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Lot 1130
LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY CHINESE JARDINIERE ON STAND,decorated with birds, flowers and key fret borders, 14.5cm high on stand Condition good to fair. No chips or cracks, though with significant wear to areas as per use, including dirt to interior, and what appears as scale to the body. Manufacturing flaws present. Additional images now available.
Lot 199
Kees van Dongen (Dutch/French 1877-1968): 'Paysage au Remorqueur' (Landscape with Tugboat), watercolour gouache and black crayon c.1905 signed 8cm x 14cmProvenance: Christie's Paris, 'Art Impressionniste et Moderne', 24th May 2006 Lot 57; then with Wolseley Fine Arts, Walterstone. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from the Wildenstein Institute, Paris, ref 06.03.21.9828.1237 dated 21st March 2006, stating their intention to include the present lot in a forthcoming catalogue raisonné.Notes: van Dongen was a central member of the Fauvist movement alongside artists such as Henri Matisse, André Derain and Maurice de Vlaminck. This work exhibits the more muted style and smaller scale of the landscapes, inspired by Rembrandt, which formed his earlier output. In 1926, Van Dongen was awarded the Legion d'Honneur, and in the following year the Order of the Crown of Belgium. His works are currently held in the collections of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C., among others.Condition Report:Some very slight cockling to the paper, otherwise very good condition. Behind museum glass, some poor restoration to the frame top-right.
Lot 80
MIGUEL ORTIZ BERROCAL (Villanueva de Algaidas, Malaga, 1933 - Antequera, Malaga, 2006)."Bullfighter. Homage to the Niño de la Palma", 1972.Detachable sculpture in polished brass. Copy 347/2000.Provenance: Private Collection of Luis García Berlanga.Slight scratches.Signed and numbered on the base.Measurements: 28 x 21 x 20 cm.Detachable sculpture in polished brass representing a male torso, emphasising the volume of the shoulders, in allusion to the title of the work, "Torero". Miguel Ortiz Berrocal showed a special predilection for articulated and detachable bronze sculptures. Inspired by the main creative forces of the first half of the 1900s, the artist sought his own artistic path. He drew his inspiration from science and created works based on mathematical, physical and scientific principles. He also developed the concept of "dismountability", understood as the process of searching for the inner forms of volumes, which implies that sculptures are composed of elements that have to be assembled and disassembled in order to penetrate their invisible space.Berrocal began his training at the Escuela de Artes y Oficios in Madrid, where he was a pupil of Ángel Ferrant. He then went on to the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Ramón Stolz. He complemented his training with work as a draughtsman in the studio of the architect Casto Fernández Shaw and as an assistant to several architects in Rome between 1952 and 1954. During his stay in Paris in 1955, he finally decided to devote himself to sculpture. His early works show the influence of Chillida, while at the same time denoting his preference for articulated and detachable forms in bronze. The difficulty involved in making each of his sculptures led him to decide to produce them in series. With this idea in mind, he produced two hundred copies of the sculpture "Maria de la O", for which he received the prize for sculpture at the Paris Biennale and which was later acquired by the MOMA in New York. In 1966 he settled permanently in Verona, and since 1968 he has alternated his work between monumental and small-scale works. Together with several gallery owners, he founded the Società Multicettera, the first industry of small sculptures. He has exhibited in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United States, received the gold medal of the Bronze of Padua, the Grand Prize of Honour at the Brazil Biennale, and was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He has sculptures in public places in Korea, Bordeaux, Denmark and Switzerland, as well as in various places in Spain. He is represented in the Museums of Modern Art in New York and Paris, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the National Gallery in Rome and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Lot 97
