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Crested China; including W.W.I battleship H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth; a field gun; Beachy Head lighthouse; six various animals, and three pieces of Goss. (20)

126

A Royal Crown Derby porcelain spill vase on ball feet, 4.25in high; a Royal Doulton miniature vase, 2.375in high; a Doulton stoneware mustard pot; and a Royal Worcester pin box and cover painted with flowers, date code 1905. (4)

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A Clarice Cliff vase, ‘My Garden’, raised on floral moulded triform feet, minor defect to rim under glaze, now ground, 6in high.

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Clarice Cliff ‘Bizarre’ part dinner service with green and black borders, designed by Graham Sutherland A.R.E., 1st Ed 1934, comprising 5 graduated meat dishes, 2 vegetable tureens, a sauce tureen, 8 dinner plates and 8 side plates. (24)

129

Poole Pottery honey pot painted with sprays of coloured flowers, the finial modelled as a bee, 5in square, impressed mark; together with a similarly decorated almond shaped dish, 12in overall. (2)

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Crown Devon; six various pottery animals decorated in mottled glazes, four dogs, No. 101, a cat, No 103 Reg. No. 811394, and another figure of a dog.

131

A Royal Doulton porcelain vase decorated with figures of children and deer in gilding on a cobalt blue ground, inscribed within the footrim, BB. 2089, 7.625in high.

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Royal Doulton figures; Marie, 4.75in high, and Monica HN 1467, 4.125in high. (2)

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An early 18th century Savona majolica blue and white drug jar, inscribed, G.M., ‘Eous decorati’, damage to edge of rim, 7.25in high.

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A 19th century German porcelain wall bracket modelled with a figure of a cherub encrusted with flowers, 8.5in high; together with a Coalport plate from ‘Osborne House’ painted with the Royal Garter, supplied by J. Whitman, Cowes, 10.75in diameter. (2)

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A 19th century German porcelain fairing entitled, ‘Shall we sleep first or how’; another ‘First into bed puts out the light’ with match striker base; and a fairing entitled ‘Modesty’. (3)

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A pair of 19th century Sarreguemines bottle vases decorated in a brown glaze, duck egg blue interior, 11.25in high.

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A Bing and Gröndahl, Copenhagen figure of a lioness with cub, 5.5in high, 12.25in overall length.

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A Bing and Gröndahl, Copenhagen figure of a lion cub, 5.75in high; together with a porcelain figure of a vulture on rockwork base, marked P.G., 5in high. (2)

139

A Japanese porcelain charger, painted in famille rose palette with figures in a formal garden within a brocade pattern shaped border, together with a similar charger decorated en suite, inscribed to reverse, Banko, Yamatoku, late 19th century, 18in and 16in diameter. (2)

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A Japanese Imari charger painted in traditional palette with figures of cranes and flowers, 14.5in diameter; together with a Imari bowl decorated with brocade patterns and water fowl, 8.5in diameter, late 19th century. (2)

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A Japanese porcelain bowl painted in overglaze enamel colours with panels containing figures and flowers, 8.5in diameter; and a Cantonese famille rose plate decorated with birds, butterflies and flowers on a celadon ground, 9.75in diameter, 19th century. (2)

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A Chinese earthenware figure of a recumbent cow, probably Tang dynasty, 8.5in overall; a crackle glaze jar with opposing lug handles, one broken and repaired, 2.25in high; and a Jun ware bowl with lavendar-blue glaze, 3.25in diameter. (2)

143

Two Chinese glazed terracotta guardian figures, 3.75in high; and a stoneware storage jar decorated in a mottled brown glaze, 19th century, 6.75in high. (3)

144

A Chinese Yixing brown stoneware teapot; a red lacquer carved pottery bowl with cover, 4.75in diameter; and a pair of Peking green glass dishes, 8in diameter, 19th century. (3)

145

A Chinese pottery figure of an artisan, in full length robe carrying a hoe, decorated in an off-white crackled glaze, raised on rock work base, early 20th century, 14.5in high.

146

A Cantonese famille rose charger decorated with mythological beasts and figures on an incised celadon ground, slight chip to edge of rim, 19th century, 14.5in diameter.

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A Cantonese famille rose bowl decorated in coloured enamels with panels of figures, birds and flowers, slight hair crack to rim, 19th century, 14.5in diameter.

148

A Cantonese famille rose dish decorated with panels of figures, birds and flowers, 11.5in diameter; a similar dish 10.75in diameter; and a baluster vase decorated in underglaze blue and coloured enamels, 9.125in high, 19th century. (3)

149

An Islamic 19th century polychrome pottery charger decorated with arabesques, 13in diameter; together with two smaller dishes, both inscribed in Arabic to reverse, 9in and 8.75in diameter, minor damages. (3)

150

Fifteen assorted Georgian and Victorian wine and jelly glasses, three with loop handles.

151

A Bohemian 19th century green overlay cut glass vase painted with an attractive portrait of a lady, decorated with gilding, some rubbing, 12.75in high.

152

George V and Queen Mary Silver Jubilee, 1910-1935, a cut glass two handled baluster goblet with portrait medallion, 9in high; a water jug inscribed God Save the King, 6.75in high; and a ‘John Peel’ musical decanter with mushroom stopper, 9in high. (3)

153

HARDY, THOMAS. Jude the Obscure. First edition. Etched frontispeice, map, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; corners bumped, inner hinges strained. 1896. Together with an 1898 edition of ‘Wessex Tales’ bound uniformly.

154

KIPLING, RUDYARD. The Five Nations. 1st edition, 1903; The Seven Seas. 1st edition, 1896; Sea Warfare. 1st edition, 1916; and 18 other volumes of Kipling, reprints, late 19th, early 20th century, all bound in the original cloth.

155

KEATS, JOHN. Poetical works. With notes by Francis Palgrave. Two volumes, small 8vo, contemporary full vellum gilt; armorial device and monogram in gilt to upper covers. 1898. Together with Cervantes ‘Don Quichotte de la Manche’, Trans. Florian. 6 volumes, 12mo, full calf rebacked. 1809; Adela de Reiset’s ‘Nathalie ou les Cinq Ages de la Femme’. 3 volumes, 8vo, contemporary quarter red calf; rubbed, some leaves creased and wormed; and Knight’s ‘Half-Hours with the Best Authors’. 4 volumes in 2, 8vo, contemporary half green calf gilt.

