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![[Partridge, John]. The Treasurie of Hidden Secrets. Commonlie called, the Good-huswives Closet of provision for the health of](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/743f0bc2-9e54-4e80-b1cf-aa5d00bda42e/ecbe366b-aa2c-433f-a566-aa5d00e3598a/468x382.jpg)
Lot 5
[Partridge, John]. The Treasurie of Hidden Secrets. Commonlie called, the Good-huswives Closet of provision for the health of her Houshold. Gathered out of sundry experiments, lately practised by men of great knowledge: And now newly enlarged, with divers necessary physicke helpes, and knowledge of the names and naturall disposition of diseases, that most commonly happen to men and women, printed by I. R. for Edward White, 1600, title with woodcut device, main text in black letter, occasional underlining, some soiling and small water stains, previous owner inscription of Henry Lovett, October 1693 to one front endpaper, ownership inscription of Martin Orskey dated 1957 to front pastedown, modern limp vellum, light discolouration, slipcase, small 4to (Qty: 1)ESTC S120133; STC 19430. First published in 1573 as The Treasurie of Commodious Secrets , this was one Partridge's most popular works, alongside The Widowes Treasure (1582).
Lot 58
Child-rearing . The Fathers Legacy: or, Counsels to His Children. In Three Parts. Containing the Whole Duty of Man, I. To God. II. To Himself. III. To Man in all Conditions, 1st edition, printed for Henry Brome, 1678, full-page engraved royal coat-of-arms facing title, 5 leaves of preface, to pages, plus 4 leaves of contents, and one leaf of publisher's advertisement at end, contemporary blind-panelled sheep, rubbed and some marks to joints, minor wear to head of spine, contents near-detached from the binding, 8vo, together with: [Hill, John]. On the Management and Education of Children, A Series of Letters written to a Neice; By the Honorable Juliana-Susannah Seymour, printed for R. Baldwin, 1754, viii + 282 pages, plus single advert leaf at end, the first leaf a half-title with publisher's advertisement to verso, light marginal browning to first and last few leaves, contemporary calf gilt, rubbed and a little wear to joints and extremities, upper joint partly cracked, 12mo (Qty: 2)Wing F555 for the first item.
Lot 66
Mynsicht (Adrian von). Thesaurus & Armamentarium Medico-Chymicum: or A Treasury of Physick. With the most secret way of preparing remedies against all diseases. Obtained by Labour, confirmed by Practice, and published out of goodwill to Mankind..., faithfully Rendred into English by John Partridge Physician to His Majesty, printed by J.M. for Awnsham Churchill, 1682, engraved portrait frontispiece of John Partridge by R. White, publisher's advertisement to verso of final leaf, 18th century panelled calf, modern anitque-style reback with gilt morocco title label to spine, 8vo, together with: Boulton (Richard). Physico-Chyrurgical Treatises of the Gout, the King's-Evil and the Lues Venerea, printed for W. Brand and J. Kent, 1714, 4 titles (the last 3 all dated 1713), first title with some spotting and light overall browning, contemporary ownership signature to front endpaper of Thomas Holden, contemporary blind-panelled full calf, a little rubbed and slight wear to joints, 8vo (Qty: 2)Wing M3177 for Mynsicht.
