We found 2466194 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 2466194 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
2466194 item(s)/page
Interesting collection of mainly silver jewellery to include a woven leather bracelet, pair of flower head drop earrings - maker 'RMS', plus several further pairs of various design, a stylised pendant necklace set with malachite, an articulated turtle pendant necklace set with garnets, etc
Good early 20th century silver half hunter pocket watch, the enamel dial with Roman numerals and subsidiary second dial, with jewelled lever movement, 52mm case, currently running, together with a further silver pocket watch with Arabic numerals and subsidiary second dial, currently not working (2)
John Hawley of Hatton Garden London single fusee pocket watch, the back of the movement inscribed '52 Hatton Garden and at Coventry, Gold and Silver Medals Awarded', the silver case with inset rose gold ring to the back, engine turned silver dial with floral bouquet and gilt Roman numerals, subsidiary second dial, 60mm case, currently working, yellow metal clip and white metal watch chain with T bar, 211.3 grams gross, two keys
Ladies 18ct Tissot 17 jewel manual wind cocktail watch, silver dial with baton makers, associated leather strap, together with a collection of ladies and gent's watches to include Michael Kors chronograph type watch, ladies Citizen Eco Drive cocktail watch, and other (7)
Fine silver and guilloche enamel carriage type miniature time piece, the dial with gilt hands and Roman numerals, amidst geometric fleur de lys and gold leaf borders, with further guilloche enamel and fleur de lys panels to the side, open escapement and handle to top, 7cm high (not including handle) within a blue velvet case, the underside of the lid inscribed 'W Thornhill & Co, New Bond Street, London'
Fine Cartier boudoir/cabinet clock, the brass case with inset black enamel, the dial with gilt painted Arabic numerals, silver chapter ring and lume hands, flanked by square panels topped with coral finials (finials loose), 6cm high, within a Cartier Morocco leather plinth case
A pair of good quality bronze and ormolu candlesticks converted to table lamps, 30cm high, together with a further spelter character group of a horse and jockey jumping a fence, three similar brass and glass three tiered table top display cabinets, and a silver plated lidded scent jar (11)
A Khorasan silver and copper-inlaid bronze tray Persia, 13th Centuryof rectangular form with elongated octagonal well, engraved and decorated in silver and copper inlay with a central roundel filled with cable design forming six-pointed stars, flanked by cartouches filled with inscriptions in kufic, the sloping walls with knotted panels alternating with crescents, the rim with inscription-filled cartouches interspersed by crescent roundels 30.2 x 18.5 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection.Christie's, Islamic Art, Indian Miniatures, Rugs and Carpets, 27 April 1993, lot 123Inscriptions: al-'izz wa al-iqbal wa al-salamah wa al-z/iyadah wa al-salamh wa al-'afiyah wa ... / wa al-ta'id wa al-tammah wa al .../wa al-salamah wa al- ... wa al-faraghah wa al-ziyadah wa al-shukrah wa al-.../wa al- ... wa al-ziyadah wa al-sa'adah li-sahibihi, 'Glory and prosperity and well-being and abundance and well-being and health and ... and (God's) support and plentitude and ... and well-being and ... inner calm and abundance and gratitude and ... and abundance and happiness to its owner', bi'l-yumn wa al-birr wa al-salam[ah]/wa al-birr wa al-barakah wa a, 'With good-fortune and piety and well-being and piety and blessing and'.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar gold damascened steel Helmet and Shield Persia, 19th Centurythe helmet of domed form surmounted by a spike, the front with a noseguard flanked by two plume holders, the shield of circular form with four raised bosses, both profusely engraved and decorated with gold and silver inlay with a band of inscription-filled cartouches around the rims, the domes with a band of rosettes, above and below crescent motifs on a ground of floral interlace the helmet 29 cm. high; the shield 52.5 cm. diam(2)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection, acquired Bonhams Islamic and Indian Art, 4 October 2011, lot 224.Inscriptions: undeciphered repetition of Persian text.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Maharana Jawan Singh (reg. 1828-38), hunting boar from a pavilion Udaipur, circa 1830-35gouache and gold on paper, yellow inner border, outer border with silver floral motifs on a pale pink ground 430 x 368 mm.Footnotes:A smaller-scale treatment of the same subject also seen presented in much larger, panoramic paintings (around 95 x 150 cm.) of similar date, as seen in A. Topsfield, The City Palace Museum, Udaipur: Paintings of Mewar Court Life, Ahmedabad 1990, pp. 74-79, nos. 26 and 27.