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Osbaldeston Mitford (Colonel John Philip) `From Northumbria to Rome MDCCCLXVII`, a manuscript account of a journey, 4to, sealskin gilt, g.e., slipcase, c. 260pp., illustrated with drawings, watercolours, photographs and postcards, [1867]. A lively account of the Grand Tour, made between January and May 1867, full of detailed descriptions of both places and people, often with an eye for the comic, including an account of the great 1867 Exposition Universelle in Paris. On 30 January 1867, John Philip Osbaldeston Mitford (1809-1895), of Mitford Hall, Northumberland, left London for France accompanied by his wife Sybilla and `Mistress M`, a female relative, together with a maid and an Italian courier, Signor Carenco. His account of the journey is divided into eight sections: the first about the journey to Rome, the second about Rome itself, with further sections about Naples, Florence, Venice, Milan, Turin and the return journey including Paris. The journey to Rome includes descriptions of Paris, Marseilles, Cannes, Menton (`one of the most lovely spots in Christendom`), Savona, Genoa, Pisa, Livorno and Civitavecchia, while the section on Naples includes descriptions of Pompeii and Mount Vesuvius. As well as lengthy accounts of the buildings and works of art, there are descriptions of the lottery being drawn and gaming in the streets of Rome, of eating frogs` legs for the first time in Turin, `We made a desperate attempt to enjoy it, but it was "no go". We tried to persuade ourselves that it was like baby chickens, ducks or rabbits... but frogs is frogs and nothing else, so, revenons à nos cotelettes`. This episode is accompanied by a watercolour of `poor froggy` losing his legs, one of a number of similarly humorous illustrations. There are also several watercolour views, including ones of the English cemetery in Rome and Vesuvius, and a few fine early albumen prints of peasants and their animals. The tour ends in Paris not long after the opening of the Exposition Universelle, which they visited on several occasions and oversaw the setting-up of the stand of `our Cheltenham brother`. Mitford concludes his journal with a section on the expense of the trip, which came to a total of £550, but explains how the same journey could be made more cheaply. He cautions against expecting home comforts, `if they expect that the wretched `bûche` is to warm them up like the coal from Newcastle on Tyne... they will assuredly be disappointed`, and ends by comparing three table d`hôte menus in Milan and Rome with one at a `first rate English country house`, Alnwick Castle.
A late 19th Century Polyphon, the 6 1/2in. single comb playing 15 3/4in. discs, on gilt metal table, moulded `Polyphon`, contained in a rosewood case, the inlaid lid with printed cherub scene to interior, 21 1/2in. x 19in. x 9in. (55cms x 48cms x 22cms) high; together with thirty nine 15 1/2in. discs.
An ornate Elizabeth II silver gilt condiment set, by C.J. Vander, London, 1970-71, with scallop shell form mustard pot with thumbpiece, scroll handle, oval spreading base; a mustard spoon to match; a scallop shell form table salt on oval spreading base; with matching salt spoon; and a conch shell pattern pepperette on scrollwork oval base, 28oz.
Four George IV tablespoons, by Thomas Willis Barker, London, 1823, fiddle pattern; two William IV tablespoons, by Charles Boyton, London, 1832, fiddle pattern; three George III tablespoons, by Thomas Wallace II & Jonathan Hayne, London, 1813, Old English pattern; together with four table forks and three matching dessert forks, by Robert Stebbings, London, 1900-1, Old English pattern, all items engraved initials, 30.5oz. (16)
Four George IV William IV table forks, by William Eaton, London, 1829-1830, Kings pattern, engraved crest; two William IV tablespoons, by William Eaton, London, 1833, fiddle pattern, engraved initials; and six George III/IV dessert forks, by Thomas William Barker & William Chawner II, London, 1811-1825, 25oz. (12)
Maurice Burke for Arkana, after a design by Eero Saarinen: a tulip dining table and five chairs, the white melamine top supported by white enamel aluminum base; the chairs of shaped fibreglass, the seats upholstered in grey tweed, raised on circular lacquered aluminium bases, table 47 1/2in. (121cms) diameter.
British Art Deco: a 1930`s mirrored glass console, the backplate flanked by amber coloured mirror glass supporting six small plates held by metal foliate bosses, the sides flanked by engraved floral panels, the `D`-shaped table surface set with plain mirror glass, the curved apron set with mirror tiles, 35in. (89cms) high.
A William IV mahogany extending dining table, the plain moulded top raised on a plain frieze, with six turned tapered fluted legs with brass cup castors, with one spare leaf (other leaves missing) 90 1/2ins (230 cms) would extend further to accommodate at least two more leaves
Sopwith, Newcastle: a mid 19th Century mahogany and marble topped wash stand, the plain gallery top supported by a shaped marble surface, fitted with two false drawers with royal crest, raised on turned tapered legs with a shaped apron and bun feet, stencilled underneath, the top with Sopwith No. 124, 36 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 23 1/2in. (93 x 121 x 60cms); together with a similar dressing table en suite fitted with two drawers, 31 1/2 x 47 1/2 x 23 1/2in. (80 x 121 x 60cms).
A Victorian mahogany demi lune dressing table and mirror, the plate held between carved and pierced frame, with a flight of two drawers to either side, the demi lune top fitted with frieze drawer, raised on four turned legs united by a plain undertier, 65 1/2 x 23 x 55in. (166 x 58 x 114cms).
Robson & Son Limited, Newcastle, in the manner of Gillows of Lancaster, a Regency style mahogany dressing table and matching X-frame stool, the concave top fitted with a flight of drawers, raised on turned fluted legs, 34 x 50 1/2 x 28in. (86.5 x 128 x 71cms), the stool is 17in. (43cms) high. PROVENANCE: The Shafto Family, Beamish Hall, this dressing table and stool were made to match a suite of Gillows furniture owned by the family and since dispersed.
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