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Lot 20
Royal Mail - Queen Elizabeth II - Mixed collection of Stamps and empty contents of presentation packs. 16 x Single complete presentation packs with various themes, Channel Tunnel related booklets and mint stamps, 3 x 1990's Mint Coin and Stamp sets, 2007 set of Miniature Sheets complete with The Beatles and plastic folder, Wildlife folder with World stamps including Canada, 2 x Wallace & Gromit sheets, Endangered Species sheet, a small collection of used World stamps held in presentation slip and aforementioned Quantity of items from presentation packs. Excellent condition
Lot 41
Very Large Quantity of mostly Used GB Royal Mail Stamps. QV - KG VI Mint & Used Stamps in green stock book, 32 plastic sleeves in album, mostly used QV stamps with 1d red plates, stars & others, special postmarks, KG VI sets & singles incl, watermark varieties, Stamp Bug album with stamps on pages & in booklets (1982, 1987 - 1998), album & small stock book with used QE II stamps, empty SG album and a large quantity of used stamps on & off paper, sorted into packets plus some covers & mint blocks. Limited Photographs
Lot 46
British Commonwealth Stamps - Mixed selection with some interesting items. 100 QV - QE II covers and cards, FDCs in black Lindner album with slip case Canada, New Zealand, Falkland Islands. Claret SG album with South Africa Covers and various other loose pages with covers and envelopes. Also included in this lot are a 1885 Ipswich Water Company Letter with Stamp, Small Freemasons Pocket Album 1909 dedicated. All Stamps are photographed. *Note the South Africa Red book does not appear in the main photo, but is fully photographed
Lot 39
A Limoges Haviland & Co 'Feu de Four' porcelain botanical dessert service, 19th century, decorated with orchids and other flowers, in muted colours on a white ground with gilt outlining, comprising two comports, three serving dishes and twelve plates, with marks to base and John Ford of Edinburgh stamp, plates 23cm diameter (17)Condition reportThe Limoges dessert service for its age is in generally good condition. The majority of plates are undamaged and with gilding that is relatively unworn. One plate is repaired, with staples. See image and note of the two stands has a chip, also see image. The gilding on one stand is a little thing from use and it needs a better clean. Generally very attractive overall.
Lot 271
Royal Wedding Stamp Replicas, commemorating the marriage of HRH The Princess Anne, and Captain Mark Phillips, 14th November 1973, a 22ct. gold and a white metal ingot, Hallmark Replicas Ltd, gold ingot with import marks for London 1973, in fitted box of issue.Note: 22ct. ingot 26.34g silver ingot 26.5g
Lot 544
STAMPS SWITZERLAND Extensive mint & used collection in six box files from 1851-1999, neatly presented on album pages. Includes 1851 Rayon issues & imperf sitting Helvetia types to 40r used (mixed condition), 1908-40 definitive's mint, William Tell definitives mint with a few téte-béche pairs and booklet pane combinations, 1923-40 air issues, commemorative sets incl 1945 PAX etc. Also, pre-stamp & early to modern covers scattered throughout with a few FDCs. There is a mint or used run of National Fete cards from 1916 and. Some very useful airmail items incl 1913 Bern-Burgdorf flight with semi-official stamp, 1919-20 mint overprinted airmail pair with 50c on cover, 1932 DO-X flight, a couple of Zeppelin covers and many other flown items with vignettes. A wonderful collection offered intact!