Lot 70
Ercker (Lazarus, & John Pettus ). Fleta minor. The Laws of Art and Nature, in Knowing, Judging, Assaying, Fining, Refining and Inlarging the Bodies of Confin'd Metals. In Two Parts. The First contains Assays of Lazarus Erckern ... now translated into English. The Second contains Essays on Metallick Words, alphabetically composed, as a Dictionary, by Sir John Pettus, printed for the author by Thomas Dawks, 1683, 2 parts in one volume, engraved frontispiece portrait by R. White, and 43 copper-engraved illustrations, numerous ornate opening initials, minor marginal fraying to frontispiece and title, a very good copy with wide margins, early ownership inscription 'James Hamilton' to title-page (see note), some spotting and browning, G1 with small piece torn from margin, H1v and H2r soiled, signature Z in duplicate, [C]2 holed and slightly torn at lower margin, without final blank in each vol.) Contemporary blind-panelled mottled full calf, some marks, discreet restoration to head and foot of spine, folio (35.5 x 22.4 cm) (Qty: 1)Provenance: possibly James Hamilton, 4th Duke of Hamilton (1658-1712), famously killed in a duel on the 15 th November 1712 over the inheritance of the Macclesfield estate, or James Hamilton, 5th Duke of Hamilton (1703-1743), early governor of the Foundling Hospital, London, and a fellow of the Royal Society. ESTC R5570; Hoover 633; Wing P1906; Wellcome II, 527. The first part is a translation of Ercken's Beschreibung aller fürnemisten mineralishcen Ertzt- und Berckwercksarten . The author of the second part, Sir John Pettus (1613-1690), was appointed deputy governor of the royal mines by Cromwell in 1655, a position he held until his death 35 years later. Having spent more than £20,000 on the royalist cause during the Civil War, he appears to have been imprisoned for debt several times in later life, and it has been suggested that Fleta Minor was composed in Fleet Prison.
![[Pallavicino, Ferrante]. The Whores Rhetorick, calculated to the meridian of London; and conformed to the Rules of Art. In tw](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/743f0bc2-9e54-4e80-b1cf-aa5d00bda42e/052925ac-4fd0-4e62-afb5-aa5d00e40745/468x382.jpg)
Lot 72
[Pallavicino, Ferrante]. The Whores Rhetorick, calculated to the meridian of London; and conformed to the Rules of Art. In two Dialogues, 1st edition in English, printed for George Shell, in Stone-Cutter-Street in Shoe-Laine, 1683, A-K12, L1-6, title within double-rule border, Epistle Dedicatory 'To the most famous University of London-Courtezans', by Philo-Puttanus, Epistle to the Reader, and main text (222 numbered pages), a few scattered spots (text generally in very good, clean condition), contemporary ink ownership signature of Jo. White to title, later neat ink signature of M. Orskey and date 1956 to verso of front endpaper, marbled endpapers, fine late 19th or early 20th century elaborately gilt-decorated crushed turquoise morocco, a few minor marks to extremities, 12mo (Qty: 1)Grolier, Wither to Prior 973; Wing P213. Ferrante Pallavicino (1616-1644), an Italian Augustinian monk and satirist of the Catholic Church, and especially the Jesuits and the ruling Barberini pontificate, was eventually beheaded at Avignon at the age of just 28 for his anti-clerical writings. Written in the form of a dialogue in 15 lessons between an aged prostitute and her naive apprentice, The Whore's Rhetorick draws a clear parallel between the use of rhetoric, associated with the Jesuits, and the art of erotic seduction. This anonymous English adaptation uses Pallavicino's original text as a means of witty commentary on the state of Restoration society under Charles II (r. 1660-1685). The publisher John Wickens was fined for issuing this work in 1683, although it was officially approved the following year (see The Library 5th Series 44, 1969, No. 1). Rare. No copy of this first edition in English in auction records. Four institutional copies located in the UK (BL, Oxford, University of London and Wellcome Library).
