Dame Laura KNIGHT (1877-1970) Dancers of the Ballet Russe Limoges enamel plaque, 5.3 x 4.9cmProvenance - From the Estate of Ella Naper, thence by family descent, the estate of Maryella Pigott, niece of Ella Naper, Trewoofe House, Lamorna. Catalogue note: This is one from a series of enamels that Knight made depicting the dancers of Diagalev's 'Ballet Russe'. The Russian ballet troupe had first performed in Paris in 1909 to rapt audiences. Their exoticism was unlike anything Western Europe had seen before; culturally, they influenced everything from dance, music and fashion to interior design. This plaque is likely to depict The Polovtsian Dance from Prince Igor, which Knight would have seen when the Ballet Russe performed in London in 1911.In 1958 Knight gave one of her enamels to her friend and patron Marjorie Averill (sold Bonhams 2017). It depicted Pavlova and her partner Mikhail Mordkin. It is a very similar work to lot 16 in this sale. In an accompanying letter to Mrs Averill, dated 7 April, Knight writes 'At Last! I do hope you will like it. The enamel is Limoges, it is one of about eight I did in the year 1914 with the help of the jeweller, Mrs Ella Naper.'Ella Naper was Laura's friend and near neighbour at Trewoofe, just above the Lamorna Valley in Cornwall. As well as modelling for Laura (she was the model in Knight's seminal 1913 work 'Self Portrait with Model') she was a talented jeweller who had studied under Frank Partridge. Naper and Knight collaborated on a very small number of these enamels, all themed with dancers and the ballet. Knight adored the spectacle of the ballet and particularly the ballerina Pavlova, who she wrote about extensively about her in her autobiography:'I first saw Pavlova dancing with Mordkin. During another season, at the Palace Theatre, when her partner was Novikov, so thrilled was I, I never missed a show; she held me to such a degree that I became almost completely absorbed in her art. I knew her every step and gesture in every dance she did.' They made such a strong impression upon Laura it is not surprising that in 1914 when draconian rules prevented artists particularly in coastal areas from sketching or painting outdoors, she used them as inspiration for creativity in a new medium. These gorgeously jewel-like little works are a testament to Knight’s versatility. Enamel is a notoriously difficult medium to master and yet under Naper’s skilful guidance, Laura has created these beautifully expressive pieces, which fully capture the elegant grace of Pavlova’s lithe figure and the exuberant movement and fluidity of both dancers.Naper made a particularly fine, stone-set piece, the central jewel of which was one of Naper and Knight's enamels depicting a ballerina, which is most likely to represent Pavlova in her most famous role Le cygne (The Swan). This enamel has been bequeathed to Penlee House Museum & Gallery. This historic enamel has multiple fine cracks. These are likely to be part of the creative process. The frame is likely to date from the date of the plaque. It is of three-ply and wormed to the back.
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A 9ct yellow gold dress ring with carved stone portrait of a maiden, approx size O, a 9ct dress ring with cameo style panel of a maiden, combined approx 7.1g, and seven dress rings. Condition Report: White metal ring with bone effect panels size M 1/2, tarnishing and light marks. Cameo style ring size P, light tarnishing. Art Deco style example size N, light wear, scratches, tarnishing, Three-stone plated ring size M 1/2, tarnishing and light wear. black stone ring size L 1/2 tarnishing and light wear. clover ring size N, tarnishing and damage to one stone. three stone rolled gold ring size M, tarnishing. Red stone ring size N, chip to stone, light scratches and wear. cameo style size O, tarnishing and wear.
