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CHINESE CARVED BEADS. A necklace of Chinese wine-red beads, the large beads carved with a variety of faces of Immortals to either side, interspersed with rose carved beads. Length 46cm. Length of large beads 2.2cm. #Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Nine bottles of red wine to include two bottles of 1982 Chateau Le Gardera Bordeaux Supérieur; one bottle of Château Haut Faugères Saint-Émilion Grand Cru; three bottles of Weinert Cabernet Sauvignon; one bottle of Cavas de Weinert Mendoza; one bottle of 1988 Morgan; and one bottle of Saint-Émilion red Qty: 9 Levels generally just above the shoulder.
A collection of glassware to include a set of ten cut glass red wine glasses; eleven cut glass white wine glasses; a set of six cut glass tumblers; twelve various dishes and bowls; eleven champagne flutes; two liqueur glasses and three water jugsQty: quantity Minor chipping around the rim of two wine glasses, otherwise generally good condition
10 bottles of Chilean & Argentinian red wine, comprising 2 2017 Catena Alta Malbec, 2 2019 Max Errazuriz Carmenere, 2 2018 Ventopuro comprising 1 red blend & 1 pinot noir, 1 2018 Clos de los Siete Michel Rolland, 1 2019 Gaia malbec, 1 2019 Trivento mendoza malbec & 1 Montgras De Vine reserva Carmenere (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Good
8 bottles of Italian red wine, comprising 1 2020 Canaletto Montepulciano, 1 2009 Pietranera Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, 1 2019 Primitivo Terre di Chieti, 1 2020 Perricone, 1 2019 Nero Oro, 1 2020 Negro Amaro, 1 2020 Connubio Rosso and 1 2018 Sagrato chianti reserve, Cecchi (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Good
8 bottles of Italian red wine, comprising 1 boxed 2017 Le Argille Cabernet Cabernet, 1 2010 Brunello Montalcino, Pieve Santa Restituta, 2 2018 Villa Caffaggio Chianti Classico, 1 2014 Amarone della Valpolicella, 1 2010 San Marzano Anniverario 62, and 2 Memoro Piccini (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Good
11 & 1 half bottles Australian wine, comprising 1 2019 Grand Barossa shiraz, 2 2004 Battely Syrah, 2 Barossa Hallett shiraz, 1 1996 Clarendon Hills Old Vines Grenache, 1 2013 Terroirs of the Barossa Ebenezer shiraz, 1 2017 Botham 81 Series, 1 2020 Houghton Heritage red, 1 2020 The Orford Durif, 1 2020 Taparoo Valley Merlot, & 1 half 2017 Botrytis Semillon (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Good
19 bottles of mixed wine & liqueur, including 2 boxed Croft Original Sherry, 4 2015 La Moneda malbec, 1 50cl Cherry Blossom & Lychee ASDA gin, 1 50cl Edinburgh Gin Distillery Pomergranate & Rose, 1 1999 Kendall-Jackson Collage cabernet sauvignon-shiraz, 1 2014 Yellowwood Mountain Pinotage, 1 2016 Luis Felipe Edwards sauvignon blanc, 3 J.P. Chenet low alcohol red wine, and others (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Generally good, one bottle a mystery as not labelled.
