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Collectors' Items Works of Art & Clocks COLLECTORS’ ITEMS WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS SECOND DAY’S SALE THURSDAY 2ND JULY 2009 COLLECTORS’ ITEMS WORKS OF ART & CLOCKS Commencing at 12.30pm Collectors Items, Works of Art and Clocks will be on view on: Saturday 27th June 9.00am to 1.00pm Sunday 28th June 2.00pm to 4.00pm Monday 29th June 9.00am to 5.15pm Tuesday 30th June 9.00am to 5.15pm Wednesday 1st July 9.00am to 5.15pm Limited viewing on sale days Works of Art & Collectors Items Clocks Enquiries: Martin McIlroy Tel. 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] Enquiries: Leigh Extence Tel. 01392 413100 Email: [email protected] 99 481 481. A 16th century steel casket, of rectangular outline, the domed lid with spiral twist ring handle and three pierced 484 485 straps of Gothic design, the 484. 485. hasps with geometric incised A W.M.F. electroplated and A Victorian gothic brass decoration, the canted angles clear glass claret jug, of display stand, with central with swept feet, 17cm., wide. slender conical tapering form, column on a shaped cruciform £1500-2000 the hinged lid in the form of a base, with four plated lilly leaf, stamped W.M.F., EP, adjustable brackets with 482. 1/0, as, to the handle, 44cm. circular glass shelves, the A pair of Victorian brass and high. brackets stamped ‘Houghtons lacquered bellows, the front £200-300 Patent Tiny T’, 42cm., high. with repousse Royal armorial £100-150 and floral decoration, the reverse with gilt chinoiserie lacquered landscape decoration, 40cm length. £80-120 483 483. A 19th century Ivory and black stained Calvert style chess set, of turned design, the castelated rooks 484A surmounted by flags and each 484A. piece on a ring turned base, A collection of seven early 17th century carved wood stiles, the king 11cm., high, the pawn three decorated with bearded male caryatid, with foliate scroll 4.5cm., high, together in an capital, and foliate and fruit decorated terminal, four with similar associated popular wood box. female caryatids, 82cm. long. £200-300 £500-700 100 486 486. A 19th century needlework sampler depicting The Menai Bridge, Nr Bangor, Caernarvonshire, with steam paddleship and other sailing vessels beneath the bridge and figures on the shore line, worked in coloured silks of blues, greens, browns and ivory, the bottom panel reads ‘In length 1714 feet, in height 100 feet from high water mark. Mary Eleanor Story her work aged 9 December 22nd 1828’, contained in a maple frame, 39 x 56cm. £800-1000 488. An early 20th century fan, the red silk leaf with painted forest scene and gilt panels depicting racehorses, with similar decoration to the red painted sticks, the guards with bull rush and dragonfly decoration, 34cm., long. £400-500 490 489. A late 18th century fan, the 490. 487 cut work lace leaf mounted A mid 18th century 487. on ivory and mother-of-pearl chinoiserie decorated fan, A late 19th century Russian sticks, having fret cut mother- the leaf with pen and ink icon depicting a saint holding of-pearl and gilt decorated decoration of two women in a a bible, flanked by Christ and guards, 27cm., long. garden landscape, with ivory Mary Mother of Christ, oil on £150-250 sticks and tortoiseshell guards, board, contained within an 25cm., long. applied foliate gilt frame, the £200-250 image 25 x 22cm. £150-200 101 491. A late 18th century continental fan probably Dutch, the paper leaf with painted cartouche of Cupid with young lovers in a wooded landscape, enclosed by trailing floral swags and fruit, the pierced, stained and gilt decorated sticks with similar decorated guards, 28cm., long. £300-350 492. A 19th century confirmation fan, with paper leaf printed and 491 painted with scene of a young girl and mother on their way to church, the reverse scene is of a very young girl feeding puppies, with pierced ivory sticks inlaid with sequins and mother-of-pearl pierced and paste set guards, 19cm., long. £200-250 493. An early 19th century fan with polychrome decorated printed paper leaf depicting a mythological scene, heightened with a gilt border, with pierced and gilt decorated mother-of-pearl sticks and guards, 24cm., long. £250-300 492 494. An early 18th century ivory brise fan, both sides with panted decoration of floral sprays and vases of flowers, the carved ivory sticks with commedia dell A’rte figures, 21.5cm., long. £300-400 495. A Cantonese export ivory brise fan, with French verse to the leaf “Si vous aimez ce qu j’aime vous vous aimerez vous mem” the guards carved with multiple flowerheads and birds,14cm., long. £300-500 496. 