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Click here to subscribeEduardo de Martino (1838-1912), harbour lighthouse and beached boats, watercolour, signed, 13.5 x 9.5 cm. Attached to reverse a card from the artist printed, 'Chevalier Eduardo de Martino Marine Painter Ordinary to H. M. The King', inscribed 'To my friend John Michie Balmoral 19th. Dber(?)1904'. Provenance: John Michie, Head Forester (later Factor) at the Balmoral Estate, thence by descent.
A collection of cigars, comprising a box of 12 Balmoral cigars in original box,10 Churchill Smart cigars in original box, two Willem II Churchill cigars in singular plastic boxes, 25 Willem II Sigretto, 7 Willem II No30 in box, a tin of 10 Wee Willem, a tin of 20 Henri Winterman Cafe Creme Mild, 4 King Edward Invincible deluxe, 2 Villiger in paper wraps, 1 La Esmeralda Superiores and 6 othersCondition - Generally good, one out of its wrap
all by anonymous preparers comprising of slides titled 'Microfilm of Carl Linnaeus 1707-1778', 'Micrographic Portrait', 'Brign' Don', 'Coronation of the Virgin', 'Highland Mary', 'The ??scene from Hamlet', 'Lost a comic piece containing 757 letters', 'Pier Brighton', 'Euginie', 'Punch', 'Photograph G. Jackson FRS', 'R Cobden M.P.', 'Balmoral Castle', 'Madonna & Child', 'Cumberland 4 Views', 'Leo XIII Pope', 'Grindwall', 'Hal Var', 'Photo-Micro Scale', 'Lord Beaconsfield', 'King Victor ??', '£1000 Note', 'Xmas with best wishes', 'Good for a cold', 'Cupid', 'Portrait of J Gratton', 'Orphans', 'Man and December', others with no label (31)
U2 - A signed Joshua Tree LP, signed by Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge and Larry Mullins Jr, Island U26, Makin Tracks label to the front. Provenance - The current owner who resides in Ireland acquired the album from his uncle on his death, he tells the story in his own words.'Stewart was someone who introduced me to music and a wide variety of bands. In 1987 in or around March there was much anticipation about U2's new release. Stew, through his contacts, found out that the band were going to play a small gig for BBC2 Whistle Test on Sunday 8th March 1987 at the BBC studio Balmoral Showgrounds in South Belfast. He thought he could swing some tickets for me too but ended up that he only managed to get himself a ticket despite his alleged best efforts!The gig went ahead on that Sunday evening ahead of the release of Joshua Tree the next day on 9th March. After the gig they headed to a now defunct record shop called Makin Tracks in the centre of Belfast. There was a real tradition for the shop to open at midnight so fans could purchase the album and the band were there to meet and greet fans. Stew got the band to sign his vinyl'.
Large collection of cine films, various formats including 8mm, Super 8, 9.5mm etc; titles include El Alamein to Tunis, The Hot Spot, Blue Phantom, Nightmare in Wax, Carousel, The Bible, Betty Boop in Taking The Blame, Morning Noon & Night, Wild Elephinks, Balmoral Excavations and many untitled; some boxedCondition Report:Running condition unknown.Titles quoted taken from boxes so contents not checked.General condition looks to be quite grubby from age and storage with some rusting of spools.
Brechin, Arts and Crafts Exhibition, 1907, a white metal award medal by Elkington, legend and date in four lines, rev. standing female figure holding laurel, named (F.C. Wishart, for Mechanical Drawing), 51mm; Edinburgh, International Forestry Exhibition, 1884, Juror’s Medal, bronze awards (3) by J. Crichton & Co, revs. named (Dr A.P. Aitken, Edinburgh; E.M. Holmes, London; John Michie, Balmoral), each 45mm; a bronze award medal by J. Crichton & Co, rev. named (R.H. Cole Esqr., Indian Section, for Services Rendered), 45mm; another, similar, rev. named (A. Jack & Son, Ayrshire, for Wheels, Shafts &c), 45mm [6]. Varied state; one cased £100-£150
Richard Ansdell RA (1815-1885)"Going to the Lodge - Scotch Shootings"Signed and dated 1860? oil on canvas, 75cm by 132.5cmExhibited: Royal Academy 1861, No.376This charming picture was painted at a time when Richard Ansdell was embarking on a life-long love affair with the Scottish Highlands. For four months every year, he would visit from London where he happily mixed with the local people, sensitively recording their daily lives in oils on canvas together with their animals, amidst the dramatic Scottish landscape. Ansdell built a lochside lodge that he shared with his large family and artist friends at a time when the Highlands were being recognised by fashionable London society due to the visits to Balmoral by Queen Victoria. When this picture was painted, Richard Ansdell had been elected as an Associate of the Royal Academy; he became an Academician in 1870. It was, consequently, of paramount personal importance to impress at the annual Exhibition; he was in the prime of his career; he had made it in artistic circles and he was painting subjects that he loved in the place that he loved. This picture is a fine example of a combination of these skills and exuberant aspirations.This painting is unusual in that the two main figures and the dogs share centre-stage – usually the figures in Ansdell’s paintings are secondary to the animals but this makes a charming exception. Here we see a distant shooting lodge at the foothills of what I believe to be the Cuillin Mountains on the Isle of Skye. The gentleman and his lady who will be staying at the lodge are riding towards its shelter before the coming storm arrives, but they have to wait for the ghillie and his boy to catch up before they can attempt to cross the fast-flowing burn. They will be relying on the ghillie for all practical help and guidance throughout their stay whether they are deer-stalking or grouse and partridge shooting.The ghillie, his boy and trusty collie dog are making slow progress over the rough terrain accompanied by two sure-footed Highland ponies loaded up with all the paraphernalia needed for a sporting break in this remote place. The collie dog’s startled gaze back at the main group links the subjects together.The young couple are seen privately exchanging glances