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[VOLTAIRE, François Marie Arouet de (1694-1778)].  Candide, ou l' Optimisme, Traduit de l' Allemand de Mr. le Docteur Ralph. [?Geneva: no publisher but [?]Gabriel Cramer], 1759. 12mo (139 x 80mm).…

WAGNER, Richard (1813-83).  Autograph letter, signed (with initials, "R.W.") to [Heinrich Szadrowsky], [Zurich, c.November 1856]. In German. Four-pages, 136 x 107mm, blue paper, bifolium. On…

WASSERMANN, Jakob (1873-1934).  A substantial collection of letters and papers comprising a twenty-page typewritten script for the 1924 film "Gelbmantelchen" ("Wearer of the Yellow Mantle"), with…

WIDNALL, Samuel Page (1827-94).  A Mystery of Sixty Centuries. Or A Modern St. George and the Dragon. Written, Printed, Illustrated and Published, by S. P. Widnall. Grantchester: [S. P. Widnall],…

WILKINSON, Robert (c.1768-1825).  Atlas Classica. Being A Collection of Maps of the Countries Mentioned by the Ancient Authors Both Sacred and Profane. London: Robert Wilkinson, 1808. 4to (343 x…

WILSON, Charles William (1836-1905, editor).  Picturesque Palestine, Sinai and Egypt. London: J. S. Virtue and Co., [1881-84]. 4 volumes, 4to (323 x 250mm). Additional engraved titles with vignettes,…

YEATS, W. B. (1865-1939).  The Tower. London: Macmillan and Co., 1928. 8vo (194 x 130mm). Half title, 2-pages of publisher's advertisements at the end (second page of advertisements lightly browned).…

The glazed upper part with porcelain scales and brass verniers, the lower part with a solid door, the original mercury tube now replaced by a blue-coloured spirit in a replacement tube169cm…

The stop-hinged lid opening to reveal a glass observation panel, the mid-section, also stop-hinged, with brass star-inlaid push-piece, opening to reveal a dished compartment and key recess, the lock…

The plain outer case with square hinge, case-maker EA incuse (for Thomas East), the inner case with a convex glass, later pendant and bow, numbered 292 and maker's mark WI incuse (for William Jaques)…

The circular case with swan-neck pediment centred by an eagle and ball finial, above a convex glazed cast-brass bezel, and moulded cirrcular dial frame, above a protruding trunk with pierced gilt…

With slender turned finial above the four straps and bell, with pierced cresting pieces, the 6 1/2in dial with foliate-engraved centre and associated alarm disc, the movement now with anchor…

The case surmounted by a model of the Crouching Venus, after the Antique, with a rectangular case, the base with a pair of recumbent dogs centred by a box ‘ BÖETE AUX LETTRES’ above a stepped plinth,…

Overall in good condition

Overall in good condition with a tiny amount of wear

The base has previously been drilled for electricity and has now been well restored. Some typical cracks to the enamel above the foot. 

Some discolouration, markings and creasing to the paper

Two vases- one vase has a stress break across the top of one foot and a shallow dent to the rim. On the other vase, there is a glued stress break across the top of one foot which has now come apart…

Footnote Arthur Croft (1828-1902) was a British watercolour artist. He was one of six children of the architect John Croft. Of the children, three became artists (John, Marian and Arthur), and one …

FootnoteBourke de Vries is a Dutch ceramic conservator and artist, who studied at West Dean College after an initial career in the fashion industry. He is now highly successful and represented by…