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Lot 142A
Jenner and Kaewstur ( Retailer ) St. James London Rare Sterling Silver Combined Hinged Vesta Case and Taper Holder. Maker Thomas Johnson, Hallmark London 1864, Wonderful Bright Cut, Decoration to all Sides of Vesta with Vacant Cartouche and Gilt Interior, 2 Compartments Open / Shut. Condition Excellent In All Aspects, Includes Hinges, Springs etc. Height 2 Inches - 5 cms & Width 1 Inch - 2.5 cms Wide.
Lot 1479
Star Wars Promo Maxi Poster Signed By George Lucas & ProducersThis item is very rare & special indeed, it is a must for any Star Wars fan. It is a promo maxi size poster for StarWars privately signed in 2013 by George Lucas (Creator, Director), Gary Kurtz (Producer) andRick McCallum producer
Lot 1484
Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back Promo Maxi Poster Signed By Main CastThis item is very rare & special indeed, it is a must for any Star Wars fan. It is a promo maxi size poster for StarWars The Empire Strikes Back signed in 2010 - 2014 at a 3 private Lucasfilm events in Europe byDavid Prowse, Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Meyhew, Jeremy Bulloch, Anthony DanielsKenny Baker and Billy Dee Williams
Lot 1485
Star Wars The Force Awakens Promo Maxi Poster Signed By Full Cast & CrewThis item is very rare & special indeed, it is a must for any Star Wars fan. It is a promo maxi size poster for StarWars The Force Awakens signed in 2015 at various press events prior to the films London & US Premieres byHarrison Ford, Peter Meyhew, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver, Anthony Daniels, John Boyega, Lupita Nyong OOscar Isaac, Gwendoline Christie, Brian Herring, J J Abrams (Director), Lawrence Kasdan (Co-writer)Kathleen Kennedy (Producer) and John Williams (Composer)
Lot 154
Rare French 19th Century Napoleonic Silver Snuff/ Trinket Box of stunning quality, having the raised bust of Napoleon to the lid, with beautiful decoration to the sides, and further to the lid; all the hallmarks are well struck and still clear, with the French showing the Fleur-de-Lys and the letter P for Paris, the English Assay/ Hallmarks are for London 1893. All aspects of condition are wonderful; silver weight 84.25gms, diameter 2.75nches (6.9cms)
Lot 170A
Victorian Period - Top Quality Rare Bevelled Back Sterling Silver Vesta Case. Marked for Leuchars London and Paris - Top Silversmith. Hallmark London 1887. Makers Mark William Leuchars. Marked Xmas 1898 and Monogrammed S.S.M. A Fine and Heavy Gauge, Silver Vesta In Excellent Condition. Size 2.25 x 1.5 Inches.
Lot 173
Queensland Tree Silver Banded Hinged Vesta Case, This Is a Rare Vesta, That Dates From Around 1880. It Is Made From a Seed Pod of the Queensland Tree and Is In Excellent Condition, No Splits or Damage. The Fitments to the Lid, Front and Striker are Marks for Sterling Silver. Wonderful Condition In All Aspects. 1.5 Inches - 3.75 cms Wide.
Lot 52
Stunning 18ct White Gold Orange Sapphire and Diamond Dress Ring of Top Quality In All Aspects. c.1940's / 1950's. The Rare Central Natural Orange Sapphire of Wonderful Colour / Clarity - Top Grade. Est Weight 2.50 cts. The Baguette and Round Brilliant Diamonds Also Top Grade. Est Diamond Weight 1.40 cts, Est Colour G - H, Great Sparkle, Est Clarity VSI, Ring Size - O. All Aspects of Condition Are Excellent, Provenance - From a Lady's Private Collection. Low Estimate for This Quality. Please See Photo.
