Sales catalogue: Sotheby's

Date:
3 December 1925
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/20/663
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue: Sotheby's. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    38 An old brass pocket Sundial, the back engraved with lati- tudes of principal cities of Europe, by Butterfield, Paris, * 9 Ft 39) An old circular wood Snuff Box, curious form of opening ; | Another, with portrait in relief; an old engraved Steel Box, and a pair of very quaint old expanding Quizzing Glasses A 40 A pair of fine metal gilt Mounts, chased with coats of arms and ducal coronets ; another Pair, finely chiselled with fleur de lys, surmounted by a crown; another Pair of Louis XIV. mounts with the sun and rays (le roi soleil) and fleur de lys border, and another Pair formed as grotesque heads, an interesting lot 8 41 Fifty-one various Tassie Pastes, mostly from antique gems 7 © ‘g aE 42 <A very finely painted Miniature of a man in a fur cap, oval, _ / 34in., and another of an old man in 16th century costume, j a 33in., both signed IS (Mon.), the initials of Ignazio Stern (1698—1746) 2 43 A finely carved and very heavy Set of Chinese ivory Chess- men, the larger pieces 53n., in lacquered folding board ~ marked inside for backgammon Z roe, 50/ ~ 484) Two very curious old Seotch wooden Porridge Bewls, with handles, 43in. and 73in. in diameter 2 438 A circular Plaque, with painting of a landscape and figures, in very pretty old metal gilt frame, 62n. diameter : 43c Miniature of Admiral Lord Nelson, in black and gold papier &‘ mache frame 43p A very pretty old English Tea Caddy, decorated with narrow stripes in green and gold, and on either side an oval miniature painting, 430n. long 43E A curious old Tea Canister of vase shape, entirely covered with very finely woven horsehair, and silvered mount, 54in. high 43F An old Horn Drinking Cup, engraved with a coach and four horses, and the ‘‘ Bell”? Inn, etc., in background $ o/- (440n.), two other Horn Mugs, with old Sheffield plate rims 3 43G Two large Horn Mugs and 2 smaller ones (840n. and 4 fin. high), and a pair of old Tortoiseshell Spectacles 5