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VICTORIAN ASHFORD WARE INLAID MARBLE OBELISK THERMOMETER CIRCA 1860 the obelisk with inlaid hardstone decoration and floral spray, on a plinth base 35cm high

Triangular ball head, painted garden obelisk

A VICTORIAN MARBLE OBELISK ON SQUARE BASE

A pair of French alabaster obelisk table lamps, circa 1940, each inlaid with a decorative lozenge of amber marble (a.f.), 41cm high.

Tunbridgeware thermometer obelisk with plastic scale and one other piece together with a treen watch stand with carved foliate decoration (qty)

A Kosta etched obelisk, signed 95691, 12½" high

CRYSTAL TABLE LAMP, in the form of an obelisk, 63.5cm H.

A French gilt metal mounted Sevres style porcelain mantel timepiece garniture Le Roy, Paris, late 19th century The eight-day backwound movement with replaced platform lever escapement and circular white enamel Arabic numeral dial decorated with floral festoons and signed LE ROY, A PARIS to centre, the arched case with floral decorated French blue ground urn surmount above shaped panel decorated in the manner of Vautrin with a gallant in 18th century dress presenting a lovebird to his companion beneath dial, the sides with gilt bordered floral panels and dolphin mounts, on conforming festoon decorated plinth base with curved ends and gilt brass feet, 41cm high; with a pair of two branch candelabrum, each with central draped `obelisk` flanked by foliate scroll cast branches with porcelain sconces above shaped panel fronted figural decorated upright flanked by dolphin mounts, on shaped plinth base with turned brass feet, 32cm high. DESCRIPTION TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ‘IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS’ printed in the sale catalogue or available from the auctioneers on request.

A Regency brass mounted mahogany bracket clock in the manner of Thomas Hope The movement by Joseph Mason for retail by William Alexander, the case attributed to Banting and France, London, circa 1825 The five pillar twin fusee bell striking movement with anchor escapement, trip hour repeat and signed Wll,m. Alexander, London within a foliate oval cartouche to the border-engraved shouldered backplate, the pendulum with calibrated slider for regulation and conforming concentric engraved decoration to the lenticular bob, the 7 inch circular convex white painted Roman numeral dial with repeat signature WILL’M ALEXANDER, LONDON to centre within cast brass bezel milled with continuous scroll design, the case in the Romano-Egyptian taste with brass pineapple finial to the gadroon carved upstand incorporating brass mounted cavetto moulded collar and flanked by honeysuckle carved ‘acroteria’ finials, above geometric brass-inlaid ebonised moulded panel outline tapered front with crisply carved horizontal fluted infill to angles and shaped brass fillet inset fielded panel beneath dial, the sides with obelisk outline repeating Gothic arch tracery pierced brass frets, on panel fluted panel inset skirt base with stylised fan carved feet, 51cm (20ins) high. DESCRIPTION TO BE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH ‘IMPORTANT NOTES REGARDING THE CATALOGUING OF CLOCKS’ printed in the sale catalogue or available from the auctioneers on request. Provenance: The property of a private collector. Formerly (in 1926) with George Boniface Souter, the grandson of a major tenant farmer on the Goodwood Estate who died in 1952. Purchased privately from his widow by a collector in 1971, who subsequently sold it, again privately, to the current owner. Behind the dial is the scratched inscription Jos’h Mason, London, Manufacturer who is recorded in Loomes, Brian Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World, Volume 2 as working from 2 Walbrook Place London 1832-9. William Alexander is recorded in Baillie, G.H Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from Newington Causeway, London in 1825 and in Loomes as working 1828-44. The movement and bell bear detailed service inscriptions indicating regular work undertaken by the Hunter family, clockmakers of 136 High Street, Clapham from 1828-74, with two further dates up to 1896 by different makers based in Brixton. The case of the current lot belongs to a group of around a dozen known examples which share the same basic form and dimensions differing only in detail. Perhaps the earliest from the series is an example by Atkins & Son formerly in the possession of Marquesses of Bristol, sold by Christies, King Street ‘Ellerslie House’ 24th May 2001, lot 65. The 1st Marquis of Bristol employed the firm of Banting, France & Co. to supply furniture for Ickworth, Suffolk including the State bed which shares similar details such as the anthemion carved ‘acrotoria’ finials with the Atkins & Son clock and the current lot. This coupled with the presence of the stamped B.F. initials on the case of the current lot suggests that Banting & France were the makers of this particular form of case, probably on a special order basis. The case design with its robust fusion of Ancient Greek, Roman and Egyptian styles demonstrates the strong influence of Thomas Hope who, in his 1807 book Household Furniture.., published designs considered to be the height of fashion at the time. When considering his designs for smaller pieces of furniture such as for ‘Recesses in the shape of ancient hypogea’ (see Hope, Thomas Household Furniture pl. XXVII, no. I) the inspiration for the form of the current lot can clearly be seen.

