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Preisdatenbank abonnierenA collection of brass slouch hat and forage hat badges for the Infantry Regiments 1898 - 1921 to include The Royal Berkshire Regiment, King's Royal Rifles, Manchester Regiment, Wiltshire Regiment, Durham Light Infantry, Connaught Rangers and others. 26 badges, various ages. *CR largely in good condition.
Mauchline ware - eight pieces, sewing, comprising a pin cushion in the form of a knife grinder (Marine Parade, Clacton-on-Sea), 11.5cms, a ribbon cylinder (Queens Hotel, Harrogate / St. Mary's Church Low Harrogate), 6.5cms, another (Bow Church Yard / Minerva Trade Mark), printed base label, 6.5cms, a darning mushroom (The Parade, Skegness), 10.5cms, a pin dish (Tunbridge Wells), 8cms, a box form sliding lid pin cushion (Steamer Mount Washington Lake ….. / Spindle Point Light House, The Weirs …..), 9cms, a cylinder crochet hook case (Boulogne sur Mer La Colonne De La Grande Armes / Pecheuse de Crevettes Boulogne - Sur Mer), 13.5cms, and a continental barrel form sewing clamp with trough form pin cushion (Town Hall, Leeds), 22cms. (8) From the collection of the late Christabelle and David Davey
A rare early Tunbridge are whitewood paint decorated pin cushion / tape measure in the form of a Brighton Pavilion dome, the circular base with six pairs of fan light topped double doors below an onion dome with painted decoration, the original blue silk tape wound from the roof finial and at ¼ Y in ink 21/4 ins. from the commencement of the tape, the base inscribed in old ink 'From Miss Godfrey 1833 JKH', 3.7cms dia. at base, 9.5cms high. From a distinguished UK Private Collection
* Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663-1736). Field Marshal of the Holy Roman Empire and of the Austrian Habsburg Dynasty. Document Signed, 'Eugenio di Savoya' as Governor of Milan, Milan, 19 February 1714, in French in brown ink on laid paper, ordering payment of 3,600 scudi to Tomaso de Lasloz, governor of the Contado Principale of Milan, as his salary for the year 1714, two small circular ink stamps upper left and papered seal of Emperor Charles VI lower left, boldly signed at foot of text, a few spots and light marginal browning, 1 page with integral blank leaf, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:Prince Eugene was given the governorship of Milan for his victory over the French at Turin in 1706. In early 1714, at about the time this document was signed, Eugene was involved in the Treaty of Rastatt, a peace treaty between France and Austria that was concluded on 7 March 1714.
* Ford (Henry, 1863-1947). American industrialist and founder of the Ford Motor Company. Autograph Signature, 'Henry Ford', on a small light green album leaf, inscribed in ink on the diagonal and dated by Ford 'April 5 1928', some toning to margins away from signature and date, ink autograph signature of the English actor George Arliss (1868-1946) to verso, sheet size 98 x 123 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:The autograph of Henry Ford was apparently obtained on board RMS Majestic on its journey to USA from UK.
* Dickens (Charles, 1812-1870). Cheque signed 'Charles Dickens', London, 14 January 1867, drawn on Messrs.Coutts & Co printed slip and completed in manuscript, paying Wm. Burton the sum of £7.15.9, embossed stamp upper right, with two vertical cross lines in manuscript and 'London and Westminster Bank Bloomsbury' blue ink stamp, a few light vertical folds and small pin holes to left side, 95 x 188 mmQTY: (1)
* Henry VIII (1491-1547). King of England and Ireland, 1509-1547. Document Signed, 'Henry R', given under the king’s signet at Windsor Castle, 2 January 1514, warrant on vellum in English, with the sign manual of Henry VIII at head, to Sir Andrew Windsor, knight, keeper of our great wardrobe, to deliver to Lord Kurson [Sir Robert Curson, Lord Curson], 14 yards of crimson velvet ‘and as much black boogi [budge] as shall suffice for furring the same gown’, some light soiling, later filing annotation '60' to top left corner, lower blank left corner cut away, faint endorsement: xxs xxv to verso, 144 x 246 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Sir Robert Curson, styled Lord Curson, and Baron Curson in the nobility of the Holy Roman empire (c. 1460-1534/5), soldier and courtier, was of Blaxhall, near Saxmundham, Suffolk. Little is known of him before he was knighted in 1489, but he was one of the king's champions, wearing the red dragon of Wales and the queen's favour on his helmet in tournaments at Sheen and Westminster in 1494 on the creation of Prince Henry as duke of York. On 29 August 1499 he obtained a licence to leave his post as captain of Hampnes Castle in the Calais marches in order to fight the Turks under the aegis of the emperor Maximilian I, with whom he conversed about Henry VII’s murders and tyrannies, and obtained an assurance that the emperor would assist a Yorkist attempt on the English crown. On 21 October 1501 Curson was publicly proclaimed a traitor from the pulpit at Paul’s Cross. Surprisingly he was not punished, but was soon after made a baron of the Holy Roman empire. From 3 June 1509 his annual fee was set at £400 and so it remained until 1520, when he (or his son Robert) attended the Field of Cloth of Gold. Although he never became an English peer, his title Lord Curson seems to have been recognized at court from about 1513 when as master of the ordnance in the rearward he served under Brandon in the French campaigns. Staunchly conservative in religious matters, at Ipswich in 1515 he cut down boughs to stoke the fire under the Lollard Nicholas Peke. Sir Andrew Windsor (c. 1466-1543) of Stanwell in Middlesex and the Middle Temple was an Exchequer official who became Keeper of the Wardrobe in 1506 and served in the office for the rest of his life. He survived the fall of his brother-in-law Edmund Dudley, witnessed the marriage of Princess Mary to Louis XII in 1514, signed the peace and marriage treaties with France in 1518, and two years later accompanied the King to the Field of Cloth of Gold. He acted as steward for several major estates, sat as a justice of the peace in several counties and as a member of parliament. He was created Lord Windsor in 1529.
