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Lot 106
Two Marcolini Meissen teacups and saucers, late 18th centuryThe first painted with three putti amidst clouds within a purple scale-ground border edged with scrollwork and flowers; the second painted with two putti amidst clouds within brown and gilt borders, gilt-edged rims, crossed swords marks with dot (the first teacup) and asterisk in underglaze-blue, the fist with impressed numerals and painters' marks in puce (4)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 127
A rare Vezzi teapot and cover, circa 1725The body lobed and moulded with a circular panel on each side painted with a green and gilt flower motif, the shoulder moulded with an overlapping scale pattern decorated in green and gilding, the spout with a terminal in the shape of a palmette, the centre in green and gilding, applied with an angular strapwork handle, the cover similarly decorated with the overlapping scale pattern and applied with a knop finial, 14.5cm high, incised fC(?) (finial restuck on cover, chip with associated haircrack to top of handle) (2)Footnotes:The shape of this rare pot appears unrecorded, although it bears resemblance in the fluting around the side gadrooning around the footrim and the scale pattern on cover and shoulder, to a teapot in the collection of Dr Giovanni Lokar (as published by Andreina d'Agliano, Porcellane Italiane dalla Collezione Lokar (2013) cat. no 13.).The incised Cf mark under the base of the pot and inside the cover is consistent with other Vezzi pieces, for example a teapot most recently sold at Christie's, 25 April 2017, lot 84, and a teapot in the Victoria and Albert Museum (C.121&A-1930). The Vezzi factory in Venice was the third factory in Europe (after Meissen and du Paquier) to produce a hard-paste porcelain. The factory was founded by Giovanni Vezzi (1686-1746), a nobleman, whose father Franceso Vezzi, provided funding to build a porcelain manufactory. It is a story of industrial espionage which was discussed by Francesco Stazzi, Porcellane della Casa Eccelentissima Vezzi (1967) in great detail, and was most recently revisited and supplemented by Luca Melegati (op.cit in A. d'Agliano (2013) p. 19). Production began in 1720 after Vezzi was able to secure the knowledge and experience of some foreign arcanists, mostly from the du Paquier manufactory in Vienna, to come to Venice to assist him in setting up the workshop. These included Christoph Conrad Hunger from du Paquier, who is listed in 1720 as a partner in the new factory, but who broke off his association with the Giovanni Vezzi in 1724 and left Venice in 1727. Although never commercially viable like the other famous Veneto factory founded some decades later by Geminiano Cozzi, Vezzi did manage to produce a remarkable range of wares using clay from the Veneto region. These are notable for their unique and individual baroque shapes, often combined with polychrome colours and gilding. In 1727 the factory was forced to close due to financial difficulties, and the production spanned less than a decade.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 37
An Egyptian green steatite amulet in the form of the crocodile god Khenty-khety Late Period, circa 664-332 B.C.Naturalistically carved, with a full moon and crescent headdress, finely incised scale details, the mouth and eyes well delineated, set on an integral rectangular base, pierced horizontally through the chin support, 5.5cm longFootnotes:Provenance:With L'Art Ancien, Montreal, 1982.Khenty-khety, the crocodile god of Athribis in the Delta had lunar aspects, hence the full and crescent moon headdress.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 265
EDWARD QUIN: AN HISTORICAL ATLAS IN A SERIES OF MAPS OF THE WORLD AS KNOWN AT DIFFERENT PERIODS CONSTRUCTED UPON AN UNIFORM SCALE AND COLOURED ACCORDING TO THE POLITICAL CHANGES OF EACH PERIOD ACCOMPANIED BY A NARRATIVE OF THE LEADING EVENTS EXHIBITED IN THE MAPS FORMING TOGETHER A GENERAL VIEW OF HISTORY FROM THE CREATION TO THE PRESENT TIME, London for R B Seeley & W Burnside, 1836, 2nd edition, engraved title, 21 engraved hand coloured folding maps as called for, engraved by Sidney Hall, 4to, contemporary half calf marbled boards, printed paper label rubbed with part loss, top board detached, scarce
Lot 1467
A Collection of Lima N-Scale to include, 13 boxed carriages, The Fife and Forfar Yeomanry Locomotive, Six Peco Lectrics turn out switches, 10 motor switch machine, boxed N-scale track, packets of moulded ballast inlay. Together with a Ravarossi 2185 steam loco, life link, caboose cattle car and boxed car etc.
Lot 314
ASSORTED KITCHENALIA comprising a Carr's Biscuits clear glass storage jar, 29cm high (lid loose fitting: probably a replacement or possibly lacking a rubber surround or similar seal); a pale blue glass egg holder in the form of a brooding chicken in a basket, 21.5cm long; and a Salter's Improved Family Scale, to weigh 14lbs, 30cm high, (3).
