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A pair of Regency simulated rosewood window seats, circa 1820, attributed to Gillows, of X-frame form, each with scrolls with turned rails above the caned seat and outswept legs terminating in scrolls and ball feet, each stamped H H to the undersides of the rails, 61cm high, 110cm wide, 41cm deep The attribution of Gillows workshops as the origin of these stools is based on the stretcher rails of both stools being stamped 'H H' twice. According to Susan Stuart's book 'H H' is one of the most common initial stamps on Gillows' chairs made during the first half of the 19th century. One set of twenty four chairs sold at Mere Hall, Cheshire (Christie's 23.5.1994) were inscribed with the firms name and in particular one chair inscribed 'H Howard W Yates Brook/ Mere' in addition to the 'H H' stamp suggesting that 'HH' could be Henry Howard. See Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors Club, 2008 (vol.II, page 244) Condition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use, The simulated finish appears refreshed in places, it has warn in places such as (but by no means exclusively) the turned elements of the arms, some fading and colour variation overall, to one the canework seat is intact to the other there is some sagging and old damage to one side, There have been various old spliced repairs to the legs, one leg with a filled channel where some previous repair has taken place. This repair is almost certainly professionally carried out. Overall the frames appear solid and stable at presentPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Condition Report Disclaimer
A Victorian satinwood, boxwood and parcel gilt armchair, circa 1860, Johnstone & Jeanes, London, the button upholstered spoon-shaped back above open arms and seat, on turned front legs and outswept back legs all terminating in brass caps and castors, stamped by the makers to the front seat rail JOHNSTONE & JEANS, / 67 NEW BOND ST. / LONDON 55948, and by the chair maker 'T.E.', 91cm highCondition Report: Marks, knocks, scratches, abrasions consistent with age and use,The upholstery with dirt and stains overall, there appears to have been some decorative trim previously which has been removed leaving tacks and glue visible to the surface. The frame appears solid and stable overall, some old splits and cracks and some signs of glued repairs to elements such as the armsThe stamp quite faintChips and losses to some extremities, especially around the castor join to one legPlease refer to additional images for visual reference to condition Additional measurements: 70cm wide, 90cm deep overallCondition Report Disclaimer
A group of maritime and related collectibles to include a Heath & Co of London 'Hezzanith' navigational slide rule in case, two thermometers, a torch, two stamp presses 'Langham Wholesalers' and '269 Dentons Green, St. Helens', a boxed Komet bell, etc. CONDITION REPORT Provenance: this lot is from a private collection in Surrey and the vendor's father taught at Liverpool Maritime College many years ago.
A silver gilt replica stamp proof set, 'The Empire Collection' comprising twenty-four various gold plated hallmarked silver replica stamps fitted in red leather case, silver approx 14.2ozt. CONDITION REPORT There should be twenty-five stamps, the bottom right stamp is missing, wich should be the UK coat of arms.
A Victorian rosewood three division hat pin box, 26.5cm wide, 14cm deep., a wall mounted four division letter rack, with carved foliate detailing, 30cm high, an Indian box, carved with a deity under an arbour, surrounded by birds and scrolling leaves, 15cm wide, 10cm deep., and a Continental late 19thC five division stamp box, painted to the lid with figures in a landscape, 14.5cm wide. (4)
Alexis de Leeuw (Belgian 1822-1900), The Timber Wagon, chromolithograph on canvas, signed bottom right, framed 62 x 92cm, frame 87 x 117 cm 19th-early 20th century French School, coloured etching of Windmill, Georges Pettit blind stamp bottom left, signed 'Fienne Frisus' bottom right, 37 x 46 cm (PL), frame 55 x 65 cm Ralph Duck (Irish 20th Century), The Old Cedar Tree, watercolour, signed bottom right, mounted and framed. Measurements 34 x 27 cm (i), frame 55 x 47.5 cm. Previous auction label verso.There is a record for Ralph Duck as a member of the Dublin Sketching Club with whom he exhibited with in 1967. Together with: John Purser (British School), Leaving Harbour at Whitby, watercolour, signed bottom right. Measurements 25 x 34.5 cm and Geoff Marsters, The Weaver Bend, limited edition print, signed and dated 1989 bottom right, numbered 250/300, measurements 21cm x 31 cm (PL), frame 38 x 45 cm (3)
Miscellaneous silver items, including a hammered silver vesta case Birmingham hallmark, dated 1903, mm Adie & Lovekin, approx 30 w x 40 h mm; a silver lipstick holder and mirror stamped 800 and a silver envelope stamp case, approx 80 x 40 mm, Birmingham hallmark, dated 1905, mm Adie & Lovekin, approx weight 80.5 gms.
