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A lock of Lord Byron's hair mounted on an early 19th century embossed card decorated with classical figures, 11.3 x 7.5cm, stamped ‘Beilby & Knotts’, with a contemporary handwritten description stating; ‘A Lock of Lord Byron’s Hair Certified by Dr. Bowring M.P.’Sir John Bowring (1792-1872) was Governor of Hong Kong and corresponded with Lord Byron during his lifetime.Provenance; inherited by descent from the estate of George Wilson (1808-1870), political activist and reformer.

An 18th Century Beilby enamelled drinking glass circa 1765, the ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white above a double-series stem containing four spiral tapes outside a central gauze, raised to a conical foot, height 15cm.

A 19th century mahogany cased brass 'day or night' naval telescope by Proctor Beilby, signed with the makers name to the brass tube, 96cm long, upon an associated 'Stanley, London' folding tripod stand, 159cm

A George II silver mug, later chased and engraved with the name Margaret Jane Jacobson, 10.5mm h, by William Beilby, Newcastle 1751, 7oz 8dwt Good condition, no split holed or unduly worn. Marks well spaced and struck, no repair. Minor dent on widest part of body

Rush (James). A Beilby Odyssey, 1st edition, Olney: Nelson and Saunders, 1987, colour and monochrome illustrations, original dark blue cloth gilt in dustwrapper, 4to, together with Perry (Christopher Woodall). The Cameo Glass of Thomas and George Woodall, Shepton Beauchamp, Somerset: Richard Dennis, 2000, numerous colour and monochrome illustrations, original black cloth gilt in dustwrapper, 4to, plus others on British and European glass including Stefano Carboni, Glass from Islamic Lands, 1st edition, Thames & Hudson, 2001, Christopher Vane Percy, The Glass of Lalique, a collector's guide, New York: Scribner's, 1983, etc.QTY: (28)

A George II provincial silver cream/small sauce boat, by William Beilby, Newcastle 1757, oval form, embossed foliate decoration, scroll handle, on three hoof feet, engraved with a crest, length 12.5cm, approx. weight 4.7oz.Provenance: The Richard Stagg Collection.

BOUND SERMONS: 2 Titles: BEILBY PORTEUS: SERMONS ON SEVERAL SUBJECTS, London, T Caddell, 1794 [Seventh edition]; SIR HENRY MONTCREIFF WELLWOOD: SERMONS, Edinburgh, James Ballantyne, 1805. Both volumes bound in marbled calf (2)

Natural history:- Bewick, Thomas. 1791 A Genral History of Quadrupeds. The Figures Engraved on Wood by T. Bewick. The Second edition. Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick at Newcastle upon Tyne. Later tan half calf binding & marbled boards, spine noticeably discoloured with some staining, extremities and edges a little bumped, renewed endpapers, title page with prior ownership inscription cut out to top, 20th c. ownership inscription to verso, leaves a little spotted & age toned, engraved throughout with Bewick's iconic vignette engravings of mammals. 8vo.

A selection of hardback and other books, primarily relating to the publication and collecting of books and bookplates, titles including: An Inquiry into the Nature of Certain Roman Nineteenth Century Pamphlets, by John Carter and Graham Pollard; Westminster and London Printers, 1476-1535, by E. G. Duff; Joseph Crawhall, 1821 to 1896, by Charles F. Felver; Bookplates by Beilby & Bewick, by Nigel Tattersfield; The Book Trade in Northumberland and Durham to 1860, by C. J. Hunt; A Reference Catalogue of Books Relating to the Counties of Northumberland and Durham, compiled by Henry Thompson, rebound; A Bibliography of Book-Plate Literature, by Winward Prescott; Early Printed Book Labels: A Catalogue of Dated Personal Labels and Gift Labels Printed In Britain In The Year 1760, by Brian North Lee; and other titles, one box.

* Attributed to Thomas Bewick (1753-1828). Best Fine Tobacco Paper Block, circa 1770, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing a crown over a rose with 'Best Fine' written below surrounded by floral and leaf border, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) to side reading 'Earliest known Tobacco Paper Block, Attributed to Bewick in his apprenticeship, Dodd Col[ection]', surface size 95 x 77 mm, together with: Chinese Tea Paper Block. early 19th century, original wood engraved boxwood printing block showing two men in a garden scene, text in Chinese to top right, handwritten label in pencil (late 19th or early 20th century) to side reading 'Newcastle tea paper block from Bewick Office', surface size 87 x 39 mm, each accompanied with an impression taken from the block on modern good quality handmade paperQTY: (2)NOTE:'At the age of fourteen [Thomas Bewick] apprenticed to Ralph Beilby, the owner of an engraving business in Newcastle upon Tyne, twelve miles away. During his seven–year apprenticeship, Bewick was instructed in all the skills necessary to excel in the engraving business, but Beilby was soon to recognise his young protégé’s obvious talent for woodcut engraving.' (Thomas Bewick, A biographical overview by June Holmes, at bewicksociety.org).

° ° Bewick, Thomas - History of British Birds, 2 vols. (Land and Water Birds), first editions, 8vo, numerous woodcut vignettes and illustrations, publisher’s advertisement verso last leaf of vol. 2, contemporary speckled calf, two black morocco lettering pieces to spines, by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, Newcastle, 1797 [1798]-1804. Together with 6 other volumes related to Bewick, including ‘A Supplement to Bewick’s British Birds’, 1821, and ‘A General History of Quadrupeds’, fourth edition, 1800, and Bewick’s ‘Figures of British Land Birds… to which are added, A Few Foreign Birds, with their Vulgar and Scientific Names’, vol. 1 only [all published], 1800, and Oliver Goldsmith and Thomas Parnell ‘Poems’, 1804, and Bewick’s ‘A History of British Birds’, vol. 1 only, 1821, and ‘A History of British Birds’, 2 vols. in 1, 1809 (8).

