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Click here to subscribeZULULAND - Fiscal Stamps Used for Postage: 1891 1d dull mauve of Natal overprinted "ZULULAND" type F1 in multiple of 120 (12 x 10) with central gutter margin, the r/h pane includes the variety "Top left triangle detached" (SG F1/a), very light overall gum toning, folded through gutter and a few with light gum tone spots, the variety is fine, a rare multiple, cat £670+
TURKS & CAICOS IS - 1906 June 27 registered envelope to Jamaica, franked with 1900-04 3s lake (SG 109) tied by light oval REGISTERED/TURKS ISLAND oval, with large "R" in oval at left and JAMAICA/REGISTERED arrival oval on the front dated Jy 5 06, light soiling, opened at foot and pencil annotations but still an attractive cover
COMMONWEALTH COLLECTION - Duplicated accumulation of Malayian States, North Borneo and Singapore in small stockbook, the vast majority unused a good number of top values and RSW sets noted incl Kedah 1937 $2 r/h horizontal pair, Pahang 1950-56 $5 green and sepia, Perlis 1951-55 $5 (2), North Borneo 1950-52 $5 and $10 and Singapore vals to $5, light duplication, cond most fine, a useful lot (Approx 150)
A Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1885, shouldered form with applied twin-handles, incised and painted with finches flying and perched on a passion flower vine, above lily of the valley flowers, in shades of green and brown on a buff ground incised 1-1885, R W Martin & Bros London & Southall, repaired neck, 24cm. high
A Martin Brothers stoneware vase by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1891, slender, shouldered form, incised with finches flying and perched amongst apple blossom, in green, brown and white on a buff ground incised 1-1891 R W Martin & Bros, London & Southall, repaired neck, small loss to top rim, 23.5cm. high
A Martin Brothers stoneware jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1879, incised with geometric decoration in shades of blue, green and ochre on a buff ground incised 26 S 11 79 R W Martin London & Southall, collection paper labels, fine hairline to top rim, 20cm. high Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters Richard Dennis Publications, page 44 figure 44 this piece illustrated. Provenance Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, Richard Dennis, 1978 catalogue number 73. The Harrimann Judd collection,
An early Martin Brothers stoneware bird jar and cover by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1884, modelled slightly hunched with head nestling in the wing tips, with downcast eyes and long beak, large webbed claw feet, glazed in shades of green, brown and blue, on ebonised wood base, signed to the back of the wing R W Martin London 1884, the head signed to the rim R W Martin & Bros London & Southall 4-1884, and unusual painted Martin London mark, applied paper Martin ware labels to base, small chip to glaze, minor frits 34cm. high Provenance The Property of a Nobleman.
A Martin Brothers stoneware face jug by Robert Wallace Martin, modelled with a smiling face to both sides, glazed brown, highlighted in black and white, with receipt from the Martin Brothers dated 1914 to Mrs Lister, incised R W Martin & Bros London & Southall 2.3.1911, 14cm. high (2) Provenance Richard Dennis A Potted History, Bonhams 12th March 2008 lot 40.
'Mr Pickwick Snoring Comfortably' a rare Martin Brothers stoneware model of Pickwick by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1914, modelled sleeping in a wheelbarrow, glazed ochre and brown incised R W Martin & Bros Southall, 11-1914 titled Pickwick 7cm. wide Literature Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 136 figure 213 for an identical model entitled Mr Pickwick Snoring Comfortably dated 1906.
