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"Black Forest" ivory carved brooch "Black Forest" ivory carved brooch. Such carvings were from German workshop of the Graf von Erbach-Erbach in Odenwald, and the Kehrer family at Erbach, Ernst (working 1830-40) and his son Edouard (1812-63). They were made from around 1830 to 1860. This brilliant piece of carving is set within a gold Rocco scrolling frame and made as a brooch. The brooch is complete with its original gold tooled box.
Circa 1830. There is a similar piece in the jewellery collection of the British Museum, London.
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A watercolour of the Queen’s Head, Mortlake by A watercolour of the Queen’s Head, on the Thames at Mortlake by
The Queen’s Head was situated on Mortlake High Street, built on land once forming the Mortlake Tapestry Works from The public house sign “Queen’s Head John Firmston” gives the name of the Licensed Victualler who is recorded with a license from between 1871 to 1878. Another sign reads “Phillips & Wigans Entire Fine Old Ales”. Charles James Philips and James Wigan were the owners of the local Mortlake Brewey since the 1840s, later acquired in 1889 by James Watney & Co. The Queen’s Head closed in the 1940’s.
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A reverse intaglio crystal pendant of a Victorian steam yacht A highly detailed circular reverse intaglio 9 carat gold set crystal pendant of a Victorian twin mast and twin funneled steam yacht. Five lifeboats clearly evident. Marked to the reverse “June 5th 1900, June 16th 1900, April 11th 1901”.
English, circa 1901.
Reverse intaglio crystals are commonly and erroneously often called Essex Crystals.
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A dry-point etching of "Shaw's Bridge on the Lagan" by Robert Cresswell Boak, ARCA, FRSA (Irish, 1875-1945) A dry-point etching artist’s proof of "Shaw's Bridge on the Lagan" near Belfast, County Antrim by Robert Cresswell Boak, ARCA, FRSA (Irish, 1875-1945). Title bottom left in pencil "Shaw's Bridge on the Lagan" and signed bottom right “R Cresswell Boak, ARCA”. Irish, circa 1920.
Robert Creswell Boak was a prominent Irish artist of landscapes in the early 20th century. He was born at Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland in 1875, and studied at Londonderry School of Art, Glasgow School of Art, The Royal Cambrian Academy, and also in Paris and Rome. He Exhibited at the R.A., R.H.A., R.Cam.A, and in the Provinces. He was elected A.R.C.A. in 1930. He also lived in Belfast and later in London.-
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Artist: Robert Cresswell Boak, |
Yr: 1920 |
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"Recollections of a Record Reign" dry point etching of a coach passing through Temple Bar, London by Frank Paton (English, 1856-1909) An artist proof dry point etching titled "Recollections of a Record Reign" by Frank Paton (English, 1856-1909). A coach passing through Temple Bar, London. It had been dismantled very carefully in 1878 and was rebuilt in Paternoster Square in 2004. The central image is surrounded by vignettes representing each year of Victoria's reign until 1896, the year of her Diamond Jubilee. These include: portraits of Prince Albert, Wellington, Disraeli, Dickens, W.C. Grace, Edwin Landseer; and other's of the Queens favourites and buildings including St Paul's Cathedral, the Forth Railway Bridge and the Crystal Palce; and inventions including chlorogorm for surgery, dynamite, telephones and bicycles.
Published 1898 by E E Leggatt, London, as part of the series of Christmas Cards publish from 1880 to 1909, then costing half-a-guinea each. An example exists in the collection of the British Museum following Edward Ernest Leggatt's 1919 donation of a full set of the Christmas series to the museum.
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Artist: Frank Paton |
Yr: 1898 |
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