A Beilby opaque twist wine glasses, circa 1765, the bell bowl decorated with gilded rim and a floral garland in white enamel, almost certainly done by Mary Beilby (1749-1797), on a single series opaque twist stem, over a conical foot, 16.6cm highTiny footrim chip and a couple of other nibbles to footrim. Some gilt wear to rim. Small natural tear inclusions to foot.

Byrom (John). The Universal English Short-Hand; or, The Way of Writing English, in the Most Easy, Concise, Regular, and Beautiful Manner, applicable to any other Language, but particularly adjusted to our own, 1st edition, Manchester: printed by Joseph Harrop, 1767, title with engraved ornamental illustration and with contemporary signature Jn. Kewley, 13 engraved plates of examples of short-hand text, some toning and light spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration, extremities slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with:Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 2nd edition, Newcastle upon Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1791, wood-engraved vignette to title, wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes throughout, occasional scattered spotting, upper pastedown with bookplate of Henry Brady of Gateshead dated 1855, near-contemporary brown half morocco, joints rubbed, 8vo (Roscoe 2b, 3rd state),Quarles (Francis). Emblems Divine and Moral: together with Hieroglyphics of the Life of Man, 2 parts in 1, London: printed and sold by H. Trapp, 1777, 95 engraved plates (including frontispiece), one leaf of text reattached, light dust-soiling and few marks, later endpapers, near-contemporary mottled sheep, rebacked, extremities rubbed, 12mo,Broekhuizen (Johan van). Poematum libri sedecim. Editore Davide Hoogstratano, Amsterdam: Franciscus Halma, 1711, additional engraved title, vignette to title and decorative tailpieces, lacks leaf 2S4, contemporary speckled calf, gilt decorated spine torn at head with loss, joints cracked, 4to,Thomson (James). The Seasons ... with new and original notes..., London: printed by A. Paris for J. Strachan, W. Stewart and P. Hill, 1792, engraved portrait frontispiece, engraved title and plates, scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, hinges repaired, all edges gilt, contemporary calf, cloth reback, rubbed and some wear, 8vo, plus The Seasons, by James Thomson, with his life..., and notes to the Seasons by Percival Stockdale, London: A. Hamilton, 1793, engraved portrait frontispiece, title, plates and vignettes, occasional light spotting, edges untrimmed, 20th-century cloth-backed marbled boards, 8voQTY: (6)

Bewick, Thomas: (1753-1828), A History Of British Birds. The Figures Engraved On Wood BY T. Bewick, vols I & II, first editions, vol I Containing The History And Description Of Land Birds, 1797 and vol II Containing The History And Description Of Water Birds, 1804, Newcastle: Printed by Sol. Hodgson for Beilby & Bewick, and Edward Walker For T. Bewick, green half morocco over cloth boards, gilt tooled spines, 8vo. (2)

British School, 19th Century, portrait of Beatrice Trollope, age 17, (d.1881), bust-length wearing a lace collar, titled verso, oil on canvas, octagonal, 46 by 37cm, gilt frame. Note: the sitter Beatrice Trollope was the daughter of Thomas Adolphus Trollope and Theodosia Garrow. She married Charles Beilby Stuart-Wortley, 1st and last Baron Stuart of Wortley. She died 26th July 1881

A selection of natural history books, including: BEWICK, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds, Bewick's remarkable wood-engravings throughout, later 19th century half-calf binding, internally v. bright and well-preserved, owner inscription at end leaf, owner bookplate at front pastedown, some rubbing at edges, rubbing/cracks at joints, solid, Newcastle: Printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick, 1790._ The Birds of the British Isles and Their Eggs, 2 vol., vol. 1 1930, vol. 2 1929, contemp. gift inscription, a little shelf marking, internally good, London: Frederick Warne & Co. LTD._ The Butterflies and Moths of Europe, 4to, colour plates, occasional spotting, bumping/rubbing at corners, cracking back hinge, London: Cassell, 1903._ (4) 

A very rare Beilby enamelled plain stem wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl finely painted in opaque white with garlands of flowers hung from three scroll ornaments, faint traces of gilding to the rim, on a plain stem and folded conical foot, 15.6cm highFootnotes:It is exceptionally rare to find Beilby enamelled decoration on plain stem wine glasses, with opaque twist stems being more typical. A Beilby enamelled plain stem wine glass of identical form, decorated with the more usual fruiting vine, was sold by Bonhams on 15 June 2011, lot 98. A rare set of Beilby enamelled polychrome enamelled glasses on plain stems with central swelling knops is also recorded, one of which was sold by Bonhams on 20 November 2019, lot 88. For an opaque twist wine glass with comparable decoration, see that sold by Bonhams on 5 December 2007, lot 40.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with a wide border of foliate scrollwork in the rococo manner, the rim with faint traces of gilding, on a single-series stem containing a lace twist outlined with heavy spiral threads, over a conical foot, 14.2cm highFootnotes:A related glass was sold by Bonhams on 14 November 2018, lot 108.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The bell bowl painted in opaque white with a border of fruiting vine, the rim with traces of gilding, on a double-series stem containing a lace twist within a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads, over a conical foot, 16.8cm highFootnotes:Two similar glasses from the Stephen Pohlmann Collection were sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lots 37 and 38.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Scottish enamelled Masonic firing glass attributed to Anthony Taylor, circa 1765-70The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with Masonic devices with details picked out in red enamel, on a short plain stem and solid terraced 'firing' foot, 8cm highFootnotes:The style of enamelling belongs to a distinct group of enamelled glasses discussed by Simon Cottle, 'The Other Beilbys', Apollo (October 1986), pp.315-27, where another such glass, perhaps from the same original set, is illustrated on p.323, fig.17. Another closely related masonic firing glass enamelled in white and dark brown was sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 28. It is thought that some of these may have decorated in Scotland and could be the work of the Scottish enameller Anthony Taylor (1743-1803?), formerly of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and a contemporary of William Beilby.Several related glasses exist in which the enameller has employed a similar limited palette of white and red. This includes a set of wine glasses for Bannerman of Elsick inscribed 'Pro Patria', see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.75, no.41, and a set of cordial glasses bearing the crest of Wilson of Fraserburgh, see that sold by Bonhams as part of the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection on 30 November 2022, lot 147. Similarly limited colour palettes are also employed on a set of Jacobite glasses painted with a portrait bust of Prince Charles Edward Stuart in red, white and blue, together with a set of wine glasses for 'The Beggars Bennison'.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Set of Three Wine Glasses, circa 1740, the trumpet bowls engraved Roger Beilby within foliate cartouche on plain stems with air tears and folded feet18cm high

