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Lot 613
A David Leach (1911-2005) porcelain tea service 1975, spirally fluted, decorated all over in a pale celadon glaze comprising; a teapot and cover with bamboo handle, a milk jug, a sugar bowl, six teaspoons and saucers, impressed LD monogram seals, teapot with blue painted potters stamp 1975, the teapot 23cm high with handle upright (a.f). Illustrated
Lot 788
CHARLES DICKENS - original pencil drawing, head & shoulders, seated & looking downwards in writing pose; titled 'The Last Bit of Copy / "The Boy's waiting, Sir", 1858', 24 x 17 cms. & beneath (separately cut in the mount) 'To Miss Fanny Jackson, / With the Compliments of an Old Admirer . . . (Punch Office).' * Fanny Jackson (1837-1913) born a slave but first black American woman to be a high school principal; in the 1880s (after marriage) became head of the International Missionary Society in London; apparently sometime later in the collection of the 20th cent. American artist George Hughes (indistinct stamp on mount verso).
Lot 863
FREZIER (A.M.) Relation du Voyage de la Mer du Sud aux Cotes du Chily et du Perou, fait pendant les annees 1712, 1713, & 1714 . . . (2nd edition). 37 engraved plates (incl. maps & plans, some folded), half title, engraved pictorial cartouche above dedication, approbation (etc.) leaf, 63pp. 'Response' at end; contemp. calf, gilt-decorated & panelled spine with red label, 4to. Paris, 1732. * from the Biblioteque Antoienn (Franciscans), Quebec - with old title stamp; later pictorial bookplate of G. Ducharme; this edition with reply to criticisms of the 1716 (original)
Lot 888
TURNBULL (J.) A Voyage Round the World, in the Years 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804: in which the author visited Madeira, the Brazils, Cape of Good Hope, the English Settlements of Botany Bay and Norfolk Island; and the principal islands in the Pacific Ocean . . . 2nd edition. half title, rebound green three-quarter morocco & buckram cloth, gilt-lettered & panelled spine, gilt top (by Sangorski & Sutcliffe), 4to. 1813. this edition revised, & including an account of Baudin's expedition to Australia. * Devon & Exeter Institution's stamp on title verso & at end.
Lot 2175
A Derbyshire Blue John type hardstone parasol handle, 6.5cm, a similar hardstone handle of oval tapering form, a bronze Royal medallion by Allan Wyon commemorating the marriage of Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry, 6.5cm diameter, two other bronze medallions, a Victorian ivory and blue silk lined stamp case and sundry (qty).
Lot 40
Garden Sculpture:Ernst Eisenmeyer Abstract figure Sheet copper Unique 1963 370cm.; 146ins high Born in 1920, Ernst Eisenmayer was the eldest son of Austro-Hungarian Jewish parents. He tried to escape Vienna after the Anschluss; the annexation of Austria by Hitler in March 1938. As Eisenmayer recounts in A Strange Haircut - an autobiographical account about leaving Austria written in 2008 - on his second attempt he was caught on the French border, transported to Saarbrücken prison and from there to Dachau Concentration Camp. Through his younger brother Paul, who arrived in Britain by Kindertransport in 1939, his brother~s guardian Professor J. L. Brierley acted as Eisenmayer~s sponsor securing him his trainee post and hence his release from Dachau. As such he was possibly one of the last prisoners to have been released from Dachau prior to the war. Following his arrival in England he was subsequently imprisoned in five different British Internment camps, including Onchan on the Isle of Man, where he produced sculpture for exhibitions and wrote for the camp newspaper. His drawing |Violinist at Onchan| was later published as a motif of a postage stamp of the Isle of Man. He later worked as a toolmaker and from 1944 he exhibited for the first time in an exhibition on Austrian art in exile before studying from 1946-47 at the Camberwell College of Arts. His paintings and graphic work of the 1940s and 1950s explore the cityscapes and inhabitants of war-time and post-war London; at which time he became friendly with Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) and his friendship with Victor Pasmore (1908-1998) who he first met at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts. In 1962 Eisenmayer turned to sculpture with a series of carved serpentine and stone heads which were first shown at the Mercury Gallery in 1963. Developed from his earlier representations of the brutal features of a camp guard in Dachau and working in hard, textured stone, the heads explore themes of the conqueror and the hostage. Eisenmayer~s welded, carved and cast sculptures of the 1960s and 1970s, produced during the continuing climate of the Cold War, investigate the potentialities for individual and group personages to withstand the pressure of external forces and to act as markers of resistance, particularly in an uncertain age of nuclear capability. In this sense Eisenmayer~s works act as witness to some of the most tragic events of the twentieth-century, alongside capturing the excitement of post-war reconstruction, and overlooked aspects of modernity. This figure dates to this period and was constructed by Eisenmayer himself at Elizabeth Frink~s studio in Chelsea in 1963, then installed in the grounds of the house ~Long Wall~ belonging to and designed by the well-known architect Leslie Gooday, where it has remained until the present day. In the 1970s Eisenmayer was commissioned to undertake a number of large public sculptures including The Family Group for the Nottingham Carlton Forum and the complex steel and bronze sculpture for the British Pavilion at Expo~ 70 in Osaka, Japan. Eisenmayer~s work has recently undergone a revival of interest. Some of his works were exhibited in 2009 at the London Jewish Museum of Art as part of the exhibition |Forced Journeys, Artists in Exile in Britain 1933-45|. This was followed by a major retrospective exhibition of his work |Art beyond Exile| at the Sayle Gallery, Douglas, Isle of Man, followed by The Austrian Cultural Forum, London, both in 2012. Recipient of the Medal of Honour from the City of Vienna in recognition of his artistic work, Ernst Eisenmayer has exhibited in the UK, Austria, France, Italy, Israel, Japan, Slovenia, and the USA. He currently resides in Vienna. Photo captions; Eisenmayer constructing the figure at Elizabeth Frink~s studio in 1963~~ taken from the catalogue ~About the Dignity of Man~ - Ernst Eisenmayer - Life and Work - exhibition at the Jewish Museum in Vienna 2002. Eisenmayer maintained a long friendship with the architect Leslie Gooday. This shows him standing beside the sculpture in the garden of ~Long Wall~ in 1997, over 30 years after he had made it.