English School (18th Century) in the style of John Downman ARA (1750-1824) Portrait miniature of Lord Meredith wearing a Militia Officer's uniform oval, approx 6.8cm long, in yellow metal frame possibly 9ct gold, woven hair backed with centre EM gilt initials Non transferable standard ivory exemption declaration number: STBQ1ZVN
Oval porcelain plaque portrait brooch of a young Gypsy girl, plaque measures approx 35x30mm, in frame, with beaded and quarter scroll decoration, applied oval stamped 9ct to frame, detachable open glass back with metal frame, attached brooch safety chain, total gross weight 10.9gms approx Further details: wear and tear commensurate with age
CHARLES GIFFORD DYER (AMERICAN 1845 - 1911), VENICE 1867 oil on board, signed, titled and datedframed image size 17cm x 31cm, overall size 35cm x 49cm Note: Charles Gifford Dyer was an American painter, known mostly for his architectural scenes of Venice and Greece. He and his wife, Mary Anthony Dyer, were part of an expatriate community of American artists which included their friend, John Singer Sargent who painted a portrait of her during one of their visits to Venice; now in the collection of the Art Institure of Chicago. Their daughter, Stella, was a piano prodigy but at the age of seven she moved to the violin and performed throughout Europe as a young woman. He was an art professor in Munich at the time of his death. His cremated remains were returned to America and interred in the Dyer family plot at the Oakwood cemetry in Chicago, Illinois. A series of thirty paintings of the ruins of Greece, commissioned by J. Pierpoint Morgan were left uncompleted.
SCOTTISH SCHOOL (EARLY 20TH CENTURY), PORTRAIT OF WILLIAM ORMISTON ESQ JP oil on canvasframedimage size 127cm x 102cm, overall size 143cm x 118cm Label verso: Doig, Wilson & Wheatley, Edinburgh.Note: William Ormiston was born in 1835. He was an Edinburgh architect with offices at 140, Princes Street in the city. He became Lord Dean of Guild in 1898 holding the position for four years. Ormiston was a leading member of the Methodist Church and was a member of the Nicolson Square congregation being Superintendent of the Sunday School for nearly fifty years. He was a JP and before 1915 he was Chairman of the Loanhead Gas Company. He was married with three daughters. He died aged eighty-five on 19 January 1920.
EDWARD ARTHUR WALTON RSA PRSW (1860 - 1922), THE PORTRAIT OF JANE BURY oil on canvas, signedframed image size 84cm x 59cm, overall size 160cm x 90cm Provenance: exhibited Edinburgh, The Royal Scottish Academy, 1909, no.189 (as "Mrs. T. B. Bury") and E A Walton’s Memorial Exhibition, Edinburgh and Glasgow 1924.Literature: Edward Arthur Walton by Fiona MacSporran Page 91 Plate 70.Note: Jane Bury was married to J. B. Bury Esq., Regius Professor of Modern History, Cambridge. From 1902 they took a holiday cottage at 9 Park Lane, Southwold, where they made friends with the artist. In addition to painting her portrait, he also made an oil sketch of their cottage, now in the Southwold Museum. This portrait was also exhibited at the Walton Memorial Exhibition at the Royal Academy (London) in 1924. The painting has strong influences of Whistler, particularly in the panache of the dress.
FRANCOIS FERRIERE (SWISS 1752 - 1839), SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS PORTRAIT oil on ivory framed and under glassThis lot contains elephant ivory material. Several countries, including in the EU and USA, prohibit the importation of ivory items unless under specific conditions. Prospective buyers should familiarise themselves with the relevant customs regulations of their country and ensure they are able to import this item prior to bidding.Ivory Act 2018 (2022) compliant with APHA registration reference 8MW3BM26. image size 9cm x 7cm (oval), overall size 24cm x 23cm
JEREMIAH DAVISON (BRITISH 1695 - 1745), PORTRAIT OF LADY ANNE GREY-CAVENDISH oil on oval canvas, inscribed, the plaque inscribed 'Allan Ramsay' framed image size 78cm x 61cm (oval), overall size 100cm x 81cm (oval) Note 1: A photograph showing this painting of Lady Anne de Grey. Mother of Henry Cavendish. By J. Davison is available Courtesy of the Bedfordshire Record Office. Source: https://www.mprl-series.mpg.de/studies/7/7/index.html Note 2: On 9 January 1729, Lord Charles Cavendish married Lady Anne de Grey, daughter of the duke of Kent. Charles was in his middle twenties instead of in his middle thirties, a more common age for younger sons of nobility to marry, and Anne, who was born in 1706, was two years younger. We know nothing of the affection between Charles and Anne, but certainly wealth, rank, and respectability would have been considerations in this match. There were earlier connections between the two families too:, Charles’s and Anne’s fathers came together on a Continental tour, and at the beginning of the previous century, Henry Grey, earl of Kent, married Elizabeth, granddaughter of Sir William Cavendish of Chatsworth.