Birds.- Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, 2 vol., first edition, with advertisement on last f. of vol.1, light foxing throughout vol.1, the odd stain, one or two short marginal tears, ink ownership inscription to front free endpaper, endpapers renewed, contemporary calf, double gilt fillet, rebacked, extremities slightly rubbed, Newcastle, Printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797 § Goldsmith (O.) and Thomas Parnell. Poems, wood-engraved plates and vignettes by Thomas Bewick, handsome nineteenth century crushed morocco by R. Bedford, triple gilt fillet, spine richly gilt in compartments, double morocco spine label, inner gilt dentelles, very slightly rubbed, 1804; and White's Natural History of Selborne lacking 5 plates, 8vo (5)

A John Rose Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert ice pail or fruit cooler, circa 1800-1805, dark blue ground with simple gilt, painted with a circular panel of a Striped Hyena, opposed by a further roundel of a gentleman watering his horse before a large country estate, likely taken from one of the smaller engravings interspersed throughout the pages, of Bewick's Quadrupeds, complete with original liner and a cover further painted with game birds in flight and winged insects, unmarked and untitled, 26cm high See Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick. See footnote for further details. Footnote:The animal painting, from which this service takes its title, is inspired by Thomas Bewick's A History of Quadrupeds, published in 1800. The Bewick Society states that the extent of the original service is unknown, but it likely would have comprised a centre dish, a selection of side dishes, tureens, plates and perhaps a pair of ice pails. (1) The scope of potential inspiration was enormous, with over 200 different woodcut engravings. The most extensive known offering of pieces reached the market in 1970, including a 'Polar Bear' centre dish and 'Hartebeest' lozenge dish, all of which was secured for the nation with the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and are now on display at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. Further plates have cropped up sporadically throughout the years.The principal decorator is not definitively known, although they were almost certainly from London and working outside the factory. Roger Edmundson, however, has proposed Charles Muss (1779-1824) as at least one of the painters of this service, of which the pieces sometimes vary in style and are perhaps by more than one hand. The reasoning for this attribution includes known pieces of this service illustrated in Messenger's Coalport book and displayed at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery to exhibit aspects of Muss's technical work. For example, the 'Tigers' stripes are carefully drawn, predominantly with two fine lines and shading alongside visible outlines to some of the legs. For this, Edmundson suggests, 'Muss probably decorated some or all of the animals'. (2) Charles Muss' father was the son of an Italian artist, Beneficio, who came to London in or around 1778. Beneficio set up as a drawing master in Newcastle-upon-Tyne when Charles was eleven years old; therefore, it is likely that Charles worked under his father's instruction. Charles exhibited several works after moving to London, including Dunkeld Castle at the Royal Academy in 1800. He later produced an enamelled plaque with a named and dated view of the Coalport China Works in 1804. After several years' break, during which time his daughter was born, he again exhibited seven further works at the Royal Academy between 1817 and 1823. He produced enamels on glass and copper, including portraits and works after old master subjects. His work extended to stained glass works, with known examples of these being Eaton Hall in Cheshire and St. Bride's Church in London, among others. References: (1) Edmundson, Roger, Charles Muss, his Painting of the Coalport Works and Decoration on Porcelain (Northern Ceramic Society, Journal 33, Volume 17) (2) Newland, Barry, The Coalport Animal Service (Cherryburn Times - Journal of the Bewick Society, Volume 6, Number 9, 2016) (3) Messenger, Michael, 1995, Coalport 1795-1926 (Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, 1995) Condition:Main body of pail - Good condition with no damages or repairs. Rings well when tapped. Some minor wear to the gilding on the handles and around the rim.Pail liner - Good condition with no damages or repairs. Heavier wear to the gilt. Some scratches to the interior of the bowl. Rings well when tapped. Cover - Good condition with no damages or repairs. Some glaze crazing visible to the top and underside.

A Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert plate, circa 1805The Cougar, the dark-blue ground flanked by gilt stylised foliage, the centre painted with the animal in a grassy landscape, dark blue ground with border gilding of a sparser type, untitled, 22.4cm diameter"The Cougar - Inhabits the continent of America, and is called by some the Puma, or American Lion; but differs so much from that noble animal, as not to admit of any comparison .... It is fierce and ravenous in the extreme, and will swim rivers to attack cattle even in their inclosures - In North America, its fury seems to be subdued by the rigours of the clime, for it will from a Dog in company with its master, and take shelter by running up a tree." Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick.Condition:Good condition with no damages or repairs. Some gilding wear to the rim.

