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Click here to subscribeAn early and rare Worcester blue and white small mug, c.1754-55, the cylindrical form painted with the Warbler pattern, a single bird perched on reeds beside a flowering peony branch issuing from holey rockwork beside an ornamental fence, with a triple turned base above the slightly flared foot, workman's mark beneath the handle, 7.6cm. Cf. Brian Haughton Gallery, The Paul and Helga Riley Collection, Item No. 1130 for a mug of the same shape.
A rare Lowestoft blue and white inkwell, c.1764, the cylindrical form painted with small flower sprigs and scattered flying moths and insects, the shoulder pierced with three small holes around a central well, painter's numeral to footrim, together with two inkwell sherds excavated from the factory site, the inkwell 6.5cm high. (3) Provenance: from the Godden Reference Collection. Illustrated: Geoffrey Godden, Lowestoft Porcelains, p.252, pl.247.
A very rare façon de Venise carafe or ewer for the Austrian market, c.1560-90, Italian, the body of a rich blue glass, with cold-painted gilt and wash enamel decoration including double-headed eagles, mythical scaly creatures and shaped panels, one containing a lion mask, the slender knopped neck rising to a narrow spout with everted rim, raised on a conical foot below a gilt knop, 20.3cm. Provenance: Alfred de Rothschild (1842-1918) at Halton House, Lionel de Rothschild (1882-1942), Edmund de Rothschild (1916-2009) at Exbury House, Hampshire. Cf. Klesse & Meyr, European Glass from 1500-1800, The Ernesto Wolf Collection, no.27 for a similar pair with more elaborate decoration from the Max Goldschmidt Collection. That pair feature a painted wax mask head at the base of each handle within a painted cartouche identical to that which encircles the handle of the carafe in this lot.
A rare Worcester bowl, c.1765, brightly enamelled with exotic long-tailed pheasants amidst flowering plants and rockwork and beside a small triangular fence, a Worcester coffee cup and saucer painted with fan-shaped panels of colourful flowers within gilt foliate borders reserved on a powder blue ground, and a Worcester fluted coffee cup and tea cup, painted with dry blue flower sprays, some damages, 15.2cm max. (5) Provenance: the Robert and Celia Morris Collection. The bowl formerly in the Crane Collection, the saucer from the McWilliams Collection, the fan-panelled cup from the Frank Wheeldon Collection.
A rare Derby wine taster, c.1756-60, the circular form with lobed moulding to the exterior, decorated with stylized puce leaf sprays, the interior well painted with a flowering peony plant in a simple palette of polychrome enamels within a double line border, the pierced scroll handle picked out in puce, a fine short rim crack, 7.1cm. Provenance: Bonhams, 8th September 2004, lot 212.
A large and rare armorial Bow mug, c.1750-55, the bell-shaped form painted with the arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, comprising a shield containing a lion above three fur-lined tents, flanked by two camels above the motto 'Concordia Parva Res Crescent' (In Harmony Small Things Grow), the sides finely painted with single flower sprigs, the rim with a band of gilt flowerheads on an iron red foliate border, the base broken out and restuck, 15.5cm. Provenance: the Watney Collection. Exhibited: English Ceramics Circle, Armorials, 2008. The Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors ranks sixth and seventh (on alternate years) in the Great Twelve City Livery Companies. It was founded prior to 1300 and first incorporated under a Royal Charter in 1327. Its base is the Merchant Taylor's Hall between Threadneedle Street and Cornhill, a site it has occupied since at least 1347. Whilst initially a company for the tailoring profession, the company exists today as primarily a philanthropic association with links to a number of schools, colleges and alms houses. Surprisingly, given its location and strong trade links, there is little tradition of armorial decoration on Bow porcelain.
A rare Chelsea crayfish salt, c.1752-55, probably modelled by Nicholas Sprimont with a large crayfish crawling over rocks encrusted with a variety of shells and seaweed, before a large single shell applied with further small shells, red anchor mark, some restoration, 7.3cm high. Nicholas Sprimont made this design in silver around 1742-43, transferring it into porcelain after 1745. It probably derives from a print after the French goldsmith Meissonnier.
