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It is faithful to the spirit of Gris's celebrated Pierrot and Harlequin paintings of the early 1920s: bold geometric planes, the melancholy, mask-like face and an elegantly muted palette of sage green, warm ochre, soft grey and deep black. A mature craquelured surface gives the canvas strong period presence. It is one of the larger and more ambitious works to come from the studio.", "provenance": "Bonhams London, The Contents of a Belgravia Residence, 23 September 2002, lot 492, where acquired by the present owner.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Works from the Studio of Miguel Canals appear regularly at international auction, including Bonhams and Dominic Winter, and are valued for their fidelity to the European modern masters. Most examples are smaller in scale or simpler in composition. 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The sitter's direct gaze emerges from a richly worked surface, reflecting Roberts's instinctive handling of colour and her distinctive approach to portraiture. Painted in 1995, during a period of international recognition for the artist. Signed and inscribed on the reverse with a personal dedication to Dame Joan Sutherland, referring to the subject as “The other Joan”. An NY ’95 label is also retained on the reverse.", "provenance": "Gift from Dorothy Lee Roberts to Dame Joan Sutherland; subsequently gifted to the present owner at Dame Joan's request, through the artist.", "literature": "An accomplished concert pianist and painter, Dorothy Lee Roberts was described as a grand-pupil of Clara Schumann. Her expressive approach to painting attracted the admiration of Ferdinand Eckhardt, former director of the Winnipeg Art Gallery and a friend of Marc Chagall, who encouraged her exploration of colour and abstract form. Her exhibitions included Page's Yard Studio, London (1990); Lincoln Fine Art (1991); Wragby Moor Gallery (1993); Bradford (1995); and Gallery Fifty Four, SoHo, New York (1995). She was a prize-winner at Art ’95 New York International with \"Manhattan Winter\" For further biographical and exhibition history, see Unique Auctions, Dorothy Lee Roberts Paintings Highlight Art Auction, 2015.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "Dorothy Lee Roberts Paintings Highlight Art Auction", "url": "https://www.unique-auctions.com/dorothy-lee-roberts-paintings-highlight-art-auction/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "4500.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£4,500" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=dorothy-lee-roberts-joan-collins", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/fbc62618-d1ee-43bb-a550-26573d4756ed/01.jpg", "alt": "Joan Collins" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "maria-de-matteis-impressione-strade-haiti", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/maria-de-matteis-impressione-strade-haiti", "title": "Impressione, Strade Haiti", "subtitle": "Maria De Matteis (Italian, 1898–1988), 1959", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Works on Paper", "maker_culture": "Maria De Matteis (Italian, 1898–1988)", "period": "1959", "origin": "Haiti", "materials": "Mixed media on paper or board", "dimensions": "71.1 × 49.5 cm (28 × 19½ in)", "description": "A large and vividly coloured figurative composition depicting a Haitian street gathering, observed with the eye of one of twentieth-century Italy's distinguished costume and set designers. The densely arranged group of figures — in formal dress, military-style uniform, elaborate hats and richly varied costume — is rendered with particular attention to silhouette, colour and theatrical character.", "provenance": "Collection of Helen Livingston Broome (1926–2022), New York artist and collector; by bequest to the present owner.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Signed and dated 1959 lower right. Signed and inscribed verso 'Preparazione S. Bolivar Aprile Maggio 1959' and 'Impressione Strade Haiti', with circular stamp to the reverse.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=maria-de-matteis-impressione-strade-haiti", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/30c832ab-b5bc-422b-9e0e-1c36c0ef9cd3/01.jpg", "alt": "Impressione, Strade Haiti" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "egyptian-gilded-polychrome-cartonnage-mummy-mask", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/egyptian-gilded-polychrome-cartonnage-mummy-mask", "title": "Egyptian Gilded and Polychrome Cartonnage Mummy Mask", "subtitle": "Late Ptolemaic Period–Early Roman Period", "category": "Antiquities", "subcategory": "Ancient", "maker_culture": "Ancient Egyptian", "period": "Circa 1st Century B.C.–1st Century A.D.", "origin": "Egypt", "materials": "Gilded and polychrome painted cartonnage", "dimensions": "22 cm high", "description": "A gilded and polychrome painted cartonnage mummy mask dating to the Late Ptolemaic–Early Roman Period, circa 1st Century B.C.–1st Century A.D.", "provenance": "Private collection, Switzerland, acquired in the late 1960s; thence by descent. Anonymous sale; Bonhams, London, Antiquities, 6 July 2017, lot 69.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "For a similar example with complete lappets, see the Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest, inv. no. 51.247 view the museum's 3D model.", "references": [ { "label": "view the museum's 3D model", "url": "https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/mumiamaszk-aranyozott-arccal-5bd32c57b385405cbf5567861d67a65f", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=egyptian-gilded-polychrome-cartonnage-mummy-mask", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/da040615-d85a-4828-b7ef-2f32d2265fad/01-front.jpg", "alt": "Egyptian gilded and polychrome cartonnage mummy mask" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "large-rococo-revival-carved-giltwood-mirror", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/large-rococo-revival-carved-giltwood-mirror", "title": "Large Florentine Baroque Style Giltwood Mirror", "subtitle": "Continental, 20th century", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Mirrors", "maker_culture": null, "period": "20th century, probably mid-century", "origin": "Continental Europe", "materials": "gilded wood, mirror glass, mirror glass", "dimensions": "133 × 95 cm approximately", "description": "A large and exuberantly modelled mirror in the Florentine Baroque manner, the pierced frame composed of deeply scrolling acanthus leaves. The stippled inner frame is surmounted by a crest centred by a spray of three roses, framed by vigorous scrolling foliage, with further pierced acanthus extending around the sides and base. Made in the grand tradition of 17th century Italian frame making, it combines great scale, depth of relief and a warm, softly aged gilded surface, and makes a commanding focal point above a chimneypiece or console.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Acanthus frames of this kind descend from the great carved frames of 20th century Italy, in which the frame itself became a piece of sculpture. An Italian example of c. 1640, The Metropolitan Museum of Art", "references": [ { "label": "An Italian example of c. 1640, The Metropolitan Museum of Art", "url": "https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/461026", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "2400.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£2,400" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=large-rococo-revival-carved-giltwood-mirror", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3bfc03b7-2066-455e-bb8e-97e72c193db1/01.png", "alt": "Large Florentine Baroque Style Giltwood Mirror" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3bfc03b7-2066-455e-bb8e-97e72c193db1/02.jpg", "alt": "Large Florentine Baroque Style Giltwood Mirror" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "helen-livingston-broome-anchors-aweigh", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/helen-livingston-broome-anchors-aweigh", "title": "Anchors Aweigh", "subtitle": "Helen Livingston Broome (American, 1926–2022), 1992", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Sculpture", "maker_culture": "Helen Livingston Broome (American, 1926–2022)", "period": "1992", "origin": "New York, USA", "materials": "Mixed media assemblage incorporating mannequin, textiles, jewellery, pearls, rope, metal ornaments and found objects", "dimensions": "Approximately 122 × 38 × 30 cm (48 × 15 × 12 in)", "description": "A unique mixed-media assemblage sculpture conceived by Helen Livingston Broome as a transgender sailor figure. Combining naval imagery with a stylised mannequin, make-up, jewellery, pearls, textiles, rope, metal ornaments and found objects, the work playfully disrupts conventional ideas of gender and presentation. Created in 1992, its exploration of gender identity gives the work a particularly striking context within Broome's highly individual practice. Both sculptural and theatrical, Anchors Aweigh exemplifies the artist's transformation of collected and everyday materials into richly layered figurative constructions.", "provenance": "The artist's collection and studio/gallery, United Nations Plaza, New York, where the work occupied a prominent position; by bequest to the present owner.", "literature": "Lady Livingston, dir. Cassandre Hornez, France, 2014, 52 min. Documentary portrait of the Artist and her artistic practice; Anchors Aweigh appears in the film. The documentary was presented at a launch screening in Paris in 2014.", "comparative_notes": "Hand-signed by the artist. Accompanied by a letter of authentication from the Estate of Helen Livingston Broome.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=helen-livingston-broome-anchors-aweigh", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/4c8a76a1-e9b7-442d-9c28-df5313e876f7/02.jpg", "alt": "Anchors Aweigh" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/4c8a76a1-e9b7-442d-9c28-df5313e876f7/01.jpg", "alt": "Anchors Aweigh" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "classical-roman-portrait-bust", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/classical-roman-portrait-bust", "title": "Classical Roman Portrait Bust", "subtitle": "Traditionally identified as Julius Caesar", "category": null, "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": "European, after the antique", "period": "Probably 19th or early 20th century", "origin": "Europe", "materials": "Ebonised plaster", "dimensions": "Approximately 62 × 41 cm (24⅜ × 16⅛ in)", "description": "A substantial classical portrait bust traditionally identified as Julius Caesar. The head is turned slightly, with a high forehead, deeply modelled brows, pronounced facial features and closely arranged hair. The shoulders are draped in a Roman cloak, gathered at the proper right shoulder by a circular fibula, the whole raised on a turned socle. Cast in plaster with a black-painted, ebonised finish. The hair is fully modelled to the reverse, and the substantial construction gives the sculpture considerable weight and presence. At approximately 62 cm high, this is an imposing architectural and decorative sculpture, well suited to a library, hall or collector's interior.", "provenance": "Acquired from an antiques dealer circa 1991; thence in the present private collection.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Classical portrait busts of this kind were produced for libraries, entrance halls and private interiors during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, drawing upon the sculptural traditions of ancient Rome. The identification as Julius Caesar is traditional rather than confirmed. The precise antique prototype and casting workshop have not been established. Unsigned. Minor surface wear consistent with age and handling. A small loss to the fibula has been retouched in black. Collection from 1AB, Isle of Man. Delivery by arrangement.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "795.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£795" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=classical-roman-portrait-bust", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/4948d865-3d88-4379-b29c-40a2c5ee0504/02.jpg", "alt": "Classical Roman Portrait Bust" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/4948d865-3d88-4379-b29c-40a2c5ee0504/01.jpg", "alt": "Classical Roman Portrait Bust" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "the-thracian-cravat", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/the-thracian-cravat", "title": "The Thracian Cravat", "subtitle": "Unique pearl, Roman coin and diamond lion collar", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Necklaces", "maker_culture": "Unique assemblage incorporating signed Razza and Trifari elements", "period": "circa 1960s and ancient elements; later assembled", "origin": "United States", "materials": "Gilt Razza lion head, D-colour VVS2 diamonds, multi-strand pearls, silver-tone metal, gold-mounted ancient Roman coins, signed Trifari crown, textile and vintage jewellery elements", "dimensions": "Lion pendant approximately 8.9 × 5.7 cm (3½ × 2¼ in); plus collar dimensions", "description": "A unique and theatrical statement collar centred by Helen Livingston-Broome. A signed vintage Razza lion head, subsequently altered and reimagined as the focal point of an elaborate multi-strand pearl composition. The lion is set with two substantial diamond eyes, graded D colour and VVS2 clarity, and surmounted by a signed Trifari crown. Ancient Roman coins, mounted in gold and formerly worn as earrings, are incorporated among the pearls and vintage jewellery elements. The dark striped textile ties form an integral part of the neckpiece. Combining ancient, mid-century and precious components, The Thracian Cravat is conceived as a singular piece of wearable assemblage, and is signed by the Artist.", "provenance": "Private collection, New York.