A John Rose Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert plate, circa 1805'The Jackal', the dark-blue ground flanked by gilt stylised foliage, the centre painted with the animal in a grassy landscape, untitled, dark blue ground with border gilding of a sparser type, 22.5cm diameterNotes: This is a slightly different design to the preceding lots, with smaller animals in landscapes which leave part of the centre roundel blank and a much simpler gilt external border. This second style is untitled to the reverse and the animals' direction is mirrored to that of the book and the preceding service. This style forms one of at least three services using the same source of inspiration. The third style was sold as a complete service at Christie's in 2003 and featured the animal painting with a rich gilt border. For further information see the footnote.The Jackal "...although it is the most numerous of all the wild animals of the East, there is scarcely any one left known in Europe, or more confusedly described by historians. They very in size. Those of the warmest climates are said to be the largest. They are of a reddish-brown colour.-- The smaller Jackal is about the size of a Fox, and its colour is a bright-yellow ... Jackals go in packs of forty or fifty, and hunt like hounds in full cry from evening till morning. They destroy the poultry, attack the flocks: They roam through the villages and gardens, and carry off everything they eat: They enter stables, yards, and outhouses, and devour skins, and every thing that is made of leather; such as harnessing, boots, shoes, etc. Nothing can escape their rapacity. They will ransack the repositories of the dead, and greedily devour the most putrid bodies; for which reason, in those countries where they abound, the inhabitants are obliged to make graves of a great depth, and secure them with spines, to prevent the Jackals from raking up the earth ...' Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick.Condition:Good condition with no cracks, chips, damages or repairs. Some wear to gilt dentil rim.

A John Rose Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert side dish, circa 1800-05of shell form with a single handle, painted with a circular panel of 'The Ban Dog', dark-blue ground flanked by gilt stylised foliage, titled in red script to the reverse, 20cm wideThe 'Ban Dog' - "In a variety of this fierce tribe, not often to be seen at present. It is lighter, smaller, more active and vigilant than the Mastiff, but not so powerful; its nose is smaller, and possesses in some degree, the scent of the Hound; its hair is rougher, and generally of a yellowish-grey; streaked with shades of a black or brown colour. It does not, invariably, like the preceding kinds, attack its adversary in front, but frequently seizes cattle by the flank. It attacks with eagerness, and its bite is keen and dangerous'. - Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick.Provenance:Earle E. Vandekar paper label to reverse.Condition:Good condition with no damages or repairs, though there is some crazing to the glaze.

A Coalport 'Animal Service' coffee can and saucer, circa 1800-1805, painted with a 'Squirrel' (red)' to the coffee can and 'The Phalanger' (Cuscuses) to the saucer, titled in red to the bases, coffee cup 6.5cm diameter and 6cm high, saucer 14cm Note: This offers an interesting addition to what was historically known as a dessert service until the publication of Roger Edmundson and Kate Cadman's article on Charles Muss, Part 2 (Northern Ceramic Society), which includes several coffee cans and saucers held in private collection. It must also be noted that some other pieces do exist using the same source inspiration but with entirely different borders and overall grounds, including a 'Hyena' campagna vase with stylised purple scrolling and puce ground in Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery (SHYMS: C/2565). For further information, see the footnote section. See also Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick. Provenance:Private collection, purchased in London. Footnote:The animal painting, from which this service takes its title, is inspired by Thomas Bewick's A History of Quadrupeds, published in 1800. The Bewick Society states that the extent of the original service is unknown, but it likely would have comprised a centre dish, a selection of side dishes, tureens, plates and perhaps a pair of ice pails. (1) The scope of potential inspiration was enormous, with over 200 different woodcut engravings. The most extensive known offering of pieces reached the market in 1970, including a 'Polar Bear' centre dish and 'Hartebeest' lozenge dish, all of which was secured for the nation with the V&A Purchase Grant Fund and are now on display at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery. Further plates have cropped up sporadically throughout the years.The principal decorator is not definitively known, although they were almost certainly from London and working outside the factory. Roger Edmundson, however, has proposed Charles Muss (1779-1824) as at least one of the painters of this service, of which the pieces sometimes vary in style and are perhaps by more than one hand. The reasoning for this attribution includes known pieces of this service illustrated in Messenger's Coalport book and displayed at the Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery to exhibit aspects of Muss's technical work. For example, the 'Tigers' stripes are carefully drawn, predominantly with two fine lines and shading alongside visible outlines to some of the legs. For this, Edmundson suggests, 'Muss probably decorated some or all of the animals'. (2) Charles Muss' father was the son of an Italian artist, Beneficio, who came to London in or around 1778. Beneficio set up as a drawing master in Newcastle-upon-Tyne when Charles was eleven years old; therefore, it is likely that Charles worked under his father's instruction. Charles exhibited several works after moving to London, including Dunkeld Castle at the Royal Academy in 1800. He later produced an enamelled plaque with a named and dated view of the Coalport China Works in 1804. After several years' break, during which time his daughter was born, he again exhibited seven further works at the Royal Academy between 1817 and 1823. He produced enamels on glass and copper, including portraits and works after old master subjects. His work extended to stained glass works, with known examples of these being Eaton Hall in Cheshire and St. Bride's Church in London, among others. References: (1) Edmundson, Roger, Charles Muss, his Painting of the Coalport Works and Decoration on Porcelain (Northern Ceramic Society, Journal 33, Volume 17) (2) Newland, Barry, The Coalport Animal Service (Cherryburn Times - Journal of the Bewick Society, Volume 6, Number 9, 2016) (3) Messenger, Michael, 1995, Coalport 1795-1926 (Antique Collectors Club, Suffulk, 1995) Condition:5mm long hairline to rim of saucer. The Phalanger has a scratch through one foot and a small portion of the green landscape and belly. This piece also has some slight wear to the internal gilt ring. The coffee can is good condition with no damages or repairs. There is some expected handling wear to the gilding on the handle and the upper rim.

A John Rose Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert service plate, circa 1805'The Squirrel', dark-blue ground flanked by gilt stylised foliage, painted with a circular panel of the animal in a landscape, titled in iron red to the base, 21cm diameterSee Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick.Condition:Good condition with no damages or repairs. Some crazing to the glaze.

