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Lot 77
A large Etruscan ribbon-handled bucchero amphora Circa 570-540 B.C.The ovoid body decorated with raised bands at the belly and beneath the shoulder, with incised half-fan motifs between and above, an incised dotted band on the flared foot, with four strap handles joining the everted rim and the base of the flaring cylindrical neck, each decorated with a frieze, surmounted by a half-fan motif, of two striding lions with curling tails led by a panther, the face turned frontally, 46cm highFootnotes:Provenance:with Galerie Palladion, Basel, 1970s. D. G. collection, acquired from the above 18 September 1979.Bucchero amphorae of this scale, with four ribbon handles, are exceedingly rare; cf. a smaller example, with only two handles, in the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg, acc. no. 1998.345. The most striking features of the ribbon-handle amphorae are the spindle-shaped body and the wide, flat handles. In Athens, the potter Nikosthenes took up this shape and produced Attic vessels for export to Etruria, which are known as Nikosthenic amphorae.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
Lot 64
A small Greek marble naiskos with Cybele Circa 4th Century B.C.In the form of a rectangular naiskos with an unadorned pediment, the goddess enthroned, wearing a polos and a long chiton with a draped himation at her left shoulder, characteristically holding aloft a drum in her left hand and a bowl in her lowered right, a lion resting on her knees, now largely indistinguishable, the figures of Hermes Kadmilos and Hecate in low relief on the antae, now somewhat obscured, 14cm high, 9.5cm wideFootnotes:Provenance:with D. J. Crowther Ltd, London, November 1968. Private collection, France, late 1980s.This diminutive naiskos is of a type found in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens, including one naming Cybele as 'Mother of the Gods' (acc. nos. 3538, 1540, 1554, 1555). Numerous examples have also been discovered in Piraeus; see Arachne database nos. 1167028 and 1167029. The depiction of the goddess with a drum and a lion on her lap is inkeeping with the so-called 'Phrygian type', also known as 'Mistress of the Animals'. For a similarly scaled sculpture, see Arachne database no. 1136855, a naiskos with two seated Cybele figures, in the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. For a well-preserved, large-scale example of the type, again discovered in Piraeus, see a naiskos in the Staatliche Museen, Berlin, acc. no. Sk 692.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
Lot 145
A Neolithic shell spirit mask amulet Israel, Pre-Pottery Neolithic B, circa 8000-6000 B.C.Shield-shaped, with drilled circular eyeholes, 6.3cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Formerly private collection, Israel. Exported from Israel under licence in 2020.This amulet brings to mind the Neolithic limestone masks discovered in the Judean desert, which comprise one of the earliest group of sculptures to survive from the region. These life-sized masks, and this amulet, are clearly fashioned to resemble human faces. The small scale of this piece, and the weight of the larger, limestone examples, suggest that these objects were not meant to be worn, but served a ritualistic purpose. It has been suggested that they were meant to invoke the spirits of deceased ancestors; if so, they mark one of the earliest attempts by the newly-evolving non-nomadic societies of the 7th Millennium B.C. to connect with the spiritual world.For more on the limestone masks discovered in the hills and deserts near Jerusalem, see the catalogue from the Israel Museum exhibition of 2014, which displayed a group of these masks together for the first time (D. Hershman, Face to Face: The Oldest Masks in the World, 2014). Two examples remain in the Israel Museum, acc. nos. 82.2.71 and 1984-407.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 102
A Meissen plate from the 'Philosophisches Service' for the Marquis D'Argens, circa 1760Painted with four trophies within floral borders emblematic of music, architecture, measurement and wise government, and a hand holding scales in the centre emblematic of Justice, brown-edged wavy rim, 23.4cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 54 (very minor wear)Footnotes:This service was famously ordered to his own design by Frederick the Great of Prussia for his friend and advisor, Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens. The opportunity arose during the Prussian occupation of Saxony in the Seven Years War when, in Spring 1760, he was headquartered near Meissen. The king offered a gift of porcelain to his friend, who gratefully accepted and countered with an invitation to dine from the service at a 'philosophical' feast. This inspired Frederick to design the service himself, with the phrase 'Dubium initium sapientiae [est]' after Aristotle inscribed on the finial of the tureen and on a dish. The relatively modest scale of the service - a total of 48 plates for