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1235 Three albums of First Day Covers to include: 1252 A fine quality antique brass table oil lamp, the
Kings and Queens of England, Astronomy, triangular base having a frieze depicting
Christmas, Sports, etc. fruiting vines, the three flared supports each
1236 A quantity of stamp albums with contents, surmounted by the visage of a green man
loose pages, book, British Post Office crowned with vines and with, below, stylised
Numbers 1844-1906, etc. foliage, rope and tassel and terminating at the
1237 Three American Pitch signs (possibly WWII). base with a well- portrayed claw foot. The cup-
1238 A 1928 Bentley Family collection to include: shaped lamp support has a foliar frieze and
running board, No. plate, lights, pictures, contains the groove-cut glass oil reservoir, the
papers and original photograph of Walter ''Hinks No. 2 Duplex'' burner with uncommon,
Bentley. concentric, wick-height adjusting wheels. 22
1/4'' high and 31'' high overall including the
1239 Framed certificate, pictures and cigarette etched 12-lobed pale Cranberry glass shade.
cards to include: Forresters, Friendly Society,
Hudson's soap, '1956 Bristol HG6L' lorry and 1253 An elegant and unusual Art Nouveau brass
Players cigarettes, cricketers. table oil lamp, the stem in the form of a
1240 A cast metal London, North East Railway sign waterspout emerging from a wave base and
and a Prudential Assurance sign. supporting a cup-shaped reservoir, the lamp
1241 A pair of silk pictures of a Continental street having been converted to electric lighting with
and rural scenes of a Punch and Judy Show, 7 a bayonet type bulb fitting. 19 1/8'' high and 28
1/2'' x 11 3/4''. 1/4'' high overall including the wavy edged
1242 Three hand mirrors and hairbrush sets in Cranberry shade and chimney. The cast iron
chrome, one being Art Deco style. weight to the base is stamped ''HINKS'' and a
1243 A miniature purple Guilloche enamel silver broad arrow surmounted by the number 5685.
dressing table mirror stand Birmingham 1928 1254 A Brass standard lamp with shade.
(lacking mirror and some damage to enamel). 1255 Edward Calvert, 1799-1883, ''The Bride'', Line
1244 Two brass oil lamp bases with ceramic plinth. Engraving on copper, 1828, as published in the
1245 An early electric 'Singer' sewing machine in a Memoir edition, (London publisher Russell,
wooden case, with external motor and belt Brixton Road), on pale cream wove paper with
and bayonet fitting, plus accessories, etc. margins, 7.3 cm x 12.5 cm,
1246 A large Art Nouveau oil lamp with attractive 1256 Edward Calvert, ''A young Shepherd on a
brass and ceramic base, cut glass reservoir journey'', after William Blake's woodcut No.1X
and double burner, includes chimney and from Thornton's Vergil, 4 1/2'' x 8 1/4'', 11 1/4''
globe shade from later period, (chip to x 15'' overall including frame, this quite
chimney), 14 1/2'' high without chimney. exceptional and unique Calver was given to
1247 A small quantity of items to include: three George Richmond RA in 1881 by Calvert then
napkin rings (one silver), a magneto-electric by descent to his grand daughter Mrs. Abbott,
machine used for 'Shock Therapy' in 19th and sold to W. Fothergill Robinson in 1921, given
20th century in a wooden box with brass to Francis Cooke of Magdalen College,
elements and indicator gauge on lid. Cambridge in 1927 then to Henry Oundle in
1248 A Wall Clock with pendulum. 1961. (An oil version of this coloured drawing
is in the British Museum and illustrated in
1249 A Chinese cork diorama within a glazed and Raymond Lister's Edward Calvert Plate XL VIII).
lacquered cabinet, 22'' x 8'' x 3''. Full provenance is verso added throughout the
1250 A cow horn with metal engraved mounts and years.
chain with bird head, 10'' long. 1257 Samuel Palmer, 1805-1881, The Skylark,
1251 A pair of Meiji period cloisonne vases Etching, Lister's state 8, signed on plate and
decorated with cockerels, 6'' high, (one a/f). margin, and numbered 17 to centre of lower
margin, a bright impression, plate size 9.9 cm
x 7.3 cm.
1258 Samuel Palmer, 1801-1881, The Rising Moon,
Etching, initialled on plate SP,
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