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Lot 147
Bindings by Ramage of London silk fly-leaves and doublures with morocco dentelles with gilt floral corner-pieces, full contemporary teal morocco with onlaid urn device and floral sprays in gilt on covers, 1908 § Omar Khayyám. Rubáiyát, marbled paper fly-leaves and doublures, full contemporary red morocco, gilt and blue morocco arabic-style device on upper cover, rubbed at joints, 1915; and another, all bound by Ramage of London, spines slightly sunned, g.e., 12mo(3)
Lot 455
Whistler (Reginald John “Rex”, 1905-44). Fairytales and Legends by Hans Andersen, illustrated by Rex Whistler, 1st ed., 1935, b & w illusts. and designs to text, signed presentation inscription to half-title, “For my dearest friend Edith, with much love from Rex, Christmas 1935”, pen and ink floral decoration to the inscription in Whistler’s hand, a.e.g., orig. richly gilt-dec. white buckram, spine darkened, together with The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, 1924, sepia port. frontis., signed presentation inscription from Whistler to front free endpaper, “Edith, from Rex, with his very best love, Christmas 1926”, with a small decorative pen and ink floral display, orig. cloth with printed paper label to spine, sl. rubbed, both 8vo, plus Whistler (Laurence and Fuller, Ronald), The Work of Rex Whistler, 1st ed., 1960, col. and b & w plts. and illusts., signed presentation inscription from Laurence Whistler “Laurie” to Rosemary [Olivier, niece and amanuensis to Edith Olivier], some photographs and other printed ephemera tipped in (with blue tack) often affecting text and including one loose postcard and one loose note from Laurence to Rosemary, hinges weak, orig. cloth gilt, sl. rubbed and soiled, 4to, plus Whistler (Laurence), The Laughter and the Urn, The Life of Rex Whistler, 1st ed., 1985, b & w plts. and illusts., signed presentation inscription from the author to Rosemary to front free endpaper, related ALS loosely inserted, orig. cloth, sl. rubbed and faded, 8vo, plus four related items, two with presentation inscriptions for Edith, one from Cecil [Beaton] and one from Laurie [Whistler] (10)
Lot 456
* Whistler (Reginald John “Rex”, 1905-44). Original but unsigned pen and ink and watercolour bookplate for Edith Olivier, 1926, drawn onto the front pastedown of Elegy on Dead Fashion, by Edith Sitwell, illustrated by Thomas Lowinsky, 1st ed., 1926, four full-page b & w illusts. plus title vign., head-piece and tail-piece, the exquisite watercolour bookplate on the front pastedown depicting an outdoor scene with an elegant red-headed lady dressed in yellow nonchalently leaning on a small brick column surmounted by an urn, a young red-headed boy with a hoop in front of and facing her, “Edith Olivier, 1926” inscribed in the upper left sky area, within a yellow and sepia border, 102 x 73 mm, orig. cloth with purpose-made protective decorative silk chemise (lacking spine), 8vo.Limited edition, 181/225, signed by Edith Sitwell. Rex, who though some thirty-three years younger than Edith, struck up a lifelong close friendship after they first met in 1925. The age difference and Rex’s love for Edith is clearly to be seen in the figures of this bookplate. Rex’s career as a book illustrator had virtually began that same year with Edith Olivier’s “Mildred”, a memorial book published to commemorate the life of Edith’s sister who had died at a relatively young age. Also, during 1926, Whistler had begun his mural at the Tate, “The Expedition in Pursuit of Rare Meats”, the subject of which was made in collaboration with Edith. (1)
Lot 592
An Edwardian corner hallstand, the mirrored back inlaid a shell and scrolling foliage surmount and belldrops to each side in satinwood and ivory with urn terminations, the bow front table inlaid a half-flower and acanthus and floral decoration, raised on turned and partly reeded supports, with lower mirror panel back and shelf inlaid lines, on turned peardrop feet, 165cm (65") high, 66cm (26") wide
