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* Trade samples, Tootal Fabrics, Manchester, 1979-1982, a pair of large ledgers containing approximately 3,000 printed fabric samples, mounted on rectos and versos (some pages blank, and some samples missing), with up to 20 samples per page, including floral, plaid, figurative, geometric, stripes and spots, etc., annotations above most of the samples, including name, fabric type, stock number, date, some staining, one volume with a few fabric tabs, leaves 30 x 45.5 cm (11.75 x 18 ins), near-matching black half morocco, rubbed and some minor wear, one ledger with Tootal printed label to upper cover, large thick oblong folio (30.5 x 47 cm), together with an album of American machine-made lace samples mounted on green paper leaves, 66pp., 300+ white (and a few black) lace edging samples, up to 8 to a page, labels with stock number and price per yard in $ (ink prices scratched out), adhesive marks to front pastedown and facing leaf, original cloth-backed boards tied at spine, small ink numeral sticker to upper cover, oblong 4to (24.5 x 35 cm), plus a concertina trade catalogue of approximately 140 machine-made embroidered and broderie anglais lace samples manufactured by Eduard Schreiber, Lustenau, Austria, tall 8vo (29 x 17 cm)QTY: (4)

A wooden cased cut throat razor set consisting of ivorine handle and seven John Ledger blades. Lid broken.

A WHITE AND YELLOW JADE AX, FU, NEOLITHIC PERIODChina, c. 3rd millennium. The quite thick yet translucent blade is elegantly shaped and of rectangular form, flaring slightly toward the sharp beveled edge, pierced from the front side with a hafting hole. The jade is of a fine white tone with yellow and russet shadings as well as cloudy inclusions, that look like lambent flames when held against the sunlight (see detail image).Provenance: Galerie Beer, Brussels, 20 June 1951 (according to an ancient family ledger inspected by Cabinet Portier, Paris, France, during their appraisal of the complete de Strycker estate; this ledger remains in the possession of the de Strycker family and may not be copied). Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976).Condition: Good condition with wear, minor signs of weathering and erosions, minor chips and losses to the edges. The stone with natural fissures, some of which may have developed into small hairline cracks. Good ancient polish with an unctuous feel overall.Weight: 108.1 gDimensions: Length 9.2 cm Literature comparison: Compare a related brown jade ax, 16.3 cm long, dated c. 3300-2250 BC, in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1916.498. Compare a related green jade ax, 15.5 cm long, dated to the Neolithic period, in the British Museum, registration number 1937,0416.16. Compare a related gray jade ax, 13.3 cm long, dated between 3000-2500 BC, in the British Museum, registration number 1991,0223.2.Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Christie's Hong Kong, 27 November 2019, lot 2740Price: HKD 437,500 or approx. EUR 55,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A jade axe, Longshan culture, circa 2500-2000 BCExpert remark: Note the larger size (13.9 cm).新石器時代玉斧中國，西元前三千年。此斧白玉質，局部帶沁，為略呈扁平的梯形器，頂部截平，鑽有一孔，可縛紮執柄，下端為刃，兩面斜削呈弧凸形，周身光素無紋。整件玉質滋潤柔和，光澤細膩，手藝精良。來源：布魯塞爾Beer藝廊，1951年6月20日 (根據法國巴黎Portier內閣在評估整個de Strycker莊園時的一份家族老帳本； 該帳本仍由 de Strycker 家族所有，不得複製)。Robert與Isabelle de Strycker收藏，購於上述藝廊，在同一家族保存至今。Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) 是一位法國冶金工程師。他畢業於史丹佛大學，曾是魯汶大學教授，同時也是魯汶天主教大學冶金研究所所長，是應用科學學院最有影響力的成員之一。二戰後，他為法國的戰後復興做出了巨大貢獻。Robert與他的妻子Isabelle （1915-2010）於 上世紀三十年代在大英博物館首次接觸到中國藝術。因爲其風格和美感所吸引，他們決定研究和收藏中國藝術品。1938 年，他們開始建立自己的收藏，從比利時、巴黎和英國經銷商處購買。他們與英國著名收藏家Harry Garner爵士（1891-1977）和捷克著名收藏家兼專家Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976）保持著密切聯繫。品相：狀況良好，有磨損、輕微風化和侵蝕跡象、邊緣有輕微磕損和缺口。玉料上有天然裂縫，有的可能發展成細小裂縫。整體細膩盈潤。重量：108.1 克尺寸：長 9.2 釐米文獻比較：比較一件相近的約西元前3300-2250年玉斧，長16.3 釐米，收藏於史密森學會國立亞洲藝術博物館，館藏編號F1916.498。比較一件相近的新石器時代青玉斧，長15.5 厘米，收藏於大英博物館，館藏編號1937,0416.16。比較一件相近的西元前3000-2500年灰玉斧，長13.3 厘米，收藏於大英博物館，館藏編號1991,0223.2。拍賣結果比較：形制：相近拍賣：香港佳士得，2019年11月27日，lot 2740價格：HKD 437,500（相當於今日EUR 55,500）描述：龍山文化玉鉞專家評論：請注意尺寸較大 (13.9 厘米)。

A RARE SOAPSTONE 'TAOTIE' CEREMONIAL BLADE, HAN DYNASTYChina, 2nd century BC to 2nd century AD. The curved blade powerfully carved to both sides with a two-horned taotie mask with sharply detailed features such as almond-shaped eyes below elegantly curved brows centered by a cross-hatched lozenge design, framed by ruyi and scroll designs, all above a pierced round mouth. The blade is sharpened to one side, while the blunt side is pierced with two further circular apertures flanking a neatly incised rope-twist design. The opaque stone is of a mottled buff color with extensive calcification as well as russet and cloudy white inclusions. Nice polish, with an unctuous feel overall.Provenance: Collection Huet, Paris. Hôtel des ventes Giroux, 22-23 February 1952 (according to an ancient family ledger inspected by Cabinet Portier, Paris, France, during their appraisal of the complete de Strycker estate; this ledger remains in the possession of the de Strycker family and may not be copied). Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. One side with an old collection label. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Université Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976).Condition: Good condition, commensurate with age. Extensive ancient wear from pre-burial worship, signs of weathering and erosion, encrustations, nicks, possibly minuscule old fills, the stone with natural inclusions and fissures, some of which have developed into small hairline cracks. Naturally grown patina overall, with some areas of post-burial wear to calcification.Weight: 355.4 gDimensions: Length 28.5 cm The Taotie is an ancient Chinese mythological creature that was commonly emblazoned on a variety of materials during the 1st millennium BC. The first historically confirmed usage of Taotie is in the classic Zuo Zhuan, a narrative history of China written in 30 chapters between 722 and 468 BC, where it is used to refer to one of the Four Perils (Si Xiong), the four evil creatures of the world: a greedy and gluttonous son of the Jinyun clan, who lived during the time of the mythical Yellow Emperor. Within the Zuo Zhuan, taotie is used by the writer to identify a glutton.Literature comparison: Compare two related soapstone animal masks unearthed in 1978 from Western Han tombs in Maxiping, Xupu, and another unearthed from an Eastern Han tomb in Guojiapu, Changde, all three now in the Hunan Provincial Museum. Compare a related jade love token ornament, depicting a similarly carved grotesque face, 12.4 cm wide, also dated to the Han dynasty, in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, accession number 18.43.14. Compare a related jade hu-form vessel with a similar taotie mask handle, dated to the Eastern Han dynasty, at Sotheby's Hong Kong, 9 October 2020, lot 3.