twelve diners and no soup or dessert plates - underscores that it was intended as an intimate gift for the private sphere. The service was delivered to the Marquis d'Argens by 22 June 1760, when he wrote an effusive letter of thanks to the king. A large portion of the service was acquired in 2000 by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg and is now displayed in the appartement of the Marquis d'Argens in the Neues Palais in Potsdam.See Dag Nabrdalik, DUBIUM INITIUM SAPIENTA - Das philosophische Tafelservice Friedrichs des Großen aus der Meißener Porzellanmanufaktur für Jean-Baptiste de Boyer, Marquis d'Argens, in Keramos 201 (2008), pp. 41-54, for a thorough discussion of the service and associated correspondence, and Samuel Wittwer, 'hat der König von Preußen die schleunige Verfettigung verschiedener Bestellungen ernstlich begehret' - Friedrich der Große und das Meißener Porzellan, in Keramos 208 (2010), pp. 17-80, for the Prussian king's interest in Meissen porcelain. Another plate from the service was sold in these Rooms, 14 December 2016, lot 125.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 43
A Meissen coffee and tea service, circa 1755-60Painted with putti within clouds surrounded by scattered flower sprays, under wide borders of puce scale ground edged with gilt scrollwork, comprising: coffee pot and cover, teapot and cover, shaped stand, tea canister and cover, sugar bowl and cover, milk jug and cover, waste bowl, twelve tea cups and saucers, and six coffee cups and saucers, the coffee pot: 23.5cm high, the teapot: 11cm high, the waste bowl: 16.8cm diam., crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, gilt numerals 80 and some impressed numerals (minuscule chips to finials) (48)Footnotes:Provenance:The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainThis 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
Lot 103
A Meissen dessert dish from the 'Brühl'sche Allerlei' service, circa 1746Probably modelled by Johann Friedrich Eberlein, painted with with a flower spray and hazelnuts, the wavy gilt-edged rim moulded with shells and pierced trellis panels interspersed with pierced flower sprays picked out in polychrome enamels, 24.2cm diam., crossed swords mark above a dot in underglaze-blue, impressed 21 (rim section restuck)Footnotes:Provenance:From the service commissioned by Heinrich Graf von Brühl in 1742 and listed at his death in 1763 in his Dresden palace in the AugustusstrasseThe 'Brühlsche Allerlei' service was one of the most magnificent table services made at the Meissen manufactory and is comparable in scale and ambition to the better-known Swan Service. The service has been thoroughly discussed by Johanna Lessmann, Das 'Brühlsche Allerlei' Ein Service für Heinrich Graf von Brühl, in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwwanenservice (2000), pp. 106-123. It originally comprised over 2000 pieces, including dinner, dessert and coffee services, and at Brühl's death in 1763, still included 145 soup plates and 269 dinner plates. Most of the modelling work on the service appears to have been done by J.F. Eberlein and J.G. Ehder, whose work records include numerous references to the service. Two large quantities from the service were sold by Sotheby's London, 8 July 1997, lot 57; and by Sotheby's New York, 21 November 2014, lot 1304. A similar dessert dish from the service is in the Dresden porcelain collection, published in U. Pietsch (ed.), Schwanenservice (2000), no. 151.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 170
Various items of European porcelain, 19th century and laterComprising: eight hard-paste Sèvres style plates after 18th century originals, a modern hard-paste porcelain tulip, a Sèvres style lobed oval dish with putto in monochrome colours, a Worcester cup and saucer of Jabberwocky pattern, circa 1770, two Wedgwood cups and covers (one in creamware and one jasper ware), three Sèvres-style plates, all with different decoration, a Sèvres style flower vase, a Sèvres-style turquoise-ground cup and saucer, and a hard-paste porcelain neo-classical cup and saucer with a scale pattern, a later-decorated Sèvres blue-ground helmet-shaped jug (pot à lait aiguière), the plates: 25.5cm diam., various marks (25)Footnotes:Provenance:Property from the Collection of Dr. Johannes Ralph LafrenzFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 39
A Meissen gilt-metal mounted etui, circa 1750-60Painted with vignettes of elegant couples in landscapes and blue-scale borders edged with polychrome rocailles, 14.2cm long (faint scratches)Footnotes:Provenance:The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainThis 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
Lot 350
λ AN EARLY VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD STICK BAROMETER BY ALEXEXANDER ALEXANDER EXETER the arched ivory dial with thermometer and vernier scale signed 'Alex'r Alexander Optician to her Majesty', with a circular moulded reservoir cover 93cm high Provenance From the Estate of the late Barbara Humble, Bradford-on-Avon.
