A Fine and Large Circa 1890's Pink Mother-of-Pearl Fan, the sticks plain, with silver metal loop. The centre of the leaf, of fine silk gauze, is exquisitely painted with a nymph, draped in ethereal white, barefoot, flowers in her hair. Signed to the right F. Houghton. The scene is bordered by fine and firm Brussels Point de Gaze needlelace, unusual designs and exceptionally accomplished fillings. The outer border with more floral designs is interspersed with unusual leaves and small scale flowers Guard length 13.75 inches or 35cm. very good, clean, gauze firm. The lace is the original colour, crisp, with hand made net.
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TEAM ASSOCIATED; a boxed 7010 RC10 T3 RTR 1:10 scale electric off-road racing truck, assembled, with two channel stick radio remote controller, also a remote control Subaru rally car and a boxed Tamiya 1:24 Peugeot 206 WRC 2002 Winner Version kit (3).Additional InformationAll worn conditon including box, no guarantees of working order.
A Regency brass and mahogany double fusee bracket clock by F. Lawley of Bath, the eight day double fusee movement striking the hour on a bell, the signed and painted circular 8in. dial with Roman numerals, the rectangular case with shallow gadrooned top with brass finial, over a brass inlaid front and sides with foliate rosette ring handles and pierced brass scale fretwork grilles, raised on decorative gilt brass ball feet, 19½in. (49.5cm.) high. *Condition:Very original condition - case is quite dirty but has a lovely colour. All brass inlays are complete. They are securely fixed overall - just two of the string inlays are lifting a little at the ends. Two chips to edge of gadrooned top to front and small chip to the back corners. Locks to dial glass and rear door working - key is rusty but original. Movement definitely original to case. A few old (inactive ) worm holes to top of back. Shrinkage crack down centre of right lower side of case, below the grille. Side moulding missing from the top right of case. Winds and runs but will almost certainly require cleaning and some work as it has not been serviced for decades. Winding key 20th century.
A large scale china shoulder-head dolls’ house doll, With black centre-parted moulded and painted hair, blue eyes, pink cheeks, stuffed body with china limbs, flat soled black painted boots, original cream silk dress with miniature scissors and thimble in velvet pockets and ball of cotton —6½in. (16.5cm.) high
The original Bura and Hardwick Singing Waiters marionettes, Probably by Gordon Murray, papier-mâché headed large scale stage puppets with articulated jaws, jointed wooden limbs, papier-mâché torso with original clothes; and two wooden controls —35in. (89cm.) high (dusty, some damage to clothes and unstrung); four mounted colour photographs of Bura and Hardwick, one featuring these puppets; a box of colour slides of these puppets, the lid written in pen ‘Puppetts Snozzle Singing Waiters Etc; and another colour photo -from the Bob Bura collection
The original Bura and Hardwick pianist marionette, Probably by Gordon Murray, papier-mâché large scale stage puppet with moving lower lip, jointed wooden limbs, papier-mâché torso with original white Tuxedo jacket, shirt and trousers, remains of stringing —36½in. (93cm.) high (missing feet, dusty and slight damage); three publicity photographs of this puppet with white piano - from the Bob Bura collection
A Bob Bura’s Mr Punch marionette, Probably by Gordon Murray, a papier-mâché large scale stage puppet with moving lower jaw, jointed wooden limbs, papier-mâché torso and original costume —38in. (96.5cm.) high (some wear); and a stuck down photographic montage including a image of Bob Bura with Mr Punch and David Jacobs
Bura & Hardwick stop-frame animation Hungarian folk tale, Two foam rubber articulated models, one woman and one woman, in original clothes —12in. (30.5cm.) high (some perishing); a large wooden gypsy caravan —26in. (66cm.) high; a small scale gypsy caravan —12in. (30.5cm.) high; a similar scale cart and press clipping showing the larger caravan, date 1985, the article says that Bura and Hardwick are currently animating an Hungarian folk opera for schools television with Peter Ustinov narrating, the photo shows John Hardwick and BBC puppet maker Alan Platt - from the Bob Bura collection
