![India. [Photographic biographies of Indian rulers], c.1880, 2 parts in 1 volume, approximate pagination [6] 7-96 pp., 3-40 73](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/0438a29b-9468-4d5b-ac6a-ac64011eb2ad/468x382.jpg)
India. [Photographic biographies of Indian rulers], c.1880, 2 parts in 1 volume, approximate pagination [6] 7-96 pp., 3-40 73-6 41-72 [77]-144 147-246 251-4, lithographic Urdu text within hand-coloured oval cartouches, 74 albumen print portrait photographs (9 x 5 cm) mounted to card leaves with Urdu captions (either in manuscript or on mounted lithographic slips), mounted on stubs throughout, 1 similar portrait (uncaptioned but evidently from the same series) laid in, both parts lacking the title-page and apparently the first leaf of text, one card mount (Moinuddin Mohammed Farrukhsiyar) with caption but lacking photograph, part 1 text-leaves and mounts brittle and browned, fore margins chipped and extensively consolidated with tissue-paper, similar repairs to a few leaves extending into text, a few card mounts detached or detaching from stubs (Babur, Humayun, Jahangir/Akbar, the latter both mounted either side of the same sheet), part 2 with water-damage to pp. 133-44 and 3 intervening plates, stabilised with tissue-paper, the repair just touching one corner of 2 photographs (Nawabs of Juagadh and Balasinor), the third (Maharaja of Travancore) repaired with loss, 1 other photograph (Nawab of Palanpur) with extensive loss and attempted repair, card mounts in part 2 otherwise only with variable and generally minor water-staining to fore margins (lower outer corners sometimes discreetly consolidated with tissue), contemporary red morocco binding with broad roll-tool borders gilt, rebacked with red fabric, folio (29.5 x 19 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: From the collection of photo-historian Brij Sharma. An apparently near-complete copy of an extremely rare Indian publication. We trace a fragment containing six photographic portraits and their associated biographies only, catalogued as being part of a larger work titled Muraqqa' Jahan Numa ('World-Mirror Album') by Munshi Bulaqi Das, printed at Delhi's Mayur Press circa 1880. The first part contains 25 albumen prints from miniatures of Mughal rulers and their antecedents, from Timur to Bahadur Shah Zafar. The second part concerns the rulers of the Princely States and associated potentates including MAHARAJA DULEEP SINGH and the sultans of Muscat and Zanzibar. It contains 50 albumen prints (including the loose, uncaptioned image), of which 39 are from life, and consequently provides original likenesses of numerous princes not otherwise well-represented in the photographic record. The quality of the paper and the adverse climate of the Subcontinent appear to have assured the work's rarity in any condition. A full list list of the figures depicted is available on request.
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Coburn (Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966). Scarti di Cotone, uno Studio di una Importante Industria della Contea di Lancashire, Manchester: Charles W[illiam] Hobson, 1920, [2], 14pp., 14 tipped-in photogravures by Coburn, 15 x 11 cm and similar, photogravure frontispiece (15 x 7 cm) torn without loss at lower right corner, photogravure mounts lightly toned, pencil ownership inscription of J. Ingham to front free endpaper with a pencil note indicating it was a gift from his son Ernest Ingham of the Fanfare Press, St Martin’s Lane, London, upper inner hinges broken, original sheep-backed parchment boards lettered in gilt, lacking ties, rubbed and soiled, slim 4to (23 x 18 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Charles William Hobson was an advertising man from Manchester who set up the Fanfare Press in London around 1925. Ernest Ingham was with him at the start, initially working on production and becoming managing director after Hobson sold it on to the London Press Exchange. This privately printed edition ‘published on behalf of William C. Jones, Ltd., Collyhurst Waste Mills, Manchester, by Charles W. Hobson’ was apparently simultaneously printed in the same format in English, French and German: (‘Cotton Waste’, ’Déchets de Coton’ and ‘Baumwollabfall’) in unknown quantities. WorldCat listings suggest that the English edition is well-represented, the German edition very rare, and the French and Italian editions institutionally unknown. One copy of the French edition was offered at auction in France in 2017 but no other copies of this Italian edition have been traced institutionally or commercially.
India. "My Best" Photographs, Benares, India, c. 1925, 61 original gelatin silver print photographs mounted as pairs on rectos and versos of 16 stiff card leaves with typed captions on mounts adjacent, images 8 x 11 cm, a few captioned in the negative, plus 3 additional collotype illustrations from magazines on final two mounts, some browning to inner lower margin, original lower card cover with spine ties, soiling and wear, upper cover replaced to match with photocopy of original title cover tipped on, oblong small folio (20 x 25 cm)Qty: (1)NOTESSelf-published by Benares-based American Baptist missionary W.K. Norton to show 'abominable' Hindu rituals and practices and to raise funds for his operation. A shorter, twelve-page version, was also issued by Norton in the 1920s with fewer photographs, but this expanded version is rare.
![* Drtikol (Frantisek, 1883-1961). A rare study of a male nude in athletic pose [Dr A. Wood Smith], 1930s, photogravure on tis](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/60b35ecb-01e2-43ff-938f-ac64011dc9d1/468x382.jpg)
* Russian Punishment. 'Le Bagne en Transbaikalie', c. 1910, a group of 5 gelatin silver print photographs, corner-mounted to rectos of an album sheet with neat ink manuscript captions in French, depicting an executioner with his knout (a three-thonged whip), a man's back showing the effects of whipping with a knout, profile of a male convict, plus head-and-shoulders full face portraits of two further male and female convicts, the man's forearm with tattooed letters, images 12.5 x 9.5 cm and slightly smallerQty: (1)NOTESA rare group of photographs of Russian prisoners and punishments in Transbaikal (or Dauria) in eastern Russia. Knouts were used in Russia for flogging as formal corporal punishment of criminals and political offenders. Emperor Nicholas I abolished the punishment by knout in 1845, and replaced it with the pletei, lashes with three thongs which could end in lead balls. They were later abolished throughout Russia and reserved for the penal settlements, mainly in Siberia. Prisoners transported to Siberia in the late 19th century were sometimes branded on their foreheads with irons with letters identifying them as thief, robber and punished by the knout.