A selection of items to include the following: 1 x Edinburgh glass decanter of square form. Height (without the stopper) 19cms; Height with stopper 25cms. No chips or nibbles to either the stopper or the decanter. The faceted stopper is original to the piece. Marked 'Edinburgh Crystal' to the base. 3 x wine glasses (no maker's mark). Height:17.5cms; diameter of the base:7cms; diameter of the bowl:6.5cms. All in very good condition with no chips or nibbles 1 x Waterford Crystal decanter marked 'Waterford' to the base. Height: 25.5cms; Diameter of the base:10.5cms; Diameter of the rim: 6cms; Length of the stopper:11.5cms. Length of the item with stopper attached: 33cms. Original, tight fitting stopper 2 x Waterford Crystal wine glasses: 1 has a very small chip to the inside of the rim. Diameter of the base: 4.5cms; diameter of the bowl: 7.75cms; Height: 12.5cms 1 x Caithness paperweight coloured vibrant blue and red. No chips or nibbles - very good condition. Height: 8.5cms; Diameter of base: 5cms 1 x Royal Doulton soap dispenser. The inscription underneath reads as follows: "Specially designed and manufactured by the ROYAL DOULTON POTTERIES for the proprietors of Wrights Coal Tar Soap. Width: 15.25cms; Depth: 11cms; Height (including the insect (a dragonfly?) 3.5cms. Green edging with a royal blue soap platform. Multi-coloured insect. Minor scratches not clearly visible unless the dispenser is held up for close inspection. There is a firing blemish on the platform for the soap. No chips or nibbles. 1 x Royal China Works flower vase, RG No.130002 G103 Mint green colourway with 6 petals below an off-white open flower with serrated edges. Very good condition with no chips or crazing maximum height: 8.5cms Maximum width: 15cms 1 x paperweight - see additional photo
JASPER CONRAN FOR STUART CRYSTAL, SUITE OF GLASSES comprising twelve red wine glasses, ten white wine glasses, eighteen soda glasses and five shot glasses, along with a Waterford champagne glassOne red wine glass chipped foot, one white wine glass chipped to foot, otherwise in good condition
The Beggars Bennison: a very rare enamelled opaque twist wine glass of Scottish interest, circa 1770Perhaps by Anthony Taylor, the ogee bowl painted in polychrome with a phallus hung with a pouch in white, red, green and black enamels, with the emblems of an anchor above and a castle below, inscribed 'The Beggars Bennison [sic]' below the rim to the reverse, set on a double-series stem with two pair of opaque white threads encircling a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 13.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Asprey, 1986Durrington CollectionLiteratureSimon Cottle, 'The Other Beilbys', Apollo (October 1986), pp.319-20, col. pl.V and fig.9Peter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.36ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.42Officially founded in 1739, the 'Beggar's Benison' has been described as 'a Scottish society of an erotic and convivial nature, composed of the nobility and gentry of Anstruther and adjacent districts in the Kingdom of Fife and Caledonia', see the footnote to Lot 50 in this sale. It is generally accepted that castle and anchor on these Beggars Benison glasses are emblematic of the City of Edinburgh, but it has also been suggested that they instead allude to the town of Anstruther, see David Stevenson, The Beggar's Benison: Sex clubs of the Scottish Enlightenment and their rituals (2001), pp.249-50. F Peter Lole has suggested that the castle motif could also be interpreted as a reference to the Castle of Dreel in Anstruther, where the society held its earliest meetings, see Dodsworth (2006), p.61. Lole suggests that this would explain why the castle emblem continued in use in Beggars Benison memorabilia long after the Edinburgh chapter had become defunct.Two further glasses from this remarkable set are recorded, including one formerly in the John de Tscharner Vischer Collection which was most recently sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 67 and another in the collection of the University of St Andrews (inv. no.HC1064). Similarly limited colour palettes are also employed on a set of Jacobite glasses painted with a portrait bust of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in red, white and blue, a set of cordial glasses bearing the crest of Wilson of Fraserburgh in red and white, together with several Masonic firing glasses also enamelled in red and white. All are considered to be of Scottish origin and perhaps the work of Anthony Taylor, see Simon Cottle (1986), pp.315-27.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
