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In excess of 120 pieces of hall marked silver Kings Pattern cutlery comprising 12 teaspoons, dessert spoons, dessert knives, dessert forks, soup spoons, dinner knives, dinner forks, fish knives, fish forks and 4 table spoons. Approximate weight 6300 grams/222 ounces.All in good condition.Some marked Sheffield 1978 'WY' The approximate weight of all excluding the knives is approximately 5028gms/177 ounces
[Prints and Posters] Lawrence Weiner. What Is Set Upon The Table Sits Upon The Table (1) Wat Op Tafel Staat Staat Op Tafel. Colour screenprint, 118 x 83 cm. Published for Sonsbeek 93 Arnhem, curated by Valerie Smith. Artists included Maurizio Cattelan, Mike Kelley, Annette Messager, Michael Asher, Miroslaw Balka, Alighiero e Boetti, Allan Ruppersberg et al. Rare copy in very good state. (2) Lawrence Weiner: What is set upon the table sits upon the table. Works from the beginning of the sixties towards the end of the eighties. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 1988. Offset printed in 4 colours, 95 x 62.5 cm. (total 2)
[Prints and Posters] Lawrence Weiner, (1) Posters hanging in European Collections Geneva, Sous-Sol, 1989. Colour printed exhibition poster, 100 x 71 cm. Tiny dog-ear top left, light crease lower right part.(2) Lawrence Weiner, Aan tafel/ À table. Brussels, Maison du Spectacle La Bellone, 1996. Colour offset, 100 x 70 cm. Dog-eared at right corner, moderate horizontal crease lower left side. (total 2)
La Plus Nouvelle Académie universelle des jeux, ou divertissemens innocens, contenant, les règles des jeux de cartes permus; des Echecs, du Trictrac, du Révertier, du Toute - Table, du Tourne - Case, des Dames Rabatues, du Plain & du Toc, Comme aussi, Celles du Billard, du Mail, de la Courte Paume, de la Longue - Paume &c. Avec des instructions faciles pour apprendre à les bien joüer. Dernière édition revûe, corrigée, augmentée & enrichie de figures en taille - douce. 2 Bände in einem gebunden. Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, 1728. 8°. Mit 6 (statt 10) Kupfertafeln, davon 3 gefaltet. 2 Bll. (Frontispiz und Titel = S. 1 - 4), 10 Bll. S. 9 – 17, 190 (recte 189); 11 Seiten (inkl. Frontispiz und Titel), 6 Bll., 400 (recte 420 Seiten, da S. 173 - 192 doppelt paginiert). Brauner Halblederband mit Rückenvergoldung und Rückenschildchen. (81) * Nicht bei Barbier; van der Linde I, 364; Linde - N. 3421; vergl. Kieler Schachkat. 1995 ff. ohne diese Ausgabe. Doublette aus der Schachbuchsammlung Lothar Schmid. Ein populäres Handbuch mit vielen Spielbeschreibungen in französischer Sprache. Die Abteilung Schach ist von Seite 1 - 206 im 2. Band dargestellt. Die schönen Tafeln zeigen einen Raum mit 4 Spielern an zwei Spielbrettern beim Schach- und Damespielen; Schachfiguren; Personen beim Kartenspielen und beim Billard; Spielkarten und Trictracstellungen. Zustand: Es fehlen: Seite 5 - 8 Avant - Propos au Lecteur und 4 Tafeln. Vorsätze erneuert. Innen gebräunt und vereinzelt fleckig. Der Einband ist bestoßen. Rücken mit Defekten. Dazu: La Plus Nouvelle Academie universelle des jeux ... Tome second. Amsterdam, Covens & Mortier, 1728. 8°. Mit 6 Kupfertafeln zum L'Hombre - Spiel, davon 5 gefaltet. S. 5 - 17, 10 unn. Bll., 190 Seiten. (Es fehlen: Frontispiz und Titel zum 1. Band, dafür wurden Frontispiz und Titel des 2. Bandes eingebunden.) Brauner Lederband mit Rückenvergoldung. Zustand: Vorsätze mit Leimschatten. Buchblock gelockert. Innen etwas gebräunt und vereinzelt fleckig. Einband bestoßen. Rücken mit Defekten.
