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Click here to subscribeHenry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Leaf-Pellet issue, Class C, Groat, London, mm. cross IIIb on obv. only, leaf on neck, fleur on breast, pellets by crown, stops on line under tas and don, reads divitas 3.63g/3h (Whitton 55b, this coin [illustrated pl. VII, 8]; Buck –; N 1505; S 1917). Very fine, toned, and very rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: C.A. Whitton Collection, Seaby SCMB September 1950 (CAW330); St James Auction 5, 27 September 2006, lot 204
Henry V (1413-1422), Definitive issues, Groat, class Cb, mm. cross pattée (with sunken centre on rev.), no fleurs over crown, mullet on king’s sinister shoulder, rev. early p, quatrefoil after posvi, double saltire after tas, 3.86g/3h (Stewartby p.324; Potter VIIb; N 1387(b); S 1765). About extremely fine with attractive old cabinet toning, rare thus £600-£800 --- Provenance: D. Mangakis Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Henry VI Leaf-Pellet issue/Edward IV Heavy coinage mule, Penny, Durham, Bp Booth, mm. cross IIIb on obv. only, pellets by crown, rev. reads civitas dvnolin, nothing in centre of cross, 0.83g/3h (Allen 165; N p.80, note; S 1988). Obverse die rusty, good fine and rare £100-£120
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Helmet type, Gothabyrig, Wulfmær, pvlfmær m'o goda, 1.16g/6h (Doubleday 143, this coin; Dolley/Elmore Jones, BNJ XXVIII, no.5, same dies; BEH 1136; N 775; S 1152). Flan crack at 4 o'clock on obverse has been repaired, about very fine, extremely rare with a distinguished provenance £900-£1,200 --- Provenance: W.T. Ready Collection, Sotheby Auction, 15-19 November 1920, lot 124; G.C. Drabble Collection, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 475; Duke of Argyll Collection; G.V. Doubleday Collection, Glendining Auction, 6 October 1987, lot 143; A Collection of Pennies of Æthelred II, the Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 212, 28-9 March 2012, lot 401; M. Lessen Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 159, 3 July 2019, lot 307. Following the work of Michael Dolley and Francis Elmore Jones in the 1950s Pennies with a Geothabyrig mint signature have been commonly associated with the prehistoric settlement at Castle Gotha, Cornwall. Rory Naismith has recently challenged this position and proposed a new attribution to the site of Oldaport in south-west Devon (BNJ 90, 93-100)
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Leaf-Trefoil issue, Class A, Groat, London, mm. cross IIIb both sides, leaf on breast, reads franc’, trefoil after rex, mevm and tas, double saltires after lon and don, 3.90g/8h (Whitton 22/23d; N 1484; S 1897). Nearly very fine, toned and very rare £90-£120 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1991, lot 1174 (part)
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Pattern mule Penny, 1806/1805 (late Soho), by C.H. Küchler, in copper, draped bust right with wreath of 11 leaves, brooch of 10 jewels, k · on lowest fold of striated shoulder drapery, rev. Britannia seated right, tuft of grass behind her heel, britanniarum, 1805, edge centre-grained, 18.96g/6h (BMC 1336 [KP 34]; Adams 62, this coin; Martin, SNC 2009, p.115, this coin listed). Toning spots and some light surface marks, otherwise extremely fine, extremely rare [previously certified and graded by NGC as MS 62 BN] £1,000-£1,500 --- Provenance: SNC December 1994 (8135); C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 164, 23 July 2003, lot 62; St James’s Auction 26, 5 March 2014, lot 41
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Trefoil issue, Class A/C mule (?), Groat, London, mm. crosses IIIb/V, trefoils above shoulders, small leaf on breast, double saltire after devm, single before mevm, leaf before lon and trefoil after don, 3.83g/9h (Whitton –; N 1499; S 1910). Very fine or better, very rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: Bt J. Mann August 2011 The vendor points out this obverse die is also found paired with Whitton reverse 25e.
