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Lot 3063
A painted steel weather vane, the silhouette cresting as a pheasant, 56.5cm diam**Please note that some of the lots in this auction are held offsite and others may require specialist lifting equipment therefore please ensure collection arrangements are made prior to making any journey to the saleroom. Many thanks**
Lot 5
TWO PAINTED METAL CHICKENS including a cockerel depicted eating corn, 47cm high, the other cast looking forward, 36cm high, together with a wrought and painted metal bird, possibly a weather vane, 30cm high (3)Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection of English Furniture, Naïve and Folk Art.
Lot 62
° ° 1950’s Pulp Fiction - 15 titles - Vane, Roland - The Girl Who Surrendered; Kock, Paul de - That Rascal Gustave; Kaner, H - The Cynic’s Desperate Mission; Sarto, Ben - She Ruled with a Rod; Chapelle, Georges de la - Virgins in Hell; Janson, Hank - Enemy of Men; Fusher, Steve - Homicide Johnny; Rogers - Don’t Look Behind You; Du Pre, Ann - Some Take a Lover; Kaner, H - Ape-Man’s Offering; Blake, Clive - Not So Dumb; Sarto, Ben - Queen of Crook’s Harem; Renin, Paul - Divorce; Brown, Paul Carter - Walk Softly Witch and Firth, N. Wesley - Gangster Pay-Off Estimate**CONDITION REPORT**PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 8
° ° Tuskes, Paul M. et al - The Wild Silk Moths of North America, 4to, with d/j, 1996; Ackery, P.R. and Vane-Wright, R.I - Milkweed Butterflies, their Cladistics and Biology, signed by the latter, 4to, with d/j, British Museum, London, 1984 and Urquhart, Fred A. - The Monarch Butterfly: International Traveler, 8vo, with d/j, Chicago, 1987, (3)**CONDITION REPORT**PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 9
° ° A collection of 26 works relating to Butterflies and Moths, consisting:- Newman, L Hugh – Linger and Look, 1952Ford, E.B. – Butterflies, 1945Bristowe, W.S. – The World of Spiders, 1971Frohawk, F.W. – The Complete Book of British Butterflies, 1934Stokoe, W.J. – The Caterpillars of British Butterflies, 1944South, R – The Butterflies of The British Isles, 1947Beaufoy, S – Butterfly Lives, 1947Egmont Kirby, W. & Kappel, A.W. Beetles Butterflies Moths and Other Insects, 1893Moreton, B.D. – Beneficial Insects, Bulletin No. 20, 1958Macleod, R.D. – Key to the Names of The British Butterflies and Moths, 1959Gardiner, B.O.C. – A Silkmoth Rearer’s Handbook, Vol.12, 1982Kielland, J – Butterflies of Tanzania, 1990Ackery, P.R. Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I., Carcasson’s African Butterflies, 1995Steven Corbet, A., Pendlebury, H.M. - The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula, 1992Weild, A.F.E. – The Butterflies of Venezuela, Part 1, 1996Larsen, T.B. – Butterflies of Saudi Arabia and Its Neighbours, 1984Tennent, J – The Butterflies of Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, signed, 1996Scott, A.J. – The Butterflies of North America, 1986Pinhey, E. Loe, I. – The Guide to The Butterflies of Central and Southern Africa, 1977Larson, T.B. – The Butterflies of Kenya and Their Natural History, 1991Devries, P.J. – The Butterflies of Costa Rica and Their Natural History,Gay, T. – Kehimkar, I.D., Punetha, J.C. – Nature Guides: Common Butterflies of India, 1992Burns, A. – Australian Butterflies in Colour, 1969Newman, L.W. & Leeds, H.A. – Text Book of British Butterflies and Moths, 1913Temple, V. – Butterflies and Moths in Britain, 1946-7Brewer, J. – Wings in The Meadow, 1971**CONDITION REPORT**PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
Lot 368
THREE BOXES OF ANTIQUES REFERENCE BOOKS AND OLD AUCTION CATALOGUES FOR SOTHEBYS, CHRISTIES, ETC, approximately eighty five titles include Lazarmuk; 'The Signature Book of Netsuke, Inro and Ojime Artists in Photographs, Cescinsky and Gribble; 'Early English Furniture and Woodwork, Benezit; 'Signatures & Monogrammes d'Artistes des XIXe et XXe siecles' Britten's Old Clocks & Watches and their makers, Staffordshire Portrait Figures by PD Gordon Pugh, Staffordshire Pottery by Herbert Read, Early English Furniture & Woodwork in two volumes, a reprint of the 1929 Harrods General catalogue, Lalique by Christopher Vane Percy, seven volumes of Sotheby & Co The Rene Fribourg Collection catalogues, etc (3 boxes)