A John Rose Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert serving dish, circa 1800-05 of lobed oval form, painted with a circular panel of 'The Fallow Deer', dark-blue ground flanked by gilt stylised foliage, titled in red script to the reverse, 27.2cm wideFallow Deer '...their rutting season arrives fifteen days or three weeks after that of the Stag. The males then bellow frequently, but with a low and interrupted voice. They are not so furious at this season as the stag, nor exhaust themselves by any uncommon ardour. They never leave their pasture in quest of the females, but generally fight with each other, till one buck becomes master of the field. They associate in herds, which sometimes divide in two parties, and maintain obstinate battles of the possession of some part of the park : Each party has its leader, which is always the oldest and strongest of the flock..." Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick. Provenance:Earle E. Vandekar paper label to the reverse. Condition:Good condition with no damages or repairs, though there is some crazing to the glaze.

A John Rose Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert plate, circa 1805The Mongoose Lemur, the dark-blue ground flanked by gilt stylised foliage, the centre painted with the animal in a grassy landscape, untitled, dark blue ground with border gilding of a sparser type, 22.2cm diameter (gilding worn)"The Mongoose is nearly the same size as the Ring-tailed Macauco. Its fur is fine, soft, and woolly, of a deep brownish colour; the eyes are of a beautiful orange colour, surrounded with black, the ears are short; cheeks white; end of the nose black; the tail very long; and covered with hair of the same sort and colour of the body; its hands and feet are naked; and of a dusty colour, its nails, except one upon the inner toe of each hind foot are flat..." Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick.Condition:Some heavy wear to the gilding. No damages or repairs.

A Coalport 'Animal Service' dessert sauce tureen and cover, circa 1800-05of oval form with twin handles, painted with four differing oval vignettes including three of dogs, the cover titled 'The comforter' and 'The turnspit', the tureen base with 'The Lesser Dormouse' and 'The fox hound', titled in iron red script to the underside of the cover, 18cm handle to handleSee Bewick, Thomas, Ralph Beilby, 1800. A General History of Quadrupeds : The Figures Engraved on Wood. Newcastle upon Tyne, S. Hodgson, R. Beilby, & T. Bewick.Provenance:Previously sold at Christies, lot 56, 8th December 2005.Condition:Cover and base are both in good condition with no damages or repairs. The gilding remains in good order with very little, if any, rubbing.

Bewick (Thomas) History of British Birds, London: for Sol. Hodgson, Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804, large 8vo, two volumes, finely bound and gilt stamped leather with clover cartouche, gilt titles and volumes to spines, five neat raised bands, marbled endpapers, aeg, copious vignettes, volume 1 Land Birds and volume 2 Water Birds, Advertisement for 4th ed. Quadrupeds verso last leaf in volume 1 (2)Ombersley Court, Worcestershire

Bewick (Thomas). A General History of Quadrupeds, 2nd edition, Newcastle-upon-Tyne: printed by and for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby & T. Bewick, 1791, title with wood-engraved vignette, numerous wood-engraved illustrations, occasional light spotting and offsetting, nineteenth-century brown straight-grained morocco gilt, a few minor spots to covers, 8vo QTY: (1)

Thomas Bewick. History of British Birds, 2 volumes, first edition, LARGE PAPER COPY, wood-engraved illustrations throughout, publisher's original boards, uncut, 8vo, Newcastle: Beilby and Bewick, 1797–1804 This is a large paper copy, 245mm x 160mm, in a later, custom solander box. *CR Boards soiled, spines cracked.

A George II silver North Country coffee pot, with a tapering body and tucked-in base, decorated with repoussé-work flowers and putti on a matt ground, crested and installed ‘RL’ underneath, by William Beilby, Newcastle 1746, 24cms high – 23oz.

A 19th century bell bowl enameled wine glass in the style of William   Beilby (18th century.) The bowl decorated with polychrome enamels and depicting violets and floral swags with a gilded lip. The stem an opaque double series twist stem on conical foot. The foot also decorated with a circle of enameled flowers. 18.5cm

A very rare Beilby enamelled magnum Claret decanter and stopper, circa 1765Of generous 'sugarloaf' form, finely decorated in opaque white with a scrollwork pseudo wine label cartouche inscribed 'CLARET' hung from a painted suspension chain, a spray of fruiting vine pendant below, a further sprig of fruiting vine to the reverse, the neck with a scrollwork collar, the later disc stopper cut with facets, 36cm high (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree Collection, 16 December 2009, lot 69Property of a GentlemanIt is extremely rare to find a Beilby enamelled decanter in magnum size. A remarkable Beilby enamelled double magnum beer decanter of similar form, painted in opaque white with additional gilding, was sold by Bonhams as part of the A C Hubbard Jr Collection on 30 November 2011, lot 141.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with an assortment of fruit, including a bunch of grapes and a large pear, a bird perched on round fruit to the right, on a double-series stem containing a lace twist encircled by a pair of five-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceSir Hugh Dawson Collection, Sotheby's, 6 March 1951, lot 85Sotheby's, 20 May 1963, lot 109Cranch Collection, Phillips, 4 June 1997, lot 97Bayreuth CollectionExhibitedSalisbury Museum, 1985A very similar glass is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1103 and was sold by Christie's on 14 June 1983, lot 94. For a facet stem glass with similar decoration in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.67-1942) see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.56, no.31. A virtually identical glass from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 97.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white, set on a neatly formed double-series stem containing two pairs of opaque white bands encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 15cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceHenry Fox Collection, Bonhams, 2 June 2004, lot 83Bayreuth CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The drawn trumpet bowl finely painted in opaque white with a continuous band of fruiting vine, the rim gilt, on a multi-spiral opaque twist stem and conical foot, 17.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceProperty of a GentlemanAn almost identical glass in the Philadelphia Museum of Art is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.47, no.27. Two further examples are illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, nos.1121 and 1122. See also that from the Ron and Mary Thomas Collection sold by Bonhams on 4 June 2008, lot 169 and the two examples from the Darrel Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 119 and 30 November 2022, lot 148 respectively.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted with fruiting vine in opaque white, faint traces of gilding to the rim, set on a double-series stem containing a lace twist encircled by a pair of opaque white spiral tapes, over a conical foot, 14.2cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChristie's, 18 May 1999, lot 320Bayreuth CollectionFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An exceptional pair of Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblets and covers, circa 1765The generous ogee bowls finely painted in opaque white with a fruiting vine tree, the reverses with a butterfly in flight, set on a double-series stems containing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a lace twist, over conical feet, the flattened domed covers both painted with borders of fruiting vine around teared acorn-knopped finials with gilded tips, 25cm high (4)Footnotes:ProvenanceBy repute acquired in Amsterdam from an old Dutch familyA C Hubbard Jr Collection, Bonhams, 30 November 2011, lot 138Property of a GentlemanLiteratureWard Lloyd, A Wine Lover's Glasses (2000), pp.73-5, pls.92 and 92(a)This remarkable pair of covered goblets would appear to be without parallel, as no other covered goblets or glasses enamelled by the Beilby family would appear to be recorded. In Ward Lloyd's book, it is suggested that these goblets may well have been made for the Dutch export market considering that Continental drinking glasses at this time were more frequently fitted with covers than their English counterparts. A virtually identical goblet without a cover in the Victoria and Albert Museum is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.81, pl.43. For a goblet with a bucket bowl with very similar decoration, see lot 217 in this sale.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The round funnel bowl painted in opaque white with four evenly looped floral swags, set on a double-series stem containing a ten-ply spiral band around a central lace twist, over a conical foot, 14.5cm highFootnotes:A set of six wine glasses with similar decoration was sold by Bonhams on 3 November 2016, lot 109. Another with a slightly different double-series stem is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilby's (1973), p.93, pl.51(b) and was sold by Bonhams on 15 December 2010, lot 55. See also the example illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.220, no.660.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

