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Marie Robinson Beach Combing Oil on primed card paper Signed on Verso 10 x 15cm (3¾ x 5¾ in.) This lot has been curated by AOAP About An established fine artist I focus my artistic practice on oil painting, underpinned by close observational drawing. My work is contemporary realism rooted in the tradition of representational painting and I am well known for my still lives which often have a bit of a twist! Education 1996-2002 BA Fine Art (First Class Hons) De Montfort University 1991-93 Part-time Foundation, Oxfordshire School of Art & Design 1980-83 Studied Chemistry BSc. King's College London Select Exhibitions/Awards Royal Academy Summer Exhibition 2023 Royal Society of Marine Artists 2023 The Sunday Times Watercolour Competition The Lynn Painter Stainers Prize Exhibition The National Open Art Competition The Society of Women Artists The Royal Birmingham Society of Artists The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition 2011, 2014, 2016/17/18/19 & 2020 Awarded ING Staff Purchase Prize 2014 Artists & Illustrators Artist of the Year Competition 2010(runner-up), 2011 & 2012 (short-listed), 2014 (highly commended) For the last 17 years her work has regularly been shown at Affordable Art Fairs in UK and internationally Publications: Illustrator in 'Teaching Pilates, A Practical Guide' by Jane Paterson. Elsevier Nov 2008 A portrait featured in 'Portraits for NHS Heroes' Bloomsbury Nov 2020 Gallery Representation Marie is represented by Wills Art Warehouse and Wychwood Art Statement about AOAP Submitted Artwork In my work I am most known for my still life paintings, in which I am inspired by the history and associations inherent in ordinary objects and materials particularly from the domestic environment. Some I select because they hold a personal significance, others I collect which have an unknown history, and I paint them directly from life. For my three Art on a Postcard submissions, I have painted objects which were found, or around me in the studio, or which I saw on the way to the studio. The three feathers were treasured finds on a recent family holiday in South Wales - I can never leave a beach without filling my pockets with feathers, shells etc etc! The tape measure has been a trusty companion in my studio for a long time and being bright orange is always easily found! And finally, I spotted the Chelsea bun in a shop on my way to studio and couldn't resist it, both to paint, then eat!   You must not reproduce, duplicate, copy, sell, resell or exploit any works. In doing so, you endanger our relationships with artists, and directly jeopardise the charitable work we do.

A 20-Bore Flintlock Pistol With Fine Silver MountsBy Bumford, London, Circa 1760With two-stage cannon barrel turned and moulded at the muzzle and engraved 'LONDON' on a foliate scroll at the breech (partly re-engraved), waisted border engraved tang decorated with foliage, border engraved action (cock and steel replaced) signed in capitals beneath the chiselled steel-spring, sliding trigger-guard safety-catch engraved with a flower-head on the bow, figured rounded swelling butt (repaired above the back of the action) carved with a shell behind the barrel tang, mounts cast and chased in relief comprising trophy of arms side-plate involving flowering foliage, vacant trophy of arms escutcheon, and long-nosed moustachioed grotesque mask butt-cap framed by scallop shells and surmounted by a small lion-mask, steel ramrod-pipes (rear retaining screw missing), and later steel ramrod (some wear and light pitting), London proof marks and Bumford's barrelsmith's mark 16.5 cm. barrelFootnotes:John 2 Bumford was apprenticed to Thomas Hardwell in 1735 and was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1751 and again in 1756. He was Contractor to Ordnance between 1756 and 1771, to the East Indian Company between 1745 and 1773, and to the Hudson's Bay Company from 1757 until the year of his death in 1775Cf. a pair of pistols by the same maker with related mounts and sold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 27 November 2013, lot 347For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Early 20-Bore D.B. Flintlock Sporting GunBy Joseph Griffin, London, Circa 1760With long French barrels retaining faint traces of stamped and gilt decoration and joined by a sunken rib on the upper side only, the underside of each barrel struck with initials 'I.L', and stamped on one 'Baptiste Carieron' and on the other 'F. Tivet', silvered fore-sight, engraved tang grooved for sighting, large flat bevelled locks each with stepped tail, signed on a scroll, and retained by two side-nails, figured half-stock (the butt extended during the gun's working life) carved in relief with shells at the barrel tang, engraved iron mounts including trigger-guard with first pattern acorn finial, and broad fore-end cap pierced for the ramrod, and horn-tipped ramrod with worm 102.9 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceProbably made for Alexander Montgomerie, 10th Earl of Eglinton (1723-1769), Eglinton Castle, Ayrshire, and from the auction by Dowell's of Edinburgh, 1-5 December 1925, which lists four double-barrelled Griffin gunsAnon. sale, Christie's, London, Antique Arms and Armour, 7 March 1979, lot 122 (£1,980 including premium)Major David Back Collection sold in these Rooms, 24 November 2010, lot 420 Sold in these Rooms, Fine Antique Arms and Armour..., 20 April 2011, lot 341LiteratureW. Keith Neal and D.H.L. Back, Messrs Griffin & Tow And W. Bailes, 1989, pp. 59-60, pls. 16 a-dJoseph Griffin was turned over to his father Benjamin in 1741 and was free of the Gunmakers' Company in 1750. He was appointed Gentleman Armourer to His Majesty's Stables-in-Ordinary in 1760 and was elected Master of the Gunmakers' Company in 1761 and 1763. He was in partnership with his father until 1770 and with John Tow between 1771-82. He died in 1784For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Military Interest - Four Carved Shells decorated with RAF Singapore 1960-63, and Memories of Singapore.

