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Click here to subscribeTwo George III silver Old English pattern table spoons, hallmarked Thomas Wallis II, London 1806, and Peter & William Bateman, London 1811, approximate total weight 4.34 ozt (135.3 grams)Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches and nicks.Hallmarks generally clear and legible, however makers marks with some wear.
Group of silver, comprising Edwardian silver mounted hand held mirror, embossed throughout with fruiting vines, hallmarked W G Keight & Co, Birmingham 1907, an Edwardian silver mounted hair brush embossed with flowers and vines, hallmarked William Neale & Son, Birmingham 1905, three early 20th century cut glass dressing table jars with silver covers, various hallmarks, and an early 20th century jar and cover of plain cylindrical form with domed cover and ball finial, upon circular stepped baseCondition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches, nicks, indentations and knocks.Dressing table mirror and brush both with heavy knocks, compression and splits.Dressing table jars also with a number of knocks.Jar and cover with heavy knock to side of foot.Hallmarks with varying degrees of wear.
Early 20th century silver and tortoiseshell mounted four piece dressing table set, comprising handheld mirror, hair brush and two clothes brushes, each with inlaid silver husk and foliate swag detail, hallmarked E S Barnsley & Co, Birmingham 1919Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches, nicks and indentations.Hallmarks generally clear and legible, however makers marks with some wear.Tortoiseshell dull, would benefit from a clean.Bristles worn and discoloured.
Silver mounted four piece dressing table set, comprising hand held mirror, hair brush and two clothes brushes, each with engine turned decoration and vacant central panel with foliate surround, hallmarked Birmingham 1919 and 1921, makers mark worn and indistinct Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches, nicks, small indentations and knocks to edges.Decoration worn.Hallmarks with varying degrees of wear, makers mark to all worn and indistinct, and to mirror heavily worn.Brush bristles heavily worn, discoloured and bent.
George III silver Old English pattern table spoon, hallmarked Robert Cattle & James Barber, York 1809, L22cm, together with a pair of George III silver Old English pattern dessert spoons, hallmarked Robert Cattle & James Barber, York 1812, L17.5cm, approximate total weight 4.50 ozt (140 grams)Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches and nicks.Hallmarks with some wear.
Pair of 20th century American silver table spoons, the stems cast with flower heads, impressed Sterling, L22cm, approximate weight 4.72 ozt (147 grams)Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, predominantly in the form of surface scratches, some deeper scratches, and nicks.Marks clear and legible.
Set of eight American silver handled Normandy Rose pattern table knives, marked Sterling, together with a further matching set of eight smaller knives, the blades stamped Wallace Sterling Handle Stainless Blade, largest L25cm, smaller L23cmCondition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface and nicks.Marks with some wear but generally clear and legible.
Four George III silver Old English pattern table spoons, hallmarked Stephen Adams I, London 1776, London 1794, makers mark partly worn and indistinct, William Eley, William Fearn & William Chawner, London 1812, and London, makers mark and date letter worn and indistinct possibly William Chawner II,1817, approximate total weight 8.42 ozt (262 grams)Condition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches and nicks.Wear to edges of bowls, and two bowls with knocks.Hallmarks with varying degrees of wear.
Edwardian silver grenade form table lighter, of globular form with flambeau neck, hallmarked Chester 1904, makers mark worn and indistinct, H8.5cmCondition Report:General wear commensurate with age and use, including surface scratches, and some light knocks around lower section. Edges of flambeau next bent inwards. Lacking wick. Hallmarks with some wear, but still legible, however makers mark worn indistinct.
Musik - - Händel, Georg Friedrich. Xerxes, an Opera (in 3 Acts. Text by N. Minato). London, Walsh, nach 1738. 107 S. Noten in Kupferstich (ohne je 1 Bl. Titel und "Table of Songs"). 35,5 x 25,5 cm. Unbeschnittene lose Blätter mit Spuren ehemaliger Interimsheftung, in altem Papierumschlag.RISM A, H bzw. HH 327. - Gestochene Partitur von Händels berühmter Oper, erstmals aufgeführt und gedruckt 1738. Die Platten weisen hier bereits deutliche Abnutzungsspuren auf, vermutlich liegen Abzüge aus dem weiteren Verlauf des 18. Jahrhunderts vor (das Exemplar der Amalienbibliothek wird z.B. auf 1755-60 datiert). - Breitrandig, etwas gebräunt, der beidseitige Druck vielfach durchschlagend.