Lot 13
PAUL THEROUX: SAILING THROUGH CHINA, 1983, 1st trade edition, John Fowles' blind stamp, original cloth, dust-wrapper plus LENNOX KERR: ICE A TALE OF EFFORT, London, 1933, 1st edition, ex John Fowles's library, signed and inscribed "... I particularly liked the cuts", and with his bookplate to front end paper, original cloth, dust-wrapper plus PIERRE CUSTOT: STURLY, Translated Richard Oldington, London, Jonathan Cape, 1924 1st UK edition, John Fowles' blind stamp to front end paper, original cloth backed boards, printed label to spine, dust-wrapper plus BOHUN LYNCH: MAX BEERBOHM IN PERSPECTIVE, London, William Heinemann, 1921, 1st edition, ownership signature of John Fowles to front free end paper, original cloth backed decorative boards, printed paper label to spine plus MICHAEL FAIRLESS: THE ROAD MENDER AND OTHER WRITINGS, 1950, new edition, John Fowles bookplate, original cloth gilt, dust-wrapper (5)
Lot 69
A W POLLARD AND gt R REDGRAVE (EDS): A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS PRINTED IN ENGLAND SCOTLAND AND IRELAND AND OF ENGLISH BOOKS PRINTED ABROAD 1475-1640, 1948 reprint, orig cl bkd bds, lib stamp verso of ttl page, no other lib markings + PAUL gt MORRISON: INDEX OF PRINTERS PUBLISHERS AND BOOKSELLERS IN A W POLLARD AND gt R REDGRAVE A SHORT-TITLE CATALOGUE OF BOOKS..., Virginia 1950, 1st edn, rebnd cl, ex lib (2)
Lot 183
CHRIS BOURKE,DOVE,Lino print with hand carved relief stamp. signed, numbered and dated,15cm x 15cm,Edition of 36Chris Bourke’s work is characterised by the use of strong text-based messages, often referring to his political opinions, issues of public morality and universal truths. Bourke formerly trained as a silversmith and less formerly as a tattoo artist whilst running his own skateboard shop ‘Spine’ for eleven years. He now works full time as an artist but remains greatly influenced by the motifs and symbology of tattoo culture, as well as ‘religious iconography, music, nature, the struggle and little birdies.’
Lot 319
§ Tom Dixon (British 1959-) for Salviati 12 'Salviati Meets London’ Vessels, 2000 each signed, dated, and inscribed 'Salviati Meets London', and with manufacturers stamp, cased glass, from the Entente Cordiale and United Colours series, each in original Salviati boxDimensions:the largest 24.5cm high, 30cm wide (9 5/8in high, 11 3/4in wide), the smallest 24cm high, 15cm wide (9 1/2in high, 6in wide)Provenance:Provenance:Vessel Gallery, London;Private Collection, London.Note: Salviati Meets London was an exhibition curated by Vessel gallery in the year 2000. It sought to use some of Britain’s foremost creative talents, including Tord Boontje, Nigel Coates, Tom Dixon and Anish Kapoor, to collaborate with Salviati creating works executed in Murano by Italy’s master craftsmen.Nadia Demetriou Ladas, Director of Vessel stated that the collaboration was about 'paying homage to the old techniques but the forms are very different to the Venetian styles - much simpler and purer'.
Lot 340
A lady by a stream, Bikaner, circa 1740,gouache on paper heightened with gilt, the young woman seated at the top of a rocky hill, a steam flowing at her feet from which a deer drinks, two birds in the sky above, the reverse bears the stamp of the personal collection of the Maharajah of Bikaner, 14.9 x 8cm.Provenance: Christie's 16 Apr 2010 – Lot 611; Private Collection of J.P. Losty (1945-2021), formerly curator of Indian Visual Materials at the British LibraryAccording to a note to the reverse in Losty's hand, this painting was painted by Kem Raju and presented to Maharani Maji of Bikaner.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 80
A group of 25 Antiquities and Islamic art catalogues and books from Christie's and Sotheby's, comprising of: The William F. Reilly Collection, Christie’s New York Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 14 October 2009.; Greek, Etruscan and South Italian Vases from Castle Ashby, The property of the Marquess of Northampton, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 2 July 1980. ; Ancient Egyptian Glass and Faience from the ‘Pre-neb’ Collection, Part III, The property of A Swiss Private Collector, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 8 December 1993. ; Antiquities, Including property from the collection of the Princely House of Liechtenstein, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 30 April 2008. ; Antiquities, Including the Plesch Collection of Ancient Glass, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Tuesday, 28 April 2009.; Important Antiquities, Christie’s South Kensington Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 20 October 1999.; Fine Antiquities, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 11 June 1997.; The Erlenmeyer Collection of Cretan Seals, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Monday, 