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=the-thracian-cravat", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/263818a2-7029-496d-9583-da43c5cfd1ad/01.png", "alt": "The Thracian Cravat" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "juvenile-bengal-tiger-skin-rug", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/juvenile-bengal-tiger-skin-rug", "title": "Juvenile Bengal Tiger Skin Rug", "subtitle": "Attributed to Theobald Bros, Mysore", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Natural History", "maker_culture": "Attributed to Theobald Bros, Naturalists & Taxidermists, Mysore, India", "period": "Circa 1900–1940", "origin": "India", "materials": "Bengal tiger skin, taxidermy head, glass eyes, teeth and claws, felt backing", "dimensions": null, "description": "An unusually decorative juvenile Bengal tiger skin rug, attributed to Theobald Bros of Mysore, India. The finely modelled head is presented with glass eyes and open jaw, retaining the teeth and claws. The skin displays particularly attractive pale golden and cream colouring with strongly defined black striping, and is mounted on a brown pinked felt border. Collection from 1AB, Isle of Man. Delivery outside the Isle of Man may be possible subject to applicable CITES permits and import requirements.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Comparable tiger skin rugs by Theobald Bros of Mysore are recorded with full head mounts, glass eyes, outstretched limbs and characteristic pinked fabric borders. The firm was among the established taxidermists working in Mysore during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=juvenile-bengal-tiger-skin-rug", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/ab787997-6f58-4802-8c84-b980f495c080/01.jpg", "alt": "Juvenile Bengal Tiger Skin Rug" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "bulgari-ruby-and-diamond-ring", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/bulgari-ruby-and-diamond-ring", "title": "Bulgari Ruby and Diamond Ring", "subtitle": "A substantial cabochon ruby and diamond ring in platinum", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Rings", "maker_culture": "Bulgari Cabochon Ruby and Diamond Ring", "period": "Twentieth century", "origin": "Italy", "materials": "Platinum, ruby and diamonds", "dimensions": null, "description": "A striking Bulgari ring centred by a large oval cabochon ruby of rich red colour, raised above a substantial surround of brilliant-cut diamonds. The ruby is held by prominent platinum claws, the diamond-set shoulders continuing into a plain platinum shank. Signed BVLGARI. The mount bears a French import assay mark for platinum, 850/1000.", "provenance": null, "literature": "Gübelin Gem Lab report, 2026, n°26060029: 26.60 carats, accompanying the ring; ruby reported with no indications of heating.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=bulgari-ruby-and-diamond-ring", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/9e8b7206-f30a-4bd9-87b1-b69c70a5ffc6/01.jpg", "alt": "Bulgari Ruby and Diamond Ring" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "john-shapter-4-million-or-its-curtains", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/john-shapter-4-million-or-its-curtains", "title": "4 Million or It's Curtains for Him", "subtitle": "John Shapter, 2002", "category": null, "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": "John Shapter (British)", "period": "2002", "origin": "Lincoln, England", "materials": "Mixed media on paper: cut-out lettering, photograph and adhesive tape; original silver-gilt frame and mount", "dimensions": null, "description": "A signed, original collage of cut-out lettering, a small photograph and yellow adhesive tape arranged upon crumpled paper. Its ransom-note typography and enigmatic central image combine dark humour with an instinctive, irreverent approach to composition. Created in Lincoln during an active period of Shapter's visual practice, within the city's independent artistic community. A practising dentist as well as an artist, Shapter subsequently explored experimental sound and ambient music under the name Headzic. Signed by the artist. Original frame and mount retained.", "provenance": "Gift from the artist to the present owner.", "literature": "For an account of John Shapter's later experimental music and sound-art practice as Headzic, see Headzic: The Accidental Musician.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "Headzic: The Accidental Musician", "url": "https://slowist.org/2020/11/01/headzic-theaccidental-musician/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "1700.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£1,700" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=john-shapter-4-million-or-its-curtains", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/f4bb6099-b036-491c-937f-bdae3b7d3032/01.jpg", "alt": "4 Million or It's Curtains for Him" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-16" }, { "id": "abbey-of-thelema-wall-fragment", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/abbey-of-thelema-wall-fragment", "title": "Painted wall fragment with a face", "subtitle": "Said to be associated with the Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, with a letter from Kenneth Anger", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Occult & Esoteric", "maker_culture": "Aleister Crowley / Abbey of Thelema", "period": "1920–23", "origin": "Cefalù, Sicily (by repute)", "materials": "Painted gesso", "dimensions": null, "description": "A painted gesso fragment said to be associated with the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalù, the house occupied by Aleister Crowley from 1920 until his expulsion from Italy in 1923. It preserves part of a face: dark eyes, red lips, red marks across the cheeks and brow, and bands of red and blue above. The edges are broken and irregular. After 1923 the Abbey’s murals were whitewashed. In 1955 Kenneth Anger uncovered and filmed surviving decoration. This fragment is accompanied by a personal letter from Anger to a former owner concerning the piece. It is not identified with any picture titled by Crowley. The association rests on that letter.", "provenance": "By repute, the Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, Sicily. Private collection, accompanied by a personal letter from Kenneth Anger to the then owner concerning the fragment; thence to the present owner.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Surviving painted fragments from the Abbey of Thelema are exceptionally uncommon. The Yorke Collection finding aids record photographs of paintings in the Chambre des Cauchemars (NS74, p. 220) and further photographs of paintings at Cefalù (pp. 221–222), but do not identify this fragment. Since December 1990 the villa has been under a Sicilian protection order, so painted plaster still on the walls cannot lawfully be removed For the villa and its protection, see Villa Santa Barbara, Abbazia di Thelema, FAI.", "references": [ { "label": "Villa Santa Barbara, Abbazia di Thelema, FAI", "url": "https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/villa-santa-barbara-abbazia-di-thelema-casa-di-aleister-crowley-in-italia", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=abbey-of-thelema-wall-fragment", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d288236b-42e3-421d-af7e-117fbbf579a5/01-front.jpg", "alt": "Abbey of Thelema wall fragment, painted plaster" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "silver-cross-twin-dolls-pram", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/silver-cross-twin-dolls-pram", "title": "Silver Cross Twin Model Doll's Pram", "subtitle": "A coach-built double-hooded model in burgundy", "category": "Collectables", "subcategory": "Vintage Toys", "maker_culture": "Silver Cross", "period": "Mid-twentieth century", "origin": "England", "materials": "Painted coach-built body, chromed metal, steel, rubber and textile", "dimensions": null, "description": "A particularly attractive vintage Silver Cross twin model doll's pram, of coach-built form with opposing double hoods. The deep burgundy body is decorated with fine contrasting coach lines and scrollwork, with pleated burgundy hood coverings and a cream-lined interior. The traditional chassis is fitted with spoked wheels, pale rubber tyres, mudguards, suspension and a chromed handle with moulded grip. The unusual double-ended arrangement gives the pram a distinctive and highly decorative profile. A charming surviving example of British nursery design, suitable both for a collection of vintage dolls and as a decorative interior piece. Delivery or collection by arrangement. Please enquire for delivery costs.", "provenance": null, "literature": "The Gladstone bag takes its name from William Gladstone, four times Prime Minister, and was first made by J. G. Beard at his leather shop in Westminster; its hinged frame, opening into two equal halves, was patented in 1854. By the end of the century it had become the bag of choice for doctors carrying their instruments.", "comparative_notes": "Silver Cross was founded by William Wilson in Leeds in 1877, and by the mid-twentieth century was known as \"the Rolls-Royce of prams\", supplying the family of George VI. Its doll's prams were built in the same coach-built manner as the full-size models, in miniature. Silver Cross at the Brighton Toy Museum index", "references": [ { "label": "Silver Cross at the Brighton Toy Museum index", "url": "https://www.brightontoymuseum.co.uk/index/Silver_Cross", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "295.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£295" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=silver-cross-twin-dolls-pram", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/35dfc6b9-cc50-4454-82b6-13b15e085ed6/01.jpg", "alt": "Silver Cross Twin Model Doll's Pram" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "crowley-diary-of-a-drug-fiend-1923-first-american-edition", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/crowley-diary-of-a-drug-fiend-1923-first-american-edition", "title": "The Diary of a Drug Fiend", "subtitle": "Aleister Crowley, first American edition, New York, 1923", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Occult & Esoteric", "maker_culture": "Aleister Crowley", "period": "1923", "origin": "New York", "materials": "Publisher's black cloth", "dimensions": "18.7 × 12.4 cm (7⅜ × 4⅞ in); xii + 372 pp.", "description": "Crowley's only published novel, a story of cocaine and heroin addiction and recovery set partly in an \"Abbey of Thelema\" modelled on his own community at Cefalù, Sicily. First published in London by Collins in 1922; this is the first American edition, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1923, reset with some corrections. About 2,025 copies were printed, and part of the edition was later destroyed by water damage after a fire. Publisher's black cloth lettered in red. Fragments from the walls of the Abbey at Cefalù are also offered by 1AB.", "provenance": "Estate of Helen Livingston Broome (1926–2022).", "literature": "See the bibliographic entry, The Diary of a Drug Fiend, 1923, 100th Monkey Press; and The Diary of a Drug Fiend, Wikipedia.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "The Diary of a Drug Fiend, 1923", "url": "https://www.100thmonkeypress.com/biblio/acrowley/books/diary_of_a_drug_fiend_1923/diary_of_a_drug_fiend_1923.htm", "field": "literature" }, { "label": "The Diary of a Drug Fiend", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Diary_of_a_Drug_Fiend", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "950.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£950" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=crowley-diary-of-a-drug-fiend-1923-first-american-edition", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/db94f4c0-6869-4df8-aeae-cae5cb96a0a0/01.png", "alt": "The Diary of a Drug Fiend" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-06" }, { "id": "dimitri-omersa-leather-rhinoceros", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/dimitri-omersa-leather-rhinoceros", "title": "Leather Rhinoceros", "subtitle": "Dimitri Omersa for Liberty of London, England, circa 1960s", "category": "Furniture & Lighting", "subcategory": "Furniture", "maker_culture": "Dimitri Omersa", "period": "Circa 1960s", "origin": "England", "materials": "Hand-stitched leather over an internal frame", "dimensions": "Large size", "description": "A wonderfully characterful leather rhinoceros by Dimitri Omersa, made in England for Liberty of London. Hand-stitched in shaped leather panels and retaining a rich, deeply developed patina. The rhinoceros became Omersa’s defining design and an enduring example of eccentric British interiors.", "provenance": "Property of a Lady, acquired in the 1960s.