Three: Second Lieutenant L. E. Davis, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, late Army Service Corps, who was wounded at Glencoe Wood on 25 August 1917 1914-15 Star (S4-038822 Sjt. L. E. Davis. A.S.C.); British War and Victory Medals (2.Lieut. L. E. Davis) very fine Three: Lieutenant T. H. Webb, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was twice wounded on the Western Front 1914-15 Star (1955 Pte. T. H. Webb. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2. Lieut. T. H. Webb) traces of verdigris, otherwise very fine Pair: Lieutenant R. A. W. Kennedy, Highland Light Infantry, attached 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. R. A. W. Kennedy) mounted as worn, very fine (8) £120-£160 --- Leonard Edgar Davis was born in Addlestone, Surrey on 13 June 1895. He attested for the Army Service Corps on 7 November 1913, and was promoted Sergeant on 4 August 1914. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 21 December 1914 and was commissioned into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 26 April 1917. Returning to France in June 1917, he joined the 5th Battalion at Arras and was wounded by a gun shot to his leg at Glencourse Wood, Ypres, on 24 August 1917. A Medical Board report dated 11 July 1919 states that the injury sustained a fracture to his right femur and knee, which resulted in a 2.5” shortening of his right leg. Thomas Harry Webb, a student at Culham College, Abingdon, Oxfordshire, attested for the 4th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry on 23 September 1913. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915 and was wounded on the Somme on 19 July 1916, with multiple gun shot wounds to his right forearm. Commissioned on 26 April 1917, he returned to his battalion in July 1917 and was further wounded by a shell splinter to his cheek on 28 August 1917. He was promoted to Lieutenant on 26 October 1918. Ronald Alexander Whitelaw Kennedy was born in Glasgow in 1893. He was commissioned into the 2/5th Battalion, Highland Light Infantry for service during the Great War, and served in Salonika from May 1917, attached to the 7th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He died in York on 20 February 1966.
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1914 Star (9904 Pte. F. J. Mooring. 2/ Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (5711 Pte. P. A. Heady. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) good very fine (2) £80-£100 --- Frederick James Mooring (also recorded as Mooren) was born in Sutton Courtney, Berkshire, in 1891 and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, serving with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 14 August 1914 (also entitled to a clasp to his 1914 Star). He was killed in action on 25 September 1915, on the first day of the Battle of Loos. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Loos Memorial, France. Percy Arthur Heady was born in Stewkley, Buckinghamshire and attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. He served with them during the Great War on the Western Front before transferring to the Lincolnshire Regiment, and was killed in action whilst serving with the 10th Battalion on 10 June 1917. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Pair: Private G. E. Gardener, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, who was taken Prisoner at Kut-al-Amara and subsequently award the M.S.M. for his conduct whilst in captivity 1914-15 Star (9645 Pte. G. E. Gardener. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (9645 Pte. G. E. Gardener. Oxf & Bucks. L.I.) obverse of both medals heavily polished, therefore about fine 1914-15 Star (1579 Pte. A. Adams. Oxf: & Bucks: L.I.); British War Medal 1914-20 (143426 Bdr. R. F. C. Watts. R.A.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (10480 PCpl. H. Paul. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); together with an unofficial Occupation of Japan Medal 1946-52 (R.K Watts R.N.) very fine (6) £80-£100 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 30 January 1920. George E. Gardener attested into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry for service during the Great War and served in Mesopotamia with the 1st Battalion from 24 February 1915. He was taken prisoner during the siege of Kut-al-Amara and subsequently awarded the M.S.M. ‘in recognition of devotion to duty and valuable services rendered whilst prisoners of war interned’ (London Gazette 30 January 1920, with the award dated 5 May 1919). Albert Admans attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 1st/4th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 March 1915. Advanced Sergeant, for his gallantry he was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 11 November 1916). He was also awarded the Territorial Efficiency Medal in 1920. Hosea Paul attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served with the 5th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 20 May 1915. For his gallantry during the attack on Hillside Wood, Vis-en-Artois, as part of the Arras offensive, he was awarded the Military Medal (London Gazette 28 July 1917).
A Hand Painted ‘King’s Colour’ of The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster). A fine quality hand painted design of the Regiment’s King’s Colour, Foolscap folio, by the College of Arms, London, dated 22 September 1922 and signed by H. F. Burke, Garter King of Arms and Inspector of Regimental Colours, with Battle Honours for Marne 1914, Ypres 1915 ‘17, Somme 1916 ‘18, Arras 1917 ‘18, Messines 1917, Lys, France and Flanders 1914-18, Macedonia 1915-18, Gallipoli 1915, and Mesopotamia 1916-18, extremely good condition £100-£140 --- The regiment, originally the 2nd Tangier Regiment, and later the 4th (King’s Own) Regiment of Foot, was re-designated ‘The King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)’ in 1921.
Six: Acting Regimental Quartermaster Sergeant J. Walmsley, Manchester Regiment Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Elandslaagte, Defence of Ladysmith, Belfast (4720 Pte J. Walmsley, Manch: Regt); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (4720 Serjt: J. Walmsley. Manch: Regt); British War and Victory Medals (33306 C. Sjt. J. Walmsley. Manch. R.); Imperial Service Medal, G.V.R., Circular issue, 2nd ‘Coronation robes’ issue (Joseph Walmsley.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (33306 C.Q.M. Sjt. -A.R.Q.M. Sjt.- J. Walmsley 12/Manch: R.) minor traces of adhesive to obverses, light contact marks and minor edge bruising to the Boer War pair, otherwise generally very fine or better (6) £700-£900 --- M.S.M. London Gazette 3 June 1919. Joseph Walmsley attested for the Manchester Regiment, and served with the 1st Battalion in South Africa during the Boar War, and subsequently with the 12th Battalion during the Great War. Initially a Home Defence battalion, the 12th Manchesters took part in the battles of the Somme and at Delville Wood in 1916, continuing through Arras in 1917, the Spring Offensives of 1918, and until the end of the war. For his serves as acting regimental quartermaster sergeant during the Great War he was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal. Sold with copied research.
SARGENT JOHN SINGER: (1856-1925) American artist, considered the leading portrait painter of his generation. A.L.S., John S. Sargent, two pages, small 4to, n.p., n.d. ('Sunday'; 1918), to Philip [Sassoon]. Sargent thanks his correspondent for their letter and explains that he is leaving tomorrow, 'so the next rendezvous is London - I will listen for your aeroplane', further writing 'There has been a fearful question about my lapsed American passport, and yesterday it was thought I would have to go to Paris & get another one before being allowed to leave Boulogne. But the P.M. tells me the difficulty…..will be all right' and continuing 'God knows what will happen about Arras church and the other things I have done. I think the Ministry of Information considers everything their property….You have been awfully kind and providential to me out here - and I am “yours till death”. Any time the Commander in Chief comes to England I will do the best for you. I hope I shall be seeing Sybil soon and singing your praises'. A few very light, extremely minor creases, VG Philip Sassoon (1888-1939) British politician, art collector and social host. Sargent painted Sassoon's portrait in 1923. Sargent was commissioned as a war artist by the British Ministry of Information in 1918 and his works at this time including various paintings from Arras, including the ruined cathedral.
