Spring Catalogue Sale (3 Days):
Thursday 24 March 2011 10:00AM

Lot 948

A Mahogany Collector's Cabinet of Seven Drawers, circa 1835, containing a wide variety of archaeological and ancient artefacts, some labelled, including Roman coins and pottery, Neolithic flints, early pipe bowls, items from Housesteads, stone weights etc, the graduated drawers with turned mushroom handles, within arched panel doors, on circular feet, 47.5cm wide, 61cm high

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 949

A Victorian Black Lacquered Papier Mâché Large Tea Tray, circa 1850, rounded rectangular with plain field, slightly angled borders with a solid trellis and repeat star banding, unmarked, 77cm by 85.5cm

Estimate: £80-120

Lot 950

An English Scarlet Lacquered and Chinoiserie Decorated Octagonal Tray, Dyson & Benson, London, early 19th century, centrally decorated with three Chinese figures by a rustic leaf clad tea house, within floral border, impressed mark beneath a crown, painted DBLE INDIA D, also indistinct stamped mark, also with original retailer's label FROM CATTLE'S BLAKE STREET YORK, 76cm wide

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 951

A 19th Century Stained Oak Tiller, with square terminal, brass handle, ropetwist fluted and canted shaft, the canted section carved with panels of scrolling foliage, 306cm long

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 952

A 19th Century Mahogany Tiller, with greyhound finial, brass collar, ropetwist fluted and panelled shaft, 227cm long

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 953

A Softwood and Carved Bone Mounted Triptych, in Medieval style, probably French, Dieppe, late 19th century, rectangular with triangulated top with gothic pierced iron hinge brackets and lockplate, opening to reveal three tiers of bust portraits of saints and Mary with Christ in gothic niches, on cluster columns, surmounted by a winged striped armorial with crown surmount, 65cm wide open, 58cm high

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 954

A Jaques Stained and Natural Ivory Staunton Chess Set, late 19th century, in an ebonised papier mache carved Gothic style box with velvet lined interior, printed label, with one extra king

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 955

A Late Victorian Cork Picture of Hawarden Castle, shown between two trees with formal gardens to the foreground and with sign inscribed HAWARDEN, 41cm by 57cm, framed and glazed

Hawarden Castle in Flintshire near Chester was the home of the former British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone

Estimate: £300-500

Lot 956

A Pair of George III Mahogany Knife Boxes, of serpentine form, the sloping hinged covers with oval paterae opening to reveal fitted interiors, 36cm high

Estimate: £600-800

Lot 957

A Carved Wood Depiction of a Hanging Plover, 19th century, with wings half outstretched, suspended by its feet from string linked to an arch of flowering foliage, a fruiting branch bearing peapods below, in a glazed case, 63.5cm by 44cm, 12.5cm deep

Estimate: £800-1200

Lot 958

A Pair of Tortoiseshell Mounted Bengal Cut-Throat Razors, in a fitted ivory case, circa 1850, each shaped blade engraved BENGAL, 16cm long, in intaglio carved elephant ivory fitted case with scroll engraved gilt lock and push, 18.5cm long

Estimate: £120-180

Lot 959

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Lot 960

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Lot 961

A Carved Elephant Ivory Bust of a Pretty Young Woman, probably French, circa 1850, her curling hair running into ringlets on her neck, and with slightly downward pensive gaze, 7cm high, on an ebonised wood turned socle with square base, 13cm overall

Estimate: £150-250

Lot 962

A Carved Elephant Ivory Figure of a Jester, French or German, circa 1870, wearing an eccentric hat while biting his nails with fixed grimace, his right arm on his hip, an empty sword sheath slung from his waist, 12.5cm long (originally fitting into a wooden base now lacking)

Estimate: £150-250

Lot 963

A Carved Ivory Whistle as a Dog's Head, 19th century, with glass inset eyes, 5.4cm; A Turned Bone Bodkin Case, 19th century, as a parasol, with Stanhope lens to the handle, 10.5cm; and Six Other Bone and Ivory Items, including cane pommel as a gripping hand (8)

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 964

A Pair of Dieppe Ivory Court Figures, late 19th century, he standing wearing a feathered tricorn hat and frock coat with sash holding a walking cane and gloves, she with her hair tied back in lacy dress holding a fan and handkerchief, on oval bases, 22.5cm high, on turned ebonised bases