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Omersa's leather animals have been sold by Liberty since 1927, and the rhinoceros remains in production today. The present example is an original 1960s piece, with the depth of patina only decades of use can give.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=dimitri-omersa-leather-rhinoceros", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/dc05d2e3-1e22-43f2-80df-9ab2c5313a61/01.jpg", "alt": "Leather Rhinoceros" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "crocodile-embossed-gladstone-bag", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/crocodile-embossed-gladstone-bag", "title": "Crocodile-Embossed Gladstone Bag", "subtitle": "Early twentieth century", "category": "Collectables", "subcategory": "Decorative Collectables", "maker_culture": null, "period": "Early twentieth century, circa 1910–1925", "origin": null, "materials": "Embossed leather, brass frame and fittings", "dimensions": "33 × 16 × 18 cm (13 × 6¼ × 7⅛ in); height excluding handle.", "description": "A Gladstone bag in deeply patinated crocodile-embossed leather, retaining its brass frame, ring-pull clasp, side catches and wrapped handle. The original cloth lining is intact, darkened and worn through use. The clasp closes and holds; the key is lacking, so the bag cannot be locked.", "provenance": "Acquired by the present owner at the Marché aux Puces de Saint-Ouen, Paris, in 2003.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "reserved", "price": null, "price_status": "reserved", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=crocodile-embossed-gladstone-bag", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/2030347b-6252-486f-9bb4-ad94b51123d6/01.jpg", "alt": "Crocodile-Embossed Gladstone Bag" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/2030347b-6252-486f-9bb4-ad94b51123d6/02.jpg", "alt": "Crocodile-Embossed Gladstone Bag" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "cappadocian-fairy-chimneys-volcanic-tuff", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/cappadocian-fairy-chimneys-volcanic-tuff", "title": "Carved Volcanic Tuff — Cappadocian Fairy Chimneys & Rock Dwellings", "subtitle": "Turkey, mid-twentieth century", "category": null, "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": "Turkish", "period": "Mid-twentieth century", "origin": "Cappadocia, Turkey", "materials": "Carved porous volcanic stone, probably tuff", "dimensions": "Approximately 28 × 17 cm", "description": "An evocative architectural carving depicting the celebrated fairy chimneys and rock-cut dwellings of Cappadocia, central Turkey. A prominent mushroom-capped formation rises above a cluster of cave-like buildings, their façades punctuated by small recessed windows and arched openings. The pale, highly porous volcanic stone lends the composition a naturally weathered, almost archaeological appearance. A particularly appealing example of mid-twentieth-century travel memorabilia, notable for its architectural detail, sculptural character and substantial decorative scale.", "provenance": "Acquired during the mid-twentieth century; subsequently retained in a private family collection.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "75.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£75" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=cappadocian-fairy-chimneys-volcanic-tuff", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/993a6d39-81e4-4a64-aa7a-0b6c4ca0f917/01.jpg", "alt": "Carved Volcanic Tuff — Cappadocian Fairy Chimneys & Rock Dwellings" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/993a6d39-81e4-4a64-aa7a-0b6c4ca0f917/02.jpg", "alt": "Carved Volcanic Tuff — Cappadocian Fairy Chimneys & Rock Dwellings" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "pair-of-french-hand-coloured-fashion-etchings", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/pair-of-french-hand-coloured-fashion-etchings", "title": "Pair of French Fashion Etchings", "subtitle": "A matching pair of hand-coloured Parisian fashion prints", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Works on Paper", "maker_culture": "French School", "period": "Mid-twentieth century", "origin": "France", "materials": "Etching with hand-applied colour on paper, framed", "dimensions": "60 × 48.5 cm each, framed", "description": "A stylish matching pair of mid-twentieth-century French hand-coloured etchings depicting fashionable Parisiennes against two of the city's defining landmarks: the Arc de Triomphe and the Eiffel Tower. Each work is inscribed 'Eau forte originale' lower left and signed in pencil lower right. The printed image has been enhanced with hand-applied colour, visible beneath the glass, giving the pair a particularly rich and painterly appearance. Presented in substantial giltwood and composition frames with broad cream mounts and gilt fillets. Their scale, matching presentation and documented family provenance give the pair considerably greater presence than ordinary decorative fashion prints.", "provenance": "Lady Ernestyne Daphne Middleton-Trimm, Grove Court, Kensington High Street, London; acquired in Paris, 1952; by family descent to the present owner.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "The pair belongs to the tradition of mid-century French decorative fashion prints combining original etching with hand-applied colour, produced for the domestic and decorative market in post-war Paris.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=pair-of-french-hand-coloured-fashion-etchings", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/031b6b84-cb4d-43b9-9a61-be253ed01b72/01.jpg", "alt": "Pair of French Fashion Etchings" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "brutalist-gilt-geometric-mirror", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/brutalist-gilt-geometric-mirror", "title": "Brutalist Gilt Geometric Mirror", "subtitle": "Attributed to Syroco", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Mirrors", "maker_culture": "Attributed to Syroco", "period": "Circa 1970", "origin": "United States", "materials": "Gilt moulded composition, metal and mirror glass", "dimensions": null, "description": "A striking large rectangular mirror in the Brutalist manner, attributed to Syroco and dating from circa 1970. The central mirror plate is surrounded by an architectural openwork frame composed of irregular geometric blocks, bars and textured relief elements in a rich gilt finish. Contrasting smooth, rippled and heavily textured surfaces create a sculptural rhythm around the otherwise restrained rectangular plate. The bold asymmetric construction and warm gold surface are characteristic of the decorative Brutalist vocabulary of the period, giving the mirror considerable presence as both a functional object and a piece of wall sculpture. Delivery or collection by arrangement. Please enquire for delivery costs.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Syroco, the Syracuse Ornamental Company of Syracuse, New York, was founded in 1890 and began by hand-carving wooden ornament, before becoming known for moulded decorative work that gave the look of carving at a fraction of the cost. By the 1960s and 1970s its mirrors, clocks and wall pieces had become a staple of American interiors. 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Concealed box clasp with two safety catches. Stamped 750 for 18ct gold, with Italian maker's mark N1292.", "provenance": "An Italian noble family; bequeathed by the Contessa to the present owner. Family jewellery, offered for sale for the first time.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "9200.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£9,200" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=italian-18ct-gold-scale-link-bracelet", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/12d43c5e-8730-40ec-8f12-009ad6dd9a39/01.jpg", "alt": "Italian Gold Scale-Link Bracelet" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/12d43c5e-8730-40ec-8f12-009ad6dd9a39/02.jpg", "alt": "Italian Gold Scale-Link Bracelet" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/12d43c5e-8730-40ec-8f12-009ad6dd9a39/03.jpg", "alt": "Italian Gold Scale-Link Bracelet" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-06" }, { "id": "conwy-castle-nineteenth-century-british-watercolour", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/conwy-castle-nineteenth-century-british-watercolour", "title": "Conwy Castle", "subtitle": "A 19th century British watercolour", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Works on Paper", "maker_culture": "British School", "period": "Nineteenth century", "origin": "Wales", "materials": "Watercolour on paper, framed", "dimensions": "55 × 44 cm, framed", "description": "A finely observed nineteenth-century British watercolour depicting Conwy Castle from the water, with sailing craft in the foreground and dramatic weather breaking across the sky. The composition places the medieval fortress prominently above the shoreline, while the movement of the sea and the strongly modelled clouds lend the scene a distinctly Romantic character. The work has previously been associated with Joseph J. Richardson and the wider Richardson landscape tradition, although that attribution has not been independently verified by 1AB. It is therefore catalogued here conservatively as British School, nineteenth century. Presented in a gilt frame with a broad cream mount.", "provenance": "Formerly with Lincoln Fine Art, associated with dealer Dorothy Roberts; subsequently in a private collection.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "The work has historically been linked to the Richardson family tradition of British landscape painting. Thomas Miles Richardson Jnr. exhibited at the Royal Academy and painted views of Conwy Castle.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "650.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£650" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=conwy-castle-nineteenth-century-british-watercolour", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/bd7e776b-cca2-40a7-ac20-2b181f297863/01.jpg", "alt": "Conwy Castle" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "german-polychrome-guardian-angel-figure", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/german-polychrome-guardian-angel-figure", "title": "German Polychrome Guardian Angel Figure", "subtitle": "\"Ein Engel schütze Dich\" — May an angel protect you", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Sacred & Devotional", "maker_culture": "Continental European", "period": "Late twentieth century", "origin": "Germany", "materials": "Painted moulded composite / polyresin", "dimensions": "71 cm high", "description": "A large polychrome guardian angel figure depicting a standing cherub with hands joined in prayer and white feathered wings. The figure stands on a green rectangular base inscribed in German, 'Ein Engel schütze Dich' — 'May an angel protect you'. The painted finish combines warm flesh tones, gilt hair and white wings, giving the piece a distinctly continental devotional character. Originally intended as a decorative or memorial figure, its scale and expressive appearance also make it an unusual interior or garden object. Delivery or collection by arrangement. Please enquire for delivery costs.", "provenance": "Acquired from a brocante in Cannes, France", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "225.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£225" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=german-polychrome-guardian-angel-figure", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/b2ca0305-e5e5-41fa-adb8-7a4af10e03f6/01.jpg", "alt": "German Polychrome Guardian Angel Figure" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "egyptian-style-carved-stone-pharaoh-head", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/egyptian-style-carved-stone-pharaoh-head", "title": "Egyptian-Style Carved Stone Head of a Pharaoh", "subtitle": "An Egyptian Revival decorative sculpture", "category": null, "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": "Egyptian Revival style", "period": null, "origin": "Origin undetermined", "materials": "Pale granular stone, possibly sandstone", "dimensions": "Approximately 18 × 10 × 10 cm (7 × 4 × 4 in)", "description": "A small carved stone head representing a pharaoh in the Egyptian style, with almond-shaped eyes, a straight nose, softly modelled lips and a tall, stylised headdress. Worked from pale, granular stone with natural darker inclusions, the sculpture has an irregular, weathered surface and gently softened contours. The facial features are individually modelled, giving the piece an appealing sculptural character. The head draws upon the visual traditions of ancient Egyptian royal portraiture. Its precise date, geographical origin and original purpose have not been established by 1AB. The irregular profile and softly worn appearance suggest the character of an architectural or archaeological fragment, although no ancient origin is claimed. A distinctive decorative curiosity, suitable for display on a shelf, console or within a collection of sculpture and antiquities-inspired objects.", "provenance": "From a private collector's estate; acquired through Sarasota Estate Auction, Sarasota, Florida, USA.