An exceptional Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765-70The generous bucket bowl painted in opaque white with a bosky landscape featuring three poplar trees among classical ruins, comprising a stone arch beside three columns supporting a pediment, a large towering pyramid or obelisk to the right, a smaller pyramid or obelisk surmounted by a small urn to the left, on a double-series stem containing a nine-ply spiral band around a lace twist, over a conical foot, 18.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceWith Mallett and SonLeuba CollectionThis splendid goblet is of a shape much favoured by the Beilbys, presenting a large flat surface upon which to paint. A small number of goblets with similar scenes incorporating pyramids or obelisks are known, including one in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.628-1936) illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.67, no.38a. A comparable goblet from the Lymbery Collection is also illustrated Rush (1973), p.19, pl.7 and again by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1101. See also that sold by Bonhams on 2 May 2018, lot 140. The present lot is exceptional in that it features two pyramids.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine and rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765The generous bucket bowl finely painted in opaque white with three diaper lattice panels within elaborate scrollwork borders pendant from the rim, raised on a double-series stem containing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a multi-ply corkscrew, over a conical foot, 17.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceChris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 19 May 2010, lot 27Property of a GentlemanLiteratureGeoffrey Wills, Antique Glass for Pleasure and Investment (1971), p.21L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, no.1123The decoration on this fine goblet relates closely to the diaper panels on a on an armorial punchbowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.43-1942) which is signed by Beilby and dated 1765. An identical goblet from the Walter F Smith Collection was sold by Sotheby's on 4 December 1967, lot 215. Compare also to the wine glass with very similar diaper panels sold by Bonhams on 13 December 2023, lot 115.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine and large Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765The generous bucket bowl finely painted in opaque white with an undulating band of fruiting vine below the rim, faint traces of gilding to the rim edge, on a double-series stem containing a pair of heavy opaque white spiral threads around a central lace twist, over a conical foot, 18.8cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceRobert Lymbery Collection, Sotheby's, 11 May 1999, lot 15Leuba CollectionLiteratureJames Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.117, pl.68bExhibitedLaing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 'The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778', 1980, catalogue no.3Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1980-1999 (inv. no.TWCMS:G15936)This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist goblet, circa 1765The generous bucket bowl painted in opaque white with a fruiting vine tree, the reverse with a butterfly in flight, on a double-series stem containing an opaque white gauze column within two pairs of three-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 17.3cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceRobert Lymbery Collection, Sotheby's, 11 May 1999, lot 17Chris Crabtree Collection, Bonhams, 16 December 2009, lot 71Property of a GentlemanLiteratureJames Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.117, pl.68aL M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.341, no.1112ExhibitedThe Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 'The Decorated Glasses of William and Mary Beilby 1761 to 1778', (1980), catalogue no.3The Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1980-1999 (inv. no.TWCMS:G15935)A number of Beilby glasses painted with virtually identical vine trees are recorded, but it is rare to find examples of goblet size. An identical goblet in the Higgins Bedford is illustrated by Rush (1973), p.70, pl.39 and a rare marriage goblet of comparable bucket shape from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection enamelled with a similar vine tree to the reverse was sold by Bonhams on 30 November 2022, lot 130. Compare also to a remarkable pair of covered goblets in this sale, lot 215.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A small Beilby wine glass, c.1770, the round funnel bowl moulded to the base with vertical flutes, enamelled in white with a continuous band of fruiting grapevine, raised on a short multiseries opaque twist stem above a conical foot, 13cm.

Birmingham. Beilby, Knott & Beilby (publishers), To the Right Honourable William Earl of Dartmouth, Viscount Lewisham &c. &c. the Zealous Promoter of the interests of the Town and Liberal Patron of its Public Institutions, This Map of Birmingham engraved from a minute Trigonometrical survey, made in the years 1824 & 1825, is with permission dedicated..., J. Pigott Smith, Surveyor and Engineer, Birmingham, March 25th 1828, uncoloured large engraved map, sectionalised and laid on linen, inset plan of the town of Birmingham in the year 1731, large calligraphic cartouche, compass rose and mileage scale, slight staining and offsetting, edged in green silk which is frayed with some loss, short splits along old folds, 1380 x 1290 mm, marbled endpapers, contained in a contemporary marbled card slipcase, case worn and frayedQTY: (1)NOTE:An uncommon large scale map of Birmingham.

