(NB) An Edwardian Belle Epoque diamond set openwork brooch, having tear drop shaped drop, set approximately 2.75ct of diamonds, 45mm wide x 46mm high.
about Lot 121
A large and impressive Chinese bronze twin handled censor and tripod stand, Xuande six character mark to base, the censer 30cm wide,
about Lot 1226
A good Victorian silver novelty owl sugar caster, by Thomas, James & Nathaniel Creswick, Sheffield 1850, finely decorated and chased with feather decoration, with inset glass eyes, 13.5cm high.
about Lot 20
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
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
A 4.2ct brilliant cut diamond and platinum ring, colour G/H, clarity VS1/VS2, with accompanying certification.
about Lot 286
A 'butterscotch' amber bead necklace, of forty three oval graduated beads, largest bead 4cm, 155g.
about Lot 579
A 1930s blue gemstone and diamond cluster ring, stamped Plat, surrounded by fourteen collet set diamonds, with additional collet set diamonds set to sides, size N 1/2.
about Lot 295
A 24fl.oz. bottle of green Chartreuse, 96 proof, 1970s bottling.
about Lot 111
Arthur Maderson, 'After Rain, Nr Westonzoyland', signed, further inscribed and labelled verso, oil on board, 49.5 x 60cm.
about Lot 1658