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John Glover O.W.S. (1767-1849) Pastoral views with an obelisk and hut Two, framed together and another verso 8.5 x 13cm; 3¼ x 5¼in and similar Provenance: The Dickinson Collection ++Minor blemishes, otherwise good

A bronzed copper rectangular plaque depicting a religious scene with figures, detailed `F. Putinati`, framed, together with a slate obelisk (faults).

Good early French marble and ormolu two train drumhead mantel clock, the movement with outside countwheel, striking on a bell and with glazed back door, the 4" convex white dial signed Yersin a Paris with Roman and Arabic numerals, supported between two black marble and ormolu obelisk pillars and upon a stepped white marble base with chained brass pillars, 16" high

WALTER RICHARD SICKERT ARA (1860 - 1942 BRITISH) Rape of Lucretia (after Palma) signed lower right and inscribed after Palma, oil on canvas, 51 x 61cms, Obelisk Gallery label verso. Exhibited London, Beaux Arts Gallery, Paintings by Richard Sickert, ARA 1933, no. 11. See illustration Illustrated in `Sickert Paintings and Drawings` by Wendy Baron, Yale University Press, 2006

Dumpy triple-head garden obelisk

Stone obelisk or architectural finial

Architecture -- Adam, William -- Alexander Fraser of Strichen Manuscript elevation, plan and section of an obelisk and pedestal, 330 x 155mm., dated 4 August 1725 on verso, with the names of Alexander Fraser and WIlliam Adam scored through; Contract between Mr Alexander Fraser of Strichen Advocat and William Adam for "a pedestal and obelisk ovoid... twenty two foot high", one leaf, integral blank, signatures of Alexander Fraser and WIlliam Adam scored through. 4 August 1725; Adam, William A.L.S. to Mr Alexander Fraser of Strichen detailing his account and requesting settlement, 20th Feb. 1730; Adam, William A.L.S. to The Rt. Hon. The Lord Strichen, requesting urgent payment, one leaf, integral blank, 28th Nov. 1730 (4)Note: The mausoleum seems to have been planned by Alexander Fraser, 7th Fraser of Strichen, to commemorate his brother James, 6th of Strichen who had died without issue.Provenance: Acquired from the late Lord Lovat (d.1995). Upon the death of Colonel Archibald Campbell Fraser of Lovat (1736-1815), without legitimate surviving male issue, the Lovat estates were transferred, by entail, to Thomas Alexander Fraser (1802-1875), a distant cousin who was descended from Thomas Fraser of Knockie & Strichen (1548-1612), second son of Alexander Fraser, 4th Lord Lovat (1527-1557).

A pair of black and gilt painted wood obelisk lamps, two other pairs of marble and several other table lamps

A handpainted twin handled floral and gilt jardiniere (AF), a glass prism cut obelisk, a floral encrusted Dresden style bowl (AF), a German figural candlestick (AF), a Fairing pot and cover modelled as a lady with her dog, a scent bottle in the form of an Elizabethan lady etc (12)

A GROUP OF MARBLE AND SERPENTINE ALABASTER AND SOAP STONE OBJECTS including balls, jars, an obelisk etc (16).

Steve Fairbairn’s No.7 seat from the Jesus College Boat Club [Cambridge] rowing boat used when finishing Head of the River in 1882, 1883, 1884 & 1885 and when winning the Henley Grand Challenge Cup of 1885, inscribed in gilt with arms and the above details and achievements, and additionally with the names of the oarsmen in seats.5-8 J.W. Dickson, A.M. Hutchinson, S. Fairbairn and C.H. Bicknell (stroke) plus the cox C.E. Tyndale-Biscoe. Steve Fairbairn (25 August 1862-16 May 1938) was a rower and an influential rowing coach, notably at Jesus College Boat Club, Cambridge University, Thames Rowing Club and London Rowing Club in the early decades of the 20th century. All of the features of his coaching methods are referred to as “Fairbairnism”. In 1926 he founded the Head of the River Race for men’s eights held annually since on the Championship Course on the River Thames in London. Similarly he donated a trophy for a head race to be held annually on the River Cam “The Fairbairn Cup.”. A memorial to Fairbairn is situated on the southern bank of the Thames between Putney and Hammersmith. This memorial, a stone obelisk popularly known as the Mile Post, is exactly one mile from the Putney end of the Championship Course. A bronze bust of Fairbairn by George Drinkwater is the winner’s trophy for the Head of the River Race.

A walnut cased Maelzel metronome of typical obelisk form, another later metronome and four decorative busts of famous composers (6).