A SQUARE THREE-COLOR LACQUER 'CHUN' SPRING BOX AND COVER, QING DYNASTYChina, 18th - 19th century. Deeply carved through several layers of cinnabar, orange, and black lacquer, the top of the cover with a shaped panel enclosing a bowl of precious objects radiating rays illuminating the large character Chun ('spring') centered by a roundel enclosing Shoulao flanked by two cranes standing before a pine tree and rockwork. The straight sides of the box and the cover are carved with angular scroll designs reserved against lozenge diaper. The interior and base are lacquered black.Provenance: Gallery Van Stockum, The Hague, Netherlands, 21 May 1958 (according to an ancient family ledger inspected by Cabinet Portier, Paris, France, during their appraisal of the complete de Strycker estate; this ledger remains in the possession of the de Strycker family and may not be copied). Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. Old collection label to the base of the box. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privebezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').Condition: Good condition with old wear and expected manufacturing irregularities. Natural imperfections including minor age cracks as well as tiny nicks, light scratches, minor losses, some possibly with minimal ancient repairs and/or touchups. Good patina overall.Weight: 515.4 gDimensions: Length 18.2 cm Auction result comparison: Type: RelatedAuction: Galerie Zacke, 9 March 2023, lot 8Price: EUR 10,400Description: A three-color lacquer 'chun' spring box and cover, Qianlong periodExpert remark: Compare the closely related Chun motif. Note the circular form as well as the size (25.5 cm). 清代剔彩春壽方盒中國，十八至十九世紀。盒呈方形，倭角，子母口，矮壁淺圈足，底部及盒內髹黑漆。外壁通體剔彩髹朱、黃、黑三色漆，以黃、黑漆作錦地，朱漆“春"為主題紋飾。蓋面開光，開光內雕聚寶盆，盆內滿盛珍寶，映射出萬道霞光。上托“春"字，春字中心圓形開光，居中壽星端坐於青松下。 “春"字兩側各雕蕉葉紋，四周襯托彩雲。盒壁上下各有四組開光，內雕回紋。 來源：海牙Van Stockum藝廊，1958年5月21日 (根據法國巴黎 Cabinet Portier 在對整個 de Strycker 莊園進行評估時檢查過的一份家族帳本所記載；該帳本仍由 de Strycker 家族所有，不得複製)。 品相：狀況良好，有磨損和製造缺陷，輕微的老化裂紋，以及微小的刻痕、輕微劃痕和缺損，有一些舊修補。包漿良好。 重量：515.4 克 尺寸：長 18.2 釐米 拍賣結果比較： 形制：相近 拍賣：Galerie Zacke，2023年3月9日，lot 8 價格：EUR 10,400 描述：乾隆時期剔彩春壽蓋盒 專家評論：比較非常相近的春主題。請注意圓形和尺寸(25.5 厘米)由于平台拍品叙述的长度限制，我们移除了中文叙述，完整中文叙述请至www.zacke.at查看

A CARVED CINNABAR LACQUER 'PHOENIX' SNUFF BOTTLE, PROBABLY IMPERIAL, CHINA, 1780-1860Of compressed form with flat lip and recessed, convex oval foot surrounded by a foot rim, finely carved in high relief with a flying phoenix amidst clouds on both sides, the narrow sides carved with elongated rocky promontories, the neck with a band of pendent acanthus leaves, the upper neck and base with plain borders.Provenance: Galerie Max, Brussels, 19 February 1966 (according to an ancient family ledger inspected by Cabinet Portier, Paris, France, during their appraisal of the complete de Strycker estate; this ledger remains in the possession of the de Strycker family and may not be copied). Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by decent in the same family. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privebezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').Condition: Good condition with minor wear, expected small age cracks, bubbling around the rim, minuscule nicks, and few tiny losses. The stopper lost.Weight: 50.9 gDimensions: Height 64 mm, Diameter neck 15 mm and mouth 6 mm Expert's note: This is one of a series of cinnabar lacquer snuff bottles of a distinctive style and may be the mid-Qing continuation of a well-known, eighteenth-century imperial group. The subject of the phoenix (fenghuang) as the main decoration, making it emblematic as opposed to representing any particular myth in which the bird may figure, suggests that it was made for the Court, since this bird came, by the Qing dynasty, to represent the Empress.Auction result comparison:Type: Near identicalAuction: Christie's New York, 17 September 2008, lot 82Price: USD 8,125 or approx. EUR 10,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, probably imperial, 1780-1880Expert remark: Note the size (6.6 cm). 1780-1860年剔犀鳳鳥紋鼻煙壺，或爲御製平口，束頸，豐肩，壺身剔犀層層深雕雲中飛舞鳳鳥紋，頸部蕉葉紋。 來源：比利時布魯塞爾 Max藝廊，1966年2月19日 (根據法國巴黎 Cabinet Portier 在對整個 de Strycker 莊園進行評估時檢查過的一份家族帳本所記載；該帳本仍由 de Strycker 家族所有，不得複製)。 品相：狀況良好，有輕微磨損、預期的小年齡裂紋、輪輞周圍冒泡、微小刻痕和很少的微小損失。壺蓋遺失。 重量：50.9 克 尺寸：高 64毫米，頸部直徑15 毫米，壺口直徑6毫米專家注釋：這件風格獨特的剔犀鼻煙壺可能為清代中期御製。鳳凰具有象徵意義，在清朝出現在宮廷中。 代表皇后。 拍賣結果比較： 形制：幾乎相同 拍賣：紐約佳士得，2008年9月17日，lot 82 價格：USD 8,125（相當於今日EUR 10,500） 描述：1780-1880年御製剔犀鳳鳥紋鼻煙壺 專家評論：請注意尺寸(6.6 厘米)。由于平台拍品叙述的长度限制，我们移除了中文叙述，完整中文叙述请至www.zacke.at查看

