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Precious Objects — Bonhams
Auction House:
| Bonhams | |
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| Number of lots recorded: | 43 |
| Lots with images: | 43 |
| Prices available: | 43 |
Category:
Precious Objects
| Lot | Description | Price | Image |
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| *** | An Edward VII silver bombe tea caddy by Thomas Bradbury & Co, London 1911, with embossed rocaille shell, scroll and leaf decoration, 15 cm high, 284gms | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a gentleman English school circa 1790 with powdered hair en queue, wearing a blue coat, yellow waistcoat, white shirt and knotted cravat, gold frame, reverse with glazed reserve with inscription, oval length 7.4 cm Provenance: Estate of the… | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of travelling icons silver, enamel, wood panel and parcel-gilt dimensions variable (4 items) | *** |  |
| *** | Two Australian silver plate 'Cameo' emu egg centrepieces, late 19th century, each with an egg suspended in a bocage of flowers, one carved with a kangaroo and galah, the other an emu and a kookaburra on a wooden base with a cast kangaroo and emu finial,… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a cabinet reverse glass silhouette H. Haines esq, c1830, full length, standing to dexter with top hat and walking stick, rectangular, verre eglomise border, giltwood mount, burrwood frame. length 20 cm Provenance: Estate of the late Estelle… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a lady possibly Princess of Lichtenstein, signed indistinctly possibly Robert Krauss, after Moritz Michael Daffinger, her dark hair in ringlets adorned with pink roses, wearing a blue dress, seated in an interior, a landscape to dexter,… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, an elderly lady probably Sir William Charles Ross circa 1850 wearing a black and white lace cap, grey hair, wearing a black dress with white chemise and stock, gold frame, with glazed reverse, oval length 7 cm Provenance: Estate of the late… | *** |  |
| *** | An Orthodox icon of Alexander Nevsky in chased and engraved parcel-gilt oklad 17.5 x 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Orthodox icon of The Mother of God of Kazan in chased and engraved oklad 18 x 14.5 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a miniature of Major R. Powney Circa 1830 By Samuel Andrews, painted en grisaille, dexter, wearing an officers coat, detailed to reverse, oval turned wood frame. length 11 cm Provenance: Estate of the late Estelle Gould | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian miniature on ivory of King Charles I of England, after the portrait by Anthony van Dyke monogrammed SH, oval, gilt ribbon tied frame, 6 cm wide, 7 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A Chinese export blue and white porcelain rectangular tea caddy and cover, late 18th century, painted with birds flying over a pavilion, lion finial 16 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, John Miers, a silhouette of a young man circa 1800, 1st: to sinister, bronzed highlights, signed to shoulder Miers, oval, plaited hair to reverse, later brooch attachment. 2nd: verre eglomise silhouette of a gentleman, to sinister, with hair… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a gentleman circa 1800 possibly by Henry Edridge, with grey hair, wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat and knitted cravat, sky background, stamped gilt-metal bezel, rectangular black lacquer frame, oval length 7.2 cm Provenance: Estate of the… | *** |  |
| *** | An Orthodox icon of St Theodosius in chased and engraved parcel-gilt oklad 13 x 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of French ormolu mounted granite cassolettes, late 19th century of urn form with cover concealing gilt bronze linings, each with rococo scroll handle and mounts 53 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century miniature on ivory of young lady by Josef Zumsande (Austrian 1806-1865), the figure is decollete white lace and black gown, signed and dated Zumsande 1843, in a rectangular gilt frame, 7 cm wide, 8.5 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of Val Saint Lambert paperweights for Asprey, of plain cube form, signed, once in the master bedroom of the Pierre Hotel Fairfax penthouse, New York 7 cm square | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a lady English School circa 1820 wearing a white lace trimmed turban and with fair curling hair, wearing an ermine-trimmed red velvet cloak, and a lace trimmed white dress, later gilt metal frame with loop decoration, mother of pearl reverse,… | *** |  |
| *** | An Orthodox icon of The Vladimir Mother of God on wood panel 31 x 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, John Miers, a silhouette of an officer 1st: circa 1815, to sinister bronzed highlights, on plaster, oval gilt metal locket, rectangular lacquered frame, floral surmount, original Miers paper to reverse. 2nd: together with, a silhouette of a… | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian miniature on ivory of an elegant lady, wearing lace ruff, gown with ruffled sleaves and long strings of pearls, obliterated signature, oval gilt metal frame, 8 cm wide, 10 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | A collection of Russian lacquer boxes by Fedoskino, each painted with a miniature portrait to the cover, various sizes | *** |  |
