A MATCHED SET OF SIX LIBERTY AND CO SILVER AND ENAMELLED BUTTONS (6)
Probably designed by Archibald Knox. Comprising; five Birmingham 1903, the sixth very faintly marked, all detailed Liberty and Co Cymric, diameter 2cm, combined gross weight 23.9 grams, with an…
Provenance: The Purple Shop – The Anthony Gardner Collection.See Bellmans website article for further information: https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/the-purple-shop-the-anthony-gardner…
Hammer price:
£950
Estimate: £60 - £90
16 April 2024
, 18:00 BST
16 April 2024
, 18:00 BST
ENGLISH SCHOOL, LATE 19TH CENTURY (2)
Portrait miniature of a young girl, thought to be Hilda Mary Dowson (née Greg) (1883-1956)
with inscribed label (attached to the back of frame)
on ivory (ref. WY1APGJS)
7.5cm
in a gilt-metal frame…
FootnoteHilda Mary Dowson (née Greg) was born on 23 February 1883 in Wilmslow, Cheshire, to parents Walter and Susan Elizabeth (née Gaskell). She was baptised on 3 April 1883 at Styal Presbyterian…
Hammer price:
£500
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
28 March 2024
, 15:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEABOWL
20th century
Delicately enamelled with a cat seated on a rock beside a flowering peony and pierced blue rocks, looking up at an insect in flight above, iron-red four character `Bao Shan Zhai Zhi'…
Shallow chip to rim, approx. 1.5cm length, mostly visible on the interior, which extends into a glaze crack to the interior, approx. 1cm length
Estimate: £80 - £120
27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
A JAPANESE BRONZE MODEL OF A DRAGON
19th century
Modelled with head turned looking upward, 22cm length
Overall in good condition
Hammer price:
£100
Estimate: £80 - £120
27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
27 March 2024
, 13:00 GMT
CHALKIE DAVIES (WELSH, B. 1955)
John Lydon, The Lydon King (1980) (printed later)
signed and numbered by the photographer in blue ink 'Chalkie Davies HC 1/5' (to the lower border)
black and white archival print
image size 63.5 x…
Footnote"I call this 'The Lydon King'. The picture was done because Public Image had formed and their first record was coming out. John couldn't have been more bored, and was being very uncooperative…
Hammer price:
£220
Estimate: £200 - £300
19 February 2024
, 00:00 GMT
19 February 2024
, 00:00 GMT
CHALKIE DAVIES (WELSH, B. 1955)
Tom Robinson Band, Trafalgar Square (1976) (printed later)
signed and numbered by the photographer in black ink 'Chalkie Davies HC 1/5' (to the lower border)
black and white archival print
image size…
Footnote"Tom was such an important figure at this time! Very well read, he managed to get an anthem song out that reminded the world that not everyone was heterosexual... and that it's OK. The person…
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £150 - £250
19 February 2024
, 00:00 GMT
19 February 2024
, 00:00 GMT
ROBERTO ANGELO KITTERMINSTER MARSHALL (BRITISH, 1849-1926)
The South Downs looking towards Brighton
signed 'R A K Marshall NBA' (lower right)
watercolour
33 x 59cm
Provenance
Property of the late Michael Blyth-Whitelock
Hammer price:
£110
Estimate: £100 - £150
19 February 2024
, 00:00 GMT
19 February 2024
, 00:00 GMT
AFTER DAVID ROBERTS (6)
Encampment of the Alloeen in Wady-Araba; Sidon; Ruins of an Ionic Temple; Entrance to Nablous; Town of Tiberias Looking Towards Lebanon; The Acropolis, a set of six
printed by Vincent Brooks Day &…
Condition reportAll have a some spots of foxing but this is mostly to margins.Some discolouration/fading.Generally appear in presentable condition.Some water marks to mounts.Some knocks and scratches…
Hammer price:
£20
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 January 2024
, 00:00 GMT
15 January 2024
, 00:00 GMT
A FRENCH ORMOLU MANTEL CLOCK
Late 19th Century
The case with monopodium mounted urn and flanked by fluted pilasters with pineapple finials, the dial with Roman hour enamel chapters and inscribed ‘C. J. Levy Rue Sevigne Paris’,…
Provenance: A House on Belgrave Square - Part I See Bellmans website article for further details.Condition Report:We cannot guarantee the working order of this timepiece or that it keeps good time.…
Hammer price:
£650
Estimate: £100 - £150
16 January 2024
, 00:00 GMT
16 January 2024
, 00:00 GMT
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE OF A PIERROT FROM THE BALLET RUSSES
Circa 1914-23
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, kneeling looking upwards on an oval base, blue crossed swords mark, impressed model number D.283, impressed 10 and painted 27, 19cm high
Good conditionProvenance: The Late Lady Williams of Elvel (1929-2023) See Bellmans website article for further details
Hammer price:
£2,200
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-79). A one-page autograph letter, with a prominent…
ARDIZZONE, Edward (1900-79) & Elisabeth FRINK (1930-93). An autograph letter from each, sold together: first, a one-page autograph letter by Edward Ardizzone, on paper with printed heading 'Edward…
Hammer price:
£280
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" (1832-98). Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and…