Mixed lot of mainly Old English pattern George III and later flatware to include 6 fiddle patter table forks with portcullis crest, by Elizabeth Eaton, London 1848 and other table forks, table spoons, desert spoons, desert forks and tea spoons, various dates and makers, total weight 89.8oz 2792.5gm
Harlequin part set of silver beaded edge cutlery comprising 6 table spoons, 11 table forks, 6 desert spoons, 5 tea spoons and 6 steel table and 6 side knives weighable silver 48.25oz 1500gm ( to include 6 table forks probably by Randall Chatterton, London 1800, 6 table spoons by Richard Crossley & George Smith IV, London 1811
Various small silver items to include a Victorian heart shaped vesta case Birmingham 1894, Victorian silver fiddle pattern fish slice with pierced decoration, mug, cream jug, mustard pot, trumpet shaped vase, pair of open salts, pill box, spoons, forks and dressing table items, various dates and makes, weighable silver 29oz 901gm,
Art Nouveau silver photograph frame by Charles S. Green & Co., Birmingham 1905, Rd. No. 427887,embossed with a maiden picking apples, oak easel back, 15cm x 14cmCondition Report: Various dents and indentations, relief decoration slightly worn from cleaning. Hinged table rest intact, one pin bent on the back.
Victorian part canteen of Fiddle, thread and shell pattern flatware comprising 6 dessert spoons, 6 table forks and 5 desert forks by Joseph & Albert Savory, London, 5 George III table spoons by William Eley & William Fearn, London 1805, 3 Kings pattern desert forks, two desert spoons by George Aldwinckle and other makers, various dates and a cake fork, total weight 70oz 2202gm ( most pieces engraved with the letter D )
Mason (Charlotte) The lady's assistant for regulating and supplying her table, being a complete system of cookery, containing one hundred and fifty select bills of fare, second edition, half-title, Dd4 short tear to upper inner margin, some spotting and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, gilt spine in compartments and with black leather label, corners restored, head of spine worn, covers rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting, pp.313-314 (note); Cagle 862; Maclean pp.95-97; Oxford pp.107-108; Simon BG 1013 (third edition)], Printed for J. Walter, at Homer's-Head, Charing-Cross, 1775; and a third edition of the same (not collated), 8vo (2)⁂ As with the Cagle copy our copy does not have a Gg8 (catchwords match) and ends on Ii7. Our copy has a second set of preliminaries misbound within 'List' and index at end.
[Menon.] Traité historique et pratique de la cuisine. Ou le cuisiner instruit, de la connoissance des Animaux, tant Volatiles, que Terrestres, Aquatiques & Amphibies; de la facon, de Préparer les divers Alimens, & de les Servir. Suivi d'un petit abrege. Sur la maniere de faire les Confitures liquides & autres Desserts de toute espece, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 4 folding woodcut plates of table settings, woodcut illustrations in text, 2ff. approbation / errata at end of vol.2, some spotting / light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary mottled calf, richly gilt spines in compartments and with red / burgundy leather labels (?new, but sympathetic), vol.2 tail cap missing and some chipping to foot of joints, corners worn, some scuffing, rubbed, in all a solid set, [Cagle 346; Simon BG 1043; Vicaire 592], large 12mo, Paris, Cl. J.B. Bauche, 1758.⁂ Rare at auction. We can trace only two other sets, both incomplete.
Drinks.- Ricket (Edward) The Gentleman's Table Guide and Table Companion to the Art of Dining and Drinking...with Practical Recipes for Wine Cups, American Drinks, Punches, Cordials...Service of Wines, &c., third edition, printed in red and black, frontispiece, illustrations, advertisements at end and to yellow endpapers, occasional spotting or light staining, hinges split, original green cloth, gilt, rubbed, scarce, [cf. Cagle 962 & Gabler G34250], Frederick Warne & Co., 1873; and 3 others, 19th century Drinks, 8vo (4)
Carter (Hannah) The Family instructor and complete English cook. Containing a...collection of receipts for the cure of most disorders incident to the human body...To which is added the gentleman's complete travelling farrier...also the gardener's complete monthly callendar, folding woodcut plate of table settings, a few wood-engraved illustrations of trussing within text, G5 short neat tear within text, without loss, some water-staining / staining, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving original gilt backstrip, corners worn, rubbed and marked, large 12mo, Portsea, Printed and sold by W. Oxlade, [?c.1810].⁂ Rare, with WorldCat and Library Hub recording only one copy (Wellcome). 'Reissue with new t.p. of 'The new British jewel' (Anon.), London, 1788' (WorldCat).
