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Lot 98
Jeff Stones (Contemporary), Duo II, 2018, polished and patinated bronze, mounted to a simulated stone plinth base, signed with initials and numbered 1/1 in the bronze, further signed, initialed, titled and numbered to underside20cm high overallIn apparently good decorative condition, free from damage or repair.
Lot 461
* Military Autographs. An impressive collection of approximately 1100 autographs, mainly Luftwaffe, SOE, Royal Air Force, Victoria Cross recipients, Code Breakers, SAS, USAAF including Memphis Belle, Polish Pilots, Gulf War and many more, signed to publicity photographs, blank cards, letters, press cuttings etc, Luftwaffe autographs include Carlos Nugent, Joseph Foss, Franz Stigler, Leo Schumacher, Gunther Granzow, Herman Wolf, Kurt Lobgesang, Alfred Siedl, Lothar Busse, Heinz Nowotnik, Otto Ernst Remer, WilhelmR Moritz, Erich Zepper, Bernhardt Waldenga, Fritz Tegtmeier, Gerhardt Thyben, Horst Geyer, Herbert Wehnelt, Franz-Josef Beerenbrock, Joseph Buerschgens, Wolfgang Falck, Horst Petzchler, Victor Molders, Harald Jung and Erwin Leykauf, Heinz Knoke, Herbert Ihlefeld, Martin Drewes, Heinz Ewald, Georg Hermann Greiner, Gunther Schack, Erich Rudorffer, Martin Becker, Adolf Borchers, Walter Schuck, Ernst-Wilhelm Reinert Gustav Rödel; 19th/20th century Military Leaders, including Sir Evelyn Wood, Sir Redvers Buller, Lord Grenfell, Sir E.W. Ward; SOE, Jean Barnard Badaire, Alain Cianfannelli, Madame Mallier, Robert Richard, Raymond Lepers, Maurice Buckmaster and Pearl Cornioley; Royal Air Force, Douglas H. Grice, Peter Townsend, Frank Carey, Eric Barwell, R (Cloudy) Rayner, D.I. Benham, Vlastimil Vesley, Charles Palliser, Geoff Pittman, Alex Hurry, Jack Jones, Ragner Dogger, Eric Chandler, Michael Allen, John D. Bisdee, Stanley Gill, Tony Holland, Roy Riddel, Keith Miller, Clive Caldwell, Sandy Sanders, Tom Neil, Wilf G. Bickley, J. Stokoe, G.L. Sinclair, Sir Patrick Dunn, Ken Cranfield, Dennis David, John Peel, R.G. Kellett, A.D. Murray, H. Szczelsly, George H. Westlake, J. Rose, Roy Ford, G.D.M. Blackwood, Mike Croskell, Jan. P. Falkowski, W.J. 'Sticks' Gregory, Michael Stevens, Bob Stanford-Tuck; Victoria Cross, Havildar Umroah Singh, Bill Reid, Edward Kenna, C.C.I. Merritt, John Daniel Hinton, Ganju Lama, Gaje Ghale; Code Breakers, Alan Tripp, Sir H F.H. Hinsley, Mavis Batey, Roy Jenkins and Frank Rowland; Memphis Belle, Robert K. Morgan, Eugene Adkins, Bob Hanson; SAS, Johnnie Cooper, Reg Seekins; miscellaneous, Spink Milligan, Terry Wait, John Glenn Barbara Harmer, Chuck Yeager, Yasser Arafat, Francois Mitterand, Terence Cuneo, Frank Whittle, Brian Trubshaw, Simon Weston, Harry Patch, William G. Stone, Henry Allingham (the last three WWI veterans), all contained in plastic sleeves in 11 ring-bound binders, with 2 further folders with related paperworkQTY: (approx. 1100 )NOTE:The collection was compiled by Len W. Read (1922-2016), who served during WWII with the Royal Air Force and was present during the D-Day landings. Read formed this collection between 1990 to 2010, writing to every signatory. This is a fine and well presented comprehensive collection with some very scarce signatures.
