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Click here to subscribeA nassa shell and dog tooth fringe necklace Papua New Guinea, possibly Asmat tribe, woven tightly with bush string, thirty-nine teeth facing anticlockwise with single line of nassa shells at their roots, a German glass replacement tooth at left terminal, 14½in. (37cm.) long, together with an armband of same origin, with a column of four rising dog teeth flanked by nassa shells, 9½in. (24cm.) long. (2)
An early 19thC giltwood firescreen, the heavily carved shell and scroll frame centred by further stylized shells with a period needlework centre decorated with flowers and centred by a stag, on acanthus capped scrolled supports joined by a carved stretcher in the Louis XV manner, 54cm x 37cm x 103cm.
BRITAINS: A quantity of Britains Royal Engineers / WWI related lead soldiers including Rangefinder, Spotting Chair And Observer (with boxes), artillery guns (with quantity of shells), machine gunners, troops and other soldiers etc. Assorted. NOTE: This lot is from an extensive private collection collected over many years. Each figure is generally presented in good condition as each figure was stored very carefully when not on display.
A French overdoor in Louis XV style, late 19th century, the white painted and gilt frame of scrolling serpentine outline and moulded with flower sprays, shells and rocaille, the canvas painted with a Watteauesque romantic woodland encounter, 53cm high, 122cm wide. Condition Report: No condition report
Four Britains Military Guns: No.1292 Field Gun (G/VG with leaflet in G/F picture box, torn inner end flap); No.1263 Royal Artillery Gun (G with leaflet and shells in envelope, in P box with end flap unattached and inner end flap missing); No.2026 25Pdr. Gun Howitzer on rubber tyres (G/VG in G box with shells); No.1715 2Pdr. A.A. Gun (F in P repaired box).
A Uniform to a Major of the Royal Corps of Transport, comprising a No.2 Service Dress tunic, shirt, tie, lanyard, two peaked caps, a beret and three pairs of trousers; a Mess Dress jacket, waistcoat, trousers, two cummerbands and a peaked cap; a Tropical white mess dress jacket; a combat smock, a pair of overalls, a set of waterproofs, a pair of barrack trousers, a Sam Browne with sword frog, a pair of puttees, a pair of gaitors, a pair of spats, two pairs of black leather boots, two stable belts and a quantity of brass and stay-brite buttons, cap badges, cloth insignia, dummy shells etc
A GEORGE II SALVER the shaped hexagonal scroll border with shells at intervals, on three feet, engraved with armorials, 24.5cm diam, maker WI, London 1752, 16ozs 10dwts ++Typical light wear but no damage or repair, the marks good, on the reverse a contemporary or nearly so engraved triad, B/IA
A GEORGE IV GADROONED OBLONG SAUCE TUREEN AND COVER applied with leaves and shells, 13.5cm h, by Rebecca Emes and Edward Barnard, London 1824, 25ozs ++Evidence of light erasure of an engraved crest or similar but not noticeably thin, marks rubbed on tureen but legible. The tureen engraved at later date with initials WBC under the foot
CONCHOLOGY. A COLLECTION OF VICTORIAN SEASHELLS the one hundred specimens in numbered card trays mostly retaining handwritten labels, the faded purple paper covered wooden box 29cm w and approximately 20 larger seashells, including several cameo carved examples ++The boxed shells a very original collection, long undisturbed, virtually all present and complete, the shells undamaged, a little dusty long having been undisturbed. The larger loose shells in generally very good and clean condition. A very attractive lot requiring a little tidying
A DERBY FIGURE OF NEPTUNE WITH A DOLPHIN the god in billowing puce flowered pale yellow lined drapery standing on a pierced mound encrusted with shells, 23.5cm h, c1765 ++Holding an old gilt painted zinc trident. Old restoration to upper left arm, typical but generally slight damage to some of the encrustation. Free from recent restoration or substantial damage
A Continental silver bombe tea caddy and cover, obscured stamped marks A Continental silver bombe tea caddy and cover, obscured stamped marks, import marked for Birmingham 1911, sponsor`s mark of W. J. Myatt & Co., cast with masks, shells and fruit framed by C-scrolls, 16.5cm (6 1/2in) high, 455g (14.65 oz) View on bloomsburyauctions.com
Five Carved Pearl Shells (Riji Jakoli) Western Australia (early - mid twentieth century) human hair string and natural earth pigments on carved pearl shell 19 cm; 20 cm; 19 cm; 20.5 cm; 15.5 cm (5) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Alice Springs (1975-2000) Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby`s Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 216, illustrated (partial lot) ?Private Collection, New South Wales These were collected in Alice Springs over a 30 year period, primarily through direct contact with Western Desert Aboriginies. These carved pearl shells often made their way to Central Australia by means of trade. For related examples see Kim Akerman with John Stanton, Kimberley pearl shell in Aboriginal Australia, Northern Territory of Museum of Arts and Science, Darwin, 1994
