A PAIR OF GEORGE III PASTE EAR PENDANTS CIRCA 1800The pear cut white paste drops in a silver cut down collet settings, with gold coloured closed backs, suspended from cut down collet set circular cut white paste pediments, with later gold coloured backs and stud fittingsSize/dimensions: 2.1cm longGross weight: 5.7 gramsCondition Report: The foiling to the back is in good condition considering age, the drops may have been taken from another piece- the stud fittings are not original that backs to the tops of the earrings are later, there is a mark on one where another fitting (if earrings a shepherds hook) originally was. There is a slight channel to one of the suspensory loop where it almost looks like there should be a gold stamp- but it isn't one. Some signs of wear commensurate with age and use. The settings are gold backed silver. Condition Report Disclaimer
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A TURQUOISE CLUSTER DRESS RINGThe central oval cabochon turquoise within a surround of circular cabochon turquoise, claw settings, to a polished shank Size/dimensions: finger size approximately LGross weight: 8.4 gramsCondition Report: The finger size is approximate, due to D shaped shank, some general wear, some variation to the turquoise colour to the border, the oval cabochon has some variation in tone. The shank has a faint stamp, it could be 750 Condition Report Disclaimer
A 1920S EMERALD AND DIAMOND BRACELETThe bracelet set with graduated old brilliant cut diamonds in millegrained settings, approximately 1.40 carats, interspaced by diagonal rows of step cut emeralds, in a platinum and gold setting with scroll decorated sides, to a polished linked bracelet with concealed claspSize/dimensions: 16.3cm longGross weight: 9.7 gramsCondition Report: The diamonds are bright and lively, colour estimated H-I, clarity mostly VS, assessed in settings. A couple of the links have some lead solder at the joints where there have been small repairs, there is a faint stamp on the clasp, but it is very rubbed. The emeralds are well matched and bright, there are a couple of chips to the emeralds and some rubbing to crown facet edges, but only noticeable under magnification. There is some general wear commensurate with age and use. The clasp is in good working order, and has a safety catchCondition Report Disclaimer
A 1930S FIVE STONE DIAMOND RING The central step cut diamond with canted corners, estimated to weigh 0.91 carats, flanked by two pairs of graduated step cut diamonds, the shank with a partial stamp Size/dimensions: finger size PGross weight: 2.7 gramsCondition Report: The principal diamond colour estimated I-J, clarity VVS, assessed in setting, the setting has some wear commensurate with age and use, some rubbing to the side of the gallery from wear with another ring, some thinning to the back of the shank. The partial stamp appears to be Platinum, the diamond weight of the ring is approximately 1.47 carats total. Condition Report Disclaimer
![Mozart [Wolfgang Amadeus].Overture und Gefange aus: Weibertreue oder Die Madchen find von Flandern (Cosi Fan Tutte).Bonn: N.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a9e882e2-8e1f-4a26-b73a-af1800e32cf4/9f66d3c4-b18e-4eb0-89be-af4900ba3437/468x382.jpg)
Mozart [Wolfgang Amadeus].Overture und Gefange aus: Weibertreue oder Die Madchen find von Flandern (Cosi Fan Tutte).Bonn: N. Simrock, oblong folio, engraved vocal score, plate number 91, paginated title-21, 29-32, 39-48, 64-70, 74-75, 114-124, 130-172, [1], evidence of the removal of leaves after p. 172, worn half vellum binding;idem, Cosi Fan Tutte o sia La Scuola Degli Amanti. Opera in due Atti ... Ridotto per il Piano Forte da C. G. Neefe.Bonn & Cologne: N. Simrock, no date, oblong folio, engraved vocal score, plate number 91, 208 [but 214], [1] pages, first gather loose, well worn half leather binding;idem, Idomeneo Re di Creta. Opera Seria in tre Atti ... Idomeneus Konig von Creta ...im Klavierauszuge von A. E. Muller.Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, no date, oblong folio, vocal score, [4], 164 pages (some numbers cropped by binder), plate number 2286, some annotation and a little staining, music seller's stamp to title page and label to pastedown, well worn half leather.idem, Don Juan Oper in 2 Akten in Musik gesezt .... Il Dissoluto Punito osia Il Don Giovanni ....il Pianoforte da A. E. Miller.Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, no date, oblong folio, vocal score, German and Italian title pages, [4], 4, 7-206 pages, several pages torn with loss, predominantly to lower corners, margins cropped close with loss of some page numbers, foxing, re-backed marbled paper boards.[Each with the bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood to pastedown] (4)
