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Click here to subscribeA Rene Lalique opalescent 'Gui' glass bowlthe underside moulded in high relief with mistletoe, raised 'R. Lalique France', factory mark, 23.6cm diameterCondition overall is good with no cracks, chips, damages or repairs. There are five scratches or welts to the interior of the bowl and one short scratch to the exterior rim, please see additional images.
Raffaele Giannetti (1832-1916) Portrait of a Young Woman wearing a silver satin dress with blue floral pattern and a net headress, signed 'R Giannetti' lower left, oil on canvas, in a heavy gilt frame, measurements 107 x 81 cm, frame 144 x 118 cmProvenance:Private Collection,ShropshireThe painting is an oil on canvas, framed without glazing. The canvas is in good condition with no obvious evidence for holes or tears, there is some loss of tension. The paint surface has craquelure throughout but appears stable and there are no obvious signs for paint loss or deterioration, the colours are well preserved. There is a surface scuff/scratch to the upper right. The frame has solid joints, the surface showing evidence of general wear and tear, as well as some surface cracks and losses to the gesso
Henry III (1216-1272), Pennies (4), all class VIIb, Canterbury, Henri, henri on cant, 1.43g/2h, Ioan, ioan · on · cante, 1.22g/12h, Ioan Chic, ioan cihe on ca, 1.46g/1h, Roger of R, roger · of · r · on ca, 1.44g/9h (SCBI Mass 1982ff, 1986ff, 1992-3, 2002; N 979; S 1356B) [4]. First two fine, others better, all toned £100-£120 --- Provenance: All Lord Stewartby Collection, Part II, Spink Auction 237, 28 June 2016, lot 587 (part); third from the ‘Naxos’ (Greece) Hoard, c. 1969
Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht (802-39), Penny, London (as king of the Mercians), [829], Rædmund, + ecgberht rex m around cross potent, rev. + red: m:v d:h. in three lines, divided by beaded bars, 1.36g/9h (Naismith L31.1-2 var. [this rev. type unrecorded]; SCBI BM 1069 var.; N 585 var.; S 1037 var.). Edge slightly curved at 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine, orange earthen patina, extremely rare and important £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Found in North Yorkshire, 2022 (EMC 2022.0208) The silver pence minted by the West Saxon king Ecgberht (802-839) at the London mint are of great historical importance. They adhere, in the most explicit way, to the sentiment expressed by Mark Blackburn when he wrote that ‘for the ninth century, above all others, the coinage has a fundamental contribution to make to our knowledge of political history’. While of relatively humble appearance, these coins offer exceptional testimony to perhaps the most important event of the first four decades of that century; the West Saxon conquest of London in 829. Ecgberht’s victory, and his subsequent assumption of the title ‘king of the Mercians’ signalled a major adjustment to the political and military hierarchy of the Southumbrian kingdoms. It established a precedent which was to be followed some fifty years later by his grandson, Alfred, during the struggle against the Vikings. These coins bear witness to the strength of Ecgberht's position, the willingness of at least some within Mercia to accept him as their legitimate king, if only for a fleeting moment, and the malleability of coinage as tool for disseminating political messages at the time. Ecgberht was the son of Ealhmund, a man of West Saxon royal stock who probably ruled as king in Kent during the early 780s. Following a period of enforced exile on the continent, Ecgberht returned to England on the occasion of the death of his rival Beorhtric in 802 to claim the West Saxon throne. We know little of the new king’s actions during the first two decades of the ninth century and there is no indication that Ecgberht exerted any influence outside of West Saxon territory. However, the collapse of Mercian authority in the early 820s opened the way for a complete reversal in this regard. Ultimately it was a decisive battle fought between the men of Wessex and Mercia in 825 at Ellendun, near the modern village of Wroughton, which signalled the end of