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Lot 98

A pine work bench or table, 183cm wide.

Lot 86

The Mckell Medical Almanack, - in German, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Alsace, c in German, illuminated manuscript on parchment [Alsace, c .1445] 12 leaves, single gathering, set out as medical-astronomical prognostications followed or proceeded by calendar for each month, most probably wanting a last leaf with the prognostications for December, else complete, double column of 32 lines in a fine prickly German vernacular bookhand, with capitals touched in red, 2-line initials in alternate red and muted turquoise-blue, rubrics and major feasts in red, each column of prognostications headed by an elaborate crocketed golden arch containing the sun or the moon (as a man's face wearing a cowl peeking out from a golden crescent) above a half-page depiction of an astronomer looking skyward or seated reading (11 in total), each calendar leaf with the occupation of the month within a large gold-edged roundel (approximately 50mm. in diameter), above a similarly sized portrait of the zodiac symbol for the month (often partly illuminated), slightly trimmed at outer edges (with small loss to edge of three illustrations), small spots and cockling in places, erased inscription (perhaps Early Modern ex libris) on last leaf, else very good condition, 205mm. by 105mm., eighteenth- or nineteenth-century binding of white vellum over stiff pasteboards, with single gilt-fillet and small ducal coronet in centre of front board, rebacked, fitted gilt-tooled leather case This is the long-lost Mckell Medical Almanack from the workshop of the celebrated artist Dietbold Lauber, last recorded and seen exactly sixty years ago, and previously available to scholarship only in black-and-white facsimile Provenance: (1) Commissioned c .1445 by a patron in the diocese of Strasbourg (the Calendar leaves having the local saints, Erhard, Gangolf, Udalric and Lendelinus amongst others), from the workshop of the artist Dietbold Lauber in Alsace. (2) Col. David McCandless Mckell (1881-1962) of Cillicothe, Ohio, fellow of the Morgan Library and an American friend of the Bodleian, who collected medieval manuscripts and children's books. This volume was exhibited in the library of the University of Kentucky in March 1958, accompanied by a published study by Rosy Schilling and a separate black-and-white facsimile. The manuscript itself has not been seen since then. Saurma-Jeltsch published her study in 2001 and likewise Mackert in 2012 without seeing it, and both list it as 'untraced'. Text and Illumination: Variants of the text here enjoyed great popularity in Germany in the fifteenth century both as part of larger works, or as a work in itself (as here) similar to the later so-called shepherd's calendars. In some manuscripts it is followed by short treatises on the planets, human temperaments and other medical matters, but as Schilling observed in 1958 the individual layout here suggests that this text always stood alone. It opens with predictions on what will happen in the year depending on which day of the week the first day of January falls on (if Monday the weather will be extreme and there will be little honey and much manslaughter ; if a Thursday the weather will be fine, but there will be little wine ; if a Friday many will have sore eyes ), and includes entries for January advising against bleeding but advising for drinking strong wine with ginger, for February advising bleeding only through the thumb and to eat hot food and drink also warm wine , for March advising to eat roast meat and often bathe, this is healthy and to be bled and cupped often, with further months receiving instructions to consume certain medicinal herbs, eat no meat from the feet of animals, abstain from all smoked meats, not go often to women , as well as offer predictions about thunder, weather changes or meteorites bringing war and death in their wake. It was clearly a prestigious commission for a wealthy patron, and Schilling identified the artist as a member of the workshop of the artist and publisher Diebold Lauber in Hagenau, Alsace. As she notes, the same artist also worked on a Legenda Aurea (now in Berlin, Staatsliche Bibl., Germ. Fol.495), and a Book of Chess (now British Library, Addit. MS.21458). Lauber administered a substantial workshop, which produced over 50 surviving illustrated manuscripts in the German language, dating from between c .1427 and 1470, with a combined total of more than 6000 miniatures. They have been comprehensively surveyed by Saurma-Jeltsch (including the present manuscript, see above). They represent a crucial point in the development of illustrated German literature, and stand at the intersection, not only of art and economic history, but also of religious, linguistic, and literary history. Written in the vernacular and endowed with ambitious programmes of pictorial decoration, the books signal a 'coming of age' of vernacular literature (J.F. Hamburger in Medium Aevum , LXXII, 2003, p. 362). The significant illuminations are: (1) fol.1v, enthroned astronomer with golden crown and ermine cloak, gazing at a golden star above; (2) fol.2r, a three-faced king at table and the water-carrier with a golden ewer; (3) fol.2v, a man warming his hands and feet by a fire over which sausages are smoking, and two pale brown fish; (4) fol.3r, a finely detailed portrait of the astronomer with a turban-like headdress with a two flowing tails, again pointing at a golden star; (5) fol.3v, the astronomer again in the same position wearing a red and blue pointed hat; (6) fol.4r, a man pruning vines and a ram with golden horns straining its neck and poking out its tongue to reach leaves of a bush it stands against; (7) fol.4v, a maiden with flowers and a docile-looking red-brown bull; (8) fol.5r, the astronomer pointing to a star; (9) fol.5v, the astronomer in a blue robe seated and reading a book at a desk, with an angular banderole inscribed Es wert ein Zeichen geschehen ; (10) fol.6r, a nobleman with hawk and horse, and the twins naked with a golden harp; (11) fol.6v, a man mowing grass and a bright red lobster; (12) fol.7r, the astronomer crowned and enthroned, holding a book; (13) fol.7v, the same as a robed figure with tight-fitting hat with a tassel on top; (14) fol.8r, a man harvesting corn and a large yellow lion poking his tongue out at the scene above; (15) fol.8v, a man threshing and the Virgin with gold wings pointing at a tree; (16) fol.9r, the astronomer before a book on a lectern; (17) fol.9v, the same seated with a book under his elbow; (18) fol.10r, a man sowing and a pair of gold scales; (19) fol.10v, pressing grapes and a green and brown scorpion; (20) fol.11r, the astronomer with a flowing headdress; (21), fol.11v, the same clean-shaven, seated and reading; (22) fol.12r, the knocking down of the acorns to feed hogs, and a centaur with bow and arrow looking at a magpie in a tree; (23) fol.12v, killing the hog and a seated ram with golden horns, poking his tongue out. Publications: Rosy Schilling, 'A facsimile of an Astronomical medical calendar in German (Studio of Diebolt Lauber at Hagenau, about 1430-1450): from the Library of Colonel David McC. McKell', University of Kentucky Libraries Bulletin 18, 1958; Rosy Schilling, 'Astronomical medical calendar: German, studio of Diebolt Lauber at Hagenau, 15th century, c. 1430-50', University of Kentucky Libraries Bulletin 18, Occ. Contribution 97, 1958; L.E. Saurma-Jeltsch, Spätformen mittelalterlicher Buchherstellung. Bilderhandschriften aus der Werkstatt Diebold Laubers in Hagenau , Bd. 2, 2001, p. 17; C. Mackert, 'Ein typisches Produkt aus der Spätzeit der Lauber-Werkstatt? Zur Handschrift der 'Leipziger Margarethe'', in Aus der Werkstatt Diebold Laubers, 2012, pp. 299-326; and listed on the online Handschriftencensus : Eine Bestandsaufnahme der handschriftlichen Überlieferung deutschsprachiger Texte des Mittelalters , as no.14903

