Private Collection of Early Objects
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An important Elizabeth I silver mounted "Tiger Ware" stoneware jug (circa 1570), the neck mounts embossed and engraved with three lion masks within shaped cartouches, divided by fruit, the hinged cover with corresponding decoration and cast angel thumbpiece, the loop handle with engraved mount, engraved date "1570" and initials "I.S." and "R.B.", the foot mount with gadrooning and battlemented upper border joined by four body ribs to an engraved shoulder collar, with unidentified maker's mark to all mounts, with the motto "Ne Cede Malis" (Yield not to Misfortunes) engraved to the underside of the foot, 11ins high £15000-20000
Note: The uninscribed English mark is noted in: Jackson, Charles J. "English Goldsmiths and their Marks", London 1921, Page 474
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A mid 14th Century Northern French (probably Paris) medieval carved ivory diptych panel with the Virgin in Glory, the Virgin holding the Christ Child with candle bearing angels to each side beneath a single trefoil arch, the upper part with leafy crockets and tripartite spandrels in both upper corners, with hinge marks to the right hand side, 4ins x 2.375ins x .375ins deep £4000-5000
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A rare 18th Century English fruitwood biscuit mould, deeply carved to one side with the "Biddenden Maids" - Eliza and Mary Chulkhurst, inscribed with their names to the top above the figures with "Biddenden" to the base, and with the inscription "A34Y IN 1100" to their dresses, 4.5ins high x 2.125ins wide x 1ins deep £600-800
Note: These locally famous sisters were born adjoined at the hips and shoulders in Biddenden, Kent, in 1100. On the death of one sister at the age of 34 years, the other was advised to be separated from her by dissection but she apparently refused stating that as they had come into the world together, so they would leave it together. She fell ill within a few hours and died. Their Will stipulated one thousand rolls impressed with the design of the two sisters were to be distributed to strangers on Easter Monday. The Will also made provision for the distribution of about 500 loaves with cheese to the poor of the Parish of Biddenden
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A 12th/13th Century Caen Stone corbel of a praying angel, 9ins high, (possibly from Northern France) (damaged) £300-400
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A late 13th Century latten or copper alloy steelyard weight with a lead core, with triangular suspension ring and three engraved shields, one with three chevrons (possibly of the House of Clare) into which Edmond, Earl of Cornwall married in 1272, 2.25ins diameter x 2.5ins high £800-1200
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A late 16th Century French Mannerist relief carved oak panel of St. Paul with his attributes of an open book and sword under a plain arch with leafy spandrels to the upper corners, 19ins x 8.5ins, and another late 16th Century oak panel with the same subject, 20ins x 18.75ins £300-500
Note: Here the Saint is shown with his attributes of an open book representing his Gospel in the New Testament whilst the sword represents his beheading and martyrdom in Rome in 67 AD
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A 16th Century French carved oak figure of St. Anne, her hands together in an attitude of prayer, 29ins high £800-1200
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A pair of stained wood "Gothic" tracery panels, the Gothic letters "SI" and "IS" carved to the circular central panel, each 22.75ins x 7.75ins £200-300
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A late 15th/early 16th Century German or Austrian carved limewood figure of St. George wearing full armour and holding a sword and carrying a lance (replacement), 25.25ins high £1500-2000
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A late 16th Century carved oak figure of a female saint with open book in her left hand, her right hand clenched to support an object (now lost), 26ins high (on oak base) £800-1200
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A late 14th Century English needlework panel, worked in coloured silk and silver threads, with a figure of a king with nimbus, on later red silk background, 6.5ins x 3.75ins wide, in gilt frame and glazed £400-600
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An early 16th Century Northern European needlework panel of the Nativity worked in coloured threads and showing Mary and Joseph in the stable with the Baby Jesus whilst an ox and donkey look on, with a distant view of the shepherds being told the news of Christ's birth by an angel, 17.5ins x 22ins (Swiss or German - circa 1500), in 19th Century carved and moulded frame £1000-1500
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A 15th Century French (Paris) leaf from a book of "Hours" with illumination of the Annunciation and decorated initial "D" for "Domine Labia Mea Aperies" ("The Office of our Blessed Lady"), the border with foliage, fruit and bird, verso with a continuation of "The Office", 6.375ins x 4.25ins, mounted but unframed £800-1200
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An early 16th Century French (Paris) leaf from a book of "Hours", printed by Gilles Hardouyn (The Hardouyn Workshop in Paris), painted in gold and colours by his brother Germain, with thirty-three lines ruled in red and with figural illumination of "St. Apollonia of Alexandria", 6.5ins x 4ins, mounted but unframed £300-400
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A 14th Century historiated initial, painted in colours with the Virgin Mary and standing figures, on a gold ground, 5.75ins x 5.5ins (stuck down) £400-600
