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Lot 111
ALEXANDER RITCHIE, IONA OVAL TWIN-HANDLED SERVING TRAY, CIRCA 1900 brass, repoussé decorated with a band of Celtic knotwork and with opposed longboats, the handles decorated with opposed beasts, stamped to front 'A.R. IONA' 55cm across Literature; MacArthur, E. Mairi, 'Iona Celtic Art: The Work of Alexander and Euphemia Ritchie', Iona 2003, page 37, plate 7e for similar example. Note; It is rare for brass works, such as the current lot, to be signed.
Lot 84
A LATE 18TH CENTURY LUCKNOW SCHOOL PAINTING. PALACE SCENE WITH HIGH WIRE WALKERS. Gouache heightened with gold on card. 26cm x 28cm. Note: The painting is a slightly later version of a well known composition that first occurs in the albums compiled in Lucknow for Colonel Antoine Polier, a Swiss adventurer in the service of the East India Company and subsequently in that of the Nawab Vizier of Oudh. Polier had three versions done for him. The prime version of circa1780 is in one of his sumptuous albums, which passed into the collection of William Beckford and then that of the Dukes of Hamilton, and is now in the Museum fur Indische Kunst, Berlin, Album I 5005, f. 14. This is coloured and heavily gilded in the late Mughal manner, as are the two other versions in albums given by Polier to Ozias Humphry in 1784 (now in the British Museum) and Lady Coote (now in the Aschenbach Foundation, San Francisco), published in the Ehrenfeld catalogue [Cat.No.63] Alexandria Virginia 1998. This version dates from about 1790 and shows the influence of British art on the development of the Lucknow school in its more subdued colouring and lack of gilding. All versions show a grasp of single-point perspective rare in Indian painting before the Agra-Delhi school of the early 19th century. The prime version lacks the latticed arch of the three subsequent versions through which the action is seen.
Lot 541
ENGLISH SCHOOL C. 1720. A PANORAMIC VIEW OF LAMBETH PALACE SEEN ACROSS THE THAMES WITH FIGURES IN THE FOREGR, and St Paul's in the distance Oil on canvas, 62cm x 154cm (24.5in x 61in). Note: This a rare early view of London from the north bank by Westminster Abbey looking across the Thames to Lambeth Palace with St Paul's Cathedral prominently featured in the distance. Lambeth Palace has been the historic residence of the Archbishops of Canterbury since the 13th century. This canvas must have been painted before 1736, when work began on Westminster Bridge which is located just north of Lambeth Palace and in the present day stands towards the left of the composition. Here however the view of the Thames is uninterrupted as it winds its way north. St Paul's dome is seen in the middle ground, identifying the composition as painted after 1709 when the cathedral was finally completed. The costumes of the figures in the foreground also date the canvas to the early 18th century.
Lot 30
A GOOD LATE VICTORIAN GOLD, ENAMEL AND OPAL PENDANT BY Mrs NEWMAN, 10 SAVILE ROW, LONDON organic form of openwork design the bright green enamelling over textured unmarked gold and set with four large opals, marked "MrsN" on the suspension loop, in original gilt tooled green leather box, marked in gilt lettering inside the cover "Mrs Newman Goldsmith & Court Jeweller 10 Savile Row W" 7cms long NB: Mrs Phillip Newman was the pupil, later assistant to John Brogden, she exhibited with Brogden at the Paris Exhibition Universelle 1867 and was presented with a medaille d'honneur in 1878 for her work with Brogden. He died in 1885 and she set up on her own at Savile Row, mainly working on commissions, her jewellery is rare, of very high quality and individual.
Lot 83
A rare Japanese boxwood brush holder, mid 19th century, carved as Raiden grimacing, and wielding a thunder club on a family of apes amongst clouds, long inscription, repair to tunic. The identification here of Raiden is tentative - he lacks the animal characteristics and noise-making equipment usually present. Raiden, God of Thunder has a lust for navels and so the Japanese believe it best to lie face down in a thunderstorm.14cm. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 145
A good pair of Chinese blue and white vases, Kangxi, late 17th century, each of hexagonal pear form and painted with panels of figures and precious objects, below an elegant flared neck, very rare CD European monogram, 30cm (2). Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 169
A rare Chinese Imari 'Governor-General Duff' plate, 1720-30, the Dutchman and his wife walking their dog in a garden, within a wide border of precious objects, chips and wear, 23cm. For a similar plate see China for the West, David Howard and John Ayres, 1978, no.127. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 328
A Chelsea white-glazed goat and bee jug, with a rare mark, the base typically moulded with two recumbent goats, a bee clambering down a flowering branch above them, incised triangle mark within a trefoil cartouche, 1745-47, some damage and old restoration, 11.7cm.. Provenance: Sotheby's, 11 July 1961, lot 127. Cf. William King, Chelsea Porcelain, pl. 6, fig. 2 for a jug with a similar mark from the collection of Lord and Lady Fisher.
