Antoine Louis Barye (French 1795-1875): A bronze model of 'Elephant de Senegal'the running elephant on naturalistic oval base, signed BARYE to the front, and with F.BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR foundry mark to the rear, mid brown patina, 25.3cms highFootnotes:Provenance:Acquired by a private UK collector, Sotheby's, London, 19th Century Sculpture, 29 November 1991, lot 25.The sculptor produced a series of four small scale elephant models, all of which proved popular. The present bronze can be identified as the third model and was listed, under Nouveaux Modeles, as number 211 in Barye's final catalogue of 1865 from the Quai des Celestins 4. Of the four models produced, the Senegalese elephant is the most spirited and powerful in its sense of momentum and is notable in that only one of its four legs actually touch the ground. The model was subsequently sold to the Barbedienne foundry and edited in two sizes. The current lot is in the rarer larger size known only to be cast by Barbedienne.LiteratureM. Poletti & A. Richarme, Barye Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, pp. 251-253, A 119.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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Handley and Moore, London and Francis Adams, London, a Regency bracket clock: the shaped eight-day duration, double-fusee movement having an anchor escapement and striking the hours on a bell, engraved to the backplate by the movement makers Handley & Moore, Clerkenwell, London, with typical border engraving, the pendulum with an engraved bob and fine regulation, the eight-inch round painted dial having black Roman numerals, blued-steel hands, a strike/silent lever above XII o'clock and signed F.B. Adams, London, the mahogany curved-top case with brass inlaid decoration, brass fish-scale frets and handles to the sides, canted corners and surmounted by a pediment top with brass finial, height 49cm.* Biography Handley & Moore were makers of movements to the clockmaking trade, working in Clerkenwell Close from 1801 until Handley retired in 1820 whereupon John Moore continued alone.*Biography Francis Bryant Adams, apprenticed in 1795, is recorded as working in St. Johns Square, Clerkenwell, a few hundred yards from the Handley & Moore workshops, until 1825 with his son of the same name continuing the business.*Notes Reference Brian Loomes Watchmakers and Clockmakers of the World, Pub. NAG 2006.
Five Corgi The Aviation Archive Military 1:144 scale limited edition and 1st issue diecast model aeroplanes Boeing B-29 Hawg Wild AA31802, Boeing C-97GDelaware Air Guard 48103, Boeing B29 Super Fortress 48901, Douglas C47B Dakota IV 47114 and Boeing B-17 Fling Fortress AA31102, all in original boxes.
Five Corgi The Aviation Archive Flying Aces 1:72 scale limited edition diecast model aeroplanes Messerschmitt 109E JG 26 Adolf Galland 49202, P51D Mustang Charles 'Chuck' Yeager 49302, Hawker Hurricane MkI F N Robertson 49103 and Hawker Hurricane MkI Sqd Ldr Stanford Tuck 49102, all in original boxes.
Six Corgi The Aviation Archive World War II 1:144 and 1:72 scale limited edition diecast model aeroplanes War in The Pacific Short Sunderland III AA31703, DH Mosquito FBVI AA32806 and P-47D Thunderbolt AA33803 and Europe & Africa Junkers Ju-87R-2 Stuka AA32502, Corsair I JT172 AA33003 and Avro Lancaster NX611 B MkVII AA30201, all in original boxes.
Four Corgi The Aviation Archive World War II 1:72 scale limited edition diecast model aeroplanes The End Of The War In Europe Heinkel H 111H-22 AA33707 and Me 262-A-1a Yellow Five AA35702, The Birth Of The Jet Engine Canadair Sabre F.4 AA35812 and Fleet Air Arm Gloster Sea Gladiator Mk.I AA36202, all in original boxes.
Six Corgi The Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast model aeroplanes Berlin Airlift Avro York 47205 and Avro Lancastrian 47403, Frontier Airliners Lockheed Constellation 47505 and Douglas DC3 47105, Classic Propliners Vickers Viscount 802 47607 and Classic Jetliners DH Comet 4 48504, all in original boxes.