A folio album of private bound 18th & 19th Century sheet music and others the volume including: Wine cannot cure; Thomas Beilby, The Dying Negro … formed for promoting an abolition of the slave trade, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Dibdin (Charles) Poor Jack, London: Preston & Son, n.d., circa 1790; Dibdin (Charles), Poor Tom …, London: The Author; Jackson (William), When first this humble Roof I knew, London: Preston & Son; Paisello, Whither my love ah! Whither art thou gone, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Storace (S.) My native land I bade adieu, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; James (Charles) Melissa, London: Dale; Beilby (Thomas), The Dying Negro… formed for promoting an abolition of the slave trade, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Manuscript score for Prince of Bale’s Minnet; Dibdin (Charles), The Tar for all Weathers, London: The Author; Dibdin (Charles), The Lucky Escape, London: The Author; Joshua, Oh, Had I Jubal’s Lyre, London: J. Bland; Arnold & Pinto, If ‘tis Joy to wound a Lover; Les Adieux de L’infortune Louis XVI a son people, London: Dale’s; Shield, W., The Heaving of the Lead, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; I know that my Redeemer Liveth, London: J. Dale; Storace (Stephen), The Lullaby, London: J. Dale; ; Dibdin (Charles), The Soldier’s Adieu, London: The Author; He was Despised, Messiah, London: G. Goulding; Kilvington (T.) His Royal Highness Prince William of Gloucester’s March, London: The Author, 1795; Gionovichi, Rondeau; O Dear what can the Matter be, London: Preston & Son; Corri, (D.) My Ain kind Deabie: A Scotch Air, London: C. & Co.; Storace (Stephen) A Plighted Faith, London: Dale’s; Jackson of Exeter, Love in Thine Eyes, London: Bland & Weller; Percy & Antoinette (Marie), The Captive, London: The Author; The Favorite Duett of Jess MacPharlane as sung at the Dillettanti Concerts by Mr Dignum and Mr Hindle; Hook, My Heart is devoted dear Mary to thee … sung by Mr Darley at Vauxhall Gardens, London: Bland; Arnold (Dr.), Oh Happy Tawny Moor, London: Preston & Son; Hook, Sweet Kate the Irish Maid sung by Mr Page at Vauxhall, London: Preston & Son; Carnaby (W.), Song on Peace, London: Sold by Rt Birchall; Haigh (T.), The favorite Air When the Hollow Drum, London: Preston & Son; Dibdin (Charles), The Siege of Troy, London: Preston; Hook, The Wedding Day: A Favourite song sung by Mrs Kennedy at Vauxhall Gardens, London: S. A. & P. Thompson; Pleyel, Tho’ pity I cannot deny: A favorite Song sung by Mrs Crouch in the Haunted Tower, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Rimbault (S. F.) The Cottage in the Dell, London: F. Linley; pages 9-12 of A compleat delineation of the Royal procession to St. Paul’s on the 19 of December 1797; Here’s a health to those far away, London: R.t Birchall; Giordani, Queen Mary’s Lamentation sung by Sig. Tenducci at the Pantheon & Mr Abel’s Concert & c, London: J. Preston; Latour, New German Waltz, London: J. Bland; Storace (Stephen), Across the Downs this morning sung by Sig. Storace in No song, no Supper, London: Longman & Broderip [1776-1795]; Gray (J. B.), Oh! Balmy Sleep, London: Tho.s Cahusac; Knyvett, In the Dead of the Night, London: R.t Birchall; Hook, You shall be my Love … sung by Mr Darley at Vauxhall, London: Preston & Son; Sestini, The Gipsy Song; Hook, Henry & Maria or the Soldier’s Farewell, London: Preston; with further manuscript pages including composition by Mrs Siddons, How hard’s the Fate of Womankind, The Confession; Aldiborontiphoscophornio; Last May a braw Wooer; Drops of Brandy; Mozart Air; Tweedside; The Birks of Endermay; The Spectre Song; Lord of all Powers; Pleyel, It may be Love; Callicott, Epitaph; Go to the Devil and shake yourself; Whither a mile of Edinburgh; several blank musical score sheets within marbled paper boards and leather spine; together with Dussek (I.L.) A compleat delineation of the Royal procession to St. Paul’s on the 19 of December 1797, the music for the Piano Forte by I. Dussek to which is added the form of the Church Service with part of the Vocal Music sung at that celebration, London: Printed for Corri. Dussek & Co., [1798], frontispiece by T. King, folio; Introduction, The Acclamation of the People, Coronation Anthem by Handel, , (pages 9-12 bound in the larger volume), The Litany, Sanctus by Robt Hudson, The Communion Service, The Creed, A Voluntary for the Organ by Handel, God Save the King; a volume 19th century privately collated paper bound sheet music including P. Henrion, Polka, D. Magnus, Royal Schottische, Theodore Oesten, Das Alpenhorn, German Melodies, Golden Pearls, Fleurs Italiennes, G.A. Osborne Roy McGregor, Henry F. Hemy, The Sledge Bell Galop, Oscar Comettant, La Sympathie, Adrien Talexy Aurelia, Alphonse Leduc, L’Ecrin Musical, Fantasies; Away with Melancholy: A Favorite Air or Duet composed by M. Mozart, London: Bland & Wellers Music Warehouse, 23 Oxford Street, n.d. [1793-1818], folio, loose sheet music, 2 leaves, 3pp.Well used and thumbed condition, binding poor, some annotations and insciptions

Bewick (Thomas). History of British Birds (Land & Water Birds), 2 volumes, 1st edition, Newcastle: Printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick, 1797-1804, title to volume 1 with price at foot '10s. 6d. in boards', numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, 'A Supplement to the History of British Birds' and publisher's advertisements bound at the rear of volume 1, 'Addenda to the History of British Birds' bound at the rear of volume 2, together with A General History of Quadrupeds, 4th edition, Newcastle: Printed by S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1800, numerous wood-engraved illustrations and vignettes, errata to verso of p. 525, some spotting throughout, ownership signature to front blanks, front endpaper to 'Quadrupeds' near detached, all edges gilt, later uniform brown morocco with gilt decorated spines by George Rutland of Newcastle-on-Tyne, some wear to joints, slight wear to extremities, 8voQTY: (3)NOTE:Roscoe 14d & 17d and 3b.