Lot 400
NINE 1/18 SCALE DIECAST MODEL VEHICLES comprising a Solido No.9503, Ford Pick-Up 'Coca-Cola'; and eight assorted others, each boxed. Condition Report : All models loose in boxes; some boxes worn. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
Lot 401
THREE 1/24 SCALE FRANKLIN MINT DIECAST MODEL CARS comprising a 1954 Mercedes-Benz 300SL, silver, near mint (one windscreen wiper bent and loose); 1953 Cadillac Eldorado, white, near mint; and 1967 Volkswagen Cabriolet, red, mint, each boxed. Condition Report : Each slightly dusty from display. Condition reports are offered as a guide only and we highly recommend inspecting (where possible) any lot to satisfy yourself as to its condition.
Lot 29
John Russell (Guildford 1745-1806 Hull)Portrait of Colonel Thornton with a hawk pastel59.5 x 44.1cm (23 7/16 x 17 3/8in).Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, UKLiteratureN. Jeffares, Dictionary of pastellists before 1800, online version, J.64.2805-2809 (for the other versions)Russell exhibited a pastel portrait of Thornton with his hawk at the Royal Academy in 1786, no. 155, and it was subsequently engraved for the frontispiece of Thornton's book of 1806, A sporting tour through various parts of France. Russell clearly had some success with it since an oval version was recorded in the collection of Lord Rosebery and a painted oval at Castle Howard; two further versions in miniature on ivory are also recorded. The present hitherto-unknown pastel is arguably the strongest of them all. Thomas Thornton (1750?-1823) is thought to have been born in 1750 which would have made him 36 at the time of this portrait. He was famous for being one of the most enthusiastic and flamboyant sportsmen of the 18th and 19th centuries, dividing his time between hunting, racing, shooting, angling and hawking. In the shooting field he was certainly the best equipped - in his words he had 'a greater quantity of sporting apparatus of the most valuable and curious manufacture than any other sporting gentleman in England.' He was something of a legend in his own time, as well known as a bon viveur with a legion of mistresses as he was as a sportsman and collector. Thornton inherited Thornville Royal estate in Yorkshire, but his exuberant lifestyle, which involved keeping two London houses as well as his country seat, taxed his finances and he was eventually forced to sell his estates. Contemporary records chart the progress south of his considerable belongings and retinue after the sale of the Yorkshire property: this included grooms, huntsmen, falconers, kennel-hands and servants, travelling by horse and attended by hounds, following a chain of wagons containing his prize animals. In addition to the live cargo was 'a fantastic arsenal of sporting weapons drawn by Arab mares of the King's stud. The procession was completed by several wagon-loads of wine.'A francophile, Thornton visited France with his mistress before the Revolution and again in 1802 on a sporting trip. It seems probable that while in France, Thornton sought the support of the First Consul, Napoleon Bonaparte, over the circumstances of his court-martial in a bid to regain his reputation. He used the gift of a fine pair of pistols as his introduction. In his Sporting Tour Through France Thornton records 'I was favoured with a letter from General Duroc, containing the thanks of the First Consul for the pistols, which had been very graciously accepted.' One of the pair of gold-inlaid pistols presented by Thornton to Napoleon Bonaparte was sold by Bonhams London, 6 April 2006, lot 396.Following the sale of his estates Thornton leased Spye Park in Wiltshire in 1805 from the Bayntun family. He wanted to replace the Bayntun family portraits with sporting paintings of his own, and commissioned a number of large-scale works from the best sporting artists of the day such as Reinagle, Gilpin and Henry Bernard Chalon. Thornton moved to France during the second decade of the 19th century and in 1819-20 his very substantial art collection – which included works by significant Old Masters – was auctioned off to settle his debts.We are grateful to Neil Jeffares for confirming the attribution to John Russell, upon inspection of colour photographs.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 73
