This rare 32-bore Irish hand-rotated seven-shot revolving carbine by Wm & Jn Rigby, Dublin, c.1838, shown top, will be offered by Bloomfield Auctions of Belfast on October 31 with an estimate of £45,000-50,000.
It was sold for £34.13.0 to an S Crosthwaite in 1838. Samuel Crosthwaite took over Lodge Mills, Bagenalstown, Dunleckey, Co Carlow in 1837, making potato starch. In 1838-9 there was a potato failure (but not the famine proper) which may not have made him too popular with the locals - perhaps why he felt the need to buy such a firearm.
When famine did come, he went back to Rigby, this time for six police-type carbines with bayonets.
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Estimated at £200-400, pictured here is one of two 18th century samplers, sewn by Isabella, the youngest sister of Robert Burns, to be sold by Charterhouse.
Two 18th century samplers, sewn by Isabella, the youngest sister of Robert Burns, are to be sold by Charterhouse in a textile auction on November 3.
They were both included in the historically important Scottish Exhibition in Glasgow 1911 which had an emphasis on Scottish history and culture. The main centrepiece of the exhibition was the Palace of History which displayed thousands of items loaned by public and private collections across Scotland, including the two samplers being sold by Charterhouse.
They were loaned by the Rev George FA MacNaughton from The Manse, Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire in Dumfries and Galloway. Both samplers still retain their original exhibition labels to the back.
The largest example, estimated at £200-400, pictured here, measures (43 x 20.5cm) and the other, guided at £100-200, measures (19 x 19.5cm), and they come to auction from a direct descendant of Rev MacNaughton.
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This large Victorian tankard trophy by Garrard, raised on three dragon feet, with a dragon finial to the lid, is embossed with floral decoration.
Its engraving reads Royal Agricultural Society of England, Presented to William Savours Powell Esq., Eglwys Nunyd Taibach, For the Best Managed Farm in South Wales and Monmouthshire, by Sir Watkin Williams Wynn B.M.P., Presented Cardiff 1872.
Hallmarked RG, London 1871 for R&S Garrard & Co, with a total weight of about 150oz and 17in (43cm) high x 14in (35cm) wide, it is contained in its original Garrard wooden box.
At Lockdales of Ipswich it will be estimated at £3000-5000 in the Fine Sale on November 3-4.
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Pair of George II silver salt cellars, by Richard Pargeter, London 1735, inscribed to the undersides Bought at Strawberry Hill, May 6th 1842, estimate £3000-5000 at Woolley & Wallis.
This pair of George II silver salt cellars, by Richard Pargeter, London 1735, are inscribed to the undersides Bought at Strawberry Hill, May 6th 1842.
Strawberry Hill, Twickenham, was the home of Horace Walpole (1717-97), son of Sir Robert Walpole (1676-1745). Over a period of 40 years Horace turned the 17th century house into what he called ‘a little Gothic Castle’. It quickly became a famous tourist attraction. When the contents were auctioned in 1842, the sale started on Monday, April 25, and lasted for the following 23 days (Sundays excepted).
The salt cellars (diameter 3½in/9cm, height 2in/5.5cm, approximate weight 14.9oz) were sold on the 11th day of the sale, May 6 1842.
At the Woolley & Wallis Silver & Objects of Vertu sale on October 31 to November 2 they are guided at £3000-5000 and come with a reprint of the auction catalogue, titled A Catalogue of The Classic Contents of Strawberry Hill, Collected by Horace Walpole’
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Worcester pattern circular bowl featuring two quails, estimate £250-350 at Toovey’s.
At Toovey’s in Washington, West Sussex, this rare Worcester pattern circular bowl featuring two quails and measuring 6in (15.5cm) across will be offered for sale on October 26. The estimate is £250-350.
The catalogue description notes that a similar teapot from the Zorensky Collection was sold at Bonhams in February 2006.
Metal nutcracker dated 1664, estimate £1000-1500 at Bamfords.
The first 100 items from an extensive collection of nutcrackers come up for sale at Bamfords of Derby as part of the four-day auction from October 31 to November 3.
Among them is this one dated 1664. Made of metal and 3½in (9.5cm) long, this screw-action example has an estimate of £1000-1500.
