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JEWELLERY & OBJECTS
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A Collection of Opal Jewellery |
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An early Victorian opal and ruby suite
mounted in gold, with fleur-de-lys pattern galleries, comprising a pair
of pendant drop earrings together with a matching brooch, earrings 2 3/4 in overall length, brooch 2 1/4 in, in original blue velvet fitted
case inscribed HUNT & ROSKELL, (LATE STORR
MORTIMER & HUNT.) Jewellers & Goldsmiths, To the Queen AND ROYAL
FAMILY. 156, New Bond Street. |
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See illustration
SOLD £3.000
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A Victorian opal and diamond fringe necklace
of foliate design with matching integral clasp, mounted in silver and gold,
enclosing twenty seven opals and one hundred and seventeen diamonds. |
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See illustration
SOLD £5,800
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A Victorian opal and diamond brooch
of oval form with pierced scroll border enclosing ninety diamonds, the opal
with good variation of colour, 1 1/8 in
x 3/4 in, depth 7/16 in,
overall width of brooch 1 1/2 in, in green velvet fitted case inscribed
WARTSKI LTD, 138, REGENT STREET, LONDON, W.1. AND
LLANDUDNO. |
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See illustration
SOLD £6,000
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A Victorian black opal and diamond pendant
of oval form with tear-shaped drop, on integral chain necklet, set with
twenty eight brilliant and six rose-cut diamonds, the opals matching with
good variation of colour but slight crazing, the oval stone 3/4 in x 7/8 in,
the tear drop 1in long, overall length of pendant 2
1/2 in, in fitted leather case inscribed James
Ogden, Diamond Merchant, Harrogate. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,000
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An Edwardian black opal pendant of
tiered oval form on integral gold chain necklet, the matching stones with
good variation of colour, sizes 7/16 in
x 11/16 in and 13/16
in x 1 1/16 in, overall length of pendant 1 5/8 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £7,000
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An Art Deco black opal and diamond tear-drop pendant, set with six brilliant and four baguette cut diamonds on integral
chain necklet, the opal with good variation of colour, 1in long, overall
length of pendant 1 3/4 in, in fitted leather case inscribed WARTSKI,
33 MOSTYN STREET, LLANDUDNO. |
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See illustration
SOLD £4,400
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Fabergé; a gold figure of a mouse,
with rose diamond eyes, workmaster Henrik Wigström, overall length 11/16 in. |
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Henrik Wigström, a Swedish Finn, was employed by
Michael Evanpievich Perchin from 1886 as his assistant and chief workman.
On his employer’s death in 1903, he took over the workshop, and continued
working for Fabergé until the dissolution of the firm in 1918. |
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See illustration
SOLD £10,400
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A Russian 18th century emerald, ruby and diamond
cross mounted in silver and gold, set with old-cut, rose-cut and cabochon
stones on a red guilloche and blue enamel ground, 4 in overall height, 2
in wide, the fitted leather case inscribed: |
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CROIX CISELÉE VERS 1725 |
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AYANT FAIT PARTIE DU TRESOR
DES ROMANOFF |
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OFFERTE EN 1850 |
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PAR LE TSAR NICOLAS 1 ER |
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A Madame ARNOULD-PLESSY |
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Collection
de Monsieur FOULON de VAUX |
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Jeanne Sylvanie
Arnould-Plessy, (1819-1897), the celebrated French actress, made her début
at the Comédie Française in 1834. In the mid 1840’s she accepted an engagement
at the French theatre at St. Petersburg where she played to much acclaim
for nine years, returning to Paris in 1855. |
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See illustration
SOLD £12,200
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Nicholas 1st, Tsar of Russia (1796-1855);
a gold portrait mourning ring, the black enamel band inscribed in cyrillic
(Obit 18 Feb 1855), loss to enamel, maker’s
mark C.B., 56 zolotniks. |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,200
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An 18th century gold mounted ivory toothpick case of navette form, with bright-cut decoration, red velvet lined interior
with original mirror, 3 3/4 in overall length. |
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See illustration
SOLD £150
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Captain Athill Turner – murdered
at Cawnpore - 27th June 1857; an 18ct gold and enamel mourning band of semi-circular
form, hallmarked Birmingham 1857, 3/4 in
wide, 3 in overall length, inscribed: |
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Killed in the massacre at Cawnpore after being
brought back |
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severely wounded from the boats, Captain Athill
Turner, 1st |
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Bengal.Native.Infrantry, aged 37, also died of
fever in the |
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entrenchment Ellen, his wife, youngest daughter
of the late |
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Rev. B. Pain, of Aspley Guise, Bedfordshire. Their
infant daughter |
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is supposed to have died about the same time. |
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See illustration
SOLD £440
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An early 16th century ‘priest’s’ silver thumb ring, the oval seal intaglio engraved with portrait of an Abbess, seal
3/4 in x 5/8 in. |
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an early 17th century silver cloak fastener,
the opposing hooks with thistle, flowerhead and rope pattern ornament, the
plain central shield with engraved wrigglework boarder, inscribed; |
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E. ELCK |
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HAIT |
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IES D° |
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1604 |
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now converted to a brooch, 3 1/2 in overall length. |
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See illustration
SOLD £500
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Magic table of the planets; a silver
amulet engraved with the sacred mathematical table of the moon, the characters
of the intelligences and the number 3321, being the divine name MALCHA BETHARSISIM
HED, the reverse depicting the character of the
spirit and further inscribed BERUAH SCHEHALIM,
17th-18th century, 2 3/8 in diameter. |
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Considered by men of learning and education to
ensure good fortune, the design is loosely based on the Kabbalah – a traditional
mystic interpretation of the scriptures preserved amongst Jewish Rabbis. |
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Barrett, Francis; The Magus, London, 1801. |
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See illustration
SOLD £280
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A pair of English early 17th century silver gilt
vases with Renaissance style chased decoration and cast leaf pattern scroll
handles on baluster stem with beaded knop and domed circular foot, the inside
of the rim with maker’s touch struck four times (R.B, with two pellets above
and one below, within a pointed shield), some slight old damages and repairs,
5 1/4 in high, 5 3/4 in width across handles, weight 18 1/2 oz. |
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Although the identity of the maker appears to be
unknown, there are a number of fully hallmarked examples bearing this mark
documented, the earliest recorded date being on a Communion Cup from All
Hallows, Lombard Street, London (1612). |
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Further examples include, a Cylindrical Standing
Cup, Innholders Company (1614); two Communion Cups and Patens, St Katherine
Cree church (1626); and a tall covered Cup with pyramidal spire, St John,
Hampstead (1629). |
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All appear to bear slightly different variations
of the same mark, the presence however of a pointed shield on the present
examples may perhaps indicate an earlier version of the mark than as yet
recorded. |
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See illustration
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A George III silver tray of oval
form with foliate patterened scroll handles and gadrooned border, raised
on scroll feet, the reverse with traces of an armorial, fashioned from an
earlier item of plate, by Thomas Hannam & John Crouch, London 1805,
23 1/4 in x 17 1/2
in, 26 3/4 in across handles, 120oz. |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,450
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Vaughan of Nannau, Merionethshire;
a silver Old English pattern table service, each with lion passant crest,
London 1905-07, by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co Ltd, 112, Regent
St, London; comprising, 18 table spoons, 23 table forks, 12 dessert spoons,
24 dessert forks, pair of serving spoons, soup ladle, 4 sauce ladles, sugar
ladle, stilton scoop, 2 butter knives, 11 teaspoons, 5 egg spoons, and 3
condiment spoons, contained in fitted oak canteen with brass carrying handles,
the cover with matching armorial shield, 210oz. (107). |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,500
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HORATIO,
VISCOUNT NELSON |
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1758 - 1805 |
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Battle of Copenhagen; a commemorative
porcelain bowl painted in coloured enamels and gilding on circular spreading
foot, impressed capital Z mark (in reverse) within the foot rim, 6 1/2 in diameter, 3 1/8 in high. |
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Nelson 2nd April Baltic inscribed
within opposing oval wreaths, each decorated with a foul anchor, the rim
with a band of oak leaves and acorns, the sides of the bowl recorded with
inscriptions of previous engagments, San Josef and Glorious 1st Aug (The Victory over the French fleet on the Nile in 1798). |
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Presumably made in 1801. The Battle of Copenhagen
took place on the 2nd April of that year. |
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The decoration on the present bowl is very similar
in style to a creamware soup plate, which by repute is from a service made
for Lord Nelson. |
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Brighton Art Gallery & Museum; Willett Collection. |
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Pugh, P. D. Gordon; Naval Ceramics, page 35, plate
36. |
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See illustration
SOLD £5,100
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Trafalgar; a trio of complementary
Regency gold seals each with citrine intaglio, one engraved with the bust
of Lord Nelson, another a portrait of the Admiral’s flagship inscribed H.M.S. VICTORY, the third a scroll with