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Lot 1159
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Miscellaneous: John Blurton, copper (3), all 31mm (cf. DNW T15, 751); I[saac] Bright, brass, by Kettle, 25mm (Hawkins p.55; cf. DNW T15, 751); Empress Laundry, brass Penny, 30mm; E. Locking, copper One Pound by Ardill, 21mm; W. & T. May Ltd, brass, 32mm; C[harles] & L[uke] Proctor, brass Guinea weight, 24mm (W 1787d); Sheffield Public Museum, uniface brass, stamped 275, 31mm; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, oval brass, 34 x 23mm; Woollen & Co Ltd, coloured plastic Canteen (2), others (4, all different), 25 and 22mm; together with miscellaneous pieces (9) [25]. Generally very fine, but the coin weight pierced £70-£90 --- Provenance: Second bt D.C. Pennock February 2005. John Blurton, printer, Castle street; Isaac Bright, watchmaker, jeweller and cutler, Market place; Charles and Luke Proctor, scale makers; W. & T. May Ltd, school furnishers; Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School, Ellesmere road, established 1864; Woollen & Co, signmakers and signwriters, 19 Love street
Lot 1177
Historical Medals, Remembrance of the Sheffield Inundation, 1864, a brass ‘tablet’ with coloured paper insert by C. Rowley, loss of life, about 250, loss of property, about one million & a half, etc, 46mm. Very fine and very rare £60-£80 --- Provenance: Bt D.C. Pennock. The Sheffield Inundation, better known as the Great Sheffield Flood, occurred when the Dale Dyke Dam reservoir, constructed in the Loxley Valley by the Sheffield Water Works Co, collapsed on the night of 11 March 1864 during a strong gale, as it was being filled for the first time. An estimated 3 million cubic metres (700 million gallons) of water swept down the valley, through Loxley village and on to Malin Bridge and Hillsborough, where the River Loxley joins the River Don. The flood continued south down the Don into Sheffield centre, then to Attercliffe and on to Rotherham. with the wall of water swiftly destroying everything in its course. The centre of Sheffield, situated on the hill to the south, escaped damage, but the densely populated district of the Wicker, around the new railway viaduct constructed by the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, was completely destroyed. The waterworks company's consultant engineer, John Towlerton Leather (1804-85), was one of a family of worthy Yorkshire engineers; his uncle, George Leather, had been responsible for reservoirs around Leeds and Bradford, and one of them had been the scene of a dramatic collapse in 1852, when 81 people died. John Leather and resident engineer John Gunson (1809-86) worked closely together during the construction of the dam. Leather designed the dam while Gunson directed and supervised its construction. Gunson was on site the night of the collapse and stated afterwards that there was a crack in the outer slope of the embankment but, convincing himself that it was not harmful, opened the valves on the middle of the embankment to allow more water through, thus causing the disaster. Sheffield’s mayor, the master cutler Thomas Jessop (1804-87), quickly set up a relief fund which raised over £42,000. The official enquiry into the disaster was inconclusive; the waterworks company thought the cause was a landslide or landslip, while public perception thought the cause a failure in the mode of construction. The Coroner ruled that the collapse of the Dale Dyke dam was an unpredictable accident. As for the physical damage in Sheffield and the nearby areas, 238 people died and some 700 animals drowned; 130 buildings were destroyed and 500 partially damaged; 15 bridges were swept away and six others badly damaged. The claims for damages formed one of the largest insurance claims of the Victorian period – 7,500 claims for loss of life and property which totalled £455,000. The Dale Dyke dam was eventually rebuilt in 1875, but on a smaller scale. As for John Gunson, most of the blame fell on him, although the company recognised his loyalty by retaining him in its service until his death
Lot 50
Two boxed Corgi Die Cast Scale Models, comprising a Corporal Guided Missile on Mobile Launcher, No. 1112, together with a Decca Mobile Airfield Radar, No. 1106, (2)Condition report: 1106 - box worn, torn and dinked. Stickers loose, front drivers side window and windscreen smashed. Loses to paint. 1112 - Box dinked, scratched, torn, crased. Tip of missile melted. losses to paint.
