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Ca. AD 400 - 600. A round silver vessel with a deep basin. In tondo is the largest motif, a depiction of a king on a horse hunting with a long spear facing a lion. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bullettin spring 1984, n. 83, p.64 (subject); Christie's, Live Auction 20677, Antiquities, Lot. 63 (shape). Size: 50mm x 210mm; Weight: 430g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old London collection formed in the 1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Ca. 400 - 300 BC. A fine wheel-thrown pair of lekanides, each with a shallow basin, a pedestal foot, and a decorated lid. The imagery is done via the red-figure technique with two Ladies of Fashion, each adorned with fugitive white pigment creating elegant ornamentation. The ladies are each dressed in beaded saccoi over an upswept coiffure and a beaded necklace. These ancient visages are separated by stylised palmettes. A series of vertical stripes adorn the outer periphery of the rim, meeting the black-painted body below. The large knob atop the lid displays a sunburst design on its depression. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 2021.40.31a, b. Size: 100-110mm x 90-95mm; Weight: 355g Provenance: Private UK collection, acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Dutch art market; Frederik Van Driel, Maastricht 1993.
Ca. 500 BC. A bronze basin or phiale, a special libation bowl used for holding wine, with a hollow, rounded, raised boss, known as an omphalos, in the centre. The omphalos is thought to have symbolised the navel of the Earth, the central point of power that all things revolved around. The lower part of the bowl is scalloped/fluted, above which is a corseted neck that flares outward into a wide, smooth mouth with an unpronounced rim. For similar see: Ancient Iranian metalwork, Ann C. Gunther and Paul Jett, fig. 2. Size: 45mm x 155mm; Weight: 200g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 350 - 300 BC. A fine wheel-thrown lekanis with a shallow basin, pedestal foot, and lid beautifully decorated via the red-figure technique with two Ladies of Fashion, each adorned with fugitive white pigment creating elegant ornamentation. The lovely ladies are each dressed in beaded saccos over an upswept coiffure and a beaded necklace. These ancient visages are separated by stylized palmettes. A series of vertical stripes adorn the outer periphery of the rim, meeting the black-painted body below. Twin-applied loop handles protrude from either side of the raised bowl, while the large knob atop the lid displays a sunburst design on its depression. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Accession Number: 2021.40.31a, b. Size: 185mm x 120mm; Weight: 450g Provenance: Property of a central London gallery, previously acquired on the Dutch art market; previously acquired on the Belgium art market; Daniel Bogaerts, Brussels, 1995. This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy.
Middle Kingdom, Ca. 2055 - 1790 BC. A marvellous carved black stone ritual mortar of relatively cylindric form with high walls. The deep basin was perhaps able to hold ample amounts of material, from food and medicinal ingredients to substances pulverised into colourful pigments. On the external surface, in high relief, two standing figures, probably priests, represented frontally with a long skirt covering the lower part of the body and with the other naked and wearing a long wig alternating to vertical lines of hieroglyphic inscription. For similar see: Change and Innovation in Middle Kingdom Art. Proceedings of the MeKeTRE Study Day held at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (3rd May 2013), Middle Kingdom Studies 4, London, 2016, Fig. 45-49. Size: 240mm x 210mm; Weight: 18.29kg Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Nagel Auktionen, Sale 50T, 27 May, 2008, Lot 3401. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.
Ca. AD 1100 - 1200. A tray hammered from a thin sheet of bronze into a rectangular shape, featuring a shallow octagonal-shaped basin with broad lateral panels and a pronounced edge. The interior of the basin is adorned with a central roundel depicting birds, encircled by a band of dots. On the sides, pairs of felines with human faces flank the roundel. This entire register is surrounded by a band of running hares, with fish depicted in the corners. Stylised calligraphy inscriptions run around the circumference. Size: 310mm x 195mm; Weight: 460g Provenance: Property of a West London gentleman; previously in a collection formed on the UK/International art market in the 1990s.
Ca. 12th - 13th century AD. Metal buckets were common in pre-Islamic cultures of the Middle East and it is likely that their Islamic versions were based on the classical prototype of a tapering cylindrical form, known to have been produced in Egypt. In the past it has been suggested that such vessels would have been used to carry hot water in bath-houses, but the nature of the material (bronze), along with its elaborate decoration and inlays would seem to indicate it being used rather as an ablutions basin for purification. Size: 200mm x 190mm; Weight: 1.78kg Provenance: Property of a London Islamic art specialist collector; previously in a collection formed since the 1980s.
