Bidspirit auction | A Collection of Decorative Prints

A Collection of Decorative Prints and Objects, including a Work After L.S. Lowry (Signed) - A collection of decorative items and prints. The group includes a colour print on paper after L.S. Lowry (British, 1887-1976), titled The School Yard, depicting an urban industrial scene with numerous stylised figures. The work is signed L.S. Lowry and dated 1948 in the plate lower right, housed in a gilt-effect frame with a dark mount. Included is an engraved map titled PLAN OF ANCIENT ROME produced for M. Rollin's Ancient History by Jean-Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (French, 1697-1782), featuring aged paper with visible fold lines and topographical details. The lot also contains a pair of oval miniature portraits of a King and Queen, possibly historical monarchs, mounted on green velvet in a light wood frame. Completing the collection is a circular glass plate collage, in the manner of Arman, featuring a large number of British copper and bronze-coloured coins of various denominations, including two pence and one penny pieces. Lowry frame: 12.5 x 15.5 in. Map frame: 10 x 13 in. Miniature frame: 6.5 x 9.5 in. Coin plate: 11.5 in. diameter.