AN IRON-RED ENAMELED SGRAFFIATO PORCELAIN 'DRAGON' SNUFF BOTTLE, 1820-1900China. Of rounded rectangular form, its cylindrical neck incised with a key-fret band, slightly convex lip, glazed interior, painted around the side walls in iron-red with a five-clawed dragon diving through incised waves, all above a border of further wave patterns surrounding a gently tapered oval foot ring, the recessed base decorated with a dragon head among stylized clouds.Provenance: Galerie Allain, Paris, February 1944 (according to an ancient family ledger inspected by Cabinet Portier, Paris, France, during their appraisal of the complete de Strycker estate; this ledger remains in the possession of the de Strycker family and may not be copied). Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by decent in the same family. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privebezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').Condition: Very good condition with minor old wear and some firing irregularities. The stopper with a minor nick.Stopper: Jadeite Weight: 52.7 g Dimensions: Height including stopper 73 mm. Diameter neck 17 mm and mouth 7 mm. The body of the dragon on the present bottle is painted in a fashion that is partially interrupted and covered by incised wave patterns, creating a dynamic effect in presenting a mighty dragon charging through turbulent seas.Literature comparison:Compare a closely related snuff bottle from the Collection of Brooks and Dorothy Cofield, illustrated on the cover of The International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society Journal, August 2015. Compare a related snuff bottle in the Victoria & Albert Museum, accession number C.446&STOPP-1926. Compare a related snuff bottle illustrated by Hugh Moss, Chinese Snuff Bottles From the Collection of the Rt. Hon. The Marquess of Exeter, K.C.M.G., 1974, p. 37, fig. C.31.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 14 March 2016, lot 6004Price: USD 2,125 or approx. EUR 2,500 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writing Description: An enameled and incised porcelain 'dragon' snuff bottle, 1820-1900Expert remark: Note the size (6.4 cm). 1820-1900年軋道礬紅彩龍紋鼻煙壺中國，扁平壺，直頸，溜肩，橢圓圈足。瓶內外施釉，外壁粉彩繪製五爪雲龍，一面龍頭碩大，瞠目回望，從暗紋所刻雲中探出，鬃發後揚，氣勢磅礴；另一面可見龍尾，兩側有龍爪在雲中顯現。 來源：巴黎Allain藝廊，1944年2月 (根據法國巴黎 Cabinet Portier 在對整個 de Strycker 莊園進行評估時檢查過的一份家族帳本所記載；該帳本仍由 de Strycker 家族所有，不得複製)。品相：狀況極好，有輕微磨損和一些燒製不規則。壺蓋帶有小刻痕。 壺蓋: 翡翠 重量：52.7 克 尺寸：含蓋高 73 毫米，頸部直徑17 毫米與壺口直徑7 毫米。由于平台拍品叙述的长度限制，我们移除了中文叙述，完整中文叙述请至www.zacke.at查看

AN IMPERIAL CINNABAR LACQUER 'ZHANG SHENG'S DREAM' SNUFF BOTTLE, CHINA, 1730-1830Attributed to the Palace Workshops, Beijing. Of flattened ovoid form, deeply carved through the layers of cinnabar lacquer with a continuous landscape scene divided by rockwork and trees, one side with Zhang Sheng sleeping at his desk on a covered porch, as he sleeps a wispy line representing the dreams of the young scholar swirls above his head, flowing and spreading into the other side of the bottle showing him in a passionate embrace with his forbidden love, Cui Yingying, all on a variety of diaper grounds.Provenance: Galerie Max in Brussels, Belgium, 19 February 1966 (according to an ancient family ledger inspected by Cabinet Portier, Paris, France, during their appraisal of the complete de Strycker estate; this ledger remains in the possession of the de Strycker family and may not be copied). Collection of Robert and Isabelle de Strycker, acquired from the above and thence by descent in the same family. Robert de Strycker (1903-1968) was a French engineer who specialized in metallurgy. He was a Stanford graduate, a professor at the University of Leuven, a director of the Institute of Metallurgy at the Universite Catholique de Louvain, and one of the most influential members of the faculty of applied sciences. After World War II, he made large contributions to France's post-war recovery. Robert and his wife Isabelle (1915-2010) first encountered Chinese art at the British Museum during a stay in London in the 1930s. Enamored with the style and beauty, they both decided to study and collect Chinese works of art. In 1938 they eventually began to build their collection, buying from Belgian, Parisian, and English dealers. They kept close contact with the famous English collector Sir Harry Garner (1891-1977) and noted Czech collector and expert Fritz Low-Beer (1906-1976). In 1964, the couple lent 174 objects from their collection to the Belgian city of Leuven's museum for an exhibition titled Oude kunst in Leuvens Privebezit ('Old Art in Private Collections in Leuven'), and in 1967 they lent around thirty Japanese objects to the Royal Museums of Art and History in Brussels for their exhibition Kunst van Japan im belgischen Privatverzameingen ('Japanese Art in Belgian Private Collections').Condition: Good condition with minor wear and expected manufacturing irregularities, small natural age cracks, minuscule nicks, and a few tiny losses and old fills.Stopper: Matching chrysanthemum-form cinnabar lacquer stopper with a gilt bronze knop and platelet, metal spoonWeight: 64.6 gDimensions: Height including stopper 7.2 cm. Diameter neck 1.9 cm and mouth 0.5 cm This is a classic imperial lacquer snuff bottle on bronze. The group of bottles represents masterly carving in lacquer that is splendidly sculptural and covers a range of delightful subject matter, usually drawn from popular dramas, operas or novels, or myths and legends. We can be sure that the group as a whole was imperial, even if we cannot be sure that every last example was made for the court. If they were for example made in Suzhou, the same workshops might have made a few pieces for private sale as well.The snuff bottle depicts a famous scene from the Romance of the Western Chamber, written by Wang Shifu (1250-1300), a story immensely popular with all levels of society. Woodblock illustrations in the many editions helped conventionalize images that were instantly recognizable to the public, thus creating a corpus of motifs that was widely used by jade carvers, painters, silk embroiderers, lacquer workers, and other craftsmen.Professor Herbert Giles, whose History of Chinese Literature was published in 1924, refers to The Xixiang Ji as the play “which will best repay reading". It is the typical story where a handsome student and a beautiful girl attempt to cross the social divide, aided and incited by the girl's maid. The dialogue is punctuated with images of wind, snow, moonlight, and flowers, emphasizing both the passion and the romance felt by the struggling couple.Literature comparison:Four cinnabar lacquer bottles from this group carved with figural scenes are in the Qing Court Collection in the Palace Museum, Beijing, and are illustrated in Masterpieces of Snuff Bottles in the Palace Museum, Beijing, 1995, pp. 187-90, nos. 192-95. Another is illustrated in Moss, Graham, Tsang, A Treasury of Chinese Snuff Bottles, The Mary and George Bloch Collection, Vol. 7, Part 1, Hong Kong, 2009, pp. 175-82, no. 1538.Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Bonhams New York, 20 March 2012, lot 66Price: USD 25,000 or approx. EUR 31,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A carved cinnabar lacquer snuff bottle, probably Imperial, possibly Palace workshops, 1730-1820Expert remark: Note the size (5.7 cm)Auction result comparison:Type: Closely relatedAuction: Christie's New York, 22 March 2007, lot 7Price: USD 20,400 or approx. EUR 28,000 converted and adjusted for inflation at the time of writingDescription: A fine carved lacquer snuff bottle, probably Imperial, attributed to the Palace workshops, Beijing, 1730-1820Expert remark: Note the size (6.35 cm) 1730-1830年御製剔犀《西廂記》場景鼻煙壺疑爲內務府造辦處所製。由于平台拍品叙述的长度限制，我们移除了中文叙述，完整中文叙述请至www.zacke.at查看

