Ended

The Connoisseur's Library Sale

7 February 2023 | starting at 10:00 GMT

8 February 2023 | starting at 10:00 GMT | with lot 403

London, Knightsbridge
2 February 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 GMT
3 February 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 GMT
5 February 2023, 11:00 - 15:00 GMT
6 February 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 GMT
7 February 2023, 09:00 - 17:00 GMT

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London, Knightsbridge

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Auction highlights

An important Irish George I walnut and featherbanded, sycamore, cedar and marquetry 'architectural' secretaire cabinet Circa 1725, possibly by John Kirkhoffer. Sold for £22,950 inc. premium

An Important 91hp Corliss & Wheelock Horizontal Steam Engine, built by Crepelle et Garand, Lille, Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle, Paris 1889,. Sold for £21,675 inc. premium

An impressive pair of large modern silver and parcel-gilt four-light candelabra George Grant MacDonald, London 1986. Sold for £15,300 inc. premium

A George III mahogany, satinwood, kingwood and tulipwood breakfront bookcase Circa 1785. Sold for £14,025 inc. premium

An impressive Queen Anne or George I burr walnut, figured walnut and featherbanded bureau cabinet 1710-1720. Sold for £10,837.50 inc. premium

A monumental Edwardian silver two-handled bowl in the form of a Monteith Charles Stuart Harris, London 1903. Sold for £9,562.50 inc. premium

Thierry Poncelet (Belgian, born 1946) A gentleman labrador. Sold for £9,562.50 inc. premium

A George Adams Senior 12-inch Terrestrial Table Globe, English, circa 1766,. Sold for £8,287.50 inc. premium

A Fine Keith Townsend Scale Model Of The Steam Launch 'Bat', English, 20th Century,. Sold for £7,012.50 inc. premium

A monumental silver model of a traditional Arabian sailing dhow Garrard & Co Ltd, London 1985. Sold for £7,012.50 inc. premium

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27% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £40,000 up to and including £800,000;
21% of the hammer price of amounts in excess of £800,000 up to and including £4,500,000;
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Ф	Item contains or is made of ivory
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	Lot is located in the Bonhams Warehouse and will only be available for collection from this location.
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The Connoisseur's Library Sale

Auction highlights

Lot gallery

1TP — A mid 19th century mahogany Wellington collector's chest with a collection Of intaglio and plaster reliefs

2 — A pair of late 19th century Italian Grand Tour carved alabaster busts of Ariosto and Petrarch

3 — After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822): A pair of late 19th century Italian carved alabaster models of recumbent lions

4TP — After the antique: A late 19th century Italian patinated bronze figural lamp of the drunken Silenusprobably Naples

5TP — A large late 19th/early 20th century French patinated bronze figure of the Venus de Milocast by Ferdinand Barbedienne

6TP — After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608): A late 19th/early 20th century patinated bronze figure of Mercury together with a mahogany pedestal

7TP — A mid 19th century patinated copper alloy group of The Laocoönafter the antique, French or Italian

8TP — A French 19th century giltwood fauteuil de bureau in the Louis XVI style

9TP — A George III mahogany open armchair Circa 1775

10TP — A Victorian walnut low armchair or bergere

11TP — A French 19th century giltwood fauteuil de bureau in the Louis XVI style

12TP — A Regency mahogany drum top table Circa 1815

13TP — A George IV mahogany partners' library table Circa 1825

14 — An early 19th century French gilt and painted bronze figural miniature mantel timepiecefitted with a later watch movement

15TP — A late 19th century French gilt bronze and white marble four glass clock together with a pair of similar period matched three-light garniture candelabra both in the Louis XVI taste, the clock movement stamped for S. Marti

16 — An early 20th century French gilt bronze mounted pink marble lyre mantel timepiecein the Louis XVI style, the dial bearing the pseudo signature for Causard Hgr du Roy, Paris

17 — A gilt bronze and white marble single fusee drum timepieceearly 19th century and later, the backplate signed J. Lamb, 86 Newman Street

18TP — A matched late 19th century French gilt brass and champlevé enamel clock garniture the clock movement stamped for Japy Freres

19TP — A Charles X patinated and gilt bronze 'fountain' automata clockindistinctly signed to the dial Neff a Paris, the clock movement stamped B.P. & F. and numbered 3568

20 — A gilt bronze and white marble single fusee drum timepieceparts early 19th century and later, the backplate signed Topman, Gt. Rufsell Street

21 — A late 19th century patinated bronze figural group of a triton and infant riding on a tortoisein the Renaissance style