156

HERBERT, GEORGE. The Temple. Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations. One of 350 numbered copies. “The Chiswick Quartos”, 4to, original full crushed tan morocco. 1904. Together with a finely bound late 19th century India-paper 8vo Bible, full olive green calf, the covers blocked with lattice pattern in gilt, wide inner gilt dentelles, a.e.g. The spine faded else excellent. Oxford University Press for Peacock, Mansfield &_Britton.

157

MORRIS, F.O. A History of British Butterflies. 8th edn. 79 hand-coloured plates. Large 8vo, original cloth gilt; inner joints split. 1895. Together with 5 works on butterflies, moths, and birds; and two pamphlets of Chinese interest.

158

GOLDSMITH, OLIVER. A History of the Earth and Animated Nature. Two volumes. Coloured titles and 72 hand-coloured plates. Large 8vo, contemporary half calf. Fullarton, n.d.

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LITERATURE & ILLUSTRATED: Miscellaneous volumes including: Eliot, T. S. 4 works in 1st edition: ‘East Coker’ 1940; ‘Burnt Norton’, 1941; ‘Dry Salvages’, 1941;  & ‘Thoughts’ after Lambeth’, 1931. Woolf, Virginia. ‘Three Guineas’, 1st edition, 1938 (d.w. lacking backstrip); King, Jessie M. ‘Dwellings of an Old World Town’, 1909; Orwell, George. ‘Collected Essays, Journalism, and Letters’, 4 volumes, original cloth in d.w’s. 1968; and others.

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LITERATURE: Sixty-one volumes of 20th Century verse, mostly 1st editions, in pamphlet form or in the original cloth, some with d.w’s. Including some in the Ariel Poems series, e.g. T.S.Eliot ‘Animula’ & W.B.Yeats ‘Three Things’. Together with 61 largely mid-20th Century novels, very largely 1st editions and in d.w’s, and three works for children.  In all 125 volumes.

161

LUSTRATIONS OF THE IRISH LINEN INDUSTRY IN 1783, by William Hincks. A set of twelve hand-coloured plates issued by the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum in 1982. All contained in the original large portfolio, quarter morocco, marbled boards with printed label; bound by Sydney Aiken, Co. Down. With descriptive booklet loosely inserted. Together with 8 miscellaneous 18th & 19th Century printed books.

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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS: Dante’s Inferno and Purgatorio & Paradiso. Illustrations by Gustave Doré. Two volumes, 4to, original cloth blocked in gilt and silver. n.d.(spines worn); Webber, Byron. ‘James Orrock R.I.’ Limited edition (500). Two volumes, 4to, original cloth gilt, 1903; Stillingfleet, Edward. ‘Origines Sacrae’. 1662 . Together with 10 other volumes; condition variable.

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MISCELLANEOUS BOOKS: WATKINS-PITCHFORD, D.J. }Wild Lone’. 1st edn. 1938; Austin’s ‘Pride and Prejudice’ illustrated by Thomson, 1895; Wood’s ‘Insects at Home’, full calf, 1872; Andrew Tooke’s ‘The Pantheon…of the Heathen Gods’. Plates, full calf rebacked, 1810; Scott’s ‘Marmion’, full calf, 1811; an 1796 Liturgy bound full red calf; Hardy’s ‘Wessex Tales’, 1903; a 1st edition of Fleming’s ‘For Your Eyes Only’ 1960; and a copy of Young’s ‘Night Thoughts’, 1803.

164

CHAPMAN, F. SPENCER. Lhasa, the Holy City. 1st edition, 1938, in chipped d.w.; COKE, R. Baghdad: The City of Peace, 1935, very good in d.w.; three volumes in Black’s New Series of Colour Books ‘Italian Lakes’, ‘Austria’, & ‘Greece’ in worn d.w’s. Together with twenty-five other miscellaneous books. (30)

165

WILKINSON, J.V.S. The Lights of Canopus. Anvar I Suhaili. 1 of 55 copies signed by Wilkinson and with an extra suite of plates. Two volumes, one a portfolio containing the additional 36 coloured mounted plates. Both volumes bound full morocco, the text volume elaborately gilt, with the original slipcase. The Studio, n.d. Together with ‘The Poems of Nizami’ described by Laurence Binyon. Coloured plates. Folio, original cloth, very good in d.w. The Studio, n.d.

166

EXHIBITION, MUSEUM CATALOGUES ETC. A collection of modern publications including ‘Giovanni Giacometti 1868-1933’ (Kuntsmuseum Winterthur, 1997); ‘Daum – Glas des Jugendstils und Art Déco’ (Musée des Beaux-Arts, Nancy: 1995); ‘Parfumes de Plantes’ (Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris: 1988); & ‘Soviet Socialist Realist Painting 1930’s – 1960’s’ (Museum of Modern Art, Oxford: 1992), etc. In all 38 volumes, largely 4to original wrappers or cloth in d.w.’s.

167

GREECE: ANOYANAKIS, FIVOS. ‘Greek Popular Musical Instruments’. 4to, original cloth in d.w. Athens: 1979; PAPANTONIOU, IOANNA. ‘Greek Regional Costumes’. 4to, original cloth in d.w. Peloponnesian Folklore Foundation:1996; ‘Greek Sailing Ships’. Oblong folio, original cloth in d.w.. Museum of Galaxidi: 1987. Together with 7 other volumes of Greek interest and 3 of Cypriot interest.   (13 vols.).

168

RENTOUL, ANNIE R & OUTHWAITE, IDA RENTOUL. The Little Green Road to Fairyland. Coloured plates (1 detached and chipped). 4to, original cloth. 1922. Together with Farjeon’s ‘Martin Pippin’ illustrated by Brock, 1924 and a suede bound edition of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam illustrated by Pogany (wormed).

169

CHILDREN’S BOOKS: a number of volumes in the 1930’s "Wonder Book" series, e.g. Aircraft, How it is Done (in d.w.) Engineering, etc. Together with "Stories of King Arthur"; "Stories of the Great War"; "Andrew, Bogie & Jack" by Frank Hart; "The Book of Games" with coloured plates by Margaret Tarrant (1920) and others, mostly large format. 30 volumes in all.

