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Lot 8575
ATTRIBUTED TO NAPOLEON BONAPARTE: An early 19th Century black lacquered snuff box, the lid with chequerboard style line detail with gold coloured central cartouche, opening to reveal a silver plaque to the inner lid “THIS BOX BELONGED TO NAPOLEON AND WAS GIVEN BY MADAME BERTRAND TO LIEUT. HAYNE R.A. AT ST HELENA 18TH MAY 1821”, measures 5.5cm x 3cm x 2cm. Provenance: Lieut. Haynes is recorded to have been on Madame Bertrand’s Visiting List (Lowe Papers 20,128, p.517 / St. Helena Who’s Who). Madame Bertrand was Napoleon's attendant on St. Helena and died April 20th 1822. The vendor’s great, great, great uncle was named Philip Ditmas and was stationed on St. Helena to guard Napoleon.Literature;Gloucester Journal, Sat 1st June 1929"Veteran Officer- Death of F.F. Ditmas""Lieutenant Philip Ditmas 66th Regiment, was stationed at St Helena to guard the Emperor Napoleon."Dundee Evening Telegraph, Wed 30th March 1898"Sale of Napoleon Relics""The property of a daughter of R.Hayne (who was in close personal attendance on Napoleon at St Helena until his death)"
Lot 205
An Edwardian novelty silver pin cushion holder realistically cast as a bird (chick) hallmarked by William H Haseler, Birmingham, 1905, approx 8.6 grams (pin cushion lacking) together with an 19th Century pewter mounted conch shell snuff box, an Art Deco ceramic half doll and two vintage tins (1 bag) silver chick without pin cushion, snuff box tarnished
Lot 30
A Victorian silver snuff box, of scrolled form, ornate chasing and engraving to all sides, engraved "B. Bennett from E & SCB, 9th Feb. 1884" to cover, gilt interior, hallmarked by George Unite, Birmingham, 1868, approx. 7.2cm wide x 1.8cm high. Weight: 90.7 grams (2.9ozt) Further details: generally good, some surface scratching and wear.
Lot 46
A collection of mixed silver items to include; a late Victorian silver hand brush, foliage/floral design, Birmingham, 1900, a pair of stylised silver salt cellars on circular footed bases, hallmarked London, 1906, a small George V silver and enamel stamp holder, hallmarked by Crisford & Norris, Birmingham, 1915, an engraved Birmingham silver cheroot holder with faux amber end (broken), a crystal cut glass scent bottle, screwable silver top, London hallmarked, a Birmingham silver handled long button hook, along with a silver plated circular snuff box with floral/foliage design, a decorative plated napkin ring and a white metal spoon with camel and tree designed terminal. (1 bag) Weight: approx. 56.3 grams (1.8ozt) Further details: some impact damage/split to one salt cellar, damage to cheroot holder, silver on brush slightly loose form brush, loss to enamel on stamp holder, hinged top loose, nibbles to glass, misshapen and dented areas, tarnishing and general wear.
Lot 35
An Eastern niello white metal rectangular snuff box, with applied geometric decoration, waterside and ship designs to sides and moon and star crest above building design to cover, unmarked possibly Turkish, approx. 6.8cm wide x 1.7cm high. Along with a plain silver circular pill box, gilt interior, hallmarked by J Wippell & Co Ltd, London, 1949, approx. 4.8cm wide x 1.8cm high. (2) Weighable English silver: approx. 38.4 grams (1.2ozt) Further details: tarnishing, general wear, some slight misshapen areas to niello box.