A pair of nautilus shells one half shell showing the interior. (2)

A large trench art lighthouse made with shells and bullets, the centre with turning cog and mechanism for light or watch, 31in. (78.8cm.) high.

A WOOD NETSUKE OF A CLUSTER OF EIGHT HAMAGURI CLAMS Unsigned, Japan, probably 19th century Well carved as a cluster of hamaguri clams, the shells boldly incised, with himotoshi between the clams, 2.4cm. High.

A pair of 19th century yellow metal and shell cameos the square shells approx 12x12mm, carved depicting putti playing musical instruments, within gilt metal beaded borders, later converted to clip on earrings, total gross weight approx 6.9g. *good condition, wear commensurate with age

An Edwardian silver oval dish slightly scalloped edge, shaped vacant cartouche, embossed with shells and foliage, raised on four scroll feet, 12in. (30.6cm.) wide, weight 16.3 tr.oz. * Good, no inscription, couple of small dents, wear commensurate with age

* Zeppelin Raids. A collection of WWI Zeppelin Raid related ephemera, including Potters Bar Zeppelin L31, an original mimeographed copy of Chief Inspector Walter Crook's duty report for the night of the 1st October, Enfield Police Station, 2nd October 1916, beginning at 6:59pm, then at 11:02 pm the first sounds of an airship engine are noted, by 11:38 pm a Zeppelin was sighted traveling east and giving readings for the following fifteen minutes, noting that she caught fire at 11:55 pm and then began to fall, then 'She came to the ground & there was a momentary increased glare of light. We verified the position from our Map & reported at once to OR that we estimated the position where the Zeppelin fell at Potters Bar. During the time the Zeppelin was in sight there was not so much gunfire as usual, & that only from about 11:40 to 11:46 pm. Two or three shells seemed to come very near her & one in particular appeared to burst very close to & slightly above her nose... ', continuing to record further details following the event until they were dismissed by OR at 3:17 am, 4 pp. on four sheets, damp stained, soiled and frayed with some bleeding of ink but no loss of legibility of any text, folio, together with 10 others, most in original stapled or tied print wrappings as issued mostly 4to/8vo, including The Morning of Third September: 1916, Destruction of Zeppelin at Cuffley By Lieut. W. L. Robinson..., Six pictures by H. Scott Orr, published at his Studio Woodford Green, Essex, Ramsgate During the Great War..., Souvenir of the Most Raided Part of England illustrated from a unique series of Copyright Photographs, printed by The Thanet Advertiser & Echo, Ramsgate, 1919, Records of the Raids, put together by the Right Rev. Henry Luke Paget, DD, Bishop of Stepney, printed by The Society for the Promotion of Christian Knowledge, London, 1918, Pictorial Souvenir of the "Strafed" Zeppelin L. 48, which was brought down in flames in East Anglia on the morning of Sunday June 17, 1917, published by J. S. Waddell, photographer, The Hayling Studio, Leiston, two copies in alternative colour wrappings, Illustrated Memorial of the German Eats Coast Raids and Bombardment by Sea and Air, published by Hood & Co Ltd, Middlesbrough, 1915, The Great Air Raid on England, September 3rd 1916, Souvenir Photographs of the Wrecked Zeppelin, L 21, also with a photograph of Lieut. William Leefe Robinson, V.C., Worcester Regiment & R. F. C. who attacked the Zeppelin under circumstances of great difficulty and danger, and sent it crashing down to the ground as a flaming wreck [awarded the Victoria Cross], printed by St Jame's Press (T.U) London, A pictorial Record; Hull and the Zeppelins. Scenes of Damage Sustained in Hull, 1915-1918.., reproduced from views published in the Hull Dailey News and Hull Weekly News, Zeppelin or Aeroplane Bombs, 12 Households in Yarmouth had all damage from bombs paid by the Daily News, two-sided broadsheet, Possible Air-Craft Raid over Maidstone, Caution, In an event of a Zeppelin or Aeroplane Raid, Maidstone must be Immediately placed in total darkness..., broadside of Mayor W. H. Martin's instructions to the people of Maidstone in the event of an Airraid, 28th January 1915, Printed By Vivian & Baker, General Pritners Kingstreet, Maidstone QTY: (11)NOTE:The Zeppelin L31 was under the command of Kapitan Heinrich Mathy, a Zeppelin flying ace on his fifteenth raid. On this occasion Second Lieutenant Wulstan Tempest engaged the Zeppelin just before midnight and it crashed near Potters Bar with all nineteen crew dying. It was the second downing of a German airship in the area in a month, a wooden airship having been brought down over Cuffley on the 3rd September. Tempest was later promoted to Major and order the DSO.

A PAIR OF ORNATE CONTINENTAL STYLE FIGURAL CANDLESTICKS TOGETHER WITH A SMALL CONTINENTAL FIGURE OF A BOY HOLDING CONCH SHELLS

Majolica Teapot decorated with clam shells, crack to base, Lasolware Denman pattern teapot, Oriental decorated teapot good used condition, t/w 2 others a/f.

A set of eight Art Deco Cambridge Crown Tuscan pink milk glass trifle dishes and plates, in the form of classical dolphins supporting nautilus shells, 10cm high

A George III silver chalice with a gilt interior featuring a flared body with a cast band of scrolling foliage, flowers and shells above a repoussé and chase band of repeating acanthus leaves on a shallow domed foot by Solomon Houghman, London, 1817, 14.5ozt

A small collection of Plichta, to include; four shells, three boots, a heart shaped tray with green lined border and a circular wall plaque with raised brightly decorated flowers (9)

A mid 20th century ebonised African chief's seat inlaid with French francs and shells and with carving details of cattle

A mid 20th century ebonised African chief's seat inlaid with shells and French francs

Two carved mother of pearl religious designed clam shells, intricately carved with pierced detail, along with three similar smaller examples. 

