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A VICTORIAN CARVED OAK CASED CHIMING BRACKET CLOCK the arched brass dial with slow/fast, chime/silent and chime on 8 bells/Westminster subsidiary dials, flanked by foliate gilt metal panels, with roman numerals and retailed by R Stewart, Glasgow, the case with foliate side panels and door, 61cm high Condition Report:Has key and pendulum. Winds and ticks. Fret to one side is cracked and a piece has come away whilst being handled. We have the piece. Clock is missing part of the top pediment as seen in images
Blue topaz and opal 9ct yellow gold five stone dress ring, three graduated small round mixed cut blue topaz, two small round cabochon cut precious white opals, ring size Q; together with a five stone 9ct yellow gold dress ring, the graduated mixed cut green stones possibly chrome diopside, bar set, ring size R (2)
Intaglio 18ct yellow gold ring, the oval blue glass panel with Roman centurion's head intaglio, rubover set, rope twist surround, applied scroll and rope twist decoration to the mount, stepped shoulders with rope twist design, the shank with inlaid rope twist detailing, size of head approx 22.5 x 17.5mm, ring size R
John R. Foster (American, 20th c). Acrylic on canvas composition titled "Composition #10." Signed, titled, dated 1981, and inscribed "St. Louis, Mo." and with the medium and measurements of the artwork along the verso.Provenance: Distinguished corporate collection, Minnesota.Height: 38 in x width: 53 in.
Robert G. Kerr (b. 1935). Pair of carved and painted wood duck decoys. Marked "Smiths Falls Ontario" and pencil signed and dated "Oct. 1972 R. G. Kerr" along the underside.Red Duck; height: 8 in x width: 14 1/4 in x depth: 7 1/2 in. Brown Duck; height: 6 3/4 in x width: 14 1/4 in x depth: 7 1/2 in.
One fragment of beta cloth material from the Oxygen Purge System (OPS) carried on the lunar surface by NASA Apollo 15 commander David R. Scott. With a photo indicating the original location of the cloth. With an additional photo of an astronaut performing a spacewalk and four additional modern photographs, some with arrows indicating the original location of the cloth.(Fragment) height: 5mm x width: 8 mm. (Photo) Sight; height: 7 3/4 in x width: 9 3/4 in. Framed; height: 11 1/2 in x width: 14 1/2 in. (Spacewalk photo) sight: 5 1/2 in x width: 3 1/2 in. Framed; height: 9 1/2 in x width: 7 1/2 in.
R. Lalique and Baccarat Rose D'Orsay perfume bottle, circa 1912. Frosted crystal bottle and cap with an inner crystal stopper. The bottle is mounted with gilt and silver finished bronze brands. One depicting neoclassical dancing figures. Impressed RL mark to the decorated band. The number 35 is etched along the underside of the stopper.Height: 5 1/2 in x diameter: 1 3/4 in.