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CHILDREN’S BOOKS: Barker, Cicely Mary. Flower Fairies of the Spring/Summer/Autumn/Trees/Garden/Wayside/Alphabet; early editions (spines neatly taped). Together with other works by Alleyne, Monckton, Goudge, etc., two works on Beatrix Potter and Ernest Shepard’s autobiography. In all 24 volumes.

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BOY’S ANNUALS: Greyfriars Holiday Annuals for 1931 & 1932; Pip & Squeak 1928; Tiger Tim’s 1927; Modern Boys 1931, 1932 (2), & 1933; Champion 1924, 1929-32, 1938 & 1939; and Young England , volumes 41-45, & 47-50; the last in d.w. 25 volumes in all, generally large format, and in good condition.

172

ARGOSY (ADVENTURE – ROMANCE – MYSTERY): 66 issues of this American weekly, each containing a complete novelette. Each 4to and in their original lurid pictorial wrappers; some rubbed or chipped at backstrip but generally very good. 1934 – 1939.

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COMICS: approximately 200 issues of ‘Adventure’ comic; c. 150 issues of  ‘The Wizard’; c. 150 issues of ‘The Rover’; and c.200 issues of ‘Hotspur’. All 1950’s, in good condition; some still containing their original ‘free gifts’. In all approx. 700 comics.

174

SCIENCE FICTION: A large collection (270 issues) of Science Fiction, Horror, & Adventure comics and magazines comprising 5 U.S. issues of ‘Startling Stories’ 1948/9 (Arthur C Clarke etc.) . Together with issues of ‘Amazing Spiderman’; ‘Flash’; ‘Wulf the Barbarian’; ‘The Tarantula’; ‘Secrets of the Unknown’; ‘Tarzan of the Apes’; ‘Blackhawk’; ‘Haunted’; ‘Swamp Thing’; ‘Thor’; ‘Captain Marvel’; ‘Weird Mystery’; ‘X-Men’; ‘Creepy Worlds’; ‘Wonder Woman’; ‘Fantastic Four’; ‘Superman’; ‘Fantastic’ etc. All in their lurid coloured pictorial wrappers. American and British issues, generally in good condition. Largely 1970’s.

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MEN ONLY. 75 issues of this monthly magazine in their original coloured pictorial wrappers; generally very good. (1942-1956). Together with 33 1940’s & 50’s issues of ‘London Opinion’.  (108).

176

THE MORNING HERALD; twenty seven issues dated between 21 Aug and 13 Nov 1788. Newspaper folio, revenue stamps, some chipped.

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HULL MERCHANT: A large miniature oval watercolour portrait of an amiable looking gent, in contemporary ebonised frame with gilt slip and convex glass. Signed ".C. Jolin…" (end of signature obscured by slip). Size, exclusive of frame, 6 x 5 inches. ca.1820. Inscribed in pencil to reverse "Great Grandfather Boyle (Hull)". Together with, contained in a contemporary varnished tin case, 5 family letters (Barton Vicarage, Wolvehampton, & Hull, 1826-1837) and a leather wallet containing family notes which refer perhaps to the subject of the above portrait as "a native of Hull and engaged in business as a ships chandler".

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SALISBURY & SHAFTESBURY BANK. One Pound Note. Engraved note, filled-in by hand, with vignette and coat of arms. 7.5 x 4 inches. Signed at Shaston, 1 Sept. 1809, for Bowles, Ogden & Wynham.  Indistinct endorsement to reverse.

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WINCANTON BANK, SOMERSETSHIRE. One Pound Note. Engraved note, filled-in by hand. Signed at Wincanton, 7th Sept. 1809 for Edmund Griffith, Donovan & Co. 7.75 x 3.5 inches.  Endorsed to the reverse  "….exhibited to us…." And dated Guildhall, 16th July 1810.

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WINCANTON FOOTBALL CLUB, BRUTON & FROME F.C. MARCH 21st  1874. A charming and naïve watercolour drawing showing this match in progress amidst much apparent mayhem. Inscribed, signed and dated ‘G.H.Cooper March 1874’. 12.5 x 7.75 inches; at one time folded. Slightly holed, old marginal repair to reverse.

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MEGGENDORFER, LOTHAR. Affentheater. Hand-coloured 12 panel panorama depicting animals performing circus tricks before an appreciative audience; split on folds and reinforced with cloth tape to reverse, lacking approx. 1 sq inch of surface to 1 panel, 1 panel with crease, some discoloration or browning, some slight chipping at folds. Oblong folio, original boards with coloured pictorial label.  3rd edition, ca. 1890. Together with another similar Meggendorfer 12-panel panorama "Im Circus", also ca. 1890, portraying more human characters, clowns, strongmen, bareback riders, etc. In similar condition to the above but with two panels torn, one badly and lacking 1sq inch piece, tape discolouration to surface at folds. Sold as seen, not subject to return.

182

CARTES-DE-VISITE. A collection of c. 300 cartes-de-visite photographs; various photographers (5 by Silvy, 2 Indian by Bourne & Shepherd, 2 by A Fong, Hong Kong). Subjects largely unidentified but two of Richard Wagner and Rubenstein. c.1860 and later.

183

VICTORIAN SCRAP ALBUM, containing greetings cards, including an advertising Xmas card for the Japanese Bazaar (1885) and an embossed card with real feather border etc. Also with illustrations cut from journals, etc. Folio, half calf; binding bumped.

184

VICTORIAN GREETINGS CARDS. A large album containing 115 cards including some printed on silk. Publishers include Tuck, Marcus Ward, Hildesheimer & Faulkner. The remainder of the album comprising postcards, a few photographs, views etc. Folio, three quarter calf; stitching broken, loose. Inscription dated 1886 at front.

185

BAXTER NEEDLE BOX PRINTS: A set of five miniature cardboard boxes, the lids bearing Baxter oil colour prints within gilt borders. Three are pastoral scenes, two depict the Princess Royal of Prussia and Prince Frederick Wm. of Prussia. The five contained within the original casket shaped paper-covered box with coloured print (now faded). Together with a cut & shaped watercolour doll, 6.75 inches in height; this with two cut & shaped watercolour dresses and a veil.