Lot 154
A STAFFORDSHIRE PEARLWARE `PERSWASION` GROUP. the lovers seated on an ochre bench, the young woman resting her hand in an open book and turning to contemplate a proposal, her suitor proffering a ring in his left hand, a small dog at their feet, a flower filled copper lustre urn to one side, on vivid green mound of red and blue scrolls and shells, 21cm h, dealer`s label, c1830 Provenance: Margaret Cadman Antiques, Brighton. Although the maker of this distinctive group is not know, it is undoubtedly by the same potter as the maker of the `Dandies` in this Sale (lot153). Some examples are found inscribed with the phonetic title. See footnote to lot 153.. ++ Old restoration to the rim of the lady`s bonnet and dog, small areas of flaking on the enamel but free from any recent or professional restoration
Lot 183
A PINXTON COFFEE CAN, PATTERN 108 painted in neo classical style with two oval vignettes of an obelisk or romantic landscape in gilt frame beneath sepia paterae and festoons centred by an urn, the rims and handle gilt, 6.5cm h, c1800. ++ Gilding on the handle and rims rubbed, undamaged, no restoration
Lot 139
A NORTH EUROPEAN BROADSWORD, SECOND QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY. with broad flat blade decorated with a gibbet and an inscription on one side, steel hilt of circular bars, comprising inner and outer ring guards of differing size each filled with a pierced sprung-in plate chiselled with scrolling mulberry fruit and foliage issuant from an urn, drawn-up at the front to an additional bar interrupted by a globular moulding, short down-curved quillon with globular terminal, knuckle-guard formed en suite and joined to the frontal guard by a diagonal bar, the inside with a thumb loop, compressed spherical pommel, and wire-bound grip with `Turk`s heads`. 83.2cm; 32 3/4in blade. Provenance. Sotheby`s 23rd April 1985, lot 139. The inscription reads `Der Kav Fied As Fail Wirt Und Find Eias Verlorn Wirt Der Stirwt Edas Er Kranckh Wiert` which reads in translation `If you find this sword and do not return it to its owner you will become ill.`
Lot 216
AN ENGLISH SMALL-SWORD WITH CUT-STEEL HILT BY THOMAS GRAY, SACKVILLE STREET, LONDON, LATE 18TH CENTURY, THE HILT PROBABLY BY MATTHEW BOULTON. with hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with scrolls and trophies on a blued panel at the forte, burnished steel hilt comprising pierced oval guard formed with a central fluted flowerhead, forward-canted quillon, knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel and grip, decorated throughout with faceted beads of differing size throughout (small losses), in its original scabbard (later painted finish) with steel mounts including signed locket. 79.8cm; 31 3/8in blade. The connection between Matthew Boulton and Thomas Gray is well documented. The hilt of the present sword has a number of elements that are illustrated in Boulton`s pattern sheet datable to the 1780s. Gray worked at Sackville Street circa 1749-1820. He was a prominent Royal retail jeweller, cutler and goldsmith. He was immortalized in Jane Austen`s Sense and Sensibility as the Gray`s of Sackville Street where the Miss Dashwoods went to negotiate an exchange for a few old-fashioned jewels of their mother (Chapter XXXIII). See. L. Southwick 2001 p. 126 and also the same author 2009, pp.231-233.
Lot 225
A FINE AND RARE FRENCH SMALL-SWORD WITH PASTE-SET SILVER-GILT HILT, CIRCA 1780. with hollow-triangular blade etched and gilt with trophies and foliage on a blued ground at the forte, silver-gilt hilt comprising oval shell-guard, quillon, a pair of pas d`âne, knuckle-guard, urn-shaped pommel and swelling grip, decorated throughout with faceted pastes of differing size arranged as flowers and foliage and in ovals over the grip. 82cm; 32 1/4in blade. A detached hilt almost certainly from the same workshop is preserved in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London. See J. F. Hayward 1963, plate 36 (b).