Lot 103

Circle of Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792) - Portrait of Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) Oil on canvas 76.5 x 63 cm. (30 x 24 2/4 in) Provenance: Private collection, Scotland The present painting relates to Reynold's portrait of Sheridan now in the Parliamentary Art Collection, London. The Parliamentary Art Collection portrait depicts Sheridan standing at the table of House of Commons debating the Regency Bill, where as in the present work Sheridan is shown only three-quarter-length.

Lot 230

Feliks Topolski (1907-1989) - Auction at Christie's, 1960 Pen and black ink, black and red chalks, on cream wove paper Signed in pencil lower right, inscribed Christie's, March 17, 1960/£101960, the highest total recorded/Louis XV [?] table by [?].F. Oeben 35 x 49 cm. (13 3/4 x 19 1/4 in) IMPORTANT: This lot is sold subject to Artists Resale Rights, details of which can be found in our Terms and Conditions.

Lot 387

An HMV table top windup gramophone in oak veneered case

Lot 38A

A Victorian porcelain 5 piece dressing table set

Lot 477

A quantity of table tripods, flash units and camera accessories; a pair of binoculars

Lot 351

Loughborough Furniture ladies dressing table. 121cm wide with 3 piece mirror and matching wardrobe, c.1950's bought at Heals. Retro styling with stool with splade legs and cane seat.

Lot 358

A Tiffany style table lamp with metal base and elongated glass shade shaped as a flower in yellow & green. Approx 32cm tall.

Lot 364

A large French oak oval dressing table mirror.

Lot 365

Vintage French table lamp with opaque glass shade c1920s, original bakelite switch.

Lot 366

French wood 2 tier circular occassional table with Art Deco design.

Lot 378

A retro metal & green moulded plastic garden/picnic table & 4 chairs.