MIGUEL ORTIZ BERROCAL (Villanueva de Algaidas, Málaga, 1933 - Antequera, Málaga, 2006)."Mini David", c.1960.Nickel-plated bronze and bronze bath on the genitals. Serial No. 6521.Provenance: Private Collection of Luis García Berlanga.Signed on the right arm.Measurements: 13,7 x 5 cm.Round sculpture made up of numerous pieces in nickel-plated bronze, which are joined together creating a piece of figurative aesthetics, where the artist has grouped a set of angular shapes. The piece represents a male torso whose title refers to the biblical character David, who defeated the giant Goliath. In addition to being a shepherd, David could play the harp. So he went to serve King Saul, who at that time was fighting against the Philistines. There he confronted the giant Goliath, whom he killed with a stone thrown from his sling. The stone hit him in the forehead and Goliath fell to the ground. With the giant's sword, David cut off his head.Berrocal began his training at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, where he was a pupil of Ángel Ferrant. He then went on to the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he was a pupil of Ramón Stolz. He complemented his training with work as a draughtsman in the studio of the architect Casto Fernández Shaw and as an assistant to several architects in Rome between 1952 and 1954. During his stay in Paris in 1955, he finally decided to devote himself to sculpture. His early works show the influence of Chillida, while at the same time denoting his preference for articulated and detachable forms in bronze. The difficulty involved in making each of his sculptures led him to decide to produce them in series. With this idea in mind, he produced two hundred copies of the sculpture "Maria de la O", for which he received the prize for sculpture at the Paris Biennale and which was later acquired by the MOMA in New York. In 1966 he settled permanently in Verona, and from 1968 he alternated his work between monumental and small-scale works. Together with several gallery owners, he founded the Società Multicétera, the first industry of small sculptures. He has exhibited in Italy, France, Germany, Spain and the United States, received the gold medal of the Bronze of Padua, the Grand Prize of Honour at the Brazil Biennial, and was named Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He has sculptures in public places in Korea, Bordeaux, Denmark and Switzerland, as well as in various places in Spain. He is represented in the Museums of Modern Art in New York and Paris, the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, the Kunsthalle in Hamburg, the Juan March Foundation in Madrid, the National Gallery in Rome and the Victoria & Albert Museum in London.
Lot 45
Yiannis Moralis (Greek, 1916-2009)Épithalamique signé et inscrit en grec et daté '1968' (en bas à droite); signé et daté 'MORALIS/ATHENES/1958' (au revers) acrylique sur toile150.5 x 150.5cm (59 1/4 x 59 1/4in).signed and inscribed in Greek and dated (lower right); signed and dated (on the reverse)acrylic on canvasFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate collection, Athens.ExpositionsAthens, Zoumboulakis Gallery, Moralis, March 1972, no. 9 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue).Athens, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Yannis Moralis, April 18 - June 5, 1988, no. 62 (listed in the exhibition catalogue, p. 66).LittératureI. Petropoulos, Elytis, Moralis, Tsarouchis, Pleias editions, Athens 1974, p. 94 (listed), p. 134 (illustrated). Sima magazine, no. 22, March 1979, p. 43 (illustrated).Yannis Moralis, Commercial Bank of Greece Group of Companies edition, Athens 1988, no. 169, p. 166 (illustrated).C. Christou, Moralis, Adam editions, Athens 1993, no. 100 (illustrated).A milestone Moralis that stood out in the 1972 one man show for the dazzling whiteness of its sculptural forms set against a Mondrianesque grid of vivid colour, this monumental Epithalamio seems to recapitulate the artist's figurative achievement while boldly embarking on a new phase of pure abstraction. The pulsing balance between ochres, blues, reds and greys, shifting in temperature from warm to cool, conveys a tensile image of aethereal, almost musical beauty that captured the hearts and minds of the viewers.The abstractive motifs that distantly echo fragments of an ancient Greek temple, the shallow compositional depth, reminiscent of sculptural relief, and the rectangular format that alludes to the Doric metope, revive an archetypal universe from which the human form emerges. The symbolic figure of the young woman, the loving embrace, the angel1 on the upper left, the clear skies indicated by luminous patches of blue, and the serene rhythm dictated by the classical sense for human scale, compose an evocative representation informed by the timeless values of ancient Greek art. Paradoxically, the more 'modern' Moralis became the more classical, the more 'ancient' he tended to be.'2 Echoing age-old memories of antiquity's nuptial songs dedicated to the bride and sung on the way to her marital chamber, Moralis's famed epithalamia series represent both a continuation of and a departure from his epitymvia compositions. Defined by an intricate fabric of highly abstractive shapes, the pictorial space celebrates the erotic union of man and woman with their bodies often merging into a single form. Prefacing the 1972 show, Nobel laureate Odysseus Elytis noted that by using a limited vocabulary of form, Moralis has succeeded—in a manner unprecedented in Greek art—to transform the language of the natural world into a purely optical phenomenon. 