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Click here to subscribeMeissen porcelain bowl, decorated with a hand painted puce monochrome continuous landscape on the exteriorMeissen porcelain bowl, decorated with a hand painted puce monochrome continuous landscape on the exterior. Features an obelisk containing the initials AR and the date 1742 and surrounded by figures. Bowl has gilt rim and interior scene of a ruin also in puce monochrome. Round foot has gilt band. Blue crossed swords underglaze mark. 3.5"h x dia.6.5"wStarting Price: $500
A pair of impressive red and grey veined Cornish serpentine obelisks, possibly by John Organ of Penzance, height 63.5cm (one with damage). (See illustration) Condition Report: lot 62 - one of the obelisks have been broken and glued together approx 3" up from its pedestal. There is a chip to its tip and a few chips on the edges of its length. On the 2nd plinth down the platform has a corner missing and another chip. 2 chips underneath which could be a break running across the bottom and glued. The other obelisk has small chips to the edges along its length. The base has been broken along its corner and a few chips to the underside.
Ford (Ford Madox). The Good Soldier. A Tale of Passion, New York, 1927, signed on flyleaf by the author, orig. linen-backed boards, a little rubbed and soiled and minor wear and damage to upper board, 8vo, (limited edition 144/300), together with Smith (Stevie), Harold’s Leap, 1st ed., 1950, illusts. by the author, orig. cloth in sl. soiled d.j., with another copy of the same work, rebound in crimson half morocco, 8vo, plus Connolly (Cyril), The Rock Pool, Obelisk Press, Paris, 1936, orig. printed wrappers, browned on spine, somewhat rubbed and minor soiling, small 4to, with the first New York edition of the same work, 1936 (precedes the first UK edition by several years), pict. endpapers, orig. cloth in torn d.j., 8vo, and others by Stevie Smith, John Betjeman, William Carlos Williams, Cyril Connolly, W.H. Auden, S.J. Perelman and Wallace Stevens, mostly G/VG (6 shelves).
A mid 20th Century moulded glass candlestick of Oriental design with caryatid column on circular decorated base with central obelisk flanked by two sconces, 20.5 ins (52 cms) high; together with a ceiling light with brass winged and partially clothed cherub hanging beneath a single opaque glass ceiling shade
Egyptian Painted Wooden Sarcophagus Fragment with BaboonsThird Intermediate Period, 1069-664 BC. A wooden quadrant-section panel, the outer face with a layer of gesso decorated in polychrome with religious scenes including Anubis, god of the afterlife, characteristically seated atop a tomb, and a large baboon, sacred to the god Thoth, standing upright next to a green-painted obelisk, with another god, possibly Horus, partially visible. 566 grams, 36 cm (14"). Ex Ian Macmillan collection, Surrey, UK. Fair condition, some loss to gesso at upper-right corner.Starting Price: £200
Kircher (Athanasius). Obeliscus Pamphilius, hoc est interpretatio nova & hucusque intentata, obelisci hieroglyphici, 1st ed., Rome: Lodovico Grignani, 1650, eng. frontis., woodcut armorial of Pope Innocent X to title, five full-page eng. illusts., numerous woodcut illusts. (some full-page), lacking engraved portrait and folding plate of obelisk and last two leaves at rear of volume (4E1 & 4E2), short tear to e4 with slight loss of a few letters, closed tear to F3, Gg3 and Vv4, blank fore-edge of Vvv2 torn, some dampstaining, spotting and browning, some marginal worm holes/worming to first & last few leaves (mostly minor, not affecting text), 18th c. qtr. vellum, upper joint cracked at foot, folio. Cicognara 2526; Schudt 1130. (1)
A mahogany cased Sikes` hydrometer by Farrow & Jackson, 8ins x 4ins x 2ins, a Victorian cut glass Obelisk pattern thermometer, 10ins high, a hardwood gavel and stand for same, a 19th Century black pique work cheroot holder with black leather case for same, 5.5ins long, and a selection of small items, various
Continental porcelain group(lot of 2) Continental porcelain group, consisting of a low bowl, having applied floral reserves, marked Made in Spain 9``w, together with a figural sculpture depicting a lion, surmounted with an obelisk and rising on a rectangular base, 25.5``hStarting Price: $20
DUFF NORWICH: (1792-1862) British Admiral whose father, Captain George Duff, was killed at the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805. Manuscript D.S., N Duff, Captain Royal Navy, one page, oblong 8vo, London, 7th June 1839. The document admits Captain G. A. Crofton of the Royal Navy and his party `to the exhibition of models for the Nelson Monument`. Signed by Duff in his capacity as a member of the committee. VG Duff`s document refers to Nelson`s Column which stands in Trafalgar Square, London, and was constructed between 1840-43. In February 1838 a group of 121 peers, politicians and other gentry formed a committee to raise a monument to Lord Nelson, funded by public subscription, and the Government agreed to provide a site in Trafalgar Square, in front of the newly completed National Gallery. A competition was held for designs, the deadline for submissions being 31st January 1839. The winning entry, chosen by a sub-committee headed by the Duke of Wellington, was a design by William Railton for a Corinthian column surmounted by a statue of Nelson, and flanked by four sculpted lions. The second prize was won by Edward Hodges Baily who suggested an obelisk surrounded by sculptures. Criticism of the organisation of the competition caused it to be rerun. Railton submitted a slightly revised design, and was once again declared the winner, with the stipulation that the statue of Nelson should be made by Baily.
A late Victorian rosewood and Tunbridge ware circular inkstand inset with single moulded glass inkwell, the borders inlaid with patterned bandings and with two turned pen stands, 4.5ins diameter (inkwell lacking cover and chipped to bas), a Victorian rosewood and Tunbridge ware obelisk pattern desk mercury thermometer and thermometer in parquetry patterned panels, 8ins high, a small rosewood and Tunbridge ware 6ins ruler, and Tunbridge ware inlaid paper knife, 9.25ins overall
A 19th Century Tartanware obelisk pattern desk thermometer with ivory scale, on stepped base, 10ins high, an early 19th Century lacquered bottle coaster painted in colours and gilt with leaves, branches and a butterfly, 5.5ins diameter x 2ins high, and two 19th Century circular lacquered snuff boxes, 2.75ins and 3.5ins diameter
A Minton majolica Christmas jug, circa 1872, the cobalt blue glazed body relief decorated with holly, the gently flared neck with mistletoe and mask moulded spout, impressed factory marks to base with shape No. `580` (neck broken and glued), together with a Sowerby purple malachite pressed glass vase relief moulded with Gathering Apples, after Walter Crane (repaired), and a pressed glass obelisk (minor chips).