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Lot 53
A pair of large Italian marmo giallo Grand Tour souvenir models of Temple of Castor and Pollux and the Temple of Vespasian, after the Antique, second quarter 19th century, each mounted to a rosso antico plinth, the larger model 72cm high, 37cm wide Marble renditions of Roman monuments were popular souvenirs for Grand Tourists visiting the Eternal City during the later 18th and 19th centuries, and both temples represented by the present models were much-visited stops at the Forum Romanum. The Temple of Castor and Pollux, or Tempio dei Dioscuri, was erected in 495 century BC to commemorate the victory in the Battle of Lake Regillus - a battle in which the Tarquins, the former Etruscan rulers of Rome, attempted to reclaim their throne shortly after the Roman Republic had been established. The temple was dedicated to Castor and Pollux, the twin sons of Zeus and Leda, as legend had it they fought on the side of the Romans during this battle. The iconic columns however are from a much later date, as the temple was rebuilt after a fire and dedicated by Emperor Tiberius in 6 AD. The Temple of Vespasian was built by the late Emperor's son Titus several decades later, in 79 AD.Both temples sustained significant damage including during the middle ages, and their ruinous nature likely appealed to the romantic imagination of foreign tourists. As Goethe notes in his Roman letters: 'He [who wishes to study art] must patch it up and put it together for himself out of endless, but still gorgeously rich, ruins.' (J. W. von Goethe, Rome, 22 January 1787) The present pairs are rare in their substantial size and attention to architectural detail, which indicates quality craftsmanship. Two sets of similar scale recently appeared on the market, including the pair sold at Christie's London, 12 April 2018, lot 260, and the models offered at Christie's New York, 23 October 2018, lot 333
Lot 298
A French Empire gilt and patinated bronze figural mantel clock, unsigned, early 19th century, the eight-day countwheel bell striking movement with anchor escapement and silk thread suspension for the disc bob pendulum, the circular engine-turned gilt dial with star decorated centre, cartouche Roman numerals and steel moon hands set a behind a hinged glazed bezel, the case with central tombstone-shaped Verde Antico marble upright housing the movement flanked by a cast pair of Nymphs (one deshabille) supporting a gilt tablet, on stepped plinth base with foliate cast gilt moulding to skirt and paw feet, 66cm (26ins) high, 51cm (20ins) wide, 23cm (9ins) deep.
Lot 250
A patinated bronze bust of John Milton after John Cheere (1709-1787), cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne, late 19th century, portrayed facing forward and with loose curls, draped surrounding the truncation, above a waisted circular socle and further square section plinth, inscribed F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR. and bearing a A. Collas Reduction Mecanique stamp to the rear, 28cm high, 20cm wide The present portrait is after a circa 1750 bust attributed to Cheere at the Wren Library, Cambridge. This model was, in turn, likely based on the 17th century model by Rysbrack which graces Milton's grave monument at Westminster Abbey This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 52
A collection of twelve assorted items of specimen and curiosity interest, comprising; a rouge marble table top plinth, 24cm high; a pair of green serpentine marble plinths, 18cm high, a further veined grey stone plinth; a Marmo Portoro rectangular plaque, various spheres; a fossil; a possibly Medieval shard of green glass; and a lacquered nut or bean pod This lot is to be sold without reserve
Lot 54
A George III style mahogany double breakfront bookcase, the swan-neck pediment with paterae volutes above a dentilled cornice with a guilloche fretwork frieze, the three pairs of geometric astragal doors enclosing adjustable shelves, on a moulded plinth, adapted incorporating 18th century elements , 289cm high, 389cm wide, 37.5cm deep
Lot 274
