Antiques 22nd October 2004

Jewellery, Watches & Silver,
Ceramics & Glass,
Collectables, Circus Memorabilia,
Clocks, Furniture & Works of Art

Auction
Friday 22nd October 2004 at 10.30am

Viewing
Thursday 21st, 9am till 7pm
Friday 22nd from 9am

IMAGE SELECTION | JEWELLERY & WATCHES

SILVER | PICTURES | CERAMICS, GLASS & OBJECTS

CIRCUS MEMORABILIA, WORKS OF ART,
CLOCKS, COLLECTABLES & FURNITURE

ENQUIRIES, IMAGES & CONDITION REPORTS
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CIRCUS MEMORABILIA, WORKS OF ART,
CLOCKS, COLLECTABLES & FURNITURE

387 Victorian Zeotrope viewer,

the Japanned tin revolving drum complete

with selection of animated cartoons and

on mahogany turned base

£50 - 80

388 Royal Doulton blue and white jug,

printed with the Geneva pattern,

5in (12.5cm) high

£20 - 30

389 Four various Cloisonne vases,

the tallest 7in (17.8cm) high

£50 - 80PAGE 17

390 Victorian mahogany lacemaker’s bobbin

stand,

the circular plate raised on three bun feet

and fitted with pins for cotton reels and

turned and fluted finial handle,

11 ¼in (28.5cm) high

£40 - 50

391 Royal Doulton figure of Balloon Clown,

in 1986, 9 ½in (24.2cm) high

£50 - 80

392 Two Beswick Little Lovables,

modelled as Clowns and numbered ‘LL10’

and ‘LL4’

£30 - 50

393 Rare Royal Doulton White Haired Clown

character jug,

1951-1955, 6 ¼in (15.8cm) high

£200 - 300

394 King Pole,

a collection of circus magazines dating

from the 1970s and 1980s; also The

Sawdust Ring, Knie and The White Tops

magazines from the 1930s,

1940s and later (a lot)

£50 - 80

395 Blackpool Tower Circus,

a collection of advertising posters,

programmes including silk covered

examples from the 1950s (a lot)

£50 - 80

396 Claude Tabet,

Carousel

screen print, numbered 14/60

16in x 12 ½in (40.6cm x 31.8cm)

£30 - 50

397 Circus programmes,

a quantity dating from the mid twentieth

century and relating to the circuses of

Billy Smart, Robert Bros, Great

Yarmouth, Chipperfield, Bertram Mills,

Gerry Cottle, Sir Robert Fossett, Circus

Hoffman, Bellvue and others (a lot)

£100 - 200

398 Circus photography,

a large lot of original press and amateur

photographs dating from the 1930s and

depicting various circus acts, also

including some autographed examples

(a lot)

£100 - 200

399 Circus press cuttings,

a collection of cuttings from the Stage

magazine and others (a lot)

£50 - 80

400 Lot of circus ephemera,

including tickets, posters and magazines

(a lot)

£40 - 60

401 The Kelvin Hall [Glasgow] Carnival,

a collection of event programmes from the

1930s, contained in a folio

£50 - 70

402 Circus books,

a quantity of publications including

Acrobats & Mountebanks, published by

Chapman & Hall in 1890, illustrated

(a lot)

£100 - 200

403 Late Victorian silver mounted lion’s claw

vesta case,

presented by Mr Chipperfield and

inscribed ‘To Mr Fhunkoo Montano for

Entering the Den of the VIXEN which no

other Lion Tamer Dare Do’, maker

indistinct, Birmingham 1900

£500 - 600

404 Circus toys, games and ornaments,

including two miniature ‘big tops’, circus

ring and numerous statuettes in ceramic,

glass and composition (a lot)

£50 - 70

405 Circus ephemera and programmes

(a lot)

£30 - 50

406 Circus advertising posters

20th century (a lot)

£50 - 80

407 Circus advertising posters

20th century (a lot)

£50 - 80

408 Circus advertising posters

20th century (a lot)

£50 - 80

409 Circus advertising posters

20th century (a lot)