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "195.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£195" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=egyptian-style-carved-stone-pharaoh-head", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/c391ffd7-7a51-41b7-abb6-cce5c6962240/03.webp", "alt": "Egyptian-Style Carved Stone Head of a Pharaoh" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/c391ffd7-7a51-41b7-abb6-cce5c6962240/02.jpg", "alt": "Egyptian-Style Carved Stone Head of a Pharaoh" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/c391ffd7-7a51-41b7-abb6-cce5c6962240/04.webp", "alt": "Egyptian-Style Carved Stone Head of a Pharaoh" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "french-renaissance-revival-gilt-mirror", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/french-renaissance-revival-gilt-mirror", "title": "Henri II Revival Wall Mirror, c. 1880", "subtitle": "With winged gryphon crest and period foxed glass", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Mirrors", "maker_culture": "French", "period": "Circa 1870–1890", "origin": "France", "materials": "Giltwood, gesso ornament, mirror glass and pine backboard", "dimensions": "93 cm x 61 cm, framed.", "description": "A richly ornamented French Renaissance Revival mirror of the late nineteenth century, conceived in the Henry II taste. The rectangular gilt frame is densely modelled with repeating foliate and geometric ornament and surmounted by an openwork crest centred by an oval cartouche flanked by opposing winged gryphons or dragons. The period mirror plate displays extensive atmospheric foxing and clouding, giving the surface considerable age and character. The reverse retains its old pine backboard with stencilled inventory and size markings, including 'No. 12 M 213', together with further numerals. The combination of elaborate cresting, deeply worked gilt ornament and aged glass gives the mirror a distinctly architectural and theatrical presence.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Mirrors of this type were made in France in the later nineteenth century in the revived taste of the court of Henri II (r. 1547–1559), whose Renaissance ornament enjoyed a strong revival under the Second Empire and Third Republic.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "895.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£895" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=french-renaissance-revival-gilt-mirror", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/e1dc5118-b9b9-496b-a727-e4828fefbe28/01.jpg", "alt": "Henri II Revival Wall Mirror, c. 1880" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "pair-burmese-kneeling-buddhist-disciples", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/pair-burmese-kneeling-buddhist-disciples", "title": "Pair of Burmese Kneeling Buddhist Disciples", "subtitle": "Traditionally identified as Sariputta and Moggallana c.1890-1920", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Sculpture", "maker_culture": "Burmese", "period": "Late nineteenth–early twentieth century", "origin": "Burma (Myanmar)", "materials": "Carved wood with polychrome, lacquer and traces of gilding.", "dimensions": "Approximately 50 × 18 cm each", "description": "A substantial pair of Burmese carved wood Buddhist figures, traditionally identified as Sariputta and Moggallana, the two chief disciples of the Buddha. Each monk is shown kneeling in a posture of reverence, with shaven head, expressive painted features and hands extended in devotion. The figures retain extensive old polychrome decoration, with warm ochre and red robes, black-painted hair and details, and surviving traces of gilding and lacquer. Pairs of attendant disciples traditionally formed part of Burmese Buddhist shrine arrangements, positioned in relation to a central image of the Buddha. Their low kneeling form, mirrored composition and strongly frontal expressions give the pair considerable sculptural presence. The richly worn surfaces, craquelure and areas of exposed underlying decoration contribute substantially to their character and sense of age.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Carved and lacquered figures of the Buddha's two chief disciples, Sariputta and Moggallana, were placed before images of the Buddha in Burmese temples and monasteries as part of a shrine, kneeling as worshippers with their feet turned away from the object of veneration. A related 19th century pair, Michael Backman Ltd", "references": [ { "label": "A related 19th century pair, Michael Backman Ltd", "url": "https://www.michaelbackmanltd.com/discoveries-burmese/", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "950.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£950" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=pair-burmese-kneeling-buddhist-disciples", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/0e5b356a-3359-4f7a-835f-4a1aa2118d5c/01.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Burmese Kneeling Buddhist Disciples" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "vintage-venetian-style-etched-glass-overmantel-mirror", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/vintage-venetian-style-etched-glass-overmantel-mirror", "title": "Vintage Venetian-Style Etched Glass Overmantel Mirror", "subtitle": "A large decorative mirror with etched floral borders and elaborate cresting", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Mirrors", "maker_culture": "Venetian style", "period": "Mid-to-late twentieth century", "origin": "Italy / Continental Europe", "materials": "Etched and applied mirrored glass over a timber backing. 133cm x 92cm approx.", "dimensions": null, "description": "A large and highly decorative Venetian-style overmantel mirror with an arched central plate surrounded by etched floral and foliate mirrored panels. The frame is richly articulated with engraved glass borders, applied mirrored elements and an elaborate crest centred by a stylised floral motif. The broad horizontal proportions give the mirror strong presence over a mantel, console or sideboard. The mirrored elements are complete and generally well preserved, with the combination of etched ornament, layered cresting and reflective surface creating a particularly theatrical decorative effect.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Venetian-style decorative mirrors of this type draw on traditional engraved and applied-glass mirror designs, reinterpreted in mid-to-late twentieth-century production for the luxury decorative market.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "595.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£595" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=vintage-venetian-style-etched-glass-overmantel-mirror", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/421d08a9-eb6d-4a63-b9a9-eff5a9863d29/01.jpg", "alt": "Vintage Venetian-Style Etched Glass Overmantel Mirror" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "french-renaissance-revival-cast-brass-easel-mirror", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/french-renaissance-revival-cast-brass-easel-mirror", "title": "French Renaissance Revival Cast Brass Easel Mirror", "subtitle": "With mascaron crest and folding easel stand", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Mirrors", "maker_culture": "French", "period": "Circa 1880", "origin": "France", "materials": "Cast brass and bevelled mirror glass", "dimensions": "37 × 23.5 cm", "description": "A richly cast French easel mirror of the late nineteenth century, designed in the Renaissance Revival taste. The openwork brass frame is decorated throughout with scrolling foliage and pierced ornament, centred at the crest by a prominent bearded mascaron. A bevelled rectangular mirror plate is enclosed by a moulded inner border, while the reverse retains an elaborate folding metal easel stand. Compact in scale but strongly architectural in form, the mirror has the character of a late nineteenth-century dressing-table or cabinet object and retains an attractive aged brass surface.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Comparable late 19th century French cast-brass easel mirrors are known with pierced revival ornament, mascaron crests, bevelled plates and folding rear stands.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "265.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£265" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=french-renaissance-revival-cast-brass-easel-mirror", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/ec1ae14b-a2ad-4b43-8eef-89dd24c7fe4a/01.jpg", "alt": "French Renaissance Revival Cast Brass Easel Mirror" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "faberge-smoky-quartz-bunny-rabbit-king-paul-of-the-hellenes", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/faberge-smoky-quartz-bunny-rabbit-king-paul-of-the-hellenes", "title": "Fabergé Jewelled Smoky Quartz Bunny Rabbit", "subtitle": "St Petersburg, circa 1900", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Boxes & Objects", "maker_culture": "Fabergé", "period": "Circa 1900", "origin": "St Petersburg, Russia", "materials": "Smoky quartz, rose-cut diamonds, gold; original Fabergé burr-wood case", "dimensions": "Height 3.3 cm (1¼ in)", "description": "A rare smoky quartz model of a rabbit by Fabergé, carved with humour in the Japanese taste after a netsuke. The bunny stands on its hind legs, nose raised to the air, its eyes set with rose-cut diamonds in gold. Apparently unmarked, and contained in its original Fabergé burr-wood case. A small carving with a distinguished royal provenance, passing through Wartski and the collections of King Paul of the Hellenes, Robert Strauss and Lord Thomson of Fleet.", "provenance": "With the Antikvariat, 1920s; Wartski, London, 1920s; King Paul of the Hellenes; Sotheby's, London, 25 November 1957, lot 103; Robert Strauss; his sale, Christie's, London, The Robert Strauss Collection of Works of Art by Carl Fabergé, 9 March 1976, lot 34; Lord Thomson of Fleet; Wartski, London; private UK collection; André Ruzhnikov, from whom acquired by the present owners, August 2020.", "literature": "G. Munn, Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years, 2015, p. 81, illustrated.", "comparative_notes": "Fabergé's hardstone animals were particularly prized by the British royal family, whose collection at Sandringham remains the largest. Royal provenance of this calibre is uncommon among them.", "references": [ { "label": "Wartski: The First Hundred and Fifty Years", "url": "https://wartski.com/wartski-the-first-hundred-and-fifty-years/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "reserved", "price": null, "price_status": "reserved", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=faberge-smoky-quartz-bunny-rabbit-king-paul-of-the-hellenes", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/602d3159-829b-4e55-9417-7f14c563d3b3/01.jpg", "alt": "Fabergé Jewelled Smoky Quartz Bunny Rabbit" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "mirror-of-paradise-bespoke-tribute-ring", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/mirror-of-paradise-bespoke-tribute-ring", "title": "\"Mirror of Paradise\" Bespoke Tribute Ring", "subtitle": "White gold, after the 52.58-carat Golconda diamond.", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Rings", "maker_culture": "Contemporary", "period": "Twenty-first century", "origin": null, "materials": "White gold, custom-grown and cut colourless moissanite, tapered baguette shoulders", "dimensions": null, "description": "A bespoke white-gold ring conceived at the scale and proportions of the \"Mirror of Paradise\", the celebrated 52.58-carat Golconda diamond sold by Christie's in 2019. The centre is a custom-grown, colourless moissanite, cut as a rectangular step-cut to the dimensions and proportions of the original stone. Its scale required a purpose-built mount: a raised white-gold gallery with tapered baguettes to either side, following the original three-stone arrangement. A contemporary jewel that recovers the physical presence of the original. A colourless moissanite of this size, cut to these specifications, is exceptionally rare.", "provenance": "Commissioned at the request of a prominent American technology entrepreneur; not delivered, and thence retained by the present owner. Contemporary; no provenance connection to the original jewel.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "After the \"Mirror of Paradise\": Christie's New York, Maharajas & Mughal Magnificence, 19 June 2019, lot 229 view lot. See also the legendary diamonds of Golconda.", "references": [ { "label": "view lot", "url": "https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-mirror-of-paradisea-diamond-ring-6211966/", "field": "comparative_notes" }, { "label": "the legendary diamonds of Golconda", "url": "https://www.christies.com/en/stories/india-legendary-diamonds-of-golconda-b778cf2a299945bc9fb6723a10598b97", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "12500.