Estimate: £2000-3000

Lot 965

A Carved and Stained Ivory Box and Cover, late 19th/early 20th century, as an apple with mouse finial and seed pod supports, 6cm high

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 966

A George III Steel and Green Stained Ivory Mounted Tongue Carving Set, by Read, the trowel form slender knife and twin-tined fork with tapering oval section handles, 32.5cm and 31.5cm long respectively

Estimate: £70-100

Lot 967

A Box Containing a Miscellany of Antiquities, including those of Egyptian origin, Syrian glass, Samian pottery, Medieval glass fragments (some labelled, including Tintern Abbey, St Caries, Kilkenny), a box of amber fragments, fossils, mosaic pieces, Neolithic arrow heads, a piece of Hippopotamus skin (used by cutlers for polishing straps), shabti, two blue john small bowls, dried seahorses etc

Estimate: £500-800

Lot 968

A Carved Ivory Walking Stick Handle, 19th century, as a recumbent hound with glass eyes, 11cm long; and An Ivory Hound's Head Dog Whistle, 6.5cm long (2)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 969

Two Panels of Empire Period Wallpaper, probably French, painted with urns of flowers, birds, classical figures and ornament, laid down on plywood, 164cm by 54.5cm

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 970

An Inuit Carved Jade Bust of a Man, 20th century, wearing a hood, the base carved with a seal, bears paper label, 19cm high

Estimate: £100-150

Lot 971

A Russian Icon, 18th/19th century, painted with a half length portrait of St Nicholas the Miracle worker, blessing and holding the gospel book, a saint at either shoulder, with inscription, within moulded frame, 31cm by 27.5cm

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 972

A Russian Icon, probably 19th century, depicting a saint and the Virgin Mary, each holding a scroll, titled within a gilt arch and scroll border, 55.5cm by 44cm

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 973

A Russian Icon, 18th/19th century, painted with Jesus' entry into Jerusalem and with inscription, 36cm by 29cm

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 974

A Limoges Enamel Circular Plaque, by Paul Bonnaud, circa 1900, as a bust portrait of a girl wearing purple cloak and gold dress, on a ruby ground, signed P BONNAUD LIMOGES, 8.5cm diameter, framed

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 975

An Italian Mosaic Inlaid Table Cabinet, late 17th/18th century, the fall front opening to reveal an arrangement of six drawers with allover geometric design within ivory banding, 37cm wide

Estimate: £1500-2000

Lot 976

A Polychrome Carved Wood Figure of the Madonna, probably Brazilian, 19th century, with stamped metal halo, brightly coloured flowing robes on a globular base decorated with seraphim and swept canted rectangular foot, 45cm high

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 977

A French Palais Royal Style Gilt Metal Marble and Mother-of-Pearl Encrier and Cover, of drum form with overhead ropetwist handle, the foliate cast cover over two pounce pots, one inkpot and three pen holders, within engine turned borders over cast foliate swags hung from patera and with bell flowers, on a circular foot with stiff leaf moulded border, 13cm high

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 978

A Greek Icon, of Agia Oikogeneia, 18th./19th century, of the Holy Family, 26cm by 23cm, in an Italian carved wood and gilt acanthus frame

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 979

French School, 19th century: Portrait Miniature of a Naval Officer, with high collar, gilt epaulettes and medal, 5cm diameter, gilt metal frame

Estimate: £100-120

Lot 980

A Collection of Five 18th Century French Portrait Miniatures, depicting Louis XV (1710-1774) and members of the French aristocracy, contained within a modern giltwood display frame, and retaining an original coronet mounted gilded frame for the portrait of Louis XV, inscribed verso From the collection of Mme de Montferrand,

Estimate: £1000-1500

Lot 981

Joshua Smith: Miniature of Two Naked Girls, lying arm in arm on a flower clad bank, signed and dated (19)08, 8.5cm by 11.5cm

Estimate: £150-200

Lot 982

French School, 19th century: Portrait Miniature of a Naval Officer, with gilt collar and epaulettes to his blue jacket wearing a medal, 5.2cm diameter, turned wood frame

Estimate: £120-150

Lot 984

English School, 19th century: Portrait Miniature of a Child, in blue jacket with white collar, oval, 6cm by 5cm, in a gilt and black line edged black painted frame

