A rare and remarkable Elizabeth I tapestry long cushion cover, circa 1580Woven in coloured wools and silks, depicting the Return of the Prodigal Son, the figures within lush gardens surrounded by fountains, flowers and fruit trees beneath decorative arches, the spandrels with cherubs, warp fringe, framed and glazed, 39cm x 67cmFootnotes:For comparable examples see Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge, accession no. T.1-1953, and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession nos. 54.7.6 and 54.7.7. Literature:For a comprehensive discussion of the challenges around attempting to attribute English tapestry to individual workshops see Hilary L. Turner, Tapestries once at Chastleton House and their influence on the image of the tapestries called Sheldon: a re-assessment, Antiquaries Journal, 2008, Vol. 88 pp. 313-343. See also Hilary L. Turner, Tapestry sections depicting the Prodigal Son: how safe is an attribution to Mr Sheldon's tapestry venture at Barcheston?, Archaeologia Aeliana, 5th series, XXXVII, 2008, pp.183-196.See Lot 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
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An extremely rare Charles I oak mural glass case, circa 1640Having a pair of doors, each fitted with five baluster-turned spindles, enclosing a single shelf, the pediment top with fretted fall front, designed with two doves flanking a fleur-de-lys, 66.5cm wide x 22cm deep x 81cm high, (26in wide x 8 1/2in deep x 31 1/2in high)Footnotes:The 'pair' to this cupboard sold Sotheby's, 1974, lot 214. Illustrated, Victor Chinnery, Oak Furniture: The British Tradition (2016), p. 290, fig. 3:317a.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 named late 17th/early 18th century white metal-mounted leather blackjack, English, circa 1700The mount to the rim engraved 'John Hasleham', the frustum-shaped body decorated with the initials 'RL' within four punched stylised flowers, forming a lozenge, typical stitched seams and curving handle, 13.5cm highFootnotes:On 2 September 1707, John Hasleham , a weaver of Red Lyon Street, Spitalfields, married Sarah Garrard. It is possible that the initials 'RL' to the body of this tankard refer to the Red Lion/Lyon inn or pub which stood on that street until the 19th century.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare and documented boarded oak box, probably Northern German, circa 1600The lid carved to its centre with a gentleman wearing a wig, a doublet and cape, encircled by a laurel-carved wreath, against a scroll-edged cartouche, the front board with a pair of half-length portraits of a man and his wife, with high collars, both within a strapwork, scroll-edged frame, a bunch of pendant fruits beneath the shield-shaped iron lockplate, the ends carved with further bunches of fruit between foliated scrolls, articulated iron bale handle to lid, 42cm wide x 31cm deep x 17.5cm high, (16 1/2in wide x 12in deep x 6 1/2in high)Footnotes:Provenance: William Smedley-Aston Collection, The Yew Trees, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire. See Lot 86 in this sale.The Hella Bunch Collection.The William Stokes Collection.Illustrated:H. Cescinsky & E. R. Gribble, Early English Furniture & Woodwork (1922) Vol. II, p. 40, Fig. 44, and in the text p. 31, where it is described as 'a fine ruffle or lace-box' and dated to the mid-16th century. The metalwork, in particular the iron lockplate nailed to an uncarved piece of the front board of the same shape and incorporated into the board's design, as well as the handle mounted to the lid, suggest that this box is from Continental Europe.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 William & Mary pewter two-band tavern pot, quart capacity, circa 1690Touchmark in base of Adam Banck(e)s IV, Wigan,(fl.1671-1716), (OP222a, PS66), the truncated cone body with two broad fillets, S-curve handle with pointed boot-heel terminal, and wriggle-work ownership initials TDM to spade-terminal handle,Footnotes:Provenance:The Michael Boorer Collection.Illustrated:Carl Ricketts, Early English Pewter Drinking Mugs (2018), p.28, pl. 56.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare late 16th large tapestry cushion cover, English or North European, circa 1580Finely woven in coloured wools and silks, depicting a scene from the Sacrifice of Isaac, Abraham about to strike his son as the heavens open to reveal an angel, a town in the distance, within a border of foliage, fruit, flowers and a colourful bird, framed and glazed, 52cm x 54.5cmFootnotes:Provenance:James Ivory Collection.For a comparable example, designed with King Soloman and the Queen of Sheba, see The Victoria and Albert Museum collection, London (museum no. 1429-1871) suggested as North German and illustrated G. Thomson, Tapestry Weaving in England (1914), p. 116, fig. 36.See Lot 512.