Felkin (Robert William). Notes on Labour in Central Africa, (Read before the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society, 9th January 1884), offprint, Edinburgh, 1884, 11 pp., 2 double-page plates with 22 lithographed figures of childbirth and related, stitching broken and contents partly detached, modern wrappers, slim 8vo A very rare offprint, reprinted from the Edinburgh Medical Journal for April 1884; only one copy located at the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Among the cases reported by Selkin is a fascinating account of a Caesarian delivery performed at Kahura, Uganda, in 1879, 'So far as I know, Uganda is the only country in central Africa where abdominal section is practiced with the hope of saving both mother and child. The operation is performed by men, and is sometimes successful; at any rate, one case came under my observation in which both survived...'. (1)
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Lalande (Jerome). Exposition du calcul astronomique, 1st edition, Paris: De l'Imprimerie Royale, 1762, title within decorative typographic border, 3 folding engraved plates, occasional minor spotting or browning, recent quarter calf gilt over marbled boards, 12mo, together with Leadbetter (Charles), A Treatise of the Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, for Thirty-Five Years, Commencing Anno 1715, 2nd edition, 1731, woodcut illustrations to text, advert leaf bound at end of preliminaries, some spotting and a few closed tear repairs, small old owner's name stamp to title, contemporary sheep, rubbed and some edge wear, rebacked, 8vo, plus West (William), Mathematics, with Eleven Copper-Plates, Revised by John Rowe, 1st edition, 1762, 4pp. subscribers, 11 folding engraved plates at rear, manuscript footnote initialled by Rowe to page 77, light browning to preliminaries, recent boards, 8vo 1) Rare first edition of Lalande's second publication which contains tables of the movements of planets and an engraved map of the moon. Houzeau-Lancaster I, 11802. 2) Leadbetter gained fame for his accurate prediction of the 1715 total solar eclipse. 3) Little is known of William West of Exeter, this rare and posthumously published text being his only known work. (3)
Mozart (Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791). Il Dissoluto Punito, osia Il Don Giovanni Dramma giocoso in due Atti posto in Musica da Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Don Juan oder Der Steinerne Gast komische Oper in zwey Aufzugen... Mit unterlegten deutschen Texte nebst sammtlichen von dem Komponisten spater eingelegten Stucken. In Partitur, 2 volumes, 1st edition of the full score, Leipzig, Verlag der Breitkopf und Hartelschen Musikhandlung, [1801], additional engraved title to first volume, with oval vignette illustration by Bolt after Kinninger, printed title to each volume, 590 pages of printed music in total, sheet size 242 x 330 mm, occasional light spotting, and some minor marks to margins, with the rare 14 page printed libretto, by Rochlitz, loosely inserted at rear of volume, (some light spotting and minor soiling), contemporary plum morocco-backed marbled boards, small circular inkstamp of R. Cocks & Co., music sellers, London, to engraved title of first volume, and to lower margin of the printed libretto, rubbed and scuffed and some marks, oblong folio Hoboken 341. Haberkamp, Erstdrucke der werke von W.A. Mozart, I, 295-297. RISM M 4502. (2)
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO 1875-1942 Gancia 1921 Imp. Devambez, Paris-Torino. Litografia a colori. Telato, macchie nella parte alta e scoloriture diffuse nel fondo rosso. Qualità B. 194 x 134 cm Uno dei tre spettacolari manifesti che Cappiello realizzò per la Gancia, caratterizzato da un leggiadro ma potente dinamismo trasmesso dalla donna-star, un ricordo delle étoile della danza dipinte da Degas. Raro. Nota: la stessa immagine esiste in un formato più piccolo. Color lithograph. Backed on linen, stains and fades on the red background. Condition B. 76,38 x 52,75 in. One of the three spectacular posters designed for Gancia, characterised by a discreet but powerful dynamism expressed by the image of a woman-star that recalls the paintings by Degas. Rare. Note: the same image was also produced in a smaller format. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 44-46. Marsano, XX Secolo Manifesti, Milano, 2003, p. 35. Rennert, Cappiello, New York, 2004, pp. 212-213. 1500
