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Lot 657
KNIPE (JAMES ALEXANDER) GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND PART OF FRANCE SHOWING ALSO THE INLAND NAVIGATION BY MEANS OF RIVERS AND CANALS THE RAILWAYS AND PRINCIPAL ROADS AND SITES OF THE MINERALS second edition, engraving in fine original and vivid hand colouring backed on linen, scale 1 inch: 10 miles, with sections, ornate armorial title (slight offsetting) dedication to Prince Albert and pasted contemporary label of J Tennant, Mineralogist, London, 160 x 136cm, marbled covers with pink label, published for the proprietor by Stanford (et al) 1859, gilt tooled green morocco slip case
Lot 846
A JAPANESE DAGGER, HAMIDASHI the bone saya caved with figures, beneath pine and clouds in scale patterned borders, blade 32cm l, 52cm overall, Meiji, tang unexamined Scabbard with small hole beneath the parasol of the lady at the top, the extreme end of the scabbard chipped and lacking the plug, ingrained dust and dirt with some natural discolouration but not noticeably split or chipped
Lot 954
A REGENCY BRASS INLAID MANTEL CLOCK the painted dial signed Shirley & Son 2 Gracechurch St London, with pierced steel hands, the brass twin fusee movement with shouldered plates, in rectangular case with ebony mouldings, lobed pediment, brass pineapple finial and scale side frets, on ball feet, 50cm h Dial with worn and discoloured paint and two old repainted areas. The case with the odd minor knock and chip to mouldings, the inlay original, heavily encrusted with dirt and grime
Lot 958
A REGENCY MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK signed on the painted dial BUDGEN CROYDON and with pierced steel hands, the twin fusee movement with engraved and shouldered backplate and striking on a bell, in brass mounted, breakarched and pad topped case with ball finial, ebony stringing and inlaid beneath the dial with a satinwood oval, flanked by stop fluted pilasters with lion mask and ring handles, scale side frets and ball feet, 50cm h William Budgen (1750-1824), clockmaker of Croydon and London. Glass in back door broken, the case of attractive dry appearance. Ball finial repaired, two shrinkage cracks on the curved part of the top of the case. Wear to the paint on the dial but not repainted, minor vertical veneer shrinkage crack across the satin wood oval
Lot 162
FIVE SPODE COFFEE CANS one with lavender blue ground and Worcester type gilt reserves of polychrome swags and flowers, another painted with tightly clustered flower sprays on a gilt scale ground, the third gilt with a wide band of leaves between lozenge borders, the others bat printed, 6.5cm h, SPODE 225 in red, or unmarked, c1805-10 All fine examples
Lot 283
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE BOWL enamelled on the exterior with two `Mandarin` scenes of numerous figures, including a group around a gaming table or playing with cups on an iron red scale ground with vignettes of birds and flowers, the interior with a peony beneath iron red trellis inner border with sepia panels, 26cm diam, Qianlong In fine condition not cracked or restored.
Lot 300
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE PUNCH BOWL WITH EUROPEAN SUBJECT DECORATION the exterior finely enamelled to either side with two boar hunting scenes with three mounted huntsmen and a pack of hounds divided by floral reserves with panels of puce and purple scale or turquoise caillouté edged with leaves and gilt C scrolls, on a fiery orange ground of gilt tendrils, the interior with a flower filled vase in conforming guilloche border, 28.5cm diam, c1770 Rim chipped, a crack riveted and one section of the side broken out and restuck but entirely free from any recent or professional restoration
Lot 452
A VINTAGE MODEL TOY AIRPLANE AND WOODEN BOAT GROUP, MID 20TH CENTURY. Eight pieces all contained in original boxes comprising four Rico Japan wooden model boats, length 10 inches and 14 inches; a Testors wooden B-29 bomber; an Ideal Spanish Galleon; a Strombecker P-61 C Black Widow (mostly incomplete) and a one quarter scale architectural model home.
Lot 478
A GROUP OF EIGHT 19TH/20TH CENTURY QUILTS, COMFORTERS AND APPLIQUE TEXTILES. Comprising a small Krazy quilt with feather stitching, an early Krazy quilt top with fan shapes, a fine star pattern quilt top, a double wedding ring quilt top, a fish scale layered felt carpet and a floral applique stitched panel.
Lot 1166
An Islamic bronze jug, possibly ancient, the cover with finial, with shaped spout and spherical top, flared neck, circular shoulder and baluster body, with shaped handle, rasied upon flared circular foot, overall with typical encrustation, height 25.5 cm; an applique a jour pot with cover, of circular form, the reticulated cover of flower and foliate form, the body of fish scale and foliate design, diameter 8 cm; two Islamic gilt metal and polychrome vases, of differing size, decorated with foliage and figural panels, height of tallest 20 cm, (4).
