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Lot 306
EDVARD ERIKSEN (DANISH 1876-1959). THE LITTLE MERMAID. Bronze and stone, signed and dated 1948, bronze 74cm high, overall 97cm high. Note: The Little Mermaid is the main character from Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale of the same name, written in 1836, which tells the story of a mermaid who was willing to give up her life in the sea and her identity as a merperson to gain a human soul and the love of a human prince. Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of the Carlsberg Brewery, saw the ballet of the story, with music composed by Fini Henriques, in 1909 and was so moved by it that he commissioned the sculptor Edvard Eriksen to create The Little Mermaid in bronze. She was modelled with the head of the prima ballerina Ellen Price but, because she refused to model in the nude, the body is that of Eriksen's wife, Eline. The statue was presented to Copenhagen by Jacobsen and was unveiled on 23rd August 1913 at Langelinie in Copenhagen Harbour. Since then she has become a symbol of Copenhagen and a major tourist attraction, as important to the Danes as the Eiffel Tower is to the French or Big Ben to the English. The statue being sold here is a two thirds size model of the original, cast in bronze and signed and dated 1948. Later reproductions sit on a bronze 'stone' but this Little Mermaid is one of the few which sits on a stone of the same colour, shape and type as that in Copenhagen Harbour. The father of the current vendors was a vineyard owner in South Africa who exported wine to a number of countries including Denmark. Due to exchange control regulations, his Danish agents, Cherry Heering, had difficulty obtaining foreign currency to pay for one post-war shipment. They proposed that the wine should be paid for by barter and arranged to purchase this model of the Little Mermaid from the sculptor and she was shipped to South Africa. She sat in pride of place at the end of the family's swimming pool in the Cape until the family returned to England in 1964.
Lot 382
A set of six American silver coloured miniature porringers by Lunt Silversmiths, post 1935, with single pierced flat handles, 7.6cm (3in) long; a twin handled half fluted cup, stamped '900', 9.5cm (3.75in) wide; and a George III silver mounted cut glass mustard pot from a frame, London 1815, 231g (7.25 oz) of weighable silver (8). Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
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Lot 23
[Books]. Anderson, W.J.V., & Cross, D. Steam in Scotland, Volume 1, Roundhouse 1968. Cloth, dustjacket, illustrations, oblong quarto; with Volume 2, 1972. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, oblong quarto; Daniel, I., et al. The Red Dragon...A Glimpse of Post-War Steam in and Around Swansea, LDR Publications, 2006. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; Walker, C. Main Line Lament. The Final Years of the Great Central Route to London, Oxford Publishing Company 1973. Boards, dustjacket, illustrations, quarto; and assorted other works of railway interest, (shelf).
Lot 128
A Dinky No.43b, R.A.C. Motorcycle Patrol, post-war, black and blue, blue rider, solid black rubber wheels, generally good condition; Dinky No.35a, [Austin] Saloon Car, post-war, blue, solid black rubber wheels, good condition; Dinky No.30g, Caravan, pre-war, open roof windows, grey and red, smooth black hubs, white tyres, playworn; and assorted other Dinky items, variable condition, all unboxed.
Lot 130
A Dinky No.29b, Streamlined Bus, post-war, two-tone blue, black ridged hubs, very good condition; Dinky No.29c, Double Decker Bus, post-war, A.E.C. type grille, cut-away wings, no stairs, grey and red, black ridged hubs, very good condition; and Dinky No.37a, Civilian Motor Cyclist, post-war, black, no silver trim, green rider, solid black rubber wheels, good condition, all unboxed, (3).
Lot 239
Two B.R.D.C. enamel bumper badges, both stamped 'T.M. Meyer', one numbered '491', and a Motor Cycling Club enamel badge, mounted together on a wooden socle; two enamelled brass coasters for the International Alvis Day at Bowood, dated 1995 and 1996; a copy of The Motor Cyclists Annual, 1939-40; a booklet on the Royal Scottish Automobile Club; and another booklet, Betteridge, G.N. The A.B.C. of Post-War British Cars, second edition, Allan, London 1946. Pictorial stiff paper covers, illustrations, octavo, (6).
