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Lot 385
SERVICE CHROMED METAL CASED POCKET WATCH with self wind movement and a brass curb pattern Albert; A MINIATURE TURNED ALUMINUM GOBLET with possible engraved dedication, "Capt. Duchan Toriovich Zaitchar a Ogden" and an Imperial coat of arms, 2 1/4'' (6.4cm) high a BRIGHT METAL SNUFF BOX inset with a mussel shell an early 20th century hollow cast alloy combined ASH TRAY AND MATCH HOLDER IN THE FORM OF A BROWN BEAR ON ALL FOURS sole of raised back paw as match striker 9''(22.9cm) long (badly holed/corroded) THREE VARIOUS CLASP KNIVES small TURNED HARDWOOD BOX with screw top and an ORIENTAL CARVED SOAPSTONE ELEPHANT the pierced body revealing small elephant to interior (10)
Lot 480
18th Century Cyphering Book Manuscript: Malone (Margrett) A folio volume bound in full vellum, containing mathematical tables and calculations and accounts, all written in a clear, firm hand with many attractive flourishes and doodles Love poems and proverbs are interspersed throughout. A later note on front cover reads, "When my mother Margery Malone was an unmarried girl at 16 years old she wrote the sums in this book in the Year 1740," Some of the comments bear dates in the 1750's and there are several names, including that of Thomas Heydon which recurs throughout. Interesting item. A m/ss, w.a.f. (1)
![Churchill's Private Secretary
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Lot 578
Churchill's Private Secretary BRACKEN, Brendan [1901-58]. An important collection of eleven autograph signed letters to his mother, 1920-28, with a further four letters to [his brother?] Paddy, 1928-34, one incomplete letter to his mother, a telegram and some related items, also an attractive photographic portrait (worn) of Bracken's mother and a Keogh portrait of a child (the young Brendan?). Born in Templemore, Co.Tipperary, Bracken ran away from the Jesuit College in Mungret, and went to Australia for a time. In 1919 he went to Liverpool as a teacher, and later established himself as a journalist and newspaper proprietor in London. He became a Conservative MP and a supporter and close friend of Winston Churchill. He was Churchill's parliamentary private secretary 1939-41, Minister for Information 1941-5 and First Lord of the Admiralty 1945, and was arguably the most influential person of Southern Irish birth throughout World War II. He was at various times co-proprietor of The Economist and Chairman of The Financial Times. The letters give an excellent flavour of his personality, his early struggles and his rapid rise. The first, 20 June 1920, from a Liverpool school, mentions a financial loss and says 'I have not been able to afford to go to [a doctor], or to even get my glasses changed .. I am in indifferent health and will soon be without a post as I am leaving here at the end of the term .. I do not feel like answering the taunts etc which I have received, & no useful purpose can therefore be served in endeavouring to convince you that I am other than you imagine. I will respect your evident wishes, that you do not desire to have any more to do with me .. [but] Should you desire to keep in touch I will do so .. ' Evidently the correspondence continued, because an undated letter (also from Liverpool) says he was very pleased to get her letter. He says he is thinking of going to Edinburgh for the winter session at the University, if he can get some kind of a post, 'but there are so many hungry Scotchmen that I fear my chances are poor.' On 15 February 1923, his 22nd birthday, now in London, he writes very warmly. 'You have had many sorrows & difficulties in life, & for many years you have had to face them alone .. But you've surmounted them all, which is the great test of life .. Anything that I am able to do is altogether due to you ..'. A month later, 'We are deep in an awful fight at Westminster and I think we are going to win .. We are fighting the three great parties .. & only Winston could pull it off. A good deal of attention here is directed to the Irish vote which may pull the fat out of the fire - it will I hope be given in Winston's favour ..' [this may relate to a by-election contest]. In August 1923, he is 'off to Budapest next week .. Business is booming there and I am hoping to be appointed Trade Commissioner for Hungary in London. I will, of course, hold this job with the one I now hold. It ought to be worth a couple of thousand a year -- not a bad sum to begin with ..', and he talks about buying a small country house outside London if it goes ahead. In November, writing on letterhead of The Illustrated Review, he is just back from Dublin, where he saw Nancy. 'I was walking back to Yeats' house [presumably WBY] when I ran in to her.' A year later, November 1924, 'I shall never be so happy as I was last week. Dear Winston became chancellor after two years of enforced absence from Parliament.' Another remarkable letter, March 1925, thanks his mother for her offer of a sum of money, which however he cannot accept because he has no need of money. 'I am filled with affection and admiration for the remarkable way you battled alone for us after Papa's death. Your difficulties were immense, but they were less than your courage. The hardest troubles you had to bear came from me, & I am never likely to forget this fact ..' The telegram, dated 31 May 1929, says simply 'Won'. This must refer to Bracken's election to Parliament as MP for North Paddington. There is a play written by Tom Kilroy titled 'Double Cross' one half of which is about Brendan Bracken, the other half is about Lord Haw Haw, two Irishmen, both of whom turned their backs on Ireland. * This is a highly important correspondence, particularly since Bracken's personal papers were destroyed (on his instructions) after his death. As a collection, w.a.f. (1)
Lot 129