Postcards, Cinema, a selection of approx. 47 early printed cards of cinema stars, with 16 published by Picture Portrait Gallery, showing Harry Gribbon, Fairbanks, Louise Lovely, Alice Joyce etc. Also 31 plain back cards produced by various film companies inc. Mae Marsh, Pickford, Ruth Roland, Marie Walcamp, Fanny Ward etc (mainly gd)
Postcards, Silks, 4 military and patriotic embroidered silk cards, inc. Salvation Army 'Blood & Fire' on badge; ASC above motor car; AVC (Army Veterinary Corps) with horses head either side of badge; and bulldog portrait on flap to centre of Union Jack colours with the caption 'John Bull is Ever Ready' (gd/vg)
Postcards, Advertising, a good poster advert selection of 8 cards relating to food with LCM Co Beef with portrait of a cows head, Brand & Co Meat Juice, HP Sauce 'The sign of a good meal', Beechwood Hams and Bacon showing John Bull holding a ham, Birds Custard with rhubarb recipe, Colman's Mustard and 'Canada The Empress Larder' etc (gd/vg)
Boxing, Joe Frazier (1944-2011), World Heavyweight Boxing Champion, a postcard size colour promotional card showing portrait of Frazier, signed in blue ink (vg) (1). Lots 1088 to 1137 have been consigned by a relative of a private collector who is now deceased. They form the first part of a vast collection of signatures amassed over 50+ years of collecting which we will be selling in this and future auctions. Many signatures were gained in person from boyhood days at sports venues, theatres & other locations and continued through to later years with auction purchases and exchanges of correspondence. Some additional information is included on our website.
Entertainment, Margaret Rutherford (1892-1972), English Character Actresses from Stage, Television & Film, a postcard size b/w portrait press photo with photographers stamp to back, signed in blue ink (gd) (1). Lots 1088 to 1137 have been consigned by a relative of a private collector who is now deceased. They form the first part of a vast collection of signatures amassed over 50+ years of collecting which we will be selling in this and future auctions. Many signatures were gained in person from boyhood days at sports venues, theatres & other locations and continued through to later years with auction purchases and exchanges of correspondence. Some additional information is included on our website.
