An exceptionally rare moulded stem goblet, circa 1720The round funnel bowl with a solid base containing a tiny tear, resting on a half knop, raised on a most unusual spirally twisted four-sided pedestal stem containing a central elongated tear, over a high domed foot, 20.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceDurrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.13The way in which the moulded stem of this remarkable goblet has been twisted into a spiral during manufacture is highly unusual and only a small handful of related glasses are known. In the catalogue of the Durrington Collection, Martin Mortimer highlights how this rare stem formation is exceptionally rare, see Dodsworth (2006), p.13. A similar example with a thistle-shaped bowl was sold by Sotheby's on 12 November 1984, lot 5. A Dutch-engraved armorial goblet from the Stephen Pohlmann Collection, also with a similar stem, was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 20. See also the Dutch engraved glass with a related spirally twisted inverted baluster stem sold by Bonhams on 17 December 2008, lot 437.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
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A rare engraved Jacobite opaque twist ratafia flute, circa 1760The tall and slender round funnel bowl with a six-petalled rose on a thorny stem with two buds, one open and one closed, the reverse with a moth in flight, set on a double-series stem enclosing two pairs of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 18.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceKenneth Alexander CollectionWith Asprey, 1985Durrington CollectionLiteraturePeter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.27ExhibitedAsprey, '100 British Glasses', 1985, catalogue pp.54-5, no.83Broadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.10According to Geoffrey B Seddon, The Jacobites and their Drinking Glasses (1995), The engraving can be attributed to Engraver F in the author's nomenclature. A very similar ratafia flute formerly in the Basil Jefferies Collection was sold by Bonhams Edinburgh on 15 October 2021, lot 200. An example in the Drambuie Collection is illustrated by Seddon (1995), col. pl.38 and in Robin Nicholson's catalogue (1995), p.31, pl.21b. See also the example illustrated by W A Thorpe, A History of English and Irish Glass (1929), fig.20b.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A rare mushroom-knopped heavy baluster goblet, circa 1710-20The generous round funnel bowl with a solid base, set on a wide teared mushroom knop above a solid basal ball knop, over a conical folded foot, 18.6cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceKenneth Alexander CollectionWith Asprey, 1985Durrington CollectionLiteratureL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.76, no.101Peter Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.7ExhibitedAsprey, '100 British Glasses', 1985, catalogue pp.10-11, no.8Broadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.27Mushroom-knopped heavy balusters are uncommon, and in the catalogue of the Durrington Collection Martin Mortimer notes that they are typically found in combination with thistle-shaped bowls with solid bases, making the present lot a most unusual example, see Dodsworth (2006), p.10. A slightly smaller goblet of similar form was sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 8.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A fine and rare engraved emerald-green tinted airtwist wine glass, circa 1745-50In deep green glass, the drawn trumpet bowl finely decorated with an elaborate border of fancy foliate scroll and strapwork, three ho-ho birds or phoenixes pecking at leafy sprigs, on a multi-spiral airtwist stem and tall conical foot, 18.1cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceR P Morris Collection, Sotheby's, 22 January 1957, lot 48 (one of a pair)Walter F Smith Collection, Sotheby's, 4 December 1967, lot 166 (one of a pair)Probably Michael Parkington CollectionWith Asprey, 1986Durrington CollectionLiteratureR J Charleston, English Glass (1984), dustjacketRoger Dodsworth, The Durrington Collection (2006), no.39ExhibitedAsprey, 'Green Glass 1740-1840', 1986, catalogue p.3, no.4Broadfield House Glass Museum, 'Majesty & Rebellion', 1999, catalogue no.30This remarkable glass is one of an original set, of which at least four would appear to be recorded. An example from the Hewlett Collection is in the British Museum (inv. no.1924,1022.6.CR), illustrated by both Francis Buckley, A History of Old English Glass (1925), pl.LVIII and Hugh Tait, Five Thousand Years of Glass (1991), pl.241. The present lot has been associated with two examples from the original set. The companion glass from the R P Morris Collection, sold by Sotheby's in 1957, was subsequently sold again by Sotheby's on 24 November 1975, lot 108. The companion glass from the Walter F Smith Collection, sold by Sotheby's in 1967 and acquired by Asprey, is presumed to be that from the Stephen Pohlmann Collection sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 29.Two very similarly engraved glasses, but without the birds in the border are in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.167-1956) and the Corning Museum of Glass (inv. no.79.2.68). A related engraved example in blue glass, again without birds, is also in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.166-1956). It seems likely that the engraving is by a Continental hand, most likely Dutch. A number of wine glasses with very related engraving incorporating birds, attributed to the Northern Netherlands, are illustrated by Pieter C Ritsema van Eck, Glass in the Rijksmuseum, Vol.2 (1995), pp.346-7, nos.409-12.