![[Courtin, Antoine de]. The Rules of Civilty; or, Certain Ways of Deportment observed amongst all Persons of Quality upon seve](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/743f0bc2-9e54-4e80-b1cf-aa5d00bda42e/e620b969-3058-4f1e-a807-aa5d00e40989/468x382.jpg)
Lot 75
[Courtin, Antoine de]. The Rules of Civilty; or, Certain Ways of Deportment observed amongst all Persons of Quality upon several Occasions. Newly revised and much Enlarged, printed for R. Chiswell, 1685, lacking A1 as often (blank?), ink ownership name on title-page 'Will: Murray 1708' (and name of author pencilled below in a later hand), generally toned, one or two gatherings with some light damp-staining to lower blank margin, hinges split, front pastedown with signature of Martin Orskey dated 1953 and book ticket of Sir Arthur Gordon, front free endpaper with ink inscription 'William Murray aught this book feb. 26. 1699' (with various early pen-trials below), contemporary speckled sheep, rubbed and with slight loss at spine ends, upper joint split, 12mo (Qty: 1)ESTC R14935; Wing C6605. First published under the title Nouveau traité de la civilité in Paris in 1671, the work is full of sage advice for those not wishing to commit a faux pas in refined society: 'It is indecent, in the Company of Ladies, or any other serious persons, to pull off your Cloak, to pull off your Periwig or Doublet, to pair your nails, to pick your teeth, to scratch your head, or any other part, to mend your Garter or Shoostring, or to call for your Gown or your Slippers to put your self at ease. It would be as ridiculous as for a Horse Officer to appear before his General at a Muster, in his Shooes instead of his Boots'.
Lot 80
Cleeve (Charles). The Songs of Moses and Deborah paraphras'd. With Poems on Several Occasions. Never before publish'd. To which is added, a Pindarick on Mr. L'Estrange, 1st edition, printed for Luke Meredith, 1685, final advertisment leaf, manuscript monogram 'W R' and probable shelfmark '478' to title-page, engraved 18th-century bookplate of 'W Richardson' verso, ownership inscription 'R Richardson, Coll. Eman., 1745' to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine refurbished, joints cracked, fading and craquelure along top and fore edges of boards, restoration to corners, 8vo (17.7 x 11.2 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R12342; Wing C4625. The author's only published work, dedicated to John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, and containing references to Dryden. Rare: one other copy traced at auction.
![[Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine, Madame d']. Memoirs of the Court of France. In two parts. The first dedicated in the original to Ma](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/743f0bc2-9e54-4e80-b1cf-aa5d00bda42e/3fe1c781-dc67-449a-b464-aa5d00e41470/468x382.jpg)
Lot 90
[Aulnoy, Marie-Catherine, Madame d']. Memoirs of the Court of France. In two parts. The first dedicated in the original to Madam de la Ferte; the second, to Madam the Dutchess de Bouillon, by Madame L.M.D., Author of the Voyage into Spain, printed for R. Bentley and T. Benett, 1692, [8], 3-160 pp., separate title-page to Part 2, lacks A1 [?separate title to Part 1], contemporary ink manuscript numerals '382' and '291' (struck through) to main title, inner hinges cracked, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, cracked on joints, some edge and corner wear, 8vo (Qty: 1)Wing A4218A. A translation of Mémoires des avantures singulières de la cour de France. Countess d'Aulnoy is best remembered for her fairy tales, but she also wrote several popular novels of scandal and pseudo-memoirs of court intrigue.
Lot 93
Hopkins (Charles). Epistolary Poems; on Several Occasions: with several of the Choicest Stories of Ovid's Metamorphoses and Tibullus's Elegies. Translated into English, 1st edition, printed by R. E[veringham] for Jacob Tonson, 1694, half-title, spotting and browning, C1 chipped at lower outer corner, effaced contemporary ownership inscriptions to half-title (A1) and A3 recto ('Timothy Thorpe P[?]', further contemporary inscriptions to foot of title and blank verso of final leaf, front inner hinge reinforced at an eary date contemporary sprinkled sheep, spine consolidated in places, label renewed, lower outer corners of boards restored, 8vo (18.5 x 11.5 cm) (Qty: 1)ESTC R13221; Wing H2721. The author's first published book, consulted by Dryden for his own translation of Ovid.
