The Olive Collection

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Date of the auction: 31.01.2019

Lot number 124
A massive London delftware punchbowl, circa 1770

Painted in very dark blue, the centre with a songbird in a willow tree growing from a small fence...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,050 - US$1,575
Price realised:
£1,125
ca. US$1,477
Lot number 125
A delftware bowl in 'Fazackerly' colours, circa 1755-60

Probably Bristol, painted in the popular palette with flowering plants issuing from a simple fence...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£700 - £900
ca. US$919 - US$1,181
Price realised:
£812
ca. US$1,066
Lot number 126
A first half of the 19th century wrought iron table rushnip and...

With rectangular arm, twist-work stem and arm, the candlesocket a seamless cone formed from the end...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£150 - £200
ca. US$196 - US$262
Price realised:
£312
ca. US$409
Lot number 127
An unusual mid-19th century wrought iron spring-action table candleholder...

With lipped split cup socket, fulcrum hinge and spring to the stem, on a base of three...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$262 - US$393
Price realised:
£1,375
ca. US$1,805
Lot number 128
An unusual 18th century standing rushlight holder, possibly Scottish

The stem topped by a flattened hook-form holder, the sprung jaw with scroll terminal, adjusting on...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$262 - US$393
Price realised:
£125
ca. US$164
Lot number 129
A late 18th century wrought iron table rushnip and candleholder, probably Welsh

The jaws, stem and arm with filed and notched decoration, the end of the arm flattened and rolled to...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$393 - US$656
Price realised:
£600
ca. US$787
Lot number 130
A first half of the 19th century wrought iron table rushnip, possibly...

With round-section stem and round-section curving arm terminating in a pointed ball counterweight...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$262 - US$393
Price realised:
£250
ca. US$328
Lot number 131
An early to mid-19th century wrought iron table rushnip and candleholder...

The stem wrythen and terminating in a knop, the arm rectangular-section and terminating in an open...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$393 - US$525
Price realised:
£312
ca. US$409
Lot number 132
An unusual William & Mary marquetry walnut lace box, circa 1690

The lid veneered in walnut, and with floral spandrels, the central oval a stag hunt, with dogs and a...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£800 - £1,200
ca. US$1,050 - US$1,575
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$2,626
Lot number 133
An Elizabeth I/James I carved oak boarded desk box, circa 1600-1620

With secret compartment beneath false baseboards, the fixed top board carved with the (probably...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,313 - US$1,969
Price realised:
£1,187
ca. US$1,558
Lot number 134
An early to mid-19th century straw-work or marqueterie de paille box, French

Possibly prisoner-of-war work, the hinged lid decorated with scenes of houses at a harbour, the...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$393 - US$656
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$573
Lot number 135
A large Elizabeth I/James I boarded oak box, circa 1580-1620

The lid with ovolo-moulded edge and iron strap-hinges, the front carved with tall and slender...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£700 - £1,000
ca. US$919 - US$1,313
Price realised:
£1,187
ca. US$1,558
Lot number 136TP
An extraordinary James I joined oak double panel-back open armchair...

Having a magnificent and tall fan-carved cresting, with tight-scrolls to the top edge and a group of...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£8,000 - £12,000
ca. US$10,506 - US$15,759
Price realised:
£13,750
ca. US$18,057
Lot number 137TP
An impressive George III fruitwood and elm boarded high-back bowed canopy...

Having a raked back of multiple upright slender boards and narrow canopy 'shelf', winged-shaped slab...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,626 - US$3,939
Price realised:
£5,000
ca. US$6,566
Lot number 138TP
A Charles I oak joint stool, circa 1640

Having a triple-reeded edge top, the shallow rails with a pattern of alternating chip-carved...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,313 - US$1,969
Price realised:
£3,500
ca. US$4,596
Lot number 139TP
A Commonweath/Charles II joined oak and polychrome-stained coffer, Dorset...

Having a boarded lid, the front with three panels, each panel incised-carved with radiating tulips...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£2,000 - £3,000
ca. US$2,626 - US$3,939
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$3,283
Lot number 140
A Victorian grained pine box, dated 1874

With cleated hinged lid, all-over grained to resemble oak, 57cm wide x 33cm deep x 30cm high, (22in...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£80 - £120
ca. US$105 - US$157
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 141
A Charles I boarded oak box, circa 1630

The pin-hinged two-plank lid with chip-cared ends and run mouldings to front and back, the front...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£300 - £400
ca. US$393 - US$525
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 143
An exceptional London delftware 'bossed' tankard, dated 1653

Of tall cylindrical form tapering slightly inwards and decorated with 'bossed' ornament in neat...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£30,000 - £40,000
ca. US$39,398 - US$52,531
Price realised:
£37,500
ca. US$49,248
Lot number 144
A London delftware puzzle posset pot, dated 1674

Bearing the arms of the Worshipful Company of Merchant Taylors, the cylindrical vessel applied with...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£12,000 - £15,000
ca. US$15,759 - US$19,699
Price realised:
£17,500
ca. US$22,982
Lot number 145
A London delftware octagonal plate, dated 1687

Possibly Pickleherring Pottery, painted in two tones of blue and outlined in black with a sitting...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£3,000 - £5,000
ca. US$3,939 - US$6,566
Price realised:
£3,125
ca. US$4,104
Lot number 146
An English delftware octagonal plate, circa 1685-90

Possibly Pickleherring Pottery, painted in two tones of blue and outlined in black, the centre with...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£600 - £800
ca. US$787 - US$1,050
Price realised:
£1,125
ca. US$1,477
Lot number 147
An English delftware octagonal plate, circa 1690

Thickly potted with concave sides, painted in dark blue with highly-stylised Oriental plants and an...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,313 - US$1,969
Price realised:
£2,000
ca. US$2,626
Lot number 148
A delftware plate, London or Brislington, circa 1690

Painted in two tones of light blue outlined in blue-black, the centre with a Chinese figure seated...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$525 - US$787
Price realised:
£1,000
ca. US$1,313
Lot number 149
A large mid-17th century leaded bronze skillet, by John Palmar of...

The handle crisply cast with the inscription 'IOHN PALMAR', the words spaced by a lozenge, the end...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$525 - US$787
Price realised:
£437
ca. US$573
Lot number 150
Four 17th/18th century leaded bronze skillets, English

The first late 17th century, probably by the Fathers Foundry, of Montacute, Somerset, the handle...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$525 - US$787
Price realised:
n. a.
Lot number 151
A 17th century leaded bronze cauldron, English

Of typical form, with angular handles, bag-shaped body and three ribbed legs, no apparent...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£200 - £300
ca. US$262 - US$393
Price realised:
£562
ca. US$738
Lot number 152
A 17th century leaded bronze cauldron, English, possibly West Country

With scratch-mark in the form of an 'H', with diverging uprights and extended bar, with angular lug...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£300 - £500
ca. US$393 - US$656
Price realised:
£375
ca. US$492
Lot number 153
A large and unusual last half of the 17th century leaded bronze cauldron...

With everted rim and angular lug handles, the body with a central band of saltires forming a lattice...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£1,000 - £1,500
ca. US$1,313 - US$1,969
Price realised:
£3,125
ca. US$4,104
Lot number 154
A collection of twenty-six brass and iron cooking implements, mainly 18th...

To include a late 17th/early 18th century brass salamander, with crown-shaped handle terminal, 36cm...

Bonhams London, 31 Jan 2019
Estimate
£1,200 - £1,800
ca. US$1,575 - US$2,363
Price realised:
£2,500
ca. US$3,283
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