BINDING - "Lewis CARROLL" [i.e. Charles Lutwidge DODGSON (1832-98)]. Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass ... With the original engravings by John Tenniel of which 8 have…
Hammer price:
£380
Estimate: £300 - £500
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or…
EDEN, Anthony (1897-1977), 1st Earl of Avon - Books annotated by, or otherwise associated with, Anthony Eden (arranged chronologically) - L. J. TROTTER. Rulers of India. The Earl of Auckland, Oxford,…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator).…
KIPLING, Rudyard (1865-1936) & William NICHOLSON (1872-1949, illustrator). An Almanac of Twelve Sports. London: William Heinemann, 1898 [but November 1897]. 4to (311 x 255mm). Woodcut publisher's …
Hammer price:
£130
Estimate: £200 - £300
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
LONDON - John BOWLES (c.1701-79). The East [West] Prospect of London,…
LONDON - John BOWLES (c.1701-79). The East [West] Prospect of London, Southwark and the Bridge. London: "Printed and Sold by John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill," [c.1733]. Fine large…
Hammer price:
£600
Estimate: £700 - £1,000
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
7 December 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A FRENCH GILT-METAL MOUNTED ‘GLOBE DE MARIEE’ OR MARRIAGE GLOBE
Second half 19th Century
With pressed gilt-metal foliage, birds, wax floral sprigs and mounted with mirrors about a central red velvet cushion, 46cm high
This ‘globe du mariage’ or ‘globe de mariee’ was a French tradition, established in the early 19th Century, to record the marriage day of newly weds and their life together. Each mirror, pressed…
Estimate: £80 - £120
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
22 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE TIMEPIECE WITH MUSIC BOX
Circa 1840
The case modelled with a seated figure looking at his reflection, on a rocky outcrop, below leaf-cast bezel enclosing a gilt dial and moon hands, the single train movement with rectangular plates,…
Hammer price:
£850
Estimate: £200 - £400
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A RARE TYPE 1 RAF OPERATIONS ROOM SECTOR WALL CLOCK
By F. W. Elliott Ltd. No. 6851, dated 1939
The mahogany case with moulded dial surround and cast bezel, hinged side door and pendulum access door, 14in. painted dial with RAF insignia and tri-coloured sector ‘flags’, outer 12-hour chapters…
Hammer price:
£2,600
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A GEORGE I SILVER COFFEE POT
Of tapered cylindrical form, with a domed hinged lid and wooden fittings, crest engraved, maker possibly Lewis (Louis) Mettayer, London 1722, height 25.5cm, gross weight 1012 gms
Condition Report; There are four hallmarks to the underside, no hallmarks to the hinged lid, the finial is probably a replacement. There is what appear to be one mark within the lid that may just…
Hammer price:
£450
Estimate: £400 - £600
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
23 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
GLYN PHILPOT (BRITISH, 1884-1937)
Niobe
signed with initials 'G P' (upper left)
oil on canvas
61 x 81cm
(unframed)
Provenance
Sale, Gorringes, 11th March 1999, part lot 2334 (as 'Attributed to' Glyn Philpot), where acquired by…
Niobe is something of a rediscovery and forms part of a body of work by Philpot, including Leda and The Swan (private collection), Oedipus and the Sphinx (National Gallery of Victoria) and Echo and…
Hammer price:
£5,500
Estimate: £7,000 - £10,000
21 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
FREDERICK GORDON CROSBY (BRITISH, 1895-1943)
Record Climb by Von Stuck at Shelsley Walsh (1930)
signed, dated and inscribed 'F Gordon Crosby 1930 Shelsley Walsh' (lower right)
charcoal and wash heightened with white
53.5 x 75.5cm
Provenance…
Condition ReportThere are score lines to the sheet in various places, pin holes to the upper border and corners; some light staining and minor discolouration. Framed and under glass, unexamined out…
Hammer price:
£1,400
Estimate: £600 - £800
21 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
21 November 2023
, 00:00 GMT
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE TEABOWL
20th century
Delicately enamelled with a cat seated on a rock beside a flowering peony and pierced blue rocks, looking up at an insect in flight above, iron-red four character `Bao Shan Zhai Zhi'…
Shallow chip to rim, approx. 1.5cm length, mostly visible on the interior, which extends into a glaze crack to the interior, approx. 1cm length
Estimate: £100 - £150
12 October 2023
, 01:00 BST
12 October 2023
, 01:00 BST
FRENCH SCHOOL, LATE 18TH CENTURY
A man looking at his reflection in a pool of water, with his dog
red chalk
24.5 x 37cm
Provenance
Abbott and Holder, London, where acquired by the parents of the present owner;
Thence by descent
Hammer price:
£400
Estimate: £100 - £150
10 October 2023
, 01:00 BST
10 October 2023
, 01:00 BST
AFTER DAVID ROBERTS (6)
Encampment of the Alloeen in Wady-Araba; Sidon; Ruins of an Ionic Temple; Entrance to Nablous; Town of Tiberias Looking Towards Lebanon; The Acropolis, a set of six
printed by Vincent Brooks Day &…
Estimate: £100 - £150
5 September 2023
, 16:53 BST
5 September 2023
, 16:53 BST