£50 - 80

410 Rare Royal Doulton figure of Pierrette,

1924-1938, 7in (17.8cm) high

£400 - 600

411 Corgi Classics Chipperfields Circus,

a collection of models of circus vehicles

and other models, comprising of model

numbers 97888, 97303, 97022, 97915,

31901, 17801, 97885, 14201, 96905,

97886, 97887, 97092, 97896, 97957,

97889, 07202, 31902, 11201, 31703;

also one further boxed set of miniature

Chipperfields vintage vehicles,

all mint and boxed (20)

£100 - 200

412 Corgi Pinder Jean Richard Circus,

a collection of models of circus vehicles,

comprising of model numbers 73401(x2),

70301, 70401(x2), 72004, 07201,

70101(x2), 71202(x3), 35202,

all mint and boxed (13)

£100 - 200

413 Corgi Toys Chipperfields Circus,

a collection of models of circus vehicles,

comprising of model numbers 426, 487,

1130, 1123, 503(x2), 1121 and ‘gift set

no 19’ Land Rover with Trailer,

all mint and boxed (20)

£150 - 250

414 Corgi Classic Commercials Billy Smart’s

Circus,

two models of circus vehicles, model

numbers 97300 and 97891,

both mint and boxed (2)

£50 - 70

415 Two Corgi Major Chipperfields Circus

model vehicles,

model numbers 1144 and 1139; four

Corgi Pinder Jean Richard boxed models,

numbers 426, 1163, 30 and 48;

all mint and boxed (6)

£80 - 120

416 Murano glass figure of a clown,

10 ¼in (26in) high

£50 - 70

417 Oak antler gong,

with plated mounts and beater,

15in (38.1cm) high

£50 - 80

418 Archer’s Bow by F.H. Ayres of London,

another and a few arrows (a lot)

£100 - 150

419 Arts & Crafts copper and glass electrolier,

with triple acorn pendant lights and

opaque shades

£400 - 600

420 Arts & Crafts Glasgow School kidneyshaped

repousse brass wall mirror,

decorated with peacocks and with Ruskin

style inset roundels, 25in (63.5cm) wide

£200 - 300

420A Art Nouveau brass hanging light fittment,

with a painted glass shade

£30 - 50

421 R.M.S. Queen Mary ‘The Last Great

Cruise’,

a farewell dinner menu 8th December

1967 S.P. colour

Note: This and the next seven lots

represent part of the collection of Ocean

going liners ephemera of the great age of

steam ships belonging to a local Glasgow

gentleman

£30 - 50

422 Empress of Britian World cruise brochure,

1939, S.P. colour centre and Royal mail

R.M.S.P Almanzora menu/music

programme 24th February 1925, S.P.

colour cover and Canadian Pacific

Duchess of Atholl passenger list 4th Oct

1929, S.P colour and S.S. Osterley Orient

Line passenger list 16th November 1919,

S.P. colour and S.S. Atlantis Royal Mail

Line cruise passenger list 21st July 1933,

S.P. colour and S.S. Moreton Bay

Aberdeen and Commonwealth Line

passenger list, S.P. colour and S.S. Melita

Canadian Pacific dinner menu/music

programme 30th august 1933, S.P. colour,

(7)

£100 - 150

423 R.M.S. Marama,

Canadian and Austrailian Royal Mail

Liner passenger list 16th April 1913 with

dinner menu 29th April, S.P. in colour and

with Dame Nelly Melba included within

passenger list

£20 - 30

424 Italian Line booklet circa 1930’s

photographs of Rex, Contei Svoia etc and

Swedish Line M.S. Gripsholm booklet S.P.

in colour (2)

£30 - 50

425 N.D.L Konigin Luise dinner menu 28th

May 1905,

S.P. and N.D.L S.S. Berlin supper menu

4th November 1930 and N.D.L S.S.

Columbus dinner menu/music programme

29th November 1927 (3)

£50 - 70

426 G.C.T. France dinner menu,

10th April 1969 and G.T.C. Normandie

lunch menu 14th August 1937 and G.T.C.

