A Rare Massive 8-Bore English Lock (Type 2) Wildfowling Gun, And A 10-Bore Flintlock Wildfowling GunThe First Mid-18th Century, The Second Early 19th CenturyThe first with russet tapering barrel of exceptional length with large ovoidal silver fore-sight, plain tang, flat bevelled lock engraved with foliage and with stepped tail, foliate engraved ring-neck cock (dog catch, top-jaw and screw replaced), figured stock (old bruising and repair above the tail of the lock, fore-end split on one side) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, steel mounts comprising flat bevelled side-plate, butt-plate and trigger-guard, and wooden ramrod (steel parts pitted); the second with sighted russet barrel engraved with foliage at the breech, foliate engraved tang and flat lock, figured half-stock (some filled old worming) with chequered grip, engraved brass mounts comprising butt-plate and trigger-guard, the latter with pineapple finial, and later brass- tipped ramrod (2)180.5 cm. and 99.2 cm. barrelsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A Rare 8-Bore Flintlock Wildfowling Gun By Staudenmayer, London, No. 1732, Circa 1820With rebrowned twist two-stage barrel with silver fore-sight and turned girdle, octagonal breech becoming polygonal and signed along the top flat, breech engraved 'PATENT' between platinum lines, recessed on one side and with raised platinum-lined touch-hole, foliate scroll engraved tang, signed border engraved serial numbered flat lock decorated with foliate scrolls inhabited by a serpent on the tail, finely formed rainproof pan, and border engraved steel with roller acting on a ramp on the steel-spring, the refaced steel engraved 'Staudenmayer Patent' and with pierced recess fitting over the lip of the pan, figured half-stock with dark horn fore-end cap and chequered grip, border engraved steel mounts (old light rust patination) comprising butt-plate decorated en suite with the lock on the heel tang, serial numbered trigger-guard with scrolled foliage on the border engraved bow, trigger-plate with pineapple finial, vacant silver escutcheon and barrel-bolt escutcheons and later horn-tipped ramrod, London proof marks and William Fullerd's barrelsmith's mark 94 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Dr. T. Shaun Brown CollectionLiteratureShaun Brown, 'Samuel Staudenmayer Gun Maker Cockspur Street, London', Arms Collecting, Vol. 40, No. 3 (August 2002), pp. 90-93Samuel Henry Staudenmayer, former workman of John Manton, was gunmaker to the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York. He is a noted maker of rifles and repeating air weapons. His will was proved in 1825For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Cased Pair Of 32-Bore Flintlock Duelling PistolsBy D. Egg, London, Early 19th CenturyWith rebrowned twist octagonal sighted barrels each signed in gold along the top flat and with two gold lines behind the back-sight at the breech, gold-lined touch-holes, border engraved tangs each decorated with a martial trophy and foliage, signed border engraved case-hardened flat bevelled detented locks each decorated with a starburst behind the pan and with foliage at the stepped tail and across the safety-catch, foliate engraved cocks (expertly replaced including one retaining screw), and blued steel-springs each with roller, figured half-stocks each with chequered rounded butt, border engraved steel mounts retaining traces of original blueing, more so on one pistol and comprising butt-caps each decorated with a martial trophy and with a flower-head centred on the retaining screw, trigger-guards decorated en suite and each with applied spur, rear ramrod-pipes also forming the ramrod-entry and each decorated with a starburst, vacant silver escutcheons and barrel-bolt escutcheons, adjustable set trigger, and original horn-tipped ramrods, one with iron worm and the other with powder-measure: in an original expertly relined and refitted mahogany case with some accessories including brass-mounted three-way powder-flask covered in red leather and in fine condition, the interior of the lid with reproduction maker's trade label, the exterior of the lid with flush-fitting brass carrying handle, London proof marks 25.2 cm. barrels Footnotes:Durs Egg, son of Leonz Egg of Oberbuchsiten, Switzerland, was born in 1748 and, following a short stay in Paris, came to London and worked for John Twigg in 1772, he was granted denization in 1791 and is recognised as one of the greatest London gunmakers. He was gunmaker to George IV and the Duke Of York, and was granted various patents during the course of his long and distinguished career. Examples of his work are preserved in