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WALES / NEW ZEALAND Official Rugby Union programme, Wales v New Zealand, 5/1/46 at Cardiff Arms Park, eight page issue, the New Zealand team were known as The Kiwis and were a Military team from the New Zealand Armed Services who had seen service in North Africa, Greece and Italy. Having helped defeat Rommel, Wales were not too much of a problem and the Kiwis won 11-3. Programme has folds and slight wear but is complete and has no writing. Fair
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BIRMINGHAM SPEEDWAY Interesting booklet issued to describe the sensational Birmingham victory over West Ham in the 1948 Daily Mail National Trophy. Having lost the first leg 67-41 in London, the Brummies who were in a lower division , dramatically defeated West Ham 85-23 in the second leg , winning every single race (18 races), and winning 126-90 on aggregate. It was such a feat that this 16 page booklet was issued to record the victory and includes photographs and all the details of the two legs. Good
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NEWTON HEATH Very rare Official programme for Newton Heath Cricket and Football Club, tenth Annual Athletic Festival, Monday August 25th 1890. This 16 page programme from the forerunner of Manchester United gives details of the Club President and Vice-Presidents and all the events and competitors are listed in the following pages. The inside back cover page has the 1890-91 fixture list for Newton Heath FC who were members of the Football Alliance at this time. All fixtures for the Alliance are included together with other games arranged including three against Ardwick (Manchester City ), two v Blackpool South Shore and a game v Clapton. The programme has been laid down in the past and unfortunately there is a small hole on the fixture list where the paper has been lost upon removal. This does affect the fixtures listed for December 1890 although most are still legible (ie three out of four with the other fixture apparently against Belfast ?? on Christmas Day. The back cover has small pieces of paper attached where laid down but this does not really affect the programme or any printed areas and the remainder of this very rare item is in generally good condition, no writing, staple slightly rusty and a small amount of creasing on the centre pages. This is a very rare item from the early days of Manchester United and apart from the defects mentioned condition is generally good. As described
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LEEDS / CELTIC Four page programme, Leeds (+guests) v Glasgow Celtic, 27/5/47 at Elland Road, fund-raising match for the family of ex Leeds player Joseph Eric Stephenson who was killed in action in Burma in September 1944, includes touching tributes to Eric. Team changes and slight wear, includes Celtic group photograph, folds, small tears to edges. Fair
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HRH DUKE OF WINDSOR KG "A King`s Story, The Memoirs of HRH The Duke of Windsor, KG", published by Cassel & Company Ltd, London 1951, first edition, limited edition of 250, one of twenty copies signed by the author, lettered "F", tooled and gilded blue leather bound, the book bears a Prince of Wales letterhead sheet inscribed "To George and Florence Allen with best wishes from Edward, November 1951" (George/Albert Allen was the Solicitor and Founder of Allen & Overy who dealt with the divorce of Wallis prior to her marriage to Edward. It is believed that he was knighted for his services to Edward?), two facsimile copies of photographs, one with the Prince smoking a pipe with Allen, Sir Walter Monk and another suited gentleman at La Cröe, the other with Edward and Allen seated by roof tiles and ladders, together with a Christmas card from La Cröe, signed "Wallis Windsor" and "Edward" (ILLUSTRATED)
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ELLEN MARY LANE "Mr.Drinkwater`s horse", study of a workhorse amongst thatched farm dwellings and barn, oil on canvas, unsigned, bears label verso inscribed "This pony belonged to Mr.Drinkwater who lived at The Moat, Sandhurst, Glos. (His widow and daughters retired to Ladycroft Sandhurst, now the home of Betty Chamberlain.) The picture was painted at Ladycroft by Ellen Mary Lane of Bengrove, Sandhurst. This is where the Warren family live now. 1984.", 26 x 35.5 cm (ILLUSTRATED)
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Virgilius Maro (Publius) Opera 1593 2 vol. in 1 woodcut printer`s devices to title first title with reapir to lower marging and a hole to lower inner gutter closely trimmed at head occasionally affecting running title or page number contemporary calf richly gilt metal clasps worn Leiden ex officina Plantiniana 1593 § Shaw (Rev. P.J.) An Old York Church All Hallows in North Street. Its Mediaeval Stained Glass and Architecture one of 500 copies plates and illustrations original cloth foot of spine torn soiled York 1908 § Lawrence (D.H.) The Man who Died limited edition endpapers browned original spine faded 1931: and a small quantity of others miscellaneous v.s.; sold not subject to return.