186

WWII: An album of c.100 snapshot and other photographs, some captioned, e.g. ‘Captured Italian Submarine ‘, ‘Italian Destroyer damaged by British’, ‘H.M.S. Formidable off Crete May 26th 1941’, and ‘Invasion of Crete 1941’, etc. All contained in tie-bound album ‘E.R.W. 1941 – H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth’.

187

JAPANESE PATTERN BOOKS: A group of twelve, illustrating floral, geometric, bird & tree designs etc. All sewn in original decorative wrappers as issued; three in their original printed paper sleeves. Together with 17 large Japanese cut-paper stencils. Early 20th Century.

188

1920’s ART DECO PAPER: 19 sheets of variously patterned highly colourful paper; each approx 18 x 22 inches and with registration numbers. Some printed in gold and silver, all very much of the period and reminiscent of papers used in the more exuberant 20’s bookbindings. 1 torn, generally fine.

189

MISCELLANY: A manuscript diary for 1922-4 and another diary, part of 1894. Together with nine 19th Century documents on vellum and an 18th Century will; Walker’s "Map of the Geology….of England" 1838; 6 hand-coloured fashion plates; "How to Speak the Hindustani Language" 12mo. Ambala:1909; & an embroidered panel of "The Memorial Well, Cawnpore, India" –"Sacred to the Memory…of Women and Children…cruelly massacred by the followers of the Rebel Nana Dhoondopunt of Bithoor…1857".

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MISCELLANY: Share certificates for the Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Railway Co. with engraved headings (2), one with glue to reverse. 1888, & 7 other share certificates, that for the Chinese Railway Equipment Loan of 1922 framed. Together with a telegram "handed in at Buckingham Palace" – "His Majesty has maintained the satisfactory condition" (torn); North Devon farm sale particulars, 1864; glazed litho. view books of Dublin, Jersey, & Hamburg; a series of engravings of armorial bearings; a quantity of the Brotherhood of Magicians magazines "The Budget" (1930’s); the Memorandum & Articles of Association of Concanen Stage Plays Ltd.  (1945) and copies of agreement for performance rights for "Appointment with Death" and other plays "Whereas by an agreement…between Agatha Mallowan commonly known as Agatha Christie…."; the visitor’s book of Baker’s Hotel, Canterbury (numerous entries interleaved with advertising blotting paper, 1909-); approx. 160 art drawn postcards by Ethel Robinson, Agnes Richardson and others, including 16 sets of 6, fine in original wrappers (early 20th Century); a large coloured chart of the nervous system on rollers; a large quantity of disbound early 19th Century Acts of Parliament; a 19th Century account book, sketch books, bill heads etc.

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No 4, Hatfield House, A.

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No 5, Combemere Abbey, B.

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No 5, Combemere Abbey, B.

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No 6, Osborne House, C.

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No 6, Osborne House, C.

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No 7, Deal Castle, A.

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No 11, Hawarden Castle, A.

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No 11, Hawarden Castle, A.

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No 12, Kenilworth Castle, B.

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No 12, Kenilworth Castle, B.

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No 12, Kenilworth Castle, B.

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No 13, Edinburgh Castle, B.

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No 15, Balmoral Castle, C.

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No 18, Pembroke Castle, B.

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No 22, Warwick Castle, A.

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No 25, Kirkstall Abbey, B.

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No 25, Kirkstall Abbey, B.

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No 25, Kirkstall Abbey, B.

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No 28, Valle Crucis Abbey, B.

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No 29, Dryburgh Abbey, A.

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No 30, Durham Castle, A.

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No 31, Chatsworth House, A.

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No 31, Chatsworth House, C.

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No 32, Stafford Castle, A.

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Cigarette Cards: Franklyn Davey Beauties (1); Kreigsfields, Advertisement (1); Salmon &_Gluckstein, The Post in Hungary (1); Taddy’s, Famous Horses and Cattle (1); South African Football Team 1906-07 (2); Prominent Footballers (4). 10 Cards.

216

Cigarette Cards: R.J. Lea, Manchester, ‘Old Pottery &_Porcelain, 3rd Series, 101-150 (Chairman Cigarettes back), in contemporary cloth bound album.

217

Cigarette Cards: Mixed manufacturers including variety of silks 1900-30, together with 50 real-photo sporting cards issued with ‘Chums’, ‘Champion’, etc 1922-23, upwards of 1000 cards.

218

PICTURE POSTCARDS: An album containing 192 topographical views apparently collected during extensive travels during 1906 – 1908. Subjects include European views – Germany, France, Spain, Sweden, Malta, Italy – and Hong Kong (8); Canton (4); Singapore (4); Penang (22); Rangoon (4); Kandy (10); Cairo (12) and the Soudan. Together with 5 issues of the ‘Badminton’ Annual Register for 1906, 1908, 1010, & 1914; a menu for a dinner to the Duchess of Connaught; a silk programme of the Scarborough New Hippodrome 1908; and a large box of Bryant & May’s ‘Royal Wax Vestas’.

219

PICTURE POSTCARDS: An album, in a worn and dishevelled state, but containing, slotted-in and loose, upwards of 200 humorous, Christmas, advertising, topographical, valentine, & royal souvenir cards, etc. Together with a few greetings cards. Early 20th Century.

220

Picture Postcards: Argentina. An album containing, slotted in, a series of 89 coloured postcards of Rosario de Santa-Fé, together with a number of European topographical cards.

221

PICTURE POSTCARDS: A collection of 146 miscellaneous Edwardian and later postcards, including Canadian, British topographical, some attractive Continental coloured vignette, an airship, etc. Together with 60 postcards of Edwardian and later actors and actresses. (206).

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PICTURE POSTCARDS: A collection of 138 postcards of Ireland, largely topographical, many of Cork, some of the Zoological Gardens Dublin. Late 19th and early 20th Century.  (138).

223

HARDING, GEORGE PERFECT; sepia drawing, an oval, Richard Gething (1585-1652), writing master, pupil of John Davies of Hereford, signed with initials dated 1799, 4.25in x 3.25in, contemporary ebonised carved wood frame.

224

An early 19th century oil painting, fishing boats on a choppy sea, on canvas, possible traces of signature, small tear in sky, some paint loss, 9in x 12in.

