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Lot 54
A box containing a large collection of decorative ceramics, to include a 19th Century Worcester butter dish painted with birds in a landscape on a cobalt blue and gilt decorated ground, a Pratt ware type trinket dish and cover inscribed "Cauldon" to base, a Royal Worcester figure of a robin, model No. 3197, a Royal Worcester figure of a "Western Tanager", model No. 3650, an Aynsley figure of a little owl, an Aynsley miniature figure of an owl, a Coalport miniature cup painted with a black horse, a Royal Worcester Millennium mug (boxed), Royal Worcester Diamond Wedding tankard (boxed), various other Royal Worcester, Spode, Ayshford and other boxed ceramics, two cloisonne vases, a glass tazza, etc, together with a japanned tripod wine table decorated in the Chinese taste
Lot 373
An impressive Chinese cloisonne enamel tripod altar censer and a cover, mark of Qianlong, the globular body decorated with pink-centred lotus under a pair of inserted serpentine handles, the baluster legs extended with gilt bronze sabots; the possibly earlier cover filled with three wufu groups between barbed panels of peaches under a reticulated mound of gilt bronze Imperial dragons under a high lotus-pierced finial, four character Qianlong mark let into base, 35cm high
Lot 1012
A George II style mahogany tripod table, probably late 19th century, the tilt-top with eight dish moulded sections to edge, raised on a bird-cage mechanism, the turned column with fluting a a spiral twist baluster section, raised on three Rococo moulded cabriole legs, 75cm high, 80cm in diameter
Lot 531
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN HEAVY BRONZE WALLGUN (DOPPELHAKEN), CIRCA 1520-40, PROBABLY NUREMBERG 3.1cm calibre. Cast in five stages separated by raised beaded mouldings, their inner edges punched and engraved with gothic brattished ornament and the leading edges decorated with engraved raised scalloped bands, tapering towards a flared rounded muzzle with shaped standing sight, the forward section rounded also and with large recoil-stop at its rear, the two rearward stages faceted and successively off-set in section, with rectangular breech with bevelled leading corners, standing back-sight cast with further beaded mouldings, and a pair of posts positioned centrally and originally intended for fitting a cover over the countersunk vent: on an early wooden beam-shaped stock secured by three transverse bolts, the stock possibly the original (the section of the barrel immediately fronting the breech has been defaced by filing, presumably the removal of the arms or an inscription relating to a previous owner, and evidently within the early working life of this gun. A portion of the stock has chipped off immediately behind the breech, the rear of the stock shows heavy age-related wear and some inactive worm damage). 148.4cm; 58 3/8 in barrel 211.8cm; 83 3/8 in overall length The superior quality of the casting and finishing is indicative of a Nuremberg foundry, perhaps that of Endres Pegnitzer (the Elder, d. 1554), or his son of the same name (d. prior to 1549). Compare for example, a bronze falkonett cast in 1522 by Pegnitzer the Elder for Graf Balthasar von Schwarzburg-Leutenburg, in the Staatliche Museen Heidecksburg Rudolstadt: see Müller 1968, no. 58, pp. 69 and 74. Also see Henkel 2011, for the same gun attributed to Pegnitzer the Younger (Inv. no. oss. 857), pp. 28-9. For a brief account of the three generations of the Pegnitzer family of gun-founders see Kennard 1986, p.124. Hakenbüchsen of this large size are correctly known as doppelhäken and were intended to be fired from a stand or tripod carriage and served by two men as a piece of light artillery. The term bronze widely used in modern reference to ordnance is referred to as brass (Messing) within historical accounts and contemporary manuscripts.
Lot 532
A RARE GERMAN HAND-IGNITED BREECH-LOADING WALLGUN OPERATING ON A VERTICALLY-FALLING RATCHET BREECH-BLOCK (WINDENVERSCHLUSS), THIRD QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY 2.3cm calibre. With iron barrel formed in two stages with moulded girdle, bulbous moulded muzzle, a pair of trunnions, the rear section octagonal, struck with a mark (rubbed) and changing to a rectangular base with bevelled corners, with traces of punched and engraved ornamental bands at the base, the median and the muzzle, bead fore-sight, standing back-sight, and a projecting lug to engage an elevating cradle, formed in one piece with a rectangular breech, the latter with tubular chamber cut on the same axis as the bore, with coarsely chamfered loading aperture at the rear, decorated with punched and engraved scale ornament and linear bands of stars, and struck with a shield-shaped mark on the rear face of the breech chamber (rubbed), the chamber vertically bisected by an additional rectangular aperture for a falling ratchet breech-block, the priming vent recessed into its upper face and the block moving on a crank mechanism housed within a separate casing beneath, the latter retaining its original crank handle with turned wooden grip, the priming vent with hinged boxed iron cover closed by a spring-catch fitted on the right-hand side of the breech. 113cm; 44 ½ in. A closely comparable example on its tripod carriage and complete with elevating mechanism is preserved in the Historical Museum, Bern, removed from the city zeughaus: see Wegeli 1948, cat. no. 2123, pp. 89-90, figs. 123, 124, 125. A comparable detached barrel without its crank handle is in the Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg: see Essenwein 1969, pl. A. CLI. A further barrel with ratchet breech mechanism is in the Royal Armoury, Livrustkammaren, Stockholm (LRK 24398-9). This is closely comparable with the present example and also intended for a tripod carriage, but is additionally fitted with a wooden paddle-shaped butt and a flintlock each conventional to circa 1670: see Drejholt, vol. II 2007, cat. no. KXV 754, pp. 120-1.
Lot 369
A Japanese Satsuma pottery tripod koro and cover, Meiji period, 9.5cm A Japanese Satsuma pottery tripod koro and cover, Meiji period, of tapering hexagonal form, painted with bijin and attendants amid objects on a gilt dotted ground within gilt brocade pattern borders, with a pierced domed cover, three character signature to a seal mark on the base, 9.5cm
Lot 585
A Chinese cloisonne enamel tripod censer and cover, c.1910, A Chinese cloisonne enamel tripod censer and cover, c.1910, the lobed body decorated with lotus flowers and scrolling leaves on a black ground, flanked by a pair of copper lion mask ring handles, on three mythical beast shaped feet, the domed cover with lion-dog finial, height 15.5cm, together with the original ebonised wood trefoil shaped stand
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