Lot 49
Tabatière en porcelaine de Meissen, monture en argent doré, circa 1740-50, la décoration du XIXe siècleA silver-gilt-mounted Meissen snuff box, circa 1740-50, the decoration 19th centuryAfter the model by J.J. Kaendler, cartouche-shaped, the front and back with low-relief hunting scenes within cartouches of scroll- and strapwork and shells, the cover with a larger scene and cartouche and the base with a hunting scene, the sides moulded with shells enclosed by strapwork and foliage, the scenes painted in polychrome enamels and the frames in puce with additional coloured flowers, the inside cover painted with a hunting scene, the interior gilt, 7cm across; 5.2cm high (gilt interior rubbed around the inside rim)Footnotes:W. Siemen (pub.), Vor den Ursprüngen des europäischen Porzellans bis zum Art Déco (2010), cat. no. 113Exhibited:Selb and Hohenberg a.d. Eger, Porzellanikon, 'Königstraum und Massenware. 300 Jahr europäisches Porzellan', 24 April to 2 November 2010Kaendler's work report for May 1737 includes: '1 sehr mühsame Tabatiere für d. Herrn geh. Rath v. Brühl Exc. angefangen, darauf sehr viele flache Zierrathen befindlich, und sollen Jagd Stückgen auf die Deckel und Seiten gefertigt werden, welche aber bis in kommenden Monat vollends zu fertigen aufbehalten worden' [1 very laborious snuff box begun for the Privy Councillor Exc. von Brühl, on which there are very many flat decorations, and hunt scenes should be completed on the cover and sides, which will be kept to be finished next month]. The work reports indicate that Kaendler completed the box in July or August of 1737.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 22
Très rare groupe 'crinoline' en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un chevalier et une dame, porcelaine circa 1745, décor postérieurA very rare Meissen crinoline group of a cavalier and lady, the porcelain circa 1745, later decoratedModelled by J.J. Kaendler, the lady holding her companion's hand, with a fan hung from her right wrist, wearing a green cap with gilt flowers, a dress decorated with indianische Blumen and an arched puce border with panels of gilt foliate scrollwork and a gilt-edged white underskirt, her companion holding a gilt snuff box and his tricorn hat under his left arm, wearing a purple-patterned puce jacket with yellow cuffs and gilt buttons and a blue sash, a gold-ground waistcoat decorated with flowers and white breeches, the base applied with leaves and flowers 22cm high (some minor restoration)Footnotes:Literature:J. Rafael, Zur 'Taxa Kaendler', in Keramos 203/204 (2009), p. 59 (illustrated)Mentioned in Kaendler's work reports in June 1744: 'Einen Neues Groupgen gehöriger maßen zerschnitten und zum abformen Zu bereitet, Welches Vorstellet Wie ein Ordens Ritter mit dem Stern auf der Brust, eine wohl geputzte Dame bey der Hand führet' [a new group cut appropriately to size and prepared for forming, which depicts how a knight of the order with a star on the breast leads a finely finished lady by the hand]; and in the Taxa of overtime work: '1. Grouppgen, einen Cavbalier so auf der Brust einen Stern dem Pohlnischen Orden anhangen hat, auch eine Tabattiere hält, bey der Hand aber eine geputzte Dame führet' [A group of a cavalier with the Polish order and a star hanging on his breast, also holding a snuff box, leading a finely finished lady by the hand].A similar group was in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Irwin Untermyer Collection, acc. no. 64.101.55; another is in the Pauls Collection (I. Menzhausen, In Porzellan verzaubert (1993), pp. 102f).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 769
λ A SCOTTISH SILVER-MOUNTED COWRIE SHELL SNUFF BOXLATE 20TH CENTURYmaker's mark of TDO, Edinburgh 1973, with a hinged cover and engraved border and a modern metalware-mounted cowrie shell snuff box (2)8.7cm (max)ProvenanceParker & Morris: The Art of Decorating.PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE.
Lot 158
Tabatière figurative de Capodimonte, circa 1750A Capodimonte figural snuff box, circa 1750Of oval shape with a gilt-metal mount, the cover with a sleeping shepherdess reclining in on a rockwork base, her left arm embracing a little lamb, her staff by her side, 5.5cm wide, Footnotes:ProvenanceItalian Private CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 156
Tabatière italienne ovale en porcelaine monture en métal doré, possiblement Doccia, circa 1770An Italian porcelain gilt-metal-mounted oval snuff box, possibly Doccia, circa 1770Painted with flower sprays and some further scattered flowers, the cover with a gilt foliate border, the inside cover with an iron-red ground border edged with gilt scrollwork enclosing two flowers, 7.5cm across (some damage)Footnotes:ProvenanceItalian Private CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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