A rare Bow figure of Pedrolino or Pierrot, c.1755, from the Commedia dell'Arte, wearing a yellow costume edged in purple pencilled scrolls, his arms outstretched, the low pad base applied with flowers and leaves, a few small chips and losses, 14.5cm. The figure was first modelled by Reinicke at Meissen, using an engraving by Francois Joullain in Louis Riccobini's 'Histoire du Theatre Italien', published in 1731, and was faithfully copied by Bow.
A large and rare Bow white-glazed figure of Flora, c.1756-58, emblematic of Smell from a set of the Five Senses, standing beside a pierced urn resting atop a square pillar garlanded with flowers, damages and losses, 25.5cm. This figure derives from a similar one modelled for the Meissen factory by J F Eberlein.
A rare Bayreuth brown-glazed stoneware teabowl and saucer, c.1730-40, after Meissen's Böttger stoneware, with silberChinesen decoration, possibly by an Augsburg hausmaler, with figures carrying flowers, parasols and panniers of fruit within laub und bandelwerk decoration, the teabowl broken and restuck, 11.8cm. (2) Provenance: a private collection from Dorset. Sotheby's, 29th June 1982, A Distinguished Collection of German Porcelain; Property of a European Nobleman.
A rare English delftware ointment pot, c.1775, of small cylindrical form with an everted rim, painted in manganese with 'The Queen's Dentifrice', 4.8cm high. Cf. R J Houghton & M R Priestley, Historical Guide to Delftware and Victorian Ointment Points, p.29, which details Joseph Hemet's patent of Essence of Pearl Dentifrice to Queen Caroline.
A very rare German seven-barrelled flintlock volley rifle by Valtin (Valentin) Muth, Zerbst, circa 1680, With a static circular arrangement of hexagonal 13mm calibre barrels fitted with treaded trunnions beneath, each barrel with hexagonal bore additionally cut with six grooves, each with a laterally plugged breech formed with a touch-hole and a channel for priming powder, and each plug fitting into a corresponding aperture in a circular plate, the latter in turn slotted into the action face and signed on the top within an encircling engraved band of imbricated leaf ornament, with engraved action tang, lightly rounded lock engraved with scrolling foliage, robust walnut butt with raised mouldings, iron solid side-plate engraved with foliage en suite with the lock, plain iron butt-plate and trigger-guard, and wooden ramrod carried by a pair of iron pipes on the left-hand side of the barrel group. On a 19th century wooden rampart carriage constructed in the 17th century fashion, painted russet red with black bands, with adjustable elevating quoin, a pair of small trucks, and iron mounts. Barrels 71cm, overall length 115cm. Illustrated.
A rare early 20th Century black grained leather-covered 3in x 4in Lizars Challenge Twin Lens Reflex Camera, made-up' outfit, with non-original Aldis Anastigmat Patent No. 1 f/6 taking lens, apx. 4½in focal length, and Ross 5 x 4 Rapid Symmetrical f/8 iris viewing lens, apx. 5½in focal length, handle replaced, leather P-F, three black Lizars dds, all damaged, and wooden black leather-covered roll-film back
A Black Leitz Wetzlar Leica M2 Body, serial no. 949 075, rare black example from 1958 (serial no. allocation 948 601 to 949 100), lever rewind release, no self-timer, body F, missing cap next to frame counter index, brassing to edges of top plate, baseplate and film advance, some repainting to top plate, signs of corrosion underneath, bottom plate worn and unrestored, shutter working (capping at 1/500, not opening at 1/1000s), with maker's body cap
A Rare Early Leitz Wetzlar Leica M3 Double Stroke Camera, chrome, serial no. 700 365, 1954, a low serial number example (1954 allocation 700 000 to 710 000), with corner on top plate, early triangular strap lugs, body G, scuffing to top and baseplates, shutter and self-timer working, with a Leitz Summicron 5cm f/2 collapsible lens, no. 920 887, barrel G, elements F, fog to front glass, with maker's cap