A rare Martin Brothers plaque by Robert Wallace Martin, dated 1882, modelled in relief with Edwin Martin throwing, a bench boy and a wheel boy, incised with inscription The Southall Art Pottery Southall Middlesex Showroom Brownlow St Holborn London, and Engraved Cassells Magazine of Art, September 1882, glazed in brown and white on a buff ground, incised Sculptor R Wallace Martin Southall 1882, the reverse incised Martin Brothers 1883, Richard Dennis label, professional restoration, 42.5 x 18cm Literature The Magazine of Art, September 1882 Malcolm Haslam The Martin Brothers Potters, Richard Dennis Publications, page 79 figure 98 for a comparable example. Provenance Martin Brothers Pottery Exhibition, 1978, Richard Dennis, catalogue number 112 Applied Arts, Sotheby's 1988 lot 242
19th century walnut triple fusee repeating bracket clock, by Reinhold Schnekenburger of Mulheim brass dial with pierced spandrels subsidiary slow/fast chime/silent with silvered chapter rings to triple train movement striking on five chimes back of movement engraved with flower and monogram R S M 281510
Thomas Cass, silver cased pocket of New Zealand interest London 1833. engraved with presentation inscription A gift of the Governors of Christ's Hospital to Thomas Cass a boy of the Royal Mathematical foundation for his diligence and general good conduct, 1834 Cass was the surveyor responsible for laying out part of Canterbury New Zealand.BIOGRAPHY; THOMAS CASS (1817-95).Thomas Cass was born in Yorkshire in 1817. His father died in 1825 leaving his mother with six children including Thomas for whom she obtained a place Christ's Hospital where he was in the Royal Mathematical School for four years, studying navigation. He then went to sea and served in the East India trade. After three years he gave this up and studied architecture and surveying, and on qualifying was employed as an assistant in the Tithe Commission Office, Somerset House. The newly founded colony of New Zealand attracted him and he obtained the post of assistant surveyor with the New Zealand Company. The Prince Rupert, in which he left England, was wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope, and with it went most of his belongings. He continued his voyage in the Antilla, reaching Auckland in December 1841. He was employed in laying out part of the city of Auckland, at the Bay of Islands, and to the northward where he surveyed the town of Kororareka and prospected road lines to Hokianga and Whangaroa. He then surveyed the north shore of Auckland and after that was again at the Bay of Islands until late in 1844 when the New Zealand Company discharged him owing to the reduction of the survey department. It was then that his service at sea stood him in good stead. He became second, later chief, mate of the Government brig Victoria and was present at the destruction of Kororareka in 1845, and at the operations against Te Rauparaha in Cook Strait in 1846. Other adventures included the transport in custody from Otago to Wellington of Langlands and Davis, two of Canterbury's first bushrangers who had robbed the Greenwoods at Purau in 1845.In 1847 Cass returned to England to press his claim for compensation for the loss of his position as surveyor. The formation of the Canterbury Association led, in July 1848, to the dispatch of an advance party under Captain Joseph Thomas, with Cass and Torlesse as assistant surveyors, to select a site for the proposed Church of England settlement. They sailed in the Bernicia, reached Wellington in November, hired a cutter, the Fly, and with William Fox, the New Zealand Company's agent, and five survey, hands proceeded to Port Cooper, landing at Purau on 15 December. Cass began by making the first detailed survey of Lyttelton Harbour, previously roughly charted by M. Fournier of the French corvette Heroine. When the site for the Canterbury settlement had been decided, he made the first trigonometrical survey of the Christchurch district preparatory to the laying off of the town itself. He next surveyed the Lincoln and Ellesmere districts. In January 1851, on Captain Thomas's precipitate departure, he became Chief Surveyor in Canterbury, a position which he held until March 1867 when he retired on account of his health - he suffered from chronic asthma. He played a prominent part in the life of the young community. In 1853 with Sewell and the Rev. R. B. Paul, he fixed the site of Christ's College. He was one of the members of the first Provincial Council of 1857. He was in the Executive Council under Moorhouse and again under Bealey. For 10 years he was a member of the Canterbury Waste Lands Board, and served on various commissions connected with the development of communications in the province.In 1867 he revisited England and succeeded Crosbie Ward as immigration agent for Canterbury. While he was there, Samuel Butler painted a portrait of him which is now in the Canterbury museum. Cass returned to Christchurch in 1868. He was a member of the Church of England and served as churchwarden at St. Michael's. He married the widow of David Theodore Williams in 1856. They had no family and after his wife's death in 1885, he lived very quietly with his stepson, C. Hood-Williams, until his death in Christchurch on 17 April 1895.Cass filled the post of Chief Surveyor with distinction, and brought to the deliberations of the various bodies of which he was a member a profound knowledge of the province. He was a delightful character, known affectionately to all as Tommy, and noted for his benevolence. His name is perpetuated in a township, a river, a bay, and a Banks Peninsula peak.
