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Click here to subscribeA Chinese horn swagger stick, 19th century, the silver mounted top decorated with figures in a landscape, 74.8cm long, total weight 90g This lot is subject to CITES regulations when exporting outside the EU. Non-EU potential purchasers should be aware that, under EU guidance issued March 2012, it is possible that you may not be able to obtain a CITES re-export permit for this lot. 清十九世纪 犀角镶银手杖
A collection of Chinese embroideries, 19th-20th century, comprising: a pair of sleeves, each decorated with sprigs of flowers and precious objects on a blue ground within a black border, 47 x 188cm, a Chinese rank badge, of the Seventh Civil Rank, with a mandarin duck standing on a rock above waves in gold and silver thread, 31 x 33cm, a pair of wallets, each decorated with bats amongst Chinese characters 'Wanshi Ruyi' (may everything go as one wishes), above waves within false gadroon borders, each 11.4cm wide, and an embroidered table mat, 28cm diameter (4) 十九至二十世纪 袖口 方补 及 其他活计
HEBDOMAS PATENT SILVER & ENAMEL POCKET WATCH a silver cased pocket watch with an 8 day movement, enamel dial and visible escapement. Dial marked Hebdomas Patent, Swiss Made, and marked 9.25 on the ring and inside the case and with import marks. Mechanism not currently working.
RARE NICOLE FRERES MUSIC BOX - PIANO FORTE OVERTURE an unusual Nicole Freres music box, circa 1850. With a 4 air mechanism, with a drop down flap on one side to reveal 3 brass levers and the winding hole. With a 13ins (33cms) long cylinder, triple stamped by Nicole Freres and marked with the number 36792 (also marked with the same number on the songsheet plaque and on the base of the case). With a silver/silver plated plaque on the inside of the lid, marked 4 Ouvertures Piano Forte Gme 1713, 36792, with a list of 4 overtures including Rossini & Mozart, Hurt Et Wray A Birmingham. The rosewood veneered top of the case inlaid in brass, coloured enamel and tortoiseshell. In working order and with it's key, teeth intact. Case 55cms by 23cms
A Great War Rolex "trench" watch, the silver Denison case bearing 1914 assay marks, the case back engraved "LIEUT W H BROWN, 84 SQD, RFC" [William Henry "Harry" Brown served with the 1st Canadian Signal Corps before transferring to the Royal Flying Corps in 1917. In August of that year, he was posted to 84 Squadron as an S.E.5a pilot. He scored nine victories before he was returned to the Home Establishment on 8 April 1918.]
A silver brooch cast and engraved as two soaring eagles, the badge of RAF 11 Squadron, and engraved verso "Presented to Mrs E F Dacre by 11 Squadron, 30 - XI - 702, smith's mark of Alexander Taylor Reid, assayed at Edinburgh, 1970, 5 cm x 5 cm [Air Commodore G B Dacre was a Great War pilot, in 1951 he and his wife presented the Dacre Trophy to the RAF, in memory of their son, Kenneth Fraser, who was killed on Mosquito operations over Germany in 1943 whilst serving with No 605 Squadron, the trophy being awarded annually to the most proficient fighter squadron in the RAF. Similarly the Dacre Brooch is the highest award any female Air Cadet can achieve.]
Sir Alan Smith, CBE, DFC, RAF Spitfire ace and Douglas Bader's wing man, a Free Czechoslovakian air force presentation paperweight, comprising an onyx tablet faced with a Czech pilot's white metal badge (tested as silver) and a plaque bearing the engraved inscription "F/L A J Smith from A V M K Janousek, C I G, 1 -1 1942", 15 cm x 8 cm
A Rare and Important Melon-Form Silver Handled Jar and Cover, Tang Dynasty (618-907)Raised on a short splayed foot, the eight-lobed globular body decorated with engraved panels including birds, deer, tiger and ram amongst blossom and foliage, all on a ring-punched stippled ground, the shoulder surmounted by a pair of recumbent mythical bixie beasts supporting a tapering D-section swing handle, the cover double-domed and rising to a tear-shaped finial.Height 17.3 cm Provenance: An old Scottish Estate, acquired prior to 1980 [Notes: This silver jar is an example of the fine craftsmanship and sumptuous tastes of the Tang Court. Despite China’s strong history of using silver in ornaments and smaller vessels, it was not until the 6th Century that this material was considered one of the premier luxury materials. The vessel was analysed at Oxford University and determined to be of very high fineness (99.7%), comparable with other Tang silver. Its design is unique in both its shape and decoration. The lobed form and depiction of fantastic beasts was introduced through trade along the Silk Road. Despite being used as Chinese decorative motifs since the Bronze Age, the two mythical bixie on the shoulders are also influenced by creatures from Central Asia. Assuming the form of a single-horn winged lion, these animals are known to ward off evil and bring wealth in the form of gold and silver coins to their owners. With its large size and attractive workmanship, this vessel would have been a prized possession within the Tang upper-class. The presence of a cover is quite remarkable, the double-dome and finial of which are reminiscent of a Buddhist stupa, offering up the possibility that this vessel was used for religious ceremonies in a high-ranking temple. For a similar container of this shape, see Carol Michaelson, Gilded Dragons, Buried Treasures from China’s Golden Ages, London, 1999, Fig. 82, a handled jar and cover at the Shaanxi History Museum. Both have similar rounded forms, swivel handles supported in the mouths of mythical beasts, and engraved depictions of animals and foliage, the latter lacking the lobed body of this specimen; an eight-lobed parcel-gilt silver and gold box sold through Sotheby’s London, 27 November 1973, lot 30, and another example published in Eskenazi’s Early Chinese Metalwork in Gold and Silver; Works of Art of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, London, 2011, page 33; the bold four-square stature of the deer can be compared to that of a repoussé standing rhinoceros on a silver dish sold at Sotheby’s London Masterpieces of Chinese Precious Metalwork, 14 May 2008, lot 59; and the large lush foliage can be compared to similar designs on a silver bowl and a bowl and cover that were sold in ibid., lots 53 and 64. The last three examples were all featured in Bo Gyllensvärd, Chinese Gold and Silver in the Carl Kempe Collection, Stockholm, 1953.]
A modern silver sculpture of a toadstool by Christopher Lawrence, textured and parcel-gilt, the cap lifting away to reveal a miniature scene, the latter in the form of a fairy and elf nestled amid mother-of-pearl mistletoe and holly, on a slate base, London, 1981, 15.5 cm
[ Fishing Interest ] A George V silver cigarette case, having engine-turned decoration and an engraved monogram, opening to reveal a presentation engraving to 'Arthur Pearman for Services Rendered to M. E. M Angling Club 1926-1948', LDB, Birmingham, 1946, 201.8g
An Indian white-metal five-piece cruet set retailed by Dass and Dutt of Calcutta, comprising mustard, salt cellars and pepperettes, each repousse decorated to the circumference with a continuous domestic and hunting scenes, tests as silver, 205.3g total (excluding glass lining)
A George V Scottish Arts and Crafts silver five-piece tea and coffee service by Sybil Norah Pringle, each with planished decoration and stylized ring-pull handles, the tea pot, sugar bowl and milk jug of oblate form raised over a cylindrical foot, Edinburgh, 1938, the coffee pot and hot water of ovoid form, Edinburgh, 1946, 2,388g total weight
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