![Ruscha (Edward). Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1st edition, [Los Angeles:] Edward Ruscha, 1967, illustrated with 31](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/61ef1579-a51e-40a0-ae19-ac64011dfe2f/468x382.jpg)
Ruscha (Edward). Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, 1st edition, [Los Angeles:] Edward Ruscha, 1967, illustrated with 31 illustrations from black & white photographs of 34 parking lots photographed in Los Angeles from the air, signed by the author/photographer on front flyleaf in blue ballpoint pen, original cream wrappers with title lettering to upper wrapper and spine, glassine dust jacket, a few minor chips and splits, slim 4to, VGQty: (1)NOTESParr & Badger II, p. 141. A rare, fine and signed copy of this iconic book in the history of the photobook. Obtained new and signed for the current owner at the time of publication in Los Angeles.
![Shifferli (Christoph, editor). The Japanese Box. Paris: Edition 7L / Steidl, [2001], a set of six facsimile reprints of rare](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1f93c4c0-8da5-4fd7-9d28-ac6300d6554e/59d034d0-8d25-4f76-a1d3-ac64011dff5c/468x382.jpg)
Shifferli (Christoph, editor). The Japanese Box. Paris: Edition 7L / Steidl, [2001], a set of six facsimile reprints of rare Japanese photographic publications of the Provoke era: Provoke #1, Provoke #2, Provoke #3, Sentimental Journey by Nobuyoshi Araki Bye Bye, Photography Dear by Daido Moriyama, For a Language to Come by Takuma Nakahira, together with descriptive pamphlet by Schifferli, the collections housed with two wide red rubber bands in a hinged black wooden box designed by Karl Lagerfeld, two clasps, upper lid lettered in white, 33 x 26 x 10 cmQty: (1)NOTESLimited edition, 159 of 1500 copies. This copy obtained from the estate sale of Karl Lagerfeld, Bainbridges of Ruislip, 1 August 2019, lot 762.
JOSEPH W. ESHERICK - 'THE ORIGINS OF THE BOXER UPRISING', published by University of California Press 1987 hardback first edition with dust jacket, A. S. WORMALL - 'DREAMS, VISIONS AND ESSAYS', published by The Society of Communion, first edition May 1927. A rare book on spiritualism cataloguing a series of incidents and experiences of the author, HJALMAR SCHACHT - 'THE MAGIC OF MONEY', translated from the German by Paul Erskine, published by Oldbourne Book Co. Ltd. 1967, rare hardback book in a dust jacket (3)Condition Report:Spine of dust jacket faded, some wear on edgesBook very good, Blackwell's sticker on back endpaper
AMERICAN INTEREST; a rare 18th century Liverpool creamware jug with coloured printed decoration of a ship with American flag, the opposite side decorated with figures beside coffin and verse ‘Poor Tom Howling’ height 20cm. Additional InformationOld repair to spout, large chip and smaller chips to foot rim, crack terminating from top rim, crazing, staining to body.
CHAMPAGNE; a rare bottle of Pol Roger & Co Epernay Extra Cuvée Reserve 1928, label further inscribed 'Reserved for Great Britain'. Pol Roger was famously the favoured brand of Winston Churchill and the 1928 vintage was served to Churchill and Odette Pol Roger at a luncheon in Paris in 1944; Churchill is known for his famous saying regarding Pol Roger Champagne, 'In victory I deserve it; in defeat, I need it'. A bottle of Churchill's favourite 1928 vintage Pol Roger is on display at his house in Chartwell, Kent.Additional InformationLevel appears to be within the black band inscribed ‘Pol Roger [...] but impossible to say more precisely, losses to foil, tears, staining and yellowing to label, scratches to bottle.
A collection of silks including a rare W.H.Grant & Co 1926 'Thinking' calendar, a 19th century rosette worn by Dr Walters at the ball on the wedding day of the then Prince of Wales featuring his and his bride's portraits, a further Cash silk depicting Prince Albert and the Crystal Palace, a bookmark featuring Moses amongst the bullrushes with biblical verse, numerous further model Cash commemorative bookmarks and further leather bookmarks.
A rare early 19th century Staffordshire pearlware Toby jug with the gentleman seated upon a barrel inscribed 'London Porter, Brown Stout', height 26cm (af).Additional InformationUnfortunately this jug has been extensively restored. Under UV a large proportion of the jug has been repaired. Also a couple of chips to his hat, lacking the lid. General surface wear.
Maitreya. Gandhara (möglicherweise Mardan Distrikt), ca. 3. - 4. Jh. n. Chr. H (ohne Sockel) 18,6cm. Grauer Schiefer. Stehender Bodhisattva in langem uttariya, das fast den ganzen Oberkörper frei lässt, und dhoti, das bis zu seinen Knöcheln fällt. Der Kopf von einem großen Halo umgeben, das lange Haar fällt auf die Schultern, vor der Ushnisha ein Knoten mit zwei großen Locken, die auf den Stirn fallen. Um den Hals und auf dem Körper trägt er ein breites Halsband und zwei Amutellenfäden. In der linken Hand hält er ein prächtiges Wassergefäß. Selten! Detaillierte Bearbeitung! Unterschenkel, Füße, rechte Hand und linker Unterarm abgebrochen, kleine Fehlstelle am Nimbus. Vgl. D. Jongeward, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, S. 109, 79 (EAX.181). Grey shist standing figure of Maitreya in long uttariya and dhoti, wearing earrings, necklace and two amulet threads; head surrounded by a big halo, at the ushnisha a knot with two on the forehead falling curls; holding a splendid water pot in his left hand. Gandhara (possibly Mardan District), around 3rd - 4th century AD. Rare! Beautiful work with love to details! Feet, right hand and left forearm not preserved, small chipping of the halo. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung K. G., Rheinland, erworben im deutschen Kunsthandel 1960er Jahre bis 2003.
Großes Doppelgefäß mit Vogelkopf. Chavin, 700 - 400 v. Chr. L 24cm, H 19cm. Ton mit Bemalung in Rotbraun und Beige. Doppelgefäß mit zwei ovoiden Körpern, durch einen mit geometrischen Mustern dekorierten Bandhenkel verbunden. Der vordere Teil ist als Papageienvogel gestaltet mit flachen, plastisch ausgeformten Konturen, die die Flügel und die Füße andeuten, ebenso die ringförmigen Augen. Die Flügel sind als Felder mit Punktdekor gestaltet. Selten in dieser Erhaltung! Early Chavin double-bodied vessel in form of a parrot, the eyes formed as concentric circles in relief. Circa 700-400 B.C. Rare and in a very good condition! Provenienz: 1965 - 1995 Leif Sjöberg; in Deutschland seit 1995, Privtasammlung U. C.
