AA WEB Nov 2010 - Bernardi Auctioneers

A COLLECTION OF AMBROTYPES, TINTYPES & DAGUERREOTYPES
A GROUP OF THREE TINTYPES - two in paper frames with names of sitters listed
319 (12.5 X 8cm each), the third in a leatherette case with a brass clasp, gilded & wreathed 200 - 400
with makers' name: A Brother's St Ann's Square Manchester (7.5 x 6.5cm)
A DAGUERREOTYPE IN A GILT EMBOSSED LEATHERETTE CASE - the 19th
320 200 - 400
century photograph has been tinted in colour (9.5 x 8cm)
TWO WALL-HANGING AMBROTYPES - a tinted picture of a young man, the other a
321
black & white of a mother & child, PLUS another black & white of a middle-aged
gentleman, the frame lacking its outer cover, all three circa 1860 and each in leatherette
200 - 400
holders (7.5 x 6.5cm each)
A FRAMED PHOTOGRAPH OF FIVE LADIES - with German inscription on the back:
322
"Petersen" family & eight other unframed cabinet photographs (3 of South Africans)
PLUS 3 x Cartes de Visite (foreign), postcards (3 German) and a small albumen print of
200 - 300
three children
A SEPIA COLOURED AMBROTYPE - of a young Victorian gentleman, set in a gilt &
323 200 - 400
velvet lined, hinged octagonal thermoplastic case (7.5 x 6.5cm)
A TINTED AMBROTYPE OF A YOUNG MAN CONTAINED IN A LEATHERETTE
324
CASE - with a brass clasp, a tinted ambrotype of a mother & child in a thermoplastic
hanging frame (10 x 8.5cm each) PLUS a round frame holding a 19th century albumen
250 - 350
print, the round frame set onto a detached lid of an ambrotype casing (6.5 x 7.5cm)
A HAND COLOURED AMBROTYPE - depicting a seated Victorian lady, set in a velvet
325 300 - 600
lined rectangular leatherette case (9.5 x 8cm)
THREE LATE 19TH CENTURY AMBROTYPES - one of a gentleman lightly tinted, a
326 husband & wife in black & white, & a lady in a partly tinted photo which has been partly 400 - 600
spoiled, two lacking outer covers & the third a hanging type (9.5 x 8.5cm each)
THREE LATE 19TH CENTURY AMBROTYPES - complete with covers, one in a
327
leatherette case of two ladies, another a lady with a gold necklace & brooch & the third
a group of four children, the later two are in thermoplastic cases
500 - 800
(Largest: 10.5 x 9.5cm)
THREE LATE 19TH CENTURY AMBROTYPES - of two ladies, lightly tinted & in a
328
thermostatic case, in poor state & lacking cover(15.5 x 12cm). The second in a
leatherette case of a young man (12.5 x 10.5cm), the third of a young lady, fully tinted
500 - 800
in a leatherette case (12 x 9.5cm)
COPPER, BRASS & METALWARE
A LARGE INDIAN BRASS FERN POT - the vase-shaped body with rolled rim,
329 300 - 600
featuring incised & stylized lotus flower & leaf banded decoration (Height: 31cm)
A BURMESE BRONZE PALM POT - the potbellied body with everted rim, featuring a
330 pair of Pachyderm masque handles with raised sphinx, fo-dog, dragon & sea turtle 500 - 1 500
decoration on a stylized floral decorated foot (some damage evident) (Height: 29cm)
A DUTCH COPPER COAL BUCKET - the conical rising hand-peaned body with flared
331 300 - 600
base, riveted strap & swing handles, on tubular feet (Height: 36cm)
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