Ca. 1100-1300 AD. A brass basin with a distinctive scalloped edge and intricately engraved interior. This basin features a flat base that contrasts with the undulating edges, which give the basin a sense of fluidity and movement. The interior of the basin is adorned with an intricate design that radiates around a central rosette, forming concentric circles of geometric patterns, roundels, interlocking motifs and Kufic script around the walls. The engraved decoration on the basin is executed with exceptional skill and precision, reflecting the high level of craftsmanship and artistic sophistication that was typical of Islamic metalwork. Basins such as this were commonly used in the Islamic world for a range of purposes, including ritual ablutions, washing, and serving food and drink. They were often highly prized as luxury items, reflecting the wealth and status of their owners.
George IV silver three-piece teaset with teapot, two handled sugar basin and cream jug, each piece oblate and panelled with foliate and floral scroll handles on floral tab feet, total weight 49ozt approx, hallmarked London 1826, makers' mark Edward, Edward Junior, John and William Barnard, IVORY EXEMPTION CERTIFICATE NO. 5SJHX8LYCondition ReportTea pot handle slightly loose, minor scratches to bowl of pot otherwise good condition. Milk jug has small dents to bowl and the two handles sugar bowl has some small dents to the bowl otherwise the condition is good.
The scarce Central Africa Medal awarded to Mr W. J. Purkiss, Acting Superintendent at Fort Smith in 1893, where he survived an assassination attempt by Wyaki of the Kikuyu, ‘Wyaki was in the habit of entering the station frequently. One day he paid one of his usual visits. He left what arts he appeared to carry with the guard and went on to the house occupied by Purkiss, who at that moment was washing his face in a wash-hand basin. Purkiss had his back to the door which was open. Wyaki, seeing this, drew out a simi and rushed into the room and made an overhead slash at Purkiss. Fortunately the ceiling of the room, consisting of wooden rafters, was very low and the sword caught in one of the rafters before it could descend. Purkiss immediately swung round, rushed at his enemy and knocked him back against the wall where he lay until the guard dashed in....’ The following year Purkiss was appointed 2nd Class Assistant to the Uganda Protectorate, and was part of an expedition up the Nile to Wadelai. He became ill during the expedition, and eventually succumbed to his illness in August 1894 - ironically, he was buried in the mission cemetery at Kibwezi close to his former attacker Wyaki Central Africa 1891-98, ring suspension, no clasp (W. J. Purkiss.) officially engraved naming, minor edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine, and rare £1,400-£1,800 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- William John Purkiss was born in St. Pancras, London in 1861. His subsequent career in Africa is mentioned in various publications, including: Permanent Way by M. F. Hill and John Ainsworth: Pioneer Kenya Administrator by F. H. Goldsmith. The following article that appeared in Old Africa Magazine gives the following: ‘William J Purkiss, a former merchant marine officer, originally arrived in east Africa as an employee of the Imperial British East Africa Company in about March 1891 and was employed on building the narrow-gauge railway to Mazeras—the grandly named Central African Railway. The railway was soon abandoned and some time the following year Purkiss was sent to Fort Smith in Kikuyu as Assistant Superintendent. Following the death of the Superintendent, Robert Nelson, in December 1892, Purkiss became Acting Superintendent. Before he died Nelson, who had been with the H.M. Stanley expedition to ‘rescue’ Emin Pasha, had managed to infuriate the neighbouring Kikuyu with his aggressive attitude and indiscriminate raiding of their villages for food and cattle. When Sir Gerald Portal passed through the area on his way to Uganda in February 1893 on his Special Mission, he found the residents of the fort living in a virtual state of siege. Anyone venturing more than fifty yards from the perimeter without an armed escort was very likely to be attacked and killed. Purkiss managed to wound and capture an assailant, the Kikuyu leader Waiyaki, who died on his way to exile at the coast and was buried at Kibwezi. As there was no food available locally Portal was delayed at Kikuyu while sufficient provisions were collected at Machakos for the