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Click here to subscribeKeepsake (The) & other gift-books/annuals Forget-Me-Not; The Literary Souvenir; The Amulet; T. Hood Comic Annual; The Gem; Fisher`s Drawing Room Scrapbook; and a quantity of others similar engraved plates some foxing and staining most original bindings gilt g.e. rubbed or worn some rebacked v.s. v.d. [19th century]; sold not subject to return(c.125)
EDITH NESBIT: THE STORY OF THE AMULET, ill H R Millar, 1906, 1st edn, orig pict cl gt + MARY AND ELIZABETH DURACK: ALL-ABOUT THE STORY OF A BLACK COMMUNITY ON ARGYLE STATION KIMBERLEY, Sydney 1935, 2nd impress, 4to, orig cl bkd bds soiled + SIR JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE: PETER AND WENDY, ill F D Bedford, 1911, 7th edn, orig pict cl gt, d/w (tatty) + JOHN RUSKIN: THE KING OF THE GOLDEN RIVER ……, ill R Doyle, nd, 7th edn, orig pict cl gt (4)
A small collection of Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, comprising an Attic Black Figure lekythos decorated with hoplites in combat, 6th century BC, 14cm high; an Egyptian pottery mummiform shabti, New Kingdom, third intermediate period, with label to underside inscribed ‘Found in tomb over 4000 years old, Egypt. Bought from National Museum Cairo, Feb 1911 by G.H.Clarke’, 9cm high; a Roman iridescent glass unguentarium, circa 1st-3rd centuries AD, 14cm high; a Ptolemaic turquoise glazed Hathor head amulet, 5cm high; a certificate of guarantee issued by Philip E.Mitry, Dealer in Antiquities, dated for 1938 and authorised by the Egyptian Government for the sale of a Ushabti bearing the inscription ‘the Servant of the Spirit in the Underworld’, (the actual Ushabti not included with the lot); and other minor items
A 20th century Indian Jaipur enamel and gem set suite of jewellery, Rajasthan Northern India, comprising a three strand emerald bead and freshwater cultured pearl choker necklace (guluband) with a central amulet (bazuband) of green enamel set with cabochon jargoons (probably synthetic colourless sapphires) and red pastes to the front, the reverse polychrome enamelled with peacocks amongst poppy flowers on a white ground, with a similarly set and enameled ring and bangle, and a matching pair of cluster earrings, in a purple velvet fitted case. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
An Indian white nephrite and ruby amulet bead, Northern India probably Delhi, the hollowed out nephrite cylinder inset all around with two rows of foil backed cabochon rubies, the ends similarly inset with oval foil backed rubies, 4cm long; and an Indian white nephrite knife handle, Northern India probably Delhi, inset with gilded scrolls and cabochon rubies and an emerald, 7cm long
A marriage dress, guj, from Thano Bula Khan, with heavily embroidered front and back, and with herbs sewn into the collar, (In-55), and a shift for marriage night, from Thano Bula Khan; open-fronted and heavily embroidered, slightly stained from virgin blood to the reverse, 90cm long (In-104). After marriage, the garment can then only be worn for seven days after the birth of a son. Included with this lot is a photograph of similar garments being made. Most of my journeys in Pakistan are described in The Afghan Amulet and The Golden Horde. These journeys were not easy. Sind is not a closed area, like Indus Kohistan in the north and Makran in the south, but it was only possible to go there with an armed guard. My friends, Sue and Malcolm Bannister were always a great help. Malcolm was chairman of PTC, a subsidiary of British American Tobacco, based in Karachi, and the company sold cigarettes throughout Pakistan, including in Thano Bula Khan, a Hindu enclave in Sind. The embroidered dresses from there are well known but they were traded through the bazaars in Karachi and no one had actually been there. Malcolm arranged for Sue and me to visit it, providing us with an armed guard and with his local rep to look after us. I was very privileged to be able to do this and also to have enjoyed Sue and Malcolm's hospitality, both when they lived in Karachi and later in Islamabad. They were a haven of showers, good food, gin and tonic and a proper bed.