Model Kits - Matchbox 1:72 scale, PK-25 Siskin Mk-IIIA, PK30 Provost T Mk1, PK 409 Dornier Do D-1, PK 603 Boeing B-17G, Flying Fortress, PK 604 Handley Page Halifax. PK 605 Handley Page Heyford; others Revell, 4117 Boeing P-26 A Peashooter, 4142 Heinkel He 100D, 4143 Heinkel He 162A-1, 4424, Focke Wulf FW-200C Condor,others Hasegawa and Dragon Toys, all boxed, unchecked (13)
Model Kits - a Bandai 1:16 scale Classic Car Series No 17 Model Steam Traction Engine kit; others, Airfix 9171-8 B.H.C SR.N4 Hovercraft, 6404-6 1914 Stutz Bearcat car, 6443, 1910 B type Bus Matchbox PK 7506 Ford Thunder Bird 1955, Monogram 8201 Duesenberg; others Match Builder; Hobby Kit etc (11)
Model Kits - Revell 1:72 scale Dornier Do 27, 4792, Dornier 228-202, 04600, Airfix Britten Norman Islander/.Defender, 03067, Hobbycraft Dash 8 Commuter, Special Hobby Hunting Percival P.66 Pemboke C, Mk.54, others Heller, Italeri, Wooster, Flybe.com etc, all boxed, unchecked for completeness (12)
Remmelin (Johann, & Michael Spaher of Tyrol). A Survey of the Microcosme: or, The Anatomy of the Bodies of Man and Woman. Wherein the skin, veins, arteries, nerves, muscles, viscera, bones and ligaments thereof are accurately delineated, and so disposed by pasting, as that all aparts of the said bodies, both internal and external, are exactly represented in their proper site. Useful for all physicians, chyrurgeons, statuaries, painters, &c., corrected by Clopton Havers, M.D. and Fellow of the Royal Society, 2nd edition, printed for Dan. Midwinter, and Tho. Leigh at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's-Church-Yard, 1702, printed title, engraved plate of the human body showing the skin and veins, 3 engraved plates or 'visio', with moveable parts, and 4 pages of description for the plates, generally in good condition, and understood to be complete with all hinged overlays, some light soiling to margins, first leaf of descriptive text with short closed tear to lower blank margin, without loss, not affecting text, contemporary marbled boards, heavily rubbed and marked, slim square folio (sheet size 42 x 32 cm/16.5 x 12.5 ins) (Qty: 1)ESTC T147736. Russell 697. A translation of the Catoptrum Microcosmici of 1613, and revised by Clopton Havers, the present work is one of the most elaborate large-scale early books with moveable parts, allowing the reader to learn human anatomy interactively with their own hands and eyes. The 'Microcosme' refers to the classical notion of the human body as a microcosm of the universe. The plates employ an ingenious system of overlays to reveal the successive anatomical features of the human body.
Malcolm (Alexander). A Treatise of Musick, Speculative, Practical and Historical. Containing an Explication of the Philosophical and Rational Grounds and Principles thereof; the Nature and Office of the Scale of Musick; the whole Art of Writing Notes; and the General Rules of Composition. With a particular Account of the Antient Musick, and a comparison thereof with the Modern, printed for J. Osborn and T. Longman, F. Fayrem, and E. Symon, 1730, contemporary ownership signature of Jo: Clephane to head of title, 608 pages, 6 engraved plates on 8 folding sheets at end, engraved bookplate of Hugh Rose Young of Kilraick [Kilravock] to front pastedown, contemporary sprinkled full calf gilt, rubbed, 8vo (Qty: 1)Gregory p. 163; RISM B/VI/2, p. 530. A re-issue of the first edition of 1721, with a cancel title, and the dedication to the Royal Academy of Music removed. Alexander Malcolm (1685-1763) was born in Edinburgh, and taught mathematics, emigrating to New York in 1734. The present work was described by Sir John Hawkins as 'A learned and valuable work ... replete with musical eruditon'.
Collins (John). Geometricall Dyalling: Or, Dyalling performed by a line of chords onely, or by the plain scale. Wherein is contained two several methods of inscribing the hour-lines in all plains, with substile, stile and meridian, in their proper coasts and quantities; bing a full explication and demonstration of divers difficulties in the works of learned Mr Samuel Foster, deceased, late professor of astronomy in Gresham College; also a collection of divers things from the works of Clavius and others, 1st edition, Thomas Johnson for Francis Cossinet, 1659, engraved frontispiece, 20 engraved plates, woodcut illustrations in text, a little light spotting and soiling, bookplate, contemporary calf, rubbed with some stains and small wormtracks, small 4to (Qty: 1)Wing C5373. A technical manual of practical trigonometry without the use of a quadrant, with the high quality plates engraved by Henry Sutton, one ot the best instrument makers of the period.
