An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China taken chiefly from the papers of his Excellency the Earl of Macartney. [London, 1797. First edition, large folio, atlas volume only (without the 2 vols. of text), folding map and 44 maps, plates, charts and plans, including 6 double-page, old half vellum, slightly spotted, slight loss to upper margin of plate 39, binding rubbed, library stamp to plate 2 Staunton was appointed principal secretary to Lord Macartney's embassy to China in 1792 which sought "to improve commercial relations with China, through Canton (Guangzhou), and to establish regular diplomatic relations between the two countries. Though Macartney and Staunton had an audience with the emperor their proposals were rebuffed. In China [Staunton] closely observed and noted all that he saw, and during expeditions he was able to collect botanical specimens. His son, George Thomas, then just twelve years old, accompanied him to China as page to Lord Macartney, and was the only member of the mission who bothered to learn Chinese" (DNB). Staunton's account of this important, but ultimately unsuccessful mission, conceived on a grand scale, takes in numerous places visited en route: Madeira, Tenerife, Rio de Janeiro, Java, Sumatra, Cochin-China, etc. Brunet V:525; Cox I:344; Cordier Sinica 2382
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Dinosaur Interest - a lifesize 1/1 scale 10ft long (approx) wearable Dinosaur Velociraptor puppet / costume. Custom made of foam latex, with a lightweight metal skeleton and internal controls to operate the head and blinking eyes. The costume fits over the wearer's shoulders and the feet slip into integral shoes in order to move the Dinosaur. Painted in red and white colourway. Supplied with a small armature allowing it to be hung / rested for display purposes and supplied within a large custom flight case. Originally made for a high-end Dinosaur themed event and a cost of several thousands of pounds. Signs of use from wear, and the head sometimes droops (easily fixed from the interior). A unique and attention-grabbing piece of memorabilia! Can be couriered nationwide (flight crate approx 10ft in length) - please ask us for a quote. Collection from our Bath saleroom (BA1 7LR).
Malaysian parang knife with wooden handle, number 2 over maker's stamp to 29cm single edged blade and wooden sheath, together with a kris dagger of small scale with wooden handle and 18cm wavy edged blade, with wooden sheath. PLEASE NOTE ALL BLADED ITEMS ARE SUBJECT TO OVER 18 CHECK ON COLLECTION OR DELIVERY
Two Worcester dessert plates, circa 1770, the first scale blue, decorated with reserves of floral sprays to a blue scale ground, heightened with gilt, underglaze blue square fret mark, 21cm diameter; the second, centrally painted with a colourful flower group, wet blue border decorated with gilt scallops and lappets, open crescent mark, 19cm diameter (2)Provenance: Private Collection.Condition:Scale blue - Good condition. Two small firing cracks to the interior of the foot rim.Wet blue - No damages or repairs. A couple of patches of wear to the inner gilding and also some scratches visible to the undecorated ground and some of the flowers.
A collection of automotive memorabiliaTo include: A cast polished metal scale model of The Auto Union Streamliner, 1937, presented at the Audi A5 press launch, 2007; A brushed metal Audi TT filler cap style coaster signed by Alan McNish, 2006; an Audi TT press launch invitation signed by World rally driver Hannu Mikkola; a 1999 Audi TT Quattro press launch invitation in brushed metal and composite; a group of promotional items for the Audi Q7 launch; a Jaguar branded travel clock; and a book of motoring writer Russell Bulgin in slip case signed by musician Chuck Berry with supporting photographs.
A group of Coalport, comprising a low etruscan cream jug, circa 1820-30, painted with roses, Society of Arts mark, 5.5cm high; a turquoise ground plate painted with two oval panels of fruit and flowers by William Cook, circa 1851-60, gilt CBD mark, 25cm diameter; a small pot with cover, painted with naturalistic foliage and flowers, blue CBD mark, 10cm high, a botanical plate with relief-moulded blue and gilt border, Society of Arts mark; a Feltspar standing dessert comport, matt blue border, with central group of yellow brugmansia and four smaller cartouches of flowers to the border, Society of Arts mark, 12cm high; a Thomas or John Rose cream jug, the rich cobalt ground with gilt reserved floral panels, unmarked, 10cm high; and a oval scale blue tureen stand, painted with flowers, unmarked, 19cm wide; sold together with a further plate, possibly Coalport, circa 1805-10, pattern 399, painted with a central group of flowers surrounded by an exterior border of roses, numbered, 22cm diameter and a small floral-encrusted saucer, 11cm diameter (qty) Condition:Cream jug - Crazing to the glaze generally throughout, some staining to the base. Patches of gilt wear to the rim. Turquoise plate - gilt wear to edges. Pot and cover - some losses and rubbing to the painted decoration, chip to the inner rim of the cover. Pale blue bordered plate - Cracked across the centre, some crazing to the underside. Sauce tureen stand - rubbing to gilt around rim. Floral-encrusted saucer - breakages and losses to some flowers and petals. No other obvious damages or repairs.
