Henrietta Maria, a uniface cast silver-gilt Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, draped bust left, hair piled high and drawn through a small open crown, wearing pearl necklace and elaborate bodice, henretta maria d g mag britan fran et hib reg, signed t. rawlins : f below, 40 x 30mm, 7.43g (Platt I, p.281; MI I, 354/214). Four small piercings, a few surface marks, otherwise good very fine and very rare, unrecorded in silver-gilt £800-£1,000 --- Given the four piercings, this was likely a Royalist badge intended to be sewn onto one’s clothing. This is a very nice example of a medal with a better sculpted and more attractive portrait of the Queen than is usually found.
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Charles I and Henrietta Maria, a cast and chased silver-gilt Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], crowned bust of king right wearing falling lace collar, medal suspeded from riband, inner legend, carolvs d g rex, outer legend, honi soit qvi mal y pense, rev. henreta maria d g reg, draped bust of queen left, wearing pearl necklace and figured bodice, 35 x 25mm, 10.01g (Platt I, pp.188-9, type C [C2, this item]; MI I, 355/217 and pl. xxxi, 8). Bottom loop broken, better than very fine with much original gilding, an attractive specimen and a very rare type £800-£1,000
Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, an embossed uniface silver cliché by N. Briot, bust right, wearing ruff over armour with lion-headed shoulder plate, signed nbf, 26mm, 1.09g (Platt I, p.118, type C, this item; Jones 127; MI I, 243/11; cf. DNW 186/1123). Good very fine and rare £200-£300 --- The exact purpose of these medals is not known; Hawkins, followed by Platt, suggested that they were probably prepared under great time pressure for distribution at the coronation, with some worn by spectators.
Charles I and Henrietta Maria, a cast silver Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], laureate and draped bust of king left, armour with lion’s head on shoulder, rev. draped bust of queen left, wearing pearl necklace and figured bodice, wreath border, 32 x 26mm, 6.66g (Platt I, pp.192-3, type A [A5, this item]; MI I, 355/218; E 170a). Very fine or better but suspension loop removed, rare £500-£700
Charles I, a cast and chased silver Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, bare-headed bust right with falling lace collar and scarf across breast, carolvs d g mag bri fr et hib rx, rev. engraved i feare my god, i love my king, i abhore a reble in three lines, 39 x 30mm, 10.67g (Platt I, p.177, type B [B1, this item]; cf. MI I, 360/231 for obv.; cf. E 169). Very fine or better with integral suspension loop, extremely rare £400-£600
Charles I, a cast and chased gold Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins], crowned bust right with long hair, in falling lace collar, wearing collar and George of the Garter, carolvs d g mag britan fran et hib rex fi d, rev. crowned royal arms within Garter, wreath border both sides, 45 x 36mm, 20.50g (Platt I, p.160, type A [A1, this item]; MI I, 360/232 and pl. xxxii, 9 [only recorded in silver and silver-gilt]; Farquhar, BNJ 1905, p.261; E 168). Loops filed off at top and bottom and tiny surface blemishes in reverse field, otherwise extremely fine, a choice contemporary cast, extremely rare £8,000-£10,000 --- All other gold examples of this badge seen in commerce in recent years show evidence of having the fields stippled in the style of John O’Brisset, the early 18th century artist.