Normandie Gala menu 21st May 1938

and G.T.C. Flandre accommodation

brochure 1952 with colour ship centre

spread (4)

£100 - 150

427 Cunard line brochure ‘Trips for wounded

soldiers’

on board Tender Skirmisher 3rd August

1918 and R.M.S Synthia brochure with

fold out ship’s portrait circa 1925 and

R.M.S. Samaria farewell dinner menu

14th September 1933 and R.M.S. Queen

Mary Lunch menu 24th July 1936 (4)

£100 - 150

428 R.M.S Ivernia passenger list,

3rd September 1907, R.M.S. Lucitania in

colour to front cover advertising

forthcoming maiden voyage and R.M.S.

Saxonia passenger list 29th October 1907,

R.M.S. Carmania in colour to front cover

(2)

£70 - 90

429 Venetian style crystal chandelier,

with twelve branches and wired for

electricity

£200 - 300

430 Arts & Crafts copper jug,

with a silver rim, 6 ¾in (17.2cm) high

£50 - 70

431 Shagreen ‘inro like’ box and cover

and a shagreen matchbook cover (2)

£70 - 90

432 Art Deco shagreen cigarette casket,

the lid with ivory corners,

5 ¾in (14.6cm) wide

£80 - 120

433 Pair of Marley Horse bronze statuettes,

each 19in (48.3cm) high

£800 - 1000

434 Wooden police truncheon,

with gilt and colour Royal cipher ‘G.R’

for the coronation procession,

15in (38.1cm) long

£30 - 50

435 Continental carved wood hinged cherub

wall bracket,

12 ½in (31.8cm) wide

£100 - 150

436 Cloisonne enamel circular plaque,

decorated with a Chinese dragon serpent

and other symbols,

12in (30.5cm) diameter

£40 - 60

437 The Beatles Collection,

a collection of twenty four vinyl singles in

a box set, issued in 1980

£60 - 90

438 Timothy Pont coloured map,

Kirkudbright,

16 ½in x 21in (41.9cm x 53.3cm)

£100 - 200

439 J.M. Kirkbride

Give Us a Light, a relief carved mahogany

plaque portraying two young male street

vendors in late Victorian costume,

12in x 8 ½in (30.5cm x 21.6cm)

£80 - 120

440 Japanese ivory okimono,

modelled as two fishermen on rocky

outcrop smoking and with a heron

perched on the men’s shoulders, on a

hardwood stand, 7 ½in (19cm) high

£100 - 200

441 Five ‘decoy ducks’,

four painted in naturalistic colours and

one in raw wood with glass eyes

£60 - 80

442 Crystoleum,

with a colour/sepia image of a young

woman holding roses on a convex glass,

signed Albert Solbiac,

10in x 7 ¼in (25.4cm x 18.4cm)

£40 - 60

443 Pair of silver opera glasses,

with embossed foliate designs, maker

H.C.K., 1899; and a mother of pearl pair

(2)

£60 - 80

444 Set of Mancur/moon scales,

in steel and brass

£50 - 80

445 Early twentieth century stained and leaded

glass panel,

possible attribution to Alec Walker G.S.A.

1911-1920, depicting ‘Thomas the

Rhymer’ kneeling and begging before the

‘Queen of Elfland’ on her white horse to

whom he had unwittingly been enslaved

by a kiss,

20 ½in x 14in (52.1cm x 35.5cm)

Note: a copy of an anonymous 17th

century poem and a nineteenth century

interpretation of the tale are included in

the lot.

£200 - 300

446 Pair of First World War medals,

death plaque and scroll to ‘41801 PTE.

Peter Mitchell Royal Scots’, in period

frame and glass

£100 - 150

447 Two correspondences signed by W.S.

Maugham,

(Sommerset Maugham) thanking a Mrs

Drew for her correspondance, on note

paper headed ‘Villa Mauresque, St. Jean.