Lot 4
A.F.F. & B.F.R: "Ananga-Ranga; (Stage of the Bodiless One) or The Hindu Art of Love", 1885, reprint for the Kama Shastra Society and for private circulation only, 8vo, full vel., gilt border on upper cover and lettering on spine, fly leaves stained. First Edition, early issue with the "W" misprint for the "R" in the post script to the Preface. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 27
Nine 18th/19th Century Trade Tokens relating to Suffolk-Ipswich Farthing 1670, Sudbury 1793-Goldsmith & Sons, Charles Marquis Cornwallis-One Penny at P.Decks Post Office Bury 1794, Conders Drapery Warehouse Ipswich 1794, Becles 1795, Lowestoft Fisheries Penny payable at 1 Chaston's Lowestoft 1811, Royal Suffolk Yeomanry First Troop Blything Hundred Halfpenny 1794, Rackham's Circulating Library Angel Hill Bury O.K at Leatherdale's (?) Norfolk, Hoxne & Hartsmere Suffolk Loyal Yeomanry Cavalry payable by Thos Tallant Hoxne 1795, all Good to Fine and 19 miscellaneous British Coins, 18th-20th.c., latter very poor condition. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 43
Dinky early 1950's commericals: grey Guy Flat Truck with Tailboards, light blue Foden 1st Type Flat Truck, red Bedford Articulated Lorry, Streamlined Fire Engine, red 30e Breakdown Car, AA Motorcycle combination, Post Van with open rear windows and black roof, red 280 Delivery Van, orange 25r Forward Control Lorry with black hubs, grey Trailer and Reconnaissance Car, generally F, some parts F-G (12)
Lot 1246
William Miers (1793-1863) & John Field, circa 1825: Profile Bust Portrait of a Midshipman, facing to sinister, with short curly hair, and wearing officer's jacket, black paint and gold detail on white plaster of paris, oval, 8.1cm, in papier mâché frame, original label on the reverse; and Another by John Miers, post 1801, of a lady, facing to sinister, with upswept plaited hair and lace collar, painted black with gold detail, on white plaster of paris (cracked), oval, 8cm, in ebonised frame with original label on the reverse (2). Both these profiles were purchased from Greenwoods of Harrogate in 1969.
Lot 256
A Pair of 18 Carat White Gold Emerald and Diamond Drop Earrings, a pear shaped emerald cluster of pear cut and cabochon emeralds suspends from a row of graduated alternating round brilliant cut and tapered baguette cut diamonds in claw settings, total diamond weight 0.90 carat approximately, with post and butterfly fittings for pierced ears, drop length 4.8cm.
Lot 283
A Pair of Aquamarine and Diamond Drop Earrings, a line of eleven claw set round brilliant cut diamonds suspend a briolette aquamarine in a diamond set cup fitting, total diamond weight 0.60 carat approximately, with post and butterfly fittings for pierced ears, drop length 4.8cm. Not illustrated.
Lot 324
A Pair of Edwardian Cultured Pearl and Diamond Stud/Drop Earrings, the cluster stud comprises a cultured pearl bordered by eight-cut diamonds with a detachable chain linked old cut diamond drop, with cultured pearl terminals, total diamond weight 1.30 carat approximately, with post fittings for pierced ears, cluster diameter 1.2cm, total drop length 5.5cm. See illustration-plate.
Lot 345
A Pair of 18 Carat Gold Emerald, Diamond and Pearl Earrings, four faceted square emeralds bordered by round brilliant cut diamonds, in yellow rubover settings, a cultured pearl suspended below, with post and butterfly fittings for pierced ears, total diamond weight 0.75 carat approximately, measures 1.5cm by 2.4cm. See illustration-plate 1.
Lot 113
H. M. S. Glorious - An early 20th Century photograph album, documenting the collision with S. S. Florida April 1st 1931, including several photographs of the interlocked ships by an unknown officer, also including many photographs of both vessels post accident and numerous photographs of unsuccessful landings etc. * Built by Holland & Wolff, Belfast in 1916 as a 'large light cruiser' she saw little action in WWI before her conversion to an aircraft carrier over the period 1924 - 30. After the collision with S. S. Florida in which 30 lives were lost, she saw action in Norway at the beginning of WWII before being sank by the German battlecruiser Shornhort. Admiralty paper relating to the sinking are still currently held under the 100 year embargo on their release.
Lot 302
A small post-Roman pale bluish-green glass flask with a flattened globular body, the short narrow neck with a bulbous opening and decorated at the bottom with a continuous trail in amber-coloured glass to create two loop handles and a wavy collar, cream-coloured weathering on the interior, Syria, 6th-8th century AD, 6 cm high.
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