Lot 512
* Early Ballooning. English Lambeth, London delftware plate, circa 1785 commemorating the flight of Vincenzo Lunardi on 15 September 1784, polychrome decorated in blue, green and manganese showing Lunardi's balloon ascending above a house and trees, within a floral swag border, restored and small chips to the rim, 22.5 cm QTY: (1)NOTE:Vincenzo Lunardi (1754-1806) was born in Luca, Italy and was a pioneering aeronaut. He came to England as Secretary to Prince Caramanico, the Neapolitan Ambassador.On 15 September 1784 Lunardi 'The Daredevil Aeronaut demonstrated a hydrogen balloon flight at the Artillery Ground of the Honourable Artillery Company in London. He had intended to be accompanied by his friend George Biggin, however, the 200,000 strong crowd which included the Prince of Wales had grown impatient and Lunardi had to take off without Biggin, but he was accompanied by a dog cat and pigeon. The flight from the Artillery Ground travelled north towards Hertfordshire. Lunardi touched down briefly in a cornfield near North Mymms to release the cat who had become unwell. He completed his flight in Stanton Green End. A stone in Welham Green near North Mymms commemorates this flight.
Lot 9142
(Typography, Printing, Illustration, Early Ian Fleming in Print.), 'Alphabet & Image', Shenval Press, 1946-1948, Issues One to Eight (all published, complete set), content/illustrations including Edward Bawden, Type Designs of Eric Gill, Stanley Morison, Barnett Freedman, Lynton Lamb, Reynolds Stone, Claude Lovat Fraser, Golden Cockerel Press, Robert Gibbings, John Farleigh, Ruari McLean, Mervyn Peake, Rex Whistler, Hugh Casson, Edward Wadsworth etc, original wraps (first four issues plastic spiral bound as issued). Three loose inserts (Ian Fleming interest, Stop Press notices, one each in Numbers Five, Seven and Eight); coloured order form, unused, in Number One; used order form - torn-off half - in Number Six. Ian Fleming proposed the terms of the first competition to be run by this journal, to design the twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet. Terms were detailed in Stop Press No.1, a four-page insert to Magazine No 5. "All submissions to be received by 15th November 1947, with Mr. Fleming to be the sole judge. The prize is a book token of five guineas". A very early literary endeavour by the future James Bond novelist. (8)
Lot 9194
J.K. Rowling, The Harry Potter Novels, 7 volumes, London, Bloomsbury, 1999-2007, deluxe editions, mixed impressions (three 1st impressions, four later impressions), comprising: 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone', 1999, 19th impression, 'Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets', 1999, 5th impression, 'Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban', 1999, 2nd impression, 'Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire', 2000, 1st impression, 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', 2003, 1st impression, 'Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince', 2005, 1st impression, 'Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows', 2007, 5th impression, all original cloth gilt with mounted colour illustrations to front covers, all edges gilt, first volume in original shrink wrap, volumes 1-4 housed in original pictorial cloth gilt slipcase (7)
Lot 850
A CHINESE CHALCEDONY 'CHILONG AND LOTUS' BRUSH WASHERQING DYNASTYThe white mottled stone naturalistically rendered as a lotus leaf with the stem forming the handle, a chilong carved in high relief to a pink inclusion near the rim, together with a wood stand carved with openwork lotus and ears of millet, 16cm.
Lot 884
TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE RINGS QING DYNASTY OR EARLIER Each carved with a twisted-rope design, the larger with a few small russet inclusions and areas of white mottling to the stone, the other of an even tone with a single white vein to the stone, 6.7cm and 5cm. (2) Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
Lot 838
NO RESERVEA CHINESE JADEITE TRIPOD INCENSE BURNER AND COVER LATE QING DYNASTY The compressed circular body with two loose-ring handles issuing from dragon masks and with three lion-paw feet beneath lion masks, the cover with three further masks beneath a finial carved in high relief with a chilong bearing a lingzhi spray in its jaws, the stone mottled with green and russet markings, together with a wood stand, 13.8cm. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment. Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex. Cf. P Schneeberger, The Baur Collection, Chinese Jades and Other Hardstones, 1976, no.B 63, for a similar jadeite incense burner.