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO 1875-1942 Crème de Luzy 1919 Imp. Devambez, Paris. Litografia a colori. Telato, fortemente restaurato in corrispondenza della piega orizzontale nel fondo rosso. Presenta piccoli strappi restaurati lungo i margini e diverse macchie di umidità. Qualità C+. 150 x 100 cm Una giovane donna di spalle, con indosso un abito a righe gialle e nere voluttuosamente scollato sulla schiena. La pelle è perfetta, giovane, pallida proprio come promettono i prodotti Luzy. Raro. Color Lithograph. Backed on linen, strongly restored among the horizontal fold in the red background. Many little tears restored among the margins and few humid stains. Condition C+. 59,05 x 39,37 in. A young lady painted from behind, is wearing a yellow and black striped gown that leaves her back voluptuously bare. Her skin is flawless, young and pale, as promised by Luzy products. Rare. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 44-46. Rennert, Cappiello, New York, 2004, p. 191. 500
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO 1875-1942 Unic. Chaussures de luxe pour hommes 1913 Vercasson, Paris. Litografia a colori. Telato, in ottime condizioni. Qualità A. 160 x 108,5 cm Impossibile non apprezzare questo millepiedi umano, ennesimo esempio della geniale interpretazione del fantastico e fiabesco nella pubblicità di Cappiello, che con l’espediente delle sei lunghe gambe strizza l’occhio alla sperimentazione cronofotografica dell’Ottocento. Raro. Nota: Lo stesso soggetto è stato realizzato anche in un formato più grande. Color lithograph. Backed on linen, optimal quality. Condition A. 66,99 x 42,72 in. It is impossible not to note this human millipede, yet another example of Cappiello’s genial interpretation of the fantastic and fabulous in advertising, that appear to be a tribute to nineteenth chronophotographic experimentation. Rare. Note: This same image was produced in a larger format. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 44-46. Rennert, Cappiello, New York, 2004, p. 175. 3000
LEONETTO CAPPIELLO 1875-1942 Réglisse Sanguinède 1902 Vercasson, Paris. Litografia a colori. Telato, in ottime condizioni. Qualità A. 133 x 96 cm Cappiello allestisce una scena invernale da cui emerge una donna elegantemente impellicciata che prende una liquirizia per il mal di gola da una piccola scatolina. Un affascinante manifesto, giocato sui toni dell’inverno. Raro. Color lithograph. Backed on linen, optimal quality. Condition A.52,36 x 37,79 in. Cappiello depicts a winter scene dominated by a well-dressed woman in an elegant fur-trimmed coat as she reaches delicately for a Réglisse Sanguinède cough drop. A charming poster in wintry shades. Rare. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 44-46. Rennert, Cappiello, New York, 2004, p. 53. Rennert, Posters of the Belle Epoque. The Wine Spectator Collection, New York, 1990, tav. 200. 2800
ALDO MAZZA 1880-1964 Raid Parigi – Roma – Torino 1911 Stab. Dott. E. Chappuis, Bologna. Litografia a colori. Telato, pieghe, tracce di polvere, il margine inferiore presenta strappi restaurati e vecchi segni di adesivo. Qualità B. 140 x 100 cm Un aereo in virata che si staglia su un cielo azzurrissimo, il mare solcato da barche a vela e un’auto in corsa. Il tutto incorniciato da colonne antiche, che fanno da contrappunto alla composizione dinamica, vivace, futuristicamente moderna. Uno dei primi esempi di Aeropittura italiana. Raro. Color Lithograph. Backed on linen, fold marks, dust stains, restored tears in the lower margin and stains due to old adhesive. Condition B. 55,12 x 39,37 in. A plane turning in the bluest of skies against the background of a calm deep blue sea populated by sailboats and a speeding car. Framed by ancient columns, in contrast with an extremely dynamic, modern composition. One of the first examples of Italian “Aeropittura”. Rare Bibliografia / Literature Scudiero, Manifesti e dipinti sul Volo in Italia 1908-1943, Mori, 2000. Villari, L’arte della pubblicità. Il manifesto italiano e le avanguardie 1920-1940, Cinisello Balsamo, 2008, pp. 128-141. 900
