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A printed `memorial` card for Manchester City`s defeat at Swindon Town in the 4th round of the F.A. Cup 5th March 1910, reading "In Memory of Manchester City, who fell at The County Ground, Swindon, fighting for the English Cup, March 5th 1910, aged 4th round" followed by the rhyme: Bury Manchester City, Their day is over and done, Sing them a little sad ditty, And cheer for the team that won, Oh don`t you think `twas rather a pity, You came to Swindon, Manchester City. Funeral arrangements by G.W.R. In the giant killing tradition of the F.A. Cup, Manchester City, who were crowned Football League Division Two champions in the 1909-10 season, were defeated 2-0 by their non-League opponents Swindon Town. Swindon was an important railway town, hence the reference to Great Western Railway (G.W.R.)

A Maradona match-worn practice jersey 1986, a short-sleeved white & red No.10; sold with a COA from Jose Maria Pantano, who was the AFA`s Chief of Security, and has been given the jersey (2) This jersey was worn by Maradona in a specially arranged practice match just before the start of Argentina`s 1986 World Cup finals campaign in Mexico. The game was between the Argentina `starters` and `the bench`, who wore a similar jersey but in blue

Wilf Mannion: a white England No.10 international shirt dating from the late 1940s, by St. Blaize, long-sleeved button-up shirt, embroidered cloth badge; sold with a scanned photograph showing Mannion wearing this style of England shirt (2) Provenance: This shirt was given by Wilf Mannion to the father of the vendor who was a player at Earlestown FC. Wilf Mannion was the player/manager at the Lancashire club Illustrated opposite

David Suker: a match-worn Arsenal No.9 jersey season 1999-2000, short-sleeved, Premier League flashes, the reverse lettered SUKER; sold with a signed letter of provenance (2) The letter in this lot states that the shirt was worn by Suker in the match v Coventry City at Highfield Road on Boxing Day 1999, and that we swapped the shirt with Coventry`s Youssef Chippo who, in turn, gifted it to the letter writer, a Coventry City FC employee at the time (2)

Frank De Boer: a signed red & blue striped Barcelona No.3 jersey season 2001-02, signed to the front in black marker pen, short-sleeved. Provenance: Privately purchased and understood to have been worn by De Boer in a pre-season friendly match against Figueres at the start of the 2001-02 season. The jersey was given by Frank to a member of staff at Barcelona FC who later sold it to a collector

Paul Gascoigne`s Newcastle United debut jersey worn in the match v Queen`s Park Rangers 13th April 1985, a short-sleeved black & white striped No.12 substitute`s jersey; sold with a document of authenticity from Newcastle United FC (2) This jersey was originally sold at Christie`s Auctioneers in December 1998. The Christie`s catalogue read as follows: The jersey was given to the vendor by Gordon McKeag, who was chairman of Newcastle United from 1988 to 1990, and a club Director from 1972 to 1991. The shirt relates to Gazza`s debut against Queen`s Park Rangers as a substitute on 13th April 1985. The jersey is accompanied by a sheet of Newcastle United headed note paper with the General Manager`s compliments which had been inscribed in ink "Paul Gascoigne`s strip-first game against Queen`s Park Rangers."

Reg Wootton ("Sporting Sam") A FOLIO OF 30 ORIGINAL ARTWORKS FOR PUBLICATION AS CARTOONS IN THE SUNDAY EXPRESS NEWSPAPER pen & ink strip cartoons, typically 13 by 33cm., 5 by 13in. Reg Wootton joined the Sunday Express in 1931 and launched "Sporting Sam" in 1933. He was also known for the character "Sporty" who appeared in Knockabout Comic and Mug and Mik in The Netherlands. Most of the artwork are dated which corresponds to the publication dates in the newspaper. Sports encompassed in the folio include swimming, pole vaulting, wrestling, athletics, hammer throwing, diving, darts, bowls, hunting, ice hockey, high jumping and tennis,

1950s autograph book holding some rare F1 driver signatures, all of them collected at the Goodwood circuit, including Jean Behra (in pencil), Joakim Bonnier, Mike Hawthorn, (Herbert) MacKay Frazer (in pencil), Raymond Mays, Bruce McLaren (twice), Stirling Moss (twice: one an early `S.Moss` in pencil), Roy Salvadori and Harry Schell, plus other celebrities of the period, many of them ballet dancers. Herbert MacKay Frazer was a talented American driver who transferred to Europe in 1955. Initially driving for the fledgling Lotus sports car team, he surprisingly led the following year`s Reims 12-hour race. In 1957 he won his class at Le Mans, before making a promising Grand Prix debut in France with BRM. Unfortunately this would be his only Formula1 start, as he was killed in a F2 race at Reims the very next weekend

A signed Roger Bannister typescript letter dated May 1954, thanking a supporter who had congratulated him on breaking the four minute mile at Iffley Road, Oxford, on 6th May 1954, on St. Mary`s Hospital Medical School headed paper, the reverse of the letter pasted an athletics programme signed in pencil by Arthur Wint, the gold medal winner in the 400 metres at the Helsinki Games of 1952;

A collection of tennis autographs, signatures including Bunny Austin and his sister Joan Austin, Don Budge, Fred Perry, Molla B. Mallory, Pat Hughes (Perry`s doubles partner), Hans Nusslein, mostly on pages removed from autograph albums, but the lot including signed, hand written and typescript correspondence between Bunny Austin and a Dr Jordan who appears to be supplying the player with tennis kit

Friendly Society Cadwgan Lodge Wrexham District No. 853 John Lloyd PG engraved silver roundel or badge 1835 all-seeing eye above central heart-on-hand Holy lamb and beehive crossed swords below. Cadwgan ap Bleddyn (1051-1111) Prince of Powys the second son of Bleddyn ap Cynfyn. He was killed at Welshpool in 1111 by Madog ap Rhiryd who earlier that same year killed his brother Iorwerth.

World War II an early D.F.M. for action in the days prior to the evacuation from Dunkirk to Sgt. (Pilot) Sydney Ernest Andrews who also flew in the Battle of Britain and was killed in North Africa; Distinguished Flying Medal (580319 Sgt. S. E. Andrews. R.A.F.). Extremely fine. Flying a Fairey Battle he and his two crew members (N. J. Ingram - Air Observer and H. R. Figg - Wireless Operator and Air Gunner later Flying Officer awarded D.F.C. with 161 squadron [R.A.F. Special Duties]) each received a D.F.M. London Gazette 5th November 1940. |These airmen have been together as an aircraft crew since the outbreak of war. By mutual trust and co-operation in their duties they have produced a really first-class team which can be relied upon to complete any air operation allotted to them. Since 10th may 1940 this crew has flown in one day and eight night operations against the enemy sometimes in very difficult weather conditions. On each occasion the target was located and attacked and valuable reconnaissance information obtained. I consider that the fine service rendered by each of these airmen is most worthy of reward|. Sgt. Sydney Ernest Andrews later Pilot Officer was the third (second surviving) son of Ernest Edward Andrews (see previous lot). He flew with 150 32 and 257 Squadrons and was eligible for the Battle of Britain Clasp to the 1939-1945 Star. He was killed in Egypt in a flying accident on the 9th August 1942 and is buried in the War Memorial Cemetery at Ismailia. His widow Freda (née Woodford) subsequently married an Argentinian diplomat and moved to Buenos Aires