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Elizabeth I oak joint stool, circa 1590Having a double-reeded edge top, and bicuspid-shaped rails with broad flat run-mouldings, on baluster and ball-turned and fluted-carved legs, joined all round by plain stretchers, 45.5cm wide x 26.5cm deep x 52.5cm high, (17 1/2in wide x 10in deep x 20 1/2in high)Footnotes:Provenance:Purchased from Danny Robinson, Key Antiques, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, October 1999.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Chinese 19/20th C. mechanical automaton toy figure of a lady on horseback accompanied by a Peking opera figure and female attendant. The mechanism which has the original key moves two wheels under the toy and also moves the male figures eyes, mouth and arm. Figure in original wooden box marked '9' in Chinese. Winding movement in order. Approx. 23cm tall
RARE LARGE OSBORNE PLAQUE - THE DEATH OF NELSON an unusually large ivorex plaque by Osborne of Faversham, the three dimensional coloured plaque titled The Death of Nelson on board the Victory at Trafalgar, October 21, 1805, 'Thank God I have done my duty'. With a cushion mount and in it's original ebonised frame. Frame 62cms by 49cms, Plaque 44cms by 31cms *This plaque may have been produced in 1905 to commemorate the 100th Anniversary of Nelson's death. These large plaques were only produced in small numbers and they appear rarely in auction.
ST HELENA - RARE ARTS & CRAFTS PRISONER OF WAR ARMCHAIR, 1902 an interesting elm chair with panel seat, with wide curved arms supported on curved supports. Back panel carved with crest and Latin motto Post Nubibus Phoebus, Made by P of W, St Helena, 1902. 88cms high *From 1900-1902 St Helena became the first overseas Prisoner of War camp. During the Boer War the camp had to house up to 6000 Boer Prisoners of War.
SHELLEY; a rare fourteen piece tea service decorated in the 'Blue Flowers and Lines' pattern, in the Vogue shape, comprising coffee pot, cream jug, sugar bowl, five cups, six saucers, pattern number 11744 to base.Additional InformationEach with general wear, the teapot has a very fine chip to the spout which is no more than 3mm in size. Light scratches to the paintwork and decoration in parts, the sugar bowl sounds a little flat when flicked, however we can't see any signs of hairlines or cracks to the piece. One saucer with a large star crack running through the body, please refer to additional images. Sugar bowl with short, hollow ring.
GEORGE DAVIDSON; fourteen pieces of amber coloured cloud glass to include a rare set of four pin dishes in the form of the four suits, large bowl, a green coloured bowl, stand and posy holder (15)Additional InformationGeneral wear, minor chipping to a couple of the plates, scratches throughout.
Extremely rare Gustav Becker moon phase Vienna regulator eight day wall clock movement (circa 1890s), the 8.5" brass arched dial plate with moon phase to the arch over a silvered dial with subsidiary seconds and calendar aperture (original weights, pulleys, pendulum bob and wooden rod (3" missing))
Good rare Bentley electric longcase earth driven master clock with switch mechanism, the 11.25" silvered chapter ring enclosing a skeletonised centre with subsidiary seconds dial, over a brass pendulum with steel rod, within a bevelled glazed panelled stepped case surmounted by a moulded rounded arched pediment (known as case style V), 75.5" high (with complete clock parts including pendulum and bob, weights etc) *This clock features the rarely found switch mechanism, which display two brass plaques inscribed '3236 /12 and S8464/13, Bentley Patent 19044/10, MFCO Leicester England' and 'Earth driven electrical clock no. 196' *See Antiquarian Horological Society's Electrical Horology Groups research paper no. 79 - figures 20, 21 & 22 (researched by John Hubert) *This clock is sold with two copies of Alan Shenton's 'The Earth Driven Clock' and a copy of John Hubert's research paper number 79, published by The Antiquarian Horological Society's Electrical Horology group
Interesting and rare Helix electric clock, housed in a scaled cylindrical Perspex case, bearing a plaque to the base inscribed Helix TM, Designed by S.P. Diskin, with Kirsch/Hamilton Associates Inc. Made in USA Kirsch/Hamilton Associates Inc. Cambridge, Mass. 02138USA. Patents pending 1979 KHA Inc. 120V 60 Hz 3 Watts, serial no. 1631, 23.75" long overall