Postcards, Wain, 6 anthropomorphic illustrated cards of cats by Louis Wain inc. 'I am quite upset', 'How silly of ....' (wtf), 'We are getting quite attached' (trimmed), 'For the moment it ....' (wtf), cat portrait 'Grace', and cat fishing (wtf). 4 cards are published by Tuck in their Write Away series (mixed condition)
Postcards, Silks, 4 military/patriotic embroidered silk cards with 'His cap giv es good luck' showing a portrait of grey cat with large whiskers and wearing Tommy's hat; 2 black cats either side of umbrella with caption 'Keep Smiling'; also head and shoulders of British soldier facing a butterfly multicoloured bow and captioned 'Thoughts of you'; and finally an aircraft in flight with 'Vers La Victoire' on wings, 1915 in left bottom corner and crossed flags to right (mixed condition)
Two Edwardian and later postcard albums mostly humorous and risqué cards inc Donald McGill, Reg Maurice, Thomas Henry, Ludgate, Fred Spurgin, D Tempest, Biggar, Dudley Buxton, Albert Beerts, Bob Wilson, Arthur Moreland, Agnes Richardson, Lawson Wood, Reg Carter, etc others portrait, topographical etc approx 330 card (2)
Y A TORTOISESHELL RECTANGULAR BOX 18TH CENTURY The cover inset with an oval portrait miniature 7.5cm (3in) long Together with another 18th century tortoiseshell circular box, with applied gilt star decoration, 4.5cm (1 3/4in) diameter Y Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. The import of lots that are subject to CITES regulations are banned in certain countries. Please check your country's import regulations before bidding. Condition Report: Rectangular box - Hinge good, cover sits well, appears to be unmarked, spotting to the portrait, play to the glass, chip to the bottom right corner of the box Circular box - All inlay appears to be present, cover fits well, various chips Both with light scratches and wear commensurate with age and use Condition Report Disclaimer
A COLLECTION OF FOUR ANTIQUE ENAMELLED BOXES To include an 18th century shaped baluster box, circa 1780, the lid painted with a scene from Greek mythology, the underside of the lid with Perseus rescuing Andromeda from the sea monster; the base of the box enamelled with scenes from Greek mythology, based around Apollo, the inside of the box enamelled with a grasshopper, with monogram JB upon a rock; together with a late 18th century circular enamelled box with the portrait of Charles Edward Stuart, the Young Pretender, with blue sash and draped ermine trimmed cloak, the base decorated with polychrome flowers; a circular box enamelled with a courting couple in a classical garden, the base with enamelled roses and flowers; and a ceramic chest shaped box, with polychrome glazed courting couple to the lid and floral sprays to the base, signed Lille 1767 First box approximately 7.9cm x 6.3cm x 3.3cm Condition Report: Various damage. The first boxes lid frame has broken and there is chipping to the enamel panels Condition Report Disclaimer
A GROUP OF FOUR CHINESE ITEMS, c. 1920sChina, late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) to Republic period (1912-1949). The first an anti-communist commemorative medal cast with the portrait of Chiang Kai- Shek and the words “Commemoration for Anti-Communism”, gifted by Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong”. In 1927, Li Zongren and Huang Shaohong, leaders of the Guangxi faction, cooperated with Jiang Zhongzheng to clean up Chinese Communist Party members who had formed an alliance with the Chinese Kuomintang at the time, such medals were awarded to subordinates by the two leaders. The second a bronze talisman with Tian Hou Zaozheng and other Chinese inscriptions. The third a Chinese Empire coin: Guangdong Province, 7 Mace and 2 Candareens. The fourth a small octagonal bowl with deep rounded sides supported on a short ring foot, covered overall with a thick celadon glaze suffused with a network of gray and orange crackle stopping evenly at the foot, revealing the dark-brown ware.Condition: Good condition with traces of use and wear.Provenance: French private collection.Weight: 173 g in total Dimensions: Diameter 3.8 cm (the coin), 4.5 cm (the talisman), 5.5 cm (the medal), and 7.5 cm (the bowl)