Two vintage scrap albums containing various advertising cut-outs, etc, together with a lockable leather address book / ledger, a small collection of topographical postcards of Cirencester, mainly from the early 20th Century and an album containing various 20th Century black and white photographs of various people

A blank antique ledger

A 1930s Estate Ledger, believed to be from the Orsett estate, Essex, with sections on 'Repairs', 'Estate', 'Orchards' and others, entries span January 1932 until May 1939.

A 17th century ledger, relating to the Orsett Estate, with handwritten entries in Latin then English dating from 1647, possibly belonging to a lawyer, with approximately 78 entries.##PLEASE NOTE##It has been noted that the above item may contain manorial documents, which are subject to the Manorial Documents Rules 1959, 1963 and 1967, administered by The Historical Manuscripts Commission at The National Archives on behalf of the Master of the Rolls.Accordingly, the purchasers of the documents must notify the Secretary of the Commission of their acquisition and provide details of where they will be kept. **They may in no circumstances be removed from England and Wales without the prior consent of the Master of the Rolls**. Every change of ownership must be reported. www.nationalarchives.gov.uk

A ROMAN MARBLE ANTEFIX OR STELE CROWN CIRCA 1ST CENTURY A.D. Carved in high relief with a palmette emerging from acanthus leaves 32.4cm high, 24cm wide, 7.2cm maximum depth Provenance: Traditionally said to have been brought to England by Lord Elgin, Thomas Bruce 7th Earl (1766-1841) and to have been found on the Athenian Acropolis; Presented by Rev. A.R.J Munro (O.C.), Rector of Lincoln College, Oxford in March 1944 (numbered 156- 1960 in the Black Ledger),Charterhouse School Museum, largely formed between 1874-1940. Sotheby's, London, The Charterhouse Collection, 5 November 2002, lot 92, where purchased by Robert KimeExhibited: Sotheby's, London, Classical Antiquities from Private Collections in Great Britain, (A Loan Exhibition in Aid of the Ashmole Archive), 15th-30th January 1986, no.52. Condition Report: With wear, marks, knocks and scratches as per age, handling, use, and cleaning. Some chips along the edges and along the front of the base. Some chips to the edges of the central acanthus leaves. Please see additional images for visual references to condition which form part of this condition report. Dreweatts thank Joanna van der Lande for her help cataloguing and condition reporting for this sale All lots are offered for sale "as viewed" and subject to the applicable Conditions of Business for Buyer's condition, which are set out in the sale catalogue and are available on request. All lots are available for inspection and Condition Reports are available on request. However, all lots are of an age and type which means that they may not be in perfect condition and should be viewed by prospective bidders; please refer to Condition 6 of the Conditions of Business for Buyers. This is particularly true for garden related items. We must advise you that we are not professional restorers or conservators and we do not provide any guarantee or warranty as to a lot's condition. Accordingly, it is recommended that prospective buyers inspect lots or have their advisors do so and satisfy themselves as to condition and accuracy of description Buyers are reminded that liability for loss and damage transfers to the buyer from the fall of the hammer. Whilst the majority of lots will remain in their location until collected, we can accept no responsibility for any damage which may occur, even in the event of Dreweatts staff assisting carriers during collection.Condition Report Disclaimer

Vintage dome top trunk and contents, pine ledger desk and pricket stick.

The following is a unique item of a lockable, unused ledger of approximately 200 white pages with marbled end papers and brown boards. With lock and key broken, unable to open. Two letters enclosed separately. First letter typewritten, 4 pages, 7" x 9", dated 24th November 1923. Printed address of Watton Rectory, Hertford. The letter is addressed to Mrs Gibbs and is written from the Meyer family, expressing advice on the Archdeacon's garden, mentioning many shrubs, soil conditions, etc. This letter is accompanied by a double sided letter, dated September 12th 1925. Both letters are to an Archdeacon on expert gardening matters. These are of interest in that Alan Turing, of Bletchley Hall fame, stayed with his family at the Rectory with the Meyers for 6 weeks during the summer of 1923. A biography by Andrew Hodges tells a tale of how a gypsy fortune teller at the Church Fete at Watton Rectory foretold that Alan Turing would be a genius. Very unusual item of some interest. From single vendors book collection. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99. 30kg box UK £15, EU £40, ROW £60

Greyhound Racing interest: A silver two handled tray with scalloped edge, handle to handle 47cm Engraved to base The Greyhound St Ledger 1949. Hallmarked for Birmingham 1946 by Adie Brothers Ltd (Approximate weight 1000g)

A late 19th / early 20th century half calf bound ledger, containing later entries, 29 cm x 39 cm x 8 cm

Die Radierungen Rembrandts 1922 by Woldemar Von Seidlitz, "The English School of Painting in Watercolours" by Aaron Penley 1880 Third Edition, and a large Victorian ledger

