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Lot 38
A group of Derby porcelain items, comprising a campana style urn, circa 1820, with twin snake form gilded handles, decorated in the Imari palette, red painted factory mark, 13.5 by 17cm high, a shallow bowl of waisted form with scalloped gilt edge, circa 1795, decorated with sprays of cornflowers, puce painted factory mark, 19 by 4cm high, and a deep saucer, circa 1800, decorated with puce band and gilt borders, puce painted factory mark, 12.5 by 2.5cm high, together with an unmarked English porcelain slop bowl, decorated all over with floral springs and gilt borders, 16 by 7.5cm high. (4)
Lot 256
A late Regency pottery pot pourri vase, of urn form, polychrome decorated with Bucolic scenes with a farmhouse with a bridge over a river, the lift off pierced cover with crown finial, similarly decorated the body set two applied gilt chicken head handles and raised on a beaded base, 13cm high
Lot 99
Caverswall urn shaped vase and cover hand painted with floral sprays, two miniature Spode cups and saucers, Hummel figure, cut glass goblets and tumblers, small Leedsware box and cover, commemorative ware, late Victorian silver bookmark modelled as a sword and miscellanea in three boxes Condition Report Click here for further images, condition, auction times & delivery costs
Lot 340
Jewelled Binding.- Sangorksi (Alberto, calligrapher and illuminator, 1862-32).- Keats (John) La Belle Dame sans Merci and other poems [Ode on a Grecian Urn & Ode to Psyche], illuminated manuscript in black, gold and colours on vellum, 21pp. including title, title in gold with miniature watercolour portrait of la Belle Dame within large gold initial "L" and miniature portrait of Keats initialled and dated 1928 within frame, 4 large full-page watercolours as frontispiece/titles/tail-piece (knight, Grecian urn, tail-piece of Erechtheion, Psyche with peacocks), 5 smaller watercolour illustrations in text (knight leading la Belle Dame on horseback, the Acropolis, woodland path, naked Psyche on her bed, Cupid & Psyche), text written in semi-gothic script in black ink with 14 illuminated initials and richly decorative borders in colours and gold, with colophon at end stating "...designed, written out, and illuminated by Alberto Sangorski. This manuscript will not be duplicated" and signed by him at foot, all mounted on stubs with ivory silk or tissue guards, one silk guard torn and frayed, magnificently bound in terracotta morocco elaborately tooled in gilt and inlaid with 137 jewels, by Rivière & Son, upper cover with oval panel of six white morocco Tudor roses each set with 6 small red stones (?garnets) and gilt-tooled onlaid branches & leaves in red, green & brown, around a gilt-tooled oval of green morocco surrounding a circular recessed panel of turquoise morocco mounted with entwined metal initials "JK" and studded with 79 small pearls, the central oval panel against a background of green morocco intricately tooled with gilt leaves & small white morocco flowers and small onlaid turquoise morocco hearts at corners and larger purple heart at head & foot of oval panel, all within inner border of terracotta morocco lettered in gilt with first lines of 'Endymion' by Keats "A thing of beauty is a joy for ever: Its loveliness increases/It will never pass into nothingness: But still will keep a bower quiet for us, and a sleep/ Full of sweet dreams and health and quiet breathing", and outer border of onlaid green morocco with 22 Tudor roses of white morocco set with dark blue stone at centre and interspersed with sprigs of gilt leaves, each portion divided by strip of turquoise morocco and gilt rules, lower cover with onlaid design of Grecian urn in dark blue & tan morocco and decorated in gilt within border of two strips of turquoise morocco, the inner one wider and tooled with Greek key pattern and overlaid with 14 gilt-tooled palmettes of tan morocco, spine in six compartments with five raised bands, title and author in gilt in three compartments and date at foot, the others with small panels of gilt-tooled green morocco leaves edged in turquoise, doublures of grey morocco elaborately tooled with overall pattern of flowers, lyres and other decorations within gilt-ruled border of terracotta and turquoise morocco strips, ivory watered-silk flyleaves, g.e., signed at foot of front turn-in, some very slight rubbing to lower joint at head and foot, with silk-lined black straight-grain morocco case with hinged lid and brass clasps, spine titled in gilt, slightly rubbed at edges, a few scuffs, 4to (c.315 x 260mm.), 1928.⁂ A superb and unique work of art, indeed "a thing of beauty" and "a joy forever".Alberto Sangorksi was the elder brother of Francis Sangorksi who established the famous bookbinding firm with partner George Sutcliffe. He worked for Sangorksi & Sutcliffe, who became known for their jewelled bindings, and also for Rivière & Son from 1910. He produced for both many such highly-decorated illuminated manuscripts, the most famous of which, "the Great Omar", was lost when the Titanic sank in 1912.
