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A collection of mainly 19th Century glass scent bottles, cut and moulded glass, some coloured and some flashed glass, some with silver/white metal mounts, height of largest 13cm (15)Condition: various states from good to some with damaged tops, please contact us for individual items
A group of mainly nineteenth century ceramics, c.1820-1900. To include: a pearlware hand-painted teapot (no lid), two creamware beakers with a silver lustre band, possibly Liverpool, a creamware basket stand impressed W***, a Continental Bacchus mug , a small teapot and cover and a Spode Indian Sporting harden-on plate (c. 1990s). Basket stand: 22 cm wide. (7)Condition: Pearlware teapot: stained and small chip to spout, small teapot: chipping to spout and lid rimProvenance: From the Jenkins Collection.
A late eighteenth century blue and white transfer-printed silver-shape tea caddy, c.1795. It is decorated with floral sprays and a geometric border. 11 cm tall. (1)Condition: There is a metal repair band around the opening that secures several hairlines and an associated loss. Provenance: From the Trevor Kentish Collection.
An embroidered stomacher panel, 18th century, probably English, with raised silver thread work and sequins, 39cm long; another fine embroidered stomacher panel, 18th century, with colourful flowers and grapes and trailing vineAn 18th century stomacher panel similar to the silk example with colourful flowers, with comparable colour preservation, was sold at Christie's South Kensington, Costume and Textiles, 14 December 2006, lot 3295 (£2,040).
A George I walnut side chair, circa 1720, the shaped top rail above the shaped and tapering splat, above the padded and upholstered drop in seat and plain apron, on scroll moulded tapering cabriole legs terminating in pad feet, 106cm high, 56cm wide, 51cm deep Provenance: Purchased from Jane Sumner, Turpin's Antiques, Hungerford in the 1990s See Sothebys, Important English Furniture and Silver 18 November 2008, Lot 322 for a set of chairs of closely related form. See also Christie's, The Collection of Peggy and David Rockefeller, 1st-11th May 2018, Lot 1565 ($3,500). Condition Report: Marks, scratches and abrasions, old chips and splits comensurate with age and use. some old worm damage to a very minor extent. some minor old repairs. Good original surface, colour and patina throughout with some fading. The chair incorporates highly attractive and well figured cuts of walnut and has been made to a high standard. This is a sophisticated chair that is full of character. The seat rail is original throughout. The chair is of solid useable structure. No old breaks or splicing to the legs or feet. Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
A silvered brass baluster jug, early 18th century, in the manner of Huguenot silver examples, the body engraved with a coat of arms, 25cm highCondition Report: The jug bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age.There is some wear to the silver plating to the exposed edges, where it's been handled. The plating does appear to be original to the jug, and not later. The interior has a more tarnished finish.There is some pitting to the brass particularly the underside of the handle, and there are a few areas where the casting is less defined, though overall no structural damages have been detected.The arms appear to be 'fantasy' arms, and have not been identified or tied to a specific nation or family.It is possible that the jug is slightly later in date and we would advise potential buyers to satisfy themselves with regard to the lot's age before purchasing. Condition Report Disclaimer
An unusual parcel gilt copper model of the Virgin and Child, French or German, in late Gothic taste, the Virgin portrayed standing and draped, holding the Christ Child in her arms, on a canted square veined white marble plinth, 22cm high overallThe technique of laying copper over wooden, usually walnut, cores to create free-standing figures was perfected by craftsmen in Limoges as early as the 13th century, and it is possible that the present lot is an example of this tradition of manufacture.A silver-gilt and copper finial from the Rhineland representing a Virgin and Child of similar iconographic type to the present lot, dated to the mid-15th century, is in the Boston Museum of Arts.Condition Report: The sculpture is firmly attached to the base and as such its core has not been inspected. Presumably this is copper laid over wood.There is an old horizontal repair to the hair, by the shoulders, which also extends to clear residue by the neck. There is another larger repair nearer the feet.Gilding is quite rubbed, and there is some scuffing/tarnishing. Condition Report Disclaimer