the immortal ‘Signal of the Day’ ENGLAND EXPECTS
THAT EVERY MAN WILL DO HIS DUTY. 1 in - 1 1/8 in high, excellent unworn condition,
contemporary chased metal split ring. |
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See illustration
SOLD £3,500
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Trafalgar; a commemorative silver
vinaigrette, the cover die-stamped with a portrait of Lord Nelson within
oval frame on a stippled ground, encircled by the immortal ‘Signal of the
Day’ ENGLAND ·EXPECTS ·EVERY ·MAN ·WILL·DO ·HIS
·DUTY, gilt interior with cast and pierced grille depicting the Admiral’s
flagship entitled VICTORY TRAFALGAR OCR 21 1805, the back decorated with a petaled
flowerhead, maker Matthew Linwood, Birmingham, date letter h - for 1805-1806,
1 1/8 in x 3/4 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £3,600
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Trafalgar; a pair of ‘treacle’
prints, painted to the reverse in colours, 10 in x 14 in, in original pine
moulded frames. |
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The Glorious DEFEAT of the FRENCH
& SPANISH Fleet, off Cape TRAFALGAR, Oct. 21. 1805, by a Fleet of ENGLISH
Ships under the Command of Adm! Ld. NELSON, who was mortally
wounded, the loss of the Combined Fleets were 19 Sail of the Line Taken,
Sunk, or Destroy’d. |
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The Situation of THE VICTORY,
& the rest of the FLEET after the Engagement with the Combind Fleets
of FRANCE & SPAIN, on the 21. Oct 1805 under the Command of Adm! COLLINGWOOD. |
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Pub. Jan. 1. 1806. by I HINTON,
44, Well St, Oxford St, & 10, Fox & Not Court,
Cow Lane. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,000
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ANTIQUITIES |
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Lower Palaeolithic; an Acheulian
‘twisted ovate’ flint handaxe of brownish tone, well formed and with good
patination, circa 250,000 B.C., from Cambridgeshire, 4
1/2 in x 3 1/2 in. |
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Discovered by the vendor’s husband while clearing
land for an airstrip during W.W.II. |
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See illustration
SOLD £240
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Upper Palaeolithic; a group of
flint implements, including spear point, borer, leaf point, end scraper
and curved back blades, well patinated and water worn; together with a Woolly
Rhinoceros tooth (Rhinoceros tichorhinus), Kents
Cavern, Devon, circa 100,000 B.C., maximum size 4 1/4
in. (15) |
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See illustration
SOLD £100
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Iron Age; a gold finger ring, or
toe ring, of good gauge, formed of coiled twisted wire with pointed terminals,
1st-2nd century B.C., approximately 1in diameter, 7gr. |
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See illustration
SOLD £740
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Roman; Nero (A.D. 54-68), AV Aureus,
IMP NERO CAESAR AVG PP, laureate head right; rev. SALVS, Salus seated left,
holding patera, about fine condition. |
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See illustration
SOLD £250
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Anglo Saxon; a circular gold pendant
decorated with filigree set with a blue-black cabochon glass stone (nicolo),
with ribbed suspension loop, the decoration comprising three circular cells,
the outer two filled with s-shapes and circles of twisted wire, the inner
with irregular sections of beadwork, two circles now missing, the arrangement
of the beadwork would appear to be intentional, 7th century A.D., 1 5/8 in diameter, 13gr. |
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See illustration
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Anglo Saxon; a bronze trefoil headed small long brooch with punchwork ornament, evidence of iron pin, good green patina,
6th century A.D., 3 5/16 in long. |
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Hattatt, Richard; Ancient Brooches and and other
Artefacts, Oxford, 1989, Fig 1678 for similar form and decoration. |
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a gilt bronze button saucer brooch
with carved stylized human face, evidence of iron pin, gilding virtually
intact apart from outer edge of rim, 6th century A.D., 11/16
in diameter. |
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Hattatt, Richard; Iron Age and Roman Brooches,
Oxford, 1985, Fig’s 686-688 for identical form. |
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a bronze strap end with inlaid
decoration depicting two stylized animals, with anthropomorphic and zoomorphic
terminals, 8th century A.D., 1 7/16 in long. |
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a pair of bronze tweezers of flaring
form, with hatched stem and incised dot and circle decoration in the pattern
of a cross, twisted wire suspension ring, good original surface and patination,
8th century A.D., 1 3/4 in
long. |
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See illustration
SOLD £520
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EUROPEAN
WORKS OF ART |
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A Limoges champlevé enamel bronze figure of the Virgin
Mary, inlaid in blue and white, the head slightly to the left, hands
clasped on the abdomen, her open robe falling to her feet, hollow backed
and with hole for attachment, probably from a casket, traces of original
gilding, some enamels lacking, 13th century, 4
5/8 in high. |
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See illustration
SOLD £800
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A French Gothic carved ivory panel,
the Adoration of the Kings, the Virgin and Child seated to the right one
king kneeling before them, the others standing beneath trefoil crocketed
arches, small hole for suspension, section missing from right hand side
of panel not affecting figures, second half of the 14th century, 2 7/8 in high, 1
3/4 in wide, original width 2 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £880
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Medieval; an heraldic harness pendant depicting
a lion rampant in red enamel on a gilt bronze shield, ‘or a lion rampant gules’, loop with stud
for attachment, 13th-14th century, overall height 1 1/2 in, 11/16
in wide. |
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Possibly the Arms of Arundel, Richard FitzAlan
7th Earl of Arundel (1267-1301) used a lion rampant on his seal. |
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Salisbury & South Wilts Museum, Medieval Catalogue,
Part 1, Fig 1, No 3, Page 24. |
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a bronze ring brooch, the solitary
turret set with a green paste stone, the opposing side with extended grooved
lug, original pin, green patina, 13th century, 1 1/4
in overall. |
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A love token, representing a head, with outstretched
hands. |
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Hattatt, Richard: Ancient Brooches and other Artefacts,
Oxford, 1989, Fig 1720 for an identical example. |
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a small bronze annular brooch,
engraved with incoherent legend, original pin, good green patination with
traces of tinning, 14th centry, 11/16 in diameter. |
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Hattatt, Richard; Brooches of Antiquity, Oxford,
1987, Fig 1429 for a similar example in silver. |
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a pewter pilgrim badge, depicting
a half-length figure of Vicar John Schorn, holding aloft a boot, within
a pierced circular frame, 15th century, 15/16 in diameter. |
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By tradition, through the eloquence of his preaching
John Schorn conjured the devil into a boot, which became his emblem. |
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Mitchener, Michael; Medieval Pilgrim & Secular
Badges, 1986, Fig’s 864-871 for various examples, although this particular
form of badge would appear to be unrecorded. |
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See illustration
SOLD £280
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A Collection of Bronze Seal Matrices |
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Formally in the Collection of
the Rev William Hall, |
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Vicar of Barton Turf and Smallborough, Norfolk. |
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An Italian seal matrix of circular
form, inscribed BART·LIVIAIV·EXER·VEITI·CAP·GENER
(Captain General of the Army)‚ depicting a shield
of arms, ‘bendy of six, on a chief, supported by
a divise charged with an eel, a rose’, flange handle pierced for suspension, 16th century, 2 1/4 in diameter. |
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The arms in question are that of Orsini, an important
Papal family. |
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See illustration
SOLD £380
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A Medieval seal matrix of vesica form,
inscribed RESVR REXIT
(He is risen), depicting Christ rising from the tomb, above a shield with
unidentified charge, wirework scroll handle for suspension, 15th century,
2 3/4 in long, 1
1/2 in wide. |
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a seal matrix of vesica form, with
incoherent legend, depicting the Virgin and Child above two standing figures
of Saints, a bishop kneeling in prayer below, flange handle pierced for
suspension, 15th century, 2 7/8 in long, 1 5/8 in
wide. |
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See illustration
SOLD £580
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A Medieval seal matrix of vesica form,
inscribed SIGILLUM LOGI PVLOIRIOI, depicting a standing figure of a Saint holding a staff, flange
handle pierced for suspension, 15th century, 2in long, 1 1/8 in wide. |
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a seal matrix of vesica form, inscribed
S’BITISSE·MONESTERI·ÊOUETUSSCICU’LC’AI,
depicting St Ursula and companions, a priest below kneeling in prayer, loop
for suspension, 15th century, 2 in long, 1 1/4
in wide. |
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a seal matrix of vesica form, with
incoherent legend, depicting a kneeling figure receiving a blessing (or
symbol of office) above a shield of arms, flange handle pierced for suspension,
15th century, 1 1/2 in long, 1 in wide. |
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(3) |
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See illustration
SOLD £780
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A 16th century seal matrix of oval
form, inscribed SIGILLV·PRIORIS·PRIOIA’S·PETRI·DCAIVO
(seal of the Priory of St Peter) depicting St Peter holding
a key, flange to reverse, 1 7/16 in long, 1 1/8 in wide. |
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a circular seal matrix, inscribed
AVGVSTINUS·EPVS·APGOLICESIS depicting a
Cardinal’s hat above a shield of arms, central flange to reverse, pierced
for attachement, 16th century, 1 1/4 in diameter. |
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an oval seal matrix, each side
depicting a double-headed wyvern, one side inscribed MVTIO·DELLA·VIPERA (quick or watchful as a serpent), with a crest of a horned devil
above, probably 17th century, 1 3/16 in long, 15/16
in wide. |
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See illustration
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Jacobite Relic: Henry Cardinal York (1725-1807; the Jacobite Henry IX, brother of Charles Edward, the Young Pretender).