5 June 1989.; Faces from the Ancient World: A European Private Collection, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 20 April 2005.; Fine Antiquities, The Properties of ‘The Earl of Shelburne, Westminster College, Cambridge A European Private Collector, A European Noblewoman, and from various other sources, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 5 July 1995. ; The Collection of the Late Henning Throne-Holst, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 8 June 1988.; The Erlenmeyer Collection of Ancient Near Eastern Stamp Seals and Amulets, The property of The ErlenmeyerStiftung, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Tuesday, 6 June 1989. ; Important Antiquities, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 21 April 1999.; Fine Antiquities, The property of MADAME ADDA SHEPPARD & COOPER LTD.; The property from The MARION SCHUSTER COLLECTION and from various sources. Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 11 December 1996. ; Fine Antiquities, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 27 October 2004. ; The ‘Pre-Neb’ Collection (Part I), Highly Important Egyptian Antiquities, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Wednesday, 9 December 1992. ; The Northampton Sekhemka, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Thursday, 10 July 2014. ; P.H. Newby, Warrior Pharaohs: The Rise and Fall of the Egyptian Empire, First published in 1980 by Guild Publishing.; Modern British and Irish Painting, Watercolours and Drawings, Christie’s London Auction Catalogue, Friday, 5 June 1992. The Property of Odette Gilbert Gallery Ltd., Oxmantown Settlement Trust Alwyne Rickerd, and from various others.; Arts of Islamic World, Sotheby’s London Auction. 22 April 2015.; Sherif El-Sabban, Temple Festival Calendars of Ancient Egypt, Liverpool University Press, 2000. Peter Levi, Atlas of the Greek World.; H. B. Walters, O.B.E., M.A., F.S.A.CORPVS VASORVM ANTIQVORVM, British Museum: Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1927.; H. B. Walters, O.B.E., M.A., F.S.A.CORPVS VASORVM ANTIQVORVM, British Museum: Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, 1926.; Gordon Childe, What Happened in History.; Joan Grant, Winged Pharaoh: An absorbing, thrilling novel of Ancient Egypt, Publication: A Four-Square Novel. (25)Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 18
A large group of Near Eastern and Eastern Mediterranean beads and amulets Late 5th Millennium B.C. - 1st Millennium A.D. and LaterIncluding four Western Asiatic mainly shell disc rings with circle designs, once inlaid, 7.4cm max diam, one damaged; a glazed frit disc with concentric circle designs, 4.9cm diam; a large grey stone pendant carved on one side with a stylised coiled snake, 8.5cm diam; a group of thirteen miniature shell and white hardstone amulets including recumbent bulls, double-headed birds, figures, a human head and a stamp seal, 30mm max; a green stone amuletic figure of a ‘hermaphrodite’ lower torso, 22mm; five black stone heads, busts and figures, 12mm-27mm; a black stone bull’s head pendant and a black stone amuletic bull, 18mm and 20mm, a red stone pendant bird, 27mm; a miniature lapis lazuli bead of a female bust, 11mm; a bone tooth-shaped pendant, 4.4cm; two bone human busts, 20mm max; two hardstone clenched fist pendants, 24mm max and a frit example, 13mm; three hardstone feet pendants, 10mm-25mm; a hardstone bird amulet and an obsidian ‘fly’ amulet, 11mm max; five banded agate beads and pendants, including an amphora-shaped pendant, 19mm high; a lapis lazuli coffee-bean shaped bead and an obsidian coffee-bean shaped bead, 14mm and 22mm; three semi-translucent green stone ‘butterfly’ beads, 29mm max diam; another one attached to its original bronze shaft, 34mm diam of bead, 11.2cm max length; a scallop-shaped pendant, 17mm high, and four other hardstone beads, pendants and seals; a large hardstone pear-shaped pendant with incised cross-hatched design, 4cm high; three fruit-shaped pendants, one in the form of a pomegranate, 20mm, and a green stone pendant with cross-hatched design, 19mm high; eight phallic amulets in hardstone, glass and frit, 10mm – 27mm; an Egyptian blue glazed faience udjat eye, 3cm long; an Egyptian gold bead in the form of an udjat eye, 12mm; four frit and faience amulets of birds and fruit, 18mm max; a group of Roman glass objects including: four Roman glass spindle whorls; six miniature glass aryballoi or jugs; a janiform glass bearded male face bead, 20mm; a dark aubergine glass head pendant of an African, 18mm; three moulded pendants, two with a frog, one with a lion, 23mm max diam and two crescentic glass pendants, 15mm max (a lot)Provenance:Collection of Lady Gloria Dale (1922-2013) London, acquired during the 1960s-1972.Christie's London Antiquities, 30 April 2008, lot 67.UK private collection acquired from the above auction.Exhibited:Some items at The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1978.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 233