Horus on a falcon sarcophagus. Ancient Egypt, Late Antiquity, 26th Dynasty, 664-525 BC.BronzeProvenance:- Adam A. Weschler & Son, auction of 27 February 1971.- Private collection, Maryland (USA), since 1971.Publications:- Adam A. Weschler & Son. 27 February 1971. Lot 403.In good condition, intact. It has lost the curly protuberance, which curls out from inside the Red crown, probably representing the antenna of a bee, symbol of northern Egypt. It would have been made as a separate piece to be inserted into the quadrangular recess in the crown. The sarcophagus is empty and lacks a lid to close it at the back. Due to the passage of time, the back of the sarcophagus has been displaced inwards, losing some of its straightness.Bibliography:- Animals and Pharaohs. The animal kingdom in ancient Egypt. Somogy Editions D'art. -2015.- BLEIBERG, E. BARBASH, Y. BRUNO, L. Soulful Creatures: Animal Mummies in Ancient Egypt. Brooklyn Museum. Giles. 2013.- WILKINSON H. R. The Complete Gods and Goddesses of Ancient Egypt. London. 2003.Parallels:- Falcon Sarcophagus. Bronze. Late Antique - Ptolemaic, 664 - 30 BC. 12.2 cm high. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Inv. 15.6.2.-Ibis sarcophagus. Bronze. Dynasty XXVI, 664 - 525 BC. Brooklyn Museum, New York. Inv. 37.417E.- Falcon mummy. 4th - 1st century BC. Height 52 cm. Szépm?vészeti Múzeum, Budapest. Inv. 98.4-E.- Narmer's palette (detail). Slate. c. 3050 BC. 61 cm high. Discovered in 1897 in the Great Temple of Horus at Hierakompolis. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Inv. JE32169.- Amulet of the Eye of Horus with wing and falcon's foot. Fayenza. Third Intermediate Period - 26th Dynasty, 1070-525 BC. 5 cm long. British Museum, London. Inv. EA29222.Measurements: 16.3 cm high and 19 cm long.Sculptural representation of the falcon god Horus in a standing position with his wings folded backwards and wearing the double crown of Egypt, a royal crown that symbolises the union of Lower and Upper Egypt, and emphasises the role of Horus as the legitimate ruler of the whole earth. The different elements of the crown are clearly visible: the red crown of Lower Egypt, which lacks its curled spiral on the front, and the white crown of Upper Egypt. It is richly decorated with the anatomical details of the animal, worked by means of incisions. The hooked beak, two large globular eyes that focus the attention on the face, and the identification of each of its feathers on the wings and tail stand out. The thick heavy ridges on the legs and the rough skin of the talons contrast with the delicacy of the feathers, showing the power and majesty of the falcon.The deity stands on a rectangular box in the shape of a shrine or truncated pyramid, identified by temple architecture, wide at the base with walls sloping towards the centre and an exvesseled cornice. The interior is hollow, with an opening at the back that would have contained an animal mummy or skeletal remains as a reliquary. Once the mummy was inserted, it was sealed with a simple inlaid plate. The falcon and the box were made separately using the lost-wax technique and then joined together.Such falcon mummy boxes, or sarcophagi, would have been offered for deposit in animal necropolises, in chapels dedicated to the god, or in the quintessential temple of Horus itself at Edfu (see the specimen housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, inv. 15.6.2). Although not only in relation to the cult of Horus, but also in more general terms related to the solar cult.In ancient Egypt, the practice of mummifying animals became widespread in the first millennium BC. Animals were given a post-mortem treatment similar to that given to humans, and hundreds of mummified animals were found in the great necropolises.
Three 9ct gold amethyst dress rings, to include a single stone ring, a five stone ring and a seven stone ring, ring sizes Q to R, gross weight 11.4g.Overall condition good to fairSingle stone ring - amethyst a medium slight pinkish purple, light abrasion, stamped 375Three stone ring - amethysts a medium pinkish purple, hallmarks for LondonSeven stone ring - amethysts a pale purple, hallmarks for Birmingham
