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A French bronze of a truffle sow
A French bronze of a truffle sow
the figure of a prize sow standing on naturalistic ground and integral moulded plinth, with some verdigris in the patination, signature in the cast, -
An English heraldic bronze applique
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Pipes in a Box: a Collection of old English long clay “churchwarden’s” pipes in a scratch built poker-work box
Pipes in a Box: a Collection of old English long clay “churchwarden’s” pipes in a scratch built poker-work box
5 hand-made clay pipes, 18th Century pattern, with an acorn shaped bowl and long curvilinear stem and waxed mouth piece -
A Collection of old English clay pipes in a display frame
A Collection of old English clay pipes in a display frame
seventeen hand-made decorative pipes, 17th, 18th, 19th and 20th Century, each with either a decorated bowl, or maker’s stamp to the stem, or both; the glazed collector’s frame presenting most with a hand-written label: “squirrel”, “Crossed keys”, “Masonic” etc. and a brief synopsis of the history of the clay pipe, -
A Chinese hand woven rattan rice bucket
A Chinese hand woven rattan rice bucket
the split-cane looped handle above the circular-section body and rounded base, -
An antique Armenian Kazak rug,
An antique Armenian Kazak rug,
in madder red, indigo and ivory, the field containing bold hooked devices, within a birds-on-pole border; dated unclearly; low in places, restorations, washed and ready to lay, -
French fruitwood occasional table,
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Pair of Arts & Crafts fire dogs
Pair of Arts & Crafts fire dogs
cast brass and wrought iron, the decorative foliate discs after a design by Ernest Gimson. -
An English heraldic cast iron fireback
An English heraldic cast iron fireback
the rectangular plate with a shaped top, cast in relief with the Royal Arms of Charles II – the heraldic roundel supported by a lion and unicorn rampant and bearing the “C.R” monogram and date “1664” -
Public and Private Life of Animals, by J. J. Grandville, ‘Vieux, cassé, bavard, fantasque…’,
Public and Private Life of Animals, by J. J. Grandville, ‘Vieux, cassé, bavard, fantasque…’,
First published in France, these prints are based on the drawings of the famed caricaturist J. J. Grandville. Born Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard, Gradville; he fought on the barricades during the revolution of 1830 which dethroned Charles X, the last Bourban king. It was during this period that his cartoons appeared in two of the most famous satirical journals of the time; Le Charivari and Le Caricature, but in 1835 these publications were suppressed by the government of Louis-Philippe. This event extinguished his income and means of political expression and forced him to start making a living by book illustration. The ‘Public and Private Life of Animals’ allowed him to criticise society and its effect on individuals through one of the oldest narrative types; the animal fable. His caricaturist’s skills combined the human and animal characteristics giving him a vehicle of expression as to what was not permissible in ‘Society’ but was perfectly acceptable when the material was presented as humorous or satirical. -
A Victorian ship in a bottle
A Victorian ship in a bottle
the clear glass oval section bottle enclosing the model tall-masted rigged ship within, raised on a scratch built teak cradle, -
An interesting vintage British-American ship in a bottle
An interesting vintage British-American ship in a bottle
the clear glass square section bottle with a rope-twist border to one side, a woven cap and bearing the post-prohibition raised lettering” FEDERAL LAW FORBIDS SALE OR RE-USE OF THIS BOTTLE” to the shoulder and the distributer’s name to the base “BURNE TURNER & CO LONDON”; the diorama within comprising a three masted clipper in full sale on a choppy sea with a steam-boat tender off her port bow, she flys the red ensign,