A rare early 20th Century mahogany table-top Lumière Chromodiascope Autochrome Viewer, the body with lockable hinged lid, viewing hood and magnifying lens to front, one side of hood missing, with maker's plate 'Chromodiascope Brevete SGDG Société Anonyme Des Plaques Et Papiers Photographiques A Lumière Et Ses Fils, Lyon, aperture to rear with adjustable hinged illuminating mirror, six lifting keys on each side with washer-rollers to end to raise Autochromes from slots into viewing position, on stand with adjustable base to alter rake, secured with clamp, original clamp broken, now fixed with nut and bolt, base incorporating drawer for storing further Autochromes, 710mm high, with wooden carriers with three different Autochrome plate sizes - nine for 13cm x 18cm, eleven for 9cm x 12cm and one for 10mm x 15mm, all three types of carriers of differing construction, so makers may differ, or not all be of original Lumière manufacture, circa 1909, F, some repairs, one corner damaged, lock disabled to allow lid to lift, shutter for image changeover missing; with Autochromes - 13cm x 18cm - views of large lake with distant buildings and tall chimney at edge, on overcast winter's day (2), F, underexposed, and 9cm x 12cm - flower borders (3), P, underexposed; with generic mahogany and simulated red Morocco Autochrome viewer, in maker's box, VG, and another plate viewer, P; illustration from leaflet part of Lot 64
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: Almost like new condition, no paperworkCondition Report Disclaimer
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: Almost like new conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
EPHEMERA, a superbly presented Social & Postal History archive consisting of letters and envelopes dating from 1830 to 1860, much of the correspondence is of a commercial and personal nature from the UK, Europe and the United States, most have date stamps and approximately 80 have Penny Red imperforates with various plates and cancellings, there is also a 2d Blue (plate 9), a clean 1d Red and a circular date stamp with stop (rare) 1831, a total of two hundred and ninety pieces of correspondence in this collection
A rare Chinese export famille rose chocolate cup, trembleuse saucer and matching dish, Qianlong period, finely painted with birds and flowers, largest 21cm Condition:- the cup has a hairline crack running approximately 1.5cm down from the rim, otherwise looks good, - saucer very fine wear and tiny chipping to the inner rim in which the cup sits- dish has wear to the gilding on the rim with some tiny chipping and one slightly more noticeable chip, small frits and chipping around the inside of the foot rim
A rare boxed Mamod 'Conqueror' model electric yacht, 1950s, the label stating Malins (Engineers) Ltd, 25-31 Camden Street, Birmingham 1 England, complete with mast, replacement painted flag, length 24in.Condition: Possible replacement brown enamelled sliding covers and canopy with some flaking to the paintwork in places, not tested as working, box slightly stained and faded and chipped around the edges, the end of the boat is dented slightly
A Samuel Alcock porcelain figure of a recumbent ewe, an Alcock type ewe and two Staffordshire porcelain figures of sheep, c.1830-50 the Alcock ewe with rare impressed mark 'JT' underneath, restoration to both ears front right leg and tail, splinter chip to edge of base, the Alcock type ewe has two restored ears, cracks and a splinter chip to the back of the base, the ewe and lamb spill vase is restored to the neck and rim and the single sheep has discoloured restoration all over. length 8.3 -9.8cm (4)Provenance - The Dennis G. Rice collection of English porcelain animals of the 19th century
A rare Staffordshire porcelain figure of a recumbent tortoiseshell cat, c.1835-50, both ears restored, firing crack across the cat's front left leg and a hairline crack and shallow chip to a corner of the rectangular plinth, L. 7.5cmProvenance - The Dennis G. Rice collection of English porcelain animals of the 19th centurycf. Dennis G. Rice, Cats In English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plate 60.
A rare Staffordshire porcelain toy figure of a seated tortoiseshell cat, c.1835-50, fine crazing to the glaze, ears feel sharp put appear undamaged, otherwise good condition H. 4.4cmProvenance - The Dennis G. Rice collection of English porcelain animals of the 19th centurycf. Dennis G. Rice, Cats In English Porcelain of the 19th century, colour plate 56a.
Thirteen packs of Jaques card game of Happy Families in original boxes and three without boxes dating from 1900 to 1960s, all complete, includes the rare 1935 promotional pack published for Bird's Custard. Plus imitative pack by Spears Games c1900..The Birds Custard pack includes a letter on their letter heading (14)
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