A CHINESE BLUE AND WHITE YENYEN VASE
Kangxi
The body painted with a continuous scene of a crane perched in a pine tree , another in flight above two standing deer, the waisted neck with a similar design, 45.5cm high
Starcrack across base ( see catalogue photograph). Otherwise in good condition with minor specking to the glazeThis is of the Kangxi period - 1661-1722
Hammer price:
£10,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A CHINESE PORCELAIN VASE
20th century and probably Republic period
Of square section, each side painted in muted tones with figure panels beside lines of calligraphy and seal marks, iron-red seal mark to base, 12.5cm high
Some retraction of glaze down one edge and to one side, but overall in good condition, the decoration is transfer printed
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A LADY'S OMEGA WRISTWATCH AND TWO FURTHER WRISTWATCHES (3)
The lady's gilt metal fronted and steel backed Omega with an Omega International Guarantee Booklet, You & Your Omega Booklet and purchase receipt dated 21.8.75, a gold cased wristwatch, the…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A 15CT GOLD CASED POCKET BAROMETER / COMPASS / THERMOMETER
The curved rectangular hinged case opening to reveal the barometer detailed Rain Change Fair, central thermometer and circular compass, the case exterior plain, fitted with an oval suspension loop,…
Compass needle appears to function, compass dial good condition. Mercury thermometer: glass complete and appears to function. Barometer: upon placing in plastic bag full of air and applying pressure…
Hammer price:
£2,400
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A GOLD, OPAL AND DIAMOND RING
Mounted with a row of oval opals graduating in size to the centre stone and with pairs of diamond points at intervals (one diamond point lacking), the mount decorated with scroll pierced sides,…
Condition Report: The second opal in has a chip on the edge. The others have slight surface wear and scratching. One rose diamond point missing. Second opal in on other side is quite chipped around…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £250 - £350
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A GOLD BRACELET
In a multiple link design, on a snap clasp, detailed 15 CT, gross weight 10.2 gms, with an associated case
It is not possible to lay the bracelet out perfectly flat as it is fitted with a safety chain. 18cm. The bracelet has been overgilded to make the appearance more yellow. Some of this gilding has…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £200 - £300
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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A DIAMOND SET THREE STONE RING
Claw set with the principal cushion shaped diamond at the centre between two smaller cushion shaped diamonds, ring size M, gross weight 2.7 gms
Some variation of cut and size of diamonds, one of the side diamonds has an internal inclusion that breaks the surface at the girdle beside one claw. The other side diamond has an edge nick between…
Hammer price:
£3,800
Estimate: £3,500 - £4,500
3 August 2021
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3 August 2021
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BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1203-72) & Stephen BATMAN or BATEMAN (1542-84,…
BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1203-72) and Stephen BATMAN or BATEMAN (1542-84, co-translator and editor). Batman upon
Bartholome, his Booke De Proprietatibus Rerum, Newly corrected, enlarged and
amended:…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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BINDING - Bible, in Dutch.
BINDING - Bible, in Dutch. Biblia Dat is De gantsche H. Schrift. Dordrecht: [publisher's name too small to be legible], 1777. Engraved title and 6 plates [bound with:] Het Nieuwe Testament.…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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BROWNE, Thomas (1605-82). Pseudodoxia epidemica.
BROWNE, Thomas (1605-82). Pseudodoxia
epidemica: or, Enquiries into Very many Received Tenents, and commonly Presumed
Truths … The Second Edition, Corrected and much Enlarged by the Author. London:…
Hammer price:
£320
Estimate: £150 - £250
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)]. The Anatomy of Melancholy.
[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)]. The Anatomy of
Melancholy. What it is, with all the kinds, causes, symptoms, prognosticks and several cures of it. In three Partitions, with their several Sections,…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, Cambridge, 1744, 2 vols.,…
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, in Three Parts, Written in the Time of the Late Wars: Corrected and Amended. With Large Annotations, and a Preface, by Zachary Grey, LLD. Adorn’d with a new Set…
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
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Calligraphic Manuscript - “Simplicity. An essay by Coventry Patmore…
Calligraphic Manuscript - “Simplicity.