A page from an Arabic-Hebrew lexicon or reference book, India, Mughal, circa 1645, Arabic manuscript on paper, with 22ll. written in naskh with a lavishly illuminated chapter heading decorated with arabesques in gold and colours, verso with an illuminated shamsa, or sunburst medallion, containing the ink impression of the original owner's seal, inscribed: amir 'abd al-razzaq khan khanazad-i shah jahan 1055 (Amir 'Abd al-Razzaq Khan, born at the court of Shah Jahan, AH 1055/[1645-6 AD]'), with later scribal notations and another owner's stamp, mounted glazed and framed, 35cm. x 18 cm.Provenance: Spink & Sons, 1998Published: Paper, Parchment Steel & Stone, Calligraphy and the Arts of Islam from the 8th-19th century, exhibition catalogue 27 April - 15 May 1998, Spink, no. 11.According to Dr Ebba Koch, the text of this manuscript describes and analyses Hebrew words. It is a kind of dictionary. 'Abd al-Razzaq, the patron of this manuscript, was the son of Amir Khan, a high-ranking nobleman in the court of Shah Jahan, who served as governor of Thatta in Sindh. 'Abd al-Razzaq, his son, was styled ''khanazad'' because he was born of one already in service to the emperor. He was however less successful than his father. While Amir Khan attained the rank of 3000 zat/2000 sawar, 'Abd al-Razzaq attained the modest rank of 900 zat/3400 sawar. He died in the year AH 1063/1652-3 AD. Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 27
A group of Near Eastern jewellery and stamp seals2nd Millennium B.C. – 7th Century A.D.Including two ribbed penannular hooped gold earrings, with a copper alloy core, mid-late 2nd Millennium B.C., 28mm diam, one in two parts; a black stone rectangular stamp seal, engraved with a cross and geometric patterns, circa 4th-3rd Millennium B.C., 20mmx18mm; an agate seal with an incised worshipper before a crossed design, circa 7th-6th Century B.C., or earlier, 10mm x 10mm, a Phoenician carnelian scarab with incised wing-case, pierced longitudinally, circa 6th Century B.C., 17mm long; a Sasanian domed agate seal and a Sasanian carnelian ring, the bezel engraved with a raptor, 24mm diam, broken in two parts, circa 5th-7th Century A.D. (6)Provenance:With Gimpel Fils Gallery, London and previously The gold plated earrings acquired from Mrs Broukal, London, 1st April 1969; The agate seal acquired from Sotheby’s, London,1/8/68, Lot no. 60; The Sasanian domed agate seal acquired from Sotheby’s, London, 1/8/68, Lot no.61; the Sasanian carnelian ring acquired from Sotheby’s, London, 1/8/68, Lot no. 60Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 29
Four Roman glass vessels Circa 1st-4th Century A.D. Two glass unguentaria, one almost clear with an old ink inscribed label on one side, 10.3cm high; another in dark blue glass, with oval body cut-off across the cylindrical neck, an old ink inscribed label attached to the underside of the base, 6.4cm high; a Roman amber glass sprinkler vessel, with spherical body and out-turned folded lip, 8.2cm high; a Roman pale green glass two-handled vessel with squat spherical body, a pronounced ridge below the rim, the handles trailed from the lip to the shoulder, 7.5cm high; several Roman glass fragments, one mounted on card with old pencil inscription on the back; a fragmentary Islamic molar flask and a fragmentary Roman - Medieval glass bottle neck; two button-shaped mocha stones, mounted on card, old ink inscription ‘Mocha stones, Hodeida. Yemen, Soukh Arabia 1903’(a lot)Provenance: Sprinkler flask: with Superior Stamp & Coin, Los Angeles, December 1979.The two handled jar: UK private collection, formed from the 1960s onwards.All other artefacts: Alfred Theodore Arber-Cooke (c.1905-1993); thence by family descent. Arber-Cooke was an antiquarian and avid collector of Antiquities and Asian works of art, principally collecting from the 1930s to the 1970s. He initially lived in Wimbledon, Greater London and was involved with local archaeological digs undertaken by the Surrey Archaeological Society. He wrote the book 'Old Wimbledon', with a foreword the MP Sir Arthur Fell, published in 1927. He later moved to Llandovery in Carmarthenshire, Wales, again involved with local archaeology and wrote The History of Llandovery, published in 1975.Please refer to department for condition report
Lot 1408
AN EDWARDIAN SILVER NOVELTY STAMP BOX by A & J Zimmerman, Birmingham 1909, modelled as a miniature dressing table, the hinged cover opening to reveal a two-division gilt interior. 5.8cm wide, 3.7cm deep, 1.6 troy ouncesFront legs bent inwards ever so slightly. Hinge is in good condition and the cover closes well. Marks are clear. In generally good condition.