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Fleming (Ian) Thunderball dust-jacket price-clipped browned and with tears at corners some loss 1961; The Spy Who Loved Me lacking jacket 1962; On Her Majesty`s Secret Service dust-jacket price-clipped chipped at head of spine end and 1 corner 1963 first editions with previous owner`s name or inscription on front fly-leaf original boards; and the Book Club edition of From Russia with Love 8vo(4)
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Military – South Africa – Boer War fine collection of 10 original photographs taken during the Boer War each annotated two showing the British Concentration Camp at Brandfort one showing Boer refugees one showing native warriors doing a war dance together with a signed cabinet style portrait of General de Wet and an unsigned cabinet photograph of Joseph Chamberlain. Images of a British embarrassment. It was us and not Hitler who invented concentration camps as these photographs attest
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Coal Mining important archive of documents correspondence sales particulars and plans relating to the Elswick Colliery in Northumberland dating from around 1830 Possibly 200 separate items providing a considerable amount of information on coal mining in Northumberland at the beginning of the 19th c The papers relate to a will dispute concerning the ownership of the mines at Elswick following the death in 1811 of John Orde who had bequeathed the mines to his children one of whom was the Countess of Rowden and another General Orde. As such the examination of the case provides considerable documentary information on coal mining at the time including valuations methods in use at the time as well as a fine manuscript plan of the mine.
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WWII – Occupation of the Channel Isles rare pamphlet concerning the funeral with full military honours for the British Naval personnel who were killed when HMS Charybdis was sunk off the Channel Isles. The photographs in this pamphlet show that when it came to military loss of life the German Military forces treated their enemies with considerable respect – which is more than you can say for their Nazis counterparts.
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WWII – Occupation of the Channel Isles – The Holocaust a good example of a ‘Star of David’ arm patch which each Jew had to wear in occupied German territories. This was of course produced for British Jews living in the Channel Isles who suffered the same fate as their counterparts in mainland Europe
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WWII – the Latvian SS Regiment group of documents relating to Vladimirs Brasmanis a Latvian Farmer who joined the Latvian Regiment of the Waffen SS. Immediately after the war such people were not welcomed back to their native land so he emigrated to Canada. The paper include a rare photograph of him in the Waffen SS with a few colleagues official registration documents an identity pass and documents relating to his citizenship in Canada. The rationale behind the Latvian SS regiment was that they believed the Germans to be a lesser of two evils between then and Stalinist Russia and they felt that they better way to protect Latvian sovereignty was to side with the Germans. The supreme irony in all this is that such men are now regarded in Latvia as heroes not villains.
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America 1823 fine and extensive ms letter written by a Scottish ex-pat to his family dated Palatine Bridge January 20th 1823 describing the country he has found: ‘...every four or five miles you will find a tavern where you will generally fall in with an excellent spring of water brought from a distance in woodland running into large troughs in purpose to refresh the horses or travellers who may stop there and they have all large shades into which they drive the horses wagons and all where the horses stand till the men take some refreshment...’ 4pp folio cross written in black and red (red ink somewhat faded) paper has split where originally folded in need of slight conservation otherwise the letter is in good order. The address panel bears a Liverpool Ship letter mark (Wilcocks type M8) with other postal history markings.
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Maritime finely executed diagram of the layout of the ship Riop Van Winkel attributed to Vice Admiral Cornwallis Aldham RN retired who died on board the vessel on the Nile on February 27th 1878 and was buried in Cairo. Executed in Indian ink on blue paper with schedule of dimensions etc and a view of the ship together with three sketches of interiors of cabins and a small sketch map presumably by the same artist.
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Railways a fine collection of ephemera concerning Railwayman Samuel Kellaway of the Great Western Railway who was a Permanent Way Man in the Dorset/Somerset areas c1930s/40s including his instruction books issued by the Railway notebooks timetable book sundry correspondence and notices his birth certificate various certificates etc
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Mosley and the British fascists typewritten letter signed to Arnold Leese from Admiral Sir Barry Domville who was sent to Brixton Prison under Rule 18b dated May 3rd 1949 discussing various people and topics and of course his anti-Semitism: ‘...they do not realise that the harm is done and that another World War will only be playing the Jews’ game. I must admit that I should be curious to see what would happen in Palestine. The efforts to confuse thought seem to be more strenuous than ever. It is difficult to blame people for being as foolish as they seem...’ together with a copy of Domville’s book ‘From Admiral to Cabin Boy’
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Literature – Charlotte Bronte edition of the True Flag newspaper produced in Boston USA for July 4th 1857 containing an extensive memorial article for Charlotte Bronte who had died less than two years before. The paper also carries a verse dedicated to Florence Nightingale and a curious article suggesting that arsenic in wallpaper might be a killer – it has been established only in recent years that this might have been the cause of the death of Napoleon on St Helena ! Together with an edition of the Columbian Sentinel for August 24th 1799
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Autograph- Polar Exploration – August Peterman German polar explorer autograph letter signed dated Gotha September 24th 1860 introducing his friend Herr Bohm the famous flautist who wishes to obtain work : ‘...he had the honour of playing privately before Her Majesty and he is desirous of obtaining some engagements in private families for giving music lessons on the Piano...’