next part of his journey. By the time Portal reached Kikuyu he was already firmly convinced that the Company was moribund. But he did have good things to say about Purkiss who was trying to reduce the tension and bring about a return to peaceful trading. During his enforced stay at Kikuyu, Portal was much taken by a grey parrot which, as he mentioned in a letter to his wife, kept him company as he wrote. The parrot belonged to Purkiss. Portal probably passed on his views about the imminent demise of IBEAC, and Purkiss, already deeply disillusioned, is listed as resigning from the Company in April 1893. However, he was still at Kikuyu when Portal passed through on his return journey from Uganda to the coast in August 1893 and when offered a temporary position with the new administration in Uganda he accepted. He arrived at Mumia’s on his way to Kampala in late September 1893. In February 1894 he was given a permanent appointment as a 2nd Class Assistant to the Uganda Protectorate and was part of an expedition up the Nile to Wadelai. He apparently became ill during the expedition and was eventually moved to Eldama Ravine where he failed to improve. In July 1894 it was decided to take him to the coast. He died at Kibwezi, about 190 miles from Mombasa, on 15 August 1894, and, ironically, was buried in the mission cemetery close to his former attacker Waiyaki. The usual procedure at the time was to sell locally the deceased’s effects, except personal items such as rings and watches, and the proceeds were then used to pay off their bills (in most cases it seems these were for accounts with local traders for alcohol) with any residue being sent home to their next of kin. In this case, however, the Foreign Office appears to have required all the deceased’s effects to be sent to England. Soon the Consul-General at Zanzibar, Sir Arthur Hardinge, was being asked why the effects had not been sent. Purkiss’ father was in frequent communication with the FO and the FO with Zanzibar. This appears to have had little effect on speeding up the authorities at Mombasa as it was almost six months after Purkiss’ death that the effects were eventually dispatched. They included a live parrot. Why the parrot was sent is unclear, but maybe the months of nagging by the FO may have had had an effect. However, it was later noted by Charles Hobley, another Company man, that Consul Hardinge ‘probably never took his duties seriously’ so it looks as if sending the parrot could well have been Hardinge’s idea. The eight boxes of clothes and curios, and the live parrot, eventually arrived at the FO. The presence of the parrot was quickly noted and an urgent request sent to the next of kin for it to be collected without delay. There is a rather sad postscript to the story. Keys for two of the boxes were sent, with a request that they be passed on to the family. For some reason these were never given to the family but ended up in the FO files—probably filed away before the boxes arrived. The keys were attached to a sheet of paper and bound into what became FO 107 at the National Archives, Kew, where they still are. Presumably Purkiss’ father had to break open the boxes.’ J. D. Ainsworth recorded the following with regards to Purkiss being wounded: ‘Towards the middle of January 1893 I received a letter from Purkiss saying that the Kikuyu were giving him a lot of trouble, that he had lost some men and the Fort was practically invested and asking me for help if I could render it... We [Ainsworth and party] stopped a short distance from the entrance to the station and Purkiss with some of his men came out to meet us. There was no sign of the enemy that night and next morning it became apparent that they had entirely dispersed. I think the knowledge that outside help could be obtained if necessary made the Wakikuyu less inclined to hostile acts thereafter.... A few month later Wyaki put the final touch on things. It was the custom for the Akari guard at the entrance to the Fort to allow any of the important elders who wished to see the Officer-in-charge to enter but they were required to leave any arms with the guard. Wyaki was in the habit of entering the station frequently. One day he paid one of his usual visits. He left what arts he appeared to carry with the guard and went on to the house occupied by Purkiss, who at that moment was washing his face in a wash-hand basin. Purkiss had his back to the door which was open. Wyaki, seeing this, drew out a simi and rushed into the room and made an overhead slash at Purk...
