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Click here to subscribeA Victorian papier mache table, the shaped oval and mother o'pearl inlaid top painted with flowers in a gilt seaweed borde,r on knopped and tapered pillar and circular base, 68cm h; 61 x 50cm . The varnish to the top with extensive craqueleur and some small localised loss to the painted decoration. Old worm damage to the upper part of the pillar
A Charles II joined oak press cupboard, the projecting top with turned pendants and a pair of doors carved with the initials R/ SH and date "1643' divided by split baluster mouldings above a beaded frieze and pair of panelled doors with iron butterfly hinges, on channelled stiles, 191cm h; 195 x 56cm. In good condition but with replacement/old restorations. The carved initials and date later
A Victorian glass presentation claret jug, with cut and polished detail and etched to one side with three putti around a cartouche inscribed WON BY CORPL H JONES 5 STAFFORD R. V. 1877, the reverse with the head of a centurion within festoons of flowers and ferns, divided by pendants and strapwork with fluted handle, on star cut foot, 26cm h, Stourbridge, c1877. In fine condition
Three F & R Pratt pot lids, medium - Pegwell Bay (lobster fishing), Belle Vue Tavern and Pegwell Bay Established 1860 (Ball Nos 24, 29 & 25) all c 1860 . 1 - In excellent condition. 2 - In very good condition, small firing flaw in the sky which is not too noticeable, in ebony frame. 3 - In very good condition in oak frame
Six F & R Pratt pot lids, large and medium - The Village Wedding, Hide and Seek, Peace, The First Peel, Ann Hathaway's Cottage and French Street Scene (Ball Nos 240, 255, 220, 329B, 228 & 312) all c1860 . All in generally good condition apart from Peace which has localised crazing of the glaze and Ann Hathaway's Cottage which is in similar condition. Four of the lids are in oak frames. Note flange damage or heavy staining on the reverse has been ignored from this condition report as it does not detract from the appearance
Eight F & R Pratt pot lids, large, medium or oblong - A Pair, Peace, The Shrimpers, The Trooper, Garibaldi, Pretty Kettle of Fish, War, Alexandra Palace 1873 (Ball Nos 252, 220, 63, 334, 169, 48, 212, 200), all c1860 . All in fine condition with the exception of Pretty Kettle of Fish, cracked; Garibaldi, slightly discoloured and with a filled chip; Peace, slight discoloration but still attractive; The Shrimpers, a few very light scratches but still attractive; War, badly cracked and with several largish rim chips; Alexandra Palace, small flat rim chip. Note - damage to the flange or other faults such as staining on the reverse have been omitted from the report as they do not detract from the appearance
A Wemyss ware mug, boldly painted with two yellow flag iris flowers or buds, the rim and handle in blue-green, 14cm h, impressed R. H. & S. WEMYS WARE mark, printed oval mark of the retailer T Goode & Co, c1900 . Minor short descending hairline crack. Typical fine even crazing overall but little if any staining to the glaze, no restoration (See lot 149 for illustration).
A documentary Derby figure of a Mansion House Dwarf, richly attired in a gilt waistcoat painted with roses, a blue shirt and striped breeches, painted to the back with a variety of merchandise, a sack inscribed R B Derby, the large pink hat with a quiver of arrows and painted in puce with a grocer's scales and scrolling foliage, its upturned brim with an auctioneer's bill inscribed PRIME GROCERIES BY AUCTION ON THE PREMISES BY MR BILLY FIGSBERRY. . , standing on a floral encrusted green mound, 17cm h, Robert Bloor & Co, incised No 227, c1820. The initials are those of Robert Bloor (d1846), manager and subsequently proprietor of the Derby factory. . A couple of small nicks to the brim of the hat at one side, but in overall very good, original condition with little if any sign of flaking of the sometimes rather thickly applied enamels. No restoration.