MARCELLO DUDOVICH 1878-1962 Rinascente. Novità di stagione 1936 Officine Grafiche IGAP, Milano-Roma. Litografia a colori. Telato, pieghe orizzontali, restauri nell’immagine e nel margine sinistro. Qualità B+. 195 x 139 cm Protagonista indiscussa di questa affiche è la stoffa, un enorme rotolo candido con un motivo di delicati fiori rosa, che richiamano immediatamente la rinascita della primavera e le Novità di stagione che porta con sé. Raro. Color Lithograph. Backed on linen, horizontal folds, restorations in image and among the left margin. Condition B+. 76,77 x 54,72 in. Undisputed protagonist of this poster is the bolt of fabric, an enormous candid roll with a pattern of delicate pink flowers that immediately brought to mind the rebirth of spring and the “News of the Season” that it takes. Rare. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 83-86. Curci, Marcello Dudovich. Oltre il manifesto, Milano, 2002, pp. 217-223. Ginex, Metlicovitz, Dudovich. Grandi cartellonisti triestini, Milano, 2001. Scudiero, Marcello Dudovich. Eleganza italiana, New York, 2002, p. 179, tav. 31c. 1000
MARCELLO NIZZOLI 1887-196 9 Campari l’aperitivo 1926 STAR, Milano. Litografia a colori. Telato, leggermente ingiallito, strappo restaurato nel margine inferiore. Qualità B. 140 x 100 cm Più che un manifesto pubblicitario, Nizzoli firma uno straordinario brano di natura morta, un pezzo magistrale che strizza l’occhio ai bodegones spagnoli, e lo fa con un gusto permeato di valori formali postcubisti e atmosfere che richiamano la metafisica di De Chirico. Raro. Color Lithograph. Backed on linen, slightly yellowed, a restored tear in lower margin. Condition B. 55,12 x 39,37 in. More than an advertising poster, Nizzoli pens a unique still life, a masterly representation reminiscent of the Spanish bodegones, depicted with a taste permeated with Post-Cubist formal values and atmospheres that recall the metaphysical art of De Chirico. Rare. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 160-161. Marsano, XX Secolo Manifesti, Milano, 2003, p. 44. Piazza, Bellenda, Mangiare & bere nella pubblicità italiana 1890-1970, Cinisello Balsamo, 2014, p. 166. Villari, L’arte della pubblicità. Il manifesto italiano e le avanguardie 1920-1940, Cinisello Balsamo, 2008, pp. 162-163. 1000
FEDERICO SENECA 1891-1976 Coppa Perugina 1924 Officine Litografiche Cav. Gino Borrani, Firenze. Litografia a colori. Telato, colori vividi, alcune macchie sul fondo. Qualità A-/B+. 140 x 100 cm Un manifesto iconico, dal gusto e dal sentore contemporaneo, carico di simbolismo e di impatto visivo, che incarna perfettamente la metafora di un’Italia che si lancia verso il progresso in maniera inarrestabile. Raro. Color Lithograph. Backed on linen, vivid colors, few stains on the background. Condition A-/B+. 55,12 x 39,37 in. An iconic poster of contemporary taste and inspiration, packed with symbolism and visual impact that suggests the metaphor of a country unrestrainedly projected towards progress. Rare. Bibliografia / Literature Catalogo Bolaffi del Manifesto Italiano, Torino, 1995, pp. 204-205. Lopez, Manifesti dell’auto, Milano, 2012. Scudiero, Manifesti Italiani. Dall’Art Nouveau al Futurismo, Milano, 1997, p. 100. Villari, L’arte della pubblicità. Il manifesto italiano e le avanguardie 1920-1940, Cinisello Balsamo, 2008, pp. 118-127. 3000
FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960 Nelle opere e nella vita 1940 Rara prima edizione di questa summa della produzione artistica di Depero contenente numerosissime riproduzioni fotografiche delle sue opere e 8 tavole a colori a piena pagina. Edizione limitata di 600 esemplari. 31,7 x 24 cm Rare first edition of this compendium of artistic production of Depero, containing numerous photo-reproductions of his works and 8 color full page plates. Limited edition of 600 copies. 12,4 x 9,4in. Bibliografia / Literature Cammarota, Dizionario del futurismo, Firenze, 2002, n. 169. 300
