A French gilt-bronze and pâte-sur-pâte mantel clock, third quarter 19th century, the arched case surmounted by a floral urn and flanked by female masks and fruit swags, the porcelain panels with figural and floral decoration on a celadon ground, on leaf cast toupie feet, the porcelain dial with black Roman numerals and gilt-painted outer minute track, with scrolling gilt hands, the twin train eight day movement striking a bell, the backplate stamped JAPY FRERES ET CIE / EXP 1855 / GRD MED D'HONN, numbered 6449 and 5819, with associated pendulum marked THIEBLE, 34cm high, 29.5cm wide, 13.5cm deepPlease note that Roseberys do not guarantee the working order or time keeping of any timepiece.
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An Anglo-Saxon burnished brown pottery urn Circa 5th-6th Century A.D.19cm highFootnotes:Provenance:A paper label affixed to the urn reading: 'From excavations at Higham near Gravesend, from the Arnold collection and later from that of the Hon. Maurice Brett of the London Museum'. Maurice Brett (1882-1934) served in the First World War and was assistant keeper and librarian at the London Museum from 1919 until his death.Anonymous sale; Christie's, London, 10 July 1991, lot 112. Private collection, UK, acquired at the above sale.There is a similar sub-biconical urn of dark brown-black ware with incised and stamped decoration in the British Museum, acc. no. OA.1495.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Etruscan pottery canopic urn lid Circa late 7th-6th Century B.C.19cm highFootnotes:Provenance:Private collection, UK, since the late 1990s (accompanied by an Oxford Authentication Ltd thermoluminescence test certificate dating to 3 February 1999).For the type, see the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, acc. no. 96.9.50a, b, and The Pomerance Collection of Ancient Art, Brooklyn Museum, 1966, p.188, no. 138. These lids are likely stylised portraits of the deceased, whose ashes were deposited in pottery anthropomorphising urns. See also an example at the Louvre, Paris, which has articulated arms and outstretched forefingers (acc. no. MN 1161).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Welsh Interest - George III 8-day brass dial longcase clock, the 11-inch square dial with silvered chapter ring having Roman hours, Arabic minutes, and inner quarter hour track framing a matted centre with silvered subsidiary seconds dial and oval cartouche engraved 'Wm. Sproston Trellegg', [Trellech / Trelleck, Monmouthshire], within baroque urn spandrels, the knopped four-pillar movement countwheel-striking on a bell, the later case with carved cresting, moulded hood door and spiral columns over dentil throat moulding, long door and palin base on splayed bracket feet, 222cm high, (sold with two weights, pendulum - lacking feather - and key)
A GROUP OF ENGLISH POTTERY AND PORCELAINCirca 1800 and later Comprising; an urn shaped cover, probably Flight & Barr, Worcester, painted en grisaille with a view of Worcester, 14cm high; a pair of Staffordshire porcelain paperweights, each modelled with a black and white spaniel recumbent on a stepped base painted with flowers, 19cm length; a pair of Staffordshire pottery figures of zebras, 13cm high (5)ProvenanceThe collection of the lateCountess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021) See Bellmans website forfurther details:https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/works-from-the-estate-of-countess-bunny-esterh%C3%A1zyCONDITION REPORTUrn shaped cover- some crazing and minor staining to the glaze. Minor wear to the gilding.Pair of spaniels- each with cracks and restoration to the base. Some flaking to the black enamel. some staining to the glazePair zebras- one with repair to one ear. The other with repair through left front hoof. Both with some flaking to the enamels
A George III silver tea urnHenry Chawner and John EmesLondon, 1797The urn-shaped body with twin lion mask handles supported by four columnar legs with paw feet, raised on a shaped square base on four ball supports, the domed cover with lobed decoration and a knopped ovoid finial, conforming decoration to base and body, the faceted spout to a rotating spigot with green stained wood finial, approx. 44cm high, gross weight approx. 135ozt
A small group of silver cruets and oddments including a Victorian urn-shaped pepper shakerJohn Wilmin FiggLondon, 1852Engraved with armorial and scrolling floral and foliate motifs, on a spreading circular foot, 6.5cm high. The rest of the group comprising: two sugar casters, C. S. Harris & Sons, London, 1925, of baluster form, on a stepped circular foot, 15cm high; two mustard pots, Crichton Brothers, London, 1933, of octagonal form, with blue glass liners, 7cm high; a bell, J. W. & F. Thomas, London, 1935, 10.5cm high; a condiment spoon, maker's mark rubbed, London, 1932; two Edwardian small claw sugar nips, Levi & Salaman, Birmingham, 1908, and a small item (possibly a button hook), maker's mark indistinct, Birmingham, 1900, together with three pickle forks, unmarked, weighable silver approx. 18.5ozt (a lot)Condition Report: Weight doesn't include the three pickle forks.