A collection of Staffordshire flat back figures, together with a glass obelisk and various teawares etc

A XIX century continantal walnut and parquetry table, the rectangular top inlaid with specimen timbers on tapering octagonal columns, the platform base with a stretcher and obelisk shaped finials on bun feet 80cm high, 48cm deep, 64cm wide

A mid 18th Century Bohemian Goblet circa 1750, the round funnel bowl engraved with a pair of toppled obelisk below a motto, above a facet cut invert baluster stem and shallow conical foot, height 18 cm.

A Meissen-style oval dish, the well painted with a courting couple before an obelisk amidst trees, the elaborately reticulated rim with flowers picked out in polychrome enamels, crossed swords mark, 19th century, 27cm.

A large Dresden vase and cover, painted with a couple dancing before musicians seated before a ruined obelisk, the reverse with courting couples, blue `AR` mark to the base, 19th century, 43cm. (2)

A Derby model of the Four Seasons, personified as four figures around an obelisk, holding flowers, fruit and corn, the rocky base applied with grapes and flowers, c.1760-70, damages and restoration, 24.3cm. Cf. Peter Bradshaw, Derby Porcelain Figures, p.116.

A selection of glass to include a pair of orange carnival glass tulip shaped vases, a Bristol blue type two handled vase with Mary Gregory type enamel decoration of a young boy, a pair of hand painted floral decorated vases and a glass obelisk paperweight

A Tunbridge ware thermometer stand, 19th century, of obelisk form, the ivory backplate detailed ` Negretti & Zambra, London, (a.f), 19.5 cm high.

Large Mdina paperweight and Mdina obelisk, 24cm high.

An onyx obelisk, cigarette boxes, vases etc.

A graduated pair of Mdina obelisk sculptures both of triform and cased in clear crystal over a cloudy and mottled blue green ground, engraved Mdina signatures, tallest 24 cms.

A most impressive French Art Deco black slate and green marble clock garniture in the Egyptian style, the clock surmounted with a reclining bronze sphinx and flanked by two seated winged jaguars and the eight day striking movement flanked by two tapering marble sections and decorated overall with engraved and silvered hieroglyphs and animals, together with a pair of matching obelisks of square tapering form, stamped to the base "Blanpain (?)" and with the inscribed number 6326 (clock 51cms wide x 43cms high, obelisks 58cms high, as viewed, slight damage to the plinth of one obelisk).

Victorian mother of pearl obelisk mounted with thermometer on stepped base and circular sockle. 26 cm

A composition/stone carved Model of an Obelisk (tourist piece); together with a vintage String Winder and a small Figure of a Warrior

A late 19th century Egyptian style obelisk slate cased clock mounted with two Sphinxes.

A PINXTON COFFEE CAN, PATTERN 108 painted in neo classical style with two oval vignettes of an obelisk or romantic landscape in gilt frame beneath sepia paterae and festoons centred by an urn, the rims and handle gilt, 6.5cm h, c1800. ++ Gilding on the handle and rims rubbed, undamaged, no restoration

English school, 19th century, A view of Hagley Hall, Worcestershire, with the obelisk and the temple, pencil, 36 x 50 cm (14 x 19 1/2 in). Provenance: Covent Garden Gallery

J.CHILDE. Signed watercolour on paper, early wooded landscape with figures sitting near an obelisk. 11.1/2" x 8"

A garniture of three Staffordshire smear glazed stoneware obelisks, circa 1800, possibly Warburton, each obelisk decorated in polychrome enamels with fruit including pears, grapes, cherries and plums, within blue lined borders, and raised on square plinth bases, relief moulded with medallions of country landscapes and classical scenes of Vesta and Cupid, 27.5cm high and 23cm high (3) For a pair of similar obelisks see: Property from the collection of Mrs J. Insley Blair, Christies New York, 21st January 2006, lot 555 and The Alice Tully Collection, also Christies New York, 26th October 1994, lot 362. This lot is probably the garniture illustrated in Hugo Morley Fletcher and Roger McIlroy`s, Christies Pictorial History of European Pottery, 1984, pp. 300-301, no. 18, which was catalogued as Castleford and sold for 100 guineas at Christies London on the 14th October 1963.

A mid 19thC continental parquetry centre table with an extensively worked top, deep frieze, taper legs and obelisk adornments, 64cm x 48cm. (AF).

A DERBY PORCELAIN FIGURAL GROUP, early 19th century, the Four Seasons, modelled as four figures around an obelisk, in 18th century dress, 10" high

Seven pieces of Limoges China including a Box in the form of a cat sat on a cushion with a gilt metal mouse clip, Boxes, Vases, etc, and a Villeroy & Bosch Obelisk Mantel Clock

A PAIR OF GOLD COLOURED METAL DROP EARRINGS of obelisk shape with pierced decoration having screw fittings, stamped 9ct., together with a selection of COSTUME JEWELLERY to include paste pearl necklaces, brooches etc.