'Memories and encounters are repeatedly distilled until they blend into forms of great simplicity and precision. ... The earth of Aegina and the bodies of young girls emerge with the dampness of the sea, like magnified fragments of ancient Greek vases or miniature frescoes from a bygone place of worship. ... A longing for the monumental has always driven the painter's hand to organise and balance his forms on an intellectual edifice, bestowing on even his most sensual conceptions a feeling of mystery and a Biblical sense of the sacred.'3 1 The angel is a recurrent theme in Moralis' art, frequently signified by just one wing. See Y. Moralis, Angels, Music, Poetry [in Greek], exhibition catalogue, Benaki Museum, Athens 2001.2 M. Lambraki-Plaka, 'Yannis Moralis, a 20th Century Classic' in A Tribute to Yannis Moralis, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery - A. Soutzos Museum, Athens 2011, p. 12.3 O. Elytis, preface to the Moralis exhibition catalogue, Iolas-Zoumboulakis Galerie, Athens 1972.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 70
Yiannis Moralis (Greek, 1916-2009)Epithalamique/diptyque signé en grec et daté ' 4/9 1971-72' (en bas à droite); signé, daté et inscrit (au revers)huile sur toile36 x 50cm (14 3/16 x 19 11/16in).signed in Greek and dated (lower right); signed, dated and inscribed (on the reverse)oil on canvasFootnotes:ProvenanaceAcquired directly from the artist by the present owner. This perfectly balanced composition of pure form and disciplined rhythm belongs to Moralis's famed epithalamia1 series, a body of work celebrating the erotic union of man and woman. Dictated by the timeless values of ancient Greek art and the classical sense for human scale, the male and female bodies are stripped of descriptive detail and handled in such an abstractive fashion that they take on a symbolical meaning without losing their recognisable form. One can almost trace the progress from the sensual aspects of the subject to the metaphysical and transcendental. 1 Ancient nuptial songs dedicated to the bride and sung on the way to her marital chamber.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 82
Alecos Fassianos (Greek, 1935-2022)Le Cavalier blanc signé et titré en grec (en haut à gauche)acrylique sur papier marouflé sur toile207 x 150cm (81 1/2 x 59 1/16in).Peint en 1983.signed and titled in Greek (upper left) acrylic on card laid on canvasFootnotes:ExpositionsThessaloniki, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, A. Fassianos, Paintings 1953-1993, September 1993, no. 115 (listed, p. 198, and illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 153).Athens, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Fassianos, Mythologies of Everyday Life, retrospective exhibition, November 24, 2004 - February 28, 2005, no. 120 (illustrated in the exhibition catalogue, p. 150).LittératureA. Fassianos, card booklet, Macedonian Museum of Contemporary Art, Thessaloniki, 1993 (illustrated).Erourem magazine, no. 4., March 1996, p. 107 (illustrated).Captured in sharp profile and set against a solid background that accentuates his heroic scale, Fassianos's horseback rider is remoulded into an archetypal figure echoing the timeless symbolism of ancient Greek vase iconography. 'As in ancient pottery, his figures are captured in an eternal contre-jour which renders them both precise and timeless. These figures inhabit a land which might well be Greece, a totally luminous and airy land, an Aeolian land. The wind which tosses the hair of Fassianos's figures is the same wind which pervades Homer's epics and fills Odysseus's sails on his way to meet the Sirens.'1According to Koichi Tanikawa, one of Japan's most vibrant artists, Fassianos's appeal lies in the fact that his work makes one imagine a life with warm, southern sunshine and carefree, leisurely pleasure. And these are the effects also found in Picasso at Antibes, Bonnard at Le Cannet, and Dufy in Nice.'21 J. Lacarriere, A Shadow Play in Fassianos - Mythologies of Everyday Life, exhibition catalogue, National Gallery - Alexandros Soutzos Museum, Athens 2004, p. 24.2 K. Tanikawa, 'A Grecian Smile' in Fassianos Drawings, Adam editions, Athens 1994, p. 24.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 24
Hornby Flying Scotsman set and 3 locomotives Boxed Hornby OO gauge R778 The Flying Scotsman electric train set, with locomotive, rolling stock & controller. Also includes three 00 gauge Hornby locomotives to include a R357 class 5XP "Duke of Sutherland" L.M.S maroon locomotive and tender no. 5541, R066 duchess class 'Duchess of Sutherland' steam locomotive and tender no. 6233, a R078 Class A1 steam 'Flying Scotsman' locomotive in BR green no. 4470 plus a plastic OO scale model of the 'Flying Scotsman' on a wooden base with brass plaque.