Cap. Ferrat. A.M. and three letters

written to W.S.Maugham, signed by said

Mrs Drew, all dated for 1961 (5)

£20 - 30

448 Elizabeth Mary Watt painted treen box,

painted on the cover and sides with

stylised landscape scenery with bats and

toadstools, signed to base,

6 ¼in (15.8cm) wide

£500 - 700

449 Lot of three various Victorian brass fire

irons,

comprising of tongs and two shovels

£80 - 120

450 Reproduction cast metal clock,

modelled as ‘The Squire’,

16in (40.6cm) high

£50 - 70

451 Scottish horn snuff mull,

the unmarked hinged cover cast with

thistles and with central paste citrine

£100 - 150

452 Pith helmet,

marked to the inside ‘Don Outfitters,

West Street, Durban’ and with leather

sweat band and chin strap,

7 ¼in (18.4cm) front to back

£30 - 50

453 US dress sword,

the curved etched blade by Fabrica

Bermejo Toledo, and in a chromed

scabbard, 35in (89cm) full length

£60 - 80

454 Gent’s vanity case,

with four silver topped toilet bottles and

ivory brushes etc.,

£100 - 150

455 Unusual tri-plate gilt dressing mirror,

decorated with relief ivorine scene of

hunter in European hunting outfit talking

over a fence to a country girl, another

plain ivory panel with hand painted floral

designs and a third with textured paper

backing all opening to reveal three

mirrors, with suspension ring and lower

pin for mounting on a stand, marked

J.B.Breveth, G.G.D.G

£40 - 60

456 Mahogany longcase clock,

the swan neck pediment over stepped

cornice and inlaid details above arched

hood door with painted dial showing

Warwick Castle to the top and country

architecture to the spandrels, the face with

seconds dial and calendar ring over inlaid

trunk door and base section,

88in (223.5cm) high

£1000 - 1500

457 Fine Wedgwood ceramic clock,

the moon flask shaped body with song

bird finial and relief formed female

ornament to each side of the circular

china dial, the face with relief formed

numerals and floral border and marked

for Edward and Sons Paris, London and

Paris, the French Brevete movement

visible through the glazed circular back

cover, all upon a square form base section,

impressed mark, 14 ¼in (36.5cm)

£300 - 500

458 Jaeger Le Coultre Atmos clock,

in brass and bevelled glass case,

9 ¼in (23.5cm)

