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16 March 2010
From the find location, in Hertfordshire, it can be deduced that the sundial was probably brought to
Walton Lodge by one time resident the Mylne family. Robert Mylne (1633-1710) was the last Master
Mason to the Crown of Scotland, and his uncle John Mylne (1611-1667) was responsible for the earliest
dated dial of this type at Drummond Castle (1630). Originally having formed the central section of a
much larger piece of scientific garden statuary similar to the example at Mountstuart gardens on the Isle
of Bute (http://www.flickr.com/photos/28076558@N05/2621709940 ) the location of the remainder of
the dial is unknown.
Further items in the sale range from a rare late-Regency 18-inch library globe made by the London family
firm John & William Cary in 1835 (estimate: £30,000-50,000) illustrated below right through to a charming
and highly detailed watercolour of an Indian temple with a banyan tree by Peter Dallas (estimate: £300-
400) illustrated below centre. A broad selection of items of Asian interest feature in the sale, including a 19th
century painting on glass illustrating a view of Hong Kong, displaying the trading houses with their
respective national flags (estimate: £2,000-3,000) illustrated below right. The sale will also feature the two
earliest scientific national geological maps, one plagiarised after the other (lots 26 and 27) – George Bellas
Greenough’s map is only the second known example of his kind to ever have been offered at auction; a
very interesting view of the city of Troy by the German artist Johann Jacob Wolfensberger (1797-1850),
which was executed prior to the famous excavations of the site (lot 202); and archive of 161 drawings by
Sir Henry Wickham, the plant collector who smuggled rubber plant seeds out of South America, thus
stealing the rubber industry away from Brazil (lot 180); and a collection of 166 detailed insect drawings by
Victorian scientist Fred Enock provide a fascinating insight into the art of science, and as well as being
scientifically interesting are also very decorative and have a surprisingly contemporary appearance (lots 73-
80) all illustrated below.
HIGHLIGHTS
Lot 121
Lot 118 Lot 122
Thomas Allom (1804-1872) Chinese School, mid-19th Century
Circle of George Chinnery (1774-1852)
From a sketch taken on the spot by Lieutenant A View of Hong Kong depicting the trading
White, Royal Marines, Fort Victoria, Kow Macao and the Praya Grande from the south in
Loon houses, with European, American and
a Chinese carved wood frame
Estimate: £800 - 1,200 Chinese shipping, taken from Victoria
Estimate: £4,000 - 6,000
Harbour
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000
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