* George VI (1895-1952). King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & Elizabeth (1900-2002), Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. A pair of Christmas cards for 1950/51 & [?1951/52], signed by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in blue ink, ‘George R’ and ‘Elizabeth R’, the first with ‘1950’ added by the King beneath printed message and facing mounted colour photographic image showing Buckingham Palace gardens in spring, the second undated and with facing mounted black and white photographic image looking over trees with Windsor Castle in the distance, both folded card with gold embossed crown to the front, the first with some overall light spotting, VG & fine, plus a third undated Christmas card [1954?], signed by the Queen Mother, ‘from Elizabeth R’ with facing mounted gelatin silver print photograph of Elizabeth in royal regalia in Buckingham Palace, some overall spotting, 20.5 x 17 cm, VGQTY: (3)NOTE:Provenance: By family descent from Kenneth Hall, MVO, MBE, RN (1892-1976).
* Taylor (Elizabeth Rosemond, 1932-2011). British and American actress. Document Signed, 'Elizabeth Taylor Wilding', Los Angeles, California, 27 August 1952, being a typed agreement between Michael Wilding and Mrs Elizabeth Taylor Wilding, professionally known as 'Elizabeth Taylor' on the one part and Loew's Incorporated on the other part, concerning the loan, through escrow, for the sum of $28,000, 'to be secured by a deed of trust on the residence property located at 1771 Summit Ridge Drive, in the city of Los Angeles, California, which property you are purchasing through said escrow', typed on rectos of 4 thin paper leaves, signed for Loew's by the vice-president and signed below in turquoise by both Michael Wilding and his wife Elizabeth Taylor Wilding, some light toning, file holes at head away from text and signatures, 4toQTY: (1)NOTE:In the summer of 1952 Elizabeth Taylor signed a new seven-year contract with MGM. She had recently married British actor Michael Wilding, and was pregnant with her first child, so the driving factor was financial need. In addition to granting Taylor a weekly salary of $4,700, MGM agreed to give the couple a loan for a house, and signed her husband for a three-year contract.
AR * McCullin (Donald, born 1935). Cyprus, 1964, vintage gelatin silver print, showing a tank in a street with three people trying to pull a dead body away from distant shooters, image size 205 x 310 mm, sheet size 30 x 38.5 cm, some light soiling to wide lower blank margin not affecting imageQTY: (1)
* Limehouse Declaration. The Declaration for Social Democracy, 25 January 1981, printed statement on thick parchment paper, signed at foot by Roy Jenkins (1920-2003), Bill Rodgers (1928- ), Shirley Williams (1930-2021) and David Owen (1938- ), SDP 'Social Democratic Party' circular blind stamp lower left, faint creases to lower corners and light brown mark to verso with no see-through, 40 x 30 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:The SDP began in January 1981 with what became known as the Limehouse Declaration, a statement of intent by four former Labour Cabinet ministers, wanting a more centralist path than the Labour party. The party was formally founded on 26 March, and within a few months had formed an Alliance with the Liberal Party. The SDP merged with the Liberal Party following the General Election of 1987, the unification process being completed in 1988. The SDP blind stamp suggests that this was produced shortly after the official founding on 26 March 1981. The number of copies printed and signed is unknown and only two other copies have been located, both sold in these rooms, on 4 July 2017 (lot 251) and 28 May 2020 (lot 609).