The Tilly of Haarlem Goblet: an important Beilby enamelled and engraved armorial light baluster goblet, circa 1765The round funnel bowl finely decorated in polychrome with the coat of arms of the Tilly family of Haarlem, a yellow dove perched on an olive branch with a white stem and green leaves, within an ouroboros, the yellow serpent picked out in iron-red shown biting its tail, within an elaborate rococo scroll cartouche painted in shades of pale purple, inscribed 'Tilly.' in opaque white beneath, the reverse engraved with a medallion containing seven arrows emblematic of the Seven United Provinces, within the inscription 'VREEDE EN EENDRAGHT' (Peace and Unity), surmounted by a dove in white enamel, traces of gilding to the rim, on a stem with triple-annulated knop above a beaded inverted baluster and small basal knop, over a conical foot, 17cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 1 July 1949, lot 16With Delomosne and SonSotheby's, 24 November 1986, lot 78With Asprey, 1987Durrington CollectionLiteratureRoger Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.29Stephen Pohlmann, 'The Tilly Glasses', Glass Circle News, No.139 (November 2015), p.5, fig.1ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.38Once known as 'Newcastle' light balusters, glasses of this distinctive form are now known to have been manufactured in Holland as well as England, see Catherine Ross, 'Flint glass houses on the Rivers Tyne and Wear during the eighteenth century', The Glass Circle Journal, No.5 (1986), pp.75-85. It is likely that the Beilbys imported undecorated light baluster glasses from Holland, as most surviving examples of this shape with Beilby decoration have identical stems and several have Dutch connections.Fifteen Beilby decorated light baluster wine glasses or goblets, many of similar shape, are recorded including the present lot. Eleven of these bear armorials or crests, while four are painted with vine in opaque white enamel. The latter includes one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.c.625/1936), one in the Kunstmuseum Den Haag (inv. no.1005203), one in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.513-1961) and one from the Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 102.Of the crested and armorial examples, eight have direct Dutch connections. They include the magnificent Prince William V goblet from the A C Hubbard Jr Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2011, lot 142, a smaller wine glass also bearing the arms of Prince William V sold by Bonhams on 1 May 2013, lot 116, two wine glasses with the arms of Prince William V and Princess Wilhelmina accollé, including one from the Julius and Ann Kaplan Collection sold by Bonhams on 15 November 2017, lot 33 and one in Museum Rotterdam (inv. no.17) and a goblet in the World of Glass Museum in St. Helens bearing the arms of the Van Dongen family of Amsterdam. Three further glasses bear the arms and crest of the Tilly family of Haarlem, including the present lot.In 2010 a second 'Tilly' glass, with a damaged foot, was discovered in the collection of Rudy van Dobben in Halfweg, Netherlands, which had directly descended through the Tilly family. See Kiki Alpherts and Marius van Dam, Tussen Kunst en Kitsch: 101 ontdekkingen (2015), p.133, no.66. This was sold as part of the Stephen Pohlmann Collection by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 40 and differs slightly from the present lot in that the reverse is enamelled with the crest of a white dove in flight above a helmet in yellow and red. Whilst it has been suggested that the engraving on the Durrington glass existed before the enamelling took place, it is plausible that the engraved medallion was later added over the original enamelled crest. A third 'Tilly' glass, in a private collection, is unpublished.The 'Tilly' set was almost certainly commissioned by Claas de Koning Tilly (1727-1814), who by 1764 owned a firm in Haarlem founded by his grandfather in 1696, which specialised in the production of a panacea known as Dutch drops (Haarlemmerolie). The firm was subsequently renamed C de Koning Tilly and was latterly owned by Rudy van Dobben until 2019, a direct descendent of this branch of the Tilly family. Interestingly, two engraved light baluster wine glasses bearing the initials 'CDKT' for Claas de Koning Tilly are discussed in detail by J R ter Molen, 'Twee gedecoreerde wijnglazen uit 1765 en 1769 met de initialen van C. de Koning Tilly', Antiek, Vol.8 (March 1982), pp.461-70, indicating that Claas was clearly commissioning other glasses at this time. The first is decorated with the arms of Haarlem, dated 1765 and inscribed ''T WELVAAREN VAN DE DIACONY' (The prosperity of the Diaconate). It is thought to commemorate the election of Claas as a deacon by the Grand Church Council on 18 March that year, a position which he held until 1769. The other is dated 1769 and decorated with a view of the Hofje van Bakenes in Haarlem, almost certainly commemorating his appointment as regent of the Bakenesser Chamber on 2 October that year, a position which he retained until 1780. It seems likely that the Beilby decorated set may also have been commissioned to celebrate one of these occasions.