FORTUNATO DEPERO 1892-1960 Ventidue disegni del pittore-poeta Depero 1944 Rarissima cartella contenente 23 litografie in nero applicate su cartoncino, ognuna con firma autografa dell’artista tranne una che è un doppione, entro brossura editoriale in cartoncino beige e bulloni in ottone, con nome dell’autore impresso in nero sul piatto superiore. Esemplare numero 10 di 200 con dedica autografa dell’autore alla ‘squisita sensibilità artistica’ di un personaggio femminile, datata ‘Rovereto – 29 ott. 944’. 56 x 43 cm Very rare album containing 23 lithographs in black applied on cardboard, all signed but one who is a duplicate, beige cardboard with brass bolts editorial wrappers with author’s name embossed in black on the upper cover. Copy number 10 of 200, with autograph dedication to a lady, dated ‘Rovereto - October 29 944’. 22 x 17 in. 2000
![A RARE, UNOFFICIAL BOAT BADGE FROM THE DOVER PATROL MONITOR SIR JOHN MOORE [1915], cast in alloy and mounted on a wooden shie](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5d8fd35e-ce90-4f76-af57-a69f00c4e1e4/aba77231-038f-4526-c302-43b4985fdeef/468x382.jpg)
A RARE, UNOFFICIAL BOAT BADGE FROM THE DOVER PATROL MONITOR SIR JOHN MOORE [1915], cast in alloy and mounted on a wooden shield with provenance pasted behind -- 15½in. (39.5cm.) high; together with a tompion from the Ottoman dreadnought Sultan Osman I (H.M.S. Agincourt) mounted on circuit board with plate; an unofficial badge for the Destroyer Tormentor (1917); alloy examples for the frigate Loch Quoich (1944); destroyer Troubridge (1942); two shore establishment badges; a presentation badge from the Pakistan naval base Karsaz mounted on wooden base dated 1958; and a flag of St George mounted on wood, -9, Sultan Osman I was originally built to order from Brazil and named Rio de Janeiro but was sold to Turkey before completion and renamed. A huge Dreadnought, she mounted fourteen 12in. guns in seven turrets and displaced over 30, 0000 tons deep loaded. Completed when WWI broke out, Churchill impounded her until it was clear which side the Turks favoured. When they sided with Germany, she was absorbed into the Royal Navy as Agincourt and became, at 671ft, its longest ship. A substantial refit was required to maker her compatible with the Grand Fleet and she saw service at Jutland where her commander unleashed a broadside whose sheet of flame was so immense it was briefly thought her magazine had gone up! She was broken up in 1922.
A RARE 'JOLLY ROGER' FLOWN BY H.M. SUBMARINE TANTALUS, 1943-44, the black bunting field with stitched white skull and crossbones and several devices in different materials comprising crossed cannon, eight stars, two broad and two narrow bars, attached to canvas sleeve with lanyard -- 37 x 56in. (94 x 142cm.); together with a copy log of Tantalus's wartime career detailing all kills etc. with annotations by the Captain, -2, Provenance: Able Seaman Charles Deleay (born 1922, served in Tantalus 29th April 1943 to 25th March 1945); His son; Present owner via auction, 2008. This Jolly Roger is something of a rarity as it is one of the very rare flags actually flown by the submarines after each successful action. It was tradition to fly a Jolly Roger only after a successful mission, symbols were added to the flag denoting the method used to sink a vessel with a symbol for each ship sunk. The horizontal bars represent ships sunk by torpedo and the stars surrounding the crossed cannons represent ships sunk by the submarine's 4in. deck gun --Tantalus sank four ships with torpedoes and eight vessels by gun fire. This flag shows its evolution by the different fabrics used for each star or bar with both cotton and linen being used. Use has caused some fraying around the crude sailors' stitching but is commensurate with its pedigree. A later version from Tantalus was shown on the Antiques Roadshow, and recorded two additional undercover missions. It was almost certainly made on the journey home as all the symbols and materials are the same and because this example was becoming worn out.