![Rossini (J.) [Gioachino].La Gazza ladra Melodrama in due Atti. Die diebische Elster, Oper in zwei Aufzugen ... Klavierauszug.](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a9e882e2-8e1f-4a26-b73a-af1800e32cf4/7f2dc637-4d23-4f09-b9c7-af490117c54b/468x382.jpg)
Rossini (J.) [Gioachino].La Gazza ladra Melodrama in due Atti. Die diebische Elster, Oper in zwei Aufzugen ... Klavierauszug.Leipzig: Breitkopf & Hartel, no date, oblong folio, vocal score, [2], 232 pages, interleaved with blanks in places, plate number 3158, some annotation in pencil, several numbers cropped, foxing, 'T. Boosey' stamp to title page, quarter roan binding (rubbed);idem, Otello, ossia L'Africano in Venezia, Othello oder fer Mohr von Venedig ...Klavierauszug.Leipzig: Brietkopf & Hartel, oblong folio, vocal score, [2], 184 pages, plate number 3074, well worn half leather binding;idem, Partition de l'Elizabeth Reine d' Angleterre Musique de Rossini Arangee pour le Forte Piano.Paris: Carli, no date, folio, vocal score, [4], 240 pages, plate number 1436, foxing and staining, indistinct signature to title and several pages, well worn half leather binding with 'Mr Delpech' to leather label on upper board;idem, Armida Opera Seria in tre Atti Del Signor G. Rossini ...Paris, Janet et Cottelle, no date, folio, engraved vocal score, [4], 220 pages, plate number 2182 J.C., foxing throughout, half calf (well rubbed);[Each with the bookplate of the 7th Earl of Harewood] (4)
Cavallo (Tiberius).The Elements of Natural or Experimental Philosophy.Cadell and Davies, 1803, four volumes, twenty-nine folding plates (couple of cropped edges), contemporary calf with armorial blind-stamp; Nollet (l'Abbe), Lecons de Physique Experimentale, Volumes I - V.Paris: Guerin, 1749-61, third edition, five volumes (of six), numerous plates throughout, contemporary sheep gilt;Ozanam (M.), Recreations Mathematiques et Physiques qui contiennent ...Paris: Jombert, 1750, new edition, four volumes, worn contemporary calf gilt;With fourteen others. [not subject to return] (25)
Shipping.Cunard, Official Guide and Album of the Cunard Steamship Company.Sutton Sharpe, 1876, quarto, ten plates (six folding), one plate torn without loss, another slightly smaller format with creasing to edges, all edges gilt, original cloth gilt; India, Abstracts of the Logs of the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company's Steamers on the Calcutta and Suez Line from 1845 to 1858.[c.1858], [4], 224 pages, original cloth (worn);Shipwrecks, The Seaman's Recorder; or, Authentic and Interesting Narratives of Popular Shipwrecks and Other Calamities Incident to a Life of Maratime (sic) Enterprise.J. Eedes, 1824, xxiii, [1], 410 pages, folding frontis (creased), twenty plates (one possibly supplied) and seven woodcuts within pagination, margin of K1 torn, small hole in plate opposite p.285, foxing and light staining, manuscript numbers to some plates, several leaves bound out of sequence but present, half calf (re-backed retaining remnant backstrip);Coates (W.H.), The Good Old Days of Shipping.Bombay: Times of India, 1900, [6], vi, 140 pages, frontis, plate, stationer's stamp to title page, original cloth (wear to head and tail of spine); with eight others. (12)
![Industrial History.The Record of the International Exhibition 1862.William Mackenzie, no date [c.1862], quarto, iv, 2, 590 pa](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/a9e882e2-8e1f-4a26-b73a-af1800e32cf4/85792199-de90-4ecb-b0f6-af480113efa6/468x382.jpg)
Industrial History.The Record of the International Exhibition 1862.William Mackenzie, no date [c.1862], quarto, iv, 2, 590 pages (lacks final leaf), eighteen plates (eight folding) and nine figure plates, text illustrations throughout, house stamp to front free endpaper, half calf.The exhibition was a showcase for the recent advances in industrial processes and technology.