Seltene Figur des Vaishravana. Sinotibetisch, 18. Jh. H 19,5cm. Bronze feuervergoldet. Der weltliche Wächter des buddhistischen Glaubens und der "König des Nordens" sitzt auf einem Schneelöwen - seinem Reittier (spätere Tradition der Darstellung). Angezogen mit einer Kriegsrüstung und Stiefeln, mit einem Schal um die Schultern und einer Krone. In seiner linken Hand hält er eine Manguste als Symbol des Reichtums, in der rechten befand sich ursprünglich ein langer Stock mit einer Fahne (das bestätigt das Standloch im Boden vor der Figur), nun hält er ein später zugefügtes Attribut. Der Lotos-Sockel ist von unten durch eine mit vajra verzierten Plakette verschlossen. Ausgezeichneter Stil, feine Bearbeitung! Vergoldung partiell abgerieben, Attribut in der rechten Hand ersetzt, winzige Delle auf der Nase, sonst sehr gute Erhaltung. A rare gilded bronze figure of Vaishravana. The protector deity, named King of the North , depicted sitting on a snow lion (later tradition), wearing armor and a crown, holding a mongoose as a symbol of wealth and an attribute added in modern times (originally holding a banner on a long pole - confirmed by the hole in the ground in front of the figure). The bottom closed and incised with a vajra depiction. Sinotibetan, 18th century. Excellent style, fine detailled work! Gilding partially rubbed off, attribute in the right hand modern, tiny dent on the nose, otherwise very good condition. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung A.E.O., Rheinland; erworben im Rheinland 2008 oder 2009.
Zylindergefäß. Maya, spätklassische Zeit, um 900 - 950 n. Chr. H 23,7cm, ø 10,7cm. Dunkelbraune, inzisierte und polierte Keramik. Hohes Zylindergefäß mit flachem Boden, der schlanke Körper in gleichmäßig schrägen Rinnen kanneliert; am Boden und an der Randzone mit horizontalen Ritzlinien verziert. Selten in dieser Erhaltung! Mit TL-Analyse vom 1. Juli 1997! Oberfläche an einigen Stellen berieben, sonst intakt. Mayan brownware cylindrical vessel, the steep walls deeply fluted with gleaming polish. Partly rubbed off, otherwise in excellent condition. Very rare! Late Classical Period, about 900-950 AD. With TL-analysis! Provenienz: Ex Slg. E. P., Bergheim, 1960-1970er Jahre, danach im Familienbesitz.
Fragment eines steinernen Gürtels. Veracruz, Golf-Region, ca. 250 - 450 n. Chr. H15cm, B13cm, 9cm. Grünschwarzer Stein. Fragment eines sog. Jochs, das ein aus dem Stein herausgearbeitetes Gesicht mit Kopfbedeckung, Ohrspulen und breiter Halskette zeigt. Es handelt sich vermutlich um das Mittelstück. Eindrucksvolles und sehr seltenes Objekt! Bestoßungen an der Nase und am Kopfschmuck, sonst gut erhalten! Praekolumbische Joche aus Mittelamerika in der typischen U -Form gehörten als Hüftschutz zur Ausstattung eines Ballspielers, der einen Kautschukball durch einen Ring werfen musste, ohne ihn mit den Händen zu berühren. Die originalen Stücke waren entweder aus Leder oder Bast gefertigt; die genaue Verwendung der Exemplare aus Stein bleibt, trotz vieler Theorien, ungeklärt. Rare Veracruz fragment of a Yoke , carved with a human face. Two minimal bumps at nose and headgear, otherwise very well preserved; ca. 250-450 AD. Precolumbian Yokes of Mesoamerican cultures, typically of U-shape , were central elements of the ball player's costume though these were probably composed of wicker or leather. Stone versions of yokes were presumably created for funerary and commemorative purposes. Provenienz: In Deutschland seit 1965; Slg. Bernhard Wicki, erworben 1965 bei Stendhal Art Gallery, Hollywood, Kalifornien (Inv. 8565).
Anbietschale für Kolanüsse "okwa oji". Ibo, Nigeria. ø 42cm. Mit zwei angeschnitzten Deckeldosen aus schwerem ("männlichen") Holz für Gewürz (Pfeffer mit gemahlenen Erdnüssen), die Deckel mit einem bzw. zwei Köpfen beschnitzt, der Rand mit linearen Motiven. Intakt. Zusammen mit Kalk sind Kolanüsse die kulturell bedeutendsten und am meisten benützten Substanzen der Ibo-Welt, und beide spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei gastfreundlichen Initiationszeremonien sowohl ritueller als auch sozialer Art. Sowohl Kalk als auch Kolanüsse besitzen für die Ibo rituelle Kraft, sind Opfergaben und gelten als Kommunikationsmittel zwischen den Menschen, aber auch zwischen den Menschen und ihren Göttern. In der Regel findet sich nur ein Gewürzbehälter auf den okwa oji , die fast ausschließlich im östlichen und nordöstlichen Iboland vorkommen, durch Handel jedoch auch zu anderen Ibo-Gruppen und sogar zu den Ekoi / Ejagham gekommen sind. Zwei Behälter sind jedoch äußerst selten. Ibo Kola bowl okwa oji carved of heavy ( male ) wood with two containers for spices (pepper with ground peanuts), the lids carved with one resp. Two heads, the brim with linear motifs. Nigeria. Intact. Kola nut and white chalk are two of the most frequently used and culturally important substances in the Igbo world, and both figure prominently in initial hospitality ceremonies crucial to the success of any social or ritual undertaking. Both substances are considered as having ritual power, are sacrifices, and function as facilitators of communication between men and between men and their gods. Elaborate okwa oji are most common among eastern and northeastern Ibo, who are doubtless the inventors of the type, but they also found their way into other Ibo areas by trade, and are even documented at the Ekoi / Ejagham. These trays usually contain only one container, two are rare to be met with. Provenienz: Ex Privatsammlung K.-F. Schädler, München.