Lot 94
Leybourn (William). Pleasure with Profit: Consisting of Recreations of Divers Kinds, viz. numerical, geometrical, mechanical, statical, astronomical, horometrical, cryptographical, magnetical, automatical, chymical, and historical. Published to Recreate Ingenious Spirits; and to induce them to make farther scrutiny into these (and the like), sublime sciences..., to this work is also annext, A Treatise of Algebra... by R. Sault, 1st edition, printed for Richard Baldwin, and John Dunton, 1694, 2 full-page engraved plates, 5 engraved illustrations to text, numerous woodcut illustrations to text, including diagrams and charts, a few minor marks and some light browning, modern antique-style blind-decorated and ruled full calf, with gilt morocco title label to spine, folio (31 x 19 cm) (Qty: 1)Wing L1931; Wheeler Gift Catalogue 207; De Morgan, Arithmetical Books, page 54. A teacher of mathematics and professional land surveyor in London, William Leybourn (1626-1701) started out as a printer, his output including Thomas Salusbury's Mathematical Collections and Translations of 1661-1665, which contained the first appearance of Galileo in English. The present work includes Salusbury's translation of Galileo's La Bilancetta , under the heading Of The Ballance of Signeur Galileo Galilei (Statistical Recreations, Chapter III). Leybourn also prints Descartes treatise on mechanics in the section entitled mechanical recreations, using Salusbury's translation.
Lot 98
Floyer (Sir John). An Enquiry into the Right Use and Abuses of the Hot, Cold, and Temperate Baths in England ... 1st edition, printed for R. Clavel, 1697, without initial imprimateur leaf, some minor toning and spotting, front pastedown not adhered and verso of front board with ink ownership name 'Tho: Byrom 1697', fore-edges with ink 'B', contemporary blind-ruled sprinkled sheep, rubbed, and slight wear to upper joint and corners, 8vo (Qty: 1)ESTC R494; Wing F1387. Despite a scattering in institutional libraries, this title appears to be scarce in commerce; we have been unable to find another copy sold at auction.
Lot 112
A SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH R GRANTON LONDON,18TH C with champlêvé dial, pierced and engraved flower centred balance cock and foot, cylindrical pillars and plain cases, casemaker IR incuse, London 1794, the associated contemporary outer case casemaker's mark only,TM struck five times, 4.8cm++Movement not in working order; case in good overall condition with light wear consistent with age
Lot 123
AN ENGLISH SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH R WILLIAMS LIVERPOOL, 5041 the polychrome enamel dial with scene of the sailor's farewell, blued steel hands, intricately pierced and engraved balance cock and foot with portrait of George III (?), flat steel balance, cylindrical pillars and plain case, casemaker WB incuse, Birmingham 1818, 5.4cm++In apparently good working order dial in good condition with possible professional restoration, cases with slight wear consistent with age but complete. Push piece dented but not holed, little play in hinges. Hands probably replacements
Lot 13
A FINE BELLE EPOQUE SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND CLUSTER RING the oval sapphire approx 6.6 ct and of intense royal blue, the surrounding old cut diamonds approx 2.2 ct, colour G/H, clarity VS2/SI1, in fluted gold hoop with fleur de lys shoulders, 7g, size R++In overall good condition, wear to several of the diamond claws
Lot 143
AN ENGLISH SILVER PAIR CASED VERGE WATCH,R CLARKE LIVERPOOL, 1058 with enamel dial, foliate pierced and engraved balance cock and foot, flat rimmed three arm steel balance, cylindrical pillars and flat centred glass, the back of the inner case engraved John White 7th Royal Fusiliers 1856, casemaker William Howard, Birmingham 1809, 5.3cm++Movement in apparently good working order, several hairlines to enamel dial, both cases closing tightly, minor dents and solder repair to outer case back, push piece damaged
