Antiques & Collectors Items
The CANTERBURY AUCTION Galleries
Tuesday, April 03 2012
Two Day Sale of Fine Art, Antiques and Collectables
Viewing Saturday 10am-4pm, Sunday 12pm-4pm, Monday 10am-7pm immediately prior to sale. Open on mornings of sale (Tuesday and Wednesday) from 8.30am until 10am for viewing. Sale starts promptly at 10am each day. Please remember that if you want to leave a commission bid or bid by telephone we need all instructions by Monday 6.30pm before sale.
Lot 700 SOLD FOR: £ 5500
After Jaques-Louis David (1748-1825) - A miniature painting on ivory - "The Intervention of the Sabine Women", 5.75ins x 9.75ins, inscribed to lower right corner, in two colour serpentine and brass frame and glazed Note : The scene depicts the moment when Hersilia intervenes between her father Jaticus, leader of the Sabines, and her husband Romulus, the Roman leader. She is seen adjuring the warriors on both sides not to take wives from their husbands or mothers away from their children
Guide Price: £800-1200
19th Century Continental School - Miniature portrait of two children in 18th Century dress with a lamb, 2.75ins diameter, in gilt metal easel pattern frame, and a 19th Century miniature - Head of a man wearing a cap, 2.5ins diameter, in ebonised frame
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 702 SOLD FOR: £ 210
Late 18th Century English School - Miniature painting - Half length portrait of a woman with a green bow, 1.75ins x 1.5ins, in ebonised frame and glazed, and two oval miniatures - Heads of women, 3.25ins x 2.5ins, and 2.25ins x 1.5ins, in gilt metal frames (some damage)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 703 SOLD FOR: £ 340
19th Century English School - Two oval shoulder-length miniature portraits - Mrs Charles Webb (nee Ann Aston) of Park Hill House, Clapham (painted about 1830) - Portrait of a middle aged woman wearing glasses, oval on ivory, 4.25ins x 3.25ins, and the other - Portrait of a young woman wearing a low cut lace trimmed dress, oval on ivory 4.5ins x 3.25ins (painted about 1838 - rest of label to reverse missing), both contained in Florentine fretted giltwood oval frames with bold leaf scroll ornament
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 704 SOLD FOR: £ 300
Early 20th Century English School - Miniature shoulder-length portrait - Admiral Lord Nelson in uniform, oval on ivory, 3.25ins x 2.5ins, in gilt brass frame with bead pattern borders, and Continental School - Gilt metal circular box, the lid inset with a shoulder-length portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson after Romney, 2.375ins diameter x 1ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 705 SOLD FOR: £ 360
Two late George III oval half length silhouette portraits by C.H. Hudson, one depicting a young man seated in an armchair reading a copy of "Don Quixote", and the other a standing figure of a young man with buttons highlighted in gilt, both backed on to cream sateen, ovals, 3.125ins x 2.375ins, in black papier-mache rectangular frames, both inscribed in artist's hand "Painted by C.H. Hudson, April 29th 1811"
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 706 SOLD FOR: £ 90
Early 19th Century English School - Oval shoulder-length miniature portrait - Sir Richard Warren as a young man wearing a black coat, oval 2.875ins x 2.25ins, in black papier-mache rectangular frame and glazed
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 707 SOLD FOR: £ 200
Catule - three circular shoulder length portrait miniatures depicting Louis XVI and two ladies in 18th Century dress, thought to be on ivory, one 2.5ins diameter and pair 2.25ins diameter, all signed, contained in gilt brass circular frames with ribbon pattern crestings
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 708 SOLD FOR: £ 300
18th Century English School - Oval shoulder-length portrait miniature of a young gentleman wearing a scarlet tunic, ivory oval 1.75ins x 1.25ins, contained in Victorian gold coloured metal oval brooch mount
Guide Price: £120-160
Lot 709 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A late Victorian oval shoulder-length portrait miniature of a bearded gentleman, oval thought to be on ivory 2.5ins x 1.875ins, contained in brass oval frame with ribbon cresting, and mounted in leather covered easel pattern display frame (frame marked and damaged)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 711 SOLD FOR: £ 300