A Crown Derby plate from the Boden Service of Harrow shape, painted with Haddon Hall by E Trowell within a gilt-seeded cobalt ground with "jewelled' pale yellow and raised gilt musical trophies, in gilt dentil rim, 22cm diam, impressed and printed marks and inscribed in red script Haddon Hall Terrace Painted by E Trowell, pattern 2602, gilder's initial R, date code for 1887. The Boden Service was one of several services commissioned from the Osmaston Road Factory in the 1890s. These include that presented to W E Gladstone in 1883. In addition to the factory mark each piece bears the inscription PRESENTED TO MR & MRS WALTER BODEN BY THE EMPLOYeeS OF MESSRS BODEN & CO AT DERBY NOTTINGHAM BELPER & CHESTERFIELD ON THE OCCASION OF THEIR MARRIAGE AND WITH BEST WISHES MAY 8TH 1888 . Very minimal stacking wear to the fluted cavetto which is hardly noticeable and does not detract, no, rubbing as such, scratches, damage or restoration
A Sampson Hancock single handled dish, painted with a large central group of flowers and three butterflies by W E Mosley, signed, in lightly moulded scrolling border, 23cm w, painted crown, crossed swords, SH and D, early 20th c; a similar Sampson Hancock plate also painted by W E Mosley, signed; a pair of Royal Crown Derby dessert plates, decorated with central floral sprays and three scattered roses in a cobalt and green trellis border and gilt gadrooned rim; a Royal Crown Derby Royal Antoinette pattern commemorative plate - The Visit of HRH the Princess Margaret Countess of Snowden 17th November 1989; a Royal Crown Derby cabinet plate with raised gilding on a cobalt ground (6) . S and H dish - localised crazing where the glaze has pooled but in otherwise fine condition. S and H plate - extensively restored. Pair of R C D plates and the two single plates - all in fine condition with no damage or restoration
A Royal Worcester comport, painted with a central medallion of ripening fruit on a woodland bank by R Sebright, signed, in a raised gilt frame reserved on an apple green ground within a border of gilt edged pink cartouches and a shaped gilt rim, on conforming foot, 24cm diam, printed mark, pattern W8860, date code for 1923 . In fine condition; no damage, rubbing of the gilding, scratches of the glaze or restoration
A Royal Worcester miniature two handled pear shaped vase and a cover, painted with a panel of fruit by R Sebright, signed, in a raised gilt foliate cartouche reserved on an apple green ground, 12. 5cm h, printed mark, 1960, date code for 1905 . A couple of very minor scratches to the fruit panel and also some superficial crazing which is not really very noticeable. No damage or restoration, some speckling and bubbling of the glaze under the foot
Gardner (George) Travels in the Interior of Brazil, tinted lithographed frontispiece, 12pp. Catalogue at end, modern half morocco, spine gilt, 1846 - Walsh (Rev. R.) Notices of Brazil in 1828 and 1829, 2 vol., 2 folding lithographed maps (mounted on linen), lithographed plates, foxed, modern cloth, 1830 - Wells (James W.) Exploring and Travelling Three Thousand Miles through Brazil, 2 vol., plates and illustrations, folding map, some soiling, modern cloth, 1886 - Armitage (John) The History of Brazil, 2 vol., half-titles, lithographed portrait frontispieces (water-stained), some repairs, ex-library copy with small embossed stamps, modern half calf, 1836 - Herndon (William Lewis) Exploration of the Valley of the Amazon, tinted lithographed plates, folding map, modern half morocco, Washington, 1854 - Edwards (William H.) A Voyage up the River Amazon, including a residence at Par, A.L.s. From the author to the publisher John Murray concerning his book and corrections loosely inserted, original printed wrappers, rubbed, 1847; and 3 others, 8vo (12). The first mentioned was part of a 3 vol. Work with Lardner Gibbon.