Lot 35
2 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:32 scale aircraft 2 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:32 scale aircraft to include a boxed World War II Europe & Africa Supermarine Spitfire Mk11A -P7966, D-B O/C Tangmere (Wing Commander Douglas Bader) AA33903 and a boxed World war II Fleet Air Arm limited edition Hawker Sea Hurricane 1B, No.880 Sqn. Fleet Air Arm, HMS Indomitable, Indian Queen, May 1942, AA35504
Lot 36
3 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast models 3 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast models to include a boxed Modern Warfare Collection Boeing E-3B Sentry 71-1407 USAF 552nd Airborn Control Wing, Air Combat Command aircraft AA32913, a boxed limited edition Vickers Valiant B MKI, XD818, Operation Grapple, Christmas Island 1957 AA39401 and a boxed Military Airpower Hawker Siddeley Nimrod MR.1, RAF Kinloss Wing, Moray, Scotland, 1977 AA35602.
Lot 37
3 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast models 3 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast models to include a boxed Falklands 20th Anniversary Handley Page Victor K.2. AA31603, a boxed Falklands 20th Anniversary Lockheed C-130K Hercules C.1K-XV201 AA31305 and a 100 Years of flight 1903-2003 Bristol 175 Britannia 102 - G-ANBA - BOAC Heathrow, 1958 AA31506. Plus an unboxed but packaged B-17F Memphis Belle no. 124485 by Atlas Editions.Qty: 4
Lot 38
3 Corgi Aviation archive 1:72 scale die cast models 3 Corgi Aviation archive 1:72 scale die cast models to include a World War II Europe & Africa Heinkel HE 111H-3 - II./KG 1 'Hindenburg' AA33701, World War II War in the Pacific DH Mosquito FBVI RAF 211 Squadron AA32806 and a World War II Europe & Africa Junkers JU-87 Stuka B-2 "T6-HL" of 3./STG 2 'Immelmann'.
Lot 39
7 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 and 1:72 scale diecast models 7 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 and 1:72 scale diecast models, the 1:144 scale models include a Military Air Power AVRO Vulcan B2 XM607 48301, Military Air Power AVRO Vulcan XL321 617 'Dambusters' Squadron 48302 and Battle of Britain AVRO Lancaster Battle of Britain memorial Flight 47301. 1:72 scale models include a limited edition P51D Mustang 'Old Crow' AA32201, limited edition Spitfire MKI No 54 Sqd 49005, limited edition Vought F4U-1A Corsair AA33002, limited edition Mitsubishi A6M3-22 Zero AA33102 and a Modern Fighter Legends Hunter F.Mk 6 - XF383 AA32709.Qty: 8
Lot 40
7 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast models 7 Corgi Aviation Archive 1:144 scale diecast models to include a Frontier Airliners Lockheed Constellation Air India 47503, Frontier Airliners Lockheed Constellation Pan Am 47508, Classic Propliners Vickers Viscount 700 United Airlines AA30502, Military AVRO York RAF Kings Flight 47204, Military limited edition Short Sunderland MKIII ML868 No.230 Squadron (South Pacific) 48805, Berlin Airlift Douglas Dakota RAF 47111, Berlin Airlift AVRO York Skyways 47201.Qty: 7
Lot 88
J E Dallas five string banjo with case J E Dallas five string banjo, walnut neck with ebony fingerboard inlaid with stars, the tone bar stamped 'J.E.Dallas 415 Strand W.C.' serial number 5426, with birdseye maple veneered resonator, in hard case. 69.5cm approximate scale length, 94cm overall length.