Großes Moche-Textil. Frühe Zeit, ca. 400 - 200 n. Chr. 66x44cm (Rahmen 87,5x67cm). Cameliden-Wolle, dicht gewebt in vielen Farbschattierungen von Rot, Beige, Weiß und Braun. Die Darstellung zeigt emblematische Götterbilder, die auf dem Stufenmäander aufbauen. Äußerst seltenes und hervorragend erhaltenes Textil! Auf Baumwollrips aufgelegt und gerahmt. Very rare remarkable Moche textile fragment in perfect condition, mounted on light brown fabric and framed; ca. 400-600 AD. Provenienz: 1968-1978 Carlos Sichra, in Deutschland seit 1978, Sammlung U. C.
Große Zeremonial-Metate. Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 300 - 700 n. Chr. L 63,5cm, H 28cm. Grauer Vulkanstein. Auf drei durchbrochen gearbeiteten Beinen stehender Tisch mit konkaver Reibefläche, auf dem im Alltag Mais gemahlen wurde. Die Platte läuft vorn in einen stilisierten Jaguar-Kopf aus. In dieser Größe und Erhaltung sehr selten! Die Platte ist im hinteren Teil gebrochen und wieder restauriert. Stone effigy metate, standing on three elaborately carved legs, a feline head forms the top of the platform. Guanacaste-Nicoya, ca. 300 - 700 AD. Restored break at the rear of the platform, otherwise intact. A very rare and well preserved object! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung Dr. Günter Wiedner, Bayern, 1980er Jahre bis 2015. Bei Gorny & Mosch Auktion 272, 2020, 507.
Großes Doppelgefäß (Silvador). Salinar, ca. 200 v. - 200 n. Chr. L 22,5, H 17cm. Ton mit hellbeigem Überzug. Doppelgefäß aus zwei gerundeten Körpern, durch einen Bandhenkel verbunden, der vordere als Papageienkopf gestaltet, der hintere mit hohem Ausguss. Selten in dieser Erhaltung! Intakt. Salinar double-bodied vessel (Silvador), joined by a handle-bridge, one body shaped as a parrot's head, the other with spout. Salinar, ca. 200 B.C.-200 AD. Rare and in a very good condition! Provenienz: 1965-1984 Pedro Puerta; in Deutschland seit 1984, Privatsammlung U. C.
Buddha. Gandhara, ca. 3. - 5. Jh. n.Chr. H 19,8cm. Bronzehohlguss. Auf einem mit Löwenköpfen geschmückten Postament stehender Buddha, seine Rechte in abhaya Mudra, seine Linke hält den Saum der Robe. Der Kopf ist leicht nach vorne geneigt, die mit Silber eingelegten Augen leicht geöffnet, schauen dem Betrachter entgegen. Im Rücken ein Aufsatz, ursprünglich zur Befestigung des Heiligenscheins und Nimbus. Sehr selten und von ausgezeichneter Erhaltung! Basis abgebrochen, kleine Delle in der linken Schläfe, fachmännisch gereinigt und etwas getönt bzw. gewachst. Bronze figure of standing Buddha, his right hand in abhaya mudra, with his left holding the folds of his robe; head leaned slightly forward, silver inlayed eyes are half opened; in the back support for a halo; base with heads of lions. Gandhara, around 3rd - 5th century AD. Very rare and in an exceptional condition! Base broken, small breakage in the left temple, professionally cleaned and slightly toned. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung K. G., Rheinland, erworben im deutschen Kunsthandel 1960er Jahre bis 2003.
Sammlung von praekolumbischen Flöten. Verschiedene altamerikanische Kulturen, 1000 - 1400 n. Chr. a) L 23cm. Bambus-Rohrflöte mit sieben Löchern, ein Ende mit Bindfaden umwickelt, intakt. b) L 23 und 22cm. Zwei Flöten aus Röhrenknochen; intakt. (2 Stück!). c) L 16 und 10cm. Knochen. Zwei kleine Flöten aus Knochen mit vier Löchern und kunstvoll eingeritztem und geschwärztem Dekor aus Kreispunkten. Intakt. (2 Stück!). d) L 10,7cm. Kleine Flöte aus Knochen mit Schnitzdekor in geometrischen Mustern und Kriegergestalten. Intakt, Lambayeque-Chimú. 8 Stück! Rare collection of six Precolumbian flutes made from bone and bamboo cane, partly decorated by geometrical carvings. All in excellent condition! From different cultures, ca. 1000 - 1400 AD. 8 pieces!VERKAUFT WIE BESEHEN, KEINE RÜCKGABE! / SOLD AS VIEWED, NO RETURN! Provenienz: In Deutschland seit 1978, Slg. U. C.
Schalenlampe aus Bronze. Phönizisch, 8. - 6. Jh. v.Chr. L 15,3cm, H 3,3cm. Bronze. Schalenartiges flaches Becken ohne Standfläche, Tellerrand vorne zu einem Dochtlager zusammengedrückt. Sehr selten in Bronze! Mit Echtheitszertifikat des Antiken-Kabinetts Gackstätter, Frankfurt/Main! Braune Patina, intakt. Bronze 'cocked-hat' saucer lamp. Poenician, 8th - 6th century B.C. Brown patina, intact. With certificate of authenticity of Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter Frankfurt/Main! Very rare in bronze! Provenienz: Ex Slg. R.M., Rheinland, erworben 2000 bei Antiken-Kabinett Gackstätter auf der Kunstmesse in Köln (Liste Nr. 3287), ex Sammlung Yegane.
Kippmünzwaage aus Bronze. Spätbyzantinisch / osmanisch, östl. Mittelmeergebiet. L 7,2cm. Kleine Handwaage, auch Seiger genannt, zur schnellen Überprüfung eines Nominals. Der Waagenbalken endet auf der einen Seite in einer halbkreisförmigen, flachen Auflagefläche für die zu wiegende Münze, auf der anderen Seite, die als Gegengewicht dient und mit einer Skala durch Kerbungen für die unterschiedlichen Gewichte versehen ist, in einem flachen Dreieck. In diesem Bereich existiert ein Schieber zur Tarierung der unterschiedlichen Gewichte. Der Haltestab ist mit einem Scharnier am Waagenbalken befestigt. Münzen bis 3,5g können gewogen werden, als Nominal Florentiner. Braungrüne Patina, etwas korrodiert, intakt. Siehe: L. Wamser (Hrsg.), Die Welt von Byzanz. Europas östliches Erbe. Ausstellung Archäologische Staatssammlung München (2004) S. 359, Nr. 787; B. Kisch, Scales and Weights. A Historical Outline (1965) S. 62, Abb. 26. Bronze money scale of steelyard type with a screw-nut which can be moved along the arm very slowly. Maximal weight 3,5g. Late Byzantine or Ottoman(?), eastern Mediterranean. Browngreen patina, partially corroded, intact. Rare type! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung V.L., Rheinland, 1925-1979.