A mixed group of English pottery and porcelain, comprising a pair of gadrooned salts; H&R Daniel gadrooned saucer painted with landscape vignettes and flowers, unmarked, 14.2cm diameter; Chamberlain's Worcester 'Dragons in Compartments' breakfast saucer, 16cm diameter; a Coalport bute-shaped coffee cup and saucer, circa 1805, decorated with a central green dotted band with diamond-shape and oval panels, with red border with scrolling foliate trim, unmarked, saucer 14cm diameter; Wedgwood black basalt teapot and cover, 9cm high; pearlware chinoiserie mug; a creamware slop basin and tea bowl; a Machin porcelain twin-handled ecuelle, pattern 1236; a 19th-century salt-glaze stoneware money box, 12.5cm high; a Staffordshire inverted trumpet vase painted with a male figure with pipe and ale bottle, 14cm high; a Caughley 'Temple' pattern coffee cup and saucer; Derby mask-head jug, circa 1765, painted with birds in branches above fruit, unmarked, 16cm high sold together with a decorative model of a Sphinx and Continental porcelain comprising Oude Loostrecht tea bowl and a Schlaggenwald tea bowl (group) (damages and repairs variously throughout)Condition:Chelsea jug - broken and repaired, crackedLoostrecht tea bowl - variously broken and repaired, chipped
A small group of early John Rose Coalport porcelain, circa 1796-1810, transfer-printed in underglaze blue, comprising a 'Banana Tree' or 'Round Window' coffee cup and saucer, 6.5cm high; a 'Pagoda' tea bowl, 9cm diameter and a slop basin with a version of Caughley's 'Tower' pattern, 12.2cm diameter; sold together with a large pearlware jug, painted with a central arrangement of chrysanthemums issuing from a basket and flanked by supplementary sprigs and moths, 20cm high; and an interesting pair of cased Staffordshire butterboats, early 20th century but in the earlier 18th century style, of leaf-shaped form, decorated in iron red, blue and gilt, 9cm overall length (group)Condition:Slop basin chipped and with a descending hairlinePearlware jug - spout and rim chips
A Dayak carved wooden paddle, Borneo Island Probably Longwai, Kalimantan, the head of lozenge form and carved with stylised foliate motifs, on a shaped shaft with handle terminal, 147cm long, together with a Dayak carved ironwood Chieftain's bowl, probably Rajang River basin, of rounded form with twin Aso figural handles having glass bead eyes, the rim bound with rattan, 67cm across. (2) Provenance:Private Shropshire collection, the property of a gentleman. Footnote:A paddle or oar of very similar shape can be found in the collection of the British Museum, accession number As,Bk.57. Such bowls were used in the Rajang River Basin area to serve rice. Traditional belief was that the hard qualities of the ironwood would permeate the rice and give strength to the young men who ate from it, making them fierce warriors. A similar example can be found in the National Museum of Korea, described as a ‘Newborn baby's bathtub', accession number Jeung 1400. Another similar was sold at Bonhams San Francisco rooms, Art of the South Seas, 10 February 2013, lot 12.
A charming Wedgwood Pottery tea set for six by Alfred Powell, pattern no.5573, painted with panels of English wild flowers, including bluebells, fritillaries, and cornflowers, painted in colours, comprising; teapot and cover, milk-jug and slop basin, sugar basin and cover, six cups, saucers and side plates and two sandwich plates, printed Wedgwood (26)ProvenanceAlfred Powell thence by descent in the Powell family Catalogue notesThis beautiful tea service was painted by Alfred Powell for his nephew Oliver’s wife Elizabeth, following his stay at the Powell family farm in the village of Hawstead in west Suffolk in the summer of 1949, when he came down from London with his daughter Catherine to recuperate after a severe bout of shingles affecting both his eyes.The gift was in gratitude for Elizabeth’s kindness and friendship; also - surely - in acknowledgement of their shared love of English wild flowers. These pieces have stayed in the same family in English countryside which inspired him.