Louis-François Cassas (Azay-le-Ferron 1756-1827 Versailles)The remains of the Temple of Jupiter and the Great Court at Baalbek, Lebanon pen, ink and watercolour on laid paper61.6 x 93.3cm (24 1/4 x 36 3/4in).Footnotes:ProvenanceIn the collection of the present owners since the 1980sIn 1784 Louis-François Cassas accompanied the Comte de Choiseul-Gauffier, French Ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, on his travels to Constantinople. He travelled through the Middle East to Aleppo, Antioch, Syria, Lebanon, Palestine, Cyprus and Egypt and a pictorial account of his journey, Voyage pittoresque de la Syrie, de la Phoenicie, de la Palestine, et de la Basse Egypte, was published in Paris in 1799. Cassas reached Lebanon, and specifically the Baalbek complex of Roman temples and ruins, in June or July 1785, a site most likely known to Western travellers though the drawings and engravings of Robert Wood from his trip to Syria and Greece in the 1750s (see R. Wood, The ruins of Balbec, otherwise Heliopolis in Coelosyria, London, 1757). Cassas wrote to the ambassador 'I have drawn and measured the main monuments which yield in no way to the beautiful antiquities of Rome by the grandeur, nobility and purity of architecture (see: 'Letter to Ambassador' in A. Gilet, Im Banne der Sphinx, exh. cat., 1994-5, p.159) and his painstaking attention to detail provides a remarkably accurate archaeological survey of the area.Like many 18th century view painters, Cassas used sketches he had made during his travels to work up into finished pictures once he had returned home. Itinerant Grand Tourists were his main clientele, and they would order from him the views that for them best represented the exotic - and in those days inaccessible - locations to which he had travelled. Consequently a number of his most successful subjects were repeated several times, a certain indicator of their contemporary popularity; a similar version of the present watercolour was sold at Christie's, Paris, 26 March 2014, lot 120.On 15 September 1787, the German poet Goethe wrote in a letter: 'Cassas' work is extremely beautiful. It made me think of a lot of things I'd like to tell you.' Two days later, writing in his journal, he described the drawings he had seen in great detail. Gérard-Georges Lemaire, who devotes a whole chapter on Cassas and Goethe in his treatise The Orient in Western Art, notes that 'Cassas' drawings are remarkable for their freshness and their lightness of touch; they have the spontaneity of his original sketches. His paintings are also very distinctive. He handles the picturesque deftly. His skill lay in his ability to render the architecture and costumes with a meticulous attention to detail that vividly evokes, for western eyes, the exotic character of the people and events depicted' (see: G.G. Lemaire, The Orient in Western Art, Könemann, 2005, p. 82).In the two large scale watercolours by Cassas offered in this sale (lots 73 and 74), the artist conveys, through realistic detail and a highly finished quality, a visual sense of history, people and places, helping the viewer to fathom these far off lands.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 163
Airfix MRRC Aston Martin DB5 Slot Car Clubman Special, Cat.732 ready to race high performance 1:32 scale slot racer, blue body 53/3 price label in clear plastic showcase with excellent outer card box, boxed Cat.No735, Eagle Westlake 67.F1, Cat. No 5140 MRRC Ferrari 250 L.M. Cat. No 5141 MRRC Porsche Carrera 6, MRRC Lotus racing car, Motor Ace Airfix Cooper Racing Car, Vanwall, Ford GT 3-Litre, 5140 Ferrari 250 LM, red body, models are in excellent original condition and two unboxed Porsche Carrera 6 slot cars, one repainted. (11 items)
Lot 40
Quantity of Unboxed 00/H0 Gauge Locomotives, including: Hornby LNER (Promotional) Class W1 Hush Hush 4-6-4 10000 locomotive & tender, 35027 Merchant Navy class port line BR blue, 4-6-2 locomotive & tender LMS Duchess of Gloucestershire 4-6-0 with tender, Class A4 60022 Mallard 2-6-4 locomotive & tender, LNER 4498 Sir Nigel Greasley 4-6-2 loco & tender, Airfix BR Diesel locomotive D5531, Wrenn City of London 4-6-2 loco &tender, (paint peeling on locomotive, one wheel loose) Mainline The Manchester Regiment D49 Diesel locomotive, RivaRossi H0 gauge 2197 HO Scale N&W Y6B Class 2-8-8-2 Mallet Steam Locomotive with tender and President Washington Baltimore and Ohio 5300 locomotive 2-6-4 & tender, all in excellent untested original condition, except for Wrenn City of London, in fair condition. (10 items)
Lot 423
Two Siku (Germany) Models V 249 Faun Dump Truck K10/26AP circa 1972, red cab, dark yellow tipper, silver chassis, white interior, yellow plastic wheel hubs, in mint original condition, illustrated picture box is in very good original condition, some edge/age wear and V 254 Porsche Diesel Tractor with Dump Trailer, 1:55 scale circa 1972, light blue tractor, with driver in green plastic, light blue/yellow trailer, yellow plastic wheel hubs, black rubber tyres, in mint original condition, illustrated picture box is in fair original condition, with edge/age wear, and staining/dent to one non picture side. (2 items)