![A VICTORIAN SILVER BEAKER engraved with ferns and inscribed ELEANOR MARY CHANCE FROM HER UNCLE R F[erguson], 8.5cm h, by Wak](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/40a400e7-2e82-4dfe-9f6e-aa6b00bb9ecc/6e6fee7e-6a85-4aa9-8035-aa6b00d9ec8c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 605
AN OTTOMAN GILT BRASS MOUNTED PRESENTATION SABRE, KILIJ, AND SCABBARD, DATED 1843 one side of the blade damescened with calligraphy and traces of gold at the forte, bud shaped quillons and carved ivory grips, the decoration to the chased brass mounts of the velvet covered scabbard incorporating crescents and rosettes, panels of flowers and strapwork, engraved on a reserve Donné a R W Long Wellesley par son ami Rodolphe d'Ornano le 20 Fever 1843, blade 72.5cm lProvenance: Presented by Le Comte Rodolphe d'Ornano (1817-1865) to William Richard Arthur Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (1813-1863); thence by descent to the present vendor. The son of Philippe Antoine d'Ornano, 1st comte d'Ornano (1784-1863), Le Comte Rodolphe d'Ornano was a diplomat who, through his mother, was a second cousin of Napoleon. The recipient succeeded his father Viscount Wellesley (nephew of the Iron Duke) in 1857, becoming the 5th Earl of Mornington. He died in Paris in July 1863, leaving everything to his cousin Earl Cowley (son of the Iron Duke's younger brother, Henry) who was ambassador in Paris at the time. ++Poor condition but basically complete and unrestored as will be evident from images
Lot 619
JOHN RUSKIN (1819-1900) THREE RARE ETCHINGS comprising Lucerne after in part J M W Turner with old pencil inscriptions recto and verso including Given me by G A [? George Allen] Private work - never published - Etched by J R from Turner's Lucerne the little bits are experiments..., 17.5 x 27cm, laid down on the original mount, 30 x 33.5cm, Dawn after the Wreck, after J M W Turner, 1860 for the mezzotint engraved by T G Lupton for Modern Painters Vol V, with old pencil inscriptions recto and verso, 30 x 43.5cm and sheet of studies including Ruskin's chair in which he wrote Modern Painters and seashells, apparently unpublished, with old pencil inscription verso, 24.5 x 16.5cm, laid down on the original mount, sheet 44 x 29.5cm, unframedProvenance: The local Antique Dealer Miss Elizabeth Tyson (1878-1970) of Busk House, Ambleside by whom acquired in person at the Sale of the remaining contents of Brantwood, Coniston, July 1931 or else shortly thereafter; thence by descent to the present vendor++One with loss upper right corner and foxed, the others in better condition, handling marks/slightly soiled.
Lot 643
HUGH MAGENIS (1862-1927) LAKE DISTRICT LANDSCAPE WITH TWO HOUSES IN A BAY signed and dated 1883, watercolour, 23.5 x 35cm and nine watercolours by other hands, including R K Hesketh Jones, Arthur Tucker and a follower of Samuel Prout, unframed (10)++Magenis watercolour with foxing and vertical time stains but generally fresh and unfaded, the others in the lot in good condition
Lot 829
BY AND AFTER HENRY THOMAS ALKEN (1785-1851) HUNTING RECOLLECTIONS a set of three, hand coloured lithographs on wove by R Ackermann 1829 or c, 25.5 x 31.5cm and another similar contemporary hunting print, bird's eye maple frames, as a set (4)++The additional print stained, the frame of one of the set of three with chip upper right corner
Lot 868
AN ENGLISH BRASS COMPOUND MICROSCOPE, R & J BECK, LONDON N0 5458 with rackwork focusing, round stage, substage condenser, concave mirror, eyepieces and objective lenses on folding triangular foot, 38cm h, with several accessories including a bullseye condenser on stand and several slides, in fitted mahogany box++Some wear to lacquer and localised surface corrosion, lacking a number of the accessories, unrestored, case in good condition
Lot 923
ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION BRONZE MEDAL AND SCROLL Christian R T Stock, together framed Awarded to Christian Robert Thomas Stock (1906-1985), 2nd Mechanic of the Dover Lifeboat for Meritorious Conduct when he rescued the crew of 16 of HM trawler "Blackburn Rovers" on 26 November 1939.