A mixed group of 18th and 19th-century English porcelain, comprising a Derby fluted dish, 22cm diameter; Derby oval dish, circa 1770, painted in brightly coloured enamels with flowers, turquoise border, unmarked, 25cm wide; a Chamberlain's Worcester plate, centrally painted with a bold rose and two pansies, broad cobalt and gilt border, impressed marks, 21.5cm diameter; a Derby plate, circa 1806-1825, cobalt and gilt border, painted with flowers, red crossed crown batons over D, 25.5cm diameter; a Minton 'Newcastle' shape plate with basket-weave border and painted flowers, pattern 4008, dated 1851, 24cm diameter; a Flight, Barr and Barr scale blue plate, 23cm diameter; a cabinet plate, possibly Coalport, painted with fruit and flowers in the style of Cook, unmarked, 23cm diameter; a set of six Staffordshire mid-19th century plates, relief-moulded borders, marked pattern '400', 21cm diameter and two further other floral plates, sold together with a French plate and a Continental fruit bowl, decorated by Rosie Jenkins in 1894, 28cm diameter (qty)Condition:Derby fluted dish - no damages or repairs but there is a firing crack to the foot rim. There are also a few scratches through the decoration and some slight patches of gilt wear. Floral plate with black detail to border - two small foot rim chips.Turqouise border dish - heavily scratched.Condition is otherwise generally good with no other damages or repairs. See images.
A small group of Coalport, comprising an Etruscan-shape teacup and saucer and similar plate, circa 1815, scale blue ground with scrolling gilt cartouches of fancy birds and winged insects, the plate with impressed '1' mark, saucer 15cm diameter, plate 21.8cm diameter; a trio, early 20th century, similarly decorated; and a pair of plates, mid-19th century, of scrolling form with turquoise and floral border, centrally painted with fancy birds on fruit trees, unmarked, 23.5cm diameter (7)Condition:Etruscan cup and saucer - Two hairlines for saucer. Some gilt loss to the saucer rim and well, further spots of gilt loss to the handle and rim of the teacup. Similar plate - Gilding to the centre heavily rubbed and some further gilt wear around the panels of birds and insects. Signs of scratches and use but no damages.Trio - cup crazed.Plates - No damage.
EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITIONS; a good quantity of boxed 1:76th scale precision diecast models with plastic parts, to include Reeve Burgess Beaver, The Plaxton Paramount, The Bedford Duple Vega, Daimler Fleetline Birkenhead, Guy Arab II Utility Birkenhead Corporation, Leyland Atlantean Wallasey, Leyland PD2 Highbridge Liverpool City, etc (2).
EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITIONS; a good quantity of boxed diecast scale models of vehicles to include Wright Volvo Renown A First Manchester, etc, and a quantity of Exclusive First Editions OO scale boxed diecast vehicles and Teamsters boxed scale model vehicles to include Combat Transporter and Tank Transporter, Emergency 4x4 (2).
Various boxed scale model vehicles to include Corgi Motoring Memories, Corgi Ford Escort - Royal Mail, Ford Popular van, America's Finest Dodge Monaco California Highway Patrol, Matchbox Models of Yesteryear Exclusive First Editions, three wall shelves filled with Lledo Days Gone vehicles, Matchbox Pills Potions and Powders, etc (2).
Mixed ceramics to include a Spode oval dish decorated in the 18th century style, with exotic bird panels on salmon scale ground, gilt-heightened border 5.5 x 31.5cm, a Japanese Satsuma vase on blue ground decorated with two panels showing village scenes, square seal mark to base, height 23cm, a green ground studio pottery vase with octagonal faceted sides, impressed 'A' to lower side, 19 x 8cm, and three Pratt Ware pot lids, 'Persuasion', 'A Pair' and the third depicting a resting soldier beside two standing ladies, diameter 11cm (6).
A good quantity of various boxed scale model vehicles to include various Atlas Editions classic sports cars, Triumph Spitfire, Jaguar E Type, Jaguar XK140, Aston Martin DB5, Austin Healey 3000 MkII etc, also a good quantity of police vehicles, mainly Atlas Editions Best of British Police Cars to include Ford Zephyr MkII from Lancashire, Austin Mini Van from West Yorkshire, Leyland Princess from Staffordshire, Ford Granada MkI for Avon and Somerset, etc, also a quantity of various examples to include Soledo, Golden Age of Steam, Hamley's, Oxford Commercials, antique finish diecast miniatures submarine, 1988 model racing Jaguar in blister pack, and a boxed Techniplus digital proportional radio control system with receiver (3).