John Cruickshank V. C. signed FDC Arras and Vimy Ridge April 1917. Flown in Hercules Mk3 XV304 of No. 30 Sqn from RAF Lyneham to Decimomannu back to Bruggen then Bruggen to Lyneham overflying the town of Arras and full extent battlefield of Vimy Ridge All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Harry Clarke RHA (1889 - 1931)Our Lady and Child adored by St Aidan of Ferns and St Adrian (O'Keefe memorial), (1918), cartoon designed for the Catholic Church of the Assumption, Bride Street, Wexford Town A pair, Charcoal and conté on paper, 202 x 48.5 (79½ x 19) & 204 x 48.5cm (80 x 19")Provenance: From the Collection of Patrick MacEntee SCFollowing the rapturous reception of Harry Clarke’s series of windows for Honan Hostel chapel (1915–17), located on the campus of UCC – the commission which was largely responsible for propelling his stained glass career forward – individuals began to seek him out for memorial windows. Two such commissions which arrived in 1918 were for the Church of Ireland, Killiney, County Dublin and the Catholic Church of the Assumption in the heart of Wexford town; Clarke worked on both jobs concurrently and in fact on one day in September he had a meeting with the Killiney donor in the morning and the Wexford donor in the afternoon.(1) The latter was ordered by a Matilda, wife of William O’Keefe who was a merchant and maltster of Faythe House, Wexford town and the window was in memory of their second son, Lieutenant William Henry O’Keefe. William Jnr was a graduate of Castleknock College and had entered the Royal College of Science, Dublin with the intention of becoming an engineer before obtaining a commission in the Royal Field Artillery. In August 1915 he went on active service in France and was killed by a German shell aged twenty-one in May 1917 at Arras where he is buried.(2) Worth noting is that his memorial window represents one of a very small number in Catholic churches to soldiers who fell in WWI compared with a significant amount in Protestant churches. For Harry Clarke, meeting a client and visiting the location was very important so that each work would be truly individual and would respond to the wishes of the donor, as well as the more practical and aesthetic considerations: the orientation of the window within the church, its height from ground level, the style of architecture, etc. A small-scale, though very precise, preliminary design, usually executed in pencil and watercolour, would then be prepared. Amendments were made if requested by the patron and the next stage was for Clarke to create a ‘cartoon’, a full-scale monochrome plan, usually drawn mainly in charcoal on a single sheet cut from a roll of paper which would accurately show the lead-lines and the key elements of the design. Clarke’s cartoons from this period are remarkably detailed and indisputably works of art in their own right. Perhaps surprisingly for an artist who excelled in crisp black and white illustrations which he made in parallel with his stained glass career, his cartoons for stained glass windows are distinctly tonal and indicate how he intended to paint the different pieces of glass which would comprise the completed window. The only significant absence from these cartoons were the inscriptions – though a designated space was clearly assigned for them – as this was an aspect of the window which Clarke did not enjoy doing, and usually the inscriptions were executed by other artists in the studio under his direction. Details of the O’Keefe coat of arms and family moto are likewise left blank on the Wexford cartoon but fully realised in the window as executed. Clarke created his cartoon for Our Lady and Child adored by St Aidan of Ferns and St Adrian in November and December 1918, and the stained glass window itself was completed in early May 1919.When the leading expert on Harry Clarke, Dr Nicola Gordon Bowe, was assembling an exhibition of his work for the Douglas Hyde Gallery, Trinity College in 1979 – which was responsible for reigniting interest in Clarke – she selected several of his finest cartoons from the collection of the artist’s son, David Clarke, and among those she chose for exhibition were his cartoons for Killiney and Wexford. In her catalogue notes accompanying the exhibition Dr Gordon Bowe eloquently wrote of the Wexford window: ‘the alert Child sits on the lap of the demure and neat little Madonna, whose silken cloak is strewn with stars and jewels and whose pompom’d slippers rest on a tasselled cushion. They hover over the coastline of Ireland, adored by the kneeling, devout Aiden of Ferns (with tiny replica of the early Cathedral and settlement he founded and a splendid crozier), while behind him the proud, graceful St Adrian stands with a jewelled and chased cross in a Burne-Jones helmet. The sea, at whose edge they worship and the sky around them are lightly inscribed with a wealth of tiny symbolic motifs, amongst which are tiny perfectly detailed scenes of a Crucifixion and the Ascension, a chalice set in a flaming aureole, an exquisite tiny galleon, one of Clarke’s favourite motifs, another chalice, symbolic of the young man’s sacrifice after great suffering, one triangle set with an eye, another struck by lightning, the young man’s initials (W.O.K.) and a delightful vignette of Bride Street Church as seen across Wexford Harbour… When he had time, his personal deeply religious, poetic and unique vision permeated in intricate detail everything he touched.’ (3)Dr David CaronNicola Gordon Bowe, Harry Clarke – the Life and Work (second edition, 2012), p. 146.I am grateful to Reiltín Murphy for information on the O’Keefe family.Nicola Gordon Bowe, Harry Clarke (monograph and catalogue of exhibition in Douglas Hyde Gallery, TCD, 1979), pp. 106–07.Condition Report: Additional photos of some of the repaired areasAlso of the creases and abrasionsPresumably occurred during the process of creating the windows, these were working cartoons of course See additional images
Circle of ANTONIO MORO (Utrecht, between 1516 and 1520 - Antwerp?, 1575/1576)."Philip II.Oil on canvas. Re-engraved.Attached export permit.Provenance: private collection conceived from the 70s between London and Madrid.Measurements: 59 x 52 cm.Portrait of bust that presents the figure of the Monarch Felipe II. The way in which his face has been captured and the clothes indicate that the work is inspired by the portrait that Antonio Moro made of the Monarch around 1557. In that work, however, the king was shown standing. The original work was conceived to commemorate the battle of San Quintín, which is why he is shown in the same clothes he wore at the time of the victory. Philip II wears the harness of the armour of the Burgundy crosses, made by Grosschedel around 1551, on a coat of mail, wearing armour that is still preserved in the Royal Armoury, and above it the golden fleece hanging over a red citation. The work, which aesthetically follows the portrait models of the period, shows a delicate sense of detail in both the clothing and the face. The face is captured from a psychological perspective and shows a king whose gaze marks a certain distance from the viewer, making his absolutist position clear. These aesthetic characteristics suggest the circle of Antonio Moro. Antonio Moro worked in the Southern Netherlands and also in Spain, Italy, Portugal and England. He trained in his native Utrecht as a pupil of Jan van Scorel, whose assistant he became in 1540. According to Karel van Mander, Moro travelled to Italy during his youth and was able to spend three years there before returning to Utrecht in 1544. In 1547 he was admitted as a master to the Guild of Saint Luke in Antwerp, although