the Royal Collection, Windsor Castle, and many other public and private collections. For full details see Claude Blair, 'The Egg Family Part 1 and Part 1 (contd.)', The Journal of The Arms & Armour Society, Vol. VII (1973), pp. 266-299 and 306-353For a very similar pair of pistols see Christie's London, The Wilfrid Ward Collection of Antique Firearms, 27 October 1993, lot 100For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Medieval SabreLate 15th Century, Probably Venetian Or HungarianIn excavated condition, with broad curved blade double-edged towards the rounded point, the forte on one side inlaid in copper with cross potent in a circle, cross-guard with widely recurved 'fish-tail' terminals each deeply incised with lines, long flat tang of rectangular section, compressed wheel-pommel with raised circular boss on both sides and surmounted by a stepped pyramidal copper-alloy button 87.5 cm. blade Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's Olympia, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 5 December 2002, lot 52A related sword, together with another inlaid with a similar mark is in the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest. For a discussion of the type see J.V. Kálmar, 'Säbel und Schwert in Ungarn', Zeitschrift für Historische Waffen - und Kostümkunde, 5 Band, Berlin, 1935-36, pp. 150-155. A further example is in the Museum für Deutsche Geschichte, BerlinThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Indian Expanding Shot, An Ottoman Ramrod (Suma), And An Indian Gold-Damascened Sword Chape All 19th CenturyThe first of steel, comprising two spherical balls each joined via a swivel to five articulated double-edged blades of flattened diamond section secured together by rivets on petalled washers (some old pitting); the second comprising a tubular steel rod with turned bands, grip of swelling circular section formed of shims of green-stained bone, dark horn and brass, spherical pommel en suite, and arched pierced suspension loop, threaded at the base and opening to reveal a long pair of tweezers, and turned brass tip threaded over a steel worm; the last pierced with arabesques and decorated with scrolling flowering foliage; together with a detached Eastern nasal-bar (4)The first 108 cm. long Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsFor an almost identical example to the first see Robert Hales, Islamic And Oriental Arms And Armour..., 2013, p. 314, fig. 765For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare German Boar-Sword (Schwein-Degen)Early 16th CenturyWith straight bar-like blade of rectangular section hollow-ground along each side and deeply struck with a bladesmith's mark on one side, broad ricasso of flattened hexagonal section, and rectangular piercing for a cross-bar above the wide double-edge blade of flattened diamond section, iron hilt with straight quillons of octagonal section widening towards the tips and incised with double line borders, side-ring en suite, and inner-bar of slender circular section bent down and linked to the tip of a downcurved arm, fig-shaped pommel with compressed button, and original bottle-shaped leather-covered grip impressed by the missing cord binding (some old rust patination) 110.4 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's Olympia, Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 10 July 2002, lot 44 Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 23 November 2011, lot 87For another example similar to one in the Deutsches Jagdmuseum, Munich (see H.L. Blackmore, Hunting Weapons, 1971 pl. no. 5) and sold in these Rooms, see Antique Arms, Armour and Modern Sporting Guns..., 1 December 2009, lot 425This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Italian Sword For The Foot TournamentEarly 16th CenturyWith tapering double-edged blade of flattened hexagonal section fullered along both sides from the ricasso, the central fuller on both sides struck with three small cross marks, hilt comprising long straight quillons of octagonal section widening towards the tips and each with a blade-catching arm angled towards the ricasso and with chisel-shaped tip, fluted écusson on both sides drawn-out to form a tapering langet, stopper-shaped pommel of octagonal section chiselled with slender ribs between flutes on top, and later cord-bound wooden grip tapering towards the pommel (old light pitting) 117.5 cm. blade, 153.5 cm. overall Footnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's Olympia, Fine Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 10 July 2002, lot 57Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 22 June 2011, lot 107This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine And Rare German Rapier With Gold And Silver Decorated Hilt Early 17th CenturyWith tapering double-edged blade (small chip on one side) of flattened hexagonal section with central fuller on both sides of the forte extending from the slightly tapered rectangular ricasso, the former incised with latten-inlaid running wolf mark on one side, the latter struck along the edge on each side with a cross mark between stars, hilt of flattened bars with chiselled ropework borders enclosing silver encrusted punched scrollwork and pellets, and enriched with ovoidal and diamond-shape panels within ropework borders enclosing gold-damascened florets and foliage, comprising recurved quillons and a pair of upcurved bars on the outside all with pierced terminals decorated en suite, the latter linked by a plain curved bar beneath, diagonally curved side-ring, downbent arms, symmetrical inner-guard of plain slender bars of circular section, large globular pommel with turned button, and original writhen grip bound with copper ribbon and twisted silver wire between silver Turk's heads 103 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceCount Dimitri de Nesselrode (1816-1891)S.E. Kennedy, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 18 March 1819, lot 79 (illustrated), £520 to Wade Armes et Armures de la Collection du Comte de Nesselrode au Chateau de Tzarevtchina, Amsterdam, 1909 Sotheby's Olympia, Antique Arms, Armour & Militaria, 15 December 2004, lot 68 Christie's South Kensington, Antique Arms, Armour And Collectors Firearms, 23 November 2011, lot 90A rapier with a hilt decorated in similar fashion is in the Wallace Collection (inv. no. A635). See J.G. Mann, Wallace Collection Catalogues, European Arms And Armour Vol. II, Arms, 1962, pp. 316-317, pl. 120. See also a rapier with a silver hilt of the same type and belonging to Charles IX of Sweden in the Swedish Royal Armoury (inv. no. 7905). L. Nordstrom, White Arms of the Royal Armoury, 1984, pp. 36-37This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare And Fine North American Pipe TomahawkLate 18th CenturyWith triangular iron head curved beneath and with concave cutting-edge, inlaid with a silver oval on one side and a brass oval on the other, each within an incised and punched foliated oval, the upper and lower edges partly cut with diagonal flutes, and inlaid with a row of lightly incised silver and brass triangular panels in front of the socket, the latter inlaid with an engraved silver star on both sides, incised with line borders and with integral turned bulbous pipe-bowl at the back on a stepped ovoidal panel and inlaid in silver and brass en suite, on original finely figured 'tiger' maple haft of tapering ovoidal section also forming the pipe-stem, indented for fingers, slightly swelling towards the mouthpiece and with pinned silver mounts engraved with wrigglework borders and including a diamond-shape panel on each side, and surmounted by a small dark horn knob 20.5 cm. head, 54.5 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsFor related examples see Bonhams & Butterfields, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, The William H. Guthman Collection, Part I: Arms and Militaria, 12 October 2006, lots 47-48, and Bonhams San Francisco, Fine Antique Arms From The Estate Of Joseph A. Murphy, 10 November 2014, lot 1165See also Harold Peterson, American Tomahawks, 1965For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare North American TomahawkLate 18th CenturyThe iron head with slightly downbent triangular blade with concave cutting-edge, one side engraved with a dog and a bird either side of a tree above the initials 'F*B' in a punched oval, and on the other side with an engraved and punched decorative panel, all within line engraved and punched borders, the upper edges cusped on both sides, ovoidal socket, beak-shaped peen with hooked projection beneath and all decorated en suite, on later figured wooden haft of tapering oval section forming a pipe stem with dark horn mouthpiece 26.7 cm. head, 54 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare And Highly Unusual French Model Cannon, And Model Foundry JackThe First Mid-18th Century, The Second Dated 1741The first constructed of twelve tapering longitudinal sections of wood around a tubular wooden bore, carved with raised mouldings, painted dark green overall and secured together by hinged iron straps numbered from 'I' to 'XI', knob-shaped cascabel en suite, plain wooden trunnions (one incomplete), brass-lined touch-hole, and painted in polychrome with the arms of France on the first reinforce; the second with iron-mounted wooden gear-box retaining