Lot 219
Victorian Set of Customs Inspectors Standard Apothecaries' Measures English, dated 1892, engraved to the brass plaque on the lid 'STANDARD APOTHECARIES MEASURES LANCASTER KIRKHAM DEVISION', and to the largest measure 'LANCASTER (KIRKHAM DIVISION) 1882' all other measures engraved with the capacity; 4floz; 3floz; 2floz; 1floz; 4fldr; 3fldr; 2fldr and 1fldr and the set number 1183, each measure with later standard stamps, with two glass pipets in a French polished mahogany case with white enamelled trade label for 'THOs CHESHIRE SCALE MAKER 146 DALE St LIVERPOOL' , case width 30cm
Lot 222
Custom Officers Folding Yard Measure English, the lacquered brass rule date stamped 1905, engraved along the length 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL' and 'DE GRAVE & CO LTD, MAKERS LONDON', the scale with standard stamps and engraved in inches, with compass type joint to the centre, in mahogany case, with engraved plaque to the lid which reads' 'LANCASHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL BURY DIVN' and 'DE GRAVE & CO LTD, MAKERS LONDON', the case 53cm wide
Lot 232
A Substantial Victorian Monocular Microscope With ProvenanceEnglish, dated 1858 & 1863 on the objectives, although the microscope is unsigned one of the objectives is engraved Dixey, Brighton, however, the objective is clearly by Andrew Ross with Ross's internal thread, the microscope, although unsigned is identical to Edmund Wheelers 'First Class Stand A' Microscope(i) as well as the same design of engraving on the back of the foot, the microscope is signed with the owner's name 'Charles Neate', as well as most of the objectives and the brass plaque to the case of accessories.The microscope stands on large Y-shaped base engraved to the back 'CHARLES NEATE' with tall upright plates supporting the body on trunnions, the large plano-concave mirror in gimbal on sliding collar, fully mechanical substage with X & Y control, crown & gear rotation and focussing control, large goniometer stage with scale engraved to perimeter, full X & Y control via rack and screw, slide clip and rest to top, massive course focussing wheels acting on rackwork to rear of column, limb at top incorporating fine focussing mechanism, microscope height 52cm closed.the accessory case is constructed of mahogany veneered with bur walnut with ebony stringing, on the top is an elaborately engraved plaque bearing Charles Neate's name, to each side are equally elaborately engraved campaign handles, with a drawer below for further accessories and slides, containing the following accessories; 7 objective cans (2 empty), 4 eyepieces, A substage Ross-Gillert-Type condenser, a substage spot lens, a substage condenser holder, a substage wheel of stops, a Wollaston-type eyepiece Lucida, large frog plate, various live boxes and glass troughs, side reflector, stage forceps, and other equipment, case width 42cm. CHARLES NEATE (b. October 1821 - d. 29th May, 1911 in his ninetieth year) was one of the oldest members of The Institution of civil engineers, having been connected with it for 64 years. He studied at King's College School and King's College, London, and in Europe, obtaining his practical training with Messrs. Rendel and Beardmore.After serving for several years as assistant Resident Engineer on the Great Grimsby Dockworks, he went out to Brazil in 1852 as a Civil Engineer under the Imperial Brazilian Government. In that capacity, he designed and constructed quay walls and other works at Rio de Janeiro, and reported upon the harbours of Pernambuco and Rio Grande do Sul and on the works of the Dom Pedro II Railway.On returning to England in 1867, he set up a consulting practice in Westminster, the microscope objectives carry this date so presumably it was bought with the money he made while abroad.He was probably best known for the varied and extensive engineering work which he carried out or advised upon in South America, chiefly in Brazil. These projects included the Great Western of Brazil Railway, the Conde d’Eu line, the Donna Thereza Christina Railway and the Southern Brazilian Rio Grande do Sui Railway, Rio de Janeiro Flour-mills and Granaries, Nictheroy Gasworks, and Stockton Bridge, in which last work he was associated with the late Mr. Harrison Hayter, Past-President. He also prepared designs, reports and estimates for a number of schemes in Brazil, Cuba, Demerara, South Africa, Naples, Portugal, Spain and Ireland.Mr. Neate was elected an Associate of The Institution of civil engineers on the 2nd March, 1847, and was transferred to the class of Members on the 8th March, 1859 (ii)for a very similar microscope by Wheeler and engraved with the owners name and sold by Flints in September 2017 see:https://www.flintsauctions.com/auction/lot/lot-155---a-fine--massive-edmund-wheeler-stand-a-compound-binocular-microscope/?lot=157&so=4&st=wheeler&sto=0&au=&ef=&et=&ic=False&sd=1&pp=50&pn=1&g=-1 (i) - https://microscopist.net/WheelerE.html(ii) - 1912 Institution of Civil Engineers: Obituaries
Lot 257