Four inch scale Burrell single crank compound live steam traction engine or road locomotive with pump and injector, two gears and planked wooden canopy with canvas covering. Built by the vendor's late father, latterly on display in his living room, With the engine is a box file of paperwork including drawings, Franklin & Bell boiler certificate for 1995 (when the boiler was presumably built) and steam test dating to 2010
A Corgi 1:50 scale die cast lorry, for RG Bassett and Sons, and The Rutland Independence Campaign, boxed, together with a Yesteryear Y-19 1936 Auburn Speedster, Corgi Classics New York World's Fair Yellow Coach 743 (98460), Corgi Classics Northwest Greyhound Lines (54202) and Corgi Classics Bedford Type OB Coach (D949/18). (6)
Two Sudanese Omdurman Period Horseman Spearsconsisting 11 3/4 inch, double edged, wide leaf blade with central raised rib. Steel securing mount with side mounted reinforcement panels. Polished wooden shaft with two brass rings. Lower steel, flat sided butt. Overall 76 inches. Together with a small scale, similarly constructed spear with 8 1/2 inch head. 62 12 inches overall. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
Three Various Powder and Shot Flasksconsisting 3/4 scale, 5 inch, plain copper body. Brass top with hidden spring (broken). Maker stamped "Bartram & Co". Adjustable nozzle ... Hard bodied, leather shot flask. Steel nozzle with adjustable side lever ... Leather, bag shape body shot flask with brass top and incorrect, removable shot measure. 3 items. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
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Ortelius, Abraham Islandia [Iceland] [Antwerp, c.1590 or later]. Hand-coloured engraved map (platemark 33.5 x 48.5cm, sheet size 43.5 x 55.5cm), incorporating sea-monsters, polar bears and Hekla volcano, title, dedication and scale each within separate strapwork cartouche, Latin text on verso, slightly toned overall, sometime tipped to old card mount at one corner only (now detached), faint central crease as usual, another faint crease across lower left-hand corner, damp-staining to lower margins, small stain within image near left-hand edge of platemarkNote: Ortelius's path-breaking and richly imaginative map of Iceland first appeared in the 1587 French edition of the Typis orbis terrarum. It was drawn by Danish priest and historian Anders Sorenson Vedel or Velleius (1542-1616) using the work of Icelandic bishop Gudbrandur Thorlaksson (1547-1621), and dedicated by Ortelius to Frederick II of Denmark.
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MacDiarmid, Hugh [Christopher Murray Grieve, 1892-1978] Important collection of autograph article all in blue or black ink on rectos only of varicoloured foolscap sheets, secured with paperclips, and comprising: 1) 'Robert Burns (1759-1959)', 20 ff., signed 'Hugh MacDiarmid' in title, begins 'Mrs Virginia Woolf in her essay "Gas at Abbotsford" fully showed the necessity and complete justification of the Scots Revival Movement', apparently a fair copy, published as Burns Today and Tomorrow (Edinburgh, 1959); 2) 'Introduction to "Uranium 235"' [Play by Ewan MacColl, published Glasgow, 1948]. 10 ff., signed 'Hugh MacDiarmid' in title, with autograph corrections; 3) Two draft articles for the Scottish Secretariat, 1920s, 'Scots in the Cabinet ('There are only three Scots in the Cabinet proper - Mr Ramsay MacDonald himself, Mr William Graham ... and Mr William Adamson ...'), 5 ff., and 'A Scottish airman', 4 ff., both with series-title 'London. Scottish letter, by our own correspondent', with autograph covering letter dated 1928 (enclosing three autographs) signed 'C. M. Grieve'; 4) Five Scottish Journal articles: a) 'Elizabeth I Scarves' ('The distributors of the Scottish Covenant Association's headsquares ...'), 1 f., finger-soiled; b) 'The Gaelic Genius' ('Remembering my earlier