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Lot 815
An 18th Century French oak armoire, the moulded cornice above a carved frieze decorated with birds and foliage flanking a star burst over a pair of arched cupboard doors enclosing a single drawer and shelf over a carved apron with star burst central motif, raised on squat splayed feet, 152.5 cm wide x 214.5 cm high
Lot 172
NO RESERVE Butterflies & Moths.- Newman (Edward) The Illustrated Natural History of British Moths..., wood-engraved and woodcut illustrations, contents separating in a few places, 1869 § Humphreys (H. Noël) The Genera of British Moths..., 2 vol. in 1, frontispiece and 61 chromolithographed plates, each heightened with gum arabic, lithographed divisional title, all ff. loose, a little foxing and soiling, some to plates, [1860], first editions, original cloth, stamped in blind and/or gilt, g.e., worn, second with loss and a few splits, spines faded or darkened, first shelf-lean; and 6 others, related, 4to & 8vo (8)
Lot 176
Jardine (Sir William, editor) The Naturalist's Library: Ornithology: The Natural History of Humming-Birds, 2 vol., hand-coloured engraved title vignettes and 64 plates, vol.I contemporary gift inscription, vol.II 2 plates shaved at fore edge with loss, contemporary full green morocco, g.e., boards ruled in gilt and tooled in blind, spines gilt in compartments, Edinburgh, 1833; Gallinaceous Birds, hand-coloured engraved title vignette and 30 plates, original cloth, t.e.g., a little marked, spine faded, shelf-lean, [?1866], both engraved plain portrait frontispiece and a few woodcut illustrations, a little faint soiling and browning, 8vo (3) Provenance: Madelaine Jay (bookplates)
Lot 183
Seebohm (Henry) The Geographical Distribution of the Family Charadriidæ, or the Plovers, Sandpipers, Snipes, and their Allies, first edition, first issue, frontispiece and 20 lithographed plates by Hanhart after Keulemans, each with hand-colouring, wood-engraved illustrations by J.G. Millais and others, contents separating, some ff. detached, upper hinge crudely repaired, lower hinge splitting, original cloth, stamped in blind, gilt, and black, rubbed and bumped, cocking, shelf-lean, [Anker 455; Fine Bird Books, p.141; Nissen IVB 850; Wood, p.561; Zimmer, p.568], 4to, [1887].⁂Sotheran's catalogue number 815: "only 220 copies were printed for sale illustrated with coloured plates".Provenance: Frances M. Myers and Madelaine Jay (bookplates)
Lot 82
NO RESERVE Molière (Jean Baptiste Poquelin de) Œuvres Complètes..., 7 vol., engraved portrait frontispiece after Chevenard, plate after Hersent, spotting, Paris, L.Hébert, 1882 § Flaubert (Gustave) The Complete Works..., 10 vol., one of 500 copies, frontispieces and plates, each with facing illustrated and captioned tissue guard, privately printed, 1926, first contemporary half maroon morocco, spines in compartments, second original cloth gilt, both spines a little faded, second slight shelf-lean, 4to (17)
Lot 355
A Victorian ebony, boulle work and gilt metal pier cabinet, the replaced black marble top with canted angles, over a boulle work inlaid frieze with foliate rosettes to the canted angles, over an ogee arched boulle work glazed door flanked by canted pilasters, headed by caryatid mounts, enclosing a velvet linted interior with a single shelf, on an outset plinth base, 32¼ x 15¼in. (82 x 38.75cm.), 42¾in. (108.5cm.) high.
Lot 66
An antique Chinese lacquer wedding cabinet, the two doors with circular patinated brass lock plate and ring handles on shaped backplates engraved with bats, enclosing an interior with high level shelf with single drawer and other later shelves, raised on tall shaped bracket feet, 43½ x 23¾in. (110.5 x 59cm.), 70½in. (179cm.) high.
Lot 469
BETTY JOEL (1894-1985) FOR TOKEN FURNITURE ANDOMAN PADOUK WOOD BEDSIDE CABINET, DATED 1926 the rounded square top with inset glass preserve above two panelled doors enclosing a glass shelf above an open shelf and two further panelled doors, the hole raised on square supports with rounded angles, bears hand-written and printed maker's label TOKEN HANDMADE FURNITURE/ REGD. TRADE MARK/ BETTY JOEL/ HOPKINS/ 1926 47.5cm wide, 82cm high, 31cm deep Provenance: Purchased directly from Betty Joel in 1926 By family descent Note: Hopkins was Betty Joel's workshop foreman and her most trusted cabinetmaker. The original receipt for this piece, dated October 14th 1926, states that 10% was added to the price for making up the pieces in 'Andoman Padouk'. Betty Joel set up her furniture making business in 1918 with her husband David Joel and initially has their workshops in factory at Hayling Island where these pieces would have been made. The firm rented a showroom at 177 Sloane Street in London. Such was the popularity of Joel’s designs that by 1929 the factory moved to bigger premises at Portsmouth. Many of England’s social and corporate elite commissioned her to design interiors and furniture for their homes and offices.
Lot 478
BETTY JOEL (1894-1985) FOR TOKEN FURNITURE ANDOMAN PADOUK WOOD SIDEBOARD, DATED 1926 the top with inset glass preserve above three central drawers and a 'secret drawer, flanked by panelled doors, each enclosing a glass shelf, the whole raised on tapering legs, bears hand-written and printed maker's label to rear of top drawer TOKEN HANDMADE FURNITURE/ REGD. TRADE MARK/ BETTY JOEL/ W. ALDER/W. HAMILTON/ 1926 136cm wide, 80cm high, 49.5cm deep Provenance: Purchased directly from Betty Joel in 1926 By family descent Note: The original receipt for this piece, dated October 14th 1926, states that 10% was added to the price for making up the pieces in 'Andoman Padouk'. Betty Joel set up her furniture making business in 1918 with her husband David Joel and initially has their workshops in factory at Hayling Island where these pieces would have been made. The firm rented a showroom at 177 Sloane Street in London. Such was the popularity of Joel’s designs that by 1929 the factory moved to bigger premises at Portsmouth. Many of England’s social and corporate elite commissioned her to design interiors and furniture for their homes and offices.
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