A RARE GILT AND POLYCHROME WOOD FIGURE OF JIZO BOSATSUJapan, 13th-14th century, Kamakura period (1185-1333)Finely carved, the bodhisattva standing on a double lotus dais with beaded rim raised on a naturalistically carved rockwork base supported on a tiered rectangular pedestal carved with diapered floral and rinzu designs. He is dressed in a long flowing robe applied with gilt and colored pigments as well as an ornamental necklace suspending small beads. He is holding the hoju (treasure jewel) in his left hand and the shakujo (staff) suspending loose rings in his right. His serene face with heavy-lidded eyes below gently arched brows centered by a crystal-inlaid byakugo (urna). The lotus dais is inset with a flattened post surmounted by a metal halo applied with three metal foliate elements.HEIGHT 33.2 cmCondition: Good condition with some wear, minor age cracks, minor flaking and small losses to lacquer and pigments, few tiny losses, one foot restored.Provenance: Kyoto Gallery, Brussels, 2000. Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert, Paris, acquired from the above. Liliane and Michel Durand-Dessert were luminous gallery owners who worked in Paris from 1975 to 2004, and were both informed and avant-garde collectors. They are significant not only because of the analytical and original approach the couple applied in each acquisition, but also because of their visionary take on exhibiting the most radical 20th-century art in their gallery, which was the subject of a 2004 retrospective organized by the Museum of Grenoble. According to Michel Durand-Dessert, who was inspired to open the couple's first gallery by a visit to Documenta in 1968, “it is certain that a collection is a portrait, and that the objects we buy are those in which we sometimes recognize ourselves, sometimes we project ourselves. One way or another, acquiring them means adopting them, in every sense of the word.”Jizo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha) has been worshipped since the Heian period, particularly as the protector of children. This bodhisattva is a merciful figure who alone among Buddhist deities moves through the six worlds of illusion in his role of saving all sentient beings. As in this example he is usually depicted as a monk with the hoju (treasure jewel) and shakujo, a staff with a finial of rings which jingle to warn small creatures of his approaching footfalls.Museum comparison: Compare a related gilt-decorated wood figure of Jizo dated to the Kamakura period, 13th century, 35.5 cm high, in the collection of the Freer Gallery of Art in the National Museum of Asian Art, Smithsonian Institution, accession number F1965-19a-h. Compare a related gilt and polychrome wood figure of Jizo standing on a similar gilt double-lotus dais, dated to the 12th century, 88 cm high, in the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen, object number IN 2262.Auction comparison: Compare a related wood figure of Jizo Bosatsu, with the gilt and pigments mostly lost, dated Heian or Kamakura period, 12th century, 50.4 cm high, at Bonhams, 15 March 2017, New York, lot 6154 (sold for 33,750 USD).
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Burma 1887-89 (Lt. & Qr. Master M. Lynch 1st. Bn. Hamps. R.) nearly extremely fine £200-£240 --- Michael Lynch was born at Bangalore, India, on 8 September 1852 and attested for the Hampshire Regiment as a Private soldier on 6 May 1871. Advancing through the ranks, he was commissioned Lieutenant (Quartermaster) on 13 May 1885, and served in Burma from 3 November 1888 to 27 January 1891. He was promoted Captain on 13 May 1895, and Major on 1 January 1903. He retired on 5 September 1907, having spent over 21 years soldiering in India. He died at Southsea, Hampshire, on 14 June 1913. Sold with copied record of service and the recipient's obituary from The Hampshire Regimental Journal, which contains a portrait of the recipient.
Five: Quartermaster Henry W. Blann, Royal Navy
 Baltic 1854-55, unnamed as issued; Crimea 1854-56, 1 clasp, Sebastopol, unnamed as issued, and clasp loose on riband as issued; China 1857-60, 1 clasp, Taku Forts 1860, unnamed as issued; Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension (Henry. W. Blann Qr. Mr. H.M.S. Nassau.) engraved naming; Turkish Crimea 1855, British issue, unnamed as issued, and pierced for ring suspension as issued, light contact marks, otherwise very fine (5) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, June 2002. Henry W. Blann was born in Selsea, Sussex, in October 1837. He joined the Royal Navy as a Boy 2nd Class in July 1851, with subsequent service including with the Arethusa in the Baltic and the Crimea, and with the Chesapeake during the operations in China. Blann was pensioned in June 1876, at which time he received his L.S. & G.C. medal and gratuity, and was finally discharged to shore as Petty Officer 1st Class on 6 October 1876. Sold with copy service papers and other research, together with a fragile original portrait photograph believed to be of the recipient in old age.