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Ephemera – Reward Notice fine printed notice dated 1822 offering a 1000 pounds reward for the conviction of bank robbers who stole a large quantity of 5 pound notes drawn by Taylors and Lloyds Bankers of Birmingham (the original firm which is today Lloyds TSB) with a list of all the banknote numbers stolen. Printed on one side of a leaf of paper approx 17 x10 ins fine condition
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Hitler The Maximilinaeum (now Bavarian Parliament) – view with bridge in foreground signed ‘A.H. 1914’ to bottom right hand corner pen and sepia ink and wash approx size 9 1/2cm x 13 1/2 cm framed and glazed. Provenance: Lot 869 in Phillips Sale at Blenstock House ‘Memorabilia from the Two World Wars’ June 6th 1985 accompanied by photocopy of a letter from Prof Ernst Wilkinghoff of Munich dated May 3rd 1962 stating that this item is part of the picture collection of Frau Helen Schweiger a waitress who received them as payment in hand and that they date from the Munich period between 1913 and 1914 ‘Hitler sold such pictures at this time in beer cellars and earned his living thereby. Frau Schwaiger had obtained all the pictures by giving him food without payment while she was a waitress...’
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WWI Biographies. The Bond of Sacrifice, A Biographical Record of All British Officers Who Fell in The Great War, vols. 1 & 2 only, August 1914 to June 1915, [1916], double-column text throughout with vign. portraits from b&w photos, near-matching orig. half morocco/cloth over buckram boards, both rubbed and leather spine to vol. 1, slightly frayed at head, folio, together with Graham (Dom Lucius), Downside & The War 1914-1919 ..., 1st ed., 1925, colour frontis., b&w portrait, illusts. from photos, t.e.g., orig. burgundy half morocco gilt, a little rubbed, 4to, plus other public school rolls of honour relating to the first world war, including Cheltenham College, Tonbridge, Wellington College, Merchant Taylor’s School, Rugby School, Marlborough College, Dulwich College, Harrow School, Mill Hill School, Eton and Winchester, mostly orig. cloth, some rubbed and soiled, and 4-vol. Winchester set damp-damaged (37)
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* Royal Presentation Sword from HRH Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) to General Sir Dighton Probyn, VC. A General Officer’s pattern mameluke style presentation sword, the 83cm (32ins) curved unfullered blade by Henry Wilkinson of Pall Mall, London, etched on upper side “FROM H.R.H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G., G.C.S.I. INDIA 1875-76” and on the other side “TO MAJOR GENERAL SIR DIGHTON PROBYN, KC.S.I., C.B., V.C.” above the arms of the Prince of Wales with his initials AE and beneath those the monogram DMP, the blade numbered on the back 19814, the hilt is of heavy quality cast brass with applied silver devices of the Prince of Wales crest on the front langet and his initials AE on the other, the grips are of ivory fastened by engraved gilt bolts. The scabbard is of plated steel with three ornate cast gilt brass mounts, the upper two mounted with silver devices in the form of the Prince’s arms on the upper side and on the other the badge of the Order of the Star of India. The sword retains its original gilt and red sword knot and a black oil cloth outer carrying case lined with chamois leather. The sword is in excellent general condition: there is some light pitting to the scabbard and three small fixing screws are missing from the scabbard mounts. Although a sword similar to the standard military pattern for a General Officer this one is of superior quality and far more decorative, specially commissioned by the Prince of Wales (later to be King Edward VII) for presentation to Probyn after he had accompanied the Prince on his Royal Tour of India in 1875-76. Dighton Macnaughtan Probyn was born in 1833 and, after early service on the Trans-Indus Frontier he served in the 2nd Punjab Cavalry during the Indian Mutiny. He distinguished himself for gallantry throughout the campaign but especially at the battle of Agra where he led an important cavalry charge. The despatch mentioned “only a few of the gallant deeds of this brave young officer” for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross. After assuming command of the cavalry regiment which adopted his name (Probyn’s Horse) he commanded the 1st Sikh Irregular Horse in China in 1860 and was in the Umbeyla Campaign of 1863. His close royal connections continued and Probyn was variously Equerry, Comptroller and Treasurer of the Prince of Wales’ Household and, after the death of Edward VII, Comptroller of the Household for the widowed Queen Alexandra at Sandringham. Mentions of Probyn will be found in Recollections of My Life by Surgeon General Sir Joseph Fayrer [William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1900] who was also in the Prince’s suite on his India tour. Together with Sir Sam Browne they were knighted by the Prince at a Chapter of the Order of the Star of India at Allahabad in March 1876. The appearance of Probyn’s knighthood on the sword indicates that it may have been presented on that occasion or shortly afterwards. His spectacular group of decorations and medals was sold at auction in London in 2005. This unique sword is a magnificent royal token of affection and respect for a gallant soldier whose services have long been recognised in both Britain and the sub-continent. The name of his regiment, Probyn’s Horse, still survives in the title of the senior cavalry regiment in the present day Army of Pakistan. (1)
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* Crimean War. Four pen & ink drawings, indistinctly signed, c.1856, circular pen and ink drawings on linen, initialled and signed in lower right corner, slight staining, each with approx. diameter of 175mm (7 inches), framed mounted and glazed. The images show a British Guardsman on sentry duty, a rifleman taking aim in a trench, two mounted fusiliers engaging the enemy and two resting cavalrymen with their horses. The signature appears to be Russian. It is possible that the sketches were made by a Russian officer who was a prisoner of war and made the drawings whilst being held in the British camp. (4)