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Très rare statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant une dame, circa 1720-25A very rare Meissen figure of a lady, circa 1720-25Probably modelled by Georg Fritzsche, as a housekeeper-lady standing on a square gilt-edged plinth, her face rendered in pale pink, her left hand placed in her waist in front of a gilt chatelaine with keys dangling from a braided gilt belt, her bodice in puce and gold, wearing a short jacket with gilt lining, her hair braided in an elaborate coiffure, and fixed on the back with braided ribbons in puce, 16cm high, (some restoration)Footnotes:Provenance: Reported to have been found in Venice in 1966 and exhibited in Rome at the 'Mostra Nazionale dell' Antiquariato in May 1966;Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection, Basel;Sold from the above by Christie's Geneva, 12 November 1976, lot 211Literature: K. Strauss, Zwei unbekannte Meissner Porzellanfiguren, in Weltkust, 1 July 1966, fig. 1, p. 629;E. Pauls-Eisenbeiss, German Porcelain of the 18th Century, I (1972), pp. 70-71;T.H. Clarke, Die Neu Eröffnete Welt-Galleria, Nürnberg 1703, als Stichvorlage für sogeenannte Callot-Zwerge, in Keramos 127 (1990), ill. 4A similar figure, truncated and with the arms positioned differently, in the Dresden porcelain collection (inv. no. PE 3784), is described as 'Ursula Schleglin' and thought to be based on the engraving, 'Der Zwerg Ursula Schleglin', published in 'Il Callotto resuscitato. oder Neu eingerichtes Zwerchen-Cabinet', in Augsburg by Martin Engelbrecht around 1715. T.H. Clarke (see Literature above), however, argues that the figure is based on the engraving 'Nürnbergische Bäurin' [Nuremberg farmer's wife], published in Abraham a Sancta Clara's 'Neu-eröffnete Welt-Galleria' published in Nuremberg in 1703.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare groupe en porcelaine polychrome de Vinovo représentant un couple de bergers, circa 1780A rare coloured Vinovo group of a shepherd and shepherdess, circa 1780The shepherdess seated on a rocky base leaning on a tree-stump, her shepherd friend holding bagpipes, his hat by his feet, his foot protruding over the edge of the base, all in shades of puce, yellow and green, 14cm high, cross-mark in underglaze-blue (his left foot restored)Footnotes:Provenance:Italian Private CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Bouillon couvert en porcelaine dure de Sèvres, provenant du service « à perles et barbeaux » de la Reine Marie-Antoinette, circa 1781A Sèvres hard-paste bouillon cup and cover from the 'perles et barbeaux' service for Queen Marie-Antoinette, circa 1781Painted by Nicolas Dutenda, with borders of grey pearls against a pale green ground, alternated with scattered cornflowers, set between dentil borders in gold, the finial shaped as a simple peach and two leaves in gold, the handle picked out in gilding, 8cm high, crowned interlaced LL monogram in blue, painter's mark D.T. for Dutenda, gilder's mark .F. for J.-A. Fallot , incised HI (restored) (2)Footnotes:Provenance: Purchased by Marie Antoinette, Queen of France, and entered in the end-of-year sale records for 1781-82; Lord Revelstoke (Christie's London, 28 June 1893, lots 373 and 374);Private European CollectionLiterature:C. Baulez, « Vers un Retour des Sèvres », Revue du Louvre, décembre 1991, pp. 69-70See David Peters, Sèvres Plates and Services (2005, revised edition 2015), vol. III, no. 81-13, pp. 645-646, for a full discussion on the service. Ordered in July 1781 and probably executed based on examples provided by Michel Gabriel Commelin on 7 August, this elegant simple service was delivered to the Queen on January 2, 1782, during the exhibition at Versailles. It is mentioned in the archives of the Sèvres factory under various names including 'Service de la Reine', 'Service à Perles pour la Reine' and Service à Perles et Barbeaux. It included 295 pieces, for an amount of 12,420 pounds, including 96 plates and 24 soup plates worth 30 livres each and 24 pots à jus at 18 livres each. The Service à Perles et Barbeaux may have been ordered for use at the Trianon where the Queen had two large dining rooms. Unlike the services like Service à frise riche, perles et roses both made for Marie-Antoinette and Gustave III of Sweden in 1784 and subsequently for the comtesse d'Artois in 1789, the Service à Perles et Barbeaux of 1781 was exclusively produced for the Queen. Pieces from this service come to the market rarely, and two pots à jus were sold at Sotheby's Paris, Important French Furniture And Works Of Art29 March 2007, lots 70 and 71. A rare bateau from this service was sold at Bonhams London, 25 May 2011, lot 362. A large part of this service was in the collection of Lord Revelstoke (Christie's London sale, June 28, 1893, lots 373 and 374). This same set appeared again at public sale in 1976 (Ader study, Palais Galliera, November 29, 1976, lot 113 then Geneva, May 14, 1977, lot 384)An exhibition of a loan of 75 pieces of the service was opened at the Petit Trianon in July 2023.