surrounded by a group of dogs required for the ensuing days of sport. Here we see, in finest of detail, a pair of glossy-coated Setters chained together; a pair of Pointers; a pair of Springer Spaniels, a single black Spaniel and the ubiquitous Highland Terrier that was a pet of the Ansdell family, appearing in so many of his paintings! The young man is the gamekeeper, and the young woman (his sister, wife or sweetheart) will be the maid at the lodge, carrying out all the housekeeping and catering duties. We must guess at their conversation.With thanks to Sarah Kellam (great, great granddaughter of Richard Ansdell RA) for her catalogue entry.In fully restored condition, relined cleaned and re-varnished. Substantial essentially vertical patch of restoration potentially from old damage which runs effectively from the horizon line to approx 5cm adrift of the top edge is mostly no more than 4cm at the widest point and is mostly positioned approx 2cm from far left-hand side edge. Other finer retouches in general area. The mountain which can be seen rising above the horizon far left-hand side edge has been retouched and strengthened throughout. Essentially fine retouches can be found through approx 50% of the standing highlanders' right arm coat sleeves positioned on the left-hand side of the painting. With further retouching throughout the lower part of his overcoat and trousers. Retouching of a similar character can be found approx 85% of the coat of the dog positioned front and right of zed highlander. The essentially fine and sporadic retouching which can be found within the baggage of the loaded pack horses is less pronounced. Sporadic and essentially fine retouches elsewhere across the sky with a more concentrated band along the upper right hand 30cm and corner. The outstretched foot of the female crofter shows signs of retouching and overpainting. A further notable concentrated area of retouching can be found within the lower part of the mountains approx 6cm right of the horse-mounted gentleman wearing a hat and is approx 3-4cm in length overall and in a slightly horizontal band no more than 1cm in width. The generic retouches are slightly more concentrated along the right-hand side in general. This would mostly take into account more significant or concentrated patches of retouching but the majority of the surface otherwise shows fairly delicate retouches throughout most likely the old flaked paint. The surface is somewhat flattened and the paint is thin in places as a result o the restoration process. Some surface dirt and discolored varnish. The varnish appears to be deteriorating somewhat inconsistently as seen under the UV. Areas of fine and sporadic cracquelure within across the standing female crofter's knapsack. Some areas of the surface have a slightly wrinkled quality which may also be a result of the relining process. New canvas used for reline likely having been aged. For more information please contact the department.
A Collection of antique/ vintage includes razors, includes makes Solingen, Butler, The Hamburg Ring and various others, Come with boxes. Background to these razors is as follows;My Grandfather, Robert Shepherd, was a hairdresser/barber and chiropodist in Ballater and was awarded a Royal Warrant for when the Royal Family were resident at Balmoral. He mainly dealt with the Queen Mother but I would imagine other royals especially the men might have used his services when he was there.My uncle, Brian Shepherd, took over the business and was thereafter awarded a Royal Warrant this time for the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. I can’t categorically state that any of these razors were used on any of the royal family but there is a possibility.
Five vintage cut throat razors with boxes. Includes ERN, MoDoSo and Glasgow maker. background to these razors is as follows;My Grandfather, Robert Shepherd, was a hairdresser/barber and chiropodist in Ballater and was awarded a Royal Warrant for when the Royal Family were resident at Balmoral. He mainly dealt with the Queen Mother but I would imagine other royals especially the men might have used his services when he was there.My uncle, Brian Shepherd, took over the business and was thereafter awarded a Royal Warrant this time for the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip. I can’t categorically state that any of these razors were used on any of the royal family but there is a possibility.
* HOWARD BUTTERWORTH (SCOTTISH b. 1945),LOCH KINORD, ROYAL DEESIDEoil on canvas, signedimage size 50cm x 75cm, overall size 65cm x 90cm Framed.Provenance: Kindly confirmed by The Butterworth Gallery "The loch is Loch Kinord on the Muir of Dinnet in the Cairngorms National Park. Interesting to see the difference in the native birch woods from then to now. Probably painted in the late 80s or early 90s." The typical gallery price for a Howard Butterworth of these dimensions is in excess of £8000.Note: Born in Rochdale in 1945, Howard Butterworth is a renowned Scottish artist who has lived and painted professionally in Northern Scotland since 1968. Howard captures the atmospheric light and colours of Scotland especially around Balmoral, Royal Deeside, Cairngorms National Park and the Scottish Highlands. Capturing the moods and seasons as only an Aberdeenshire based artist painting outdoors can, Butterworth paints 'en plein air' and he describes his style of painting as "emotional realism". He conveys the sense of being in a particular place at a particular moment in time and the experience and feeling of Nature's constantly changing colours and light. Howard Butterwprth paintings are held in private and corporate collections worldwide, particularly his paintings of Scotland including those of native birchwoods, Caledonian pine forests, heather covered moorland, snowcapped mountains and the lively waters and bridges of Royal Deeside. Howard Butterworth's patrons include private and corporate buyers with several paintings featuring in the Royal Collections of H.M. Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother who closely supported him over the years.