£400 - 500

459 Victorian brass repeater carriage clock,

in calf fitted travel case, the wite enamel

dial with Roman numerals in black and

with alarm dial, named indistinctly for a

London Regent Street maker

£200 - 300

460 Mahogany wheel barometer,

the replacement swan neck pediment over

dry/damp dial above spirit thermometer, a

small circular convex mirror and a large

circular silvered dial marked for John

Somalvico, number 128 Holburn Hill,

over a circular bubble level aperture,

marked for J. Pensa, Chartes Street,

Hatton Garden, 47in (119.3cm) high

£250 - 350

460A Victorian mahogany longcase clock,

the painted dial inscribed “Jas Summers,

Hamilton”, over a bowed trunk door,

88in (223.5cm) high

£800 - 12006

460B Arts & Crafts pewter mantel clock,

decorated in repousse work, with floral

design and fitted with Smith’s electric

movement

£40 - 60

461 Early nineteenth century skeleton clock,

with fusee movement and on a rosewood

oval base, some losses,

10 ½in (26.7cm) high

£200 - 300

462 Late nineteenth century pierced gilt brass

mantel clock,

the finial over pierced cupola top over an

ornate cast case housing a gilt circular dial

with numerals in black and on scroll

corner feet, fitted with French drum

movement and chiming mechanism,

14in (35.6cm) high

£300 - 400

463 Mamod steam traction engine model,

in original paintwork, 10in (25.4cm) long

£40 - 60

464 Victorian bronzed spelter and marble

clock garniture,

the clock modelled with a lady in robes

reading and with two side vase ornaments

£400 - 500

465 Late Georgian mahogany chest,

the rectangular top over three short and

three long graduated drawers all fitted

with bun handles and raised on bracket

feet, 43 ½in (110.5cm) wide

£100 - 200

465A Mystery clock,

modelled with a cast metal female figure

holding aloft the ‘pendulum’ timepiece

with white enamel dial, the circular base

signed, 16in (40.6cm) high

£150 - 200

466 Victorian mahogany twin pedestal desk,

the rectangular top with moulded edge

over central frieze drawer flanked by

pedestals of five drawers and raised on

plinth base, 43in (109.3cm) wide

£100 - 150

467 Pair of Victorian oak hall/boot chairs,

with feather carved backs, solid seats and

on turned legs

£80 - 120

468 Georgian mahogany dining table centre

section,

the two drop leaves with rounded plain

edges and raised on square tapered

supports,

56 ½in (143.5cm) wide when open

£100 - 200

469 Mahogany-cased barograph,

within bevelled glass case and complete

with base drawer by J. Lizars, Glasgow,

14 ½in (36.8cm) wide

£300 - 500

470 Oak mantel clock,

the silvered dial with gilt spandrels,

15in (38.1cm) high

£50 - 80

471 Large Victorian oak bureau bookcase,

the stepped cornice over dentil frieze

above two astragal glazed doors over fall

front opening to reveal a fitted interior

above base section of four graduated

drawers, 51in (129.5cm) wide

£500 - 700

472 Victorian mixed wood corner whatnot,

the four burr walnut tiers inlaid with

boxwood inlaid designs and banded with

maple and with ebonised edgings, all

joined by carved and turned mahogany

columns, minus the uppermost pierced

gallery, 49 ½in (125.8cm) high

£250 - 350

473 Georgian mahogany lowboy,

the rectangular top with moulded edge

over a single drawer and shaped apron,

raised on carved cabriole supports,

30in (76.2cm) wide

£200 - 300

474 Mahogany breakfront side table,

the top with banded edge over three frieze

drawers and raised on square tapered

supports, 37 ¾in (95.8cm) wide

£150 - 200

475 Mahogany torchere,

on tripartite supports

£80 - 120

476 Seventeenth century carved oak chest of

drawers,

fitted with three long panelled drawers

each with a differing moulded geometric

designs and raised on bun feet,

37in (94cm) wide

£300 - 500

477 Early nineteenth century mahogany toilet

mirror,

the arched glass on reeded supports with

ivory finials over an inlaid and cross

banded base section fitted with three

drawers and raised on ivory bun feet,

22 ½in (57.2cm) wide

£100 - 150

478 Early twentieth century walnut desk,

the shaped rectangular top with leather

skiver over central frieze drawer flanked

by deep drawers to each side on carved

cabriole supports, 42in (106.7cm) wide

£100 - 150

479 Late Victorian glazed oak cabinet,

the rectangular top with railed gallery

over a pair of textured green glass panel

doors opening to reveal a shelved interior

and raised on bun feet,

35 ½in (89.5cm) wide

£100 - 150

480 Victorian mahogany oval toilet mirror,

on turned columns joined by turned

stretcher and on pair of scroll supports

£40 - 60

481 Late Victorian mahogany bookcase on

chiffonier,

the stepped cornice over a pair of glazed

doors on a base section with moulded

edge, long frieze drawer and a pair of

cupboard doors and on a plinth base,

48in (122cm) wide

£200 - 300

482 Edwardian upholstered drawing room

settee,

with padded and railed back over sprung