Charles, Prince of Wales, a cast and chased silver Royalist badge by T. Rawlins, bare-headed bust left wearing richly decorated armour, rev. crowned royal arms within garter, 50 x 34mm, 16.44g (Platt I, p.299, type C [C2, this item]; MI I, 372/263). With integral suspension rings, good very fine and very rare £600-£800
Peter Lanyon (British, 1918-1964)Untitled rubbing on paper31.5 x 38cm (12 3/8 x 14 15/16in).Executed circa 1949-60Footnotes:The present lot is a rubbing taken from an original slate-cut master which is in the Peter Lanyon Archive. Lanyon used a wide range of print techniques, including lithography, screenprinting, and drypoint, as well as car number-plate rubbings done while he was in America and rubbings from gravestones in Cornwall in the early 1960s. The original slate which this rubbing was taken from was probably first engraved in 1949, but the date the present lot was created is less certain and could be as late as 1961-3. The right-hand image in the present lot was carved to illuminate a poem that Peter Lanyon wrote circa 1949. The second verse of this poem actually became the inscription on his gravestone at Lelant Church in 1964. The left-hand image is of the final state of this slate-cut which is a more worked-on version of a 1949 print he titled Homo Diluvii Testis. The present lot is extremely rare and until now was not recorded in or known to the Peter Lanyon Archive.We are grateful to Martin Lanyon for his assistance in cataloguing this lot.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Australian Wong Toy Sun Magic Poster Artwork c' 1930's Original painted artwork design for a poster by an artist signed as Wiggin. Wong Toy Sun is believed to be the psuedonym for the Australian illusionist Claud Guest, here promising a performance of "Oriental Splendor & Weird Mysticism" (the spelling possibly suggests this is artwork for an Australian poster). There is a small area to the bottom still showing draft text in pencil. Artwork on paper which has been paper-backed, with foldlines, surface marks, closed tears etc but very rare to find surviving magic poster artwork of this vintage, artwork 15" x 29 1/2"
FOUR SETS OF ENGLISH SILVER SPOONS, comprising: a rare set of eight George III silver teaspoons, Old English pattern, engraved with scrolled initials RML, William Eaton, London, 1808; a cased set of six Victorian silver 'Apostle' teaspoons and a pair of tongs, with typical twisted stems, Martin, Hall & Co., Sheffield, 1900; a cased set of six George V silver grapefruit spoons, Old English pattern, Sheffield, Robert Pringle & Sons, Sheffield, 1931; and six assorted silver teaspoons; 526gr (27)
A GEORGE III SILVER MUSTARD POT, EMES & BARNARD, LONDON, 1808, oblong, with two ribs below the ovolo rim, bun knop, with blue glass liner, 10.5cm long; together with a rare set of seven George III silver condiment spoons, Fiddle pattern, crested, bowls with traces of gilding, Thomas Streetin, London, 1816, 10.5cm long; 217gr (8)
‡ A RARE PAIR OF SPODE TOPOGRAPHICAL CHOCOLATE CUPS, COVERS AND STANDS, CIRCA 1824, the cups of gently waisted form set with gilt caryatid handles and butterfly knops to the covers, each cup painted with a view of Penllyn Castle in the Vale of Glamorgan inside rectangular frames against a deep cream ground, the stands painted in the centre with a 'C' below an earl's coronet for the Earl of Clarendon inside a gilt key pattern border, 12.5cm high overall Each cup with red inscription reading: Penlline Castle, Glamorganshire, The Seat of the Earl of Clarendon, Painted by C. Hayton, November 1824. Provenance: a Swiss Private Collection of English Porcelain (Lots 44-76)
‡ A RARE WORCESTER COFFEE CUP, CIRCA 1758-60, of bell shape with wishbone handle, painted with two Chinese boys playing in a fenced garden, a woman seated nearby with two rabbits inbetween, a bird in a gilded hoop on the reverse, 6cm high Provenance: Provenance: a Swiss Private Collection of English Porcelain (Lots 44-76); The Sir Jeremy Lever Collection, sold Bonhams, London, 7 March 2007, lot 52; The Billie Pain Collection, sold Bonhams, London, 26 November 2003, lot 133
‡ A RARE WORCESTER SAUCER DISH, CIRCA 1775, fluted 'French' shape, painted in the 'Mandarin' palette with Chinese figures in a fenced garden, two birds in the foreground and buildings in the distance, inside a diaper and cell pattern border reserved with four buildings in landscape panels, 18.5cm diameter Provenance: a Swiss Private Collection of English Porcelain (Lots 44-76); The Zorensky Collection, sold Bonhams, London, Part I, 16 March 2004, lot 71, where footnoted: 'It is rare to find this decoration, relatively old-fashioned by the later 1770s, on a shape which had only recently been introduced at that date. The combination may not have been popular, which possibly accounts for it being the only one known of its type.' Literature: Simon Spero & John Sandon, 'Worcester Porcelain, 1751-1790, The Zorensky Collection', Woodbridge, 1996, Fig.180
Fossils - The Trent ValleyA large Steppe Mammoth (Mammuthus Trogontherii) tooth and tusk sections, Middle Pleistocene period (approximately 500,000-800,000BC); Two sections of fossilized cycad (possibly 200,000,000 years old)Discovered in Hoveringham gravel pitsA rare Hippopotamus (Hippopotamus antiquus) lower tusk, teeth and section of jawbone, Pleistocene period (approximately 250,000 to 500,000BC) Discovered in Southwell whilst working on the sewage developments. found below the gravel layer in a thick black siltA Stone Age deer antler flint knapping hammer; a fossilized shark's toothDiscovered in the Trent River during dredgingA section of fossilized ammonite; a devil's toenailDiscovered during works on the A1 bypassThe items in this collection were discovered over a 40-year period from the mid 1960's onwards by Keith Marriott while undertaking works of civil engineering and dredging. These are the final fossils in his collection after several donations to local museums.
