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Click here to subscribeAn Aquamarine Bar Brooch, the round cut aquamarine in yellow millegrain setting, to a plain polished bar, stamped '15CT', length 6cm; A Pink Stone Doublet Bar Brooch, the oval cut doublet in a yellow millegrain setting, to a plain polished bar, stamped '9CT', length 5.9cm; and An Opal and Seed Pearl Stick Pin, length 5.9cmAquamarine brooch - 4.2 grams. Pink stone brooch - 2.9 grams. Opal pin - 1.2 grams
A FINE LACQUER SUZURIBAKO DEPICTING A SAMURAIJapan, Meiji period (1868-1912) to Taisho period (1912-1926)Of rectangular form with rounded corners, bearing a lustrous roiro ground finely decorated to the flush-fitting cover with gold and colored takamaki-e with hiramaki-e, kirikane, and mura-nashiji to depict a samurai riding his galloping horse and holding a long bamboo stick. The base and interior of rich nashiji, the interior further with gold fundame edges, the interior cover with gold and black hiramaki-e depicting a sho, flute, and hand drum, the removable ita (baseboard) fitted with a silver circular waterdropper (suiteki) decorated in relief with a man writing on a tree as well as an inkstone (suzuri), further with an inscribed brush. SIZE 7 x 25.5 x 22.3 cmCondition: Very good condition, minor wear, few tiny nicks, occasional light scratches, the interior with few minuscule flakes to edges, the cover with few minor age cracks.
Burmantofts Faience turquoise-glaze stick stand, of square sectional form, moulded to the exterior with bamboo style decoration, the base with teardrop shaped aperture, impressed factory marks beneath, model no. 949, H66cm x W28cm Condition Report: Chips to the base rim and corners, stress cracks throughout including a large crack (overglazed) to one edge. Chips to the top rim, scratches, crazing and wear commensurate with age.
TWO CHINESE SANCAI GLAZED POTTERY JOSS STICK HOLDERS, QING DYNASTY. Buddhistic lions modelled seated on rectangular plinths with fluted vases on their backs. Approx. 20cm tall. (2) Minor loss to tip of tail of one lion. Otherwise good condition with no signs of damage or repairs. Surface wear from age and use to note.
Spazierstock in der Art von Karl Fabergé. Nephrit, Silber, vergoldet und Holz. Birnförmiger Knauf, am Ansatz umzogen von hellblau emaillierter Manschette, gefasst von stilisierten Lorbeerblattkränzen. Gest. 84. L. 91,5 cm. A Russian gilt silver mounted wooden walking stick with nephrite handle in the style of Karl Fabergé. Standard mark 84. Russland. 20. Jh.
Spazierstock mit figürlichem Griff in der Art von Karl Fabergé. Nephrit, Silber, teilw. vergoldet und rot lasiertes Holz. Der zylindrische Griff, umklammert von einer vollplastischen Affenfigur. Halbrunder Abschluss verziert mit Blattrosette und Lorbeerblattfries, zentral besetzt mit Farbsteincabochon. Gest. 84. L. 96 cm. A Russian parcel-gilt silver mounted wooden walking stick with nephrite handle and monkey in the style of Karl Fabergé. Standard mark 84. Russland. 20. Jh.