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* WWI - Prisoners of War. A postcard album containing 179 corner-mounted postcards, mostly c. 1916-18, compiled by Thomas Ennis Matthews of the Border Regiment and dated 1st September 1916 at Chateau d’Oex, Switzerland, a total of approx. seventy real photo postcards, the majority relating to the prisoner of war camp for British captives from Germany, including photos of the bookbinder’s shop, General Pao, Mr Sutherland’s rest, distribution of the ribbon of the 1914 star, the hospital, inspection by General Sir John Hanbury-Williams, arrival of men from Germany December 1917, funeral of General Granet in Berne, interned officers and allied wreaths, British interned gymnastic team and a boxer, the “Irish” footer team (mostly composed of Scotsmen & Cockneys!), the British interned Variety Company, plus ‘artistes’, the Presbyterian Church choir, the marriage of Lance Corporal Sykes, Burthod Band, and others related including funeral of Sergeant Whittington (Royal Irish Rifles), funerals of the Ghurka Redarrah Singh and Perthby Singh, Bairnsfather’s ‘Ole Bill’, plus various portraits of soldiers including two soldiers in gas masks, Scottish regiments and the final leaf with three group portraits of men who held the Menin Gate at Ypres 1914 (creased), Old Contemptibles and one of Matthews’s regiment with a cross identifying himself and a note at foot dated on Armistice Day that he is the only one alive from the above group, the remaining cards including sixteen greeting card silks, plus Bairnsfather cartoons, French and Swiss views, etc., and many franked plain postcards in English and French sent to Matthews, hinges crudely repaired with sellotape, contemp. dec. cloth, frayed, folio, together with a group of approx. 130 postcards, mostly European views, some postally unused but the majority addressed to Thomas Matthews in Charlton on Medlock, Manchester, in the 1920s, plus one original issue of the Swiss Illustrated and English Herald, 2nd December 1916. A remarkable record of this prisoner of war camp in the district of Pays-d’Enhaut, now more famous for skiing and hot air ballooning. (approx. 300)
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Bell (William). Narrative of the Entrance of the ‘Conch’ at Port Natal with Troops, to Relieve Captain Smith, when Blockaded by the Boers, in June 1842, by William Bell, who Commanded the ‘Conch’, and Late Port Captain at Port Natal, with an Introduction and Notes, 1st ed., Adams & Co., Durban & P. Davis & Sons, Maritzburg, 1869, 24 pp., a little spotting, orig. printed wrappers, contemp. ownership inscription to upper wrapper, ‘EPT Goldsmith, L/XX Regt. Natal, 22nd Sept.’, covers detached and both with sl. chipped and soiled, slim 12mo. No other copies of this original edition have been traced though a facsimile reprint of 100 copies was published in 1988 by Africana Book Collectors, Pieter Maritzburg. Captain George Durnford was in command of a company of the 27th Foot which went to the assistance of the British garrison besieged by rebellious Dutch trekboers at Port Natal in June 1842. The result of this conflict was the end of the Boer Republic of Natalia and the final annexation by Britain of Natal to the Cape Colony followed in 1844. Edward Primrose Tregurtha Goldsmith (born 1842 in Sutton, Lincolnshire, and died 1901 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire) was created an ensign in the 20th (the East Devonshire) Foot (London Gazette, 11th February 1862). (1)
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MICHAEL CASSON, LARGE STONEWARE JUG, LATE 20TH CENTURY, saltglazed, impressed seal mark, 39cm high, Literature: Cooper, Emmanuel, Obituary, Independant newspaper, 17th December 2003. Note: Michael Casson (1925-2003) was one of the pioneers in the renaissance of studio pottery in the post-war period, a greatly respected and a charismatic teacher and educator who influenced several generations of potters. After reading Bernard Leach`s 1940 `A Potter`s Book`, Casson responded positively to its concept of unity and wholeness, and its advocacy of functional and individual wares. Together with his wife, Sheila, he sought to put Leach`s ideas into practice.
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SIR ROBERT LORIMER, FORMAKIN HOUSE, BISHOPTON, drawings for a window, signed and dated `May 1911`, pencil and watercolour, 50cm x 53cm (19.5in x 21in) and another by the architect studio, of a plan for Formakin House (2), Literature: Myers, Mary Country Life Article, 5th August 1999 Volume: CXCIII, Note: Formakin lies twenty miles to the west of Glasgow, in rolling countryside above the River Clyde, a seemingly immaculate example of 17th-century design, but infact designed by the eminent Arts & Crafts architect and designer Sir Robert Lorimer between 1903-11. The house was commissioned by the son of a Lanark cotton manufacturer, John Augustus Holms, who had made his fortune on the Glasgow Stock Exchange during the city`s late-Victorian golden age. Holms took his time realising his dream project and work didn`t start on the house until 1912. Lorimer called the house the best 17th century he had ever done. The Z-plan mansion with red sandstone dressings and stone-slabbed roof has two-stories rising to four with turret stairs, a hall with minstrels` gallery and magnificent fireplace and decorative dormer heads and other detailing derived from Kellie Castle in Fife and Edzell Castle in Angus. The following year Holms fell into financial difficulties and the project was abandoned. Holms died with massive debts in 1938 and by the 1970s every building at Formakin was abandoned and the gardens were a wilderness. It was not until the 1980s that Formakin`s future was assured when the developer Kit Martin restored and converted the house and outbuildingsinto homes. The current lot comprises a sheet drawings for a mullioned window, with some alterations and annotations, possibly by Lorimer himself and a second sheet, presumably drawn by Lorimer`s office, of the Formakin Hunt Stables drain plan.