James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Sixpence, 1603, mm. thistle, first bust, 2.90g/6h (N 2074; S 2647). Neatly struck on a round flan, good very fine with detailed portraiture and attractive toning, rare thus £500-£700 --- Provenance: W.L. Gantz Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 23-7 June 1941, lot 1244; with Baldwin 1973; E. Miller Collection, Spink Auction 261, 27-8 March 2019, lot 122
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Trefoil issue, Class A, Groat, London, mm. cross IIIb on obv. only, leaf on breast, trefoils by neck and after di, double saltire after posvi and before mevm, leaf before lon, reads fran, 3.66g/2h (Whitton 25e; N 1496; S 1908). Very fine or better, toned, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: Bt R. Ingram December 2013
John (1199-1216), Penny, class Va2, Exeter, Iohan, iohan · on · ecce, 1.38g/2h (SCBI Mass –; Brettell –; N 969; S 1350B). Good very fine or better, extremely rare, the moneyer not represented for the type in either Brettell or Mass £400-£500 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 67, 28 September 2005, lot 543; J. Sazama Collection, Part VIII, DNW Auction 111, 12 June 2013, lot 922 (part); DNW Auction 256, 15 June 2022, lot 48
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Falconer’s Anonymous issue, Thirty Shillings, mm. small leaved thistle crowned on obv. only, rev. small crowns above large crown on rev., 14.54g/7h (Bull 17; Murray 1; cf. SCBI 35, 1519; B –; S 5557). Good fine, reverse better, the variety very rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: SNC October 1992 (6062)
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Rosette-Mascle issue, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIa/V, saltire after henric, di, gra and rex, rosette after posvi, mascle before la, double saltires after la and sie, i over g or e in di, g over d and r over i in gra, 3.71g/4h (Whitton –; N 1859; S 1446). Good fine and very rare, the variety unknown to Whitton £150-£200 --- Provenance: Bt J. Mann June 2013
Isle of Man, Douglas, a trial or test piece for the Shilling (or a Farthing), in copper, view of Peel Castle from the quay, rev. s · ash across field, incuse a stamped above, 26 below, edge plain, 5.05g/12h (W 2059a; D 7; Prid. 49; cf. Ford I, 229; cf. BDW 14, 446; cf. Caine 2774; cf. Baldwin 77, 2948). Obverse about fine, reverse fine, very rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: N. Todd Collection, DNW Auction 129, 18 March 2015, lot 509
George VI (1936-1952), Trial Farthing, 1951, struck in copper-nickel, edge plain, 2.83g/12h. About as struck, extremely rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: this coin and the previous lot were acquired directly from a Royal Mint employee at the time XRF analysis of this coin shows 76.6% copper and 22.9% nickel
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Pinecone-Mascle/Rosette-Mascle mule , Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIa/V, pinecone after henric, di, and gra, mascle after rex and before la, rosette after posvi and sie, 3.78g/1h (Whitton 28c; N 1461/1446; S 1875/1859). Obverse about very fine, reverse good fine with rough surface, the ‘inverse’ mule very rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Bt J. Mann April 2011 There were three examples present in the Reigate hoard but none offered for sale in the 1992 auction.