Vergoldete Mumienkartonage. Spätzeit, 4. Jh. v. Chr. H 32cm, B 20cm (Rahmen 42x29cm). Leinwand, stuckiert und vergoldet. Linkes, mittleres Teil einer Mumienmaske: In der oberen Ecke steht die geflügelte Göttin Isis mit zwei Maat-Federn in der Hand. Daneben ein großer Schmuckkragen, der links von einem Falkenkopf mit Sonnenscheibe abgeschlossen wird. In die Darstellung ragt eine Hand, die den Krummstab hält. Das untere, durch drei Faszien abgetrennte Bild zeigt den stehenden Gott Osiris mit einem Zepter, davor die Göttin Nut mit je zwei Maatfedern in einer Hand, darunter liegt Hathor in Kuhgestalt auf dem Schrein. Sehr seltenes und wertvolles Objekt! Mit Beschreibung der Galerie Eberwein. Leichter Abrieb der Oberfläche, zwei alte Befestigungslöcher am linken Rand, in einen Rahmen montiert. Fragment of a gilded Mummy-cartonage depicting the left side scenes: On the upper panel Isis holding Maat feathers and left part of breast collar with one hand, on the lower panel Osiris and Nut, Hathor in cow's shape lying on a shrine. Surface slightly rubbed off, otherwise very good condition! Mounted into a frame. Late Period, 4th cent. B.C. A rare and valuable object! Provenienz: In Deutschland vor 1999; Sammlung M.W., Bayern, erworben bei Galerie Roswitha Eberwein, Göttingen, 1999.
Seltene Bronzefigur des Buddha Maitreya. Indien, wohl Pala, ca. 12. Jh. H 10,1cm. Auf einer doppelten Lotusbasis in lalitasana sitzend dargestellt, Körper fein und naturalistisch modelliert. Seine Rechte in abhaya Mudra. Von beiden Seiten ist er mit Lotusblumen, die an seiner Schulter blühen, gerahmt, mit seiner Linken hält er einen der Stängel, der als ein Gestell für das kundika Gefäß dient. Er trägt ein dhoti sowie mehrere Halsketten, Armreife und Fußketten. Auf seinem Kopf eine hohe Krone mit Lotusblume. Mit Resten der Vergoldung sowie blauer und roter Bemalung! Verzierung weitgehend abgerieben, intakt. Vgl.: Pala-style bronze figure of Kubera, Sotheby's Paris Arts D'Asie 10.06.2015, Los 168; Silver-inlayed bronze figure of bodhisattva, Christie's New York, 15.09.2015, Los 8. Rare bronze figure of Maitreya, sitting in lalitasana on a double lotus base, his right hand in abhaya mudra. He wears dhoti and jewellery, and is framed by two lotus flowers, holding one that serves as a stand for the kundika vessel. India, probably Pala, about 12th century. Adornment mostly rubbed off, intact. Traces of original gilding, as well as blue and red pigments! Provenienz: Ex Sammlung Dr. Günter Wiedner, Bayern, 1980er Jahre bis 2015; ex Gorny & Mosch München, Auktion 272 (März 2020), Los 649 (verkauft für 19.000 Euro, aber unbezahlt).
Kleiner Kopf des Buddha oder eines Bodhisattva. Gandhara Region, ca. 5. - 7. Jh. n. Chr. H (ohne Sockel) 13,5cm. Stucco. Feines, rundliches Gesicht; mit Ushnisha und langen Ohrläppchen. Besonders ist das Haar, das aus separat gefertigten und befestigten Muschel- und Schnecken-förmigen Locken besteht. Späte Periode! Haarlocken teilweise abgebrochen, rechtes Ohr u. Kinn beschädigt, im Hinterkopf modern gesichert, mit Ständer. Vgl. D. Jongeward, Buddhist Art of Gandhara in the Ashmolean Museum, s. 141, 111 (EA1993.387). Small stucco head of Buddha or a Bodhisattva. Fine, plump face, with long earlobes and ushnisha. Rare are the crescent- and snail-shell-like curls, manufactured and attached separately to the head. Gandhara region, around 5th - 7th century AD. Late period! Hair curls partially broken off, right ear and chin damaged, back of the head repaired and secured, with a stand. Provenienz: Ex Sammlung K. G., Rheinland, erworben im deutschen Kunsthandel 1960er Jahre bis 2003.
Kleiner Jadeanhänger. Maya, späte Klassik, ca. 550 - 950 n. Chr. H 4,2cm. Grüne, etwas gesprenkelte Jade, poliert. Anhänger mit männlichem Gesicht und Stirnfransen, Rückseite glatt. Mit Fotokopie der Expertise von Robert L. Stolper! Intakt, längs durchbohrt. Rare Maya Jade ornament in form of a male head with Baby Brown haircut. Intact, drilled lengthwise. Late Classic Period, ca. 550-950 AD. Provenienz: In Deutschland seit 1965, Sammlung A. S., erworben bei Stolper Galleries, München.
Seltenes Chino-Mongolisches Räuchergefäß. Silberfassung 19. Jh., Jade-Teile wohl früher. H ca. 32cm, B ca. 25cm; Ständer H 5cm. Silber, Jade, verziert mit Türkis- und Korallensteinen. Pokalförmig mit zwei Henkeln und abnehmbarem Deckel. Aufwändig getriebener Silberdekor mit Vögeln zwischen den Ranken und Wolken sowie schöne Jadearbeiten mit floralen Mustern, Vögeln, Schmetterlingen und zu komplizierten Kettengliedern geschnitzt. Der Holzsockel mit geschnitzten Fledermäusen - im Chinesischen als "fu" ausgesprochen genauso wie das Wort für Glück. Drei Steine fehlen, einige Stellen der Jadedetails wieder angesetzt, sonst sehr guter Zustand. Rare chinese-mongolian incense burner. Silver, jade, turquoise and coral. Goblet-shaped, with handles and a lid. Beautiful silver and jade work, depicting birds and butterflies among vine and lotus flowers, as well as clouds and dragons. In addition a wooden stand with carved bats (pronounced like fu in chinese - same as the word for luck ). Silver garnment 19th century, jade work probably earlier. Three stones missing, some fragments of jade work reattached, otherwise very good condition. Provenienz: Aus dem deutschen Kunsthandel.