A GEORGE III PASTE COLLAR NECKLACE AND A FRENCH PASTE RING CIRCA 1780The collar composed of eight graduating calibré cut white paste flower heads in silver closed back settings, with gold accented scrolled feathers between, with belcher link looped ends; together with a French white paste set ring, the circular panel set with graduated circular and cushion cut white stones, to shaped flared shoulders, the shank stamped with Paris généralité 1774-1780 poinçonSize/dimensions: 17.3cm long; finger size approximately J 1\2Gross weight: 45.8 gramsCondition Report: The collar has had repairs between nearly all links as originally it looks like the collar wasn't articulated, and may not have looked as it does now- there are a couple of channels behind the central flowerheads, there have been some losses of flower heads, as the flower heads to each side do not exactly mirror each other. One of the pastes to the side of a flower head has been repaired at the back. The belcher link chains are later, and the measurement does not include the chains. The ring has abrasion to the tops of the pastes, general wear to the setting from age and use. The stamp has rubbing but still identifiable. The ring size is approximately as the shank is slightly D shapedCondition Report Disclaimer
* Rondot (Michael). Lightning Legend, colour print numbered 149/650, signed by the artist and Roland Beamont, Jimmy Dell and Johny Squier, with blind stamp lower left, sheet size 42 x 59 cm, mount aperture, framed and glazed, frame size 54 x 70.5 cm, together with a mixed collection of aviation prints including 8 signed Les Vowles QTY: (11)
* RAF Cap. A post-WWII RAF officers cap, blue cloth with C. Bates tailors label, queen's crown cloth insignia with a brass eagle, brown leather sweatband inscribed Sqn Ldr E.W. Seabourne and with manufacturers gold stamp, together with a pair of RAF trousers, blue cloth and with tailor's label for John Hammond & Co (1922) Ltd, dated 1955, size 13, inscribed Seabourne QTY: (2)NOTE:Sergeant Eric William Seabourne (1919-2005) was born in Leyton and educated at Worthing High School, he joined the Auxiliary Air Force in 1935 and served with 601 Squadron. In 1938 he applied to the RAFVR and qualified as a pilot the same year and on the outbreak of WWII, he was posted to 9 FTS Hullavington.In May 1940 Seabourne was posted to 151 Squadron at Martlesham Heath and was then posted to 238 Squadron at Tangmere in June 1940. Seabourne had only three hours of training on Masters before flying solo in a Hurricane. After only seven hours of training he was declared operational (without even firing the guns). On 13 July he shared in destroying a Me110 and damaged two more in his first encounter with the Luftwaffe.He destroyed a Me109 on 8 August and two more on 13 August, in this engagement he himself was shot down in Hurricane I P3764, he was attacked by three Me109 and the aircraft was set on fire. He prepared to bale out but his hood jammed, then the aircraft turned on its back and Seabourne fell out, taking the hood with him. After a delayed drop of 16,000 feet, he opened his parachute, blew up his Mae West and went into the sea about seven miles south of the Isle of Wight. Seabourne was picked up by HMS Bulldog, and taken to the Royal Naval Hospital at Haslar. After a week, Seabourne was moved to Park Prewitt Hospital at Basingstoke, where he remained for seven months undergoing plastic surgery by Harold Gillies.
