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Garden Urn: A set of three Compton terracotta apple pots early 20th century with small circular manufacturer's stamp 41cm.; 16ins high by 53cm.; 21ins diameter The Compton Potters Art Guild was started by Mary Watts, the wife of G.F. Watts the Victorian allegorical painter. In 1895 work began on the Watts Mortuary Chapel. Designed by Mary Watts, it was to be built from local clay by the villagers of Compton, near Godalming, Surrey. Mr and Mrs Watts were dedicated supporters of the growing Home Arts and Industries Association, a voluntary movement launched by Earl Brownlow in 1885 to revive the dying art of handicraft among the working classes. The idea was that young uneducated artisans should have their eyes opened to the wonders of art. They would be rescued from idleness, gambling and drinking -so the notion ran- during long winter evenings. Uplifted and taught how to use their hands with skill they would acquire a hobby to be proud of and develop this hitherto unknown talent, where possible to professional standards. The Pottery Art Guild continued from strength to strength, winning medals at the Royal Botanical Society and the Home Arts' highest award, the gold cross. They received architectural commissions from Lutyens, Clough William-Ellis and Goodhart Rendel. Recommended by Jekyll, they made miniature versions of their pots for the garden of Queen Mary's dollshouse in the early 1920's. The Guild became a limited company run by George Aubertin and continued to produce works based on Mrs Watts' designs until after her death in 1938. These Apple pattern pots are illustrated in the Art Potters Guild catalogue page 11. Literature: The Watts Chapel, An Arts and Crafts Memorial by Veronica Franklin Gould, Arrow Press, Farnham, Surrey
A Third Pattern B2 marked Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, 17.2cm flattened diamond section blackened blade, regulation blackened ribbed hilt stamped with the number 1, the strait cross-guard stamped with a broad arrow and B2 on the upper side, contained in its leather scabbard with elastic retaining strap and blackened chape.
A Third Pattern B (2?) marked Pattern Fairbairn-Sykes Fighting Knife, 16.7cm flattened diamond section blackened blade, regulation blackened ribbed hilt stamped with the number 3, the strait cross-guard stamped with a broad arrow and B on the upper side, assumed to be a mis-stamped B2, contained in its leather scabbard with elastic retaining strap and blackened chape.
Two Derby biscuit porcelain groups of "The Elements", both modelled as winged putti, - "Fire" grinding an arrow, his companion holding an arrow and burning torch, and "Earth" as a gardener place a garland on his companion, on naturalistic rocky bases, each 7.75ins high (Circa 1775 - Earth incised with repairer's marks and No. 48, the marks for Fire obscured)
A large Chamberlain's Worcester cylindrical tankard, circa 1805, painted with a rectangular panel of a leaping tiger with an arrow in its side, an Indian hunter looking from bushes behind, inside a gilt frame against a grey marbled ground, script mark Chamberlains Worcester, Manufacturers to their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Cumberland (minor wear to gilding), 17cm high
Corgi Toys 261 James Bond Aston Martin from the Film “Goldfinger” gold body, with ejector seat, rear bullet screen, retractable machine guns, complete with opened secret instructions, with two bandit figures, lapel badge, Corgi Toys model makers to James Bond leaflet, model is in excellent condition, slight rubbing to ejector roof, a couple of tiny paint chips, inner display card has orange base with black arrow ‘secret instructions, with outer-box complete with all end flaps Estimate £120-£160 30
Two boxes of assorted collectables to include Bachmann super smooth gear drive motor, various models, Hornby, model railways, military diecast replica Avro Lancaster, Sir Ian's Bluebird land speed record car, boxed, vintage wind up tin car by Schylling, golden arrow, 1929 land speed record car model etc. (2)
Canvas fishing rod bag containing cane double handed rod, vintage John James Hardy No.2 Palakona cane three piece single handed fly rod with two tips in aluminium tube, Fibre glass black arrow two piece fly fishing rode in plastic tube, McHardy deluxe salmon fly fishing split cane double handed three piece fishing rod, Caudle and Rivaz carbon fly fishing rod, Bob Church 'River Earn' two piece carbon double handed fly fishing rod and a split cane three piece fishing rod. Seven rods.
EDISON THOMAS: (1847-1931) American Inventor of the phonograph and light bulb among many other items. A.L.S., Edison, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d., to Ehrich (?; an employee). Edison writes in bold pencil to the verso of a letter to him from his employee regarding the results of some sample tests of recordings, the inventor informing his correspondent, in part, 'The trouble is that you use wrong names. We get say 2 good working moulds then the 3rd one is bad & you report that it is due to pitted female. How could we get 2 ok moulds from a pitted female, why don't you study this more…We will never get things right if we use wrong descriptions of defects.' Together with a brief A.N.S., with his initial E, one page, 4to, n.p., n.d. (August 1921). At the base of a typed report headed Final Rejects New Working Moulds and dated 3rd August 1921, consisting of several lists and figures, Edison has drawn an arrow alongside two figures under the heading Rejected in press 1st print after inspection under glass and on mach, with the additional pencil note 'Boyd, Explain'. Some light age wear and a few minor areas of paper loss to the edges of each document, otherwise about VG, 2. £600-800
A VERY FINE QUARTER SCALE MUSEUM DISPLAY MODEL OF A MOUNTED PAGEANT KNIGHT, fully articulated and handmade with embossed steel lames comprising a knight with lance, shield over shoulder and saddled upright on armoured horse, the knight in Gothic style wearing sallet, three piece breast plate, hexagram besagews, finger gauntlets, fish tail poleyns, arrow ridged greaves, rowel spurs, pointed sabatons and wearing mustard coloured hose. The horse at slow gait, in conforming Gothic bard comprising a ridged chanfron, spurred escutcheon, crinet of six lames, flared peytrel, single lame flanchards, crupper of three lames with rigged tailguard, armoured reigns, red heraldic undercoat and saddle steel, the horse carved in wood having painted eyes, genuine tail hair and mounted on a wooden base, H 113 cm, W 110 cm, overall height 135 cm

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