Interesting and rare verge two train bracket clock movement with alarm, the 7.5" square brass dial signed Pellegrino Arno, Roma on a smooth cartouche to the matted centre with false pendulum bob aperture, iron hands and central alarm dial, the movement striking the hours and quarters with two hammers on a bell (missing)
Interesting and rare English verge hook and spike lantern clock (incomplete), the 4.25" brass arched dial signed B. Gray, J. Vulliamy, London on a silvered disc to the arch over a silvered chapter ring enclosing a matted centre, the verge movement with alarm bell above, 5.75" high overall (request condition report)
Rare bronze and cast iron 'Foundry Man' industrial steam hammer clock made by André Romain Guilmet, the movement back plate inscribed GLT, Medaille d'or..Paris, no. 1736, striking on a gong, the 2.75" gilt dial inset into a brickwork building behind a standing foundry man working by an anvil below the steam hammer, upon a rectangular stepped base, 16.5" high overall (pendulum and key) *This clock is sold with an insurance valuation from Chris Wylam MBHI, the Clock Shop in Chichester dated 1994 and further copied notes about the clock from the vendor
Rare 400 day "Kaiser" Globe clock by J Kaiser, circa 1955, chapter ring has numerals and zodiac signs, with sky and planets revealed behind and a rotating moon above and earth below, with glass dome. 11" high *The expert Charles Terwilliger indicated the Kaiser clock "may go down in history as the best 400 day clock ever made" *Featured in Alan Shenton - Collectable Clocks, coloured figure 33
Rare Black Forest walnut two train cuckoo clock in need of extensive restoration, inscribed Chas Bayley Clockmaker, 468 Oxford Street, London to the back door, the 4.5" white dial inset into a chalet style case painted above with a mother and child under a fruit tree in a rural landscape, 18" high overall (incomplete and in need of restoration)
Interesting and rare English mahogany single fusee drop dial wall clock, the 13" painted wooden dial signed Will.m Robins, Fleet Street, London, the movement with side wind and stamped no. 2765 (1802), the case over foliate carved ears and canted base with hinged door, 23" high overall (key)
A rare George III gold Coronation medallion by L. Natter, having raised bust of George III and reverse with coronation scene and marked CORON.XXII.SEPT.MDCCLXI and L.N., overall very good condition, with some minor wear and scratching, 23.3g, B.H.M. records that 858 examples in gold were ordered with 300 for distribution at the Coronation ceremony itself and 558 for Members of the House of Commons
Interessante e raro acquerello su carta in cornice dorata (lievi segni di umidità). L'opera è pubblicata in Gennaro Pardo a cura di Benedetto Patera catalogo monografico della mostra commemorativa del 1958, Tav.8-9. Cm 62x28.Interesting and rare watercolor on gilded frame paper (slight signs of humidity). The work is published in Gennaro Pardo by Benedetto Patera monographic catalog of the 1958 commemorative exhibition, Tables 8-9. Cm 62x28.
A Rare Nineteenth-Century Iron Works Studio Catalogue Illustrated Catalogue of Statuary, Fountains, Vases, Settees, etc. For Parks, Gardens and Conservatories, Manufactured by the J.L. Mott Iron Works New York: E.D. Slater, 1875. First edition. Folio. Profusely illustrated with dozens of examples of fountains, basins, benches, and other statuary from the J.L. Mott Iron Works studio. Original full brown cloth-covered flexible boards, stamped in blind and in gilt, lightly worn; front hinge repaired; scattered wear and chipping to plates; dampstaining along top and bottom edge of front paste-down, as well as faintly present on first few leaves, and in bottom gutter at rear; rear free endpaper loose; in modern full brown cloth portfolio. Together with: "Lamp Pillars. Supplement to Illustrated Catalogue of Ornamental Department of the J.L. Mott Iron Works, 1877".J.L. Mott Iron Works was established in 1828 in by Jordan L. Mott, originally producing coal fueled cooking-stoves. Mott's son, J.L. Mott Jr., expanded the manufactoring of the company to include fountains, basins, benches, and other decorative statuary. Their grand designs were famously showcased at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia, featuring a 25 foot tall cast iron fountain. Avant garde artist Marcel Duchamp memorably used one of Mott's urinals for his 1917 readymade "Fountain".