SINGLE OWNER COLLECTION OF SOME QUITE RARE PIECES OF EARLY UVF ITEMS TO INCLUDE AN ORIGINAL PEAKED CAP WITH BADGE TO U.V.F 2ND BTN, NORTH DOWN, A UVF BELT WITH BAYONET FROG, A UVF BANDOLIER & UVF MESS TIN IN ORIGINAL SATCHEL A 1915 CHRISTMAS CARD, 1914 SILK POSTCARD, ULSTER UNIONIST CONVENTION 1892 BADGE & A KING WILLIAM III BADGE
A rare Staffordshire Table-base group of 'Polito's Menagerie', circa 1830-35The handsome six-panelled door amply lit by three lanterns, surmounted by a brightly coloured banner unfolded to reveal an elephant with a castellated howdah, perhaps representing Chunee, surrounded by exotic animals including a lion an a tiger, inscribed 'POLITOS ROYAL MENAGERIE OF THE WONDERFULL BURDS AND BEASTS FROM MOST PARTS OF THE WORLD: LION & C.', a group of various figures and musicians set before the entrance including a man playing a barrel organ, a drummer and three bugle players, the doorkeeper with her hands in a muff, a flight of steps leading down from the six-footed rectangular table base, 33.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceExhibited by Jonathan Horne, English Pottery and Related Works of Art 2004, no.32James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoThis important menagerie is the most elaborate and arguably most celebrated of the early 19th century Staffordshire figure groups. It represents a culmination in the quality and development of Staffordshire pottery before focus moved towards the production of simpler and more rudimentary flatback figures.Menageries were popular in England from the late 18th century and enabled exotic animals to be seen by the public for the first time. By the 1830s these shows began to evolve into what we now know as a circus, with the addition of animal tamers' tricks, brass bands and performers. Stephen Polito owned one of the earliest and most celebrated travelling menageries, described in the 28 September 1805 edition of the Nottingham Journal as a '...grand and pleasing assemblage of most rare and beautiful living beasts, from the remotest parts of the known world...'.In 1810 he bought the permanent menagerie located on the second floor of the Exeter Exchange in the Strand, London, originally established by the self-styled 'Modern Noah' Gilbert Pidcock, which Polito restyled the 'Royal Menagerie'. Polito died in April 1814 but his family continued to tour and exhibit animals under his name throughout the 1820s and 1830s, mostly abroad. In 1835 or 1836 it was lost at sea on its way to Ireland, see Edward Henry Bostock, Menageries, Circuses and Theatres (1928), pp.7-9.The banner may show the elephant Chunee, Pidcock's star attraction, which was admired by Lord Byron but which killed his keeper and was destroyed in 1826. It has been suggested that the female figure at the door may represent Mrs Polito. Table-base groups are traditionally associated with the Burslem potter Obadiah Sherratt, but in the absence of any marked examples caution is needed in ascribing these pieces to a named maker; indeed, a number of different versions of 'Polito's Menagerie' exist, suggesting that these menageries were made by more than one potter, or the moulds shared between potteries or acquired from the same source.Similar versions to the present lot are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.128-2003) and the Fitzwilliam Museum (accession no. C.965-1928). Another from the Hope McCormick Collection was sold by Christie's in New York on 21 January 2003, lot 17. See also that sold by Sotheby's in New York on 26 October 2002, lot 1531. Smaller and less elaborate versions were also produced, examples of which have been sold by Sotheby's in New York on 26 September 1998, lot 233 and 6 October 2006, lot 227 and by Sotheby's in London on 30 October 2018, lot 70.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Chelsea teabowl and a saucer, circa 1750-52Of fluted form, painted in the famille rose palette, the teabowl with vibrant oriental flowering plants and grasses, the reverse with a flowering branch, the interior with a single flower, the saucer with a branch issuing prunus and peonies and a colourful butterfly in flight, saucer 12cm diam, Burdett-Coutts Collection inventory numbers in red (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceBurdett-Coutts CollectionChinese decoration on Chelsea is surprisingly rare and mostly copied Yongzheng 'private trade' wares from the 1730s. Two raised anchor beakers with very similar decoration are illustrated by F Severne Mackenna, Chelsea Porcelain: The Triangle and Raised Anchor Wares (1948), pl.18, no.41.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An important Lund's Bristol coffee cup, circa 1750Of unusually wide plain U shape, the distinctively formed handle with a small double scroll close to the upper terminal, enamelled in a palette of pink, yellow, green and lilac with a flower spray, two smaller sprigs to the reverse, 5.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceMrs D MacCallum CollectionThis distinctive form of handle only occurs on Lund's Bristol and is found on both straight sided cups and coffee cups. A coffee cup of the same shape painted in blue with the 'Union Jack House' pattern was sold by Phillips on 14 September 1994, lot 160 and another by Bonhams on 3 March 2004, lot 79. Both are recorded by Ray Jones, The Origins of Worcester Porcelain (2018), p.410 and described as incredibly rare. Only a very small number of pieces of Lund's Bristol pieces are recorded with enamelled decoration, the only marked examples being a group of high-footed sauceboats moulded with swags and with embossed 'Bristoll' marks. Dr Richard Pococke noted on visiting the Bristol china works in 1750 that '...they make very beautiful white sauceboats, adorned with reliefs of festoons, which sell for sixteen shillings a pair'. A small number of surviving white examples are recorded and the enamelled versions are likely to have been some of these, independently decorated in London at the time. The enamelling is of two types, one group with enamels highlighting the moulded detail, the other painted more simply with scattered sprigs in a similar manner to the present lot. Both types are illustrated by Jones (2018), pp.339-340. Unlike the sauceboats, Lund's Bristol cups are not recorded in the white and it seems most unlikely that undecorated examples would have been offered for general sale. The present lot was probably supplied by Lund's direct to the London decorator only by special agreement.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Worcester dessert basket, circa 1770Of oval form with pierced latticework sides applied with florets at the intersections, the unusual twig handles applied with leaves and cherries at the terminals, a painted formal border below the interior rim and the 'Pine Cone Group' pattern (II.C.11) printed to the centre, 22.5cm wide, crescent markFootnotes:ProvenancePhillips sale, 11 June 1986, lot 284Zorensky Collection, Bonhams sale, 23 February 2005, lot 365Illustrated by Spero and Sandon, Worcester Porcelain (1996), p.480, no.655 and by John Sandon, Dictionary of Worcester Porcelain (1999), p.55. The twig handles, bowed in the middle, are very rare and the cherry terminals are not recorded on any other example.