A Russian Miniature Bronze Bell, cast with floral strapwork, cartouche and figures in low relief, surmounted by an orb and cross on four scroll brackets, with an iron clapper, the inner rim inscribed with commemorative detail, 15 cms high. * n.b. This bell is a facsimile of the Tsar Bell situated in the grounds of the Kremlin, founded by Ivan Motorin and his son Mikhail in 1733-1735. The bell was never rung - during a fire in 1737 a huge piece cracked off while still in the casting pit. After the fire the bell remained in the pit until 1936 when it was placed on a stone pedestal in its present position. Together with A XVII Century Bronze Mortar, of bell shape, cast with three portrait medallions, acanthus over a band of leafy tendrils, 12 cms high (cracked).
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A Mason's Ironstone cobalt or 'Mazarine' ground Jar or wine cooler, with mermaid handles and gilt with Pan and Syrinx observed by a river god in acanthus moulded gilt borders, 24cm h, c1820 Literature: Godden (G A), Godden's Guide to Ironstone Stone and Granite Wares, Woodbridge 1999, plt 63. ++Flat chip to the edge of the foot, small chip to the inner rim, two small chips to a mermaid's tail, slight wear to the gilding on the highlights
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DICKENS (CHARLES) - OUR MUTUAL FRIEND, first edition [in book form] two vols, illustrations after Marcus Stone, original maroon cloth gilt, bookplate of J C Severn of Penybont Hall, London: Chapman & Hall, 1865 (2) Provenance: Recorded in the (unpublished) Catalogue of Books at Penybont Hall Radnorshire, 1927: Library, shelf 11. ++++
A 19th Century Davenport Stone China large part Dinner Service with "Flying Bird" pattern, over painted transfer, rare circular "Davenport Stone China" and standard Davenport marks, viz: large tureen, cover and stand, two small tureens and covers, tureen (no lid), four circular bowls and two lids, three large graduated meat plates, four small oblong plates, eleven soup bowls, eleven dessert plates, twenty three dinner plates, six side plates, oval bowl, some A/F, some riveted
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