His Cardinal’s Mitre, of white figured damask, contained in the original
shaped leather case, the lid embossed and blocked in gilt with his arms
surmounted with a hat gules. The case 15 in x 18 1/2 in; the mitre split at edges but generally
sound. |
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Provenance: Exhibited at the “Exhibition of the
Royal House of Stuart”, New Gallery, Regent St. London (1889) and the “Monarchs
of Great Britain & Ireland Winter Exhibition”, New Gallery (1901-2).
Captain John Anstruther-Thompson of Balcaskie, Fife, being shown as the
owner of the mitre at this time. The case still bears the exhibition labels
within. |
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Henry Benedict Maria Clement, Cardinal, Duke of
York, styled by the Jacobites “Henry IX, King of Great Britain, France and
Ireland”, the second son of the Chevalier de St. George styled by his adherents
James III, was born at Rome. At the age of twenty-two he was created cardinal,
in 1759 Archbishop of Corinth, and in 1761 was transferred to the bishopric
of Tusculum. |
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See illustration
SOLD £4,000
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A George III oval woolwork picture portraying
a maiden playing a flute, a kid goat at her feet, worked in long and short
stitch, with painted watercolour appliqués, 13 in x 11 3/4 in, bright, in good condition, original
gilt gesso moulded oval frame. |
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See illustration
SOLD £310
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A Scottish needlework sampler,
worked in coloured silks on a linen ground with the alphabet, the names
of the girl’s parents and initials of members of her family, together with
a house, figure, animals, birds and flowering plants, Mary
McVicker Hunter sewed this sampler aged 8 years 182 ( ), 16 1/4 in x 11 in, bright original condition,
unframed. |
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Mary’s parents, Robert Hunter and Agnes Bell were
married in 1813. Mary was aunt to the wellknown Scottish painter James Paterson,
R.W.S., R.S.W.S. (1854-1932). |
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A complete family tree is available with this lot. |
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See illustration
SOLD £300
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A Meissen 19th century ornithological porcelain dessert
service, painted with birds in branches, butterflies and
insects in coloured enamels within osier patterned moulded borders with
gilded rims, comprising, a pair of oval dishes, a pair of circular dishes,
and sixteen dessert plates, 8 5/8 in wide, 8 3/4 in
diameter and 9in diameter respectively, crossed swords mark in underglaze
blue, incised, impressed and painted numerals, minor wear to enamels, one
plate with slight chip to rim. (20) |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,200
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An English early 18th century silver small-sword, 30in floral etched hollow ground waisted triangular blade, cast
hilt with ball pommel and twisted silver wire grip, London hallmarks for
1721, maker’s mark illegible. |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,400
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A French silver-gilt small-sword for a child, 22 3/4 in hollow
ground triangular blade, the cast and chased hilt decorated with masks and
military trophies on a punched ground, with ball pommel and twisted silver
wire grip, probably Paris marks, first half of the 18th century. |
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See illustration
SOLD £410
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An English 18th century silver small-sword,
31 1/2 in floral etched
hollow ground waisted triangular blade, cast and chased foliate patterned
hilt with fluted pommel and twisted silver wire grip with silver ribbon,
quillon with old repair, London hallmarks for 1753, maker Thos Rowe. |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,200
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An 18th century cut steel small-sword,
32 1/4 in etched full length blue and gilt
hollow ground triangular blade decorated with figures and military trophies,
inscribed La fortune me conduit, the elaborate hilt with applied beadwork and rosettes, black leather
scabbard with cut steel fittings. |
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See illustration
SOLD £800
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An 18th century cut steel small-sword, 31 1/2 in etched blue and gilt foliate patterned
hollow ground triangular blade, the hilt with wrythen grip and faceted bead
link knuckle guard, vellum scabbard with cut steel fittings. |
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See illustration
SOLD £460
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Microscope slides: a collection
of 455 microscopical slides contained within a mahogany cabinet of twenty-one
drawers with brass carrying handle; largely prepared in the 1870’s and 1880’s,
a few later, many by the foremost mounters of the period, including C. M.
Topping, ten slides including Tongue of Hornet, Louse, Young Oysters; Amos
Topping, 10 slides; Frederick Enock, 27 slides including Cattle Fly, Head
& Tongue of Parasitic Bee, Gad Fly, and Saw Fly. W. Watson provides
us with the ‘Scalp of Native Queensland Australian showing Hair Bulbs and
Glands’, whilst J. B. Dancer offers a little light relief with three of
his ‘microphotograph’ slides, being portraits of Shakespeare and Mary Queen
of Scots, and ‘Hamlet’s Soliloquy’. Other mounters represented are Smith
& Beck, Clarke & Page, W. H. Walmsley, J. Armadio and J. B. Howard.
The cabinet 12 in x 9 3/4 in,
depth 11 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £3,600
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A ‘Van Heurck’ type brass compound monocular microscope,
with rack and pinion, course and micrometer fine focusing, mechanical
circuit stage with slide holder, adjusted by worm gear, the lower limb with
plano-convex mirror, together with apochcromatic and holoscopic lenses and
accessories, in fitted mahogany case with brass carrying handle by W.