A RARE 'QUEEN ANNE' PENTHOUSE SUITE ARMCHAIR FROM THE QUEEN ELIZABETH II, CIRCA 1972, in painted Sheraton style with original green-blue plush seat and back -- 38in. (96.5cm.) high; together with 'QE2' by Warwick and Flayhart, Norton, 1985 which describes how the Penthouse Suites were incorporated, (2)
A RARE 19TH CENTURY, PROBABLY ORIENTAL, DIVERS NOVELTY CANE, The plain tapering shaft with steel-tipped brass ferule and bone handle carved as a diving helmet with reversible happy/sad face - 35½in. (90cm.) high, The helmet depicted here is similar to the Deane brothers type, with multi-rivetted corselet and neck ring.
A RARE GOODACRE'S PATENT WORLD TIME INDICATOR, CIRCA 1883, the 8¾in. dial signed and inscribed to centre Goodacre's Patent No.3231 / GREENWICH MEAN TIME LONDON, with two rings of ten and twenty numbered subsidiary slave dials, each inscribed for three cities in different world locations, with blued steel indicators and Roman numerals, contained in glazed moulded light oak case with central knob, brass back and suspension loop -- 12in. (30.5cm.) wide, By setting the central hand to the correct time, the local time for ninety city locations across the globe is instantly shown.
A RARE CONTEMPORARY HALF MODEL FOR A TWO-MASTED 'BILLY-BOY', CIRCA 1780, the carved hull planked in mahogany with trenails, ebonised double-wales and raised bulwarks with cut-away three and four strand standing rigging, fore and aft bitts, mounted on a rough-cut backing board (old wear to painted whales, missing rudder, stem and forward section of bulwarks) -- 21in. (53.5cm.) wide, The 'Billy-boy' was originally a small coastal trader built in Hull and environs but became common to the East and South coasts of England. In the 18th Century they were cutter rigged, but latterly adopted the ketch rig. Similar to a Humber Keel, the higher bulwarks made the Billy-boy suitable for sea-going conditions. Long extinct, no surviving example is thought to have survived.
A RARE SET OF BASSETT LOWKE WATERLINE MODELS FOR THE WWI GERMAN HIGH SEAS FLEET, comprising 20 models representing capital ships, destroyers, cruisers and submarines, several with named labels, secured to card base and contained in original retail box with label to lid, -- box 17¼in. (44cm.) wide
![FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ARCHITECTURA NAVALIS MERCATORIA, Stockholm [no publisher], 1768, First Edition, engraved throughout, doubl](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/5d8fd35e-ce90-4f76-af57-a69f00c4e1e4/2ec425a0-e06f-4cc2-816d-23d75c4f722b/468x382.jpg)
FREDERICK CHAPMAN: ARCHITECTURA NAVALIS MERCATORIA, Stockholm [no publisher], 1768, First Edition, engraved throughout, double page pictorial title by Arre, double-page dedication and 62 double-page plates, bound in a very good copy of modern half calf, modern gilt title label on front cover, folio -- 23¾ x 18¼in. (60.5 x 46.5cm.), This splendid and impressively-sized production represents the most important work of naval architecture of the 18th century, surpassing Jombert, Duchamel du Monceau and other works by naval architects. An Englishman, Frederick Henry Chapman (1721-1808) was manager of the shipyard at Karlskrona and, under the direction of Gustav III, was the founder of the modern Swedish navy. This first edition (there were several printed later) is rare, partly owing to its practical use in shipyards of the period.