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Très rare bol à thé et sa soucoupe en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1713-19A very rare early Meissen teabowl and saucer, circa 1713-19Decorated in the workshop of George Funcke, Dresden, in silver, each with a band of strap- and scrollwork motifs linked by narrow panels, the teabowl: 4.3cm high; the saucer: 11.2cm, (tiny rim chips to teabowl, silver tarnished) (2)Footnotes:Provenance:The Antique Porcelain Company, London (paper label to underside of saucer)An invoice from the Dresden enameller George Funcke of June 1719 notes that he had been decorating and firing Meissen porcelain gold and silver, as well as all manner of colours, since 1713 (quoted by Claus Boltz, Steinzeug und Porzellane der Böttgerperiode, in Keramos 167/168 (2000), appendix 6.2. Similarly decorated teabowls and saucers, a teapot and a bowl are in the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Porzellansammlung im Zwinger (inv. nos. PE 927-929., published in U. Pietsch/C. Banz, Triumph der blauen Schwerter (2010), cat. no. 27). Another early teabowl and saucer with silver decoration is in the Kunstgewerbemuseum, Berlin (published by S. Bursche, Meissen (1980), no. 44).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Très rare plat creux à douze pans en porcelaine de Meissen du service « Gelbe Löwe », circa 1729-31A very rare Meissen twelve-sided deep dish from the 'Gelbe Löwe' Service, circa 1729-31The porcelain with very rare moulded flower heads visible in four places, largely covered by the enamel colours, Painted with the 'Gelber Löwe' pattern, on the right a stylised prunus trunk with young shoot sprouting from the gnarly base, on the left a yellow tiger, his large eye picked out in gold, wrapping itself around a bamboo shoot with blue, green and red flowers, 25cm across crossed swords mark in blue enamel, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=8-/ W very minute chip to top corner, slight wearFootnotes:Provenance:The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden, delivered in April 1731;Albert Dasch Collection, Teplitz (sold by Rudolph Lepke's Kunst-Auctions-Haus, Berlin, 4 March 1913, lot 186);With J.J. Klejman Gallery, New York (applied label to reverse)For a comprehensive discussion of the history of the 'Gelber Löwe' service in the 18th century, see Julia Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, vol. II (2013), pp. 265-274. The 'Gelber Löwe' pattern was first produced at Meissen after a Japanese porcelain original as part of the large order placed by the Paris merchant, Rudolph Lemaire, for copies of Asian porcelain. A large quantity of plates and dishes painted in this style were among the porcelain confiscated in April 1731 in the house of Lemaire's accomplice at the Dresden court, Count von Hoym, and subsequently sent to the Japanese Palace and entered in the inventory under no. 8. This present lot belongs to this group and is therefore one of the earliest examples of this decoration.Some of this porcelain was used for diplomatic gifts - to the English diplomat, Sir Thomas Robinson and the Bishop of Cracow, Jan Alexander Lipski - or was used for table services (for which large orders were subsequently placed) and moved to the court pantries (Hofkonditoreri) in Dresden and Warsaw. The 18th century inventories of the court pantries show that ten twelve-sided 'tiefe Confect Schaalen 10 Zoll in Diam' [deep confectionary dishes 10 Zoll in diam.] with the inventory number 8 were removed from the Japanese Palace for use: five in Dresden and five in Warsaw (published by C. Boltz, Hoym, Lemaire und Meissen - Ein Beitrag zur Geschichte der Dresdener Porzellansammlung, in Keramos 88 (1980), p. 71, and by J. Weber, op. cit., I, p. 159 and p. 163). By 1770, it appears that only sixty dishes of various shapes and sizes remained in the Japanese Palace: the 1770 inventory records: '(Siebenzig) Nur 60. Stück Stück runde tiefe Schaalen, von differenter Größe, mit braunen Rändern, Löwen, blauen Rohr und andren Blumen nach alt Indianischer Art gemahlt, No. 8' [(Seventy) only 60 round deep bowls, of different sizes, painted with brown rims, lions, blue pipe and other flowers in old Indian style, No. 8] (quoted by Claus Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in Keramos 153 (1996), p. 72).This appears to be the only twelve-sided dish of this type recorded in the literature (Weber, op. cit., II, p. 265 and n. 8).