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Lot 460
Anne Bruce, British 1927-2006- "On Fort Bay, Jamaica"; watercolour, signed in pencil, 34.7x49cm: together with seven further watercolours by the same hand entitled "Connemara from St. Martins, Isles of Scilly", "from St. Martins, Isles of Scilly", "Isles of Scilly from St. Agnes", "The River in the Rain", "St. Martins, Isles of Scilly" "Looking over to Little Arthur, St. Martins, Isles of Scilly" and "Hornsbury Mill. Chard, Somerset", ea. signed in pencil, ea. approx. 29x40cm, (8) (may be subject to Droit de Suite) Note: Anne was the eldest daughter of an Army Brigadier, Ian Bruce, and so from her earliest days she was travelling. Bruce's later paintings were an attempt to capture the inundation of memories she had from those days as a child. Bruce also travelled extensively with her husband Patrick Reyntiens, the acclaimed stained glass artist, visiting Europe, the USA, Mexico, Canada, India, Cyprus, Turkey and Australia. CONDITION REPORT: ea. mounted in a glazed wooden moulding frame ea. may or may not be stuck down as is unexamined out of the frame some with light foxing throughout ea. backing board is stuck down with masking tape ea. in overall good condition
Lot 388
WWII BRITISH MEDAL GROUP comprising 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star and War Medal, with slip (Army) and box of issue addressed to 'Mr.R.Rankin, East Kilbride', a 2nd Army cloth Formation Badge and small items in box Note: Robert (Bobby) Rankin was a member of the Home Guard unit that took Deputy Führer Rudolf Hess into custody when he landed at Bonnyton/Floors Farm near Eaglesham on 10th May 1941.
Lot 392
WWII BRITISH MEDALS comprising War Medal with slip (Army) and box of issue addressed to 'Mr.D.Fraser, Glasgow', 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals with matching miniature mounted group; Africa Star; Italy Star and War Medal; box of issue (Royal Signals) but address details removed; items of insignia and two 1937 Coronation Medals
Lot 117
A plated Old English Thread pattern canteen of cutlery comprising twelve table forks, twelve dessert forks, twelve tablespoons, twelve dessert spoons, eighteen teaspoons, three salt spoons, mustard spoon, serving spoon, two sauce ladles, one soup ladle, sugar tongs, various knives, etc, housed in an oak Army & Navy CSL box CONDITION REPORTS Oak canteen approx 45 x 35cm x 17cm high, overall with wear, scuffs and scratches, some knocks and bumps, interior has some lining missing. Please see photos for contents.
Lot 113
QARMATID, ALPTEKIN ABU MANSUR AL-MU‘IZZI (fl. 364-367h), Dinar, Filastin 366h. OBVERSE: In field: la ilaha illa Allah | wahdahu la sharik lahu | al-Ta‘i lillah | al-sayyid al-ra’is. REVERSE: In field: lillah | Muhammad rasul Allah | sali Allah ‘alayhi |al-sayyid Ja‘far bin al-Fadl | Abu Mansur al-Mu‘izzi. WEIGHT: 4.18g. REFERENCES: Vardanyan 27; Centuries of Gold 154, same dies. CONDITION: Pierced and with edge clip, otherwise very fine and very rare. NOTE: Vardanyan’s study gives a clear account of the career of Alptekin Abu Mansur al-Mu‘izzi, whose name appears on both the Qarmatid coins offered in this sale (see also lot 114). He had been a commander in the Turkish guard at the Buwayhid court but became involved in a failed coup against the Buwayhid ruler ‘Izz al-Dawla and subsequently fled to Syria. By 364h he was in control of Damascus, where he met and joined forces with the Qarmatids, and their combined forces took Tabariya in the following year. Lot 113 shows that by 366h Alptekin acknowledged the Qarmatid Council and also Ja‘far b. al-Fadl as its leader, but following further changes within the Council’s make-up later in 366h Ja‘far was no longer named directly on the coinage. The unpublished dirham described below (lot 114), where Alptekin’s name appears without that of a Qarmatid overlord, perhaps reflects the confused hierarchy within the Qarmatid state. Alptekin was finally defeated by a Fatimid army in 368h and taken to Egypt, where he was poisoned.
Lot 130
FATIMID, AL-MUSTANSIR (427-487h), REVOLT OF AL-BASASIRI (450-451h), Dinar, Madinat al-Salam 451h. OBVERSE: letter ‘ayn in inner border at 12 o’clock. WEIGHT: 4.13g. REFERENCES: Nicol 2095; Jafar F.MS.451E. CONDITION: Plugged, about fine and very rare. NOTE: Arslan al-Basasiri was a Turkish general who served the Buwayhids in Baghdad until their overthrow by the Seljuqs in 447h. Fearing the new Seljuq regime, Basasiri offered his services to the Fatimids who promised him military and financial aid to stage a coup in the Abbasid capital. His chance came in 450h when the Seljuq Sultan, Tughril Beg, was away from Baghdad, leaving al-Basasiri able to occupy the city with only a small force. Al-Basasiri duly had the Fatimid al-Mustansir acknowledged in the Friday prayers, and also compelled the Abbasid caliph to sign a document acknowledging that the Fatimids should be the rightful caliphs as long as their line endured. Al-Basasiri held Baghdad for the Fatimids for almost exactly a year, before the return of Tughril Beg and his army in 451h brought the city firmly back under Seljuq control.
Lot 136
BAHRI MAMLUK, BAYBARS II (708-709h), Dinar, al-Qahira, date off flan. OBVERSE: In field: al-Mansuri | al-sultan al-malik | al-muzaffar Rukn al-dunya wa’l-din | Abu’l-Fath Baybars Qasim | amir al-mu’minin; Inmargin: partial legend …illa Allah Muhammad rasul…. REVERSE: In field: duriba bi’l-Qahira | la ilaha illa Allah | Muhammad rasul Allah | arsulahu bi’l-huda | wa din al-haqq; Inmargin: vestiges of legend. WEIGHT: 4.61g. CONDITION: Some marginal weakness, good very fine and of the highest rarity, apparently unpublished. NOTE: These two pieces appear to be the first published gold coins of the short-lived ruler Baybars II. Balog and Album both report only silver and copper issues for this ruler. Baybars II came to power after the abdication of Muhammad I in 708h. He had previously been Muhammad’s governor in Egypt, suppressing a rebellion there in 701h. Baybars also served in the Mamluk army which defeated the Mongols at Marj al-Saffar in 702h, a victory which put an end to Mongol incursions into Syria. He was also entrusted with the prestigious, if potentially hazardous, position of the Sultan’s official food-taster. His short reign was marked by economic and political unrest and, after riots on the streets of Cairo, Baybars II fled the city. Muhammad I returned to rule in his stead and Baybars himself was captured and executed, having ruled only ten months and twenty-four days.
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