Seven Chinese rice paper paintings, Qing dynasty, of street vendors including a fortune teller, oil seller, hairdresser, wine merchant, bubble blower, lantern seller, and florist, 9cm by 6.5cm, in simple pressed metal frames, and two Japanese painted linen panels of a geisha and man blowing bubbles, 11cm by 6.5cm (9) WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.
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L`Emery (Nicolas). Modern Curiosities of Art & Nature, Extracted out of the Cabinets of the Most Eminent Personages of the French Court, Together with the Choicest Secrets in Mechanicks... , 1st English Edition, printed for Matthew Gilliflower and James Partridge, 1685, additional engraved title (closed tear, relined and rehinged), Abstract of the General Contents` on verso of preceding leaf, five pages of advertisements at end, lacks leaves I12 and M11, library stamps to both titles and early ownership name to printed title, some soiling and browning throughout, a few marginal splits, somewhat broken in 19th-century half calf over marbled boards, rubbed, 12mo (148 x 90mm) L`Emery includes medical and cookery receipts as well as chapters on jewels and pearls, perfumes, artificial fireworks, hunting and fishing, horses and other animals, and the preservation of wine. Wing L1041. (1)
Sandford (William). A Few Practical Remarks on the Medicinal Effects of Wine and Spirits; with observations on the oeconomy of health, intended principally for the use of Parents, Guardians, and others intrusted with the care of youth, by William Sandford, surgeon to the Worcester Infirmary, 1st edition, Worcester, 1799, half-title and a final leaf of errata, library stamp to title, some spotting, library cloth, slightly rubbed and soiled, 8vo (1)
A set of four Victorian figural twin branch candelabra, the Bacchanalian putto with wine goblet in one hand and holding a two-branch grape vine adorned with grapes and leaves, having cylindrical nozzles with beaded borders, raised on a shaped circular foliate decorated base, 25.5cm. high, maker AGP, London, 1860, total weight of silver 63.50ozs.
A Chinese porcelain wine ewer of flattened hexagonal `Persian` form with single neck ring, slender handle and spout with domed cover and metal mounts painted in blue with peony and verso chrysanthemum blooms on a floral and foliate ground between fretted borders, 31 cm high, Kangxi, old repair to tip of spout and devoid knop.
Charles II – The Post Office An Act for erecting and establishing a Post Office printed Act of Parliament dated April 25th 1660. Folio 15pp unbound good condition. A highly important document. By this measure the British Postal System was created. This Act not only established the existence of a postal service – the basis for communication eventually throughout the world but also laid down the rates of postage – the most important measure in the postal service until the introduction of the Penny Post in 1840. A rare and highly sought after document. Together with An Act for settling the profits of the Post Office and Power of Granting Wine licences on his Royal Highness the Duke of York and an Act of George III dated Dublin 1796 giving further measures relating to the operation of the Post Office
A PAIR OF OLD SHEFFIELD PLATED TWO HANDLED WINE COOLERS of vase form on circular pedestal bases with fluted, decorative lower bodies, foliate scroll rims and festoons of fruiting vines around the upper body interspersed with satyrs` masks, (one with collar & liner, the other with collar only) c.1825; 9.75" (24.6 cms) high (2)
A PAIR OF INTERESTING LATE 18TH CENTURY WINE LABELS in the form of a curved scroll with an oval cartouche surmount & feather-edging; one incised & filled "MADEIRA", the other "MOUNTAIN", both with script monogram & each struck twice with an indistinct mark, unascribed possibly Colonial/Provincial c.1780; 2" (5 cms) wide; 0.6 oz (2)
A GEORGE III SINGLE WINE COASTER with a gadrooned rim & part-fluted sides, inset wooden base with boss, initialled, maker`s mark "RG", Sheffield 1817 and a George III provincial, two handled cup, inscribed, by Thomas Watson, Newcastle c.1800 (no date letter); 6.8" (17.2 cms) high; 9.8 oz weighable silver (2)
* Eight dark green wine glasses, 20th century, the stem of spiral design, leading to circular concentric pattern foot; four Rheinish light green wine glasses, 20th century, the stem of trumpet form with circular decoration, overall decorated with floral bosses, vines and berries, leading to circular foot, height 19 cm, (12).
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