| *** | A 19th century casuarina and pine strung tea caddy, of sarcophagus form, enclosing two cedar topped compartments and a central circular section with later mixing bowl, 31 cm wide, 15 cm deep, 18 cm high. | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a gentleman English school circa 1820 with brown hair, wearing a black coat, white waistcoat and knotted cravat, gilt metal frame, reverse with raised hair decoration with initials I H, surrounded by a painted garland of roses, a Cupid above… | *** |  |
| *** | An Australian silver mounted 'Cameo' emu egg, late 19th century, raised on a domed ovolo base chased with flowerheads, trunk stem issuing fern branches, the vertically mounted egg carved with a koala with a joey on its back, and a possum, 24 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An Edwardian silver card case, Goldsmith & Silversmith Company Limited, London 1908 of rectangular form with embossed floral, shell and scrolled decoration with central cartouch, one engraved with a crown the other empty, with origianl fitted leather and… | *** |  |
| *** | Three Victorian miniature lidded circular ivory and tortoiseshell boxes, one painted with a mother and child at play, signed, one of Christ and one of the Virgin Mary, 10 cm diameter, 6.5 cm. Diameter and 6.5 cm diameter. (3) | *** |  |
| *** | An early 19th century casuarina and line inlaid tea caddy, with boxwood stringing to the hinged top and inlaid with a diamond-shaped ivory escutcheon, the tapered caddy raised on four brass ball feet, the interior fitted with two covers. Width 50 cm.… | *** |  |
| *** | An early 19th century casuarina and line inlaid tea caddy, the cross banded and line inlaid hinged top enclosing a single open compartment above a line inlaid front. Width 15.5 cm. Depth 11 cm. Height 11 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A pair of 19th century silhouettes of a gentleman and his wife, with original titles to the reverse 'Sir Henry Jardine, 123 Princes Street Edinburgh, Cheltenham 11th Aug, 1829' and 'Lady Jardine Cheltenham 11th Aug 1829',35 x 23 cm | *** |  |
| *** | An Orthodox icon of The Mother of God, Joy to Those who Grieve on wood panel 31 x 26 cm | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a reverse glass silhouette of a gentleman, by M Rozenberg 1st: c1790, to dexter wearing a coat with jabot, powdered hair en queue, plaster base, with verre eglomise border, turned wood frame 12.3 cm, with original artist papers to reverse.… | *** |  |
| *** | Four enamel and porcelain miniatures, 18/19th centuries, including a young Saint, with fair hair, holding a wooden cross; together with a Lady, her brown hair dressed with a blue ribbon, wearing a blue dress; together with a Gentleman, with powdered hair… | *** |  |
| *** | A gold pocket knife and fob, in 9 ct gold, hallmarked, maker GH weight 26.1 gm | *** |  |
| *** | A Georgian miniature on ivory of a young boy embracing a young girl, signed illegibly, in a gilt metal frame surmounted by laurel leaves and trophies, 6 cm diameter | *** |  |
| *** | A Victorian silver card case by Harry Atkins Birmingham, 1862, with engraved decoration, 10 cm high | *** |  |
| *** | An unmarked silver torah pointer, yad, of typical form, with inscription, length 26.5 cm, weight 126gms. | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a silhouette of a gentleman by Miers c1788?, to dexter wearing a coat with elaborate jabot, powdered wig, on plaster, with verre eglomise border, turned wood frame 18 cm, with original artist papers to reverse. length 13 cm Provenance: Estate… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a young child Austrian School circa 1850 signed indistinctly, possibly 'Johramil C855', watercolour and body colour on card, with short dark hair, coral earrings, wearing a white satin dress, adorned with blue bows and blue cummerbund, with… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a silhouette of Master Symonds aged two 1st: c1790, to sinister wearing a dress, on plaster, with verre eglomise border, turned wood mount, oval with rectangular frame, with original artist paper to reverse. 2nd: together with a silhouette of… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a gentleman Circa 1810 1st: English school, with short curling brown hair, wearing a blue coat, white waistcoat, shirt and jabot, watercolour on card, oval card mount, oval giltwood frame. 2nd: together with a young lady, painted by Jane… | *** |  |
| *** | A miniature, a self portrait by Miss Ellen White circa 1925 signed and dated 1925, wearing a blue cap over her long brown plaits, a blue dress with a white lace collar, gilt metal frame, inscribed to reverse, oval length 8 cm Provenance: Estate of the… | *** |  |