Four: Driver Celia Meade, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps, late No. 24 (Cornwall) Voluntary Aid Detachment British War and Victory Medals (C. Meade F.A.N.Y.C.); France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, the reverse dated 1914-1917; Belgium, Kingdom, Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth, bronze and red enamel; together with the recipient’s First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Medal, bronze, unnamed as issued, nearly extremely fine (5) £400-£500 --- Celia Meade was born in St. Ives, Cornwall, on 24 November 1892, the daughter of artist Arthur Meade. A keen performer, she played a musician in the town’s performance of Aladdin and is noted in the St. Ives Weekly Summary of 2 January 1909 as one of the lead characters in the annual pantomine, Cinderella. Meade attested for her local V.A.D. detachment on 29 November 1915 and was soon employed as a chauffeuse. Transferred with permission to the F.A.N.Y. on 24 January 1916, she crossed the Channel and served in France with the Calais Convoy from February 1916 to May 1917. For her services as a motor ambulance driver, she was awarded the French Croix de Guerre on 16 September 1918 under General Order No. 336. Her citation states: ‘During the War operations from 10 August to 10 September 1918, she drove by medical car day and night, to the most perilous posts to ensure the transport of the wounded.’ Further recognised with the award of the Medaille de la Reine Elisabeth on 22 April 1919, Meade resigned from the F.A.N.Y. in 1919 and likely returned home to ‘Godrevy’, St. Ives. Sold with copied research including V.A.D. service record, a fine French identity card portrait, and two others of the recipient alongside her ambulance, and photocopies of the certificates relating to both foreign decorations.
A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C., ‘1916 Somme’ M.M. group of ten awarded to Major G. Thomas, 18th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, later Canadian Machine Gun Corps Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse privately engraved ‘I.W.U.Y. Lieut. G. Thomas. 18th. Canadian Infantry Oct. 1918’; Military Medal, G.V.R. (53164 Cpl. G. Thomas. 18/Can: Inf:); Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 copy clasp, Somaliland 1908-10 (Trpr. G. Thomas King’s African Rifles) renamed; 1914-15 Star (53164 Pte. G. Thomas. 18/Can: Inf:); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. Thomas.); Canadian Volunteer Service Medal; War Medal 1939-45, Canadian issue in silver, these both privately engraved ‘Major G. Thomas. M.C. M.M. E.D. V.G.C.’; Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal, G.V.R. (Major G. Thomas M.C. M.M. 2nd Bn. C.M.G.C.); Efficiency Decoration, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Canada, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar, mounted court-style as worn; together with the related miniature awards, the Canadian Volunteer Service Medal with Overseas clasp, mounted as worn, polished and lacquered, generally very fine (10) £1,600-£2,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- M.C. London Gazette 8 March 1919. M.M. London Gazette 9 December 1916. Gerald Thomas was born in Queenstown, Ireland, on 11 April 1889 and having emigrated to Canada attested for the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force at London, Ontario, on 28 October 1914. He served with the 18th Battalion (Western Ontario Regiment), Canadian Infantry during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 September 1915, and was promoted Corporal on 28 July 1916. For his gallantry during the Battle of the Somme he was awarded the Military Medal. Thomas was commissioned temporary Lieutenant in the 18th Battalion on 10 March 1917, and having attended a Snipers Corpse, qualifying as ‘Distinguished’, he saw further service with the Battalion on the Western Front from 21 June 1918. For his gallantry during the final months of the Great War he was further honoured with the award of the Military Cross. He returned to Canada in May 1919, and was demobilised on 24 May 1919. Reenlisting in the Colonial Auxiliary Forces, he saw further service with the Canadian Machine Gun Corps. Note: Africa General Service Medal unconfirmed. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient.
