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Lot 533
Van Morrison - Group of ten tour tees, tops and jackets to include black polo Avalon Sunset 1989, jacket from 1990 Enlightenment promo tour x 2, jacket for 1991, polo with 91 logo, denim shirt from summer festival 92, The Philosopher's Stone t-shirt, 'in concert 96' t shirt, t shirt The Wool Hall Studios logo and one other
Lot 473A
A leather box containing a collection of seals, a 19th Century white metal example of baluster form, the seal as a lion rampant holding a shield, the top as a shell opening to reveal a space possibly for wax, together with a rock crystal example inscribed "Morna", a gilt and stone set seal, the edge decorated with leaves and seeds, together with two further seals with hard stone and agate handles, the smallest 3.7 cm, the largest 8.8 cm, together with various wax (5)(Provenance: the property of the Raymond Barker family late of Fairford Park Gloucestershire) CONDITION REPORTS The white metal seal has some light scratches throughout especially to the seal end but also there appears to be some deeper scratches. Mechanism works but is worn. the glass seal has some chips to the sides and some light scratches. Onyx seal with orange handle - some small chips and light scratches. Brown onyx seal does not stand straight especially bent near the metal end. Metal is tarnished and all over some light scratches. Double-ended seal - some light scratches. All items general small signs of wear and tear. Postage is available with packing minimum charge £15 plus VAT. charge will be then whatever the Post Office acts on. Mailboxes in Swindon collect regularly from us.
Lot 537
A collection of eleven various pocket advertising Crown cork opener corkscrews including "Hennessy's Three Star Brandy", "James Moffat Old Steeple Bar Dundee", "Seager's London Gin", "Chapman's Crown Lemon Stone Ginger Beer", "Tolly Ales and Beano Stout / Great Eastern Section of the L & NER", "Welsh Hills Mineral Waters / Thomas & Evans Limited", "LMS Hotels Wastall's for Pavala Port", "Of Great Service to the Busy Housewife A Corkscrew" and "232 Flannel The Trousers for All the Year Round", together with five further pocket corkscrews (14)
Lot 473
A hard stone seal set with a dog carrying basket to one side and a bust the other, around the edge six further generic seals inscribed "Forever", "Forget-me-not", etc, a blue glass seal in yellow metal mounts inscribed a lion rampant above a crown mounted on a black ribbon with yellow metal buckle effect mount and a further seal of purple colour depicting a profile of a gentleman, the handle of hard stone
Lot 10A
A collection of Old Master and other etchings and engravings including AFTER REMBRANDT (1606-1669) "Self portrait leaning on a stone sill 1639", black and white etching, 11.7 cm x 10.2 cm, AFTER SALVATOR ROSA (1615-1673) "Servatur Exemplar in Ædibus....", black and white etching by Joseph Goupy, 31 cm x 30 cm, AFTER JACQUES CALLOT (C.1592-1635) "Israel Siluestre Exudit" a set of twelve black and white engravings, 8.2 cm x 6 cm, mounted on one sheet, AFTER ALBRECHT DURER (1471-1528) "Coat of Arms with skull", 24.5 cm 17.5 cm, another by the same hand "Der Reuter", depicting a Knight on horseback with death and the devil, 25.5 cm x 20 cm, AFTER WENCESLAS HOLLAR (1607-1677) "Fishing", black and white engraving, 5.9 cm x 12.9 cm and others various CONDITION REPORTS REMBRANDT "Self portrait" - very stained, discoloured, ripped bottom left, glued down on card. Paper with brown ink conducive with age. most damage obscured by mount. SALAVATOR ROSA - paper browned with age and with staining and foxing particularly to the base with various creases and rips particularly at the top edge. CALLOT - Israel engravings all browned with age, with various water marks, foxing etc throughout. DURER" Coat of Arms" probably a 19th Century French reproduction with discolouration particularly to the edging. DURER "Der Reuter" - glued down on card, inscribed verso "French Reproduction of The Knight and Death" condition fair. HOLLAR "Fishing" - cut very close to edge of margins and with discolouration and foxing but image clear. Figure with donkey and dog watering , very browned and discoloured though image clear. Figures and horses in river with washer women in foreground - very stained with rips to the right-hand side, staining caused by glue to the top edge. Remainder all in foxed and browned condition - see images for further info
