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Click here to subscribeEnglish School, circa 1740 PORTRAIT OF A GENTLEMAN, HALF LENGTH, IN AN EMBROIDERED SILK WAISTCOAT AND BLUE COAT. Oil on canvas, painted oval, {91cm by 71cm}. Note: A label on the stretcher gives the sitter as Lawrence Brockett (1724-68), Professor of Modern History at Trinity College, Cambridge, but the date of the portrait would seem to make this unlikely.
An Early 19th Century Set of Twelve Plaster Relief Portrait Plaques, depicting twelve Caesars, in a glazed giltwood case, a label to the reverse inscribed with their names, {case 29cm by 21cm}; and A Similarly Cased Set of Plaster Relief Plaques, intaglio and cameo moulded with classical scenes, {case 39cm by 26cm} (2)
A French Gilt Brass and Porcelain Mounted Mantel Clock, of architectural form, with scroll enriched swept pedestal finial over a circular dial with black Roman numerals centrally painted with a cupid in flight over an artist's palette, with a portrait plaque below, on scrolling acanthus sheathed legs, the movement by Japy Freres numbered 482 69, striking a bell, {34cm}, raised on an ebonised plinth beneath a glass dome, {circa 1850.}
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY BLACK TRANSFER PRINTED CREAMWARE JUG commemorating the Peace of Amiens 1801, one side with circular portrait of Lord Nelson within a laurel cartouche and inscribed "Here's Our Old Friend, & Success to the Peacemakers", "Here's a Health to Brave Nelson, Old Englands Boast, 'The Hero of the Nile' let this be our toast", the opposite side depicting a ship of the line with cannon and flag emblems beneath, flanking an oval cartouche enclosing a scene with a woman and two boys with toy sailing boat, and entitled "Peace to all Nations". Height 9".
A LAMBETH DOULTON BROWN SALT GLAZED STONEWARE JUG commemorating the death of General Gordon of Khartoum, with applied relief portrait and inscriptions in cream and brown, including "General Gordon, Hero of Heroes, Khartoum" and "Governor General of the Soudan 1874, Born Jan. 28 1833, Betrayed Jan. 26 1885". Impressed 1880-91 mark. Height 7".
A SWANSEA POTTERY PURPLE TRANSFER PRINTED MUG commemorating the Coronation of Queen Victoria, the waisted body with two portrait heads of the Queen flanking inscription "Victoria Regina" above a crown and inscribed "Born 24th of May 1819, Proclaimed 20th of June 1837, Crowned 28th of June 1838" within a cartouche of British national plants, the interior with wide foliate scroll border and with "C" scroll moulded handle. Height 3". Diameter 3". Discoloured and rim chipped.
BORENIUS (TANCRED) AND THE Rev. J.V. HODGSON. A CATALOGUE OF THE PICTURES AT ELTON HALL IN HUNTINGDONSHIRE, number 283 of 350 copies, inscribed by Granville Proby of Elton Hall, engraved portrait frontispiece, 46 plates, slight foxing, original cloth, extremities frayed, spine rubbed, folio, 1924.
PENNANT (THOMAS) A TOUR FROM DOWNING TO ALSTON-MOOR, 27 engraved plates, slight foxing, library stamp on title and plates, modern half morocco, for Edward Harding, at the Oriental Press, 1801 ~ Gage (John) The History and Antiquities of Suffolk, 31 engraved plates, 5 maps, 2 of which hand-coloured in outline, modern cloth, 1838 ~ Harrison (Frederic) Annals of an Old Manor-House, Sutton Place, Guilford, engraved frontispiece, plates, original cloth, gilt, no library markings, 1893 ~ Gregson (Matthew) Portfolio of Fragments Relative to the History and Antiquities... of the County Palatine and Duchy of Lancaster, third edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, 18 plates, 4 maps, 3 of which folding, linen-backed, modern cloth, 1869, ex library with usual markings, if not otherwise stated; and a small quantity of others, British Topography, v.s. (small qty).
---. Maxwell (W.H.) Wanderings in the Highlands and Islands, with Sketches taken on the Scottish Border, 2 vol., portrait, preliminary foxing, new endpapers, original cloth gilt, recased, 1844 ~ Heath (Charles) The Excursion down to Wye from Ross to Monmouth, part I only [all published?], modern calf-backed marbled boards, Monmouth, 1799, 8vo (3).
Gordon (Adam Lindsay) Poems, 1898 ~ Silk and Scarlet. By the Druid, engraved portrait, vignette title and folding plate (torn along fold), 1859 ~ Fitzwygram (Lt.-Gen.Sir F.) Horses and Stables, third edition, hinges weak or broken, 1886 ~ McTaggart ( Lt.-Col.M.F.) From Colonel to Subaltern: Some Keys for Horseowners, 1928 ~ "Snaffles". A Half Century of Memories, 1949, plates and illustrations, some spotting, original cloth, rubbed; and 10 others on horses and equestrianism, 8vo & 4to (15).