A Great War M.M. group of five awarded to Driver Mary O’Connell-Bianconi, First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Corps, who rendered important service on the Western Front conveying wounded men from places of extreme danger to hospital Military Medal, G.V.R. (Miss M. O’Connell-Bianconi. F.A.N.Y.); British War and Victory Medals (M. Bianconi. F.A.N.Y.C.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; together with a Great War First Aid Nursing Yeomanry Medal, bronze, nearly extremely fine (6) £2,000-£2,400 --- M.M. London Gazette 30 July 1918: A joint citation to seven members of the F.A.N.Y.: ‘For conspicuous devotion to duty during a hostile air raid. All these lady drivers were out with their cars during the raid, picking up and in every way assisting the wounded and injured. They showed great bravery and coolness, and were an example to all ranks.’ Mary ‘Mollie’ O’Connell-Bianconi was born at Killadysert, Co. Clare, Ireland, on 22 December 1896. Educated at Laurel Hill Convent in Limerick and finishing schools in Paris and Belgium, she attested for the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry and served in France from August 1917. Sent to the Western Front near Amiens, O’Connell-Bianconi joined a select band of women driving motor ambulances to wherever they were needed - often under extremely dangerous and hostile conditions. Trained in the administration of treatment to both man and machine, the lady ambulance drivers soon proved their competence when taking over from the men, impressing even the most hardened top brass including Surgeon General Sir T. P. Woodhouse: ‘They’re neither fish nor fowl, but damned fine red herring.’ Deployed to St. Omer at the start of the German Spring Offensive, O’Connell-Bianconi was present in her ambulance as waves of enemy storm troopers attempted to smash through the Allied lines. Reeling from the assault, it fell to the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry to advance ever closer to the front to rescue the wounded, the pencilled battle lines on their maps rendered obsolete overnight. Decorated with the Military Medal whilst serving with the St. Omer Ambulance Convoy, O’Connell-Bianconi survived the war and married Captain Arthur Stanley Watson at the London Oratory, Kensington, on 18 December 1919. A renowned beauty of her time, she made her stage debut in 1923 at the London Palladium in the former Broadway musical revue ‘The Whirl of the World’, before retiring to Surrey and raising a family. Sold with a fine portrait photograph of the recipient in uniform; a group shot of F.A.N.Y. Unit 6 members, with each lady identified; and copied research.
Four: Captain Mary Caisley, Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve and Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, all privately engraved ‘P. 206848 M. Caisley QAIMNS./R’, very fine (4) £70-£90 --- Mary Caisley was born in Berwick-upon-Tweed on 13 February 1911 and took her nursing studies at the East Suffolk and Ipswich Hospital from 3 August 1932 to 3 November 1935. Joining Queen Alexandra’s Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve as Sister on 2 October 1939, she served at Military Hospitals in York, Londonderry and Dumfries, including a two-month attachment to No. 33 General Hospital at Peebles. Sent to Aldershot in 1943, she spent a short period aboard the Hospital Ship El Nil, before being posted to the Hospital Ship Oranje from 20 March 1944 to 10 June 1945. Discharged on 29 November 1945, she was transferred to a commission as Captain in Queen Alexandra’s Royal Army Nursing Corps Regular Reserve of Officers on 24 November 1950. Sold with a large archive of original documentation including named Identity Card for H.S. Oranje; National Registration Identity Card; Red Cross Identity Certificate; Ministry of Transport Continuous Certificate of Discharge; a post-War passport, bearing portrait photograph, 1960s era; invitation to Buckingham Palace garden party; M.O.D. letter regarding reaching the upper age limit, dated 23 February 1966; and further correspondence, pension details etc.
A Second War M.B.E. group of three attributed to First Officer Esta Eldod, Women’s Royal Naval Service The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Military) Member’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver, in Royal Mint case of issue; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, very fine and better (3) £120-£160 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 14 June 1945. Esta Eldod was born in Hackney on 3 July 1898 and was appointed to the Women’s Royal Naval Service as Third Officer on 16 July 1940. Posted to Headquarters at Pembroke on 11 September 1940, she served throughout the War as Press Officer in the office of the Director of the Women’s Royal Naval Service. Decorated with the M.B.E. for this work, she later sailed from London to Santos aboard the Brasil Star, taking employment in South America as a Public Relations Officer. A founding member of the Institute of Journalists (1948), she later returned to England and took her retirement in Sussex. Sold with the recipient’s original Bestowal Document for the award of the M.B.E., and a fine portrait of her in naval uniform.