Lot 324
λ A FINE MALTESE PIETRA DURA AND SPECIMEN MARBLE ARMORIAL TABLE TOP BY JOSEPH DARMANIN, C.1825-36, THE IRISH BASE BY ROBERT STRAHAN, C.1837-40 of shaped circular form inlaid in various marbles with the arms of General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton of Boyle (1773-1854) on a yellow marble ground containing fossils, the underside with an applied paper label inscribed 'J. Darmanin & Sons/Marble Workers/ Monumental & Mosaic Slabs/and other ornamental work/Strada Levante No 45/Malta', set into an Irish, carved rosewood base with gently scrolling foliate decoration to the rim, on a scrolling tripod base carved with floral swags, stamped 'I 906 / Strahan' to the frame, the underside with an applied paper label inscribed 'Robert Strahan, Cabinet Maker, Upholstered, Auctioneer & Undertaker, 24 Henry Street' top: 90cm diameter overall: 74cm high, 97cm diameter Provenance General Robert Edward King, 1st Viscount Lorton of Boyle (1773-1854), the Billiard Room at Rockingham House (Gurr Johns Inventory 1914 p.40) Sir Cecil Stafford-King-Harman Lady Dunn By descent, to the current owner Catalogue Note Viscount Lorton commissioned leading architect John Nash to design and supervise the construction of Rockingham House, County Roscommon, Ireland in the early 1800s. The first drafts of the plans arrived in 1809 and, after a few amendments, construction started in June 1810. However, Nash was dismissed in October 1811 and responsibility for overseeing the completion of the work fell to the clerk of works, John Lynn. Lynn's final bill for the decoration of the house was submitted in 1817 and brought the total cost of the house to over £52,000 - the equivalent of around £5 million today. Over £5,700 (or £540,000 in today's money) of this was on furniture alone. Despite Nash's dismissal, the finished house was considered by many to be his finest classical house in Ireland. The lot being offered arrived at some point in the next ten-fifteen years and there is some debate as to whether this table dates from 1825 or 1836, which were the two years in which Lord Lorton undertook European 'Grand Tours', as many of the family records were destroyed in two fires. The first occurred in April 1867, after which the house was fully restored, and the second in 1957, after which it was demolished. However, judging by the style of the rosewood base, the latter date seems more likely, after which it primarily resided in the Billiard Room. Giuseppe Darmanin established his business in the early 19th century and one assumes would have changed the company's name to include '& Sons' when his eldest sons joined the firm in the late 1820's or early 1830's. He used the anglicised Joseph (J) Darmanin to cater for the steady flow of British Grand Tourists heading to North Africa, the Levant and India. By 1851, the firm's reputation was so well established that they represented Malta at the Great Exhibition where they were awarded an 'Honourable Mention' in the judge’s report for the excellence of their workmanship. Examples of the firm’s work have subsequently featured in many major collections including the Gilbert Collection, the Royal Collection and the Victoria and Albert Museum. For other examples of work appearing on the market that are recognised as being by Darmanin, see Sotheby's, London, 26th November, 2003, lot 123 for a pair of tops with the coat of arms of Charles William Vane, 3rd Marquess of Londonderry, purchased by Ronald Phillips Ltd, London,also Sotheby's, 8th July 2008, Lot 365 for a table top with the coat of arms of Horatio Webb, Sotheby's New York, 16th October 2008, lot 58 for a table top with the arms of the Baker Family of Tipperary, Ireland and Adam & Son, Co Meath, 6th October 2009, lot 64 for a pair of tables en suite to the current table being offered. Literature K. Hay, Furniture History Society, 2010, Volume XLVI, pp.157-185, Mosaic Marble Tables by J. Darmanin & Sons of Malta.