Watson & Sons Ltd, 313 High Holborn, London, No 65433, dated 11-4-1934,
the case 15 1/2 in x 10 1/8
in, depth 10 1/2 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £800
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| 45 |
A 17th century boxwood Gunter Scale, with
brass folding hinge, used by gentlemen of scientific leanings to solve triangular
and proportional problems, marked with scales for Lines, Solids, Tangents, Numbers, Sines, Metals, the Zodiac and Equatorial Bodies, together with Dry, Wine and Ale Measure, inscribed, Edward Fage fecit - Thomas Hatton
1669, 1in wide, overall length 18in. |
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Sold with copies of two letters
dated 1968 concerning this instrument. One from the National Maritime Museum
signed by A. Stimson of the Department of Navigation and Astronomy, the
other addressed to the vendor from E. W. Paget-Tomlinson, Keeper of Shipping
at City of Liverpool Museums, …I have no idea about
the possible value of the instrument and also I fear we are not allowed
to give any valuation figures. However, it certainly is a piece which is
unwise to neglect. |
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Edward Fage, the maker of this Gunter Scale, is
recorded in E. G. R. Taylor’s work ‘The Mathematical Practitioners of Tudor
and Stuart England’ (Cambridge Univ. Press, 1954) as a
mathematical instrument maker working at the Sign of the Sugar Loaf in Hosier
Lane, West Smithfield, who was admitted a member of the Clockmaker’s Company
in 1667. Although he made all manner of instruments he was particularly
noted for his engraved scales. |
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This extremely early, dated, example of a Gunter
Scale is, in addition to the usual scales, also marked for wine and ale
measures; which may indicate that Thomas Hatton, for whom the scale had
been made, was perhaps a wine merchant. |
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It is entirely possible, that Thomas Hatton was
in fact the Tewkesbury merchant of that name, heir to the fortune of his
brother, John Hatton, merchant of Maryland and formerly London who died
in 1663. A direct descendant of Christopher Hatton, Lord Chancellor to Queen
Elizabeth 1st, and after whom Hatton Garden is named. |
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Hooper, D; Abstracts of Chancery Court Records
of Maryland, 1669-1782. |
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The earliest Gunter Scale previously recorded is
by Thomas Anaand, dated 1683. |
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See illustration
SOLD £4,000
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A Russian brass universal equinoctial dial by
KONI, divided III-XII-VIII
with folding spring loaded gnomen, inscribed in cyrillic with positions
for Astrakan, St Petersburg, Tobol’sk, Irkutsk and Moscow, engraved latitude
arc with scale 0°-60° and inset compass rose, on three levelling screws,
19th century, diameter 4 3/8 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £780
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Charles Frodsham; an amboyna mantel
clock of architectural form with single fuseé movement, silvered dial with
engraved floral spandrels, inscribed Chas Frodsham,
Clockmaker to the King, 115, New Bond St. W, No 2258, the backplate similarly inscribed
and numbered, 9 3/4 in x 6 3/4 in,
depth 5 1/2 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,800
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A George III ebony and brass Octant
with engraved ivory scale (Hadley’s Quadrant), by Gilbert WRIGHT & Hooke,
London, radius 14 5/8 in. |
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John Hadley’s quadrant, invented in 1731 measures
solar altitude by reflection. |
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See illustration
SOLD £410
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A Regency mahogany bowfront stick barometer,
with scroll pediment inlaid with ebony stringing, silvered dial with vernier
inscribed J. HICKS maker LONDON, the trunk with alcohol thermometer and urn-shaped cistern cover,
height 38 3/4 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,400
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TRIBAL ART |
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Oceania |
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A Fiji Islands hand club, ula,
formed of nokonoko wood, the oval head of gadrooned form with domed
finial, cylindrical shaft with finely chip-carved flaring grip, carved discoid
butt, red-brown glossy patina, first half of the 19th century, overall length
14 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £700
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A Fiji Islands throwing club, ula, formed of nokonoko wood, circular rootwood head with cylindrical
shaft, the chip-carved grip decorated with bands of zig-zag ornament, pierced
for the attachment of a wrist thong, well worn red-brown glossy patina,
first half of the 19th century, overall length 17 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £660
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A Maori polished greenstone adze
of broad tapering form the underside ground for hafting, butt with evidence
of core, first half of the 19th century, width 3
1/2 in, overall length 8 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £150
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A Maori quarter staff, taiaha,
tiki finial with chip carved ornament and inlaid haliotis shell
eyes, spatulate flaring blade with crescent butt, two inlays remaining,
glossy brown patina, first half of the the 19th century, width of blade
1 3/4 in, overal length 62 in. |
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See illustration
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A Samoan hardwood spear, tao, carved with three longitudinal rows of barbs, the swelling tapering
shaft with remains of fibre binding, minor losses to barbs, dark brown glossy
patina, first half of the 19th century, overall length 83 in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £280
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A New Britain club, the circular
greenstone mace-head secured with parinarium gum, cylindrical hardwood shaft
with swelling tapering point, light brown glossy patina, Gazelle Peninsula,
Bismark Archipeligo, first half of the 19th century, overall length 51in. |
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See illustration
SOLD £320
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North America |
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Winnebago Artefacts and Beadwork |
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Collected by Frank Shute of Nuneaton, Warwickshire |
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1870 – 1885 |
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A buckskin floral beaded draw string pouch, label
enclosed, inscribed, Tobacco pouch owned by Winnebago
Indian, the reverse A. Shute Nuneaton, 6 3/4 in x 4 ½ in. |
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a walrus ivory pendant, label detached,
inscribed, Wah-kis-a-rah or Skull Moon, the reverse A. Shute,
2 3/8 in diameter. |
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a plaited buckskin pony whip, label
detached, inscribed, An Indian pony whip lash –
Indian name char-chit-a-rah. Whip handle consists of a small straight stick
about 18 inches long, the reverse, the visiting
card of G. B. Robinson, SHERIFF. MONRO CO. WIS.,
overall length 12 in. |
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a chert arrowhead, tanged and barbed,
one barb lacking, inscribed to reverse of a Chicago,
St. P., M & O Railway luggage label, Arrow Head used by Wisconsin Indians, label
now detached, 2 7/8 in
long. |
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a string of coloured glass trade beads, metal beads,
and shells, label detached, inscribed, Indian Squaw’s Bracelet, overall length
34 in. |
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a trade bead and bone headdress,
five rows of variegated coloured trade beads with turned bone spacers, label
detached, inscribed, Indian Headdress, the reverse, A. Shute, six beads and one spacer lacking, 2 in wide, overall length 14 1/2 in. |
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All of the artefacts show signs
of use and were most likely old when collected. An approximate date of 1850-1860
would seem to be appropriate. |
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(6) |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,800
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Frank Shute, the eldest son of a large family from
Nuneaton, Warwickshire, travelled to America in the early 1870’s. |
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He took up residence in Monroe County, Wisconsin,
from whence he collected the items here offered, which he sent to his father
in England, several of the labels bearing the name A. Shute. |
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The description of one of the artefacts, the pony
whip lash, is written on the reverse of a visiting card inscribed G.