Lot 571
An Extremely Rare Early Documentary Trade Unionist Porcelain Decorated Jug probably Swansea or Nantgarw (circa 1815-20) with finely detailed painting in the manner of Pardoe, depicting two proud Iron foundry workers holding a casting wheel and other implements leaning against a shield banner of the Union with the motto 'THE FRIENDLY IRON MOULDERS SOCIETY'. In the background are industrial buildings with chimneys, and a further inscription reads 'Industry and Benevolence United In Friendship'. To the side of the jug two men are talking, one with a caption which reads 'Brother Can you give Me A Job' and the other man says 'If We Cannot We Will Assist You'. Decorated to the borders with fine gilt work depicting a bird amongst grape vines, to the reverse a butterfly. The Iron Moulders Society was founded in Bolton in 1806 and affiliated in 1837
Lot 1316
Hubei of China; China contemporary rare postage stamp series treasure (volume of Hubei), boxed book. 36 classical stamps which concern Hubei's landscape, culture, history etc. and 4 rare stamps with portraits of Sun Zhongshan during the period of the Republic of China, including 64 colourful pictures, 3 colourful silver foils and description in Chinese
Lot 11
Leonard Cheshire VC signed rare copy of Paul Brickhill's The Dam Busters. It's signed with a dedication by Leonard Cheshire on the front inside cover. And, it has a dedication to Judy Peacock Lemieux signed by Nicky Knilans. I bought this book from Judy's husband, Peter Montanez, who included a copy of a photo and a note that she met Leonard Cheshire and Ray Learmonth. There is also a hand-written note mentioning Mark Flatman, [Arthur] "Jop" Joplin, Willy Tate and Freddie Watts. The cover of the book is a little faded, but the contents are exceptionally clean and it looks unread. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 141
WW2 Barnes Wallis signed rare SC30 RAF Scampton Avro Lancaster cover, invented Dambusters bouncing bomb. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 39
The Birds Tippi Hedren signed 7 x 5 inch b/w photo of her and Hitchcock, note on LH signed reads I kept telling you this isn't just a few birds, Tipp Hedren. Rare. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 52
WW2 stalag Luft III cover RAFSC4 signed by 19 former POWS rare numbered 15 of 20. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 80
Multiple signed autographs of the radio series A Journey into space which was the forerunner for Dr Who series, the postcard is signed by four of the people involved, David Kossoff, Guy Kingsley Poynter, Andrew Faulds and Bruce Beeby. Slight crease but still rare priced accordingly. Good Condition. All autographed items are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
![[Travel & Exploration]Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ChurchillEdinburg: Apollo Press, 17](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/99ebf729-4b49-425e-ba1f-ac46011af47d/f93510b6-6fdf-4991-93ae-ac46015104e6/468x382.jpg)
Lot 12
[Travel & Exploration]Bell's Edition: The Poets of Great Britain Complete from Chaucer to ChurchillEdinburg: Apollo Press, 1776-82. In 109 volumes. First edition. 12mo. Each volume illustrated with an engraved title-page, numerous volumes with engraved frontispiece portraits of the authors. Full contemporary tree calf, stamped in gilt, red morocco spine labels; edges stained yellow; marbled endpapers. Housed in two original exquisite full tree calf traveling library cases resembling stacked folio books, stamped in blind and in gilt, red morocco spine labels, lightly rubbed and worn; marbled edges with matching interior marbling, and green cloth lining (marbling faded but matches that of the individual volumes); original ad for this set, as well as one for Bell's British Theatre, mounted on lid of each case respectively; sliding compartments on spines contain hidden locking mechanism, original key included. From the library of Melicent Ballard, and with her charming 18th-century engraved pictorial book-plate on front paste-down of all 109 volumes (included in "Ladies' Book-plates" by Norna Labouchere, 1895).A rare, and remarkably well preserved, set of English publisher John Bell's "Poets of Great Britain", complete in their two original traveling library cases resembling four folio volumes. From a 1784 ad for this set: "Two Cases are constructed in the shape and appearance of two folio volumes, which contain the whole of this great collection, and are well adapted for travelling in the seat of a post chaise, or for library furniture." (p. 125, Bonnell. The Most Disreputable Trade: Publishing the Classics of English Poetry 1765-1810).