the Mercian Supremacy. Before long West Saxon authority was recognised in Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex. Thereafter followed four years of relative peace before, as the chronicler put it, Ecgberht ‘conquered the kingdom of the Mercians, and everything south of the Humber’. These latter victories proved short lived, and by 830 the West Saxon king had ceded the newly won territory (and the London mint) back to Mercian hands. Nevertheless, Wessex was to remain the dominant force of the ninth century and it was the royal line established by Ecgberht that would eventually go on to unify all of England under a single king. It is unfortunate that Ecgberht’s London pennies are so excessively rare. Naismith’s corpus listed just four examples. Two, derived from the 1893 at Middle Temple hoard, are housed within the British Museum’s collection. Another, chipped and ragged, was published as part of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection in 1958, although its provenance before that date was unrecorded. The final piece known to Naismith, a large fragment with much of the legend missing, formed part of the illustrious Lockett collection. Before that it was found in the cabinets of Grantley and Wickham. In the decade following the publication of Naismith’s corpus an additional three coins were discovered and recorded on the Early Medieval Corpus database. Interestingly these recent finds, much like Lockett’s example, are all in a poor state of preservation. Those found in 2011 (EMC 2011.0217) and 2012 (EMC 2012.0321) at Long Straton and Findon respectively, were mere fragments, while the most recently excavated specimen, from near Hockcliffe (EMC 2021.0187), appears badly chipped and cracked. The coin offered for sale here is seemingly only the eighth known example of Ecgberht’s London coinage and the only complete and materially-sound specimen available to commerce. Works cited: M.A.S Blackburn and D.N. Dumville 1998 (eds), Kings, Currency and Alliances: History and Coinage of Southern England in the Ninth Century (Woodbridge) Keynes, S., 1993. ‘The Control of Kent in the Ninth Century’, EME 2, 111-31 Naismith, R., 2011. The Coinage of Southern England 796–865, BNS Special Publication 8, 2 vols. (London) Naismith, R., 2017. Medieval European Coinage, with a catalogue of the coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. 8: Britain and Ireland (c.400-1066) Naismith, R., 2019. ‘Two important coins of the Mercian Supremacy’, BNJ 89, 203-8 Stenton, F., 1971. Anglo-Saxon England. Third Edition (Oxford)
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period, Penny, class E, mm. cross 2, stops on obv., unbarred ns both sides, r with forked tail, 1.17g/1h (LAL 5; N 1167; S 1586). Very fine, toned £120-£150 --- Provenance: W. Talbot Ready Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 26 April 1960, lot 3982 (part)
Richard III (1483-1485), Penny, Durham, Bp Sherwood, mm. lis on obv. only, s on breast, reversed d in centre of rev., 0.62g/11h (Allen DM 190; Stewartby p.447; N 1687; S 2169). Peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine, dark toned and very rare with all the identifying marks discernible £600-£800 --- Provenance: R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; St James’s Auction 4, 8 May 2006, lot 262 (part)
Treaty of Campoformio, 1797, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 56mm (Julius 575); Death of General Hoche, 1797, a copper medal by R. Gayrard [struck 1821], 41mm (BDM II, 227); Battle of Camperdown, 1797, a copper medal by T. Webb & W. Wyon for Mudie, 41mm (BHM 432; E 886); Battle of the Nile, 1798, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler for A. Davison, 47mm (BHM 447; E 890); Battle of the Nile, 1798, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (BHM 453; E -); Battle of the Nile, 1798, a copper medal, unsigned, 33mm (BHM -; E -); Banque de France, 1800, a restrike octagonal silver jeton by R. Dumarest [struck 1860-79], 36mm (Bramsen 29); Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1801, a white metal medal, unsigned, 40mm (BHM 505; E -; Bramsen 142); Preliminaries of Peace, 1801, a copper medal, unsigned (by H. Kettle?), 38mm (BHM 516; 935; Bramsen 162); Peace of Amiens, 1802, a white metal medal by J.G. Hancock for Kempson & Kindon, 38mm (BHM 539; E 942; Bramsen 204) [10]. Varied state, one pierced £150-£200