A Great War O.B.E., and British War Medal to Major R.B.C.M.T. De Poix., O.B.E., Royal Air Force Late Norfolk Regiment, who led the 4th Battalion on the beach alongside the 5th `Vanishing` Battalion, Norfolk Regiment shortly before their mysterious disappearance on the morning of 12th August 1915. a) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, Officer`s (O.B.E.), breast Badge, silver-gilt (Hallmarks for London 1919), in `Garrard & Co, London` case of issue b) British War Medal (Major R.B.C.M.T. De Poix. R.A.F.), good very fine or better, with - Dress Riband for O.B.E., Star, British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oakleaves -Norfolk Regiment badge - Defence Medal, with two Home Guard cloth shoulder titles O.B.E. London Gazette 3.6.1919 Capt. (A.Major) Ralphe Busick Claude Marie Tyrel de Poix (Norfolk. R.). (FRANCE) M.I.D. London Gazette 11.7.1919 De Poix, Capt. (A.Maj.) ) R.B.C.M.T., O.B.E. (Norf.R.) Major Ralph Busick Claude Marie Tyrel De Poix., O.B.E. , born 1890, native of Bungay, Norfolk; commissioned 2nd Lieutenant, served the 1/4th Battalion, Norfolk Regiment in Gallipoli from July 1915; advanced Captain May 1918; transferred to the Royal Air Force 1.7.1918; Major 10.9.1918; discharged 23.3.1919. In Sir Ian Hamilton`s despatch of December 1915 he describes the disappearance of the 1/5th as "a very mysterious thing" In the heat of the battle at Kuchak Anafarta Ova, Gallipolli, 12th August 1915, the 1/5th Norfolk Regiment led by Colonel Sir H. Beauchamp, a bold self confident Officer, exhausted but determined, advanced on the enemy. 16 Officers and 250 other ranks charged into the forest and under a cloud of mist were never seen again; some say they were taken by UFOs! However it was not until four years later that the officer commanding the Graves Registration Unit in Gallipoli reported finding 122 decomposing 1/5th bodies, it would appear that they had been cut down by a shower of Turk bullets in and around a farm 800 yards behind the Turkish front line.

Strawson, John Hitler as Military Commander", Batsford, 1971, black cloth, gilt titles to spone, d.j. not price clipped, Brown, Malcolm "The Imperial War Museum Book of 1914 - The M,en who went to War", Sidgwick and Jackson, 2004, photographs, map, end papers with photographs of soldiers, black cloth, gilt titles, d.j. not price clipped, Weeks, John "The Airborne Soldier", colour artwork by John Batchelor, Blandford Press, Poole Dorset in 1982, green cloth, gilt titles, d.j. Geraghty, Tony "This is the SAS a Pictorial History of the Special Air Service Regiment", Arms and Armour Press, 1982, numerous illustrations, silver titles to spine, black cloth, d.j. not price clipped "The Oxford War Atlas", volume III, the war in 1943, d.j. not price clipped (5)

An interesting folio relating to Sgt Charles Panther Benwell, service no: 21094, who served with the Royal Army Service Corps from the 12th August 1919, including regular army certificate of service, a warrant, dated August 1934, promoting Benwell to Warrant Officer, class 2, various photographs, etc (1 folio)

A lustre glazed twin handled earthenware vase by Ulisse Cantagalli, 1890s, in the manner of William De Morgan, painted to each side with two birds confronting a serpent ascending a tree, painted and impressed cockerel marks, 20.5cm high. Possibly retailed by Liberty & Co., who stocked their wares from the late 1880s. Ulisse Cantagalli was acquainted with William De Morgan, who often visited the Cantagalli workshops during his increasingly frequent winter visits to Florence for his ill health. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

An 18th century weathered carved marble portrait bust of the Roman emperor Vitellius, naturalistically carved wearing a laurel wreath in his hair and a gown tied at his neck, on a scrolled socle base, inscribed SERGIVS GALBA, 97cm tall Provenance: removed from the grounds of Point House, in Attleborough, Norfolk. Despite the inscription to the base, for the Roman Emperor Servius Sulpicius Galba, who ruled briefly from A.D. 68 to 69, the likeness of this portrait would suggest that it is more likely to be Vitellius.

A Scottish pewter measure and two bowls. the measure of baluster form, the rim marked `WTDG` , 12cm high; a bowl of circular form with flared rim and marked `William Scott` of Edinburgh, 23cm diameter; and a bowl of similar form, with `Success to the United States of America` mark of Graham & Wardrop, Glasgow, 23.5cm diameter (3) . Note: The initials "WTDG" could refer to William Tennant who was the Dean of the Guild in Edinburgh in 1809.

Inniskilling and Militaria Interest. A Georgian part tea service. each decorated in purple with a castle and inscription `Inniskilling VI D`, comprising: a teapot, slop bowl and dish, three saucers and two cups (8) . Note: The inscription `Inniskilling VI D stands for the 6th (Inniskilling) Dragoons. . Provenance: Formerly the property of Lieutenant-General Sir Travers Clark GBE, who was a member of the regiment. It has since past by family descent.

Meteorite Interest. Wold Cottage. polished part slice. 1.582g . Provenance:. From the Robert Elliott Meteorite Collection - Part 2.. Wold Cottage (Wold Newton, Yorkshire, England) L6 (stone) - fell 13th December 1795:. This rare British meteorite fell in 1795, landing within two fields distance of a large house owned by one Edward Topham - a poet, playwright, landowner and well respected local magistrate who lived in The Wold Cottage, within the boundaries of a small village in Yorkshire named Wold Newton. Thanks to Magistrate Topham`s efforts in always "establishing the truth", this meteorite became the major player in gaining Worldwide acceptance that stones do sometimes fall from the sky, and so confirming the witness reports of the Ensisheim fall 303 years earlier, and paving the way for the later L`Aigle fall in 1803.. During the afternoon of 13th December 1795, a thunderstorm was raging over Wold Newton, 10 miles outside the coastal town of Scarborough in Yorkshire, England. The peels of thunder and the flicker of lightning were dwarfed by a sudden, loud explosion which "alarmed the surrounding countryside and created so distinctly the sensation that something very singular had happened." Numerous people also saw a dark object passing through clouds but were unable to identify what it was. However, Topham`s shepherd was within 150 yards of the impact and a farmhand named John Shipley was so near that he was forcibly struck by mud and earth as the falling meteorite burrowed into the ground. The stone penetrated through 1 foot of soil and embedded itself into the chalk bedrock to a depth of 7 inches, creating an impact pit over 1 yard across. The stone embedded itself so firmly into the bedrock that it had to be dug out. A monument was erected by Topham in 1799 and marks the exact spot where the meteorite landed.

WILLIAM (ANSLOW) THORNLEY (British, 1857-1898) Unloading The Fishing Boats I & II (a pair) oil on canvas, both signed 29cm x 50 cm each Note: Painter of coastal scenes and marines who lived in Greenwich and for many years had a studio overlooking the Medway. He painted under the pseudonym William Anslow Thornbery and William Anson as well as his exhibiting name `Charles Thornley`. Under this mantle he exhibited 53 times at the Royal Academy, four at the British Institution, eight at the New Watercolour Society and 82 times at other venues.

A Pair of Zeiss Telar 18 x 50 Binoculars, with black enamelled finish and adjustable eye pieces, engraved "T.O. Gibbons, Sunderland", in original stitched leather case.. ** T.O. Gibbons was a yachtsman who won many trophies with his yacht "Ierne" at the Roker Regatta in 1935, a print of a photograph of him with his trophies is provided with this lot.