A PAIR OF UNMARKED WHITE METAL CANDLESTICKS, having central twin handled urn design central column and both with a white metal four branch inserts, these have marks but they're indistinct, approx total height 47.5 cmCondition Report:There is a possibility the tops are matched / later additions to the bases, one piece is slightly taller than the other.No obvious damage or restoration.
A Victorian silver locket and book-link choker, the choker converted to a bracelet. The locket bi-colour gold applied with an urn issuing vine leaves to the centre, converted to a brooch, London 1862, 50 x 36mm, the converted choker gold applied and engraved with foliage, two links made into pendant earrings, total weight 70g.
Leroy, Paris, a late 19th Century French clock garniture, gilt metal four-glass case with white marble urn finial, extensive gilt ormolu mounts of bows suspending branches of fruit, 11cm white enamel convex dial with Arabic numerals, signed 'Leroy, H....de La Cour', raised on a white marble plinth, toupie feet, the movement striking on a bell, 45cm, high, the matching pair of white marble and gilt ormolu mounted candelabra in the form of corinthian columns with vintner cherubs and trailing vine, toupie feet, 31cm high (3) (key and pendulum)
Elizabeth II silver cream jug, A Chick & Sons Ltd, London, 1972, 15.5cm, an Elizabeth II silver urn form sugar bowl, London, 1972, same maker, blue glass lined, together with a George VI small silver salver, Sheffield, 1950, inscribed,15.5cm, together with a set of six silver handled butter knives, boxed, and a boxed set of a child's silver bladed knife and silver bowled spoon, (5) weighable silver 16.3oz, (462gr.)
An Italian second quarter 19th century pietra dura and specimen marble top set in a near contemporary William IV rosewood tripod tablethe top: 1825-1840; the table: 1835-1845The circular top inlaid with an idiosyncratic version of Pliny's doves comprising a pair of birds drinking from a twin handled urn with a butterfly flying nearby, encompassed by two radiating segmented bands of various specimens, each band comprised of sixteen segments, within a repeating stylised foliate border, on a lotus-leaf wrapped and ring turned baluster column, terminating in acanthus hipped and twin C-scroll carved legs with brass castors, approximate diameter of the whole top: 59cm; approximate diameter of the marble top: 51cm; 73cm high approximately.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TP YTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.Y Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the UK, see clause 13.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An Italian mid or third quarter 19th century specimen marble and hardstone top set in a near contemporary giltwood gueridon or centre tablethe top: 1845-1860; the table: 1860-1875The circular top with a roundel inlaid with three concentric six-pointed stars, the central star inset with assorted marble tesserae and a smaller conforming star motif, encompassed by sixteen radiating segments of various specimens, within a complex chevron border, on three acanthus wrapped, volute scrolled and floral swagged griffin monopodiae, each headed by a carved griffin bust and terminating in lion paw feet, joined by foliate clasped and bhusk pendant capped scrolled stretchers surmounted by an urn finial, on a concave tripartite base with three scrolled feet, remnants of an old depository label to the underside, approximate diameter of the whole top: 66cm; 77cm high approximately.Footnotes:An Italian mid-19th century specimen marble top of similar design to the one surmounting the present lot appears illustrated in E. Colle, Il Mobile dell'Ottocento in Italia, Milan, 2007, p. 80, wherein this comparable is somewhat tentatively attributed to Francesco Sibilio. This comparable table top sold at Semenzato, March 2003, lot 390.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Circle of Christian Berentz (Hamburg 1658-1722 Rome)A still life with glassware on a wooden box with fruit and an urn of flowers oil on canvas98.5 x 134.8cm (38 3/4 x 53 1/16in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: * TP* VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.TP For auctions held in Scotland: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Constantine, Constantine House, North Caldeen Road, Coatbridge ML5 4EF, Scotland, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please refer to the catalogue for further information.For all other auctions: Lots will be moved to an offsite storage location (Cadogan Tate, Auction House Services, 241 Acton Lane, London NW10 7NP, UK) and will only be available for collection from this location at the date stated in the catalogue. Please note transfer and storage charges will apply to any lots not collected after 14 calendar days from the auction date.