Corrado (Vincenzo) Il Credenziere di Buon Gusto, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title and woodcut printer's device within woodcut decorative border, engraved folding plate of a desert table, 12pp. 18th century (?part work) 'Brieve e nuovo modo da sarsi ogni sorte di Sorbette con facilta' bound in at p.15, 8pp. 18th century manuscript 'Addizioni al Credenziere' bound in at end (paginated 66-73), folding plate trimmed at outer margin, just within border, water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, later vellum, edges repaired with fragments of vellum and tape, [B.IN.G 546; Bitting p.101; Cagle 1127; Paleari Henssler p.202; Westbury p.57, B.[1]], 4to, Naples, House of Raimondi, 1778.⁂ Rare at auction. Corrado (1736-1836) was the first to write on what we today think of as 'Mediterranean Cuisine'. He was encouraged to do so by the Prince of Francavilla, for whom he acted as 'Capo dei Servizi di Bocca'.
Household management.- [Cosnett (Thomas)], "Onesimus". The Footman's directory, and butler's remembrancer, first edition, half-title, half-title detaching, foxing and staining, contemporary half calf, upper cover detached, lower joint split, but holding, worn, [Oxford p.153; cf. Attar 368.1], Printed for the author; and sold by J. Hatchard and Son, 1823 § Parkes ([Frances Byerley]) Domestic Duties; or, Instructions to Young Married Ladies, on the Management of Their Households..., second edition, half-title, folding letterpress table, wood-engraved illustrations in text, tipped-in at start a 12pp. 'Prospectus and specimen of the modern traveller', 1825, printed on lilac paper, occasional spotting, original boards, rebacked in cream cloth, spine with rather worn original printed label, boards stained, [Attar 221.1; Cagle 914; cf. Oxford p.157], Longman, Hurst [&c.], 1825; and 14 others, Household, v.s. (16)
[Dombes (Louis-Auguste de Bourbon, Prince de)] Le Cuisinier gascon, first edition, title with woodcut ornament, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, spotted, occasional staining, lightly browned, [Bitting p.540; Cagle 1081; Livres en bouche 202; Simon BG 421; Vicaire 233-234; cf. Oberlé Fastes 112 (second edition of 1747)], Amsterdam [i.e Paris], no printer, 1740 bound after [Marin (François)] Les Dons de Comus, ou les délices de la table, first edition, engraved frontispiece 'Les attributs de la Bonne-Chere' by Le Bas, title in red and black and with small vase ornament, frontispiece trimmed just within border at outer margin, Z4 piece torn from outer margin, with loss of 2 letters, but no loss of sense of text, some spotting or staining, lightly browned, [Bitting pp.307-308; Cagle 301; Livres de bouche 198; Oberlé Fastes 108; Simon BG 1001; Vicaire 284-285], Paris, Prault, fils, Quay de Conty, 1739, together 2 works in 1 vol., contemporary calf, gilt spine in compartments and with chipped leather label, remains of gilt arms to compartment at foot, spine ends and corners restored, rubbed and scuffed, large 12mo⁂ I: Louis-Auguste, to whom the work is dedicated (probably to throw people off the scent of the identity of the author), was a hunting companion of Louis XV, and often presided over the royal 'petits soupers', earning himself praise as a skilled amateur cook. 'The names given to the recipes indicate that the writer gave free scope to his imagination' (Bitting). II: Marin was Maître d'Hôtel to Charles de Rohan, Prince of Soubise.