Property of a Gentleman.  Sir Joshua Reynolds PRA (1723 - 1792) Mrs. Letitia Sparrow (nee Popham) (1746 - 1838) Oil on canvas In a carved giltwood frame With labels and inscriptions versoLot Essay: Reynolds' pocket books record five appointments in May 1766 for sittings with Mrs. Sparrow for this portrait. They took place on 14th May (at nine o'clock) 15th (at 3) 16th, 17th and 19th (all at 9). A payment of 35 guineas is recorded in the ledger on 6th June 1767. This accords with the price that Reynolds was charging for portraits of this size as noted in the front of a pocket book for 1764. Another of her family appears to have been painted by Reynolds the previous year. There is an appointment with a Mrs. Popham recorded for May 1765. Letitia Popham was the only daughter of Thomas Popham of Bagborough House, West Bagborough, Somerset and his wife Sara. This was a branch of the Popham family who had long been wealthy West Country landowners. The family's apogee was the appointment of Sir John Popham as Lord Chief Justice of England in 1592, a role in which he served under both Queen Elizabeth and King James. Letitia married James Sparrow (1742-1804), the sole surviving son of Francis Sparrow of Flax Bourton, Somerset, and his wife Sarah Smith of London, whom he had married in 1730. James and Letitia had two sons and eight daughters. She died in 1838 aged 92 and is buried at Long Ashton. The sitter is painted half-length, in a trompe l'oeil oval, wearing a blue gown trimmed with ermine over a chemise with a lace collar. An inscription on the back of the lining canvas reads: 'Loetitia Popham wife of James Sparrow Esq. of Flaxbourton, Somerset'. There is an old label at the bottom of the back of the frame which reads: 'Laetitia Popham sister of Alexander m. James Sparrow of Flaxbourton'.Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitter; Private collection, United Kingdom  Literature: David Mannings, Sir Joshua Reynolds, a complete catalogue of his paintings, Vol.1. No. 1656, page 421 Leslie & Taylor, Life and times of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Vol.1, Chap. IV, page 266Dimensions: (Canvas) 28.75 in. (H) x 22.75 in. (W) (Frame) 35.25 in. (H) x 30 in. (W)

Janet Ledger (b.1931) British, three children on a set of swings with the sea behind them and an industrial town far in the distance to the right, oil on panel, artist signature on the bottom left corner, dated 1980, 28.5 cm x 36 cm in a wooden frame.Very good condition. May benefit from cleaning. Frame also in good condition, requires light cleaning.

Medicine - Historically Important Parliament Medical Act, the act titled 'An Act to remove Restrictions on the granting of Qualifications for Registration under the Medical Act on the ground of Sex [11th August 1876], the act removed from a ledger with string binding marks clean and complete. The Medical Act 1876 (Chapter 41) was an act which repealed the previous Medical Act in the United Kingdom and finally allowed all British medical authorities to license all qualified applicants whatever their gender. It was introduced by Parliament member Russell Gurney. The Act obtained the queen's assent and became law despite Queen Victoria's strong private objections to women's medical training

Goldsmith (Oliver). The Citizen of the World; or Letters from a Chinese Philosopher, residing in London, to his Friends in the East, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London: J. Newbery, 1762, title to first volume with closed tear neatly repaired, without final blank leaves as usual at end of each volume (N12 and M8 respectively), Beeleigh Abbey bookplate to front pastedown of each volume, gilt turn-ins, all edges gilt, fine early 20th-century gilt-decorated red full morocco (without binder's name), in excellent condition, 12mo (169 x 92mm)QTY: (2)NOTE:Rothschild 1021; I. A. Williams, p. 123. SCOTT, pp. 71-4; ESTC T146035. First collected edition.Fine copy of the first edition. As usual, page vii in the first volume is numbered 'v'. The 'i' in the catchword in volume II, page 11 is out of alignment, not dropped. Goldsmith's letters appeared anonymously in The Public Ledger beginning in late January of 1760, and concluded in August of the following year. Their considerable popularity, and their publication in book form, were significant elements in Goldsmith's early ascent from Grub Street to what Scott describes as "the freedom of the precincts of the inner sanctuary of letters."

* Foyle Family Deeds. A group of 3 vellum deeds relating to the Foyle family, 1619, 1677 & 1710, the first a settlement (lease for 90 years in trust), 20 December 1619, Morgan Yetman (signs Gatman) of Margaret Marsh in Dorset, yeoman, to Peter Tucker of Margaret Marsh, butcher, John Stoett of East Orchett in Dorset, yeoman and John Durnford of Crockers in Dorset, yeoman, messuage and land in Hinton Mary, Dorset, and a close of pasture called Bottom Lake near Marnhull Gate in Marnhull, Dorset, occupied by Nicholas Brancker, recites: lease by Alban Knapton of Brockenhurst in Hampshire, gentleman, to Morgan Yetman, reserving all trees on the premises, for 99 years from 29 September 1619 or the lives of Morgan Yatman, his wife Elizabeth and son Thomas, 1 October 1619, to hold in trust for Morgan for life, remainder to Elizabeth, witnesses: John Foyle, Henry Foyle, Richard Pern, Ralph Knapton, 32 x 47 cm, together with:Settlement (release for £500) on the marriage of Robert Foyle and Dulsabella Pitman, 3 October 1677, Robert Foyle of Shipton in Hampshire, gentleman, with Dulsabella Pitman, daughter of John Pitman of Quarley in Hampshire, esquire to William Norborne of Chute in Wiltshire, esquire, and Samuel Pitman of Quarley, son of John Pitman of Quarley (trustees), manor or capital messuage and farm of Norton otherwise Norton Walrey in Wonston otherwise Wonsington in Hampshire, with lands in Walrey, Sutton, Wonston otherwise Wonsington, Bullington, Newton and Barton Stacy, formerly the inheritance of Sir Thomas Stewkly, knight and John St John, esquire, in consideration of a marriage-portion of £500 the manor is settled on Robert and Dulsabella and their heirs in tail male; in her widowhood Dulsabella to receive an annuity of £120 and the right to inhabit the kitchen, brewhouse and the chambers and lofts over them on the north side of the house; provision of marriage-portions for any daughters of the marriage in sums decreasing from £1000 according to the number of daughters; provision for Robert to settle an annuity not exceeding £80 on any future wife, signed by Robert Foyle only; witnesses: Humphrey Norborne, Edmund Pitman, Benjamin Wyche, 53 x 71 cm, four red wax seals appended, plusCopy of court roll, manor of Appleshaw, 13 November 1710, admission of Thomas Sturges to a customary tenement and garden in Appleshaw, quitrent 2d, which came into the lord’s hands by the death of his kinsman John Sturges, fine £3, signed by the lord George Rumbold and his steward John Foyle, gentleman, 10.5 x 30.5 cmQTY: (3)NOTE:2) In 1626 the manor of Norton in Wonston was sold by John St John and his maternal uncle Sir Thomas Stewkley to Dr Nicholas Love, headmaster of Winchester College, a chaplain to James I. On his death in 1630 it passed to his son Nicholas, one of the judges of Charles I, and in 1660 the estate was forfeited to the Crown. This chequered history might explain the deed’s somewhat reticent description of the manor’s descent. A ledger-stone in Wonston church records the burial of Robert Foyle of Norton and his wife Dulcibella, the eldest daughter of John Pitman of Quarley; Robert died 26 September 1683 aged 33, and Dulcibella 17 May 1718 aged 68. Their daughters Elizabeth and Dulcibella both died at the age of 19, in 1700 and 1702 respectively and their son John Foyle died aged 57 on 15 January 1736. The Topographer 1 (1821) 1. Robert Foyle’s will and inventory are held at Hampshire Record Office, 1683P/15. 3) With a letter from Arthur J Perrett, 197 Comberton Road, Kidderminster, presenting the document to W A Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, Maldon, Essex, 12 September 1950. No records of the manor survive between 1611 and 1803. John Foyle, son and heir of Edward Foyle, master, was admitted to the Middle Temple on 22 May 1699 and called to the bar ex gracia on 26 October 1705; his father Edward Foyle, third son of John Foyle of Chute in Wiltshire, esquire, was admitted on 16 May 1672, called to the bar on 30 May 1679, appointed a Bencher on 29 October 1703 and Reader in Lent term 1706 (Middle Temple admissions, 185, 245).