some of its original paint and operating the ratchet via an iron lever, the former stamped 'IB' on one side and dated '1741' on the other, the base with two small steadying spikes (2)38 cm. barrel, 1.5 cm. bore, the second 25 cm. high (extended) Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsA similar model Jack is included among the items of a large model of troops (lager) and their equipment in the German National Museum, NurembergFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Bronze Mortar16th/17th CenturyCast in three stages with turned mouldings and bell-shaped muzzle, set at an angle, made in one with the rectangular base and supported by four dolphins each cast in the round, deep vent, and integral lifting handle on each side cast as a lion's head 17.5 cm. high, 8 cm. boreFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Mark and Peter Dineley CollectionsFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare German Burgonet In Oriental FashionCirca 1560, Probably NurembergOf russet steel, with conical skull made in one piece and encircled by a band of fluting etched in 'Moresque' style with repeated interlaced strapwork and scrollwork, the slightly recessed rim (old patched repair to the left of the rivetted replacement peak) decorated en suite and pierced with holes for the missing cheek-pieces and neck-plates, the lower edge pierced at a later date with numerous small holes for an aventail (missing), drawn-out at the top to a bud-shaped finial and etched with triangular panels en suite with the rim above a border of ropework, the etched decoration overall retaining traces of original gilding, the Safavid bar-nasal faced in silver engraved with the Nadi 'Aliyyan prayer and 'Aid is from God and an imminent victory' in nast-ta'liq, the latter inscription on the large plummet-shaped finial and all within borders of ropework (the silver over the bar-nasal bracket incomplete), and retaining two later brass cheek-piece suspension links 26.5 cm. highFootnotes:For a related burgonet in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 04.3.216) and formerly in the Duc de Dino Collection, see Stuart W. Pyhrr, European Helmets, 1450-1650, Treasures from the Reserve Collection, p. 30, no. 46 (illustrated). Another is in the Wallace Collection, London (inv. no. A104)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare Russian 22-Bore Percussion Naval Belt PistolDated 1847 And 1858With sighted barrel retained by a brass barrel band also forming the ramrod-entry and extending back to the trigger-guard, the extension stamped with a bow and arrow mark above 'MD', octagonal breech stamped with the dates and Imperial eagle mark, incorporating the back-sight and stamped with further bow and arrow mark above initials in Cyrillic (see Neue Støckel 8607), back-action lock dated beneath Cyrillic letters and stamped with a mark on the tail, figured half-stock, regulation brass mounts variously stamped with the marks above and including beaked pommel with lanyard ring, belt hook with long tang, and stirrup ramrod secured by chains 17.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:This appears to be based on the French percussion 1849 Model naval belt pistol. For another example formerly in the Paul Murray Collection and sold in these Rooms see Antique Arms & Armour..., 30 November 2017, lot 516For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare French 15-Bore Flintlock Louis XVIII Second Restoration Period 1817 Model Gardes Du Corps Du Roi MusketDated 1817With plain barrel (light rust patination and scattered pitting) retained by three spring-held brass barrel bands, the forward one pierced, carrying the fore-sight and also forming the ramrod-entry, the breech dated on one side of the breech flat and stamped with two inspector's marks on the other, 'H', a star above in a rectangle, and 'N' in an oval, plain tang, flat bevelled lock etched 'Manuf. Royale De Versailles' and stamped with inspector's mark, 'G', a star above in a rectangle, brass pan with revolving brass pan-cover, the latter with knurled outer edge, ring-neck cock, figured full stock stamped with inspector's initials on the side-flat and on one side of the butt above circular Aoust arsenal mark dated 1817, and behind the trigger-guard tang with the name 'LANSKIN', lacquered regulation brass mounts including escutcheon embossed with the arms of France and 'GARDES DU CORPS DU ROI', sling loops, original steel ramrod, and in fine condition 103 cm. barrelFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare French Louis XVIII Second Restoration Period 15-Bore Flintlock 2nd Model Holster Pistol Of The Garde Du Corps Du Roi Circa 