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An extremely rare Birmingham enamel gilt-metal-mounted oval tobacco box and cover, circa 1751-56Transfer-printed and overpainted en camaieu in brick red, each side with a landscape vignette depicting on one side a pair of dancers accompanied by musicians and other elegant figures in front of a balustrade overlooking a harbour, the reverse with a family group by classical ruins, the sides with smaller vignettes depicting different scenes of a lady and two swans by a riverbank, the cover with a gentleman playing the flute accompanied by a lady next to ruined columns and an urn, 9.5cm high; 10.5cm across (2)Footnotes:Provenance:Lawrence Gould Collection, London;Acquired in 1982Literature:Susan Benjamin, English Enamel Boxes from the Eighteenth to the Twentieth Centuries (1978), p. 68 (illustrated in colour);D. Gage/M. Marsh, Tobacco Containers & Accessories (1988), no. 21;D. Gage, A Quintessential Art Rediscovered, in The Antique Collector Magazine, June 1988, pp. 71-75, fig. 4Exhibited:London, The International Ceramics Fair and Seminar, The Dorchester Hotel, Special Loan Exhibition, The British-American Tobacco Company Collection of Tobacco Containers & Accessories, 10-13 June 1988The scenes are after designs by Robert Hancock and Louis P. Boitard, depicting the 'Minuet by the Sea', 'The Fishing Party' and 'The Singing Lesson'; the group of designs has been referred to as 'The Swan Group', as they are occasionally found with an overpainted pair of swans in the foreground.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare Fulda Lepidopterological coffee pot and cover, circa 1775Decorated with scattered butterflies and moths or ombrierte Insekten, the front and cover with an additional neo-classical urn placed on a pedestal in a grassy surrounding, the moulded C-scroll handle, spout and acorn finial picked out in gilding, 24.2cm high, double F under a crown in underglaze-blue, (small chip to edge of spout) (2)Footnotes:The print sources are most likely based on Joris Hoefnagel's Joris Hoefnagel, 'Insects Diversae Insectarum Volatilium'. For an introduction to the factory see Jeffrey Munger, European Porcelain in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2018), pp. 133f. The Fulda porcelain factory was founded in 1764 by Prince-Bishop Heinrich von Bibra (1711–1788), and it took over the buildings formerly occupied by a faience factory that had failed due to the death of its founder, Prince-Bishop Amand von Buseck, and the vicissitudes of the Seven Years' War. Nikolaus Paul (German, active at Fulda 1764–66), a worker from the Höchst factory, is credited with providing the technical mastery for the new enterprise that was soon producing both figures and wares of considerable technical and artistic accomplishment.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
AN ENGLISH SILVER-HILTED SMALLSWORD, LONDON MARKS FOR 1782 with associated hollow-triangular blade, silver hilt comprising oval dish-guard with chased beadwork border on the inside, a pair of straight quillons with globular terminals, knuckle-guard, and urn-shaped pommel with beadwork border en suite with the guard, and the grip bound with plaited silver wire and ribband, 85.8 cm blade A sword with a near identical hilt is illustrated Southwick 2001, p. 292, plate 83.
A PAIR OF 28 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK RIFLED TARGET HOLSTER PISTOLS BY HARVEY WALKLATE MORTIMER, LONDON, GUNMAKER TO HIS MAJESTY, LONDON PROOF AND SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1788, MAKERS MARK OF MICHAEL BARNETTwith octagonal swamped sighted polygroove-rifled barrels signed in block capitals and fitted with standing back-sights with elaborate urn-shaped finials, engraved with a band of foliage at the breeches, gold-lined vents, engraved tangs decorated with a symmetrical design of thistles, engraved stepped bevelled locks decorated with foliage on the tails, signed on a scroll carried by a spray of thistle foliage beneath the gold-lined pans, fitted with bevelled cocks (one neck cracked), sliding bolt safety-catches, rollers engraved with thistles en suite and fitted with steels, set triggers retaining some blued finish, figured walnut half-stocks, finely chequered butts, full engraved silver mounts comprising spurred pommels and flush-fitting side-plates decorated with thistles, trigger-guards with elaborate pineapple finials (fitted with spurs in their early working life), escutcheons engraved with the owner’s crest, a falcon’s head above the initials ‘JM’, rear ramrod-pipe, barrel bolt escutcheon and steel forward ramrod-pipe, early ramrods, probably original, comprising one with horn tip and iron worm and the other with iron tip incorporating a powder measure, and some early finish, 28.5 cm (2) ProvenanceRobin Wiginton, Arbour Antiques, 21st March 2001 Harvey Walklate Mortimer (1753-1819), was appointed Gunmaker to George III, 1783, contractor to the East India Company, 1796 – 1806, and specialised in repeating pistols and gold-mounted guns for the Eastern market. He advertised “For the Inspection of the Curious, just finished, Three Pair of Elegant Pistols, mounted in solid gold value 547£ intended as a present to a foreign Prince”, in the Morning Herald, 20th August 1784. He made gold mounted firearms set with diamonds for the U.S. Government as presents for Bey of Tunis, 1801–2.