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An early 13th Century English (Oxford) single leaf from an illuminated bible with forty-nine lines of text, double column, in early Gothic hand in black ink, and with full page initial "P" of interlaced floral patterns, the initial ending in a dragon's mouth, 8.5ins x 6ins £500-700
Provenance: Marc-Antoine du Ry, 31 Wimpole Street, London, W1M 7AE
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A 15th Century English stained glass panel showing the head of the Virgin Mary, 11ins x 4.5ins, later set with lead cames into leaded light, 10in x 7ins overall £500-700
Provenance: Said to have been found in New Romney, Kent
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A 15th Century English stained glass panel of a female saint holding a sword and book, 73ins x 7.75ins, with later lead rectangular frame £2000-3000
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A 15th Century stained glass panel depicting a crowned king and the Virgin Mary within a Gothic canopied building, the border with mostly geometric designs, 27ins x 21.25ins, in oak pegged door frame (some restoration) £2000-3000
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John A. Knowles - "Essays in the History of the York School of Glass-Painting", SPCK 1936 (cloth covered volume with paper cover), Herbert Read - "English Stained Glass", published by G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1926 (blue cloth binding), and ten other volumes of stained glass interest, various £100-150
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An early 17th Century German cast iron stove plate depicting the story of "David and Bathsheba", 29ins x 26ins, the lower register with two "Romayne" portraits of male and female heads, circa 1600 (cracked) £1500-2000
Note: See V & A (319 1897) - "Cast Iron German Stove Plate depicting the marriage feast at Cana in Galilee (maker unknown)"
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A 16th Century European leather covered wooden domed top trunk with wrought iron carrying handles and brass nail studding, the top painted with shields of arms, the ends with later (?) portraits of a man and a woman in the Italian Renaissance manner, and with two locks, 46.5ins wide x 17.5ins deep x 21.5ins high (some damage) £1200-1600
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Carlo Bugatti (1856-1940) - Early 20th Century asymmetric chair with copper and bone detail and pewter inlay £1500-2000
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A George III silver baluster shaped coffee pot of large proportions, the domed cover with leaf pattern finial and gadroon mounts, the body with cast floral, fruiting vine and C-scroll ornament with conforming cast spout, on circular footrim cast with floral, leaf and S-scroll ornament, double scroll handle, 12.5ins high, by Joseph Cradock & William K. Reid, London 1817 (gross weight 40ozs) £1000-1500
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An Edward VII plain silver circular tea kettle and stand with spirit lamp, the plain squat circular body with plain ebonised handle and turned finial, on circular stand with three double scroll supports with pad feet, and with oil lamp, 9.5ins high, by John Dixon & Son, Sheffield 1903 (gross weight 33ozs) £275-350
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A George IV silver rectangular teapot with cast leaf scroll mounts, the whole embossed with leaf scroll and floral ornament, with poppy and leaf pattern finial, leaf capped C-scroll handle and on four shell and leaf cast panel feet, 6.5ins high, by Henry Ledger, London 1827 (weight 25ozs - engraved with crest) £225-275
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A George V silver rectangular teapot with gadroon, shell and leaf cast mounts, part reeded body, ebonised angular handle, on four leaf cast paw feet, 5.5ins high, by C.S. Harris & Sons, London 1917 (weight 24ozs) £200-300
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A George IV bachelor's silver squat teapot, the body with moulded girdle and engraved with two cartouches and swag ornament, ebonised scroll handle and turned finial, 4.25ins high, by Rebecca Emes and Richard Barnard, London 1822 (gross weight 13ozs - a little weak around the hinge and finial cracked and damaged) £150-200
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An Elizabeth II silver octagonal teapot of panelled form with tongue pattern mounts, stained wood finial and angular loop handle, 5.5ins high, and matching hot water jug, by Poston Products Ltd, Sheffield 1954 (gross weight 45ozs) £300-400
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A late Victorian Scottish silver spherical teapot with urn pattern finial, part reeded and fluted body, wooden C-scroll handle, on moulded footrim, 6.5ins high, matching two-handled sugar bowl, possibly by Mackay & Chisholm, Edinburgh 1883, and an Elizabeth II silver milk jug made to match by John Henry Odell, London 1975 (gross weight 45ozs) £400-600
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A George V silver circular tea service with shaped rim, panelled body, on circular footrims, comprising - teapot with ebonised scroll handle, 7ins high, two-handled sugar basin and milk jug, by Mappin & Webb, Chester 1923 (gross weight 30ozs) £300-400
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An Edward VIII silver three piece tea service with plain circular bodies and moulded girdles, each on twelve sided base, comprising - teapot with red composition handle, 6.25ins high, two-handled sugar basin and milk jug, by Elkington Brothers, London 1936 (gross weight 33ozs) £300-400