A Victorian ebonised wood toilet box decorated in colours throughout with flowers, the lid inlaid with mother of pearl, and with fitted interior, 11.5ins x 8.5ins x 7.5ins high (later decorated and refinished), and nine silver topped and cut-glass fitments for same, all engraved and worded "Louie", London 1855
Guide Price: £150-200
An early 20th Century lady's green leather dressing case retailed by J.W. Benson, London, with red watered silk lined interior, 17ins x 13ins x 7ins high, with eight silver backed and silver mounted fitments for same, Chester 1908, and one other early 20th Century lady's green leather dressing case with green watered silk lined interior, 16ins x 12.5ins x 6.5ins high (lacking fitments - both slightly worn)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 713 SOLD FOR: £ 180
An early 20th Century Ladies green leather dressing case retailed by J.W. Benson Ltd, Ludgate Hill, London, 16ins x 12ins x 7ins high (some wear), containing eight silver topped and backed fitments, variously hallmarked for Birmingham 1908 and London 1909
Guide Price: £200-300
A William IV mahogany tea caddy of sarcophagus shape with split turned mouldings and brass carrying handles, 13.25ins x 6.25ins x 8.75ins high
Guide Price: £120-160
A Victorian rosewood toilet box, the blue cloth lined interior with lift-out tray and drawer to side, 11ins x 8ins x 6.5ins high (slightly damaged), with six cut-glass and plated topped fitments for same
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 716 SOLD FOR: £ 80
A William IV rosewood and mother of pearl work box, the interior with removable tray, 12.25ins x 9.25ins x 6.75ins high, and a mahogany rectangular tea caddy, 7.75ins x 4.75ins x 5.5ins high (some damage)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 717 SOLD FOR: £ 160
An early Victorian brass bound rosewood writing box with drawer to end , 14ins x 9.25ins x 5.75ins high
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 718 SOLD FOR: £ 100
An early Victorian brass bound rosewood rectangular writing slope relined in gilt tooled red leather, 19.5ins x 10ins x 7ins high (repolished)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 719 SOLD FOR: £ 110
A Victorian brass bound walnut writing box, the lifting top enclosing fitted interior, 17.75ins wide x 10ins deep x 7ins high (minor damage)
Guide Price: £80-120
A Victorian 'Scottish' horn snuff mull with embossed silver lid and presentation inscription - "To William Muir", 1855, 3.5ins long (small loss to tip of horn)
Guide Price: £450-600
A 19th Century Scottish silvery metal mounted horn snuff mull, 3.25ins overall, a Mauchline ware circular box printed with "St. George's Hall", 3.25ins high, and three small boxes, various
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 722 SOLD FOR: £ 110
A North African stained wood, bone and mother of pearl parquetry inlaid domed top trinket box, 12ins wide x 7ins deep x 8.5ins high (slight damage throughout)
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 723 SOLD FOR: £ 120
A 19th Century red stained and natural ivory part chess set, Pawn 1.5in high - King 4.25ins high (one black Bishop and the upper part of one white Knight missing), complete with mahogany box
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 725 SOLD FOR: £ 190
A German 'Nazi' Officers dress dagger and scabbard of WWII design, 15.5ins overall, with original aluminium scabbard and dress fitting (dagger bears marks for Weyersberg, Kirschbaum & Co, Solingenblade stamped with helm over WKC Solingen - pommel and ferule missing)
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 726 SOLD FOR: £ 500
A German 'Nazi' Officer's German dress dagger and scabbard of WWII design, 15.75 overall (bears marks for Arthur Evertz of Solingen)
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 727 SOLD FOR: £ 190
An Australian Aboriginal woomera sheath, 30.25ins, and spear, 63.5ins, and three boomerangs, all carved with ostriches and kangaroos, various sizes
Guide Price: £200-300
A West African circular stool with geometric card ornament to top, on eight tapered legs, 15ins diameter x 14ins high (one leg missing and one repaired), and a ditto circular ebonised and carved wood bowl, 16ins diameter x 6ins high (cracked and worn)
Guide Price: £100-150
A diorama of a sailing ship - "T.Marker" at sea - in glazed wall mounted display case, 20ins x 31ins
Guide Price: £600-800
A diorama of a sailing ship at sea, in glazed wall mounted case, 18ins x 30.75ins
Guide Price: £600-800
Lot 731 SOLD FOR: £ 80