Ï’ An impressive gilt brass mounted amboyna musical table clock, the movement and dial by Ellicott circa 1770, the case late 19th century, the substantial nine pillar triple fusee movement with verge escapement, hour strike on a bell mounted on the backplate and playing a choice of eight melodies every three hours via a 7.25 inch pinned barrel and graduated nest of ten bells transversely mounts across the top of the leafy scroll engraved backplate signed Ellicott, London to centre, the 8 inch arched brass dial with matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring signed Ellicott, LONDON to the lower margin, pierced steel hands and rococo scroll cast spandrels to angles, the arch with twin subsidiary STRIKE/NOT STRIKE and CHIME/SILENT selection dials within conforming cast brass infill beneath arched silvered tune selection sector for Psalms 23, 417, 115 and 326 together with minuet, dance, song and jig, now in a gilt brass mounted burr amboyna veneered case with generous vase finials to ogee-shaped superstructure incorporating brass grille fret to the plinth upstand over brass-fillet edged glazed dial aperture and conforming upper quadrant frets to front door flaked by female caryatids to the canted angles, the sides with hinged carrying handles over arched apertures, the rear with rectangular glazed door, on generous cavetto moulded skirt base with brass ogee bracket feet, 93cm (36.5ins) high, 43cm (17ins) wide, 32cm (12.5ins) deep John Ellicott F.R.S. is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as born 1706 to John Ellicott senior, a Cornish clockmaker who had gained his Freedom of the Clockmakers' Company in 1696 and died 1733. John junior worked from Swithin's Alley, Royal Exchange, London and was elected member of the Royal Society in 1738. He published works on horology in 1739 and 1753 and is particularly noted for the development of the cylinder escapement and a form of compensated pendulum; he also maintained a private observatory at his home in Hackney. John Ellicott was later appointed as Clockmaker to George III, and took his son, Edward into partnership in 1760 which lasted until his death in 1772. Ï’ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Lot 112
A George III mahogany breakfront library bookcase, circa 1790, the moulded cornice above a central pair of astragal doors flanked by four further doors, the lower part with an arrangement of one long and ten short drawers together with two pairs of cupboard doors, on a moulded plinth, 334cm high, 342cm wide, 55cm deep
Lot 177
A pair of early 19th Century pedlar dolls: she in bonnet and red cloak, her wares include a lantern, bellows, fire tools, books from 'Maxims' to 'Tatler'; he in tricorn hat and blue coat, offering battledores, lip-salve and 'Packwoods Patent Razor Strop', tablet to the plinth reads 'From the Milton Emporium', contained under glass domes, overall height 27cm.*Biography Charlotte and Harriet White were spinsters of 56 and 54 in the 1841 Census for Milton, Portsmouth. A label on his back '10 Shillings' was probably the price for the pair, early 19th Century
Lot 200
An important penguin specimen from the 'Terra Nova' Expedition 1910-1913: an Adélie penguin (Pygoscelis adeliae), stuffed and mounted, possibly by Rowland Ward, on a wood plinth, 47cm high Given by Edward Leicester Atkinson to the vendor's great-grandmother, Lady Porter, and her husband, Surgeon Vice-Admiral Sir James Porter (1851-1935). In a letter sold with the penguin, Atkinson, writes on 22 December 1913: 'Dear Lady Porter, I had hoped to have ready by Xmas an Adelie penguin as an Xmas present for Sir James and yourself. They have taken so long over them at the stores that they will not be ready, but if you will accept it I will send it as soon as I can. They only occur within the Antarctic circle. Will you kindly tell Sir James that in all probability I am going to China and please thank him very much for what he has done. I must wish you both a very happy Xmas and New Year and many of them. Yours very sincerely, E. L. Atkinson' Atkinson was part of the fateful 'Terra Nova' or British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, when Captain Scott and his party died on the return from the South Pole, after being beaten in the race to become the first to reach the Pole by Roald Amundsen's team, who managed the feat five weeks earlier. None of the five returned and Scott, Bowers and Wilson died together in their tent on the Great Ice Barrier around 29 March 1912. Controversy surrounds Atkinson's decisions leading up to the attempted relief and replenishment of stores for Scott's return. Atkinson