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Gold Shilling or Thrymsa, Post-Crondall period, struck in Kent, c. 645-70, Two Emperors type, bust right, symbols around, rev. winged Victory above two figures holding central orb, four pellets above 1.27g/12h (GCASE 820, this coin illustrated; M 79-80; N 20; S 767). Very small edge chip at 11 o’clock, otherwise better than very fine, pleasing yellow gold; the variety rare £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: Found near Tiptree (Essex) in 2015 (UKDFD 47358)
Action Man Vintage group includes (1) Cherilea Artillery Combat Set with tent, searchlight, machine gun, missile launcher, field gun on turntable, plus others, also includes very rare box lid (stated by the Vendor as the only one produced), (2) loose vintage Palitoy flock head figure - dressed but not checked for completeness, (3) various additional accessories including searchlight, missile launcher, plus others, (4) missile launcher (stated as very rare by the Vendor), all generally Good Plus - see photos. (qty)
Lithograph, 1916/1917, on thin wove, signed and dated 1917 Image 33.5 x 45.5cm. Provenance: London, The Antique Lovers' Coterie at Ingram Warwick (label on backboard, priced at £70, no date) This rare lithograph, issued in an edition of fifty but very rarely seen on the market, is amongst the first three subjects by Nevinson in this medium (the others are recorded as `Loading the Ship` and `La Villette` but the precise order of their creation is not known). This subject was exhibited at The Senefelder Club, Leicester Galleries, London in late January 1917 and a related work was shown at The Allied Artist's Association in July 1913, no.301. This rediscovery in a private collection shows the artist's facility with lithography, acquired in 1912 under the guidance of Ernest Jackson (1872-1945) at The London County Council School (off Southampton Row). Nevinson was inspired by the Futurist theories of Filippo Marinetti (1876-1944) but he disdained the Futurists' glorification of war. His concentration upon the medium declined after the early 1920s when he focused more upon drypoints and etchings (which were also more lucrative for him during the remarkable boom for subjects in that medium). Nevinson was much encouraged by the eminent American printmaker Joseph Pennell (1857-1926) in his pursuit of this medium and the subject caught the eye of Campbell Dodgson (1867-1948) who admired it for `ranking as amongst the best of recent lithographs` (`British Artists at the Front`, Country Life, 1918). The subject, which could have been so commonplace in the hands of a less inventive artist, is invested here with bold angularity of line, a sure command of depth, a fine balance of tones and a disquieting mood. "During the latter part of the War [Nevinson's] most powerful statements in black and white were in lithography [...]. The rare works [...] recall the early prints in his Cubist manner." (Gordon Cooke, "C.R.W. Nevinson As a Printmaker," in C.R.W. Nevinson: The Twentieth Century, ed. Richard Ingleby et al. (London, 1999)). *CR The full sheet; mat-staining and light-staining; repaired tear at very edge of image upper right corner; repaired tear in margin at left; repaired tear upper centre extending slightly into image; smaller tear within top margin; surface nicks and light grazes towards right of image;.
ARCHIBALD KNOX FOR THE CORONATION OF EDWARD VII;A rare white metal two piece waist-belt buckle designed by Archibald Knox in the stylised monogram ER commemorating the coronation of Edward VII in an Art Nouveau design circa 1901. Together with a silver and enamelled oval buckle, Birmingham 1909, maker Levi & Salaman, gross weight 25.2 grams and a gilt metal and enamelled oval buckle, with floral decoration. (3)Another example, in silver and enamel of the coronation buckle is held in the collection of the Isle of Man museum: https://imuseum.im/search/object_record/view/340?id=mnh-museum-425383&type=object&tab=museum&from=340&term=archibald+knox&size=20&sort&filter&view&images&ttmgp=0&rfname&rlname&machine&race&raceyear&linked=0&collection&title&am&idno&dfrom&dto&period&name&display¢ury&pos=359 Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
AN EXTREMELY RARE GENTLEMAN'S SIZE 18CT GOLD CARTIER "LOSANGE" MANUAL WIND WRISTWATCHCirca 1971. Movement: 17 jewel, manual wind, signed LeCoultre Co. cal. 845. The case hallmarked for London 1971 (date letter q) with maker's mark JC, and of elongated octagonal curved form, cream dial with Roman numerals at 12 and 6 o'clock, sapphire winding crown, leather strap with 18ct gold buckle bearing import hallmarks for London 1974, with maker's mark JC. Case measurements excluding crown: 39mm x 20mm.Condition report:Movement is currently running, dial showing signs of age and losses (see images), case with surface scratches and age related wear, case back numbered 9806, sapphire winding crown in good condition, strap with age related wear.deployment buckle has a full hallmark and makers mark JC, it does not have a number. There is no box and papersFootnote: The last known sale of this model sold for £88,000 hammer price at Watches of Knightsbridge on the 18th November 2023. Less than ten examples are known to exist worldwide. Who was the maker JCProvenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner-collection
A RARE ANGLO-CHINESE EXPORT LACQUER CARD / TEA TABLEC.1720the Chinese black lacquer shaped hinged triple top decorated in gilt and red with watery landscapes with sunken counterwells, on a contemporary English japanned base76.5cm high, 80cm wide, 39.8cm deepProvenanceRobert Bradley Antiques, Salisbury.Catalogue NoteFor a related Chinese lacquer games table with an English base sold in these rooms see Furniture, Works of Art & Clocks, 11th August 2020, which fetched £8,000 (hammer).