CROWN DEVON FIELDINGS; a Killarney musical jug, height 20cm, with a Balmoral musical jug, a Daisy Bell Jug and four mugs (7)PROVENANCE: The Collection of Jack Tempest. Additional InformationAll with some crazing, some heavily so. The Balmoral jug with hair line crack at rim, Royal Winton mug with crack and chip, two mugs and Daisy Bell jug overwound. Most are tired, best example is the Killarney jug.
A Cased .450 (40-Bore Black Powder Express) Percussion D.B. Two-Groove Sporting RifleBy J. Purdey, 314½ Oxford Street, London, No. 6028 For 1861With rebrowned damascus twist sighted barrels signed in full along the rib, each rifled for a belted ball, and with recoloured leaf-sights for '150' to '250' yards, each leaf with central platinum line, border engraved breeches retaining traces of case-hardening and each with short platinum line and pierced platinum plug engraved with a rosette, decorated with symmetrical foliate scrollwork in the flat between, and engraved 'No.' and '2' respectively on the breech-hooks, case-hardened tang engraved with symmetrical scrolling foliage and '2' between the apertures for the hooks, signed border engraved case-hardened serial numbered detented flat locks each decorated with foliate scrollwork and stamped with lockmaker's initials 'J.G.' on the inside, the mechanisms retaining their case-hardened and burnished finish, dolphin hammers decorated en suite and each with blued safety-catch in front, highly figured half-stock (some old bruising) with cheek-piece, chequered grip and fore-end, border engraved steel mounts (some loss of finish) decorated with foliate scrollwork and comprising chequered butt-plate engraved '3⅓ drms. No.6 POWDER' on the heel, serial numbered trigger-guard with chequered spur and decorated with foliate scrollwork between borders of repeated flowering foliage on the bow, trigger-plate with long slender finial decorated with two flower-heads, and hinged circular case-hardened patch-box cover with a flower-head centred on a circular arrangement of scrolling foliage within a border en suite with the trigger-guard, engraved barrel-bolt escutcheons (barrel-bolt chipped), sling mounts, and original serial numbered brass-mounted ramrod: in original lined and fitted brass-mounted oak case with accessories including James Dixon & Sons white-metal mounted powder-flask with bag-shaped body covered in black pigskin, the top stamped with registration mark for 1856, original brass bullet mounted serial numbered '6027.8', steel sprue-cutters, bullet swedge numbered '5796' and two reproduction bullet starters, japanned powder magazine painted 'Improved Rifle Powder.' in gilt, steel combination tool, in its leather wallet, and leather sling, the interior of the lid with maker's trade label, the exterior with circular vacant brass escutcheon centred on a flush-fitting brass carrying handle, and with its original outer leather travelling cover, London proof marks 72.8 cm. barrelsFootnotes:ProvenanceL. Patrick Unsworth CollectionLiteratureUnsworth, pp. 98-101 and 172, col. pl. 46, pls. 83-86. Recorded as sold on 9 August 1861 for £168.0.0. Unsworth notes 'Purchased by Col. Farquharson of Invercauld. 6028 still exists complete with outer leather cover and oak case with many accessories.'Dallas, p. 192Colonel James Ross Farquharson (1834-1888) was 13th Laird of Invercauld, an estate in Aberdeenshire which includes the family seat, Braemar Castle. He entered the army in 1853 and rose to the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Scots Fusilier Guards. While serving in the Crimea War, he suffered serious wounds at Sebastopol on 29 August 1855, and was subsequently awarded the Crimean medal and clasps. He retired his commission in 1859, and in 1862 became Laird of Invercauld. At that time he became 'The Queen's Landlord', as the royal family leased land from him enabling the expansion of the Balmoral estateFor no. 6027 see The Thomas R. Prudente Collection, Christie's South Kensington, Fine Antique Arms, Armour And Sporting Guns... 17 December 2015, lot 95For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
PHOTOGRAPHY, CORFU AND CRIMEAAlbum compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby, née Bathurst (1798-1877), containing a collection of some 45 early photographs, the majority taken by her son Lt. Col. Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868), salt and lightly albumenised prints, many captioned in ink, including a group taken in Corfu in 1858 of landscapes and personalities ('The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu', 'A View from the College of the Citadel', 'A Montenegro. Photographed by Arthur at Corfu 1858', 'Lord High Commissioner', 'Group at Corfu', 'HM Ship 'Terrible' Corfu' and 'Sir George Buller K.C.B.'), others taken at Hampton Court and elsewhere ('Fred by Barby. Ht Ct Palace. 1854', 'The Gravel Walk to the House at Coolhurst July 1859', 'The Gateway at Lord Bathurst's Cirencester', 'Julia photographed by Arthur at Holland's Field October 1857 printed by Barbara January 1858 at Hampton Court', 'Hath[e]rop Castle... 1859');Other subjects include a wild boar and the fallen spire of Chichester Cathedral, February 1861, accompanied by Henry Ponsonby's pen and ink sketch of Mrs Verschoyle taking a photograph in Eaton Square, July 19 1855, and a printed flyer for 'Photographic Sketches of People & Places in Corfu by Arthur Ponsonby', printed by Silver, Hypo & Son., Printers, 1859; interspersed with watercolours and ephemera, some relating to the Crimea ('cover of a Russian document found at Hertch in the house occupied by Lieut. General Sir George Browne, May 1855', a telegram from General Simpson to General Codrington warning 'The Russians are attacking the Sardinians reinforce your attack with one Brigade. Keep your civilians in Camp' 16 August 1855, autograph note from Sir Spencer Ponsonby-fane ('Sebastopol is taken – no details'), watercolours of soldiers, Ponsonby's ink plan of the attack on the Redan ('for Gen. Codrington and used by him'), watercolour map of Europe titled 'The Seat of War 1859', pencil sketch by Italian artist Gerolamo Induno, amusing extracts from Arthur Ponsonby's letters from the Crimea, printed advertisement for Roger Fenton's Crimea photograph 