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An early 19th century Japanese netsuke from Edo period. Not signed. In carved deer antler portraying a Dutch woman carrying a Chinese child on her holders while holding a trumpet with her right hand, 6,5x2,58x2,8 cm. 18,72 gr. Similar pieces on Mateu Guillem, "NETSUKE. Las grandes miniaturas de la escultura japonesa", Barcelona: 1998. Page 34.
Mixed Lot: two white metal lidded pill boxes, a Victorian condiment spoon with beaded edges and shell bowl, London 1867, two silver napkin rings, a small silver trumpet vase (loaded), six various glass bottles, jars and inkwell, each with silver fittings, together with a silver framed nail buffer (a/f)
A rare Jacobite engraved airtwist wine glass, circa 1750Probably for the 'Oak Society', the drawn trumpet bowl with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem with two buds, one open and one closed, the reverse inscribed 'Fiat' below the rim, on a multi-spiral stem, the conical foot inscribed 'Redi' between a spray of two oak leaves, 15.3cm highFootnotes:The Oak Society was a Jacobite club whose purpose is thought to have been to raise money for Charles Edward Stuart's attempt to stimulate another rising following the defeat at Culloden, beginning with his secret visit to London in September 1750 (the so-called Elibank plot). They met at the Crown & Anchor tavern on the corner of Arundel Street and the Strand. A similar glass from the Henry Fox Collection was sold by Bonhams on 8 December 2004, lot 73 and again on 6 June 2007, lot 25. Another from the Seton Veitch Collection was sold by Bonhams on 3 June 2009, lot 191 and is illustrated by Delomosne and Son in their 2006 catalogue, pl.11. According to Geoffrey Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), the decoration may be attributed to Engraver B. Seddon illustrates a similar glass without 'Fiat' at p.114, col. pl.26.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An ale glass, a wine or toasting glass and two wine flutes with twist stems, circa 1750-65The ale with an elongated ogee bowl, engraved with hops and crossed ears of barley, on an opaque twist stem with a pair of ribbon tapes around a central opaque white corkscrew, 19cm high, the toasting glass of typical slender drawn trumpet shape, the opaque twist stem containing a gauze corkscrew, 17.8cm high, the two flutes with tall waisted bell bowls, one on an opaque twist stem with a central corkscrew encircled by a pair of spiral threads, 19.2cm high, the other on an airtwist stem containing a pair of entwined mercurial corkscrews, 19.1cm high (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceJeffrey Rose Collection, Sotheby's sale, 6 March 1978, lot 71 (toasting glass)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An engraved 'Friendly Hunt' firing glass of Jacobite interest, circa 1750The drawn trumpet bowl inscribed 'THE FRIENDLY HUNT' flanking a floral sprig, on a short plain stem and heavy conical foot, 9cm highFootnotes:The Friendly Hunt was a Worcestershire meet probably connected with a Jacobite society in Worcester known as The Friendly Association. Founded in 1747, the Association met annually in rotation in the neighbouring towns of Droitwich, Bromsgrove, Kidderminster and Stourbridge. A similar firing glass from The Ron and Mary Thomas Collection was sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008 and is illustrated by Geoffrey Seddon, The Jacobites and Their Drinking Glasses (1995), p.120, pl.86 and by Arthur Churchill, History in Glass (1937), pl.20, no.92. Together with the present lot only a handful of other examples exist including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (accession no. C.257-1925) and one in the Harding Collection, Christ Church College, Oxford. For further details see Peter Lole, A Digest of the Jacobite Clubs, Royal Stuart Society Paper LV (1999).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A composite-stem wine glass and two light baluster glasses, circa 1750-60The composite-stem glass with a lipped trumpet bowl solid at the base, set on a cushion knop over a multi-spiral airtwist baluster stem, on a conical foot, 17.6cm high, together with a light baluster wine glass, the bell bowl engraved to the rim with three diaper panels alternating with floral sprays, the slender stem with angular and cushion knops above a beaded inverted baluster and basal knop, on a conical foot, 18.4cm high, and a light baluster goblet, the bell bowl on a stem with a central knop between opposing balusters, over a domed foot, 18.8cm high (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Carreg Cennen: A stipple engraved goblet by Simon Whistler, executed in 1989The shape designed by Laurence Whistler, the generous bucket bowl engraved with a view of Carreg Cennen Castle towering above the valley floor with a stream beneath, sunlit hills beneath a cloudy sky in the distance, a bird in flight above, on a teared knop, trumpet stem and folded foot, titled and monogrammed 'SW' to the foot, 27cm high, sold together with the book illustrating the goblet and signed by the artist, edition 117/200 (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceHassan Shaida CollectionIllustrated by Simon Whistler, On a Glass Lightly (2004), p.77, where the artist describes the piece thus... 'The difficulty here was to convey the enormous height of the castle above the valley floor with its stream. Early sunlight pours down the hill opposite'. The goblet is one of a series of seven depicting Welsh landscapes inspired by J M W Turner's sketching trips to Wales, resulting from a tour of Wales in 1988 in which Whistler retraced a route taken by Turner in 1798.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Williamite engraved wine glass, circa 1740The drawn trumpet bowl with a continuous band of fruiting vine beneath the inscription 'The Glorious Memory of King William', on a tall plain stem and conical foot, 17.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceThe Ron and Mary Thomas Collection, Bonhams sale, 4 June 2008, lot 79For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Five airtwist wine glasses and a flute, circa 1750With multi-spiral stems, comprising a wine glass with a round funnel bowl on a stem with shoulder and central knops, 16.4cm high, a wine or ale flute with a tall conical bowl, 19.9cm high, and three wine glasses with drawn trumpet bowls, 16.1-16.8cm high (5)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Two engraved wine glasses of Jacobite interest, mid-18th centuryWith a six-petalled rose on a leafy stem, one with a round funnel bowl with a moth to the reverse, set on a double-series opaque twist stem containing two pairs of opaque white spiral tapes encircled by a pair of gauze corkscrews, 16.4cm high, the other with a drawn trumpet bowl on a plain teared stem, 18.4cm high (2)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
COPPER LUSTRE - approximately 6 jugs, 3 basins and a mug and a black lustre cream jug and sugar basin, a boxed Belleek china creamware narrow necked vase (brown mark) and a boxed Waterford oblong crystal glass dish, a plain glass drop lustre vases on circular bases, a pair, a tall glass trumpet vase and other glass containers ETC
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