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Lot 18
World War Two paperback report Monogram Close Up 4 featuring The Buzz Bomb fascinating insight into German weapon used during the war. The V-1 flying bomb (German: Vergeltungswaffe 1 Vengeance Weapon 1also known to the Allies as the buzz bomb, or doodlebug, and in Germany as Kirschkern (cherry stone) or Maikäfer (maybug), as well as by its official RLM aircraft designation of Fi 103 was an early cruise missile and the only production aircraft to use a pulsejet for power. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99.
Lot 493
An English pearlware blue willow pattern transfer printed divided circular supper dish, early 19th century, 32.5cm diameter, with lift-off condiment stand, a pair of similar period transfer printed soup plates, three Spode stone china soup plates, eight Victorian Oriental pattern plates and a Victorian soup tureen from a doll's service (15).
Lot 414
A collection of silver and costume jewellery comprising; a silver bangle cast with animal panels; a silver pearl and orange bead pendant necklace and earring suite, the lozenge shaped pierced silver plaques, suspended from alternating pearl and bead necklace, with pearl and bead drops; a Rennie Mackintosh style silver oval brooch and pendant earring suite; a pair of purple stone-set silver pendant earrings; an imitation pearl single row necklace suspended from an earlier garnet-set gold clasp; a four strand freshwater pearl necklace; a single row freshwater pearl necklace; a metal charm and two facetted coloured stones (qty).
Lot 89
Garden statues/Sculpture: An important life size lead figure of Hygieia by Bromsgrove Guild and modelled by Charles Bonnet, early 20th century, 196cm highThe Bromsgrove Guild of Applied Arts was established in 1894 by Walter Gilbert who took over a foundry in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire. It was first involved with decorative ironwork, but the business soon expanded into a great many other fields. By 1900 Gilbert had gone into partnership with a Mr McCandlish and had taken over further premises in the town which housed bronze and lead foundries, as well as wood and stone carving studios. By 1908 they had established an outlet in London, and as a result of their most famous commission, the iron and bronze gates outside Buckingham Palace, they were issued with a Royal Warrant appointing them metal workers to Edward VII (an honour repeated two years later under George V). Unlike the majority of other contemporary English manufacturers of garden ornaments most of the Guild's figurative subjects were modelled in the popular styles of the day. In 1921 the Guild became a limited company, but by this date some of the members had left to start companies of their own. However, the Guild continued to produce a variety of garden ornaments for many years finally closing in 1966.The modeller of this statue, Charles Bonnet, despite his English sounding name was from Barcelona. Much of his work was of animals and birds and many of his statues were displayed in the show garden at the back of the Bromsgrove works in Station Road. Most of the Bromsgrove products were produced in quantity, and were available to purchase from the various catalogues produced by the Guild. This rare figure does not appear to have been illustrated in any of Bromsgrove Guild's literature and the only other known example of this figure was commissioned for the garden of Chequers, which was originally the Buckinghamshire mansion belonging to Lord Lee, who presented the house to the nation in 1917 as a country residence for the use of future Prime Ministers. It still stands on the lawn in front of the main entrance to the house.Hygieia was a goddess in Greek mythology and was the daughter and chief attendant to Asklepios, the god of medicine.The cult of Hygieia started in Athens in the 600s BC, in connection with the cult of Athene, goddess of wisdom and purity. Statues of Athene and Hygieia stood at the entrance to the Acropolis temple in Athens. In classical sculpture she was often shown holding or feeding a large snake, (the symbol of Asklepion medicine).Literature: The Bromsgrove Guild - an Illustrated History, edited by Quintin Watt, published by the Bromsgrove Society 1999, page 63.
Lot 47
Garden urns/planters: A rare Austin and Seeley composition stone bowl on stand, 124cm high Felix Austin went into business in 1828 having bought moulds from a firm that had gone out of business. He established works in New Road, London, describing himself variously as an architect, statuary mason and sculptor as well as artificial stone maker. His material was not the same as the ceramic body used by Mrs Coade but made from Portland cement, broken stone pounded marble and coarse sand (The Builder 1868). Around 1840 he entered into partnership with John Seeley. Seeley had trained at the Royal Academy Schools and also made an artificial stone which he called artificial limestone, before entering into partnership with Austin. In 1841 they published their first catalogue, Pleasure Grounds etc. from their address in New Road. Similar, but not identical models are illustrated in this catalogue.