♦Kings of Characene, Theonesios I (25/4-19/8BC) Billon Tetradrachm (30mm, 14.91g), dated 289AG (24/3BC), Charax-Spasinu mint, obv. diademed head right, rev. Herakles seated left holding club, monogram above, date in exergue, M below arm, (Pierre-Nicolet, Thionèsis, p.53, plate V), porosity, otherwise AVF VERY RAREex CNG 400 lot 482
♦Kings of Elymais, Kamnaskires V (c.mid-late 1st century BC) Billon Drachm (12mm, 3.69g), 262AG (51/0 BC), obv. diademed bust left, star above anchor to right, rev. diademed bust left enclose by text, date in exergue, (Alram 464; cf. Le Rider, Suse pl. LXXII, 14; cf. Hansman, "Coins and Mints of Ancient Elymais", Iran XXVIII (1990), pl.I, 11), obv. scratches to left field an beard, otherwise GVF RAREex CNG 'CNH 66' lot 835 from the Bellaria Collection; ex Spink Numismatic Circular (July/August 1988) lot 4375
♦MITCHINER (Michael), Oriental Coins and Their Values [Vols. 1-3], a complete set of Mitchiner's three comprehensive guides to Eastern coins comprising: Vol. 1 The World of Islam (London, 1977); Vol.2 The Ancient & Classical World 600 B.C. - A.D. 650 (London, 1978) and Vol 3. Non-Islamic States & Western Colonies A.D. 600 - 1979 (London, 1979); a truly comprehensive guide with over 14,000 coins catalogued across the three volumes, with illustrations, lists of coin weights, and a guide to values at the time of writing RAREFolio, dark blue leatherette binding with gilt lettering
♦Roman Provincial - Cilicia, Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-3) AE 32 (32mm, 21.04g), Tarsus mint, year 2, obv. radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, ΠΠacross field, rev. Herakles standing left, head right, holding club in right hand, lion skin in left, Γ B across field, (RPC IC, 1405), dark brown toning with earthen highlights, Fine RARE
♦Roman Provincial - Mesopotamia, Marcus Aurelius (AD 161-80) AE 23 (23mm, 10.48g), Carrhae mint, obv. laureate and bearded head right, no drapery, rev. 6-pointed star above crescent on globe, (BMC 1, pl.XII 8), two v-shaped chips, otherwise an attractive green patina with earthen highlights, GVF RAREex CNG 325 lot 467
♦Roman Provincial - Phrygia, Pseudo-Autonomous AE 22 (22mm, 4.36g), Lysias mint, time of Gordian III (AD 238-44), obv. Boule veiled and draped bust right, rev. Asclepios standing facing left, staff in right hand, (RPC VII.1, 728; Martin, Demos, p. 218; von Aulock, Phrygien, 625-6), darkly toned, VF VERY RARE
♦Roman Provincial - Phrygia, Pseudo-Autonomous Issue AE 25 (25mm, 7.12g), Sebaste mint, time of Gordian III (AD 238-44), obv. Senate laureate and draped bust right, rev. Mên in phrygian cap standing right, holding sceptre in right hand, pinecone in left, (BMC 11, pl.XLIII 7; RPC VII.1, 738A), VF RARE
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