A French 19th century ormolu mounted four glass mantle clock, with central enamel dial with Roman numerals, visible escapement to dial, signed 'Middleton & Pollard, Paris', the movement striking on a bell, the case with bevelled glass panels mounted with c-scrolls and acanthus details, surmounted with an urn finial and supported on hoof feet, with mercury compensated pendulum, 42 cm high, with key
A pair of blue ground vase table lamps with floral spray panel decoration raised on a brass foot in the Victorian manner 35 cm high including fittings, a pair of Goodson Lighting Ltd hexagonal blue ground vase table lamps 29 cm high including fittings and a brass picture light, together with a box containing a pair of urn-shaped onyx lamps with heavily carved fruit and vine shades/covers, pair of metal twin branch sconces (2 boxes)
Four Swords, circa 18th century sword, curved blade with remains of bluing, stars, sun, and moon engraved to both sides, brass crossguard with brass urn pommel, scabbard absent, blade 65 cm, together with a late 18th/early 19th century cavalry sword, curved unfullered blade wider towards the tip, 'D' shaped guard with langets, scabbard absent, blade 77 cm, a cut down cavalry troopers sword, curved blade, 'D' shaped guard with langets, scabbard absent, blade 53 cm, sword, steel slightly curved blade, roughly made cast alloy basket hilt with crude engraving, scabbard absent, blade 65 cm, (4)
A fine and rare early 18th century ebonised quarter repeating double basket top bracket clockJames Markwick, LondonSurmounted by a handle of twin figures over a double basket top, the upper and lower sections inset with neoclassical busts within diaper panels, the four corners set with moulded urn finials over a moulded cornice, further mounted with repousse sound frets to the quadrants of the front door and strips to the front and back doors, the side sound frets later replaced with glass, on a plinth base, the 6.75 inch brass dial with shallow arch with strike/silent ring with gunmetal centre flanked by cherubs bearing torches to the spandrels, the silvered Roman and Arabic chapter ring engraved with fleur de lys half hour, lozenge quarter hour and arrow head hour marks, signed 'Markwick London', finely cut and blued steel hands, the finely matted centre with mock pendulum aperture, plain winding squares and chamfered date aperture, the twin gut fusee movement secured by two brass flat-sided circular cams, with verge escapement striking the hours on a bell and repeating the quarters on a nest of six bells, the backplate engraved with symmetrical foliate scrolls.53cm (20.75ins) high, with key and winder.Provenance:Acquired from Saxton House Gallery, Chipping Campden, in 1986 for £4,500, thence by descent to the vendor.Footnote:James Markwick (act. 1692-1730), was the son of James Markwick, following his father as a member of the London Clockmaker's Company in 1692, becoming a master of the company in 1720. A similar clock by the same maker can be found in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, accession no. 1988-68-17.Condition:The case is in generally good order with only minor signs of age and use, the metalwork retaining most of its gilding, the basket top with slightly more rubbing to the gilt. The front door lock receiver is missing. Hand collet missing. The sides would originally have had gilt metal fretwork sound apertures but these have latterly been replaced with glass panels. The movement winds, sets, runs and strikes, the repeater pull with turned metal bob does function.
19th century Victorian slate and gilt metal mantel clock. The black dial in slate case with gilt ormolu embellished case having gilded paw feet and urn finial to top. Inset brass 8-day movement set within. Together with another slate and gilt metal mantel clock of architectural form with marble panels to facade.
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