Lot 924
ANGLO BOER WAR GROUP OF FOUR Queen's South Africa Medal four clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg and Diamond Hill, King's South Africa Medal two clasps, South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902, British War Medal and Victory Medal 5443 PTE W WHITTINGTON DERBY REGT [5443 PTE W WHITTINGTON NOTTS & DERBY REGT on KSA, 265202 W O CL 2 W WHITTINGTON NOTTS & DERBY R on pair], a Chinese silver cigarette case engraved Presented to Sgt Whittington 1st Sherwood Foresters by the Officers & Men Customs Coy S.V.C. Sprint Training 1903, a lady's silver cigarette case, a Chinese carved rosewood walking cane with silver tau handle, a silver prize fob shield of 'H' Company 1st Battalion Sherwood Foresters 1898 for Best Men at Arms inscribed Won by W Whittington, an oval sepia photograph of the recipient, South Africa 1900 chocolate tin, bible presented by his Sunday School teacher 1884, press cutting and War Veterans Dinner Souvenir album, Empress Rink, Nottingham, June 20th 1911 [his name on p133]Provenance: the recipient; thence by descent to the present vendor
Lot 944
A SAILOR'S SILK AND WOOLWORK PICTURE OF THE THREE MASTED BARQUE "BURMAH" OF DUNDEE , LATE 19TH C the stitched inscription on a tablet beneath Burmah Dundee T R Whitehead Master, 39 x 65cm The 301 ton vessel was built in 1875 for Robertson Brothers of Dundee.++Vertical separation as is evident from the illustration but in otherwise excellent preservation. Some typical fading most evident in the red ensign, an unusually high quality example of the genre in what could be the original late Victorian gilt and flat chamfered walnut and ebonised frame
Lot 1013
CAMPAIGN FURNITURE. AN ENGLISH OAK PORTABLE BOOKCASE, C1830 with reeded surround, wings and adjustable shelves, 64cm h; 32 x 41cm (open) 62cm (closed) Provenance: By descent in the Wellesley family, possibly W R A Pole-Tylney-Long-Wellesley (1813-1863) (see lot 605) to the late vendor, a descendent of Henry Wellesley, 1st Baron Cowley, G C B (1773-1847). ++In good original condition with a few old blackened scratches, the doors closing tightly not warped, no significant knocks or chips, hinges, lock and fittings original, no shrinkage cracks
Lot 199
HISTORICALLY RARE, THIRS REICH, DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN TABLE CLOTH, NAPKINS & SILVER CUTLRY SET FROM ADOLF HITLERS 50TH BIRTHDAY GLASS OBSERVATION WAGON 10282. DEUTSHCHE REICHSBAHN (GERMAN THIRD REICH STATE RAILWAY) TABLECLOTH, NAPKINS & SILVER CUTLERY SET PRODUCED FOR WAGON NUMBER 10 282. THE CARRIAGE WAS PRESENTED TO ADOLF HITLER FOR HIS 50TH BIRTHDAY IN 1939 AND WAS A UNIQUE ALL GLASS OBSERVATION WAGON INTENDED TO BE INCORPORATED INTO HIS PERSONAL TRAIN, THE FUHRERSONDERZUG 'AMERIKA', BUT DUE TO THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR 2 THIS DID NOT HAPPEN. THE TABLE CLOTH IS PROBABLY THE ONLY ONE KNOWN TO EXIST TODAY MAKING IT HISTORICALLY RARE ALONG WITH THE CUTLERY AND NAPKINS WHERE ONLY A VERY FEW HAVE EVER APPEARED. THE GROUPING CONSISTS OF A LARGE SQUARE TABLECLOTH PRODUCED IN FINE BEIGE COLOURED CLOTH WHICH HAS A GOLD SILKY APPEARANCE FINELY MACHINE EMBROIDERED LARGE DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN EAGLE & SWASTIKA WITH D TO THE LEFT AND R TO THE RIGHT. TO THE BOTTOM CORNER IS STITCHED 282. FOUR SMALL TABLE NAPKINS IN THE SAME DESIGN AS THE TABLE CLOTH WITH THE CARRIAGE NUMBER 282 ALSO STITCHED TO THE CORNER. FULL SET OF SILVER TABLEWARE CONSISTING OF FOUR DINNER FORKS EACH WITH DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN EMBLEM TO THE STEM AND REVERSE STAMPED WITH 800 SILVER MARKS AND 282 CARRIAGE NUMBER, FOUR DINNER KNIVES WITH DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN EMBLEM TO THE STEM AND 800 SILVER MARKS TO THE TOP WITH THE REVERSE HAVING 282 CARRIAGE NUMBERS, FOUR DESSERT FORKS WITH DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN EMBLEM 800 SILVER MAKRS AND 282 CARRIAGE NUMBER TO THE REVERSE AND FOUR SMALL DESSERT SPOONS WITH DEUTSCHE REICHSBAHN EMBLEM 800 SILVER MARKS AND 282 CARRIAGE NUMBER TO THE REVERSE. THE SILVER CUTLERY ARE IN MINT CONDITION WITH SOME LIGHT PATINA, THE TABLECLOTH AND NAPKINS ARE IN SUPERB CONDITION, NO RIPS NO TEARS BUT DO HAVE STORAGE CREASE MARKS AND STAIN. THE CARRIAGE ITSELF IS NOW TO HAVE ENDED UP ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS SOME TIME AFTER THE WAR, AND MAY STILL BE IN USE TODAY. ITEMS RELATING TO THIS PARTICULAR CARRIAGE ARE EXTREMELY RARE AMD ARE SELDOM FOUND. ESTIMATE IS £20,000-£25,000
Lot 5155
Boxes and Objects - a Jones hand cranked sewing machine; a brass Pyrene fire extinguisher; a Redgates, Nottingham soda syphon; cigarette silks and cards; binoculars; Robert Taylor, after, Hurricane, signed by pilot Wing Commander R. R. Stanford-Tuck, etc Condition Report: One unmarked, the Telstar (photographed) has one lens removed, but present.
Lot 91
SIGNED POSTER PRINTS. 14x signed poster prints to include 2x Freddy Bannister signed posters for the 1970 Bath Festival (Jefferson Airplane, Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin), a signed Freddy Bannister poster for the 1969 Bath Festival (Led Zeppelin, Fleetwood Mac), a signed 'Stars' poster by Kellie Colby, a HP Lovecraft poster signed by R Bowcroft, 4x limited edition posters to include: 2x Jimi Hendrix posters, a John Lennon poster, a George Harrison poster and a Nick Drake poster all signed by the designers and 4x limited edition psych posters. Largest to measure 21x32", smallest to measure 8.5x12". Condition generally VF to NM.
Lot 381
Late 19th/early 20th century pottery desk jotter, MacIntyre - Burslem, England, of wedge shaped rectangular form with pen rest over a matt finished panel, transfer decorated with the image of "A gentleman in karki", R Caton, Woodville, 1899 and further printed verso "The absent-minded beggar" with printed signature of Rudyard Kipling, 15 x 10cm
Lot 119
A pair of patinated bronze figural candelabra bases cast as tritons, inspired by Bernini and Tedesco and after designs by Josiah Wedgwood and Matthew Boulton, first quarter 19th century, modelled as opposing, each triton with pronounced musculature and facial features, their tails scrolled beneath them atop rockwork and foliate cast bases; each triton holding a twisted stemmed cornucopia to his side, the upper internal mouldings presumed to have been designed to take candelabra branches; on cavetto edged circular marmo nero Belgio socles, with metal circlets to the undersides 30cm high, 16cm diameter at the base CATALOGUE NOTES: The figures on the present lot look back to the work of Gian Lorenzo Bernini, notably the Triton Fountain in the Piazza Barberini, the Fontana del Moro in the Piazza Navona, and a fountain of the River God executed to Bernini's design in the Palazzo Estense at Sassuolo (cf. R. Wittkower, Gian Lorenzo Bernini: the sculptor of the Roman Baroque, London, 1966, pls. 59 & 88, figs. 123-4; and H. Brauer & R. Wittkower, Die Zeichnungen des Gianlorenzo Bernini, Berlin, 1931, pls.34 & 159a) However a more immediate source would appear to have been an Italian bronze of the late 17th or early 18th century belonging to the Royal Architect Sir William Chambers (See Timothy Clifford, `John Bacon and the Manufacturers', Apollo, October 1985, pp. 288-304). Certainly very similar models of the period are recorded, for instance a pair of