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Lot 2114
A set of brass draftsman's drawing tools, boxed, together with an Imperial measuring rule, a pair on onyx scales, an onyx dressing table box, a quantity of men's wristwatches, with leather straps, a set of waxes to be used for brass rubbings, and an ice box in the form of a military drum, together with a pair of mid century money boxes. (2 trays and loose)
Lot 242
AFTER DAVID ROBERTS (BRITISH 1796-1864) FOURTEEN PLATES FROM THE SERIES 'THE HOLY LAND, SYRIA, IDUMEA, ARABIA, EGYPT & NUBIA' lithographed by Louis Haghe (Belgian 1806-1855), all published by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, circa 1842-1849, including plates; Encampment of the Aulad-Said (1844); Convent of St Catherine, Mount Sinai (1845); Remains of the portico of the Temple of Kom Ombo (1846); Ruins of Kom Ombo (1846); Ruins of the Memnonium, Thebes (1847); Approach to the Fortress of Ibrim, Nubia (1847); Hadjar Silsilis (1847); Entrance to The Temple of Amun, Thebes (1847); Medinet, Abdu, Thebes (1847); Alexandria (1848); Medinet, Abdu, Thebes (1847) (Second copy); General View of Esouan and the Island of Elephantine (1848); Entrance to the Tombs of the Kings of Thebes, Biban-El-Molook (1848); Cairo from the Gate of Citzenib, Looking towards the Desert of Suez (1849); together with three other Roberts prints, including a cut down to the image and remounted plate of the series Egypt and Nubia, Volume II, ‘Excavated Temples of Abo Simble, Nubia’; ‘The Fortress of Akabah, Arabia, Petraea’, published by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, 1844; ‘Tomb of St. James, Valley of Jehosaphat’, published by F.G. Moon, 20 Threadneedle Street, London, 1843 (17) set of the fourteen plates each 33cm x 49cm [plate margins only] Provenance: The Estate of the late Lynette F. H. Cole, Rutherford House, Town Yetholm, Scottish Borders Note: Roberts was the first professional artist to visit the Near East without a patron or a connection to a military expedition or missionary group. He sailed to Alexandria in 1838 and for eleven months travelled up the Nile River, across deserts and mountains, through Egypt and the Holy Land, to arrive in Jerusalem on Easter 1839. He continued north to Lebanon and departed from Beirut in May. Roberts recorded his impressions of landscapes, temples, ruins, and people in three sketchbooks and more than 272 watercolours. These sketches and paintings provided the basis for the 247 lithographs published with text between 1842 and 1849 as the three-volume "Holy Land." The images were produced by Louis Haghe, the best and most prolific lithographer of the time. Originally from Tournai, Belgium, Haghe moved to England before 1825 and established himself as specialist of the hand-tinted lithograph. His sensitive handling of the lithographer's tools imparts a range of tonality and colour as well as a sense of the delicacy and spontaneous quality of Roberts's original images. Roberts's plates are among the most popular images of famous sites in the Near East. As John Ruskin wrote they make "true portraiture of scenes of historical and religious interest. They are faithful and laborious beyond any outlines from nature I have ever seen."
Lot 243
A RARE SILVER-MOUNTED SNUFF BOX MADE OF OAK FROM SIR WILLIAM PARRY'S ARCTIC SHIP HECLA, MELVILLE ISLAND, 1819turned in two sections, the lid with inset silver plate inscribed THE HECLA / Captn. W.E. Parry / Melville Island / 1819 -- 2¾ (7.2cm.) diameter H.M. Survey Ship Hecla (accompanied by Griper) was frozen into a makeshift harbour at the uninhabited Melville Island for ten months from September 1819 during which time they partly survived on tinned food, some of the earliest ever produced. Enduring temperatures of -54º F, time was spent putting on plays, producing a newspaper and, for those with access to tools, producing souvenirs of an adventure they already knew had secured them a £5,000 prize from Parliament for passing 110º West. They returned to London in October 1820 to a rapturous welcome having lost only one man.Small chip to inside rim.
Lot 439
An art deco travelling set, comprising a 925 silver mounted hand mirror, 10.5cm, circular Houbigant compact 5cm and comb, 10.5cm all with black enamelling, in a fitted folding grey fabric purse style bag, together with a faux tortoiseshell mounted manicure set in leather floral decorated roll with buckle fastener, nine tools including circular pot, buff, files etc all in fitted sections, buff marked Made In Austria and a small rectangular brown leather hinged suitcase style box, 10cm x 7cm x 5cm (3)
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