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 985

English School, 19th century: Portrait Miniature of a Young Gentleman, in military attire, with curly hair and brown eyes and turning slightly to sinister, against a grey cloud background, rectangular, 9.5cm by 7.5cm; and A Portrait Miniature of a Pretty Young Woman, 19th century, her brown hair in ringlets and wearing an amethyst necklace, white dress and pink wrap, against a shrub and sky background, 10cm by 7.5cm, both in matching decorative gilt and gesso frames, and inscribed on the reverse From Rev H G Slack Sale at Settle Yorks June 1915

Estimate: £250-350

Lot 986

Indian School: A Group of Four Portrait Miniatures, late 19th/early 20th century, comprising three of young women, one of the Taj Mahal, the largest 6.5cm high; and A Late Victorian White Metal and Garnet Mounted Brooch, centred by a miniature painting of the Taj Mahal en grisaille, the reverse with inscription ADELA MARGARET ELEY 13th SEPT 1885, 4.2cm (5)

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 987

Peter Paul Lens (c.1714-1750): Portrait Miniature of a Gentleman, bust length, his hair en queue, with blue eyes and wearing azure blue jacket and gold embroidered waistcoat, initialled PL, oval, 3.6cm, in a gilt metal ropetwist edged pendant locket with brooch pin fastener

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 988

George Henry Harlow (1787-1819): Portrait Miniature of a Pretty Young Woman, wearing three black feathers in her hat, curly brown hair, gazing pensively downwards to dexter, wearing an embroidered collar to her striped chemise, against a woodland background, oval, signed (b.l.), 9cm by 7.1cm, in a silk lined crushed morocco oval case

Estimate: £500-800

Lot 989

A Pair of Louis XV Style Ormolu Two-Branch Wall Appliqués, circa 1900, with leaf sheathed sockets and drip pans on scrolling foliate branches, 52cm high

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 990

A Flemish Brass Eight-Branch Chandelier, in 17th century style, of baluster and ball form with serpent and scroll branches, 79cm high

Estimate: £700-1000

Lot 991

A Wrought Iron Six-Branch Electrolier, in Renaissance style, the acanthus leaf sheathed scroll branches issuing from central leaf and twist column on an hexagonal plinth over scrolling and twist base and ball terminals, 97cm high

Ex Oxford College

Estimate: £700-1000

Lot 992

A Regency Style Brass Hall Lantern, with foliate and mythical beast scrolls over patera and scrolling pierced frieze, glazed sides with cut sun burst and pierced foliate apron, on four ball pendants, 69cm high

Estimate: £200-300

Lot 993

A Gilt Metal Nine-Light Chandelier, in Louis XIV style with floriform boss and three linen sheathed stems on fluted ball and acanthus base issuing three single and three twin leaf sheathed branches with cast sconces over a pendant pine cone finial, 88cm high

Estimate: £400-600

Lot 994

A Gilt Metal and Glass Eight-Light Chandelier, in Louis XV style with floriform boss, knopped glass stem over floriform issuing scrolling leafy branches with leaf moulded sconces hung with faceted drops and with glass ball pendant terminal, 87cm high

Estimate: £300-400

Lot 995

A Pair of Giltwood and Gesso Six-Branch Wall Appliqués in Louis XIV Style, with urn shape sconces on acanthus and harebell sheathed scroll branches hung with ropetwist and ball swags supported by a winged caryatid, on a shell and scroll backplate, 81cm high

Estimate: £500-700

Lot 996

A Victorian White Marble Figure of a Child, in a loose smock holding a spoon in one hand crying over a broken pot, on a circular base, 55.5cm high

Estimate: £400-500

Lot 997

Giovanni Maria Benzoni (1808-1873): A White Marble Bust of a Child, looking upwards with fur collar to right shoulder, on a waisted socle, signed G.M.BENZONI.F.ROMA.A.1859.

For similar examples see Christie's 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture and Works of Art Sale, 29th March 2007, London, King Street, lot 49 where the subject is suggested to be St John the Baptist

Estimate: £2000-3000

Lot 998

Patrick Macdowell R.A.: A Carrara Marble Portrait Bust of a Lady, 1846, the young woman turning slightly to dexter, her chignon ringletted at the front and wearing a diaphanous dress, on a concave sided circular socle, signed and inscribed SCULP LONDON 1846, 76cm high overall

Estimate: £1700-2000