A rare German gilt bronze alloy model of a giraffe, possibly 17th century, likely Augsburg or Nuremberg, the animal portrayed with a turned neck and stylised features, 18.5cm highThe present bronze is possibly an early rendition of a giraffe as viewed by European craftsmen. The sloped back, buckled hind legs and elongated face may not have derived from a first-hand encounter with the exotic animal, but instead bear distinct similarities to prints of giraffes that circulated at the time.A direct influence may have been the Icones, by 16th century Swiss naturalist Conrad Gessner, which includes an illustration of a giraffe in an almost identical pose and with similarly pointed features.Exotic animals provided popular subject matter for bronziers and silver smiths in 16th and 17th century Southern Germany, where they were not only seen as collectible curiosities but also used as table ornaments. A well-known example of this tradition is the silver ostrich by Elias Zorer in the Wallace Collection, whose stylised and elongated features share a similar visual language to the present bronze.Condition Report: The giraffe bears the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age.There are some areas of loss and wear to the gilding, including to the face and feet. Some dark parts to gilding in the shape of 'drips', to the belly and right haunch. The gilding is quite lustrous and 'oily' overall. The giraffe appears to have been cast in two halves and there is a join running along the belly and back, and up to the neck. The hind legs are quite strongly buckled which is likely the design, though there may possibly have been some bending or damage (if this is the case it is not at all apparent). Overall this unusual and fascinating bronze is in perfectly presentable condition.Condition Report Disclaimer
A pair of English brass casters, circa 1720, of silver form, each with toupie finial and waisted circular foot, 23cm highPlease see Peter Cameron, "Anthony Christian and the French Plating Trade in Eighteenth-Century London", Antique Metalware Society Journal, Volume 20, 2012, for discussion of a similar example. Condition Report: The casters bear the usual minor marks, knocks and scuffs overall consistent with age and use, some slight rubbing and wear to the gilding particularly to the finials.One of the finials has a different bolt to the underside of the cover, and may have been re-fastened. Both with slight verdigris oxidisation to the interior of the cover.One with tiny firing irregularity to underside of foot. Some slight irregularity to the rim edge, possibly from wear.The covers are separate pieces.The tops are quite well fitted, they slot together into the bodies with a small click.Condition Report Disclaimer
A George II mulberry and line inlaid knife box, circa 1750, the sloped and hinged top centred by a inlaid silver scrolling crest, above the faceted front, flanked by side carrying handles, 36cm high, 30cm wide, 26cm deep Condition Report: Marks, scratches and abrasions comensurate with age and use.Old chips and splits, various old losses. Some losses disguised by old filler. Some old repairs, some old repairs and replacements. There are old worm holes throughout. None appears to cause sizeable losses but there are holes and small fragmentary losses throughout. The screws that are present to the hinges of the lid are later replacements. Some of the screws are lacking. They key escutcheon is probably a replacement, The lock appears original and is a lever lock that locks the lid shut as it is closed. Original fittings to the interior have been previously removed and the interior later re-lined with fabric throughout. The box has previously had feet fitted that are now lacking. (there is a hole at each corner of the base) The engraved metal inset crest should be referred to as silver coloured metal at this stage as has not been tested and is not hallmarked.Please refer to additional images for visual reference to condition. Condition Report Disclaimer
A Chinese carved Tixi lacquer bowl, Ming Dynasty, the bowl supported on a short foot rises to a slightly everted mouth rim, the exterior is carved through alternating black and red lacquer with floral scrolls, the interior and base applied with a silver-plated lining, 10.8cm wide Condition Report: 5cm long x 1cm loss to lacquer on foot rim and several cracks to the body of the bowl and two chips to rim of bowl 2cm x 1cm and 2.5cm x 1cm and silver plated foot rim bend and misshapen Condition Report Disclaimer
Box: Beaslai (Piaras) Michael Collins and the Making of a New Ireland, 2 vols. thick 8vo D. [1930]. cold. frontis & bl. & wh. plts., orig. cloth; O'Casey (Séan) The Silver Tassie, L. 1929, First Edn., & The Plough and the Stars, L. 1930; & other items, some odd no's. Republican Newspapers etc., Concert Programmes for Dungarvan, some periodicals, etc. As a box lot, w.a.f. (1)
In Specially Bound Presentation BindingHutton (Alfred) Cool Steel: A Practical Treatise on the Sabre, also on Various other Weapons of the Present Day, lg. 4to, L. (William Clowes & Sons Ltd) 1889, First, port. frontis & 55 plts. (complete), specially bound in vellum, bookplate of "DuBois, Paris," good clean copy; together with Matthey (C.G.R.)ed. The Works of George Silver, comprising Paradoxes of Defence, printed in 1599 (now reprinted), 4to L. (George Bell) 1898, illus. frontis & plts. uncut, vellum backed green boards, inscribed to The Irish Fencing Club 1936. (2)
1897 All-Ireland Hurling ChampionshipMedal: G.A.A. 1897 [Co. Kilkenny] An attractive and unusual silver Medal of pierced and etched design, the obverse with central rose gold and monogram, the reverse inscribed "Won at Ballycallan 3/10/97 (1897)" hallmarked. (1)* The All-Ireland Championship of 1897 took place between Tipperary (Kilfane) and Kilkenny (Tullaroan) with Tipperary prevailing as winner. This Medal was the Provincial Medal won by Kilkenny (Tullaroan) for the same championship.
