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Click here to subscribeA late 19th Century enamel and stone set lady's fob watch, enamel dial with a border of stones, the reverse in enamels with a girl in a garden holding a basket within a border of clear and turquoise stones, interior of case stamped 57207 Argent 0.935 and with two indistinct marks, 2.8cms dia. in leatherette case.
Buttons - various, comprising a display of seven ships and marine, including two silver, largest 3.5cms, a display of twenty, mostly metal with cloth insets, largest 3.6cms, a display of fourteen, mostly metal figural, largest 4cms, a display of twelve, metal with paisley pattern open centres, largest 2.7cms, and two displays, totalling twenty three, mostly brass with stone and other centres, largest 4.5cms. (76) From the collection of the late Jackie Cole
A fine gold and 'jewelled' needle case, probably French, of slightly tapering cylinder form decorated with three circular borders set with turquoise coloured stones within raised leaf borders, the top with a single stone within flower head frame, the base with a flower head in gold, some stones slightly variant colourings and possibly replaced, 9.2cms. From the collection of Celia Barrington
Fourteen various thimbles, including silver millennium, 200th Anniversary of Trafalgar, Succession of Hong Kong, Halley's Comet, two stone tops, two 'Marsh Arab' examples, two others, a nickel thimble with jewel top marked 'PL Patent', a cloth thimble, bog oak thimble shamrock carved frieze inscribed 'Erin', and a Russian silver gilt cloisonne thimble with spurious Faberge maker's mark. (14) From the collection of Celia Barrington
Three nanny brooches, comprising an example with circular mother of pearl mount, cylinder stamped 'GFS. Gesch', another with circular spangle, cylinder stamped 'DRGM 682605', and an unusual example with oval cabochon stone, no markings, largest 5.5cms. (3) From the collection of the late Sue Read
AR * Clarke (Bob Carlos, 1950-2006). Joanna Lumley 1995, mammoth colour Polaroid ‘instant’ photograph, 61 x 51 cm (24 x 20 ins), framed and glazed (Perspex), 104 x 74 cm overallQTY: (1)NOTE:Dame Joanna Lamond Lumley DBE FRGS (born 1 May 1946) is a British actress, presenter, former model, author, television producer, and activist. She has won two BAFTA TV Awards for her role as Patsy Stone in the BBC sitcom Absolutely Fabulous (1992-2012), and was nominated for the 2011 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play for the Broadway revival of La Bête. In 2013, she received the Special Recognition Award at the National Television Awards, and in 2017 she was honoured with the BAFTA Fellowship award.This is a Polaroid 20 x 24 inch ‘instant’ photograph taken by the late Bob Carlos Clarke in 1995. It was one of a series of photographs using different celebrity sitters commissioned by Pat Wallace for a 1996 calendar in aid of The Prince's Trust. As each Polaroid photograph has no negative each image is unique, this being one of the original Polaroid ‘instant’ photographs not reproduced in the calendar or ever published elsewhere.Provenance: Pat Wallace (former Publicity Manager Polaroid (UK) Limited) & Rudi Szczerba (former Business & Professional Products Marketing Manager Polaroid (UK) Limited). A certificate signed by Pat & Rudi, dated 1 September 2023, is included with the lot.
* China. An album of 18 landscape photographs of Jiangxi province by Sing Kwa, c. 1870, albumen prints, depicting views in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces, (southwest of Shanghai), featuring tombs, temples, towers, and other architectural and natural features, the majority with a Chinese male figure in the view, 210 x 265 mm and similar, pasted to album leaf rectos with ink captions in Chinese script on mounts beneath, together with a further 8 contemporary albumen print photographs on rectos of following leaves at rear, including a brick and stone 3-arch river bridge with Chinese dwellings and water vessels, two of colonial buildings and one of a hall interior, plus a Western woman (oval vignette), two large group portraits of Western colonials in outdoor settings (one loose) and an unidentified Western cemetery, printed photographer label to front pastedown, ‘Sing Kwa, Photographer and Portrait Painter, Paintings on Ivory. Shanghai’, contemporary black half morocco over cloth, soiled and worn, backstrip deficient, oblong folio (315 x 380 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A most unusual collection of photographs by a Chinese photographer about whom almost nothing is known. Sing Kwa, (even allowing for possible variant spellings), is not listed in any of the usual Chinese photography reference books, including those by Terry Bennett. The only reliable mention is to another similar photograph album with a Sing Kwa label held at The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley (see Online Archive of California). The Chinese captions are a further unusual feature. The composition and subjects of the photographs do not appear to be based on other Chinese or Western photographers’ work of the period and they were possibly not taken with a commercial Western market in mind. Besides the Sing Kwa label and the 18 Chinese captions there are no other captions or markings to help identify previous owners or explain why the album was put together. English translations of the 18 captioned Sing Kwa photographs:Jiujiang Riverside Tower, [Guangdong province], 210 x 262 mm; Jiujiang City Tower, [Guangdong province], 267 x 207 mm; Tomb of Master Zhou, [Jiangsu province], 265 x 210 mm; Gantry, 214 x 267 mm; Yunyang Cave, 209 x 262 mm; Taiping Palace, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 264 mm; Tower outside Taiping Palace Gate, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 265 mm; Feng Street opposite Taiping Palace, [Jiangxi province], 213 x 265 mm; Donglin Bridge, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 265 mm; Si Lin Pagoda, [Jiangxi province], 257 x 211 mm; Guizong Temple, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 265 mm; Yulianquan [or Yuyaquan], [Jiangxi province], 215 x 263 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 210 x 267 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 197 x 255 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 211 x 268 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 210 x 267 mm; Guanyin Bridge, [Jiangxi province], 212 x 265 mm; Yuyuan Spring outside Qixian Temple, [Jiangxi province], 202 x 267 mm The other 8 uncaptioned photographs:Colonial building [Shanghai?], 209 x 260 mm; Colonial building [Shanghai?], oval vignette, 152 x 245 mm; Hall interior, 228 x 279 mm; Chinese river bridge [by Sing Kwa?], 202 x 289 mm; Group portrait of 38 Western people in an outdoor clearing, 215 x 279 mm; Group portrait of a party of 43 Western people in theatrical costumes, (loose, corner creasing), 205 x 286 mm; Western woman, oval vignette, 190 x 153 mm; Western cemetery, 187 x 259 mm.
A pair of 9ct two colour gold hoop earrings, two 9ct gold dress studs, a 9ct gold stone set pendant, and a bracelet marked '375', 6.9g gross; a belcher link chain with T-bar, tests as 9ct gold, a trace link chain and a bar brooch with a D set with split pearls, tests as 9ct gold, 15.4g gross; and two other items (the pearls untested and unwarranted)
A pair of patterned hoop earrings, marked '375'; a pair of knot type stud earrings, marked '375'; a pair of 9ct gold garnet stud earrings, a 9ct gold stone set pendant, and a pair of unmarked gold hoop earrings, test as 9ct gold, 7.8g gross; a pair of fan shaped earrings, marked '585', 2.7g gross
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