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Lot 82
COMEDY: Selection of signed postcard photographs and a few slightly larger by various television and film comedians including Melvyn Hayes, Jean Boht, Geoffrey Palmer, Penelope Keith, Patricia Routledge, Maureen Lipman, Angela Douglas, Jean Fergusson, Roy Castle, Richard Wilson, Annette Crosbie, Liz Smith, Dilys Laye, Nigel Havers, Andrew Sachs, Stephen Fry, Leslie Phillips, Mollie Sugden, Rod Hull, Sue Johnston, Eric Sykes, Norman Wisdom, Gorden Kaye, Prunella Scales, June Whitfield, Tessa Peake-Jones, Nick Lyndhurst, Jim Dale, Thora Hird, Peter Sallis, Harry Secombe, Dawn French, Ronnie Corbett, Paul Eddington, Ernie Wise, Honor Blackman, Bradley Walsh, Duncan Norvelle etc. Generally VG, 93
Lot 106
COMEDY: Selection of signed photographs of various sizes by a variety of Comedians and Comedy Actors including Gorden Kaye, Leonard Rossiter, Prunella Scales, Leslie Phillips, Beryl Reid, James Bolam, Barbara Windsor, Roy Castle, Ken Dodd, Roy Kinnear, Derek Nimmo, Bill Fraser, Bernard Bresslaw, David Jason, Paul Eddington, Joan Rivers, Julie Walters, etc. VG, 39
Lot 715
A GEORGE II GILTMETAL ETUI, chased with figures, flowers and scrolls, 10cm c, suspended from a contemporary chatelaine hook-plate and flanked by a pair of thimble cases, mid 18th c ++In very good condition retaining virtually all or the original gilding, the etui containing the following: contemporary giltmetal bodkin, a pair of 19th c steel scissors, an ivory rule, unmarked, a 19th c folding knife with mother of pearl scales - all in good condition
Lot 938
A 120 BORE PERCUSSION KNIFE-PISTOL BY JAMES RODGERS, the nickel frame with horn scales and enclosing the action, surmounted by an octagonal nickel barrel with folding trigger, the graduated steel blades stamped JAMES RODGERS SHEFFIELD, the butt fitted with track, bullet mould and pair of tweezers, 25cm overall, Birmingham proof marks, c1865 Another example was sold, Thomas Del Mar Ltd in association with Sotheby's, London 25 June 2008, lot 459. ++In good original condition with a few light surface scratches but undamaged, the blades slightly pitted
Lot 1043
SIX PAIRS OF ENGLISH SILVER SPECTACLES, one with round lenses, several with sliding arms, London & Birmingham, by various makers including Bate, all late 18th/early 19th c; two pairs of giltmetal spectacles; a pince nez, a monocle, two lorgnettes and a Victorian giltmetal decorated leather spectacles case containing a pair of brass spectacles (14) ++An interesting group in good condition except for an old repair to one of the tortoiseshell scales of one of the two tortoiseshell lorgnettes
Lot 1051
A RARE ENGLISH BRASS QUADRANT BY JOHN BIRD the brass plate of lattice framework with fixed and pivoted telescopes, two scales divided into 90° and 96°, vernier, clamp and micrometer tangent screw, on columnar shaft with radial feet and levelling screws, 60.5cm h, fitted mahogany case with further parts and original accessories including a miniature spanner, brass handles, with contemporary iron double-column stand, c1760 John Bird (w. 1745, d.1776) was the most highly regarded London maker of astonomical instruments, especially the quadrant, in the mid 18th century. Jean Bernouilli (Lettres Astronomiques…, Berlin 1771) observed of Bird's portable quadrant that "one always receives these instruments equipped with everything that belongs to them…" The present example, which is in entirely original state but requires repair and conservation because of the effects of long term storage in damp conditions, is of the exact type for which Bird charged the high price of 35gns. See Turner (A), Early Scientific Instruments, 1987, pp204-8. ++Long kept in damp conditions but the instrument very complete and retaining all or virtually so of the original accessories. The lid of the case cracked and with oil and paint stains; lacking the mouldings from two of the sides
Lot 1057
A CHINESE BOXWOOD COMPASS, with coloured needle and concentric penwork scales of triglyphs and Chinese characters, 22cm diam, painted reign mark of Qianlong and bearing inscription "ANTIQUE COMPASS FROM THE SUMMER PALACE PEKING", 19th c ++In good condition with some old surface marks and grime
Lot 1081
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY CISTERN BAROMETER, signed on the engraved brass scales GILDON RABY, having break-arched cornice, fluted finials, pillars and pendants, the plain stem with exposed tube and lobed and fluted cistern cover, 102cm h ++Some old restoration including a replacement tube. Owned by the present vendor for many years
Lot 20
A LATE 19TH CENTURY FRENCH PATTERN POLISHED-BRASS GRAPHOMETER, signed Stanley, Great Turnstile, Holborn, London on the rotating alidade with fixed sights and vernier scales, the semi-circular frame engraved 0° - 180 (x2) and the inset compass with silvered scale, the edge-bar needle with jewelled pivot-cap and clamp, the base with two additional sights and bubble level, with ball and socket tripod or staff mounting arranged so that the instrument may be used in the vertical and horizontal planes, in oak case with iron carrying handle, 11 3/4" wide. See Illustration.
Lot 29
A 19TH CENTURY POLISHED-BRASS THEODOLITE, (dismantled); signed on the horizontal plate Schmalcalder 399 Strand London, the telescope with rack and pinion focusing, bubble level mounted over the vertical half circle with Y supports and hinged clamps (one missing), raised on inverted V-frames incorporating tangent-screw fine adjustment, compass box and fore-aft bubble level, (cross bubble missing), the compass with plain iron needle with jewelled cap, the horizontal plate with twin silvered vernier scales to read against the chamfered silvered horizontal circle, with part base and tripod attachment (a lot). See Illustration.
Lot 90
A Pretty 19th Century Copenhagen Teapot. The bulbous body moulded with a shoulder band of basket weave and wrythen flutes leading down to the base, painted with bouquets of flowers either side and scattered in floral sprigs. The spout decorated with a collar of gilt edged feathers with gilded scales to the handle and a floral knop surmounting the lid, 4½ ins (11.5 cms) in height.
Lot 503
A Small Regency Mahogany Chiffonier. The mirrored back with egg & baluster knopped brass columns supporting a mahogany shelf. The top having a reeded edge above a single cross banded drawer flanked by anthemion appliqués. The door with a brass lattice grille backed in green fabric and ornamented with rosette studs. The pilasters adorned with unusual Egyptian heads surmounting gilded tapering columns of imbricated scales leading down to human monpods. Standing 49½ ins (126 cms) in height, 26½ ins (67 cms) wide, 16½ ins (42 cms) deep.
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