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MARY J. NEWILL, `THE HOUSE OF HOLINESS` AND `THE WANDERING WOOD`, EMBROIDERED PANELS, each worked in coloured silks and applied fabric panels on an unbleached linen ground, one inscribed `Una and The Red Cross Knight` and `The House of Holiness; the other panel inscribed `The Wandering Wood`, each framed and glazed, lot also includes The Studio Yearbook 1899-1900 (3), 178cm x 91cm, Literature: The Studio Yearbook 1899-1900, pages 186-188 and illustrated page190, Exhibited: Exposition Universelle et Internationale`, Paris 1901. Note: According to the The Studio magazine this pair of embroidered panels constitutes the most elaborate portions of a series for the decoration of a dining room. The panels represent scenes from Spencer`s `Faerie Queen` and were a technical departure for Newill who wished to `emulate the effect of Japanese prints` and `turning her hand to applique`. The fact that she was satisfied with the results of this `experiment` is certain as the panels were exhibited at the `Exposition Universelle et Internationale` in Paris in 1901 as part of a display by the Bromsgrove Guild. Newill was born in 1860 and studied at the Birmingham School of Art, becoming an illustrator, stained glass designer and embroiderer, exhibiting most notably at the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society. She subsequently taught needlework at the School from 1892 until 1919, apart from a brief period at the turn of the century when she went to Florence to study tempera painting, just after the article mentioned above appeared The Studio. By 1906 Newill had her own studio in Great Western Buildings, Livery Street, Birmingham. She was a member of the Birmingham Group, the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society and the Bromsgrove Guild. A series of embroidered panels for reredos designed by her were exhibited at the fifth exhibition of the Arts and Crafts Exhibition Society in 1896. She sometimes collaborated with the Bromsgrove Guild members Miss Talbot, Miss Bloxeidge, Miss Deakin and Miss Holdern, in executing large embroidered panels and a portion of bed hangings designed by May Morris, and worked by her and Newill is illustrated in `The Studio Yearbook of Decorative Art` 1917 (p.107). .For her illustrations, she worked either in wash, or in a technique designed to simulate woodcuts and her work is often likened to that of Edward Burne Jones. Her embroidery work however, although having elements that link it to her illustration work, tends to have reference points outside the genre of illustration. Walter Crane admired particularly her ornamental rendering of landscape, and discussed it in his writings on the decorative use of ornament.
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WILLIAM LEE HANKEY RWS,RI,ROI,RE (British 1869-1952) Le Cour Grasse Oil on canvas, titled verso, signed 62cm x 75cm Note : Born in Chester and studied his craft at the Chester School of Art under Walter Schroeder, the Royal College of Art and later in Paris where he became influenced by the work of Jules Bastien-Lepage, who also favoured rustic scenes depicted in a realistic but sentimental style. He first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1896 and was President of the Royal Sketch Club from 1902 to 1904. . He stayed in France in the early 1900s, painting many of his works in Brittany, Normandy and the Cote d`Azure.
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LECKIE EWING (Scottish fl 1890-1910) aka James Grant Leckie Ewing The Antique Shop, St Andrews Watercolour, signed "Leckie Ewing" Titled verso but only visible after removing the frame. 38 x 28cm (15 x 11 inches) Note : A watercolourist who specialized in scenes of St Andrews most dating from around 1905. Six of Leckie Ewing`s small St Andrews watercolours were sold by Sotheby`s (London) on 10th July 1998 averaging prices of £1900.
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JAMES HENDERSON (Scottish 1908-) At Eyemouth Watercolour, signed `J Henderson` (lower right) 32.5 x 37cm (12 13/16 x 14 9/16in). Note : Born North Berwick and studied at Edinburgh College of Art under Gillies where he met the artist Nan Fergusson (1910-1984) who he later married. Awarded travelling scholarships to France and Italy. Painted with Nan and her mother, Chris J Fergusson (1876-1957), in Eyemouth and Berwickshire in the 1930`s. Head of Art at Galashiels Academy 1938-49 and George Watson`s Edinburgh 1949-67. Provenance : With Bourne Fine Art.
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JOHN MAXWELL RSA (Scottish 1905-1962) Male Figure Pen and watercolour, signed 43cm x 30cm Note : Born in Dalbeattie in Kirkcudbrightshire, Maxwell studied at Edinburgh College of Art from 1921 to 1927 and then, with the aid of a travelling scholarship, from 1927 to 1928 at the Académie Moderne in Paris under Léger and Ozenfant. He also travelled to Italy and Spain during this period, where he discovered the work of Chagall and the Symbolists. These experiences influenced his work for the remainder of his career. Maxwell was a lifelong friend of William Gillies with whom he frequently travelled on painting trips. Along with Gillies, he was one of the group of artists who became known as The Edinburgh School. Maxwell taught intermittently at Edinburgh College of Art from 1928 to 1933, 1935 to 1946, and 1955 to 1961. He first exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy in 1935 and became a full member in 1949.