? The Little Ranelagh House by Peter Hill Jones modern 366cm.; 144ins high by 225cm.; 88½ins deep by 303cm.; 119ins wide, together with chestnut picket fence, laid hedges entwined with hawthorn, guelder rose, hazel and field maple together with a miniature wooden seat and carved stone birdbath Quotations can be obtained for reconstructing the Little Ranelagh House and gardens in the UK Little Ranelagh House was so named because in it`s prime incarnation in May this year, it appeared within Ranelagh Gardens which forms part of the site that comprise the RHS Chelsea Flower Show. The building which is also considered to be a `Sculpted Casket for Diverse Purpose` by its creator, Peter Hill Jones, was exhibited as a Trade Stand and was complete "with an interior specifically designed to be hostile to children yet with an exterior that was appealing to them! The garden was designed to be appealing to passerine birds in particular and bryologists!" (Bryology is the study of mosses, liverworts and hornworts) "The building does not have an age or purpose bias", says Peter. "But there are 2 distinct entrances: the front door which is clearly for people under 30" in height and a `secret` side door which could accommodate a tall person or even a wheel chair bound adult. "In short it can be used for whatever you like: to keep the dogs, pigs, chickens or donkey in. As a hide, study - particularly for natural history, dark room, explosives factory or drug manufacturing unit! A wendy house - whatever that is - or an area for children to attempt to fulfil themselves or not, or just address the problems encountered from being a child! A den for adults to keep children out? A private cinema to watch dubious films or library to collect operatic scores or decent First Editions. A space to encourage bats to go when the Planning Authority has deemed the bat roost in your loft is going to really Muck Up your Application to demolish all/some/a bit of your house!"! The building/casket is designed to have an upstairs which is present in a basic form here in The Walled Garden. The building itself is constructed entirely from FSC accredited timber which means that it all comes from sustainable forests. The original building, Little Burndell House, which is the prototype of this one, is situated at Peter`s yard in Yapton, West Sussex and is largely constructed from recycled timber. The window design was extensively researched (despite it`s apparent simplicity) to achieve the `correct look` and designed by Peter and features a design of glazing bar based on the so-called Georgian `knife-edge` glazing bar. The undersized `Sussex Red` roof tiles and half round ridges were hand made as were the clay chimney stack and its 2 undersized pots (one of which is in fact a bird nesting box and other could function as a real pot). The `mortar` on the stack is specially coloured to mimic lime mortar. Such detail was of major importance to Peter! An important feature present are the two `Teddy windows` at either end of the the buildings upstairs area. The term is self explanatory (if you possess a pair of psycho-killer teds as Peter does: Teddy Binns and Hopscotch). Every quarter has a look out point and the house is equipped with three above ground `escape` points and the facilities for an underground tunnel. The `wall paper` at the opposite end to the `secret/adult` door comprises an original motif by Peter. The pattern consists of 4 squares with a central square - like the side depicting `5` on a dice. The 4 outer squares depict a man looking at his dog: the dog has the man`s eyes and the man`s eyes are dentures! The central motif depicts one of Michelangelo`s sculptural male heads but with inserts into the face of Walker`s `Special Edition Spice Girls` crisp packets! Peter`s stand and garden of Little Ranelagh House won an Award of Commendation at the RHS show and over 6,000 people viewed it including Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall. (John Savings of Abingdon, who provided Peter with the plants for his laid hedge is Prince Charles` teacher in the methods of laying a hedge. The Prince is an enthusiast of this ancient country craft. Peter Hill Jones who has exhibited at the Royal Academy of Art Summer Exhibition twice and the Royal Society of British Artists some 4 times is a scrap metal merchant and general dealer by trade and botanist, free-lance journalist and occasional-artist by inclination! He was - he admits - born with an EPNS spoon in his mouth and was slightly over educated "on the proceeds of scrap" he is also on show in London 24 hours a day 365 days of the year as `Peas` one of the 120 sculpted motifs on the gates at The Globe Theatre.

AN ALBUM OF PHOTOGRAPHS, relating to the International Plebiscite Commission for Slesvig, compiled by Sir Charles Murray Marling who was the President of the Commission in 1920, the black and white photographs starting with the arrival of the Commission to Flensburg on 25th January 1920 through to the farewell dinner, all the photographs with annotations and notes explaining when and where the occasion was and who is featured in the photograph, with other items including Sir Charles Marling`s identity card, dinner invitations, speeches, letters, notes and drawings (lacks spine cover) See illustration Note: See also lot 631

Chapman (Abel) collection of c. 200 offprints Bound in 11 vol. plates some hand-coloured many pieces inscribed to Chapman by the authors half leather four of the earlier volumes quite badly worn not uniform and irregularly numbered Chapman`s bookplate or signature or both in all vol. 2 vol. with the signature of Alfred Crawhall Chapman(brother 1859-1896) Abel`s bookplate added later insertions including a letter from Lord Lilford.1870-1910 ***Includes some rare items particulary on the Iberian peninsula eg. Chapman Wild Camels 1884; Saunders Notes on the birds of the Pyrenees sarcastic annotations by Chapman who was one of the party 1884;Tait As aves en Portugal Porto 1884; HF Witherby Two months on the Guadalquiver 1899; Dresser Three weeks on the Guadalquivir 1890; Reyes y Prosper Catalogo de las aves de Espana Madrid 1886; there is also a great deal on the Northern islands and Scadinavia.

[Rickman (Philip)] Bird watching diary of Falcons c. 88pp. ms in a clear hand several sketches in the text and loosely inserted a more finished pencil sketch Eyass Falcon..the day before she flew 19/6/35 signed with intials and a photograph of G.E. L[odge] in 1932 canvas notebook a little worn label on front Diary Seven Sister 1931-40 ***Seven Sister is one of the cliffs at Cuckmere Haven in Sussex. Besides George Edward Lodge (1860-1954 the well known ornithologist) others who accompanied Rickman included Maxwell Knight Coplestone and BH Ryves author of `Bird life in Cornwall`.

A Comprehensive collection in two springback albums and two cover albums with unused ranges supplemented by used. British East Africa from 1890 with 1890-95 values to 5r. (3), later overprints, 1896-1901 ½a. to 5r., 1897 ½a. to 7½a., 1897-1903 1r. (2), 2r. (2), 3r. (3) and 5r.; Uganda 1896 2a. and 3a., 1898-1902 1r. and 5r. unused and used; East Africa and Uganda 1903 to 1907 ½a. to 10r. and some SPECIMEN overprints, 1907-08 1c. to 75c.; 1912-22 1c. 20r.; Kenya and Uganda 1922-27 1c. to 1 with shades; Tanganyika 1922-24 5c. to 1, 1927-31 5c. to 1; Kenya, Uganda and Tanganyika 1935-37 5c. to 1; 1938-54 5c. to 1 including retouches, 1948 Silver Wedding, 1952 Invitation to the 1 February Garden Party on the occasion of the Royal Visit of Princess Elizabeth and The Duke of Edinburgh just prior to the King`s death, later issues of Queen Elizabeth II with sets to 1 and 20s., also Official stamps and modern issues of this area, mixed condition (many hundreds) Provenance: This collection was started by Clonel G.L. Gamlen who spent many years serving in East Africa. Sadly, he drowned at sea at the end of a final visit to his son-in-law Commander W.A.E. Hall who has since remounted and expanded the collection.

1935 Silver Jubilee ½d. to 6d., S.G.65-68, a remarkable and highly specialised mainly-mint research collection housed in a large green Stanley Gibbons PHILATELIC peg-fitting album. Arranged in order of value with comparisons between the various printings and including the major flaws "Spots above head and behind neck" and "Cleft skull" for each value, and a host of constant flaws that have not yet achieved a catalogue listing. Highlights include the ½d. and 1d. value in complete sheets, 3d. pairs as `single` pairs or multiples (62) and 6d. (28); the small used representation includes a very rare 6d. vertical block of 10 (five pairs). Mixed condition (few hundred) This exceptional collection is written-up to exhibition standard with numerous notes accompanied by illustrations of the plate flaws and characteristics. The basis of the collection was formed just after 1935 and sold to Roland Jonas in 1951 by H.R. Harmer. He in turn sold it to Commander Hall who re-wrote the collection and contributed many new items. Included with the above is a copy of "The Springbok" in which Tim Hall`s article appeared and his `John H. Wicks` medal plus copious research notes.

A collection of Military Medals and Badges and Photographs to be sold as one lot. Items in frame include 1939-1945, 1933-1945, Burma, Africa Star, Royal Anglian, Australian Army Ordnance, Arduis Fidelis, Honi, Soit, Qui Mal Y Pense, Africa Europe, Asia, Eagle Badges, George V, George VI medals, He died for Freedom and Honour Plaque `John Walton`. Five cloth Badges including 55 Irish Batt, United Nations, Three Strips, Commemorative Poster PTE John Walton, Somerset Light Infantry who died aged 19 and his name is carved in stone at Tyne xxx Cemetery, Belgium. Soldiers Release Book Class A _ C M Police `William Arthur Crouch` 1946 in frame. Travel Identity Card Book. the Eight Army 1941 - 1943, six various photos of soldiers one in frame.