O'Faolain (Sean) The original working typescript of his collection of early Irish poetry in English translation, The Silver Branch (published by Cape 1938). Two thick volumes typescript, stapled, 488 pp including index, heavily worked over with sections removed and/or added, titles added in O'Faolain's manuscript, extensively corrected especially in introduction. A very interesting item, showing O'Faolain's painstaking editorial work in great detail. (1)
Cork I.R.A. VolunteersMemorial Cards: [Tadgh Barry] "Thadhg de Barra," who died for Ireland in Ballykinlar Prison on 15 August 1921, single card, silver border and original photographic portrait; also "Daniel O'Sullivan, I.R.A. late of Barrack Street, Kinsale, who was killed in action on 4th October 1922, aged 28 years," good card with original photographic portrait. V. good. (2)
Fleming (Ian) For Your Eyes Only, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1960, First Edn., black cloth with painted eye on front cover, gilt lettered spine, d.j. design by Richard Chopping with eye looking through hole in door, titled in black and red (only one of the Bond Series with glossy d.j.). Good Copy; Thunderball, 8vo (Jonathan Cape) 1961, First Edn., black cloth with blind stamped skeleton hard and wrist on front cover, gilt letters spine, jacket designed by Richard Chopping with skeleton hand and wrists, clasp knife and playing cards, title in black d.j., clipped (not priced). Good copy; On Her Majesty's Secret Service, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1963, First Edn., black cloth with silver / white swirl design, silver text on spine, d.j. design by Richard Chopping, decorated with hand sketching a crest, d.j. clipped (not priced). Good Copy; You Only Live Twice, 8vo, L. (Jonathan Cape) 1964, First Edn., black cloth, titled in silver on spine and Japanese Characters in gilt on front cover, d.j. designed by Richard Chopping with toad, dragonfly and pink chrysanthemum design on front cover, title in black, clipped (not priced). Clean Copy; Goldfinger, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1959 (Second Impression), black cloth with blind stamped skull and gold coins as eyes in gilt front cover, d.j. design by Richard Chopping, clipped not priced. Clean Copy; & The Man with the Golden Gun, 8vo L. (Jonathan Cape) 1965, First, (Second Binding), plain black cloth, gilt lettered spine, d.j. by Richard Chopping with animal skull, gun and flies, clipped (not price clipped). Clean Copy. (6)
Guinness PropertyCatalogues: Evenden Hall, Thetford, Norfolk - The Property of the Earl of Iveagh, lg. 4to, 8 vols. L. (Christies) 1984, [1. Pictures, Prints and Drawings, 2. Furniture, 3. Tapestries, Textiles & Carpets, 4. European and Oriental Ceramics, 5. Silver, 6. Books 7. Evenden Hall, 8. Prices Realised,] all ptd. wrappers, red cloth slipcase. Clean Set. (1)
"Once a King in Narnia, Always a King in Narnia" Lewis (C.S.) The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe, A Story for Children, 8vo L. (Geoffrey Bles) 1950 First Edition, hf. title, colour frontis and text illus (some full page) by Pauline Baynes, publishers cloth, silver lettered spine (fading and stained), with later Xerox d.j. (1)
Victorian Hostess & HorticulturistAn Important Collection Relating to Lady Dorothy NevillLady Dorothy ("Dorothy") Fanny Nevill (1826-1913) was one of the five children of Horatio Walpole, 3rd Earl of Orford.At the age of twenty scandal struck when she was discovered, "innocently but most imprudently," unchaperoned in a Norfolk greenhouse with George Smythe, a notorious womanizer. Rumours spread, first of a pregnancy and then of a miscarriage, but in 1847 her wealthy forty-year-old cousin Reginald Nevill rescued her - by marriage. They had six children, four of whom survived infancy.Lady Dorothy travelled extensively and cultivated a wide circle of friends - literary, artistic, political. She became a leading society hostess, her salons attracting many celebrities. Active in the Conservative party (she was a founder member of the Primrose League), she aroused Tory horror by her friendship with the Liberal Unionist leader, Joseph Chamberlain.In 1851 the Nevills acquired Dangstein, a large property near Petersfield in Sussex. Lady Dorothy turned the garden into a horticultural centre, with exotic plants kept in seventeen greenhouses. She became an authority on orchids and corresponded with William and Joseph Hooker at Kew and with Charles Darwin.Her husband died in 1878, leaving all his money to their children to curtail her spending, she moved to Stillyans near Heathfield. Towards the end of her life she wrote several volumes of memoirs, and after her death her son edited her life and letters. Her biography, Exotic Groves ,written by her kinsman Guy Nevill, was published in 1984.The Collection includes the following:Photograph albumA magnificent Volume, beautifully bound, containing photographs of Lady Dorothy's celebrated friends, in elaborate filigree frames, often with their letters or autographs on the back, and illuminated pages in manuscript. 