ROLLAND ROMAIN: (1866-1944) French Dramatist & Novelist, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1915. An excellent and rare set of two documents, one Manuscript Autograph & one A.L.S., Romain Rolland, two and one pages respectively, 4to and 8vo, Villeneuve - Vaud, Villa Olga, 28th April 1935, to Pierre Marcel Levy, in French. The first document, being a Manuscript Autograph which Rolland entitles `Quinze Ans de Combat´, is a lengthy report of the author providing us with details relating to the genesis of his work with same title, stating in part `Ce livre est le journal de route d´un écrivain independent, au cours des quinze à vingt années qui ont vu les bouleversements politiques et sociaux du monde. L´intelligence a fatalement participé à cette grande “mutation”. Elle a subit ces profondes secousses, et réagit à leurs ébranlements. Il lui a bien fallu, dans le combat qui, depuis les premiers jours d´Août 1914, avec des trêves apparentes, mais sans arrêt, se livre sur toute la terre (guerres, revolutions, contre-révolutions, etc..) prendre parti dans l´une ou dans l´autre des armées. Même ceux qui pretendent s´abstenir, par leur abstention même, favorisent celui des camps qui, à cet instant où ils désertent, est le plus fort…´ (Translation: “This book is the travel diary of an independent writer, during the fifteen to twenty years that have seen the political and social upheavals of the world. Intelligence fatally participated in this great “mutation”. It has suffered these profound shocks, and reacts to their shaking. In the fight which, since the first days of August 1914, with apparent truces, but without stopping, has been fought all over the world (wars, revolutions, counter-revolutions, etc.), it had to take part in one or the other of the armies. Even those who claim to abstain, by their abstention itself, favour that of the side which, at this moment when they desert, is the strongest side”) Rolland further states `Ce livre est la confession de l´écrivain qui s´efforça, pendant la guerre, de faire entendre sa voix “au-dessus de la mêlée” des nations, qui a tenté obstinément, après la guerre, de maintenir les droits de “l´indépendance de l´esprit”, de sauvegarder le grand Credo individualiste de l´âge precedent, et qui a dû, en révisant sincèrement toute son idéologie, en la confrontant à la sévère réalité, se dépouiller de son manteau de préjugés, arracher les plus tenaces, les plus chers, qui nous collent à la peau: ces superstructures idéologiques, comme dit Marx, qui font une caste de l´esprit et de ses servants, qui les scindent du milieu vivant… Il faut que l´esprit rentre dans le rang. C´est la condition même pour qu´il reprenne vie, dans l´homme vivant, l´homme integral, l´homme social, l´homme humain…´ (Translation: “This book is the confession of the writer who strove, during the war, to make his voice heard “above the fray” of nations, who stubbornly tried, after the war, to maintain the rights of “the “independence of the spirit”, to safeguard the great individualist Creed of previous ages, and which had, by sincerely revising its entire ideology, by confronting it with harsh reality, to strip itself of its cloak of prejudices, to tear off the most tenacious, the most dear, which stick to our skin: these ideological superstructures, as Marx says, which make a breed of the spirit and its servants, which separate them from the living environment... The spirit must enter into the row. It is the very condition for it to come back to life, in the living man, the integral man, the social man, the human man…”) Before concluding, Romain quotes a Victor Hugo sentence, and referring to his book, says `Il n´est pas une simple autobiographie. Selon le mot profond de Victor Hugo, “nul de nous n´a l´honneur d´avoir une vie qui soit à lui”. L´évolution qui est ici contée est celle d´un temps. “Une génération pourra, espère l´auteur, y reconnaitre une partie de la propre route, de ses élans, de ses tourments, de ses erreurs, de ses ténèbres, et sa lumière retrouvée”´ (Translation: “It is not a simple autobiography. According to the profound words of Victor Hugo, “none of us has the honour of having a life that is his own”. The evolution that is recounted here is that of a time. “A generation will be able, the author hopes, to recognize part of its own path, of its impulses, its torments, its errors, its darkness, and its rediscovered light”) A manuscript of extremely interesting content. Together with an A.L.S., `Romain Rolland´, to Pierre Marcel also, saying `Ma lettre d´hier s´est croisée avec l´envoi des premiers exemplaires de “Quinze ans de combat”…´ (Translation: “ My letter of yesterday was sent at the same time of the sending of the first copies of “Quinze ans de combat”) Rolland adds a lengthy post-scriptum referring to additions and changes to a future new edition of the book. Overall small creasing to the manuscript with repair to the verso to the central fold. G Pierre Marcel Levy (1878-1953) French Writer, author of multiple scholarships works about Arts. Quinze Ans de Combat (1919-1934) was published in 1935. The work contains multiple articles written by Rolland between 1919 and 1933 which were split among two books, Quinze Ans de Combat and Par la Révolution la Paix, these two books became bibliographical rarities after having being destroyed and forbidden in 1940.