225

An oil painting of a cherub, unsigned, on canvas, early 19th century, 20in x 17.75in, gilt gesso frame.

226

DESSIORS; an oil painting, the interior of  a 16th century apothecary’s shop, signed, on tin panel, 19th century, 8in x 9.5in, gilt gesso frame.

227

A 19th century pencil drawing after Gainsborough, initialed E.S.H.; a watercolour of a landscape after Francis Nicholson; an 18th century pen and ink drawing – ‘sketch for a painting 1878’, after G.H. Boughton; and an engraving of a coastal scene after Mangland, all framed and glazed. (4)

228

DANKS, WALTER (Exhibited 1882-1918); oil painting, coastal scene with cottages – Ireland, signed, on canvas, 9.5in x 17.5in, original gilt gesso frame.

229

SIMONA, L., gouache, entitled ‘The Pyramids”, with Bedouin figures in front of an oasis, signed, 9.75in x 19.5in, original gilt gesso moulded frame.

230

LOVETT; pair of watercolours of figures in Indian Army uniform, one depicting sergeants of the 1st Madras Lancers and Governor of Madras bodyguard, the other a trooper in field service kit, the latter signed, some foxing unaffecting images, 14in x 10in, framed and glazed.

231

An oil painting, portrait head of a horse, unsigned, on board, late 19th century, 12.5in x 11.75in, gilt gesso frame.

232

BUTTLER, H.; pair of oil paintings, pastoral landscapes with sheep and cattle, cottages in the distance, signed and dated (19)03, on canvas, contemporary gilt gesso moulded frames.

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FOSTER, Mrs. R.A. (Exhibited 1898-1939); watercolour, a bowl of roses, signed, 6.75in x 9.75in, original gilt gesso frame.

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EDEN, WILLIAM; gouache, a waterfront on the Riviera, signed, 10.5in x 7.5in, contemporary gilt gesso moulded frame.

235

WINDRED, E.H.; oil painting, portrait of racing pigeon, ‘Flying Scotsman’, NURP 35 WPH 233, owner W. Webster, list of credits for 1937, signed, on canvas, 14.25in x 17.5in, contained in glazed ebonised frame with gilt slip.

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WINDRED, E.H.; oil painting, portrait of racing pigeon, ‘Tony’, NURP 35 WPH 227, owner W. Webster, list of credits for 1937, signed, on canvas, 14.25in x 17.5in, contained in glazed ebonised frame with gilt slip.

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WINDRED, E.H.; oil painting, portrait of racing pigeon, ‘Scotch Bob’, NUHW 36 WPH 319, owner W. Webster, list of credits for 1937, signed with initials, on canvas, 14.25in x 17.5in, contained in glazed ebonised frame with gilt slip.

238

BYRNE, WILLIAM (engraver), landscape after Zuccarelli, the figures by Bartolozzi. Published by the engraver, printed by Gamble, Jan 27th 1775, 16.75in x 20.25in; together with WOOTON WILLIAM (engraver), ‘Ceyx and Alcyone’ after R. Wilson, published by the engraver July 31st 1769, 17.375in x 21.375in, laid down on canvas, both framed and glazed.

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BOYDEL, JOSIAH (engraver), ‘Jane, Daughter of Lord Wenman’, mezzotint after Van Dyke. Published May 1st 1779 by John Boydel, 15.625in x 11in, trimmed and laid down; together with DUNKERTON ROBERT (engraver), ‘Lady Philadelphia Wharton’, mezzotint after Van Dyke. Published Jan 1st 1781 by John Boydel, 16.5in x 12in, trimmed and laid down, both framed and glazed.

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ACKERMAN (publisher‚: ‘Elis, Winner of the Great St. Leger stakes at Doncaster 1836’ and ‘Bay Middleton, Winner of the Derby Stakes at Epsom 1836’. Paid of hand-coloured aquatints, each 12.5in x 16.5in, framed and glazed in contemporary wide swept maple frames with gilt slips. The first with surface mildew and damage, the latter unevenly browned, both laid down on canvas. Titles trimmed off and laid down to reverse. ca. 1836.

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CHROMO-LITHOGRAPHS. A set of five Victorian coloured prints of horses and riders, 14in x 8.75in, contained in original parcel gilt ebonised reeded frames.

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NICHOLSON, JOHN (1891-1931). Original etching ‘Evening, Loch Lomond’, signed by the artist in pencil, 9.25in x 13.25in overall, in the original wrapper; together with HASKELL, ERNEST (1876-1925). Original etching ‘Little Arroya’ signed by the artist in pencil, 2.25in x 3.25in, the reverse with framer’s label of Kennedy &_Co, 785 - 5th Ave, New York.

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A North West Persian runner patterned with conjoining medallions, 104in x 31in, early 20th century.

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A West Persian runner decorated with Herati pattern on a blue ground; together with another similar patterned runner with red ground, both approximately 77in x 39in, early 20th century.

245

South East Persia, a nomadic Afshar rug, the indigo field decorated with flowering plants, worn, early 20th century, 62in x 44in.

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A South Caucasian rug, Talish region, the mid-blue field decorated with a diagonal boteh design bordered by stylised rosettes, 19th century, 96in x 41in.

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East Caucasus; a Shirvan white ground prayer rug patterned with stylised plants; together with a Kuba rug decorated with stars, both cut and holed, 19th century.

248

An Eastern Turkestan rug, the aubergine ground with five flower design bordered by stylised clouds, late 19th century, 79in x 47in, some wear.

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249

A Turkish kelim decorated with shield medallions in muted shades of burgundy, yellow and cream, 65in x 45in; together with a geometric patterned saddlebag, 31in x 16in, 19th century. (2)

250

A Turkish kelim of geometric design; together with two other kelims patterned with rows of stylised birds heads, early 20th century. (3)

251

A South Persian pile-woven saddle bag patterned with a central medallion; together with a double bag, divided, early 20th century.

252

A Kurdish pile-woven double saddle bag patterned with diamonds, divided; together with a South Persian piled bag, early 20th century.