he preferred to reside in his native city. The following year he attracted the attention of his first important patron, Antonio Perrenot de Granvela, Bishop of Arras and a member of the court of Charles V. His portraits painted between 1549 and 1550 already reveal an innovative style that would replace older portrait painting traditions, combining Flemish precision with Italian models. Particularly important in his language was the influence of Titian, which he brought to him through the works by the Venetian in the collections of Granvela and Maria of Hungary, regent of the Low Countries. Moro's mature style was characterised by the steely precision of his Nordic heritage, the muted colours, the detail in the draperies, folds and qualities, the simplified lighting generally on the left side and a neutral background that emphasises the monumental isolation of the figure, which is usually three-quarter or full-length and fills the entire height of the picture plane. His career received a definitive boost when he was presented by Granvela to Philip II; from then on Moro worked on royal and courtly portraiture in the Dutch and Spanish courts, and his style exerted an important influence throughout Europe, particularly on the Iberian Peninsula, where he had numerous disciples and followers. Among them were Alonso Sánchez Coello, Jorge de la Rúa, Manuel Denis, Cristóbal de Morales and Sofonisba Anguissola. In 1550 he was sent by Maria of Hungary to Lisbon to paint the Portuguese royal family, especially Maria of Portugal, the fiancée of Philip II. On the way he painted his first official portrait of the Emperor Maximilian II, probably in Augsburg. From there he probably continued his journey in the entourage of Philip II, who was then in the Low Countries. He arrived in Spain in 1551, where he painted Philip II's sister and her first daughter, Maria of Austria, with her husband Maximilian II. The following year he worked at the court in Lisbon and finally returned to Brussels in 1553 only to go to London, where he was sent to portray Philip II's wife after her wedding. That same year, 1554, he was officially appointed painter of
An outstanding Great War D.S.O. and Second Award Bar group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel H. F. Kirkpatrick, East Kent Regiment, who afterwards commanded the Anson Battalion, Royal Naval Division, and was mortally wounded in March 1918 Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., with Second Award Bar, silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; India General Service 1895-1902, 1 clasp, Punjab Frontier 1897-98 (2d. Lieut. H. F. Kirkpatrick 1st Bn. “The Buffs”); Africa General Service 1902-56, 2 clasps, Jubaland, Somaliland 1908-10 (Lieut. H. F. Kirkpatrick, E. Kent: Rgt:) officially engraved naming, second clasp loose on ribbon; 1914-15 Star (Capt. H. F. Kirkpatrick E. Kent R.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. H. F. Kirkpatrick.) light contact marks, otherwise generally good very fine (6) £5,000-£7,000 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. D.S.O. Second Award Bar London Gazette 26 July 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty while in command of his Battalion. The enemy attacked and drove the troops of another division which caused the left flank of his Battalion to become exposed. By his magnificent courage and leadership he succeeded in restoring the situation.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 1 January 1916, 22 May 1917, and 11 December 1917. Harry Fearnley Kirkpatrick was born on 8 January 1876, second son of Sir James Kirkpatrick, 8th Baronet of Closeburn, Dumfriesshire. He was gazetted 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd (Militia) Battalion, The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) on 1 April 1895; Lieutenant, 4th May 1896; commissioned from the Militia as 2nd Lieutenant, The Buffs, 15 May 1897; Lieutenant, 9 October 1899; Captain, 15 February 1901; Temporary Major, 1 April 1905; retired as Captain, 5 February 1913. Captain Reserve of Officers, then Major 3rd (Special Service) Battalion, The Buffs, 5 December 1914; Acting Lieutenant-Colonel 1917, commanding a Battalion of the Royal Naval Division. Joining the 1st Buffs on the Punjab Frontier of India in November 1897, he was involved in the attack and capture of The Tanga Pass. Seconded to the East Africa (later King’s African) Rifles, in January 1901, he took part in operations against the Ogaden Somalis in Jubaland, in late 1901 and then in Somaliland against the Dervishes in 1908-10. Retiring in February 1913, he was recalled in November 1914 as a Staff Officer with 3rd Buffs. Seconded to the Royal Naval Division, which came under Army Control in July 1916, he took over command of the Anson Battalion after the Battle of Ancre in December 1916. This period saw the capture of the Hindenburg Line, the Arras and Passchendael offensives, and the capture of Varlet Farm on 26 October 1917, when 50 prisoners were taken. D. Jerrold’s The Royal Naval Division (1927) details his command of 188 Brigade during the Battle of Welsh Ridge in December 1917: “he wisely decided to postpone until dusk counter-attack on the Ridge with his support Bn. (the Anson) which then succeeded”. Harry was awarded the D.S.O. and Bar in 1918, and had thrice been Mentioned in Dispatches. During the Great German Attack in the early hours of 21 March 1918, Kirkpatrick, again in command of the brigade, led the fighting withdrawal and the Defence of Albert. On the 25th the brigade, reduced by casualties to no more than a battalion, halted on the Albert - Bapaume road with its left at Courcelette Mill. K. Tallett (RND magazine No. 8) writes: ‘188 Bde. withdrew to Courcelette amid many rumours of the enemy being behind or to the side of it, in the absence of friendly troops. There was much confusion. There were sporadic fire-fights during the late evening and early night, one of which claimed the life of Lt.-Col. Kirkpatrick, who was badly wounded in the abdomen and died of his wounds.’ Lieutenant-Colonel Harry Kirkpatrick was mortally wounded at Courcelette on 25 March and died of his wounds on 27 March 1918. He is buried in Doullens Communal Cemetery Extension No. 1.
A Great War M.C. group of four awarded to Lieutenant P. Wells, Royal Field Artillery, late Hampshire Yeomanry, who was wounded at Arras in June 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. P. Wells.); Territorial Force War Medal 1914-19 (415 Sjt. P. Wells. Hamps. Yeo.) unit officially corrected on last, light contact marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine (4) £800-£1,000 --- M.C. London Gazette 7 November 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty during an attack. He went forward alone, under heavy enemy barrage, and returned with valuable information regarding the infantry situation. By his courage and initiative in getting the information through he was instrumental in enabling the guns to ward off a counter-attack.’ Philip Wells was born in Winchester on 1 May 1888 and attested there for the Hampshire Carabiniers on 4 August 1908, whilst employed as a book seller at the family bookshop P & G Wells, 11 College Street, Winchester. He served during the Great War on the Western Front from 25 May 1916, and was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery (Special Reserve) on 27 March 1917. He was wounded by gun shot to the left leg at Arras on 15 June 1917, and having returned to England was demobilised on 11 February 1919. He relinquished his commission on 1 April 1920, and died in the family bookshop in Winchester on 7 April 1942. Sold with a large quantity of copied research.
