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Lot 122
Scale Model Of The Library In Queen Mary`s Dolls House, Half Scale Model Of The Library, Built From Scratch By A 16 Year Old School Boy Working From Illustrations In "Everybody`s Book Of The Queens Dolls House" In The Late 1920`s. The Model Is To A Scale Of Half An Inch To The Foot And Packs Away Into A Hinged Oak Box, Each Of The 400 Books On The Shelves Bears A Title, The Official Government "Blue Books" Being Contemporary With The Period. Minute Fittings Comprising Desk Blotter, Notepaper, Chessmen On The Tiny Tripod Table, Colourful Persian Carpet etc. This Library Was Sold At Sothebys On 17-30-1988 Lot 7 For £1300 + Premium (£1449.50). Comes With All Paperwork And Receipts, Together With 4 Books "Everybody`s Book Of The Queens Dolls House", "Queen Marys Dolls House", "Queens Mary Art Treasures", "International Dolls House News" And Sothebys Newsletter March 1988 With An Article About The Sale.
Lot 509
Illustrated London News, Publ- "Exterior of the Crystal Palace.... South-East View", published August 2nd 1851; engraving, held in a glazed maple veenered frame, 32x95cm: together with three further large scale mid 19th century engravings depicting views of the Crystal Palace, all framed and glazed, (4)
Lot 44
A Phoebe Anne Traquair HRSA (1852-1936) A gold, silver and enamel pendant, circa 1905-06, the upper section of triangular form depicting Cupid paring love from a gold jar, the reverse with Cupid offering a gold heart, the bottom section suspended from triple-link chairs in the form of a heart depicting Cupid shooting an arrow towards earth, the reverse (lacking enamel) with Cupid sleeping, each section within a chevron engraved casing (lacking original enameled tear drop) 5cm high x 3cm wide Note: The pendant was given by George Brown Barbour (1890-1977) of Edinburgh to his fiancée Dorothy Latou Dickinson (1892-1981) of New York on the occasion of their marriage in May 1920. The pendant as first made may have been with the Barbour family prior to that date: it was personalised by the addition of the swan. Traquair was a friend of the Barbour family who had previously commissioned key examples of her crafts. George Barbour was the elder son of Dr (Alexander) Hugh (Freeland) Barbour of 4 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the first owner of the Bonskeid cabinet (Shapes sale number 48, lot 390), which his sister Margaret had asked Traquair to decorate as a gift to her brother. Hugh and Margaret Barbour also commissioned a fine illuminated manuscript (now with Edinburgh University) for their sister Charlotte in 1897. Traquair had met the Barbours through Dr Alexander Whyte, the Edinburgh theologian married to Margaret`s sister Jane: the Whytes` home was 7 Charlotte Square. She illustrated Dr Whyte`s published commentary on Dante and painted portraits of members of their family, including Gustavus Aird Whyte. George Barbour therefore would have been familiar with the artist`s work for most of his life. The form and subject of this pendant made it particularly appropriate as a wedding gift. Of all classical subjects Traquair was most attracted to the story of Cupid and Psyche, and took it up in enamelling, especially in the early to mid-1900s. Several of her pendants of Cupid were sent to the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in London from 1903. For such classical or other secular subjects (such as mermaids) she often chose to enamel on silver as a quite different colour range-turquoise blues, greens, fiery russets and pearly flesh colours-was thus possible, and readily distinguished from the more primary reds, deep blues and greens worked on copper for religious work. These silver enamels, set as pendants, necklaces or occasionally brooches, are now among the most collectable of Traquair`s small scale work. A 1905 heart pendant of a sleeping Cupid, also worked on silver and set in gold with enamelled tear drop, was purchased by the National Museums of Scotland and is currently on display in the Museum of Scotland (A.1986.122).