B. Robinson, Sheriff, Monroe Co. WIS. |
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George B. Robinson was in fact Sheriff of Monroe
County from 1873-1875. |
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The collection was eventually inherited by Frank
Shute’s youngest brother Frederick Thomas Shute (1875-1962), and thence
by descent. |
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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Jarrod
M. Roll, Monroe County Historian, for providing the dates of G. B. Robinson’s
term of office. |
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A Winnebago shoulder bag, decorated
with finely woven beaded panels of geometric design, with floral patterned
frieze and tassled fringe, good overall condition but with two tassles lacking,
13 3/4 in wide, overall length 41 in, circa
1870 - 1875. |
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a beaded belt of geometric design
woven with a row of eight-pointed stars within feather banded borders, small
area of beadwork damaged, 3 3/4 in
wide, overall length 26 1/2 in, circa 1870-1875. |
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(2) |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,900
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A pair of Winnebago floral beaded appliqués
for a pipe case and tobacco pouch, on black trade cloth, 19 in x 3 3/8 in and 6 in x 5 3/4 in, circa 1880. |
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a pair of hide moccasins appliquéd
with floral beadwork, circa 1885. |
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(2) |
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See illustration
SOLD £580
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An Algonkian ‘folk art’ walking stick,
the finial a naively carved head of a deer with elongated horns and inlaid
metal eyes, cross-hatched hand carved spiral-twist baluster shaft, one ear
chipped and with minor loss to tips of horns, light brown glossy patina,
Eastern Woodlands, mid 19th century, overall length 36 in. |
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Meyer, George H.; American Folk Art Canes, 1992. |
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See illustration
SOLD £400
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A pair of 19th century scrimshaw walrus tusks, decorated with Prince of Wales plumes and female figures in European
attire, the points of the tusks pierced for attachment, circa 1860, overall
length 18 1/2 in. |
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Walrus tusks were traded by Alaskan Eskimos to
the Whalemen, who did the scrimshaw work. |
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Frere-Cook, Gervis; The Decorative Arts of the
Mariner. |
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See illustration
SOLD £500
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HISTORICAL
PICTURES, MANUSCRIPTS, |
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PHOTOGRAPHS & EPHEMERA |
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FRENCH REVOLUTIONARY WARS |
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The Netherlands Expedition 1793-6 |
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A remarkable group of 45 original
watercolour drawings of the uniforms of many of the diverse regiments which
served in the “First Coalition”. The watercolours by C. J. Smith, variously
dated 1793 – 1796, were commissioned by Col. Edward Vaughan-Salisbury*,
who served with the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment of Foot Guards in Flanders
during the campaign. |
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The “First Coalition” in Flanders
comprised English, Dutch, Austrian, and Prussian troops together with the
Loyal Emigrants ( French émigrés in British service); the English contingent
was under the command of Frederick Augustus, Duke of York. The 1st Foot
Guards saw action at Famars, Valenciennes, at the siege of Dunkirk, at the
capture of Lincelles (for which Battle Honours were awarded), defeat at
the Battle of Turcoing, and other engagements, and endured the terrible
winter retreat of 1794-5. |
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Each watercolour 9 in x 7
1/4 in, within wash borders, captioned, signed, numbered and dated;
mostly framed and glazed. |
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The uniforms represented include
Dutch Timmerman Hussars; Hanoverian Horse-Guards; Austrian Barco Hussars;
Saxe Cobourg Dragoons; Esterhaze Hussars; Royal Horse Guards or Oxford Blues;
Hesse Darmstadt Light Infantry; Hesse Cassel Light Dragoons; Austrian Hungarian
Grenadiers; Austrian Michalowitz Bosnian Free Corps; Austrian O’Donnel Free
Corps; and the Prussian Chevaux Legers, etc. |
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*Edward William Vaughan, third son of Sir Robert
Howell Vaughan, 1st Baronet, of Nannau; upon inheriting Rug, near Corwen
he adopted the name Vaughan-Salisbury. These watercolours, together with
a further 23 from the same series, originally hung at Nannau, Merionethshire. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,800
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BARNES, WILLIAM (1801-1886; the
Dorsetshire poet). Autograph verse in the Dorset dialect: |
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“Now the children be a pryen |
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Roun the berried bremble bow |
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Zome a laughen, woone a cryen |
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Vor the slent her frock do show. |
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Bwoys be out a pullen low |
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Sloo boughs, or a runnen |
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Where, on zides ov hazzle wrides, |
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Nuts do hang azunnen” |
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8-lines on a single oblong 8vo
sheet, laid-down on part of an album leaf; slightly ink spotted and holed
on margin. This is the second verse of the poem “Fall” published in his
third collection of “Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset dialect” in 1862.
In this draft of the verse Barnes had first commenced the 5th line Bwoys
do prowl before crossing this through and substituting Bwoys be out; as it appeared in the published
version. There are also two minor variations of spelling. |
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Together with an autograph letter
signed, to Mrs. Reginald Smith: I am fearful we
may not take the pleasure of coming to you on Monday as Mrs. Shaw ……is now
asked by her sister to come with a friend of hers going back next week.
If she should go away on Monday we hope to come. With
a postscript You shall hear from us again.
Came Rectory, Sat’y, no date. 2-sides 8vo with conjugate leaf, this also
laid down on part of an album leaf; being of the same type of paper as backs
the verse. |
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The recipient of this letter was Emily Smith (
1817-1877), the wife of Reginald Smith (1809-1885; Rector of West Stafford
nr. Dorchester). Her diaries, “From Victorian Wessex”, edited by Margaret
Smith were published in 2003. Came Rectory is fairly close to West Stafford
and it is evident from her diaries that the two families frequently visited
each other and that the daughters were close friends. |
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We gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Richard
Burleigh, of the William Barnes Society, who identified the verse and also
provided the biographical information for Emily Smith. |
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See illustration
SOLD £220
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William Barnes, was formally a schoolmaster at
Mere. He opened his first school in 1823 in the Cross Loft over the old
Medieval Market House where the clock tower now stands. |
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WELLINGTON, ARTHUR WELLESLEY,
1st DUKE OF. Document signed. Printed document, filled-in by hand, appointing
Lieut. Robert Clarke as Recruiting Officer for the First Battalion of the
Royal Regiment of Artillery and requiring all Magistrates, Justices of the
Peace, Constables, Tything-Men to permit the said Lieut.
Clarke with his Party and Recruits freely to pass and repass, and to raise
by Beat of Drum…and to…entertain such Men, and quarter them in any City,
Town, Village…till such time as they can be sent to Woolwich…without being
impressed, arrested, imprisoned or hindered. With
the route of Clake’s route from Highgate to Horncastle inscribed on left-hand
margin. Some smudging to Wellington’s signature. Folio with conjugate leaf;
slightly split on folds. 9th September, 1823. Together with the official
programme of Wellington’s funeral; 4-pages, professionally strengthened. |
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See illustration
SOLD £200
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Presentation copy |
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STEVENSON, ROBERT LOUIS. Treasure
Island. First illustrated edition, 1885. Map frontispiece, pictorial extra
title, title vignette, and 25 plates. 8vo, original cloth; binding now very
worn and broken, some soiling, two plates detached and with a little edge
wear, one with 1-inch tear. |
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Inscribed by Stevenson on half-title
“Agnes Watts from the author 25th December 1885”. |
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Agnes Watts, whom Stevenson
used to refer to affectionately as ‘La Bello”, was his maid at Skerryvore,
his home in Bournemouth; her mother, Mary Anne Watts, was housekeeper. |
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Together with four autograph
letters signed from Stevenson’s wife, Fanny Van de Grift Stevenson, to Agnes,
8-sides 8vo, undated but certainly written whilst they were staying with
Sidney Colvin in London for most of July 1887. Affectionate letters, each
mentioning Stevenson’s health: Mr. Louis is much better again, though he has had a bad headache
today; the bleeding from his lungs has stopped
etc. Fanny also asks Agnes to make arrangements with dressmakers I want the things made in a hurry for travelling. She instructs Agnes to give water to the pigeons and to make sure
Ginger’s dish is full
and other tasks I am afraid you did not find the
package of papers I want. It is in my handwriting…and has at the top of
the first page ‘The Sleeper Awakened’. She asks
Agnes to remember she and Louis to her mother and to kiss the little ones
and remarks that I think you have the best of it
in Skerryvore, for it is healthless here. All headed
British Museum, one also headed c/o Sidney Colvin [Colvin was at this time
keeper of prints and drawings at the B.M.]; one letter split on vertical
fold. |
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Robert Louis, Fanny, his stepson
Samuel Lloyd Osbourne, his mother, and his maidservant Valentine, left Skerryvore
in August 1887 for America. |
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Together with an original photograph
of Stevenson, half lying, with a dog in his arms, Fanny and Lloyd Osbourne
standing behind; his parents Thomas and Margaret Stevenson seated. 5in x
3 1/2 in (glue marks and paper adhesion to reverse); also a cabinet portrait
of Fanny by Poullan of Hyères which would have been taken when the Stevensons
stayed there in 1883; and a cabinet portrait of his maid Valentine Roch,
inscribed by her to Mary Anne [Watts]. Valentine is described in J. A. Steuart’s
biography of Stevenson (1924) as “a Swiss maid of remarkable intelligence”. |
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In a farewell letter [for which
see Booth and Mehew ‘The Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson”, Vol. 5. p.445.
Yale Univ. Press, 1995] Fanny Stevenson describes the “pathetic but amusing
scene” which took place when R.L.S. left Bournemouth that August “It had
suddenly come upon him that he loved Skerryvore…when he said farewell to
Mary Anne, for whom he had much respect and liking, it all came over him
like a flood, and he burst into tears. Agnes who had been wreathed in smiles,
looked at Louis, and then at her mother, who was crying, and broke into
a perfect roar like a child, so that Louis had to be hurried away, Agnes’s
loud weeping and wailing remaining with him as a lasting memory”. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,100
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Presentation copy |
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CHERRY-GARRARD, APSLEY. The Worst
Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913. First edition. Two volumes. 1922.
