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Lot 253
An all-bisque piano baby modeled as a young boy in a shoe, characterized face, deeply molded and painted hair, painted blue intaglio eyes, partially open lips revealing two large upper teeth, one arm raised holding a stick, the other hand holding string, 19cm high, unmarked, probably by Gebruder Heubach
Lot 94
A DERBY FIGURE OF FIRE FROM THE FOUR ELEMENTS ascribed to Pierre Stephan, the youth with upraised right arm and clad in a plumed black hat, mauve coat, turquoise spotted waistcoat and yellow breeches, standing before a green stump on octagonal gilt Greek key base, 17.5cm h, incised No 3, and small, c1770 ++Restoration to faggot, the burning glass replaced with a stick. Restoration to the figures left shoulder and neck, typical chipping of the leaves
Lot 894
TRIBAL ART. A WOOD THROWING CLUB, FIJI 41cm l, another Polynesian club and a West African "chew" stick, inscribed on a label by R J P Simpson (see provenance) Old Calabar Chew-Stick or Tooth-Brush, all 19th c (3) Provenance: R J P Simpson, thence by descent to the present vendor. Simpson`s diaries (family collection) record that in the mid 1840s he served on board HMS Cygnet when on patrol off the West African coast. He later held the post of Superintendent of Pilotage for the port of Liverpool and it is possible that the two clubs were acquired from returning seafarers. ++The stick in excellent condition with some natural accretion of dirt and grime, the two clubs with signs of wear, old knocks and minor scratches
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