31 x 28 cm. Bound in green morocco, the upper board overlaid with a wooden board with radiating green-yellow leaf pattern and with silver mounts bearing the Nevill crest, and clasp. 48 ff. Loaned in 2000 to the National Portrait Gallery, London, for the exhibition "Escape to Eden: Five Centuries of Women and Gardens." The frontispiece consists of an inscription ("Dolly On a Sunbeam and in a drop of water") painted on the skeleton of a leaf, surrounded by an illuminated pattern of coats of arms in the form of a star.The portrait photographs include: ·Horatio Walpole, Earl of Orford (Lady Dorothy's brother), with illuminated coats of arms as border·The [second] Duke of Wellington, decorated with a blue flag; autograph letter on back·Lord Salisbury, Conservative leader and Prime Minister·Lord Ellenborough, Conservative politician (with letter)·Samuel Wilberforce (Bishop of Oxford and opponent of Darwin)·Disraeli (with autograph)·Members of the Nevill family·Field Marshal Viscount Wolseley (with letter)·Edward, Duke of Clarence (grandchild of Queen Victoria and heir to the Prince of Wales)·Joseph Chamberlain, Liberal Unionist leader (with letter)There are also illuminated pages containing speeches by the statesman Robert Lowe (with letter); a history of the Nevill family in the British Museum; and a speech by Disraeli; besides photos of various houses such as Dumford, the home of Richard Cobden. "Poems and Leaves"Manuscript Volume in brown straight grained morocco with gold tooled borders and edges and marbled endpapers, bound by Birdsall & Son, Northampton. 22 x 15.5 cm. 45 ff, the rest blank. Entitled "Poems and Leaves written out by Dorothy Nevill." Poems, epitaphs, thoughts, all in beautiful calligraphy, many exquisitely illuminated, two written on leaf skeletons; some in German, Italian and Latin."The Service for the Burial of the Dead"Manuscript Volume bound in black morocco with gold tooled borders and crosses. 25 x 19 cm. 18 ff, the rest blank. Printed book label: "Stolen, from Dangstein." A transcript of the service for the Burial of the Dead, from the Book of Common Prayer, in beautiful calligraphy and exquisitely illuminated.Newspaper obituaries of Lady DorothyStraight grained black morocco, 37 x 29 cm. Gold tooled internal edges. Romeike & Curtis, Ludgate Circus, EC. Silk endpapers. 71 pp.Letters of condolence on the death of Lady Dorothy, 1913. 77 pp.Letters or telegrams from many celebrities, including Queen Alexandra, Field Marshal Lord Roberts, Hubert Tree, Ellen Terry, the Royal Family, Edmund Gosse, and Charlotte Knollys on behalf of the King and Queen.Books by, about, or belonging to Lady Dorothy·The Reminiscences of Lady Dorothy Nevill. L 1906. Signed by her. Also signed "To Horace Nevill from his affectionate mother Dorothy D Nevill October 1906." 336 pp., frontispiece. Grey cloth.·Leaves from the note-books of Lady Dorothy Nevill, edited by Ralph Nevill. L 1907. Signed by her. 359 pp., frontispiece. Brown cloth.·Under Five Reigns by Lady Dorothy Nevill, edited by her son. London, 1910. 16 b/w illus. 356 pp. Signed by author. With letter to her dated 5 Oct 1910. Red cloth.·Another copy. 2nd edn 1910. Signed by her. 356 pp.·My Own Times by Lady Dorothy Nevill, edited by her son. London 1912. 339 pp. 7 col & b/w illus. Signed by her. Blue cloth. ·The life and letters of Lady Dorothy Nevill, by Ralph Nevill. L 1919. 8 b/w ill. 307 pp. Blue cloth.·Small volume bound in green half calf containing biographies of (a) Lady Palmerston, by A. Hayward (June 1872), 21 pp; sent to Lady Dorothy Nevill by the author; (b)Louisa, Lady Rothschild by Rt Hon GWE Russell 1910, 8 pp; (c)Virginia Somers, 1910, 7 pp. Letter tipped in from Adeline M. Bedford.·Sir Henry Barkly, Notes on the Testa de Nevill returns for County of Gloucester. Reprinted from the Transactions of the Bristol and Gloucestershire Archaeological Society, vol XIV. Not published. 1890. Presentation Copy from the author to Mrs Chaworth Masters. 172 pp.
Medals: [Swimming (Ireland)]: A 9ct gold circular Medal, the obverse with engraved sunset over sea and shaped clasps, hallmarked; together with another similar silver Medal, hall marked (uninscribed), awarded to Laura Dunne for Deep Sea Swimming. (2)Provenance: By Family descent to the present vendor.
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