Evelyn (John) Acetaria. A discourse of sallets, first edition, folding letterpress table of blanched and unblanched salad greens, lacking errata f., table with split at a fold (with loss of a part or a whole of a few letters, but with no loss of sense) and creased, browned / foxed (as often), early 18th century speckled calf, spine in compartments, lacking label, joints split, but holding, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.149; Cagle 669; Henrey 117; Hunt 401; Keynes 105; Oxford p.46; Wing E3480], 8vo, Printed for B. Tooke, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1699.⁂ On the growing, preparation and medicinal properties of salads. 'It is a cookery-garden book with excellent recipes for unusual dishes of all sorts flavored with the ever useful pot herbs grown so universally in the 17th century' (Hunt).
NO RESERVE Evelyn (John) Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets, first edition, errata f. at end, part only of letterpress table (the whole thing provided in facsimile), browned / foxed (as often), 18th century panelled calf, gilt, rebacked, preserving original backstrip in compartments with red leather label, corners little worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.149; Cagle 669; Keynes 105; Oxford p.46; Wing E3480], 8vo, Printed for B. Tooke, at the Middle-Temple-Gate in Fleetstreet, 1699. sold not subject to return. ⁂ Provenance: 'J N' (contemporary ink initials to head of title); 'Everard Bucknorth' (contemporary ink signatures, including to head of A1).
NO RESERVE American.- Filippini (Alessandro) The Table: How to Buy Food, How to Cook it, and How to Serve it, first edition, half-title, portrait frontispiece, 2 full-page facsimiles of letters between the author and his publisher, lightly browned, original blind-stamped and gilt roan, backstrip detached and loosely inserted in 2 parts, corners worn, rubbed, [Bitting p.157], New York, Charles L. Webster, 1889; and 7 others, American, v.s. (8)
NO RESERVE Frazer (Mrs.) The Practice of cookery, pastry, confectionary, pickling, preserving, &c., second edition, 2 engraved frontispieces of trussing and a table setting, stained / water-stained, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary sheep, red leather label to spine, rather worn, but holding firm, [Bitting pp. 166-167 (note); Cagle 689a; Maclean, p.55; Oxford, p.120], large 12mo, Edinburgh, Printed for Peter Hill, and Vernor and Hood, London, 1795.⁂ Scarce. Provenance: Mary Chadsey (bookplate).
Bees.- Huish (Robert) The Housewife's Manual, or Domestic Guide in the Choice, Rearing, and Management of Fowls, Geese, Ducks, Pigeons, Rabbits, and Bees, with...approved methods of brewing ale and table beer...and valuable recipes for British wines, some staining, mostly around pp.116-126, occasional spotting, original dark brown cloth, titled in gilt on upper cover, spine ends little chipped, 12mo, Derby, Thomas Richardson, [c.1840].⁂ A rare little work, which opens with an 18pp. section on bees. Only one copy is recorded by WorldCat (Berlin) and none on Library Hub. Furthermore, it is not known to the standard bibliographers of cookery, or indeed bees.
Jenks (James) The Complete Cook: teaching the Art of Cookery in all its branches; And to Spread a Table, In a Useful, Substantial and Splendid Manner, At all Seasons in the Year...With an appendix teaching the art of making wine, Mead; Cyder, Shrub, Strong, Cordial and Medical Waters; Brewing Malt Liquot; The Management and Breeding of Poultry and Bees, first edition, tables, a few contemporary juvenile pen trials, H8 and N12 margin at lower corner excised, just touching text, but without loss, the odd short tear, foxing and staining, lightly browned, contemporary calf, spine in compartments, chipped at ends and repaired, 1 lower corner repaired, some creasing, rubbed and scuffed, [Bitting p.245; Cagle 780; Maclean p.75; Oxford pp.97-98], large 12mo, Printed for E. and C. Dilly, in the Poultry, 1768.⁂ Scarce. Suggests snail water as a cure for consumption.