Lot 142
A Pearl and Diamond Five Stone Ring, unmarked, finger size JThe ring is in fair condition with wear commensurate with age. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold or platinum. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; caratweight 0.25, colour I/J/K, clarity SI1/SI2/I1. Gross weight 1.7 grams.
Lot 240
British ceramics Including, three Davenport dessert dishes; Copeland Spode, pair of small tureens and covers, four-pot lids, etcDavenport Items: Two circular plates - 23.5cm diameter. Twin-handled footed oval dish - 28cm handle to handle. Puce back stamp and numbered 499 on one plate and the dish.
Lot 69
A Victorian Diamond Brooch, an oval plaque inset with five graduated old cut diamonds, in yellow star and square settings, within a rope twist and beadwork border, total estimated diamond weight 0.60 carat approximately, length 4.2cmThe brooch is in good to fair condition commensurate with age with areas of discolouration. It has a glass locket to the reverse. It bears no hallmark nor stamp. It fastens with a pin and C-hook catch. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour SI2/I1/I2/I3. Gross weight 9.7 grams. CR made 23.06.22.
Lot 72
A Synthetic Sapphire and Diamond Ring, two crossover rows pavé set with round brilliant cut diamonds, spaced by calibré cut synthetic sapphires and one terminating centrally to a heart-shaped motif set throughout with calibré cut synthetic sapphires, in white rubbed over settings, total estimated diamond weight 0.70 carat approximately, finger size NNB: one diamond deficientThe ring is in fair condition, one diamond is lacking. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as platinum or gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity SI1/SI2/I1. Gross weight 9.5 grams. CR made 04.07.22.
Lot 83
A Diamond Brooch, eleven graduated old cut diamonds in yellow claw settings, within a stepped lozenge frame, total estimated diamond weight 0.45 carat approximately, length 4.4cmThe brooch is in good condition. It fastens with a pin and C-hook catch. It is engraved to the reverse 'A.G.A 22 Aug, 1888'. It bears no hallmark nor stamp, but in our opinion would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity SI2/I1/I2. Gross weight 2.9 grams. CR made 15.06.22.
Lot 91
A Synthetic Sapphire and Diamond Brooch, the circular frame comprising of calibré cut synthetic sapphire sections alternating with round brilliant cut diamond sections, in white claw and millegrain settings, total estimated diamond weight 0.60 carat approximately, measures 3.0cm diameterThe brooch is in good condition with slight damages throughout. It fastens with a pin and revolver catch. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity SI2/I1/I2. Gross weight 4.7 grams. CR made 15.06.22.
Lot 92
A Diamond Cluster Ring, four princess cut diamonds within a border of round brilliant cut diamonds, in white millegrain settings, to round brilliant cut diamond set stepped shoulders, on a yellow plain polished shank, total estimated diamond weight 0.90 carat approximately, finger size KOne of the princess cut diamonds is chipped. It bears no hallmark nor stamp but in our opinion would test as gold. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour I/J/K, clarity SI2/I1/I2. Gross weight 4.7 grams. CR made 28.06.22.
Lot 93
An Early 20th Century Diamond Cluster Pendant, of openwork wheel design, an old cut diamond within a border of smaller old cut diamonds, to ten radiating arms set throughout with rose cut and old cut diamonds, surmounted by an eight-cut and rose cut diamond set bale, total estimated diamond weight 1.70 carat approximately, length 3.5cmThe pendant is in good condition, it has been adapted from a brooch. It bears no hallmark nor stamp. The approximate qualities of the diamonds are; colour J/K/L, clarity I1/I2/I3. Gross weight 8.7 grams. CR made 23.06.22
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