SRI LANKA - PHOTOGRAPHYA collection of approximately 75 views of Colombo, Kandy and elsewhere in Sri Lanka/Ceylon with some portraits of local types by Scowen & Co., Skeen & Co., Apothecaries Co. Ltd, and others, mostly albumen prints (and approx. 15 gelatin silver), some signed in the negative, some loose, many mounted on old album sheets, images typically c.220 x 275mm., or smaller, [c.1880-1910] (quantity)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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THOMSON (JOHN)Group of twenty-three fine views of Hong Kong, gelatin silver prints from original negatives, loose mounted, sheet size 295 x 364, the stereo views 140 x 255mm., [1868-1872, printed 1960s] (23)Footnotes:Images include: two-part panorama looking eastwards towards the harbour from Mr. Jardine's house at East Point; the waterfront; Queens Road with the clock tower; Pedder Street looking towards the Peak; Queens Road with Victoria Exchange; Queens Road East; Queens Road Central, with decorations for the Duke of Edinburgh's visit, 1869; Western district street with puppet show; D'Aguilar Street, looking towards the Peak; Mr. Jardine's house; view of the town towards the waterfront with City Hall under construction; City Hall; harbour, with H.M.S. Galatea on Duke of Edinburgh's arrival; view from near the Botanic Gardens; study of exotic plant; the cemetery at Causeway Bay; [stereo views] Kwai Yin Temple on Hollywood Road; City Hall from the Praya; Queens Road Central; three studies of a local family, on the balcony and at the meal table.Provenance: John Warner, Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of Art from 1962 to 1976, and author of Fragrant Harbour. Early Photographs of Hong Kong (1976). Warner commissioned the prints to be taken from the original negatives held by The Wellcome Institute, in preparation of a proposed exhibition in Hong Kong.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Georgian Hallmarked Silver Seven Bar Toast Rack, WE, London 1813, of plain loop design, with gadrooned detail, rasied on four ball feet, 16cm long (240grams).Lot 36 - Some of the loops are bent/out of shape, the rack rocks on a flat surface, there are signs of repair to the loops where they meet the rack base.
A Matched Set of Eight William IV Hallmarked Silver Gilt Spoons and Forks, spoons WC, London 1831 (18cm), forks MC. London 1835 (17.5cm), handles double struck, crested (total weight 1050grams). (16)Lot 52 - The patterns are the same, the spoons/fork dates are matched (1831/1835)
A Decorative Edwardian Hallmarked Silver Three Piece Tea Set, Elkington & Co, Sheffield 1906, each of shaped design with scroll capped loop handles, raised on shaped spreading base, jug and sugar bowl gilt lined, initialled (1240grams). (3) *Ivory Act 2022 Registration Number W263L3FY.
A Hallmarked Silver Lidded Tidy Jar, William Comyns, London 1900, of cylindrical form with pull off cover, allover detailed in relief with winged cherub heads (90grams).Lot 65 - There is rippling to the edge of the base, dents to the widest part of the lid, also monogrammed. Base-6 cm diameter, height-7.4 cm, widest part of lid-6.7 cm.
An Early XX Century Travelling Case, the fitted interior bearing plaque "Presented to Miss Kemp by The Choir, Sabbath School, Parishioners and Friends for faithful services rendered Trinity Gask May 1910", containing assorted hallmarked silver topped jars, hair brush, hand mirror, shoe horn, etc (various makers and dates), initialled 'AJK', the case initialled 'AJK', complete with canvas cover, overall width approximately 41cm.
A Matched Hallmarked Silver Three Piece Tea Set, Messrs Hutton, London 1903, 1905, each of oval semi reeded form, the tea pot engraved "Presented to John Thomas Bailey by the Parishioners of Kings Cliffe on his retirement from the Postmastership after 34 years service Sept 30 1905" (1135grams). (3)
A Hallmarked Silver Cigarette Case, AW, Birmingham 1940, allover engine turned, gilt lined; A Smaller Hallmarked Silver Cigarette Case, Walker & Hall, Birmingham 1930, allover engine turned, gilt lined, engraved inside "Presented by Kent & Co Ltd Bakery Engineers London" (total weight 220grams). (2)
A Georgian Hallmarked Silver Condiment Stand, Joseph Angell, London 1813, of shaped circular form with scroll gadrooned edge and central shaped loop handle, raised on three scroll and paw feet (480grams); together with an associated Adams Jasperware mustard pot, a Tudor England cut glass lidded mustard pot and pair of decorative salts.
A Hallmarked Silver Cigarette Box, H.Bros, Birmingham 1966(?rubbed) the rectangular hinged lid with engine turned decoration and initialled, engraved to the front "Presented to Mr M.H. Hayward on his retirement from F.A. Power Ltd March 1967", on bracket feet, 16.5cm wide; A Hallmarked Silver Ashtray, with engine turned decoration. (2)
Graham Leishman Stewart; A Modern Scottish Hallmarked Silver 'Deep Peace' Bowl, Edinburgh 1997, of Arts & Crafts style engraved with Gaelic blessing "Deep peace of the running wave to you Deep peace of the flowing air to you Deep peace of the quiet earth to you Deep peace of the shining stars to you Deep peace of the son of peace to you", on collet foot, 12.5cm diameter (210grams). *Graham Leishman Stewart was a designer, gold and silversmith who ran his workshop gallery in Dunblane, Scotland from 1978. Much of his work being inspired by poetry and Celtic spirituality, widely regarded as one of the finest silversmiths of his generation, he died in October 2020. www.grahamstewartsilversmith.co.ukLot 67 - Allover scratches and tarnishing, no obvious dents or damage.
A Middle Eastern Style Circular Lidded Box, with foliate leaf scroll decoration; A Continental Style Small Circular Box, detailed in relief with a child on a swing, stamped inside "925"; a small oval box stamped "925"; and a (import) hallmarked silver chest style trinket / pill box. (4)
An Art Deco Sapphire and Diamond Panel Ring, rectangular collet set to the centre with two uniform stones, within shaped frame setting millegrain set with four graduated old cut stones, between plain shoulders, stamped "18ct" (finger size N).Lot 248 - ring weight 2.5grams, 1.6cm x 1.4cm diamond size, we believe the sapphires to be natural (origin unknown), ring shank worn, chips and abrasions to sapphires, slight silver/grey colour against white background, unable to measure diamonds due to setting.
A Georgian Hallmarked Silver Lidded Mustard, John Edward Terrey & Co, London 1834, of circular baluster form allover profusely detailed in relief with flowerheads and acanthus leaf scrolls, with leaf capped scroll handle on four scroll feet (195grams).Lot 85 - Allover tarnishing, no obvious damage/dents, handle ok - no repairs/damage, hinge and lid ok, feet ok, dent/small crease to vacant panel.
A 9ct Gold Cased Openface Fob Watch, the engine turned dial with black Roman numerals, within scroll engraved case; An Openface Fob Watch, the gilt highlighted dial with black Roman numerals, within engraved case, stamped "0,935" and a multi strand Albertina. (3)Lot 312 - the gold fob watch winds, the movement goes but keep stopping, we cannot guarantee accuracy/timekeeping, silver cased fob doesn't go.
A Chester Hallmarked Silver Cased Openface Chronograph Pocket Watch, the white dial with black Arabic and Roman numerals and centre seconds, the movement signed "J.H. Dougherty 12 Kirkgate Huddersfield" and numbered "31393", within plain case with vacant cartouche, Chester 1882.
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