scorecard inscribed 'PAIEMENS AU BOSTON' with the rules, late 18th / early 19th century and a boxed set of German oval playing cards by A. Twietmeyer, the lid inscribed 'NEUE OVALE SALON SPIELKARTEN, A. TWIETMEYER, LEIPZIG' late 19th century. (A lot)
A fine George III mahogany musical automaton longcase clock by Samuel Smith of London, the eight day, six pillar three train movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell and playing six tunes from a 9.5cm pinned cylinder on a graduated set of eight bells, the arched brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the matted centre signed 'Samuel Smith LONDON', with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with foliate cast spandrels and strike / silent and chime dials, the arch painted with a Georgian interior with figures playing instruments with a lady at a harpsichord, inscribed 'FAL LA LA, HOME SWEET HOME, MARCH IN ROB ROY, BLUE BELLS OF SCOTLAND, MARINERS HYMN, 104th PSALM', the hood with fluted pilasters and glass side panels, the case with outline mouldings on bracket feet, 230.2cm high. Case and movement possibly associated.
A George III mahogany musical automaton longcase clock by Joseph Miles of Shaftesbury, the eight day five pillar three train movement with an anchor escapement and striking on a bell and playing six tunes from a 9cm pinned cylinder on a graduated set of eight bells, the arched brass dial with a silvered chapter ring with Roman and Arabic numerals, the engraved centre with a castle and a boat, signed 'Joseph Miles, SHASTON', with subsidiary seconds dial, with rococo cast spandrels and with subsidiary date and tune dials, the arched top with a painted automaton rondel with chickens and a flying bird, the hood with a pagoda top and brass finials, with blind fret panels, the case with stop fluted quarter pilasters, with a panelled base and bracket feet, 265cm high. Case and movement possibly associated.
Four Chinese reverse glass paintings of ladies, comprising: a pair of pictures of a young lady standing on a terrace and seated holding a mirror, in moulded frames, one of ladies playing musical instruments and one of a lady holding a flower, 19th / early 20th century 33.5 x 23cm (max). (4) Provenance: From the collection of John Newall Esq.
A late 19th Century Indian silver claret jug, possibly Kutch, the urn shaped body and neck cast in relief with a band of deity medallions within stiff leaf borders, on a hexagonal foot, the tappit lid surmounted with a snake charmer finial, playing his pungi for the attention of a cobra, forming the scroll handle, unmarked, height approx 29.5cm.
A maritime collector's lot relating to the Strathnaven Mediterranean Cruise June 1935, to include a hand mirror which was a gift to the ladies on the cruise, two packs of playing cards, menu cards, lists of prize winners and ephemera relating to the entertainment on board etc. A full list is available.
Le Roy et Fils, Paris, a French mantel clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell with an outside countwheel, the backplate stamped with the maker's details Le Roy et Fils, Paris, 6206, the round white enamel dial having blue Roman numerals, gilt-brass decoration, pierced and engraved hands and signed Le Roy & Fils, Palais Royal, a Paris, Gle Montpensier 13-15, 296, Regent Street, London, the decorative ormolu case with a painted porcelain panel along the shaped base, with ormolu cherubs leaning either side and playing with a heron, one feeding it with a fish in front of rushes, surmounted by a pair of birds within a floral setting, with further floral mounts to the base, height 29cm. * Biography Le Roy et Fils were established by Basile Charles Le Roy in 1785 and were well known and fine makers of clocks. Basile Charles Le Roy was the Master Clockmaker to Napoleon & along with his son Charles-Louis were clockmakers to the Princess Pauline and the Duke de Bourbon. Examples of their work are in all the major collections as well in the Ministere de la Guerre, Paris. The Maison de Le Roy was founded in 1785 at Palais Royal & continued until the death of Charles at Versailles in 1865. They took on premises at 13-15 Galerie Montpensier, Palais Royal, Paris when the Duc d'Orleans opened the Palais Royal gardens for both the trade and public's use with many prestigious shops opening under the arcaded walkways. From 1885 their London retail outlet was at 57 Bond Street having moved from Regent Street.
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Vale of Arklow from Inistioge, Kilkenny,
women spinning and a child playing outside a cottage:
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Four Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood seated figures of Guandi - the Four Diamond Kings of Heaven - Mo Li Ching, Mo Li Hung, Mo Li Shou, Mi Lo Hai - one holding a dragon and pearl, one a sword, one playing a lute and one holding a palanquin, each on stepped wooden bases, three 14.25ins (36cm) high and one and 19.25ins (48.6cm) high (late 19th Century - some rubbing) Note : Purchased in Hong Kong in 1990 for £1450.
Two Chinese carved polychrome and giltwood standing figures of Tian Du Yuan Shuai - The God of Music and Drama, comprising - A male musician with exposed belly playing a banjo, and a female musicain in gilt robes playing percussion instruments, each 10.25ins (26cm) high, and two similar pairs of entertainers/performers, 9ins (23cm) high and 7.5ins (19cm) high Note : See Keith Stevens - "Chinese Gods: The Unseen World of Spirits and Demons", page 128
A pair of Chinese carved giltwood standing figures of Temple Guardians, each with billowing robes, one playing a mandolin and each standing on cloud carved bases, 9.75ins (24.8cm) high, a standing figure of a dancing Lohan, Jubo holding a bowl in his raised hands, 10.5ins (26.8cm) high, a standing figure of an attendant, 9.125ins (23cm) high, a standing praying figure of Ananda, a Buddhist desciple, 8.25ins (21cm) high, and standing figure of an unidentified doctor, 11.5ins (29.3cm) high (late 19th Century - section of head missing) Note : Ananda purchased in Hong Kong in 1977. From Shanghai.
A Chinese red cinnabar lacquer circular box and cover, the cover carved in relief with a seated scholar playing a Qin, an attendant by his side and beneath a pine tree issuing from a rocky outcrop, the sides carved with Greek key ornament, 3.125ins (7.9cm) diameter x 1.625ins (4.2cm) high, (Qing Dynasty - Qianlong Period - chip to flange and rim of lower section)
An Edward VII silver rectangular dome topped playing card box, the hinged cover opening to reveal two division pop up mechanism, the front and back inset with King Edward III and Queen Eleanor playing cards behind bevelled glass panels, the front corners applied in silver and silver gilt with four suits, 3ins x 2.25ins x 4.5ins high, by S. Blanckensee & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1901, complete with two modern packets of playing cards
A Continental gold mounted shell cameo brooch/pendant, of a young maiden playing the violin, tested as approximately 14ct, a pair of silver hoop earrings with engraved decoration, a 9ct gold cultured freshwater pearl and diamond spray brooch, a Continental silver gilt flower brooch, a silver pendant in the form of bananas on a silver box link chain, etc
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