A quantity of various boxed scale model vehicles to include a Burago Porsche 911 S, a Road Signature 1:18 1962 Volkswagen Microbus, a Cararama 1:43 Ford Corsair, a Maisto special edition 1:27 2003 Hummer H2SUV, a Burago 1:18 Lancia Aurelia B24 Spider (1955), Sunstar Jaguar XK140 drophead coupé, Corgi vintage Glory of Steam Garratt 4CD tractor & trailer - war department, a Cararama 1:50 Volvo low loader in Jack Harvey livery carrying a Volvo A25C, etc.
LLEDO; a good quantity of boxed scale Days Gone vehicles and a further quantity of Days Gone trackside limited edition examples (2).Condition Report: All in boxes and vehicles appear to be in unused condition, some age related wear to the boxes to include fading to the perspex covers, several examples rather dusty and slightly tatty edges on some of the opening flaps
CORGI; a good quantity of 'Superhaulers' scale model commercial vehicles to include Volvo Race Transporter - Lotus, Daf 95 Skeletal Trailer - P&O Nedlloyd, ERF box trailer - Royal Mail, etc (2).Condition Report: All appear to be in good order, some boxes have slightly tatty edges, particularly on the opening flaps
EXCLUSIVE FIRST EDITIONS; a good quantity of boxed 1:76 scale precision diecast models with plastic parts to include Plaxton Coach Ribble, N.B.C., Alexander 'Y' Type P.M.T. First Bus, Bedford TK Luton Crossville NBC, two boxed OO scale commercial vehicles comprising LD Lowne & Co and Cyril Ridgeon and Son Ltd Timber Importers, etc (2).
A quantity of OO gauge scale models and associated track and accessories, including a model R332 High Speed Train pack, a Hornby OO gauge "Sirdinadan" locomotive, an Airfix A1A-A1A Class 31/4 diesel locomotive, ref. 54100-6, in original box, various goods wagons, coaches and track, and a Hornby Railways 01R950 master control unit, etc
Heavy press with Chesham & Wycombe Cooperative Society Limited stamps, hooked fireside kettle stand, copper pan, collection of tankards (some pewter), English pewter jug and handled dish, small scale and weights, bathroom mirror, ebony dressing table set and Kid Kord record album (1 missing) etc
Leicestershire. A Survey of Sundry Lands within the Lordship of Eaton in the County of Leicester, the Property of Charles Morley of Nottingham, Gent, 1770, map, hand-scrivened and delineated in pen-and-ink on parchment, A Scale of Four Chains to an Inch surmounted by a surveyor's compass, bird's-eye view naively 'illuminated' with a polychrome red-brink farm house, a windmill, a church, trees, etc., lettered field names and acreages, titled Chippendale C-scroll vignette, black-ruled borders, some later pencil annotation, 46.5 x 58.5cm Condition evidenced by images.
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Atlas. John Bartholomew FRGS (1831-1893) - The Imperial Map of England & Wales according to the Ordnance Survey [...], On the Scale of 4 Miles to an Inch, London & Edinburgh: J. Fullarton & Co., n.d. [1866], 16 double-page chromolithographed maps, of which sheet 16 is divided into 3 separate maps, [2]ff (index), some foxing, original quarter-calf over cloth by W. Loxley of Melton, his ticket, upper-cover lettered in gilt, split, chipped and rubbed, but holding, folio (56 x 40.5cm), & Archer (Thomas) & Barnard (Frederick, illustrator), Charles Dickens: A Gossip about his Life, Works, and Characters, London: Cassell & Company, Limited, n.d. [1894], full-page photogravures and in-text illustrations, contemporary quarter-morocco over cloth, pictorial gilt, worn, folio (45.5 x 36cm), (2)
An Arts & Crafts style oak bookcase and desk with a shelved superstructure and an arched cornice and with an arched desk surround carved with leafy sprigs, above a desk with three frieze drawers above an arched carved apron, the sides with lattice incised panels framed by a scale carved surround99.5cm wide, 70cm deep, 174.5cm highOverall good to fair condition, circa 1890-1900. the top panel cracked to the left side but present. Small carved inset panel to right front base missing and another moulding to right side on top of desk section missing. Shelf panels a little loose. Key present for drawers, locks possibly of later date. The top of the desk faded. All over scuffs and scratches commensurate with age and use. Slight moisture mark to back of desk, no visible ring marks noted.
Attributed to Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1953)The Arrival of the Coachoil on canvas37.6cm x 53.5cm Bears John Noott, Broadway gallery label to the reverse. In a gilt foliate frame. Generally very good condition overall; the picture surface is stable and there is minimal further wear. Appears to be a large-scale oil sketch for a more 'finished' later piece.
Attributed to Frank Moss Bennett (1874-1953)Outside the Innbears signature and date lower right 1940oil on canvas33cm x 49cm Bears John Noott, Broadway gallery label to the reverse. In a gilt foliate frame. Picture surface is stable and bears minimal further visible damage. Appears to be a large-scale oil sketch for a more 'finished' later piece.
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