253

An Esari tribal bagface, (juwal), Amu Darya region, Afghanistan, early 20th century, 65in x 37in; together with a Turkish prayer rug, 19th century, worn and damaged. (2)

254

A South Persian pile-woven saddlebag patterned with a central medallion bordered by chevrons, 18in x 32in extended; together with a Baluchi bagface, 25in x 26in, both early 20th century.

255

A Chinese panel, the crimson silk ground embroidered in coloured floss silks and gilt metal thread with a landscape containing figures and pavilions, late 19th century, 38in x 158in.

256

A Chinese panel, embroidered in coloured floss silks and couched metal thread on a red silk ground with figures of dignitaries in elaborate costume within a pavilion, late 19th century, 27in x160in.

257

A Chinese silk panel embroidered in pastel shades depicting birds and flowering shrubs, contemporary hardwood frame inlaid in mother-of-pearl with figures of bats and shou symbols, late 19th century, 52in x 17in overall.

258

A Chinese commemorative silk hanging, embroidered in couched gilt metal thread with figures of dignitaries and playful kylin around a central panel of calligraphy on a burgundy coloured ground, 139in x 116in, recording the bestowal of an honorary title by the Emperor to ‘Feng Weng’ and his wife ‘Liang Ruren’, dated Winter, 24th year, Guang-Xu, 1899.

259

A Chinese commemorative silk hanging, the red ground embroidered in coloured floss silks with figures, birds, bats and stylised cloud forms around a central panel of calligraphy, 144in x 78in, recording the third anniversary of the death of a virtuous lady, ‘Hua Tai’, – This model of womanly pruity shall last eternal, dated Spring, 28th year, Guang-Xu, 1903.

260

A large quantity of European and Oriental hand-embroidered and machine-made trims and metal braids, circa 1880-1930.

261

An assortment of European and Oriental handwoven and machine-made trims and metal braids, circa 1880-1930, a quantity.

262

A quantity of silk, satin, chiffon and printed lengths of fabric, some bearing Liberty’s labels, circa 1930’s, 30 pieces.

263

A George III needlework sampler worked in coloured silks with alphabet and verse “How happy shall I be my dear papa to fee’, Bridget Brown 1775, 6.5in x 6in, framed and glazed.

264

A George III needlework sampler worked in coloured silks on a linen ground, entitled, ‘To My Honour’d Parents’, Eliza Earle’s Work Age 9 Years 1812, holed, 11.5in x 12.25in, framed and glazed.

265

A lady’s Victorian black silk bonnet, elaborately trimmed with feathers, pink velvet and beads, crica 1870, boxed.

266

A lady’s Victorian straw hat, trimmed in black velvet and ostrich feathers with beaded brim, labelled ‘Frederick Simpson, Manchester House, 6 Carlton Street, Castleford’, circa 1870, boxed; together with a gentleman’s black silk collapsible opera hat and a black felt bowler hat. (3)

267

A lady’s black net bodice embroidered with beads; a tamboured net veil, 48in x 45in; a Chinese cream silk shawl embroidered with flowers, 57in square; and another similar shawl, 31in square. (4)

268

A Victorian hand stitched night-shirt with embroidered white work decoration; a similar nightgown; and an embroidered linen table cloth with crochet trim. (3)

269

An ‘Egyptian revival’ cotton hanging appliqued with figures and hieroglyphs, from the Ancient World, together with two other similar hangings. (3)

270

A Victorian folding parasol with turned wooden shaft and ivory finial, silk taffeta shade; together with two silver topped ebony walking sticks. (3)

271

A Victorian black silk umbrella, with silver mounted carved ivory handle and ring terminal, London 1891, together with an inlaid fruitwood walking stick. (2)

272

A mid-19th century Honiton appliqué bobbin lace fichu, 52in deep, 103in long; together with a selection of Milanese tape lace.

273

A quantity of bobbin lace trim, including Binche, Valenciennes, Mechlin and Devon, mainly 18th and 19th century, approximately 30 pieces.

274

A length of mid 19th century Ayrshire work, 46in x 106in; a tapestry chair back with beaded decoration; and a patchwork quilt with a hexagonal flower-head design, 96in x 74in. (3)

275

A net bridal veil appliquéd with bobbin lace trim, 76in x 49in; a Maltese silk bobbin lace lappet, and two circular collars, late 19th century. (4)

276

Quantity of assorted lace, including bobbin lace trims, embroidered muslin, broderie-anglaise, beadwork, crochet, etc., upwards of 30 pieces.

277

Brussels, a duchesse bobbin lace shawl-collar 5.75in x 49in; a handkerchief surround; a pair of net sleeves with bobbin lace appliqué, 27in long; and a Maltese bobbin lace silk handkerchief, late 19th century. (4)

278

A mid-19th century Bucks bobbin lace fan with floral decorated sequinned bone guards, 9.5in overall.

279

A 19th century French fan, the gauze leaf appliquéd with blonde lace, painted with flowers, signed ‘Valette’, pierced ivory guards, 13.75in overall; together with a late 19th century china-headed doll with painted features. (2)

280

Brussels, a duchesse bobbin lace fan with needlepoint medallion, plain mother-of-pearl guards, circa 1870, 13.25in overall, in original box supplied by Fredrick Penberthy, Oxford Street, London.

281

Brussels, a fine needlepoint de gaze fan leaf, circa 1860, 8.25in deep.

282

A Regency horn fan with painted and sequinned decoration; a hand coloured transfer printed fan with ivory guards; and a Victorian parasol with folding ivory handle and silk shade. (3)

283

An early 19th century Cantonese carved ivory fan, the leaf pierced with floral vignettes, the guards carved with landscapes containing figures and buildings, 8.75in overall.

284

An Armand Marseille “Dream Baby’ bisque-headed doll with weighted blue eyes and closed mouth on a cloth body with squeaker, impressed A.M. Germany 341/6, 18in high, circa 1924; together with an Armand Marseille bisque head, impressed 990 A 12 M. (2)

285

A late 19th century china-headed doll with blonde hair and painted features, original petticoat and bloomers, 7.5in high; together with a small bisque-headed doll, weighted eyes on a wood and composition body, impressed Armand Marseille 390 D.R.G.M. 246/A6/10/M, 11in high. (2)

286

A Simon &_Halbig speciality ‘Gibson Girl’ bisque-headed doll, on a wood and composition body (repainted), original blue felt hat and coat, impressed 1159 SIMON & HALBIG S&H 6 Germany, circa 1930, 14in high.