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£12,500" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=mirror-of-paradise-bespoke-tribute-ring", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/8117f735-93d9-4abd-8115-073e521184c7/01.jpg", "alt": "\"Mirror of Paradise\" Bespoke Tribute Ring" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/8117f735-93d9-4abd-8115-073e521184c7/02.jpg", "alt": "\"Mirror of Paradise\" Bespoke Tribute Ring" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "italian-capodimonte-style-reticulated-potpourri-urn", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/italian-capodimonte-style-reticulated-potpourri-urn", "title": "Italian Capodimonte-Style Reticulated Potpourri Urn", "subtitle": "A large figural porcelain urn with pierced decoration and gilt details", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Ceramics", "maker_culture": "Italian", "period": "Circa 1960–1970", "origin": "Italy", "materials": "Polychrome porcelain with reticulated decoration and gilding", "dimensions": "41 cm high", "description": "A large and highly decorative Italian porcelain potpourri urn in the Capodimonte tradition, richly modelled in a Rococo Revival taste. The baluster-form body is decorated in raised polychrome relief with classical figures beneath painted drapery, while the shoulders are flanked by sculptural female figures forming the handles. The pierced neck and lower sections are worked with scrolling foliate ornament and enriched throughout with extensive gilding. The domed cover is surmounted by a seated female finial, completing the theatrical and highly ornamental composition. Marked beneath with a crowned 'N' and inscribed 'Capodimonte, Italy' in gilt.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Later 20th century Italian porcelain makers frequently adopted the crowned 'N' associated with the Capodimonte tradition. Comparable reticulated and figural Italian porcelain pieces of the 1960s and 1970s are known with elaborate pierced decoration, sculptural figures and extensive gilding.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "145.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£145" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=italian-capodimonte-style-reticulated-potpourri-urn", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/4a51f173-c7c8-4e29-8fbd-b03093a34041/01.jpg", "alt": "Italian Capodimonte-Style Reticulated Potpourri Urn" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "keramia-art-deco-terracotta-nude-wall-plaque", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/keramia-art-deco-terracotta-nude-wall-plaque", "title": "Keramia Art Deco Terracotta Nude Wall Plaque", "subtitle": "A polychrome female figure with turquoise ribbon", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Ceramics", "maker_culture": "Keramia", "period": "Circa 1930", "origin": "Czechoslovakia", "materials": "Glazed and polychrome terracotta with gilt details", "dimensions": "40 × 19 cm", "description": "A striking Art Deco terracotta wall plaque by Keramia, modelled as a stylised semi-nude female figure in a fluid reclining pose. The figure is finished in a dark matte glaze with gilt-highlighted hair and is entwined by a sculptural turquoise ribbon, while one raised hand holds a small polychrome flower. The elongated pose, simplified modelling and strong contrast of black, turquoise and gilt are characteristic of Central European decorative ceramics of the interwar period. Impressed to the reverse with the Keramia factory mark, comprising a stylised tower above 'KERAMIA', together with 'FOREIGN', and retaining its original hanging aperture. An unusually large and visually assured example of Art Deco wall ceramics, with particularly strong decorative presence.", "provenance": "By family descent from the present owner's great-grandmother.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "1250.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£1,250" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=keramia-art-deco-terracotta-nude-wall-plaque", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/4c9dcbfe-6b53-4df4-9452-e541bf73b9b1/01.jpg", "alt": "Keramia Art Deco Terracotta Nude Wall Plaque" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-05" }, { "id": "large-last-supper-devotional-group-hands-of-god", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/large-last-supper-devotional-group-hands-of-god", "title": "Large Last Supper Devotional Group", "subtitle": "The Last Supper held within the Hands of God", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Sacred & Devotional", "maker_culture": "Continental / Commercial devotional ware", "period": "Late twentieth century", "origin": null, "materials": "Hand-painted moulded composition / resin", "dimensions": "Approximately 29 × 13.5 × 35 cm", "description": "A large and highly decorative devotional group depicting the Last Supper held within a pair of monumental hands. Christ sits centrally at a white-draped table surrounded by the Apostles, with individually modelled figures, vessels and bread picked out in muted polychrome and gilt details. The composition is supported on an open-book base decorated with modelled roses and raised on a black plinth. A particularly striking example of late twentieth-century religious decorative ware, its unusual scale and theatrical composition giving the piece considerable visual presence.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Related devotional groups depicting the Last Supper within the Hands of God were produced in various sizes for the European and international religious giftware market during the late twentieth century.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "145.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£145" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=large-last-supper-devotional-group-hands-of-god", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/686e3e08-bf02-4859-8f41-ea6fcb768596/01.jpg", "alt": "Large Last Supper Devotional Group" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "bulgari-ruby-diamond-ring", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/bulgari-ruby-diamond-ring", "title": "Bulgari Ruby and Diamond Ring", "subtitle": "Italy, circa 1980s", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Rings", "maker_culture": "Bulgari", "period": "Circa 1980s", "origin": "Italy", "materials": "18ct yellow gold, cabochon ruby and diamonds", "dimensions": null, "description": "A cabochon ruby and diamond ring mounted in 18ct yellow gold, signed Bulgari.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "No indication of heat treatment to the ruby.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=bulgari-ruby-diamond-ring", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/15ee26da-c7ed-4053-98d5-869a4754352f/01-front.jpg", "alt": "Bulgari ruby and diamond ring" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "thai-bronze-head-crowned-buddha-ayutthaya-style", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/thai-bronze-head-crowned-buddha-ayutthaya-style", "title": "Bronze Head of a Crowned Buddha", "subtitle": "Thailand, Ayutthaya style, 19th/20th century", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Sculpture", "maker_culture": "Thai", "period": "19th/20th century", "origin": "Thailand", "materials": "Bronze", "dimensions": "Height 32 cm (12½ in); weight 1.75 kg", "description": "Cast with a serene face, downcast eyes beneath gently arched, conjoined brows, and full lips in a contemplative smile. He wears a diadem of heart-shaped bodhi-leaf motifs, flanked by elaborate ear ornaments, below a tall, tiered conical crown. Dark patina with areas of green corrosion. Hollow-cast, the neck with an irregular break, from a larger figure.", "provenance": "Private collection, United Kingdom; acquired on the King's Road, London, in the 1980s.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "For the type, compare a head of a crowned Buddha, Thailand, Ayutthaya, approx. 1500–1600, brass, 27.9 cm, Asian Art Museum, San Francisco (B60S13). The present head is 32 cm and is catalogued as Ayutthaya style, 19th/20th century.", "references": [ { "label": "Asian Art Museum, San Francisco", "url": "https://searchcollection.asianart.org/objects/10728/head-of-a-crowned-buddha", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "1450.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£1,450" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=thai-bronze-head-crowned-buddha-ayutthaya-style", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d183907a-395e-4711-a093-31d08d56deab/04.png", "alt": "Bronze Head of a Crowned Buddha" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d183907a-395e-4711-a093-31d08d56deab/02.jpg", "alt": "Bronze Head of a Crowned Buddha" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d183907a-395e-4711-a093-31d08d56deab/03.jpg", "alt": "Bronze Head of a Crowned Buddha" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d183907a-395e-4711-a093-31d08d56deab/04.jpg", "alt": "Bronze Head of a Crowned Buddha" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "isfahan-silver-box-gol-o-morgh-imperial-court-provenance", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/isfahan-silver-box-gol-o-morgh-imperial-court-provenance", "title": "Imperial Presentation Silver Box", "subtitle": "Persia (Iran), Isfahan, mid-20th century", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Boxes & Objects", "maker_culture": "Isfahan", "period": "Mid-20th century", "origin": "Isfahan, Iran", "materials": "Silver", "dimensions": "19 × 19 × 5 cm; approx. 0.9 kg", "description": "Of square form, the hinged lid finely chased in high relief with a gol-o-morgh composition of herons wading among flowering plants, with birds and a central bird of paradise on a ring-matted ground, within a border of flowerheads. The sides chased with a continuous band of floral cartouches, on four bracket feet. With small stamped marks to the lid border.", "provenance": "Presented by the Court of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi to Dean Bacher, of the Waldorf Astoria, New York, furrier by royal appointment, on the occasion of the royal wedding, 1959; a private American collection; by whom given to the present owner. Accompanied by a copy of a letter from a subsequent owner recording the gift.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Dein-Bacher of the Waldorf Astoria were New York furriers of the 1940s and 1950s, with salons at the hotel and on Lincoln Road, Miami Beach; their seasonal showings at the Waldorf were reported in The New York Times. By family account, the firm's clients included Elizabeth Taylor and Princess Grace of Monaco, as well as members of the Imperial Court of Iran.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "2600.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£2,600" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=isfahan-silver-box-gol-o-morgh-imperial-court-provenance", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/e379ed43-8d9e-4741-9ea9-cf93ed22523b/01.jpg", "alt": "Imperial Presentation Silver Box" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/e379ed43-8d9e-4741-9ea9-cf93ed22523b/02.jpg", "alt": "Imperial Presentation Silver Box" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/e379ed43-8d9e-4741-9ea9-cf93ed22523b/03.jpg", "alt": "Imperial Presentation Silver Box" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/e379ed43-8d9e-4741-9ea9-cf93ed22523b/04.png", "alt": "Imperial Presentation Silver Box" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "french-pink-opaline-glass-egg-casket", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/french-pink-opaline-glass-egg-casket", "title": "French Pink Opaline Glass Egg Casket", "subtitle": "In the Palais Royal taste, with gilt-metal mounts", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Boxes & Objects", "maker_culture": "French / Palais Royal style", "period": "Late nineteenth century, circa 1880–1900", "origin": "France", "materials": "Pink opaline glass with gilt-metal mounts", "dimensions": "15 × 11 cm", "description": "A particularly attractive French pink opaline glass casket of egg form, dating from the late nineteenth century and conceived in the Palais Royal taste. The smoothly polished pale-pink opaline body is divided horizontally by an engraved gilt-metal mount incorporating the hinge and closure. Opening at the centre, the two closely fitted halves form a small jewel or trinket casket. The restrained egg form contrasts with the finely worked gilt-metal border, giving the piece the jewel-like character associated with French opaline dressing-table and novelty objects of the period.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Related French Palais Royal and Palais Royal-style opaline caskets of the nineteenth century are known in egg form, typically combining coloured opaline glass with finely worked gilt-bronze or gilt-metal mounts.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "495.