* Elgar (Edward, 1857-1934). English composer. Autograph Letter Signed, 'Edward Elgar', Plas Gwyn, Hereford, 13 July 1904, to Messrs Hatzfeld & Co., in reply to their courteous letter and informing that 'The song you refer to was published in the Maga: of Music and lately by Messrs Boosey who purchased the copyright from Mr Coats I believe', and concluding that as there seems to have been a mistake somewhere he is sending the letter to Boosey who will no doubt communication with him, a few light spots and fold creases, album leaf hinge remains along blank upper margin of second page, 2 pages, 4toQTY: (1)
* Napoleon I (1769-1821). Emperor of France, 1804-14, 1815. Autograph Endorsement Signature, Fontainebleau, 13 September 1810, signed 'Approuve, Np' on the verso of a fragment of a letter in French, the place and date entered in French adjacent in another contemporary hand, some light overall toning, 110 x 120 mm, together with:Talleyrand-Perigord (Charles Maurice de, 1754-1838), Prince of Talleyrand, French politician and diplomat, prime minister of France, 1815. Document Signed, 'Ch. Mau. Talleyrand', 2e. Division, Bureau de l'Artillerie, 26 germinal an vii [15 April 1799], completed in manuscript on a partly printed letterhead of 'Le Ministre de la Marine et des Colonies' with engraved vignette at head, being a notice of the order given to the central administration of Isere to deliver mines to Captain Loiseleau, signed in the minister's absence by Talleyrand in his capacity as 'Ministre des Relations extereures', minor soiling, 1 page, folioQTY: (2)
* Diana (1961-1997). Princess of Wales, 1981-1996. A signed and inscribed Birthday Card, c. 1984, inscribed and signed by Diana on inner right board in black fountain pen ink above and below printed message, to ‘Dearest Nicki, Happy Happy Birthday! & lots of love from the four of us, Diana . x’, the kiss within a ‘hug’ circle, additionally inscribed by Diana adjacent to light black pen mark on facing left board, ‘-W[illiam]’s paw-print!’, the colour cartoon images on the front cover by Dino with the messages, ‘It’s your Birthday… Make a real ‘Hog’ of yourself…! Have a ‘Whale’ of a time!…. Generally ‘Panda’ yourself… and to finish off a simply perfect day…’, with the printed illustrated punchline inside reading, ‘…Get as xxxxxd as a newt! Hic!’, printed card details (Andrew Bronsford, with copyright date 1982) to lower outer cover, 18 x 12.5 cm, very fine conditionQTY: (1)
* Ali (Muhammad, 1942-2016). American boxer & World Heavyweight Champion. A vintage blue ink signature, 'Cassius Clay', no date, on a small off-white card, some slight soiling and a light vertical crease, old tape stain to upper edge just touching upper stroke of first letter of the signature, card size 50 x 75 mm, tipped onto an aperture mount and presented with a colour photograph of Ali in a modern gilt silver desk frame, 22 x 17 cm overallQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: The autograph was obtained in person in London in the week preceding Clay's fight against Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium in June 1963; International Autograph Auctions, 28 October 2017, lot 47.
* Royalty Scrap Album. C. H. Hawkins' Royal Letter and Scrapbook, 1884, a handsomely bound album of autograph letters addressed to and from C. H. Hawkins Esq., and members of the Royal Household, typically concerning the acceptance of the gift of a bible and similar matters, including letters from Lady Newburgh, Lady Shaftesbury, the Lord and Lady Mayoress of London; Frances N. Owden and Thomas S. Owden, Francis Knollys, secretary to the Prince and Princess of Wales, H. M. Ponsonby, secretary to Queen Victoria, Amelia Murray Gregor, the Duchess Dowager of Athole, along with some related printed matter, a carte-de-visite photographic portrait of Amelia Murray Gregor dated 1893, and a group photograph of Mr and Mrs Charles Hawkins and their two daughters, some with an accompanying stamped envelope, all mounted on fifty thick card album leaves, light spotting to album leaves throughout, all edges gilt, inner dentelles gilt, original gilt-decorated red full morocco in generally excellent condition, contained in original blue fleece-lined blue-green morocco book box, with gilt initials C. H. H. to upper cover, scuffed and some wear with spine now detatched, binding measures 38.5 x 31 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Charles Henry Hawkins (1822-?) of Harwell House, Western Road, East Finchley, Congregationalist.
Beattie (James, 1735-1803). Scottish poet, moralist, and philosopher. Three manuscript volumes of Beattie’s philosophy lectures, plus Natural Philosophy lectures or notes from other sources, copied or transcribed by George Milne, Aberdeen, c. 1774-75, Volume 1 covering Beattie’s Lectures on Moral Philosophy, Simple Ethicks (including foundation of Particular Virtues, The Duty we owe to God), Jurisprudence (including Authority and Law, State of Nature, Absolute Duties), Oeconomicks (including the Relation of Husband and Wife, Parent and Child, Master and Servant, Slavery), Politicks (including Democracy, Aristocracy, Monarchy, Despotism), Logik (including Mathematical Evidence, the Evidence of Christianity), 5, [1], 256 pp.; Volume 2 covering lectures on Psychology, Of External Sensations (including Taste and Smell, Touch, Seeing, Universal Grammar), Of Internal Sensations (Dreaming, Memory), Of our Speculative Powers (including Taste, Novelty, Harmony, Elegance, Beauty, Purity), Of our Active Powers (Liberty, Passions), Natural Theology (including Unity, Spirituality, Omnipotence, Eternity, Wisdom, Justice), 5, [1], 256 pp; Volume 3 with Introduction (signed ‘George Milne, 10 January 1774’), followed by a ‘Summary of the First Book of Cicero’s Offices by James Beattie LLD’; the volume concluding with material from one or more other spoken or written sources concerning post Newtonian natural philosophy of the period: Introduction to Natural Philosophy, Natural Philosophy (including Attraction, Repulsion, Motion, Wheels, Pendulum, Hydrostaticks, Fluids, Electrick and Non Electrick Bodies, Vision, Optical Instruments), 5 pen and ink plates (numbered I to V), 12, 35, [1], 38, [1], 125 pp; mid-19th-century polished calf (Seton & Mackenzie name stamp to front pastedowns) with contrasting spine labels for ‘Philosophy’ and volume number, rubbed, title spine labels of volumes 2 & 3 damaged, 4to (220 x 185 mm)QTY: (3)NOTE:James Beattie (1735-1803) was a major figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. A philosopher and poet, he spent his entire academic as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at Marischal College in Aberdeen. His best known philosophical work, An Essay on The Nature and Immutability of Truth in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism (1770), affirmed the sovereignty of common sense while attacking David Hume (1711-1776). ‘In October 1760 he was appointed professor of moral philosophy and logic at Marischal College … One sequel to his appointment was his election to the Aberdeen Philosophical Society, where he was able to sharpen his ideas by discussion with men of intellectual distinction, such as Thomas Reid, George Campbell, John Gregory, and Gerard. Much of Beattie's prose work, on philosophy and literature, was first presented there. Beattie held the chair until his death despite tempting and lucrative offers in the 1770s of a chair at Edinburgh and of two rich livings in the Church of England. He was a gifted and conscientious teacher, as shown by the surviving notes taken in his lectures by his students, by a journal he kept of exactly what he had taught in each session over a thirty-two-year period, and by testimonials from those whom he had taught, such as Alexander Chalmers. Beattie gave about 300 lectures annually to the arts class, in the final year of their four-year course, when the students were aged about seventeen. These discourses ranged widely over psychology, ethics, literary criticism, and natural religion. Elements of Moral Science (2 vols., 1790–93) is an abstract of his lecture course.’ (ODNB online)The Elements of Moral Science offers a more in-depth exploration of several topics only lightly touched upon in the Essay (e.g. perception, natural theology, and immortality), and offers sustained coverage of several areas, such as political philosophy and economics, that are not meaningfully discussed in the Essay. The identity of George Milne, whose name appears in the manuscript here, has not been ascertained and no lecturer or student by that name is known to have been at Marischal College during this period. It seems likely that Milne was therefore an amanuensis, transcribing or copying these lectures for someone else. Whether they were intended for publication, lecturing purposes or private use is not clear, though the pencil ownership signature of George Milne on the flyleaf of ‘volume 1’ suggests they were for himself, and neatly presented as it all is there are curiously no title-pages to front each volume.The content of the first two volumes bears a close relationship to the text and headings of The Elements and there can be no doubt that these are Beattie’s lecture notes. The spine label numbers appear to be wrongly assigned: volume 1 ends with ‘Finis, 1775’ and volume 2 with ‘vol. 1st’. The conclusion at the end of volume 1 [i.e. volume 2] gives suggestions of which authors to study from the Greek and Latin classics to his own times. David Hume’s name is conspicuous by its absence, while Thomas Reid and Francis Hutcheson get favourable mentions.The ‘third’ volume begins with an introduction and ‘Summary of the First Book of Cicero’s Offices by James Beattie LLD’ before continuing with another introduction and longer section on Natural Philosophy. This last part would not be taken from Beattie’s lectures and it is not clear whether these are lecture notes or original articles or copies of what would have been standard post-Newtonian science to be readily found in textbooks and encyclopedias of the time.The University of Aberdeen Special Collections owns a number of manuscripts of Beattie’s philosophy lectures, abstracted or transcribed by various students in the 1760s-1790s: GB 231 MS M 185 - 187; MS M 405; MS 30/1 - 53; MS 555; MS 2065; MS 2901; MS 3256; MS 3294; MS 3486; MS 3522.Important information: These manuscripts were loaned to the University of Aberdeen by the owner in 1985 and further information has now come to light from the correspondence with the deceased owner. George Milne was an alumnus of Marischal College, where he attended the second year of the Arts Course in 1775-6. The natural philosophy notes are from the lectures of Patrick Copland (1748-1822). In 1774 George Skene, Marischal’s professor of natural philosophy who had taught Copland as an undergraduate, made Copland his assistant. A year later, when Skene took on the professorship of Civil and Natural History, Copland stepped up and remained a professor at Marischal until he died in November 1822.
* Gurwood (John, 1788-1845). Autograph Letter Signed, ‘J. Gurwood’, Lisbon, 27 October 1810, to Richard Gurwood, a vivid and in-depth account by Lt. Col. John Gurwood of his experiences from August to October 1810 whilst serving in the Light Dragoons, detailing the Dragoon’s participation at the siege of Almeida, the Battle of Bussaco, and the withdrawal to the lines of Torres Vedras, describing conditions on the way, both for the fleeing civilians ‘horrid beyond description’ and for the army ‘not a shirt to their backs & almost barefoot’, 3 pages with integral address panel, cross-written on centre pages, small loss and fold wear, 4to, together with:Gurwood (John, 1788-1845). Letter signed ‘J. Gurwood’, Canterbury Barracks, 18 September 1818, to The Quarter Master General of the Forces, a brief request for a route to be sent detailing the return of ‘heavy baggage of the 10th Royal Hussars’ as the regiment was now being sent to join the Army of occupation for one year, having previously seen action at the Battle of Waterloo, 1 page, Gurwood’s listing in ‘Hart’s Army List’ tipped onto recto, folioQTY: (2)
* Huth (Louis). An album of watercolour studies of Damascus & Rhodian Ceramics, circa 1920, 44 fine watercolours on thick wove paper of ceramic pieces, including studies of plates, bowls & vases (numbered in pencil 1-7 & 9-45, although no evidence of any lacking), including 10 double-page, probably by Sir James Alan Noel Barlow (1881-1968) including 4 signed with initials J.A.B., occasional light spotting with explanatory pencil note regarding the likely artist to front free endpaper, contemporary green cloth, gilt title to spine 'L. Huth. Collection Damascus & Rhodian', large folio (47.5 x 36.5 cm)QTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: Louis Huth (1821-1905).Louis Huth was a British company director and merchant banker, who was also an eclectic collector, a member of the Burlington Fine Arts Club and a patron of various artists. His circle of friends included George Frederic Watts, who painted Huth’s wife, Helen Huth (1837-1924), and Dante Gabriel Rossetti, with whom he shared a great interest in Chinese ceramics. Huth lent 27 mainly Ottoman ceramic items to the BFAC 1885 exhibition. When he died in 1905, his collection was dispersed at auction, where some of his pieces were purchased by his close friend George Salting (1835-1909). Salting was an avid collector and member of the BFAC who on his death left his paintings to the National Gallery, prints and drawings to the British Museum, and the remainder to the Victoria & Albert Museum. Sir James Alan Noel Barlow, 2nd Baronet GCB KBE FSA (1881-1968) initially collected ceramics of the Near East, concentrating on Persian and Isnik wares of Western Asia and later became interested in Chinese ceramics. He was a distinguished civil servant, Private Secretary to Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald in 1933, and later transferred to the Treasury until his retirement in 1948. He was President of the Oriental Ceramic Society 1943-1961, and in 1956 he donated the majority of his collection of Islamic pottery to the Ashmolean Museum, and smaller groups to the British Museum, the Victoria & Albert Museum and the Fitzwilliam Museum. Some of the watercolours in this volume depict items now held in these museums.