Photobücher - - Burri, René. Trois fois chez nous. 3 Bände. Mit zahlreichen ganzseitigen, teils farbigen photographischen Abbildungen. Zürich, Dino Simonett, 2008. 31 x 23,4 cm. Farbig illustrierte Halbleinenbände mit Rückentiteln in goldfarbenem, von René Burri signierten, betitelten und nummerierten Original-Pappschuber (Kanten minimal berieben).Eins von 50 auf dem Schuber von Burri signierten und nummerierten Exemplaren, wurden alle drei Bände nochmals von Burri auf dem Vortitel signiert. - Enthalten sind die Titel "77 strange sensations", "Berner Blitz" und "Nous sommes treize à table". - Tadellos.
Fireplaces.- Gauger (Nicolas) Fires Improv'd: Being a New Method of Building Chimneys, so as to Prevent their Smoaking, translated by J.T.Desaguliers, first edition in English, advertisement leaf and 9 folding engraved plates at end, contemporary ink note of acquisition to front free endpaper "Read this little book the 24. Oct. 1715 & I find it but very little worth, there being much said to little purpose" and with annotations/corrections to text, engraved bookplate, an attractive copy in contemporary calf, morocco label, spine slightly rubbed, [Harris 244], for J.Senex and E.Curll, 1715 § Leutmann (J.G.) Vulcanus famulans oder sonderbahre Feuer-Nutzung welche durch gute Einrichtung der Stuben-Osen, Carmine..., fifth edition, engraved frontispiece and 55 folding plates of fireplaces, ovens, tea and coffee machines etc., folding letterpress table, a little browned, some light worming, modern boards, Wittenberg & Zerbst, S.G.Zimmermann, 1764, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first item was first published in Paris in 1713. This is "the earliest treatise on domestic heating and the basis of all eighteenth-century books on the subject in English...Desaguliers published a translation of Gauger's book, omitting what he thought superfluous and adding his own improvements to suit the burning of coal in England". (Harris). Maybe it was Desaguliers' alterations which left the owner unimpressed. Despite ESTC calling for 4pp. appendix at end Harris does not; this appears to be part of the second edition of 1736 which states "with an Appendix" on the title.
NO RESERVE Bleackley (Horace) Life of John Wilkes, 1 vol. bound as 2, extra illustrated with frontispiece and 197 plates, 2 folding, most 18th or 19th century engravings, 1 folding table, 27 ff. additional related text trimmed, mounted and bound-in, scattered faint spotting, near contemporary half-morocco by Bayntun, gilt, 8vo, 1917.
NO RESERVE Juvenile.- Astronomy.- Lectures on astronomy, and natural philosophy, for the use of children, large folding letterpress table, lacking half-title, table with short tear, without loss, charming marbled endpapers, contemporary calf, gilt, worn, but holding firm, 8vo, Bath, Printed by R. Cruttwell, and sold by C. Dilly, Poultry, London, 1794.⁂ A scarce little provincially printed work, with US holdings limited to Harvard.
Music.- Croft (William) Musica Sacra: or, select Anthems in Score, 2 vol. in 1, engraved portrait frontispiece, letterpress titles in red and black to both vol., vol. 1 engraved dedication leaf, vol. 2 letterpress dedication leaf, both vol. with an engraved 'Table of Anthems', with ink manuscript annotations, vol. 1 184 engraved plates of music, vol. 2 155 engraved plates of music, a few instances of ink annotations, two nineteenth century ownership inscriptions to front pastedown, cracking to gutter at upper hinge, vol.1 plate 110 and vol. 2 plate 44, contemporary vellum, gilt, remains of morocco label to spine, upper cover slightly warped, folio, John Walsh, John and Joseph Hare, [c.1730].⁂ A reissue of the [1724-25] edition, vol. 1 with engraved dedication leaf replacing letterpress dedication and without the list of subscribers in the original edition.
Mountaineering.- Hunt (John) The Ascent of Everest, first edition, signed by author, frontispiece, plates and illustrations, cracked upper hinge, previous owner's ink signature, original cloth, sunned spine, bumping to corners and extremities, 1953 § Dufferin (Lord) Letters from High Latitudes ... to Iceland, Jan Mayen, & Spitzbergen, frontispiece, plates, 3 maps, of which 2 folding, folding table at end, illustrations, spotting, later half-morocco, sunned spine, 1857 § Wilson (Bingham Thoburn) Ye Mountaineer, signed and inscribed by author to front free endpaper and frontispiece, plates, scattered faint spotting, original pictorial cloth, gilt, slight bumping to corners and spine extremities, New York, 1901; and 7 others, mountaineering or polar, 8vo (10).