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Très rare assiette ou présentoir de forme ronde en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1725-30A very rare Meissen plate or circular stand, circa 1725-30 Painted in Famille Verte style with flowers in the well enclosed by a trellis band, the rim with alternating panels of auspicious objects and flowers reserved on a floral trellis ground, the reverse with three iron-red flower sprigs, 22cm diam., crossed swords mark in underglaze-blueFootnotes:Provenance:Dr. Marcel Nyffeler Collection, Zürich (sold at Christie's London, 9 June 1986, lot 164)Exhibited:Zürich, Kunsthaus, 'Schönheit des 18. Jahrhunderts', 10 September to 6 November 1955For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Plat rond en porcelaine de Meissen provenant du « Japanisches Palais », circa 1730A Meissen circular dish from the Japanese Palace, circa 1730Painted in Kakiemon style with a phoenix in flight and flowering branches issuing from banded hedges, 22cm diam., crossed swords mark in blue enamel, incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=69/ WFootnotes:Provenance:The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, Dresden, delivered in April 1731One of the copies of a Japanese dish made for the French merchant Rudolph Lemaire around 1730; a Japanese dish in the collection of Augustus the Strong, now in the Dresden porcelain collection (inv. PO 5252) may have served as the model. Fourteen lobed and sixty-three circular dishes of various sizes decorated with this pattern were among the porcelain for Lemaire that was confiscated in April 1731 from the Dresden palace of Count Hoym and moved to the Elector/King's Japanese Palace (entered in the inventories under nos. 41-44 and 66-69).In 1770, the same number of pieces were recorded in the inventory of the Japanese Palace, including under no. 69: 'Eilf Stück detto [runde tiefe Schaalen, inwendig mit Vögeln, Blumen und bunten Korn gemahlt], differenter Größe, zu 9 1/2. Zoll tief [probably 1 1/2 Zoll], 9. Zoll in Diam:' (11 pieces ditto [round deep dishes, painted inside with birds, flowers und coloured corn], various sizes, to [1 1/2] zoll deep, 9 zoll diam.).Two similar dishes are in the Dr. Ernst Schneider Collection in Schloss Lustheim (published by J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, II (2013), cat. nos. 202 and 203; another was sold from the Hoffmeister Collection by Bonhams London, 26 May 2010, lot 28.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Très rare tasse à thé octogonale et sa soucoupe en porcelaine de Meissen provenant du « Japanisches Palais », circa 1730A rare Meissen octagonal teabowl and saucer from the Japanese Palace, circa 1730Painted in Kakiemon style with scattered flower-heads and leaves around a central circular panel of iron-red chrysanthemums reserved on a purple foliate ground, the teabowl: 4.4cm high; the saucer: 12.9cm diam., incised Japanese Palace inventory number N=352/ W (2)Footnotes:Provenance:The Royal Collections of Saxony, Japanese Palace, DresdenThe 1770 inventory of the Japanese Palace lists: 'Siebenzehen Stück detto [Caffeé-Tassen], etwas kleiner, nebst Unterschaalen, 1¼. Zoll tief, 5. Zoll in Diam: No. 352' [seventeen ditto (coffee cups), somewhat smaller, along with saucers...] (quoted by C. Boltz, Japanisches Palais-Inventar 1770 und Turmzimmer-Inventar 1769, in Keramos 153 (1996), p. 58).A similar teabowl and saucer, both marked with caduceus mark, from the Delphinium Collection were sold by Bonhams London, 20 March 2013, lot 20. Another is in the Margaret M. and Arthur J. Mourot Collection, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (1983), cat. no. 59.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare vase en porcelaine de Meissen Augustus Rex, circa 1735A rare Meissen Augustus Rex vase, circa 1735Painted with a continuous chinoiserie scene, the bulbous lower section with a trellis pattern with flower heads, reserved with four quatrefoil panels with alternating panels of a flowering branch and a flower next to a fence, gilt-edged rims, 21.8cm high, AR monogram in underglaze-blue (section of rim replaced)Footnotes:A similar vase, very likely from the same garniture and formerly in the Oppenheimer and Mannheimer collections, was sold in Amsterdam by F. Muller & Cie, 14-21 October 1952, Lot 326.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Partie de service en porcelaine de Meissen Hausmaler, circa 1725-30A rare Meissen Hausmaler part service, circa 1725-30Each moulded with fruiting and leafy vines decorated in Augsburg probably in the workshop of Johann Aufenwerth in enamels and gilding with additional gilt strap and scrollwork, the handles and spouts gilt, elaborate gilt scrollwork borders to the rims, the interiors with gilt chinoiserie vignettes om scrollwork brackets, comprising:A silver-gilt-mounted coffee pot and cover (the mounts marked for Elias Adam, Augsburg, 21cm high); A teapot and cover (12cm high);An oval sugar box and cover (12cm across);A tea canister and cover (10 cm high);A waste bowl (8.2cm high; 16.5cm diam.);Six teabowls and saucers, (two saucers restuck, tea cannister cover restuck, coffee pot finial replaced, minor wear and losses) (21)Footnotes:Literature:S.