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£495" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=french-pink-opaline-glass-egg-casket", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/5b09f163-4f09-4d33-a748-6e0ffac9044f/01.jpg", "alt": "French Pink Opaline Glass Egg Casket" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/5b09f163-4f09-4d33-a748-6e0ffac9044f/02.jpg", "alt": "French Pink Opaline Glass Egg Casket" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/5b09f163-4f09-4d33-a748-6e0ffac9044f/03.jpg", "alt": "French Pink Opaline Glass Egg Casket" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "haviland-tsar-grand-siecle-twenty-piece-service", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/haviland-tsar-grand-siecle-twenty-piece-service", "title": "Haviland Limoges “Tsar” Grand Siècle Twenty-Piece Service", "subtitle": "Four five-piece place settings in cobalt blue and hand-applied 24-carat pure gold", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Ceramics", "maker_culture": "Haviland, Limoges, France", "period": "Purchased 2014", "origin": "Limoges, France", "materials": "Limoges porcelain with cobalt-blue borders and hand-applied 24-carat gold decoration", "dimensions": "Twenty pieces: four complete five-piece place settings", "description": "A complete twenty-piece service in Haviland’s discontinued “Tsar” pattern from the prestigious Grand Siècle collection. Brilliant white Limoges porcelain is framed by broad cobalt-blue borders, richly worked with scrolling foliage, elegant cartouches and floral ornament in hand-applied 24-carat pure gold. The cups are distinguished by fully gilt handles, while the plates carry broad cobalt borders densely articulated with the characteristic Tsar gilt decoration. Comprising four complete five-piece place settings, the service has the formal presence of grand European tableware, with cobalt blue, white porcelain and gold combining to striking effect. Each piece bears the official Haviland Grand Siècle Limoges backstamp, recording its manufacture at Limoges, hand-decoration in France and the use of 24-carat gold.", "provenance": "Purchased from the Daum-Haviland boutique, 499 Park Avenue, New York, 15 February 2014; subsequently by descent. Accompanied by the original invoice, No. 30600.", "literature": "Thomas Goode & Co, Mayfair confirmed official pattern reference no. 14872.", "comparative_notes": "The “Tsar” pattern is now discontinued. Complete services are encountered far less frequently than individual replacement pieces, giving this twenty-piece set particular presence and rarity. Its dense gold scrollwork against saturated cobalt-blue borders gives the pattern an unusually opulent and ceremonial character within Haviland’s Grand Siècle collection.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "11500.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£11,500" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=haviland-tsar-grand-siecle-twenty-piece-service", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/14b2d300-5c02-47d0-889f-63f24a344c93/01.jpg", "alt": "Haviland Limoges “Tsar” Grand Siècle Twenty-Piece Service" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/14b2d300-5c02-47d0-889f-63f24a344c93/02.jpg", "alt": "Haviland Limoges “Tsar” Grand Siècle Twenty-Piece Service" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/14b2d300-5c02-47d0-889f-63f24a344c93/03.jpg", "alt": "Haviland Limoges “Tsar” Grand Siècle Twenty-Piece Service" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "fragment-from-the-rape-of-fraulein-armband", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/fragment-from-the-rape-of-fraulein-armband", "title": "Fragment from The Rape of Fräulein", "subtitle": "Helen Livingston Broome (1926–2022) — National Socialist armband formerly incorporated into the assemblage", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Sculpture", "maker_culture": "Helen Livingston Broome", "period": "Twentieth century", "origin": "United States / Germany", "materials": "Textile with applied emblem", "dimensions": null, "description": "A surviving element from Broom's large-scale assemblage The Rape of Fräulein, a work considering the rise of National Socialism and its consequences through original historical material, found objects and figurative imagery. The assemblage was subsequently damaged in a storm in France. This armband is one of a number of surviving elements retained from the work. Offered here is the armband fragment only. The accompanying archival images are included for documentary and art-historical context and do not form part of the present sale. Presented for its art-historical and documentary context.", "provenance": "Helen Livingston Broome, New York; incorporated into The Rape of Fräulein; retained following damage to the assemblage in France; the artist's estate; thence to the present owner.", "literature": "Mark Clark, “Helen Livingston-Broome,” Art Papers, May 1989, review of Smithsonian Icons, Wake Forest Fine Arts Gallery, Winston-Salem. The review discusses The Rape of Fräulein and records the use of original Nazi material, including armbands.", "comparative_notes": "From the surviving fragments of The Rape of Fräulein. Sale comprises the armband fragment only; archival images of the larger assemblage and of Helen Livingston Broome are included for context.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=fragment-from-the-rape-of-fraulein-armband", "listed_in": [ "objects" ], "sold_by": null, "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/998eba27-0eb7-4ca2-9b3f-b5992028ad8a/01.png", "alt": "Fragment from The Rape of Fräulein" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/998eba27-0eb7-4ca2-9b3f-b5992028ad8a/02.jpg", "alt": "Fragment from The Rape of Fräulein" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/998eba27-0eb7-4ca2-9b3f-b5992028ad8a/03.png", "alt": "Fragment from The Rape of Fräulein" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "babette-cole-pair-original-illustrations-hair-in-funny-places", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/babette-cole-pair-original-illustrations-hair-in-funny-places", "title": "Babette Cole — Pair of Original Illustrations for Hair in Funny Places", "subtitle": "Two framed original works relating to the celebrated 1999 publication", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Works on Paper", "maker_culture": "Babette Cole (British, 1949–2017)", "period": "Circa 1999", "origin": "United Kingdom", "materials": "Original artwork on paper, professionally framed", "dimensions": null, "description": "The companion frame contains an original published page together with two contemporary promotional postcards carrying the lines “Do you have hair in funny places?” and “You will have soon!”, preserving the work within its original publishing and publicity context. Together, the two frames form an unusually complete small archival group: original signed artwork, published material and contemporary promotional ephemera from one of Cole’s most distinctive books. Offered together as a single lot.", "provenance": null, "literature": "Babette Cole, Hair in Funny Places, Jonathan Cape, London, 1999.", "comparative_notes": "Original illustrations by Babette Cole from Hair in Funny Places and other major publications are represented on the artist's estate website. Sotheby's has also offered signed original illustration artwork by Cole, demonstrating an established secondary market for her published work.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "1450.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£1,450" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=babette-cole-pair-original-illustrations-hair-in-funny-places", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/14ee286f-d959-47d7-ba21-167330d8a567/01.jpg", "alt": "Babette Cole — Pair of Original Illustrations for Hair in Funny Places" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/14ee286f-d959-47d7-ba21-167330d8a567/02.jpg", "alt": "Babette Cole — Pair of Original Illustrations for Hair in Funny Places" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "demon-hand-fragment-abbey-of-thelema", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/demon-hand-fragment-abbey-of-thelema", "title": "Painted plaster fragment with a red hand", "subtitle": "Said to be associated with the Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, with a letter from Kenneth Anger", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Occult & Esoteric", "maker_culture": "Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù", "period": "Circa 1920–1923", "origin": "Cefalù, Sicily", "materials": "Painted plaster fragment", "dimensions": null, "description": "A painted plaster fragment said to be associated with the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalù, the house occupied by Aleister Crowley from 1920 until his expulsion from Italy in 1923. A splayed red hand is painted across bands of green, ochre and black. The edges are broken and irregular. Crowley called his bedroom La Chambre des Cauchemars, the Chamber of Nightmares, and its walls were covered with grotesque and esoteric imagery. After 1923 the murals were whitewashed. In 1955 Kenneth Anger uncovered and filmed surviving decoration. This fragment is accompanied by a personal letter from Anger to a former owner concerning the piece. It is not identified with any picture titled by Crowley. The association rests on that letter.", "provenance": "By repute, the Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, Sicily. Private collection, accompanied by a personal letter from Kenneth Anger to the then owner concerning the fragment; thence to the present owner.", "literature": "Yorke Collection, Warburg Institute, NS74: p. 220, three photographs of paintings in the Chambre des Cauchemars; pp. 221–222, further photographs of paintings at Cefalù. This fragment is not identified among them. NS52: photograph of Kenneth Anger and Dr Alfred Kinsey at Cefalù, 1955. Villa Santa Barbara, Abbazia di Thelema, FAI, on the protection order of December 1990.", "comparative_notes": "Surviving painted fragments from the Abbey of Thelema are exceptionally uncommon; much of the decoration was whitewashed after 1923. The association with the Chambre des Cauchemars rests on the fragment's provenance and the accompanying letter from Kenneth Anger, which together give this example its documentary interest. 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Gilt-metal hinged case, the back opening for winding. 15-jewel movement signed Omega Watch Co. Swiss, adjusted 2 positions, numbered 4805925. Running.", "provenance": "Acquired in New York, circa 1975, by a member of the Dein-Bacher family of the Waldorf Astoria; thence by descent. Accompanied by an old card bearing the embossed seal of Dein-Bacher Inc., inscribed \"One of a kind 'Past Elegance' Auto Clock, circa 20s, Bugatti Royal 1932", "literature": "For the Dein-Bacher firm, see The New York Times, 3 October 1947, \"Dein-Bacher Furs Interpret Trends\".", "comparative_notes": "Swiss watch movements were imported in quantity to the United States in the early twentieth century, where they were often cased and fitted with new dials by American makers; \"adjusted\" markings such as this were typical of movements made for the American market. The oval drop-in case, made to sit in a recessed panel, is characteristic of automobile and dashboard clocks of the 1920s.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "1100.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£1,100" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=omega-oval-automobile-clock-dein-bacher", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/46ba3f98-1ba1-4ad0-9262-885482090b12/01.jpg", "alt": "Art Deco Omega Automobile Clock" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/46ba3f98-1ba1-4ad0-9262-885482090b12/06.jpg", "alt": "Art Deco Omega Automobile Clock" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/46ba3f98-1ba1-4ad0-9262-885482090b12/07.jpg", "alt": "Art Deco Omega Automobile Clock" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/46ba3f98-1ba1-4ad0-9262-885482090b12/08.jpg", "alt": "Art Deco Omega Automobile Clock" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/46ba3f98-1ba1-4ad0-9262-885482090b12/09.jpg", "alt": "Art Deco Omega Automobile Clock" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-12" }, { "id": "dismaland-pair-stencilled-rats-brochure-ticket-1", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/dismaland-pair-stencilled-rats-brochure-ticket-1", "title": "Pair of Stencilled Rats, with Dismaland Brochure and Ticket", "subtitle": "After Banksy, Dismaland, Weston-super-Mare, 2015", "category": "Collectables", "subcategory": "Ephemera", "maker_culture": "After Banksy", "period": "2015", "origin": "Weston-super-Mare, England", "materials": "Spray paint through stencil on board; printed brochure; printed ticket", "dimensions": "Each board 35 × 31 cm", "description": "A pair of stencilled rats in black spray paint on white board, one with a toxic-waste drum and one with an umbrella and suitcase, together with an original, complete Dismaland visitor brochure. All three are framed in matching grey frames with white mounts. Both boards are numbered and inscribed on the reverse in black marker. One reads \"26/100\", \"WSM\", \"Have a nice day!