Plates, some coloured, folding panoramas and maps. 8vo, original cloth-backed
boards with printed paper labels; spare labels tipped-in at front. Binding
rubbed and soiled, joints slightly punctured, labels browned and chipped.
Inner hinges pulled, some foxing and thumbing. Armorial bookplate of Cecil
Noel on front pastedowns. Sheet of white paper upon which is pasted a newspaper
cutting of Cherry-Garrard’s obituary, and typed note regarding Cecil Noel,
laid-down on front free endpaper; this sheet partially adhering to the spare
printed label. Other relevant newscuttings mounted to front free endpaper
of volume 2, not affecting the spare label. |
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See illustration
SOLD £1,900
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Both volumes inscribed on half-titles
Inscribed to Cecil F. G. Noel by Apsley Cherry-Garrard.
Lamer, December 1, 1924. |
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RUGBY: OBOLENSKY, PRINCE ALEXANDER
(1916-1940; became a national hero when he scored two tries in England’s
13-0 defeat of New Zealand in 1936, the first time that England had beaten
the All Blacks). Autograph letter signed, Obo to
My dear Bish [G. C. N. Bishop] apologizing
for not having written earlier but have had a hectic
period dealing with press reporters. At first I told them to go to hell,
with the result that they made up my life story. I was dubbed as a Pole,
a Georgian, etc. & the Obolensky pride revolted…Although they stated
I was being naturalized solely for the purpose of playing for England. This
is libel as I put in my application long before there was any talk of an
international cap…I am qualified for England by residence if they want to
play me they can do so and continues by discussing
the game and training and quotes two very amusing limericks before concluding
Life is grand Bish old boy, for the first time
in my life I have fallen in love. She inspires me to score tries & to
work. Brasenose College, Oxford,4-sides 8vo in the original envelope
postmarked 2 Dec. 1935. Together with an autograph postcard from Obolensky
also to Bishop, a large mounted team photograph of the Trent College Rugby
XV 1932, the players identified including Obolensky, other photographs,
a fixtures list, and a Trent badge. |
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See illustration
SOLD £260
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Prince Alexander Obolensky was born in Russia,
the family fleeing to England after the revolution. He died, aged 24, shortly
after enlisting in the R.A.F. when his Hurricane fighter crashed on take-off. |
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WWI: CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
- PASSCHENDAELE. A series of 38 autograph letters written whilst on active
service in France from Corporal Leonard Edward Stump (Service no. 80141),
31st Battalion, Canadian Infantry (Alberta Regiment), to his brother George
in Paris. 110-pages, all with their original envelopes, 20th Sept. 1915
– 26th Oct. 1917. Together with 4 letters (10-pages) written from Quebec
and Montreal, 1913 & 1914; 6 letters (16-pages) written in camp in England
during training in 1915; 4 letters (14-pages) written whilst on leave in
England in early 1917; 2 autograph postcards, and 14 form postcards whilst
on active service. In all 52 letters, 150-pages, and 16 postcards. The letters
remain largely unread but the following brief quotes from two will we hope
give an indication of the content: |
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Writing from camp at Lydd, Kent,
on 10th July, 1915: Very many thanks for your letter…after it had travelled 7,000 miles
to Calgary & back…3 or 4 weeks to go through a special course of musketry
& bayonet fighting then we shall be pretty well fit to meet any 3 of
the B—old Kaisers men at a time…we are moving from here to another camp…until
they send for us which I think will be very soon as they are wasting no
time at all…I know I was doing the right thing in enlisting but kept back
so long because of upsetting Mator & Dad…Yes the ‘Canucks’ have done
well so far & I trust when my lot get there we shall keep up the reputation
of Canada…we have a very good healthy bunch of fellows which is a lot…it
is good to hear somebody praise the Canadian soldiers, not much opinion
of us here in England except as fighting men. You are quite right, people
do not realize here or in Canada the seriousness of this war…I would have
hated to have been one of those forced to join which might happen yet, it
is so much nicer to be a volunteer. I like the soldiers life as it is healthy,
plenty of marching & drilling. |
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France, 19th August 1917: we
always call those field cards whiz-bangs but no news is certainly a more
correct term for them, however they are jolly handed to send off & after
all let you the main thing which is that one is all alive & kicking
etc. ….Yes we are where you say & very hard at it as you have seen in
the papers lately, another good ‘un to the Cons eh, we’re the B’hoys with
the correct goods alright, still wish the whole dammed thing would finish,
am absolutely fed up with it all. I know there are lots of our chaps going
every day to gay Paris on leave maybe with luck I shall be one of the fortunate
ones, also am hoping to be anyway in a few months time. Never mind old man
will have to carry on with our thinking & wishing then some day we will
have a hell of a surprise and find ourselves all at home together……I am
at present a mile or two behind the lines on a working party, Fritz gets
ratty at times & strafes us like hell, all he can hurt is us for the
village is already ruined, must have been quite a pretty little spot before
the war. |
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See illustration
SOLD £260
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Corporal Stump was killed in action, aged 27, on
6th November 1917 during the Canadian assault on Passchendaele. |
| 68 |
WWII: ESCAPE FROM CRETE 1941.
The manuscript account of Lieut. Michael Stuart Macpherson, Royal Marines,
of his escape from Crete in 1941 following the German invasion, written
on 91-pages, small 4to, wire-stitched in four sections, and illustrated
with coloured plans and drawings. Coming under on attack on 20th May whilst
hospitalised at Suda Bay he made his escape from German custody; after much
further deprivation he and a group of his men came upon their means of escape
An M.L.C. – there were already 53 hands aboard but no
officers. The trouble was food and water for before setting off on a journey
to Egypt one wants as much of both as possible. In
an accompanying letter to his Aunt, dated 21st June 1941, he summarises
the voyage Just a line from hospital…after my lucky
escape from Crete…I with another 5 officers and 54 other ranks escaped in
an open boat and reached Sidi Barani after 9 of the worst and longest days
in our lives. The last three days we had no food and during the voyage 4-6
mouthfuls of very stagnant water a day. However we managed what seemed the
impossible, for the petrol we had ran out on the third day and so from then
on we drifted with the aid of a sail we rigged up, composed of four blankets
and our boot hooks. |
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Together with two typed carbon
transcripts of the account, one signed by Macpherson & dated 4th March
1942 on which he notes, by way of introduction, These
chapters deal briefly with the battle of Crete…on the lines of personal
experience…authentic in every detail, for I have only attempted to recount
the side of the battle that I either saw or experienced. |
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Macpherson, by then a Captain,
was killed during operations in Albania in 1944. Together with letters of
condolence including one from his C.O. giving the circumstances of his death;
several photographs including the young Macpherson in uniform; and a quantity
of original manuscript verse in his hand including Ode
to a Searchlight Crew and Memoirs of Crete, this 5-pages 4to, illustrated with coloured drawings of fighter
aircraft. Together with his commission and silver identity bracelet. |
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See illustration
SOLD £700
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WWII: SUBMARINE SERVICE. Chief
Petty Officer J. T. Rodham P/JX 149922 Royal Navy. |
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Medal Group; D.S.M.; Naval General
Service Medal with Palestine 1936-39 bar; War Medal; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic
Star with France & Germany bar; Africa Star with North Africa 1942-43
bar; Italy Star, together with his medal riband with silver rosette, and
Submariners cloth badges. |
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Accompanying this medal group is Rodham’s Record
of Service, 4-pages folio printed on cloth and filled-in by hand, showing
that he joined the navy in 1934, volunteering for Submarine service in 1937.
He served in H.M.S. Titania during the early part of the war before being
transferred to H.M.S. Dolphin and H.M.S. Pandora amongst other submarines.
Also two photographs of Rodham; a card instructing him to attend a medal
presentation at Buckingham Palace; and an issue of ‘Good Morning’ the newspaper
of the Submarine Branch in which Rodham’s photograph appears. Petty Officer
Rodham (1913-1945) was the only survivor of H.M.S. Pandora when she was
torpedoed in April 1942. He was awarded the D.S.M. for service in H.M.S.
