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Lot 15
A Val D'Osne foundry cast iron gothic seat circa 1860 188cm.; 74ins wide Founded by J.P.Andre in 1835 and based at the Val d'Osne, in the Haute-Marne, the company took over rival firms such as Barbezat and Ducel. The company exhibited at the Great Exhibitions of 1851 and 1862 as well as the Chicago Great Exhibition of 1893. This seat is illustrated in the Societe Anonyme des Hauts-Fourneaux, Fonderies Val d'Osne catalogues from the 1860's onwards
Lot 20
A rare Coalbrookdale passion flower pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 the back rail stamped Coalbrookdale 188cm.; 74ins wide This design number 149230 was registered and patented by the Coalbrookdale Iron Foundry at the Public Record Office on 8th February 1862 and is seat no. 32 in their 1875 Castings Catalogue, Section III page 263.
Lot 27
* The Wrest Park Finials: A pair of extremely rare and fine lead lidded finials attributed to John Van Nost: 274cm.; 108ins high overall The garden at Wrest Park, Bedfordshire begun in the 1680's by Antony Grey, 11th Earl of Kent and continued by his son, Henry, created 1st Duke of Kent was one of the grandest and most admired gardens established in England in the first part of the 18th Century. It's roots lay in the Anglo- Dutch gardens of the 1690's and were intended to convey the Grey family's political support of William and Mary and the Glorious Revolution. Among contemporary documents that demonstrate Wrest's high reputation is the record of a garden tour in 1735, in which the gardens were described as " undoubtedly some of ye finest in England". Wrest had already been singled out for praise in 1781 in the Ichnographica Rustica of Stephen Switzer and John Mackay who included it in the fourth edition of his Journey through England in 1724 repeated what was probably the standard view of Wrest when he called it "A very magnificent, noble Seat, with large Parks, Avenues and fine Gardens". Wrest was one of only four estates that appeared in multiple views in Kip and Knyff's Britannia Illustrata. A generation later in 1735 Wrest was one of the earliest great gardens to be published in a large garden plan by John Rocque in which these finials can be seen flanking the entrance to the Duke's Square garden. John van Nost who died in 1729 was from a family of sculptors of Flemish descent. He had his own yard in the Haymarket, London by about 1687 and soon established himself as the leading maker of 'Marble and Leaden figures, Busto's and noble Vases, Marble chimneypieces and curious Marble tables'. John van Nost is recorded as having supplied the two large lead vases, still in the Wrest Bowling Green House and eight lead heads for the Duke of Kent in 1725 , and it is generally accepted that he supplied the impressive lead statue of William III in1710-20 which still stands in front of the Pavilion at Wrest. Stylistically, however, this impressive pair of lead finials with their strongly modelled amorini or cherub heads date to the very early part of the 18th century and were probably commissioned by the 11th Duke prior to his death in 1702. They were cast using the cire perdu or lost wax process which gives a crispness of detail and modelling seldom achieved in later works. The flame terminals, in particular are a tour de force with each flame tendril separately accentuated. By the late 1720's however, both finials were on pedestals dedicated to the 1st Duke's children; Anthony de Grey, Earl of Harrold who died in 1723 and his favourite daughter Annabell who died in 1727. They were placed in the Duke's square garden and removed by the vendors great grandfather when Wrest Park was sold in the late 1930's. A Portland stone sundial attributed to van Nost and originally at Wrest sold by the same family who bought Wrest Park in 1917 and thus with an identical provenance to these finials, was sold by Sotheby's on 15th June 2004. This carried a bronze sundial by the celebrated clockmaker Thomas Tompion. The pedestal is virtually identical to one at Kew Gardens, documented as being made by van Nost, which originally stood a Kensington Palace and was made for William III between 1688 and 1702. Literature; The Duke of Kent's garden at Wrest Park by Linda Cabe Halpern, published by the Journal of Garden History. Dictionary of British Sculptors 1660-1851 by Rupert Gunnis Auction catalogue of the sale of Wrest Park, July 1917 Provenance Wrest Park, near Shefford, Bedfordshire, seat of the Grey Family, Earls and later Dukes of Kent. The Park was purchased in1917 by the great grandfather of the current owner.
Lot 35
A Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 fully stamped with CB Dale registration number and diamond registration stamp and pattern no. 44 181cm.; 71ins wide This design number 1958629 was registered and patented at the Public Records Office by Coalbrookdale on 1st March 1866 and is seat no. 44 in their 1875 Coalbrookdale Castings Catalogue section III page 259 (see engraving)
Lot 38
A small rare Eagle Foundry Gothic style cast iron seat late 19th century the back with inset plaque inscribed Eagle Foundry no. 2, Glasgow 99cm.; 39ins wide James Edington established the Eagle Foundry in the 1820's in Glasgow, which later evolved into Mcdowell Steven's Milton Foundry and Ironworks. James's father Thomas Edington was a hugely influential figure in the ironwork industry in Scotland, in ore processing, and cast and wrought iron production. Originally as a traveller with Carron Company, Manager at Cramond Ironworks and involved at Clyde Ironworks.
Lot 79
A large Coalbrookdale fern and blackberry pattern cast iron seat fully stamped CBDale and with registration number and diamond registration stamp 190cm.; 75ins wide The original design, number 113617, was registered and patented at the Public Records Office on the 30th of April 1858 by Coalbrookdale and is seat number 29A in the castings catalogue of 1875.
Lot 80
A Coalbrookdale lily of the valley pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 stamped CBDale Co. and with indistinct registration stamp 160cm.; 63ins wide This design number 171578 was registered and patented by the Coalbrookdale Foundry at the Public Record Office on 8th February 1864 and is seat no. 36 in teir 1875 Castings Catalogue, Section III page 255.(see engraving)
Lot 97
A Coalbrookdale laurel pattern cast iron seat circa 1870 fully stamped CB Dale & Co. with diamond registration mark and pattern number on the back 120cm.; 47ins wide The original design for this seat was registered and patented by the Coalbrookdale Iron Foundry at the Public Records Office on 25th May 1860 and is seat no. 31 in their 1875 Coalbrookdale Castings Catalogue, section III page 263.
Lot 95
A Corgi No.270, The New James Bond Aston Martin D.B.5, silver, with opening roof and ejector seat, rear bullet screen, telescopic over-riders, retractable machine guns, revolving number plates, and rear wheel tyre slashers, complete with assassin figure, spare assassin figure, number plate sticker sheet (six applied; three intact), 'Top Secret' instructions and original sleeve, very near mint, in original bubble packaging. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 423
Crested china - A Goss Alderney milk can (Alderney), 10.5cm high; a Goss Salisbury leather gill (Bath); a Goss pine cone (Clovelly); a Goss Louth ewer (Manchester); a Goss Yarmouth ewer (Chesterfield); a Goss Ostend vase (Lord Denman, Seat - Stoney Middleton); a Goss Felixstowe ewer (Londonderry); a Goss Musselburg urn (Duke of Devonshire); a Goss Reading urn (Conway); a Goss Flemish bottle (Ilfracombe); a Goss Scarborough jug (Paternal Arms of Queen Alexandra); and approximately twenty-four other items of crested china, including some Goss. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
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