Lot 401
'Tropic' a rare Clarice Cliff Bon Jour tea for two painted in colours inside green, pink and blue bands, comprising; teapot and cover, milk-jug and sugar basin, two cups, saucers and a side plate printed marks, small chip to tooth of cover, feint hairlines to sugar teapot 14.5 cm. high. This tea set has the date code for March 1933. This pattern was previously known as Pink Tree, but an example painted with the pattern name 'Tropic' has been recorded.
Lot 723
A rare set of H. G. Murphy Falcon Works silver cocktail sticks in fitted case, each stick set with abalone shell roundel stamped marks, London 1930 7.5 cm. long. Literature: Paul Atterbury and John Benjamin Arts and Crafts to Art Deco the Jewellery and Silver of H.G.Murphy, ACC page 107 this example illustrated
Lot 29
A rare Hanoverian wine glass, the bowl engraved with the White Horse of Hanover beneath a scroll bearing the inscription 'Liberty', a six petal rose to the reverse, raised on a double-knopped airtwist stem, c.1760, 15.5cm. Cf. Geoffrey B. Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses, p.183.
Lot 153
A rare Minton Majolica lobster tureen and cover, modelled in the Palissy style with a large-clawed lobster resting on a bed of seaweed and shells, impressed factory mark and registration diamond for 1869, a crack to the base, 34.2cm. (2) Cf. Nicholas M. Dawes, Majolica, fig. 56 for a similar example.
Lot 85
A rare Bing model live Steam Roller, with polished brass boiler bearing the Bing makers mark on the front of the smoke box, spirit fired with small oscillating steam engine mounted above the boiler and having fitted cab reverse lever, spoked flywheel, whistle and flame guard to base. The roller is well played with but has some original paintwork remaining to cab and wheels. Length 9 inches (23cm) Height to top of chimney 7 inches (18cm).
Lot 380
A rare 80-bore needlefire rifle by Turner of Reading, 71cm sighted octagonal barrel fitted with ramp and ladder to 400 yards rear sights, border and scroll engraved frame, walnut stock with chequered wrist, the underside with vacant oval white metal escutcheon. Visit www.sworder.co.uk for larger image and condition reports.
Lot 401
Claude Francis Barry RBA (1883-1970), "Henry VIII's Gate Windsor Castle -" Evening Light, etching, signed in pencil bottom right and dated 1911, inscribed in pencil bottom left, 9.75 x 6.5in (25 x 16.5cm). * The Wintle Collection: Irene Carr, daughter of the early St. Ives School artist & photographer Sydney Herbert Carr (1864- 1917), married Francis Edward Wintle at the parish church, St. Ives in June 1912. The wedding was a major local social event with a reception at the Porthminster Hotel, and was attended by a number of local and other artists, many of whom presented paintings to the couple as wedding presents. The Wintle Collection includes a number of these presents, which are being offered on the open market for the first time. A full list of guests and presents was published in The St. Ives Times on June 21st 1912, listing a "framed etching" as being given by Mr. and Mrs. Claude Barry. A facsimile copy of the article from The St. Ives Times accompanies the lot. Please contact us for further details of this unusual provenance. Early Claude Barry etchings are rare, as it is reputed that his wife burnt all of his work when he went off with a mistress in 1914.
Lot 12
A rare engraved Georgian commemorative wine goblet circa 1774, the bucket bowl with wheel engraved profile bust inscribed Oliver Goldsmith, on a Dsot stem and conical foot, 16 ply spiral band outside a pair of spiral threads, 7 1/2" high. Two repair chips to foot rim, one to bowl rim, Provenance, USA auction sale 1994
Lot 158
A rare Victorian Entomological Collage of aprox 600 'pinned' specimen beetles in a rosewood case The beetles are South American (possibly Costa Rica) including two Harlequin Longhorn beetles; a large Rhinoceros (Elephant' beetle). The collection has been in the same family for over fifty years since it was acquired in Wales, 47cm x 62cm
Lot 387
THE FOUR PHOTOGRAPHS LAWRENCE OF ARABIA (TWO ARE THE SAME) ARE FIRST, THE PHOTO MARKED NO. 1 ON THE REVERSE IN PENCIL, IS OF THE CHIEF SMOKING ROOM STEWARD (W.E. BRIDGER) ABOARD THE P AND O LINER RAJPUTANA AND LAWRENCE OF ARABIA ON HIS RETURN FROM INDIA UNDER THE NAME OF AIR CRAFTSMAN SHAW IN 1930. NO.2 IS OF W.E. BRIDGER ON THE LEFT, LAWRENCE CENTRE AND UNKNOWN STEWARD TO THE RIGHT. PHOTOS 3 AND 4 ARE OF THE UNKNOWN STEWARD AND LAWRENCE. THESE PHOTOS WERE TAKEN AT THE TIME ON THE UNDERSTANDING THEY WOULD UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES BE GIVEN TO THE PRESS AT THE TIME. THESE ARE RARE PICTURES TAKEN AT A TIME WHEN T.E. LAWRENCE WAD HIDING FROM THE MEDIA OF THE DAY.
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