ALBIN ROBERTS BURT (BRITISH, 1783-1842), Portrait of Lord Nelson circa 1802, Signed 'A R Burt' (lower right on shoulder), Pencil on silk framed within contemporary gilt brass and wood frame, Image -- 1¾in. (4.5cm.) diameter, Provenance: UK Private Collection. This attractive and unrecorded portrait is highly distinctive for being executed on silk, a very rare medium for any artist to choose and, indeed, no other example is recorded for this artist suggesting this was an image done from life on a napkin or handkerchief. A. R. Burt would have been uniquely placed to do this as his brother, Henry Frederick Burt was secretary to Lord Nelson, his mother was a close friend of Emma Hamilton, and Albin himself was a friend of Sir William Hamilton. Burt began his life as an engraver, training under Robert Threw and Benjamin Smith but branched out and an advert he applied to the back of some of his pictures states he had New invented a machine by which the most accurate likenesses can be taken. Can with confidence recommend his portraits to the public, especially as the practice of many Thousands has give his Pencil a facility that enables him to afford the coloured Profiles at / Half-a-Guinea each / and more finished at 1 Guinea. This image - in any format - is not recorded in the late Richard Walker's seminal 1998 volume The Nelson Portraits and, perhaps not surprisingly, is not recorded in the same author's 1985 volume Regency Portraits. It must therefore be considered an important discovery. Charles Miller Ltd would like to thank Claudia Hill of Ellison Fine Art for her invaluable assistance with this lot.
CAPTAIN FREDERICK MARRYAT'S TELESCOPE, an early 19th century 1½in. single draw mahogany and brass telescope by Worthington & Allan, London, signed by the eye-piece as per title and inscribed on cuff Captn. Marryat C.B. tapering mahogany tube with lens cap and dust slide -- 25½in. (64.8cm.) closed, Nathanial Worthington & James Allan worked between 1821-1834 from 196 Piccadilly. In an interesting coincidence, these rooms sold Marryat's night glass, a rare model by Thomas Jones, as lot 72 in sale 006, October 2010.
A RARE HAND-CARRIED COPPER AND BRASS MAGAZINE OIL LAMP, CIRCA 1900, the bevelled glass windows with external brightness and extinguishing controls stamped on the burner 'WD' with broad arrow 52 and maker's mark for Ballpit & Sons, Birmingham, with substantial turned wood carry handle -- 13½in. (35.5cm.) high
8 bottles (including 1 half bottle Fine and Rare South African Red wines Comprising 1 half bottle Uikyk Carlonet Cabernet Sauvignon 1974, 1 bottle KWV Cabernet Sauvignon 1975 (badly cellar soiled and damaged label), 1 bottle Middelvlei Pinotage 1983, 1 bottle Stellenryk Cabernet Sauvignon 1986 (gold 'bus ticket') (badly cellar soiled and damaged label), 1 bottle Meerlust Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1983 (gold 'bus ticket'), 1 bottle Meerlust Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 1981 (gold 'bus ticket) together with 2 bottles Villa Maria Marlborough Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 1999 (cellar soiled labels)
A very rare George VI large sized hallmarked silver pocket watchWith double sized silver outer case, the central enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary seconds dial, marked H Stone Leeds, the movement marked Waltham, Mass, Fattorini and numbered 1,712059, Chester 1943, diameter 7cm CONDITION REPORT: Weight is 572g
8 bottles (including 1 half bottle) mixed Lot Port and Sherry including rare old port Comprising 1 bottle Sandemans Port from 1940's, 1 bottle Cockburns Extra Fine Old Tawny Port, 1 bottle Croft LBV 1984, 1 bottle Cockburns Special Reserve Port, 1 bottle Harveys “The Directors Bin” Superior Old Tawny Port, 1 half bottle Henry Stratton of Bolton Fine Old Port, 1 bottle Bromley's Special Reserve Amontillado
9 bottles mixed Lot rare and collectable German and Austrian wine Comprising 2 bottles Liebfraumilch 'Blue Nun' Vintage 1963, 2 bottles Bocksbeutel Frankenwein Bullenheimer Paradies Silvaner Qba 1988, 1 bottle Schweigener Guttenberg Scheurebe Spatlese Sudliche Weinstrasse 1976, 1 bottle Burg Layer Schlosskapelle Blauer Spatburgunder 1993, 2 bottles Somlo Muskat Ottonel Ausbruch (Austria) 1989, 1 bottle Nussberger Hohenweg JohannKattus Wien (Austria) 1951
