An interesting antique yellow metal and carnelian intaglio ring, the intaglio possibly Roman, finely carved with a Classical female, Size M 1/2.
about Lot 202
SMITH (Dodie): 'The Hundred and One Dalmatians..' London, Heinemann, 1956: First Edition: 8vo, publisher's blue cloth with dustjacket, fine copy with slight browning to spine and just a few minor nicks: inscribed from author to upper flyleaf 'To Jon with love from Dodie, Finchingfield Essex, November 1956'. (1)
about Lot 52
(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
A 18ct white and yellow gold diamond ring, set central pear shaped yellow diamond of 2.06ct with a baguette and brilliant cut diamond to each shoulder, by Timothy Roe, hallmarked London 2011, size N.
about Lot 307
(THH) A large and impressive pair of bronze recumbent lions, each on a Breccia marble base, 35.5cm high x 54cm wide.
about Lot 1862
A very large Dutch polychrome painted vase and cover, 91.5cm high.
about Lot 1733
An old European cut diamond and platinum three stone ring, the central stone 2.6ct, colour J/K, clarity VS2/SI1 flanked by two similar diamonds of approximately 1ct each, colour J/K, clarity VS1/VS2, with accompanying certification.
about Lot 291
Deryck Foster, a racing yacht in The Solent, signed and dated 65, with attached artist's correspondence verso, oil on board, 61 x 91.5cm, unframed.
about Lot 1644
TOLKEIN (J R R): 'The Lord of the Rings': one volume India paper edition, London, George Allen & Unwin Ltd, 1969: INSCRIBED TO TITLE PAGE BY TOLKEIN in blue ballpoint pen, with loosely inserted b&w photograph of the author posed at Merton College Oxford in 1968: covers a little bumped and creased, else generally in good condition. (1)
about Lot 530
DICKENS (Charles): 'A Christmas Carol..': 2nd edition, London, Chapman & Hall, 1843: half-title, title printed in red and blue, edition statement printed in red, etched hand coloured frontispiece and 3 further hand coloured plates by John Leech, wood engraved illustrations, advertisement leaf at end, joints cracked at several points and block shaken, publishers salmon cloth gilt, aeg, backstrip frayed and torn (split from lower hinge and chipped to ends), lower endpaper joint cracked, original yellow endpapers (several ink ownership inscriptions to FFE verso), small 8vo. (1)
about Lot 59