A French Chinoiserie porcelain ovoid table lamp, painted with a Ho Ho bird, signed, hardwood type base, 41cm high; R. Bolton (20th century) Still life, Mallard, Prawns, Water, Cabbage and Lemons, indistinctly signed, oil on canvas, 33cm x 43cm; Oriental Art - a Japanese Imari fluted charger, 30.5cm diam, Meiji Period; a pair of Chinese models of Dogs of Fo, glazed in tones of turquoise, 16cm high; a Chinese saucer, decorated in underglaze blue with panels of landscapes, character marks, 11.5cm diam; a Chinese jadite carving of a temple lion
Pictures and Prints - R Lancashire, Sunset, watercolour on paper, signed, dated Dec '07, 24cm x 18cm; Lancashire, by and after, Mask, limited edition print, 3/3, signed in pencil, 32cm x 23cm; a contemporary woolwork picture depicting a moorland scene, a pair of wool tapestries depicting flowers; etc
After J J Kandler, a Meissen group of the 'Discovered Lover', the couple seated on the bed, he with letter in hand she taking chocolate from a pot on a tripod table beside her, the dog looking under the bed for the lover, crossed swords mark, 19cm (7.5in) wide (R) The lover is a separate figure missing from this group. One of the tripod table legs and one of the dog's back legs have been restored.
A 'Lord Nelson' rummer, 1805, the bellied cylindrical bowl engraved on one side with HMS 'Victory' and on the other with the date of the battle of Trafalgar, the disc knopped stem on circular foot, 12.5cm (5 in) high For a similar shaped rummer, see Dr R Stuart 'Glass in Norfolk', figure 25 for a rummer of similar shape and figure 33 for a comparable subject. Yarmouth was a port favoured by Lord Nelson previously and William Absolon had presented him with glasses in 1802. One of the latter glasses is in the Norwich Castle Museum.
Seven coffee cans and two trios, five of the cans painted with landscapes, one attributed to Pinxton and the last possibly painted at Mansfield, the floral trio attributed to Factory Z and the Chinoiserie one marked Wedgwood in red (13) (R) Provenance: From the collection of the late Christopher Hogwood CBE The factory Z coffee can has had its handle restored back. The can 'attributed to' and labelled Pinxton is categorically not from that factory
Two mid 18th century English Delft polychrome dishes, one possibly Bristol painted with a manganese deer within four shell and scroll rim vignettes, 34.5cm (13.5 in) diameter, the other possibly Liverpool with a fenced flower garden, the rim with a band of blue chevrons, yellow, red and manganese flowers, 35cm (13.75 in) diameter (2) (R) The first may have been in pieces and is well restored together. The second has had restoration within the foot rim and to chips on the rim, one of which may have resulted in a crack which has been well restored
A patch marked Derby group representing Autumn and Summer, the lady offering flowers to a man standing by a tree resting the barrel of his gun alongside his yellow britched knee, incised 68, 22.5cm (8.75 in) high (R) There are losses from the top of the tree which have been tidied up by the restorer who has also worked on the gun muzzle and her arms. There are chips to the leaves of the plant in the foreground pot, her dress and right foot. The overall condition is worth 6-7 out of 10
A pair of and a single Derby seated figure, the pair seated on rococo bases, she with a basket of flowers on her lap, he with his black hat filled with fruit, crossed swords marks, 13cm (5 in) high, the single figure seated on a flowering tree trunk with his gun and his dog resting beside him, 13cm (5 in) high (3) (R) She has had restoration to both forearms, he to his right hand. Both hands and thegun barrel have been restored on the single figure and losses to the bocages have been tidied up.