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gold koftgari steel matchlock gun (torador) Lahore, circa 1800the watered steel barrel decorated in gold inlay with flowerheads, lattices containing cross motifs and palmettes, the steel lock plates terminating in palmettes, the trigger in the form of a split-palmette, the wood butt with steel mount 134 cm. longFootnotes:For other examples of Lahore matchlocks from the Tareq Rajab Museum and further discussion on Sikh guns of the Punjab, see Robert Elgood, Firearms from the Islamic World, Kuwait, 1995, pp. 152-153, no. 97. For three further examples with matching applied silver rosette motifs to the stock from the Dalhousie Collection see Sotheby's, Colstoun, 21st-22nd May 1990, lots 67, 70 and 71.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A gem-set gold forehead pendant (chand-tikka), a gem-set gold mirrored roundel and a pearl-mounted gold pendant from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63), wife of Maharajah Ranjit Singh, and latterly in the possession of her granddaughter Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869-1957) Punjab, probably Lahore, first half of the 19th Centurythe tikka in the form of a crescent set with rubies and white sapphires, decorated to the sides in red and white enamel with chevron motifs, seed pearl fringe; the roundel with central mirror surrounded by openwork foliate motifs set with diamonds and emeralds, later mounted as a brooch; the pendant of filigree gold with seed pearl fringe the roundel 3.3 cm. diam.(3)Footnotes:ProvenanceMaharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63), wife of Maharajah Ranjit Singh (1780-1839).Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869-1957), gifted by her father HH Maharajah Duleep Singh, later given by the Princess to her life-long personal companion and employee Mrs Dora Crowe of Hampton House, Blo' Norton, Norfolk. Private UK collection, acquired from Mrs. Oriel Sutherland, daughter of Mrs. Dora Crowe. The mirror plaque had, according to Princess Bamba, once been part of Maharajah Ranjit Singh's horse trappings.These three items were likely to have been within the casket of jewels handed back to Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-1863) by the British authorities when she agreed to live in London with her son, who she was reunited with in Calcutta in 1861. Duleep Singh had not only negotiated a £3,000-a-year pension for his mother but also the safe return of over 600 pieces of her personal jewellery that had been impounded by the British authorities at Benares when she fled to Nepal. In the UK, John Login expedited the passage of her jewels through customs and Lady Login was present when Jind Kaur was finally reunited with them in London: 'Her jewels had at the moment arrived from the Custom House, and so delighted was she at the sight, that she forthwith decorated herself, and her attendants, with an assortment of the most wonderful necklaces and earrings, strings of lovely pearls and emeralds being arranged, in graceful concession to English fashion...' (Lady Lena Campbell Login, John Login and Duleep Singh, London 1890, p 213).These important personal royal effects of the late Maharani were dispersed after her death by her son and grandchildren, either through auction salerooms or by being gifted away. Two decades after her death, when Maharaja Duleep Singh lost his battle against the India Office over the thorny issue of his financial allowances, he decided to auction off some of his possessions in order to raise £20,000 with a view to relocating to India where he could live as a person of importance. He stripped his stately home at Elveden of some choice valuables – including 25,000 ounces of chased silver gilt, rare Indian carpets, Indian shawls, embroideries and a casket of jewels (though 'no old family jewels' according to the press, The Gentleman's Magazine and Historical Review, London, September 1863, p 378) – and packed them up to be auctioned by Messrs Phillips, Son & Neale of New Bond Street. A sympathetic editorial in The Times (20 July 1883) noted how 'news of His Highness being compelled to sell his jewels and other valuables will excite a deep feeling of sympathy among all who are acquainted with the history of the 'Lion of the Punjab'.' The following year, his embittered relations with the British Government compelled him be ransack the contents of Elveden to provide the finances needed to resettle in Punjab with his family. From 27 April to 5 May 1886, while the Maharaja was detained at Aden as he attempted to gain onward passage to India, the auction only realised a fraction of the expected value of the items, forcing Duleep Singh to empty his Coutts safety-deposit box of all his most valuable jewels. When he failed to gain the support of the Russians, Duleep Singh decided to settle in Paris. In 1890, he was forced to sell what remained of the family jewels in his possession to pay for both his own accommodation and that of his estranged second wife, Ada, who moved into an expensive villa situated in an exclusive tree-lined suburb of Paris. Prince Victor Duleep Singh, the maharaja's eldest son, sold part of his inheritance in order to pay off his considerable debts. On 19 June 1899, Messrs Christie Manson & Woods sold 114 lots from Victor's collection in their London sales room including Indian gold jewellery 'formerly the property of the late Maharajahs Duleep Singh and Runjeet Singh of Lahore' according to The Daily Telegraph (20 June 1899, p. 9). Of