22 — Manner of Giacomo Raffaeli (Italian, 1753-1836): An early 19th century small oval micromosaic plaque of a goldfinch together with a later small floral pietra dura oval plaque

23TP — A Victorian electrotype parade shield by Elkington of Birmingham, circa 1880 after a French late 16th century parade shield, circa 1580, formerly in the Imperial Russian collections at Tsarkoe-Selo

24 — A late 19th century Italian micromosaic paperweight or plaque depicting Pliny's dovesprobably Roman

25 — An 18th century sheet and wrought iron chastity beltprobably Continental

26* — Benedetto Boschetti (Italian, fl. 1820-70): A patinated bronze figure of 'The Dying Gaul' After the antique, second quarter 19th century

27TP — After the antique: A large plaster figural frieze depicting a Roman youth, his horse and a dog, cast from an original fragment found at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli possibly produced by the British Museum casting service, London, early 20th Century

28 — A late 19th century Italian patinated bronze bust of a classical maidenprobably Naples

29TP — A George III harewood, burr yew, ebonised and fruitwood inlaid Pembroke table Circa 1780, in the manner of Ince and Mayhew

30TP — A Chinese export early 19th century lacquer and parcel gilt occasional table 1810-1830

31TP — A pair of late George III rosewood and crossbanded card tables Circa 1800

32TP — A pair of George IV mahogany concave-front card tables Circa 1825

33* — A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver, coloured enamel and cut and etched rock crystal miniature figural pedestal cup

34TP — A late 18th/early 19th century Eastern European carved and gessoed wood and bone inset devotional figure probably a representation of the Child of Prague

35 — A carved rock crystal, gilt metal and verre eglomise 'Ave Maria' reliquary pendantprobably 18th or early 19th century, perhaps Spanish or Italian

36 — A late 19th century French Limoges style enamel plaque depicting courtly figures in Renaissance style dress within a rustic landscape

37 — Jose Cubero (Spanish, 1818-1877): A cold painted terracotta equestrian group depicting an Andalusian horsemancirca 1870

38TP — A late 19th century Venetian carved wood and polychrome decorated figure of a Moorish dancer raised on a trompe l'oeil fringed shawl covered pedestal base

39TP — An impressive Queen Anne or George I burr walnut, figured walnut and featherbanded bureau cabinet 1710-1720

40TP — A pair of mahogany domed and cylindrical shop display cabinets

41TP — A pair of late 19th Century patinated and polished brass and copper mounted cow horn garniture ornamentsprobably central European

42Y — A commemorative Coco De Mer mounted for the Independence of the Seychelles

43TP,Y — A late 19th century South American (Podocnemis expansa) or Arrau blonde turtle shell

44AR,TP — Denis Mathews (British, 1913-1997): A green verdigris patinated bronze life size model of a crocodile

45AR,TP — Nick Bibby (British, b. 1960): An impressive bronze model of a Rodrigues Giant Tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri)

46TP — A pair of small silk Hereke carpetsWest Anatolia, 125cm x 99cm and 127cm x 101cm

47TP — A signed silk Hereke carpetWest Anatolia, 127cm x 98cm

48TP — A signed silk Hereke carpet West Anatolia, 129cm x 98cm

Specialist contacts

Aurore Vesin

Joseph Robson

Books (UK)

Thomas Moore

Helena Gumley

Michael Lake

Cecile Shannon

Ellis Finch

Home and Interiors (UK)

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Shipping (UK)

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1^TP —
A mid 19th century mahogany Wellington collector's chest with a collection Of intaglio and plaster reliefs

2 —
A pair of late 19th century Italian Grand Tour carved alabaster busts of Ariosto and Petrarch

3 —
After Antonio Canova (Italian, 1757-1822): A pair of late 19th century Italian carved alabaster models of recumbent lions

4^TP —
After the antique: A late 19th century Italian patinated bronze figural lamp of the drunken Silenus
probably Naples

5^TP —
A large late 19th/early 20th century French patinated bronze figure of the Venus de Milo
cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne

6^TP —
After Giambologna (Italian, 1529-1608): A late 19th/early 20th century patinated bronze figure of Mercury together with a mahogany pedestal

7^TP —
A mid 19th century patinated copper alloy group of The Laocoön
after the antique, French or Italian

8^TP —
A French 19th century giltwood fauteuil de bureau
in the Louis XVI style

9^TP —
A George III mahogany open armchair
Circa 1775

10^TP —
A Victorian walnut low armchair or bergere

11^TP —
A French 19th century giltwood fauteuil de bureau
in the Louis XVI style

12^TP —
A Regency mahogany drum top table
Circa 1815

13^TP —
A George IV mahogany partners' library table
Circa 1825

14 —
An early 19th century French gilt and painted bronze figural miniature mantel timepiece
fitted with a later watch movement

