R Lalique. 1860-1945
This is an absolutely stunning vase and very rare, the pattern is called fruiting mistletoe and the shape is called Gui (Model: 948), this is in the even rarer blue tinted frosted glass. By the master glass designer Renee Lalique.
20 cm wide and 23 cm high Circa 1920.
Polar bear paper weight.
This is my favourite pieces, I have seen so many beautiful things in my time buying and selling but this is the best by far. A desk weight made of bronze and quarts I cannot risk taking it off its base to look for the foundry mark, so it must go down as unsigned, probably French from the turn of the last century. It is an absolutely charming subject of a Polar bear hunting on an ice flow that is breaking so the bear has flattened itself and is peering over the edge. Beautifully cast and so tactile, I have never seen another and I have been looking for over twenty years.
20cm long 9cm wide and 5cm high.
Julius Paul Schmidt-Filling 1835-1920.
One of Germanys best sculptures of the mid-to-late 19th century, this is from his last great range to try and show after the horrors of the first world war what young men should really be doing rather than killing one another. They are all of industrial and agricultural scenes and are extremely well cast with wonderful details, the miner is one of the most sort after of the range as it has some of the most delicate detailing, he stands on a high quality black marble base.Sadly, his work was hijacked by the Nazis after his death to promote their own ideology putting an undeserved stain on his work.
36cm high 12.5cm wide
Rare large Japanese Dragon table Vase.
This is the largest and most impressive Japanese bronze vase table I have ever seen, I have not seen one of this size before and I haven’t seen one since. It has been a loved member of the family for over ten years, but it is time for him to go to a new home. It is in wonderful over all condition but has had strengthening on the underneath at some point in its life, but this is completely invisible.
Japanese vesta.
The Japanese craftsmen of the late 19th century in my eyes are the very best, there dedication to trying to achieve perfection in all the things they made (predominantly by hand) staggers me.This is a beautiful vesta from that period in the form of their fire god/demon Kagu-Zuchi, it has a wonderful patterna and is in lovely condition.
6cm long 3.5cm wide.
Japanese Lilley Vase
This is a charming Japanese bronze vase with lovely patterna, beautifully fashioned in the form of a flowering lily, this piece is signed to the base showing that it has quality.
21cm tall 12.5cm at its widest.
SOLD
Franz Bergman Austrian bronze kangaroo.
Very rare and unusual Austrian bronze of a kangaroo, its quality shouts Bergmann but bears no inscription, wonderful patterna and superb condition.
10.5cm tall by 10.5cm wide.
Clarice Cliff Plate 1899-1972
There is no other style of items that is more recognisable of a period than those of Clarice Cliff, this plate is from one of her most sort after ranges called pastel autumn it is in lovely condition. In the world of antiques certain names always demand a high value and Clarice Cliff is one of the biggest names going.
22.5cm wide
Danish tobacco jar
This is a wonderful piece of 1950s Scandinavian design, made from high quality hardwood and polished to perfection, capped with a 925 silver uniquely designed self-sealing lid. This is the epitome of style and would look great in any home.
23cm by 17cm
First edition, Peter Pan by J.M Barrie.
TRUE FIRST EDITION of this lovely book. Bound in russet cloth with gilt illustration and lettering to the front cover and the spine. Containing 50 hand mounted Rackham colour plates consisting of one frontispiece illustration and 49 others grouped together at the rear of the book, all with tissue guards the covers are a little rubbed to extremities and the text has light foxing throughout. Otherwise a Lovely copy of a wonderful book.
Very Rare First edition, A Dream of Fair Women by Alfred Lord Tennyson.
This is an exceptionally rare first edition printed in 1900, the inscription opposite the title page reads of this work, an Edition-de-luxe on hand made paper, limited to 125 copies (the more common first edition has a cream colour covering), making this by far the rarest book I possess. It is in lovely condition, covered in crimson cloth with beautiful gilt lettering and decoration to front cover and spine, it has all forty stunning plates by Edmund. J. Sullivan within. When it comes down to price it is a tough one as you will not see another, I know that if you buy this I will never get to hold another.
First edition, Open Conspiracy by H. G Wells First Edition (second printing).
Crown 8vo. 156pp. Green cloth lettered in black at spine. Spine ends lightly rubbed. A very good copy, non-price-clipped but a little tanned, a little loss to corner tips and spine ends. The first edition of this text, which the author subsequently revised and reissued several times.
First edition, Seven Pillars of Wisdom by T. E. Lawrence.
First published edition, an early August impression. With numerous photos, drawings, and maps. Thick, royal 8vo, publishers original polished buckram lettered and decorated in gilt, upper cover with crossed swords motif in gilt. 672 pp. A handsome and bright copy indeed.T.E. Lawrence, in relating the history of his involvement in the Arab revolt against Ottoman rule during the First World War, produced a true literary classic. Winston Churchill said of the book, “[It] ranks with the greatest books ever written in the English language.” Its fame was further secured by Hollywood: “Lawrence of Arabia.
First edition Mark Twain, The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg.
First state of the English printing with the 32-page advertisement catalogue bound in at the rear dated “June 1900”. Top edges gilt.The volume has soiled cloth, is bumped at the corners, worn at the spine ends with splits in the cloth, and is sun bleached on the spine with loss of intensity to the gilt stamped lettering. Both hinges are starting and there is a remnant of a removed plate on the front pastedown.
First edition ‘Little Wars ‘. by H. G. Wells.
Original red cloth, titles to front board and spine in cream, illustrated label to front board. Spine and edges of boards slightly faded, faint staining to fore edge of front board, tanning to free endpapers, occasional light foxing to contents. An excellent copy. 8 plates with double-sided black and white illustrations, marginal line-drawn illustrations in red throughout. First edition, first impression.