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DONALD BAIN (Scottish 1904-1979) Abstract Head Watercolour, signed 38 x 27 cm Note : Born in Kilmacolm (Inverclyde), the son of a textile designer, Bain moved with his family to England. His art teacher was William York MacGregor (1855-1923), one of the Glasgow Boys, who introduced Bain to the work of the Scottish Colourists. Bain was particularly associated with J.D. Fergusson (1874-1961) and was involved with the New Scottish Group from its inception in 1942. He worked in France after the Second World War, but settled in Glasgow in 1948. His work remained largely unknown until a major touring exhibition in 1972-73.
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KEITH VAUGHAN CBE (British 1912-1977) Two Figures gouache and watercolour, signed 24cm x 18cm Note : Painter of figures and landscapes in oils and gouache. Born in Sussex, he was self-taught as an artist and from 1931 to 1938 worked for the advertising agency Lintas, painting in his spare time. During the war his work was bought by WAAC and he met, and was influenced by, Sutherland, as well as Minton, Craxton and Colquhoun. In 1946 he shared a house with Minton who introduced him to Duncan Macdonald at the Lefevre Gallery and to William Johnstone. He travelled extensively throughout his life. His first solo exhibition was at the Reid and Lefevre Gallery in 1944, where he continued to exhibit until 1952, thereafter showing at leading London galleries, in the provinces and abroad. Retrospective exhibitions include those at the Whitechapel in 1962, and the University of York in 1970. He was represented in many group exhibitions and is in many public collections including the Tate Gallery. He taught at Camberwell 1946-8, the Central School., 1948-1957, and the Slade School from 1959. In 1959 he was Resident Painter, State University of Iowa. He served on the Arts Council Advisory Panel, became an Honorary Fellow of the RAC in 1964, and CBE in 1965. Commission include murals for the Festival of Britain, 1951, and a series of lithographs for Une Saison en Enfer. The main subject of his work was the male nude in landscape. Early influences were those of Cezanne and the English neo-romantics. Later work achieved an integration of figurative subject and liberated colour and form, reflecting his admiration for de Stael and Matisse.
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A Ghurkha Ceremonial Kukri, curved blade, 10 ½”, wooden grip with two small knives, white metal mounted plush sheath, bought at a Ghurka Charity Auction in 1992 with relevant newspaper article and coloured photo; plus coloured photograph of Captain Rambahadur Limbu VC, signed by him and further signed by two Ghurkha Captains who attended the Charity Auction
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British Provincial, Berkshire, Abingdon, Abingdon Bank, Five Pounds, 31 March 1845, no. 11363, for Knapp & Co, signed by Henry Knapp (Outing 20D; Grant 18). Hole on left side, other small holes and lower edge worn with short tears, otherwise very good Knapp, Tomkins & Goodall, later Knapp & Co, established the Abingdon & Wantage Bank in 1801. The partnership was headed by Henry Knapp ( 1825, aged 69), a former grocer of Northcourt, who served as town mayor in 1805 and 1813. His sons Tyrrell and Henry succeeded him in the business but the bank failed in 1847. The authorised circulation in 1844 was £29,316
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British Provincial, Berkshire, Reading, Reading Bank, Promise to pay to Mr Newman Ten Pounds, 1 January 1800, no. 6695, for Sir Charles Marsh and Henry Deane Esq, signed by Charles Marsh (Outing 1768A; Grant 2370). Hole on left side and many other smaller holes and splits, otherwise good to very good The Berkshire & Reading Bank, a partnership between Sir Charles Marsh (1735-1805), Henry Deane (1743-99) and Eyre Evans Crowe ( 1804), opened on 1 September 1788. Marsh was a former army officer who had served in the 84th Foot under Sir Eyre Coote in India and had been knighted for his services in raising a regiment of volunteers in the county. Henry Deane was the son of a partner in the town’s pre-eminent Castle Brewery and was thrice mayor between 1782 and 1794; Crowe, a cousin of Eyre Coote who had also served in the 84th, was a dealer and chapman who lived at Sindlesham Lodge. Crowe became bankrupt in 1798 and resigned from the bank, while, on the death of Henry Deane, his son, Henry Boyle Dean, allowed his father’s capital to remain in the bank. By 1803 the bank’s losses, which had been building up over the years, began to soar and the new management put in place after the death of Marsh in 1805 was unable to halt the problem. The Napoleonic wars and the concurrent boost to business stayed the situation but a number of outside factors during 1814, including a disastrous corn harvest, meant that Reading’s trade was so depressed that creditors were forced to call in their loans. The situation was not helped when a coach returning from London with £6,000-worth of the bank’s notes on 1 December 1814 was hijacked and about £700-worth were exchanged before payment could be stopped. On 5 January 1815 the bank’s doors in Friar street were closed for the last time. Sold with a copy of ÔThe Earliest Reading Bank: Marsh, Deane & Co, 1788-1815’ by T.A.B. Corley (Berkshire Archaeological Journal, vol. 66, pp.121-8)