Theodoros Stamos (Greek/American, 1922-1997)Three Kings, 1949 signé et daté 'T.Stamos 49' (en bas à gauche); titré, signé et daté 'THREE KINGS'/Stamos/1949' (au revers)huile sur masonite74.6 x 95.5 cm (29 3/8 x 37 5/8in).signed and dated (lower left); titled, signed and dated (on the reverse)oil on masoniteFootnotes:ProvenanceAndré Emmerich Gallery, New York.Acquired from the above sale in 1961 by J.D. Murchison.Galerie Pudelko, Bonn (1990-2010).ExpositionsCentro Culturale Candiani, Mestre, Italy, Jackson Pollock: The Irascibles and the New York School, March 23–30 June 30, 2002.Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, Why Nature? Hofmann, Mitchell, Pousette-Dart, Stamos, October 30–December 6, 2014.Octavia Art Gallery New Orleans, Pop Abstraction, August 6–September 24, 2016.Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York, Theodoros Stamos: Contemplations on the Universal, January 26–March 4, 2017, no. 5.Hollis Taggart, Southport, CT, Line, Shape, Color, and Form, November 6–December 11, 2021. LittératureBruno Alfiere and Achille Bonito Oliva, Jackson Pollock: The Irascibles and the New York School (Milan: Skira, 2002), p. 221.Why Nature: Hofmann, Mitchell, Pousette-Dart, Stamos (New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2014), pl. 16. Theodoros Stamos: Contemplations on the Universal (New York: Hollis Taggart Galleries, 2017), pl. 5.Ratcliff, Carter, 'Living Color,' Art & Antiques, November 2017, illus., cover and p. 72.Theodoros Stamos explored myriad nature-based interpretations throughout his career, ultimately developing a modern aesthetic that celebrated the sublime supremacy of this subject. Recognized as one of the 'Irascibles' featured by Life Magazine in 1951, Stamos was the youngest of this first generation of Abstract Expressionists.Throughout his career Stamos explored the rich potential of primeval forms, rendering evocative paintings such as Three Kings, an early primitivizing image that demonstrates the artist's fascination with inchoate forms and primordial forces. The dark shapes suggest geologic strata, simultaneously organic and archaic. Three Kings evokes a modern investigation of ancient ideas surrounding cycles of birth, death, and growth–both biological and spiritual. The title suggests Christian heritage; Stamos was an enthusiastic student of the world's belief systems and would visit Jerusalem three decades later. He was also interested in natural history; as he explained in a 1947 article in the journal Tiger's Eye, 'I am concerned with the Ancestral Image which is a journey through the shells and webbed entanglements of the phenomenon. The end of such a journey is the impulse of remembrance and the picture created is the embodiment of the Ancestral World that exists on the horizon of mind and coast.'1 Through the materials of painting, Stamos aimed to capture vivid, momentary sensations. In 1936, at the age of 14, Stamos was awarded a scholarship to study sculpture at the American Artists' School in New York. Through his early training there, Stamos was introduced to many active artists in New York, such as Mark Rothko, William Baziotes, and Adolph Gottlieb, all of whom were founding members of the avant-garde group known as 'The Ten.' By 1939 Stamos had dedicated himself to painting, entirely self-taught, and displayed an early interest in the American artists Milton Avery and Arthur Dove.To support himself in the early years of his career, Stamos worked in a frame shop on 18th street, from 1941-1948, which offered exposure to the art of Paul Klee and Arshile Gorky in addition to well-known contemporary artists practicing in Manhattan. Although his work from the forties bear a