Dickens (Charles). Scenes from the Life of Nickleby Married. Containing certain remarkable passages, strange adventures, and extraordinary occurrences, that befel the Nickleby Family in their further career; being a sequel to the "Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby," as edited by "Boz". With illustrations by "Quiz", 1st edition, London: John Williams, 1840, etched frontispiece (with small repaired tear) and 21 plates, title with lower corner renewed, occasional offsetting and light toning, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later full tan calf gilt by Riviere and Son, spine with green morocco label; and gilt decoration, 8vo, together with Hunted Down: A Story, by Charles Dickens. With some account of Thomas Griffiths Wainwright, the poisoner, 1st UK edition, London: John Camden Hotten, [1870], two half-titles, title with wood-engraved vignette, 3 pp. advertisements bound at front, 5 pp. advertisements at rear (one leaf at rear with small bookseller ink stamp), original green wrappers bound front and rear, bookplate of Robert Lloyd Henderson, contemporary green half morocco, spine faded to brown, a little rubbed, small 8vo, plus [Morford, Henry]. John Jasper's Secret; Being a Narrative of Certain Events Following and Explaining "The Mystery of Edwin Drood", 1st edition, London: Publishing Offices, 1872, 20 wood-engraved plates, a little minor spotting, crimson morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later tan half calf by Morrell, spine with navy and green calf labels and gilt decoration, 8vo, and Bennett (Charles H. & Robert B. Brough). Shadow and Substance, 1st edition, London: W. Kent & Co., 1860, half-title, 30 hand-coloured caricature plates, original cloth covers and spine bound-in at rear, a little minor spotting, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey, all edges gilt, later burgundy half morocco by Bayntun, Bath, spine lettered and decorated in gilt (edges slightly rubbed), 8voQTY: (4)NOTE:Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates).Eckel (1982) pp. 198-199 for Hunted Down. First published in the New York Ledger in 1859 after owner Robert Bonner had paid Charles Dickens £1000 for the story, then published in the UK in All the Year Round in April 1860, afterwards by T. B. Peterson and Brothers in Philadelphia in 1861 (with other novelettes by Dickens), followed by the first UK edition by Hotten in 1870.

A VINTAGE LEDGER CONTAINING USED PENNY REDS, 2 1/2 D AND 1D, AND VARIOUS OTHERS

Mining Interest - an early 18th century Swannington Colliery [Leicestershire] accounts ledger, leather binding with paper label to cover inscribed 'Swanington Colliery acc. From Oct. 30th 1714 to Sept. 5/23', 41.5cm x 16.5cm

Automobilia - Early Motoring - an ink MS ledger, for a garage in the West Midlands, c.1948, recording the sale of petrol and paraffin, repairs to and the supply of parts for various makes of car to clients and properties around Stafford and the surrounding area, half-bound black morocco, green boards, marbled edges

RENOIR PIERRE-AUGUSTE: (1841-1919) French Impressionist Artist. Exceptional hardcover 4.5 x 6.5 ledger book, 116 pages, containing 14 pages filled out in Renoir´s hand, recording the sales of his paintings, listing those in deposit, where they are, etc.. Written to the front cover `Tableaux´ ("Paintings"). The opening page bears a red pencil annotation, `Durand Ruel´, and the next 14 pages are dated from 1882 to 1885, recording various financial transactions. Several of these entries record amounts received from the sales of his works, and in several instances he writes names or descriptions of the works, such as  "Portrait de Mme. C dans un jardin", "Femme nue", "Jeune Kabyle", "Vues Venise", "Saltimbanque", "Naples et Alger", "jardin coquelicot", "Jardin Montmartre", "Samary (Pastel)", and many more. Few other pages with multiple payments records, painting prices, financial transactions, amounts received on account, dates, etc.. In two instances, in 1883, Renoir writes the name `Manet´ presumably referring to his friend and fellow Edouard Manet. These entries provide valuable insight into Renoir's life and work, and as such this ledger represents an important piece for Renoir research. Very small minor age wear, otherwise VG Paul Durand-Ruel (1831-1922) French Art Dealer. Probably the most important commercial advocate of impressionists, providing monetary support to his painters and solo-exhibitions.  He counted Degas, Monet, Manet and Renoir among his clients.