Birmingham.- Commercial map.- Smith (J. Pigott) To the Right Honourable William Earl of Dartmouth... This Map of Birmingham, engraved from a minute trigonometrical survey made in the years 1824 & 1825, large folding map of Birmingham, engraving, 1380 x 1290mm., inset plan of the town of Birmingham in the year 1731 by W.R. Gardner, dissected and linen-backed, some offsetting and foxing, some mostly light browning, housed in a contemporary calf pull-top slip-case in the form of a book, spine gilt and with red morocco label, corners worn, rubbed, Beilby Knott & Beilby, 1828. *** Scarce large scale map of Birmingham, which shows locations of Birmingham businesses, including Boulton's Soho Ironworks, the New Steam Mill Co., and the Union Rolling Mills. Some locations 'refused access' during Smith's survey, and are marked as such. 

A Barr armorial coffee can and saucer, c.1800, finely decorated with the arms of Paul Beilby Thompson impaling another (possibly Griffin) within a wide border of palmettes and swags in red and gilt, incised B marks, and a Flight, Barr and Barr coffee can painted with a greyhound crest, 13.1cm max. (3)Provenance: the Charles Dawson Collection.

Dialogues concerning Natural Religion London [no publisher], 1779. Second edition, 8vo, half-title, 264pp., original boards, uncut, binding worn, spine split, boards a bit scraped and stained;Smith, Adam. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Complete in one volume. Edinburgh: P. Brown & T. & W. Nelson, 1826. 8vo, Prize inscription on title verso, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked retaining original spine;Bewick, Thomas. A History of British Birds. Newcastle: for T. Bewick, 1809. 2 volumes in one, 8vo, numerous wood engravings, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, rubbed;Bewick, Thomas. A General History of Quadrupeds. Newcastle upon Tyne: for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby and T. Bewick, 1800. Fourth edition, 8vo, numerous wood engravings, contemporary half calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt, corners rubbed;Livingstone, David. Missionary Travels and Researches in South Africa. London: J. Murray, 1857. First edition, 8vo, folding engraved frontispiece, plates, 1 folding map, lacking folding map of Dr Livingstone's Route, original brown cloth, rubbed, plate at p.332 torn without loss;Yeats, W.B. Poems. London: T. Usher Unwin, 1908. 8vo, original pictorial blue cloth gilt designed by Althea Gyles, uncut;Doughty, Charles M. Travels in Arabia Deserta. London, 1936, 2 volumes, 4to, plates, original brown buckram, 'Eric Malcolm Fraser Collection' stamp to titles and endpapers;Ramsay, Allan. The Gentle Shepherd. Edinburgh: A. Mackay, 1807. 12mo, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, ownership inscriptions on front endpaper, rubbed(9)

A George III brass two-draw library telescope by Proctor & Beilby, 31" long overall on Georgian brass folding tripod

A Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a continuous band of fruiting vine below the rim, the double-series stem with a pair of opaque white spiral threads around a central lace twist, over a conical foot, 15.3cm highFootnotes:A very similar glass from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 118.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A rare Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a landscape featuring classical ruins, including three classical columns supporting a pediment, flanked by trees and shrubs, the rim with faint traces of gilding, the double-series stem with a pair of heavy spiral tapes encircled by two multi-ply spiral bands, over a conical foot, 14.4cm highFootnotes:ProvenanceBonhams, 17 December 2008, lot 243This glass is from a series of Beilby glasses enamelled with classical ruins. A wine glass with particularly similar decoration in the Fitzwilliam Museum (inv. no.C.400-1961) is illustrated by James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.124, no.71b. See also the example from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 99.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A fine Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl painted in opaque white with a grassy sward filled with fruit, including a bunch of grapes and a large pear, a small bird perched on round fruit to the right, on a double-series stem containing a twelve-ply spiral band around an undulating gauze column, over a conical foot, 15cm highFootnotes:A glass with related decoration is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.338, no.1103 and was sold by Christie's on 14 June 1983, lot 94. Another from the Darell Thompson-Schwab Collection was sold by Bonhams on 21 June 2022, lot 97. For a facet-stem glass with similar decoration in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.67-1942) see James Rush, The Ingenious Beilbys (1973), p.56, no.31.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

A good Beilby enamelled opaque twist wine glass, circa 1765The ogee bowl finely painted below the rim in opaque white with three diaper lattice panels within elaborate scrollwork borders, raised on a double-series stem with two pairs of three-ply spiral bands around a central gauze column, over a conical foot, 14.7cm highFootnotes:A goblet enamelled with virtually identical diaper panels is illustrated by L M Bickerton, Eighteenth Century English Drinking Glasses (1986), p.344, no.1123 and was sold by Bonhams on 19 May 2010, lot 27. The decoration relates closely to the diaper panels on a on an armorial punchbowl in the Victoria and Albert Museum (inv. no.C.43-1942) which is signed by Beilby and dated 1765. Compare also to the wine glass painted with related diaper panels illustrated by Bickerton (1986), p.346, no.1130, which was sold by Bonhams on 19 December 2009, lot 70 and the ale flute from the James Hall Collection sold by Bonhams on 17 December 2008, lot 132.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com

Bewick (Thomas) A General History of Quadrupeds, The Figures engraved on wood by T. Bewick. 8vo Newcastle upon Tyne (By & for S. Hodgson, R. Beilby... and C. Dilly, London) 1790. First Edn., vignette title, numerous wd. cut illus., some damp stains,& finger marks, later hf. green mor. mor. label. V. Scarce. (1)