Lot 135
Collection of letters from artists, architects etc., most autograph and signed, and many to fellow artists or on art-related subjects, some mounted on trimmed album leaves: Sir John Gilbert to [Elhanan] Bicknell, '1853' (and another complaining about the quality of a reproduction, '1872'), C.L. Eastlake (regarding tickets for an RA event, 1852), Henry Holiday (2, one relating to work on a mosaic), James Grant, Richard Redgrave (2), Francis Grant (2), Val Prinsep, Annie Cobden-Sanderson, Walter Crane (1905, small tape-stain), Marcus Stone, Calcott Horsley (2, one a note handing over the portrait of the Earl of Shaftesbury), Edward J. Poynter (2), Edward Welby Pugin (ALS and LS referring to the Ushaw roof, 1856), Sir Charles Barry (1888), James Sant (2), James D. Linton (to Courbould on the affairs of the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, 1888), Edward Burne-Jones (4 pp. ('E.B-J.', to 'Stan' inviting him to Rottingdean, with a separate full signature), Henry Phillips, William Edward Frost (2, one to E.W. Cooke), Mary Ann Flaxman (1828), Frederick Leighton, Frank Holl, M.W. Ridley, W.W. Ouless, Briton Riviere, John Pettie, H.H. Armistead, Edwin Long, John Evan Hodgson (on Royal Academy business), John Gibson, Henry Sharpe, Richard Ansdell, T.S. Cooper, Linley Sambourne, Alfred Elmore, George Richmond, Walter Thornbury, Harry Furniss, William Etty (to Pickersgill), John Everett Millais, Daniel Maclise, Philip Calderon, W[illiam] B[ell] Scott (inits. reiterating his assertion that Watts had not written a controversial review in the Athenaeum), William Wetmore Story (sending Stale-Mate and commenting on errors in the first publication, 1884), Richard Doyle (to Spedding, damp-stained), Edwin Landseer (2 - 'On the 19th the friends of Dickens (Boz) give him a Dinner at Greenwich ...'), and others. Also included is a group of letters to Solomon Alexander Hart, largely on Royal Academy business, from Daniel Maclise, James Sant, C.W. Cope, Richard Partridge, John Knight, Richard Redgrave, Henrietta Ward, Eyre Crowe, Sydney Smirke, George Richmond; also KEATE (George) Epistle to Angelica Kauffmann, 4to, printed London 1781, disbound.
Lot 171
KENT. A Complete History of Kent, 1730, 4to, folding map by Robert Morden, rebacked panel calf; FUSSELL (L), A Journey Round the Coast of Kent, 1818, 8vo, folding map, dust staining, rebacked; MURRAY (John), Handbook for Kent and Sussex, 1858, folding map in pocket, modern quarter calf; BRENT (J), Canterbury in the Olden Time, 1879, plates, worn cloth; CREASY (E), Illustrations of Stone Church, Kent, 1840, folio, plates, foxing, binding detached; SHEPHERD (G) et al. Virtue's Picturesque Beauties of Great Britain, Kent, 4to, plates, staining; also French Revolution. Tableaux Historiques de la Revolution Francaise, circa 1800, folio, lacking title, 24 engraved plates after Prieur, worn binding. etc. Sold not subject to return (12)
Lot 239
THACKERAY (W M), Vanity Fair, 1849; The History of Pendennis, in 2 vols 1850; The Newcomes, in 2 vols. 1854-55; The Virginians, in 2 vols 1858-59; added vignette titles, some typical spotting or staining, uniform half calf; DICKENS (C) Our Mutual Friend, in 2 vols., 1865, 8vo, illustrated by Marcus Stone, foxing to plates, half calf; KINGSLEY (Charles) Westward Ho!, in 3 vols Cambridge 1855, 8vo, slightly toned, half calf; one other later by Thackeray; WHYTE-MELVILLE (G J) Works, 20 vols. c.1860, early or first editions, contents toned, half calf (lacking one spine label); most vols. with Arundell Neave armorial bookplates (33)
Lot 1770