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British Provincial, Cambridgeshire, Wisbech, Wisbech & Lincolnshire Bank, Five Pounds, 3 September 1889, W 8369, for Gurney, Birkbeck, Peckovers & Buxton, signed by Algernon Peckover (Outing 2382Q; Grant 3252). Signature cut-cancelled, a few numbers on front, stamps and endorsements on back and a few pinholes, otherwise very fine The Wisbech & Lincolnshire Bank was established by the Quaker grocer Jonathan Peckover (1755-1833), who settled in Wisbech in 1777 and entered into partnership with the Gurneys, another Quaker family from Norwich, in 1782. From 1794 the bank was located at Bank (now Peckover) House, but moved to 12 Old Market in 1878. The signatory, Algernon Peckover, died in 1893 and the bank was taken over by Barclays in 1896
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British Provincial, Devon, Axminster, The Dorsetshire Bank, Five Pounds, 5 December 1889, X 3490, for Robert Williams, Robert Williams Junior, Reginald Thornton, Cam Sykes, Reginald Douglas Thornton and Herbert Scott Williams, signed by C. Sykes (Outing 705; cf. Grant 1041C). Two inked numbers at top left and pinholes, otherwise about good very fine, rare Engraved by C. Skipper & East. Of the partners in the bank, Robert Williams (1811-90), MP for Dorchester 1835-41, lived at Bridehead House, Dorchester, as did his son, Robert Williams Jr, later Sir Robert Williams, 1st Bt, of Bridehead (1848-1943), who was the bank’s treasurer and served as the Conservative MP for West Dorset from 1895 to 1922. Reginald Thornton ( August 1895, aged 73), served in the Bengal Civil Service but was invalided home prior to the Indian Mutiny in 1857 and lived at Birkin House, Dorchester; Cam Sykes was a magistrate at Weymouth; Reginald Douglas Thornton lived at Shirley House, Dorchester; and Herbert Scott Williams (1860-1942), who played cricket for Middlesex CC, lived at Stinford. The bank became part of the Wiltshire & Dorsetshire Banking Co Ltd in 1897
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British Provincial, Devon, Dartmouth, Dartmouth General Bank, Five Pounds, 24 September 1818, B 1384, for John Hine & Henry J. Holdsworth, signed by John Hine (Outing 639B; Grant 957A). Good fine The Dartmouth General Bank was founded in 1808 by Charles Bulteel, a local merchant. It was located above the Kings Arms tavern, at what is now the junction of Raleigh road and Lower street. One of its earliest accounts was that of Dartmouth Corporation, then controlled by the Holdsworth family. Following a technical bankruptcy order in July 1810, the management of the bank was reconstituted as a partnership between the Hine and Holdsworth families. The notes were printed on paper produced at the Warfleet paper mill in Dartmouth, owned by Arthur Howe Holdsworth, head of the family. Arthur’s brother, Henry Joseph Holdsworth (1785-1823), was the active partner in the bank, along with John Hine Sr ( March 1824), who was engaged in the Newfoundland fishery trade. The death of Holdsworth in June 1823 prompted an internal investigation into the bank’s affairs which subsequently showed that it must have been insolvent for some time, but strenuous efforts were made to keep a lid on the situation and it was not until five days before Hine’s death that the bank stopped payment. The full story of the subsequent court cases to resolve the bank’s fate is related by I.H. Smart (Dartmouth Industry and Banking, the story from 1795 to 1925, pp.11-16)
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British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, Exeter Bank, One Pound, 10 July 1809, W 118, for Sir John Duntze Bart, Sanders, Hamilton & Co, signed by E.L. Sanders (Outing 755B; Grant 1110). Trimmed and pinholes, otherwise very good The Exeter Bank, the first such institution in the city, was established in Cathedral yard on 9 July 1769 as Duntze & Co by Sir John Duntze, 1st Bt (c.1735-95), an Exeter woollen merchant who was elected MP for Tiverton in 1768. His partners in the venture were William Mackworth Praed (1749-84), Joseph Sanders ( 1819) and Daniel Hamilton ( 1810). Duntze was succeeded by Sir John Duntze Duntze, 2nd Bt (c.1765-1830). The signatory of the note, Edward Lloyd Sanders ( 1839), son of Joseph Sanders, was admitted to the partnership in 1810; an oil portrait of him is in the National Westminster Bank archives. The bank was amalgamated with the City Bank in 1901 and after further takeovers became part of National Provincial Bank in 1918 and then NatWest
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British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, Exeter Bank, Five Pounds, 1 October 1896, V 3262, on watermarked paper for Edward Andrew Sanders, Edward James Sanders, Arthur Melville Hood Walrond & Hugh Henry John Williams Drummond, signed by Hugh Drummond (Outing 755; Grant 1110). Signature crossed through and ÔCancelled’ written at lower right, otherwise good very fine, rare Edward James Sanders (1852-1904), who lived at Stoke House, Heavitree, was a former treasurer and secretary of Devon County Cricket Club who took two amateur Devon teams on two very successful tours to the USA in 1885 and 1886. Arthur Melville Hood Walrond (1861-1946), a former sub-lieutenant in the Royal Navy who lived at Broadclyst and later Pinhoe, became a partner in the bank in 1888; he was the youngest son of Sir John Walrond Walrond, 1st Bt (1818-89), MP for Tiverton 1865-8. Brigadier-General Sir Hugh Henry John Drummond, 1st Bt, CMG (1859-1924), of Bryanston square, London, was associated with the bank from 1893 until its takeover in 1902. He was appointed chairman of the London & South Western Railway in 1911 (having been a director since 1900) and was the first chairman of the Southern Railway in 1923, dying in office