Ladies delight (The): or Cook-maids best instructor: containing the best and most approved receipts for roasting and boiling every thing necessary to be sent to table...and the art of making British wines in the utmost perfection, woodcut head-piece, 4pp. 'A catalogue of Chapmens Books' at end, also a final f. of advertisements for Woodgate not called for by ESTC, title with repaired paper flaw within text, with loss of several letters, and with upper corner repaired, A2 upper corner repaired just touching the head-piece recto (with minor loss) and the odd letter verso (without loss), D6 small hole, with loss of 2 letters verso, but without loss of sense, D7 torn at foot, with loss of 1 letter of text and catchword, but no loss of sense, some spotting / light foxing, occasional staining, lightly browned, antique style calf, spine gilt, [Maclean p.87; Oxford p.104, both giving a date of c.1770], 12mo, Printed for Henry Woodgate and Samuel Brooks, at the Golden Ball, in Pater-noster-row, 1759.⁂ Rare. ESTC and WorldCat locate only three copies between them (LSE, Harvard and Smith College). At auction we can trace only two copies (Shircliffe, 1954 and Cetus, 2011). The copy Oxford had seen lacked title.
André L. Simon-Eleanor Lowenstein copy.- La Varenne (François Pierre) The French cook prescribing the way of making ready of all sorts of meats, fish and flesh, with the proper sauces, either to procure appetite or to advance the power of digestion : with the whole skill of pastry work, translated by I.D.G., second edition, engraved frontispiece, woodcut head-pieces and decorative initials, frontispiece little chipped and laid down, N12 (final text f.) torn at upper corner with loss of text and laid down, closely trimmed in places, occasionally just touching a headline, signature mark or catchword, some foxing and staining, lightly browned, 20th century dark blue morocco, gilt, upper cover detached, corners worn, rubbed, [Oxford pp.23-24 (note); Wing L625; cf. Cagle 818 (3rd edition)], 12mo, Printed for Charles Adams, at the Talbut neere St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1654.⁂ Rare; this being the only copy we can trace at auction. ESTC records only 5 copies. La Varenne was a founding father of modern French cuisine. He was the first to introduce bisque and Bechamel sauce to the table and his work contains the first usage of the terms bouquet garni, reductions and mille-feuille. Includes an early form of hollandaise sauce.Provenance: André L. Simon-Eleanor Lowenstein (joint engraved bookplate); Cetus Library, sold Bloomsbury Auctions, 22nd September, 2011, lot 201.
La Varenne (François Pierre) Le vrai Cuisinier françois, enseignant la manière de bien apprêter & assaisonner toutes sortes de viandes, graisses et maigres, legumes & patisseries en perfection, &c., 3 parts in 1, engraved frontispiece, title in red and black and with small woodcut floral ornament, folding woodcut plate of table settings, woodcut illustrations of carving, privilege f. at end, chip to upper blank outer corner of frontispiece, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, contemporary speckled calf, richly gilt spine in compartments and with red leather label, head of spine neatly repaired, foot of spine worn, but solid, rubbed, [cf. Vicaire 499 (Backer, 1712)], 12mo, Brussels, George de Backer, 1711.⁂ A rare edition. Provenance: Hopetoun (engraved armorial bookplate).
A Chinese sancai glazed pottery funerary table and offerings, Ming dynasty, length 25cm, together with a similar aubergine and turquoise glazed pottery horseshoe-back chair, height 18cm, and a sancai glazed burial casket, Ming dynasty, of rectangular form with moulded lock plate and carrying handles, height 11.6cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese hardwood low table, early 20th century, the rectangular panelled top above a carved and pierced scroll frieze, on short legs, length 77cm, height 30cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese silk embroidered two-sided circular table screen, late 19th century, finely worked in coloured threads, both sides with a scene of two peacocks, sparrows, other birds and butterflies about blossoming branches on a cream ground, diameters 26cm, mounted within a European giltwood circular glazed frame with foliate column and tripod base, total height 50cm (minor faults).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese hardwood occasional table, 20th century, the rectangular top above a carved scroll apron, on shouldered tapering legs united by stretchers, height 68.5cm, width 46cm (formerly from a quartetto nest).Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
A Chinese famille rose ruby back porcelain plate, mark of Qianlong, Qing dynasty, the centre painted with a seated mother and children beside a table, stand and rocks, all within cell diaper and gilt lotus and tendril borders, the ruby enamelled underside with turquoise centre and iron red enamelled seal mark to base, diameter 21.1cm.Buyer’s Premium 29.4% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 6% (including VAT @ 20%) of the hammer price.
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