ormolu tritons attributed to Giovanni Paolo Tedesco, a pupil of Bernini's, which appeared at Sotheby's Paris, Un Hommage au XVIIIe Siecle - Adriano Ribolzi, Antiquaire, 30th November 2011, lot 14, -these having been positively dated to some time between 1650 and 1710 by a thermoluminescence test From surviving correspondence it is clear that Chambers lent this bronze to Josiah Wedgwood in 1769, and that Wedgwood in turn made a copy of the bronze, his version often being attributed to John Flaxman but also potentially the work of William Keeling. The Wedgwood triton was certainly shown to Matthew Boulton on a visit to Soho in 1770 (cf. Finer & Savage, Selected Letters of Josiah Wedgwood, p.87; Meteyard, Life of Josiah Wedgwood, 1865, vol.II, pp.212 & 218). The bronze belonging to Chambers later passed into the Torlonia Collection in Rome and is now untraced, but a related example is in the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago (1970.464 & 465). Boulton incorporated the Triton figure in a design for a candelabrum (cf. Nicholas Goodison, Ormolu: The Work of Matthew Boulton, 1974, pp.102-103). A pair of these were manufactured to accompany the original model, and one was itemised in Boulton and Fothergill's sale as `A tryton in dark bronz, holding branches for two candles in or moulu, on a bassment of the neatly ornamentd' (A Catalogue of the Superb and Elegant produce of Messrs Boulton and Fothergill's Or moulu Manufactory, at Soho in Staffordshire, Christie's London, 11-13 April 1771, third day, lot 28) Josiah Wedgwood's examples in jasperware were promoted in Wedgwood and Bentley's 1773 pattern book, and are discussed by Robin Reilly and George Savage, The Dictionary of Wedgwood, Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1980, p342. Interestingly they note that Wedgwood himself described the triton candlesticks as being 'after Michelangelo' For examples of related pairs (complete with candelabra branches) see Sotheby's London, Important English Furniture Including Magnificent Chinese Mirror Paintings and English Furniture from the Horlick Collection, 5th June 2007, lot 226 Also Christie's New York, Fine English Furniture and Objects of Art, 12th October 1991, lot 11 Also Christie's London, English Furniture, 15th April 1999, lot 13 A Further pair of Triton candelabra is recorded at Birr Caslte, Co. Offaly, Ireland, (see Hugh Montgommery-Massingberd and Christopher Simon Sykes, Great Houses of Ireland, 1999, p, 68)
Lot 183
After Auguste Rodin, (French 1840 - 1917), Eve (petit modèle), a patinated bronze nude, late cast, the loosely rectangular base inscribed front right A.Rodin in the maquette 75cm high LITERATURE: G. Grappe, Catalogue du Musée Rodin, Paris, 1927, p. 35, no. 39 (larger version illustrated) J. Cladel, Rodin: sa vie glorieuse et inconnue, Paris, 1936, pp. 142-143.I. Jianou and C. Goldscheider, Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 88 (plaster version illustrated, pl. 17) R. Descharnes and J.-F. Chabrun, Auguste Rodin, Paris, 1967, p. 98 (larger version illustrated, p. 99), et al
Lot 425
WWI pair comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal to 209527 P N R A J Smith RE, both unmounted with original ribbons and small manilla envelopes and with original box of issue named to the same, together with a hallmarked silver ARP brooch badge, RASC Georgo VI cap badge, brooch modelled in the form of a dagger and stamped to the blade Ypres, further base metal brooch modelled as a sword with Victorian coat of arms and stamped Messine and a small silver and enamel RAMC pendant stamped sterling silver, various dates and makers (7)
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