Sportsman in the Mediterranean and the Aegean. Also included is the official
‘scroll’ commemorating his war service and death. |
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See illustration
SOLD £2,400
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EXPEDITION INTO TIBET |
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The manuscript journal of a 4-month
shooting expedition into Tibet in 1869, undertaken by three young British
army officers, Henry George Newcombe (1846-1895) and his companions Tillotson
and Evans. The journal commences with their departure, perhaps from Meerut,
on 8th April 1869; the party eventually comprising the 3 officers, their
servants, 3 gun bearers, 20 coolies, and 2 dogs. Closely written by Newcombe
on 128-pages oblong 8vo (5in x 7 1/4 in)
plus 2-page list of provisions and expenses, contemporary full calf, inner
joints broken, 8th April – 31st July 1869. |
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A well written & observant
journal made the more interesting by Newcombe’s illustrations, comprising
three manuscript maps (one of 6 joined leaves) showing their route, a watercolour
‘title-page’ and 53 watercolours, 19 full-page, 1 double-page, some being
vignettes within the text; all captioned, showing their servants, Tibetans,
animals, camps, incidents, and Himalayan & Tibetan landscapes and passes.
It is difficult, within the confines of a catalogue description, to give
more than a few brief abbreviated extracts of this most interesting journal: |
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29th April …we
found the whole hill covered with Bhooteas, or Hoondesh wallahs. These come
from Thibet, or borders of it, with their wives & families & herds
of longhaired goats, loaded with atta & other supplies. They stick up
a piece of canvas, under which they pile their stores & the women sit
and weave a sort of coarse blanket. They are queer looking people, like
a cross between a chinaman & a nigger, very dirty, and covered with
silver ornaments, necklaces of coral & a sort of blue stone…Tillotson
espied a very fine one on the finger of a Bhootea…and forthright bought
it, thinking he had got a prize for 1 rupee 4 annas – He was much disgusted
on shewing it to a bunniah, who told him it was worth 4 annas!. |
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19th June, having entered Tibet:
To Lama Chorten. 9 miles…down the valley, which
gets wider, and the hills on either side lower, but the hills still red
& bare and the valley still nothing but shingle. We had to cross several
branches of the river, which we did mounted on coolies backs…Got to Lama
Chorten, and to our surprise found no village there only 2 or 3 stone hovels…we
were met by 7 or 8 Thibetans, who were very civil, but gave us to understand
in forcible terms that we should stop here and go no further…..the worst
of it is our coolies are as ready to obey them as us….we sent for the Thibetans
& after a long palaver…the Thibetans said they had 9 men here, &
intended to stop us – If we killed them all well & good… we came to
the following terms – We are to establish our standing camp here …making
short expeditions about for shooting but never sleeping away from here more
than one night…. [22nd June] …during
breakfast we espied in the distance a cavalcade approaching us. These turned
out to be a swell Thibet official & his party, 3 of whom were mounted
on tame yaks…he did not speak to us, but told our servants that the government
was furious at our having got in and that a still greater swell …was close
by & coming down. These five now remain with us, & will I suppose
follow us wherever we go. One of our friends is a lama or priest – He wears
a large felt hat, like a cross between a Tyrolese and a Christy Minstrel
– He carries a copper cylinder, on a wooden handle round which it is moveable.
This he spins round and round incessantly & it answers the purpose I
believe of saying prayers. |
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SOLD £2,500
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AN AMUSING ILLUSTRATED CORRESPONDENCE:
A series of 143 largely Edwardian illustrated postcards sent by the Rev.
C. C. Pritchard to his children, executed in pen & ink and watercolour
and suitably captioned they illustrate domestic situations, holidays, political
figures and events, meetings of the Chester Church Society, etc. Postally
used, mostly sent from Thonton-le-Moors Rectory, Chester. |
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One, a moonlit scene with solitary
figure, is captioned A walk from Ellesmere Port to Thornton between 10pm and 12. The
Station Master lent me a lamp, or I should have spent the night in the meadows;
another, an elderly plump woman sitting on the
edge of a precipice This is old Mrs. Meyer, who
spent two days and two nights on a mountain. Her friends asked her why and
she said she stayed for the sunset knitting all the while. But as she knitted
her ball of beautiful thick wool dropped down a precipice: she could not
make up her mind to lose it, so she knitted it all up. She got some one
to bring her tea and was quite happy. Patient old soul. Another,
a portrait, is of Ammunition Smith of Rorke’s Drift…the
man I am going to Lausanne with on Oct.20…He is rather too corpulent to
walk but I hope we may be able to make some expeditions by steamer.
Some are in the form of conundrums, e.g. What a Yorkshireman is likened to – A Fly because he will feed
with anyone, a Flea because he will bite anyone, and
a Ham because he is best when hung. Together with a few other family letters, cards, and a photograph
of the family taken in 1896. |
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SOLD £900
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THE KEW DECORATION: A Sanderson
scenic wallpaper, woodblock, hand printed in shades of grey, ochre and white,
Reg No 718339, circa 1926. |
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SOLD £550
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This decoration inspired by scenery
at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, is comprised of 12 lengths, each 20in
wide, the complete panorama extending to 20 feet without repeat, overall
height 11ft 6in, height above trees 57in. |
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THE HOLY LAND AND EGYPT: album,
so lettered in gilt, containing 42 photographs mounted to the thick card
leaves; each approximately 6 1/2 in
x 8 1/2 in. All captioned below, 5 blindstamped
“Frith’s Series”, 12 by Frank Mason Good, signed or with monogram within
the plate. Subjects include Bethelehem, Jerusalem, Shechem, Samaria, Nazareth,
Damascus, Gizeh, Medinet Habou, Qurna, Thebes, Asouan, Phila, Luxor, &
Abu Simbel. Of the 42 photographs 26 are of the Holy Land, the remainder
Egyptian views. The remainder of the album used at a later date to mount
postcards of Egyptian subjects. Oblong folio (11in x 15 in) contemporary
elaborately inlaid and gilt decorated morocco. With the label of “William
Spooner, Publisher, 379 Strand, London” on rear pastedown. 19th Century. |
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SOLD £1,700
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PALESTINE & SYRIA: album,
so lettered in gilt, containing 68 large photographs mounted to the thick
card leaves; each approximately 11in x 8 3/4 in.