A Knight Bachelor’s group of four awarded to Air Mechanic First Class Sir John L. Blake, Royal Naval Air Service, later Comptroller General of HM Patent Office, who received the accolade of knighthood from H.M. Queen Elizabeth II on 27 February 1952 in the very first investiture carried out by the new Queen at the start of her reign Knight Bachelor’s Badge, 2nd type breast badge, silver-gilt and enamel, hallmarks for London 1951, in Royal Mint case of issue; British War and Victory Medals (F.13174 J. L. Blake. A.M.1 R.N.A.S.) in named card box of issue; Coronation 1953, unnamed as issued, in card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £400-£500 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Knight Bachelor London Gazette 1 January 1952: John Lucian Blake, M.SC., Esq., Comptroller-General, Patent Office. Sir John Lucian Blake was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, on 28 January 1898 and was educated at Watford Grammar School. He served with the Royal Naval Air Service during the Great War in H.M.S. President II from 18 April 1916, and following the cessation of hostilities joined HM Patent Officer. He served with the Patents Office for thirty years, and was latterly Comptroller General, for which services he was appointed a Knight Bachelor in the 1952 New Year’s Honours’ List. He was knighted by H.M. Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on 27 February 1952, in what was the very first investiture held by the new Queen at the start of her reign, and died suddenly in Paris on 18 May 1954, aged 56. Sold with a portrait photograph of the recipient; a UNESCO Paris 1951 lapel badge; various souvenir menus from formal luncheons and dinners in the 1950s, including one for a luncheon in honour of the touring Pakistan Cricket Team in 1954; a boxed set of two packs of playing cards with the initials ‘JLB’ on the backs; a sterling silver presentation penknife, the case bearing the recipient’s engraved initials, and the heraldic crest of the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, in leather case; and copied research.
A Second War B.E.M. group of four awarded to Lance Sergeant Joyce A. Barnham, Auxiliary Territorial Service British Empire Medal, (Military) G.VI.R., 1st issue (No. W/17447 L/Sgt. Joyce A. Barnham. A.T.S.); Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Efficiency Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, Territorial (W.17447. Cpl. J. A. Barnham. B.E.M. A.T.S.) first initial officially corrected on last, very fine and better (4) £200-£240 --- B.E.M. London Gazette 1 January 1944. Joyce Alix Barnham was born in Paddington on 13 May 1921. A shop assistant, she joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service on 28 April 1939 and was awarded the B.E.M. for her work with Anti Aircraft Command. She later received the Efficiency Medal under Army Order No. 27 of 1948, and died in Hastings in 1979. Sold with the recipient’s Soldier’s Service and Pay Book, and a portrait photograph.
An Order of St. John pair awarded to K. D. Wadia, St. John Ambulance Brigade (India) The Order of St John of Jerusalem, Serving Brother’s breast badge, 1st type (1892-1939), silver and enamel, circular badge with white enamel cross with heraldic beasts in angles raised above the background, in case of issue; India, Dominion, Order of St John Ambulance Brigade, Seva Medal, type with portrait of Gandhi, the reverse engraved ‘448 K. D. Wadia III Distt. St. J.A.B. 1956’, bronze, very fine (2) £70-£90
A collection of portrait miniatures, to include four painted on ivory (dark-haired lady wearing a white dress and veil in gilt oval frame, lady wearing a blue hat with ostrich feather plume and the circular pair housed in square ebonised frames - these being signed respective "d'Gerard" and "d'Isabey") (7) Ivory Declaration reference: QQNOHBFP Condition Report:Available upon request
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