Three opal dress rings, to include an 18ct gold opal three stone ring, an 18ct gold opal triplet three stone ring, and a boulder opal ring, ring sizes Q to R, gross weight 12g.Overall condition good to fairLight abrasion to opals in keeping with general wearOpal three stone - hallmarks for BirminghamOpal triplet ring - hallmarks for London, iridescent area to principal stone, possibly adhesive/solution trapped between layers - visible with the unaided eyeBoulder opal ring - unmarked
WILLIAM STEWART MACGEORGE R.S.A. (SCOTTISH 1861-1931) BLUE HAZE OF THE HYACINTH Signed, oil on canvas(71cm x 91cm (28in x 36in))Provenance: Carnegie Dunfermline TrustNote: Born in Castle Douglas in 1861, William Stewart MacGeorge began his artistic training at an early age, demonstrating an exceptional talent. He even became a prototype for a caricaturist character of Samuel R. Crockett's The Raiders - the author was MacGeorge's boyhood friend. In 1880 MacGeorge entered Edinburgh School of Art, where among his classmates were George Denholm, Thomas B. Blacklock and Edward A. Hornel, with whom MacGeorge established a firm and artistically-significant friendship. During his years at the Edinburgh School MacGeorge won a number of artistic prizes, including a Queen's Prize in the National competition, and at the early age of twenty he had his first work hung in the Royal Scottish Academy (A Lovers' Walk, 1881). In 1883 MacGeorge relocated to Antwerp together with William Walls and Edward Hornel, where the young artists enrolled at the Academie Royale des Beaux Arts - one of the oldest art academies in Europe, which at that time held an international reputation. There, for two years, MacGeorge was a student of Charles Verlat, from whom he acquired a strong basis of realism and academic training. His colour palette was also affected by contemporary Dutch and Flemish naturalist painting. During his time at the Academie MacGeorge produced some sombre works such as Rotterdam Windmill and Amsterdam Harbour (both in Haddington Council buildings). Upon his return from Belgium in 1885, MacGeorge enrolled at the R.S.A. Life School, where his prolific student career continued to flourish, bringing him the Keith Prize in 1887. It is believed that MacGeorge's predilection to gloomy colours - possibly the Hague School influence - was challenged by Edward Hornel, who encouraged MacGeorge to soften his tone, thus making his paintings brighter, his brushstrokes more richly imparted, and his painting style considerably more decorative. However, MacGeorge always maintained a substantial level of individuality in his artistic approach, particularly in his pursuit of truth to natural forms. His most prominent works transmit naturalistic atmosphere enhanced by vigorous brushwork and bright spots of colour. Although MacGeorge's choice of subjects was extremely diverse, his signature setting is a woodland scene with children playing among the flowers. The present work, The Blue Haze of the Hyacinth, belongs to a large series of works depicting utopian idylls. Here the artist portrays three young ladies resting in a meadow filled with azure bursts of wild hyacinth. An example of MacGeorge's colouristic approach, the work presents a vivid impression of a bright summer day, as well as the artist's signature impasto brushwork. In the mid-1880s MacGeorge began spending summer months in Kirkcudbright artists' colony, where he resided in a studio near the old quarry on Tongland Road. Kirkcudbrightshire Fine Art Association was established in 1886, and local exhibitions were held each year. MacGeorge produced some of his most outstanding landscapes while in Kirkcudbright, including Kirkcudbright, depicting salmon fishers at dusk, now in the Edinburgh City Art Centre.
FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) ON THE SHORE, IONA (THE SOUND Signed lower right, watercolour and pencil(17cm x 24cm (6.75in x 9.5in))Provenance: Duncan R. Miller Fine Arts, London, from whom acquired by the present owner in 2001In this work, the viewer joins the seated figure in the foreground in gazing out to boats on the strait between Iona and neighbouring Mull. The steam emerging from the funnel of the larger vessel is particularly well conveyed.