Kônoshin (Sakurane) and Kusakabe Jetarô, editors. R™maji Manny™she, original cloth, faded, Osaka, [1936] - Claudel (Paul) Dodoitzu: Poemes, text in French and English, colour plates, original pictorial wrappers stitched in Japanese style, preserved in glacene wrapper, Paris, 1945 - Dening (W.) The Life of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, third edition, folding colour plates, original cloth, dust-jacket, Kobe & London, 1930 - Ortolani (B.) Das Kabukitheater, Monumenta Nipponica Monographs No.19, illustrations, original cloth, dust-jacket, Tokyo, 1964 - Redesdale (Lord) Tales of Old Japan, plates, 1906 - Kennard (Nina H.) Lafcadio Hearn, plates, 1912, the last two original cloth, gilt; and a quantity of others, Japanese literature including various translations by Francois Turrettini, periodicals and booksellers' catalogues, 4to & 8vo (c.100).
Oliver (George) Collections towards Illustrating the Biography of the Scotch, English, and Irish Members, of the Society of Jesus, title printed in red and black, browned, 12pp. Publisher's catalogue and other advertisements bound in at beginning, Sir Thomas Phillipps's copy with his shelf-mark on front paste-down, also later library label, 1845 - Mabbs (Goodeve) Catalogue of Books contained in the Lockhart Library...of the London Missionary Society, some foxing, 1899 - Polg‡r (L.) Bibliography of the History of the Society of Jesus, , original wrappers, Rome etc., 1967 - Howells (G.) The Story of Serampore and its College, original cloth-backed boards, Serampore, 1927 - McCoy (James C.) Jesuit Relations of Canada 1632-1673: A Bibliography, Paris, 1937 - Scholberg (H.) Bibliography of Goa and the Portuguese in India, New Delhi, 1972, some plates and illustrations, all but the third and fourth original cloth, the last two with dut-jackets, rubbed; and 3 others, 8vo & 4to (9).
Giddings (Joshua R.) The Exiles of Florida: or, the Crimes Committed by Our Government Against the Maroons, who Fled from South Carolina and Other Slave States..., plates, a little spotting, original cloth, extremities rubbed, Columbus, Ohio, 1858 - Hallock (Charles) Camp Life in Florida: A Handbook for Sportsmen and Settlers, ink inscription to title, original cloth, very slightly rubbed, n.p., 1876 - Irving (Theodore) The Conquest of Florida Under Hernando de Soto, 2 vol., half-titles, light fingering, contemporary half calf, worn, 1835, 8vo (4).
[Puckler-Muskau (Hermann Ludwig Heinrich von, Prince)] En Afliden Furstes Bref om England, 6 vol. in 3, foxed, contemporary half calf, spines gilt, a little rubbed, Upsala, 1833-37 - Letters from the Baltic, 2 vol., second edition, 2 engraved frontispieces and 18 plates, original publisher's cloth, blind-stamped, rubbed, 1842 - Venables (Rev. R. Lister) Domestic Scenes in Russia..., contemporary calf, worn, boards detached, 1839; and 6 others, European travel literature, mostly in Swedish, 8vo (12).
Rycaut (Sir Paul) [The history of the present state of the Ottoman Empire. Containing] the maxims of the Turkish polity, 3 books in one vol., engraved plates, lacking all before B, and table of contents, modern half morocco over marbled boards, folio, for R. Clavell, J. Robinson and A. Churchill, [1686].