Lot 265
A FINE PAIR OF CASED 38 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION RIFLED TARGET PISTOLS BY LEPAGE, ARQUEBUSIER DU ROY, PARIS, NUMBER 2023, DATED 1818. with browned twist swamped octagonal sighted barrels cut with micro-groove rifling, decorated with a band of gold foliage around the muzzles (refreshed), signed in gold `Le Page Arqer Du Roi` and `et de Mgr Le Duc D`Orleans`, inlaid with a gold arrow and numbered `1` and `2` in gold respectively, case-hardened breeches inlaid with gold lines, stamped with the date and number beneath, engraved case-hardened breech tangs incorporating the back-sights and numbered in gold, border-engraved bevelled locks signed in full and decorated with foliage, set triggers, figured walnut half-stocks carved with shell ornament at the fore-ends, chequered grips, the butts fitted with carved ebony pommels, engraved case-hardened steel mounts comprising two-piece flush-fitting side-plates formed as a leaf and a pair of addorsed water dragons respectively, spurred trigger-guards with neo-classical urn finial and decorated with a monster matching the side-plate, butt-caps, a pair of barrel bolt escutcheons, with no provision for a ramrod, and retaining much early finish throughout: in their original brass-bound rosewood veneered fitted case lined in tooled and gilt green and red leather (small areas of wear), complete with a full complement of accessories including signed case-hardened main-spring clamp, signed and numbered case-hardened bullet mould, signed carved ebony and ivory charge flask, and horn powder-flask bound with gilt-brass. 35.5cm; 14in . It is likely that these pistols were converted in their early working life from fulminate lock to percussion, and possibly refinished in part at this time. Jean Lepage (1792-1854) continued his father`s business with his brothers André, Prosper and Henry. He was gunmaker to Louis XVIII and Charles X, was a member of the Conseil des Manufactures in 1825 and won medals at the Paris exhibitions of 1823, 1827, 1834 and 1839.
Lot 269
A FINE PAIR OF 25 BORE FRENCH SILVER-MOUNTED FLINTLOCK PISTOLS BY BARGE, PARIS CHARGE AND DISCHARGE MARKS FOR 1756-62, MAISON COMMUNE MARK FOR 1758. with blued three-stage barrels, fitted with silver fore-sights on a gilt bed of swirling clouds and a sunburst, decorated with bands of gilt beadwork and foliage about the muzzles, an elaborate classical trophy-of-arms at the median, gilt bands around the muzzles, signed in gold over the breeches, decorated with scrollwork and stylised clam shells within a framework of punched and gilt pellets (the bluing now oxidised to brown), border-engraved tangs decorated with differing trophies-of-arms, bevelled locks signed within rococo scrollwork frames, chiselled with trophies on the tails, foliage on the cocks and stylised espagnolette masks on the steels, all against a finely punched and gilt ground (one top-jaw expertly replaced), figured walnut full stocks carved in low relief with linear mouldings over the fore-ends, a wavy pattern beneath the locks, sprays of laurel, fronds and flowers behind the rear ramrod-pipes and about the barrel tangs, silver mounts cast and chased with rococo ornament in low relief against a gilt fishroe ground, comprising side-plates involving a pair of cornucopia carrying an oval engraved with differing trophies en suite with the respective tangs, trigger-guards with flaming urn finials, the bows engraved with trophies matching the tangs, spurred pommels decorated with rococo shell ornament and trophies against a finely punched and gilt ground, a pair of ramrod-pipes, original horn-tipped baleen ramrods, and remaining in fine condition throughout. 38cm; 15in . (2). Henri Barge is recorded arquebusier in Paris circa 1740-80.