Lot 90
Interior Design/Sculpture: An extremely rare Coade stone bust of Gerard de Visme, stamped Coade, Lambeth, the back scratched with Gerard de Visme E** 5 1793 and with partial old paper inventory label, 29cm highThis extremely rare bust is illustrated in Mrs Coade's stone by Alison Kelly, who states on page 139 "Another charming small portrait bust sold at Christies in April 1986. The name on the sitter was scratched on the back and difficult to decipher. He was Gerard de Visme, a Huguenot, and the piece is marked 1793. It is bronzed. Its provenance is unknown, and it is now in a private collection. It was shown in Henry Clay's article in the Connoisseur, October 1928, pp 79-87, but he did not know who it was. Gerard de Visme lived at Wimbledon Lodge, South Side, Wimbledon, lavishly decorated with Coade stone"Further research has revealed that Gerard was born on 6 February 1725 probably in the parish of St Mary Aldermary in the vicinity of Bow Lane, and christened at the French Huguenot Church of St Martin Orgars on the 28th February. He seems to have gone to Lisbon in Portugal around 1746 and then lived much of his life there. He then returned to the England around 1794 and spent his later years living at Wimbledon near London.His estate in Portugal was Quinta at Benfica, near Lisbon and later Monserrate near Sintra.A prominent member of the British Factory in Lisbon, he made a vast fortune, possibly relating to diamonds commerce with Brazil. He was possibly the Administrator of the Crown jewels and diamond mines of Brazil. He also possibly imported redwood and presumably had many other business interests. He seems to have been involved in the building of the British Hospital in Lisbon. He was also involved in a bank Purry Mellish & De Vismes. He is mentioned in the book 'They Went to Portugal' by Rose Macaulay.In 1790, Gerard moved onto the Monserrate estate, near Sintra. It would appear that he was not able to buy the property at Monserrate due to laws forbidding ownership of property by foreigners in Portugal at the time. Years later Francis Cook, another Englishman, stumbled upon the ruins of DeVisme's Palace and was able to purchase it. Francis Cook became the first Visconde of Monserrate.One rumour about DeVisme's daughter is that she was the reason he abandoned Monserrate. He apparently spent much time isolated there and the speculation is that he carried on some kind of improper relationship (with a servant or another member of society). His permanent abandonment of Monserrate coincides with his reappearance in London with an unexplained daughter.In London Gerard appears to have been a partner in the banking firm of De Vismes, Cuthbert, Marsh, Creed and Co, which is recorded in the London Directory of 1797.Gerard is buried in the churchyard of St Mary's in Wimbledon. He is noted as dying in 1797 having been resident at Wimbledon Lodge, Southside.A large portrait of Gerard, by Thomas Hickey, dated 1783, 10 years before this bust was commissioned, is in the National Trust collection at Tyntesfield, near Bristol. A second copy of this portrait, presumably also painted by Thomas Hickey, came up for Auction 14 March 2012 in Australia (Mossgreen, Lot 49).There is also a small miniature portrait of him painted in 1794 by Henry Spicer (English, 1743-1804) where Gerard is noted as being 67 years old. This miniature is now in the Carnegie Museum of Art in America.Eleanor Coade (d.1821) opened her Lambeth Manufactory for ceramic artificial stone in 1769, and appointed the sculptor John Bacon as its manager two years later. She was employed by all the leading late 18th Century architects. From about 1777 she began her engraved designs, which were published in 1784 in a catalogue of over 700 items entitled A Descriptive Catalogue of Coade's Artificial Stone Manufactory. Then in 1799, the year she entered into partnership with her cousin John Sealy, she issued a handbook of her Pedlar's Lane exhibition Gallery. The firm became Coade and Sealey from this date and following Sealey's death in 1813, it reverted to Coade and in 1821 with the death of the younger Eleanor Coade, control of the firm passed to William Croggan, who died in 1835, following bankruptcy. Coade's manufactures resembling a fine-grained natural stone, have always been famed for their durability.Literature: Mrs Coade's Stone, by Alison Kelly,SPA, 1990, page 139
Lot 92
Interior Design/Sculpture: †After Jacquemart: A pair of bronze dogs, modern, bearing foundry stamp A Durenne Sommevoire, 97cm high Alfred Jacquemart was born in Paris in 1824, the son of a locksmith. He entered the Beaux Arts on the 22nd September 1843 and became one of the leading 'animalier' figures of his day, regularly exhibiting at the Salon between 1847 and 1877. He produced a considerable number of public works, notably four stone sphinxes for La fontaine du Chatelet in Paris in 1858, and two years later two bronze dragons for the Saint Michel fountain. He was also responsible for eight lions for the Chateau d'Eau, and the rhinoceros in the foundry in the Trocadero. Jacquemart's works were predominantly produced in two materials, bronze and cast iron. Examples of the former tend to be small desk and mantlepiece bronzes, but he also produced larger works such as the equestrian figure of The Great General in Chief of the army in Italy, which was exhibited at the Salon in 1864. However, the majority of his subjects cast in iron were frequently life-size.
Lot 218
δ Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009)Daffodils and Candlestick (Lambirth & Peck 46)Screenprint in colours, 2001, signed and numbered from the edition of 75 in white ink, on wove paper, printed by Coriander Studios, UK, published by Jonathan Stone, the image, 500 x 385mm (19 5/8 x 15 1/8in) (framed)δ This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.
Lot 183
BEATLES & RELATED PROGRAMMES. 40 items to include tour/concert/event programmes from Paul McCartney World Tour (1990, x4, inc 1 ticket), The New World Tour (x2), Conferment Of The Honorary Freedom Of Liverpool Upon Paul McCartney (1984), Broad Street, Back In The World, Driving USA (x2), 1989-90 Japanese Tour, Back In The U.S., The Standing Stone Premiere, McCartney 04 Summer, Wings UK Tour 1979 (x2, one signed by both Denny Laine & Steve Holley and one just by Holley), Wings Over Europe (signed by Denny Laine), Pipes Of Peace, George Harrison & Ravi Shankar 1974, Concert For George, Ringo Starr 2000, Ringo Starr Third World Tour, Yoko Ono - John Lennon Let's Have A Dream.
Lot 120
An Asmat Regency, Papua carved wood figural ceremonial sago bowl and various other tribal artifacts, including a woven fibre bilum bag, two small woven fibre pouches, a woven fibre and feather headdress, a wood and stone adze, various woven fibre/cowrie shell ornaments, a horn flask, a comb, two small drums and an Aboriginal 'souvenir' boomerang (Latjie Latjie Tribe) with pokerwork decoration (Q)
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