Lot 29
A rare Chinese export porcelain tureen in the form of a gooseQing Dynasty, Qianlong Period, circa 1760sNaturalistically modeled, with incised feathers and finely hand painted with polychrome and luster enamels; unmarked.H: 12 3/4, W: 13 3/4, D: 9 1/2 in. (approx.)PROVENANCE:Fred B. Nadler, New York, 1988.Property from a Private Collection, Main Line, Philadelphia
Lot 9
Sir Basil SpenceRare 'Allegro' armchair, designed 1949, produced 1950sHonduras mahogany-laminated wood, Canadian betula-laminated wood, leather. 86 x 54.5 x 50.5 cm Manufactured by H. Morris & Co, Glasgow, United Kingdom. Apron with manufacturer's brass label embossed MORRIS MADE GUARANTEED/TRADE GLASGOW MARK.Footnotes:LiteratureMobilier et Décoration, no. 1, January-February 1949, p. 56Design, vol. 1, 1949, p. 8Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost, eds., 'Decorative Art 1949', Studio Yearbook, London, p. VIIIRoberto Aloi, Esempi Di Arredamento Moderno, Di Tutto Il Mondo: Tavoli Tavolini Carrelli, Milan, 1950, fig. 111Carlo Pagani, 'Sedie Divani Poltrone', Quarderni Di Domus, no. 8, Milan, 1950, p. 29House and Garden, April-May 1950, n.p. Rathbone Holme and Kathleen M. Frost, eds., 'Decorative Art 1950-1951', Studio Yearbook, London, pp. 42-43Erno Goldfinger, British Furniture Today, London, 1951, n.p. David Joel, The Adventure of British Furniture, London, 1953, n.p.Richard Chamberlain, Annamarie Stapleton, Geoffrey Rayner, eds., Austerity to Affluence: British Art & Design 1945-1962, London, 1997, pp. 14, 22Philip Long and Jane Thomas eds., Basil Spence Architect, Edinburgh, 2007, pp. 52, 54This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 19
Robin DayRare tall sideboard, model no. 582/8, from the 'Dining Group' series, designed 1949, produced 1950sMansonia painted wood, cherry-veneered wood, clear glass, coloured glass, brass. 126 x 185 x 42.5 cmManufactured by S. Hille & Co. LTD., United Kingdom and distributed by John Stuart Inc., New York. Footnotes:LiteratureArchitect's Journal, London, 22 February 1951, p. 234 'Decorative Art', Studio Yearbook, London, 1951-1952, p. 32Roberto Aloi, Esempi Di Arredamento Moderno, Di Tutto Il Mondo, Sale Da Pranzo, Milan, 1953, fig. 179Lesley Jackson, Robin and Lucienne Day: Pioneers of Contemporary Design, London, 2011, p. 35Bonhams wishes to thank Lesley Jackson for her kind assistance with cataloguing the present lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 123
Ettore Sottsass JR.Rare mirror, circa 1957Mirrored glass, coloured mirrored glass, brass.194.5 x 30.5 x 3 cm Manufactured by Santambrogio and De Berti, Italy.Footnotes:LiteratureEdoardo Paoli, L'importanza dello Specchio, Milan, 1949, pp. 19, 23This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 60
Le Corbusier and Pierre Jeanneret'Committee' table, model no. LC/PJ-TAT-14-B, designed for the Assembly and Administrative Buildings, Chandigarh, 1963-1964Teak-veneered wood, teak.74 x 362 x 137 cmFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Assembly, ChandigarhLiteratureEric Touchaleaume and Gerald Moreau, Le Corbusier Pierre Jeanneret, The Indian Adventure, Design-Art-Architeture, Paris, 2010, pp. 246-47, 582A UNIQUE HARMONY by architect John O'SheaBuilding the future'It was a matter of occupying the plain. The geometrical event was, in truth, a sculpture of the intellect ... It was a tension ... a battle of space, fought within the mind. Arithmetic, texturique,1 geometrics: it would all be there when the whole was finished' (Le Corbusier, Modulor 2).Following Indian Independence and the resulting partition of India and Pakistan in 1947, a new administrative capital was needed for the Indian Punjab. Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru proclaimed that the building of the new city of Chandigarh was to be 'symbolic of the freedom of India, unfettered by the traditions of the past ... an expression of the nation's faith in the future'. The commission was originally awarded to the American architect Albert Mayer, but after he withdrew from the project, Le Corbusier was approached to work on a masterplan for the new city. Here was the opportunity the great architect had been waiting for since the 1920s: to construct an entire city and thus fully realize his thesis on urban design. After complex negotiations, Le Corbusier agreed to accept the commission on condition that his cousin, and collaborator since 1922, Pierre Jeanneret serve as project architect: 'In 1922 I joined forces with my cousin, Pierre Jeanneret. With loyalty, optimism, initiative and persistence, with good humour ... and in league with the resistance forces of the age we set to work. Two men who understand each other are worth three who stand alone. By never pursuing lucrative goals, by refusing to make compromises, but, rather, being in love with our passionate quest, which is what makes life worth living, we have managed to occupy the entire field of architecture, from the minutest detail to the vast plans of a city' (Le Corbusier, Design 3).The team had a colossal task: to deliver the masterplan, which included infrastructure, landscaping and buildings for uses related to education, government, healthcare and recreation, as well as housing for all of the city's new inhabitants. Le Corbusier saw himself as the 'Spiritual Director' of the project and appointed himself two main tasks: shaping the masterplan and designing the Capitol Complex, the group of buildings dedicated to governance. Jeanneret's role was to run the site office at Chandigarh, overseeing the design and construction of the city as an integrated whole. The MasterplanFaced with the challenge of planning a new city for 500,000 people on a vast rural site, Le Corbusier turned to geometry and his recently patented invention, the Modulor, a proportional system for design based on a set of measurements – relating to the 'golden section' (a ratio of approximately 1:618) – taken from a 'universal' human form, Modulor Man. 'On the 28th March, 1951, at Chandigarh, at sunset, we had set off in a jeep across the still empty site of the capital – Varma, Fry, Pierre Jeanneret and myself. Never had spring been so lovely, the air so pure after a storm the day before, the horizons so clear, the mango trees so gigantic and magnificent. We were at the end of our task (the first): we had created the city (the town plan). I had noticed then that I had lost the box of the Modulor, of the only Modulor strip in existence, made by Soltan in 1945, which had not left my pocket in six years ... A grubby box splitting at the edge.4 During that last visit of the site before my return to Paris, the Modulor had fallen from the jeep onto the soil of the fields that were to disappear to make way for the capital. It is there now, in the very heart of the place, integrated in the soil. Soon it will flower in all the measurements of the first city of the world to be organized all of a piece in accordance with the harmonious scale' (Le Corbusier, Modulor 2).The principles of Albert Mayer's original plan for Chandigarh that aligned with Le Corbusier's theories on urban planning were retained: differentiated zones for civic functions, with residential, industrial, business and governance activities separated by a circulatory transport system. The most radical of Le Corbusier's departures from Mayer's plan was the implementation of an ordered rectilinearity to the masterplan grid. This ordering was governed by the dimensions of a residential sector, a basic unit of 800 x 1200 meters derived from his mathematical system. Each of these sectors was designed as a self-sufficient neighborhood for living, working and leisure, and whose dimensions meant a person could walk to its