ALBERT DOCK, TOBACCO LEDGER: ms. ledger recording tobacco movements at Albert Dock, including names of ships, tobacco merchants (inc. John Player, Ogdens, Walkers and others), 1948-49 period, contents filled, original red cloth covers, rubbed and marked, folio: manuscript daybook of an unidentified cobbler, contents filled with day-to-day accounts circa 1840s-70s, original vellum covers worn and marked, tall 8vo: with another later cashbook, catalogue of Thomas Robinson & Son Woodworking Machinery c.1920, and one other manuscript volume. (5)

YOSHIAKI: AN IVORY OKIMONO NETSUKE OF AN ONI NEMBUTSU, MEIJISigned Yoshiaki Japan, early Meiji period (1868-1912) Finely carved, the repentant demon is seated, with one leg stretched and the other bended, supporting his weight with his right arm, which extends at the back, the other hand holding a donation ledger inscribed HOUGA (donation). The Oni shown with a relaxed facial expression, with a drum hanging around his neck, and carrying an umbrella on his back, a drum beater is laying besides him. The underside with two small himotoshi besides the signature YOSHIAKI.LENGTH 4.1 cmCondition: A loss and a repair to the umbrella, otherwise good condition with expected wear. Provenance: Collection of Gaston Lazard (1878-1956) and his wife Jane Levy (1886-1985), thence by descent within the same family.Trade Certificate: The trade certificate for the sale of this lot within the EU has been granted (permit number AT 23-B-0134). This item contains ivory, rhinoceros horn, tortoise shell, and/or some types of tropical wood and is subject to CITES when exporting outside the EU. It is typically not possible to export such items outside of the EU, including to the UK. Therefore, after this item has the necessary trade certificate, it can only be shipped within the EU or picked up in our gallery in person.

Two handwritten ledgers from Redruth Breweries, one dated 1953 listing all the Public Houses, the other large ledger listing suppliers and agents together with two further 1950s Redruth Brewery ledgers of accounts and products (4)

A handwritten ledger for East Pool and Agar Mines 1933-1934 with ore calculations and numerous scale drawings of equipment and machinery

Numerous graphs and diagrams relating to South Crofty Mines mineral lodes, mainly the New Cook's Kitchen; a South Croft Mines Limited convertible second mortgage debenture stock ledger dated 1967 and a Director's report from 1936

A handwritten ledger for Carn Brea and Tincroft Mines 1910/1911 with handwritten reports on the mines and produce and one other 1896 Tincroft Mines ledger with one handwritten page for 1896 (2)

Two mining assay ledgers relating to various Cornish mines including Geevor Tin Mines, Treskillard Minerals and various others together with a selection of Cornish Tin Smelting Company letters circa 1920s, various assay reports circa 1930s, one other assay ledger dated 1958-1964, etc

A Cornish mining ledger for W Rich & Sons, Mining Agents of Redruth and Porthtowan dating form 1905 to 1943 showing various balances and costings, equipment and expenditure for mining operations including fuses, machinery, agencies, transport, etc

A rare Cornish mining manuscript ledger relating to West Kitty Mines dated from January 1865 to June 1869 detailing various costings, miner's names and work particulars, wages, suppliers and various details, leather bound

A set of two prop swords as seen in The Four Feathers (Paramount Pictures, 2002).These two curved prop swords are made of lightweight formed fiberglass and painted to resemble aged metal. They include a faux leather wrap around the handle.The Four Feathers is a war drama that takes place in Sudan from late 1884 - early 1885. The film follows Harry Feversham (Heath Ledger), a man accused of cowardice after resigning from his post just before his regiment goes off to battle. 31.5 x 3.5 inches

A GEORGE IV MAHOGANY WINE CISTERN BY GILLOWS, CIRCA 1825 61cm high, 70cm diameterProvenance: Purchased from John Bell of Aberdeen, 1961. Featured in The Field magazine, 19th October 1961. For a near identical wine cistern by Gillows, purchased by Stephen Tempest for his dining room at Broughton Hall, North Yorkshire, in 1813, see Susan E. Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London 1730-1840, Antique Collectors' Club, 2008, Volume II, page 94, plate 640. For a closely related wine cistern, but slightly smaller and in 'tired' condition, see Christie's, New York, The Connoisseur's Eye, 7th June 2013, Lot 205 ($8,750). Please note, this lot has been confirmed to be BY GILLOWS, this urn is bearing the script of known Gillows craftsman Joseph Wilcock. Condition Report: SALEROOM NOTICE: This wine cistern is BY GILLOWS, SIGNED TO THE BASE 'J. WILCOCK'There are scratches, marks, knocks, chips, cracks and abrasions consistent with age and use.Observations include: this cistern is of sectional construction with some cracks along these lines; there is a band of screws to the interior fixing the generous gadrooned sections; there are recessed casters to the plinth base; the carved fluting lines are carved in pleasing deep relief; the underside is signed in pencil 'J. Wilcock' and indistinctly 'Pon'(?)Joseph Wilcock (fl. 1825-39) was the son of James Wilcock, cabinet maker of Lancaster, apprenticed to L Redmayne from 27 August 1825. He was probably the man listed in the Gillow's Petty Ledger for 1834-39. On 14 May 1835 he was named with James and Richard Wilcock in Gillow & Co.'s payroll when he earned £5.11s.1d. In June 1839 he made a piece of furniture for Battersby Esq., a customer of Ferguson & Co. Many examples made by him are listed in the Gillow's Estimate Sketch Books. (Susan Stuart, Gillows of Lancaster and London (2008), II, p. 298.Please see the additional photographs as a visual reference of condition. Condition Report Disclaimer

Louis Albert Banks: 'The Saloon-Keeper's Ledger - A Series of Temperance Revival Discourses', New York, London and Toronto, Funk & Wagnalls, 1895, 1st edition, original decorative cloth gilt. Scarce temperance title

A Google Chromecast, a G-RO location tracker, a Sum-Up card payment machine, a Ledger Nano X secure chip etc.

