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1920s hallway pendant light
£3501920s hallway pendant light
with chrome plated gallery, the moulded shade acid-etched and with cut decoration. Re-wired.£350 -
Monkeys – Great-Eared Monkey, and Fair Monkey,
£260 EachMonkeys – Great-Eared Monkey, and Fair Monkey,
The English Encyclopaedia was published in 1802 by George Kearsley and it gave an unusual insight into early 19th century new discoveries in zoology.£260 Each -
Swedish Birds (Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade)
Swedish Birds (Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade)
Magnus von Wright started out as a taxidermist in the 1820's, he stuffed birds for Societas pro Flora et Fauna Fennica, the oldest scientific society in Finland, and in 1845, became taxidermist a the university's zoological museum. Von Wright; though a skilful taxidermist, his reputation like that of his two brothers, Wilhelm and Ferdinand, rests on his skill as a zoological illustrator. The first edition of Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade, appeared between 1828 and 1837 and in 1859 he published the first handbook on Finnish birds. These chromolithographs are from the second edition Svenska fåglar, efter naturen och på sten ritade, published c1920 and printed by A. Bortzells, Stockholm. 'Lyrurus Tetrix x Tetrao Urogallus'. -
A series of Art Deco steel-framed curved glass light panels,
£315 eachA series of Art Deco steel-framed curved glass light panels,
each with a frosted glass square cut with sinuous curvilinear marks and each centred with a gilded square intended to obscure a light source,£315 each