centre from any point within ten minutes. The sectors were subdivided into 'villages' of around 150 houses – the size of a typical Punjabi village. At Chandigarh, the polemic plans of Le Corbusier's early speculations are tempered by the realities of the site and local context. The iconic towers of the utopian model are replaced with low-slung residential superblocks, and the traffic systems are designed to accommodate native modes of transport including rickshaws and camels. The Capitol ComplexWe are in a plain; the chain of the Himalayas locks the landscape magnificently to the north. The smallest buildings appear tall and commanding. The government buildings are conjugated with one another in a strict ratio of heights and sizes ...' (Le Corbusier, Modulor 2).Le Corbusier envisioned the city as an organism and articulated the layout of Chandigarh accordingly. The Capitol Complex was analogous to the head, the commercial centre to the heart; the university and industrial areas at the city's peripheries were conceived as the limbs, and the green spaces the lungs, with everything connected by the 'arteries' of the transport network. A Complete Work of Art'I say it with pride. Finally, here at 67 years of age ... I was able to erect an architecture which fulfils day to day functions, but which leads to jubilation' (Le Corbusier, Sketchbook 3). The Chandigarh project was Le Corbusier's most important commission, a rare opportunity to create a Gesamtkunstwerk: a 'total work of art' encompassing masterplan, neighborhood layout, landscaping, construction, interiors and furnishings. In the very fabric of the city, and at every scale, lie Le Corbusier 's two great inspirations and disciplines: geometry and symbolism. The arithmetical ratios of the Modulor ensure a harmonious relationship between elements, but it is at the intimate human scale of Chandigarh's furniture, its interior 'equipment', that we can most directly experience the exactitudes and harmony of elegant proportions.The Committee TableThe other great source of Le Corbusier's inspiration was symbolism. Le Corbusier often distilled his design philosophy into elemental symbols. The recurring forms found in the architect's art and buildings were often inspired or directly generated by metaphor, symbol or figurative reference. The enamel-clad doors that form the entra... 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Lot 135
PAAVO TYNELLPair of rare and monumental eight-armed ceiling lights, model no. 1382, from the Finlayson Villa, Julkujärvi, Tampere, Finland, 1949Amber glass, brass.Each: 200 cm drop, 43 cm diameter Manufactured by Taito Oy, Helsinki, Finland.Footnotes:ProvenanceFinlayson Villa, Julkujärvi, Tampere, Finland, 1949Acquired from the above by the present ownerLiteratureTAITO, no. 16, Helsinki, late 1940s, n.p. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 10
William CallaghanRare and early 'Astronomer's' chair, 1873Birch, birch-veneered plywood.55 x 29 x 94 cmUnderside with brass label embossed 'W. CALLAGHAN/REGISTERED/LONDON/JAN 15.1873/23A NEW BOND ST'.Footnotes:LiteratureNikolaus Pevsner, 'The First Plywood Furniture', Architectural Review, vol. 84, 1938, pp. 73-76Nikolaus Pevsner, 'The History of Plywood', Architectural Review, vol. 86, 1939, pp. 129-130This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 12
Alvar AaltoPair of rare and early 'Aikamme Tuote' (The product of our time) stackable chairs, circa 1931Birch, birch-veneered plywood. Each: 82.5 x 47 x 47 cmManufactured by O.Y. Huonekaluja Rakennustyötehdas AB, for Artek, Finland.Footnotes:LiteratureEmännän tietokirja (The Homemaker's Complete Guide), no. IV, Porvoo, 1932 p. 726 Pirkko Tuukkanen, ed., Alvar Aalto Designer, Vammala, 2002, p. 69This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 46