striking resemblance to the biomorphism of Gorky or of Joan Miró, Stamos emphasized his admiration for the early American abstractions of Dove whom he saw as a 'spiritual father.' Noted art dealer Betty Parsons discovered Theodoros Stamos in 1943 and offered him his first solo show at the Wakefield Gallery at the age of 21, with Barnett Newman writing the introduction. He would go on to exhibit at the Betty Parsons Gallery from 1947-1956, a key venue for contemporary American art. The artist's early works reflected an expanding interest in natural history and eastern ideas. With bookshelves populated by Seaside Studies in Natural History and The Wisdom of the East, Stamos emphasized oneness with landscape, both an American and an Eastern idea, in his 'memory pictures.'The late 1940s was an important period for Stamos. The Museum of Modern Art purchased his painting Sounds in the Rock in 1947, and Betty Parsons included Stamos in her exhibition, The Ideographic Picture, organized by Newman the same year. Along with Newman, Stamos was shown alongside Hans Hofmann, and Mark Rothko. Included in the show were Stamos's paintings Sacrifice and Imprint, both titles addressing the themes of ancient growth and primitive impulses suggested in Three Kings. As Newman wrote in the introduction for the catalogue accompanying the younger artist's solo exhibition at Betty Parsons that same year: 'Stamos redefines the pastoral experience as one of participation with the inner life of the natural phenomenon...One might say that instead of going to the rock, he comes out of it.'2Betty Parsons echoed this association with the earth, describing Stamos as 'very, very intrigued with everything that came out of the earth or went into the earth.' 3A lover of travel, in 1947 Stamos travelled throughout the United States, visiting New Mexico, California, and the Northwest. During this period he painted watercolours filled with stones and plant clippings observed in his travels. In 1948 he sailed for Europe, visiting France, Italy, and Greece. In Paris he met many of the renowned modernists including Picasso, Brancusi and Giacometti. Always sensitive to the particularities of light, mood, and colour of specific locales, Stamos's paintings are indexes of his responses to different places. Later in his career, he devoted several series of paintings to sites including Jerusalem, Delphi, and Lefkada, an island in the Ionian Sea and birthplace of his father. These later works continue the early flattening of space and simplification of form evident in Three Kings. 1 Theodoros Stamos, 'Artists Statement,' Tiger's Eye (1947), quoted in Lisa M. Messinger, 'Twentieth Century Art,' The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, Vol. 49, No. 2 (Autumn, 1991), 63.2Barnett Newman, 'Introduction,' The Ideographic Picture (New York: Betty Parsons Gallery, 1947), 1.3 Barnett Newman, Stamos (New York: Betty Parsons Gallery, 1947) in Barnett Newman: Selected Writings and Interviews, ed. John O'Neill (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1990).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * AR* VAT on imported items at a reduced rate of 5.5% on the hammer price and the prevailing rate on buyer's premium if the item remains in EU. TVA sur les objets importés à un taux réduit de 5.5% sur le prix d'adjudication et un taux en vigueur sur la prime d'achat dans le cas où l'objet reste dans l'Union Européenne.AR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A GEORGE V SILVER SALVER, JAMES DEAKIN & SONS, SHEFFIELD, 1925 shaped circular, engraved with a vacant roundel and a band of shells and scroll foliage, moulded rim, on four volute feet, 20.5cm diameter, 372g