A 19th century Derbyshire Blue John inlaid slate obelisk, decorated with hardstone flowers, 8.75ins

A late Victorian silver presentation group, "To commemorate the erection of the last pillar of the Russian Afghan Frontier Settlement on the Banks of the Oxus" modelled as an obelisk flanked by two soldiers on base engraved with map of the Russian/Afghan frontier, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, London, 1899, on ebonised plinth base, width 6.75in.

Four boxes inc. obelisk, Art Deco pewter, wrought iron candelabrum etc.

Georgian ivory navette shaped snuff box, the hinged lid with seed pearl and mother-of-pearl `locket` of an obelisk and a willow tree, in gold mount, 9cm (AF).

A SET OF PAINTED DISPLAY SHELVES in the form of an obelisk on ball feet and classical plinth base, 92" high overall

A cast iron firegrate in the manner of George Bullock, first half 19th century, with arched backplate above a three-railed basket with obelisk finials, flanked by pitched topped sides, on tapering uprights to rectangular section bases, 64cm high, 84.5cm wide, 34.5cm deep

After Max Beerbohm 1872-1956- "Rev P B Clayton", 1931, publ by Vincent Day & Son Ltd; lithograph printed in colours: together with five other colour lithographs after Max Beerbohm to include John Maresfield, Siegfried Sassoon and others: Jan Franz van Bloemen 17662-1749- View of an Obelisk, after Horizonti; etching, 23.5x18cm: Gottlieb Friedrich Riedel, German 1723-1791- Sheep on a hillside, after J Gradmann; etching, 19x23.5cm: I Clark, early 19th century- "View looking over George Town on the Queeda Coast", publ Black, Parry & Co and Nicol`s & Co 1814; hand-coloured aquatint, 20x25cm: Gaetano Zancon 1771-1816- Tribesmen; hand-coloured aquatint, 20.8x26cm: After Albrecht Dürer 1471-1528- "Christ in Limbo", from The Large Passion, 1510; woodcut, laid paper, Helios watermark, 40x29cm: together with a mixed quantity of prints and reproductions by and after different hands, 18th-20th centuries, (a lot) (unframed (box)

A set of four Louis XIV style cut glass and gilt metal candelabra, 20th century, central glass column leading to six lustre decorated arms, cut glass, obelisk finial, height 69 cm, (4). (It is the buyer`s responsibility to ensure that this item is rewired before use).

A Victorian slate obelisk, by S.Mewe, London, etched with hieroglyphs, paper label to base, 16 1/2in. (42cms) high overall.

AN ITALIAN WHITE GLAZED EARTHENWARE MODEL OF AN APE BESIDE AN OBELISK AND A SIMILAR MALABAR FIGURE MOUNTED AS A LAMP

A granite obelisk height 72cm.

A walnut cased Maelzel metronome of typical obelisk form, also two Black Forest bears (3).