Three: Private Edward Green, 13th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, killed in action on the Somme, July 1916 1914-15 Star (25426 Pte. E. Green. L’pool R.); British War and Victory Medals (25426 Pte. E. Green. L’pool R.) extremely fine Three: Private J. J. Foster, 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, killed in action in France, March 1918 1914-15 Star (S-17651 Pte. J. J. Foster, Cam’n Highrs.); British War and Victory Medals (S-17651 Pte. J. J. Foster, Camerons.) extremely fine Pair: Acting Corporal W. R. Moody, 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion British War and Victory Medals (420927 A. Cpl. W. R. Moody. 43-Can. Inf.) very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (700741 Pte. L. E. Murray. 43-Can. Inf.) good very fine (9) £140-£180 --- Edward Green, 13th Battalion, Liverpool Regiment, was killed in action on 14 July 1916, aged 25. Son of Edward and Elizabeth Green, of Tyldesley, Lancashire, he is commemorated by name on the Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. John James Foster, 6th Battalion, Cameron Highlanders, was killed in action on 28 March 1918, and is commemorated by name on the Arras Memorial. William Robert Moody, 43rd Canadian Infantry Battalion, was wounded on 8 October 1916. Sold with brief service details.
Woolf (Virginia). Orlando, 1st edition, London: Hogarth Press, 1928, half-tone illustrations, contemporary presentation inscription to half title, slight toning to endpapers, original cloth, spine faded, one or two small stains, 8vo, together with Spender (Stephen). The Still Centre, 1st edition, London: Faber & Faber, 1939, contemporary presentation inscription and quote from W.B. Yeats at front, original cloth, dust jacket, spine toned, a little rubbed, 8vo, plus Arkwright (William). Knowledge and Life, Memorial Edition, London: John Lane, 1930, portrait frontispiece, partly unopened, top edge gilt, original cloth, spine a little faded, 8vo, limited edition of 100 copies, with 27 others including Green Arras, by Laurence Housman, 1st edition, 1896, Narrative of the Battle of Jutland, HMSO, 1924 Edmund Blunden's A Summer Fancy, Beaumont Press, 1930 (limited edition 197/405, More P:oems by A.E. Housman, 1936 (limited edition 15/579), A Prospect of the Sea and other stories and prose writings by Dylan Thomas, 1955, and Radcliffe, by David Storey, 1963QTY: (30)
Pre WW1 military trunk marked ‘York Reg’ two shell cases one WW1 trench art marked with ‘Arras’ the other WW2 25Pr dated 1942, post WW2 books and a compendium of the war magazine dated 1939, with six military chain and webbing strap fastenings by Parsons 5.00 to 5.50 and another military box.The chest belonged to L. Colton who enlisted in 1882
A WW1 era 1917 dated military compass, named to the reverse ‘W.Gosling VC’.Nickel construction and broad arrow marked by F.Darton & Co London.William Gosling (1892-1945) was a Battery Sergeant of the Royal Field Artillery. He won his Victoria Cross during the battle of Arras on April 5th 1917.He was presented with his decoration by King George V on July 21st 1917.Plus, a milled brass compass marked to the dial by T.Cooke London, likely early 20th century.Condition: the nickel VC winner compass is at fault; the internal glass and needle is missing, but could potentially be repaired.The compass is in otherwise good cosmetic condition.The brass T.Cooke compass has some wear to the exterior of the case, but seems to work as it should.Viewing is recommended.
Great War 1914-15 Star Casualty Medal Trio to a Private in the 16th (Church Lads Brigade) Kings Royal Rifle Corps, 1914-15 Star medal, “C-101 PTE. A.J.H.C. CUTTING K.R.RIF:C.”, British War and Victory medals “C-1013 PTE. A.J.H.C. CUTTING K.R.RIF.C.” 21 year old Arthur James Harry Clifford Cutting, born in Fulham, was living as a Grocers Assistant in Woodbridge Suffolk when he attested for the 16th Kings Royal Rifle Corps on 31st October 1914. He landed in France on 16th April 1915 and was reported missing presumed killed on 23rd April 1917 when the Battalion attacked the German Hindenberg Line at the Sensee River with 100th Infantry Brigade. Zero hour was 4.45am and by the time the Battalion moved back from the front at 9pm they had suffered 260 Other Rank casualties. Arthur James Harry Clifford Cutting was reported missing during the days fighting, later presumed dead he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France.
Great War 1914-15 Star Medal Trio to a Private in the Durham Light Infantry Who Was Killed in Action in May 1917, 1914-15 Star medal, British War and Victory medals, “22714 PTE. J OUTHWAITE DURH. L.I.” Generally good condition. James Outhwaite from Sunderland served with the 11th and 14th Battalions landing in France on 11th September 1915. He later transferred to the 9th Northumberland Fusiliers with service number 38965. Killed in action on 13th May 1917 he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France
Great War Pair of Medals and a Memorial Plaque to a Sergeant in the East Surrey Regiment Who Was Missing Presumed Dead During a Failed Attack on the German Lines in May 1917, 1914-15 Star medal, “L-9736 PTE. H. PRICE. E. SURR: R.”, British War medal, “L-9736 SJT. H. PRICE E. SURR. R.,” with bronze Memorial Plaque “HENRY PRICE”, missing the Victory medal.Originally from Hammersmith, London, Henry Price attested for the Royal Fusiliers on 8th November 1908. Pre-war he served in Burma and India and qualified as a Marksman on 21st April 1914. He was serving with 3rd Battalion when he arrived in France on 19th January 1915. Promoted Corporal in June 1915 he was wounded, GSW right buttock, on 12th August 1915 later being promoted to Sergeant in December 1916. Henry Price was serving with the 7th Battalion when he was listed as missing, later presumed killed, on 3rd May 1917 during a failed attack on the German lines that resulted in Battalion casualties of 29 killed, 120 wounded and 122 missing. He is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France.