1816With bright barrel retained by a spring-held pierced brass barrel-band also forming the ramrod-entry and struck with indistinct marks at the breech including a 'B' in an oval on the flat, plain tang, flat bevelled lock etched 'Manuf. Roy de Maubeuge' (Neue Støckel 8661) and struck with inspector's mark, a crowned 'C' behind the brass pan, pierced cock (top jaw and screw replaced), figured full stock, regulation brass mounts comprising rounded side-plate, trigger-guard with engraved fleur-de-lys finial, and rounded pommel cast with three fleur-de-lys, and steel ramrod (some wear) 20.1 cm. barrel Footnotes:See Robert E. Brooker, Armes De Poing Militaires Francaises.., 2006, pp. 165, 170 and 171For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Rare 20-Bore Flintlock 1738 Pattern Land Service Pistol By Jordan, Dated 1743With shortened darkly russet barrel and tang, darkly russet border engraved rounded lock (jaws and jaw screw missing) with 'GR' crowned and signed and dated across the tail, figured moulded full stock (old split in front of the lock) with shallow apron around the barrel tang, regulation brass mounts (side-plate an old copper replacement) including spurred pommel and shaped vacant escutcheon, brass rear ramrod-pipe, and later wooden ramrod, indistinct King's proof marks 23.3 cm. barrel Footnotes:Edward Jordan was apprenticed to Samuel BlanckleySee De Witt Bailey, Ph.D., Pattern Dates for British Ordnance Small Arms 1718-1783, 1997, pp. 84-85, pl. 88Cf. another example by the same maker sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms, Armour & Modern Sporting Guns, 11 May 2016, lot 351For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Extremely Rare Frankenau Patent Combined Pocket Book And 5MM Pin-Fire Six-Shot Revolver Of Small BoreNo. 625, Circa 1880The metal frame with two hinged covers each faced in black leather (some wear), one side opening to reveal a folding pigskin-lined four compartment purse, the other opening to reveal the bright mechanism comprising short barrel and plain cylinder, the former protruding through the side of the frame and disguised by a hinged muzzle-cover automatically operated by the trigger on firing, original rammer held by a spring-clip on the inside of the ventilated cover, and with folding trigger held by a spring-catch, London proof marks 10.8 cm. X 6.8 cm.Footnotes:See Lewis Winant, Firearms Curiosa, 1955, pp. 157-160, figs. 180-182Cf. another example sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour featuring the Plaut Collection, 1 April 2004, lot 199For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine And Rare German 100-Bore Long Wheel-Lock Pistol Early 17th CenturyOf carbine form, with slender slightly swamped barrel incised with double lines towards the muzzle and in front of the brass fore-sight, and stamped with small crescents and dots at the raised back-sight, breech en suite and including stars, the top flat struck with unidentified barrelsmith's mark, initials 'ISI' above crossed wheel-lock pistol and sword in a shield, two ramps at the rear each notched for sighting, short tang incised with double lines, flat lock with exposed wheel retained by two shell-shaped brackets each secured by a screw, the rear bracket with tapering baluster terminal, the cock retaining bridle and cock-spring terminal en suite, and shell-shaped pan with sprung sliding pan-cover, the latter with release button, slender fruitwood full stock inlaid overall with white staghorn or bone roundels each engraved with a blackened flower-head and centred on fine symmetrical scrollwork highlighted with ball-flowers and pellets, butt of fluted 'fish-tail' form inlaid en suite on both sides of the comb, all within line engraved white staghorn or bone borders, foliate engraved trigger-plate and butt-plate, iron trigger-guard cut with two bands of line engraved mouldings and with pointed pierced finial, the curved tang of tapering circular section secured through a threaded ring-bracket and with button terminal, turned baluster trigger, white horn ramrod-pipe and fore-end cap each engraved with blackened overlapping foliage, wooden ramrod with engraved bone tip, and in fine condition 54 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceEdward Hubbard Litchfield Collection Parke-Bernet Galleries Inc., New York, Arms & Armor, Mainly European XV-XIX Century, The Important Collection Formed By Edward Hubbard Litchfield..., 5 and 6 December 1951, lot 9 (illustrated)ExhibitedThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Loan Exhibition of European Arms And Armor, 3 August to 27 September 1931, p. 76, no. 298For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Very