* Charles III (Philip Arthur George, 1948- ). King of the United Kingdom, 2022- , formerly Prince of Wales & Diana (1961-1997). Princess of Wales, 1981-1996. A signed and inscribed Christmas Card, [1984], inscribed and signed by Diana in fountain pen ink for Nickie, ‘With love from, Diana &’ and ‘Charles’ in their respective hands, opposite a mounted colour photograph of the Prince and Princess of Wales with Prince William and the newly-born Prince Harry, folded stiff white card with gilt crests on the front, a few light brown spots and marks to outer covers, 15 x 18 cm, very good conditionQTY: (1)
* George II (1683-1760). King of Great Britain and Ireland, 1727-1760. Document Signed, 'George R', Kensington, 10 September 1727, manuscript commission on vellum appointing Angus Maceleod to be Captain in Lord Molesworth's Regiment of Foot in Ireland, signed by the King upper left and countersigned 'Carteret' by John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville (1690-1763) as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland lower right, some general spotting and light browning not affecting legibility, 1 page, 31 x 41 cmQTY: (1)
* Diana (1961-1997). Princess of Wales, 1981-1996. A group of 3 small folded card gift tags with signed inscriptions from Diana in fountain pen ink inside, ‘Nicki, lots of love for a Happy Christmas, Diana’ (light stain touching ‘Happy’), ‘Dearest Nicki, Wishing you a very Happy Christmas! Fondest love from, Diana x’, and ‘Dearest Nicki, lots of love from, Diana’QTY: (3)
* Wellesley (Arthur, 1769-1852). 1st Duke of Wellington, Prime Minister, 1828-30, 1834. Document Signed, ‘Wellington’, in his capacity as Master-General of the Ordnance, 27 June 1822, a pre-printed commission on vellum, completed in manuscript, appointing Ralph Gore to be storekeeper on the establishment of the Ordnance at Quebec, papered wax seal and duty stamp applied, a few contemporary official manuscript notes, light soiling, 30 x 39 cm, plus another similar, 7 March 1822, appointing Ralph Gore to be storekeeper on the establishment of the Ordnance at Guernsey, and a third dated 7 February 1826, appointing Richard M. Satchwell to be fourth clerk in establishment of the Ordnance at the Cape of Good Hope, both a little dust-soiled, last with ‘Wellington’ slightly faded and lacking papered wax seal, all 30 x 39 cm QTY: (3)
* Autograph book. Kept by A. P. Watt (1834-1914), founder of A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, the world's first literary agents, containing approximately 165 letters, cut signatures, postcards, signed notes, some pinned, others pasted to blank leaves, a few loose, some identified in pencil, including a letter from John Ruskin, dated 20 April 1873, enclosing a cheque (not present) to an unidentified woman (possibly Constance F. Gordon-Cumming, 1837-1924, travel writer and painter, fragment of a letter pinned to verso), 'I have ordered a book I am periodically busy on to be sent to you (there are incidental notices of women's work in it)...', signatures include King Leopold I of Belgium (1790-1865), Scottish artist David Wilkie (1785-1841), Lord Palmerston (1784-1865), John Bright (1811-1889), Duleep Singh (1838-1893), William Gladstone (1809-1898), George Macdonald (1824-1905), Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894), Hall Caine (1853-1931), Henry Rider Haggard (1856-1925), Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809-1894), Elizabeth Garrett Anderson (1836-1917), William Black (1841-1898), Augustus Egg (1816-1863), Jerome K. Jerome (1859-1927) and others, a little light spotting or toning to leaves, original burgundy morocco gilt, spine faded, upper joint split at head, some edge wear, 21.5 x 16.5 cm QTY: (1)
* Charles III (Philip Arthur George, 1948- ). King of the United Kingdom, 2022- , formerly Prince of Wales & Diana (1961-1997). Princess of Wales, 1981-1996. A signed and inscribed Christmas Card, [1986], inscribed and signed by Diana in fountain pen ink for Nickie, ‘& lots of love from us all, Diana’ & ‘and Charles’ in their respective hands, opposite a mounted colour photograph of the seated Prince and Princess of Wales with the young Princes William and Harry in striped shorts between them, folded stiff white card with gilt crests on the front, rubbed along inner centrefold with small spots and light toning to upper and inner margins (probably from folding for a frame display), but without affecting signatures, 15 x 20 cm, very good conditionQTY: (1)