FRANCIS CAMPBELL BOILEAU CADELL R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1883-1937) MULL FROM IONA Watercolour(17cm x 27cm (6.75in x 10.5in))Provenance: Purchased from the artist by Mrs Margaret Brownlee, Edinburgh The Fine Art Society Ltd, Edinburgh and London, 1977 Thomas R. Callan, Ayr, 20 November 2010, lot 197 from where acquired by the present owner
WILLIAM MCTAGGART R.S.A., R.S.W. (SCOTTISH 1835-1910) SHRIMPING, MACHRIHANISH Signed and dated 1878, watercolour(36cm x 51cm (14in x 20in))Provenance: D.M.Jackson Esq J & R Edmiston, 14 February 1957, Lot 43 to Fairweather (this receipt accompanies the lot) Literature: James L. Caw, William McTaggart: A Biography and an Appreciation, Glasgow, 1917, p.243
NO RESERVE London.- Whitbread's Reduced Ordnance Map of London, large folding map, some tears to foldlines, one large tear with tape repair, Index detached and loosely inserted, light browning, original cloth, printed paper label to upper cover, a little rubbed, [1880] § Extracts from the Court Rolls of the Manor of Wimbledon, scattered spotting, cracked hinges, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, a little rubbed, 1866 § Geographers' A to Z Atlas of London, maps, original paper wrappers, faded, light spotting, [c.1947] § D'Elboux (R. H.) and Winifride Ward. The Registers of St. Dunstan in the Eaast London, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, The Harleian Society, 1958; and others London, v.s. (c.25)
Botany.- Cox (E.H.M.) The New Flora and Silva, 12 vol., plates, scattered spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1929-40 § Bean (W. J.) Trees and Shrubs Hardy in the British Isles, 3 vol., plates, illustrations, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, 1950 § Henderson (M. R.) Malayan Wild Flowers, illustrations, occasional marginal damp-staining, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, Kuala Lumpur, 1954 § Thompson (H. Stuart) Sub-Alpine Plants, or Flowers of the Swiss Woods and Meadows, frontispiece, plates, occasional pencil annotations, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1912; and others similar, v.s (c.75)
NO RESERVE Military history.- Holmes (Richard R.) Naval & Military Trophies & Personal Relics of British Heroes, title in red and black, plates, tissue-guards, scattered faint spotting, original decorative cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, slipcase, rubbed and worn, split to bottom edge, tape repairs, 1896 § Sen (Surendra Nath) Eighteen Fifty-Seven, plates, folding maps, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, creasing and small tears to edges and extremities, India, 1957 § Beckwith (Captain E. G. C.) Selections from the Quill. a Collection of Prose, Verse and Sketches by Officers Prisoner-of-War in Germany, 1940-1945, number 56 of 1750 copies signed by author, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1954; and others military history, v.s. (24)
Economics, law & politics.- McCulloch (J. R.) The Principles of Political Economy, first edition, a few spots but mostly internally clean, modern cloth, spine faded and ends lightly rubbed, Edinburgh, for William and Charles Tait, 1825 § Bilhon (J. F.) Principes D'Administration et D'Economie Politique..., light marginal damp-staining, contemporary calf, rebacked, Paris, F. Louis, 1819 § Burlamaqui (J. J.) The Principles of Politic Law: Being a Sequel to the Principles of Natural Law, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary calf, lightly rubbed, for J. Nourse, 1752; and 9 others, similar, 8vo (12)
NO RESERVE Strang (Herbert) A Gentleman-at-arms, one of 500 copies, colour plates tipped-in, black and white illustrations, contemporary vellum, gilt, some toning, spine head rubbed, 1914 § Brent-Dyer (Elinor M.) Judy the Guide, frontispiece, illustrations, contemporary ink presentation inscriptions to front endpaper, occasional light spotting, original pictorial cloth, small stain to spine, joints and spine ends a little bumped, [c.1932] § Ballantyne (R. M.) The Middy and the Moors, frontispiece, occasional light finger soiling, original pictorial cloth, gilt, spine lightly sunned, 1888; and 36 others pictorial cloth, 8vo (39)
NO RESERVE Gardiner (Samuel R) Oliver Cromwell, one of 350 copies on Japanese paper, with a duplicate set of all the portraits except frontispiece, contemporary dark blue morocco with elaborate inlaid design of Royal coat-of-arms with oak leaf surround within a multi gilt fillet border, stunning morocco doublures of roses, thistles and shamrocks, blue watered silk endpapers, covers slightly rubbed in places, t.e.g., others uncut, 1899; and c.60 others, miscellaneous, 4to and 8vo (c.61, in 2 boxes)
NO RESERVE Dickens (Charles editor) The Pic Nic Papers, 3 vol., first edition, frontispieces and 11 etched and lithographed plates by George Cruikshank, Hablot Knight Browne and Day & Haghe, after Cruikshank, Browne and R. J. Hamerton, vol. 1 with small marginal repair to D3, occasional scattered spotting, bookplates of Thomas A. Stillman and Jessie Stillman Taylor, crushed green half morocco gilt by Mansell, spines gilt in compartments with initials "G. C." to foot, light rubbing to extremities, [Eckel pp.143-5], 8vo, Henry Colburn, 1841.⁂ This copy agrees with that cited by Eckel except that it does not contain the rare misprint on p.iii of the introduction, 'publisher young'. However, neither does it have the imprint of Cox & Son on the verso of the title page of volume I, which is cited by Eckel as a sign of a later issue.