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 very rare Beilby enamelled armorial wine glass, circa 1765-70The round funnel bowl finely painted in polychrome with a yellow rococo scrollwork cartouche heightened in iron-red, enclosing the coat of arms of Thomas impaling Clayton in black, white and gilt, flanked by foliate sprigs, the reverse with fruiting vine in white enamel pendent from the rim, set on a double-series opaque twist stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads around a multi-ply corkscrew, over a conical foot, 15.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 16 October 1990, lot 162With Asprey, 1990Durrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.33ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.37The coat of arms is for the Right Reverend John Thomas (1712-1793), who was Bishop of Rochester from 1774. Born in Carlisle, he was the eldest son of John Thomas, vicar of Brampton, Cumberland. He had a remarkable and distinguished career in the church, beginning on 27 March 1737 when he was ordained a deacon before receiving priest's orders on 25 September that year. On 27 January 1738 he was instituted rector of Bletchingley in Surrey, a living in the gift of Sir William Clayton whose daughter Anne he would go on to marry. Thomas was appointed chaplain in ordinary to King George II on 18 January 1749, a post which he retained under King George III. On 23 April 1754 he was made a prebendary of Westminster and in 1762 was appointed sub-almoner to the Archbishop of York. He was instituted to the vicarage of St Bride's, Fleet Street, London on 7 January 1766 and became Dean of Westminster and of the Order of the Bath in 1768. He was consecrated Bishop of Rochester on 13 November 1774.Thomas was married twice and the arms on the present glass represent his first marriage to Anne, daughter of Sir William Clayton and widow of Sir Charles Blackwell, on 19 August 1742. Anne died on 7 July 1772 and he remarried on 12 January 1776, this time to Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Baldwin and widow of Sir Joseph Yates. It is likely that the set was commissioned prior to Anne's death in 1772, perhaps to celebrate Thomas' new position of Dean of Westminster and of the Order of the Bath in 1768. Five glasses from this set are recorded, including the present lot. One from the Chris Crabtree Collection was sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 62 and three more were discovered in the Portsmouth area in 2011 before being sold at auction in Chichester later that year. One of those three was subsequently sold by Bonhams as part of the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection on 30 November 2022, lot 144. For a set of four Beilby enamelled armorial wine glasses bearing the arms of the Surtees family, see that sold by Bonhams on 23 June 2021, lots 9-12.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 remarkable set of six colour twist wine glasses, circa 1765With bell bowls, the stems each containing an opaque white spiral gauze encircled by three threads, one iron-red, one pale blue, and one white, over conical feet, 17.9cm high (6)Footnotes:ProvenanceWith Asprey, 1987Durrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.55ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.29Whilst colour twist wine glasses are remarkable in themselves, a fully matching set of six such as this is a truly remarkable survival.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
The Providence: an exceptionally rare Beilby enamelled colour twist wine glass, dated 1767The round funnel bowl painted in polychrome with a three-masted ship in opaque white, the flags and banners picked out in pale red, inscribed 'the Providence' above, the reverse inscribed 'JO:N ELLIOT 1767', the unusual stem with an opaque-white corkscrew edged in iron-red and translucent cobalt-blue, alternating with opaque canary-yellow and translucent jade-green spiral threads, over a conical foot, 15.9cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSotheby's, 2 July 1985, lot 692With Maureen ThompsonDurrington CollectionLiteratureRoger Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.35ExhibitedBroadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.41This remarkable glass is one of only two recorded. The other, formerly in the Hamilton Clements Collection, was sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Jr Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 135 and is illustrated by Ward Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.93-4, pls.130-1 and dustjacket. They are exceptional not only because the combination of red, yellow, blue and green twists in the stem is highly unusual, the yellow thread being particularly rare, but also because they also represent the only enamelled colour twist wine glasses known. A set of Beilby enamelled cordial glasses would seem to be the only other colour twist drinking glasses decorated by the Beilby workshop, see Lot 46 in this sale.These ship glasses are traditionally referred to as 'Privateer' glasses, but as the portholes on the ship are closed it may have instead been a trading vessel. Two other