493 A 19th century Chinese ivory brise fan, with central cartouche bearing initials flanked by cartouches of pagoda landscapes, lacks guards, 26cm., long. £150-250 497. A mid 19th century French fan, the printed and polychrome decorated paper leaf depicting the court of a young Louis XV in a chateau garden setting, the reverse depicting young lovers in a rustic landscape, with pierced and gilt decorated bone sticks and guards, 27cm., long. £200-250 498. 495 A late 19th century, the loose net leaf with applied foil panels and sequins with mother-of-pearl and gilt decorated sticks and guards, one stick signed Duvelleroy, 16.5cm., long. £200-300 499. A 19th century cockade fan, the paper leaf decorated all over with flowerheads and trailing foliage, the ivory guards with gilt floral decoration, 46cm., long. £300-400 500. A 19th century French fan, the printed paper and painted leaf 498 depicting a mythological scene, probably the arming of Perseus, with pierced ivory sticks and carved ivory guards, 29.5cm., long. £250-350 102 501 501. A 19th Century ivory and silk fan, the shaped ivory 503 sticks with silk panel and 503. lace embroidered edging, A Middle Eastern papier with hand painted landscape mache and lacquered 504 decoration of courtiers in a octagonal panel depicting a garden, enclosed within a gilt semi naked young girl seated 504. glazed fan case, with plaque to on a wall washing her hair, the A Chinese carved hardwood interior ‘September 3rd 1850 reverse of the panel depicting figure of a warrior in to Mary A Mitchell with her a reclining nude female about traditional costume, raised on husbands love. A souvenir of to be struck with cupid’s arrow, a naturalistic base, 74cm. high. Eugenie, Empress of the French 19cm. x 15.5cm. contained in £150-250 to whom this fan formerly a fitted easel framed box with belonged’, case size 67cm. hinged double front. 505. £250-300 £60-80 An Indian embossed brass plaque, decorated with a scene of four seated gentlemen at a feast being entertained by musicians and dancers, 40 x 36cm. £100-200 505A. A South American Mayan carved hardstone model of coiled snake, 8cm., wide. £150-200 506 506. 502 A pair of Japanese cloisonne urns and covers of rectangular 502. curved outline, decorated A large machine woven tapestry in the 18th century French with finches perched amongst taste, depicting a rustic scene of a gentleman picking apples chrysanthemum shrubs, with and handing them to ladies below, whilst a young boy feeds domed rectangular covers, chickens, contained within a scroll and shell border, 190 x 18cm. high. 220cm. £300-400 £400-600 103 507 509 510 507. 509. 510. A pair of Japanese bronze A Japanese cloisonne vase of A large Chinese cloisonne vases of baluster form, inlaid ovoid form decorated with bowl, decorated with in shakudo, copper, silver cranes feeding amongst reeds, traditional bands of peony and and gilt with finches amongst rushes and lilies, to a dark chrysanthemums flowerheads, flowering shrubs, the handles blue ground, 29.5cm. high, to a powder blue ground, in the form of elephant’s together with near matching 31cm. diameter. heads, on circular swept bases, vase with partridge amongst £200-300 33cm. high, Meiji period. flowering shrubs,29.5cm. high. £600-800 £400-600 508 - detail 508 508. A Japanese bronze vase of oviform tapering outline, inlaid in shakudo, copper, silver and gilt, the neck with a band of butterflies, the main body decorated with finches amongst blossoming shrubs and flowers, to a rich patinated ground, signed to a gilt inset tablet to the base, 35cm. high, Meiji period. £800-1000 104 510A 512 515, 514 510A. 512. 514. A south Indian carved stone A Japanese cane woven A Japanese carved ivory bust of Shiva, 32cm. high, ikebana basket (Kago), of okimono of a standing Chola dynasty, on a polished ovoid form, with slender peasant figure, holding a staff wood base. loop handle bound in three with a basket over his shoulder, £600-800 sections, 57cm. high. 28cm., high, Meiji period 1868- £300-350 1912. £250-350 511 511. Chinese School (19th Century) “Study of peony, blossom and other flowers, in a basket on a bamboo mounted table”, also a companion, the pair, watercolours, in an oval 513 wood surround with borders 513. of panels of mirrors, height of A large Japanese bronze Buddhist temple bell of traditional watercolours 46cm overall size archaic form, 67cm., high. 48cm x 60cm (2). £1000-1200 £300-400 105 515. A Japanese carved ivory okimono of a standing figure holding a basket in which a child sits,feeding two birds below, signed and red seal to base, 14.5cm., high, Meiji period 1868-1912. £120-180 517 515A 515A. A south Indian carved hardstone figure, possibly 518 Lakshimi, in traditional 518. costume, 47cm high. A Japanese bronze model of a hare, signed and dated 1927 £400-500 realistically rendered, seated on its hind legs and lifting its right paw to its mouth, 15.5cm.
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