New Naturalist.- Fitter (R. S. R.) London's Natural History, first edition, scattered spotting, previous owner's ink inscription, small tear and loss to spine head, chipping to corners and extremities, 1945 § Stamp (L. Dudley) Britain's Structure and Scenery, first edition, short tears to edges,1946 § Imms (A. D.) Insect Natural History, first edition, slight chipping to spine extremities, 1947 § Pearsall (W. H.) Mountains and Moorlands, first edition, ex-library with usual ink-stamps, cracked hinges, small library label to spine foot, 1950; plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket; and others from the New Naturalist series, mixed editions, 8vo (36)
NO RESERVE [Dodgson (Charles Lutwidge)], "Lewis Carroll".- [Reed (Latham R.)] Frankie in Wonderland. With apologies to Lewis Carroll, the original and pre-historian of the New Deal, first edition, original wrappers, some light marking and fading, 8vo, New York, 1934.⁂ A scarce anti-New Deal pamphlet.
Foulis Press.- Small books.- Pindar. [Odes, graece], 4 vol., vol.1 final f. K8 an additional title and here bound at start, vol.2 2 (of 3) blank ff. at end, vol.4 a few page numbers at head excised with a very small stab hole, all vol. occasional spotting or mostly light staining, lightly browned, inner gilt dentelles, 20th century dark blue crushed morocco, spines gilt, spines faded, little rubbed, t.e.g., [Gaskell 274; Bondy 23-24; Mikrobiblion 192; Spielmann 413-15], 16mo (75 x 47mm.), Glasgow, R. & A. Foulis, 1754.
NO RESERVE Pets.- Kipling (Rudyard) Thy Servant a Dog, told by Boots, first edition, illustrations by G. L. Stampa, some full-page, faint spotting to first and last few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1930 § Chalmers (Patrick R.) Dogs of Every Day, plates and illustrations by Cecil Aldin, faint spotting to first few leaves, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, dust-jacket, lacking most of spine, small chipping and tears to edges, rubbed, 1933 § Lucas (Captain Jocelyn) Pedigree Dog Breeding, second edition, frontispiece, plates, advertisements at end, previous owner's ink inscription, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, c.1926 § Croxton Smith (A.) About Our Dogs: The Breeds and their Management, frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, loss to spine extremities, chipping and short tears to top edge, n.d.; and others pets, mostly dogs, 8vo (33).
NO RESERVE Italian art.- Constable (W.G.) Canaletto: Giovanni Antonio Canal 1697-1768, 2 vol., first editions, frontispiece, plates, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, slight creasing to corners and extremities, 1962 § Wittkower (R.) The Drawings of The Carracci ... at Windsor Castle, frontispiece and plates, small abrasion marks to front pastedown, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, sunned spine, slight creasing to corners and edges, 1952 § Kurtz (Otto) Bolognese Drawings of the XVII & XVIII Centuries ... at Windsor Castle, plates and illustrations, original cloth, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight chipping and creasing to corners and edges, 1955; and others Italian art, 4to (15)
Dickens (Charles) The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, first edition in book form later issue with letterpress title dated 1838, half-title, frontispiece, additional title and 41 engraved plates by R. Seymour, R.W. Buss, and Hablot K. Browne, some light offsetting, occasional foxing, original light brown cloth, light sunning and spotting to spine, corners a little bumped, some fraying to joint ends, rubbing and some light staining to covers, later endpapers, [Eckel pp.17-58; Hatton and Cleaver pp.1-88; Smith pp.19-27 (this issue see n.1)], Chapman and Hall, 1838 § [Onwhyn (Thomas)] [Thirty-Two Illustrations to the Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club by Mr Samuel Weller], 32 engraved plates by Onwhyn, occasional light foxing, heavier to first 2 plates, later polished calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, [1837], 8vo.⁂ Second is the first edition of Onwhyn's pirate illustrations for Pickwick. Dickens loathed the illustrations and wrote of their "singular vileness" in a letter of 1838.
