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Click here to subscribeTartan & Mauchline ware, comprising; a Tartan needlebook, 8.5cm x 6cm, a cylinder bodkin case (Prince Charlie), 9.5cm, another, 5cm, a pin disc (M`Beth), 5cm, a whitewood silk winder ""Happy Christmas"", 5cm, and a pin box with floral print to lid, 10.7cm, most a little rubbed. (6) (Diane Pelham Burn Collection)
Two tape measures, comprising; a polychrome painted cast metal tape measure in the form of a cockatoo or parrot, printed tape in inches and centimetres, marked ""London - Made Austria"", 8cm, and a boxwood barrel form tape measure with colour print of a woman holding flowers and titled ""Nice"", with bone winding spindle incorporating a Stanhope (3-view Souvenir de Nice), printed tape in centimetres, 4.2cm. (2)
Children`s sewing boxes, etc., comprising; a Regency red leather example, a.f., 12cm, a crude sewing box with print to lid of a school and children, with contents, 14.5cm, a 5-piece leatherette cased sewing companion, 14cm, a children`s sewing box with contents, hinge a.f., 19.5cm, and a sewing companion in the form of a rocking chair. (qty) (Diane Pelham Burn Collection)
An attractive early 19th century painted sewing pannier, probably Spa work, the pannier of octagonal form with tapering sides and painted with flowers within formal borders, the inset lid with a colour print of a city within a floral border, wooden swing handle, interior re-lined, 18cm x 12cm x 14.5cm.
Needle books and boxes, comprising; The Queen Victoria Jubilee needlebook with colour prints and recording births of Queen Victoria`s children, spine worn, 12cm x 7.5cm, a leather example for George VI, a cardboard needle wallet commemorating Byron, a pressed Bristol card needlebook dated 1863, a.f., The Bournemouth Needle Case, and a cardboard needle packet box with colour print to lid, 10cm x 6.2cm. (6)
A rare late 18th century French pin stuck needlebook, the card covers edged in gilt foil with a print of soldiers in a fort to the front and figures in a courtyard to the back, two double silk pages printed and colour painted, the first titled ""L`Attelier d`Amour"" depicting winged figures preparing arrows and bows, the arrows formed from pins, the second page titled ""Retour d`Amour de la Chasse"" showing a winged figure with bow and arrow entering through a gateway, the railings formed from needles, with two further `pages` of needle flannel, 8.5cm x 7cm.
Three early 19th century red leather needle packet cases, comprising; a wallet form example titled ""Needles"" and gilt tooled, green silk interior with numerical compartments, the reverse with a colour print of continental city, 6.7cm x 4.7cm, and two book form examples, 4.6cm and 5.3cm. (3)
A mixed lot, comprising; a red velvet covered sewing companion with tools, 24cm, sundry crochet hooks and other tools, an ivory etui, a.f, with scissor and thimble, 8cm, a WWI flags of The Allies pincushion in original box, with print image of Kitchener to lid, 12.5cm x 8.5cm, a pair of scissors in relic condition, two chatelaine mounts, one inset with porcelain plaques but lacking clip, a pair of 18th century embroidered silk pillow pincushions, s.d., 7cm square, and a triangular print decorated cardboard box. (qty) (Betty Wolf Collection)
A mixed lot, comprising; a patchwork square pincushion, 2.7cm, another in the form of a slipper, 5cm, a star form straw work silk winder, 4.5cm, a carved walnut shoe to house a thimble, lacking cover, 5.5cm, a pierced bone cylinder box, s.d. to edge of screw lid, 3.7cm, two Baxter print needlebook covers, individually framed, another Baxter style print, framed, and a cut and stacked Bristol card panel with printed floral panel, incorporating sacred hearts and embroidered ""These Three Hearts We Love and Adore"", in double sided frame, 18.5cm x 14.5cm. (9) (Diane Pelham Burn Collection)