'The Tombs of the Generals on Cathcart's Hill', playbills etc.;With the official programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross, June 1847, letters and drawings from South Africa, 1853, and much royal memorabilia (menu for the Queen's birthday dinner, 24 May 1856, the wedding of the Princess Royal, 1858, souvenirs of an audience with Emperor Napoleon III in 1853, telegrams sent to Henry Ponsonby as Equerry to the Prince Consort on his visit to Prince & Princess Frederick of Prussia, June 1858, a trip to Balmoral in 1858, printed plan of 'Carriages on the Royal Train', etc.);Illustrated with over 20 watercolours (including family portraits and 'Boar Hunting His Majesty Present/1860') and pen and wash illustrations (pull-out ink drawing of 'View of Quarantine Harbour of Malta taken from Mr Bourchiers house' by Miss Bourchier, 'Waggons going down a hill... in Kaffirland'); with various playbills, menus, poetry, puzzles and much else; printed ownership label inside front cover ('Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace' with manuscript addition '4th scrap book'), above label with illuminated initials 'E.P.' in red, white and blue, 110 leaves, contemporary marbled boards, paper label on upper board with title 'Lady Emily Ponsonby/ Hampton Court Palace', amended in black ink to read 'Scrap Book 1852', marked and worn, spine partly detached, remains of label on spine, folio (278 x 220mm.), [1840's/1850's]Footnotes:THE CRIMEA, ROYALTY & EARLY PHOTOGRAPHS OF CORFU: An attractive album of illustrations, photographs, letters and printed ephemera compiled by Lady Emily Ponsonby (1798-1877), documenting the family's position at the heart of Queen Victoria's court and reflecting the activities of her sons, Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby (1827-1868) and Henry Ponsonby (1825-1895), long-serving private secretary to Queen Victoria, and whose wife Mary was a close correspondent of the Victoria Princess Royal, Empress of Prussia (see corresponding lot in this sale).Arthur was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards, served in the Kaffir war and the Crimea, as shown here, and was quartered in Corfu in 1858-9, where he acted as aide-de-camp to General Sir George Buller, the Garrison Commander. He was a keen photographer, and the album contains unusual early photographic depictions of the island, of landscapes and architecture (such as 'The Citadel with Bridge across the Ditch/ Corfu' and 'A View from the College of the Citadel') and a number of portraits. Also included in the album are fine prints of English country house scenes and a photograph of his quarters at Aldershot. An amusing pen and ink sketch by his brother Henry depicts the pioneering photographer Catherine Verschoyle (1803-1871), only the fourth woman to join the Photographic Society (later the Royal Photographic Society) in 1853, its inaugural year, and renowned for her botanical and tree studies. She is shown under the cloth of her camera, skirts billowing behind, taking his portrait outside her house in Eaton Square in July 1855. She later used her considerable photographic skills to raise money for widows and orphans of the Crimean War. There is evidence in the album of female members of the family assisting him in his work – one caption for example notes that a portrait of Julia (possibly Julia Ponsonby) was taken by Arthur but printed by Barbara (possibly his sister Selina Barbara Ponsonby). Also of note in the album is the programme for the first distribution of the Victoria Cross in 1857 and much royal memorabilia.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROYALTY - QUEEN VICTORIA & PONSONBY FAMILYTwo autograph letters from Queen Victoria, the first written in the third person to Sir Henry Ponsonby, Queen Victoria's Private Secretary, thanking him for the two photographs '...which she values much... The Queen remembers her journey with Lord & Lady Bathurst nearly 50 years ago...', 2 pages on a bifolium, on mourning paper, some small tears and remains of guard where previously mounted, 8vo (178 x 115mm.), Osborne, 25 February 1877; the second signed ('VR'), to Mary Ponsonby, sending commiserations on her son's illness and asking about his temperature ('...How high has it been & how much does it rise at night?...'), ending with expressing her distress over her nephew Victor Hohenlohe, 3 pages on a bifolium, on mourning paper, slight wear, 8vo (178 x 115mm.), Balmoral Castle, 4 November 1891; with autograph letter signed ('Albert Edward') to Lady Ponsonby, suggesting a portrait of Sir George Elvey organist of St. George's Chapel, Windsor be commissioned to mark his retirement, and offering to subscribe, 3 pages on a bifolium, affixed to an album leaf, 8vo (180 x 110mm.), Sandringham, 1 December [18]82; and an album, dated '1891' compiled by Mary Ponsonby, containing signatures of family and guests ('Ethel M Smyth') at Albert Cottage, Panshanger, Osborne and elsewhere, photographs (including Queen Victoria crocheting and views of Osborne House), printed ephemera such as theatre programmes, invitations, press cuttings etc., 20 leaves, original cloth, worn, spine partly detached, folio (290 x 235mm.), May 1891 to July 1892; together with a group of some 55 letters from Henry Ponsonby to his son John ('My dear Johnny'), commenting on various issues of the day including politics and foreign policy, the Home Rule Bill, Egypt, the opening of the Imperial Institute, the Queen's trip to Florence ('... our Queen has always been very well received by the people who are very civil...'), activities at the Royal residences, the Duchess of Sutherland scandal ('...out of prison again...'), the wedding of the future George V, much on South Africa ('...these Africans are tough fellows...'), 170 pages, 8vo (185 x 119mm.), Osborne, St James's, Windsor Castle and elsewhere, 6 January 1893 to 11 January 1894; and a group of miscellaneous papers relating to the Ponsonby family including a typed copy report of the 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards action in the battle of Ypres, 21-29 October 1914 (quantity)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
