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Lot 288
Le Perroquet, Journal Politique Charivarique IllustrÚ ColoriÚ, 2 volumes, 1876-77 & 1878-79, containing 8 issues of Il Papagallo between 1876 and 1877, and 120 issues of Le Perroquet from 6th August 1876 to 30 September 1879 (renamed The Parrot from 18 May 1879 onwards), each issue consisting of 4 pages, with a double-page colour lithograph by Augusto Grossi, all bound in two contemporary cloth bindings, blindstamped decoration to each cover, titled and dated in gilt to centre of each upper cover, slightly rubbed and frayed, and some inner hinges broken, folio (40 x 31.5 cm, 15.75 x 12.5 ins) Rare bound volumes of the satirical magazine Il Papagallo and its Parisian version Le Perroquet, founded in 1873, containing large-scale serio-comic caricatures in vivid colour by Augusto Grossi (1835-1919). Sold as a periodical, not subject to return. A list of the issues contained in these two volumes, including numbers and dates, is available from the auction office. (2)
Lot 188
Scotland. Ordnance Survey (publishers), Untitled map of the environs of Glasgow, 1872, large electrotype map with contemporary outline colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, on a scale of one inch to the mile, slight staining, marbled endpapers, 1390 x 1260 mm, contained in a contemporary cloth slipcase, case stained and frayed (1)
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Lot 197
Wales. Lhuyd (Humphrey, Ortelius Abraham), Cambriae typus auctore Humfredo Lhuydo Denbigiense Cambrobritano, [1592], uncoloured engraved map, large strapwork cartouche and mileage scale, very small hole to central fold, 370 x 500 mm, Latin text on verso Marcel van den Broecke. Ortelius Atlas Maps, no.21. (1)
Lot 150
England & Wales. Willdey (George), A new and correct map of England & Wales now called South Britain, done from the latest surveys and best observations. Containing all ye cities & market towns with ye roads & distance in reputed miles between town & town by inspection without scale or compass..., circa 1717, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring on two conjoined sheets, tables of towns and cities and eighteen uncoloured vignettes of principal cities to vertical margins, old folds and central fold strengthened on verso, slight tape staining at base of folds, 620 x 1010 mm R. W. Shirley. Printed Maps of the British Isles 1650 - 1750. Willdey 3. An uncommon distance map of England, based on the John Adams wall map of 1677. (1)
Lot 714
ORDNANCE SURVEY : a bound collection of 13 double-page large scale maps of Devon, scale, 25 inches to one mile, half cloth with attractive morocco title-label on the upper cover, large folio, 1890.* areas covered Holcombe Regis, Ashbrittle, Burlescombe, Culmstock, Uffculme, Grand Western Canal, etc.
Lot 1458
Benjamin Cole - 5 loose City of London Ward Plans. 4 - 26 x 40cms., the other 40 x 38cms., some colour in coats of arms etc., ca. 1755 * large scale, with streets named & some individual buildings shown, includes Aldgate, Walbrook & Dowgate, Queen Hith-Ward and Vintry, Portsoken & Farringdon Wards; together with 2 old loose plans & a few loose prints.
Lot 1445
ATLAS OF THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, City of New York. Desk and Library Edition. 191 colour plans & 4 coloured index maps, with letterpress title & (4)pp. street index; rebound cloth with original gilt-lettered label on upper cover; oblong 4to. Philadelphia: G.W. Bromley & Co., 1921. * one of the most detailed of city atlases (scale: 160 feet to the inch), with individual buildings shown & many named. Illustrated
Lot 1454
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY - Plan of Surrey Commercial Docks, 1968. 54 x 44cms., coloured, folded on linen within gilt-lettered board covers, scale: 400 feet to inch, reference key & 'police gate legend'. * from the Authority's operational office - 'estate officer's' copy (as lettered on cover), with properties sold / docks filled-in delineated & noted (1967-75) in red ink.
Lot 1452
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY - Royal Victoria & Albert and King George V Docks, 1946. 57 x 91cms., coloured & folded on linen, scale of 400 feet to inch. * the usual detailed mapping, & as others, from the Authority's operational dept.; it is believed that buildings heavily coloured in red indicate wartime destruction - with others already having been rebuilt.
Lot 1451
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY - Plan of the India & Millwall Docks, 1916. hand-coloured, 68 x 77cms., folded on linen, scale: 400 feet to inch. * much detail - dock acreages (as OS.) but also length, width, & depth (their entrances also), a reference key incl. for buildings (wood, brick, iron), shows Limehouse Ferry & Blackwall Tunnel.
Lot 1475
GIBRALTAR - A Plan of the Batteries Erected before Gibraltar, with attacks made by sea and land . . . in presence of the combined fleets of France and Spain, together with A Plan shewing the Attack and Disposition of the Detachment which sailed . . . from Gibraltar . . . both 47 x 33cms., hand-coloured, with insets, scale: 4 3/4ins. to 1000 yards, with close detail of bastions, forts, roads (etc). * provides some good illustrations of the successful Anglo-Hanoverian defence (under Sir Charles Elliot) 1779-83.