Lot 215
A 19th Century French Briquet Sabre, with 55.5cm single edge slightly curved steel blade, the brass hilt stamped 12 on the guard, with ribbed grip, lacks scabbard; a 19th Century Sabre, with 61cm single edge curved steel blade, brass hilt with foliate cast langets, the crossguard with fluted quillons, with wrythen fluted scale cast grip and snarling lion mask pommel, lacks scabbard (2)
Lot 200
A COAL FIRED LIVE STEAM 1½ INCH SCALE ALLCHIN TRACTION ENGINE ROYAL CHESTER, from a design in the Model Engineer by W.J.Hughes, the steel boiler lagged in unpainted brass sheet having full working valve gears and rotating governor, having high and low ratio gears, with forward and reverse lever, full steering gear, water lifter pressure gauge and valve controls, the rear wheel with full winching drum with wire and tender rollers complete with bucket, requires minor final assembly, has not been fired and does not have a boiler certificate See illustration
Lot 227
A FIRST PERIOD WORCESTER BLUE SCALE LOZENGE-SHAPED DISH, circa 1765, painted with sprays of polychrome summer flowers within gilt "rococo" cartouche, with a gilt border, underglaze blue pseudo-Chinese seal mark to base, 12½". See illustration Provenance: The Executors of the late Sally, Duchess of Westminster, Wickwar, Wootton under Edge, Sotheby`s sale on the premises 1990
Lot 569
AN IMPORTANT PAIR OF ANGLO-DUTCH BRASS CANDLESTICKS on a monumental scale with moulded bases and conforming drip pans supporting spirally-fluted columns with plain cylindrical nozzles and detachable sconces, with a milled edge matching the drip pan and the base, circa 1680-1700, 16" high . See illustration No other candlesticks of this date appear to be recorded on this scale. Stylistically they appear to be English, but elements of the construction suggest continental manufacture. A Scandinavian origin has been proposed, but this is not accepted by a leading specialist in Scandinavian metalwork. It seems quite possible that these enigmatic candlesticks were manufactured in England by an émigré craftsman during the last quarter of the 17th century. Provenance: Newton Surmaville, Somerset.
Lot 826
A Victorian silver presentation punch bowl, circular form, embossed foliate scroll, fish scale and trellis decoration, inscribed `East Surrey Sergeants Challenge Cup, 7 Rounds at 200,500 and 600 Yards, on a circular ebonised base mounted with silver plaques, engraved with the winners, by Elkington and Co., London 1892, diameter 42cm., approx. weight 102oz.
Lot 178
A REGENCY MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, the case with break arch, single pad top with brass carrying handle, silk backed fish scale frets to the sides and front, flanked by canted reeded brass corners, raised on ogee bracket feet, the 7" white painted convex Roman dial inscribed `Miles, Ludgate St., London, with blued hands, with strike silent lever over, the twin fusee movement with engraved back plate and signed cartouche, bell strike and pull repeat, 14 1/4" high
Lot 316
Bible [Hebrew]. Vetus Testamentum Hebraicum, cum Variis lectionibus, ed. Benjamin Kennicott, 2 vols., Oxford, 1776-80, list of subscribers, partly ruled in red, occn. foxing to some leaves, later half calf, raised bands to spine of each vol., rubbed and scuffed, rear cover to first vol. det. and upper joints to second vol. partly cracked, large folio. Darlow & Moule 5160. The earliest attempt to provide a large scale critical edition of the Old Testament, from collations of all the known Hebrew manuscripts and printed editions of the Bible, which took Kennicott and other participating scholars ten years to complete. (2)
Lot 1148
A second quarter of the 19th Century Silver pair cased Verge Watch, unsigned, No 16634, the frost gilt movement with regulation scale and blued steel screws with plain fined pillars, to a Roman enamel dial with outside minute track and gilt spade hands, in a hinged and polished case and outer, London 1844, Makers Mark J E W W, with further heart shaped journeyman`s mark, and corresponding case No, width 2 3/8"
Lot 1149