* Charles III (born 1948). King of the United Kingdom, formerly Prince of Wales, 1958-2022. Presentation colour photograph, signed by Charles as Prince of Wales, 'Charles, 2002', head and shoulders portrait wearing a jacket and tie, image 95 x 76 cm, on original card with red ink signature and date at foot, housed in an original green leather desk frame by Ettinger, London, with gilt fleur-de-lys embossed at head of arched top, together with 2 similar presentation black & white photographs of Anne, Princess Royal (born 1950), both head and shoulders portraits, one signed and dated 'Anne, 1983' on lower mount, the other 'Anne, 2002' on lower mount, both presented in blue morocco presentation desk frames, gilt embossed 'A' surmounted by a crown at head of arched tops, all 19.5 x 13.5 cm overall, plus a larger presentation colour photograph of Sarah, Duchess of York, with signed inscription for Adrian to lower mount, 'with my bestest wishes and huge thanks for all your help, Sarah, The Duchess of York', presentation green morocco desk frame with gilt-embossed 'S' surmounted by a crown at head of arched top, 32 x 23 cm, plus a signed colour photograph of Prince Edward and his wife Sophie, signed and dated June 2002 to lower mount, framed, 23 x 19 cm, all glazed, plus a colour photograph of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip mounted on card, image 20 x 14.5 cm, ink autopen signatures of 'Elizabeth R' dated 2002 and 'Philip' to lower mount, light diagonal crease to lower left corner and a little smudging to dateQTY: (6)
* Caruso (Enrico, 1873-1921). Italian operatic tenor. A large, characteristic self-caricature signed, London, 1905, boldly drawn in dark fountain pen ink and pencil on buff paper, signed and dated in pencil to lower margin, some light soiling and age wear and light horizontal fold to the centre, 165 x 120 mm, framed and glazedQTY: (1)NOTE:For a similar self-caricature, only facing to the left, see Caruso's Caricatures, New York: Dover Publications, 1977, p. 9.
Stravinsky (Igor, 1882-1971). Russian composer. Autograph Musical Quotation Signed, ’Igor Stravinsky’, Paris, 2 February 1936, being 3 bars on two staves, of the solo piano part from the third movement of his Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, signed with place and date below, black ink on cream paper, minor creasing and a few light marks, 100 x 160 mmQTY: (1)NOTE:Stravinsky’s Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments was written in 1923/24 and revised in 1950. The concerto was to prove one of Stravinsky’s most important works of the 1920s, by virtue of the fact that he played it almost everywhere he went. It therefore became the one genuinely modern score of his that was widely known in that decade. The music is notated on staves drawn by Stravinsky on a blank sheet. For this purpose, the composer used ‘a certain instrument with little wheels invented by him for drawing the stave lines’ (C. F. Ramuz, Souvenirs sur I. Stravinsky, 1946, p. 77).
AR * Moon (Sarah, b. 1941). [?Self-portrait of] Sarah Moon with her camera, [?]Paris, 1969, vintage gelatin silver print, image size 218 x 211 mm, sheet size 30 x 24.5 cm, a little overall light creasing and frayed along right edge, light pen impression see-through from inscription to verso to upper left dark background area of image, various stamps and markings to verso, the earliest dated 8 July 1969QTY: (1)NOTE:A very early photograph of the French model turned photographer Sarah Moon.
* Lamb (Charles, 1775-1834). English essayist, poet and antiquarian. Autograph Manuscript Poem Signed, 'Charles Lamb', c. 1830, a 14-line sonnet titled 'Christian names of women / To Edith Southey' in the author's hand at head, written in black ink in a neat hand and typically sloping downwards to the right, signed at foot of sonnet, 1 page with integral address leaf, the address panel simply addressed 'Miss Southey' without any further marks, indistinct embossed stamp of a Bath paper manufacturer upper left, some light spotting, soiling and browning, a little creasing and original fold marks, 4to (230 x 185 mm), preserved in an early 20th-century gilt-titled cloth folderQTY: (1)NOTE:This is the original manuscript of Lamb's sonnet that was first printed in The Athenaeum, 9 March 1833, under the same title as here. The dedicatee and recipient of this manuscript was Edith Southey (1804-1871), eldest daughter of the poet Robert Southey. In 1834 Edith married the English cleric and antiquarian John Wood Warter (1806-1878), who is now best known as an editor of the works of his friend Robert Southey.Charles Lamb included this sonnet in a note he wrote to Charles Wentworth Dilke in February 1833. This letter [no. 540] and the sonnet are included in the various Works editions of Charles and Mary Lamb. The dedicatee of the sonnet as given in Lamb's note to Dilke is 'Edith S---' but is correctly identified in the editorial matter of the Works editions. There are two slight differences in the text as found in this original manuscript and the one included in Dilke's letter, the latter being the basis for all subsequent printed versions of the sonnet. In line 8 this manuscript has, 'Of Marthas, or of Abigails, few lines', the 'Dilke' version having 'and of Abigails'. The final line of the manuscript is written, 'All these, than Saxon Edith, please me less', the 'Dilke' version beginning the line 'These all... '.