Hallmarked silver fronted ledger by Mappin and Webb

A VINTAGE LEDGER BOOK FOR THE TRUSTEES OF ERIC SHERLOCK GOOD, TOGETHER WITH A BOOK ENTITLED OUR PRINCESSES AND THEIR DOGS

A QUANTITY OF ASTON VILLA HOME PROGRAMMES FROM THE 1950'S ONWARDS, includes reserve team matches, cup, European etc., together with a collection of assorted sporting and theatre programmes & ephemera from the 1970's onwards, to include Test and domestic cricket, including scorecards and 1970's issues of 'The Cricket Statistician' magazine, Wimbledon tennis, Open Golf, Ryder Cup, Royal Ascot, St Ledger and other horse racing meetings, 1984 Los Angeles Olympics souvenir programme, charity events, House of Commons tug of war, Farnborough Airshow, assorted theatre, ballet and opera programmes mainly from venues in Birmingham etc., condition of items ranges from good to poor (5 boxes)

Coarse fishing rods - Shimano Exage STC 330H in original tube, Shakespeare Ugly Stick 2 piece in original bag, Shakespeare Ugly Stick 4 piece in original bag and Mark Addy multi tip ledger rod together with Coarse fishing reels - ABU Garcia Gold Max Mk2 507, Shakespeare spinning reel Mk2 graphite and Browning Express spinning reel

Cumberland - Carlisle - Wright & Brown, Solicitors.  1862-72. Large calf covered ledger indexed with expenditure accounts for clients, office & home, covering many local businesses of the time including Carlisle & Silloth Bay Railway, Daniel McAlpin, North British Railway Co., various estates & trustee's accounts & private clients, Town Hall, etc. A fascinating record of this old established law firm no longer in existence & of local history importance. Ledger by Hudson & Scott, 11 English Street. 10" x 15" & 3" thick. 361 pages.

Documents - Cheshire - Macclesfield - Brocklehursts, Solicitors. 1886-96. Office ledger indexed & neatly written detailing their clients, nature of business, costs, covering many of the local businesses & local gentry, including the Earl of Lucan-Sutton Hall Estate, Walker; Lord Derby; Thomas, William & other Brocklehurst family members; General Wynne & Coed Coch Estate; David Clarke J.P.; A.P. Livesey; Bollington local board; G.R. Killmister; R.L. Antrobus; Corp. of Macclesfield; Miss Phoeb Orme; Motts Estate, etc. 12" x 19" x 3" thick (574 pages) & very heavy.

Documents - Norfolk - William Blomfield, Sparham Hall Farm, Necton.  1886-1903. Executor accounts ledger neatly written to both sides of 89 pages. Farm accounts; funeral accounts; stocks & shares & trust details; labour & servant's expenses; farm seeds & livestock; repairs to engine; bank accounts; sale notice of Hackney Stud Horses at Eastmoor to back of ledger, etc. Printed sections for both Necton & Eastmoor Farm accounts. Signed by Olivia, his widow & Alice, Florence, Horace & Miles Blomfield, also Edward & Olivia Lewis & William Blomfield as Executors. William Blomfield of Sparham Hall Farm, Necton, Norfolk, who died 18th September 1886. His wife Olivia Jane, nee Whistler, Blomfield remarried in 1890 at the Strand Registration District, London to Edward Lewis. Edward Lewis born circa 1849, farmer & miller at Gayton, Norfolk & who was also one of the Executors of William Blomfield's will.

Militaria. A collection of cap badges and medals; a marching compass; military miniature dress medals; Royal Artillery pocket ledger etc.

Collection of various documents appertaining to Manorial auctions and sales including Rectory of Holme sale ledger, Manor of Smallburgh rental ledger, Lordship of Manors auction catalogue etc

Trade Catalogue. The Imperial Series Private and Christmas Cards album, with bound-in World War One period supplement "[...] of Patriotic Designs [...]", n.d. [c. 1915], approx. [52]ff with approx. 135 printed samples, mostly chromolithographs, various themes, including war-related, sentimental, comic, novel, topographical, etc., some further ephemera, invitations, original red cloth ledger, split and stained, occasionally affecting sample leaves, 4to

Ireland. Two 18th c manuscript account books kept and inscribed by John Bayly, of Tolka Lodge, Finglas, Co. Dublin, and his heir or executor, each illustrating landownership and the expenses of a gentleman-farmer, the expenditure ledger dated from October 1786 to 1787, including a leaf of fruit preserved dated July 1788, approx. [77]ff, the deceased John Bayly's rental income and outgoings, dated from 1795, the year of his death, to 1800, approx. [45]ff, citing various names, including Robert Fowler, the Archbishop of Dublin, and other dignitaries of the Church of Ireland, loosely-inserted ALS and note by Cecil, 1st Baron Harmsworth (1869-1948), John Bayly's great-grandson, explaining the nature of each MS, harlequin contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards or wrappers, rubbed, split, and losses, almost disbound, 8vo, (2)

A mixed lot comprising three stamp albums and two unused ledger books: 1. 'Victory and Peace Stamps 1945-46' - a well-presented stamp album of British Colonial and Dominion stamps 'issued to commemorate the Victory and Peace after World War II'. Approx. 64 of its 67 pages with varying numbers of mint and cancelled stamps to include Antigua; Australia; Bahamas; British Solomon Islands; British Somaliland Protectorate; Cayman Islands; Cooke Islands; Cyprus; Falkland Dependencies; Fiji; Gambia; Gilbert & Ellis Islands; Great Britain; India; Kenya; Leeward Islands; New Zealand; Sierra Leone; South West Africa; Southern Rhodesia; St Lucia; Tanganyika; Turks and Caicos Islands; Uganda and the Virgin Islands. 2. a Strand Stamp Album containing a variety of early to mid 20th century worldwide stamps; 3. a small lever-arch album containing mid-20th century France and Haiti stamps; 4. an unused Collins 'Balmoral Account Book' 5. a 'Twinlock 3C Crown Binder'

A boxed Ledger Nano (Crypto accessory)

Ledger, manuscript, c.196 pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil, contemporary manuscript note tipped to front free endpaper, bookplate, contemporary reverse calf, red morocco label to upper cover, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1785-93 § Cash Book, manuscript, c.60 pp. excluding blanks, in ink and pencil on paper, contemporary boards, red morocco spine label, 1834-38; folio & 4to (2).

Brigadier Stanley James Ledger Hill DSO and Brigadier Alastair Stevenson Pearson CB DSO signed The Landings in North Africa Operation Torch 8 November 1942 FDC PM 50th Anniversary of Operation Torch 8 Nov 92 British Forces 2313 Postal Services. Good condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £10

Janet Ledger (b.1931)  Oil on board  Fisherman with green umbrella, on river bank with industrial skyline in background, signed, 21cm x 28.5cm

Assorted Books, including Hemingway (Ernest), The Old Man and the Sea, first UK edition, Cape, 1952, dust jacket; Atkinson (George Francklin), "Curry & Rice", Thacker, 1911, text block detached (not collated); children's literature; english literature etc., as well as a thick folio ledger, marbled edges. (9 boxes)

A Cast Reproduction LMS Locomotive Name Plaque/Plate, L.M.S twent tons '731758', along with a 1899/1900, Count "hotel Derby Ledger.

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