A rare pair of Yixing Tea Canisters,late 17th/early 18th century, each gently flared hexagonal body moulded with panels of a tea plant against a cell diaper, the shoulders with archaic lappets, later silver covers with relief prunus, stamped WSL,16cm (4)Literature: A similar tea jar is illustrated in 'The Art of the Yixing Potter: The K S Lo Collection, Flagstaff House Museum of Tea Ware', published by Urban Council Hong Kong, 1990.清十七世纪末/十八世纪初 宜兴紫砂锦地开光花卉纹茶叶罐 连银盖 一组两件
A rare Canton enamel Teapot and Cover,mid-18th century, the pear body painted with lobed panels of figures in gardens reserved on a lemon-yellow ground with scrolling green leaves and flowers, the handle and spout blue scrolled and the latter with feng head, domed cover matching,19cm (2)Provenance: Christie's Paris, 21 December 2009, Lot 320.清十八世纪中期 铜胎画珐琅缠枝花卉纹开光人物故事图凤首茶壶
A rare cloisonné Box and Cover,Ming Dynasty or later, heavily cast with lotus leaf panels enclosing varicoloured lotus flowers and leaves in a palette of deep red, chrome-yellow, dark blue, white and green on a darkish-turquoise ground, the interior and wires well gilt, engraved horizontally Da Ming Jingtai nian zhi, some minor rubbing to gilding,12.5cm diameter (2)Sir Harry Garner in 'Chinese and Japanese Cloisonné Enamels', 1962, illustrates a very similarly moulded and decorated box and cover, no. 19b, which he dates to the first half of the fifteenth century. Of it, he writes, 'This beautiful box and cover…is also an early piece. The decoration on the top closely resembles that on the ritual disc (Pl. 10a)…[Sir Percival and Lady David Collection]. On the base is the incised mark Jingtai in a script that suggests a later date than the fifteenth century', pp. 53, 57.The short (1450-56) reign of Jingtai as the famed epoch of choice for early cloisonné veneration, has never been
A rare four-fold black-lacquered Table Screen,the panels Kangxi (1662-1722), each black-lacquered ground minutely inlaid in abalone shell, including iridescent dust with various scenes comprising a scholar official in a boat under a willow tree and towering cliff, a literatus with boy attendant carrying a qin on shore, another sage approaching house across the bridge, and another figure on a donkey wading a stream, chain-link border, replacement frame, the reverse with poems and a seal reading Dianchen, panels 22 x 12 cm35cm overall 清康熙 黑漆嵌螺钿人物故事图诗题四扇桌屏 殿臣款
An inside-painted glass Snuff Bottle,signed Zhang Baotian, dated year of Gengzi (1900), of rectangular form, painted with a continuous landscape scene, one side with travellers resting and trading next to two camels, the reverse with a hunting scene, signed and dated, with amethyst stopper,7.3cm (2)Zhang Baotian's work is both rare and under-rated. Active, it is believed, between 1891 and 1904, he produced well composed and dramatic works, of uniformly good quality.Literature: For a similar bottle, also by Zhang Baotian, please see 'Chinese Snuff Bottles: A Miniature Art from the Collection of Mary and George Bloch', 1994, pl. 362, p.434.庚子(1900年)夏月 张葆田作 内画狩猎图鼻烟壶 连紫水晶盖
A rare Bowl,Jiajing (1522-1566), the interior underglaze blue with an egret and lotus, the exterior wucai with red roundels and pendent jewels, four character mark wan fu you tong (may all happiness gather upon you), 12.3cmProvenance: From the Helen Espir Collection, No. 729.明嘉靖 矾红花卉纹碗 《万福攸同》青花楷书款
A rare blue and white Plate, mid 18th century, painted with two birds flanking a pagoda below radiating ribbons and tassels, 22.2cm, anda similarly decorated eggshell Saucer,Yongzheng (1723-1735), conch mark, 10.5cm (2)Provenance: The plate from the Helen Espir Collection, No. 318;the saucer from the Helen Espir Collection, No. 303 and referenced to the Topkapi Collection, 3/2374.清十八世纪中期 青花楼台纹碟 一组两件
A rare onlaid Tonkotsu (tobacco container),first half of 19th century, the body of kiri wood burl, irregularly inlaid in copper, stained ivory, silver and aluminium, 10cmThe appearance of aluminium on this tobacco holder is quite extraordinary; the metal had only been refined a few decades earlier. It was extremely expensive to produce and treated much as was silver, hence its appearance here.