Borek Sipek (BoÅ™ek Å ípek) (1949-2016) for Driade ‘Follies’ Series, a set of silver plated ‘Alix’ cutlery c.1989, stamped ‘driade’ Eight piece setting for six people comprising:- 6 table forks, another 6 table forks, 6 fruit forks, 6 table spoons, 6 dessert spoons, 6 coffee spoons, 6 table knives and six fruit knives, each setting in a compartmentalised cloth wrap, with 'Alix' printed stamp Table fork 24.2 cm long (48) Property from a Private Collection Note: BoÅ™ek Å ípek (1949-2016) was a renowned postmodern Czech Architect and designer who was born in Prague and established his own design workshop in Amsterdam in 1983. He also began a collaboration with the Italian brand Driade, designing furniture and objects for them. His glass pieces have sometimes been described as Bohemian "neo-baroque". In his homeland he was designated ‘Court architect’ of Prague Castle by the then Czech president Václav Havel, the Castle being his official residence.An occasional scratch, hardly used.
Enzo Plazzotta (1921-1981), a patinated bronze figure ‘Kathi’ c.1969, Plazzotta shield mark numbered 2/9, foundry stamp “Fonderia Luigi Tommasi Pietrasanta’ Modelled and cast as a naked young woman sitting on a draped seat, on circular black plinth 59.5cm high Reference: C. Plazzotta & R O’Conor, 'Enzo Plazzotta Catalogue Raisonne', p57Small mark at the top of one thigh. A few fine scratches and tiny nicks to circular plinth.
A Royal Worcester squat vase with relief moulding and floral decoration, the base with green Royal Worcester back stamp and hand painted letters 'F 112' '10.49', height 10cm, together with a Paragon commemorative plate for King Edward VIII, who later abdicated, diameter 27cm, a Noritake bachelors' tea set on twin handled china tray with six cartouches of undulating landscapes, diameter 29.5cm and other china (quantity)
Three stamp albums housing GB used mint commemorative in folder, pre-decimal mint and used commemorative strips/sheets and loose housed in album, 1982-1991 GB used and mint (some with margin gum); together with an early album including 1867 Austrian Empire, Shanghai 1915 and other used China, Czechoslovakia newspaper stamps, Mexico 1886/1899, Deutsches Reich Official 1903/22, Anglo American Zone Military Government Issue 1945 (4).
Collection of stamp albums, catalogues, post and pre presentation packs including Argentine margin gum, Bayern embossed, Danzig high revenues, dog license printed stamps, batum/ penny reds, Queensland six pence green, Ecuador poster stamps, five pages of China/ Siam/ Thailand/ Hong Kong, early Denmark, Azerbaijan margin gum, wilding series multi crown c1964 in phospor, St. Edward's crown c1958, regionals, mint George VI British Solomon Islands/ Fiji/ Sierra Leone/ Virgin Islands, ten and five shillings seahorse stamps.
A very nice collection of stamp albums, Bailiwick of Guernsey year books (17) and FDCs including a signed Westminster Concorde cover by Capt Jock Lowe, silver proof coin FDC for the Queen's Coronation Jubilee 2003, Penny Red 1865 Edinburgh envelope, 1853 to 1940's assorted French stamps, USA commemorative heads from 1870 to 1930's, USA postage due/fiscals, Australia (Victoria) c1900's, Olympic 1984 album of covers in folder, Guernsey year books with mint stamps, c1960's-1980's military and RAF covers (some signed).
A collection of Royal Worcester blush ivory, mainly floral decoration to include: two graduating bulbous shaped urns - pattern no: 1727 and registration no: 227600, the larger one with puce stamp, the smaller green stamp; a small ewer painted with gilt flowers only, no: 1136, reg no: 43555 puce mark together with a Locke & Sons Worcester table candlestick, blush ivory with acanthus leaf stem and socket on shaped square base, heighted in gilt, black stamp (4)Condition Report: hairline crack and chip loss to rim of smaller urn (green mark) the crack runs in semi circle from rim around floral design and back towards top stopping at base of neck
A collection of Royal Worcester blush ivory to include a quatrefoil hors d'oeuvres tray, pattern 1602 (purple) reg 19427, purple Worcester mark, along with a tray, purple Worcester stamp only, length approx 47cm, an oval small tray reg 316064 (green) green Worcester mark, side plates pattern 1416 (black) black Worcester stamp, another pattern 1416 (purple)purple Worcester mark and a small plate, pattern 1796, reg 249198 (purple) purple Worcester markCondition report: wear to gilt in areas, no visible sign of damage or restoration
ALEXANDRE CLERGET (1856-1931) PAIR OF ART NOUVEAU GILT BRONZE CANDLESTICKS, CIRCA 1900each cast as a maiden holding a flower raised on a lilypad base, signed in the bronze A. CLERGET and with foundry stamp mark SIOT-DECAUVILLE, PARIS. FONDEUR(23.5cm and 24.5cm)Footnote: Note: Trained by fellow the renowned French sculptor Alexandre Falguiére, Alexandre Clerget achieved critical acclaim after exhibiting at the Salon from 1899 to 1924. Many of Clerget’s works were cast by Siot-Decauville, one of the most prolific founders and retailers of Art Nouveau bronzes.