A WWI embroidered and hand-painted silk panel, depicting the destruction of buildings in Arras by German bombardment, within floral embroidered borders, 48cm x 45cm; together a collage of marine plants in a basket, above a hand written verse, 36cm x 30cm; and a hand-coloured retirement card with printed floral panels, 1903, all framed and glazed, 38.5 x 37.5cm (3)Please refer to department for condition report
Postcards, Silks, a collection of 9 woven silk cards inc. Scottish National Exhibition Glasgow 1911 (2 different) published by W.H Grant, Hands Across the Sea RMS Baltic, RMS Saxonia and the liner RMS Virginian. Also flames Arras 1915 and Martyr Ypres. Sold with 'FAB' card for Clan Stewart tartan and badge etc (mixed condition)
A Great War ‘German Spring Offensive’ D.C.M. group of three awarded to Acting Corporal A. O. Porter, 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps, for gallantry at Vélu 23 March 1918, in which action he was also killed Distinguished Conduct Medal, G.V.R. (125582 Pte.-A. Cpl. - A. O. Porter. 51/M.G.C.); British War and Victory Medals (125582 A. Cpl. A. O. Porter. M.G.C.) with Memorial Plaque (Arthur Osgood Porter) extremely fine (4) £1,000-£1,400 --- D.C.M. London Gazette 3 September 1918: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. This N.C.O. was in charge of one of the machine guns in a strong point which had been formed when the enemy’s advance had penetrated part of our line. He inflicted losses of the heaviest description on the enemy, whose further progress he checked for some time, holding on to the post to the last and firing the gun himself when all the gun members had become casualties. His coolness and disregards of danger were a fine example to the men whom he had collected to man the strong point, and on whom it had a marked influence.’ Annotated gazette states: ‘Velu, 23 March 1918.’ Arthur Osgood Porter was born in Wandsworth, London. He served in France with the 51st Company, Machine Gun Corps, part of the 51st (Highland) Division. He died on 23 March 1918, aged 19, and is commemorated by name on the Arras Memorial. It should be noted that Soldiers Died in the Great War shows him as being killed in action on 21 March 1918.
Three: Private J. Fox, 7/8th Battalion, Scottish Borderers, who was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917 1914-15 Star (15873 Pte J. Fox. K.O. Sco: Bord:); British War and Victory Medals (15873 Pte. J. Fox. K.O. Sco. Bord.); Memorial Plaque (James Fox) in card envelope of issue, with Buckingham Palace enclosure; Memorial Scroll (Pte. James Fox K.O. Scottish Borderers) in O.H.M.S. tube, nearly extremely fine (lot) £120-£160 --- James Fox served during the Great War with the 7/8th Battalion, King’s Own Scottish Borderers in the French theatre of war from, 9 July 1915. Private Fox was killed in action on the Western Front, 9 April 1917, and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Pair: Private W. Taylor, 24th Battalion (Victoria Rifles), Canadian Infantry British War and Victory Medals (417119 Pte. W. Taylor. 24-Can. Inf.) good very fine Pair: Private J. V. Kirk, 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry, who was killed in action whilst attached to the 1st Tank Battalion, 10 August 1918, when his tank was hit by an anti-tank shell and caught fire British War and Victory Medals (654056 Pte. J. V. Kirk. 47-Can. Inf.) generally good very fine British War Medal 1914-20 (550270 Pte. T. Allen. R.C.D.) last with coloured photograph of recipient mounted on a horse, suspension reaffixed and mount altered to a brooch fitting, otherwise very fine (5) £140-£180 --- William Taylor was born in December 1877, and resided at 2454 Chabot Street, Montreal, Quebec. James Vincent Kirk was born in Birmingham, Warwickshire in May 1898. He initially served during the Great War with the 47th Battalion (British Columbia), Canadian Infantry on the Western Front. On 8 August 1918 Kirk was attached to the 1st Tank Battalion for the attack on Arras. Two days later he was killed in action when his tank was hit by an anti-tank shell and caught fire. Private Kirk is buried in Le Quesnel Communal Cemetery Extension, France. Timothy Robert Allen was born in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada in November 1895. He served during the Great War with the Royal Canadian Dragoons, Canadian Cavalry on the Western Front, and was killed in action, 23 March 1918. Private Allen is commemorated on the Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
Memorial Plaque (Clarence Arthur Lyon Pemble) with Buckingham Palace enclosure, in card envelope, nearly extremely fine £80-£100 --- Clarence Arthur Lyon Pemble served as a Second Lieutenant with the 8th Battalion, Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment, during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 1 August 1918. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
A GROUP OF CONTINENTAL PORCELAINLate 18th centuryComprising; a Hochst figure of a youth with bird's nest modelled by J.P. Melchior, blue wheel mark, 18.5cm high; a German canted rectangular tea canister painted with flowers and drapery, 11.5cm high; a saucer, probably Niderviller, painted with a landscape vignette, blue N mark; an Arras blue and white cup painted with flower sprigs, blue AR/D mark; an oval tureen and cover painted with iron-red flower sprays, 13.5cm length ( 6)Hochst figure- stick lacking from his left hand. shallow chip to bottom edge of his coat on the reverse. Small nick along bottom edge of coat. Small loss to buckle on right foot.Tea canister- some wear to the gilding but overall in good condition. Cover lackingSaucer- some wearArras cup- shallow chip to footrimTureen and cover- some wear to the gilding and enamels; Chips to flower knop
4 x 19th Century British Prints / Etching. 1. Andrew F. Affleck(Scottish 1874-1935) - Pencil etching of Arras Cathedral, Signed in Bottom Right Corner in Pencil also Signature within etching same corner. Includes Original Framing Receipt Which States "Hotel De Ville Arras Original Etching First State" - Cut Edges, Losses and Fragile State. 2. David Law (Scottish 1831-1901) "Fishing Boats off Whitby" Original Etching on Cream Wove, Signature in Bottom Left Corner within Etching. Glued to Board - in Good Condition. 3. An Etching of the Cloisters Winchester College Published by W.H. Beynon of Cheltenham, Glued to Board - Good Condition. 4. A Page from The Illustrated London News, Sept, 4, 1875. Pages 227 - 228. "Bathing Scene at Boulogne: The High Tide on Saturday Week" - Good Condition. Largest is approximately 65cm x 45cm
Essays Poems Letters by Bernard Pitt - he was a teacher at degree level at the Working Men's College in St Pancreas. He enlisted in the army and joined the Border Regiment, he waqs killed in action near Arras in 1916. This volume was published after his death and contains work written whilst serving publ. Francis Edwardes, Marylebone 1917. This lot includes the Working Men's College 1854-1904; History of the W.M.C 1854-1954; WMC Journal Vol. XIII 1913-1914 and 1915-16 which includes obituary of Pitt, comes with various other volumes of poetry and literature.
