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Click here to subscribeMiscellaneous 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 (Bořek Šípek) (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: Bořek Šípek (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.
A Wedgwood 'Travel' pattern part-dinner service in Windsor Grey designed by Eric Ravilious comprising: two tureens with lids, one with chip, other with nibble to rim, each 25 cm; dinner plates x 5 25.5 cm; lunch plates x 6, 23.5 cm; side plates x 17, 18 cm, 3 chipped; sandwich plate 25.5 cm; tea cups x 11, 2 chipped; saucers x 14, 14 cm; beak jugs x 2, 11.5 cm; sugar bowls x 2, 10 cm; soup saucers x 4, 17 cm; soup bowls x 4, 3 chipped, 17 cm; sauce boat, 19.5 cm and plate, 21 cm; two oval platters, 32, 36.5 cm all with incised stamp 53 and black printed label (72) There are minor knife marks on some plates: the sandwich plate and lunch plates, visible only when held up to light at an angle
For your consideration is this Northern 19th century Northern Pacific Yellowstone National; Park Line issued leather holster. The holster shows a brass stud with a thumb release leather flap and a Northern Pacific Yellowstone National Park stamp with logo featured on front. Headquartered in Glendive, Montana, the Yellowstone Division's main routes were from Mandan, North Dakota, to Billings, Montana, and from Billings to Livingston, Montana. The division encompassed 875 route miles; 546 in main line and 328 in branches. The condition of this holster is fair intact and complete condition with wear consistent with age, and slight patina adorning the brass rivets. The measurements of this holster are 9 1/2" x 4".
For your consideration is this Navajo sterling silver bear face and bear claw sleeping beauty turquoise and red branch coral bracelet from Navajo artist M. Thomas Jr. The bracelet shows two sleeping beauty turquoise stones on both sides of the bracelet and a single red branch coral stones shown to the left of the bear claw and a beautiful figural and a beautiful example of Navajo floral decorations and bordering. This bracelet shows a sterling silver stamp with a M. Thomas Jr. stamp. The condition of this bracelet is good with slight patina to the inlaid between spaces however shows great condition to the inlaid turquoise and red branch coral. The measurements of this bracelet is 2 1/4" x 3" x 1 1/4" and the circumference of the inside of the bracelet is 5 3/4". The collective weight of this bracelet is 59.7g.
For your consideration in this lot is a sterling silver Reed & Barton bowl. The bowl has a leaf pattern around the sides. The bowl is marked on the back with a circle/star which dates it as 1946 and the eagle and lion on each side of the R-sheild Reed & Barton hallmark as well as stamped sterling. The last stamp of X405 is believed to be a style number. Reed & Barton was a prominent American silversmith manufacturer based in the city of Taunton, Massachusetts, operating between 1824 and 2015. During the American Civil War, Reed & Barton produced a considerable quantity of weapons for Union Army soldiers and officers. Reed & Barton was chosen to design and produce the official gold, silver, and bronze medals for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. The company's products are used at the White House in Washington, D.C. The bowl measures 6" across and is 1 1/8" deep. The bowl weighs 163.6 grams. This bowl is in good condition. Please see pictures for an accurate assessment of condition.
For your consideration is this mid century Genuine Briar turned pipe bowl and down stem made in Czechoslovakia. The bowl and stem show turned construction of Briar wood with aluminum accoutrements with a stamp of 'Made in Czechoslovakia' and 'Genuine Briar' and is connected to the down stem by a double piece of twine. The pipe shows a hinged wind lid and shows a eagle decoration adorning the bowl. The condition of this pipe is good with no obvious signs of damage to the The measurements of this pipe is 5" x 4" x 1 1/2"
For your consideration is this Indian Chiefs head cast iron plate mold shown from the mid 1900's. This plate is the same design as the Indian head on the 1911 five dollar coin. The Native American man has a chieftain headdress with a flower in it. This is this type of mold used to stamp pottery or lay composite material to achieve a molded Native American face. The condition of this mold is good with no obvious signs of damage to this molding plate. The measurements of this plate are 7 3/4" in diameter with a 1/4" height.
For your consideration is a collection of eight authentic original black and white photograph postcards circa early 1900s; the photos are captures of Casper, Jackson, and Salt Creak Oil Fields, Wyoming. There are six oil field photographs with 5 of them marked as either "Standard Oil Co Refineries" or "Salt Creek Oil Field." Also in this lot is a photograph of a "Cowboy Bar" in Jackson, Wyoming. As well as a portrait of a young man standing next to his motorcycle. On the back of this photo is handwritten "Clarence Collins when in service" Each of these pieces show post card correspondence and address, as well as a place to put a stamp. These are in good condition overall considering their age. These measure 5.5" x 3.5"
For your consideration is this Zuni Thunderbird Mosaic Watchband and Necklace by Zuni artist J. D. Lalio. There are two items in the jewelry collection showing a double thunderbird effigy watchband with the artist signature and Zuni on the back. The necklace shows the same design with the artist signature on the back of the pendant with a .925 stamp on the back of the necklace. Each of the jewelry pieces show inlaid multi stone mosaic construction showing Turquoise, Mother of Pearl, Onyx, Red Branch Coral set into small pendants attached to the pieces. The condition of this collection of Zuni jewelry is good with no obvious signs of damage and good condition to the stones included. The measurements of this watchband and necklace are 5 1/2" x 1" and the necklace measures 11 1/2" clasp to the pendant and the pendant measures 2" x 1". The collective weight of this jewelry pair is 21.7g.