Lot 43
AN 18TH CENTURY-STYLE COMBINED POLYHEDRAL SUNDIAL AND WINDVANE, CONTINENTAL,the central gilded sphere surrounded by four brass panels, engraved with eight sundials with accompanying gnomons, the upper panels engraved with the cardinal points and various celestial scenes, surmounted by wind vane with twin stylised lions, on a faux marble pedestal base, overall 75in x 19in x 14in (191cm x 48cm x 35.5cm) This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: TPTP Lot 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
Lot 236
Greece 13 volumes Williams, H.W. Select Views in Greece. London, 1829. 2 volumes, large 8vo, 64 engraved plates, green morocco gilt, some dampstaining, rubbed;Hogg, Thomas Jefferson. Two hundred and Nine Days, or the Journal of a Traveller. 1827, 2 volumes in 1, red half morocco;Emerson, James. Letters from the Aegean. London, 1829. 2 volumes in 1, 1 plate, 1 folding map, original cloth, joint broken;Paul, R.B. The Antiquities of Greece. Oxford, 1835, 8vo, plates, original cloth;Vane, C.W. A Steam Voyage to Constantinople. London, 1842. 2 volumes, 8vo, 2 frontispieces and 1 plate, original pictorial cloth, some spotting, rubbed, one hinge weak;Warburton, Eliot. The Crescent and the Cross. 1851. 8th edition, 8vo, 2 plates, original cloth giltPfeiffer, Ida. A Woman's Journey round the world. London, [1852], 8vo, plates, modern quarter calf;Olin, Stephen. Greece and the Golden Horn. New York, 1854. 8vo, additional title, plates, original cloth, spotting, worn;Townshend, F.T. A Cruise in Greek Waters. London, 1870, 8vo, frontispiece, original brown cloth;Hanson, Charles H. The Land of Greece described & illustrated. 1886. Large 8vo, plates, original cloth, slightly rubbed;Diehl, Charles. Excursions in Greece. London, 1893. 8vo, illustrations, original cloth, worn;sold not subject to returnNote: Provenance: From the library of the late William St Clair, FBA, FRSL.
Lot 134
A 19th century gilt painted zinc cockerel weather vaneThe bird with moulded body and curling tail feathers, the head with a short coxcomb, on tapering narrow tubular support, approximately 64cm wide, 11cm deep, 66cm high (25in wide, 4in deep, 25 1/2in high) For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 786
11-15.Jahrhundert - 2 mittelalterliche Tuffsteinblöcke mit Wetterfahnen, tuff stone blocks with iron weathervanes,Tuffstein, 1x romanischer und 1x gotischer Steinsockel einer Kathedrale mit zwei spätgotische Wetterfahnen des Castel Savoia, Wetterfahnen aus Eisen, Fabeltiere und Lilien als Himmelsrichtungen, 1x romanischer Sockel als unterer Teil eines Greifvogels H 34 cm x B 19 cm x T 22 cm, mit Wetterfahne H 154 cm x B 53 cm x T 53 cm, 1x gotischer Sockel in Prismenform H 34 cm x B 31 cm x T 29 cm, mit Wetterfahne H 148 cm x B 57 cm x T 57 cm, Altersspuren, Abbrüche, loses TeilTuff stone, 1x Romanesque and 1x Gothic stone base of a cathedral with two late Gothic weather vanes of Castel Savoia, iron weather vanes, mythical animals and lilies as cardinal points, 1x Romanesque base as the lower part of a bird of prey H 34 cm x W 19 cm x D 22 cm, with weather vane H 154 cm x W 53 cm x D 53 cm, 1x Gothic prism-shaped base H 34 cm x W 31 cm x D 29 cm, with weathervane H 148 cm x W 57 cm x D 57 cm, signs of age, pieces broken off, loose part
Lot 340
Blowout Sale! Black Sails Zach McGowan hand signed 10x8 photo. This beautiful 10x8 hand signed photo depicts Zach McGowan as Captain Charles Vane in the hit tv show, Black Sails. This signed photo is guaranteed authentic, and is supplied from one of the UK's leading autograph memorabilia companies. Good condition Est.