Tunbridge Ware obelisk desk thermometer, 19.25cm high.

19th Century `Cleopatra`s Needle` oil lamp having a ceramic reservoir decorated with Egyptian revival motifs supported by a bronze finish obelisk guarded by two sphinx figures and marked with a registration lozange. The stepped base with inscription `Cleopatra`s Needle erected by Thothmes III Heliopolis 1700 BC, London 1878 AD`, 52cm high with star cut etched glass globular shade.

A MARBLE OBELISK CLOCK, FRENCH, LATE 18TH CENTURY surmounted by an ormolu figure atop a marble globe supported by four lions and set upon a marble column, the base set with a white enamel dial signed `Imbert l`ainé / à Paris` for Jean-Gabriel Imbert (master 1776), the eight day movement with silk suspension cord, pendulum and key -- 89cm high

A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN HARDSTONE SAMPLE OBELISK with tapering form on square base, 7 1/2" high.

A Maelzel metronome of typical obelisk form, lacking regular weight, height 23cm.

AN OLD AND INTERESTING ENGRAVING possibly an allegory of labour with figures reaping in a field and obelisk in the middle distance, dated 1719, 14" x 18" and two further prints or engravings, all unframed (3).

A carved Vicenza stone obelisk modern 183cm.; 72ins high

An unusual enamel bonbonnière, modelled as a coiled snake, flicking his forked tongue, the hinged cover painted with instruments of learning before an obelisk, 2nd half 18th century, some cracks and enamel losses, 4.2cm.

John Brunsdon (b.1923), Print Room; Death; Tangle; Going Home; Davy Jones; Green Obelisk, a group of six colour lithographs, all signed, inscribed and numbered, all unframed. (6)

A novelty silver vest pencil, shaped as an obelisk and blue enamelled with hieroglyphics.

A mid 19th century turned ivory and ebony thermometer obelisk, the mercury thermometer mounted on a fluted ebony column below an ivory vase containing two birds amongst stems of flowers, 28cm (11in) high

Jacobus Storck (Dutch 1641-1688), A MEDITERRANEAN SCENE WITH MERCHANTS AND OTHER FIGURES BESIDE AN OBELISK IN THE FOREGROUND AND A MAN-O-WAR AND OTHER SHIPPING OFFSHORE, Oil on canvas, in an 18th century carved giltwood frame, 69.9 x 87.5cm

Brown and cream veined marble obelisk, 14" high

A 19th century Ashford marble mercury thermometer obelisk, ivory register, the front typically inlaid with sample marbles, stepped rectangular base, 38cm high, c.1860

A 19TH CENTURY ITALIAN GRAND TOUR SOUVENIR marble obelisk, 30.5cms and a similar pen tray

A pair of moulded and cut glass five light wall appliques, second half 20th century, each with obelisk finial above two tiers of two and three lights, on wrythen arms, hung overall with faceted glass beads and pendants, 81cm high overall.

Early XIXth Century Tunbridge Ware Obelisk Desk Thermometer

A reproduction mahogany display cabinet, the obelisk shaped open top with three glass shelves above a drawer and cupboard, on gilt paw feet, 250cm high x 58cm wide

A Thermometer mounted on a cut glass obelisk and a small circular Aneroid Barometer

A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MARBLE AND GILT METAL MANTEL CLOCK, the white enamelled dial with painted numerals with an eight day movement, the clock beneath an urn-shaped finial supported between tapering obelisk-shaped uprights on platform base, 12½" high

A Derbyshire Pietra Dura Obelisk Form Table Thermometer, probably Ashford-in-the-Water, circa 1850, the thermometer with ivory vernier within a malachite banded frame, issuing from a plinth inlaid with flowering dog rose, on a stepped rectangular plinth, 50cm high See illustration

A collection of plaster intaglio casts mounted as two panels, 19th century and later, each panel with an arrangement of casts on an obelisk form backplate, framed and glazed, 53cm high, 26.5cm wide. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

An Art Deco olive glass two branch table candelabra with dribble and cut glass droplets, the central column with obelisk finial, height 37.5cm, with a pair of similar coloured cut glass vases, height 16.5cm (3)

Faulkner (William) Collected Stories, 1958, 3 vols., dust wrappers; Miller (Henry), Black Spring, June 1936, Obelisk first edition bound in cloth boards with original wraps laid on; with eighteen others (21)

JOANNIS JANSSONII, Eboracum, hand coloured engraved map, 1651, with title cartouche and obelisk, from the Mercator/Hondius "Atlas Minor ....", 5 3/4" x 8", similar maps Gallicia and Insula Zeilon, and another Ceilan Insula, engraved by Mercator/Hondius from Samuel Purchas "Purchas his Pilgrimes", publication 1624-26, 5 1/2" x 7 1/4", gilt frames (4)