CARLO BUGATTIRare chair, circa 1905Walnut, ebonized wood, repoussé copper, brass, pewter, painted parchment, passementerie. 144 x 37.5 x 37 cmFootnotes:LiteraturePhilippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, New York, 1982, p. 86 for a similar exampleBernard Lamarche-Vadel, et al., Bugatti Les Meubles, Bugatti Les Sculptures, Bugatti Les Autos, Paris, 1995, pp. 138, 165 for similar examplesThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lots denoted with a 'TP' will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 10
A fine and rare Georgian officer’s black leather skulled Tarleton helmet of the Royal Edinburgh Yeomanry. Black bearskin crest and leopard skin turban, silvered mounts comprising thistle side badge, title strips, turban chains and “MLC” (Mid Lothian Cavalry); original linen padded lining, silk rear cushion and feather plume. The whole in exceptionally good condition with minimal signs of wear. See Front Cover £4000-5000 Note:The Royal Edinburgh Volunteer Light Dragoons (known as the “Princes Street Lancers”) were formed in 1797 and amalgamated with 5 other troops of yeomanry to become The Royal Midlothian Yeomanry (disbanded in 1837)
Lot 39
A rare .41" rimfire American Williamson’s Patent derringer pistol with reloadable steel percussion cartridge, 4¾” overall, flat topped round barrel 2½”, the top flat impressed with an arrow pointing forwards, the left side marked “WILLIAMSON’S PAT OCT.2.1866.NEW YORK” (faint); with scroll engraved bronze frame and trigger guard, and simple walnut fullstock with small chequered panels. Good Working Order and Condition (barrel and hammer reblued). Plate 8 £900-1000
Lot 53
A rare French made 6 shot 12mm Swedish Army Model 1863 Lefaucheux single action pinfire revolver, number 80330 next to “LF” mark, round barrel with octagonal breech 157mm (6¼”), marked “E.LEFAUCHEUX Brte S.G.D.G. A PARIS”, the breech with Swedish 3 crowns mark and regimentally stamped below the ejector rod housing “VAK” and “No 21”, the left frame stamped “INVon E. LEFAUCHEUX BREVETE S.G.D.G. PARIS” in oval; with plain walnut grips, and lanyard ring. Good Working Order and Generally Crisp Condition retaining traces of original finish. Plate 12 £500-700
Lot 91
A rare French combination 6 shot 7mm self cocking pinfire revolver/hunting sword by Lefaucheux c 1860, made for the South American market, 23½” overall, double edged blade 16" with two wide fullers, etched with panels of foliage, stag beneath trees, and inscribed “ALFREDO HEROUARD LIMA”; the hilt with engraved nickel silver pommel, broad chiselled and engraved cross guard, and chequered ebony grips; the revolver mounted in front of the cross guard and having a round 80mm (3¼”) barrel retaining traces of silver plating, and engraved in script “E. Lefaucheux Bt a Paris”, the frame bearing Lefaucheux’s “LF” mark and serial number “8255”, the trigger, hammer, and loading gate located behind the crosssguard; in its leather covered scabbard with South American style scroll engraved nickel silver mounts. Good Condition (the trigger spring AF, metalwork slightly worn, scabbard slightly creased, the sword will not fully enter the scabbard). Two almost identical weapons are illustrated in “The Pinfire System” by Smith & Curtis, plates 39 and 40. Plate 22 £1500-2000
Lot 96
A good rare French 6 barrelled 9mm Casimir Lefaucheux Model 1851 self cocking ring trigger underhammer pinfire pepperbox revolver, browned stepped barrels 60mm (2¼”), individually brazed onto the central tube; the barrels, which have to be removed for loading, butt up to the revolving breech, which is engraved “Ion. LEFAUCHEUX Bte. ARQer Odre Mgr LE DUC DE NEMOURS”, the breech face stamped “LEFAUCHEUX BREVETE INV” and numbered “32”; with rounded scroll engraved frame and butt strap, and bag shaped butt with plain polished walnut grips. Good Working Order and generally Crisp Condition. Plate 22 £800-1000.