Lot 872
A LARGE CHINESE PALE CELADON JADE 'CRANES AND LOTUS' GROUPLATE QING DYNASTY/REPUBLIC PERIODCarved in openwork with trailing lotus flowers and seedpods with two cranes and a small bird amongst the vegetation, the stone a pale uniform cover with the occasional small russet inclusion, 21cm.Provenance: from the collection of David Taylor (1876-1958) and thence by descent. David Taylor was a successful businessman of Scottish descent who was born in Northern Ireland. He resided in Belfast and owned various commercial buildings, shops and a farm. He also had a substantial portfolio of stocks and shares. These jade items were acquired by Taylor during his travels to East Asia in the early 20th century.
Lot 911
TWO CHINESE JADE CARVINGS OF MYTHICAL BEASTSQING DYNASTYOne a pale celadon carving of a recumbent qilin, the stone with occasional small russet mottling; the other a celadon jade carving of luduan with a bird perched on its back, the stone with large russet inclusions, 6cm. (2)Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
Lot 901
NO RESERVEA CHINESE JADEITE CARVING OF A GOURD QING DYNASTY OR LATER Carved with a squirrel climbing around the stalk from which the enormous fruit grows, the stone with mottled green striations, 8cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.
Lot 864
TWO CHINESE CELADON JADE PENDANTSQING DYNASTY OR LATER One an open disk carved in high relief with a chilong; the other a naturalistic pebble shape with a low-relief carving of a bird beneath rockwork, and a poem with a two-character Qianlong mark to the reverse, the stone with abundant russet inclusions, both suspended from fabric cords with glass beads, 5.2cm and 4.5cm. (2)
Lot 910
NO RESERVEA CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE RUYI SCEPTRE QING DYNASTY The head carved as a large flat lingzhi decorated with a trailing lotus in low relief, the shaft carved with further flowering lotus stems, the stone mottled with light inclusions throughout; together with a zhadou, its bulbous body and flared rim raised on a short straight foot, with an even dark colour to the stone, 34.2cm and 8.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex. Cf. The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, accession no.A.17-1925, for a similar spinach-green jade ruyi sceptre naturalistically carved as a lingzhi. This example was given as a diplomatic gift on 14 September 1793 by the Qianlong Emperor to Sir George Leonard Staunton, Secretary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the first British Embassy to China lead by Lord George Macartney. Though to an early English audience the significance of ruyi sceptres was unclear and generally misunderstood as a symbol of sovereignity, they have always featured in Chinese culture as tokens of good fortune. The word ruyi signifies 'as you wish', pointing to the auspicious significance to these objects. As such, they were seen as appropriate Imperial gifts for diplomatic exchanges such as the British Embassy of 1793.
Lot 846
A PAIR OF CHINESE TRANSLUCENT JADEITE BOWLSLATE QIANLONGEach carved from a superb pale grey-white stone with mottled green, lavender and orange inclusions, the circular bodies with everted rims and raised on ring feet, 15.9cm. (2)Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.Provenance: from an English private collection, purchased in the 1940s and 1950s.Jadeite ranks among the rarest and most precious materials to have been used during the 18th century. The material was brought to China from Myanmar along trade routes towards the end of the Qianlong reign and craftsmen at the Palace Workshops began working with it then. Most extant jadeite objects in the old Imperial collection date from the late Qianlong and early Jiaqing periods.
Lot 909
NO RESERVEA CHINESE SPINACH-GREEN JADE INKSTONE QING DYNASTY Of tapering rectangular form, the reverse carved with rockwork and breaking waves, in a hardwood box and cover, 15.5cm, the stone, 17.8cm overall. (3) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Lot 999
NO RESERVEA CHINESE MARBLE FIGURE OF A BUDDHIST LION TANG/SONG DYNASTY Seated with a boy standing beside the front right leg and with a cub beneath the front left paw, all on a lotus throne above a rectangular plinth, 36.3cm. PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex. Cf. JM Addis, Chinese Ceramics from Datable Tombs and Some Other Dated Material: A handbook, pl.19a, for a pair of similar stone lions excavated from the tomb of Yan Deyuan, dated to 1189.