'Pomegranate' a Moorcroft Pottery bowl with Liberty Tudric Pewter foot designed by William Moorcroft, tubeline decorated, painted in colours on a blue ground, a Moorcroft Pottery Pansy basin with Tudric Pewter rim with handles, and a Moorcroft Pottery Finches vase designed by Sally Tuffin, impressed marks to pewter foot, 25cm. diam. (3)
SIX BOXES AND LOOSE VINTAGE MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS to include a box of vintage bulbs to include brands Mazda, Osprey, and Cosmos, etc, a vintage feather duster, two vintage electric irons, a set of Librasco measuring scales, a set of Salter scales, an enamelled bread bin, a J.G Meakin 'South Seas' coffee pot, a vintage artists paint box, a Losolware 'Diaper' wash basin, water jug, and vase, a group of shoes brushes, a Sparkletts soda syphon, a Cona coffee machine, a Goblin 'Teasmade' electric teapot, a box of vintage tins, bottles, and tools, a group of boxed Reco religious figures, and a cased Mandolin (sold a/f), a boxed 'Pelso' mushroom coloured pram canopy, a folded vintage Portland sketching easel, a large brass serving tray with scrolled acanthus style rims and an etched floral pattern to the amin plate ( 6 boxes and loose) (s.d)
A William IV Harlequin Silver Circular Three Piece Tea Service, makers mark to teapot and milk jug indistinct, London 1830, sugar basin by Jonathan Hayne, London 1831, the rims and bulbous bodies cast, chased and embossed with leaf scrolls and floral ornament, all engraved "R" to cartouche, floral finial to lid, C-scroll handles, on circular footrims, comprising - teapot, 6.5ins high, two handled sugar basing and milk jug, gross weight 49.3ozs Note: Ivory Submission Reference: ZWWYQR3R
A Highly Detailed "The Garden Cottage" Display Dolls House, built by Pamela Irving; the painted green textured exterior with slatted roof and removable front, housing two floors/rooms including a kitchen area with country style kitchen with range cooker, Welsh dresser and stone footed stairs, leading to the upper bedroom with floral papered walls, wooden beams and a framed painting. The exterior with a green picket fence and detailed garden, including koi fish pond with wildlife, cabbage patch, plant pots, wheel barrow, guttering leading to water butt and assorted planted flowers and foliage. A paved area leading to integral potting shed with thatched roof and removable front, housing hose pipe, galvanised tin bath, a large basin sink, seeds, tools etc. Signature Pamela Irvin chocolate poodle figure also noted, 21.5in x 21in, with associated papers.1. More photos of the inside. 2. Plus Poodle
H.H. Johnston: 'The River Congo, from its Mouth to Bólóbó; With a General Description of the Natural History and Anthropology of Its Western Basin', London, Sampson Low, 1884, 1st edition, 3 etched plates + 3 maps (2 folding) + over seventy b/w illustrations complete, rebound half calf gilt
A Group of silver items, including two jugs, one hallmarked for Birmingham 1892 by Nathan & Hayes, the other unmarked, a silver basin with full hallmarks for Chester 1908 by S R Williams & Co, and sugar bowl with hallmarks for 1907 by Cooper Brothers & Sons Ltd. (4) Condition Report: 15.4 ozt / 481 grams.
A George V silver milk jug and sugar basin and two cigarette casesfirst Birmingham, 1926, Adie Brothers, together with a small Edwardian planished cigarette case and an engine turned cigarette case, (4)various, weight approx. 11.260ztCondition:Milk jug and sugar basin both with dings, legs pushing sides. engine turned cigarette case rubbed with dings
A George VI Art Deco silver three piece tea serviceBirmingham, 1946, Joseph Gloster Ltdof stepped tapering design, comprising teapot with ebonised geometric handle and knop final, twin handled sugar basin and milk jug, (3)teapot handle to spout 24.8cm., weight approx. 19.92oztCondition:Good condition commensurate with age
An early Victorian silver cream jug and other silverfirst London, 1839, Richard Pearce & George Burrowsof squat baluster from with scroll handle, on four shell and scroll splayed feet together with a George V twin handled sugar basin, Birmingham, 1913 Henry Clifford Davies, a William Yates commemorative spoon stamped with the Lords Prayer and a pepperette, (4)first height weight approx. 9.05ozt Condition:One foot of cream jug pushed up, Other items in good condition commensurate with age
A mid Victorian silver four piece tea serviceSheffield, 1866, Martin, Hall & Coof bellied form, decorated with c-scrolls and cabochons on a finely stippled ground, on scroll feet, comprising teapot and coffee pot with hinged domed covers and leaf scroll handles with ivory insulators and presentation inscription to 'Robert Nettles of Nettleville by the Guardians and Rate Payers of the Macroom Union... 1867', twin handled sugar basin and milk jug, both crested. (4)teapot handle to spout 25cm., weight approx. 73.09oztCondition:Good condition commensurate with age. Lower insulator on teapot a wooden replacement. Slight ding to sugar basin IMPORTANT NOTEThis item has been registered as exempt from the UK Ivory Act 2018. Ivory declaration submission number reference: NHHWC6C9
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