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Click here to subscribeFour pieces comprising:a heavy Wiskemann serving tray (45.5 cm wide) and a smaller matching example;a Georgian-style (later) salver raised on four tapering outswept legs;a white-metal dish with shaped raised border decorated with six stylised scallop shells (probably 18th or 19th century continental).
Edwardian mahogany wardrobe, the projecting cornice over banded frieze, single cupboard door with oval bevelled mirror enclosing hanging rail and hooks, flanked by inlaid panels with satinwood shells and floral design with boxwood stringing, fitted with single drawer to base, raised on bracket feetDimensions: Height: 195cm Length/Width: 125cm Depth/Diameter: 46cm
A LATE 18TH CENTURY IRISH SILVER DISH RING, Dublin c. 1772, mark of Edward Boyce, of circular waisted form with repoussé, chased, and engraved animal, foliate decoration within a rural town, with a vacant cartouche (10.55 troy ozs). 20.5cm diameter, 9.5cm highAn item most associated with Ireland than any other domestic silver item is the dish ring. While first invented in England it was their Irish counterparts that developed them into centrepieces of the dining table and they hold direct connotations with the traditional Irish home.In the Georgian era the two main types of designs that appear are naturalistic rococo decoration with shells, cherubs, and foliate patterns. While the neo-classical theme went in the other direction, incorporating geometric motifs that we most often associate with architectural features.The design of dish rings, cylindrical in shape, with one end large than the other, are inherently practical, allowing them to be flipped depending on the size of different dishes. Occasionally referred to as potato rings, as they would be used to fill hot cooked potatoes over plate to allow them to cool through the pierced decoration of the rings without damaging the table.
IC; a George III hallmarked silver pen tray of shaped rectangular form, with C scrolling handle, and cast border with open shells, London, 1768, approx. weight 9.29ozt/289g, width 20cm. Condition Report: Light tarnishing and wear, two of the feet are slightly bent, indistinctly finely engraved to the underside.
JAMES DIXON & SONS; an Edward VII hallmarked silver bowl with cast and pierced border, on three feet terminating on open shells, Sheffield 1901, diameter 21cm, approx weight 9.46ozt/294g.Condition Report: The border is split to one section, there is small gap, scuffs, scratches and marks, minor tarnishing.
GROUP OF FIRST PERIOD BELLEEK CUPS AND SAUCERS moulded with shells and shamrocksQty: 17)Condition is fair, one of the cups have been previously restored, one of the saucers have a small chip to the paint, some of the paint on the other saucers have faded, images of this have been uploaded onto the website.
A GROUP OF THREE ENGRAVED CRYSTAL SILVER-TOPPED DRESSING TABLE BOTTLES of square-sided form, each side decorated with shells and foliate motifs within canted rectangular borders. the silver covers with bands of scrolls and leaf decorations, French hallmarks, retailed by Jules Marne, 5 Rue Froissart, Paris, the larger 17cm high, the smaller both 16cm high (3)Provenance: The Richard Hoppé Collection
A Johnny Seven One Man Army Gun, with instructions and various parts including missiles (a/f) and not in original box - Stock does not connect. The trigger guard on the pistol is snapped and lacking a small piece. Tommy Gun fire spring is worn and does not play to the end. One of the Bi-Pod legs is snapped. The springs all appear to be in working order. Rifle trigger does not work. One of the shells is lodged in the rifle bolt compartment. All parts are present.
Six various gentlemen's wristwatches comprising a Montine automatic example, the silvered dial set with baton numerals and calendar window, a Limit example, the silvered dial set with baton numerals and calendar window, a Smiths Empire example, Montine quartz example, a Yves Renoir example, with silvered baton numerals and calendar window, and a Woods of Windsor quartz example, also a ladies' quartz Golf watch, the oversized head with small dial set with Arabic numerals offset to 3 o'clock, with small encrusted shells around (7).Condition Report: All have scratches to the head and glass. The Limit example is missing its crown. The Montine automatic example and the Smiths Empire examples have been wound and appear to be in going order, however this is no guarantee of working order. The other quartz movement watches are not currently in going order.
A mixed group of late 19th/early 20th century African historical and cultural items to include a small brass figure, a 19th century African necklace made of leather, shells, horse hair and nuts etc, length 69cm, a leather and goat hair necklace, a lidded wooden bowl, a bamboo walking stick with faces and patterns, the handle in the form of two bearded faces, length 96cm, a small brass lost wax mask of a horn and bearded figures, height 13cm, and also an Italian-style millefiori fourteen long bead necklace with woven grass strap, diameter 16cm (6).
A SHERATON REVIVAL INLAID MAHOGANY BUTLER'S CANTERBURY, CIRCA 1900 with twin lidded boxes and carrying handle, raised on splayed square-section tapering legs, moving on castors, inlaid with conch shells and paterae. 87.5cm highIn generally good condition. A very pretty example with nicely figured mahogany.
French School, early 19th CenturyA still life of shells with books, a bunch of lilac, primulas and a Jay oil on canvas, unlined56.2 x 46.6cm (22 1/8 x 18 3/8in).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 RARE PAIR OF IRISH 22-BORE FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS BY JOHN WALSH, probably Dublin last ¼ of the 17th century, three-stage swamped barrels, proof marks appear to be a crowned capital T and a crowned lower case f within ovals, rounded and shaped lockplates signed WALSH with scrolling strawberry leaf engraving, brass furniture comprising sideplates with pierced scrolling foliate incorporating winged snail shells and dragon head finials, longspur buttcaps with scrolling strawberry leaf engraving fitted with grotesque mask bosses, foliate finialled trigger guards engraved ensuite, pear-shaped vacant escutcheons with foliage in relief incorporating a mask, baluster ramrod pipes, figured walnut fullstocks carved with shaped aprons around locks, furniture and barrel tangs. Some light to moderate pitting, one cock, ramrods and one ramrod pipe missing, one stock broken in two, a few losses to fore-ends; well worthy of careful restoration. Note: John Walsh was one of five 'Protestant Gunsmiths of the Kingdom of Ireland' to have co-signed petitions to the Lords Justice in 1710 and 1712. See 'Irish Gunsmiths and Sword Cutlers' M. S. Dudley Westrup in the Arms and Armour Society Journal Vol. II, No.1, March 1956. The furniture fitted to these pistols ultimately derives from the Claude Simonin pattern book of 1684.
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