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British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, City Bank, Five Pounds, 21 January 1888, D 578, for John Milford, Thomas Maitland Snow and Thomas Snow, signed by Thomas Snow (Outing 757G; Grant 1113). Signature crossed through and ÔCancelled’ written across front, small holes on left side, otherwise very fine, rare The City Bank, the third such institution to open in Exeter, was founded in 1786 by Samuel Milford ( January 1800, aged 63), a serge and woollen merchant, and Richard Hall Clarke. In 1800 the bank suffered a serious robbery and payments were suspended for two months. When the bank reopened, Milford’s nephew, Samuel (1761-1829) led the newly reconstituted partnership until his death and the partners at the time of the issue of this note were John Milford, Thomas Maitland Snow (1817-99), of Cleve House, Exeter, mayor in 1863, and Thomas Snow (b. 1852), his son, who was mayor in 1889. The bank amalgamated with their city rivals, Sanders & Co, in 1901
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British Provincial, Devon, Exeter, General Bank, One Pound, 7 October 1822, no. 685, for Thomas, Joseph & George Sparkes, signed by George Sparkes (Outing 758D; Grant 1128). Worn edges and pinholes, otherwise about fine, scarce The fourth bank to open in Exeter was the General Bank, a Quaker partnership between Joshua Williams, his son, also named Joshua, Robert Cross and Thomas Sparkes. Initially located in Fore street and then at South street near the wool market, it opened for business in 1792. When the Devonshire Bank closed in the city’s financial crisis in 1810, the General moved into its former premises. Thomas Sparkes’ sons Joseph and George ( 1824, aged 54), later joined the partnership and it was Joseph who built the city’s Pennsylvania Park, hence the vignette of William Penn on the notes, engraved by Perkins, Fairman & Heath. Joseph closed the bank in 1836 and the business was acquired by the joint-stock Devon & Cornwall Banking Co which was taken over by Lloyds in 1906
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British Provincial, Dorset, Wimborne, Wimborne, Poole & Blandford Bank, One Pound, 5 October 1817, no. 515, for William Fryer, Edwin Andrews, John Fryer & Isaac Fryer, signed by John Fryer (Outing 2361H; Grant 3216). Ragged edges, tiny holes and splits in body, otherwise intact, good to very good The bank was established in Wimborne by John Fryer, John Andrews and William Woolfry by 1790, and had a branch at Poole. It was acquired by the National Provincial bank in 1840. Fryer’s son, William Fryer ( March 1834, aged 64), became the senior partner and it was he who played a large role in financing the Dorset merchants, shipowners and planters associated with the Newfoundland trade. His eldest son, John ( October 1854, aged 57), is the signatory on the note
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British Provincial, Lancashire, Rochdale, Rochdale Bank, Five Pounds, 4 May 1863, no. 8402, for Clement Royds & Co, signed by William Royds (Outing 1807F; Grant 2436B). Toned around borders, probably from framing, otherwise good very fine to extremely fine, scarce Printed by Rowe, Kentish & Co. The business was sold by Clement Molyneux Royds, grandson of Clement Royds ( 1854), who acquired the bank in 1827, to the Manchester & Salford Bank in 1881 for £43,000; subsequently it became Williams Deacons bank Ltd and later part of Royal Bank of Scotland
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British Provincial, Staffordshire, Tamworth, Tamworth Old Bank, One Pound, 1 June 1818, E 9418, for Harding, Oakes and Willington, signed by James Harding (Outing 2131A; Grant 2877). Pinholes, otherwise good fine The partners in the bank, established in 1796, were Samuel Tuffley Harding, who made his fortune from calico printing, Charles Oakes, the town clerk, and Thomas Willington, a solicitor. It failed in April 1819 and some of its assets were acquired by Sir Robert Peel (1750-1830), the textile manufacturer who had co-issued silver tokens with Charles Harding in nearby Fazeley in 1811
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British Provincial, Wiltshire, Marlborough, Marlborough and Wilts Old Bank, Five Pounds, 11 October 1817, no. 19304, for King, Gosling & Tanner, signed by John Gosling (Outing 1404E; Grant 1923C). Pinholes, trimmed and a piece missing from lower left corner, otherwise very good, scarce The Marlborough Old Bank, founded in 1791, was reconstituted on 1 January 1811 as a partnership between Stephen King, who lived at Overton, John Gosling ( 1839, aged 75), William Tanner ( 1847), of Blackland House, near Calne and Robert Griffiths, a solicitor in Marlborough. They issued a number of shilling and sixpence tokens dated 1811. The bank had ceased to exist by 1853
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