A Nepalese bronze figure of Indra, 18th/19th century, with remains of gilt decoration, 12.5cm high.
about Lot 1537
A very rare Chinese carved amber libation cup, 17th century, carved in high relief with dragons and stylized clouds, 5.6cm high x 10cm wide.
about Lot 732
Frank Avray Wilson, untitled abstract, signed and dated '83, oil on cardboard, 64 x 76cm, unframed.
about Lot 1632a
A set of eleven Wilkinson 'Allied Commanders of The First World War' pottery toby jugs, designed by Sir F Carruthers Gould, Issued in Limited Editions between 1915 and 1919, comprising: Lord Kitchener, holding a jug inscribed 'Bitter for the KAISER', 25cm high; Admiral Beatty, holding a shell inscribed 'Dread Nought', 26.5cm high; Field Marshall Haig, seated upon a tank, titled 'Push and Go' to the base, 27cm high; Admiral Jellicoe, holding a jug inscribed 'Hell Fire Jack', 26cm high; Marshall Joffre, holding a shell inscribed '75mm Ce Que Joffre', 25.5cm high; Lord French, holding a jug inscribed 'French Pour Les Francais', 26cm high; the Rt. Hon. D. Lloyd George, holding a shell titled 'Shell Out!', 25cm high; Marshall Foch holding a champagne bottle inscribed 'Au Diable Le Kaiser', 31.5cm high; General Botha, holding a jug inscribed 'Loyalty', 26.5cm high; Woodrow Wilson, with an aeroplane on his lap, the base inscribed 'Welcome! Uncle Sam', 27cm high; and King George V, holding a globe, the base inscribed 'Pro Patria', 30cm high, each with printed marks, facsimile signatures and retailer's marks for 'Soane & Smith'. (11)
about Lot 1366
(THH) A good Regency rosewood, ormolu and brass inlaid library table, attributable to Louis Le Gaigneur, with tooled inset surface above a pair of frieze drawers, on brass casters, 138.5 wide x 97cm deep.
about Lot 1901
SMITH (Dodie): 'I Capture the Castle', Boston, 1948: First American Edition: 8vo, publisher's cloth with dustjacket, spine browned, minor edge nicks, two tape repairs to lower panel: inscribed from author 'to Jon, with my love. Dodie, Doyles Town Pennsylvania, November 1948'. Together with another copy of the same, dustjacket split along upper hinge with losses, similarly inscribed to Esme Wynne-Tyson. (2)
about Lot 51
A good George IV specimen marble, amboyna, rosewood and carved giltwood circular occasional table, possibly attributable to Morel and Seddon, on concealed wood casters, 79cm high x 81.5cm diameter.
about Lot 1650
ANNOTATED BY PETER COLLINSON, FRS (1694-1768): MARTIN (Martin): 'A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland. Containing a full account of their situation, extent, soils, product, harbours, bays, tides, anchoring places, and fisheries...': London, printed for Andrew Bell, 1703: FIRST EDITION. Large folding map of the Hebrides (neatly repaired) and folding plate of heathen temple: this copy extensively annotated by naturalist and antiquary Peter Collinson (1694-1768) over some 90 pages, with 5 pages of manuscript index and additional notes at end. He relates, for instance, the experience of General Wade, who saw an eagle kill a deer by picking out its eyes and then hovering until the deer stumbled over a precipice. He also includes information given him by Dr Walker, who visited the islands in 1765, and who conveyed to Collinson his scepticism of the reputed second sight of some islanders as well as reporting that there were 'neither wild horses or buffaloes in Scotland as Mr Buffons asserts in his nat:hist: taken from ignorant writers': title leaf cropped at upper margin, some toning and scattered spotting, occasional light waterstains but a very good copy, later full calf gilt by Kerr & Richardson of Glasgow, teg, 8vo. (1)
about Lot 51
An interesting and unusual carved chalcedony or rock crystal intaglio, possibly Roman, mounted in an unmarked high carat yellow metal ring, inscribed 'Given by the Marquefs D'Archimbaud to H Ph Hope in the year 1810', 32 x 26mm oval, 11.9g total weight.
about Lot 97
A 'butterscotch' amber bead necklace, of forty three oval graduated beads, largest bead 4cm, 155g.
about Lot 579