Lot 1455
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY - Plans of the 5 Dock Groups. coloured & folded on linen into gilt-lettered morocco wallets, various sizes, sm. cr. 8vo., scale: 400 feet to inch. * i.e. Surrey Commercial, London & St. Katherine's, Royal Group, India & Millwall, Tilbury; with reference key & 'police gate legend', much detail - delineates & names individual buildings (with types indentified - wood, brick, steel-framed, reinforced concrete, asbestos); dock measurements (incl. depths); of important historical interest - amongst the last cartographic records of old Dockland, and the Authority's own copies; see internet condition report.
Lot 1448
LONDON - Bacon's New Large Scale Atlas of London and Suburbs . . . 57 double-page coloured maps & plans, with 58pp. index & descriptive text; gilt cloth, 4to. 1910. * a detailed portrayal of the Edwardian metropolis (mostly at a scale of 4 inches to the mile), with supplementary maps of the 'Home Counties'.
Lot 1453
PORT OF LONDON AUTHORITY - The River Thames from Teddington Lock to the Nore. 22 x 103cms., folded on linen within gilt-lettered cloth covers, scale: 3/4 inch to mile. 1950. * detailed, & coloured to show PLA. land & properties; incl. the outfall of the Medway & below Sheerness to Warden Point.
Lot 42
A fine hand-built wooden scale model ship, Cutty Sark, on a painted wooden stand, model length 167cm, height 115cm.The Cutty Sark is a British clipper built on the Clyde in 1869 for the Jock Willis Shipping Line to transport tea from China to England as the fastest ship in its day. The ship is part of the National Historic Fleet and is in permanent dry dock at Greenwich, London for public display.
Lot 1956
2nd century AD. A bronze plate brooch formed as a dolphin with media rib, scooped tail with enamelled cells, deeply curved body, annular enamelled eyes with central enamelled pellets, scale texturing, lateral fins; hinged pin and catch to the reverse. Cf. Mackreth, D.F. Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Oxford, 2011 item 7964. 9.43 grams, 45mm (1 3/4"). Property of a private collector; acquired before 1975. Very fine condition.
Lot 1703
Roman Period, 30 BC-323 AD. A silver D-section coiled hoop with scale detailing to the outer face, a decorated snake-head finial. 3.85 grams, 21.66mm overall, 18.87mm internal diameter (approximate size British R, USA 8 3/4 Europe 19.00, Japan 18) (3/4"). From a private collection; formed 1965-1975. Fine condition.
Lot 601
Circa 1590 AD. A large gold ring with scrolled pictorial band between the oval main and back bezels; the principal bezel with profile cameo portrait of Elizabeth I with ornate ruff and collar with traces of enamels (possibly once with a crystal inset over the portrait) within an inner border set with cabochon ruby above and garnet below, the sides inset with square turquoise to left and right with rectangular pairs of lapis lazuli and turquoise between (some now missing), the outer border with cells of deep red enamel; the shoulder to right depicting a conch shell and facing figure of crowned Neptune holding trident with blue-green enamel background, supported by two fishes; the shoulder to left depicting a nude female figure reclining in a shell (Britannia as Aphrodite/Venus?) with blue-green enamel background, supported by two fishes; the back bezel with inset oval cameo carved in ancient bone (partially mineralised) depicting a large ship with high sterncastle, three masts and gunports (a British naval vessel?) with empty cells at corners. [A video is available on TimeLine Auctions website] See Scarisbrick, Diana, Portrait Jewels, Thames & Hudson, 2011 and Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery, Tate Gallery, 1995 pl.52 for much information; see Cocks, Anna Somers, An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery, HMSO, London, 1980, pp.24-25 nos.20-21 for details of two Armada jewels and p.27 no.24 for the enamelled cameo portrait Barbor jewel; see Oman, Charles, British Rings, 800-1914 London, 1974 pl.78B, the Earl of Essex ring, for an example of a stone cameo ring given by Elizabeth, with two other examples (78A and 78C); see also Dalton, O. M., Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, British Museum, 1912 no.1358 for the Earl of Essex ring; John Cherry has commented: It is really quite a remarkable ring....the bust looks to be that of Elizabeth I. I would compare it to the bust of the Queen on the Phoenix Jewel in the British Museum....The variety of enamel and stones is interesting. Particularly the use of turquoise and a dark blue stone (lapis lazuli"). David Miller has opined I feel that it is a royal gift from the Queen and by the portrait would judge that the ring dates from about 1585 to 1595. I am pretty sure that the portrait is by the artist Nicholas Hilliard as he designed a number of medals including the 1588 naval reward medal which is the first British war medal (see British Battles and Medals, Spink, 1988 no.1"). 