Beilby enamelled objects painted with ships are known, including The Margaret and Winneford Punchbowl in the Laing Art Gallery, see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973, pp.130-1, figs.74-6. The other is the so-called Whitehaven Goblet bearing the Royal arms of George III, see the footnote to Lot 45 in this sale.It has not yet been possible to confidently trace the ship or captain commemorated on this glass as there are several ships by this name. In a letter to Philip Stephens dated 30 September 1763, Admiral Rodney refers to an armed brig called Providence which had been newly hired into His Majesty's service and placed under the command of Mr Low, see David Syrett, The Rodney Papers, Vol.2 (2007), pp.19-20. In 1766 Lloyd's List records a ship called Providence, captained by Elliot, which arrived into Portsmouth from Georgia on 30 May and departed for Rotterdam on 20 June which is perhaps that mentioned on this glass. A sloop of 50 tons by the name of Providence was built at Berwick upon Tweed in 1767, owned by the master mariner Robert Kirkwood of Sunderland, and operated as a Dublin coaster, but it is unclear who commanded it.Interestingly, there are two engraved glasses with bucket bowls in the collection of the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, commemorating both the same captain and ship. One is a plain-stemmed goblet inscribed 'SUCCESS TO THE PROVIDENCE AND JON ELLIOT.' (inv. no.GGG0200) and the other an opaque twist wine glass inscribed 'Success to the Providence & JON ELLIOTT' (inv. no.GGG0196); the latter would appear to be that from the Sir Hugh Dawson Collection sold by Sotheby's on 21 October 1960, lot 40 and illustrated and discussed by E B Haynes, 'A Naval Array: Part II', Apollo (May 1940), p.125, fig.10. That all of these glasses are different suggests that they may have been commissioned at different times and that both the ship and captain were of some importance. There is some discrepancy in the spelling of the name on these glasses, either as Elliott or Elliot, and it is tempting to attribute them to Admiral John Elliot (1732-1808), the highly distinguished Scottish officer of the Royal Navy. However, Elliot seems only to have commanded various Plymouth guardships between 1763 and 1771 and none by the name of Providence. Haynes suggests that 1767 may instead be a later commemorative date.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
Discover a delightful ensemble featuring cordial glasses, wine glasses, and dessert glasses. Each piece in this collection showcases exquisite deep ruby red glass, presented in a variety of complementary designs that add a touch of allure to your table setting. Largest piece measures 7"H x 2.5"dia. Issued: 20th CenturyCondition: Age related wear.
RED WINE; eleven bottles, to include two bottles of Château Laville Bertrou, 2015, 15%, 750ml, a bottle of Château Bovila, 2012, 13%, 750ml, a bottle of Sancerre, 2015, 13%, 750ml, a bottle of Vina Alberdi, 13%, 750ml, a bottle of La Ramillade, 1999, 14%, 750ml, a bottle of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, 1999, 13%, 750ml, also further bottles of red wine.
RED WINE; eleven bottles, to include two bottles of Côtes-du-Rhône, 2016, 14%, 750ml, a bottle of Merlot Sauvignon 2000, 13%, 750ml, a bottle of Montes Alpha Syrah 2001, 13.5%, 750ml, in original wrapping paper, a bottle of Mouton Cadet, 1997, 12%, 750ml, a bottle of Château Léoville Poyferré, 1998, 13%, 750ml, a bottle of Côté Mas, 2015, 14.5%, 750ml, also four further bottles of red wine.
A QUANTITY OF CUT CRYSTAL, comprising a set of four large wine glasses, champagne flutes, a boxed red Bohemian glass vase, a set of six whisky tumblers, a Royal Brierly crystal bud vase, a set of ten grapefruit dishes, a pair of pedestal dessert dishes, a pedestal bon-bon dish, etc. (Qty) (Condition Report: no obvious damage)
LOUIS VUITTON Messenger Bag "BASS", Koll.: 2011. Monogram Canvas Serie mit schwarzen Leder-Details, silberfarbener Hardware, Überschlag mit magnetischem Verschluss und Textitelm Schultergurt in Schwarz. Innenraum in Weinrot mit zwei Fächern. Staubbeutel anbei. Gebrauchsspuren vorhanden. 28 x 30 x 5 cm.| LOUIS VUITTON Messenger Bag "BASS", coll.: 2011. Monogram canvas series with black leather details, silver hardware, flap with magnetic closure and textile shoulder strap in black. Interior in wine red with two compartments. Dust bag enclosed. Signs of wear present. 28 x 30 x 5 cm.
HERMÈS Umhängetasche "KELLY SPORT", Koll.: 2001. Clémence-Leder Serie in Weinrot mit vergoldeter Hardware, Riemenvershcluss auf der Front und längenverstellbarem Schulterriemen. Innenraum aus Leder mit zwei Fächern. Staubbeutel anbei. Abrieb und Kratzer vorhanden. 26 x 28 x 11 cm.| HERMÈS shoulder bag "KELLY SPORT", coll.: 2001. Clémence leather series in wine red with gold-plated hardware, strap closure on the front and adjustable shoulder strap. Leather interior with two compartments. Dust bag enclosed. Abrasion and scratches present. 26 x 28 x 11 cm.