Rare German (Augsburg) 10-Bore Combined Matchlock And Wheel-Lock Gun In Fine ConditionCirca 1580With blued two-stage sighted barrel slightly swelling at the turned muzzle, long octagonal breech deeply struck with two shield-shaped barrelsmith's marks of Thomas Berger of Augsburg (Neue Støckel 4565 and 4959) behind the back-sight with single aperture folding leaf-sight, the top of the breech, mid-section and muzzle chiselled in bas-relief with parcel-gilt acanthus, lightly engraved tang with sighting groove extending along the top of the breech, flat lock with gilt line border, external wheel with gilt retaining bracket pierced and engraved with a pair of foliate monsters and retained by two screws, hinged match-holder en suite and with ring-headed screw for adjusting the match, chiselled details on the springs, bridles and sprung sliding pan-cover, and blued cock cut with pairs of diagonal lines on the jaws, ebonised full stock inlaid with white staghorn or bone panels engraved with blackened fruiting scrolls along both sides of the full stock and with two monsters opposite the lock, club-shaped butt with a winged monster on both sides of the fluted comb, panels of scrolled foliage around the barrel tang and trigger, and with a grotesque lion-mask forming a side-nail plate, all within line borders of white staghorn or bone, etched and gilt iron mounts comprising stepped trigger-guard with bell-shaped terminal and decorated with strapwork against a ground of scrolls, and two ramrod-pipes each with foliage against a dotted ground, gilt trigger, fore-end cap engraved with overlapping foliage, horn-tipped ramrod, and retaining much of its original blued and gilt finish 103.5 cm. barrel Footnotes:For other examples of combined matchlock and wheel-lock longarms see Hans Schedelmann, Die Grossen Büchsenmacher..., 1972, p. 27, no. 47; and Howard L. Blackmore, Guns and Rifles of the World, 1965, p. 24, pls. 81-84For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Chinese Export part tea and coffee service, Yongzheng, well painted ladies playing Go at a table in an open pavilion, with two bushy tailed quadrupeds at play, the right side painted with foliage a rocks, comprising: a saucer dish, 19.6cm diameter, a spoon tray, a sugar bowl, a cream jug, three tea bowls, two saucers and four coffee cups (13)Provenance: From the china store of a Somerset country house清雍正至乾隆 稀有外销瓷器一组共13件拍品来源：英格兰萨默塞特郡乡村大宅 Condition Report: the saucer dish with five haircracks 3 x 5cm long and 2 x 3.5cm long and with 1.4cm x 4mm rim chip the spoon tray with wear to enamels the sugar bowl extensively damaged and glued back together and with chips and filled areathe cream jug in quite nice condition but missing cover one coffee cup broken in half and glued and with large rim chip and piece missing and other rim chips and the other three coffee cups generally in very presentable condition but two with minor rim frits one tea bowl in half and riveted repair and one tea bowl good other than minor rim chip and slight wear to rim and one tea bowl with hair crack approximately 4cm through base and 1.5cm up the sideone saucer with 1cm hair crack and some wear and the other saucer in good conditionCondition Report Disclaimer
Collection of mixed singles in various labels to include Island Records Horatio Soul Ten White Horses, Greyhound Dream Lover on Blue Mountain, Rare Earth Under Gods Light, The Lovin Spoonful On the Road again on Kama Sutra, Moby Grape Can't be so Sad, Katina Don't stroke my Pussy on Cactus, The Spotnicks The Rocket Man on Oriole, etc (over 90)
Plan for Castle Lescudjack estate 'Plan for Laying Out in Building Plots for First Rate Villas, Part of, Castle Lescudjack Estate in the Parish of Madron and Township of Penzance,' a rare survivor, printed plans on thin card, some condition issues, toning, spotting engraving of prospective view of villas in Penzance, Day & Son, London, c1800.
JOHN FAGE. 'Speculum Aegrotorum, The Sick-Mens Glasse,' 'Or, Aplaine Introduction where one may give a true and infallible judgment, Of the Life or Death of a sick body......Whereunto is annexed a Treatise of four Humours,' rare second edition, full leather in a delicate state with chips and loss, good textblock with tables of the moon's and sun's influence, woodcut head and tailpieces, some 19th century ink notes to margins, B. Alsop and T.F. for William Lugger, London, 1638.This book does indeed collate thus [6], 66, 97-134 [i.e.104], [2] pages. The stiching appears to be tight. The staining runs through the majority of the book with the worst being on the inner margins. I have uploaded more images to our website for your discretion.