-K. Andres-Acevedo/H. Ottomeyer, Invention & Vollendung (2016), cat. no. 15A similarly decorated and mounted coffee pot and cover is in the Victoria & Albert Museum, London, (accession no. 1956-1855).For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare plat de forme ovale en porcelaine de Meissen, circa 1741-45A rare large Meissen shaped oval dish, circa 1741-45Painted in Kakiemon style with the 'Gelber Löwe' pattern depicting a tiger curling around blue bamboo surrounded by scattered flowers, the gilt-edged rim moulded with the 'Alt Brandenstein' pattern, 49.5cm across, crossed swords mark in underglaze-blue, impressed 27 (very minor wear)Footnotes:There are several mentions in J.F. Eberlein's work records between 1741-1743 of the service ordered by the Oberküchenmeister Friedrich August von Brandenstein, though the service has yet to be identified and it is not known whether he ordered it for the court or for himself. No service of this pattern is recorded in the surviving inventories of the Saxon court pantries, though a service fitting this description was among the vast quantity of porcelain seized by the King Friedrich II of Prussia in 1745 at the end of the Second Silesian War. See J. Weber, Meißener Porzellane mit Dekoren nach ostasiatischen Vorbildern, II (2013), pp. 453-455, and nos. 474-481 for further pieces from the service in the Dr. Ernst Schneider Collection.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare statuette en porcelaine de Meissen représentant « Hofnarr Fröhlich », datée 1737A rare Meissen figure of the Hofnarr Fröhlich, dated 1737Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, standing on am octagonal base, his thumbs hooked behind his black breeches with the date 1737 and initials J.F for Johann Fröhlich in gold lettering, wearing green breeches and a red short jacked with flowers and blue lining, is large black boots with red lining, his determined face with goatie and moustache hidden under a large yellow hat with blue ribbon, a large golden button on his breeches and three to his jacket, 25.5cm crossed swords mark in blue to the base, FM 1930 in red, (some restoration to extremeties)Footnotes:Provenance:The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainFor a comprehensive discussion, see R. Rückert, Der Hofnarr Joseph Fröhlich 1694-1757, Taschenspieler und Spassmacher am Hofe Augusts des Starken (1998).Joseph Fröhlich (1694-1757) was born in Austria, and before joining the Dresden court, where he became, together with 'Baron' Schmiedel one of the most famous and well-recorded figures in the entourage of Augustus II, called Augustus the Strong. Fröhlich's image can be found in a multitude of disciplines in the Dresden State Collections, in paintings by Bellotto, in precious jewellery and of course in porcelain. His career began in 1725 as a juggler and jester at the Court of the Margrave of Bayreuth. On the recommendation of the Margrave's sister, Electress Eberhardine, the wife of Augustus the Strong, Fröhlich moved to Dresden where he served as Court Jester to the King. In Dresden he was the Electoral and Royal Court juggler, adviser kurzweiliger Rat, magician and jester and from 1744 onwards he was the Royal Polish Mühlenkommisar. These titles may have all been bestowed on him in jest, but his proximity to the ruler gave him status and power that only few at the court had access to. Fröhlich was by all accounts a savvy and clever man, and after Augustus the Strong's death in 1733, he continued in his duties for Augustus III, and even moved to Warsaw with the King at the start of the Seven Years' War.A figure of Fröhlich first appears in the Porzellan-waren-Lager on 7 March 1733 described as 'Für den Königl. Printzen von Pohlen and Littauen und Cour-Fürstl. Durchl. zu Sachsen..' '..1. Josephs Figur.' Later, in September 1736, the figure appears in Kändler's Arbeitsbericht as 'Eine Josephs Figur in Thon geändert und Verpeßert, damit solche aufs Neue hat können abgeformet werden' [A figure of Joseph in clay, altered and improved so it could be modelled again]. The model appears to be based on the engraving 'Joseph Frölig Hof=taschen spieler' of 1729 by Christian Friedrich Boetius. The inscribed dates on his braces range between 1733 and 1758, the year after his death.For a further discussion of the model, see Ulrich Pietsch Die figürliche Meissner Porzellanplastik von Gottlieb Kirchner und Johann Joachim Kaendler, Munich, 2006, pp. 11-13, nos. 4 and 5; and S. Andres-Acevedo, Die Autonome figuerliche Plastikken Johann Joachim Kaendlers und seiner Werkstatt zwischen 1731-1748, Vol II, p. 55.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Rare groupe en porcelaine de Meissen représentant un franc-maçon et une dame, circa 1745A rare Meissen group of a Freemason and lady, circa 1745Modelled by J.J. Kaendler, seated at a breakfast table, a pug on her lap, beautifully detailed with a pocket watch, gold tabatiere, and coffee pot and two cups and saucers on the elegant table, he dressed in a red gilt-edged jacket, she in a blue yellow-lined cape, 14.6cm high (some restoration)Footnotes:Provenance:The Rosa Alba Collection of Meissen PorcelainThere are two brief mentions of Freemason groups in Kaendler's work records in May and November 1744. The Taxa of overtime work mentions in an entry dated 21 November 1744: '1. Frey Maurer Groupgen, da ein Frey-Maurer in seiner Kleidung und Schurz Fell neben einer Dame vom Mopß-Orden sizet, welche ihn mit einer Chocolate, die sie auf dem Tisch neben sich stehen hat, beehret, auf deren Schooß liegt ein Mopß' [1 Freemason group, a Freemason in his clothes and hide apron seated next to a Lady of the Order of Pugs, who offers his chocolate that she has standing on a table next to him].For the significance of the pseudo-Masonic Mopsorden, or Order of the Pug Dog, see E. Köllmann, Der Mopsorden, in Keramos 50/1970, pp. 71-82. Other examples of this group are in the Pauls-Eisenbeiss Collection (I. Menzhausen, In Porzellan verzaubert, p. 114), and in the Gustav von Klemperer (no. 601), Walther von Pannwitz (no. 276) and Gustav von Gerhardt (no. 89) collections.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