Tindall Nicolas Rev - History of England pages and maps, 18th century, including Map of the Seat of War in Hungary between the Imperialists and the Turks; Map of the Seat of War in Germany; Map of the Seat of War in Italy. The lot continues with maps of cities, battle sites including Plan of Mons; Plan of the Camp & Retrenchments of Denain; Camp of the Army of the Allies Commander by General Auverquerque; Arras the Capital Town of the County of Artois; Plan of Oudenard a Fortified Town in the Earldom of Flanders; Plan of Dunkirk as given to the Duke of Ormond when he left the Army of Allies 1712; Plan of Lisle besieged and taken by the Allies in 1708; Plan of the Battle fought near Winendael; Plan of the City and Citadel of Turin; Lines of Stolhoffen in Alsacia; Battle of Donawert July 1704; Plan of Temiswar and it's Neighbourhood; Plan of Bethune Artois; Plan of Tournay 1709; Plan of the Battle of Eckeren 1703; Plan of Ausburg & Adjacent Country; Old and New Brisach; Plan of the Town of Barcelona; Plan of the Town and Castle of Traarbach; Plan of the Battle of Marseille; Plan of the Town of Menin; Plan of Ypres; Plan of Philipsbourg; Plan of the Town of Bouchain; Plan of the Battle of Chiari; Plan of the Battle of Quesnoy; Plan and Attack of the Town of St Leeuw. Lastly this lot contains title pages including 'The Passage of Scbeld', 'Duke of Marlborough and Prince Eugene of Savoy entering ye enemys intrenchments at the Battle of Taniers; Siege of Mons and The Battle of Luzzara.
LOUIS-LÉOPOLD BOILLY , LA BASSÉE, 1761 – PARIS, 1845Maternal caressesOil on canvas 46,5 x 38,5 cmIn the quiet of a garden, a tender family scene is offered to us. A young mother, like a modern Madonna, embraces the face of her little girl. Busy with the contemplation of her child, she shows us her medal profile, while the little girl stares at us, with her head in front. Standing against each other, they offer a striking contrast. One is brunette, the other blonde. The mother, hieratic, is dressed in a long white dress in the antiquisite fashion of the Empire, whose long folds descend to the ground with elegance. The little girl, in full movement, makes her black dress shimmer with curved folds that catch the light. Particular care is given to their clothes, in which the painter excels. The decor, with its romantic allure, is skilfully organised. It prefigures in a singular way the staging of photographic portraits in the studio. From the background, a halo of light, corresponding to a gap in the trees, discreetly frames the maternal embrace. However, the main lighting comes from the front, focusing on the mother from whom the light seems to emanate, thus reinforcing the expression of her maternal love.Boilly is the painter of scenes of family intimacy, which he knows how to stage with subtlety under an impression of simplicity. Here he renews the genre of portraiture by bringing a profoundly sensitive dimension to it.Louis-Léopold Boilly (1761-1845) was a French painter and engraver, renowned for his portraits and genre scenes testifying to the lives of his contemporaries. The son of a woodcarver, he studied painting, and more particularly 'trompe-l'oeil', with Dominique Doncre in Arras. Established in Paris in 1785, he began his career with gallant scenes in the spirit of Greuze and Fragonard. However, a great admirer of 17th century Dutch painting, he developed a fine, porcelain touch like Gérard Dou or Van Mieris, whose paintings he owned. Having to change his subjects, considered immoral, under the Revolution, he became a portraitist. These Caresses maternelles are evidence of this turning point in his career. He then developed a particular care to suggest the intimacy of family or friendly relationships. Although he exhibited for the first time at the Salon in 1794, it was mainly under the Directoire and the Empire that he became famous. He had great success at the Salon of 1798 with a group portrait Réunion d'artistes dans l'atelier d'Isabey, and then received the gold medal at the Salon of 1804 for L'Arrivée de la diligence (both in the Louvre Museum), which represents one of his first scenes of urban life that was to become his speciality. As a chronicler of the social life of his time, Boilly became a 'painter of modern life' before his time. Knight of the Legion of Honour and then member of the Institut de France in 1833, he ended his career covered with honours.Provenance: Former collection of Antenor Patiño (1896-1982) for his residence on Avenue Foch, Paris.Work reproduced in, L.-L. Boilly, sa vie, son oeuvre, H. Harisse, Paris, 1898, p. 93, cat. no. 114.
Royal Scots Fusiliers 15ct regimental bar brooch. Good slender pinback bar, impressed 15CT, mounted with crowned NEMO ME IMPUNE LACESSIT circlet resting on yellow enamel ROYAL SCOTS FUSILIERS tri-part scroll. Green and red enamelled Thistle to voided centre, red enamel to crown cushion. Reverse engraved I.M.O. HUGH D. PATON 28.9.18. Complete with detachable safety chain. Housed in Wilson Sharp Ltd Edinburgh case. Some minor metal repairs. GC 41067 Private Hugh Patton RSF of Cambuslang, Lanarkshire died of wounds 28th March 1918, aged 20, and is commemorated at the Arras Memorial. PAYMENT BY BANK TRANSFER ONLY
After Robert Gibb, (1845-1932), The Thin Red Line, Battle of Bacalava, print, mounted in an oak frame, 41 x 62cm, together with various postcards to include Australians parading for the trenches, one of our tanks, A British Sentry in Flanders, O.T.C. Camp Tidworth Park and various prints to include An Aid Post beyond Gonnehem and Arras from the old ramparts etc.
British War Medal 1914-20 (4) (14034 Cpl. F. J. Bullin. 7-D. Gds.; 11944 Gnr. R. Newton. R.A.; 113140 Gnr. J. W. Rollinson. R.A.; 40747 Pte. A. McFarlan. High. L.I.) last in named card box of issue, some edge knocks and bruises, otherwise very fine (4) £80-£100 --- Francis Joseph Bullin was born in Hucknall Torkard, Nottinghamshire. A Colliery Ganging Pony Driver, he attested for the 7th Dragoons for service during the Great War and served on the Western Front from 19 October 1915. Later transferring to the Devonshire Regiment, he was killed in action whilst serving with the 1st Battalion on 7 November 1918. He is buried in Pont-Sur-Sambre Cemetery, France. Reuben Newton was born in Sheffield, Yorkshire and attested at Scarborough into the Royal Artillery and served during the Great War on the Western Front from 15 August 1914, with 3rd Brigade Royal Horse Artillery. He was later killed in action on 2 September 1917 whilst serving with ‘C’ Battery, 235th Brigade and is buried in Vlamertinghie New Military Cemetery, Belgium. James William Rollinson was born in Shelley, Yorkshire and attested at Huddersfield into the Royal Garrison Artillery for service during the Great War. He was killed in action on 1 July 1917 whilst serving with the 262nd Siege Battery and is buried in Vlamertinghie New Military Cemetery, Belgium. Alexander McFarlan was born in Glasgow where he attested for the Highland Light Infantry for service during the Great War. He was killed in action on the Western Front whilst serving with the 10/11th Battalion on 11 April 1917. He is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France.
Montenegro, Kingdom, Bravery Medal, silver (Rev: F. R. Barry. C.F. Sept: 26-28. 1916.) contemporarily engraved naming, in Arthus Bertrand, Paris, embossed case of issue, suspension altered to a straight bar swivel suspension, nearly extremely fine £100-£140 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 25 November 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. He tended and dressed the wounded under very heavy fire with the greatest courage and determination. He set a splendid example throughout the operations.’ The Reverend Frank Russell Barry was born on 28 January 1890, the son of the Reverend G. D. Barry, and was educated at Bradfield and Oriel College, Oxford. He served during the Great War with the Army Chaplains’ Department as a temporary Chaplain to the Forces Fourth Class in the Mediterranean theatre of War from 31 December 1915, and subsequently on the Western Front, taking part in the operations on the Somme, the Ancre, Arras, and Passchendaele. For his gallantly during the operations at Mouquet Farm, near Thiepval, on 26-28 September 1916 he was awarded the D.S.O., and was also Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazette 4 January 1917) and awarded the Silver Medal for Military Valour from the King of Montenegro.