* Wright (Wilbur, 1867-1912). A collection of 12 original black and white photographs of Wilbur Wright taken at Le Mans and Pau, France between 1908-09, all stamped with credits and inscribed verso including Culver Pictures, Agence Generale d'Illustrations, The Sports and General Illustrations, the Le Mans photographs taken at both the Hunaudieres race course and Camp d'Auvours, 2.5 x 17.5 cm (6), 14 x 17 cm (3), 20.5 x 25 cm (2), 22 x 16.5 cm (1), together with 7 real photographic postcards of Wilbur Wright in Italy training pilots for military service in 1909, each with a postage stamp and postmark, many with photographers name Ediz G Busi, 8.5 x 14 cm QTY: (19)
* RAF Noticeboard. A WWII period RAF workshop noticeboard, the large blackboard inscribed with the heading A.O.G. State (Aircraft on Ground) and with information on aircraft and spare parts for Varsity Hastings, Lincoln, Hercules and Merlin engines embossed with an Air Ministry stamp on the right edge, the reverse branded with an Air Ministry stamp and additionally stamped ME 1940, 123 x 61 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Purchased by the current owner from a Victorian residence in Lincoln in 1972 and believed to have been from RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire.
Tunbridge ware - five pieces, comprising a stamp box, the sides with two bands of geometric mosaic, the lid with orange one penny male head stamp within geometric mosaic border, 4cms, a Tangram box with mosaic lid, puzzle incomplete, 5cms, a shallow rectangular box with geometric mosaic lid and sides, one internal upstand lacking, 7.6cms, a rosewood paper knife in mosaic and cube ware, 24.5cms, and a rosewood mosaic decorated book marker, 12.5cms. (5)
Reverse decorated glass pin cushions and related pieces, comprising a disc form pin cushion, titled '*** Street Oxford', mirror to reverse, 5cms, another 'Malvern From The ***', mirror to reverse, 4.7cms dia., a pair of needle or stamp book covers, 'Windsor', 3.5cms sq., a disc for a pin cushion 'St Michael's Mount, Cornwall', 4.2cms, a needle book cover 'York Minster', 6 x 4.4cms, and a rectangular wooden box with domed glass circular reverse print titled 'Morecambe Pier', box, 11cms. (6) From the collection of Enid Riley Part 4
Three stamp boxes, comprising a 19th Century gilt metal two division example, the lid with dolphins, garlands and cherub, 5.4cms, a brass book form swivel example, one cover with bust profile of Edward VII, two division interior, 6cms, and a glass book form example the cover in white metal and with double portrait profile and 'To Commemorate The Silver Jubilee 1910-1935', 3.4cms. (3) From the collection of Enid Riley Part 4
Desk accessories, comprising a Victorian brass pillar form postal scale, 11.5cms high, an olive wood stamp box, 9.5cms, three other stamp boxes, two in metal, a travelling ink well in boxwood cylinder case, 5.5cms, a Stephens inkwell in aluminium protective case, a glass cylinder inkwell, a brass 'Trusty Servant' paper knife, 21.5cms, a plastic paper knife incorporating postal balance, 22cms, a teak paper knife with metal plaque 'From the Teak of HMS Iron Duke ... Jutland 1916', 26cms, five other paper knives and sundries. (qty)
A rare Tunbridge ware burr yew wood, inlaid and print decorated writing box incorporating a drawer fitted for artists materials and another for sewing with label for 'Dunnetts Toy and Tunbridge Ware Repository ......', the sloping top with oval colour print titled internally 'Telemachus Relating His Adventures To Calypso' within quartered yew panels and multiple borders. The lid interior in original pale pink paper over a tray fitted with two inkwells with silver plated tops, stamp slant and pen dish before a hinged writing surface in original tooled velvet, the lower section in conforming paper with oval printed label 'Dunnetts Toy and Tunbridge Ware Repository No 3 Cheapside, London'. The sides with brass carrying handles, one fitted with