NGC – George V (1910-36), Crown Wreath 1934, Proof, (S. 4036), toned and a superb example of a rare coin, encapsulated and graded by NGC MS 62, certification number 6674764-014, total graded by NGC in MS 62 is 12 with 30 in higher grade - Ouwehand Collection - with receipt John Welsh dated 1976
NGC – George II (1727-1760), Halfcrown, Proof, 1746, (S. 3696), draped bust, rev. emblems, bright fields and toned, a fantastically rare coin in superb condition, it would be hard to find a better example, encapsulated and graded by NGC PF 64, certification number 6674764-010, total number graded by NGC in PF 64 is 2 with 4 in higher grade - Ouwehand Collection
TWO CHINESE AND ONE ANNAMESE EARLY POTTERY JARS, AND A RARE INCENSE BURNER AND COVER NEOLITHIC, HAN DYNASTY AND LATER One with loop handles and geometric earth pigment decoration, another Cizhou decorated with stylised flowers, the Annamese jar with three loop handles to the shoulder, the incense burner with reticulated sides carved with chrysanthemum, two with paper labels for Bluett, London and two with labels for John Sparks Ltd., 14cm. (5) Provenance: from an English private collection, West Yorkshire, formed in the 1970s and 1980s.
Sex Pistols - The Good Time Music Of The Sex Pistols. Released in 1977, this is the rare 1st Pistols Bootleg recording of the Lesser Free Trade Hall performance in Manchester, June 4, 1976 (not June 6, as the sleeve notes say). Green text on white label PFP No Fun, No Fun 1A/1B etched on runout. Visual grading on vinyl - Very Good Plus/Near Mint. No visible marks/scuffs. Sleeve in Very Good condition - small seem split to opening of sleeve.
Public Image Limited Metal Box 1st Pressing STILL SEAL. A rare opportunity to bid on a sealed 1st Pressing of Public Image Limited 1979's Metal Box. Presented in a metal film canister tin with PIL embossed on lid. Very minor tarnishing to tin where factory wrapping has split. Catalogue Number Metal 1 sticker on rear. Unable to grade contents of tin as this is a sealed unit.
Pop/Rock Recent Issue LPs to include Prince - The Versace Experience - Rare 1995 Limited Release; Elton John - The Lockdown Sessions; David Bowie - Tin Machine II - limited edition on silver coloured vinyl; George Michael - Older - 2022 Remastered Reissue. All still sealed so assumed Mint in Mint sleeves. (9)
Rare Britannia Series 2 Circa 1907 Air Rifle.177, 22 3/4 inch, blued hinged barrel with rear block hinge section. Front blade sight. Rear adjustable leaf sight. Barrel marked "Britannia" with trade stamp. Rear stirrup operating lever. Blued tubular spring housing. Lower, blued steel trigger guard and cocking mechanism. Polished wooden butt. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
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[Gynaecology]. The Ladies Physical Directory. Or, a Treatise of all the Weaknesses, Indispositions, and Diseases peculiar to the Female Sex, from Eleven Years of Age to Fifty or upwards. By which women and maids of the meanest capacity may perfectly understand the symptoms, nature, and true cause of their own illnesses, and readily know how to manage themselves under all infirmities…, by a Physician, 6th edition, with many material alterations and additions, London: printed and sold by the author's appointment, at the Gentlewoman's at the Two Blue Posts in Haydon-Yard, in the Minories, 1736, [8], 96 pp., second title-page for ‘A Practical Discourse on Barrenness...’ at p. [43], old ink ownership name torn away from lower blank margin of main title, spotting throughout, lacks free endpapers, contemporary sheep, worn, upper joint weak, 8voQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC locates only the 2nd, 3rd, 7th and 8th editions of 1716, 1727, 1739 and 1742. First published as A Rational Account of the Natural Weaknesses of Women, all editions are apparently rare, ESTC locating a total of only 9 copies across all 4 editions noted. However, Copac locates two copies of this sixth edition, at Wellcome Library and Royal College of Physicians of London.
Shropshire. Porter (Benjamin), A New and Correct Map of Shrop-Shire with ye parts Adjacent Containing all ye County Towns, Market Towns & most Considerable Villages within the Graduated Square, 1734, hand-coloured engraved reticulated map with an explanation in both vertical margins, toned overall, trimmed to the plate mark, 310 x 425 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Rare. No institutional copies were found. Benjamin Porter is not recorded by Worms and Baynton Williams or by Tooley.