Lot 425
Two Siku (Germany) models, V 277 Pontiac GTO, 1:55 scale circa 1972, pale green body, red interior, jewelled headlights, solid black plastic wheel hubs, in mint original condition, illustrated picture box is in excellent original condition and V 281 Deutz M250 Tipper Truck, circa 1972, pale blue cab, red chassis, light grey back, yellow interior, jewelled headlights, red plastic wheel hubs, black rubber tyres, in mint original condition, illustrated picture box is in very good original condition, small sellotape tear to one picture side of box, where end flap has been opened, vintage price label to one end flap.(2 items)
Lot 434
Polistil Diecast Models, RJ 112 Renault Sport Car Transporter with two racing cars, Martini Car Transporter with two racing cars , Ferrari Car Transporter with two racing cars ,Lotus 1:41 scale E118 Ligier JS11, E119 Lotus 80, E121 Alfa Romeo 180, 1:43 scale, CE46 BMW 2002, CE 56 Saab 99, CE 57 Volvo 164E, CE 61 Jaguar XJ4.2, OC2 Rolls Royce silver cloud 3 coupe, OC3 Alfa Romeo 1750, models are in near mint original condition, boxes are fair.(12 items)
Lot 441
Nine Rolls Royce Models, including: three Boxed Dinky Toys 152 Rolls Royce Rolls Royce Phantom V Limousine Models, 1.dark blue, cream interior with chauffeur and two passengers, missing front number plate, 2. dark blue, cream interior with chauffeur only, with front and back number plates and 3. 2nd issue dark blue body, cream interior, without figures, complete with front and back number plates, models are in near mint original condition, complete with yellow rigid plastic cases with paper roadway surface, some cracks/wear to perspex lids unboxed: Franklin Mint precision models 1:24 scale 1993 Corniche IV (missing flying lady mascot) Silver Seraph 1998,Solido 1:20 scale Silver Cloud II convertible 1961, Silver Cloud II 1961 Orson Wells, Polistil Silver Cloud 1:30 scale and a boxed Burago 1:24 scale Silver Shadow II, models are in excellent condition, they have been on display.(9 items)
Lot 443
Collection of James Bond Diecast Models, including: BMW Z8 1:18 scale ‘The World is Not Enough’ BMW promotional model, BMW Z8 1:43 scale ‘The World is Not Enough’ BMW promotional model, James Bond Edition 2000 1:87 scale set of 3 models, Marks & Spencer Aston Martin DB5 & keyring, 17 x Corgi The Definitive Bond Collection, plus Marks & Spencer The Italian Job mini set and Corgi CC99138 The Italian Job mini set, all in mint boxed condition.
Lot 94
Tri-ang Electric 2.4 Litre Jaguar 1/20 scale, plastic construction model with metal fittings, maroon, in excellent original condition, battery operated untested, Length 9” (22.9cms) with 4 page leaflet, 2 page leaflet, original card illustrated box is fair, one corner of lid split, with inner packing.
Lot 100
Quantity of Boxed Airfix Plastic Soldiers & Accessories, including: H0-00 Pontoon bridge, W.W.1 German Infantry, British Infantry,2 x Japanese Infantry, Australian Infantry, 2 x Afrika Korps, WWII German Infantry, Commandos, WW II British Infantry, Waterloo British Infantry, WW1 American Infantry, Eighth Army, W.W. II US Paratroopers, Russian Infantry, Paratroopers, Coastal Defence, German Tiger Tank (painted) Field Gun & Tractor, German Panther Tank, DUKW, both painted, Landing craft, loose figures and two 1/32nd scale Afrika Korps & British Eighth Army, figures are all loose, contents not checked for how many pieces in each box, boxes fair to good. (A.lot)
Lot 144
A CHINESE PORCELAIN IRON-RED AND WHITE WAVE GROUND ‘GOLDFISH’ DISH, XIEZHU ZHUREN ZAO FOUR-CHARACTER MARK, DAOGUANG PERIOD, 1821 – 1850清 道光 釩紅金魚紋大盤《嶰竹主人》款Painted with nine iron-red carp against an incised white enamel ground of waves radiating from the centreDiameter: 23.5cmFrom an English private collectionThe four-character seal mark, Xie zhu zhu ren, may be translated as ‘Master of the Xie Bamboo’. Xie (cutting), is the name of a valley in the Kunlun mountains. There, during the reign of the ‘Yellow Emperor’ Huangdi, it is said the first musical scale was made from varying lengths of cut bamboo.Condition ReportThe dish has a 3mm rim chip and a 7mm wide flake to the rear of the rim and a circa 4x1cm area of slight misfire to the wave ground.
Lot 311
Lt Spiros Steve Pisanos signed P 47D Thunderbolt Warplane Miss Plainfield. Signed on the wing. Detailed die cast model scale 1:72. Limited Edition. The Aviation Archive. In original packaging in mint condition. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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