A VICTORIAN CUT AND PAINTED GLASS PAPERWEIGHT of obelisk form, the back edge cameo cut with a vase design, the two sides hand painted with deer and foliage. 16cm(h).

A Tunbridgeware obelisk thermometer, 7.75"h.

A Tunbridgeware obelisk thermometer, 8"h.

EGYPTOMANIA. AN UNUSUAL VICTORIAN BRASS GAS LAMP IN THE FORM OF CLEOPATRA`S NEEDLE the obelisk on stepped base with portrait roundel and guarded by two sentries, inscribed CLEOPATRA`S NEEDLE ERECTED BY THOTHNES III HELIOPOLIS 1700BC LONDON 1878AD, 42cm h overall, stamped PODR mark for 8 December 1877 Presented to the nation by the ruler of Egypt and the Sudan in 1819, the obelisk was not transported to England until 1877, arriving, after a perilous journey, in the Thames estuary on 21 January 1878. ++In entirely original condition, never converted to electricity, the underside with iron weight. Some old polish residues and in a discoloured lacquer

A cut glass and gilt metal mounted twin branch candelabrum in Regency style, 20th century, with obelisk finial and lustre hung drip pan above the scrolling gilt metal branches, with hobnail cut ovoid sockets and dished drip pans hung with further lustres, on a domed and scalloped foot, 45cm high, 29cm wide

A Herculaneum Creamware Plate, printed in black with rustic figures drinking and eating within flower sprigs, impressed mark, 25.5cm diameter; A Pair of Creamware Octagonal Plates, printed in black with dancers beside an obelisk within a border printed with exotic birds, 20cm wide; A Similar Plate, printed with exotic birds within a feather moulded border, 23.5cm diameter; and A Similar Plate, printed with an allegorical scene LET WISDOM UNITE US, and with dead game and flower sprays, 25.5cm diameter (5)

Henry Salt Abyssinian views pictorial title and 8 plates including a duplicate from Twenty-four Views in St. Helena the Cape India Ceylon the Red Sea Abyssinia and Egypt including the Obelisk at Axum the Vale of Calaat the Town of Dixan and others original hand-coloured aquatints each c.480 x 655mm. surface dirt spotting and some browning but colours generally well preserved 1809 (9)

A Royal Worcester Crown ware earthernware part Dinner Service designed by Scottie Wilson, circa 1960, with typical stylised black print bird decoration on a terracotta ground, printed factory marks and facsimile signature, comprising six dinner plates, six dessert plates, six side or tea plates, four small dessert bowls, a larger dessert bowl, two soup or breakfast bowls, a circular stand or saucer, and a three piece obelisk shaped cruet set comprising a salt and pepper shakers and a mustard pot and cover Footnote: Royal Worcester commissioned Scottie Wilson to design table ware in the very early 1960s. It was produced in tea, coffee and dinnerware ranges in three colourways, black printed on either a terracotta, grey or white ground and Wilson based his design on the totem images of native American Indians which he had seen when he was resident in Canada prior the second world war. Unfortunately the pattern was a not a commercial success and it was discontinued in 1965 as it was perhaps a little too expensive for its target market although it was wildly admired in artistic circles of the day." The dinner plates 25cm diameter, the cruet set 10cm high overall. Condition: Most items in good condition, one dinner plate chipped to undeside of rim, one small bowl chipped to the underside of rim, salt pot with cracked to the top. View on auctionatrium.com

Lesbian writers.- Brownrigg (Gawen) Star against S second impression original stiff pictorial wrappers Paris Obelisk Press 1936; and 4 others Stein Toklas and Highsmith 8vo (5)

Connolly (Cyril) The Rock Pool first edition of the author`s first novel original wrappers spine browned Paris Obelisk Press 1936 § Kipling (Rudyard) [Indian Railway Library Series] 6 works in 1 vol. `Under the Deodars` `The Phantom `Rickshaw` & `Wee Willie Winkie` all first English editions the last lacking initial blank and advertisement leaf with 3 other later editions bound in contemporary half calf [Livingston 39 42 & 45] Allahabad & London [1890] § Sassoon (Siegfried) Counter-Attack and other poems first edition browned at edges original wrappers spine worn and defective upper wrapper detached 1918; and another 8vo (4)(4)

A Maelzel metronome of typical obelisk form, height 23cm, a leather cased surveyors measure by Chesterman and an iron key (3).