Lot 408
A CLOISONNÉ ENAMELWARE VASE, of baluster form, converted to a table lamp, the turquoise ground decorated with dragons chasing the flaming pearl, above a stylised wavy blue and green border; together with a pair of cloisonné enamelware vases, of baluster form, the dark blue ground decorated throughout with scrolls, floral motifs, acanthus leaves and fish scale pattern, 24cm high
Lot 882
An American bombsight, type T-1-B, by AC Spark Plug Div. G.M.C., serial No. AF44 D02301C, incorporating E-1 roll stabilizer by Sperry Gyroscope Co, finished in crackle black, together with a 1/24 scale plastic model of a Mk II Spitfire with well detailed cockpit, removable engine panels, etc.
Lot 1532
A Herend porcelain model of a frog with blue scale decoration, another model of a blue scale decorated frog wearing a gilt crown and holding a gilt ball, and a Herend porcelain model of a snail with blue scale and striped decoration (fault), all with blue printed and impressed factory marks to bases.
Lot 1535
A Herend porcelain model of an owl with blue, pink and turquoise wing decoration against an iron red scale ground, perched on a naturalistic base, a similar model of a duck and a Herend porcelain model of two mice with blue scale decoration, all with blue printed and impressed factory marks to bases.
Lot 35
DARWIN (CHARLES) - The Zoology of the Voyage of HMS Beagle Under the Command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832-1836, Royal Geographical Society reprint 1994, limited to 1000 copies of which this is no 67, 4 vols., half morocco, raised spine bands in a fitted wooden cabinet with ratchet stand, accompanied by a scale model of the Beagle
Lot 105
A carved oak barograph Short and Mason Ltd., London, late 19th century. The mechanism with eight segment aneroid chamber within lacquered brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers, an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the clockwork-driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the brass baseplate signed SHORT & MASON, LONDON, the bevel-glazed five glass cover with moulded top and carved pilaster uprights to angles, on cavetto moulded base with chart drawer to apron and bracket feet, 38cm (15ins) wide.
Lot 106
A rare ‘micro-barograph’. Short and Mason Ltd., London, 20th century. The mechanism with eleven segment aneroid chamber within lacquered brass armature operating via a system of pivoted levers, an inked pointer for recording the change in barometric pressure on the tall clockwork-driven rotating paper-scale lined drum, the brass baseplate inscribed MICRO-BAROGRAPH By SHORT & MASON, LONDON and numbered 1535/44, the five panel plate glass cover fitted with chromium plated ties to corners and on ogee moulded ebonised base with disc feet, 36cm (14ins) wide; with a box containing additional charts.
Lot 107
A Victorian patinated brass aneroid barometer with altimeter scale. J. Hicks, London, late 19th century. The 2.75 inch circular silvered register signed J. HICKS, MAKER, LONDON, 8146, Compensated to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches divided into fiftieths within outer scale calibrated for 1000 feet intervals also divided into fiftieths, the bezel with moveable steel needle pointer and magnification glass, the cylindrical case with suspension loop, 7.5cm (3ins) diameter; with a gilt brass aneroid pocket barometer, J.H. Steward, late 19th century, with 1.75 inch circular silvered register signed J.H. Steward, 54 Cornhill, LONDON, 1639 to centre within scale calibrated in barometric inches and outer moveable altimeter scale annotated for 1000 feet intervals, in gilt drum case and outer leather covered travelling case, diameter 5.5cm (2,25ins) overall, (2). James Joseph Hicks is recorded in Banfield, Edwin BAROMETER MAKERS AND RETAILERS 1660-1900 as working from Hatton Garden, London from 1861 until after 1900. He was a committed Catholic who presented various meteorological instruments to the Vatican receiving the title of Knight Commander of St. Gregory for his services. James Henry Steward is recorded in Banfield as working from various addresses in London from 1857 until after 1900. He advertised as ‘maker of the celebrated Lord Bury telescope and maker of Fitzroy barometers, as in use in all railway termini and principal hotels in London’.
Lot 108
A Victorian rosewood large mercury wheel barometer with timepiece. Negretti and Zambra, London, late 19th century. The 12 inch circular rosette-centred silvered register calibrated in barometric inches and with the usual observations, the centre signed NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, Ins’t Makers to her Majesty, London, with blued steel and brass recording pointers within bevel glazed cast brass bezel, beneath timepiece with eight day movement the backplate with vertical monometallic balance and stamped 1934, the 5.5 inch circular silvered Arabic numeral dial with blued steel spade hands and bevel glazed cast brass bezel, the trunk with rectangular mercury Fahrenheit and Centigrade scale thermometer beneath hygrometer to the swan neck pediment, the square base with foliate engraved spirit level, (case with some losses) 128cm (50.5ins) high. The firm of Negretti & Zambra are recorded in Edwin, Banfield BAROMETER MAKERS & RETAILERS 1680-1860 as being established in 1850 when a partnership betwee??n Enrico Negretti and Joseph Warren Zambra was formed. The firm became one of the most prolific makers of fine quality weather instruments and continued trading well into the 20th century.
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