22.42 grams, 25mm overall, 19.50mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2 Europe 21.26 Japan 20) (1"). Property of an Elizabeth I coin and artefact connoisseur; acquired London, UK, before 1996; formerly with Richard Hodges of Northampton, UK, prior to 1985 and then held by an eminent Mayfair, London numismatic company. Accompanied by a copy of a receipt letter from R.A. Hodges, dated 26th November 1984; and a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Elizabeth is known to have commissioned jewels for herself, such as the famous locket ring with portraits of her mother, Anne Boleyn and herself (taken from her finger on her death and shown to James I as proof of her death, now held by the Trustees of Chequers, the country residence of the Prime Minister) and to have presented jewels to others; this ring, with its strong seafaring imagery, is very likely to have been presented in 'grateful thanks' to a person of high importance who was directly involved with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. There is apparently no specific record of this but possible candidates for the gift might include Sir Francis Drake (vice-admiral, who famously refused to interrupt his game of bowls at Plymouth when told of the approaching Spanish ships), Sir John Hawkins (rear admiral) or Lord Howard of Effingham (commander of the English forces who conceded some control to Drake when the English fleet set sail from Plymouth to confront the Spanish); other names for consideration might include Sir Walter Raleigh (Elizabeth's naval advisor and provider of the Ark Royal), Sir Martin Frobisher, Lord Sheffield, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Robert Southwell, Lord Henry Seymour, Sir William Winter, John Davis or Edward Fenton. The bone cameo forming the back bezel of the ring shows a large Tudor three-masted sailing ship with a high sterncastle and gunports; allowing for the small scale of the image, the picture shows a typical English fighting vessel of the Armada period. It could be that if the ring was presented to a commander of one of the ships fighting off the Armada, then it could represent his own vessel. The English ships taking part in the defence against the Spanish Armada, with their commanders, included Ark Royal (flag ship of Lord Charles Howard of Effingham), Rainbow (Lord Henry Seymour), Golden Lion (Thomas Howard), White Bear (Alexander Gibson), Vanguard (William Winter), Revenge (Sir Francis Drake), Elizabeth (Robert Southwell), Victory (Rear Admiral Sir John Hawkins), Antelope (Henry Palmer), Triumph (Martin Frobisher), Dreadnought (George Beeston), Mary Rose (Edward Fenton), Nonpareil (Thomas Fenner), Hope (Robert Crosse), Swiftsure (Edward Fenner) and Swallow (Sir Richard Hawkins"). Further research might produce a link with a Tudor portrait that could demonstrate ownership. Elizabeth's address to her forces at Tilbury on 9 August 1558 with the knowledge that the ships and army of Spain were about to assault England, is perhaps her most famous speech and, from a surviving manuscript in the British Library written by Dr Lionel Sharp, her words are transcribed: My loving people, We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm: to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people. Jewels and rings bearing the portrait of Elizabeth I are well known, including 'The Sir Francis Drake Jewel', a locket traditionally held to have been given to Drake by Elizabeth in the late 16th century - possibly associated with the Armada victory; Drake is shown wearing this locket in a portrait dated to 1591 and it contains a portrait of Elizabeth and of her emblem, a phoenix; it is interesting to note that the jewelled border to the locket is inset with stones in a similar manner to this ring. There is also the 'Armada Pendant', a similar locket given by Elizabeth to Sir Thomas Heneage which holds a miniature by Hilliard. Rings include the Earl of Essex example, with a stone cameo portrait and others. Good condition, fine portrait. Unique and historically important
Lot 175
1st-3rd century AD. A mixed group comprising: a knife with bronze hexagonal-section columnar handle with spike finial, iron blade with single scooped edge, inlaid silver scale detailing to the facets; a knife with bronze facetted columnar handle, median baluster, domed pommel, hatched zigzags to the bolster, tapering single-edged iron blade; a scalpel with hooked iron single-edged blade, octagonal-section bronze handle with broad flat face forming a stand; a knife with double-edged leaf-shaped iron blade, octagonal-section handle with broad flat face forming a stand. See Milne, J.S. Surgical Instruments in Greek and Roman Times, Oxford, 1907 for discussion. 315 grams total, 13-19cm (5 - 7 1/2"). From a home counties collection; formed 1970-1980. [4] Fine condition.
Lot 1733
323-146 BC. A silver finger ring formed as a coiled serpent with scale detailing, lozengiform head with pellet eyes. Cf. Marshall, F.H. Catalogue of the Finger Rings, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1907 item 929. 9.05 grams, 21mm overall, 17.37mm internal diameter (approximate size British N 1/2 USA 7 Europe 14.51 Japan 14) (3/4"). Property of a gentleman; acquired in the 1990s. Very fine condition.
Lot 4
Roman Period, 1st century BC-1st century AD. A ceramic hollow-formed model fish, probably a carp, with scale and fin detailing, open mouth and outlet beneath the body; mounted on a custom-made stand. 845 grams, 26cm including stand (10 1/4"). UK art market, acquired prior to 2000. Fine condition.
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