15^TP —
A late 19th century French gilt bronze and white marble four glass clock together with a pair of similar period matched three-light garniture candelabra
both in the Louis XVI taste, the clock movement stamped for S. Marti

16 —
An early 20th century French gilt bronze mounted pink marble lyre mantel timepiece
in the Louis XVI style, the dial bearing the pseudo signature for Causard Hgr du Roy, Paris

17 —
A gilt bronze and white marble single fusee drum timepiece
early 19th century and later, the backplate signed J. Lamb, 86 Newman Street

18^TP —
A matched late 19th century French gilt brass and champlevé enamel clock garniture
the clock movement stamped for Japy Freres

19^TP —
A Charles X patinated and gilt bronze 'fountain' automata clock
indistinctly signed to the dial Neff a Paris, the clock movement stamped B.P. & F. and numbered 3568

20 —
A gilt bronze and white marble single fusee drum timepiece
parts early 19th century and later, the backplate signed Topman, Gt. Rufsell Street

21 —
A late 19th century patinated bronze figural group of a triton and infant riding on a tortoise
in the Renaissance style

22 —
Manner of Giacomo Raffaeli (Italian, 1753-1836): An early 19th century small oval micromosaic plaque of a goldfinch together with a later small floral pietra dura oval plaque

23^TP —
A Victorian electrotype parade shield by Elkington of Birmingham, circa 1880
after a French late 16th century parade shield, circa 1580, formerly in the Imperial Russian collections at Tsarkoe-Selo

24 —
A late 19th century Italian micromosaic paperweight or plaque depicting Pliny's doves
probably Roman

25 —
An 18th century sheet and wrought iron chastity belt
probably Continental

26^* —
Benedetto Boschetti (Italian, fl. 1820-70): A patinated bronze figure of 'The Dying Gaul'
After the antique, second quarter 19th century

27^TP —
After the antique: A large plaster figural frieze depicting a Roman youth, his horse and a dog, cast from an original fragment found at Hadrian's Villa, Tivoli
possibly produced by the British Museum casting service, London, early 20th Century

28 —
A late 19th century Italian patinated bronze bust of a classical maiden
probably Naples

29^TP —
A George III harewood, burr yew, ebonised and fruitwood inlaid Pembroke table
Circa 1780, in the manner of Ince and Mayhew

30^TP —
A Chinese export early 19th century lacquer and parcel gilt occasional table
1810-1830

31^TP —
A pair of late George III rosewood and crossbanded card tables
Circa 1800

32^TP —
A pair of George IV mahogany concave-front card tables
Circa 1825

33^* —
A 19th century Austro-Hungarian silver, coloured enamel and cut and etched rock crystal miniature figural pedestal cup

34^TP —
A late 18th/early 19th century Eastern European carved and gessoed wood and bone inset devotional figure
probably a representation of the Child of Prague

35 —
A carved rock crystal, gilt metal and verre eglomise 'Ave Maria' reliquary pendant
probably 18th or early 19th century, perhaps Spanish or Italian

36 —
A late 19th century French Limoges style enamel plaque depicting courtly figures in Renaissance style dress within a rustic landscape

37 —
Jose Cubero (Spanish, 1818-1877): A cold painted terracotta equestrian group depicting an Andalusian horseman
circa 1870

38^TP —
A late 19th century Venetian carved wood and polychrome decorated figure of a Moorish dancer raised on a trompe l'oeil fringed shawl covered pedestal base

39^TP —
An impressive Queen Anne or George I burr walnut, figured walnut and featherbanded bureau cabinet
1710-1720

40^TP —
A pair of mahogany domed and cylindrical shop display cabinets

41^TP —
A pair of late 19th Century patinated and polished brass and copper mounted cow horn garniture ornaments
probably central European

42^Y —
A commemorative Coco De Mer mounted for the Independence of the Seychelles

43^TP,Y —
A late 19th century South American (Podocnemis expansa) or Arrau blonde turtle shell

44^AR,TP —
Denis Mathews (British, 1913-1997): A green verdigris patinated bronze life size model of a crocodile

45^AR,TP —
Nick Bibby (British, b. 1960): An impressive bronze model of a Rodrigues Giant Tortoise (Cylindraspis vosmaeri)

46^TP —
A pair of small silk Hereke carpets
West Anatolia, 125cm x 99cm and 127cm x 101cm

47^TP —
A signed silk Hereke carpet
West Anatolia, 127cm x 98cm

48^TP —
A signed silk Hereke carpet West Anatolia,
129cm x 98cm