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Click here to subscribeEnglish School, early 19th century, portrait of a lady, bust length, with long curly brown hair, wearing a turban and lace trimmed dress, oval, 8cm, in a gilt brass mounted papier mache frame, inscribed on the reverse "Mrs Montgomery"; Three "Piano Key" Oval Miniatures, after Van Dyke and Gainsborough; French School, portrait of a gentleman, bust length, hair en queue, wearing a broad lapelled coat, oval, 5.5cm, inscribed on a label on the reverse "Monsieur de Constancon Compagnion de Voyage W.H. Esq 1785"; And Two Others, oval (7)
A 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY PIANO FORM MUSICAL NECESSAIRE, with inlaid ivory faux keyboard and strung borders, the hinged lid revealing an internal mirror and red plush lift out tray, with five needlework accessories, cylinder musical box below, raised on turned ebonised legs, approximately 11.5ins x 7.5ins.
AMERICA. A.L.S. from Joseph King to his parents in Yorkshire, from Jefferson, Ohio, 1809. 3pp., folio, with integral address panel and indistinct franking. Concerning his purchase of "between 3 & 400 acres of land in the neighbourhood of Jefferson with 2 town lotts in the town which we have cleared and are going to build upon and when John calculates to begin the Hatting business next winter the prospect being considerably flattering". with other news about the weather, the price of land and wheat etc. (some damages). - Long A.L.S. from J. I. C. Ireland to his sister in Gloucestershire, from Catskill Mountain House, August 14th, n.y. (late 1820s). 4pp., 4to., but also written across. After the oppressive heat of New York, he writes, "If I wished to add a new curse to Dr. Flors' catalogue in Tristram Shandy it should run thus 'may you spend next August in New York' and (if he were a consumptive shivering sort of person) 'the following January' ". He describes the journey up the Hudson river, the scenery, the story of Major Andre, and the social life at the hotel, with observations on American women, "if you sit one down at the piano she sings till she is hoarse . . .". with manuscript transcription.(2)
A Regency mahogany square pianoforte, satinwood banded, with chequer stringing, the hinged cover reveals the works, ivory and ebony keys, inscribed New Patent, Willm Phillips, Grand & Square Piano-forte Master, Little Tower Hill, London, the three frieze drawers fitted later ring handles, on spiral fluted tapering legs and castors, 5ft 7in (170cm) wide.