a compartmentalised drawer with ceramic pallet, glass bowl and trays for paint cakes and other accessories. The other drawer fitted for sewing with compartments for reels, thimble, tape, complete with needle book, leather tool board with knife and tweezer earspoon and white wood silk winders, 37 x 32 x 16cms max. From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Two small rectangular rosewood boxes by Edmund Nye, the first with pull off lid in stick ware with internal printed label 'Nye Late Fenner and Nye Manufacturer, Tunbridge Wells', 8.8 x 3.3 x 2.2cms, the other with geometric mosaic lid with internal oval stamp 'Edmund Nye Manufacturer, Tunbridge Wells', 6 x 3.5 x 2.2cms. (2) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Two small Tunbridge ware boxes by TWMC, comprising a mahogany rectangular example, the hinged lid with a floral mosaic panel within a geometric mosaic border, ink stamp to lid interior, 11.8 x 9.2 x 4.2cms, and another the domed lid with floral mosaic panel within geometric mosaic border with ink inscription to lid interior 'Rye 21-7-1932', 10.2 x 6.5 x 5cms. From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Two small Tunbridge ware rectangular boxes by Thomas Barton, comprising a coromandel wood example, the pull off lid with a fine mosaic of a flower spray within line border, the base with ink oval stamp 'T. Barton ......', 8.4 x 4.4 x 2.7cms, and a similar rosewood box the lid in mosaic with a dog seated on a cushion with internal oval ink stamp to lid 'Thomas Barton ......', 5.7 x 3.2 x 2.4cms. (2) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Three small Tunbridge ware boxes by or attributed to TWMC, comprising a rectangular mahogany example, the cushion form lid with a mosaic panel of a butterfly, 9 x 6 x 4cms, another the hinged rectangular lid with a panel of cube work, internal lid stamp, 8 x 6 x 3.5cms, and another near square, the hinged lid with mosaic panel of a floral wreath within twin chequer borders, 10 x 9.5 x 3.2cms. (3) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
A Tunbridge ware rosewood standing thermometer by 'G + J Burrows, Lewes', the rectangular base with a band of stick ware below a rectangular stick ware panel inset with ivory scale and mounted with mercury thermometer, below an arched stick ware pediment. The back with hinged door revealing a stamp to the back of the ivory scale 'G and J Burrows, Lewes', 9.7 x 6cms at base, 19cms high. Ivory Self-declaration Submission Reference Number MFLT1MRN See Austen(B) Tunbridge Ware 3rd edition page 144 where this thermometer is referenced. From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Two Tunbridge ware rectangular stamp boxes, one with two bands of geometric mosaic to the sides, the lid with young Queen Victoria head in fine mosaic within geometric mosaic border, the base with silver _ Mark coin attached, 4 x 3.6 x 2cms, the other with sides in stick ware, the lid with 'penny red' stamp within geometric mosaic border, 4 x 3.6 x 1.7cms. (2) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Two Tunbridge ware stamp boxes, comprising a rosewood rectangular example, the lid with applied 'Stamp' 'Receipt Stamps' within geometric mosaic border, 4.5 x 4 x 2cms, and another the sides in stick ware, the lid with 'Stamp', ''Postage Stamps', Queen Victoria young head, 4 x 3.5 x 1.8cms. (2) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Three Tunbridge ware stamp boxes, comprising an unusual turned rosewood circular example, the lid in stick ware with 'penny black' postage stamp, 6cms dia., a large rectangular rosewood example with Queen Victoria young head 'penny red' stamp within panels of stick ware and mosaic, 9 x 3.7 x 2.2cms, and another similar in mahogany with green half penny stamp Queen Victoria within panels of cube work, and geometric mosaic border, 9 x 4 x 2cms. (3) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
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