A MINTON MAJOLICA TURQUOISE-GROUND `ASKOS' WINE JUG
Circa 1868
Modelled after a Renaissance bronze original, with mermaid handle, the sides moulded with putti holding ivy garlands suspended from a satyr mask, impressed factory mark, date cypher for…
Small chip to footrim, approx. 0.5cm by 0.3cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
A LONGWY ART DECO TURQUOISE- GROUND VASE FOR PRIMAVERA
Circa 1930
Of discoidal form, incised on one side with a female nude standing before two peacocks, the reverse with a stylised bird, all against a craquelure turquoise ground, printed mark, 29.3cm…
In overall good condition
Estimate: £600 - £800
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
A CASTELLI MAIOLICA RECTANGULAR PLAQUE
Mid 18th century
Painted with a dejected Pan seated before a stream a broken flute and syrinx at his feet, Marsyas wrapping him in an animal skin, three of the Muses standing nearby with Apollo…
Some small chips around the edges an corners, but overall in good condition
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
`BOY ON A TORTOISE'. A RARE ROYAL DOULTON PROTOTYPE FIGURE
Circa 1930
Probably modelled by Leslie Harradine, printed factory mark, date code for 1930, indistinct stamped three digit number, 14cm length by 9.75cm high
Some fine firing/stress cracks across the base, around the tortoise's tail and beneath its neck
Hammer price:
£18,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
7 August 2024
, 13:00 BST
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French…
ARTISTS - A collection of 12 letters by artists, mainly British and French, 1816-1923, including John Ruskin, James McNeill Whistler, Lucien Pissarro and others, including John Ruskin, two letters,…
Hammer price:
£1,100
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
AYRES, Ralph (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on…
AYRES, Ralph ("Radolphus") (fl.early-mid-18th-century). A fine manuscript recipe book on paper containing 69 recipes on 38 leaves, most written on the rectos only, inscribed on the verso of the…
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the…
BIBLE, in English - The Holy Bible, Containing the Old Testament and the New: Newly Translated out of the Originall Tongues. London: Robert Barker, 1613 [New Testament dated 1614]. Small 4to in 8s …
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar,…
BINDING, THE SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS' COPY - The Royal Kalendar, and Court and City Register, for England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Colonies, for the Year 1848. Containing a Correct List of…
Hammer price:
£480
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). An important correspondence comprising c.120…
BLOCH, Ernest (1880-1959). An important correspondence comprising c.120 autograph and typed letters, signed ("Ernest Bloch"), to Ernest Chapman, many with his replies, San Francisco, Paris, Châtel,…
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8…
BUKOWSKI, Charles (1920-94). Poems Written Before Jumping out of an 8 Story Window. Glendale, California: Poetry X/Change, [1968]. Square 8vo (209 x 157mm). Double-page centrefold illustration by…
Hammer price:
£150
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)]. The Anatomy of Melancholy, London, 1676,…
[BURTON, Robert (1577-1640)]. The Anatomy of Melancholy. What it is, With all the kinds, causes, symptomes, prognostickes, & several cures of it. In three Partitions, with their severall Sections,…
Hammer price:
£420
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian…
BUTTERFLIES, Indian - An album of original watercolours of Indian butterflies and moths mounted on paper with watercolour backgrounds of flora, the images 130 x 95mm., each inset into 38 thick card…
Hammer price:
£4,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
CARTER, Angela (1940-92). The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories, London,…
CARTER, Angela (1940-92). The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories. London: Victor Gollancz Ltd., 1979. 8vo (196 x 125mm). Half title. Original black cloth, spine lettered in gilt, dust-jacket…
Hammer price:
£110
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and…
DARWIN, Charles (1809-82). The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals ... With Photographic and Other Illustrations. Tenth Thousand. London: John Murray, 1873 [but some advertisements dated…
Hammer price:
£70
Estimate: £70 - £100
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). The Spy Who Loved Me, London, 1962, 8vo, original…
FLEMING, Ian (1908-64). The Spy Who Loved Me. London: Jonathan Cape, 1962. 8vo (188 x 125mm). Half title, double-page illustration of "Dreamy Pines Motor Court", chapter numbers within decorative…
Hammer price:
£300
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). The Dark Flower, London, 1913, 8vo, original…
GALSWORTHY, John (1867-1933). The Dark Flower. London: William Heinemann, 1913. 8vo (184 x 120mm). 7-pages of publisher's advertisements at the front, half title (a few small stains and spots).…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
[GILLRAY, James (1757-1815)]. A collection of 45 "suppressed" plates on 23…
[GILLRAY, James (1757-1815)]. A collection of 45 "suppressed" plates on 23 sheets, etched and engraved by Hannah Humphrey after James Gillray, variously dated in the plates 1779-1804 [but re-issued…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £500 - £800
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
GREEN, William (dates unknown). The Spirit of Information, a Compilation…
GREEN, William (dates unknown). The Spirit of Information, a Compilation Replete with Correct and Useful Tables, and with a Fund of Curious and Original Intelligence. London: "Printed for the Author…
Estimate: £200 - £300
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666). Londinopolis, London, 1657, folio, engraved…
HOWELL, James ([?]1594-1666). Londinopolis; An Historicall Discourse or Perlustration of the City of London, the Imperial Chamber, and Chief Emporium of Great Britain: Whereunto is added another of…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £400 - £600
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). 23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936). 23 autograph letters and cards, signed, and 5 typed letters, signed ("Rudyard Kipling", "Ruddy"), to Edward ("Teddy" or "Ted") Price or to Teddy's mother, Sarah (six…
Hammer price:
£2,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
LAW - Lord DENNING (1899-1999). The Discipline of Law, London, 1979, 8vo,…
LAW - Lord DENNING (i.e. Alfred Thompson "Tom" DENNING, Baron DENNING (1899-1999)), and others. The Discipline of Law. London: Butterworths, 1979. 8vo (215 x 140mm). Half title, one full-page…
Hammer price:
£200
Estimate: £300 - £500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Emily, Lady Tennyson, address given phonetically as "Oatlands Parcotel, Waltnontems, Surry", 14 January 1861. Four…
Hammer price:
£1,700
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Hallam Tennyson, Varese and Monte Generoso, 16 and 21 September 1880. Four-pages, 210 x 130mm and 262 x 205mm,…
Hammer price:
£1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear…
LEAR, Edward (1812-88). Illustrated autograph letter, signed ("Edward Lear"), to Mrs Digby Wyatt, San Remo, 6 February 1871. Two-pages, 210 x 265mm, illustrated with three self-caricature drawings…
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST
17 July 2024
, 17:00 BST