A VICTORIAN SILVER LARGE SALVER, GEORGE RICHMOND COLLIS & CO., BIRMINGHAM, 1847 shaped oval, engraved with an achievement of arms surrounded by a broad band of foliage scrolling around fruits, flowers and birds and four rustic vignettes suggesting the seasons, depicting a courting couple, a mother balancing a basket of flowers on her head and holding her child by the hand, harvesters, and dogs chasing a stag, the cast and chased applied rim openworked with fruit-laden vines hiding further dogs, shells, scrolls and four masks also emblematic of the seasons, on four leafy S-scroll supports with shaped rocaille pad feet, 61cm long, 3800gThe arms are those of Noel quartering Lovelace and Wentworth. These arms were borne by Edward Noel, 1st Viscount Wentworth (1715-1774) and his son and heir, Thomas Noel, 2nd Viscount Wentworth (1745-1815). The arms on the present salver were probably engraved for the latter’s illegitimate son, the Rev. Thomas Noel of Kirkby Mallory (1775-1853), who was twice married, first to Catherine Smith, and second, at Calais on 1 March 1838, to Henrietta Elizabeth Fisher.

A PAIR OF SCOTTISH GEORGE II SILVER WAITERS, EDWARD LOTHIAN, ASSAY MASTER HUGH GORDON, EDINBURGH, 1746 shaped circular, engraved with a crest and motto, with moulded border below an applied rim of foliate scrolls and shells, each on three pad feet, 20cm diameter, 653gThe crest and motto is that of Menzies.

A SPANISH ICE BUCKET AND PAIR TONGS, MADRID, 1990s the tapering cylindrical bucket chased with floral swags above a waved band of lobes, on openwork volute feet, applied with everted loop handles, the tongs cast with foliage, shells and scrolls, both with 'teapot' trademark, small assay office and 925 stamps, bucket 20cm high; 1016g

A 19th century mahogany tea caddy of oval form inlaid to the top and front with shells, 16.5cm wide x 11.5cm high together with a Victorian walnut tea caddy of sarcophagus form, now vacant

