A CHINESE EMBRIODERED BLUE GROUND SILK ROBE
A CHINESE EMBRIODERED BLUE GROUND SILK ROBE
Late 19th/early 20th century
embroidered with colourful insects and flowers above breaking waves against a dark blue ground, 101cm length
Some tears, fraying and loss of embroidery
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £80 - £120
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
TWO CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK APRON SKIRTS
TWO CHINESE EMBROIDERED SILK APRON SKIRTS
Early 20th century
One embroidered with two dragon panels and flowers and insects against a red ground, the other embroidered with similar panels against a cream ground, each approx. 94cm length
Some staining, particularly to the cream skirt
Hammer price: £480
Estimate: £100 - £150
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
A LADY'S OMEGA WRISTWATCH AND TWO FURTHER WRISTWATCHES (3)
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 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
AN 18CT GOLD, KEY WIND, OPENFACED POCKET WATCH
AN 18CT GOLD, KEY WIND, OPENFACED POCKET WATCH
The gilt jewelled lever movement numbered 8612, 18ct gold inner case, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and blued steel hands (the watch glass lacking), London 1856, with two…
Condition Report: The watch is currently working, it winds and runs. There is a hair crack to the dial which runs from the dial center, round the edge of the seconds and then out to four o'clock. The…
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £300 - £400
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
A GOLD, OPAL AND DIAMOND RING
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 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
A ROSE DIAMOND AND IVORY HINGE LIDDED TOOTHPICK BOX
A ROSE DIAMOND AND IVORY HINGE LIDDED TOOTHPICK BOX
Circa 1800, of rounded rectangular form, the hinged lid centered by a glazed woven hair locket within a surround of rose cut diamonds, the interior fitted with a mirror to the lid and velvet lined,…
Condition Report: Width of box: 18.6mm, depth of box: 8.6mm. The interior lining was originally pale blue and is not largely stained light brown. here is some tarnish spotting around the edge of the…
Hammer price: £400
Estimate: £180 - £220
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
A GOLD BRACELET
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 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
A PAIR OF GOLD AND BLUE ENAMELLED FOLDING LORGNETTES AND TWO BRACELETS (3)
A PAIR OF GOLD AND BLUE ENAMELLED FOLDING LORGNETTES AND TWO BRACELETS (3)
The lorgnettes detailed '585' and fitted with circular lenses, also a foil backed pink paste set bracelet, (Georgian with some later added links), length 18cm and a green paste set bracelet (one…
Condition Report: Gross weight of lorgnettes: 31.7gms. Gross weight of pink bracelet: 21.3gms Gross weight of green bracelet: 11,5gms. Slight damage to enamel on lorgnettes. When folded out, a 585…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £250 - £350
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
3 August 2021 , 11:00 BST
APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (240-186 BC). Argonauticon libri IIII.
APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (240-186 BC). Argonauticon libri IIII.
APOLLONIUS OF RHODES (240-186 BC). Argonauticon libri IIII. Schola vetusta in eosdem libros, quæ palmam inter alia omnia in alios poetas scripta, obtinere existinantur. Cum annotationibus Henrici…
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
BARTHOLOMEUS ANGLICUS (c. 1203-72) & Stephen BATMAN or BATEMAN (1542-84, co-translator and editor). Batman upon Bartholome.
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 , 11:00 BST
BASKERVILLE PRESS - Joseph ADDISON (1672-1719). The Works.
BASKERVILLE PRESS - Joseph ADDISON (1672-1719). The Works.
BASKERVILLE PRESS - Joseph ADDISON (1672-1719). The Works. Birmingham: Printed by John Baskerville, for J. and R. Tonson, 1761. 4 volumes, 4to (295 x 233mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the…
Hammer price: £260
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
BINDING - Johann ARNDT (1555-1621).  Paradys=Gärtlein Voller Christlicher Tugenden.
BINDING - Johann ARNDT (1555-1621). Paradys=Gärtlein Voller Christlicher…
BINDING – Johann ARNDT (1555-1621).  Paradys=Gärtlein Voller Christlicher Tugenden. Lüneberg: Gedruckt und Verlegt bey Johann und Heinrich Sternen, 1645. 16mo in 8s (75 x 48mm). Woodcut borders and…
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
BINDING - OVID (43 BC - 17 AD). Epistole Eroiche.
BINDING - OVID (43 BC - 17 AD). Epistole Eroiche.
BINDING - OVID (43 BC - 17 AD). Epistole Eroiche … Tradotte da Remigio Fiorentino. Paris: Appresso Durand, 1762. 8vo (197 x 128mm). Engraved portrait frontispiece of the translator, engraved…
Hammer price: £2,600
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
BROWNE, Thomas (1605-82). Pseudodoxia epidemica.
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 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Exhibition of English Embroidery. [etc.]
BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Exhibition of English Embroidery. [etc.]
BURLINGTON FINE ARTS CLUB. Exhibition of English Embroidery executed prior to the Middle of the XVI Century. London: Printed for the Burlington Fine Arts Club, 1905. Large 4to (405 x 320mm). Half…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
[BUTLER, Samuel (1613-80)]. Hudibras, Cambridge, 1744, 2 vols., contemporary calf. With another book. (3)
[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 , 14:00 BST
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic Poem, London, 1817, contemporary half calf. With other works by Byron bound in.
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824). Manfred. A Dramatic Poem, London, 1817,…
BYRON, Lord (1788-1824).  Manfred. A Dramatic Poem. London: John Murray, 1817. Half title, 2-line printed quote from Hamlet on title, 80-pages with imprint of T. Davison on p.80. Wise I, p.123. …
Estimate: £70 - £100
15 July 2021 , 14:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 14:00 BST
Calligraphic Manuscript - “Simplicity. An essay by Coventry Patmore written out by Irene Wellington. 1951.”
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 , 11:00 BST
COOK, James (1728-79), John HAWKESWORTH (1715-73), and others. An Account of the Voyages ... for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere.
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
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book.
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book.
CRADDOCK, Harry (1876-1963). The Savoy Cocktail Book. Being in the main a complete compendium of the Cocktails, Rickeys, Daisies, Slings, Shrubs, Smashes, Fizzes, Juleps, Cobblers, Fixes, and other…
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia.
DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia.
DANTE ALIGHIERI (c. 1265-1321). La Comedia, with the commentary of Christophoro Landino. Venice: Octavianus Scotus, 23 March 1484. Folio mostly in 8s (331 x 230mm). 270 leaves, Roman type, 64-lines…
Hammer price: £9,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
DARWIN, Erasmus (1731-1802). The Botanic Garden. [etc.]
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. [etc.]
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 , 11:00 BST
[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The Herball or General Historie of Plantes.
[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The Herball or General Historie of Plantes.
[GERARD, John (1545-1612)]. The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes. London: Edm. Bollifant for Bonham and John Norton, 1597]. Folio (306 x 205mm). Woodcut illustrations (lacks title, portrait,…
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST
15 July 2021 , 11:00 BST

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