[Maxwell, Francis Kelly, or John Maxwell]. An Essay upon Tune. being an attempt to free the scale of music, and the tune of Instruments, from imperfection, 1st edition, Edinburgh, 1781, 19 folding engraved plates, errata leaf, some light offsetting, ownership inscription and bookplate of Sir Michael R. Shaw Stewart, contemporary tree calf, two corners a little bumped, 8vo (Qty: 1)Provenance: Sir Michael Robert Shaw-Stewart, 7th Baronet (1826-1903; see lot 317). ESTC T90351.
Company School. Artocarpus integrifolius (Bread Fruit Tree), circa 1815-20, fine large-scale watercolour on laid paper, watermarked Budgen & Willmott 1812, heightened with white bodycolour and gum arabic, inscribed with title in a contemporary manuscript hand in brown ink to lower left 'Artocarpus integrifolius (Bread fruit tree)', pale mount-staining, sheet size 54 x 41.5 cm (21.25 x 16.25 ins), modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)The Bread Fruit tree originates from New Guinea and the Philippines, early spreading to Hawaii and the rest of Polynesia as a 'canoe plant'. It was recognised as an important staple food by Sir Joseph Banks during the first expedition of Captain James Cook in 1769, and Banks proposed to King George II to send a special expedition to Tahiti to transport the fruit to the West Indies. This led to the ill-fated voyage of HMS Bounty under Captain William Bligh in 1787, reaching Tahiti in late October 1788, too late to harvest the crop. When the ship eventually set sail on the return voyage, the crew mutinied and cast Bligh and the officers adrift, on a perilous and remarkable voyage of survival that covered 3,600 miles in 41 days. The present work may have been executed as a botanical specimen by a British naval officer or naturalist, destined for examination back in England.
Company School. Citrus Aurantium (Citron), circa 1815-20, fine large-scale watercolour of a bitter orange on laid paper, watermarked Budgen & Willmott 1812, heightened with white bodycolour and gum arabic, titled in contemporary manuscript in brown ink 'Citrus Aurantium (Citron)' to lower left, two small repaired marginal closed tears, light mount stain and faint spotting, sheet size 42 x 54.5 cm ( 16.5 x 21.5 ins), modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)
Company School. Doorian. Durio zibethinus, circa 1825, fine large-scale botanical watercolour of a Durian on laid paper, watermarked Ruse & Turners 1825, heightened with gouache and gum arabic, titled in contemporary manuscript in brown ink to lower centre 'Doorian. Durio zibethinus', one repaired marginal closed tear, some light overall mount staining, sheet size 38 x 48.5 cm, modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)The Durian is a large prickly and odoriferous fruit found in Indonesia, Thailand and Malaysia. The present work was possibly created by a British naval officer or naturalist during the period of upheaval in the region, following Sir Stamford Raffles' invasion of Java in 1811, and the formation of British settlements at Melville island and Raffles Bay off Northern Australia between 1824 and 1828.
Company School. Mandikai. Cucumis Citrullus. Water Melon, circa 1825, fine large-scale botanical watercolour on laid paper of a water melon, watermarked Ruse & Turners 1825, heightened with white bodycolour and gum arabic, with contemporary manuscript title in brown ink to lower right 'Mandikai. Cucumis Citrullus. Water Melon', minor archival restoration to extreme top margin, sheet size 38.5 x 48.8 cm (15.2 x 19.25 ins), modern frame, glazed (Qty: 1)Mandikai is the Malay word for watermelon. The Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1824 tranferred control of the Moluccas to the British, and helped to establish the trading colony of Singapore, at the tip of the Malay Peninsula, following the interventions of Sir Stamford Raffles. The present work dates from around this period, and may have been sent back to England as a botanical depiction of this important commodity.
DERBYSHIRE. A VICTORIAN ASHFORD BLACK MARBLE THERMOMETER, WALKER MUSEUM MATLOCK BATH, 1853-C1870 the thermometer with ivory scale surrounded by inlaid hardstone fuchsia and other flowers, 17cm h++A good example retaining practically all of the original decoration, several small chips around the base
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