Lot 97
A rare French 6 shot 12mm Lefaucheux single action pinfire revolver/carbine by Le Page, Paris, c 1857, of the type believed to have been adopted by the Egyptian cavalry, number 135; the round barrel 330mm deeply engraved within a panel “LEPAGE FRERES A PARIS 12 RUE D’ENGHIEN” on a stippled ground, with military pattern folding ladder rearsight; the cylinder and frame having simple strawberry leaf engraving; with rammer on right, spur trigger guard, plain walnut grips and lanyard ring; with its original leather covered steel skeleton stock which clips into the butt. Good Working Order and Condition, the metalwork clean; in its close fitted green baize lined mahogany case, with brass lid escutcheon, the lid lining gold blocked “LEPAGE FRERES 12 RUE D’ENGHIEN A PARIS” . Good Condition (keyhole escutcheon missing, the case exhibits signs of having been forced open). Plate 23 £1500-2000
Lot 191
A collection of small Scottish gold nuggetsComprising 28 rounded amorphous nuggets, approximate lengths from 6.3 to 15.8mm, gross weight 32 grams. (28)Footnotes:Provenance: Part of a hand-panned/sniped collection, formed over 20 years, from the Scottish Borders area, with landowners permission (sniping involves gold hunters wearing a dry suit and snorkel, lying face-down in a river). Gold is not easy to find in Scotland, consequently it is rare to find nuggets. One of the largest gold nuggets ever found in Britain, dubbed the Douglas Nugget, weighing 85.7 grams, was also discovered in a Scottish river by the same collector.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 188
A large Scottish gold nuggetOf rounded amorphous form, approximate measurements 25.8 x 18.5 x 5.9mm, approximate gross weight 18.4 grams.Footnotes:Provenance: Part of a hand-panned/sniped collection, formed over 20 years, from the Scottish Borders area, with landowners permission (sniping involves gold hunters wearing a dry suit and snorkel, lying face-down in a river). Gold is not easy to find in Scotland, consequently it is rare to find such a large nugget. One of the largest gold nuggets ever found in Britain, dubbed the Douglas Nugget, weighing 85.7 grams, was also discovered in a Scottish river by the same collector.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 317
A fine and rare late 18th century mahogany stick barometer with one-inch diameter glass tubeJohn Russell, FalkirkThe flat top with moulded cornice over a hinged glazed door, the waisted trunk terminating in an oval cistern cover and set to the front with a well carved reeded column to protect the one-inch diameter glass tube, with brass Corinthian capital and base (with traces of original lacquer), terminating in a brass capital and base, the arched silvered one-piece dial (12ins x 5.5ins) surmounted by a hygrometer dial over twin scales, to the left a mercury Centigrade thermometer with oval bulb and to the right with 27-31 inch scale with eight weather predictions, with manual sickle-shaped vernier. 110m (43ins) high (1)Footnotes:John Russell, born c.1745-1817, was a highly respected clock and watch maker who in his later life rose to become Watchmaker to his Royal Highness the Prince Regent. A similar example also by Russell of Falkirk was sold in these salerooms on 14 July 2010, lot 48.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 190
A large collection of very small Scottish gold nuggetsEach of rounded amorphous form, including some small flakes, approximate gross weight 32 gramsFootnotes:Provenance: Part of a hand-panned/sniped collection, formed over 20 years, from the Scottish Borders area, with landowners permission (sniping involves gold hunters wearing a dry suit and snorkel, lying face-down in a river). Gold is not easy to find in Scotland, consequently it is rare to find nuggets. One of the largest gold nuggets ever found in Britain, dubbed the Douglas Nugget, weighing 85.7 grams, was also discovered in a Scottish river by the same collector.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 125
A rare West Pans milk jugcirca 1764-66Of distinctive form moulded with six lobed panels, painted in a bright palette with a spray of flowers tied with a trailing red ribbon, the central bloom highlighted in white enamel against the puce petals, smaller sprigs and insects in flight to the side, 10cm high.Footnotes:The style of decoration on this lot is most unusual and differs from the 'trembly rose' style usually found on flower-painted West Pans. Related decoration is seen on a mug from the Watney Collection sold by Phillips on 1 November 2000, lot 890.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 157