all by anonymous preparers comprising of slides titled 'Microfilm of Carl Linnaeus 1707-1778', 'Micrographic Portrait', 'Brign' Don', 'Coronation of the Virgin', 'Highland Mary', 'The ??scene from Hamlet', 'Lost a comic piece containing 757 letters', 'Pier Brighton', 'Euginie', 'Punch', 'Photograph G. Jackson FRS', 'R Cobden M.P.', 'Balmoral Castle', 'Madonna & Child', 'Cumberland 4 Views', 'Leo XIII Pope', 'Grindwall', 'Hal Var', 'Photo-Micro Scale', 'Lord Beaconsfield', 'King Victor ??', '£1000 Note', 'Xmas with best wishes', 'Good for a cold', 'Cupid', 'Portrait of J Gratton', 'Orphans', 'Man and December', others with no label (31)
Lot 622
Regency inlaid mahogany twin fusee bracket clock, with 8-inch convex Roman dial, the unmarked wire-driven movement striking on a bell, the arched case with acorn finial over reeded stepped pediment (and with spare brass-inlaid pediment), convex-glazed brass bezel, and ebony and boxwood line inlay, the sides with lion mask and ring handles over brass fish-scale frets on reeded frieze and ball feet, 54cm high, together with an associated 19th Century mahogany bracket, internally measuring 38cm wide x 23cm deep, overall 41cm x 24.5cm x 37cm high, (2)
Lot 637
A George III Irish lacquered brass equinoctial pocket sundial, circa 1800, with folding scroll-pierced gnomon applied to an hinged open-centred silvered Roman chapter ring inclining against a folding arc calibrated for degrees of Latitude and signed ‘Lynch, Dublin’ the leading edge, over base fitted with a glazed compass with fine engraved eight-point rose within scale divided in degrees incorporating annotations for the cardinal points, diameter 8.5cm; in a period turned mahogany case 10cm diameter overall
Lot 332
Breitling - A gold plated on steel 'Navitimer' wristwatch, circa 1964, model number 806, serial number 978312, the signed circular 'reverse panda' dial, 38mm diameter, with twin jet logo, gold coloured batons and hands and gold coloured chronograph sweep, three 'small size' subsidiary dials recording running seconds and chronograph minutes and hours, outer tachymeter scale and bi-directional slide rule with milled edged bezel, signed mechanical crown wind chronometer rated 17 jewel Venus 178 movement, import code 'WOG', (for Wakmann), case, 40mm diameter, gold-plated with start/stop and reset pushers above and below the liveried crown, verso steel, snap on, signed and numbered 806, interior numbered 978312, to a signed black leather padded strap with white stitching and liveried steel pin buckle One of watch-making's most important historic chronograph models, the original 806 Navitimer set the template for modern technical pilot’s watches. Billed as a wrist-sized computer when it was first developed in 1952, the rotating bezel had the ability to compute distance travelled, flight time, airspeed and remaining fuel consumption, due to the integration of a slide rule.In 1956, Breitling introduced the Venus 178 manually-wound chronograph movement which would continue to be used until the early 1970s. Eight years later, Breitling changed the dial layout of the Navitimer, most likely adapting to changing tastes and increasing legibility in low-light conditions. The now-iconic “reverse panda” configuration with black dial and white subdials was introduced in 1963 and in 1964 - the bezel edge changed from a bead edge to a milled edge. Another stylistic change was the introduction of the “twin jet” logo, with ‘Breitling Genève’ below.With the majority of cases produced in stainless steel, a small number were produced with gold-plated cases, and an even smaller number in 18ct gold.The iconic Breitling Genève Navitimer 806 still remains today near the top of virtually every vintage watch collector's wish list.
Lot 69
A 19th century leaf-shape butter boat, baring Meissen marks, with a blue fish scale border and floral panels and a courting couple to the base and leaves and flowers to the underside, together with Dresden plate with dark green fish scale boarder and a floral panel to the center and a wavy rim 14.5cm diameter, together with a 20th century Meissen plate the white ground depicting a courting couple and raised blue floral decoration the the underside 12cm diameter (3)
Lot 72
A 19th century inkwell and saucer, baring Meissen marks, with panels depicting landscapes intersected with pink fish scale panels both items with brass banding and rim, together with a pen tray of similar design with a central panel depicting a ship an harbor with pink fish scale border with a brass mount 22cm wide, Helena Wolfsohn late 19th century plate with a pink fish scale border with a wavy rim, depicting three panels of courting couples, with AR to the base 17.5cm diameter and a Helena Wolfsihn inkwell of similar design stamped AR to the base
Lot 66
Four Corgi 1:50 scale diecast articulated lorry models to include 75602 Renault Premium Curtainside Macfarlane Transport Ltd, 76401 Scania Curtainside Pollock Scotrans Ltd, CC11905 ERF EC Flatbed Trailer and Log Load Jos Millican Penton Ltd, and 75405 Leyland DAF Curtainside Knight of Old, each boxed. (4)
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