- ASSORTMENT OF MUSICAL CDS Comprising
ASSORTMENT OF MUSICAL CDS Comprising about 65 items, including boxed collections, with a good showing of Cat Stevens, Tom Paxton, Richard Thompson, and the Doors; all in original cases.
- ASSORTMENT OF MUSICAL CDS Comprising
ASSORTMENT OF MUSICAL CDS Comprising about 75 items, notably Raul Malo, Tom Paxton, Ry Cooder, The Beatles, Richard Thompson, and Maria Muldauer; all in original cases.
- COLLECTION OF TOM PAXTON LP ALBUMS Comprising
COLLECTION OF TOM PAXTON LP ALBUMS Comprising 20 items.
- William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941,
William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941, MD) framed and matted pencil female nude titled "Studi for Nausicaa", signed and dated Apr. 27, 1931, with Voss Galleries, Boston label.
13.5" x 9.75" ss / 21.5" x 17.25" oa
Condition: Not examined out of frame.
- GI-LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX, RYOSHIBAKO
MEIJI
GI-LACQUER DOCUMENT BOX, RYOSHIBAKO
MEIJI PERIOD ?? ???????the cover and sides decorated in gold and silveron a dense nashijiground with various blossoming flowers (1)41.6cm x 14.5cm x 34cmProvenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.
- ROCK CRYSTAL TRIPOD CENSER WITH COVER
LATE
ROCK CRYSTAL TRIPOD CENSER WITH COVER
LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY ???? ??????????? ???the censer raised on three cabriole feet, the mouth applied with a pair of dragon head handles with suspending rings, the cover carved en suite with three mask handles with rings below a crouching lion dog finial, on a reticulatedly carved bespoke stand(1)15cm highProvenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.
- LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JAR
LATE MING TO
LARGE BLUE AND WHITE JAR
LATE MING TO QING DYNASTY, 17TH CENTURY ???? ?????????the bulbous body surmounted with a short neck and slightly splayed mouth rim, the body freely painted with flower heads in tendrils(1)36.2cm highProvenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.
- WUCAI 'FLOWER' JAR
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD,
WUCAI 'FLOWER' JAR
TRANSITIONAL PERIOD, 17TH CENTURY ??? ????????the body painted with large red peony and yellow chrysanthemum flowers in three interlocking foliate cartouches, all below a band of flowers around the mouth(1)14.7cm highProvenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.
- CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'ARCHAISTIC' BALUSTER
CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL 'ARCHAISTIC' BALUSTER VASE
TIANLI MARK, LATE QING DYNASTY TO REPUBLIC PERIOD, 19TH-20TH CENTURY ???? ??? ????????????the body vividly decorated with a pink-ground band around the shoulder containing six archaistic taotie masks, the body and the neck further with six cicada lappets with stylised taotie heads against light- and dark-blue ground, the base cast with a two-character 'Tian Li' mark(1)31.5cm high; 1580gProvenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.
- LARGE BRONZE VASE
XUANDE MARK BUT QING
LARGE BRONZE VASE
XUANDE MARK BUT QING DYNASTY, 18TH-19TH CENTURY ? ??? ??????heavily and sturdily cast, the bulbous body elegantly extending to a wide shoulder surmounted with waisted neck, terminating to an everted rim, the base cast with a six-character Xuande mark in a recessed rectangle(1)29.8cm high; 7.82kgProvenance: Private Scottish collection, Paxton House. From the collection of H.W. Robertson, Taipan for Butterfield & Swire in Shanghai then Hong Kong 1906-1912, whose son married the heiress to Paxton House in Berwickshire; thence by descent.Paxton House is situated on the banks of the River Tweed, near Berwick-upon-Tweed. Designed by John and James Adam in 1758, it is perhaps the finest example of an eighteenth-century Palladian country house in Britain and contains a pre-eminent collection of Chippendale furniture. In 1811, the Edinburgh architect Robert Reid added the largest purpose-built picture gallery in a Scottish country house.
- A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN
A COLLECTION OF 19TH CENTURY EUROPEAN CERAMICS. INCLUDING A MINTON 'RED RIDING HOOD' FIGURE, AN EJ RIDGEWAY FOR PAXTON RELIF DECORATED JUG, DOULTON LAMBETH VASE AND TAYLOR TUNNICLIFFE & CO TEAPOT.
- CAMPBELL G. PAXTON BRONZE OF NARCISSUSCampbell
CAMPBELL G. PAXTON BRONZE OF NARCISSUSCampbell G. Paxton (American 1948-) Bronze statue of Narcissus with a bow. Signed on right arm "C Paxton". On marble plinth. Tag on front of plinth inscribed ""Paris Campbell G. Paxton". 9" Tall with plinth.