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Lot 343
A small vintage early 20th Century Teddy Bear with long arms, approximately 21cm tall, thought possibly to be by J.K.Farnell of London, appearing to have undergone some partial restoration at some stage in the past, together with a small seated dog, approximately 8.5cm tall, both with age related wear. (2)
Lot 315
Ø AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING 1:48 SCALE MODEL FOR THE CELEBRATED THREE-MASTED ARMED YACHT FALCON, BUILT FOR LORD YARBOROUGH, FIRST COMMODORE OF THE ROYAL YACHT SQUADRON, BY LISTS YARD, ISLE OF WIGHT, 1824, the framed hull planked and pinned with copper pins, moulded ebony main wale, main deck pierced for twenty-four guns, finely carved bust-length female figurehead, stern and quarter lights, planked and pinned deck, mounted on slipway brackets attached to mahogany plinth with turned feet. Overall measurements -- 12 x 33in. (30.5 x 84cm.); together with a contemporary watercolour portrait historically associated with the model and, by hearsay, thought to be one Robert Butler, in period frame -- 17 x 15in. (43 x 38cm.) including frame, (2) Provenance: Sotheby's, 16 July 1993, lot 498, where attributed as a merchant ship; UK Private Collection. The second yacht to bear this name for him, Falcon (II) was launched in June 1824 for Lord Yarborough at a cost of £18000 (nearly £1.1m today) in List's yard at Wootton Bridge, Fishbourne, Isle of Wight. Though designed as a private yacht, her full-rig and general appearance prompted one spectator to remark that she more resembled a "20-gun ship-of-war" and she undoubtedly proved a highly impressive flagship to the Royal Yacht Squadron, a role she fulfilled for over ten years. It is notable that one of the main objectives of the R.Y.S.'s pioneers - and of far greater importance than the annual regatta at Cowes - was to improve the form and sailing qualities of warships and to that end, Falcon was the most successful of several experimental craft of her time. Yarborough, the Royal Yacht Squadron's first commodore, was a particularly colourful character in the early history of yachting and employed fifty-four "choice" hands under the command of a naval officer to crew Falcon whenever she raced. A serious accident at sea followed by illness prompted Lord Yarborough to dispose of Falcon and in 1836 she was sold to Captain Clifton on whose behalf Baring Brothers had financed the purchase for £5,500. Fitted with 48hp. paddle propulsion, she sailed for India in January 1838 but had the engine removed upon her arrival at Calcutta when she was resold to Jardine, Matheson & Co. Her new owners put her straight onto the opium run to Macao where her speed enabled her to continue trading throughout the so-called 'Opium War' of 1840-42. This acknowledged speed merely added to her lustre as flagship of the Jardine fleet and once the War was over, her main port of discharge became Hong Kong following the island's acquisition by British troops in 1841. Remaining a frequent sight all along the opium route until the mid-1850s, the end of her career remains shrouded in mystery. Said by some to have been taken by mutineers and by others to have been scuttled by pirates, there is circumstantial evidence that she was wrecked off Breaker Point, a projecting headland 60 miles South of Swatow, although this has never been proven. Recent research by Julian Reid has shed what may be a rare contemporary reference to this model: In 1825 Mr Belsey charged £15 for "a ship's model", perhaps for the use of the builder of Falcon II. Whilst it can now only be speculated upon, it seems highly probable that this is the model referenced. Literature: Reid, J: Original Members of the Yacht Club, Historical Publications Ltd, 2015, p.139-140.; MacGregor, D: Fast Sailing Ships 1775-1875, Conway, 1973 & 1988, p.71-75. Charles Miller Ltd is grateful to Ian McLaughlan for suggesting this attribution.
Lot 7
ROSS & SONS BEAR HUNTING (KM 4). Multicoloured Pratt made pot lid, 3ins diam. Picture shows red coated huntsman lining up 2 bruin, with 2 cubs beside. Outer border ROSS & SONS/ GENUINE BEARS GREASE PERFUMED/ 119 & 120 BISHOPSGATE STREET LONDON. Professional flange repair otherwise very good. (8/10) NR
Lot 110
DU MAURIER DAPHNE: (1907-1989) British Author. A.L.S., Daphne, two pages, 4to, Beaumont Street, n.d. ('Monday night', 1931/32), to 'My dear' [Foy Quiller-Couch]. Du Maurier informs her friend that 'By the time you get this I shall be “myself, with yesterday Seven Thousand Years” to quote Omar Khyam (sic)' and continues 'It's just to say that I suppose you know without my telling you all the things I've always wanted to tell you - sounds ambiguous, but you understand. Don't you?', further adding 'Your mother saying that it takes 14 years to know a Cornish-woman makes my life rather difficult! But anyway these first four haven't been so bad. The next 10 will, I hope, be a riot. All this is nonsense of course, but Oh! Foy - - listen, we'll have lovely times, won't we, and the best on our eightieth birthday! Me without an appendix is going to be a slightly embarrassing person to deal with, so you'll just have to bear with it'. Du Maurier also writes of her literary activities, 'Just to make you laugh I want to tell you that “Book 2” couldn't have been written if I hadn't known you (ghastly embarrassment for you) and the name of it is “I'll Never Be Young Again”' and concludes 'I do hope I'll be in a fit state to see you Thursday, even if it's just to be all weak and holding your hand, and remember I'll keep eleveninthemorning for you always, and no one else will be admitted'. A warm letter to her close friend, written by Du Maurier shortly before her appendix operation, the results of which were to inadvertently lead to romance in her life. Two small areas of paper loss to the right edge, professionally repaired and only slightly affecting a few words of text and not the signature, G Foy Quiller-Couch - daughter of British writer Arthur Quiller-Couch (1863-1944), and a life-long friend of Du Maurier. Indeed, Du Maurier was accompanied by Foy Quiller-Couch when she became inspired with the storyline for her novel Jamaica Inn. Some years previously the two ladies were staying at Jamaica Inn and went riding on Bodmin Moor. They became lost in bad weather conditions and apparently sheltered for some time in a derelict cottage on the moor but were eventually led back to Jamaica Inn by their horses.In April 1932, Du Maurier was in Fowey convalescing from her appendix operation (which she refers to in the present letter) when she received an invitation from Major Frederick Browning to have an outing on his boat, Ygdrasil, which he had moored in the River Fowey the previous winter having visited the Cornish coastline as a result of having read Du Maurier's novel The Loving Spirit in 1931. The outing led to a romance between Du Maurier and Browning and soon afterwards the couple were married in a simple ceremony at the Church of St Willow at Lanteglos-by-Fowey on 19th July 1932.
Lot 61
McCARTNEY PAUL (1942- ) British Musician, a member of The Beatles & LINDA (1941-1998) American Photographer & Musician, a band member of Wings. A good pair of black ink signatures by both Paul McCartney ('Paul McCartney') and Linda McCartney ('Love Linda McCartney') individually on an oblong 12mo card. Accompanied by an unsigned candid colour 6 x 4 photograph of the couple in a half length pose together, apparently taken at the time the signatures were obtained. Both the card and photograph bear annotations to the versos in the hand of the collector indicating that the signatures were obtained at the Stanhope Hotel in New York during Christmas week of 1974. VG to EX, 2
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