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Lot 16
A rare Victorian walnut self-recording aneroid barometer, L Casella London, c1880, the timepiece with chain fusee movement with shouldered plates driving the barograph drum, that instrument on a substantial brass bed with columns and bubble level, the architectural case with glazed fall front flanked by pilasters, on stepped plinth with hinged flap in the top and two panelled doors to the back, pendulum and clock and case keys, and an early Victorian Elizabethan oak wall bracket, probably to the design of Thomas Johnson of Lichfield, 1836-40, the shelf and apron carved with leaves and strapwork, the volute supports with pendants, overall height 78cm; shelf 28 x 97cm (2) (Bracket) Commissioned for the Heath House by John Burton Philips For several similar instruments by contemporary British makers, see Collins (P R) - Barographs, 2002, chapter 1, in which the terms 'self recording barometer' and 'barograph' are discussed Condition ReportA high quality instrument in good original condition. Case a little splashed with paint. Mechanisms untried but no reason to suspect they are defective. Sold with copy of a receipt for overhauling "English clock and barograph set in a mahogany (sic) case made by Casella" dated December 1983
Lot 194
A French nero belgio and rouge griotte marble mantel clock, late 19th c, in architectural case with pilasters, having enamel dial, Breguet hands and gong striking movement, backplate stamped R & C PARIS & LONDON, No 2201, pendulum, key, 31.5cm h Condition ReportOne or two tiny chips on angles of case. Movement in working order, running when wound. Dial undamaged
Lot 306
Theatre. Boaden (James) - Memoirs of the Life of John Philip Campbell Esquire including a History of the Stage from the Time of Garrick to the Present Period, two volumes, portrait frontispiece, contemporary navy calf gilt, spine gilt with red labels, engraved bookplate, 8vo, London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green, 1825, J Watkins - Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of the Right Honourable R H Sheridan, second edition, two volumes, 1817, John Adolphus - Memoirs of John Bannister Comedian, two volumes, 1839, Mrs Mathews - Memoirs of Charles Mathews Comedian, four volumes with plates, 1838 and 1839 and The Select London Stage: The Collection of the Most Refined Parodies, Comedies..., bound volume, contemporary cloth (11)
Lot 359
Memoirs of the Life of the Right Honourable Sir James Mackintosh, second edition, two volumes, engraved portraits, half titles, contemporary diced calf, spine gilt, engraved bookplate, 8vo, London: Moxon, 1836 and other contemporary, similarly bound books, comprising memoirs of Sir William Knighton, two volumes 1838, R Vaughan - Memorials of the Stuart Dynasty, two volumes, 1831, The Miscellaneous Works of Edward Gibbon, five volumes, re-backed, 1814 and Memoirs of John Evelyn Esq. FRS, new edition, five volumes, calf, spines dry and defective in places, 1827 (16)
Lot 367
Bindings. Radcliffe (F. P. Delme) - The Noble Science: A Few General Ideas on Fox-Hunting for the Use of the Rising Generation of Sportsmen and More Especially Those of the Hertfordshire Hunt Club, engraved title, plates, last leaf of prefix re-mounted, later scarlet half morocco gilt with raised bands by Hatchards, ownership signature, 8vo, London: Ackermann 1839, uniform with a Memoir of the Rev John Russell and his Out-of-Door Life, ownership signature (Burton H Philips from R G P 1 October 1879), 1878 and R S Surtees - Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour, Handley Cross or Mr Jorrocks' Hunt and Mr Romford's Hounds, hand coloured illustrations, engraved book plate, 1854 and circa (5)
Lot 773
An Edwardian silver salver, in rococo style with engraved cartouche inscribed To E R Bowyer Esq in Appreciation of his Chairmanship of the Eton Rural District Council April 1945-April 1948 from Members of the Council and surround of facsimile signatures, on three feet, 41cm diam, by R H Halford & Sons, London 1903, 54ozs Condition ReportGood condition
Lot 878
A German oval floral encrusted dressing mirror, early 20th c, crested by putti with flowers, 22.5cm h, backed on wood, underglaze blue J R Condition ReportSome slight chipping of the leaves and petals but no substantial damage or restoration. The bevelled oval glass original but with localised loss to silvering
Lot 881
A black basalt hydria, attributed to Wedgwood, c1790, painted in encaustic colours or orange-red and white with Putto standing on a bough between Etruscan red palmettes and Greek key borders, 22cm h, unmarked Comparative literature: Reilly (R) - Wedgwood 1989, vol I, fig. 584 Condition ReportGood condition, no restoration
Lot 956
A bone china dessert plate or stand, probably Coalport, c1825, painted with five groups of flowers reserved on a richly gilt cobalt ground moulded in relief with shells and S-scrolls, 23.5cm diam, an H & R Daniel cobalt ground Etruscan teacup and saucer, pattern 3859 and a pair of contemporary Staffordshire cobalt bordered floral eggcups (5) Condition ReportGood condition; hairline crack on one egg cup, both with rubbing to gilding
Lot 965
A Wedgwood rosso antico Egyptian sugar box, c1810-20, 14.5cm over handles, impressed mark, a pewter mounted Wedgwood blue and gilt glazed earthenware Doric jug and a Wedgwood Japanese style earthenware teapot and cover decorated with peonies, both c1875-80 (4) For a teapot of the same form of the sugar box, see Reilly (R) - Wedgwood 1989, vol II, fig. 819 (right) Condition ReportSugar box cracked. Teapot - spout chipped. Mug - light glaze scratches
Lot 1060A
World War I, pair, plaque and scroll, British War Medal and Victory Medal 62163 Pte H Johnson Manch R, memorial plaque Harby Johnson and scroll Private Harby Johnson Manchester Regiment and two bronze medals - Nottinghamshire Agricultural Society rev. engraved 1913 Won by H Johnson 5 Handel Street Nottingham and the Confectioners, Bakers and Allied Traders Annual International Exhibition London, rev engraved H Johnson Sneinton Private Harby Johnson of 2nd Battalion Manchester Regiment died November 4 1918, Ors Communal Cemetery, France
Lot 969
Lawrence Alma-Tadema. 1836 Dronrijp - 1912 Wiesbaden. Studierte in Antwerpen. Nach einem Besuch Pompejis 1863 wandte er sich thematisch dem klassischen Altertum zu. Ab 1870 war er in London ansässig und galt im viktorianischen England als einer der bedeutendsten Maler seiner Zeit. Rs. beschriftet "Alma Tadema". Konversation in einem römischen Interieur. Auf einem Klismos sitzende Herrin, mit zwei Gefährtinnen im Gespräch. Eine dunkelhäutige Dienerin serviert Erfrischungen. Studie/Entwurf. Öl/Lwd. 70 x 102 cm. R
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