A rare small Scottish all-metal heart-butt flintlock belt pistol early 18th Century With barrel secured by a later brass band behind the rounded muzzle, flat bevelled lock and engraved cock, iron stock decorated with four incised lines on the underside below the lock, button trigger, later pricker, replacement belt hook, and later ramrod with pierced baluster tip (pitted overall) 11.5cm barrelFootnotes:For a related pistol in the Royal Museum of Scotland described as 'unsigned', but with the characteristics associated with James MacKenzie of Brechin, c.1730 see Claude Blair and Robert Woosnam-Savage, Scottish Firearms, 1995, pp. 29-29, fig. 44.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 189
Four Scottish gold nuggetsEach of rounded amorphous form, approximate lengths from 11 to 18.4mm, approximate gross weight 12 grams. (4)Footnotes:Provenance: Part of a hand-panned/sniped collection, formed over 20 years, from the Scottish Borders area, with landowners permission (sniping involves gold hunters wearing a dry suit and snorkel, lying face-down in a river). Gold is not easy to find in Scotland, consequently it is rare to find large nuggets. One of the largest gold nuggets ever found in Britain, dubbed the Douglas Nugget, weighing 85.7 grams, was also discovered in a Scottish river by the same collector.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Lot 152
[SLEZER (JOHN)]Views of the Principal Towns, Castles, Abbeys in Scotland on Thirty-Five plates:, Also a New Map of Scotland, 63 (of 65) engraved plates, from 'Theatrum Scotiae', light foxing, early paper-backed boards, defective, folio, Robert Wilkinson, 1797Footnotes:Rare suite of views of Scotland, reproduced from Slezer's 'Theatrum Scotiae'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 457
Parker, Duofold, a rare retail sample gilt metal fountain pen and ball point pen, the fountain pen cap with arrow clip, cap band and stamped Metal, the medium reverse oblique nib stamped 18K 750, cartridge filling system, inked, with cartridge convertor, the ball point pen conforming, with a Parker box These retail samples were produced to have the same weight and feel as the 18 carat gold examples.Condition Report: Fountain pen inkedSome light scratches Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 458
Parker, Duofold, a rare retail sample gilt metal fountain pen and ball point pen, the fountain pen cap with arrow clip, cap band and stamped Metal, the medium reverse oblique nib stamped 18K 750, cartridge filling system, inked, with cartridge convertor, the ball point pen conforming, with a Parker box These retail samples were produced to have the same weight and feel as the 18 carat gold examples. Condition Report: Fountain pen inkedSome light scratchesCondition Report Disclaimer
Lot 344
Rare Royal Worcester aesthetic teapot and cover of double sided form, modelled as a satirical take on Oscar Wilde and the aesthetic movement, the female side with lily, the male side with sunflower, their mutual arm and limp wrist forming the spout, the other the handle, signed Budge, titled "Fearful consequences through the laws of natural selection and evolution of living up to one's teapot". Printed puce mark, dated 1882. Condition report:15.5cm high overall.Cover: 9cm high. Some wear/rubbing to hat rims, also dirty marks on rims which glow under UV light but seem to rub off with damp cloth. Doesn't seem to have been restored. Very tiny chip to base rim of cover.Pot: 9.5cm high, 18cm long, approx. 9cm wide.Damage to sunflower petals and leaf, also leaf of lily, the edge of which has been coloured green. Odd matt light brownish glaze applied to handle and elbow of spout but does not show anything up under UV light. However, slightly rough to touch with scuff marks in glaze. No visible cracks, rings when tapped.
Lot 1082
Al Green - a rare modernist Canadian bronze golfing figure sculpture, the golfing figure in full swing, of cubist design with verdigris finish, signed to square plinth base, 16in. (40.2cm.) high. . * Al Green was an avid Toronto Canadian sculptor, property developer and philanthropist, famous for creating the AL Green Theatre, Al Green sculpture studio, Gallery and sculpture park on Merton Street.
Lot 328
Theodore Casimir Roussel (French, 1847-1926), The Saw Mill, Putney, London, etching and drypoint on ivory laid paper, signed in pencil on the tab indicating that this impression was printed by the artist, also signed in the plate, 1888-89, 4 5/8 x 3 1/8in. (11.6 x 7.8cm.), unframed.. * Provenance: Michael Parkin Fine Art Ltd, Chelsea, London.. ** References: (20 1/1) The Prints of Theodore Roussel: A Catalogue Raisonné by Margaret Dunwoody Hausberg 1991. There is another example of this rare etching in the Art Institute of Chicago. .
Lot 5
Worcestershire Regiment Victorian Officer’s helmet plate circa 1881-83.Rare superb gilt crowned star mounted with laurel sprays and Garter, the black velvet centre with silver star bearing gilt tower on blue translucent enamel ground over gilt scroll “FIRM”; below the Garter, a silver scroll “THE WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT” Three loops VGC
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