Lot 451
THE IMPROVED STAMP ALBUM CONTAINING AN ALL WORLD NINETEENTH CENTURY AND LATER COLLECTION OF MAINLY USED STAMPS, TOGETHER WITH SIX PROPIETORY ALBUMS OF CIGARETTE CARDS, includes Senior Service 'Out Countryside real Photographs, 48/48, Park Drive 'Stars of Stage and Screen' 48/48, the other gummed in to include Military Uniforms of the British Empire overseas 50/50 TOGETHER WITH 21 KENSITAS CIGARETTE CARD SILKS' NATIONAL FLAGS'
Lot 524
Late 19th / early 20th century Chinese silver cigarette box of rectangular form, with embossed dragon decoration against a honeycomb background, hinged cover with similar decoration, wood-lined interior, underside with Chinese character mark and other stamp marks, 16.5cm across CONDITION REPORT General overall condition very good. Minor denting and surface wear commensurate with age and use. Seam to back left hand corner of cover cracked above hinge. Corners knocked slightly. Wood lining is marked and may be a replacement. Marks clear. Approximate weight including wooden lining 17ozs
Lot 109
Georgian engraving of HRH The Duke of York, after Hoppner, engraved by Hodges, 65cm x 46cm, unframed. Provenance: Formerly the property of HRH Prince Henry Duke of Gloucester - Sotheby's Sale 26, 27th Jan 2006, lot 314 and bearing the collector's stamp on the reverse - Paul Delaroff St. Petersburg, whose fabulous collection was sold in 1914 CONDITION REPORT Good overall condition. Crease in top right corner, some foxing to title, border reduced
Lot 510
Large mantel watch by Furber and Son, Cheltenham in a silver mounted frame, the white enamel dial of 12cm diameter with black Roman chapter and subsidiary seconds dial, the inner back plates numbered 3213603, the frame having a planished finish and marked for Birmingham, 1904, maker's stamp J.M (overall size of frame 21cm x 19cm)
Lot 88
Two silver berry serving spoons in matching patterns, flower and foliage engraving to the stems, the bowls deeply embossed and chased with four fruits - the first example William IV marks for London 1836, and duty mark 2 troy ounces, the second Victorian marks for London 1876 maker's stamp GA, also stamped C and duty mark, 1.7 troy ounces, together with a 20th century Birmingham silver tea spoon engraved Torbay Country Golf Club (0.5 troy ounces)
Lot 114
Silver tray on four ball and claw feet, with presentation engraving to 'Captain J.R. Cole by his brother Officers of The Loyal Regiment on his marriage 29th January 1938' and engraved with numerous signatures, diameter 55cm, marks for London, 1937, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths Company Ltd maker's stamp (41 troy ounces approx)
Lot 122
A Victorian silver cycling trophy cup with model silver bicycle to lid, engraved 'Bristol Richmond Cycling Club Challenge Vase', repousse foliate panels and margins, gilded interior, overall height 31cm, the cup marked for London, 1898, maker's stamp Kemp Brothers, the model cycle similarly marked but without date letter (22 troy ounces)
Lot 127
Edwardian silver bowl of square form with roundly dished interior, the wide border with pierced and moulded foliate scrolls, standing on a circular reeded foot with four scroll feet, marks for Sheffield, 1906, partially distinct maker's stamp perhaps Elkington & Co, the base numbered Rd 374169 (26 troy ounces)
Lot 205
Silver pocket watch with engine turned back and vacant escutcheon, the white enamel dial (diameter 4cm) with Roman chapter and subsidiary seconds dial, the movement signed W E Watts & Co Limd Whitminster House Gloucestershire 321087 Warranted English Lever, assay marks for Birmingham, 1924, maker's stamp WE, gross weight 100g
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