poems in Scots ...'), 2 ff., signed 'Hugh MacDiarmid' at end; c) 'Beyond Argument' (verse: 'It is now the duty of the Scottish genius / Which has provided the economic freedom for it ...'), 1 f., signed 'Hugh MacDiarmid in margin; d) 'The Key to World Literature. Hugh MacDiarmid replies to Moray Maclaren', 4 ff.; e)'Why Teach Gaelic?', 1 f. (annotated 'Talk of the Nation' by Macdiarmid at head; attached note reads 'MS contains more than printed'); each apparently the printer's setting copy (with associated corrections and annotations), all with later manuscript note attached recording the date of publication; 5) Collection of 'Talk of the Nation' drafts: a) 'Good for Greenock' ('Greenock Town Council's decision that the Scottish Flag is to be flown from the Town Hall annually ...'), 1 f., attached to and continuously paginated with a second article, 'Henderson Stewart drops a brick', 2-4 ff.; b) 'Scottish Farming Lesson to English' [and 6 further talks under separate headings: 'Exporting 15 Million People'; 'Queen Born and Bred a Londoner'; etc.], 7 ff., continuously paginated; c) 'Changing Scotland' [and 2 further talks: 'Large-scale transformations'; 'The Housing Problem'], 'Changing Scotland' begins 'Speaking at the official opening ceremony of the Glen Lussa hydro-electric scheme ...', 'Large-scale transformations' begins 'A few years ago the Russian scientist Lysenko was vilifed throguhout the British press', ff. 1, 4-8 [1] 12 (other leaves presumably discarded by the printers, two leaves extant in fragments only); 6) 'The Late Major C. H. Douglas', 10 ff., signed 'Hugh MacDiarmid' in title, with autograph covering note to Bill (i.e. William MacLellan, publisher) signed 'Chris', marked up for printing; 7) 'The Stuffed Lion', ('An Edinburgh art-student had a few over the eight one night'), on the Report of the Catto Committee (1952), 3 ff., extensively marked up for printing; 9. Two book review pieces: a) 'Book Reviews: A Scottish Philospher [sic] on Peirce and Pragmatism' ('A young Scottish philosopher, professor W. B. Gallie ...'), 1 f., signed 'CMG' at end; b) 'Books: Scottish Books of the Month', 4 ff., signed 'Hugh MacDiarmid' at end (1 folder)
SCHNABEL JULIAN: (1951- ) American Painter and Filmmaker. Schnabel as a proponent of independent arthouse cinema has obtained multiple awards including Academy Award nominations for Best Director. Signed 8 x 10 photograph by Schnable, the artistic image depicting the American artist standing in a full-length profile pose, before one of his large-scale paintings. EX
SERRA RICHARD: (1938- ) American Artist. Serra is best known for his large-scale sculptures. Two good signed 5 x 7 photographs by Serra, the two different images depicting the American artist standing in half-length poses. Signed in bold black ink `R. Serra´, to the bottom white border. The two photographs have been affixed to a 10 x 8 black card page. VG, 2
A BLUES AND ROYALS OFFICER'S HELMET AND UNIFORM ENSEMBLE, comprising EIIR helmet, the white metal skull with gilt crowned oak leaf and laurel wreath helmet plate, faceted white metal rayed star with centered pierced gilt garter HON SOIT QUI MAL Y PENSE on a blue enamelled ground, central red enamelled cross on a gilt ground, fluted white metal finial with gilt bun-shaped foot on a gilt rayed star base, gilt rosette bosses, leather backed chin chain, leather liner, red plume, the blue tunic with red collar and bullion trim, cuff trim lacking, quilted lining with trade label for EDGE, SAVILLE ROW, gilt bullion gilt shoulder boards and aiguillette, brass trimmed polished metal cuirass, brass scale straps with faceted rivets and lion's mask bosses, buff leather shoulder belt with black patent pouch, applied with pierced gilt Royal arms badge, white leather breeches and, black leather boots with spurs, white leather gauntlets.
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