ROYALTY - VICTORIA, PRINCESS ROYALGroup of over sixty autograph letters signed variously ('Victoria Crown Princess and Princess Royal', 'V. Empress Frederick', 'Vicky') to her friend Mary Ponsonby ('Dearest Mary'), including three to Mary's husband Henry Ponsonby, a wide correspondence spanning over thirty years, speaking in the fondest terms and touching on many subjects with much on English and European politics, including Anglo-German relations ('...the Germans are always reproaching the English for having prejudices against Germany... they have many more and much more deeply-seated ones about other countries, especially England!...'); the possibility of war with Russia in 1885 ('...are we to surrender in the long run to Russia?... If she does succeed in getting her will it will be bad for the rest of the world... [England] has no right to be indifferent and wavering and weak...'); English domestic politics and her admiration for Gladstone; expressing strong views on Ireland ('...Fenians... will work ruin and destruction on the country... and will let loose the corresponding party of evil in England... nothing else to be done than to conquer them and liberate Ireland from their yoke...'); the vetoing of her daughter's engagement ('...When you see the Prince of Bulgaria, think of me and my poor child, who is breaking her heart about him it is so cruel...'); one on her health marked 'Please Burn' ('...I hate the thought of this detestable operation...') and on the German-Russian Treaty of Alliance ('...If England and Italy would only join and make Turkey join, Roumania [sic] and Serbia would follow, and I do not see how Russia could possibly think of making war...'); the Boer War ('...The three garrisons of Mafeking, Kimberley and Ladysmith must have had a terrible time of it...'); her loneliness on the the marriage of her daughters ('...I feel more lonely than I can describe...') and revealing her homesickness ('...My British heart aches sadly sometimes...'); requesting English gifts ('...one or two little things I am anxious to get to complete Vicky's dressing-table set... one of those oval pin cushions that are in a silver frame like this [drawing]... for a reasonable price... the monogram ought to be a nice 'V' & the German crown...'); touching on the relationship with her son ('...rarely, if ever, comes to see me...'); her husband's illness ('...that odious bleeding goes on...') and battles with doctors ('...no way represent German science, as we have many far better... I feel like a miserable rag of my former self...'); her continuing sorrow after her husband's death in June 1888 ('...All this I must bear in silence and solitude...') and her loneliness ('...My own personal friends have dropped into the background, are dead, or silent, or have gone away...'); her last days in the South of France ('...I can try and cure my infirmities unmolested and unnoticed by the odious newspaper reporters... I am longing to paint and draw again...'), and much else; the sequence ending with a letter from Count Seckendorff suggesting Ponsonby make a last visit to her friend, 16 October 1900, c.400 pages, letters after June 1888 on mourning paper, mostly 8vo (200 x 125mm.), Berlin, Potsdam, Osborne, Balmoral, Naples and elsewhere, 12 September 1865 to 19 January 1900 (quantity)Footnotes:'THE 'EUROPEAN CONCERT' SEEMS ALL OUT OF TUNE TO ME WHEN ENGLAND DOES NOT PLAY THE FIRST FIDDLE': CORRESPONDENCE FROM QUEEN VICTORIA'S DAUGHTER AT THE HEART OF THE PRUSSIAN COURT.Victoria, Princess Royal (1840-1901), eldest child of Queen Victoria and favourite of her father Prince Albert was married at a young age to Prince Frederick of Prussia and immediately moved to Berlin where she received a less than favourable welcome. Our letters to her friend Mary Ponsonby (née Bulteel), the wife of Queen Victoria's Private Secretary Henry Ponsonby, speak candidly of her isolation, particularly after the death of her husband in June 1888, just months after his accession as Emperor, and the marriages of her daughters ('...I feel so wretchedly unhappy... I would give anything to be allowed to lay down the burden of this life... I have so many mercies but my existence is wretched...'). Throughout this long correspondence, her letters, each many pages long, reveal a highly educated, enquiring mind, a woman at the centre of European politics deeply interested in world affairs and particularly those of England, a country she left when only 17 years old. They give a detailed account of life in the Prussian Court from the inside, with much on local and European politics, current affairs and developments in science and medicine. There is also much on family matters including her worries about her daughters ('...My darling little Sophie looks so terribly thin & pale...') and the strained relationship with her son, the future Kaiser Wilhelm II. She is reticent about speaking of her mother Queen Victoria but, following a visit by the Queen and Henry Ponsonby in April 1888, she comments '...I think she was pleased – in spite of the gloom and sadness which pervades everything, to see what pleasure her visit gave...'. As Mary Ponsonby's daughter Magdalena concludes, '...It was a constant strain on the Empress particularly in the latter years of her life, to feel that a certain amount of espionage was going on round her... I cannot say that she had the same charm as the Queen: in her great seriousness there was too much of the professor about her; all the same she was an extremely clever woman and wonderfully loyal to her friends...' (Mary Ponsonby, A Memoir, Some Letters and a Journal, p.243). These letters complement the enormous correspondence of some 7,500 letters between the Empress and Queen Victoria that survive. Of our collection, only fifteen were published in full or quoted from in Magdalen Ponsonby's biography of 1927, a copy of which is included in the lot, and a mere handful mentioned in Letters of Empress Frederick edited by Sir Frederick Ponsonby, 1928.