Aeronautica a collection of aircraft related paperwork including The Aeroplane 1953 depicting the DH Comet with square windows on the cover, four 1950`s issues of Flight magazine, 12 Observers Book of Aircraft, numerous editions of Modern Combat Aircraft books and others; a signed limited edition print `Firebird Rising`` signed by Flt. Lt. Jerry Goatham and Flt. Lt. Paul Brown no. 47/250, a collection of other framed and unframed prints (qty)
Aeronautica a collection of aircraft related paperwork including The Aeroplane 1953 depicting the DH Comet with square windows on the cover, four 1950`s issues of Flight magazine, 12 Observers Book of Aircraft, numerous editions of Modern Combat Aircraft books and others; a signed limited edition print `Firebird Rising`` signed by Flt. Lt. Jerry Goatham and Flt. Lt. Paul Brown no. 47/250, a collection of other framed and unframed prints (qty)
Ernest H Shepard 1879-1976 - Shipped myself on board a small trading vessel` an original pen and ink illustration for The Wind in the Willows, with title and printers notations in pencil to the margins. Signed EHS to lower left corner and to reverse `E H Shepard Long Meadow Longdown` 7"" x 10 1/2"", to be sold with a later gallery print, after Pissarro in ebonized framed and backing board. Catalogue note: The drawing is marked to the reverse in Shepard`s own hand `E H Shepard Long Meadow Longdown`, it was usual for Shepard to annotate his drawings with his Guildford address to enable its safe return from the printers. The drawing is also marked `p202` in pencil to denote the page number, an anomaly as the illustration was used on page 112 of the edition illustrated by Shepard and first published in 1931.
Roman Silver Anthropomorphic Dice Pair1st-2nd century AD. A matched pair of cast anthropomorphic gaming dice, each formed as a crouching nude figure with looped arms and hands on the hips; punch-marked with a single point to the top of the head, two on one thigh and three on the other, four to the underside of the buttocks, five to the chest and six to the back; one with male genitalia, the other female; offered in a Victorian period card pill-box marked `Mr. F.C.W.`. Accompanied by a print of an email from Judith Swaddling, British Museum (referring to a similar pair in the BM collection, acquisition number 1851,0813.125; see also British Museum reference 1980,0401.2 for another pair) and a print of an email from the original vendor who submitted them to the Dorset auction (where the present vendor acquired them). 6.83 grams total, 28mm including box (1"). Ex Somerset, UK collector; acquired Yeovil Auction Rooms, Yeovil, UK, sale (lot 337, with copy of the listing); formerly with a Dorset gentleman. Accompanied by a Goldsmiths` Company XRF Assay Report (1st August 2014). [2]Very fine condition. Extremely rare.
Medieval Ferdinand I of Hungary Denar Coin Obverse DieDated 1547 AD. A wrought iron obverse die used to strike a hammered billon denar coin of Ferdinand I (1526-1564 AD), probably from the royal mint at Kremnitz; the shaft of rectangular section, reducing to a circular die face depicting the Hungarian arms with date above and FERDINAND D G R VNG legend, all reversed and incuse; the head of the die showing burring from being hammered in striking coins; the corresponding reverse for this coin would depict Mary, crowned and seated and holding the infant Jesus with PATRONA VNGARIE legend; accompanied by an impression taken from the this die and a print showing the coin type produced. 267 grams, 10cm (4"). From an important English collection; acquired in the 1990s. Very fine condition; the die face fully legible and clear. A rare survival of the medieval hammered coin minting process.
The BOOK OF RUTH. Limited Edition. Introduction and Free Translation Linda Zisquit; Woodcuts Maty Grunberg. 18 folio d-sheets each with coloured illus., and with Hebrew & English text opposite, all loose within letterpress wrappers & contained in a gilt-lettered box. Osband Press Ltd. 1996. * limitation of 125 numbered copies signed by the artist (at limitation statement & on each print)
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