Andalusian School, XVIII century."Saint Rosalia".Oil on canvas.Measurements: 51,5 x 52 cm; 83 x 65 cm (frame).Devotional painting representing St. Rosalia of Palermo, wearing a crown of flowers and taking in his hands a stick with lilies that approaches his heart. With her gaze looking upwards, her rounded features are ecstatic. From the whiteness of her face, slightly flushed on her cheeks, emanates a light that turns into golden shades projecting on the background, so that her flesh seems to radiate divine light. The robe has been skillfully draped, contributing to the dynamism of the portrait. The palette is rich in carmine, ochre and mauve tones that accompany the soft shades of the flesh tones and the gilding of some details.Rosalia of Palermo was an Italian saint of the 12th century, whose cult was promoted by the Benedictines. She is considered a protector against infectious diseases, such as the plague, and is also invoked to seek her protection in difficult times. Rosalia lived in solitude, poverty and penance, and according to her hagiography she performed miracles such as the extinction of the plague that ravaged her native Sicily. Patroness of Palermo, she enjoys great devotion in Sicily. Saint Rosalia was an important subject in Italian Renaissance and Baroque painting, particularly in the sacre conversazioni (group images of saints flanking the Virgin Mary) of artists such as Riccardo Quartararo, Mario di Laurito, Vincenzo La Barbara and possibly Antonello da Messina. But it was the Flemish master Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1637), who was caught in Palermo during the plague of 1624, who produced the largest number of paintings of her. Saint Rosalia is usually depicted as a young woman with flowing hair, wearing a Franciscan hood or a crown of flowers and leaning toward the city of Palermo in her peril.
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A JOSEPH HOLDCROFT MAJOLICA STICK STAND, CIRCA 1880 modelled as a heron with a fish in its beak standing on one leg beside a clump of bulrushes forming the stick or umbrella container, almost circular naturalistic mound base 83cm high, some losses Holdcroft"s, from their Sunderland Pottery works at Longton, produced two patterns of bird stick stands in majolica at this period, the heron seen here and a stork with an eel in its beak. These models were also produced as spill vases. Although the stork stand may be found on occasion, the heron version as a stand (rather than as a spill vase) is very rare.
Royal ephemera related to Edward VIII, comprising a signed portrait print by Van Dyke, in a silver mounted easel back frame, together with a further silver topped walking stick with Royal cipher, and Christmas card tags to Kenneth Crisp, signed by Edward, and a press cutting relating to Horace Crisp. Provenance: Horace Crisp was a valet to Edward VIII and items passed to his son and on to the current owner. Length of walking stick 85cm long
wood and pigment, the throwing stick with dark patination to the handle and painted decoration to the head; the tjuringa of typical eliptical shape, adorned in the centre, with painted decoration of dots, lines and a snake to each edge (2)longest 42.8cmFootnote: Provenance: Private collection, Scotland
Combined walking-stick 40-bore percussion pistol, gun, and spearIndian, 19th Centuryin four threaded sections of tapering section, each section with a damascened decoration, the butt inscribed 'Ampoor', 92cmProvenance: Property from a private English collectionNote: For a very similar example see Sotheby's London, The Visser Collection, part I, 3 July 1990, lot 143 & Bonhams London, Antique Arms and Armour, 1 Apr 2004, Lot 6. Another example with gold inlay can be seen in the royal collection (RCIN 11484)Condition report: At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.