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A George V silver oval four piece tea service, the reeded body engraved with band of trellis ornament and with wreath, comprising - teapot with wooden C-scroll handle, 5.25ins high, oval stand for same, two-handled sugar basin and milk jug by Searle & Co Ltd, London 1931 (gross weight 35ozs), and plated sugar tongs for same £300-400
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A George V silver circular four piece tea service with moulded rims and girdles, C-scroll handles and circular footrims, comprising - teapot with stained wood finial and handle, 6.25ins high, ovoid hot water pot with stained wood finial and handle, 8.75ins high, two-handled sugar basin and milk jug by Joseph Gloster Ltd, Birmingham 1930 and 1931 (weight 34ozs) £225-275
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A George VI silver octagonal teapot of panelled form with ebonised angular handle, 6.5ins high, by J.B. Chatterley & Sons Ltd, Birmingham 1939, a matching two-handled sugar basin (gross weight 28ozs), a Victorian silver fiddle pattern pickle fork by George Angell, London 1857, one other silver preserve spoon and a pair of silver sugar tongs £225-275
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A good pair of George III cast silver pillar candlesticks and pair of matching two light candelabra branches, the whole of Neo-classical form, fluted urn pattern sconces and fluted tapered columns, with reeded and bead pattern mounts to rim, the candlestick footrims with moulded bead and fluted ornament, candlestick and sconces 11.75ins high, candelabra branches 16.25ins high, by John Schofield, candlesticks London 1790 and branches London 1793 (gross weight 95ozs) £2000-3000
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A pair of George IV silver pillar candlesticks of mid 18th Century design with square sconces and square moulded bases with bold anthemion ornament and multi knopped stems, 9.25ins high, by John Settle & Henry Wilkinson, Sheffield 1829 (loaded - engraved with armorials) £600-800
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A George V silver circular two-handled tazza of Neo-classical design with tongue mounts to rim, the scroll handles cast with lions heads, on circular footrim, 7.5ins diameter x 10.5ins wide x 5.5ins high, by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1919 (weight 12ozs) £150-200
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An early George III silver oval cake basket with rope pattern rim, the sides pierced with leaf scroll and trellis designs interspersed by spiral reeded bead mouldings, the centre with raised and engraved shaped cartouche, with engraved floral and scroll ornament, pierced folding handle, on pierced footrim, 13ins x 10.75ins x 3.25ins high (handle soldered down), by William Plummer, London 1762 (weight 22ozs - with engraved inscription to underside dated 1888) £450-600
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A George V silver circular bowl with hammered finish, the lobed rim with ball ornament, on circular footrim, 9.25ins x 3.75ins, by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company, London 1933 (weight 23ozs) £200-300
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An Edward VII silver circular two-handled rose bowl with moulded rim and girdle, cast with leaf and floral ornament and with high scroll handles, on circular footrim, 10ins diameter x 14.25ins wide x 9.75ins high, by Walker & Hall, Sheffield 1905 (weight 53ozs - with presentation inscription) £400-600
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A Victorian lady's brass bound rosewood toilet box with blue leather and velvet lined interior, fitted two sliding trays complete with four hobnail cut-glass bottles with silver engine turned screw caps, a selection of other glass fitments with similar silver mounts, all engraved with crest, by Francis Douglas 1847 and Edwin Martin Thornton 1873, the sliding trays opening to reveal spring action rising central section, fitted with a manicure set, 13ins x 9ins x 6.25ins high (two glass fitments missing and some replacement manicure pieces, splits to top of lid) £400-600
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A George III plain silver and agate mounted rectangular snuff box with polished agate top and base, 1.875ins x 1.125ins x .625ins high, by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1813 (initialled "A.F.P.") £100-150
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A George III silver rectangular vinaigrette, the lid engraved with sixteen flowerheads, the gilt interior with pierced and engraved floral and leaf scroll pattern grille, 1.5ins x 1.125ins x .5ins high, by Matthew Linwood, Birmingham 1813 (weight .68oz) £100-150
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A George IV silver gilt rectangular vinaigrette, the lid and base with cast leaf scroll mounts and engine turned centre panels, the interior with finely pierced and engraved leaf scroll pattern grille, 1.5ins x l.125ins x .5ins high, by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1824 (weight .97oz - lid inscribed "Jemima") £120-160
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A William IV silver rectangular vinaigrette, the lid and base engraved with leaf and floral ornament, the gilt interior with pierced and engraved flowerhead and leaf scroll pattern grille, 1.625ins x 1.125ins x .5ins high, by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1831 (weight .74oz - lid inscribed "Ann Pape 1832") £100-150
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A William IV silver rectangular vinaigrette, the lid and base engraved with floral and leaf scroll ornament, the gilt interior with pierced and engraved floral and leaf scroll pattern grille, 1.625ins x 1.125ins x .5ins high, by Thomas Shaw, Birmingham 1835 (weight .67oz - initialled "M.A.H.") £100-150
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