W. LAWRENCE (BRITISH, 19TH-CENTURY), The General Steam Navigation Co. Ltd. Cargo Ship Linnet underway, Signed `W. Lawrence` (lower right), Oil on canvas, 16 1/2 x 26Iin. (42 x 67.3cm.) Framed, Built in 1890 for R. Delarue, and originally named the Dieppois, she registered 1770 tons and was bought in 1892 by the GSNCo. who ran her under the name Linnet until 1902. Sold and renamed a further three times, she was sailing as the Michael A. Andritsakis in ballast between London and Sunderland when she was wrecked off Bondicar 7th February, 1915.

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING EARLY 19TH-CENTURY ADMIRALTY SHEER DRAUGHT PROFILE DRAWING FOR THE SAN JOSEF, CAPTURED BY NELSON`S `PATENT BRIDGE` AT THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT, 14TH FEBRUARY, 1797. in black and red inks with watercolour shading to masts and blocks, inscribed under stern view lower left San Josef with her specifications listed under, and signed `J. Lobb` with further annotation in margin reading: J.B. Lobb Comd. May 16th finsd. 30th (lower left), over two conjoined sheets - 26 x 76Iin. (66 x 194.3cm.) Temporary display frame. In 1796, the French invaded the north of Italy, and Spain made an alliance with the French republic. Nelson, at this time, had already been involved in important British actions against the French, at Corsica (where a shot had struck the gravel bank where he stood, driving debris into his right eye and destroying his sight in that eye, and in frustrating French movement and trade in the Gulf of Genoa. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, fought on 14 February 1797, against the Spanish fleet was to show him as a man of quite exceptional ability and tactical brilliance. At a certain point in the battle, the English line had cut the Spanish fleet into two parts. Nelson, who was commanding the rear in the Captain, observed that the Spanish leading ships were bearing up so as to pass astern of the English line and regroup. He set the course of the Captain to obstruct their progress and engaged the largest ship then afloat, the Spanish flagship Santisima Trinidad, providing a delay which enabled other English ships to come up in support. The Captain suffered many losses in the engagement and Nelson, finding her unmanageable, laid her alongside the San Nicolas which he carried by boarding. The San Nicolas had itself fallen on the San Josef and Nelson therefore boarded the San Josef and took her surrender. When the fighting was over, he boarded the Victory, where the Admiral of the British Fleet, Sir John Jervis, gratefully embraced him. In recognition of his conduct he was made a Knight Companion of the Bath and was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. He incorporated the stern of the San Josef within his armorial crest, still proudly carrying the ship`s name. Latterly in 1809 San Josef served as Flagship to Sir John Duckworth and it has been suggested that this plan was taken as part of a refit prior to his command. J.B. Lobb has yet to be identified, but is thought to be one of the Admiralty draughtsmen employed at Plymouth, or possibly a local architect hired as occasion required for his drawing skills.

A VERY RARE AND FINELY PRESERVED UNION FLAG FLOWN FROM THE JACK STAFF OF H.M.S. SPARTIATE AT THE BATTLE OF TRAFALGAR, 21ST OCTOBER, 1805, comprising thirty-one hand-stitched bunting panels with canvas sleeve and lanyard - 88 x 140in. (223.5 x 355.5cm.), Provenance: James Clephan and thence by descent. Capt. James Clephan R.N. (1768-1851) was born in Fife and spent his early years as an apprentice weaver. As the industrial revolution took pace, this became an increasingly precarious occupation and several thousand Scottish domestic loom weavers were rapidly overwhelmed by new factories. The loss of the American market in 1776 only exacerbated the situation and Clephan started to dabble as a merchant seaman to make ends meet. It was in this capacity that he was impressed into the Royal Navy (who naturally preferred seasoned men where possible) on the 23rd July, 1794 at the age of 26. Beginning as an AB (able bodied) 2nd Class Mate aboard the Sibyl (26) he then made 2nd Class Gunners Mate on the Doris (36) and Masters Mate, 10th October 1796. He rose to Midshipman on 7th January 1801, being made a Lieutenant on 31st July 1801 for distinguishing himself in the successful cutting out of the Chevrette at Brest: Under a hail of grape and musket shot, the boats of Doris, Beaulieu and Uranie boarded her. Despite being wounded and knocked overboard, Clephan was still the first man to reach the enemy`s deck. On his promotion Admiral Cornwallis said ..you well deserve your promotion; few officers have earned it so hardly. Assigned to the 90-gun Namur he served as her 2nd Lientenant until the Peace of Amiens in April 1802. Taking the opportunity to marry during this brief interval, in March 1803 Clephan was reassigned the lieutenancy aboard the Spartiate under Captain Francis Laforey, where he remained until December 1809. At the battle of Trafalgar Clephan`s courage was recognised once again and he was promoted to First Lieutenant immediately after the battle. The crew, honouring one of "their own", paid him the highest compliment they could and presented him with this Union Flag, which quite possibly had been stitched by them on board. In 1811 he followed Laforey, who seems to have been his sponsor and perhaps mentor, to the Dragon (74) and in April was promoted to Commander to the sloop Charybdis in which he captured two American vessels, the brig William Rathbone and the privateer Blockade in 1813. In 1814-15 he participated in the expedition against New Orleans and, on its failure, conveyed the dispatches. In August 1815, with the Peace, he was paid off at Deptford and placed on half pay. Retiring in 1840 with the rank of Captain, he lived in Edinburgh where he died on 28th January 1851 at the age of 83. During the twenty-two years the Napoleonic Wars lasted, it is estimated that around 600,000 seaman served the Royal Navy, of which considerable numbers were impressed..

`THE LIFE OF ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, K.B. FROM HIS LORDSHIP`S MANUSCRIPTS`, Rev. James Stainer Clarke and John McArthur, London, 1809, 1st Edition in two volumes, printed by T. Bensley for T. Cadell, W. Davies and W. Miller, containing numerous engravings and plans, bound between original diced full calf covers with high quality re-backing, each volume bearing the library plates for Richard Brinsley Sheridan - 14 x 11in. (36 x 29cm.), Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751-1816) was one of the most colourful late 18th Century characters and enjoyed two separate careers. He made his mark as a playwright and where The Critic (1775) ensured his fame, his masterpiece - The School for Scandal (1777) - sealed it. Tiring of the theatre but retaining his stake in Drury Lane, in 1780 he entered Parliament as an ally of the Whig republican Charles James Fox who favoured the American Colonials. Between 1804 and 1807 he served as treasurer to the Navy in a coalition government under Pitt the Younger and it was presumably in this capacity that he became friendly with Nelson. In February 1809 his theatre burned to the ground and on being encountered drinking a glass of wine in the street while watching the fire, Sheridan was famously reported to have said: "A man may surely be allowed to take a glass of wine by his own fireside." In 1812 his creditors foreclosed on him and he died in poverty in 1816.

BRITISH SCOOL (EARLY 19TH-CENTURY), A view of Woodton Hall, Norfolk, Watercolour laid on paper, 6 x 9 1/4 in. (15 x 23.5cm.), Family home to the Suckling family since 1694 including Nelson`s mother, Catherine, who died in 1767. The house was sold in 1839 and then demolished.