A French 25-Bore Flintlock Silver-Mounted D.B. Sporting GunThe Locks By Junker A Grumback, Late 18th/Early 19th CenturyWith two-stage barrels with two gilt lines around the muzzles and a gilt starburst around the silver fore-sight, part octagonal breeches each with oval gold-lined maker's stamp of Leclerc, probably Jean Nicholas (Neue Støckel 182), blued rib inscribed '..CANON ... TORDU ... FER ... ETOFEE ..' within a punched and gilt foliate border, the underside of the breeches indistinctly inscribed and stamped 'FERTOFEE' and 'TORDU' respectively, grooved border engraved tang, border engraved rounded locks (steels old replacements) signed in capitals, lightly engraved cocks, figured moulded half-stock carved with foliage in relief on the fore-end (minor old repair in front of the right lock), behind the barrel tang and at either end of the cheek-piece, mounts cast and chased with foliage in low relief, partly against finely punched grounds and comprising butt-plate of shaped outline bordered by rococo shells, the retaining screws each centred on an engraved garland, trigger-guard with scrolled tang and engraved with a hunting trophy and foliage on the bow, and with foliate finial, rear ramrod-pipe with terminal en suite, sling loop (the other missing), and horn-tipped ramrod 84.7 cm. barrels Footnotes:Juncker A Grumback appears to be unrecordedFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Rare Pair Of Officer's Undress Shoulder-Scales Of The 3rd Bengal Light CavalryCirca 1840-57Of silver-plate with blue-cloth linings, the scales embossed with leaf decoration, the shells each embossed with military trophies, and the finial buttons each with a central '3' and the honours 'Delhi' and 'Leswaree' (2)Footnotes:The 3rd Bengal Light Cavalry regiment was the first cavalry regiment to mutiny in 1857For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An Elizabeth II silver three piece tea set comprising a teapot, twin handled sugar bowl and milk jug of melon shape, the shoulders engraved with shells, scrolls etc with plain panelled bodies to a shaped circular foot, hallmarked for Birmingham 1953, makers mark for the Adie Bros, g/w 1653gms

A collection of trench art to include two similar shells, 34.5cm tall, with ribbed center's and decorated for Verdun with a cross of Lorraine, and '1914-18 World War'. A shell case fitted as a table lam, a collection of eight lighters to include a hexagonal lighter decorated with a Naval anchor. A lot. *CR Mixed states.

A fine silk netting case, circa 1840, rectangular, in pink silk and of envelope form, decorated in clear and white floral beadwork incorporating full and part sea shells, buttoned cord closing loops, cream silk interior with bone and steel tools, 20 x 11.5cms.

A SILVER MUSTARD POT, A PLATED SALT SPOON AND A PAIR OF SALT SHELLS AND SPOONS (3)The cylindrical mustard pot with a scallop shell thumb piece and scroll handle, London 1837, with a blue glass liner, the salt shells Birmingham 1894, (one salt spoon broken), cased, combined weight 162 gms

A George III mahogany folding tea table, the rectangular hinged top over a single oak lined frieze drawer, flanked by inlaid oval boxwood shells, upon legs of tapering square section applied with openwork spandrels and relief moulded oval flowerheads, 74cm H x 90cm W x 45cm D (at fault)

Victorian silver sugar castor, by James Barclay Hennell, London 1886, domed cover with torch finial, half wrythen U-shaped body embellished with scallop shells and C-scroll handles, all raised on a domed gadrooned base, height 22cm, weight approx. 429g (Please note condition is not noted. We strongly advise viewing to satsify yourself as to condition. If you are unable to view please request a condition report, which will be provided in writing).

A large circular and gilt framed print of a lady picking shells off a beach and three prints after Angelica Kauffmann, D 48cm

A late 20thC Poole pottery fish service, decorated with fish, a crayfish, crab, snail and shells, comprising an oval dish and six plates, printed marks.

