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A SMALL CARVED WOODEN GROUP OF THE PIETA with old decorative colouring, probably South Italian or Sicilian, 17th century, 9.5" high. See illustration Provenance; L.G. G. Ramsay, Editor of Connoisseur Magazine in the 1950's | Nil |
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420 |
| 445 | CHAIM STEPHENSON: A COLD CAST BRONZE of a standing mother and child, monogrammed C.S., 19" high £500-700 | Nil |
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| 446 | CHAIM STEPHENSON: "MOSES AND THE TABLETS" , a bronze, signed "Chaim S.", 20.5" high. See illustration £1000-1500 | Nil |
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| 447 | CHAIM STEPHENSON: "MOTHER AND BABY", cold cast bronze, signed to the base, 11" high £500-800 | Nil |
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| 448 | CHAIM STEPHENSON: "SITTING GIRL" a cold cast bronze, signed to the base "Chaim S.", 7.75" high £250-450 | Nil |
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| 449 | CHAIM STEPHENSON: "WOMAN CARRYING WOOD" bronze on wooden plinth, signed to the plinth "Chaim S.", 19.5" high. See illustration £800-1500 | Nil |
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| 450 | SIR ALFRED GILBERT: A bronze of "Comedy and Tragedy": "Sic Vita", the bronze 27" high, on a circular serpentine base, 30.75" high overall including the base. See illustration Provenance: The collection of J.P. Heseltine, Esq. Acquired by Robert Worthington, Esq. OBE, FRCS of Exeter, Devon, from Gooden and Fox in February 1931 for £100 (the original invoice included with this lot). Worthington was a prolific collector and the purchase is also recorded in his notebook. Literature: The Easter Art Annual, 1903. Sir Alfred Gilbert spoke of "Comedy and Tragedy" as "The climax to my cycle of stories". In one sense it is autobiographical, the commentary on Gilbert's state of mind at the time of its' creation: mounting debt, difficulties with patrons and a sick wife forced him to live with continual anxiety, though what the world saw was a supremely successful sculptor and social figure publicly moving from one triumph to another. The stature shows a stage-prop boy running with the mask of Comedy in his hands at the moment he is stung by a bee. From one side, the statue is dominated by the comic mask; from the other the boy's expression forms a tragic mask. The statue needs to be seen in-the-round to appreciate the twisting of the angular muscular form into a complex and artificial pose. The title for the bronze comes from W.S. Gilbert's one-act play "Comedy and Tragedy", which was staged in a revival at the Lyceum with Gilbert's friend, the American actress Mary Anderson, in the leading role. A pen and ink sketch "Comedy and Tragedy" (first idea) "December III 90 Alfred Gilbert" shows a winged putto leaping to avoid an arrow shot at his right leg. Gilbert was just beginning to think about the figure of Eros for the Shaftesbury Memorial at this date, so the arrow in the drawing may be identified as the one Eros has just shot from his bow. The model for Eros, Angelo Colorossi, recalled that before posing for that statue he had posed for "Comedy and Tragedy". The latter was begun on 2nd February 1891 and advanced throughout the month. Gilbert noted in May of that year that he had worked on the top of the Shaftesbury Memorial, so Eros followed immediately upon Comedy and Tragedy (Alfred Gilbert, Royal Academy of Arts 1986 - The Great Bronzes 1881-1892). This lot is sold with Robert Worthington's personal copy of "Alfred Gilbert" by Isabel McAllister, published London 1929 and the original invoice of sale dated 16th February, 1931. £40000-60000 | Nil |
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38000 |
| 460 | A REGENCY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK by Dobbyn & Son of Dublin, the white painted circular dial with subsidiary seconds dial, with an eight-day two-train movement striking on a bell, the arch topped hood with ball and eagle finials, the trunk with a panelled door, 78" high. See illustration £1000-1500 | Nil |
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900 |
| 461 | LEROY & FILS: A gilt metal four glass perpetual calendar mantel clock, the upper dial with a visible Brocot escapement and an eight-day movement striking on a bell, with a mercury filled pendulum, the lower dial with a central moon phase and day marker within a date and month dial, both set within an engraved surround, in moulded case, 14.25" high. See illustration Provenance: Private collection, Dorset £3000-5000 | Nil |
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2500 |
| 462 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BRACKET CLOCK, the brass dial signed "Eardley Norton, London 221", with a silvered chapter ring with inner date pointer, with gilt spandrels and silent/strike dial above, the two-train movement striking on a bell, with an elaborately engraved backplate, the case with all-over brass and ebony inlay, 23.25" high. See illustration Provenance: Private collection, London £1000-2000 | Nil |
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1900 |
| 463 | A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH MANTEL CLOCK, the circular dial with Roman numerals and an eight-day movement striking on a coiled gong, the case with tortoiseshell and scrolling brass inlay, 11" wide. See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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| 464 | A SEXTANT IN A FITTED CASE with accessories, the case with paper label "George Lee & Son, 33 The Hard, Portsea", the dial engraved J.O.N. Wood. R.N., the case also bearing a certificate of examination from the National Physical Laboratory inscribed "Sextant No. 1980. 6.5" radius by Ross of London divided on silver and reading to 10" with leather carrying case. See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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190 |