Lot 276
A very rare late 19th century Japanese brass Dai-Dokei with side-pendulum and engraved dial platesurmounted by a heavy bronze straight-sided bell mounted on a turned brass post set on the overhanging brass top plate, the shaped rectangular dial plate engraved with scrolling foliage around the rotating 3.5'' twenty-four hour dial now marked in Roman hours twice I-XII, subdivided into ten minute divisions, with brass alarm setting hand and elaborately pierced stationary hour hand, the weight-driven birdcage movement with twin vertical verge escape wheels and double-sided pallets, each wide swing of the crutch (pendulum now lacking) acting on alternate wheels, with trains of four wheels, each wheel of brass and with solid centres to steel high-count pinions, the striking train with solid brass toothed count wheel striking the hours, 1-12 on a vertical hammer, governed by a four-vane fly, 27cms highFootnotes:Japanese lantern clocks belong to a larger group of traditional Japanese clocks known as Wadokei. Within the category of 'lantern clock' are various sub-divisions, including Dai-dokei which are lantern clocks that were displayed under a hood on a specially made four-legged stand, Yagura-dokei a lantern clock on a pyramidal prism stand and a Hashira-dokei the closest to a European lantern clock, which would sit on a wood wall bracket, occasionally with a hood. It is difficult to say definitively which category this clock belongs to as it does not have a stand or bracket with it. However, it is clear from examining the movement that it is not missing any side doors, which suggests that it would have been covered by something to protect it from the elements. Furthermore, as it has a four wheel train it is considered to be a larger clock, by Wadokei standards, which means it is unlikely to be hung on a wall; most Japanese house walls at this time were made of light wood and paper, with the exception of the central wooden beam which supported the structure. Considering these two factors, this clock can be tentatively classified as a Dai-dokei, though this remains conjecture.This is likely to be a transitional clock; beginning in 1873 Japan converted their national time system from temporal hours to equally divided hours. Before this date, most clocks made in Japan had dials and striking that reflected a day being variably divided into six toki during the day, and six during the night. The exact length of the toki would vary depending on the season; however, there would always be six divisions in both day and night. The numbers used to refer to each toki were a sequence from 9-4 with 9 representing midnight, 6 representing dawn down to 4, before repeating the sequence with 9 representing midday and 6 representing dusk. The numerals would be represented by animals as well, with twelve animals used so that in conversation 'the toki of the Horse' clearly referred to 9 during the day (or Noon), whereas 'the toki of the Rat' was 9 during the night (midnight). In order to display this on a clock dial a foliot escapement was used which could be regulated to go faster or slower depending on the day; double foliots were created as well with automatic, cam-assisted switch over between the daylight rate and the night time rate. Clocks without foliot escapements would be provided with moveable hour plaques, which could be pushed manually or mechanically around the chapter ring as the season dictated.In 1875, the first clock factory opened in Japan, primarily making American-type domestic clocks, all with uniform hours. Before this point, all clocks in Japan had been made by individual clockmakers; there was no wholesale 'rough movement' industry either, so generally one craftsman would create a clock from metal plate and rod, perhaps spending a year making each one. This accounts for the unique qualities of the clocks made before 1875; although they look similar, no two are interchangeable. This clock has a pendulum movement and vertical double crown wheel escapement, which is occasionally seen pre-1873, but a fixed Roman numeral chapter ring as well as a standard 12-hour count wheel, both features which were not seen until after 1873. However, the spring finger on the striking detent which connects with the hour pin on the back of the revolving dial is a pre-1873 construction, as is the traditional bell with its thickened inner rim. It seems likely that this clock was made circa 1873, having a combination of older and newer features, looking similar to other earlier clocks, but using the new system of time