Lot 326
Vintage plastic scale model kits by Rosebud Kitmaster to include; The Giant Twist Crocodile, 'Biggin Hill' Battle of Britain and The Prairie Tank, two Keelbild scale flying model kits, Hawker Fury and Westland Lysander, a Lindo flying scale model, Tiger Moth and other models and a Lima models level crossing, boxed.
Lot 218
TWO EARLY 20TH CENTURY MAPPIN & WEBB SILVER CIRCULAR TRINKET DISHES, the first with pierced Greek-key detail, silver hallmark for Birmingham 1908, the second with scalloped edge and fish scale design, silver hallmark for Sheffield 1931, diameters 98mm and 126mm, approximate gross weight 127 grams, 4 ozt (Condition report: light general wear)
Lot 549
A BOXED UNBUILT AERO PICCOLA WOODEN H.M.S.VICTORY MODEL KIT, 1/170 scale, contents not checked but appear to be missing parts of the wall but with instructions, plan, rigging and sails, with three modern wooden ship display models and a boxed Science Fair (Tandy) 65 in 1 Electronic Project Kit (contents not checked), boxes damaged
Lot 356
A George Ellis pocket knife with silver scales and silver fruit blade as well as two steel blades Sheffield 1941 together with a fruit knife the blade signed J H Hart & Co Condition: The combination knife is in good condition with very little rust. It needs cleaning and is named on one scale, it operates properly. The other knife is in good but well-used condition UK Postage: £15.04
Lot 28
Quantity of Corgi scale diecast trams; including Blackpool series Balloon Tram Pre-war 43503, Balloon Tram War Time 43502, Balloon Tram Postwar 43505, Balloon Tram Wall's livery 44005, Brush Railcoach 44001, Blackpool Brush Railcoach Wartime Livery 44005, Brush Rail Coach Sandcastle Center OM44003, Brush Railcoach 44004 and Balloon Tram Car 721, Michelin 43515 (9)
Lot 30
Quantity of Corgi scale diecast trams, including Blackpool Balloon Tram 1934 Livery 43506, Balloon Tram 1990's 43511, Balloon Tram 1934 Livery 43510, Blackpool Balloon Tram Postwar 43501 Postwar, Corgi 150th Anniversary of the Penny Post (boxed), four deep mined coal trains including B.R Duchess of Hamilton 46229, L.N.E.R Flying Scotsman 4472, Evening Star 92220 and one small example. This lot includes three unboxed diecast trams for The Yorkshire Post, News of the World, Hartley's Preserves and a Corgi Tramlines Bournemouth D991/4, Siku Super Series 1:55 3726 StraBenbahn Tramway.