For your consideration a handmade sterling silver necklace with Kingman Turquoise made by Wilson Dawes. The turquoise stone has amazing webbing and a brilliant blue which is bezel set and surrounded by a rope braid design. The necklace is a lightweight cable chain style with standard clasp with well polished backside and “WD” stamp and sterling. Chain length when unclasped is 17 ¾” and the pendant has a length of 3/4” a width of 1”.
For your consideration in this lot we have a set of three framed paintings of water birds with their corresponding stamp originating from the early 1980's. Each framed piece shows a U.S. stamp that is part of one of the water or game bird collections along with a signed print of the original artwork on the stamp. The first of the pieces shows two mallard ducks swimming among cattails. The piece was painted by Larry Hayden for the first Texas duck stamp, 1981. This limited print is numbered 9867/16500, and is signed in the bottom by the artist and comes with the print sleeve showing information about the artist and print. The second piece shows two wood ducks standing on a log next to water in a woodland scene. The piece was originally painting by Lee LeBlanc for the South Carolina migratory waterfowl hunting and conservation stamp, SC1981. This limited print is signed by the artist on the print, and stamp, and is numbered 3888/4500. The third piece is a limited print of an original painting by Michael Sieve and shows three Canadian geese flying over a marshy field with another flock in the background. This is an Oregon First of State duck print, 1984 that is signed by the artist and numbered 4687/11,825. This piece includes the original purchasing reciepts and communications indicating it was purchased for $155 in 1984 from Marsh & Field Wildlife Galleries. All three of the pieces in this collection show the stamp that the print represents, and each is professionally framed and show in great condition overall. Each frame measures approximately 16.5" x 19.5" and the visible artwork measures 7.5"x10"
This is an excellent Navajo David Yellowhorse custom Damascus knife with Eagle Kachina Dancer and stone inlays. David Yellowhorse has transformed this knife into visions of his Navajo heritage and the spirit of Western themes. The piece shows a custom forged Damascus clip point camp knife blade with random pattern Damascus having a blacksmith hammered finish spine and ricasso. The full tang knife shows a set of polished stainless steel hand guard bolsters with a hammered stepped finish, an iconic Yellowhorse finish, and double sided highly finished inlaid grips. The grips show a black matrix blue turquoise colored stone with silver linings, black onyx and red matrix jasper holding a hand cut and made silver Eagle Kachina Dancer figure being inlaid at the center and having a stippled finish around the figure. The inlay is shown on both sides with one side having a gold inlay on his belt, an artist silversmith Easter egg. The spine of the handle has been vine file worked by hand. The blade is marked on the right “David Yellowhorse Custom” along with his logo. The knife has been paired with a Great American Bison Buffalo leather hand crafted sheath which is also marked with the David Yellowhorse stamp and his logo. The knife is in brand new condition and comes with a Certificate of Authenticity which is marked as being "KACHINA" and is signed by David Yellowhorse. We are one of the only companies offering David Yellowhorse custom Damascus knives with a with large blades of such a high quality. The knife measures 8 5/8" long with the blade measuring 4 1/8" long. In the sheath the piece measures 10 3/8" long.
1919 & 1922 London Underground MAPS OF THE ELECTRIC RAILWAYS OF LONDON, the first is 'What to See & How to See it', with print-code 209-500M-18-6-19, black bullseye on the cover and opens out to 14" x 11" (35 x 28cm). Has a 50% parting to the horizontal fold and issuer's stamp on cover. The second is 'What to See & How to Travel' with issue date 1-3-22. Designed by MacDonald Gill with calligraphed station names, opens out to 13.5" x 11" (34 x 28cm). Folds reinforced with archive tape, crease to cover. [2]
c1942 WW2 double royal-sized POSTER "Coughs and Sneezes spread Diseases...." by Henry Mayo Bateman (1887-1970). One of a famous series issued by the Ministry of Health during the War to encourage people to stay healthy and thereby help the war-effort, this one depicts a man sneezing over other passengers on a London Underground train. Bears a small stamp at top l/h corner 'Authorised for exhibition on LNER'. Previously folded with a couple of short fold-partings but generally good otherwise. [1]
1839 (1889) Bradshaw's RAILWAY COMPANION "Railway Timetables and Assistant to Railway Travelling". This is the version dated '10th Mo 25th, 1839 (No 3)' and is almost certainly the 1889 facsimile reprint by Bradshaw to celebrate their half-century, though is not so marked. Pocket-sized, hard covers with gold-leaf title label. Contains timetables, a fold-out map of the railways of England & Wales, town plans, area maps, "hackney coach" fares etc. A little age-foxing in places but otherwise an excellent example. Very small stamp 'Selbourne Library' inside cover. [1]
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