A Regence ormolu mounted Chinese turquoise-glazed porcelain frog encrierThe porcelain 18th century, the mounts circa 1730The frog covered with mottled streaked turquoise glaze, seated on its haunches, its eyes picked out in black, its back fitted with a naturalistic cover cast with shells and a lizard, the cusped naturalistic base similarly cast within a beaded border, 17.5cm wide, 14.5cm deep, 13.5cm high (6 1/2in wide, 5 1/2in deep, 5in high) Footnotes:十八世紀 松石綠釉蛙形硯滴（嵌約1730年鎏金銅飾）Provenance Galerie J.Kugel, Paris, 1997.來源Galerie J.Kugel, 巴黎, 1997年.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

A fine 18th century Dutch silver coffee-urnJoannes Winter, Amsterdam, 1733 Pear-shaped with moulded borders, on three scroll feet, joined with pierced scroll aprons each with a central drapery panel, the lower bellied sides of the body with three taps, each with an urn shaped spigot with ebony inserts, issuing from shell and scroll cartouches and applied anthemions between and below a moulded girdle, the neck with applied openwork shaped band of scrolls and foliage, the flared rim with applied scroll and swing-drop handles either side, the pull-off high dome cover with similar applied shells and foliage and similarly decorated cone finial, 26cm wide, 26cm deep, 37cm high (10in wide, 10in deep, 14 1/2in high, weight 72 troy oz, weight 2,190 gms.Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Collection, Switzerland;Christie's, Geneva, Important European Silver, Gold Boxes and Objects of Vertu, 19 May 1998, lot 151;Kunsthandel Jacques Fijnaut BV, Amsterdam, where purchased 1999.ExhibitedKunsthandel Jacques Fijnaut BV, TEFAF, Maastricht, 1999.LiteratureJ. W. Fredericks, Dutch Silver, The Hague, 1952, vol. II, no. 282, p. 98, ill p. 103, where described as 'amongst the finest Dutch silver vessels of the period. The execution of the ornament is marvellous.'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

LANTA SPURRIER (BRITISH, 1905-1981) (4)The Beginning with inscribed label (verso) oil on canvas-board 106 x 30cm together with three other oils on canvas-board by the same hand; Sandstone and shells, signed (lower right) and with artist's label (verso), 81.5 x 61cm; Scarlet Fish, with artist's label (verso), 63.5 x 29.5cm; and Play Time for the Sea Horse, with artist's label (verso), 67 x 29cm (all unframed) (4) ARRFootnoteATALANTA (LANTA) SPURRIER (1905-1981)Was a British painter known for painting en plein air with direct, bold brushwork and a strong sense of colour. She studied at the Chelsea School of Art under Augustus John, by then considered one of Britain’s foremost painters of a broadly impressionistic style. Spurrier subsequently established a studio in Chelsea where she also taught. She later moved to the Surrey/Sussex borders and worked from a studio at South Holmwood, near Dorking. Spurrier travelled widely, painting in France, Switzerland, Austria, Greece and most frequently Italy. Alongside her studio practice Spurrier also worked in commercial art design, mostly book covers and posters, with projects including the National Henry Wood Fund and the London Olympic Games Exhibition. 

Model Gun Corporation. A boxed Remington Model /31-RS2 cap firing Riot Gun, black with folding stock , together with a case of six shells, original inner packing and pictorial box.

A small selection of shells and corals, to include Pecten Nobilis, Babylonia Areolata, Bolinus Brandaris, Mauritia Arabica, Volute, Turbo Cornutus, Turritella Terebra and more (parcel)

Two WWII 40mm shells, both dated 1943, together with two Cornwall Light Infantry cap badges, plus a good collection of Military related black and white photographs, motor racing photographs, 2nd Bn Wiltshire Regiment Mess photograph, booklets and more (parcel)

A collection of various items, to include a British Paratroopers cloth badge, a Civil Defence Corps Welfare armband, various inert shells, trade cards and more (parcel)

A large 1913 dated Trench Art shell, together with a pair of smaller shells, all with a hand made floral design (3)

Britains - Set 9745 - 155mm Gun - [1962 version], comprising: 155mm Gun on 8 Wheel Carriage [Plastic Wheels/Tyres], 2 x Trail Spades, Barrel Clamp, 2 x Wheel Trail Carriage [Plastic Wheels/Tyres], Brass Shell Charger & 5 [from 6] x Aluminium Shells. Gun painted in Gloss Green with Silver Breech Block & Muzzle. Some playwear otherwise generally Excellent overall. [11 Pieces]

ARR Dave Johnson (Contemporary) a carved relief panel, 'Abracadabra', rectangular panel carved with mythical creatures, inset with shells, beads, etc.43.5cm x 164cm