20th cent., with the subjects of music (approx. 125), geography (approx. 105) and religion (58), various sizes, techniques and artists, some signed in pencil, tipped onto mounts, loosely inserted in alphabetical order in 3 portfolios.Incl. some duplicates/ variants. Comprised of ex libris for a.o.: J.A. Alsbach; Jef Arras; Felix Paul Augustin; N.J. Boet; J.C.C.C. Campagne; J.R. van Dael; Fernand Fremdt; Leo Gregoire; Rosalie Huese; Joop Krello; Tessa de Lange; W. Oliemans; Bibliotheek Ned. Organisten Vereeniging; R.W.H. Pitlo; Ed. Reeser (after Pyke Koch); R.J.A. te Rijdt; E.J. Schopenhouer; A.F. Spanbroek; H. Timmer; Louis Vrijdag Jr.; and J.C. Winterink. (total approx. 290 in 3 portfolios)
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Bella, Stefano della -- Agréable diversité de Figures. 13 Radierungen inkl. Titel. Je ca. 7,1 x 10,4 cm. "Faites par S. D. Bella. A Monseigneur Artus Gouffier, Marquis De Boisy". 1642. De Vesme 117-127. Die vollständige Folge in ausgezeichneten, differenzierten Drucken sämtlich mit breitem Rand. Etwas gebräunt und stockfleckig, Heftspuren im linken weißen Rand, sonst in sehr schöner und originaler Erhaltung. Beigegeben von demselben die seltene Radierung "Plan et vue de la ville d'Arras, assiégée et prise par le Français en 1640 (Die Belagerung von Arras)" (De Vesme/Massar 880 II) sowie "Catafalco - Der Katafalk für den Sarg des Kaisers Ferdinand II." (De Vesme 77 II). - Wir bitten darum, Zustandsberichte zu den Losen zu erfragen, da der Erhaltungszustand nur in Ausnahmefällen im Katalog angegeben ist. - Please ask for condition reports for individual lots, as the condition is usually not mentioned in the catalogue.
Pair of WW1 British Memorial Plaques Both Commemorated on the Arras Memorial and Killed in 1917, plaques were awarded to William Walter Bagley and Arthur John Allen. William Walter Bagley was killed serving with the 1st Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment on 3rd May 1917 and Arthur John Allen was killed serving with the 1st Battalion Inniskilling Fusiliers on 19th May 1917. Both mounted on a display board with printed details of each. Plaque issued to the next of kin of 20177 Private William Walter Bagley, 1st Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales’s (Royal Berkshire) Regiment who was killed in action on (or since) 3rd May 1917 aged 26 years. From Mosely, Birmingham, he is remembered on the Arras Memorial, France. Entitled to a British War medal and Victory medal.
WW1 British Casualty Medal Pair and Memorial Plaque East Kent Regiment, consisting of British War and Victory medals awarded to “G-13430 PTE J RICHARDS E. KENT.R”, accompanied by bronze memorial plaque awarded to “JOHN RICHARDS”. Mounted onto a display board with regimental cap badge and details of Private John Richards who was serving with the 6th Battalion The East Kent Regiment when he was killed on 9th April 1917 aged 19. He was from Hawkhurst, Kent. G/13430 Private John Richards, 6th Battalion The Buffs (East Kent Regiment). From Hawkhurst, Kent, he attested for the East Kent Regiment in June 1916 and was killed in action aged 19 on 9th April 1917 when the Battalion attacked the German trenches at on the first day of the battle of Arras when the Other Ranks casualties were 23 men killed, 149 wounded and 18 missing. John Richards is buried in an identified grave in Faubourg D’Amiens Cemetery, Arras.
An early 20th Century light infantry officer's sword by Fenton Brothers Sheffield to the War Office, 79cm blade, the blade etched H A Cotching 4th June 1915, pieced D shaped knuckle guard with leather scabbard. NB - Lieutenant Houghton Aldgate Cotching saw extensive service in World War One including Ypres Salient, Arras and the Somme. On 8/10/16 he was wounded to the abdomen, survived and was later promoted to the Royal Engineers and then chief mechanical engineer on the Haifa railway.
Y NORTH ITALIAN ALTO ADIGE CYPRESS AND CEDAR WOOD AND POKER-WORK TABLE CABINET EARLY 17TH CENTURY the moulded caddy-type top with a rising panel, over a pair of pokerwork and penwork decorated panel doors opening to a fitted interior having an architectural neo-classical panel door flanked by three long and eight short drawers, with later turned ivory handles.Dimensions:57cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Collection of the late Sir Richard Shepherd, MPNote: Note: Note: Intaglio carving is a feature of furniture of the northern Italian Alpine region that was popular in the 16th and early 17th centuries, traditionally associated with the area around the Adige River. The technique of flat, incised decoration with inked scenes against a cut away, punched background, often depicted Biblical, literary, and historical scenes accompanied by animals and mythical beasts. Pieces were typically made of cedar or cypress due to their relative softness for ease of carving, but also for their warm colour and scent, which was a deterrent to moth and worm damage. Chests and boxes made of cypress and cedar were useful for storing valuable textiles, and period inventories throughout Europe record them, indicating that they were desirable objects and traded far outside their region of origin. In Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ Gremio brags of his cypress chests containing ‘arras counterpoints, costly apparel, tents, and canopies, fine linen, Turkey cushions, … and all things that belong to house or housekeeping’. A cypress chest filled with bed hangings was listed in the 1626 inventory of Cockseden [P. Thornton, Furniture History, 1971, p. 68] and examples are in the collection of the V&A and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/With non-transferable CITES self-certification number WEB27N1G
NORTH ITALIAN ALTO ADIGE CYPRESS AND CEDAR WOOD PEN AND POKER-WORK CASSONE EARLY 17TH CENTURY the hinged top with two moulded panel reserves depicting biblical scenes of David and Goliath against a stipple ground, the surround profusely decorated with putti, leaf scrolls, and cartouches; the front with three further moulded panel reserves depicting biblical scenes of the Judgement of Solomon, the surround decorated with sirens, satyrs, putti, cartouches and architectural nichesDimensions:144cm long, 61cm high, 67cm deepProvenance:Provenance: Careston Castle, Brechin, AngusNote: Note: Intaglio carving is a feature of furniture of the northern Italian Alpine region that was popular in the 16th and early 17th centuries, traditionally associated with the area around the Adige River. The technique of flat, incised decoration with inked scenes against a cut away, punched background, often depicted Biblical, literary, and historical scenes accompanied by animals and mythical beasts. Pieces were typically made of cedar or cypress due to their relative softness for ease of carving, but also for their warm colour and scent, which was a deterrent to moth and worm damage. Chests and boxes made of cypress and cedar were useful for storing valuable textiles, and period inventories throughout Europe record them, indicating that they were desirable objects and traded far outside their region of origin. In Shakespeare’s ‘Taming of the Shrew’ Gremio brags of his cypress chests containing ‘arras counterpoints, costly apparel, tents, and canopies, fine linen, Turkey cushions, … and all things that belong to house or housekeeping’. A cypress chest filled with bed hangings was listed in the 1626 inventory of Cockseden [P. Thornton, Furniture History, 1971, p. 68] and examples are in the collection of the V&A and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Family Group: A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.C. group of three awarded to Lieutenant J. Fleming, Royal Scots, who was killed in action at Arras on 21 March 1917 Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. J. Fleming.); Memorial Scroll ‘Lieut. James Fleming, M.C., Royal Scots.’; together with a gold (15ct) Regimental Prize Medal, engraved ‘4th Battalion the Royal Scots, Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles, Colonel’s Medal 1913 Won by Lce. Corpl. J. Fleming.’, extremely fine Four: Lieutenant G. Fleming, Royal Scots Fusiliers, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 18 July 1916 1914-15 Star (2. Lieut. G. Fleming. R. Sc. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. G. Fleming.); Territorial Efficiency Medal, G.V.R. (217 Sgt. G. Fleming. RS.) the last partially officially corrected; Memorial Scroll ‘Lt. George Fleming, T. attd. 1. R. Scots Fus.’; together with a gold (9ct) Regimental Prize Medal, engraved ‘Q[ueen’s]. E[dinburgh]. R[ifles]., R[oyal]. S[cots]. Championship Presented by Major T. D. Rhind 1913. Won by Sergt. G. Fleming 4th. Battn.’, extremely fine (9) £1,400-£1,800 --- M.C. London Gazette 27 July 1916: ‘For conspicuous gallantry in twice patrolling through a difficult wood, quite unknown to him and occupied by the enemy, who knew it thoroughly.’ James Fleming was born in Edinburgh in 1892 and was educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. He joined the 4th Battalion, Royal Scots (Territorial Force), and was mobilised as a Lance-Sergeant in 1914. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 11th Battalion in March 1915, and served with the Battalion during Great War on the Western Front from January 1916, serving throughout the Battle of the Somme, and being awarded the Military Cross. He was killed in action at Arras on 21 March 1917, and is buried at Faubourg d’Amiens Cemetery, France. George Fleming was born in 1884, the brother of the above, and was educated at George Watson’s College, Edinburgh. He joined the Queen’s Edinburgh Rifles Volunteer Battalion (later the 4th Battalion, Royal Scots (Territorial Force)), and was mobilised as a Colour Sergeant of ‘F’ Company. He was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the 1st Battalion, Royal Scots Fusiliers, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from July 1915. Promoted Lieutenant in 1916, he was mortally wounded on 14 July 1916, on which date the Battalion was involved in an attack on Bazentin-le-Grand. He died of his wounds four days later, and is buried in Abbeville Cemetery, France. Sold with five miniature medals, comprising Military Cross, G.V.R. (2); 1914 Star; British War Medal 1914-20; and Victory Medal 1914-19; three bronze shooting medals, all unnamed; a photographic image of the two brothers; a small book of Psalms; and copied research.
Family group: Three: Private J. Hughes, Yorkshire Regiment, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 23 April 1917 1914-15 Star (12760 Pte. J. Hughes, York: R.); British War and Victory Medals (12760 Pte. J. Hughes. York. R.) good very fine Pair: Private V. H. Hughes, 1st Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (635486 Pte. V. H. Hughes. 1-Lond. R.) very fine Pair: Private A. D. Hughes, 21st Battalion, London Regiment British War and Victory Medals (4886 Pte. A. D. Hughes. 21-Lond. R.) very fine (7) £80-£100 --- John Hughes attested for the Yorkshire Regiment and served with the 7th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 29 July 1915. He was killed in action on 23 April 1917; he has no known grave and is commemorated on the Arras Memorial, France. Sold with original transmittal slip and named card box of issue for the 1914-15 Star.
Four: Private J. Beech, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was wounded in action on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, 1 July 1916, and was wounded and taken Prisoner of War at the Battle of Arras on 3 May 1917 1914-15 Star (R-1118 Pte. J. Beech. K.R. Rif: C.); British War and Victory Medals (R-1118 Pte. J. Beech. K.R. Rif. C.); Imperial Service Medal, E.II.R., 2nd issue (James Beech); together with the recipient’s Silver War Badge, the reverse numbered ‘439070’, good very fine (5) £100-£140 --- James Beech was born in Birmingham on October 1895 and attested there for the King’s Royal Rifle Corps on 2 September 1914. He served with the 8th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1915, and was present at the Battle of Loos. He saw further service at the Battle of the Somme, and was wounded in action at Roclincourt on the first day of the Battle, 1 July 1916: ‘At 10:50pm, the Germans exploded a mine under the Battalion’s forward trenches (creating a crater 160 feet wide) and launched an attack supported by heavy artillery fire with 5.9's, 4.2's and trench mortars on the front and communication trenches. The Germans entered the front trenches and commenced to bomb their way forward but were “bombed out” of the trenches by the Battalion’s bombers and a battle developed over the mine crater lips. Breastworks were constructed in the shattered trenches and crater whilst this was going on, with the work parties building it under heavy machine gun and trench mortar fire. By dawn the position was defensible. Casualties were 8 other ranks killed, and 3 Officers and 25 other ranks wounded.’ Beech was again wounded (gun shot wound to the right arm) and taken prisoner of war at the Battle of Arras on 3 May 1917, on which date Battalion casualties were 10 Officers and 270 other ranks. Repatriated to England on 5 May 1918 he was admitted to the King George Hospital, London with his wound still being classified as severe. As a result of his wound, he was medically discharged on 12 August 1918 and was awarded a life disability pension at 30%, as well as receiving a Silver War Badge. He subsequently worked as a telephone mechanic, and was awarded his Imperial Service Medal on retirement in 1960. Sold with copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient.
Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig signed vintage Comrades Luncheon dinner menu dated March 28 1921 signature on the inside. Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, KT, GCB, OM, GCVO, KCIE was a senior officer of the British Army. During the First World War, he commanded the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on the Western Front from late 1915 until the end of the war. He was commander during the Battle of the Somme, the Battle of Arras, the Third Battle of Ypres, the German Spring Offensive, and the Hundred Days Offensive. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
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