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Corgi, Matchbox, Liberty Classics, Lledo - A mixed lot of 26 x boxed die-cast model vehicles - Lot includes a Corgi #97153 'Holyrood House Thornycroft' van, a #97155 'Balmoral Thornycroft' van', a Liberty Classics Ford Model A 'Co-Op' van, and similar. Boxes range from fair to excellent condition with some minor tears to plastic casing of boxes and storage wear. Die-cast models appear in excellent condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Corgi, Shell, Lledo - A mixed lot of boxed die-cast model vehicles - Lot includes a Corgi #97151 'Sandringham' Thornycroft van, a Corgi #97155 'Balmoral' Thornycroft van, a Corgi Great British Classics London 2012 mini cooper, and similar. Boxes appear in very good to excellent condition with some minor storage wear. Die-cast models appear in excellent condition. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Nine Le Blond & Co. Needle-box prints (c.1850) - 'Queen of the Harem', 'Nearly Ready for the Bath', 'The Flower Maiden', 'In Contemplative Mood', Regal Set: 'Brothers Water', 'Balmoral', 'Victoria & Albert at Balmoral', Fancy Set: 'Albert', and 'Victoria', printed in colours in the 'Baxter process', titled and dated verso, approx. 2.5 x 4.5 cm each, five individually framed and two pairs framed together (9)
Collection of 47 miniature whiskies, mostly 1980s-1990s bottlings, including:Rosebank, 8 year old, Distillers Agency,Balvenie, 8 year old, flat green bottle, 70° proof, 1 2/3fl oz.Ballindalloch Castle, Private Stock, Distilled 1966, Bottled 1992, 43%,Srathblair, 10 year old, 46%, Ledaig 1974, bottled 1992, 43%,Tomatin, 10 year old, 43%,Balmoral, 15 year old, 46%,Auchentoshan, 12 year old, flat bottle, Glenfarclas, 8 year old, in carton,Glenlivet, 12 year old, 70° proof/ 40%,Glenlivet, 12 year old, 70° proof,Lagavulin, 16 year old, 43%,Bruichladdich, 10 year old, 43%,Glendullan, 12 year old, 47%,Linkwood, 12 year old, 70° proof, flat bottle,Dalwhinnie, 15 year old, 43%,and others, two in plastic bottles:Tomatin 10 year old, 43%, and Speyside 8 year old, 43%, both low levels.
HRH King Charles III (British, born 1948)BalmoralSigned and dated in pencil 'Charles 2001', framed and cased with certificatelimited edition print, 18/100 28 x 40cm (11 x 15 3/4in).This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ARAR Goods subject to Artists Resale Right Additional Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Magic lantern slides and glass negatives. United Kingdom and Europe, mainly Derbyshire and Scotland, to include Stanton Moor, Castle Rising, Darley Dale, Cromford, Ripley, Dale Abbey, Scotland: Oban Distillery, Glencoe, Tobermory, Ballachulish, Callander and others, some commercial by Greystone Bird of Bath and Harry Holt of Liverpool, to include cloud and water effects, Robert Burns, Tam O'Shanter and Balmoral, also Winchester, some European including Luxemburg, others industrial, River Thames, Stonehenge, some colour tinted, all approximately 8 x 8cm, c1930's, various subjects (approximately 322, contained in four boxes)
Miscellaneous Manuscripts - Royalty, 1pp ink MS letter on Balmoral Castle writing-paper, dated September 9th 1897, thanking the recipient Messrs. McAfee & Son, on HRH The Duke of York's behalf (later George V), for the shooting boots which the prince was 'very pleased with' as 'they seem a perfect fit', inscribed and signed by R. Howlett (presumably an equerry), (1); an early Victorian rental ledger, of which only a quarter is inscribed, contemporary vellum, the clasp with a named-view: The New Houses of Parliament, 1849 alamanc pastedowns, 12mo, (1); 20th century Midland Bank payee book, (1); a collection of 19th century and later deeds relating to the mercantile Head family of Kendal, Cumbria, various; a Victorian manuscript 'Report on Property at Burtree Ford and Cows Hill, Weardale, Durham, 1883, tacked on to a four-fold linen map of the land, (1); various; etc., [1 box]
Queen Victoria, two autographed letter fragments, one bearing the Royal seal and dated 1848, the other dated 1884 together with two pictorial cards signed ' Albert ', each depicting bronze medallion together with an autographed letter fragment signed ' Albert ' and inscribed Osborne, with indistinct date and an unsigned letter from Balmoral Castle dated 1880
Owl Hands On Deck by Angela Ashford. Sponsored by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. Artist: Angela AshfordAngela is a local artist who works in various mediums and styles. Owl Hands On Deck was designed by Barbara Wade as part of a competition by Fred Olsen, and Angela has brought Barbara's design to life. It depicts just some of the wonderful experiences of life on a cruise.https://www.theashfordstudio.co.uk Sponsor: Fred Olsen Cruise LinesThis sculpture is sponsored by Fred Olsen Cruise Lines. "At Fred Olsen we are proud to sail our own course with our smaller ships Bolette, Borealis, Balmoral and Braemar.Our itineraries are hand-crafted to ensure guests always get the best experiences in the destinations we visit.Our ships carry fewer than 1,400 passengers, and our crew offer an attention to detail service. Because it’s all about the people. All of it. Everything."https://www.fredolsencruises.com/
Pair: Captain C. G. Collins, Cameron Highlanders, who commanded the Howe Battalion of the Royal Naval Division throughout the Gallipoli campaign and ‘led a dashing life that made the romantic heroes of fiction seem pale’ Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill (Lieut. C. G. Collins. 1/Camn. Hdrs.) engraved naming; King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Lieut. C. G. Collins. Cam. Hrs.) engraved naming, edge nick to QSA, otherwise about extremely fine and the recipient’s only extant medals (2) £700-£900 --- Charles Glen Collins was born in 1880, the grandson of William Collins who founded the well-known publishing firm of the same name. He was educated at Cheltenham College, where he was an outstanding sportsman, and the Royal Military College Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders on 14 September 1898, he joined his regiment in Cairo after the conclusion of the Sudan campaign. His colourful unpublished memoirs in the National Army Museum (Archives 2007-07-02) give a full account of the pleasures of peacetime soldiering in a crack Highland regiment. He played on the regimental polo team, shot duck and left detailed accounts of regimental customs such as dinner nights and subaltern’s court martials. His time in Egypt was not without incident. He was challenged to a duel in