287

Triang-Cord, 935 Y X 135 tin plate toy bicycle, painted red frame with lithographed wheels, the front weighted, attached lime-green celluloid rider with cloth arms, pinjointed, patent 479430, circa 1930.35.

288

A pair of Schuco felt and tinplate clockwork ‘Pig’ musicians, a drummer and a fiddle player, 4.5in high, working order, 1920-30.

289

A ‘Star’ toy yacht, with painted blue hull, unused, 12in overall; a mohair plush covered terrier; and two German late 19th century double-sided wooden jigsaw puzzles, lithographs on pine, depicting children and animals, 9in x 12.75in. (3)

290

BOOKCASE SHAPED BISCUIT TIN: a miniature coloured pressed tin bookcase, with books to its four sides, on ball feet. Height 6.5 inches; unmarked. One foot a little bent but generally good. Together with 2 tinted photographs of young female tennis players, cut-round and mounted to plywood; one with wooden base, the other base lacking. 10 inches in height; ca. 1920.

291

MAGIC LANTERN SLIDES: an extensive accumulation comprising a set of 12 coloured slides "Modern London", a set of 12 Gamage’s "Superior Coloured Lithographic Lantern Slides" illustrating  "A Christmas Carol" (with lecture notes) and another set "Mischievous Tommy"; all three sets in their original boxes. Together with a very large quantity indeed of miscellaneous slides including a series of travels in Canada, African missionary scenes, European travel, domestic scenes etc. Some housed in their original wooden fitted boxes. ca. late 19th & early 20th Century. Together with some glass negatives.

292

EARLY RECORDINGS: a group of 21 early single-sided 7 inch records produced by the International Zonophone Company, the Gramophone & Typewriter Co. & Nicole Records, a number "Reproduced in Hanover" and including Mr Henry Drew singing "Father O’Flynn" and Mr Arthur Smith’s "Sky Boat Song". Together with 37 Edison Bell, Columbia, Britannia & Pathe cylindrical records all in their original cardboard tubes with labels.

293

PRINTING BLOCKS: A very large quantity of printer’s blocks, mounted on wooden backings, seemingly mostly for advertisements of household appliances and goods, e.g. Aga Cookers, Formica kitchen surfaces, Bendix washing machines, floor tiles, etc. Some with illustrations of the appliance itself with admiring housewife looking on. ca. 1940’s & 1950’s.

294

CRICKET:  ENGLAND – AUSTRALIA. A Royal "County Driver" cricket bat by Stuart Surridge bearing the signatures of English and Australian Test teams. The signatures including those of Bradman (captain), Lindwall, Ring, & Yardley (captain) Compton, & Edrich would indicate that these are the 1948 Test teams? Together with the signatures of the following teams: Gloucester, Surrey, Northampton, Nottingham, Kent, Sussex, & the Combined Services.

295

An early 19th century Cantonese carved ivory shuttle, 3.5in overall; a carved whale tooth seal, 3in high; a pinchbeck mounted primative miniature on ivory of a seated female figure with sheep, 1.25in diameter; and a cylindrical letter scale by John Sheldon, Reg. marks worn but probably 1845, 2.5in long. (4)

296

An Eskimo bone knife engraved with figures of caribou, 19th century, 10.75in overall; together with a birch bark picture frame with quillwork decoration containing a photograph, inscribed to the reverse, William Miller, April 23 1927. (2)

297

A group of Eskimo marine ivory amulets including two hatchets, a fork and a ‘cricket bat’. (18)

298

An 18th century silk pin cushion decorated with silver headed steel pins, recording the births of a family of five children, F.B. born Feb ye 15 1736; S.B. born July ye 2 1737; M.B. born May ye 5 1739; E.B. born Nov ye 6 1740; and E.B. born July ye 22 1742, 4.25in x 3.5in; together with an oval brass snuffbox with wrigglework decoration, 3.75in overall. (2)

299

A quantity of minerals including rock amethyst and obsidian, upwards of 50 specimens.

300

A pair of 19th century Japanese carved bone candlesticks of sectional form decorated with figures of monkeys, raised on turned ebonised bases, approximately 7.625in high.

301

A 19th century carved coquilla nut scent flask, 3in high; an miniature ivory magnifying glass; a pinchbeck magnifying glass with bright cut decoration; and a terracotta negroid head pipe bowl. (4)

302

Hornby 00 gauge, two engines, LNER Sir Nigel Gresly, and Dorchester, both with tenders, (3 rail electric), three carriages, ten various wagons and a quantity of track.

303

A 19th century Caucasian pennanular brooch with champlevé enamel decoration, 6in high; a carved amber figure of a sea lion, 3in long; a Renaissance style copper gilt knop from a chalice with enamel bands and inset silver roundels; and a small bronze panel from a triptych of St Nicholas, 2in high. (4)

304

A naive early 19th century carved wood male figure of a puppet, with pin-jointed arms and articulated legs, painted red face, 10.5in high; together with a Le Faucheux six shot single action pinfire pocket revolver with folding trigger and hatched butt, 3in barrel, No. 150487, circa 1880. (2)

305

A French early 19th century rosewood tea caddy with moulded border inlaid with satinwood stringing, inscribed The’, 5.375in x 5in.

306

A group of bronze ‘Opium’ weights of zoomorphic form, including birds and various quadrupeds, 18th-19th century. (10)

307

An 18th century Indian sword with 18in broad curving blade and chiselled hilt with shaped grip, rusted surface.

308

A Turkish yataghan, 22in curving blade with silvered niello grip, embossed black leather scabbard; together with an ivory handled kukri with 11.5in blade, sheath lacking. (2)

309

A French bayonet, 20.5in spearpoint blade with steel scabbard, dated April 1878; together with two similar bayonets dated February and May 1879. (3)

310

An Enfield bayonet, with 18in Wilkinson Sword Co. spearpoint blade; a similar bayonet with traditional blade, both with scabbards; together with two artilllery bayonets, one with scabbard. (4)

311

A Victorian brass and cast iron ‘Patent Coffee Mill’ by A. Kenrick & Sons; a Britannia metal capstan inkwell, 7in diameter; a brass preserving pan with iron strap handle, 12in diameter; and a three-piece silver plated and ivory handled carving set by John Harrison, Sheffield, cased. (4)

312

An early 19th century sheet iron lantern of circular conical form with pierced decoration, 13.75in high.