Lot 38
Miscellaneous shooting equipment; RCBS Rock Chucker Press, Lyman universal case trimmer with pilot multi-pack unused in original box, Lyman Ideal Powder Measure no.55 in original box, Sierra Bullets Reloading Manual, RCBS Kinetic Bullet Puller in box, Ohaus 505 Precision Loading Scale, Speer Manual for Reloading Ammunition, Lyman Spar-T Reloading Press, Lyman Scale Check Weight Set.
Lot 671
A large quantity of kits all have been opened/started, contents unchecked, examples include Airfix Panavia Tornado GR1, Frog 1/72nd scale He111 and a Me262a, Hobby boss hurricane, Tamiya MIG (started) and a Matchbox Hawker Fury box faded. (BF-G) also included a ready made plastic tank, possibly by Tamiya and 10+ ready built aircraft (some damaged) (P-G), 20+ in lot
Lot 1190
J.H. Dixon Hurst - an Edwardian mahogany and inlaid longcase clock, having 12" arched brass dial, the arch with rolling moon dial, signed silvered Roman chapter ring with Arabic outer scale, cast mask spandrels, matted centre, subsidiary seconds and date dials, twin winding holes for a brass eight-day four pillar weight driven movement striking on a gong, the case with satinwood and boxwood stringing and oval glazed door, h.214cm, with twin brass cased weightsCondition report: Clock fully working including hour and ½ hour strike.Some tarnishing to dial and chapter ring.Case quite faded all over.Otherwise very good with minor age wear only.
Lot 730
1914 J.H. 2½hpRegistration no. SV 6901Frame no. 1002Engine no. A4078One of the shortest-lived and most obscure of British motorcycle manufacturers, J.H. was named after its founder, James Howarth, who set up shop in the Mumps district of Oldham in October 1914, shortly after the outbreak of the First World War. Like many similar small-scale manufacturers, Howarth used the readily available Villiers engines, offering an entry-level 269cc two-stroke with direct belt drive, and a 349cc four stroke equipped with a two-speed gear and chain-cum-belt transmission. Larger models powered by JAP and MAG engines were added to the range before J.H. bowed out in 1916 after only two years in existence. The date of first registration recorded in this machine's accompanying old-style V5 logbook is 19th February 1921, this being shortly after the introduction of the Roads Act of 1920, which required local councils to register all vehicles at the time of licensing and to allocate a separate number to each. (Many vehicles, although in existence for several years in some cases, were only registered for the first time after the Act's passing). Roy Bacon's dating letter on file confirms the J.H.'s manufacturing date of 1914. Described by the private vendor as in very good condition throughout, the machine last ran two years ago and will require re-commissioning before returning to the road. A quantity of tax discs (2004-2014), a V5C document, and a history file come with it. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 774
1982 Hesketh 992cc VampireRegistration no. CPU 225XFrame no. 213Engine no. 0083Brainchild of wealthy aristocrat and Formula 1 team owner Alexander, Lord Hesketh, the Hesketh V1000 promised to be an all-new British superbike in the Vincent mould. The proposed design had all the right ingredients: 1,000cc 8-valve Weslake v-twin engine, nickel-plated Reynolds 531 frame, Brembo brakes and Astralite wheels; if only they'd got Rod Quaife to design the gearbox... Rushed into production before it was ready, the V1000 was panned by the critics - the gearbox in particular - and when the receivers pulled the plug in 1982 only 170 had been made. The sole derivative of the original V1000 was the even rarer Vampire, a super tourer equipped with fairing designed by John Mockett. Following the original company's demise, small-scale production was restarted later by successor-company Hesleydon Ltd at the Hesketh family seat at Easton Neston where, over the years, development engineer Mick Broom managed to eradicate virtually all the V1000s shortcomings. The current owner describes the machine's condition as good throughout, though with some inevitable age-related cosmetic deterioration. The Vampire last ran in 2019 and should require only minimal re-commissioning before returning to the road. Accompanying paperwork consists of a V5C Registration Certificate; MoT (expired April 2017); and the original Hesketh warranty document.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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