A rare mushroom Netsuke,by or after Tanaka Minko (1735-1816), the copper brown wood meticulously delineated, the underside with gills, the broken stalk and a small specimen, signed within a rectangle, 5cmLiterature: The gills have four tiny spots, green stained in ivory.For another fungi netsuke by the same carver, see N K Davey, 'Netsuke', Sotheby's Publications, 1982, illustration number 648.
Fukugawa, c.1900, an attractive dish with notched petal rim, painted with an orchid, rare gold Fukugawa sei and Fujiyama rebus, 25cm, a dish moulded with a dragon amongst blue clouds, the rim with chrysanthemum, 25.3cm, another, moulded with hibiscus, the details in underglaze blue, 21.6cm, and a leys jar, painted with a Japanese boy with a flag and two women admiring flowers, underglaze blue Fukugawa sei and Fujiyama rebus, 11.5cm (4)
A Leeds City AFC letter signed by club secretary Herbert Chapman and dated 18th January 1916, a rare and early First World War period typescript letter signed by Chapman, the letter concerning playing kit, additionally signed by the club chairmanHerbert Chapman (1878-1934) had an undistinguished playing career but went on to become a toweringly influential manager in the first third of the 20th century before his sudden death in 1934. His first managerial successes were at Northampton Town between 1908 and 1912 whom he led to a Southern League Championship title. This attracted the attention of the bigger Football League clubs and he moved to Leeds City. After the end of the First World War the club was embroiled in an illegal payments scandal and eventually disbanded. Chapman successfully overturned a ban on appeal and went on to achieve major successes firstly at Huddersfield Town and latterly at Arsenal.
A 1919 Sandown Park badge,numbered '619' on the reverse, such badges were issued for the sudden resumption of racing after the end of the Great War and thus were designated simply as Members' badges rather than by specific gender; an extremely rare survivor of which even the Sandown Racecourse collection appears not to possess an example
A pair of 1940 Sandown Park badges,consisting of a gentleman's badge, numbered 9298, and an un-numbered lady's; two very rare badges, with again the Sandown Racecourse collection believed not to possess examples; it is thought that the membership badges for 1940 were issued in late 1939, but then withdrawn, only for the designs to be reused when racing resumed at Sandown in 1947For the record, no badges were issued for the years 1941-46.
Rare Italian F.A. issued VIP programme for the Italy v England international played at the San Siro, Milan, 13th May 1939,folded card, Italian & English F.A. crests embossed to the front cover, central pages with team line-ups, picture of the stadium to the back cover; sold with a photocopy of another known programme for this match which had been autographed by both international teams (2)
A very rare bound volume of Chelsea home programmes from the disrupted 1939-40 season,Football League (before the competition's abandonment), B League, C League, League War Cup, Friendlies & London Combination, Volume XXXV of the Chelsea Chronicle, royal blue cloth boards with gilt titlingProvenance:Scott Cheshire Collection, Graham Budd Auctions, 9th May 2007, Lot 52.
A Collection of football programmes,the majority of the collection are Chelsea homes from the mid-1950s to the early 1970s, including the rare League Cup issue v Workington 1960-61; together with some aways representation; also Arsenal & Spurs and general club issues, as well as Cup Finals & internationals and a few tickets including 1970 F.A. Cup Final & Replay (qty. qpprox. 400)not illustrated
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