A Banjara patchwork cloth, with squares of blue and red cotton, some with shisha, and edged with white zigzag borders, applied with cowries along the edges, and tassels in the corners, (In-99). Used to cover the coconut offered to the bride at marriage as a symbol of Shiva with three eyes, carried in Gujarat by female relative of bride, elsewhere probably by small boy, denoting wish or sons; a Banjara cover for the nape of the neck (galla), embroidered in thick red cotton with patterns of squares, chevrons and crosses, edged with cowries, and with tassels at the base of string, hair and metal, (In-100); a Banjara bag of red and blue cotton quilted in white thread, the edges and seams decorated with cowrie shells, and with a triangular amulet embroidered in red and yellow and hung with three tassels of metal and pink wool, (The Afghan amulet and the reason I bought it), (In-121); and a Banjara manÆs belt with pendant strip, solidly worked with geometric patterns in navy, yellow, green and plum brick stitch, the ends hung with goathair(?) pompoms and bells, (In-141)
An Egyptian limestone phallic figure circa 3rd-1st Century B.C remains of red pigment, 11.5cm long; together with a limestone figure of a crouching male holding a large phallus wrapped around his shoulder, 7.5cm long; a terracotta phallic amulet with male head, 9.5cm high; a terracotta figure of Priapus 17.5cm high, all circa 3rd-1st century B.C; and a Romano-Egyptian terracotta torso of a grotesque artisan, circa 1st century B.C, 13.5cm high (5)
Enid by Alfred Tennyson, illustrated by Gustave Dore, together with The Rime of the Ancient Mariner illustrated by Dore, The Road Mender (Michael Fairless), A Japanese Artist in London (Yoshio Mazkino), The Russian Garland (A.M. Philpot), the Amulet, The Water Babies, Grimm's Household Tales and The Japanese Fairy Book, (9).
Egyptian blue faience glazed triad amulet, possibly Isis, Horus and Nepthus, mounted in a gilded metal mount of pylon form surmounted by winged solar disc, suspension loop to the back of the amulet and a string of associated beads which have now become detached, glass hardstone and wood interspersed with gilded beads, with an accompanying purchase card suggesting a date of 600 to 300 BC
Quantity of jewellery including a 9ct gold maltese cross, Coalburn Games 1886; a heavy rope twist silver necklace; a South American silver metal stirrup with horses heads and two handles; cut rock crystal necklace; box of studs; a single strand of pearls; and an 18th century Tibetan mother of pearl brass and iron amulet case(quantity)
The Amulet; or Christian and Literary Remembrancer, W. Baynes & Son, 1828, steel-engr. plts, wood engrs. in the text, orig. purple watered silk, blocked in gilt on the spine, a.e.g., very slightly rubbed, otherwise excellent, in the orig. printed paper-on-boards slip-case (slightly rubbed), 12mo. Extensively illustrated by McLean. Cloth, p.20 "No examples of gold blocking on cloth on books of earlier date than this are known to exist". Paper, pp.10 and 24. (1)
Nesbit (Edith). The Railway Children, 1906; The Story of the Amulet, 1906; The Enchanted Castle, 1907; The Phoenix and the Carpet, 1908; The House of Arden, 1908; Harding's Luck, 1909; The Magic City, 1910; Five of us and Madeline, 1925, illusts. to each, t.e.g., all orig. cloth gilt, somewhat faded & worn, 8vo, together with three other early 20th c. Nesbit reprints (11)
An Egyptian blue-green glazed composition ushabti figure with vertical band of hieroglyphic text, 4.125in high; a bright-blue composition amulet of a Djed pillar, now mounted in gold as a brooch, 1in high; four strings of composition beads, glazed in blue, green and brown, Late Dynastic Period, 664-332 B.C.; a string of Roman Period blue glass beads, and an anthropomorphic pottery lamp. (8)
An Egyptian blue-glazed composition amulet of Anubis, Late Dynastic period, Dynasties 26-31, 664-332 B.C., 1.5in high; an Attic pottery aryballos, neck cracked and repaired, 5in high; a Roman glass unguentarium with good iridescence, 1st-2nd century A.D., 5.625in high; a Roman pottery lamp depicting a winged figure of Victory riding in a biga, some damage, 1st century A.D., and two other pottery lamps, 3in - 4.5in overall. (6)
A group of North African jewellery, circa 1900 or later, comprising: a pair of Algerian enamelled and coral-set silver bracelets; an Algerian enamelled and coral-set necklace; a North African silver bead necklace; a Moroccan silver-gilt amulet, in the form of 'the hand of Fatima', and set with a large paste bead; and a Moroccan gold earring in fragmentary condition, the plaque set with pastes
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