AFTER GEORGE STUBBS (1724-1806) AN ARABIAN BELONGING TO MR. GREGORY Mezzotint, probably by G. T. Stubbs, published by R. Sayer and J. Bennett, 1777, mounted to the image on three sides 23 x 34.5cm.; with an engraving of Lady Caroline Scott after Reynolds. (2)++ Stubbs with some foxing, old creases and paper discoloration; Reynolds fair
FOUR HAND-COLOURED RESTRIKES to comprise "HMS Winchester" by E. Duncan after W. J. Huggins, 30 x 47cm.; "The Royal Mails preparing to start" by F. Rosenberg after J. Pollard, possibly a photogravure, 30 x 41cm.; "HMS Victory" after W. L. Wyllie(?), 28 x 46.5cm.; and "Live-bait fishing for jack" by R. G. Reeve after J. Pollard, 23 x 30cm., image sizes, all 20th Century. (4) ++ Good overall; the last two with some surface marks; all framed
AFTER FREDERICK WALKER (1840-1875) THE HARBOUR OF REFUGE Etching printed in sepia, by R. W. Macbeth, mounted to the image Sight 48 x 80cm. After Walker's Royal Academy exhibit of 1872, No.227 ++ Scattered minor scuffs within the image; some foxing; slight paper discoloration; unexamined out of frame
A. R. BRADBURY'S CHANNEL ISLANDS LIBRARY comprising 24 volumes relating principally to Sark; its Wartime occupation by Nazis; history, guides, legends, folklore, patois poems etc; by A.H. Ewen and A.R. de Carteret, E.Platt, G.E.Lee, S.M. Beaumont (the Dame of Sark), M.Marshall, J. Oxenham. J.L.V. Cachemaille and others, all early-mid 20th Century; also some press cuttings, letters etc., inc. some from Dame Sybil Hathaway (24 vols)
Circle of Sir Edwin Landseer and Thomas Landseer (1802-1873). A STUDY OF A VICTORIAN GENTLEMAN, DRESSED IN PERIOD COSTUME AND A TOP HAT, KNEELING ON ONE KNEE. Inscribed on the margin below the drawing with the name "Sir Edwin Landseer R.A.", charcoal, white chalk and coloured chalks, {23.5cm by 16cm (9.25in by 6.25in)}; together with five further studies A SEATED GENTLEMAN WEARING RED ROBES AND BLACK HAT, HOLDING A BOOK ON HIS LEFT KNEE Inscribed "Thomas Landseer", {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A GENTLEMAN WEARING A MONK'S HABIT, AND HOLDING A WOODEN STAFF IN HIS RIGHT HAND, WITH A CRUCIFIX HANGING FROM HIS WAIST Inscribed "Sir Edwin Landseer, R.A. by himself", {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A STUDY OF A YOUNG MONK WEARING A HABIT, HOLDING A LARGE PLATE Inscribed "Thomas Landseer", {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A STUDY OF A MONK, SEATED, DRINKING FROM A VESSEL {24cm by 16cm (9.5in by 6.25in)}; A STUDY OF A MONK, RECLINING, WEARING A HABIT Inscribed "Thomas Landseer", {16cm by 24cm (6.25in by 9.5in)}, all are contained within an album inscribed on the binding "Scrope's Salmon Fishing, Landseer Drawings" with a collector's label on the inside front page, for "Ray Livingstone Murphy", together with a black and white engraved coat of arms with the name "R. Meinertzhagen"
Harry Hall (1814-1882). THE RACEHORSE "MACARONI" STANDING IN A LOOSE BOX, WITH A HORSE BLANKET NEARBY BEARING THE INITIALS RCN, FOR R C NAYLOR; . THE RACEHORSE "SILVIO, WINNER OF THE DERBY & THE ST LEGER 1877. Both signed, also inscribed with the artist's name, the title of the work and the dates 1863 and 1877 on plaques attached to the frames, oils on canvas, {each 41cm by 51cm (16in by 20in).
An Ormolu Spelter Porcelain Mounted Striking Mantel Clock, signed R Thompson, Newcastle on Tyne, circa 1880, the waisted case with leaf decoration to both sides and centred by a porcelain plaque depicting a lady declining beside a winged cherub, 3 inch dark blue porcelain dial with Roman numerals and central floral decoration, twin barrel movement stamped "D C & Paris" and numbered 1153 9248,. striking on a bell, {45cm high}; together with glass dome and base
A Lalique Car Mascot "Hirondelle", circa 1928, still affixed to the grey painted car bonnet cap, {17cm high overall} (chips and several cracks); and A Lalique Clear Glass Sparrow, with head down and up-turned tail feathers, engraved script mark "R Lalique France", No. 1158, {9.5cm high} (several chips) (2)
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