313

A 19th century sectional ivory walking stick, 33.25in long, and a silver mounted bamboo cane, hallmarked London 1892, 35.75in long; (2)

314

Two Irish 19th century bog oak walking sticks with shamrock decoration, 36in and 33.25in long. (2)

315

A Chinese bronze seated figure of a beggar, 2.25in high; a bronze wine ewer decorated with dragons and cloud scrolls, 4.5in high; two ‘swords’ of coin money; and a pressed tea block, 9.5in x 7.5in, 19th century. (3)

316

A Japanese hardwood tobacco box with pipecase, modelled as two grotesque male figures, the ivory ojime carved as a fish; an Indonesian palm leaf text; and a small Oriental bronze reclining figure, 19th century. (3)

317

A Japanese ivory seated figure of a woodcarver, 1in high; a silvered and gilt metal paperknife decorated with a figure of a samurai, 9.5in long; and two Tibetan ‘Llama seals’ with cut steel intaglios and brass knop handles, 1.5in and 1.25in high, 19th century. (4)

318

A Russian brass Icon decorated in with champlevé enamel depicting Christ and the twelve Apostles, 5in x 4/•in; an ivory group of three monkeys, ‘see no evil, speak no evil, hear no evil’, on turned ebonised base, 2.25in high; and a stag’s hoof snuff box, 3in overall, 19th century. (3)

319

An Aborigine hardwood parrying-shield decorated in red and white wagon paint; a similarly decorated boomerang; a hardwood woomera, unfinished; three strings of shell and glass trade beads and a beaded fibre belt, 19th century.

320

A New Guinea hardwood female figure, the face with painted ornament and inlaid shell eyes, facing right, standing on domed based, early 20th century, 27in high.

321

A Zulu hardwood pipe with brass wirework decoration; another inlaid in lead with stars; two ivory combs with spoon terminals; two cloth fetish dolls; and an Islamic dagger with stone set repoussé copper grip and sheath. (7)

322

A Southern Africa hardwood drum of cylindrical form with hide membrane, 9in high; and a knobkerrie with domed rootwood head, 36in overall, 19th century. (3)

323

An Indonesian woven cane bag, decorated in dark brown with bands of geometric ornament, original carrying straps, 19th century, 14in overall height.

324

A New Guinea hardwood offering table carved in the form of a crocodile, one eye lacking shell inlay, traces of red pigment, minor abrasions, circa 1930’s, 43in overall.

325

An Arts and Crafts silvered and gilded brass casket decorated with stylised flowers and trees, raised on splayed bracket feet, velvet lined interior, lacking from inside of cover, monogram to base, possible JA, early 20th century, 8in x 7in.

326

A 19th century spelter inkstand, modelled with a figure of a mastiff standing on a wicker fence, raised on stepped base with floral decorated scroll feet, repair to one back foot, 12in wide, 10in high.

327

A Hardy Altex fishing reel, No. 2, Mark V, with original label and leaflet, ‘Hints on the care and maintenance of the Hardy Altex stationary drum Reel’, and a late 1930’s Hardy’s label for the care of rods.

328

Hard Bros Ltd; three catalogues, ‘Hardy’s Super Bottom Fishing Tackle’, 6th edition, A.E. 1939; ‘Hardy’s Angler’s Guide’, 58th edition, S.I. 1951; and ‘Hardy’s Angler’s Guide and Catalogue’ with separate price list, 61st edition, V.I. 1954.

329

A late 19th century German ‘whistling’ carved wood automaton figure of a tramp with swivel head, the clockwork movement with bellows, 13.5in high; a set of marbles; a Chad Valley jig saw puzzle ‘Big Bad Wolf’; and a small oval copper kettle. (4)

330

A naive wood vessel of natural form modelled with a horse’s head and a serpent, the body carved with a bird and foilage, 6.5in high; together with a small turned burr-wood bowl, 4.5in diameter, 19th century. (2)

331

A pair of Dutch ‘Heemskirk’ brass candlesticks with central drip pan and acorn knops raised on domed foot, late 18th-early 19th century, 10in high.

332

A Regency miniature cast iron fireplace surmounted with the Royal Arms, raised on a stepped base with paw feet, 13in high, 14in overall width.

333

An early 19th century inlaid rosewood  writing slope with floral decoration, 14in wide.

334

A Regimental brass drum, ‘3rd Batt Royal Warwickshire’, paintwork distressed, inscribed Capt Hamilton, 14.5in diameter; together with a ‘Queen Victoria School’ decorated ash drum, supplied by Henry Potter &_Co, Charing Cross Road, London, membranes damaged, 18.5in diameter. (2)

335

A Victorian carved oak whell barometer with scroll top, 10in silvered dial, with thermometer, inscribed H. Hughes, 59 Fenchurch Street, London, mercury tubes and back cover lacking, 39in high.

336

An antique carved oak longcase clock, the hood with moulded cornice and pillar supports containing a 30 hour movement with 10in square brass dial and single hand, the chapter ring with Roman numerals inscribed H.R., turned spandrels, 77in high.

337

A Victorian gilt gesso rectangular mirror of architectural design, 36.75in high, 34.25in wide.

338

An early 19th century fruitwood standing corner cupboard, with moulded cornice and two pairs of fielded panelled doors enclosing shaped shelves, 74in high, 39in wide.

339

A Victorian walnut chest of two short and three long mahogany lined drawers, with rounded corners, raised on turned feet, 39.5in high, 39.5in wide.

340

A Victorian walnut button back rocking chair of scroll form with turned stretchers.

341

A set of six Victorian walnut balloon back dining chairs with carved splats raised on turned fluted legs.

342

A pair of Georgian carved mahogany dining chairs with arched toprails and pierced splats on fluted tapering legs; together with a similar pair of chairs with square moulded legs.

343

A set of Regency mahogany bowfront hanging shelves of shaped outline with reeded edge and scroll supports, 37.5in high, 41in wide.