A good early Victorian rosewood library timepiece, by William Johnson, Strand, London, with fusee, 24cm high, with pendulum.
about Lot 1610
A rare circa 1967 Rolex Sea-Dweller Submariner 'Double Red' gentleman's wristwatch, patent pending case, ref.1665, Mk.1 dial, serial number 2128285, on replacement Speidel bracelet, with original purchase receipt, dated 19 Feb 1972; guarantee booklet; chronometer certificate; service paperwork; original tags etc; with associated vintage Rolex box; and additional service box.Provenance: Purchased new by the vendor's father, accompanied by a 1970s photograph of the vendor's father wearing the watch.
about Lot 201
GIFT FROM CHARLES DICKENS TO 'Little Lucifer Box': a Victorian figured walnut and gilt brass combined writing slope and stationary casket, the hinged upper section retaining original key, with central plaque engraved 'Happy Birthday Little Lucifer Box 20 Oct 1859', lid of lower section with circular plaque engraved 'Catherine Elizabeth Dickens', the whole approx 36 x 26cm, some damages and loss to lining, two similar (non-matching) glass inkwells present.
about Lot 62
(THH) A rare pair of Grand Tour type alabaster relief portrait plaques of Charles Edward Stuart ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’ and Henry Benedict Stuart, each in an octagonal ebonized and brass mounted frame, with applied and engraved decoration, 29.5cm wide, each with bronze 'Legitimacy of the Jacobite Succession' medal suspension.
about Lot 1819
A good 19th century gilt brass, steel and ivory Gothic reliquary style casket, inscribed 'Alph, Cironx et Cie, a Paris', 23.5cm wide.
about Lot 1671
A 19th century carved and painted wood butcher's shop diorama, the visible area 40 x 60cm, in the original mahogany framed case, the whole 50.5cm high x 71.5cm wide x 19.5cm deep.
about Lot 1379
ORWELL (George): 'Animal Farm...a Fairy Story', London, Secker & Warburg, 1945. First Edition. 8vo, publisher's green cloth with dustjacket, sl. cracking to hinges, head/tail of spine and corners slightly bumped and rubbed, still a very good copy. Presentation copy from novelist J D Beresford to Esme Wynne-Tyson, inscribed on front free endpaper 'Esme from John David. The Retreat - Holt, Wilts, Aug 1945..', pencil note in another hand suggesting this to be his review copy. (1)
about Lot 41
Fred Yates, 'Mother and Child with Teddy Bear', signed and dated 57, labelled verso, impasto on board, 76.5 x 61cm, unframed. (ARR applies)
about Lot 1644
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
An early 20th century Swiss .935 silver and blue guilloche enamel novelty umbrella timepiece, stamped 'Depose 2159, SH', 9cm.
about Lot 129