A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN`S LOG BOOK entitled Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty`s Ship HORATIO, W.H. Dillon. Esqr Capt. John Smith Gould MID, written in a clear hand between August 12th 1814 and January 10th 1816 and containing thirty-three full page titled watercolour illustrations and maps of exceptional quality and detail, consisting of many interesting early views including a volcanic eruption (before and during), icebergs ("ice islands"), `Town of Funchal`, `Madeira`, `Ascension Islands`, `Macao`, `Anson`s Bay`, `Singapore Straights`, `Malacca`, `Cape of Good Hope`, `St. Helena` (from south and north), `Rio Janeiro` (Sugar Loaf hill and Town), `a watering place east of Java`, `Madras` and `Manilla`, together with numerous watercolour vignettes, small map details, pen and ink sketches and diagrams of how the stores are arranged and stowed, bound between full calf decorated boards - 13 x 8Iin. (33 x 21.5cm.), H.M.S. Horatio was one of the fifteen `Lively` class fifth rates designed by Sir William Rule and widely considered the finest British frigates spawned by the French Wars. Built by George Parsons at Burlesdon, Southampton, Horatio was measured at 1,089 tons and was 154 feet in length with a 40 foot beam. With a main armament of 28-18pdrs. on her upper deck, she also carried 4-9pdrs. and 14-32pdr. carronades which, in total, gave her impressive firepower for a vessel of her size. Launched on 23rd April 1807, she was first commissioned under Captain George Scott in June the same year, sailing for the North American Station that September. After seeing action in both the West and East Indies, and then off the Norwegian coast, she returned home in 1812 until despatched briefly to North America again in June 1814 under Captain William Dillon. Soon recalled to the Channel Isles - where Dillon was appointed Senior Officer at Guernsey - Horatio was nearly lost when she struck an underwater rock in the Little Russell Passage, between Guernsey and Herm, whilst en route to keep watch off Cherbourg. The impact knocked 25 feet off her main-keel and she was only saved from sinking by "the most extraordinary exertions" of her captain and crew who somehow coaxed her into Portsmouth for repair. Back at sea, she returned to station off Cherbourg as the Admiralty initially believed that Napoleon would attempt to escape from there after his defeat at Waterloo. Afterwards voyaging to both China and India, Horatio was ordered home in 1816 and paid off the next year. Laid up for many years, she was finally converted to screw power in 1850 and, after employment in various roles, was sold for scrapping in 1865.

H.M.S. SHANNON: A SEA SERVICE CHEST FOR CAPTAIN JAMES JOHNS, ROYAL MARINES, WHO SERVED IN THE ACTION WITH CHESAPEAKE, 1ST JUNE 1813 constructed in oak, bound with iron, lined with leather studded with brass pins, carrying handles and lock (hasp broken, leather lifting in areas, overall wear) - 14 x 27 x 15in. (36 x 68.5 x 38cm.); together with Johns` copy of the Regimental Companion, published London, 1805, Vol 2, 6th Edition, with nameplate inside cover inscribed Captain Johns, Paymaster, 14th Foot and inscribed on frontispiece `James Johns`, bound with marbled boards; and a profile miniature inscribed "James Johns Lieut R.M. H.M.S. "Shannon" 1813" (3), During the Anglo-American War of 1812-14, the event which captured the public`s imagination more than any other was the celebrated duel between the Royal Navy`s frigate H.M.S. Shannon and the new republic`s frigate Chesapeake. Cruising off the eastern seaboard, Captain Philip Broke of the Shannon spotted the American frigates Chesapeake and Constitution refitting in Boston. Broke immediately challenged Captain Lawrence of the Chesapeake to come out and fight and, at about noon on 1st June 1813, the latter weighed anchor and stood out of Boston Roads accompanied by a small flotilla of pleasure craft crowded with spectators anxious to witness the fight. A furious action followed lasting a mere fifteen minutes; Captain Broke was badly wounded leading his boarding party and casualties on both vessels were very high. Soon overwhelmed, Chesapeake surrendered and Shannon took her as a prize into Halifax, Nova Scotia, where, on the 6th June, the captors were given a heroes` welcome. James Johns was promoted Captain in 1805 and retired in 1826. His service chest remained with his family in his home town of Inverary, Scotland and until recently was displayed every year in the local Kirk.

AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING CANE MADE FROM OAK RECOVERED FROM THE CELEBRATED U.S. BRIG LAWRENCE, FLAGSHIP AT THE BATTLE OF LAKE ERIE, 1813, the tapering shaft with inset silvered plaques inscribed Taken from the flag-ship Lawrence. March 5th 1836 / Com. O.H. Perry`s victory Lake Erie. Sept. 10th AD1813 / "We have met the enemy and they are ours", pierced for carrying loop and terminating in an ivory handle - 34in. (86.5cm.) Folder of data and provenance, Provenance: The family and thence by descent and auction. Oliver Hazard Perry (1785-1819) provided the United States with what proved to be the defining victory in her War with Britain in 1812-13. His squadron of nine vessels fought the Royal Navy`s six and after a bitter and very bloody action lasting several hours, during which time Perry had been obliged to transfer his flag (parting with the famous order "don`t give up the ship") to the Niagra because the Lawrence was so battered. He returned to the Lawrence to receive the surrender. The vessels were anchored and hasty repairs were underway near West Sister Island when Perry composed his now famous message to General Harrison: We have met the enemy and they are ours. Two ships, two brigs, one schooner and one sloop. Winning this battle ensured American control of the lake for the remainder of the war, which in turn allowed them to recover Detroit and win the Battle of the Thames to break the Indian confederation of Tecumseh. His younger brother was Matthew C. Perry (1794-1858) who also served with distinction in the U.S. Navy in this war and was the original recipient and owner of this lot. In mid-1815, following the end of hostilities, Lawrence was sunk in Misery Bay on Presque Isle, Pennsylvania in order to preserve her hull. Her submerged hulk was sold in 1825 and, except for a brief examination in 1836, remained underwater for five more decades. By 1836 M.C. Perry was second officer at the New York Navy Yard and it seems highly likely that he was presented with this highly appropriate souvenir of his brother`s greatest moment at that time. In September 1875 her remains were raised, cut into sections, and transported by rail to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania where she was exhibited during The U.S. Centennial International Exhibition of 1876. Her remains were destroyed by a fire during that exhibition, suggesting very little wood from this famous ship survives.

The following two lots were owned by Sir Charles Napier (1786-1860). Napier went to sea at 13 and received his first command in 1808. Commanding the Thames in 1811, he inflicted great damage on the French in the Mediteranean. In the American war of 1812-14, he led the ascent of the Potomac and took part in the operations against Baltimore. Between 1831-33 he commanded the loyalist Portugese Fleet and defeated that of the pretender Maria Evaristo Miguel and restored Queen Maria II to the throne. Returning to the R.N., he fought in the war between Porte and Mehemet Ali, storming Sidon and defeating Ibrahim Pasha in Lebanon, attacked Acre, blockaded Alexandria and concluded a convention with Ali. He commanded the Baltic Fleet in the Crimea campaign, however the capture of Bomarsund did not meet expectations and he was superceded. Latterly he sat twice in Parliament, working for naval reform.AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN`S DIRK BY W.P. READ, PORTSMOUTH with 12 1/4 in. straight steel blade, tapering ivory handle with gilt brass fittings, terminating in a lion`s mask and contained within leather scabbard with gilt brass mounts with frog loops, the upper engraved W.P. Read Sword Cutler Portsmo. (tip of scabbard missing) - 16in. (40.5cm.) overall. W.P. Read operated out of several addresses in Portsmouth between 1781 and 1823 although there is another W.P. Read recorded who worked between 1775 and 1798.

ADMIRAL LORD CHARLES BERESFORD: A PRESENTATION FREEDOM SCROLL AND SILVER-MOUNTED CONTAINER FROM INVERNESS, 1907. covered in dark blue leather with silver cartouches depicting a `Sovereign` Class battleship, the other inscribed The Right Honourable Admiral Lord Charles William De La Poer Beresford K.C.B. G.C.V.O. Created and Admitted Burgess of Inverness, 15th July, 1907, the end caps with crests for Beresford and Inverness, silk-lined, containing vellum scroll signed by the town clerk, hallmarks for Ferguson & MacBean, Inverness, circa 1907 - 14in. (35.5cm.) diameter; together with two autograph letters from Beresford from 1902 and 1907, the latter addressed from HMS King Edward VII, Channel Fleet being a character reference for a Royal Marine; and a post card photograph (4), Provenance: Christies, 21st July, 1987, lot 105. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford (1846-1919) was a colourful and highly popular Admiral with the British public who affectionately called him `Charlie B`. He won their devotion early on in Egyptian campaign of 1882 when, in Command of the Condor he took his ship inshore to bombard the batteries with great effect. The flagships signal "Well Done Condor" reverberated around the fleet and sealed Beresfords reputation. The latter part of his career however was spent in a bitter feud with Sir John (`Jackie`) Fisher whose modernising reforms were to become essential in World War One and who prevented Beresford from attaining the rank First Sea Lord.