Late Victorian needlework sampler relating the Lloyd family and thought to have been worked by Ellenor Lloyd, 1892, worked with alphabet, house, animals and birds, family names and some dates, course linen ground, 25.25ins x 22ins, in modern walnut moulded frame
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 732 SOLD FOR: £ 280
A 19th Century French 10ins terrestrial table globe by J. Lebegue, 30 Rue de Lille, Paris, the globe with printed gauzes, supported on brass azimuth ring with engraved degrees, on turned wooden stand with flanged brass rim, 20ins high (minor scuffing and scratching to papers)
Guide Price: £300-400
Lot 733 SOLD FOR: £ 230
A pair of folding tortoise-shell and gilt metal lorgnettes inlaid with mother of pearl, 4ins, a pair of metal and blue enamel folding lorgnettes, 5.25ins, and a small selection of similar and magnifying glasses, various
Guide Price: £80-120
A late 19th Century ostrich feather fan with tortoise-shell sticks, 14ins, a late 19th Century bone and feather fan, the silk panel embroidered with flowers, 15ins, and four feather fans, various (some damage)
Guide Price: £150-200
A 19th Century Continental papier-mache fan, the printed and painted panels decorated with a classical conceit acted before young ladies within a reserve panel on a purple and gilt background, the sticks painted and gilded, 10ins (some damage)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 736 SOLD FOR: £ 290
A cloisonne enamel cricket cage, 4.75ins high, two leather scissor cases and five pairs of steel scissors, and a small collection of items, various
Guide Price: £150-200
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Lot 737 SOLD FOR: £ 1350
A George III papier-mache terrestrial pocket globe with colour printed and varnished papers - "A Correct Globe with the New Discoveries", 3ins diameter, and hinged shagreen covered case for same with colour printed papers to the interior showing the Constellations (damage to both globe and case)
Guide Price: £200-300
Lot 738 SOLD FOR: £ 290
A Victorian gilt metal posy holder with pierced floral embossed sides inset with mirror and with mother of pearl terminal, 6ins overall, an 18th Century ivory and brass mounted Sovereign scale by Martin, No. 1922, 6ins wide (apparently incomplete), with card case for same, and a tortoise-shell effect and feather folding fan
Guide Price: £80-120
A python skin prepared by Van Ingen & Van Ingen, Mysor, 98ins, a similar smaller skin, 47ins (both with paper labels), two similar and two fragments
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 740 SOLD FOR: £ 70
A late Victorian papier-mache inkstand with two wells and glass inkpots, and single drawer, painted with flowers and leaves, 6ins x 8.25ins x 2.25ins
Guide Price: £70-100
A late 19th/early 20th Century mahogany apothecary's stand with glass fittings, including test tubes and bottles, 12.5ins wide x 8.25ins deep x 7.5ins high
Guide Price: £80-120
Lot 742 SOLD FOR: £ 480
A late 19th Century Swiss ten air musical box, contained in a grained simulated rosewood case, the lid with inlay, 22ins wide x 8.75ins deep x 5.75ins high
Guide Price: £500-700
A 19th Century Swiss "Six Air" musical box, the 6ins brass cylinder and one piece steel comb contained in grained wood and ebonised rectangular case, 14.5ins x 7ins x 5ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
A mid 19th Century Swiss "Six Air" musical Box, No. 10903, in the style of Nicole Freres, with 11ins cylindrical and single piece steel comb, key wound from the left side, contained in rosewood topped case inlaid with leaf scroll ornament, 18.75ins x 6.5ins x 5.75ins high
Guide Price: £600-800
Lot 745 SOLD FOR: £ 250
A 19th Century lacquered brass pantograph by W. & A. Smith, in fitted mah case, 40.75ins x 3.25ins x 2.75ins high (cased size), with original printd instructions for use
Guide Price: £100-150
Lot 746 SOLD FOR: £ 90
An early 20th Century lacquered brass and iron microscope by Ernest Leitze Wetzlar, No. 79206, complete with four lenses and plain slides, in fitted mahogany case
Guide Price: £120-160
A metal cased binocular microscope, No. 149321, by Nachet, Paris, with two spare lenses, 16.75ins high
Guide Price: £150-200
Lot 748 SOLD FOR: £ 460
A 20th Century oak cased recording barograph, 15ins x 10ins x 9.5ins high (case slightly worn)
Guide Price: £150-200
A late 19th Century French walking automaton elephant by Roullet et Decamps of Paris, covered in grey suede over a papier-mache carcass, and with glass eyes, 9.75ins high, and key for same (one leg joint restored)
Guide Price: £900-1200
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