Lot 316
A 32 BORE FRENCH PERCUSSION TARGET PISTOL BY LE PAGE, ARQUEBUSIER DU ROI, PARIS, NO. 2837, CIRCA 1825-30. with rebrowned octagonal swamped twist sighted barrel cut with polygroove rifling, decorated with a band of gold foliage about the muzzle, signed in a gold oval over the breech and numbered `2` (the gold with losses), stamped with the serial number beneath and the barrelsmith`s mark, foliate-engraved tang numbered in gold en suite with the barrel and fitted with standing back-sight, flush-fitting detented lock signed in a gold oval and engraved with trophies, set trigger, highly figured walnut half-stock carved with shell ornament at the fore-end, chequered butt fitted with a wooden pommel projecting to the right for assisting aim (probably an early working addition), engraved steel mounts comprising spurred steel trigger-guard with urn-shaped finial engraved with foliage, bat-wing side-plate, and a pair of barrel bolt escutcheons, and with no provision for a ramrod. 35.2cm; 13 7/8in
Lot 214
LOUIS XV STYLE GILT BRONZE MANTEL CLOCK LATE 19TH CENTURY the white enamel dial inscribed Susse Freres, Paris, with blue painted Roman numerals and an 8-day bell striking movement, the ornate case surmounted by a berried final and twin handled urn, with lion`s mask and loop side carrying handles and cast paw feet, raised on a platform base with outset corners terminating in toupie feet 4cm high
Lot 735
18th century style mahogany urn stand, the shaped to edge with ivory dot inlay, with cross banded and carved beaded decoration, with pull-out slide, on slender tapering supports and castors united by four scrolling stretchers with a central finial, 28 x 12.50 x 12.50in. (71.12 x 31.75 x 31.75cm)
Lot 72
A Clouds Ceramics English Porcelain porter mug, painted by A. R. Telford, signed, still life, apples, grapes, corn and nuts, within gilt rectangular cartouche, blue ground, applied with flowerheads, roundels, acanthus leaves and shell, deep banded rim applied with urn and acanthus scrolls, 12cm high, printed mark
Lot 1057
An Edwardian rectangular dressing table trinket box, hinged tortoiseshell and pique cover decorated with a covered urn, swags, leafy scrolls and trellis, outlined with a border of bell husks, cabriole legs, pad feet, 9.5cm wide, H Matthews, Birmingham 1907; a, Edwardian boat shaped sweetmeat dish, gadrooned border, 26cm wide, London 1904, 5oz (2)
Lot 64
A pair of KPM porcelain pedestal vases with covers, the cherub finial holding grapes upon a blue and white strapwork gilt domed cover, the urn shaped body with gilt rams heads with garlands of flowerheads entwining the blue ground upon a waisted pedestal octagonal square base with ovolo decoration, printed and impressed marks to bases, height 45 cm, (2).
Lot 307
An Edwardian silver captains inkwell, Birmingham 1905, possibly Allen & Co, of typical circular form, height 5 cm, together with a George III silver mustard pot, London 1797, possibly John Denzilow, of octagonal form with urn finial and scrolled handle, height 8.5 cm, width 7.5 cm, depth 8 cm, approximate gross weight 9.09 oz, (2).
Lot 666
European School, early 20th century- Flowers in an urn; oil on canvas, signed indistinctly, in a carved giltwood Florentine style frame, 63x48cm: D Gordon-Smith, early 20th century- Flowers in an urn on a ledge; oil on board, signed, in a carved giltwood Florentine style frame,. 56x38.5cm., (2)
Lot 6
A Continental porcelain twin handled campagna pedestal urn, mid 19th century, the flared rim above a waisted body with painted panel depicting a huntsman with pheasant and dog in a woodland landscape, the body in gilt ground, the twin handles with male masks upon a knopped square plinth base, no marks, height 32 cm.
Lot 1324
A pair of 20th century variegated green marble pedestal urn table lamps, decorated with gilt metal floral festoons and ram`s heads,on square bases, height, 44.5cm, (2). Provenance: estate of Lady Willis widow of Lord Willis of Chislehurst (Ted Willis) 1918-1992, screenwriter and playwright, creator of Dixon of Dock Green and other popular television dramas.
Lot 1354
A near pair of gilt bronze Louis XVI style triple branch six light chandeliers, each branch cast with a putto holding a torch in each hand, suspended by bow tied supports, the urn centres decorated with ram`s masks, height approx 120cm, (2). (It is the buyer`s responsibility to ensure that this item is rewired before use).
Lot 319
A late Victorian silver mounted cranberry glass claret jug by John Round, Sheffield 1894, the chased domed cover with an urn finial, a pinched quatrelobed rim, a double scroll handle and a flower and foliage pierced and engraved spout and collar apron, 38cm (15in) high Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 582
19th Century French Mantel Clock, the painted dial decorated with a figure and flowers, cylinder movement stamped - "V A D" and numbered 1277 14-7, contained within a gilt metal case, surmounted by a Continental porcelain pale blue ground urn and inset with pale blue ground panels, decorated with landscape scenes, 38cms, (15"), under a glass dome.
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