A 19th century Blue John obelisk, Organ Room Vein, stepped black slate base, 17.5cm high

An unusually large 19th century Derbyshire Ashford marble obelisk, of Cleopatra`s needle, engraved with hieroglyphics, 50cm high, c.1880 This obelisk closely resembled that exhibited at the Great Exhibition of 1851, in the catalogue of which (Vol. II, Class 37-38) it is described as: "Model of an Egyptian obelisk in Black Marble, the hieroglyphics…copied from the original brought from the Island of Philoe [sic] by Belzoni". The inscription is etched on using Henry Moore`s method. Giovanni Battista Belzoni (1778-1824) was an early 19th century Circus giant turned Egyptologist. The original obelisk itself, which had been erected around 118-116 BC by Ptolemy VIII Euergetes and stood in front of the first pylon of the Temple of Isis at Philae, was to play a major role in the history of the decipherment of hieroglyphic script, together with the much more famous `Rosetta Stone.` In fact, the base of the obelisk had a triple Greek inscription with the text of a correspondence between Ptolemy and the temple priests, while on the shaft there was a dedicatory text in hieroglyphics with cartouches of Ptolemy and his consort, Cleopatra III. The obelisk, removed by Belzoni in 1818, was shipped to England and now stands in the grounds of Kingston Lacy, the seat (now National Trust) of Belzoni`s patron William John Bankes (1786-1855), a lifelong friend of Byron. The same obelisk (and that from Heliopolis now in the British Museum) was also modelled, with acid etched inscription, by the Matlock spar turner Edward Bird [Catalogue, loc.cit.]

A 19th century Ashford marble mercury thermometer obelisk, ivory register, the front typically inlaid with malachite band, the base with lily of the valley sprig, stepped rectangular base, 35cm high, c.1860

A pair of George III circular cast iron window frames, circa 1790, each of radiating form with cruciform centres, 140cm diameter, 4.5cm thick. Provenance: St Luke’s Church, London. St Luke’s was designed by Nicholas Hawksmoor (a protege of Wren) in 1727. It features an obelisk spire, the tower of which contains circular cast iron windows. It was bombed during the war and in 1959 the roof was removed. The church has subsequently been restored, at which time the circular windows were replaced. St Luke’s is now home to the London Symphony Orchestra.

A cut glass obelisk, 19th Century, painted and cut with a flower charged urn flanked by two deer, together with six other cut glass obelisks, 19th Century (faults).

A late 19th Century slate and green marble effect obelisk, a specimen marble obelisk and a replica card obelisk, together with two rock specimens.

* A rough cut granite obelisk, 140cm high, the base 30cm x 30cm.

A marble Obelisk with stepped square base, 16in H

Silver & Vertu - An Irish Britannia standard silver footed Bowl, the low bellied body with beaded borders and pastoral repousse decoration depicting a milkmaid and cow, and a framer and calves, within a rural landscape with cottage and obelisk folly and an oval foliate cartouche engraved `RGT`, on three shell and hoof feet, by West & Son, Dublin, 1918," 5.7cm high, 12cm diameter Condition: In good condition. View on auctionatrium.com

19th Century Orientalist School/Parade of Snake Charmers/(with pyramids and obelisk beyond)/Caravan of Camels and Horses in Egypt/Dancing Girls and Figures/a set of three/watercolour, 24cm x 85cm (9.25" x 33.5")/see illustration

A pair of etched glass and brass mounted twin light girandoles in the 18th century taste, second half 20th century, the sockets and serpentine arms issuing from cartouche shaped backplates, etched with vases with floral sprays within borders, 38cm high, 27cm wide, 15cm protrudence; and a pair of moulded and cut glass twin light wall appliques in the George III style, 20th century, each with an obelisk finial and spherical terminal, 54cm high overall, approximately 32cm wide

19th Century Anglo-Indian obelisk desk thermometer having carved and pierced decoration and standing on a circular base, 15cm high.