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Royal Worcester vase by Harry Davis, dated 1925Painted with a sow and her piglets in an autumnal rural landscape, a farmhouse in the distance, the reverse with a vignette, the rim and foot picked out in gold, unsigned, 14.8cm high, puce mark, shape number 2491Footnotes:Pigs are a rare subject on Royal Worcester and Harry Davis was the only artist permitted to paint them. Most surviving vases are dated 1925 and show the same composition, based on a sketch Harry Davis made during a single visit to a local farm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare engraved airtwist capillaire glass, circa 1750The drawn trumpet bowl inscribed 'Capillaire' within a wreath of tied foliage, on a multi-spiral airtwist stem and conical foot, 13.8cm highFootnotes:Capillaire was a liqueur flavoured with maidenhair fern (Capillaris Herba) or orange flower water, for which there are numerous recipes. It was used as a sweetening agent for spirits. In the 18th century convivial social groups, or capillaire societies, met to drink this special cordial. A similar example from the A C Hubbard Collection is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses, (2000), p.92, pl.127(b) and was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 74. Another from the Meyer Collection was sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 45.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare pair of English delftware wall pockets, circa 1760Probably Liverpool, modelled as fish, the scales and fins moulded in high relief and charmingly picked out in blue, a sense of rushing water denoted by the delicate blue decoration to the sides of their heads, pierced for suspension, 20.7cm long (2)Footnotes:A pair of similar wall pockets with polychrome decoration is illustrated by Leslie B Grigsby, The Longridge Collection (2000), p.422, no.D379 but the present lot appears to be the only recorded pair in blue and white. The modelling is more detailed on the present monochrome version, with the fish scales simulated individually with light moulding. Most asymmetrical pairs of delftware wall pockets occur as mirror images of each other, but the small number of recorded pairs of fish pockets are all of identical form.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare creamware 'Step' Toby jug, circa 1780Of traditional form, seated and holding a jug in his slightly raised left hand, smoking a long pipe supported by his right hand, his long hair formed from sieved clay applied to either side of his face, wearing a green jacket with brown breeches and shoes, on a canted base with a stepped recess, 24cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams sale, 8 September 2004, lot 118James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoAlthough sieved clay is often used to provide the foam surmounting jugs and cups, its use as hair appears to be unrecorded.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare marked Wood Family Toby Jug and cover of 'Mould 51' type, circa 1790Of traditional form and crisply modelled, seated and holding a foaming jug in his left hand and a foaming glass in his raised right hand, a pipe leaning at his side, wearing a dark brown tricorn hat and shoes, a pale brown jacket and pale yellow breeches, his waistcoat left in the white, 26.1cm high, impressed 'Ra. Wood Burslem 51' (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoIt is rare to find a jug of this type marked in this way. Whilst the mark 'R. Wood' was used by Ralph Wood, it is thought that 'Ra. Wood' was that used by his son, Ralph Wood the younger. A similarly marked jug is in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.42-1955) and another is listed in the Captain R K Price Collection, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures and Toby Jugs (1922), p.98, no.41. See also that from the Bute Collection of Toby Jugs sold by Christie's on 8 July 1996, lot 67.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare 'Fiddler' Toby Jug and cover from the 'Midshipman Family', circa 1785Attributed to Jacob Marsh, seated and playing a violin, wearing a brown frock coat with applied ochre epaulettes, his shoes and breeches picked out in brown, his green waistcoat partially unbuttoned to reveal a white necktie, his long hair secured at the back with a distinctive tied ribbon, a formal border around the brim of his hat, a large jug resting on the ground beside him, 17.6cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceMackintosh Collection, Sotheby's sale, 2 May 1967, lot 54Sotheby's sale, 18 October 1988James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoIllustrated by Sir Harold Mackintosh, Bt, Early English Figure Pottery (1938), p.39, no.91 and by Vic Shuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (2nd Edn, 1994), p.110 where it is described as the most expensive Toby sold at auction at the time of writing. This lot is one of two 'Fiddlers' owned by Mackintosh, the other was sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 110. Mackintosh considered them as a pair despite differences in colouring and the placing of a large jug to the left of the Fiddler in the present lot. A single mould was used for many of these smaller 'Midshipman' jugs. Common features include a distinctive necktie and partially unbuttoned waistcoat as well as the curious ribbon used to secure the hair at the back. The epaulettes on the shoulders may have been positioned there to secure a good join during the firing process. Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.56 lists eleven recorded small-sized 'Fiddler' jugs. This lot appears to be the only example which retains its original cover.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare wine glass, circa 1725-30The bell bowl with a solid base, set on an unusual teared and finely annulated swelling stem, with a small basal knop, over a high conical folded foot, 16.8cm highFootnotes:No other glass of this precise form appears to be recorded in the literature. Baluster glasses with annulated stems of closely related form are illustrated by W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish glasses (1929), pl.88 and by L M Bickerton, 18th Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.70, pl.77. Compare also to the examples sold by Bonhams on 8 December 2004, lot 11 and 3 October 2012, lot 21 and that sold by Christie's on 23 April 2002, lot 6.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine 'Lord Rodney' Toby Jug and cover from the 'Midshipman Family', circa 1785Attributed to Jacob Marsh, seated and holding a pale blue jug in his right hand, a rifle in his left hand and an amusing small dog seated between his feet, a delicate pipe on the base to his right, the cover applied with flowers and feathers picked out in ochre and blue, a similar flower on the thumbrest, his frockcoat and necktie picked out in ochre, his neatly buttoned waistcoat in blue, 29cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoTwo marked 'Lord Rodney' jugs from the 'Midshipman Family' are recorded. One from the Mackintosh Collection was sold by Sotheby's on 2 May 1967, lot 55 and was catalogued as incised on the base 'J.MARSH JOLLEY'. Most likely this was an incorrect transcription of the place name 'Folley', for another example was sold by Phillips on 29 November 1989, lot 305 and this was inscribed 'J Marsh, Folley'. Jacob Marsh is recorded as a potter in Burslem in 1803, moving to the Lane Delph Pottery in 1806. He is listed in 'The History and Gazeteer and Directory of Staffordshire' in 1834 as 'Jacob Marsh of Golden Hill House, (Foley) gent', see John and Griselda Lewis, Pratt Ware (1984), p.44-45. Foley lies between Longton and Fenton and it is likely that his connections there were longstanding, providing the probable maker for this rare group of jugs.A total of twelve 'Lord Rodney' jugs belonging to the 'Midshipman' group are listed by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.55. Like the small jugs from this group, they exhibit a range of attributes. Another example, without a hat, was sold by Bonhams on 14 November 2018, lot 286. Despite their naivety, these larger 'Lord Rodney' jugs exhibit much subtlety in the modelling of the face.