A Lowestoft porcelain polychrome coffee pot and cover painted by the Tulip Painter, painted with a pink peony in a fine floral spray, with floral sprays on the reverse. Gilt rim to the spout and a scroll handle with thumb rest. The low-domed cover has a rare open flower knop, painted blue with a yellow centre, surrounded by flower sprays. Base was broken off and riveted. Rivets have been removed and filled. the cover is undamaged apart from a small chip of blue paint missing from the knop
A rare Lowestoft porcelain sitting pug dog on a rectangular base decorated in purple, painted in brown strokes, with a turquoise collar with pink flower decoration. Eyes, muzzle and claws painted black, a red incised mouth. Restored tail, chip of missing paint. Stress crack on each front leg. Small chip to left ear and to front corner of base.
Studio of Daniel Mytens (?Delft 1590-1644 The Hague)Portrait of King Charles I, three-quarter-length, standing, wearing a brown and gold doublet and hose, the sash of the Order of the Garter and the Great George, holding a pair of gloves, beside the Scottish crown laid on a table oil on canvas 109.2 x 83.4cm (43 x 32 13/16in).Footnotes:Although the composition of the present portrait does not appear to be directly derived from any hitherto known portrait of the King, it can be related to a number of portraits of King Charles I by Daniel Mytens. The head in the present work can be compared to the Mytens in the Royal Collection which is signed and dated 1628. The composition which shows the Great George suspended from the Garter sash is known through engravings, published by Franciscus van Hoeye after Mytens. Perhaps most interesting of all is the presence of what must be a representation of the Scottish royal crown, which is unique to the present portrait, all the other portraits of Charles I that depict him with a crown having shown him beside the Tudor Crown, otherwise known as the Crown of Henry VIII. Although Charles succeeded his father in 1625, his long-delayed and long-awaited Scottish coronation did not take place until he finally returned to his native Scotland in the early summer of 1633, making a magnificent civic entry, the first such royal pageant in Edinburgh since 1590. It is possible that the present portrait was commissioned to record this event and is a rare contemporary depiction of the Scottish crown. The regalia known as the Honours of Scotland, which include the Crown along with the Sceptre and Sword of State, unlike their English equivalent of the time, still exist. Following the Act of Union of 1707, which unified the Kingdom of Scotland and the Kingdom of England to form the Kingdom of Great Britain, and having no ceremonial role to play in the proceedings of the new Parliament of Great Britain in London, the Honours were locked away in Edinburgh Castle. There they remained all but forgotten in a chest until 1818, when a group of people including Sir Walter Scott set out to find them to great public acclaim. Charles's complicated relationship with Scotland was summarized by the historian C. V. Wedgwood: 'It was not the least of this king's misfortunes that he was always too much of a Scotsman for England and too much of an Englishman for Scotland. In many ways he was the type of the absentee Scot, rootless in England and uprooted in Scotland.'For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Bernardus Accama (Burum 1696-1756 Leeuwarden)Portrait of Anne, Princess Royal and Princess of Orange (1709–1759), half-length, in a red dress, within a painted oval signed and dated 'B:Accama/ pinxit/ Ao 1736' (lower left)oil on canvas76.4 x 60.6cm (30 1/16 x 23 7/8in).Footnotes:This rare portrait of the British Princess can be related to a similar portrait by Accama of the same year in which she wears the same red dress, which is in the Palace of Het Loo, Apeldoorn (inv. no. A 3651). Anne was the second child and eldest daughter of King George II of Great Britain and his consort Queen Caroline of Ansbach. She married William IV, Prince of Orange, the first hereditary stadtholder of all seven provinces of the Northern Netherlands. She was Regent of the Netherlands from 1751 until her death in 1759, exercising extensive powers on behalf of her son William V. Artistically inclined she had been a pupil of Georg Friedrich Händel: while the great composer did not like teaching he nonetheless declared that he would 'make the only exception for Anne, flower of princesses' and she became a lifelong supporter of his, introducing his music to the Netherlands. A pupil of Herman van der Mijn, she was also an amateur painter and her works included a portrait of her master and a self-portrait.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare 1916 Hallmarked Silver and Enamel Guards Machine Gun Battalion Officers Cap Badge, fine example made by Jennings & Co (J & Co) with hallmarks for Birmingham 1916. Good condition blue and red enamel centre to the badge and dark patina to the silver star. Two large lug fittings to the reverse. Very good example of a scarce cap badge.
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