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Auction archive: Lot number 190

THE LIEUTENANT CROSSMAN PRESENTATION SET OF VOLUMES AND MEDALS FROM THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

Auction 03.10.2001
3 Oct 2001
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$14,519 - US$21,778
Price realised:
£64,250
ca. US$93,284
Auction archive: Lot number 190

THE LIEUTENANT CROSSMAN PRESENTATION SET OF VOLUMES AND MEDALS FROM THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851

Auction 03.10.2001
3 Oct 2001
Estimate
£10,000 - £15,000
ca. US$14,519 - US$21,778
Price realised:
£64,250
ca. US$93,284
Beschreibung:

THE LIEUTENANT CROSSMAN PRESENTATION SET OF VOLUMES AND MEDALS FROM THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official and illustrated Catalogue , London: W. Clowes and Sons for Spicer Brothers, 1851. 3 volumes, 2° (350 x 250mm.), half title, lithographed additional title, folding coloured map, numerous plates and illustrations (occasional spot), contemporary red morocco gilt, covers and spine with gilt lettering, front and back cover with V & A motif stamped in gilt, inner dentelles, silk endpapers, verso of front covers again stamped in gilt with motif of the V & A, g.e. Provenance : Presentation inscription in red and black lettering "Presented by Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. To William Crossman, Lieutenant Royal Engineers." Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by The Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided , London: W. Clowes and Sons for Spicer Brothers, 1852. 4 volumes, 2° (350 x 250mm.), 151 mounted albumen photographs (occasional spotting), uniform binding and provenance, as above. First Report of The Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole , London: W. Clowes and Sons for Spicer Brothers, 1852. 2° (350 x 250mm.), engraved hand-coloured folding plan of the Exhibition, and 7 plates, two of which are double-page (slight marginal browning), uniform binding and provenance, as above. Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Catalogue of a Collection of Works on or having reference to The Exhibition of 1851, in the Possession of C. Wentworth Dilke , London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1855. 4° (260 x 170mm.), title vignette (occasional spotting), contemporary red morocco backed boards, spine gilt lettering (corners bumped). With a presentation case of Exhibition 1851 Medals , containing 5 medals of various sizes, each with an appropriate inscription on the edge and Lieut. Crossman R.E., on a velvet board, each individually titled 'Council', 'Exhibitors', 'Jurors', 'Service' and 'Prize', contemporary red morocco gilt, front cover and spine with gilt lettering, V & A motif blind stamped onto both covers but only front cover in gilt, silk inlay again with V & A motif stamped in gilt and the following inscription in gilt lettering "Presented By her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. To William Crossman, Lieutenant Royal Engineers". THE SET CONTAINED WITHIN A VICTORIAN SATINWOOD AND ROSEWOOD-BANDED DISPLAY CABINET, the pierced arcaded galleried top with a raised centre, with deep blue button-down cushion within a glass dome for the display of the Exhibition Medals, with eight velvet-lined divisions below for the display of the Jury Reports, volumes 1-4, Reports to the Crown and Official Catalogues, volumes 1-3, enclosed by a pair of glazed panel doors, fitted with a frieze drawer, centred by a marquetry of flowers with foliate tendrils, on turned fluted and stylised lotus carved legs, joined by shaped cross stretchers with an urn finial, on castors 37½in. (95.5cm.) wide, 57in. (145cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) deep (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
3 Oct 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
Beschreibung:

THE LIEUTENANT CROSSMAN PRESENTATION SET OF VOLUMES AND MEDALS FROM THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of all Nations, 1851. Official and illustrated Catalogue , London: W. Clowes and Sons for Spicer Brothers, 1851. 3 volumes, 2° (350 x 250mm.), half title, lithographed additional title, folding coloured map, numerous plates and illustrations (occasional spot), contemporary red morocco gilt, covers and spine with gilt lettering, front and back cover with V & A motif stamped in gilt, inner dentelles, silk endpapers, verso of front covers again stamped in gilt with motif of the V & A, g.e. Provenance : Presentation inscription in red and black lettering "Presented by Her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. To William Crossman, Lieutenant Royal Engineers." Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Reports by The Juries on the Subjects in the Thirty Classes into which the Exhibition was Divided , London: W. Clowes and Sons for Spicer Brothers, 1852. 4 volumes, 2° (350 x 250mm.), 151 mounted albumen photographs (occasional spotting), uniform binding and provenance, as above. First Report of The Commissioners for the Exhibition of 1851, to the Right Hon. Spencer Horatio Walpole , London: W. Clowes and Sons for Spicer Brothers, 1852. 2° (350 x 250mm.), engraved hand-coloured folding plan of the Exhibition, and 7 plates, two of which are double-page (slight marginal browning), uniform binding and provenance, as above. Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All Nations, 1851. Catalogue of a Collection of Works on or having reference to The Exhibition of 1851, in the Possession of C. Wentworth Dilke , London: Printed for Private Circulation, 1855. 4° (260 x 170mm.), title vignette (occasional spotting), contemporary red morocco backed boards, spine gilt lettering (corners bumped). With a presentation case of Exhibition 1851 Medals , containing 5 medals of various sizes, each with an appropriate inscription on the edge and Lieut. Crossman R.E., on a velvet board, each individually titled 'Council', 'Exhibitors', 'Jurors', 'Service' and 'Prize', contemporary red morocco gilt, front cover and spine with gilt lettering, V & A motif blind stamped onto both covers but only front cover in gilt, silk inlay again with V & A motif stamped in gilt and the following inscription in gilt lettering "Presented By her Majesty's Commissioners for the Exhibition of M.D.CCC.LI. To William Crossman, Lieutenant Royal Engineers". THE SET CONTAINED WITHIN A VICTORIAN SATINWOOD AND ROSEWOOD-BANDED DISPLAY CABINET, the pierced arcaded galleried top with a raised centre, with deep blue button-down cushion within a glass dome for the display of the Exhibition Medals, with eight velvet-lined divisions below for the display of the Jury Reports, volumes 1-4, Reports to the Crown and Official Catalogues, volumes 1-3, enclosed by a pair of glazed panel doors, fitted with a frieze drawer, centred by a marquetry of flowers with foliate tendrils, on turned fluted and stylised lotus carved legs, joined by shaped cross stretchers with an urn finial, on castors 37½in. (95.5cm.) wide, 57in. (145cm.) high, 24in. (61cm.) deep (11)

Auction archive: Lot number 190
Auction:
Datum:
3 Oct 2001
Auction house:
Christie's
London, South Kensington
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