the riches snapped up at the well-attended auction, which realised nearly £3,000, The Morning Post gave the following details of the best prices achieved, including a lavish horse's head ornament: a gold forehead ornament with diamonds, and ruby drops, from Dholepore, £35; a breast ornament of gold, set with stones and pearls, from Kangra, £46; pair of forehead ornaments, of crescent form, from Delhi, £41; pair of gold armlets, Lucknow, £35; a gold girdle centre set with stones, Delhi, £44; a large ornament for horse's head, of gold, enamelled, from Punjaub, and part of the State harness of Runjeet Singh, £44;... a massive gold horse frontlet, thickly studded with emeralds and rubies, Delhi, £210.... (The Morning Post, 20 June 1899, p 3). Given that Prince Victor's share of the family jewels included a part of the state harness of Maharaja Ranjit Singh, it is perhaps not surprising that another important piece of equestrian jewellery was preserved by Duleep Singh's eldest daughter, Princess Bamba Sutherland (1869-1957).In 1897, Princess Bamba and her two sisters, Princesses Sophia and Catherine, moved to the Norfolk village of Old Buckenham, where they lived near another brother, Prince Frederick. When he sold his house in 1906 and shifted to Blo' Norton, his sisters followed suit. In 1935, the princesses shifted from Blo' Norton Hall to Hampton House at Blo' Norton. When the lease came to an end in 1935, Princess Sophia installed a married couple Dora and Cyril Crowe (Cyril had been a childhood-friend of Frederick's), with their baby son Cyril Junior, at Hampton House to attend upon the princesses whenever they stayed there. When Sophia died in 1948, Bamba became the last surviving member of Duleep Singh's family from his first marriage. Bamba took up residence at Hilden Hall as well as the management of Hampton House. Her relationship with the Crowes developed in terms of mutual respect and affection. While Cyril Jr had been a great favourite with Sophia, his sister Oriel, who was eight years younger, was much loved by Bamba. In later life, the young girl would recall how 'Princess Bamba retained her sense of humour, and as an old lady she would smile, wrinkle her nose, and giggle like a little girl' (Peter Bance, Sovereign, Squire and Rebel: Maharajah Duleep Singh, London 2009, p 160).In 1953, Bamba decided to give Hampton House to the Crowes as she planned to return to Lahore (she had visited Punjab's capital in 1941 but was forced to remain there for five years following the outbreak of the Second World War). She died in her family's ancestral home in 1957. According to Oriel Crowe's (later Sutherland) letter of provenance accompanying this group, Princess Bamba gifted these items of jewellery to her mother, Mrs Dora Crowe, before she left England on her final journey to Lahore. Bamba had told Mrs Crowe that the circular stoned gold and mirrored broach was formerly part of Maharaja Duleep Singh's horse harness. As such, they represent a remarkable link back to one of the richest treasuries in the world.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A metal thread-embroidered silk calligraphic panel Probably Egypt, 19th/ 20th Centuryof square form, the black ground emroidered in gilt-silver thread, with a roundel formed of calligraphy in thuluth, the corners with foliate interlace, mounted 83 x 83 cm.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection, acquired Bonhams Islamic & Indian Art, 2 May 2001, lot 193.Inscriptions: Qur'an, sura CXII (al-Ikhlas).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Ottoman engraved calligraphic emerald ring possibly Egypt, 17th/ 18th Centurythe emerald of oval form engraved with a line of inscription in nasta'liq, the silver-coated gold ring with openwork sections to band the emerald 1.4 x 1.2 cm.; 4.8 g.Footnotes:ProvenanceThe Shakerine Collection, acquired Bonhams Islamic & Indian Art, 2 May 2001, lot 343.Inscriptions: ma sha' allah, 'What God Wills'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rock crystal-hilted steel dagger (pesh-kabz) North India, early 19th Centurythe single-edged watered-steel blade of tapering form with flattened spine chiselled with an undulating floral vine, the rock crystal hilt of typical form, the silver hilt mount engraved 'Charles J B Robinson', the wood scabbard clad entirely in green velvet 37.3 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A pair of silver-inlaid alloy bidri carpet weights Deccan, 19th Centuryeach in the form of lotus buds resting resting on stepped square bases profusely decorated in silver inlay with geometric lattice motifs, floral vines and chevron bands each 12 cm. high(2)Footnotes:ProvenanceOliver Hoare (1945-2018).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A silver and copper-inlaid brass vase depicting dervishes Syria, circa 1900of inverted piriform on a short foot with flaring neck,engraved and decorated in silver and copper inlay with dervishes and domed mosques, inscriptions and minarets, inscription-filled cartouches and vegetal interlace 31.5 cm. Footnotes:Inscriptions: sayings and invocations, innama [a]l-a'mal bi ['l]-niyyat, 'Verily, actions (are judged) by motives'; a hadith of the Prophet, al-istiqamah 'ayn al-karamah, 'Integrity is a mark of excellence', ra's al-hikmah fakhamat allah, 'Beginning of wisdom is fearing God'; invocations to God, ya hadi!, 'O Guide!, 'ya hafiz!, 'O Preserver!, 'ya wahhab!, 'O Bestower!'