| 465 | A PITCH PINE AND EBONY GOTHIC REVIVAL WALL CLOCK in the manner of Charles Bevan, the case surmounted by a roof effect fitting with inlaid circular dots, the dial with ivory hour markers and conforming ebony inlay, 49" high. See illustration £300-500 | Nil |
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280 |
| 466 | AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the white enamel dial signed "Clark, Weymouth", the dial with subsidiary seconds dial, Roman numerals and floral painted corners, the break arch painted with a cottage in a landscape, with an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the hood with an arch top and spiral turned columns, the trunk with a short door and quarter recessed columns, raised on short bracket feet, 85" high. See illustration Tribe & Whatmoor record an Edwin J Clark as working in Weymouth between 1830 and 1852 £400-600 | Nil |
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| 467 | A GEORGE III OAK LONGCASE CLOCK, the brass dial signed Ralph Rippon, with subsidiary date dial, "Penny Moon", moon dial and moon phase dial and a similar vacant dial, the chapter ring with Roman numerals, flanked by pierced cast spandrels and an eight-day movement striking on a bell, the hood with a flat top and fluted columns, the long trunk door flanked by fluted corners, 83" high. See illustration £800-1500 | Nil |
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| 468 | A WILLIAM AND MARY WALNUT LONGCASE CLOCK, the dial signed "John Drew Londini", the silver chapter ring with Roman numerals, with subsidiary seconds dial and date aperture, with an eight-day five pillar movement striking on a bell, the flat topped hood with a moulded border above a panel of blind fretwork, the dial flanked by ebonised spiral turned columns, the trunk door with a glass lenticel and geometric stringing, on a conforming base with small bun feet, 79" high. See illustration £3000-5000 | Nil |
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4200 |
| 469 | A GEORGE I CHINOISERIE LACQUERED LONGCASE CLOCK, the white enamel dial signed T Strange, Kingston, with a moon phase dial above and subsidiary seconds and date dials, with an eight-day five pillar movement striking on a bell, the case with all over chinoiserie decoration against a green ground, 86" high. See illustration £800-1500 | Nil |
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800 |
| 470 | A BRASS SKELETON CLOCK, with a silvered chapter ring with Roman numerals and two scrolling brass plates with a single train fusee movement, on a mahogany plinth and glass dome, 16" high. See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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| 475 | A LATE GEORGE III MAHOGANY CHEST OF DRAWERS, the rectangular caddy moulded top with satinwood and ebony stringing above four long graduated drawers with pressed brass handles, on short bracket feet, 35" wide. See illustration £250-450 | Nil |
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240 |
| 476 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY BREAKFAST TABLE, with a rectangular top with moulded border on a vase turned column and four downswept legs with brass cap castors, 50" wide. See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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280 |
| 477 | A MATCHED SET OF SIX GEORGE III MAHOGANY LADDERBACK DINING CHAIRS comprising four standard chairs with wavy ladders, overstuffed seats and square legs and two similar armchairs (6). See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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260 |
| 478 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY DINING CHAIR with an arched back and a pierced splat, above a drop-in seat and square tapering legs £40-80 | Nil |
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| 479 | A WILLIAM IV JARDINIERE STAND with a moulded top on a turned column and platform base, containing a lead weight, on short turned feet, 16" wide £100-200 | Nil |
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80 |
| 480 | A PAIR OF LOUIS XVI STYLE GILTWOOD SALON CHAIRS with oval moulded and ribbon-carved backs, with caned panels, above upholstered seats and conforming arm-rests, on turned reeded legs (2). See illustration £200-400 | Nil |
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340 |
| 481 | A REGENCY MAHOGANY FOLD-TOP CARD TABLE, the rectangular top with rounded corners, on a "U"-shaped support and four downswept legs with cast scrolling cap castors, 36.5" wide £400-600 | Nil |
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500 |
| 482 | A LATE REGENCY MAHOGANY DRESSING TABLE, the rectangular top with a moulded border and concave front, above a single moulded and two short drawers with brass ring handles, on turned tapering legs, 45" wide. See illustration £80-150 | Nil |
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320 |
| 483 | A GEORGE II STYLE MAHOGANY STOOL with an upholstered top on four heavy cabriole legs with leaf-carved knees and ball and claw feet, 26" wide. See illustration £150-250 | Nil |
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320 |
| 484 | A GEORGE III MAHOGANY WASH STAND, the rising two-part top enclosing a basin and rising mirror, above a cupboard and two short fitted drawers and an "X"-shaped basin stand, on barrel form castors, 17" wide. See illustration £80-150 | Nil |
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110 |
| 485 | AN EGYPTIAN REVIVAL ARMCHAIR, the rectangular back with a pierced and carved panel of an Egyptian figure standing aboard a boat, alongside an Ibis, with downswept arms with similar carved panels, above a solid seat on four short animal paw feet. See illustration £400-600 | Nil |
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600 |
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486 |
A GEORGE III MAHOGANY TWIN PEDESTAL DESK, the rectangular top with a rising surface and crossbanded borders, above three frieze drawers and two pedestals of three further short drawers, on plinth bases, 49" wide. See illustration £300-500 |
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380 |