An essay by Coventry Patmore written out by Irene Wellington. 1951.” [No
place]. Small 4to (185 x 135mm). Fine calligraphic manuscript on 8-pages in red,
black…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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COOK, James (1728-79), John HAWKESWORTH (1715-73), and others. An Account…
COOK,
James (1728-79), John HAWKESWORTH (1715-73, editor), and others. An Account of the Voyages undertaken by
the Order of his Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern
Hemisphere ...…
Hammer price:
£1,800
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 14:00 BST
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden. [etc.]
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The
Botanic Garden; A Poem; in Two Parts. Part I. Containing the Economy of Vegetation.
Part II. The Loves of the Plants. With Philosophical Notes. London: J. Johnson,…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
ERASMUS (1466-1536). Adagiorum chiliades iuxta locos communes digesta. …
ERASMUS (1466-1536). Adagiorum
chiliades iuxta locos communes digesta. [Frankfurt:] Sumptibus hæredum Andreæ
Wecheli, Claudij Marnij, et Io. Aubrij, 1599. Folio (346 x 225mm). Woodcut
device on title…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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FINE PRINTING, PROSPECTUSES [etc.]
FINE PRINTING, PROSPECTUSES - A
collection of c. 60 prospectuses, catalogues, sample pages, invitations,
announcements, letters from publishers [to Lionel Dakers], etc. relating to
private press and…
Hammer price:
£60
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - H. E. BATES (1905-74). Flowers and Faces.
GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS - H.
E. BATES (1905-74). Flowers and Faces.
[No Place:] Golden Cockerel Press, 1935. 4to (253 x 185mm). Wood-engraved title
and 4 wood-engraved plates by John Nash, printed in…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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HIERONYMUS, Saint [Saint JEROME] (c. 342 - 420). Epistolae.
HIERONYMUS, Saint [Saint JEROME] (c. 342 - 420). Epistolae. Venice: Bernardinus Benalius, 14 July 1490. 2 parts bound in one volume, folio (405 x 268mm). Part I: 183 leaves (of 184, lacking initial…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 July 2021
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15 July 2021
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MARITIME - The Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion."
MARITIME - The
Searchlight. H.M.S. "Lion." ... For Private Circulation only. [No place: no
publisher], October 1st, 1915 - April 1st, 1916. 3 issues bound in one, 4to
(300 x 203mm). Wood-engraved…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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MISCELLANY, 18th & 19th CENTURY - Samuel JOHNSON (1709-84). A Dictionary…
MISCELLANY, 18th and 19th CENTURY - Samuel
JOHNSON (1709-84). A Dictionary of
the English Language … The Seventh Edition. London: Printed for F. and C.
Rivington (and many others), 1785. Folio (433…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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MISCELLANY, 19th CENTURY - J. J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47, [pseudonym of Jean…
MISCELLANY, 19th CENTURY - J.
J. GRANDVILLE (1803-47, [pseudonym of Jean Ignace Isidore GÉRARD]). Les
Fleurs Animées … Nouvelle Édition. Paris: Garnier Frères, [?1867]. 2
volumes, 4to (267 x 185mm).…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Sartre. Romantic Rationalist. [etc.]
MURDOCH, Iris (1919-99). Sartre. Romantic
Rationalist. Cambridge: Bowes and Bowes, 1953. 8vo (179 x 110mm). Half
title. Original pink cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket with price of
7’6…
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £500 - £800
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
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MUSIC - A collection of 35 autograph and typed letters, signed, by Sir…
MUSIC - A
collection of 35 autograph and typed letters, signed, comprising: 13 letters by
Sir Adrian Boult (1889-1983), dated between 1958 and 1973; 7 letters by Sir John
Barbirolli (1899-1970), and…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST
15 July 2021
, 11:00 BST