\" with a frowning bear face, and \"Banksy is dismal\". The other reads \"56/100\" (circled), \"WSM '15\", \"Enjoy your free art!\", a frowning face and \"Banksy is dismal!\", and carries two printed Dismaland Bemusement Park stamps. With them is a printed See Tickets admission for Friday 4 September 2015. Dismaland.", "provenance": "Acquired at Dismaland, Weston-super-Mare, in September 2015 by the present owner.", "literature": "Banksy's \"bemusement park\" at the disused Tropicana lido in Weston-super-Mare, was open from 21 August to 27 September 2015. Dismaland, Wikipedia", "comparative_notes": "The stencilled works are offered as Dismaland memorabilia, after Banksy. Pest Control, the only body that authenticates works by Banksy, does not authenticate these art souvenirs, and they have not been certified.", "references": [ { "label": "Dismaland, Wikipedia", "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismaland", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "795.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£795" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=dismaland-pair-stencilled-rats-brochure-ticket-1", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/af207ebd-11f5-4e4e-8d20-a6e245838fc5/01.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Stencilled Rats, with Dismaland Brochure and Ticket" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/af207ebd-11f5-4e4e-8d20-a6e245838fc5/02.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Stencilled Rats, with Dismaland Brochure and Ticket" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/af207ebd-11f5-4e4e-8d20-a6e245838fc5/03.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Stencilled Rats, with Dismaland Brochure and Ticket" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/af207ebd-11f5-4e4e-8d20-a6e245838fc5/04.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Stencilled Rats, with Dismaland Brochure and Ticket" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/af207ebd-11f5-4e4e-8d20-a6e245838fc5/05.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Stencilled Rats, with Dismaland Brochure and Ticket" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "serpent-ring-rubies-silver-22ct-gold", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/serpent-ring-rubies-silver-22ct-gold", "title": "Serpent Ring", "subtitle": "Rubies, silver and 22ct gold", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Rings", "maker_culture": "handmade", "period": "Contemporary", "origin": null, "materials": "Blackened silver, 22ct gold, rubies, colourless centre stone", "dimensions": "Size 8", "description": "Blackened silver and 22ct gold; rubies over the coil, a colourless brilliant in the head. Contemporary, handmade. In the manner of JAR, Paris. The stones are uncertified.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=serpent-ring-rubies-silver-22ct-gold", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/576449fd-1138-4d8b-aa54-d221dc84f59d/01.jpg", "alt": "Serpent Ring" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "emerald-rondelle-bead-necklace", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/emerald-rondelle-bead-necklace", "title": "Emerald Bead Necklace", "subtitle": "Hand-selected rondelles, re-strung on silk.", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Necklaces", "maker_culture": null, "period": null, "origin": null, "materials": "Emerald, silk", "dimensions": "Largest beads about 10 mm.", "description": "A substantial strand of polished rondelles, not matched, the larger beads about a centimetre across. Chosen for daylight translucency, with the internal veils and white veining usual in the material. Under a 10× loupe the beads show the inclusions typical of the stone. Re-threaded on green silk, with wrapped collars, an adjustable knotted closure and a tassel.", "provenance": null, "literature": "Inclusions and treatment in emerald, see GIA, Inclusions in Natural, Synthetic, and Treated Emerald, Gems & Gemology, Winter 2016.", "comparative_notes": "Emeralds are customarily oiled, and these beads should be assumed to be oiled. Weight to follow.", "references": [ { "label": "Inclusions in Natural, Synthetic, and Treated Emerald", "url": "https://www.gia.edu/gems-gemology/winter-2016-inclusions-natural-synthetic-treated-emerald", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=emerald-rondelle-bead-necklace", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/945d7883-a924-4d68-90ed-e55136eb5bb6/04.jpg", "alt": "Emerald Bead Necklace" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/945d7883-a924-4d68-90ed-e55136eb5bb6/02.jpg", "alt": "Emerald Bead Necklace" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/945d7883-a924-4d68-90ed-e55136eb5bb6/03.jpg", "alt": "Emerald Bead Necklace" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "painted-plaster-fragment-red-oval-abbey-of-thelema", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/painted-plaster-fragment-red-oval-abbey-of-thelema", "title": "Painted Plaster Fragment with a Red Phallus", "subtitle": "Said to be associated with the Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, with a letter from Kenneth Anger", "category": "Curiosities", "subcategory": "Occult & Esoteric", "maker_culture": "Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù", "period": "Said to be circa 1920–1923", "origin": "Cefalù, Sicily (by repute)", "materials": "Painted plaster", "dimensions": null, "description": "A fragment of painted plaster said to be associated with the Abbey of Thelema at Cefalù, the house occupied by Aleister Crowley from 1920 until his expulsion from Italy in 1923. A red oval sits on a dark ground, with two smaller red marks above and a red form at the lower right. The edges are broken and irregular. After 1923 the Abbey's murals were whitewashed. In 1955 Kenneth Anger uncovered and filmed surviving decoration. This fragment is accompanied by a personal letter from Anger to a former owner concerning the piece. It is not identified with any picture titled by Crowley, and it is not claimed as a section still visible in published photographs of the house. The association rests on that letter.", "provenance": "By repute, the Abbey of Thelema, Cefalù, Sicily. Private collection, accompanied by a personal letter from Kenneth Anger to the then owner concerning the fragment; thence to the present owner.", "literature": "Yorke Collection, Warburg Institute, NS74: p. 220, three photographs of paintings in the Chambre des Cauchemars; pp. 221–222, further photographs of paintings at Cefalù. This fragment is not identified among them. NS52: photograph of Kenneth Anger and Dr Alfred Kinsey at Cefalù, 1955.", "comparative_notes": "Surviving painted fragments from the Abbey of Thelema are exceptionally uncommon. Much of the decoration was whitewashed after 1923 and is known chiefly from photographs, or remains in the building. The accompanying letter from Kenneth Anger gives this example its documentary interest. Since December 1990 the villa has been under a Sicilian protection order as of important artistic interest, so painted plaster still on the walls cannot lawfully be removed. That protection is context. For the villa and its protection, see Villa Santa Barbara, Abbazia di Thelema, FAI.", "references": [ { "label": "Villa Santa Barbara, Abbazia di Thelema, FAI", "url": "https://fondoambiente.it/luoghi/villa-santa-barbara-abbazia-di-thelema-casa-di-aleister-crowley-in-italia", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=painted-plaster-fragment-red-oval-abbey-of-thelema", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/03f43384-3a03-415a-b1ec-d06806894e53/01.jpg", "alt": "Painted Plaster Fragment with a Red Phallus" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "marble-bust-of-a-lady", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/marble-bust-of-a-lady", "title": "Marble bust of a lady", "subtitle": "A finely carved white marble portrait bust", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Sculpture", "maker_culture": null, "period": "Probably 19th or early 20th century", "origin": "Continental Europe, possibly France or Italy", "materials": "White marble", "dimensions": "63 × 37 cm", "description": "A carved white marble bust of a young woman, 63 × 37 cm (24¾ × 14½ in), the head turned and slightly raised, the hair dressed high with a ribbon, the shoulders draped over a square socle. Heavy, solid marble throughout. Unsigned. In the manner of late XVIII-century French portrait sculpture.", "provenance": "Property of a Belgravia house, London, for approximately 70 years; subsequently in the collection of the New York artist and collector Helen Livingston Broome; by gift to the present owner.", "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "The coiffure and drapery belong to the decorative revival of Louis XVI portrait busts.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": null, "price_status": "on_enquiry", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=marble-bust-of-a-lady", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/c00e89a6-bc13-4f20-8a6a-ef1cb3ac28af/01.jpg", "alt": "Marble bust of a lady" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "luca-razza-black-crab-pendant-necklace", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/luca-razza-black-crab-pendant-necklace", "title": "Luca Razza Crab Pendant Necklace", "subtitle": "Black resin and silver-tone metal, Providence, Rhode Island, circa 1970–75", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Necklaces", "maker_culture": "Luca Razza", "period": "Circa 1970–75", "origin": "Providence, Rhode Island", "materials": "Black moulded resin, silver-tone metal", "dimensions": null, "description": "A large statement pendant in the form of a crab, the carapace moulded in matt black resin with a textured surface, set with articulated silver-tone claws and legs, on a long cable-link chain. Signed RAZZA. Luca Razza worked in the Providence jewellery trade from the 1950s and became known for large animal pendant necklaces during his years with the Certified Corporation (1968–75). The RAZZA signature was in use from about 1970.", "provenance": null, "literature": "For Razza's career and marks, see Researching Costume Jewelry History, Companies and Signatures: \"R\", Costume Jewelry Collectors.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "Researching Costume Jewelry History, Companies and Signatures: \"R\"", "url": "https://www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/vintage-costume-jewelry-research/costume-jewelry-marks/researching-costume-jewelry-history-companies-and-signatures-9/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "145.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£145" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=luca-razza-black-crab-pendant-necklace", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/a0861747-6e35-42f1-9a3c-e2669d7a3304/01.jpg", "alt": "Luca Razza Crab Pendant Necklace" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "luca-razza-bull-head-necklace", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/luca-razza-bull-head-necklace", "title": "Luca Razza Bull Head Necklace", "subtitle": "Resin and gold-tone metal, Providence, Rhode Island.", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Necklaces", "maker_culture": "Luca Razza", "period": "Circa 1970–75", "origin": "Providence, Rhode Island", "materials": "Moulded resin, gold-tone metal", "dimensions": null, "description": "A large statement necklace in which the bull's sweeping, ribbed gold-tone horns rise to join a heavy curb chain, so that the head hangs as the centrepiece of the collar. The face moulded in ivory-coloured resin with a deeply textured coat, set with gold-tone eyes and a metal-capped muzzle. Signed RAZZA. Luca Razza worked in the Providence jewellery trade from the 1950s and became known for large figurative animal jewellery during his years with the Certified Corporation (1968–75). The RAZZA signature was in use from about 1970.", "provenance": null, "literature": "For Razza's career and marks, see Researching Costume Jewelry History, Companies and Signatures: \"R\", Costume Jewelry Collectors.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "Researching Costume Jewelry History, Companies and Signatures: \"R\"", "url": "https://www.costumejewelrycollectors.com/vintage-costume-jewelry-research/costume-jewelry-marks/researching-costume-jewelry-history-companies-and-signatures-9/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "195.