A DERBYSHIRE PIETRA DURA OBELISK FORM TABLE THERMOMETER, probably Ashford-in-the-Water, the thermometer with ivory vernier, circa 1850, 17cms high

Twelve wood and composite decorative obelisks, and a marble obelisk

A Belgian slate obelisk.

An early 20th century mahogany cased Maelzel metronome of typical obelisk form, with another similar, both 22cm.

Art Deco metal table lamp in the form of an obelisk with globe above (not contemporary)

A MEDINA GLASS VASE WITH SEAL, AN OBELISK, AN ENGRAVED GLASS VASE, TWO GLASS SCULPTURES, A MOTTLED AMBER GLASS DISH AND A PAIR OF 1930`S AMBER TRAILED GLASS DWARF CANDLESTICKS

Jonathan Edmondson & Co Ltd - Preston Guild 1922 - an early 20th century rounded square commemorative confectionary tin, Edmondson`s Red Seal Toffee, the cover printed with the coat of arms of the Borough of Preston, the sides with titled portraits of Alderman H. Astley Bell, J.P., the Guild Mayor and Mrs H. Hastley Bell, J.P. after photographs by A. Winter, Preston Old Obelisk, The Town Hall, Preston, and the Guild Insignia, on a red ground, 24cm high, 12.5cm square, c.1922

FRANK HARRIS: MY LIFE AND LOVES, Paris, The Obelisk Press, nd, authorised unexpurgated edn, 4 vols, orig wraps bnd in, cl bkd marb bds (4)

A Derbyshire Blue John obelisk and a miniature bowl

A Tunbridge ware obelisk desk thermometer, and match striker (2)

AN ITALIAN GIALLO MARBLE OBELISK CIRCA 1900 Later converted to a table lamp 28 in. (72.5 cm.) high View on Christie's.com

A Tunbridge ware thermometer obelisk, the central dial flanked by floral sprigs, central panel of walking dog, upon square stepped base, height 17 cm, a carved bamboo figural group, depicting two figures and a frog, height 15 cm, together with a quantity of miscellaneous boxes, (a lot).

A French Empire Style Clock Garniture c 1900 the Clock in the Form of Ormolu Mounted Obelisk with Eagle Pediment and Kneeling Egyptian Figures, Set on Blonde Marble Plinth, 37 cm High.

An Unusual & Macabre 17th Century Wrought Iron Pricket Stand incorporating a human skull at the centre-point; surmounted by a large obelisk finial and enclosed by four twisted iron straps. The crossed arms having four iron spikes and dragon head terminals pierced with large hoops. The long knopped stem incised with zig-zag ornamentation and terminating on a triform base with up-turned scroll feet. 70½ ins (179 cms) high, 28½ ins (65 cms) wide. [Previously of the Palmer Collection, Italy and Featured in `The Museum of Curios Collection` by Robbo Hudson, Blurb Inc., 2009]. ]

A pair of Irish cut glass candelabra, circa 1790, each with two-light central obelisk finial and two arms hung with beads, on an urn shaped body with square foot/see illustration.

David Roberts (1796-1864), Obelisk of Heliopolis; Sioul-Upper Egypt; Gate of the Metwaleys, Cairo; Excuvated temples of Aboosimble, Nubia; Temple on Gebel Garabe called Surabit El Khadim; Temple of Dandour, Nubia; Portico of the Temple of Kalabshi, a group of seven lithographs by Louis Hague, with hand colouring, all unframed, various sizes, (7)