NO RESERVE Collectables.- Salamon (Ferdinando) A Collector's Guide to Prints and Printmakers from Dürer to Picasso, frontispiece, illustrations, many full-page, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, slight creasing to edges, 1972 § The Royal Philatelic Society London 1869-1969, frontispiece, plates, original morocco, gilt, slipcase, rubbed and faded, 1969 § Wolfe (ffrida) and A. T. Wolfe, How to Identify Oriental Rugs, plates, original cloth, bumping to corners and extremities, [1927] § Pinto (Edward & Eva) Tunbridge and Scottish Souvenir Woodware, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, bookplate, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, tears, loss to top edge, rubbed, 1970 § Jourdain (Margaret) and R. Soame Jenyns. Chinese Export Art in the Eighteenth Century, illustrations, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, dust-jacket, a little rubbed, 1950; and others collectables, v.s. (75)
Almanacs.- Weaver (Edmund) The British Telescope: Being an Ephemeris Of the Celestial Motions. With an Almanack..., bookplate, ink inscription to head and foot of title, A2 & A3 with inner margin bound tight obscuring first few letters, later paper-backed boards, title in ink to upper cover, T. Parker, 1749 § Poor Robin...An Almanack..., lacking final leaf, title loose with small loss to foot, affecting date, upper fore-edge corners defective (occasional loss of text), hinges weak, contemporary paper boards, worn, the Company of Stationers, 1756 § Rider's British Merlin..., interleaved, recipe in ink to rear free endpaper, later burgundy morocco, gilt, decorative metal clasps, lacking catches, joints splitting but covers holding, g.e., R. Nutt, 1742, printed in red and black, ink stamp to titles, some light spotting and staining, covers rubbed, first two lacking spine; and 3 other almanacs, 2 of which 18th century, including Parker's Ephemeris for the years 1752-7, 1759 and 1760 together in 1 vol., 8vo & 12mo (7). Sold not subject to return.
Louis XIV (King of France, 1638-1715) Letter signed "Louis" summoning the Baron d'Euclem of Terramesnil to Arras, D.s. "Louis" & countersigned by Michel Chamillart, manuscript in French, 1p., small vertical tea (no loss of text)r, folds, slightly browned, folio, Fontainebleau, 8th October 1705.⁂ Michel Chamillart (1652-1721), statesman; minister of Louis XIV.
HOPE R. C. The Legendary Lore of the Holy Wells of England. Wood eng. vignettes. Large paper quarto. Qtr. leather, some internal spotting. 1893; also Richard Wellford, Monuments & Tombstones in the Church of St. Nicholas, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1880 & W. G. Collingwood, Northumbrian Crosses of the Pre-Norman Age, 1927. (3).
BOYLE J. R. The First Newcastle Directory, 1778, reprinted in facsimile. Ltd. ed. 23/25 on large hand-made paper. Quarto. Damp stng. & soiling to cloth bdg. Newcastle, 1889; also M. Creighton, Memoir of Sir George Grey, Bart., G.C.B., ltd. ed.147/150, mounted photo port. frontis, slipped in note "From Lady Grey", small quarto, soiled brds., Collingwood Press, Newcastle, 1884. (2).

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