Lot 849
A CHINESE CELADON AND RUSSET HARDSTONE 'MAGNOLIA' LIBATION CUPQING DYNASTYFormed as a flowerhead growing from a stalk modelled as the handle issuing further flowerheads, the stone a pale celadon colour with russet markings, together with a wood stand, 15.4cm. (2)Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
Lot 865
A CHINESE JADEITE 'CHILONG AND LOTUS' PENDANTQING DYNASTY OR LATERThe rectangular pendant carved with a pair of large lotus leaves and blossoms, with two chilong clambering on one side, the pendant suspended from a thread adorned with jadeite beads and seed pearls forming a necklace, the pendant 6.2cm.Please note the stone has not been tested for colour treatment.
Lot 858
A CHINESE WHITE AND APPLE GREEN JADEITE RECTANGULAR PENDANT QING DYNASTYThe pendant with a blank square cartouche surmounted by two low-relief kui-dragons, the stone mottled green and white, 6.3cm.Together with a gemmological report from the Gem and Pearl Laboratory dated 15th December 2023 stating 'No evidence of treatment was observed'.
Lot 881
A CHINESE ARCHAIC JADE 'DRAGON' PENDANTWARRING STATES PERIODThe mythical beast with its head facing proudly forward and its sinuous body curving back on itself, decorated all over with a low-relief pattern of comma-spirals, the yellowish-celadon stone with a large dark marking to the base, 5.5cm.Provenance: formerly the collection of the Viceroy of Min-Zhe, who served in the Qing government from 1898-1903.
Lot 852
A CHINESE CELADON JADE CARVING OF A CARPQING DYNASTYEmerging from rolling waves, its upturned body curving towards a lotus flower and leaf, the stone with russet and white inclusions, together with a wood stand, 13.8cm. (2)Provenance: from the collection of James Haydock Esq and thence by descent.
Lot 845
NO RESERVEA SMALL ARCHAISTIC PALE CELADON JADE BRUSH WASHER 17TH/18TH CENTURY The flared oval body carved in low relief with a frieze of stylised pearls between C-scrolls and archaistic birds, above a short straight foot, the stone with occasional russet inclusions, together with a wood stand with a label for Spink & Son Ltd to the base, 7.8cm. (2) PLEASE NOTE THIS LOT IS TO BE OFFERED WITHOUT RESERVE. 注：本拍品不設底價。 Provenance: from an English private collection, Sussex.
Lot 331
(Cornwall) Twenty four works J. B. Cornish. 'Mate's Illustrated Penzance,' second edition, original wraps, staple bound, b+w photographic illustrations throughout, vg, advertisements, W. Mate & Sons, Bournemouth, 1904; Canon G. H. Doble. 'Old Penzance and St. Mary's Chapel,' ink inscription from the author to front printed wrap, staple bind, vg, The King Stone Press, Shipston-On-Stour, 1943; P. A. S. Pool. 'The Life and Progress of Henry Quick of Zennor,' first edition, card wraps, vg, Obtainable from the author, 1963; Frank Baron. 'Ma'tha Madder. A Cornish Character,' first edition, card wraps, vg, John W. Saundry, Penzance [1952]; With twenty others including 'The St. Austell Recipe Book', Arthur Caddicks 'One Hundred Doors Are Open', 'Cornish Yarns' by Frank Baron &c. &c. (24)
Lot 277
GARNER, Alan 'The Stone Book,' first edition, second impression original boards, clipped dj with libris label attached to front flap, spotting to head and far edge of text block, vg, Collins, London, 1977; 'The Aimer Gate,' first edition, original boards, unclipped dj, light spotting to edge of text block, vg, Collins London, 1978. (2)
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