AN EXTREMELY RARE AND FINELY CARVED LATE 18TH-CENTURY LIMEWOOD ALLEGORICAL FIGUREHEAD MODEL FOR THE HOPE depicted as a full-length female stepping forward and dressed in a delicately carved wind-swept dress, necklace, curled hair with hat, holding an anchor supported over her knee with her left hand, her right holding the cable, set on a scroll-worked presentation bow with cut-away head rails behind, finished in original polychrome overall, secured to a later display plinth - 13 1/4 in. (33.5cm.) high. Although there are several Royal Navy ships of this name around the turn of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, none are of a suitable size to adorn with such a lavish figurehead. The strongest candidate is the Hon. East India Company who, in 1797, launched the Hope. Built by Thomas Pitcher of Northfleet for Alexander Hume, she registered 1,498 tons burthen, measured 144`3" by 43`10" and drew 17`5" of water. Captained by James Horncastle until 1804 and James Pendergrass thereafter, she served mostly on the China run until sold for break up in 1815. Another example of an East India Co. allegorical polychrome figurehead model may be viewed at Quex Park, Birchington, Kent as part of the Powell-Cotton collection. It was probably acquired by Charles Bowland Cotton who joined as a Midshipman in 1794. The only comparable carving of this type to come on the market recently is the Queen Charlotte model sold by Messrs Bonham`s: Nelson & The Royal Navy, 5th July, 2005, lot 28 (£50,000).

THE BRIDGE BELL FROM THE SAILING SHIP SAMUEL PLIMSOLL (1873), inscribed over an arc and mounted on a wood and metal display stand (repair to lower left now with 1in. crack), the bell - 5 x 6Iin. (13 x 17cm.); 13 3/4 in. (35cm.) high overall. Launched from Hood`s yard at Aberdeen in September 1873, with her namesake present to watch the event, the Samuel Plimsoll was the third iron clipper ordered for the [Aberdeen] White Star Line`s growing fleet of emigrant ships. Registered in London at 1,510 tons gross (1,444 net) and measuring 241 feet in length with a 39 foot beam, she sported a full ship-rig and was completed as "a double topgallant yarder." Specially fitted out for the emigrant trade, she left Plymouth on 19th November [1873] with 180 passengers and arrived in Port Jackson, Australia, on 1st February the following year. Despite light winds at the start of her outward passage, she made the run in a creditable 73 days, including one splendid dash of 340 miles in 24 hours when approaching Tasmania. From the outset she proved herself a very fast ship, with her best-ever performance being Sydney to the Bishop`s Rock lighthouse in 68 days under Captain Henderson, albeit later in her career. She remained in the Sydney trade until 1887 when she was transferred to the Melbourne run, all the time continuing to carry 3-400 emigrants on the voyage out and a full cargo of wool back to the UK. A prominent and well-known vessel in the so-called Wool Fleet, the famous old ship caught fire in the Thames in 1899 and had to be scuttled. Subsequently raised and repaired, she was sold to Savills who operated her until 1902 when she was dismasted and so damaged on passage to Port Chalmers, New Zealand, that she was deemed not worth repairing. Eventually towed to Sydney at the end of a 120-fathom hawser, she ended her days as a coal hulk in Fremantle harbour where her beautiful lines continued to impress all who saw her despite her final unglamorous employment.

[ROBERT FALCON SCOTT] THE 1902-3 BRITISH ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION: THE SHIP`S BELL FROM THE ROYAL GEOGRAPHIC SOCIETY SPONSORED STEAM YACHT MORNING (EX-MORGEN), RELIEF SHIP TO CAPTAIN SCOTT`S DISCOVERY cast in brass with moulded rim and filled lettering over a semi-circle reading S.Y. "MORNING" 1902 R.G.S., clapper with rope sally, secured to a brass bracket for bulkhead securing - 10 x 10in. (25.5 x 25.5cm.); together with a British School painting of Morning underway off a headland with shipping beyond, signed `Harker` (lower right) - 23 x 34in. (58.5 x 86.5cm.) Framed; and a quantity of ephemera including a photograph of Morning. Although her name is not so instantly recognisable as those other Antarctic stalwarts Discovery, Endurance and Terra Nova, the little steam auxiliary Morning has nevertheless earned her place in the modern history of polar exploration. Originally designed as a wooden screw-assisted whaler with a barque-rig, Morning was built by Svend Föyn at Tönsberg, Norway, and launched bearing the name of Morgenen in 1871. Registered in Tönsberg at 452 tons gross (293 net), she measured 145 feet in length with a 31 foot beam and was owned and operated by her builder until his death almost thirty years later. In the mid-1890s, her ageing 80hp. engine was stripped out and she became a pure sailing vessel until, in October 1901, she was purchased by Sir Clements Markham, K.C.B., President of the Royal Geographical Society [R.G.S.] and probably the greatest exponent of Antarctic exploration of his day, for £3,880. He regarded her as the ideal supply ship for his forthcoming expedition under Captain Robert Falcon Scott, R.N., and she was given a new 84hp. compound engine by Nylands Værksted before leaving Norwegian waters. Upon arrival in the Thames, she was rechristened Morning as befitted her new nationality before being expensively fitted out for the `Great White South` by Messrs. Green of Blackwall at a cost in excess of £7,000. Captain Scott and the members of his [first] expedition sailed from London in the summer of 1901 in Discovery and, after a final call at Lyttleton, New Zealand, entered the Ross Sea and discovered Edward VII Land in January 1902. In July that year, Morning left the East India Dock bound for the Antarctic and, crammed with supplies of every description to feed and equip Scott and his men, arrived in the Ross Sea on 25th January 1903. Unable to berth next to Discovery due to ice, the stores she had brought were sledged across to the waiting Scott and, after an exchange of news, Morning departed as quickly as she had come lest she too became entrapped. The decision as to whether Discovery should winter in the Antarctic had been left to Scott but when his ship found herself unable to break free of ice in the MacMurdo Strait after the first winter, the R.G.S. despatched Morning [along with Terra Nova] on a second mission to relieve Scott and his party. The two ships arrived off the base camp on 5th January 1904 but, fortunately, Discovery was soon able to free herself and the three ships returned home in company. During both voyages to the Antarctic in 1902-04, Morning was commanded by Captain William Colbeck, R.N.R., with Edward Evans (later Lord Mountevans) as her Navigating Officer. The latter was to come to prominence on Scott`s second expedition (1910-13) but his earlier time in Morning gave him much valuable experience. Shortly after arriving back in England, Markham sold Morning and she was bought by Robert Kinnes of Dundee who returned her to commercial use as a whaler. In 1910, under Captain Adams, she had a remarkably successful season when she caught seven large whales in four days in Jones` Sound (Greenland) whereas 1913 proved a disaster when she returned home to Dundee with nothing. Still afloat at the start of the Great War, Morning disappears from record soon afterwards although she is not noted as a War casualty. Despite being "so underpowered, she had to stop the engine to blow her whistle", Morning`s name has endured in Polar folklore and will forever be associated with that heroic era of Antarctic exploration at the dawn of the twentieth century.