Original vintage Soviet anti alcohol health propaganda poster - Wine takes Revenge on the Drunkard - featuring an illustration of a man's face on a red background on one side of a green bottle of wine in the centre of the image, a skull on a black background on the other side with a list of institutions involved in the fight against drinking and alcoholism on the margin below the bold warning text - Order Department of the Internal Affairs, Directorate of the Volyn Regional Executive Committee, Regional drug dispensary, sobering-up stations, Regional House of Health Education and the Regional Committee of the Red Cross Society. Good condition, minor staining, paper loss on top right of image. Country of issue: Ukraine, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 29x20, year of printing: 1986.
Specified by our vendor in 2007 as one of the first re-engineered Interceptors. Capable of 0-60mph in some 4.5 seconds and celebrated in print and on TV. The Interceptor was as much Italian as British, designed as it was by Carrozzeria Touring with the bodyshells built by Vignale before being delivered to the West Bromwich factory to be paired with the inimitable 6.3-litre Chrysler V8 and mechanicals. When new, the Interceptor cost substantially more than an Aston Martin and was double the price of an E-Type Jaguar. One would struggle to find a connection between Frank Sinatra and Sir Matt Busby but both drove an Interceptor. The celebrity ownership list is exhaustive whilst the Interceptor's appearance on a slew of glamourous TV action series during the in period, gave the car a certain louche, playboy image. An Interceptor III was even presented as a prize to the 1975 winner of the Penthouse Pet of the Year.Uniquely, for an expensive British car, the Interceptor wasn’t burdened by the historical baggage of past Le Mans glories or the stigma of a large chromed grille, it was accepted but stood apart, the raffish cousin at a society event. The Interceptor was more likely to be seen outside a nightclub than a theatre, and was impervious then, as now, to snobbery.Registered in the UK to the first of just two former keepers on 17th September 1973, the car's programme of transformation works started in 2007 to our vendor’s specification, taking some 1,000 plus man-hours just to get the bodyshell up to scratch. With the panel work restored and repainted in black Tarantelle Schwartz, the original brightwork was refurbished. The interior was retrimmed with Bridge of Weir leather in wine red and new Smiths instruments, carpets, and trim with a new Moto-Lita Mahogany steering wheel fitted. A brand-new GM powertrain comprising a LS3 supercharged engine (435bhp) and 6-speed electronic automatic gearbox originally intended for the Corvette, all ECU controlled with new wiring throughout, was fitted.The rear suspension was re-engineered with a bespoke independent rear setup, including a limited-slip differential. The front suspension was entirely rebuilt with upgraded rack, and modified geometry, all to improve ride and handling. The heavily modified brakes had 330mm front rotors and AP 6-pot callipers with Jaguar-sourced 280mm rear discs and callipers. The exhaust system was custom-built in stainless steel. The 17" x 7" wheels were based on the original 15" Jensen 5-spoke design and accommodate larger, modern tyres. The finished car was capable of 0-60mph in around four seconds, a testament to the engineering skills and dedication of Jensen Automotive International Ltd.This very car was driven by Jeremy Clarkson for his Sunday Times Driving column (although the photographs feature Carphone Warehouse’s Charles Dunstone’s Interceptor S) published on 17th April 2011. He concluded 'What we have here is one of the most beautiful cars ever made, stripped down to the bare metal, repainted, retrimmed and fitted with just enough mechanical components to make it handle properly, ride even better and go like a b*****d.'Presented to auction with a shade under 17,000 miles since completion, used little but often when able to escape central London, our vendor regretfully concedes it is time for someone else to enjoy the car. The detailed history file includes the original order forms, copies of the aforementioned article and receipts. Keenly estimated, we are informed a similar car built to this specification will cost in the region of £400,000 today.Specification Make: JENSEN Model: INTERCEPTOR Year: 1973 Chassis Number: 1368923 Registration Number: XWB 990M Transmission: Automatic Engine Number: 3C11790 Drive Side: Right-hand Drive Odometer Reading: 17751 Miles Make: RHD Interior Colour: Wine Red LeatherClick here for more details and images

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