A RARE PAIR OF CHARLES II WALNUT STOOLS C.1685each with a circular blue silk damask seat on four carved cherub legs terminating in scrolls and leafy feet united by a turned 'X' stretcher, stamped to the underside 'FW' (2)48.8cm high, 40cm diameterProvenanceRobert Bradley Antiques, Salisbury.LiteratureFor related stools with cherub supports see Lucy Wood, The Upholstered Furniture in the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Volume. 1, p.118, figs. 113-114.
A RARE WILLIAM AND MARY FAUX TORTOISESHELL TÔLE PEINTE WASSAIL OR PUNCH BOWLC.1690the rounded body with a band of eight stands for cups or glasses, on a knopped stem and stepped circular foot, with gilt 'Stalker and Parker' decoration on a faux red tortoiseshell ground29.9cm high, 43cm diameter (max) ProvenanceRobert Bradley Antiques, Salisbury.Catalogue NoteThe fashion for lacquer and lacquered items developed in the late 17th century when Charles II renewed the charter of the East Indian Company in 1672 and started to buy lacquered cabinets for his own collection. This was further promoted by John Stalker and George Parker with their publication 'A Treatise of Japanning and Varnishing' in 1688. The process of Japanning was developed by Thomas and Edward Allgood in Pontypool and further developed in Usk and the West Midlands, although the red tortoiseshell effect was a characteristic style of decoration specifically of Pontypool.For a very similarly decorated monteith, please see Christie's, 18th June 2008, Simon Sainsbury - The Creation of an English Arcadia, Vol.1, lot 95 that sold for £13,750 (including buyer's premium).
λ A RARE NORTH ITALIAN BONE AND IVORY INLAID WALNUT CHESTVENETIAN, LATE 15TH / EARLY 16TH CENTURYall over decorated 'Alla Certosina' with rondels and bands and panels of flowers, the hinged lid centered with a chequer board revealing a fitted interior with hinged compartments and drawers with wrought iron side carrying handles28.7cm high, 70cm wide, 48.5cm deep ProvenanceAccompanying the chest is a hand written receipt date 19th May 1896 stating that R. Kenneth Dawson purchased the chest from the estate of the late Mr R. Carter for 31 pounds 2 shillings. Catalogue NoteFor similarly decorated chests and cassoni, see Sotheby's, 27th October 2021, Arts of the Islamic World, Lot 201, the V & A Museum, accession no. 7224-1860 and the National Trust, Polesden Lacey, ref. no. NT1245974. *This item is offered for sale in accordance with the Ivory Act 2018 and has been assigned an exemption certificate.
A RARE GEORGE II YEW CHESTC.1740-50the top with crossbanding and a moulded edge above four long drawers, on bracket feet, with side carrying handles77cm high, 79.3cm wide, 44.7cm deep ProvenancePurchased from Turpin's Antiques, Hungerford, 5th June 2003, for £17,000.The selected contents of Dinton Hall, Buckinghamshire.
λ A RARE AMERICAN SILHOUETTE PORTRAIT OF GEORGE WASHINGTONPOSSIBLY BY SAMUEL FOLWELL, DATED 1791signed and dated 'S. FOLWELL PINXT, 1791', together with another silhouette portrait of a lady, by Charles Rosenberg, the back with original printed label and a pair of silhouette portraits of a lady and gentleman, in rosewood frames (4)33.2 x 20.3cm (max)Catalogue NoteSamuel Folwell (1764-1813) was an American artist based in Phildelphia. He is best know for creating works of mourning art. It is recorded that in 1791 George Washington visited Samuel Folwell, a miniature painter and 'cutter of profiles' and he painted a silhouette of him in Indian ink.