A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED 32`:1" SCALE WATERLINE MODEL OF THE NORWEGIAN BARQUE SVAERDSTAD modelled by R.A. Wilson with a laminated carved hull replete with fittings and superstructure as appropriate, lined paper sails set on a port reach, standing and running rigging, blocks and tackle, depicted sailing in a calm green sea within glazed wooden box with labels - 6 1/2 x 15 1/2 x 6Iin. (16.5 x 39.5 x 16.5cm.) Carry case; historical data. The Svaerdstad was dramatically wrecked on 22nd September, 1909 in a snow storm. All but two of the eighteen crew, including the Captain`s daughter, were saved by the ingenuity of the only Briton aboard, Edward G. Fox who constructed a raft from the lumber they were carrying and returned to a section for supplies. After suffering many privations, they were finally spotted by a Russian steamer and Fox was ultimately awarded a silver medal by the Norwegian King.

A WELL-PRESENTED AND DETAILED STATIC DISPLAY 32`:1" SCALE MODEL OF THE WORLD`S FIRST MOTOR VESSEL, M.V. SELANDIA (1912), modelled by R.A. Wilson with carved, plated and painted hull, planked decks with fittings as appropriate, mounted within a plexi-glass case with plaques - 6D x 18 1/2 x 5Iin. (16 x 47 x 14cm.) overall. Built by Burmeister & Wain of Copenhagen for the Danish East Asiatic Line, Selandia was fitted with two 8-cylinder 4-stroke single acting diesel engines driving twin propellers to give a service speed of 11-12 knots. Lacking the conventional funnel, the "exhaust" was located immediately in front of the mizzen mast. Prior to the maiden voyage the ship was visited by the Danish Royal Family and Winston Churchill - who had already started a hard fought campaign to convert the Royal Navy from coal to oil and was no doubt very interested in this revolutionary propulsion system. Despite her incomplete appearance, the ship was a great success and heralded in the modern era of merchant carriers. Selandia was sold twice and finally wrecked off the Japanese coast in 1940, however she is now immortalised on the new Danish 20 Krone coin.

A 1:60 SCALE STATIC DISPLAY MODEL OF THE 8-GUN BRIG SLOOP SCYLLA (1809), modelled by D. Berrill with a carved hull, planked decks with wooden fittings and metal guns, finished with Venetian red bulwarks and carriages, masts with standing and running rigging, mounted on a wooden base with plaque, within a plexi-glass case, overall measurements - 26 x 35 1/2 x 12in. (66 x 90 x 30.5cm.), Named for a monster inhabiting a rock in the Straights of Messina who devoured victims in the whirlpool of Charybdis, Scylla was a `Cruizer Class` brig sloop built by Robert Davy of Topsham in 1809. Commissioned in September that year under the command of Arthur Atchinson, she took the 11-gun Le Canonnier of ësle de Batz in May 1811. In the hostilities with America, she took (with Pheasant and Whiting) the U.S. Privateer Fox on 6th May 1813, and in September that year in company with Royalist took the 40-gun Le Weser. After the wars, she had a period laying up before a busy career in the Mediterranean, North America and the West Indies. She was finally broken up at Plymouth in January 1846.

A FINELY CARVED AND WELL-PRESENTED NAPOLEONIC FRENCH PRISONER-OF-WAR-STYLE WOOD AND BONE SHIP MODEL OF THE 2ND- RATE `LONDON` CLASS SHIP-OF-THE-LINE PRINCE (1788), AND WHICH SERVED IN THE LEE COLUMN AT TRAFALGAR the planked and pinned hull with protruding sprung brass cannon operated from a centre cord, ornately carved warrior-form figurehead, stern, quarter galleries and deck superstructure, standing and running rigging with bone blocks and two ship`s boats slung out, bound masts, yards with stun`s`l booms, flags and streamer, mounted on bone cradles to inlaid wood and bone base with balustrade and bone beaded centre cords either side for operating broadsides. Measurements overall - 17 x 22in. (43 x 56cm.), Built at Woolwich and completed in 1787, Prince was the first ship to be lengthened by cutting in half and inserting a seventeen foot section, to the vast improvement of her sailing abilities in 1796. At Trafalgar she engaged the Spanish Principe de Asturias (112) and the French Achille who caught fire and, after Prince severed her mast and she became dangerous, the boats of the Prince at great risk, saved many of the French crew. Despite all this, she was the only British ship in the action to suffer no injuries or casualties to any of her crew or officers.

Six Beswick Beatrix Potter Figures, Aunt Pettitoes, Peter Rabbit, Flopsy, Mopsy and Cotton Tail, The Old Woman who Lived in a Shoe, Mrs Tittlemouse and Mrs Tiggywinkle, gold backstamps

Ceri Richards, an acrylic and gouache abstract study, with handwritten note attached purportedly given as a gift to a fellow student (Grandmother of vendor who studied with the artist).

A pair of composition stone figures mid 19th century from a model by John Bacon 170cm.; 67ins high Provenance:Removed from the facade of the Lord Nelson Public house in Boston, Lincs in the 1960`s. Local legend held that they were a gift from Lord Nelson to Lady Hamilton, although their date attribution to the mid 19th century renders this as spurious. Nicholas Pevsner in his volume on Lincolnshire refers to "two attractive mymphs on the wall of a public house in the high street" This pair of composition stone figures are identical to two produced by the Coade manufactory in the late 18th Century and probably originally modelled by John Bacon R.A., sculptor to George III. They are illustrated in the 1784 Descriptive catalogue of Coade`s Artificial Stone Manufactory, No`s 22 & 23 (see engravings). They were probably made by Austin and Seeley, who produced composition stone also marketed as artificial stone.

After Allegrain and Falconet: A pair of carved white marble figures of bathing Venuses French, 2nd half 19th century on fluted pedestals 114cm.; 45ins high Christophe-Gabriel Allegrain (11 October 1710 - 1795) was a French sculptor who tempered a neoclassical style with Rococo charm and softness,. Allegrain was born into a well-established family of landscape painters in Paris This is a copy of his single most famous work, the Bather (La Baigneuse), which was commissioned for the royal residences through the Batiments du Roi, 1755; a modelled sketch was shown at the Salon of 1757. When the finished marble was finally exhibited at the Salon of 1767 it received a sensational reception. In 1772 Louis XV presented it to Mme du Barry for her Château de Louveciennes, where she had recently completed the famed pavilion that introduced the new Neoclassicism, usually associated with the "Louis Seize style", into court circles Étienne Maurice Falconet (1716-1791), was a contemporary of Allegrain . His early works, such as Bather (1757, Louvre, Paris), combine classical subject matter with delicate rococo execution. From 1757 to 1766, as head of the Sèvres porcelain factory, he furnished numerous models-children, nudes, lovers, dancers-for manufacture in porcelain in an intimate, dainty style. In his important later work, such as the colossal equestrian statue Peter the Great (1778, Saint Petersburg), he adopted an innovative style-strong, animated, and passionate-that prefigured 19th-century romanticism.

Orazio Andreoni: A carved white marble figure of a vestal virgin standing on a terrestrial globe, indistinctly signed E. G†††eri, Studio O, Andreoni, Roma on Belgian slate base 165cm.; 65ins high overall Considering the profusion of marble figures and busts carved by Orazio Andreoni, it is surprising that more is not known of this enterprising sculptor. Based in Rome, Andreoni sent works for exhibition as far as Glasgow (1888) and Berlin (1892) and is believed to have been active for a time in America (a file on him is in the Smithsonian Institution library). The exposure established his international reputation. Andreoni specialised in historical and biblical subjects. Andreoni`s expertise with the chisel is evident here in the virtuoso handling of clothing, and accoutrements, delighting in the richness of detail. Other historic subjects he treated included figures of a Pharisee (Sydney museum), Francesco da Rimini, Messalina, the blind Nidia and Hamlet (Bournemouth). Perhaps Andreoni`s greatest contribution was his large workshop in Rome where a generation of sculptors received their training. Most notable amongst these was Antonio Rossetti, who appended the words `...Studio O Andreoni, Roma` after his signature while working there. Both teacher and pupil made a speciality of portraying figures beneath diaphanous veils and dresses to demonstrate their technical mastery of the medium, which has been used to great effect in this piece. The technique was first used by Raffaello Monti in a bust of for the Duke of Devonshire, the "Veiled Vestal." A bust based on this work, cast in Parian porcelain by Copeland, was issued in 1861 by the Crystal Palace Art Union