Alexandria after an altercation over a Hungarian dancer and he was nearly lynched in Marseilles on his way home on leave. Having pushed a drunk cab driver, who fell over, word spread along the corniche that an English officer had killed a Frenchman. Memories of the Fashoda incident were fresh and a mob soon attacked the Hotel De Noailles where Collins was staying and in his pyjamas by that time. ‘Stones and missiles were every moment breaking the windows in the hotel. The affair of the drunken cabman was beginning to assume serious proportions. At the same time loud knocking at my door announced the arrival of the hotel manager who, badly frightened, very strongly suggested that I should go out and quiet the mob. I saw that this man had completely lost his head so I slammed the door and locked it in his face. I then pushed a large wardrobe in front of the door, drew my Claymore, which happened to be among my hand luggage and decided to put up the best fight possible under the circumstances. I then saw through the window that a large body of police, both on horse and on foot, had arrived. A few minutes later, imperative orders to open my door, with the repeated mention of “Police!” caused me to push aside the wardrobe and admit a Captain of the Gendarmes. He also appeared somewhat excited so I decided it would be wise to start off by handing him a hundred franc note.’ The Boer War, Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts and Mentioned in Despatches Collins survived the ordeal and was later recalled from leave in England to re-join his regiment in Cairo. It was held in readiness for immediate embarkation for South Africa. The 1st Battalion Cameron Highlanders arrived in South Africa on 23 March 1900 and fought their way to Pretoria as part of the 21st Brigade in General Ian Hamilton’s force. Their exploits were well recorded by Winston Churchill in his book Ian Hamilton’s March. They covered over 2,500 miles on foot. For his part, Collins noted that Churchill and the Duke of Marlborough, on the staff, were billeted next to their lines: ‘We were always entertained by observing that the Duke invariably did all the dirty work: pitching and striking their bivouac, cooking and cleaning the pots and pans while his cousin smoked his pipe and freely criticised him.’ On 10 June 1901, Collins was appointed Adjutant of 1st Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts with the rank of local Captain. He was only twenty-one years old. Kitchener’s Fighting Scouts was an irregular regiment of volunteers raised in December 1900 and commanded by the legendary colonial warrior, Johan Colenbrander, called ‘The White Whirlwind’ by the Zulus. They fought the Boers, General Beyers and his commando especially, in the harsh Northern Transvaal. The officers and Troopers were some of the toughest Rhodesians, South Africans, Australians and Americans. They were notoriously averse to the discipline exerted by a regular Adjutant but which was required if the regiment was not to run amok, as happened to ‘Breaker’ Morant and the Bushveldt Carbineers operating in the same area. Collins’s memoirs detail some of the incidents he dealt with, including the execution of three captured Boers who were dressed in British uniform and had lured some of the KFS into a lethal ambush. Colenbrander and his men captured many Boers, their laagers, wagons and cattle but not Beyers during the guerrilla war. Colenbrander recommended Collins to Lord Kitchener for an award on 23 December 1901: ‘Capt. C. G. Collins, S.O. and Adjt. 1st K.F.S. (1st Cameron Highlanders). To whom as my Staff Officer I have always left the organisational work of the Column and to whose capability I attribute in a great part captures and successes we have been able to make’; and again on 28 April 1902: ‘Adjutant 1st K.F.S. and Staff Officer to my column to whose untiring energy and most able management I owe in great measure any success we may have accomplished. To this officer I have on all occasions entrusted the whole of the organisation of the Column, and his assistance to me has always been of the most ready and practical order’ (The National Archives, Kew, WO108/140 & 141). Collins was Mentioned in Despatches in Kitchener’s final despatches (London Gazette 29 July 1902). Balmoral, bankruptcy, marriage and divorce in the U.S.’s ‘Gilded Age’ Collins was chosen as one of the three Cameron officers of the first King’s Guard to be mounted at Balmoral during King Edward VII’s reign. His memoirs contain much detail about life at Balmoral and the Royal family, some of it repeated in a series of articles about Collins published in the book Mississippi Gumbo by Bob Jones in 2003. Collins’s time at Balmoral got off to a shaky start when he nearly crashed his newly acquired car, a Panhard Levassor, into a coach containing the Princess of Wales and her five children including the future Kings Edward VIII and George VI. He was ordered to garage the car for the remainder of his duty. Collins was an inveterate gambler, at Monte Carlo and on the racecourse. He later attributed his financial difficulties to backing bills for his friend Charles Innes-Ker, a Gentleman Usher to the King. Whatever the cause, according to Collins it was ill-health, he resigned his commission in February 1904 before he was declared bankrupt in September 1904. By this stage he was in New York and conspicuous as a polo player and charming member of the Gilded Age set which included his friends the Vanderbilts, Goulds and Belmonts. In April 1904 he had married the American heiress Nathalie Schenck, the ‘Granddaughter of Brooklyn’. The marriage was short lived, not least because of his gambling. He lost a quarter of a million dollars on Boxing Day night in December 1904 playing baccarat at the Khedieval Club in Cairo. She divorced him in 1905. Collins spent the next ten years in recurrent financial difficulty in the United States, often reported in the U.S. papers. He set out to marry an heiress. In 1911 he was engaged to be married to Clara Parks, stepdaughter of the millionaire John H. Parks. The engagement ended when Princess Zoltykoff, the former burlesque dancer Ethel Clinton, accused him publicly of having appropriated two valuable Chinese vases from...