Bronze medals (7), all Paris Mint restrikes struck after 1880: Battle of Montenotte, 1796, by R. Gayrard & R. Jeuffroy, 41mm (Julius 491); another, similar, 41mm (Julius 491); Battle of Austerlitz, 1805, by B. Andrieu & L. Jaley, dated 1975 on edge, 42mm (Bramsen 445); Victories of 1807, by B. Andrieu & L. Jaley, 41mm (Bramsen 674); Battle of Lutzen, 1813, by A. Depaulis & N. Brenet, 41mm (Bramsen 1229); Battle of Waterloo, 1815, by E. Rogat, 42mm (Bramsen 1636); Arc de Triomphe, undated, by B. Andrieu & A. Albert-Herbemont, 41mm [7]. Very fine or better £80-£100
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Prize Medal, a copper award by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], similar, edge named (R. Evans & Co., Class XXIV), 77mm (Allen SK-A001; BHM 2747; E 1553). A few minor marks, otherwise extremely fine £150-£180 --- R. Evans & Co., City of London; awarded for Upholstery Trimmings
Crystal Palace Picture Gallery, Prize Medal, a bronze award by G.G. Adams, Britannia standing facing, flanked by Plenty and Learning, Fame flying left above, rev. wreath, named (Awarded by the Crystal Palace Co. for a picture “Cromwell at Ripley Castle” by R. Lehmann, 1897), 63mm (Allen SY-1873/001 var.; BHM -). Cleaned, otherwise very fine £60-£80
Central Nursing Council for England & Wales, a silver and enamel badge, rev. named (N. Jebb, S.R.N. 53223, 21-6-29), 27 x 27mm; Nursing, a silver and enamel badge by G. Kenning & Son, rev. named (Ursula R. Johnson), 57 x 35mm; Royal Sanitary Institute, 1938, a brass and enamel badge by Fattorini, 40 x 35mm; Warrington School of Nursing, a white metal and enamel badge, rev. named (1945, Muriel Dorothy French), 60 x 28mm; Central Midwives Board for Scotland, a nickel and enamel badge, rev. named (22106, Jessie W. Dick, 9-4-53), 43 x 33mm; Medico-Psychological Association, a bronze badge, rev. named (Mary E. Howard), 52 x 41mm; Queen’s Institute of District Nursing, a gilt-bronze and enamel badge, rev. named (Mary Burnett, for 21 years’ service), 42 x 26mm; Southend Hospital, a nickel and enamel badge by Fattorini, 28 x 27mm; St John Ambulance Association, a bronze badge, rev. named (A190345, John Peebles), 45 x 40mm; Willesden General Hospital, a silver and enamel badge, 41 x 37mm [10]. Good very fine or better £60-£80
FRANCE, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, a restrike bronze medal by B. Duvivier [struck after 1880], 41mm; Landing of Louis XVIII at Calais, 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu & N. Brenet, 40mm (Bramsen 1406); Constitutional Charter, 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 40mm (Bramsen 1468); Society for the Amelioration of Prisons, 1819, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre & R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 226); Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820, a copper medal by F. Caunois, 68mm (BDM I, 362); a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 38mm (BDM II, 226); together with assorted French medalets in silver (2), base metal (6) [14]. Varied state £150-£200
Henry III (1216-1272), Penny, class VIc2, Canterbury, Hiun, hivn · on · cante, ornamental lettering, obv. h, e, n, r, c, r and e, rev. c and e, 1.30g/12h (SCBI Mass 1795, this coin; N 976/2; S 1355A). Good fine, portrait better, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: E.J. Harris Collection; J.J. North Collection [from Spink May 1989]; W.J. Conte Collection; J.P. Mass Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 751
A Martin Brothers stoneware grotesque spoon warmer by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1880, modelled as a dragon-like creature, with scaly skin, gaping mouth, and swept back feather and tendrils, glazed in shades of green, blue, white and brown incised 49 2/80 R W Martin London & Southall, professional restoration, 20.5cm. high Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis, page 86 figure 113 (Sotheby's).
A Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1902, modelled standing with webbed claw feet, modelled with slender beak glazed blue and green on a buff ground with white highlights, on ebonised wood base, incised 3.1902, R W Martin & Bros London & Southall to base and neck, 20cm. high (2) Provenance The Bess Dobi Collection of Martin Ware.
A Martin Brothers stoneware face jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1903, modelled in low relief to one side with a smiling face, the reverse with open mouth, glazed in tan and brown, highlighted in white and black, incised R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, 5.3.1903, professional restored section to top rim, 18.5cm. high Provenance The Bess Dobi Collection of Martin Ware.
A Martin Brothers stoneware Owl vesta by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1877, shield shaped with an Owl below corbel, clutching a book in its talons, glazed brown, blue and green, incised 2-1877, 29, R W Martin, professional restoration to front rim, 13.5cm. high Provenance The Bess Dobi Collection of Martin Ware.
A Martin Brothers stoneware face jug by Robert Wallace Martin, modelled in relief with a smiling face to both sides, glazed brown and tan with white and black highlights incised R W Martin London & Southall, 15cm. high Provenance The George Twyman Collection of Martin Ware. Private collection.
A pair of Martin Brothers stoneware bottle vases by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1885, slender, shouldered form with cylindrical neck, incised and painted with butterflies and a mayfly flying past wild flowers, the neck with incised stylised foliate frieze, in shades of green and brown on a buff ground, incised 10-1885 R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, 23.5cm. high (2)
A Martin Brothers Pottery stoneware jug by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1882, footed, tapering cylindrical form with angular handle and spout, incised and painted with two ducks standing amongst grasses and oak trees, the spout incised with a flying owl, the base of the handle modelled with a classical mask, in shades of blue, green and brown on a buff ground, incised 26 & 27 5, 82, R W Martin London & Southall, 21cm. high
A pair of Martin Brothers stoneware candlesticks by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1885, tapering square bases with twisted column with swollen neck, painted to each panelled side of the base with a martin and other birds flying or perched, the neck inside with twisted foliate column, glazed in shades of blue, green and brown on a buff grey ground, incised 4-85 R W Martin Bros London & Southall, professional restoration to column of one, 19.5cm. high (2)
An early Martin Brothers Pottery stoneware wall vesta by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1877, modelled as a Pelican in Her Piety, modelled in relief with wings outstretched above four chicks in the nest, glazed blue and green incised 37 R W Martin 3 1877, old professional restoration to corner of back plate, 13cm. high
A Martin Brothers Pottery stoneware Medieval jug, dated 1875, shouldered form with knopped neck and applied handle, incised with a lady playing a lute on a terrace setting with peacocks, the reverse with a maiden standing, glazed in blue and green on a buff ground, E.23 R W Martin London 1-1875, to base and plaque below handle, hairline to top rim, 24.5cm. high
A Martin Brothers Pottery stoneware vase by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1889, ovoid with short cylindrical neck, incised with lizards, a snake and a stag beetle amongst scrolling foliage, in shades of green, blue and buff on a chestnut brown ground, incised 3-1889 R W Martin & Brothers London & Southall, museum restored cracks to base, 24cm. high
A Martin Brothers Pottery stoneware vase by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1886, shouldered, cylindrical form with two angled handles, incised with sprays of foxgloves and daisies, in shades of white, green and brown on a buff grey ground, the collar rim with incised geometric band, incised 9-1886 R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, 24.5cm. high
A Martin Brothers Pottery stoneware Aquatic vase by Edwin and Walter Martin, dated 1889, shouldered form, incised and painted with grotesque fish and eels swimming amongst waterweed below a band of scrolling foliage, in shades of green, blue and tan on a pale blue over tan ground, incised 4-1889 R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, professional restoration to side of vase, 26.5cm. high
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