* Charles III (Philip Arthur George, 1948- ). King of the United Kingdom, 2022- , formerly Prince of Wales & Diana (1961-1997). Princess of Wales, 1981-1996. A signed and inscribed Christmas Card, [1988], inscribed and signed by Diana in fountain pen ink for Nicki, ‘lots of love from us all, Diana and’ & ‘Charles’ in their respective hands, opposite a mounted colour photograph of the Prince and Princess of Wales with the young Princes William and Harry all looking to camera over a wooden field gate, folded stiff white card with gilt crests on the front, small light spot to lower board, 15 x 20 cm, very fine conditionQTY: (1)
* George VI (1895-1952). King of the United Kingdom 1936-52 & Elizabeth (1900-2002), Queen Consort, the Queen Mother. Christmas card for 1947/48, signed by both King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in blue ink, ‘George R’ and ‘Elizabeth R’, with ‘1948’ added by the King beneath printed message, the facing black and white photographic image showing the couple with their daughters, Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret on the upper deck of HMS Vanguard as they arrive at Cape Town at the start of the Royal Tour of the Union of South Africa in 1947, folded card with gold embossed crown to the front, some light overall spotting, 15 x 17.5 cm, VG/fineQTY: (1)NOTE:Provenance: By family descent from Kenneth Hall, MVO, MBE, RN (1892-1976).
Victoria (Queen of Great Britain and Ireland, 1837-1901). The Early Years His Royal Highness The Prince Consort, compiled under the Direction of Her Majesty the Queen, by Lieut.-General The Hon. C. Grey, 4th edition, London: Smith, Elder and Co., 1867, engraved portrait frontispiece of Prince Albert as a child by William Hall after Döll, one other portrait of the Prince, some light spotting to endpapers, all edges gilt, contemporary dark brown full morocco by Birdsall and Son, Northampton, covers panelled in gilt with centre scroll with a 'V [&] A' monogram with crown above, enclosed by a foliate wreath, spine with raised bands, lettered in gilt to one compartment, the others decorated in gilt with repeat monograms, metal clasp, 8vo QTY: (1)NOTE:Presentation copy from Queen Victoria to Charles Kingsley, inscribed 'For the Rev. C. Kingsley, In recollection of the dear Prince, from Victoria, Balmoral Sept. 1867.'Additionally inscribed 'Grenville Arthur Kingsley from mother. Jny[?] 1876', and 'Presented to A. S. Watt by Mary St Leger Harrison, with sincere regard, Christmas 1918.' With a 2-page loosely inserted autograph letter from Mary St Leger Harrison to Alexander Strachan Watt, dated December 1918, presenting the book: 'It would be a great pleasure to me if you would let me add this book to your collection - I know the German name is not one to conjure with at the present time... the book has a certain value & interest as being the gift of the Queen to my father, at a time when his influence with her was considerable...please accept this with my thanks to you for many kindnesses to me during a year of much anxiety and sorrow...'Initially presented by Queen Victoria to the author Charles Kingsley (1819-1875), her chaplain from 1859. Subsequently presented by his wife Frances Eliza Grenville to their son Grenville Arthur Kingsley (1858-1898), and then from daughter Mary St Leger Kingsley to Alexander Strachan Watt. he was the son of Alexander Pollock Watt (1838-1914), founder of the world's first literary agent A. P. Watt & Son in 1875, whose clients included Rudyard Kipling, Arthur Conan Doyle, Henry James, Thomas Hardy, and W. B. Yeats.Mary St Leger Kingsley (1852-1931) married Reverend William Harrison in 1876 and was a popular novelist in her day, writing under the nom-de-plume Lucas Malet. She wrote some 17 novels, commencing with Mrs Lorimer. A Study in Black and White (1882), Colonel Enderby's Wife (1885) and The Wages of Sin (1891), considered a major influence on Thomas Hardy's Jude the Obscure. She lived mostly on the continent with the singer Gabrielle Vallings, Mary's second cousin and adopted daughter.
Coburn (Alvin Langdon, 1882-1966). Manchester & the Sea, [Manchester: Cloister Press], c. 1920s, 10 reproductions of Coburn photographs on rectos and versos of 5 leaves, folding map printed in red, gilt and black at rear, original grey card wrappers with title label pasted to upper wrapper and photograph reproduction notice tipped onto inside front cover, slim 4to (235 x 180 mm), VG, together with:Coburn (Alvin Langdon). Manchester & the Sea, [Manchester: Cloister Press], c. 1920s, 10 reproductions of Coburn photographs on rectos and versos of 5 leaves, folding map printed in red, gilt and black at rear, original grey card wrappers with title label pasted to upper wrapper and photograph reproduction notice tipped onto inside front cover, slim 4to, with:Nevill (Ralph, & Jerningham, Charles Edward). Piccadilly to Pall Mall. Manners, Morals and Man, 1st edition, London: Duckworth & Co, 1908, two photogravures after Coburn, a few light spots, top edge gilt, original red cloth gilt, rubbed with a few marks, 8vo, andStevenson (Robert Louis). Edinburgh, Picturesque Notes, 1st edition, London: Rupert Hart-Davis, printed by the Chiswick Press, 1954, 23 black and white illustrations after Coburn, original white paper-covered boards, spine lettered in silver, dust jacket, lightly rubbed and marked, 8vo, with other photography books and catalogues, etc., relating to Coburn, including volumes 1, 2, 8, 12, 21 and 23 of The Novels and Tales of Henry James (1st Collected edition, Charles Scribner's, 1907-09), each one of 156 copies with photogravure frontispiece, and two copies of The Manchester Reform Club, 1871-1921 (privately printed, 1922)QTY: (24)
A CONTINENTAL SILVER-GILT MOUNTED ETUI18th Century The cylindrical shagreen case with unmarked silver mounts, the hinged cover opening to reveal two scent bottles, a funnel and four other marked items, the interior of the cover inset with a mirror, 8cm high Condition report: The two cartouches with love token mounts and one the hinged lid engraved ‘Souvenir’.Tarnishing to the mounts with some residue polish. The shagreen surface faded in areas and generally lightly worn in areas from handling over the years, also general wear to the extremities. Missing a silver pin to the front lip of the hinged cover. Wear to the silvering of the mirror and light tarnishing and wear to the implements.