EIGHT WEDGWOOD BISQUE FIGURINES, comprising 'Enchanted Evening', and seven Wedgwood for Spink limited edition figurines: 'The Turn of the Century Ball 1899' no 1251/10000 with certificate (chips to flower in her hair and hem of dress), 'Christmas at Windsor 1845' no 1788/10000 with certificate, 'The Imperial Banquet 1855' no 5186/10000 with certificate, 'Picnic at Balmoral 1860' no 942/10000 with certificate, 'The Royal Flower Show 1861' no 1369/10000 with certificate, 'The Great Exhibition 1851' no 515/10000 and 'The Golden Jubilee 1887' no 3951/10000 with certificate (8 + certificates) (Condition report: figures appear in good condition, apart from one mentioned in description, dusty)
GLENGOYNE TIME KEEPER GIFT SET containing one bottle of 12 year old Highland Single Malt Scotch Whisky, 70cl and 43% abv; and a whisky glass. In presentation box; together with a bottle of Balmoral Single Malt Scotch Whisky, distilled at Royal Lochnagar Distillery, 70cl and 46% abv, in box. 2 bottles
George V Scottish sword with a fullered steel double-edged blade inscribed "Highland Infantry" with Royal Coat of Arms and thistle decoration, maker's mark "H W", numbered 49050, straight quillon with metal bound fish skin hilt and saltire pommel, in a leather and metal scabbard, blade L. 82.5cm. Provenance: A son of John Michie, (Head Forester to Queen Victoria and later Factor to King Edward VII), at the Balmoral Estate, thence by descent. Condition report:Pommel is solid, grip wires intact with slight defect where wire meets pommel, belt strap damaged
Of Royal interest: Set of three gold studs and a stickpin, each mounted with an openwork letter ‘A’ set rose cut diamonds within a blue enamelled circular border surmounted by a diamond set crown, H 7cm, 9grs, in a Collingwood & Co. case, with cypher on cover [NB one stud with cypher missing] Provenance: John Michie, Factor at Balmoral, to whom these were presented, by Queen Alexandra, with her note inside the cover “With every good wish from Alexandra”
Glenfiddich-47 year old-1964Distilled Spring 1964, bottled July 2011. From the Glenfiddich Distillery, bottled under bond in Scotland for J. & J. Hunter Ltd., Balmoral Road, Belfast.Cask number 10800, bottle number 014 of 24. In presentation case. Good labelling. Level: very top shoulder. 70cl. Single malt, 46.5% volume1 bottleFor further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
1989 Bentley Turbo R Transmission: automaticMileage:113134The Bentley Turbo R was a high-performance model produced from 1985 to 1997 with a total of 7,230 built in the 12 year production period. The 'R' stood for 'Roadholding', to set it apart from its predecessor, the Mulsanne and also sported a revised suspension with wider tyres on alloy wheels; a first for a Bentley. The suspension changes, although seemingly subtle, transformed the soft and less than well-controlled ride of the Mulsanne into that of a real performer. This was achieved by increasing the anti-roll bar rates in the front and rear and by increasing the damping. A Panhard rod to anchor the rear suspension was also introduced, reducing side-to-side movement in corners. The Turbo R was sold alongside the Mulsanne Turbo for a short time although the Mulsanne was taken out of production in 1985. For the 1987 model year, the Turbo R received anti-lock brakes and Bosch fuel injection replacing the Solex carburettors.Supplied originally by H R Owen on 13th April 1989, this Bentley Turbo R is finished in Balmoral Green with Parchment interior piped in green. The car is supplied with the original service books and spare keys together with a V5 document and a current MoT test certificate valid until 25th April 2023. The history file contains a host of service invoices. The exceedingly comfortable seats, with superb ergonomics for the driver, combine to make this a magnificent vehicle to drive or to be a passenger, these magnificent machines were one of the finest ever manufactured at Crewe and are fast becoming recognised as such. Offered for sale without reserve
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