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Joseph Haydn autograph music manuscript of performance parts for Symphony no.90 in C major, estimate £60,000-90,000 at Christie’s.
An online sale at Christie’s running from October 25-November 8 includes over 150 lots from the Schøyen Collection of manuscripts.
The selection focuses on medieval notation, musical manuscripts, scores, drafts and composers’ letters spanning over 1200 years. Many of the great 17th-19th century composers are represented including Joseph Haydn whose autograph music manuscript of performance parts for Symphony no.90 in C major has an estimate of £60,000-90,000. This is thought to be the only autograph manuscript for a symphony by the father of the form to have appeared at international auction.
Representing one of the world’s greatest private collections of ancient manuscripts, spanning 5000 years of history, The Schøyen Collection was established in the 1920s by MO Schøyen and contains over 20,000 pieces.
Aesthetic Movement cabinet combining Japanese lacquer panels and a Dutch Old Master, estimate £40,000-60,000 at Chiswick Auctions.
This Aesthetic Movement cabinet combining Japanese lacquer panels and a Dutch Old Master comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions this autumn. Made c.1875, probably to a design by Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881), it is expected to bring £40,000-60,000 on November 7.
Although included in Chiswick’s Asian Art Part 2 sale, the cabinet is very much a cross-culture object of the Victorian period.
Mounted as doors within an English rosewood frame are four nanban lacquer panels from the Momoyama period of Japan c.1600, while a third door is provided by a Dutch Old Master painting of exotic and domestic fowl in a rustic landscape signed for Pieter Holsteyn. The fact that the panel was not reduced to fit the cabinet door suggests it was carefully chosen in terms of size and subject matter.
This cabinet, created during the peak of the Japonism movement, was possibly part of a larger design project. Jeckyll produced similar furniture for Alexander Ionides (1810-90) at 1 Holland Park.
Although its early history is unknown, the piece was part of the exhibition Japan and Britain, An Aesthetic Dialogue, 1850-1930 that ran at the Barbican Art Gallery, London in 1992 and later at the Setagaya Art Museum Tokyo. It comes for sale from Andrew McIntosh Patrick, former director of the Fine Art Society.
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Geoffrey Baxter’s Whitefriars textured bark rocket vase in kingfisher, estimate £150-300 at Harper Field.
Geoffrey Baxter (1922-95) was one of the outstanding British glass designers of the post-war period.
From 1954-80 he worked for Whitefriars Glass, Britain’s leading handmade glass manufacturer, designing a wide range of domestic glass, including tableware and ornamental glass. Baxter’s designs are known for their simplicity and functionality and his use of colour and pattern, with the banjo vase and the bricklayer vase being among his most popular works.
At Harper Field in Stonehouse, Gloucestershire on November 8-9 Baxter’s textured bark rocket vase in kingfisher - one of the more sought-after colourways - will be offered for sale with an estimate of £150-300.
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Jacket proof for the first edition of JK Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, estimate £4000-6000 at Prop Store.
Propstore of Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, is holding a huge sale of entertainment memorabilia on November 9-12.
Although many of the lots will tempt lovers of movie franchises such as Star Wars, Batman or Jurassic Park, book collectors will also find items of interest.
This jacket proof for the first edition of JK Rowling’s novel Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone is estimated at £4000-6000.
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A group of millinery tools offered in a single lot, estimate £100-200 at Tennants.
A treasure trove of antique and vintage millinery is to be auctioned in the Costume, Accessories and Textiles Sale at Tennants of Leyburn on November 17. The Milliner’s Workroom was put together over 35 years by a lady in North Yorkshire and comprises hats from the early 20th century, antique and vintage millinery tools, accessories, and supplies including a dazzling array of feathers, ribbons, trims and more.
After a chance finding of the contents of a Parisian milliner’s workshop, which had lain untouched for years, the collector launched a career restoring antique hats. These have since graced numerous film, television and theatre productions as well as becoming part of prestigious museum collections. When a retired Belgian milliner heard of her discovery he kindly offered her the contents of his old workshop, too, for the price of the shipping.
Shown here is a group of millinery tools offered in a single lot estimated at £100-200.