Cornish poetry interest. JOHN HARRIS. 'Shakspere's Shrine, An Indian Story, Essays, and Poems,' original purple cloth with gold embossed decorations, soiled and rubbed, contempoary ink signature to titlepage, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, London, 1866; 'A Story of Carn Brea, Essays, and Poems,' original cloth, chips to spine cloth pannel, contemporay ink inscription to free endpaper, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, London, 1863; 'Luda: A Lay of the Druids,' original cloth, chips and rubbed, toning, Hamilton, Adams, and Co, London, 1868; ANNIE E. ARGALL. 'The Inspiration of Song and Other Poems,' rare first edition, original cloth, frontis depicting author, ink inscription to free endpaper 'To my Nephew John Argall from the late authors husband signed and dated', Netherton and Worth, Truro, 1894; With four other books on poetry. (8)
Nine works on architecture. FRITZ AUGUST BREUHAUS. 'Das Haus In Der Landschaft,' original cloth, some chips to spine, spotting to first few leaves, b+w photographs, monochrome plates, Verlag Von Julius Hoffmann, Stuttgart, n.d; F. R. S. YORKE and FREDERICK GIBBERD. 'Modern Flats,' original cloth, unclipped dj, profusely illustrated with b+w photographs, The Architectural Press, London, 1958; ROBERT WINKLER. 'Architects' Homes,' original cloth, loss to unclipped dj, spotting, profusely illustrated with b+w photographs, Verlag Girsberger, Zurich, 1955; KLAUS-Jurgen SEMBACH. 'Henry Van De Velde,' origianl cloth, unclipped dj, profusely illustrated, Rizzoli, New York, 1989; TINA JORSTIAN and POUL ERIK MUNK NIELSEN. 'Taend! PH Lampens Historie,' original cloth, rare, profusely illustrated, Gyldendal, Denmark, 1994; With four other books. (9)
An early example of 'God Save the King' and other printed popular music. Sammelband of mid 18th century printed popular music, folio, bound, ex libris label worn to the point where the name is unrecognisable, the date still showing 1747, with in excess of 150 popular songs on 213 leaves, including an early example of 'A Loyal Song Sung at both Theatres for two Voices' (God Save the king), sheets in different states but generally good, uncut edges and pasted onto thin card slips bound to the folio, with some repairs, a rare survivor of a unique example of the popular songs of the time, in one binding, circa 1747. A small example of some songs;Celinda. A two part song set by Mr John JamesThe New Subscription Song set by Mr ArneThe Jene Seay quoi set by Mr HandelColin and PhaebeThe Shepards Invitation sung by Mr Sullivan the music by Mr Lampe the words by Mr AyreStrephon's Complaint of Love set by Mr HandelThe Lady of the MayA Song on the taking of Porto Bello sung by Mr BeardBeauty of Music by Mr BarkerThe Nut Brown Maid set by Mr HowardThe Charms of Lovely PeggyTo Zephyrus Made to a favourite Minuet in Mr Howards Overture to the Amorous GoddessJockey and JennyTit for TatThe Blind eat many a FlyAh Well-a-dayBritain's maritime Power writ in honour of Admiral Hawke's late Victory over the French the words by Mr LockmanThe Power of Love
BEALE, John, Herefordshire Orchards, A Pattern for all England, written in an Epistolary Address to Samuel Hartlib Esq. Small 8vo, Roger Daniel, 1657. Very neatly rebound in limp vellum in period style with leather ties. A rare title, both in commerce and institutionally. ESTC lists 6 copies, only one of which is in North America.
ROULLET & DECAMPS; a rare late 19th century walking peacock or clockwork automaton with real feather plumage and diecast legs, in original pine box, length approx 35cm.PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest. Additional InformationThe feathers are in poor condition and several of the tail feather are lacking. No key and has not been wound to see if the mechanism works. The box lacking part of the side and much of the lid.
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