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Lot 89
A 19th century American two tier mahogany workbox, New York, circa 1875, the lower section with single drawer and pointed finials to each corner, below a bobbin casket with bone trimmed thread holes, surmounted with a pin cushion, 17cm wide, 18cm high, 13cm deep Note: see Thompson, H. L. American Sewing Tools and Trinkets, Vol. 1 p.82 and Vol. 2 p.12, and the front cover illustration of Ronningen, D. C. 2018, Antique American Needlework Tools, for similar examples
Lot 301
A pair of Victorian silver mounted bone glove stretchers, Birmingham 1890, a pair of tortoiseshell mounted folding lorgnettes, a cigarette case and a hand mirror, an American engine turned handle for a dip pen, W.S. Hicks, New York, detailed sterling silver, a shield shape buckle and a collection of mother of pearl handled steel manicure and other tools (qty).
Lot 314
Hairdressing.- Stewart (James) Plocacosmos: or The Whole Art of Hair Dressing..., first edition, lacking half-title, with engraved frontispiece printed in sanguine and 10 engraved plates, light foxing or browning, contemporary half morocco, g.e., slightly rubbed, rebacked preserving old spine (faded), corners repaired, 8vo, for the Author, 1782.⁂ Scarce work on all aspects of hair and hairdressing including growth & care and the effects of diet & lifestyle, tools, false hair, head dresses and cosmetics; the plates depict the extravagant hairstyles of the time. ESTC lists 5 locations in the UK: Birmingham Central Libraries, BL (2 copies), Edinburgh University, Bodleian, and Wellcome Institute.
Lot 309
A collection of 19th Century and later items to include a red velvet sewing case having turned bone sewing tools, a lacquered snuff box, a silver plated aide memoire, a black lacquered jewellery box with a selection of vintage brooches inside, a tin plate USSR wind up goose toy and a silver backed hair brush (hallmarked Chester 1913).
Lot 92
Parkinson (John) Paradisi in sole, paradisus terrestris. A Garden of all Sorts of Pleasant Flowers, first edition, allegorical woodcut title by A. Switzer, woodcut portrait of Parkinson, one full-page garden design, one small orchard plan, one small woodcut of tools and methods of grafting, and 109 full-page woodcuts illustrating about 780 varieties of plants, woodcut initials and head-pieces, title fore-margin neatly restored, 12 early ff. with corner repairs, wormhole at lower corner of 15 following ff., a few other corners very neatly repaired and restored, occasional short tears or light soiling to margin, a few early annotations (including one referring to the potatoes of Virginia), contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed [Henrey 282; Hunt 215; Nissen BBI 1489; STC 19300], folio, H. Lownes and R. Young, 1629.⁂ Provenance: Henry Eliott Fox (1841-1926, botanist (bookplate)).
Lot 306
‡ A CASED 14 BORE FRENCH D.B PIN-FIRE BALL AND SHOTGUN BY DEVISME, 36 BOULEVART DES ITALIENS, À PARIS, NO 1541, DATED 1858 with rebrowned twist sighted barrels signed on the rib, rotary underlever action chiselled with strapwork designs involving monsters and a demon mask in low relief on a matted ground, the action tang and locks decorated en suite, the latter signed, figured walnut half-stock, chequered grip, fore-end numbered on the inside, iron mounts decorated en suite, comprising trigger-guard and butt-plate: in original fitted brass-bound mahogany case lined in blue baize, the lid impressed with the maker's signature in gilt letters on the inside, complete with accessories including turned boxwood ammunition tools, turns screw and bullet mould 71.8 cm; 28 ¼ in barrels Provenance Christie's, 19th March 1980, lot 95 F. P. Devisme is recorded at this address circa 1850. He was awarded silver medals at the Paris Industrial Exhibitions of 1839 and 1841.
Lot 201
A bound volume of approx 300 early engraved plates on a variety of subjects including Machinery, Animals, Fish, Birds, (including Dodo) Medicine, Planets, Tools, Microscopes, Shells in half leather (worn); Tom Headstrong or Always in Trouble by Theodore Thinker 1851 with hand-coloured illustrations in ornate gilt binding, Every Little Boy’s Book with 250 illustrations, The Common-Prayer-Book 1692, A Short and Plain Instruction for The Better Understanding of The Lord’s Supper 1807 (5)
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