upholstered seat and raised on square

tapered supports, 60in (152.5cm) wide

£250 - 350

483 Edwardian mahogany circular occasional

table,

the top with carved edge over carved

square supports and with undertier,

25 ½in (64.7cm) diameter

£40 - 60

484 Late Victorian mahogany framed lounge

settee,

the shaped top rail with central carved

crest over upholstered back, serpentine

seat and armrests, the armfronts with

scroll carved detail, all raised on squat

cabriole supports, 69in (175.3cm) wide

£250 - 350

485 Victorian mahogany chest of drawers,

the rectangular top over four graduated

drawers and on plinth base,

43 ½in (100.5cm) wide

£150 - 180

486 Victorian inlaid rosewood lady’s writing

desk by Maple and Company,

the rectangular top with convex centre

and set with leather skiver over a bow

fronted central drawer with inlaid vase

motif, flanked each side by two short

drawers and raised on square tapered

supports ending in brass and ceramic

castors, 36 ¼in (92.1cm) wide

£300 - 500

487 Late Victorian rosewood framed lounge

settee,

upholstered in green velour with scroll

carved armfronts and raised on scroll

supports fitted with castors,

69in (175.3cm) wide

£250 - 350

488 Victorian mahogany ogee chest of

drawers,

with top map drawer and deep ogee

drawer above three long drawers flanked

by barley twist columns and on a plinth

base, 49in (124.5cm) wide

£250 - 500

489 Victorian burr walnut fold over card

table,

the serpentine top opening to reveal a

circular inset leather over a frieze with

carved crest on a turned pillar with

tripartite base section fitted with castors,

35in (88.9cm) wide

£150 - 200

490 Late Victorian mahogany framed lounge

settee,

the serpentine back with shell and scroll

carved crest and corner details, the back

and seat upholstered in gold damask,

raised on cabriole supports ending in

brass castors, 75in (190.5cm) wide

£300 - 500

491 Victorian mahogany apprentice chest,

of two short over three long drawers and

on turned feet, 10 ½in (26.7cm) wide

£80 - 120

492 Victorian mahogany ogee chest of

drawers,

with two central short drawers flanked by

two deep hat drawers over three

graduated drawers,

48 ½in (123.3cm) wide

£200 - 300

493 Late Victorian mahogany lounge settee,

upholstered in floral striped fabric and

with acanthus carved armfronts and

raised on carved supports with scroll feet,

55in (139.7cm) wide

£300 - 400

494 Victorian garden bench,

the cast metal ends formed as dragon

serpents joined by wooden splats,

62in (157.7cm) wide

£100 - 200

495 Early Victorian mahogany chiffoniere,

the shelved upstand on turned columns

over a rectangular top above a single

frieze drawer over a pair of cupboard

doors flanked by plain turned pilasters, all

on a plinth base, 44 ¼in (112.3cm) wide

£300 - 500

496 Early Victorian mahogany Pembroke

table,

the drop leaves with rounded corners and

reeded edges, fitted with single end

drawer and raised on ring turned supports

ending in brass castors,

47 ¾in (121.3cm) wide when open

£100 - 150

497 Edwardian mahogany open armchair,

the pierced feather design back over

shaped arm rests and serpentine seat

raised on cabriole supports

£70 - 90

498 Edwardian mahogany turnover card table,

the shaped rectangular top on carved

cabriole supports, 33in (83.8cm) wide

£200 - 250

499 Edwardian walnut turnover games table,

the rectangular top above carved frieze

and raised on carved and ring turned

supports joined by carved plinth stretcher,

34in (86.3cm) wide

£250 - 300

500 Set of six Hepplewhite design armchairs,

with shaped top rail over pierced splat

backs and drop in seat pads raised on

square tapered supports joined by Hstretchers,

includes two carvers (6)

£300 - 500

501 Edwardian mahogany framed corner

settee,

the shaped and carved top rail over a

railed and padded back and sprung seat,

all raised on ring turned supports,

65in (165.2cm) wide

£200 - 300

502 Mahogany serpentine fronted wardrobe,

with a key pattern pediment over two

doors, the base fitted with a drawer and

on bracket feet, 48in (122cm) wide

£300 - 500

503 Mahogany chest on chest,

in two sections and fitted with a row of

drawers on bracket feet

£150 - 200

504 Victorian rosewood work table,

the hinged turnover top over a frieze

drawer and slide, on baluster supports

joined with stretchers, 22in (55.9cm) wide

£150 - 200

505 Art Nouveau brass lamp standard,

the round reservoir receptacle on a height

adjustable column and tripartite supports

£100 - 150

506 Nineteenth century marquetry dressing

table,

the square glass on scroll supports, the

table top inlaid with urn, bird, butterfly

and floral motifs, serpentine fronted and

with a frieze drawer, on cabriole legs,

32in (81.3cm) wide

£500 - 800

507 Nineteenth century marquetry corner

armchair,

inlaid all over with floral designs in

boxwood, greenheart and fruitwood, the

drop-in seat over cabriole legs

£150 - 250

508 Georgian style maho