CUP & SAUCER FROM THE WINTER PALACE
[NICHOLAS II
(1868-1918, Tsar of Russia from 1894, Assassinated after the Revolution)]
Fine white china cup and saucer made by the Imperial Porcelain factory,
in St Petersburg, decorated with the Russian eagle emblem of Nicholas II and marked underneath, the rims heightened in gilt, the cup 2¼” high x 3¾” across, the saucer, 1” high and 5½” across, St Petersburg, 1902 &
hairline crack on the saucer and some wear to the gilt on the handle.
Item Date:
1904
Stock No:
22911
£2500
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NICHOLSON
(Sir William, 1872-1949, Artist)
Original Black and White Photograph of his 1909 Portrait by Augustus JOHN,
(1878-1961, Painter) signed, inscribed and dated on the mount ‘For Mrs. Pringle from one sitter to the other, William Nicholson’, showing him in a studio setting but in an unconventional pose - though indoors he wears a greatcoat, is in near profile but looks almost suspiciously at the viewer, has a picture balanced on one knee in his right hand, and a cane at a restless angle in his left, two framed pictures are propped against his chair, 7¾” x 5¾” on mount framed and glazed 11¼” x 9¼”, no place, the inscription dated June
Item Date:
1911
Stock No:
56034
£325
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THE WATER CARAFE AND GLASS THAT VICTORIA USED AND PRESENTED TO HER GRANDCHILDREN
VICTORIA
(1819-1901, Queen of Great Britain)
Fine Crystal water carafe and glass, both with the Queen’s crested monograms
the carafe is 10” high and the glass is 5½”, no place, no date, circa
Item Date:
1873
Stock No:
36261
£1475
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PRESENTATION FROM THE KAISER TO THE EXPLORER VERNEY LOVETT CAMERON
WILHELM II
(1859-1941, German Emperor 1888-1918)
Superb imperial cabinet photo signed, inscribed
“to the valiant Explorer Captain Cameron with many thanks for his interesting book” and dated, showing him head and shoulders, with a splendid waxed moustache, looking straight at the camera, 12” x 7” in a magnificent presentation gilt frame with Imperial crown at the head and red velvet mount, 16½” x 12”, no place,
Item Date:
1891
Stock No:
33042
£1750
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INITIAL LETTER PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM III
[WILLIAM III
(of Orange, 1650-1702, King of Great Britain)]
Fine Exemplification of the Common Recovery with Double Voucher,
in Latin with transcription and translation, by Robert Snell, (Demandant), from Nathaniel Athill & Richard Warner, (Tenants to the Praecipe or Writ), of “4 dwellings 4 gardens 60 acres of land 10 acres of meadow and 60 acres of pasture”, in North Tuddenham, Elsinge, Lyng, Swanton Morley, Bylaugh and Hockering, villages E or NE of Dereham in Norfolk, heard before Sir George TREBY, (circa 1644-1700, from 1692 Chief Justice of the Common Pleas) or his brethren, and implemented by Richard Mason, Esq., Sheriff of Norfolk, involving William Browne (the original Tenant i.e. Owner in Tail), and John Craike (Common Vouchee), headed by a fine engraved initial letter portrait of William III, surrounded by elaborate penmanship, 8½” x 8”, and continuing with a magnificent engraved border embodying the Lion & Unicorn defying Neptune and Jupiter, 6¾” x 20¾”, vellum, ruled in red, 19¾” x 29¼” in frame 21½” x 30¾”, Westminster, [12th February] 1698, postscript added in Easter fortnight
lacking seal, line 19 folded over in order to insert original postscript, obscuring text (easily supplied) and clerk’s name
Item Date:
1698
Stock No:
53840
£475
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