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Lot 461
A pair of small Wine Glasses, late 18th century, cut with flutes and on a lemon squeezer base and wheel cut and gilt with `James & Mary Wood` the reverse with `Long Live The King` within a dotted border, 10cm (2). Literature: Dr David R.M. Stuart, Glass in Norfolk, 1997, p.24. It is likely that these glasses record the temporary return to health of George III from his `madness`, actually porphyria.
Lot 1331
Battiss, WalterFOOK MEMORABILIABattiss started the idea of Fook Island in about 1954 but it only caught on in the early 1970`s. Battiss also created a Fook alphabet in semi-oriental characters. In 1975 Linda Goodman of the Goodman Gallery wrote of Fook Island as follows: "The trees there are quite small, so you don`t have to climb them to pick the coconuts. It has its own gods under the Great God Goob. It has six prehistoric animals and four domestic ones, and some insects. It has got its own postage stamps and of course a fookball club. And knives and fooks. A Fook has composed some Fook music, and Walter Battiss can read in the Fook language. Fook has its own recipes. We have only tried one. It is stuffed moonwhite trout with twilight sauce. It took eight hours to make but it was delicious. Fook cigarettes are being made in Pretoria and will be on sale soon. And there will be Fook wine. The well-known British artist Tom Phillips is designing the wine label," Linda Goodman said. "The unit of money on Fook Island is the ak. Ten aks are equivalent to R5 and for this fee you too can become a Fook. There are printed ak notes of various denominations and hand-engraved ak coins in sterling silver and gold." In this project, Battiss had Norman Catherine, the South African surrealist artist as a staunch supporter, Catherine painted the Island`s strange creatures with stripes and bumps, long noses, whiskers and spots. They are fun and not at all viscious as Goodman stated: "Fook Island is a place of peace... Fooks are pacifists, spreading love. We seem to live under the aura of King Ferd the Third (Walter Battiss), for he radiated gentleness... The whole purpose is to escape to the island where everything is love and everything is beautiful..." Fook Island is a place so different from a 9 to 5 existence that it transports its adherents to a world of fantasy and make believe. Fook is an imaginary, make-believe island... A place where the sewers are big enough to live in and of strange creatures. There are no criminals there. Anyone can be king or queen - you have only to ask. There are two elements which constitute Fook Island: the imaginary fun place and the fun articles made by Fook artists. The word Fook is derived from the word `Fake`. Battiss created this concept to counter the lesser realities of life. For those to whom life is just a hiccough in the morning, Fook offered the infinity of the mind: that part of every human being that does not just want to be." Comments: ? 12 Fook Island coloured postcards: eight are 18 by 13cm and 4 are 16 by 11cm. These were published by Norman Catherine in 1986 and are all individually titled on the reverse `catasnapper`, `giant fooka bug`, Fookvark`, `rhinocerook` and `dodofook` etc ? 2 x Fook Island `Lucky Rain postcards, 18,5 by 13cm with imprinted Fook Stamp franked blue ink imprint `Fook Island Fook is Free` ? 3 x Fook Island postage stamps ? 2 x Unused franked and stamped `Fook Island` envelopes ? 2 x Fook Island 10 aks banknotes, numbered and signed by Battiss. Note No. 219 has Battiss` fingerprint in the space `Governor His Majesty`s fingerprint`. Note 7250 is stamped by Battiss` penis dipped in ink. See "Walter Battiss: Gentle Anarchist" published by the Standard Bank in 2005. ? Walter Battiss: `Art in a Mixed-up World` published by University of Pretoria 1965, booklet ? Lantern Magazine, Dec 1982 Vol XXXII No. 1 - 8 page illustrated article about Battiss by Frieda Harmsen contained in this edition. ()
Lot 1411
Fransen, H. & Cook, M. A.THE OLD BUILDINGS OF THE CAPECape Town: Balkema, n.d.first edition4tob/w illustrationscloth, dustjacket, slightly rubbed Comments: and 2 others of Cape interest. As condition varies slightly, viewing is recommended ? PAMA, C. - Cape Wine Homesteads, 1980, dustjacket ? BIRD, W. - State of the Cape of Good Hope Africana Collectaena No. XIX, 1966, No. 413. (3)
Lot 399
Mixed lot of Wine to include one bottle of each unless stated; Hardys Crest Cabernet Shiraz 2003, Out of Africa Cabernet Sauvignon 2001, Goulburn Valley Shriaz, 2001 two bottles, Domaine du Trillol Corbieres 1999, Hardys Shiraz Cabernet Sauvignon 1999, Eeuwigheits Vlei Cinsaut Cabernet Sauvignon 2000, Les Marquises Premium Vinage Cabernet Sauvignon Syrah, Chateau Bellevue St Emilion Grand Cru Classe 1997 (low neck), La Torretta Rosso 2001, Terre D`Autan Negrette Cabernet Franc 2001, Yarrunga Field 2000, Villa Icona March Sanglovese 2001, Grande Estude Grenache Merlot 2001, Chateau Haut Rousseaux Bordeaux 1998, Chateau La Verriere Bordeaux Superieur 2000 three bottles, Baron Edmond Benjamin de Rothschild Haut Medoc 1984 eleven bottles, M&S Merlot 2001, Gaillac Raimonde IV 2000, La Fonza 2001, Barkaa Israel 2000, thirty one bottles in total
Lot 196
A COMPLETE 8 PIECE SUITE OF OLD GALWAY CRYSTAL Comprisinig: Goblet, Wine, Flute Champagne, Saucer Champagne, Sherry, Cordial, Double Old Fashioned, and Brandy plus 1 matching Decanter (65 pieces in all) As stated by the owner: "I purchased the suite of crystal whilst paying a visit to the Old Galway stand at a major exhibition in London back in 1983 (OG`s Sales Director did a fine job). Unfortunately before my wife could put it to good dinner party use we moved house and the crystal thereafter languished in various attics etc before ending up here at our cottage in East Devon. During the coming months we have plans to `down-size`, a project that involves attic clear outs. Every item is in mint condition, have never been used, and in their original wrapping (including Inspection Slips) and cartons."
Lot 85
19th Century: Limerick Home Rule paper grocery bags collectionA collection of scarce paper grocery bags depicting Home Rule leaders emblems and symbols. All from Edward Duggan family grocer, wine and spirit stores in Ballybricken, Limerick. Leaders depicted include Butt, Blennerhassett, Smyth, Martin and Maguire. Various sizes (10 items)
Lot 257
Group of silver items : embossed cylindrical tea canister, C.H.Cheshire, Chester 1897 , height 9.5cm; Dutch heart shaped honey pot , import mark Sheffield 1897 ; a similar Dutch wine tasting cup; fancy bonbon dish; five pairs of silver bladed fruit knives and forks with ivoride handles; pair of sauce ladles ; sugar tongs ; golf prize spoon ; unmarked sliding pencil ; pair of Indo Persian small dishes ; French.950 cast silver scissor nips , 16oz 13dwt weighable.
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