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare creamware 'Roman Nose' Toby Jug, circa 1790Of traditional form with a distinctive 'Roman Nose' bearing a wart, smoking a pipe, an overflowing foaming jug resting on his left knee supported by both hands, his face and hands washed in brown, wearing a blue jacket and breeches, his waistcoat left in the white, 24.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoA very similar jug is illustrated by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.74.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare creamware 'Tipsy Man' Toby Jug, circa 1785Modelled without a base and supported by the splayed feet of the chair in which he sits, holding a very large jug overflowing with beer in both hands, wearing a broad grin, grey jacket and breeches splashed with ochre, 27.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's sale, 8 July 1952, lot 27Mackintosh Collection, Sotheby's sale, 2 May 1967, lot 27James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoIllustrated by Lord Mackintosh in his Connoisseur article of June 1954 where the author suggests that it was possibly intended as a caricature of the Prince Regent. A few other examples are recorded including one by Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.77 and discussed at p.49 where the author states that only six examples of the model were known at the time of writing.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Wood Family 'Shield' Toby jug, circa 1785Based upon the traditional model, seated and grasping an empty jug with both hands, a pipe to his left, the other side of the base applied with a shield impressed 'IT IS ALL OUT. THEN FILL HIM AGIAN' [sic], wearing a light brown coat, green waistcoat and yellow breeches, 25.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoA slightly smaller 'Shield' Toby was sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 118. Two versions of the 'Shield' Toby were made by the Wood family. One has a 'Roman Nose', the other is this version based on the traditional model with the shield added to the side. Jonathan Horne noted that the inscription is similar to that found on delftware punchbowls, suggesting that these jugs were intended to be used for drinking, probably in a tavern. Only a small number of such jugs are recorded, all sharing the misspelling of 'again'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Prattware 'Thin Boy' Toby Jug, circa 1790-1800Seated in a green upright chair with his feet resting on a small step, grasping a foaming jug in both hands, wearing a coat sponged in blue and yellow, ochre breeches and a yellow waistcoat with blue trim, his shoes and long hair picked out in brown, his hat in green, 22.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoA similar jug was sold by Bonhams on 5 June 2019, lot 117.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Prattware 'Postillion' Toby Jug and cover, circa 1800-10Modelled seated on a chair with a high scrolled back, the pot-bellied coachman dressed in bicorn hat, bright striped coat and waistcoat and blue breeches tucked into yellow top-boots, a jug of foaming ale in his left hand resting on his knee and a foaming glass in his raised right hand, 18.4cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoA similar jug, with a less elaborately decorated coat, was sold by Bonhams on 14 April 2010, lot 27. Another version is illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon, and Ralph Wood Figures, and Toby Jugs (1922), no.91, pl.LII.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very rare Prattware 'Bottle' Toby Jug, circa 1800Modelled seated and with a lop-sided stare, holding a long square bottle between his legs in his left hand, wearing a slate-blue coat, brown waistcoat and ochre breeches, with a sponged slate-blue base, 27.5cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's sale, 23 July 1985, lot 61James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoIllustrated with a replacement cover by Vic Schuler, British Toby Jugs (1st Edn, 1986), p.35 and Collecting British Toby Jugs (3rd Edn, 1999), p.70 with a discussion at p.28. According to Schuler (1999) this is one of only three known examples recorded at the time of writing. The model bears a strong similarity to the 'Wineskin' Toby illustrated by Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon and Ralph Wood Figures, and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.LVII, no.127.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare and impressive Wood Family 'Prince Hal' Toby Jug, circa 1785Modelled as a portly figure seated on a rock, head turned and gazing up to his right, holding a sword across his chest in his right hand and an oval shield moulded with a lion inscribed 'IOHN OF GANT' [sic] in his left, wearing a brown doublet and green breeches, on a square base, 39cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBute Collection, Christie's sale, 8 July 1996, lot 51James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoA similar jug with the shield resting at the figure's side from the Mackintosh Collection was sold by Sotheby's on 2 May 1967, lot 26. For another version see Captain R K Price, Astbury, Whieldon, and Ralph Wood Figures, and Toby Jugs (1922), pl.XLII, no.1. The identity of the figure has been much debated, with suggestions of Prince Hal or Falstaff from Shakespeare's Henry IV and V, or possibly King George IV when Prince of Wales, masquerading at a Brighton ball as King Hal (Henry VIII). Lord Mackintosh believed the model to be Sir Toby Belch from Twelfth Night.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Staffordshire pearlware 'Double Base' Toby jug, circa 1790Of traditional form, seated on a rare 'Double Base' washed in light brown, a large jug grasped in both hands and a pipe resting on the ground beside him, wearing a pale yellow jacket and brown breeches, 26.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoFor another 'Double Base' example see Vic Schuler, Collecting British Toby Jugs, (2nd Edn, 1994), p.37.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A very unusual Prattware Toby Jug, circa 1800-10Of traditional form, seated and balancing a jug modelled as a monkey on his knee, a pipe resting against his chair, wearing a coat sponged in ochre, yellow, brown and blue, with yellow breeches and a brown tricorn hat, 25cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceJames and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoAlthough the monkey is clearly intended to be a jug by virtue of the application of a handle, the potters of this rare Toby Jug appear to have used the mould of a hollow-based animal model of the kind originally produced to be sold separately.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Staffordshire pearlware 'Gesticulating' Toby Jug, circa 1790-1800Seated with both arms outstretched, a large foaming jug held in his right hand and a small foaming cup in his left, wearing a blue and green striped jacket, yellow breeches and brown shoes, 25cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBute Collection, Christie's sale, 8 July 1996, lot 124James and Timmey Challenger Collection, ChicagoThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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