Tunbridge ware - five pieces, comprising a rectangular mahogany card tray, the cube work base within canted mosaic borders, 12.2cms, a rosewood combination bookmark/paper knife in geometric mosaic, 13cms, a yew wood salve pot complete with glass liner, the overhanging screw top in stick ware, 3.8cms, a square form rosewood box, the lid in geometric mosaic, 3.6cms, and a circular stick ware pin dish lacking the three original bun feet, 8.5cms. (5)
Tunbridge ware - three pieces, comprising a rosewood square form box, the sides with double bands of geometric mosaic, the lid with a floral mosaic panel, 7.1cms, a rosewood Tangram box, the lid in star form stick ware and complete with rosewood puzzle, 5cms, and a rectangular stamp box, the sides with double bands of geometric mosaic, the lid with Queen Victoria postage stamp within mosaic borders, 3.7cms. (3)
A Tunbridge ware box and two others, comprising a rectangular rosewood box, the pull off lid with panels of stick ware, the interior velvet lined and fitted for rings, 11.2cms, a white wood circular box, the lid with a colour print in a cartouche and titled 'Eton College, Bucks', 8.2cms, and another, the domed lid painted with an Italianate view of a bridge and surrounding landscape, the concave sides painted with a band of flowers and leaves, 5cms dia. (3)
Tunbridge ware - four pieces, comprising a geometric turned rosewood half sovereign carpet ball, slight loss to internal upstand of container, 3cms, a Royal Tunbridge Wells ware mahogany box with hinged chequer board type lid within a border of mosaic, internal ink stamp, 8.7cms, a rosewood pin hinge rectangular box, the lid in cube work, 8.4cms, and a turned mahogany box, the lid in stick ware and geometric mosaic, 4.2cms. (4)
Tunbridge ware - sewing - four pieces, comprising an early ring and floral painted vase form pin cushion, with velvet pumpkin top, 6cms, another with screw form box base painted with cottage and landscape, pin cushion worn, 6cms, a barrel form box in sponge ware, 4cms, and an acorn form thimble case with stick ware dome, 5cms. (4)
Tunbridge ware - sewing - four pieces, comprising a rectangular needle book with floral mosaic covers, complete with flannels, 6.6cms, a rosewood pin wheel in stick ware and mosaic, 5.5cms, a circular pin cushion within domed stick ware sides, 4cms, and a combination cylinder form waxer/pin cushion in stick ware, 4cms high. (4) From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Tunbridge ware - sewing - four pieces, comprising a large needle book the covers in geometric mosaic complete with flannels, 7.2cms, another in stick ware, covers slightly bowed, 6.4cms, a rosewood cylinder tape measure, the overhanging circular top in stick ware, tape lacking, 2.6cms, and a combination cylinder form waxer/ pin cushion in stick ware, 3.2cms. (4) From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
A large Tunbridge ware go to bed, probably Thomas Barton, the ebony circular base with striker, the octagonal body in leaf scroll mosaic, the overhanging ebony top below a panel of stick ware and mosaic, bone match holder, candle socket lacking, small nick to internal upstand, 11.5cms high, 8.5cms dia. From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Tunbridge ware - sewing - five pieces, comprising a large needle book the covers in stick ware, 7cms, another with geometric mosaic borders, 5.6cms, a rosewood pin wheel with stick ware star form decoration, 4cms, a cylinder form combination waxer/pin cushion in stick ware, 4.5cms, and an unusual ball form tape measure in stick ware, plain red silk tape, 3.4cms high. (5) From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Tunbridge ware - sewing - five pieces, comprising a large needlebook with stick ware covers, 6.7cms, another in floral mosaic complete with flannels, covers a little bowed, 5.7cms, a rosewood barrel form waxer with stick ware ends, 3cms, a disc form pin cushion in stick ware, 3.8cms, and a cylinder form combination waxer/ pin cushion, 4cms. (5) From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Tunbridge ware - seven pieces, comprising a rectangular sliding lid pin cushion box the sides with two bands of geometric mosaic, 7.4cms, another rectangular box, the lid in geometric mosaic with stick ware sides, 6.2cms, a rosewood stamp box, the lid in mosaic and stick ware, 3.4cms, a rosewood letter knife with geometric mosaic handle, 20cms, a rosewood circular box with screw cover in mosaic and stick ware, 4cms, another in mahogany with pull off lid, 4.5cms, and a rib turned circular rosewood box the lid in stick ware, s.d., 2.7cms. (7) From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Tunbridge ware - five pieces, comprising a rosewood ring stand, the circular base on three bun feet with a hexagonal panel of cube work, 7.5cms dia., a rosewood rectangular box with sliding pin cushion lid, the sides with two bands of geometric mosaic, 7.2cms, a rosewood paper knife in floral and geometric mosaic one side of the blade in geometric stick ware, 24.5cms, a rosewood circular screw top box, the lid in geometric mosaic, 4cms, and a reproduction cylinder form nutmeg grater, 5.7cms max. dia. (5) From the collectionof Barbara Spicer
Tunbridge ware - sewing - six pieces, comprising a double ended glove darner with mosaic stem, 14cms, a mosaic thread winder, 4.6cms, a stick ware waxer/pin cushion, 4cms, a similar vase form pin cushion, 2.7cms, a stick ware thimble egg with silver thimble, 4.5cms, and a line painted white wood tape measure, slight chip to overhanging top, reduced inked tape, 3cms. (6) From the collectionof Susan Franklin Part 1
A Tunbridge ware ebony and mosaic sewing box, of rectangular form, the concave sides with a broad band of floral mosaic, the cushion form lid with a mosaic centred panel of a basket of flowers within a broad border of floral mosaic. The lid interior in red silk over a compartmentalised and lidded tray with canted geometric border, the lids with turned stick ware handles, lined to the tray and base with leaf printed paper, minor losses and shrinkage to lid border, 27 x 22 x 12cms.
A rare early 19th Century bone knitting stick and two bone stilettos, probably French Napoleonic prisoner of war work, the stick of slightly curved form with belt clip to a square mount with diamond decoration below a turned needle mount, 9.4cms, the stilettos with file cut decoration, 10 and 9.5cms. (3) From the collectionof Susan Franklin Part 1
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