North America. A Map of the British Empire in America, from the Head of Hudson Bay to the Southern Bounds of Georgia, with the intervention of Canada, Owen's Magazine of Magazines, Novr. 1750, rare uncoloured engraved map, old folds, long closed split along one fold, one marginal closed tear affecting the printed image, slight staining, 260 x 305 mm, together with Plan of ye Town of Quebec, Owen's Magazine of Magazines, Novr. 1750, uncoloured engraved map, key plate to the right-hand margin, old folds, trimmed with very slight loss to the text on the right-hand margin, 200 x 255 mm, with A Map of the Isthmus of Darien whereon is traced the Adventurers Expedition, Owen's Magazine of Magazines [1750], uncoloured engraved map, trimmed with very slight loss to the text of the title, 125 x 180 mm, plus Kitchin (Thomas). A Map of Royal or Cape Breton I. from the best Authorities, circa 1780, uncoloured engraved map, slight dust soiling, 170 x 110 mm, and a small unattributed 18th-century map of a plan of Maastricht, 170 x 110 mmQTY: (5)NOTE:The first described map. David C. Jolly, Maps of America in Periodicals before 1800 number 38 (but described as lacking the imprint at the base of the map). Not recorded in R. V. Tooley's The Mapping of America.
Saint Gregentius of Taphar. Disputatio cum Herbano Judaeo: nunc primùm Graecè edita, cum interpretatione Nic. Gulonii, carnutis, literarum Graecarum professoris regii, notis illustrata. Hoc dialogo sides Christiana tum diuinorum oraculorum expositione, tum miraculorum effectu confirmatur, Paris: Federic Morell, Federicus Morellus, 1586, book label of C. Lacy Hulbert-Powell to front pastedown, lightly dust-soiled, a few small wormholes to outer blank margin of some quires at rear, hinges reinforced, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked (endpapers renewed), red title label lettered in gilt, corners refurbished, some wear to covers, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Adams G1081.A rare early Paris edition of the sole surviving work of Saint Gregentius of Taphar. It is a dialogue between Gregentius and Rabbi Herban, the chief representative of the local Himyaritic Jews. It is said that during the debate Christ appeared, spurring mass conversions to Christianity.
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[Dodsley, Robert]. The Oeconomy of Human Life. In Two Parts, Translated from an Indian Manuscript, Written by a Chinese Philosopher, Newport [Isle of Wight]: Printed by J. Mallett, 1783, 141, [1] pp., ownership signature of Mary Ford dated 22 December 1811 to front flyleaf, a little minor spotting and soiling, contemporary sheep, rubbed, joints cracked and slight edge wear, 12moQTY: (1)NOTE:A rare printing undertaken by James Mallett in Newport on the Isle of Wight. ESTC lists only nine publications as Mallett, Newport, ranging in date from 1767 to 1789. The first part of this work was almost certainly written by Robert Dodsley, but sometimes attributed to P.D. Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield; the second part is attributed to John Hill. ESTC T82533 (2 copies; British Library and Bodleian).
Actius (Thomas). De Ludo Scacchorum in Legali Methodo Tractatus. Nunc primum in lucem editus cum summariis & indice. Ad serenissimum franciscum mariam II. Ducem Urbini VI, 1st edition, Pesaro: Hieronymum Concordiam, 1583, woodcut vignette to title, woodcut portrait of author, woodcut initials, errata leaf at rear, early notation in brown ink to title, discreet old paper repair to title lower blank margin, small closed tear to A3 outer blank margin, faint old damp-staining to many quires, contemporary limp vellum, manuscript title to spine, a few small wormholes to spine, lower cover with faint damp-stain, lacking ties, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:Brunet VI (suppl.), 635; Graesse I, 17; Zollinger 742.A rare early work on chess, using the game as a metaphor for society.
Bookbinding & Bibliography Reference - Neale (Albert M.). The Neale M. Albert Collection of Miniature Designer Bindings. A catalogue of an exhibition held at the John Rylands Library, 4 June-18 October 2008, Photographs by Tom Grill, Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 2008, colour illustrations, original red cloth with pictorial panel to upper cover, in original red cloth covered slipcase, oblong 4to, together with:Duncan (Alastair). Art Nouveau and Art Deco Bookbinding. The French Masterpieces, 1880-1940, London: Thames & Hudson, 1989, colour and monochrome illustrations, original red cloth in dust and glassine jackets, 4to,Middleton (Bernard). The Restoration of Leather Bindings, 3rd edition, revised & expanded, London: British Library, Oak Knoll Press, 1998, monochrome illustrations, original cloth in dust and glassine jackets, folio, Middleton (Bernard). A Bookbinder's Miscellany, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2015, 3 copies in original blue cloth, and unopened cellophane wrapping, 8vo,Fahey (Herbert & Peter). Finishing in Hand Bookbinding, reprint in facsimile of the 1951 edition with a new introduction by Alan Isaac and foreword by Maureen Duke, Oxford: Alan Isaac Rare Books, 2014, 3 copies in original plum cloth, and unopened cellophane wrapping, 8vo, plus other bookbinding, book history and bibliography relatedQTY: (2 cartons)
* Turner (Charles, 1773-1857). Tiger & Crocodile, London: James Daniell & Co. No. 6, Great Charlotte Street, Blackfriars Road, December 7th 1799, mezzotint with etching after James Northcote, printed in colours and finished by hand, occasional marginal closed tears, the margins strengthened and repaired on verso, slight staining, one small wormhole, 485 x 600 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Alfred Whitman, Nineteenth Century Mezzotinters: Charles Turner (1907), 802. A rare image. The last copy to appear in an auction was at Christie's in 1993.