A rare yellow diamond, enamel and yellow gold ring, last quarter 17th century The cushion-shaped old brilliant-cut yellow diamond weighs 3.16 carats and is set within the raised box bezel with engrailed edges above arcading filled with stylised acanthus enamelled white with black details, each shoulder chased with an auricular scroll, formerly enamelled, to the plain hoop, the interior of the plain closed back setting lined with black pitch to heighten the golden tint of the stone. Probably English. Accompanied by report number 2175692368 dated 21st June 2016 from GIA, New York stating that the round-cornered square modified brilliant cut diamond weighs 3.16cts, is a natural, even fancy deep brownish yellow colour with SI2 clarity with strong yellow fluorescence. COMMENTARY BY DIANA SCARISBRICK This fine and rare ring set with a brilliant-cut diamond marks a milestone in gemmological history, resulting from the discovery of the laws of refraction and analytical geometry during the second half of the seventeenth century. Until 1664, when the earliest brilliant-cut diamond, the Wittelsbach, is recorded, diamonds were cut as either point, table or rose-cutsâ„–. This new multi-faceted technique of cutting released so much more fire and light that Robert de Berquen, in Les Merveilles des Indes Orientales (Paris 1669), compared it with "the sun, shining out amongst all other stones". At the same time, the supply of Golconda diamonds from India increased substantially, encouraged principally by the desire of Louis XIV to make his court at Versailles the most splendid in Europe. Across the Channel, by 1695, London had emerged as the centre of the European trade in diamonds due to the gemmological and financial skills of the resident Portuguese Jewish experts. In addition, as far as cutting and polishing were concerned, although the Dutch lapidaries excelled at rose-cut diamonds, the London workshops were acknowledged as the masters of the new brilliant-cut. It is highly significant that the 410 carat Pitt Diamond acquired by the Regent of France was brilliant-cut by Joseph Cope in London 1704-1706. This superiority is confirmed by the auction catalogue of the precious stones of the Chevalier de la Rocque (1745): "celle de l'Angleterre est plus reguliиre, plus nette et plus vive: et par consequйnt plus estimйe" (English cutting is more regular, more precise and more lively and therefore of higher value)І. These words could equally well be applied to this impeccable ring with its wonderful play of light. During this period, before the discovery of the mines in Brazil in 1727, stones of this size were rare and as in most cases jewellers had to make the best of small stones grouped together in clusters, the survival of a solitaire is exceptional. Not only is the faceting apparently English, but also the setting, which differs from late 17th century French mounts which are more elaborately decorated and richly enamelledÑ–. Furthermore, the simplified design in this example accords with the change of fashion, marking the turn of the century towards minimally enamelled and less massive settings; thus, not detracting from the splendour of the gem but showing it off to best advantage. Since grander social events were now taking place at night due to improvement in candle lighting, the effect of this diamond displayed on the finger of a high ranking lady or gentleman would have been extraordinary, eclipsing all other stones. © DIANA SCARISBRICK: August 2016 1. Tillander, H., Diamond Cuts in Historic Jewellery , 1995 p.155 2 Gersaint, E F, Catalogue Raisonnй des differens effets curieux et rare contenus dans le cabinet de feu M le Chevalier de la Roque , Paris 1745 3 Scarisbrick, D, Rings, Symbols of Wealth, Power and Affection, 1993, pp92-93, and p98 DIANA SCARISBRICK, MA, FSA Diana Scarisbrick is a world-renowned art historian specializing in the history of jewellery and engraved gems Her extensive research covers jewels from the Renaissance to the present day and she has contributed to numerous exhibitions, catalogues and art journals worldwide She is Research Associate at the Beazley Archive, Institute for Classical and Byzantine Studies, Oxford University, and was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 1987
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