Briggs (Raymond) 30 original illustrations for unpublished work of 'The Lion and Albert', pencil and gouache, tipped into hinged window-mounts, some loose, no.18 with small ink stains to margin not affecting image, no.23 with caption "Mrs Ramsbottom making like a lion" in pencil, numbers in pencil to mounts verso, image c.23.5 x 19.5cm (9¼ x 7¾in), [?c.1960s]; and 2 others probably in the same hand, framed, v.s. (32)⁂ Rare collection of original illustrations by Raymond Briggs. Pencil numbers on the back of the mounts count nos. 3-32, an indication that this was originally intended for the standard 32-page picture book format. This, along with characteristic rosy cheeks, suburban architectural details and comic-strip style frames, but using watercolour and gouache suggest Briggs at an early stage of his career, before his breakout work of The Mother Goose Treasury in 1966, and Father Christmas in 1973.The pictures illustrate the story of 'The Lion and the Albert' by Mariott Edgar from 1930s, made famous by Stanley Holloway, following a young boy "with a stick with an 'orse's 'head 'andle" who during a trip to the zoo with his parents, Mr and Mrs Ramsbottom, is swallowed whole by a lion. An exceedingly rare collection of illustrations from the late beloved Raymond Briggs.
Retro Gaming - Unboxed 16 Bit SEGA Mega Drive games console with SEGA power Supply and other related leads, SEGA Mega Drive Arcade Power Stick and Mega Drive Control Pad controller and Game Genie Video Game Enhancer, together with a collection of 27 cased games to include California Games, Desert Strike Return To The Gulf, Sonic The Hedgehog 2, The Terminator, Golden Axe, Rambo III, Wrestle War, Last Battle, Mercs, etc, all complete with manuals
An antique mahogany Arts & Crafts gothic style stick / umbrella stand, with drip tray and pierced decoration. 84x75x23cm.Good used condition. A bridge has been added to close the gap at one end of the stand, and there is a tack in another gap. remainder are untouched. Please see additional photographs.
A large 19th-century Wedgwood blue Jasperware vase of Campagna form, with twin-handles on a circular foot (lacking cover), 21 cm high, together with a Wedgwood black basalt candlestick, 17 cm, a Wedgwood white-glaze porcelain ewer, with looped handle and mask decoration, 27 cm and a terracotta bronze-effect vase of Classical form, unmarked, 22.5 cm high.Qty: 4Generally fair condition, large stain present on ewer alongside smaller stain, pinhole chip and historic repair to lower handle, chip to top of candle stick, wear to decoration throughout all items commensurate with age and use - please see photos
A mixed lot of textiles and others to include; a faux Crocodile leather Doctor's bag, opening to show leather interior and pocket, various textile pieces, table cloths/coverings, gloves and others, also a 1950s Waldybag hand painted combination make-up bag with interior opening to show compartments, lip stick holder and compact with embroidered designs. Along with three 20th century tribal wooden figures and Will's cigarette cards of floral/gardening scenes. (1 box)
No reserve - Jugendstil walking stick handle silver. Beautiful Art Nouveau walking stick handle depicting a frog. France, ca. 1890-1900, hallmarks: boar's head, faded French maker's mark - light signs of wear and dents. 29 grams, 800/1000. Dim. L 8.5 cm, W 2.8 cm, H 8 cm. This lot will be auctioned without reserve price.
Evelyn Reyes, American b.1957 - One Purple and Five White Carrots, 2004-9; oil stick on paper, six sheets framed as one, titled and dated to gallery label attached to the reverse of the frame, 90 x 89 cm Provenance: with WSJ Gallery, London (according to the label attached to the reverse of the frame); private collection, UK
Ringo Starr: A Collection of Signed and Inscribed Greetings Cards and Other Signed Material,comprising; a Humiditas lithograph dedicated and signed To Hillary's Mum, Lots of love, Ringo; six Christmas/Birthday cards (some signed by Barbara Bach; four signed postcard photographs; a note initialled 'R & B'; a postcard signed by Ringo and Nancy; a black and white photo of Ringo signed and inscribed To Dear Hilary, Stick it up you nose, Love Ringo xxx; a picture sleeve signed by Ringo; a CD for With The Beatles signed by Ringo; a vinyl record for Liverpool by Ringo Starr signed by Ringo on the label; and an invitation to Barbara's 50th birthday party, print 8 1/2in x 8 1/2in (21cm x 21cm), (16)Footnotes:Provenance:From the Estate of the late Hilary Gerrard (1933-2023), formerly Business Manager to Ringo Starr from the 1970s onwards.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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