Selection of Shells and Amethyst Crystal

We know the day! Come on Yanks! - Second World War German airborne Propaganda leaflet. Text-based leaflet. Front reads; "They know that the material is not the deciding factor. They know that it takes streams of blood and countless lives to gain a few inches of ground. Take it from us buddy, we have not been asleep at the switch. Our screaching mimmies will tear the guts out of you. Our mortars and throwers, our mines and M.Gs. and a few new things we have up our sleeve, will reap a terrific harvest of blood and lives. We know the day! Come on Yanks!". Reverse reads; "Come on Yanks! We know that for weeks you have been preparing a new push. This time you surely expect to reach the Rhine. Tremendous amounts of guns, tanks, shells and bulldozers have been pilled up on your side and again you have been told by your officers that this time it is going to be a walkover. Most of you are rookies but those few fellows in the American 1st. and 9th. Armies who are still alive to tell the tale, know what a hell of a time lies ahead of you." 13cm x 17.5cm.

JUDY BLAME. A 1980's punk neckpiece by Judy Blame, comprising a macrame foundation, then covered with assorted black items including buttons, painted shells, plastic railway track, a metal sheriff's badge, rubber etc. All hung on a wooden bead, button & cotton reel necklet. Approx. max. length 66cm. Note: Judy Blame was a legendary stylist, designer & fashion revolutionary of London's counter-culture during the late 1970's-80's. He died in 2018.  Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING.  The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.

An assortment of shells and minerals. Including a conch shell, coral, etc.

A Pom Pom gun shell from Ladysmith, complete with nose fuse mounted on a copper plate; a nice pair of "shells" in copper baskets desk ornaments, 6½" high; an unused military dash board clock in its cardboard box; an Artillery clinometer; also numerous other useful items. GC Please note buyer collects £60-80

A good 2pdr shell with brass nose fuse, dated 8/2/16; a belt of 7 WWII 20mm shells with cases WWII dated; an assortment of shell cases and noses etc. Generally GC Please note buyer collects £50-60

Assorted gun shells and a brass airplane ornament, etc.

PNG, Boiken - Highlands, a large shell neck ornament, with braided plant fiber, orchid fiber and cowry shells. [1]

D.R. Congo, Lega, a hat and Kuba Kingdom, two hats; Lega hat decorated with button's, shells, beads and plant fiber strings; Kuba hats with animal hide and textile. h. 15, 21 and 17 cm. [3]

An African basket decorated with shells. H.13. Dia. 26cm.

Box with various shells

A large quantity of various sea shells and a box of Oasis and butterfly ornaments

Triang - Topper Toys UK - An unboxed 'Johnny Seven One Man Army' plastic 'Seven Guns in One' toy gun. This desirable toy finished in green and black shows some signs of play and use, otherwise appears to be in Good condition overall, and comes with one plastic grenade, anti tank rocket, and two armour piercing / anti bunker shells. The gun measures approximately 104cms in length, and is unchecked for completeness. (This does not constitute a guarantee)

Kyosho - CEN Racing - Three unboxed RC body shells probably in 1:10 scale. Lot consists of a Kyosho Vauxhall Calibra in sealed Kyosho bag; Cen Racing Fiat Abarth 595 in factory sealed bags with parts, instructions and unused decal sheet; and a Kyosho Mini Cooper which comes with two Kyosho MN21 accessory packs in sealed bags with one containing a note saying 'Less two windscreen wiper blade arms'. Conditions appear Mint and all items are unchecked for completeness.(3) (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

Tamiya - HPI Racing - Two RC body shells. Lot consists of a reproduction Tamiya 1:12 Porsche 959; with an HPI 1:10 Racing Mitsubishi Lancer EVO VI WRC. Both shells are unpainted and appear to be in Excellent condition, and are unchecked for completeness. (2) (This does not constitute a guarantee) (K)

AN ARTS & CRAFTS NEWLYN COPPER PLATE, the rim embossed with a pattern of fish, seaweed and shells, stamped 'Newlyn' in the centre of the plate, diameter 22cm (1) (Condition Report: good overall condition, has lost some detail in over-polishing)