A heavy Victorian riding crop, maker Risso, the handle modelled as a hound's head with gilt collar over a leaf patterned mount with gilt band to each end and applied with initials C & R in gilt, the short body of the whip bound in fine plaited leather with further metal mount midway, 81cm overall Some wear to the silver surface of the plate and to the plaiting of the leather
A pair of Derby figures of gardeners, he stands holding a pot of flowers a spade handle in his left hand, she with flowers in her apron resting her right forearm on a brown watering can, water gushing from a lion's mask below, incised No 7 marks, 17cm (6.75 in) high (2) (R) Both his arms and the spade have restoration. as does her watering can
Two creamware jugs, one with the intials EMB below the spout and above a verse, the sides printed and painted with shooting scenes, 21cm (8.25 in) high, the second painted in blue 'William James Esqr at the Independent Freeman's Call 1820', 19cm (7.5 in) high (2) (R) William James won the Carlisle seat over Sir Philip Musgrave in May of 1820. Supporters gathered around the blue of the Carlisle Journal and the yellow of the Carlisle Patriot. The blue on the jug above confirms who William James was representing. Behind Musgrave and the yellow faction would have been the Earl of Lonsdale. Yellow later became the colour associated with the Earl's family. There is restoration to thespout and thatarea of the William James Jug
An 18th century English tea pot and cover, possibly Lowestoft, painted with two rows of alternating sinuous panels of blue and coloured flowers (2) (R) The spout tip has restoration work and the cover finial has been restored back. The cover finial conforms to those made at Lowestoft whereas the strainer holes from the inside of the pot to the spout do not
Indian School (19th Century) A Maharajah seated in a temple whilst dancing girls look on inscribed in Devanagri script along the top edge watercolour 19 x 14cm (7 x 5in) The script is Devanagari, the language appears to be Avadhi. In approximate translation : "Prostrations to R ? mak ? Chaitra Month. Prostrations to R /macandra, and then just R / ma". We are grateful to the Indian Community and Culture Association, Cambridge, for their assistance with the catalogue entry. One small area of rub/damage bottom right-hanjd corner. Edges scuffed and with one tear to the right-hand side.
Attributed to Sir Joshua Reynolds (British, 1723-1792) Portrait of a Gentleman, head and shoulders, in a blue velvet coat, lace cravat and gold waistcoat dated lower left "1752" oil on canvas, unframed 76 x 64cm (30 x 25in) Provenance: Vigers Harris, Plympton, and by purchase Harris & Sons, Plymouth, 13th March 1934; Mr W R Fox; Christie's, 2nd August 1956; From an Irish country house 406 LC old Christie's stencil to the reverse. Relined. There is a small area of paint loss to the left of his cravat and another area of damage on his blue coat. Craquelure overall. Various scratches. Unframed. Paint losses and scartches to his nose and just to the left of his face.
Attributed to Sir Martin Archer Shee (Irish, 1769-1850) Portrait of a gentleman, head and shoulders, in a painted feigned oval oil on canvas 77 x 63cm (30 x 25in) R and M canvas - 796. Prepared by Roberson and Miller, 51 Long Acre, London. Unframed. One small tear in the sitter's grey hair to his left. Dirty, scuff marks to the edges, craquelure overall. Circa 1828-1840.
Eduard Quitton (Belgian, 1842-1913) In the Greenhouse signed lower right "Ed. Quitton 1877" oil on panel, unframed 64 x 46cm (25 x 18in) For a similar subject by Eduard Quitton entitled "The botanical lesson" see Christie's, New York, Wednesday, 5 September 2007, lot 68, sold for $6875. Old Christie's stencil to the reverse - 37 R and 25 (?) FI. Unframed. A little dirty and with a rubbed damage by the man's feet, and scuffed edges.
§ Ralston R B Gudgeon, RSW (British, 1910-1984) Mallard taking flight signed lower right "R Gudgeon" and with lion's head sketch watercolour, in a painted frame 42 x 54cm (16 x 21in) Ralston Gudgeon was born in Ayr, Scotland. He studied at Glasgow School of Art from 1928-1933 and won the Torrance Memorial Award of the Glasgow Institute in 1933. There is a little dirt to each of the corners, but this may be on the glass. Colours are good. Inscribed to the reverse "purchased Sept. 1938" and "To Jackie from Willy, May 17th 1949"
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