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A small English plaster cast of a Regency caryatid’s feet,
£10A small English plaster cast of a Regency caryatid’s feet,
the naturalistically modelled feet, positioned together with well-defined toes,£10 -
He insists that his pen is mightier than his sword,
£200He insists that his pen is mightier than his sword,
Framed chromolithograph by Spy (Sir Leslie Ward) picturing Mr Egerton Castle MA FRSA, author, antiquarian and swordsman. He was an early practitioner of reconstrucred historical fencing he went on to be apponted British fencing and sabre captain in two Olympic Games. A keen collector of bookplates, he also published several novels, often in partnership with his wife Agnes Sweetman Castle, a number of which were turned into early motion pictures.£200 -
A pair of cut glass spirit decanters
£130 the pairA pair of cut glass spirit decanters
of barrel form, hobnail and flute cut, with associated mushroom stoppers,£130 the pair -
Londres Secret et Ses Fantomes, lithographs published 1946
£140 eachLondres Secret et Ses Fantomes, lithographs published 1946
Serges was a Circus Chronicler, Graphic Artist, Painter and Radio Broadcaster. Although, a born and bred Parisian he had a great affection for London, a city to which he dedicated this work. They show alongside the well-known landmarks, the seamy underbelly of prostitutes, pub singers, seamen and drunks. Mounted and framed in natural oak.£140 each