λ A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD MANTEL CLOCKBY FRODSHAM, LONDON, MID-19TH CENTURYthe brass, eight day, twin fusee movement with a rare type of pin pallet escapement, repeat mechanism and striking on a gong, the backplate inscribed 'ARNOLD, Chas. Frodsham, 84 Strand, LONDON, 651', on a silvered dial with black Roman hours and spade hands, inside scrolling foliate spandrels, inscribed 'Arnold, 84 Strand, LONDON, 651' above a date aperture, the five pane case with a spirit level set into the top, a fluted cornice, ogee moulded and stepped plinth and brass flattened bun feet, with pendulum, together with a later mahogany stepped bracket (2)clock 31.8cm high, 23cm wide, 17cm deepCatalogue NoteAlthough the name 'Arnold' appears on the dial, it is probable that this is a Frodsham clock, John Roger Arnold having died in 1843. 84 The Strand, originally a coffee shop, was purchased by Arnold by 1821 and, on his death, was bought by Charles Frodsham. However, Frodsham continued to use the name 'Arnold', together with his own name, on all the items produced by the shop until around 1858, when Frodsham stopped using Arnold's name on his products.
A RARE BERMUDAN CEDAR TRUNK ON STAND MID-18TH CENTURYthe hinged top revealing a vacant interior, above a false drawer front and a wavy apron and on cabriole legs86cm high, 135cm wide, 60cm deepProvenanceRobert Bradley Antiques, Salisbury. Catalogue NoteThe distinctive dovetailing on this chest is typical of Bermuda production. Every cabinetmaker is said to have had his own brass dovetail pattern. See Bryden B. Hyde. Bermuda’s Antique Furniture & Silver for related chests.
A RARE CHARLES II 14 INCH TERRESTRIAL GLOBEBY ROBERT MORDEN, WILLIAM BERRY AND PHILIP LEA, LONDON, C.1685with twelve engraved and hand-coloured gores, with a cartouche inscribed 'A New TERRESTRIAL GLOBE, Made by Rt Morden. Wm Berry Ph Lea. and sold at their shops at the Atlas in Cornhill at ye Globe at Chering .... and at ye Atlas & Hercules in the Poultery London', a further inscription titled 'To The Reader' in another cartouche, with images of natives, beasts, sea creatures and ships together with depictions of natives in both North and South America, the routes Drake and Candish (sic) voyages plotted, also shown are the Great Wall of China, the west coasts of Hollandia Nova (Australia) and a fragment of Zelandia Nova (New Zealand), the North West coast of America between St James Lancaster Sound and Nova Albion is not shown, the brass meridian with a graduated scale, the horizon ring with an engraved calendar, on a later stand (stand 'as found')102cm high (approx)Catalogue NoteMorden and Berry advertised a pair of large globes in 1673, as “new sizes of globes, about 15 inches in diameter, celestial and terrestrial, 4 pounds the pair’ and were only pre-dated as English globes by those by Molyneux and Moxon from the late 16th and early 17th century. While not a ‘first edition’, the globe offered here, produced by the Morden, Berry, Lea partnership, makes it a rare example of one of the earliest commercially produced English globes and shows the tracks of voyages by Drake and Cavendish which earlier versions did not.For similar globes see Royal Museum Greenwich, object id. GLB0164 and The Whipple Museum, Cambridge, object id. 2691.
A RARE GEORGE II YEW AND GILTWOOD MIRROR C.1735the later bevelled, shaped rectangular plate inside a carved and gilt slip, the yew frame with gilt oak leaf and acorn edging, beneath a swan neck pediment centered by a carved and gilt foliate and shell surmount128 x 67.5cmProvenanceRobert Bradley Antiques, Salisbury.
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