Largely titled within the plate, all with captions below; 33 are signed
Bonfils within the plate, 9 Hakim, the remaining 26 unsigned. Views include
Jerusalem, Jericho, Damascus, Baalbek, Palmyre, Tripoli, Alexandrette, Smyrna,
etc. Together with groups of Bedouins and portraits including one of Abd-el-Kader
(c.1807-1883, Emir of Mascara). Oblong folio (11
1/4 in x 15 3/4 in), contemporary diced morocco. 19th
Century. |
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SOLD £1,500
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ORIENTAL
& EASTERN WORKS OF ART |
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Japanese |
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A figure of Daruma, netsuke, wood
inlaid with ivory and horn, signed Shuu-gaku, height 2in. |
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Daruma was the semi-mystical founder of Zen Buddhism. |
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See illustration SOLD £460
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An ivory casket depicting figures
of quail feeding on millet, with inlaid horn eyes, signed within an oval
seal on the underside of the cover, Gi-ichi, Meiji Period, height 4 1/2 in, maximum diameter 4 1/4 in. |
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SOLD £1,200
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Quail were a favourite subject with carvers of
the Kyoto school. |
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Chinese |
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An ivory table lamp, decorated
with birds, butterflies, lotus and flowering hawthorn, the base with two
cranes on a pond, pierced hexagonal shade, the finial a small seated figure
of a toad, 19th century, height 15 3/4 in, diameter of shade 7 1/2 in. |
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SOLD £2,400
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Hu-Wen-Ming; a copper censer of
archaic ‘kuei’ form raised in relief with bands of mythical animals and
stylized foliage on a wave and punch decorated ground, mounted with two
cast bronze loop handles formed as monster’s heads, with scrolled pendant
drops, vertical six-character mark incised within a gilded rectangular outline
positioned centrally on the underside of the base, Yün-chien
Hu Wen-ming chih, (made by Hu-Wen-ming of Yün-chien,
Sung-chiang, Kiangsu). |
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SOLD £1,800
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Late Ming dynasty, Wan-Li period,
circa 1600, height 3 1/2 in, diameter 6 1/4 in, width across handles 9in. |
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Moss, Sydney. L. Ltd; Documentary Chinese Works
of Art, ‘In Scholars Taste’, 1983, catalogue No 158. |
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Indian & Islamic |
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An Islamic 17th century nephrite seal
of rectangular chamfered form, inscribed in Arabic with extracts of Koranic
verse, Chapter 13 verse 13, Al Rad (The Thunder), and to the reverse in a small rectangular cartouche,
verse 2:255, Ayat ul kursi, later mounted in gold as a ring, 13/16
in x 1 1/16 in. |
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Ayat ul kursi, used as a prayer
to help one seek solace, patience and well being. |
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See illustration SOLD £460
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An Islamic wood writing tablet
inscribed in Arabic with passages from the Koran, Chapet 103 verse Al-Asm (Time), to the reverse, Chapter
10 verse Al-Adiyat, below, written in a later hand is
an inscription in French, Verses de l’a Koran,
venant de la Grande mosque de Soleiman, 10 fevrier 1836 (Verses from the Koran coming from the Grande mosque of Suleiman,
10 February 1836), the tablet pierced for suspension, well worn glossy patina,
11in x 6 1/2 in. |
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The Grande mosque of Suleiman is in Istanbul. |
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SOLD £200
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An ‘Indian emerald intaglio’ and diamond pendant, the table cut stone with faceted back, in later Edwardian mount
set with sixty eight brilliant and rose-cut diamonds, with pendant loop
and brooch fitting, the emerald of good colour with minor inclusions, inscribed
in Farsi, Face of Tamesai, probably late 18th-early 19th
century, 5/8 in x 1/2
in, overall length of pendant 1
3/4 in, 1 3/8 in
wide, in fitted leather case inscribed Buck &
Son, Goldsmiths to the King, 87 George Street, Edinburgh. |
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SOLD £4,600
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Charles Cornwallis, Marquis, Governor General of
India; a presentation silver gilt tankard and cover of baluster form with
leaf capped scroll handle on circular pedestal foot, decorated with registers
of Hindu deities on a finely punched chased foliate pattern ground, inscribed
within eight shaped oval cartouches, Born 1791,
To Charles Cornwallis Marquis, Governor General of India, AL To, JL, From
his esteemed Friend, Saib Bangalli Sas Gazzaree, of the Mysore Country 1791,
the cover with a freize of anthropomorphic and zoomorphic masks, the finial
a lioness with two cubs, one now lacking, height 7
1/8 in, weight 15oz. |
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The inscription on the tankard would appear to
be somewhat puzzling. Is the lioness and cubs a representation of Tippoo
Sultan and his two sons, defeated by Cornwallis at Bangalore on the 21st
March 1791. Was the tankard a gift from a native of Bangalore in appreciation,
a play on words from a friend or lover, or perhaps to commemorate the birth
of a child fathered by Cornwallis. |
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SOLD £1,500
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An Anglo-Indian ivory chess set,
red and white, with turned baluster stems and domed bases, the castles with
six cannon, the King and Queen with crowns, slight damage and with minor
lossses, one white pawn lacking, 19th century, height of King 5in. |
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SOLD £4,200
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An ’Indian State’ presentation casket
of shaped rectangular form decorated with gold koftgari, the cover inscribed
in Farsi within an oval cartouche From Gujerat
to Punjab, 19th century, 9
7/8 in x 7in, height 3
3/4 in. |
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SOLD £780
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A Collection of Indian 19th century
Ivory Miniatures |
| 85 |
A bearded figure of an elderly sage,
with a staff, painted in colours, heightened with gold, 6
1/8 in x 3 3/4 in. |
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a bearded figure wearing a bird-headed tulwar kneeling beneath a tree, heightened with gold, 7 1/8 in x 3 7/16
in. |
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SOLD £500
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| 86 |
A trio of erotic miniatures, scenes
of lovers in a palace garden, painted in colours, heightened with gold,
5 1/8 in x 3 1/2
in, 3 3/8 in x 4 1/16 in
and 2 1/16 in x 4 1/16 in. |
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Illustrations upon request
SOLD £1,300
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| 87 |
A pair of erotic miniatures, scenes
of lovers in a courtyard, painted in colours, heightened with gold, 3 9/16 in x 5 3/16
in and 3 7/16 in x 5 1/8 in. |
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Illustrations upon request
SOLD £650
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| 88 |
An erotic miniature, a scene of
two lovers standing beneath a tree, painted in sepia, heightened with gold,
5in x 3 1/4 in. |
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Illustration upon request
SOLD £500
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| 89 |
An erotic miniature, a scene of
two lovers, painted in colours, heightened with gold, 5
1/16 in x 3 9/16 in. |
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Illustration upon request
SOLD £500
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A painting of a hunting scene,
depicting a figure in an ivory tower accompanied by attendants shooting
game within a walled park, including a tiger, antelope and wild boar, waterfowl
on a pond in the foreground, painted in colours, heightened with gold, 4 5/16 in x 8in. |
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SOLD £1,000
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| 91 |
Nuruddin Jehangir, the fourth Mughal
Emperor of India with figures and attendants in a rural landscape, painted
in colours, heightened with gold, 7 1/2 in x 4 7/8 in. |
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SOLD £500
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| 92 |
Nuruddin Jehangir with figures
and attendants, inscribed within three shaped oval cartouches in Farsi, Ministers of Kermanshah, with the grace of the King Nuruddin Akbar,
King with appearance and meaning, painted in colours,
heightened with gold, 8in x 4 7/8 in. |
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SOLD £1,000
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| 93 |
Deane & Son; a five-shot self-cocking
percussion revolver decorated with gold koftgari, 5in octagonal barrel with
London Bridge address, 12mm bore, English proof marks, chequered hardwood
grip. |
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SOLD £1,800
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| 94 |
A Caucasian kindjal, 15 1/2 in gold damascened offset fullered
blade, inscribed within a shaped cartouche, in Arabic, Allah’s help and victory is very near,
signed in Urdu, Works of Hussain, shaped horn grip with gold damascened mounts, black leather scabbard
with matching fittings, the reverse of the chape signed, in Urdu, Ali Hassan Hussain, 19th century. |
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SOLD £600
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An Islamic silver mounted flintlock musket,
50in silver damascened barrel, 16mm bore, the lockplate ‘imaginitively’
stamped LONDON, hardwood fullstock inlaid with flowers and scrolls in silver
wire, chiselled silver butt cap and trigger guard, silver lanyard rings,
the mounts with assay marks, original steel ramrod, inscribed in silver
wire along the top edge of the butt, in Farsi,
Masters of the bird Haji Ibrahim, who had travelled, Deeds of the Mustafa
Khwaja 1260 hijra (A.D. 1844). |
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SOLD £3,400
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A Turkish 19th century shamsir, 31 1/2 in curved etched fullered blade, silver
gilt cross guard with down turned quillons and shaped ivory grip, silver
wire inlaid black leather scabbard with embossed silver mounts, Turkish
assay marks. |
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SOLD £380
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| 97 |
A Turkish 19th century shamsir,
31in curved etched fullered blade, silver cross guard with six pointed star
and down turned quillons, shaped ivory grip, copper wire inlaid black leather
scabbard with embossed silver mounts, Turkish assay marks. |
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SOLD £380
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| 98 |
An Islamic silver mounted bone and ivory miquelet
flintlock holster pistol, 11
1/2 in barrel, 11mm bore, engraved lockplate, silver wirework frame
with engraved foliate patterned mounts, decorated with coral and silver
stud work, original steel ramrod, 19th century. |
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| 99 |
An Indian shamsir, 29in gold damascened
curved spearpoint blade, inscribed in Arabic within a shaped cartouche, Remembering God, Seeking help from God,
shaped cross guard decorated with gold koftgari, silver gilt horse’s head
grip, gold and silver damascened scabbard with openwork vignettes depicting
scenes of birds, animals and flowers, inscribed along the back edge in Arabic,
but now not clearly legible, short split to either side, 18th-19th century. |
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SOLD £660
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An Indian pata, 39
3/4 in European fullered blade, with incoherent
legend in capitals either side, pierced and chiselled hilt overlaid in silver
and gold, 17th-18th century. |
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SOLD £1,750
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