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£195" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=luca-razza-bull-head-necklace", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/50424eff-d8e5-486c-aa32-caf4202a146c/01.jpg", "alt": "Luca Razza Bull Head Necklace" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "luca-razza-goat-head-brooch", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/luca-razza-goat-head-brooch", "title": "Luca Razza Goat Head Brooch", "subtitle": "Ivory-coloured resin and gold-tone metal, Providence, Rhode Island.", "category": "Jewellery", "subcategory": "Brooches", "maker_culture": "Luca Razza", "period": "Circa 1970–75", "origin": "Providence, Rhode Island", "materials": "Moulded ivory-coloured resin, gold-tone metal", "dimensions": null, "description": "A goat's head brooch, the face moulded in ivory-coloured resin with a deeply textured, shaggy coat, set with gold-tone eyes and ears beneath sweeping rope-twist horns. Signed RAZZA. Luca Razza worked in the Providence jewellery trade from the 1950s and became known for large figurative animal jewellery during his years with the Certified Corporation (1968–75). 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Signed RAZZA. Luca Razza worked in the Providence jewellery trade from the 1950s and became known for large figurative animal jewellery during his years with the Certified Corporation (1968–75). 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Signed Lea Stein Paris. Stein and her husband, the chemist Fernand Steinberger, developed a method of laminating very thin sheets of cellulose acetate, each piece then cut and finished by hand. 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Cast in sterling silver, the recesses darkened to set off the detail. 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The deep cobalt-blue ground, crisp neoclassical relief and substantial scale give the pair an imposing decorative presence.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Comparable Wedgwood jasperware jardinières with classical figures, lion-mask handles and fruiting vine swags are documented in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century production.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "495.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£495" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=pair-wedgwood-dark-blue-jasperware-jardinieres", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/8610486c-4d46-4b6e-8520-74f1cb770851/01.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Wedgwood Dark Blue Jasperware Jardinières" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/8610486c-4d46-4b6e-8520-74f1cb770851/02.png", "alt": "Pair of Wedgwood Dark Blue Jasperware Jardinières" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-04" }, { "id": "pair-of-bone-inlaid-floral-mirrors", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/pair-of-bone-inlaid-floral-mirrors", "title": "Pair of Bone-Inlaid Floral Mirrors", "subtitle": "A pair of Indian bone-inlay wall mirrors", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": "Mirrors", "maker_culture": "Mughal Revival", "period": "Contemporary", "origin": "India", "materials": "Bone inlay set in grey resin, bone-strip borders, wooden frame and mirror glass", "dimensions": "61 × 46 cm (24 × 18 in) each", "description": "A pair of rectangular wall mirrors in the Indian bone-inlay tradition. Each frame is worked with a continuous pattern of trailing vines, leaves and open flowers in bone, set into a soft grey ground and edged with jointed bone strips. Every leaf and petal is cut and fitted by hand, so the two mirrors differ slightly in the run of their vines. They make a matched pair for either side of a bed, a fireplace or a doorway. Minor irregularities in the inlay, as made. Offered as a pair,with delivery included in the Isle of Man and UK, available elsewhere by arrangement; collection from Aspen House also welcome.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "450.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£450" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=pair-of-bone-inlaid-floral-mirrors", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3f1c803e-f5a0-46c0-ae74-c75b50a46705/01.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Bone-Inlaid Floral Mirrors" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3f1c803e-f5a0-46c0-ae74-c75b50a46705/02.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Bone-Inlaid Floral Mirrors" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3f1c803e-f5a0-46c0-ae74-c75b50a46705/03.jpg", "alt": "Pair of Bone-Inlaid Floral Mirrors" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "five-silver-tetradrachms-king-patraos-paeonia", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/five-silver-tetradrachms-king-patraos-paeonia", "title": "Five Silver Tetradrachms of King Patraos of Paeonia", "subtitle": "Kingdom of Paeonia, circa 335–315 B.C.", "category": "Antiquities", "subcategory": "Ancient", "maker_culture": "Paeonian", "period": "Circa 335–315 B.C.", "origin": "Paeonia (Macedonia)", "materials": "Silver", "dimensions": "23–24 mm diameter each", "description": "Five silver tetradrachms struck for Patraos, king of the Paeonians, whose small kingdom lay north of Macedon. His reign overlapped with that of Alexander the Great, and Paeonian horsemen rode as allies in Alexander's army. Each coin bears the laureate head of Apollo to the right. On the reverse, a Paeonian cavalryman on a rearing horse spears a fallen warrior sheltering behind his shield, with the king's name, ΠΑΤΡΑΟΥ, around the edge. They are thought to have been struck at Astibos or Damastion. Found together in the Paeonian Hoard and kept together since their sale in New York in 1969, the five are offered as a group. Fine to very fine, with varied and sometimes off-centre strikes, edge splits to some flans, untoned surfaces and natural wear from circulation.", "provenance": "From the Paeonian Hoard; Sotheby's, New York, 9 December 1969, where acquired as a group by a private New York collector; by whom bequeathed to the present owner. Their origin in the 1969 sale was confirmed in writing by Morton & Eden, London, in January 2016; a copy accompanies the coins.", "literature": "IGCH 410; Coin Hoards I, 40. Sotheby's / Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 9 December 1969.", "comparative_notes": "Compare a tetradrachm of the same type, purchased from Edward Perry Warren in 1900, in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (00.177). For the type, see HGC 3.1, 148; SNG Copenhagen 1390; Sear, Greek Coins 1520.", "references": [ { "label": "Museum of Fine Arts, Boston", "url": "https://www.mfa.org/collections/object/tetradrachm-of-kingdom-of-paionia-with-head-of-patraos-1308", "field": "comparative_notes" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "4750.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£4,750" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=five-silver-tetradrachms-king-patraos-paeonia", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3603b1f4-5f85-4b23-969f-f7ecce0097b0/01.jpg", "alt": "Five Silver Tetradrachms of King Patraos of Paeonia" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/3603b1f4-5f85-4b23-969f-f7ecce0097b0/02.jpg", "alt": "Five Silver Tetradrachms of King Patraos of Paeonia" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-06" }, { "id": "lustre-faianca-animal", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/lustre-faianca-animal", "title": "Gold Lustre Faiança Animal", "subtitle": "A slip-cast ceramic animal with a gold lustre finish", "category": "Decorative Arts", "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": null, "period": "20th Century", "origin": null, "materials": "Fiance", "dimensions": "34 cm x 34 cm", "description": "A slip-cast ceramic animal with a lustre finish, measuring 34cm high", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": null, "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "350.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£350" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=lustre-faianca-animal", "listed_in": [ "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/6cf189b7-ea2e-46f6-afa1-cccb81ea0e9e/01.jpg", "alt": "Gold Lustre Faiança Animal" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "study-from-human-body", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/study-from-human-body", "title": "Study from Human Body", "subtitle": "After Francis Bacon (1909–1992)", "category": "Art", "subcategory": "Paintings", "maker_culture": null, "period": "After Francis Bacon (1909–1992)", "origin": null, "materials": "Colour on paper", "dimensions": "119 × 84 cm (46⅞ × 33⅛ in.)", "description": "The composition relates to Bacon's 1992 aquatint, published in an edition of 90 impressions. This example bears the pencilled notation '1/90' on the reverse. In the absence of verified publisher's or printer's marks, it is offered as a reproduction rather than an authenticated impression from the original edition.", "provenance": null, "literature": null, "comparative_notes": "Numbered 1/90 in pencil on the reverse; no identifiable publisher's or printer's blindstamps, ; original edition not authenticated.", "references": [], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "450.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£450" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "enquiry", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=study-from-human-body", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/93f0f172-0667-4e46-b7db-aeee8ce6bcf0/01.png", "alt": "Study from Human Body" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-08" }, { "id": "eleventh-doctor-sonic-screwdriver-wand-company", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/eleventh-doctor-sonic-screwdriver-wand-company", "title": "Eleventh Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver", "subtitle": "Dr. Who Collectable", "category": null, "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": "The Wand Company", "period": "Model introduced 2012", "origin": null, "materials": "Copper plated die cast metal, moulded plastics and soft touch grip; illuminated emitter", "dimensions": null, "description": "A detailed replica of the sonic screwdriver carried by Matt Smith’s Eleventh Doctor. Designed as a gesture-based infrared universal remote, it can learn up to 39 commands from conventional infrared remotes and features authentic Doctor Who sound effects. Supplied with its original display stand, clear presentation cover and printed blueprint instruction manual. Outer box not present.", "provenance": null, "literature": "For contemporary coverage of this model, see Jim MacQuarrie, Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote, WIRED, 8 September 2012.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "Sonic Screwdriver Universal Remote", "url": "https://www.wired.com/2012/09/sonic-screwdriver-universal-remote/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "175.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£175" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=eleventh-doctor-sonic-screwdriver-wand-company", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/cc88717a-40e6-4581-b513-37a706226170/01.jpg", "alt": "Eleventh Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/cc88717a-40e6-4581-b513-37a706226170/02.jpg", "alt": "Eleventh Doctor’s Sonic Screwdriver" } ], "date_modified": "2026-10-20" }, { "id": "oneida-silver-plated-canteen-40-pieces", "url": "https://1ab.im/objects/oneida-silver-plated-canteen-40-pieces", "title": "Oneida Silver Plated Canteen", "subtitle": "40 pieces in a fitted presentation case", "category": null, "subcategory": null, "maker_culture": "Oneida; pieces marked ONEIDA USA", "period": null, "origin": null, "materials": "Silver-plated cutlery with stainless steel knife blades; wooden case with green fabric lining", "dimensions": null, "description": "An attractively presented Oneida canteen, with tapered handles articulated by paired bands. The wooden case opens to a fitted green interior, with the knives held in the lid beneath an Oneida plaque. Comprising 40 pieces, including table and smaller knives, assorted forks, large spoons, teaspoons and a pierced serving spoon. The cutlery shows surface marks consistent with light use. The case and lining show signs of handling and wear.", "provenance": null, "literature": "Oneida’s silverware business originated within the nineteenth-century Oneida Community, a religious communal society known for its unconventional system of “complex marriage”. Silver plated tableware production began in 1877. This later canteen connects to that unusual history through the manufacturer’s origins. For historical background, see Syracuse University Libraries, The Oneida Community Collection.", "comparative_notes": null, "references": [ { "label": "The Oneida Community Collection", "url": "https://library.syracuse.edu/digital/collections/o/OneidaCommunityCollectionInTheSyracuseUniversityLibrary/", "field": "literature" } ], "availability": "available", "price": { "amount": "145.00", "currency": "GBP", "display": "£145" }, "price_status": "priced", "purchase": "buy_now", "enquiry_url": "https://1ab.im/enquiries/?object=oneida-silver-plated-canteen-40-pieces", "listed_in": [ "objects", "shop" ], "sold_by": "Sold by 1AB as agent for a private owner.", "images": [ { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d772f522-1a6a-442f-9d8c-2834d7bc66d9/01.jpg", "alt": "Oneida Silver Plated Canteen" }, { "url": "https://uyrtoimvlkmwhlyuzkqm.supabase.co/storage/v1/object/public/object-images/d772f522-1a6a-442f-9d8c-2834d7bc66d9/02.jpg", "alt": "Oneida Silver Plated Canteen" } ], "date_modified": "2026-11-02" } ] }