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Raja Hira Singh seated in a pavilion with his mistress and a hunting dog Lahore, school of Purkhu, circa 1835gouache, gold and silver on paper, in a painted oval, floral cornerpieces, dark blue inner border 250 x 200 mm.Footnotes:This painting appears to be one of a series that show court gatherings called by Maharaja Ranjit Singh (in the Maharaja Ranjit Singh Museum, Amritsar, acc. no. 16, published in B. N. Goswamy, Piety and Splendour: Sikh Heritage in Art, 2000, plate 101) and Maharaja Sher Singh (in University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive, acc. no. 1998.42.208, unpublished ). Though not identified with an inscription, the nobleman who dominates this intimate scene bears a close resemblance to Raja Hira Singh as captured in a portrait by Emily Eden in 1838.Hira Singh, the son of the Lahore Court's chief minister Raja Dhian Singh, was regarded by European commentators as Maharaja Ranjit Singh's favourite. Born in 1816, he was given the title 'raja' in 1828 at the age of just twelve. A few years later he was proclaimed farzand-i khas or 'favoured son', and had the rare privilege of being allowed to be seated in the Maharajah's presence, unlike his father who remained standing. During the civil war that erupted following Ranjit Singh's death, Hira Singh assumed the office of his murdered father in Maharaja Duleep Singh's government. After just a year, a resentful army brutally murdered him for his manifold injustices.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fars silver-inlaid brass bowl Persia, 14th Centurywith rounded base, inverted sides and flattened rim, engraved with a series or roundels of alternating inscription-filled cartouches and roundels containing scenes of enthroned rulers with attendants, the interstices with geometric motifs, the base with a repeat design of interlinked palmette cartouches filled with floral motifs, the interior with a central roundel surrounded by fish, herons and other animals 18 cm. diam. Footnotes:Inscriptions: al-'izz li-mawlana al-sultan/ al-a'zam malik riqab al-umam/al-sultan al-saltin al-/'arab wa al-'ajam al-ghazi al-'adil, 'Glory to our Master, the greatest sultan, the one who curbs the necks of nations, the Sultan of the sultans of the 'Arabs and the Persians, the conqueror, the just'.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Ottoman gem-set jade-hilted dagger Turkey, 19th Centurythe watered steel blade of curved form with two open sections along the blade, decorated in gold overlay with interlaced split-palmettes, the jade hilt with trefoil pommel, the wood scabbard clad entirely in silver decorated in repoussé with floral motifs and paired crescent motifs, openwork mount to top set with rubies and other gemstones 33.5 cm. longFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate UK collection, Northern Ireland.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A large bidri tray depicting Rama and Sita enthroned, and the twelve Avatars of Vishnu India, circa 1900of rectangular form with sloping edges, profusely decorated in silver inlay with a large oval containing Rama and Sita enthroned surrounded by avatars of Vishnu, the spandrels with makaras on a ground of floral sprays, the border with scrolling vegetal motifs 57.9 x 37 cm.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Six pairs of Ottoman gold and silver-damascened steel Calligrapher's scissors Turkey, 19th Centuryof varying forms, six decorated in gold overlay with foliate and geometric motifs, one pair in silver overlay with vegetal interlace the largest 24.5 cm. long(6)Footnotes:ProvenancePrivate Spanish collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Qajar gold and silver-damascened steel peacock Persia, 19th Centurystanding upright with long tail, the body decorated in gold, silver and copper inlay with cartouches containing feather motifs, the wings and body with further feather motifs 35 cm. highFootnotes:ProvenancePrivate Spanish collection.Important Notice to BuyersSome countries e.g., the US, prohibit or restrict the purchase by its citizens (wherever located) and/or the import of certain types of Iranian-origin works. As a convenience to buyers, Bonhams has marked with the symbol R all lots of Iranian (Persian) origin. It is each buyer's responsibility to ensure that they do not bid or import a lot in contravention of the sanctions or trade embargoes that apply to them.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: RR This lot is subject to import restrictions when shipped to the United States.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Old British Coin Collection, World Coins & Banknotes, includes a large amount of Georgian copper coins, pre 20 & pre 47 Silver, India Bengal Presidency Rupee and two Quarter Rupee, a small novelty padlock made of two Victorian Silver Threepence one dated 1871, Two Coronation medals in Original Case, with other British, World Coins & Tokens/Restrike.
-
2466194 item(s)/page