Lot 77
Miniature Books.- Silver Filigree Binding, ornate hinged filigree case ?for an almanac, lined with ivory watered silk, with 2 later pieces of felt for needles & pins stitched in containing 2 needles, lacking clasp, 50 x 33mm., n.d. § Small leather box for ?toothpicks with pull-off top, contemporary red morocco, 2 sides with onlaid tan morocco panel tooled with wreath, birds, wheel & urn in gilt, slightly rubbed, 60 x 20 x 20mm., [18th century] § Silver stamp case, with pivoting inner container and loop for chain, upper cover with "Stamps" in relief and engraved with small flowers, hallmark "C & N" with anchor, lion and "l" to rear cover, a little tarnished, 30 x 15mm., [Birmingham, Crisford & Norris], [?1910]; and 17 others, miniature books, boxes, card cases etc., mostly modern, including 3 polished ?semi-precious stone books and a piece of type 5 x 5mm. cast with the Lord's Prayer by Lanston Monotype Co. of Philadelphia, 1920, v.s. (20)
Lot 50
A George III Silver Circular Sugar Bowl, probably London 1789, the body boldly embossed and chased with leaf scroll and floral ornament, with twin C-scroll cartouches, 5.5ins diameter x 3.5ins high, a George III Silver Urn Pattern Cream Jug, London 1780, the body embossed and chased with floral ornament and twin C-scroll cartouche, with bead mounts to rim and footrim, 5ins high, and a Victorian Silver Cylindrical Mustard Pot, by Richards & Brown, London 1872, the flat lid with pierced thumbpiece and sides, engraved with oval paterae, 3.25ins high, combined weight 15ozs
Lot 630
A Fine Pair of George III Ormolu Mounted "Blue John" Urn Pattern Candle Vases or Cassolettes, by Matthew Boulton, the bodies variously coloured and mounted in ormolu, leaf caped loop handles above ram's heads and hung with acanthus swags, on circular base with acanthus border, on twin square stepped bases, the reversible covers with reeded knop and leaf ornament and fluted and acanthus leaf capped sconces, 7.5ins high (with covers), 8.5ins high(with candle sconces uppermost), Note: See Matthew Boulton: Ormolu by Nicholas Goodison, published by Christie's, 8 King Street, St. James's, London, 2002, see page 305 showing identical examples and image from Pattern Book No.1, Page 171 showing example
Lot 736
Two Modern Gilt Framed Mirrors of "19th Century French" Design, one with slightly arched top with shell and floral ornament, with cresting and apron and moulded fruit to the borders, plain mirror plate, 53ins x 34.5ins overall, the other overmantel mirror with urn and acanthus leaf swag cresting above three bevelled mirror plates, 57ins x 39ins
Lot 737
Two Modern Gilt Framed Rectangular Wall Mirrors of "19th Century" Design, one with split leaf pattern columns and bead work borders, inset with bevelled mirror plate, 31ins x 43ins, the other with urn cresting, moulded frame with bead ornament, inset with bevelled mirror plate, 41ins x 35ins
Lot 784
A 19th Century American Walnut Cased Drop Dial Wall Clock, the 12ins diameter painted metal dial named N. C. Firth of Chester, to the two train movement striking on a bell, contained in case inlaid with circular panels, boxwood stringings and urn motif, with shaped bezel and carved wings, 42ins high
Lot 933
A Victorian Figured Walnut and Gilt Brass Mounted Credenza, with bowed ends, the whole with bead and leaf pattern mouldings and shell and scroll pattern brackets, the centre fitted with a cupboard enclosed by a single door inlaid with classical urn and scroll work, flanked by display cabinets, each fitted two shelves enclosed by bowed glazed doors (one glass panel missing), conforming sides and on bun feet, 62ins wide x 15.75ins deep x 41ins high
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