Compton Pottery, possibly by Mary Seton Watts (1849-1938) Rare table lamp modelled as a girl seated, circa 1920 Painted terracotta Unsigned 39cm high Literature Hilary Calvert and Louise Boreham, Mary Seton Watts and the Compton Pottery, page 220, plate D8 for the same model illustrated. Footnote Roseberys would like to thank Watts Gallery for their assistance in the cataloguing of this lot
RARE MEISSEN ANTHROPOMORPHIC TEA CANISTER WITH COVER CIRCA 1770-1780 decoration attributed to Johann Georg Loehnig, the body of ovoid form, painted to each side with a humorous vignette, one side depicting a fox in ceremonial dress reading to an assembled group of a cat, cockerel and rat, two of whom carry a weapon; painted to the other side with a finely dressed cat and dog being pulled in a covered carriage by a cockerel and a rabbit; the body and cover with a gilt edged pink ribbon border incorporating small sprays of flowers; the cover with a finial handle in the form of a flower picked out in gilt; crossed swords with dot markDimensions:12cm highProvenance:Provenance: Property of the late Mrs. Jean BogieNote: Note: Johann Georg Loehnig (1743-1806) was a porcelain painter at Meissen who excelled in ‘animalier’ scenes.
RARE MEISSEN ANTHROPOMORPHIC PART TEA SERVICE LATE 18TH CENTURY the cups and saucers of wrythen and basket weave moulded form; each piece painted to the centre with a humorous vignette of an animal engaged in various pursuits, such as a cat washing laundry, a fox carrying two baskets containing ducks and eggs, a kitten playing a lute to dancing mice etc.; all within a trellis border issuing sprays of flowers; with purple scale ground decoration to the gilt edged rims; comprising a teapot with matched cover, five saucers and three tea cups; underglaze blue crossed swords marksDimensions:teapot 11.5cm high, saucers 13.5cm diameter, cups 17cm highProvenance:Provenance: Property of the late Mrs. Jean BogieNote: The anthropomorphic scenes on the porcelain in this group relates to a tradition of decoration inspired by characters in fables by writers such as Aesop and La Fontaine, which had been translated into prose by the 18th century in Germany and which would have circulated widely in educated society. The scenes were intended to point out the foibles of humanity and would have been humorous to an 18th century audience, who would have recognised the references to popular fables. The activities of the animals depicted are quite curious and specific and likely relate to a particular fable source. Anthropomorphic services created at Meissen are rare and few are in existence.
Rare 1847 Bronze Medal Commemorating Prince Albert Installed as Chancellor of Cambridge University designed by G.G. Adams minted by Hunt & Roskill. Reverse inscription in Latin ‘Cesissimum Principem Albertum Cancellarium suum Fausto Felicique Omine Inauguratum Laeta Conspicit Academia Cantabrigiensis, Julii VI MDCCCXLVII’.
Rare Celtic (English ) Woad Grinder 1st century BC-1st century AD A copper alloy grinder horn and mortar used to pulverise vegetable material called woad in the preparation of dyes or make up and skin tattoos. Mortar L48.9mm. Width6.7m. Grinder horn L56mm. These items are only found in UK and are rare to find in such good condition.
This Swarovski crystal mother elephant belonged to the Rare Encounters theme group. She flaunts a faceted clear crystal body and Jet crystal eyes. Her legs, trunk, tail and tusks are in unfaceted crystal. A beautiful replica of an African elephant complete with tusks, large ears and flat back. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box which measures 8"L x 8"W x 4"H. Artist: Heinz TabertshoferIssued: 2005-2011Dimensions: 4.5"L x 2.25"W x 4.25"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
This retired Swarovski crystal elephant was part of the Rare Encounters group and is made from clear crystal, with black eyes. Item includes original box measuring 3.25"dia. x 4.75"H. Artist: Heinz TabertshoferIssued: 2005-2007Dimensions: 2.25"L x 1.5"W x 1.5"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
This Swarovski crystal zebra was part of the Rare Encounters collection. The eye-catching stripes are achieved with a Crystal Marron coating and are highlighted beautifully by the animal€™s clear crystal body. Swarovski etched backstamp. This item has its original box which measures 8"L x 8"W x 5.25"H. Artist: Elisabeth AdamerIssued: 2011-2012Dimensions: 5.25"L x 2.25"W x 4.25"HManufacturer: SwarovskiCountry of Origin: AustriaCondition: Age related wear.
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