A second quarter of the 19th Century Silver pair cased Verge Watch, Thos Barker of London, 66149, the frosted gilt movement with pierced and engraved cock, and regulation scale, to plain fined pillars, and Roman enamel dial with outside minute track and gilt spade hands, in a hinged and polished inner and outer, London 1840, Makers Mark I M B and corresponding case No, width 2 ¼"; together with six various Watch Papers including W Newby of Wenhaston
Lot 1158
A third quarter of the 19th Century Silver cased Full Hunter Pocket Watch, Beha, Schwerer & Co of Norwich, No 98034, the frosted and gilt movement with mono metallic balance and engraved regulation scale to plain finned pillars and Roman enamel dial with sunk subsidiary seconds, outside minute track and gilt spade hands, in a hinged and polished case, with vacant cartouche and plain band, London 1867, Makers Mark H B, width 2 1/8"
Lot 1161
A last quarter of the 19th Century Silver cased open faced Pocket Chronograph, unsigned, 33166, the frosted gilt and jewelled three-quarter plate movement with bi metallic cut compensated balance and blued steel hair spring and screws, to a sunk centre, Roman and Arabic dial, with outside scale of 0 to 300, enclosing minute track and Roman chapter ring, marked to the centre "Marine Decimal Chronograph", with gilt spade hands and blued steel sweep centre seconds, in a hinged and polished case with back centre with vacant cartouche and milled bands, further with stop button to the band, width 2 ¼"
Lot 1179
An early 20th Century gun metal cased open faced keyless Pocket/Stop Watch, the frosted gilt movement with mono metallic balance, to a Roman enamel dial with outside scale of 0 to 300, enclosing subsidiaries for minutes and half-hours (hairline), and with blued steel spade hands and sweep centre seconds, in a hinged and polished case, with hand set to the band, width 2"
Lot 1269
A late 20th Century stainless steel quartz Chronograph Citizen Eco-Drive "Skyhawk", the quartz movement to a circular black dial with outside scale of 0-10, and outside minute track with subsidiaries for battery and zone, 24 hrs and am/pm, over further LCD displays and settings, to further luminous filled hands and orange centre seconds, in a polished case with two-part rotating bezel, and set with two push buttons flanking a shouldered winding crown, with heavy brick-link bracelet and deployant clasp, width 1 15/16"
Lot 1277
A third quarter of the 20th Century stainless steel two-button Chronograph, Breitling "Navitimer", Ref 7806, Cal 7740, the 17 jewel manual wind movement to a black dial with silvered outside rotating bezel, with scale of 0-100, to various inside scales and luminous baton markers, with 3 sunk subsidiaries for seconds, minute and hours, with further luminous filled white hands and white sweep centre seconds, to a date aperture at 5, in a brushed steel case with knurled bezel and set with two push-button flanking a winding crown, and snap-on back engraved with a crown and Arabic text reading "Husain bin Talal", and fitted with a black stitched leather strap, together with its original elongated rectangular hinged box of issue, width 1 ¼" (ILLUSTRATED INSIDE BACK COVER)
Lot 1300
A late 20th Century Aneroid Wheel Barometer, Rapport of London, the broken arch pediment centred with a cast brass finial, to a baluster throat, and rosette inlaid detail, to a silvered twin scale alcohol thermometer and spun brass bezel, with signed 7 ½" silvered dial with scale of 28-31, height 37"
Lot 1307
A Burr Walnut and ebonised bow fronted Stick Barometer, signed Peter Fox of Norfolk, the signed silvered scale of 27-31 with adjustable vernier, beneath an overhanging cornice, to a plain long trunk, set with twin scale silvered mercury thermometer, to a rectangular base with chamfered corners, and set with a half-round cistern cover, height 37"
Lot 1309
A late 18th Century Mahogany cased Ships Barometer, Cary of London, with brass ring suspension to an applied nameplate and hinged door, enclosing formerly silvered single scale alcohol thermometer and scale of 22-31, with adjustable vernier over an ivory button, and cylindrical body with lacquered brass cistern to the base, height 38" (ILLUSTRATED INSIDE BACK COVER)
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