Six Carved Pearl Shells (Riji Jakoli) Western Australia (early - mid twentieth century) natural earth pigments on carved pearl shell 20.5 cm; 19 cm; 17.5 cm; 18.5 cm; 19.5 cm; 14.5 cm (6) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Alice Springs (1975-2000) Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby`s Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 216, illustrated (partial lot) ?Private Collection, New South Wales These were collected in Alice Springs over a 30 year period, primarily through direct contact with Western Desert Aboriginies. These carved pearl shells often made their way to Central Australia by means of trade. For related examples see Kim Akerman with John Stanton, Kimberley pearl shell in Aboriginal Australia, Northern Territory of Museum of Arts and Science, Darwin, 1994
Five Carved Pearl Shells (Riji Jakoli) Western Australia (circa 1950s) carved pearl shell and natural earth pigments 18 cm; 11.5 cm; 14.5 cm; 10.5 cm; 17 cm (5) PROVENANCE Private Collection, Alice Springs (1975-2000) Important Aboriginal Art, Sotheby`s Australia, Melbourne, 28 June 1999, lot 216, illustrated (partial lot) ?Private Collection, New South Wales These were collected in Alice Springs over a 30 year period, primarily through direct contact with Western Desert Aboriginies. These carved pearl shells often made their way to Central Australia by means of trade. For related examples see Kim Akerman with John Stanton, Kimberley pearl shell in Aboriginal Australia, Northern Territory of Museum of Arts and Science, Darwin, 1994
A Victorian silver sugar vase and cover, London 1861 by Joseph Angell, of spherical twin handled form, the bowl and cover pierced with graduated rows of shells and scrollwork, the cover with flower knop handle, on trumpet shaped base cast with foliate design, with later silver liner with gilt bowl, London 1869 by John Hunt & Robert Roskell, 23cm h, approx 740g.
Three pieces of furniture to include a 20th Century mahogany work box in the Queen Anne style, the cabriole legs with carved shells to shoulders on pad feet and a mahogany crossbanded firescreen with woolwork panel of delphiniums in a vase, and an Edwardian blond oak cutlery box, with four baize lined drawers. work box approx. 54cm high, 72cm wide, screen 75cm high.
A 19th Century French ormolu mantel timepiece with fusee movement, the engine turned dial with black Roman numerals, the waisted case cast with shell and scroll surmount above foliate scrolls, further shells and a lattice panel, on foliate feet, height approx 24.5cm, together with pendulum, key and giltwood stand.
A pair of Continental bisque porcelain piano babies, early 20th Century, each modelled wearing hats and nightdresses, together with a pair of Continental porcelain spill vases in the form of conch shells surmounted by putti, a porcelain basket, two doll cosy handles, and a pair of doll cosy legs (faults).
HENRY E.O. MURRAY-DIXON (BRITISH, 1885-1917) `Wild Life on the Western Front - Partridge in No Man`s Land` Grey gouache and bodycolour Titled verso (a copy attached to reverse of frame) 30.5cm x 47.5cm Note (1): Murray-Dixon noted, below the picture`s title that `on many parts of the British front covies of partridges are often seen, right up to the front line trenches - + even in no man`s land it is a strange + cheering thing to hear their well known call at dusk mingling with the thundering of heavy guns + exploding shells, by which they now seem to be little disturbed`. Note (2): This picture was published in the Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News in early 1917. An appreciation of the late Lieutenant H.E.O. Murray-Dixon was published in The Field, 23 March 1918, in which Archibald Thorburn is quoted as saying that Murray-Dixon`s work `showed careful study... from life`, while J.G. Millais, who commissioned him to paint certain illustrations for his work on British Diving Ducks, commented that `his excellent draughtsmanship, delicate handling of details, and close observation proved him to be one who in time would have taken a high place among artists of bird life`. Note (3): Second Lieutenant Henry Edward Otto Murray-Dixon, 1st/4th Bn Seaforth Highlanders, the son of James Murray and Etheldreda Murray-Dixon of Swithland Rectory, Loughborough, died at Vimy Ridge on 10th April 1917, at the age of 31. He is buried with honour at the Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension.
APPROXIMATELY 105 GLASS MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES the subjects including `French soldiers wearing anti-gas masks in the trenches`; `Sikhs marching to their rest camp`; the `North Lancashire Regiment... before Vimy Ridge battle`; a group portrait of the 10th (Territorial) Cadet Battalion, (D.C.O.) Middlesex Regiment; `Some of the Leicesters resting`; and `Russian women learning to turn shells in an ammunition factory`, (box).
A Satsuma bowl, the interior decorated with female figures, d. 15 cm, together with a pair of Chinese painted shells and two other items CONDITION REPORT: Bowl with no chips or cracks, other items with wear commensurate with age, please see additional images of Satsuma bowl, shells with heavy losses to decoration and surface scratches, bowl with some losses to decoration and crackleure, PLEASE NOTE: this lot does not include the calligraphy box and contents, this is lot 242
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