A MID 20TH CENTURY STEEL AND PERSPEX COFFEE TABLEWith square glass top 107cm wide; 37cm highOne chip to the glass top edge, perspex to the base is slightly discoloured/stained with numerous old marks and scratches present, chrome slightly pitted. ProvenanceThe collection of the lateCountess Bunny Esterhazy (1938-2021) See Bellmans website forfurther details:https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/works-from-the-estate-of-countess-bunny-esterh%C3%A1zy
A GEORGE III SET OF TWELVE SILVER PLATES (12)Each of shaped circular form, decorated with a beaded rim, crest and motto engraved, diameter 23cm, London 1781, maker Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp, weight 4365 gmsCondition Report: There are no splits, no warping and no later inscriptions. There is light scratching from use on the finish.
DESIGNED BY C.A. LLEWELYN ROBERTS: AN ART DECO CHAMPLEVE ENAMEL MOUNTED EBONY TABLE LAMPCirca 1930 Of tapering octagonal columnar form, with three bands of plaques, the lower tier depicting Chinese and Indian inspired figures, the central band with birds, the upper tier with hunting animals, with light fitting (four plaques missing and one loose), 71cm highProvenance: Acquired from Bonhams, London, 4th June 2008, lot 89. Previously owned by descendants of a Naval Attaché to the British Embassy in Singapore in the 1940s. C.A Llewelyn Roberts was the Designer-Director of the Birmingham Guild Ltd in the 1920s and 30s. This lamp can be closely compared to an example illustrated in an article by Tony Peart for The Decorative Arts Society Journal, 2020, pg. 39, fig. 24 & 25. A previous attribution to Edwin Lutyens was made by comparison to a pair of wall scones of a similar design. (See Philips, London, 4th July 1984, lot 41 and the exhibition catalogue from The Fine Arts Society Exhibition ‘Truth, Beauty and Design, Victorian, Edwardian & Later Decorative Art’, published Fischer Fine Art 1996, fig 169, pg. 70.) Lutyens was one of the leading architects who commissioned work from the Birmingham Guild Ltd. Peart notes (p.43) that, in keeping with the practice of the day, credit was given to the commissioning architect rather than the designer-craftsman, in this case Llewelyn Roberts who was the designer-craftsman and Edwin Lutyens who was more than likely the commissioning architect. Condition report. The enamel plaques all seem to be quite loose and easily fall off. Several have been temporarily resecured. Two larger plaques are missing, two smaller ones and one ebony section missing. Please see extra images.The enamel plaques with wear, some small scuffs, minor old chips to the odd one and some lifting out of position. Some tarnishing in areas. Some chips and losses to the surrounding ebony recesses to the plaques.Overall, inevitable scuffs, scratches, dents, small chips (including one to the foot), shrinkage cracks, and marks commensurate with wear, use and age.
A SILVER TEA STRAINER AND STAND (2)Each piece of Tudor Rose inspired design by R E Stone, London 1953, weight 126 gmsCondition Report; Both pieces are in good condition, the light tarnish would easily polish up, length of strainer 15.2cm, diameter of stand 8.7cm, otherwise in good condition
A PLATED TRAVELLING COCKTAIL SET (12)20th Century The outer shaker opening to contain a strainer in the lid, four tot cups, a juicer, three glass bottles and a separate compartment to the underside, numbered 1502, 28cm high, within a Mappin & Webb leather travelling caseCondition Report:The leather case with small marks and indentations from use and age.The shaker with small surface scratches and light bruises consistent with use.
MINOTTI; AN ITALIAN CHROME AND LEATHER LOW ARMCHAIR (2)93cm wide; 89cm high and a matching footstool 62cm wide; 33cm highNo major rips of tears to the leather upholstery, it is in used condition with some light surface scratches and some indentations and marks to the back of the chair, see additional images.
A VENETIAN LIME GREEN GLASS FOURTEEN LIGHT CHANDELIERLate 20th Century With scroll arms issuing from a chrome plated central dished well, hung with faceted drops and beads, 79cm wide; 72cm high approximatelyCondition Report:Branches in the photograph are not spaced evenly which may give the impression of branches being bent.
A LARGE ALABASTER HANGING PLAFONNIER OR DISH LIGHTModern With suspension chains, 90cm diameterProvenance: Colefax & FowlerSee Bellmans website article for further details https://www.bellmans.co.uk/story/selected-items-from-the-john-fowler-and-imogen-taylor-collectionsCondition report: This not fitted for electricity and will require wiring. Various scuffs and light scratches the edge but commensurate with handling and wear. Please see additional images.
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