display. That it is a fully brass movement and has a fixed hour hand with a revolving dial, suggests it is at the later end of the Wadokei timeline.Provenance-Sold in these rooms 12 December 2018, Lot 101Strachan, A. (2014) 'Japanese Clocks,' Horological Journal, Volume 156 (9), pgs. 394-398 (Accessed 9 May 2022).Ward, F. A. B. (1956) 'Informal Meeting', Antiquarian Horology, Volume 1 (11), pgs. 169-170 (Accessed 9 May 2022).Strachan, A. WADOKEI.ORG: Sharing a passion for Japanese Edo Period Clocks. Available at: https://wadokei.org/ (Accessed 9 May 2022).Japan Clock & Watch Association (2022) History of the Japanese Horological Industry. Available at:https://www.jcwa.or.jp/en/etc/history01.html (Accessed 9 May 2022).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 10
Y AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANTSPENCER, BROWNING AND COMPANY, LONDON, CIRCA 1840The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed .Spencer. Browning & Co. London. beneath turned bone finial unscrewing to reveal a pencil, the index arm mounted with mirror opposing Vernier aperture scale calibrated in minutes of arc for reading the inset curved scale stamped SBR divided for every twenty seconds of arc, the underside with pivot clamp and endless tangent screw adjustment, the sight vane with twin pin-holes and shutter opposing horizon glass and set of three hinged shades/filters, the tapered oak case with stepped lid applied with printed paper trade label inscribed C.G. KING, No. 7 Broad, third Srore from State Street, Boston, IMPORTER AND DEALER IN, Mathematical, Nautical, Surveying, AND GAUGING INSTRUMENTS... to the inside of the lid.The box 35.5cm (14ins) long, 32cm (12.5ins) wide, 11cm (4.25ins) high. The partnership between William Spencer, Richard Browning and Ebenezer Rust is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from several addresses in Wapping, London 1784-1840. All of the founding partners had died by 1819 but the business continued trading in their name by their successors until becoming Spencer Browning and Company in 1840. They were agents for Alexander Adie and are noted for their navigational and surveying instruments.Charles Gedney King was a third-generation instrument maker who was born in 1808 and entered into partnership with his father at 7 Broad Street, Boston in 1832. He succeeded his father in 1839 and continued at that address until 1858 when the business relocated to Washington Street. Please note that the vendor has provided an ivory exemption licence ref. NBGEUXQU
Lot 11
Y AN EBONY AND BRASS NAVIGATIONAL OCTANTG. GOWLAND, LIVERPOOL, CIRCA 1840The 11 inch frame incorporating central T-shaped hand-piece inset with bone signature plate inscribed G. GOWLAND, 76. SOUTH. CASTLE. ST. LIVERPOOL beneath turned bone finial unscrewing to reveal a pencil, the index arm mounted with mirror opposing Vernier aperture scale calibrated in minutes of arc for reading the inset curved scale divided for every twenty seconds of arc, the underside with pivot clamp and endless tangent screw adjustment, the sight vane with twin pin-holes and shutter opposing horizon glass, set of three hinged shades/filters and another pair of shades beyond the horizon pane, the tapered mahogany case with printed paper trade label inscribed JOHN BRUCE, Chronometer, Watch & Nautical Instrument Maker, SALTHOUSE BUILDINGS, 26, WAPPING, opposite the South end, Salthouse Dock, LIVERPOOL... to the inside of the lid.The box 33cm (13ins) long, 29cm (11.5ins) wide, 10cm (4ins) high. George Gowland is recorded in Clifton, Gloria Directory of British Scientific Instrument Makers 1550-1851 as working from 76 Castle Street, Liverpool 1851-53. The London Gazette of 17th October 1856 lists him as working at this address as a chronometer and nautical instrument maker who registered a patent in 1853.John Bruce was also a manufacturer of and retailer of chronometers and nautical instruments who traded from 92 Wapping, Liverpool 1865-1939. Please note that the vendor has provided an ivory exemption licence ref. 9ELKPRLN
Lot 283
English School. The School Playground, circa 1800, pen, ink and watercolour on wove paper, depicting numerous boys playing games including hoops and leap-frog in a schoolyard in front of a gabled red-brick school building with leaded windows, a weather vane seen above the rooftop in the background, a few minor scratches and corner pinholes, one short split to lower margin, 25.5 x 36 cm (10 x 14 ins), framed and glazed (42 x 57 cm)QTY: (1)
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