was a doctor and parasitologist on the expedition and, while Scott and his team was heading for the pole, he was in charge of the camp at Cape Evans. The first flawed decision that may have led to a different outcome was the replenishment of the dog's stores along Scott's return route, which Atkinson, after Cecil Meares, the lead dog handler had resigned, unloaded supplies from the Terra Nova rather than restocking as ordered to by Scott. On subsequent journeys to find Scott's team, it was acknowledged that they had perished, and it was not until 12 November that Atkinson led another team which found the tent with the bodies of Scott, Bowers and Wilson. Scott's diary was found documenting the unfolding disaster. After the expedition, Atkinson went to China and discovered the cause of schistosomiasis, returning at the start of the First World War, in which he served with distinction, winning a DSO and the Albert Medal after rescuing fellow sailors during an explosion on HMS Glatton in Dover harbour on 16 September 1918. After the war he served in various naval posts and became the youngest Surgeon Captain, retiring in 1928 on health grounds. He died in 1928, and a letter accompanies the lot from his widow to Lady Porter, dated 7 March 1929: 'Dear Lady Porter, I trust you will forgive my seeming neglect in not replying to your kind letter sooner, but the shock of my husband's death left me so stunned that I am only now feeling fit to attend to correspondence. How can I thank you for your kind sympathy and your kindly reference to my husband's abilities. To me, even more outstanding than his gallantry was his kindly disposition and his consideration for others. So shortly since did life seem full of happiness and now the desolation of it all. It has been of great comfort to have the sympathy of friends. My husband had caught a chill when at Port Said and was only really ill for about twenty-four hours. Again, let me thank Sir James and you for your sympathy and kind thoughts. Believe me, yours very sincerely, Mary F. Atkinson'
Lot 621
A brass skeleton clock, late 19th century, by William Evans of Birmingham, in the form of a Gothic cathedral, the silvered dial set with Roman numerals, the case bearing a shield-shaped cartouche inscribed 'Wm Evans 57 Soho Rd Birmingham', on a stepped plinth and under a glass dome, 38cm high
Lot 752
Henriette Descat (French, 19th century) , bronze, a bust of a bearded gentleman dressed in a fur-lined coat and wearing the Legion d'Honneur, raised on an integral waisted plinth, bearing a signature and a Thiebaut Brothers Paris foundry mark, 78cm high Provenance: Upper Swell Farm, Gloucestershire.
Lot 256
Simon and Riverlet Toy Trains and Vehicles and other toys, S&R three PLM Locomotives, two tenders, Paris and Rome coach, Postes Van smaller coaches (3) and van, Automobiles (6) Horse drawn vehicles (5) Bus, unmarked Canons (one with operator), Britains 'Cock of the North Locomotive' (no plinth), Skybird and Dinky seated Figures (18), various small cloth sacks, various Railway Engineers in resin and metal different gauges, toy printing blocks, AS Rubber Lubricant bottle and other items, P-F, many S&R items damaged and damage to many others (qty)
Lot 467
An Assortment of O Gauge Buffers, several Hydraulic type by B-L (3), Marklin with brick plinth (plungers missing), and 3 by Hornby, together with a Marklin post-war clip-on buffer stop, an illuminated buffer for Japanese-type triangular rail section and 8+ Hornby standard buffers, some with lamp brackets, P-G, some with parts missing or other damages (qty as listed)
Lot 89
Boxed Post-war Dinky and Corgi, Dinky Supertoys France 884 Camion Militaire Brockway Avec Pont De Bateaux (minus a dingy) box F and Corgi including Major 1128 Priestman Cub Shovel, box P, Constructor Set GS-24 (incorrect figure but complete minus outer box) and Limited Edition 1992 Chitty Chitty Bang Bang with certificate and display plinth (complete), F-E, Boxes P-G, (4)
Lot 560
A GROUP OF CERAMICS AND GLASSWARES, to include boxed Border Fine Art Owlett and Mouse No FE8 (chipped), an Aynsley sculpture of a pair of ducks on wooden plinth, a Staffordshire style greyhound, height 25cm, two Hummel figures, a pair of Wedgwood jasperware squat candlesticks, an Isle of Man Manx Man toby jug, and a pair of crystal teddy bears
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