A finely engineered exhibition quality and multi award winning 7 1/4 inch gauge model of a Great Eastern Railway 0-6-0 Class Y14 (later LNER Class J15) goods locomotive and tender, designed by T W Worsdell and introduced in 1883. Some 289 full size locomotives were built and used on both goods and passenger duties. The model was built by the late Mr Peter Dupen, a professional mechanical engineer and respected model engineer who was chief locomotive judge for many years at the Model Engineer Exhibition London. The locomotive was built using original works drawings from Doncaster Works and has a silver soldered copper boiler with phosphor bronze bushes. It has working leaf springs to all axles including tender. All bearings, eccentrics, motion, cylinders, Stephenson`s valve gear, platework, steps, hand rails, lamp irons, lamps and associated fastenings being exact copies of the prototype. It is fitted with steam and hand brake gear, lever operated drain cocks, lubrication and the cab detail is an exact copy of the prototype with fully working scale phosphor bronze fittings, wooden planked roof with canvas covering, planked floor and fully detailed fire hole door. The twin steam injectors are similarly fully working with variable control and of prototype dimensions. Both the locomotive and tender have full rivet detail as per the prototype and are in authentic G.E.R livery and fully lined. The model is an exact replica of locomotive No 37 and was comprehensively tested on The Tilepits Railway at Maldon before painting and preparation for exhibition. The boiler was originally inspected and certified to Southern Federation standards by Mr R Wood of Romford Model Engineering Club prior to being painted. (Certificates unavailable). A set of construction photographs come with the model and copies of the awards won. Awards: This model was awarded a Gold Medal, The Crebbin Memorial Cup and The J.N. Maskelyne Memorial Trophy at the 57th Model Engineer Exhibition (1988). It was also awarded the prestigious Duke of Edinburgh Challenge Trophy at the 58th Model Engineer Exhibition (1989). The Late Mr Peter Dupen was responsible for saving 9500 Locomotive drawings from being destroyed at the BR Stratford Works and after extracting the information required to build this locomotive he donated all the drawings to the Great Eastern Railway Society who now hold them in the Dupen Collection. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

GOLF: A large 15 x 21 card individually signed by over 50 golfers who competed at the Carrolls Irish Open in 1992 including Nick Faldo, Sam Torrance, Colin Montgomerie, Retief Goosen, Bernhard Langer, Mark McNulty, Christy O`Connor Jr., Ian Woosnam etc. VG

TENNIS: Selection of small pages removed from an autograph album multiple signed by various Tennis players who competed (many in finals) at Wimbledon in the 1920s, including Jean Borotra, Suzanne Lenglen, Brian Norton, Randolph Lycett, Max Woosnam, Geraldine Beamish, Irene Peacock, Molla Mallory, Bill Johnston, Francis Hunter, Kitty McKane, Leslie Godfree, Manuel de Gomar, Eduardo Flaquer, Rene Lacoste, Helen Wills, Vinnie Richards, Watson Washburn, John Hennessey, Ray Casey, Herbert Roper Barrett, Dorothea Lambert Chambers, A. E. Beamish, Evelyn Colyer, Doris Craddock etc. Some signatures are in pencil. G, 11

FOOTBALL: Small selection of five feint ruled 8vo pages removed from an album, each bearing irregularly clipped signed pieces, neatly laid down, by various football teams including Blackpool FC, 1948 (11 signatures of the FA Cup Final team including Stanley Matthews, Stan Mortensen, George Dick, Walter Rickett, Hugh Kelly, Alex Munro etc., most in pencil), Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, 1949 (8 signatures of the FA Cup Final winning team including Billy Wright, Stan Cullis, Jesse Pye, Terry Springthorpe, Bert Williams, Roy Pritchard etc.), Liverpool FC, 1950 (14 signatures of the FA Cup Final team including Cyril Sidlow, Ray Lambert, Eddie Spicer, Phil Taylor, Laurie Hughes, Jimmy Payne, Willie Fagan, Billy Liddell etc.), Scotland 1949 (ten signatures of the team who played England at Wembley, April 1949, most in pencil) etc., also including some clipped signed pieces by tennis players, 1948. FR to G, 6

FOOTBALL: A scrapbook containing over 400 magazine and book photographs of various sizes, each removed from annuals etc., signed by various footballers including Pele, Gordon West, Ronnie Clayton, Jimmy Greaves, Ray Pointer, Ray Crawford, Martin Peters, Francis Lee, Terry Hennessey, Gordon Banks, Jeff Astle, Pat Crerand, Derek Kevan, Frank Haydock, Jackie Charlton, Bobby Moore, Nottingham Forest (signed team photo, including several players who won the 1959 FA Cup), Ron Flowers, Ron Springett, Peter Broadbent, Frank McLintock, Bob McKinlay, David Pleat, Alan Mullery, George Eastham, Roger Hunt, Terry Venables, Bobby Robson and many others. The majority of the photographs are loose, others are mounted to pages, and all have small tape stains to the edges and corners. FR

ALI & NICKLAUS: ALI MUHAMMAD (1942- ) American Boxer, World Heavyweight Champion & NICKLAUS JACK (1940- ) American Golfer who holds the record for the most victories in major championships. An excellent, extremely rare signed colour 13.5 x 11 photograph by both Ali and Nicklaus individually, the image depicting the two men standing in an amusing full length pose together on the PGA Championship golf course at Valhalla in Louisville, Kentucky. Signed by both sportsmen with their names alone in bold black ink to light areas of the image. Matted in green and ivory alongside two engraved plaques, one reading The Greatest meets The Greatest and the other certifying that the signed photograph is number two in a strictly limited edition of eleven. 22 x 22.5 overall. VG The image records the first time Ali and Nicklaus met, in 1996. The photograph was taken by Peter Turrell and is believed to be one of only eleven prints worldwide. The engraved plaque states that four of the prints are in the private collections of Ali and Nicklaus, leaving only seven available to purchase.

WEBSTER TOM: (1886-1962) British Sports Cartoonist. A good, original pen and ink caricature of Webster, drawn and signed by artist Louis Ollier on a small 4to sheet of white paper. Also signed in bold black ink by Webster who has added an ink sketch in his hand of the head of a laughing horse and the date 1942. VG

KARLOFF BORIS: (1887-1969) English Actor, famous for his portrayal of Frankenstein`s monster in Frankenstein (1931). Vintage signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of Karloff standing in a three quarter length pose wearing an overcoat and holding a cane in one hand. The photograph is an original publicity portrait for the 1936 science fiction film The Man Who Changed His Mind in which Karloff starred in the role of Dr. Laurience. Signed in blue fountain pen ink to the image. Some light overall surface and corner creasing and some minor discoloration to the image, G

BURTON RICHARD: (1925-1984) Welsh Actor. Rare D.S., Richard Burton, ten pages, folio, n.p., 11th August 1964. The typed document is Burton`s Last Will and Testament in which he details various donations to be made to named individuals upon his death, and also states that his estate should be divided into four equal parts, one of which should be passed to his first wife, Sybil Burton, and two of which she be passed to his current wife, Elizabeth Burton (Elizabeth Taylor). The actor also makes reference to his children including daughters Kate and Jessica and Maria, the three year old German girl who Burton and Taylor adopted in 1964 and whose real name, as stated in the will, was Petra Heisig. Signed by Burton at the conclusion and also signed by him with his initials RB in the clear left margin of each page. Countersigned and initialled by three witnesses. VG. Richard Burton was married to Sybil Williams from 1949-63 and, famously, to Elizabeth Burton twice from 1964-74 and 1975-76. He married twice more after his second divorce from the actress. At the time of this will, Burton was commanding prices of around $500,000 to appear in films, a figure which doubled towards the end of the 1960s.