A BOX OF SUNDRY ITEMS to include a map of Russia in Turkey - The Seat of War, a French map retailed by Stanford of Charing Cross, produced by August Logerot 1854, twenty five cloth bound sheets, Whitefriars Nailhead vase in Kingfisher - chipped, Art Deco chrome table lamp, approximate height 27cm excluding bulb fitting, navigators hardwood ruler with brass fittings, woven cotton nightshirt, stamp album etc
CRAFTS: Root, E R: The ABC of Bee Culture. Ohio, 1905. fully illustrated; Practical view of amendments needful in the existing Weights & Measures of the UK. Glasgow Argus office, 1833. PP: 30, (ii)rear wrapper. with wax seal, postal stamp etc. last page and endpaper contain an autograph letter. Plus: a later pamphlet on Weights & Measures. Shand, A I: Shooting. Dent, 1902; Johnson: Lure of Freemasonry. 1936, 1st.; Railway Magazine, Vol. 29, 1911; Winter: World Chess Championship, 1951. 1st. dw. Harris: The Paglesham Oyster: containing tales of Fact, Fiction and Romance, music, poetry, charades, riddles, enigmas, etc, Essex, 1870, subscribers copy, ill. Roland: Quelque Genealogies Annotees, 2 vols. OUP, Oxford, 1936 & 1941. Folio, original cloth, Plus 12 others. (21)
HOROLOGY: 1- Derham, William: Traite D'Horlogerie pour les montres et les pendules. Gregoire Dupuis, 1731. (French translation of: the artificial clockmaker). With 7 folding plates. PP: (viii), 188, viii. Later full mottled calf; small faded stamp to title; 2 leaves with repair to top edges; 2- Two works bound in one volume: 1- Chastel, Francois: Recueil de tables progressives pour les vibrations du régulateur. Genève, Luc Sestie, 1817. PP: (vi), 62; 2- Arlaud, F: Table qui indique les nombres qu'il faut aux roues de rencontre des montres.. Genève, Luc Sestié, 1805, 2nd. Edn. 23pp. The two are bound in near cont. card covers and specially made clamshell box. (2)
The Christopher Dyment Collection: CHINA/STEIN, Aurel: WALEY, Arthur: Catalogue of Paintings Recovered from Tun-Huang by Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. London, The Trustees of the British Museum and of the Government of India, 1931, 1st. edn. 4to. PP: lii, 328. cloth boards; Ex-Libra, with withdrawal stamp; VG. (last copy sold at CHRISTIES: New York, 21 March 2015, Estimate USD 200 - USD 300; Price realised USD 4,750) "Christopher Dyment (1939-2016): After reading Law at Cambridge and alongside with his career at the Law Commission he spent time travelling in east Asia and the Himalayan areas, influence by Tibetan Buddhism; and also concentrating on music. Christopher wrote numerous articles about historical conductors and also one book on Felix Weingartner, one on Toscanini in Britain and one on conducting the Brahms Symphonies."
A selection of HM silver items including a cigarette holder case, an Edwardian bookmark having pink paste decoration, a folding fruit knife having HM silver blade and mother of pearkl handle, an Edwardian sliding stamp case having blue cabouchon decoration and gilt interior, and a treen thimble holder having tartan decoration, containing an HM silver thimble and white metal thimble
Walt Disney (American, 1901-1966) Donald Duck playing golf signed, inscribed 'Studio 2, scene 1, D Duck golfer' and dated 1936, with 'Walt Disney co 1936' stamp 18 x 13cm, unframedCondition report: Lower left corner of paper missing, paper irregular in shape and a little tatty to edges. Brown staining to paper.
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