Chemistry.- Neumann (Caspar) The Chemical Works, edited by William Lewis, first edition in English, engraved bookplate of Matthew Lewis, contemporary speckled calf, rubbed, rebacked, corners repaired, for W.Johnston [& others], 1759 § Watson (Richard) Chemical Essays, 5 vol., mixed edition (as often: vol.1-3 fifth edition, vol.4 fourth edition, vol.5 unspecified), from the library of Matthew Boulton with small Christie's book-label to front pastedowns, contemporary sprinkled calf, rubbed, vol.1 a little worn with upper cover detached, T.Evans, 1789-91-89 § Thomson (Thomas) The History of Chemistry, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait (foxed), advertisements at beginning, original cloth, uncut, rubbed and faded, 1830 § Colver (Capt. E. de W.S.) High Explosives: a Practical Treatise, first edition, plates and illustrations, folding table, ex-library copy with embossed stamp to title and plates, modern cloth, 1918; and 10 others on chemistry, v.s. (19)
Colour.- Field (George) Chromatics; or, the Analogy, Harmony, and Philosophy of Colours, New Edition, advertisement leaf, half-title, 11 plates, most engraved, 7 hand-coloured, illustrations, some hand-coloured, 1845 § Chevreul (M.) The Principles of Harmony and Contrast of Colours..., translated by Charles Martel, third edition, 15 chromolithographed plates, 4 folding or double-page plates, most engraved, one with volvelle (detached), folding table, advertisements to endpapers, 1860 § Ostwald (Wilhelm) Colour Science, 2 vol., 6 plates, 4 with colour wheels or charts, one folding, errata slip, Windsor & Newton, [1933]Meldola (R.) & others, editors. Jubilee of the Discovery of Mauve and of the Foundation of the Coal-Tar Industry by Sir W.H.Perkin, plates, folding table, [1906] § Maerz (A.) & M.Rea Paul. A Dictionary of Color, plates of colour charts, old ink library stamp to title, 1930, all original cloth, rubbed, the first recased, the fourth faded; and 13 others on colour, 8vo & 4to (19)
Electricity.- Bertholon (Pierre) De l'Électricité du Corps Humain dans l'État de Santé et de Maladie, first edition, half-title, 3pp. privilege at end, tables, red ink ownership stamp to inner margin of title, contemporary half calf, Lyons, Bernuset, 1780; De l'Électricité des Végétaux, first edition, half-title, 3 folding engraved plates, folding table, privilege leaf at end, old prize presentation label to front pastedown, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, very slight worming to foot of spine, Lyons, Bernuset, 1783, rubbed, 12mo & 8vo (2)⁂ The first is an important work on the effects of electricity on the human body; the second is a companion volume on the application of electricity to plants in order to promote growth.
Magnetism.- Ward (Samuel) Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum..., first edition, second issue with preliminaries reprinted and table of contents added, engraved frontispiece, imprimatur to verso of title, light water-staining (mostly marginal), contemporary limp vellum, a little soiled and marked, [STC 25028], A[ugustine] M[atthewes], 1637 § Michell (John) Traités sur les Aimans Artificiels, translated by P.Rivoire, first edition in French, 4 folding engraved plates, very occasional soiling, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, upper cover a little stained and with small repairs, spine ends repaired, Paris, Hippolyte-Louis Guérin, 1752, 8vo & 12mo (2)⁂ The first mentioned is a curious little treatise offering a spiritual interpretation to various properties of the magnet. The second is a translation of Michell's important treatise containing recognition of the law of the inverse square for magnetic attraction and repulsion, first published in Cambridge as Treatise of Artificial Magnets in 1750.
An early 20th Century Chinese Xuantong mark & period blue & white porcelain bowl. The bowl of large size with hand painted scenes depicting figures playing games at table and landscapes. The central well of the bowl decorated with another landscape scene and the border decorated with repeating botanical decoration. The underside with four character mark in underglaze blue. Chip to rim and hairline present. Measures approx; 12cm x 29cm.
A part canteen Georgian silver Old English pattern cutlery, decorated with the crest of Sir William Hicks, 7th Bart (1754-1834), comprising: twenty four dessert forks, twenty two table forks; twelve dessert spoons; two basting spoons; and two sauce ladles, different dates and makers, 3125g approximately.
1950's occasional table, the hardboard figure with printed paper depicting American diner roller-skating waitress holding hardwood turned circular tray.height 86cm (34")Some minor scuffs and wear to edges of the cut-out figure (see photographs), replacement tray.
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