Lot 380

A vintage cast iron pub/garden table with face decoration to legs and wooden top 58cm (23 inch) diameter.

Lot 384

An oak table with Dutch tiles to top, carved legs and cane panels to side.

Lot 386

A German solid hardwood dining table with 2 extension pieces and 6 chairs (4 + 2 carvers).

Lot 390

A square polished pine coffee table 61cm (24inch) square.

Lot 393

A small oak coffee table with circular top 60cm diameter.

Lot 396

A polished pine hall table 122cm (48 inch) long.

Lot 400

A walnut veneered circular table with ball & claw feet.

Lot 401

A bow legged table with stretchers.

Lot 404

A semi-circular hall table.

Lot 406

A c1930s dressing table mirror.

Lot 413

An oak telephone table with carved decoration.

Lot 414

A vintage oak gateleg table & wheel back chairs.

Lot 418

A vintage swivel dressing table mirror. 46cm tall.

Lot 419

A small vintage dressing table mirror, 32cm tall, together with 2 other small wooden framed mirrors each approx 26 x 21cm.

Lot 420

A large ceramic 2 headed elephant table lamp.

Lot 425

A Corona pine coffee/side table, 66cm x 44cm x 55cm tall.

Lot 426

An antique oak gateleg table with barley twist legs, 107cm x 150cm when open.

Lot 429

An extending yew dining room table with 8 chairs in red and green upholstery.

Lot 434

A Corona style pine kitchen/dining room table and 6 chairs.

Lot 436

An oak side/hall table.

Lot 437

A round conservatory table & 4 chairs.

Lot 149

A pair of West German square table lamps c1960s-70s.

Lot 242

A table lamp made from a small wooden ships capstan.

Lot 257

A metal garden bird house/table.

Lot 373

An early 20th century silver plated nine branch table epergne, raised on a stylized web of ivy, 70cm wide

Lot 40

A late Victorian oak oblong centre or occasional table with moulded top, raised on circular turned legs with stretcher supports and castors, 70H x 92W x 44cmD

Lot 41

A 19th century mahogany Pembroke table with twin drop leaves, one drawer under with brass drop handles, raised on turned legs with brass castors, 73H x 110W x 90cmD

Lot 48

A Georgian-style mahogany Chippendale design extending 'D' end dining table with gadrooned edge to the top, raised on cabriole legs with acanthus leaf carving to the knees and claw and ball feet, 70H x 178W x 106cmD

Lot 59

A Regency rosewood circular wine or occasional table with moulded top, raised on a baluster fluted single column with egg and dart carving to the collar on a tripod platform base with scrolled feet, 64cmH x 45cm Dia

Lot 60

A Georgian mahogany and cross banded Pembroke table with twin demi lune drop leaves, oval patera to the top, serpentine fronted drawer under with circular brass handles and escutcheon, raised on square tapering legs with inlay and brass castors, 70H x 82W x 100cmD

Lot 62

A 19th century French lacquered circular centre table with elaborate marquetry to the top, carved brass rim, one drawer under, raised on a carved baluster support and tripod base with ormolu mounts, 76cm high x 49cm diameter

Lot 188

A broad selection of ceramic lady's vanity table items, to include ring boxes, powder puffs, vases, etc

Lot 20

An Oriental hardwood coffee table of oblong form with glass top with profuse flat top carving depicting peacocks, flowers, rosettes, etc, 115cm wide

Lot 22

A George IV mahogany oval shaped extending 'D' end dining table with shaped top, one extra leaf, raised on fluted legs, as found, 145H x 67W x 120cmD

Lot 238

A oval shaped vanity table mirror with ornate gilt frame on easel stand, 42cm high

Lot 257

A contemporary Madalyn table lamp with stylised dome, frame and base with mirrored panels and fabric shade, 70cm high

Lot 271

An interesting set of apprentice pieces, to include a mirror backed chest of drawers, a mirror fronted wardrobe, circular table with two chairs (5)

Lot 31

A Victorian-style mahogany circular occasional table with shaped top, plain frieze, raised on cabriole legs, 40H x 60cm Diameter

Lot 743

Boxed Subbuteo table soccer game and accessories

Lot 768

Walnut side table with flatware contents

Lot 914

Oak drop leaf table on barleytwist supports

Lot 917

Low oak side table with one drawer, 52 x 53cm

Lot 925

Mahogany half moon table on turned legs

Lot 926

Mahogany circular occasional table

Lot 948

Morris of Glasgow oval extending dining table with six chairs including two carvers, seat pads still wrapped

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