Collectors bear "Jasmine" made by Carol Podmore for "Somewhere in Time", rust coloured plush bodied bear, orange/black glass eyes, stitched nose, velvet pads, mid 20th century red short pile plush bodied teddy and soft bodied rabbit "Loppy Annie" by Jamie Taylor, grey plush jointed, 46cm long
Lot 549
Portugal, Order of St James of the Sword, breast star, late 19th century, in silver, with domed silver-gilt and enamel centre, remainder of star set with pastes, sacred heart above, reverse lugs and brooch pin for wear, two silver marks to pin, one appears to bear A above and B below a ship, the other unidentified, width 90.5mm, extremely fine
Lot 936
The Korean War ‘Third Battle of the Hook’ M.C. Group of 8 awarded to Captain John Lionel Hugh Gordon, Royal Artillery, awarded the Military Cross for his role as Forward Observation Post Officer at ‘the Hook’, where, in direct support of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, he directed the fire of the British artillery and acted as a ‘tower of strength’ for a period of ten days in the face of repeated and enemy attacks, on the 28th-29th of May, 1953. During this battle, the supporting artillery created ‘greater concentrations of artillery...on a 1000 yard front than at any time since 1918’, comprising: Military Cross, EiiR, reverse engraved 1953; 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued; Korea Medal (Capt. J. L. H. Gordon. M.C. R.A.); UN Korea Medal; General Service Medal, 1918-1962, EiiR, 2 clasps, Malaya, Cyprus (Major J. L. H. Gordon. M.C. R.A.), mounted for display, uneven reverse tone, a few light contact marks, otherwise extremely fine (8) NOTE: M.C.: London Gazette, 7 June 1953: ‘Captain Gordon was forward Observation Post Officer on “The Hook” feature, in direct support of the Duke of Wellington’s Regiment, throughout the build-up for and the battle of “The Hook”, which reached its climax on the night of 28th/29th May, 1953. Because the build-up was so obvious, Captain Gordon insisted on staying on “The Hook” when one Infantry Company was relieved by another, although he was due for relief himself. He contended that he knew the local situation better than anyone else. For about ten days, the relatively small area of “The Hook”, which is well known to the enemy, was subjected to heavy and accurate shell and mortar fire, the intensity of which increased daily. By night, the enemy’s patrols continually probed “The Hook” defences. It was a period of very great tension. Captain Gordon seemed to be on duty at all times, in the Observation Post by day directing our artillery fire with accuracy, moving about under enemy fire with unassuming courage, and constantly alert in the company command post by night. He snatched his rest at odd hours and always appeared fresh and wonderfully cheerful. His example had a most stimulating effect on his own Observation Post party and on many others as well. When the enemy launched his attack with great fury, subjecting the command post area to very heavy fire indeed and over-running the forward platoon and Observation Post, Captain Gordon was at his post with the Infantry Company Commander. Throughout the night, his cool and balanced situation reports and his efficient calls for fire were of the utmost value in helping first to stop the enemy and then to defeat and drive him from the position. There is no doubt that the correct employment of the guns had a major effect on the outcome of the battle. Captain Gordon’s contribution to this was notable. In the words of the Infantry Company Commander, “He was a tower of strength”. His indomitable spirit during the softening-up and his conduct during the action richly deserve recognition.’ John Lionel Hugh Gordon was born in 1922, the son of Brigadier John Kelly Gordon, D.S.O., R.A., and Beatrice Mary Gordon (née White). He was educated at Wellington College, and served in the Royal Artillery in WW2, receiving his emergency commission in October 1941, and then subsequently in the Korean War. He was recommended for an ‘Immediate’ award of the M.C. for his actions at the Third Battle of the Hook – this the third and final occasion upon which the strategic crescent-shaped position in the Commonwealth sector was attacked and defended, since it held part of the intended enemy approach route toward Seoul. On the 28th of May, 1953, the 1st Bn Duke of Wellington’s Regiment relieved the 1st Bn Black Watch and took up a defensive position with the 1st Bn King’s Regiment on ‘The Hook’ just prior to the launch of a new Chinese offensive that day. With the Royal Artillery in direct support, the position was successfully held despite the severity of the Chinese shelling and infantry attacks. In return, a reported 37,000 artillery shells were fired in 24-hoursThe book ‘Fortune Favours the Brave’ by A J Barker states that: ‘…on the night of 28/29 May, 1953…greater concentrations of artillery were brought to bear on a 1000- yard front than at any time since 1918’. It also mentions Captain Gordon by name, and gives a flavour of the scene that night, as follows: ‘In ‘D’ Company’s command post the occupants were trying to pierce the metaphorical fog of war. Behind the smoke-blackened entrance curtain the dug-out was filled to overflowing. Two signallers, a couple of orderlies, Captain John Gordon, the gunner FOO, Captain Tony Sherratt, the second-in-command, a spare subaltern, Lieutenant Jim Newton, two tables and the usual hotch-potch of equipment and personal kit, and of course, Emmett [Captain Edward Emmett], were all crammed in this tiny bunker. Smoke, an incessant chatter from the two wirelesses and the reverberations from outside all contributed to the Journey’s End atmosphere.’ Captain Gordon later served in the Malaya Campaign as Deputy Assistant Adjutant and Quartermaster General with the 28th Commonwealth Brigade in 1960, and retired with the rank of Major on the 2nd of April, 1975. Sold with original embossed copy of his full citation for the M.C., a set of matching dress miniatures, and other copied research. For the awards to his father, Brigadier John Keily Gordon, D.S.O., Royal Artillery, see lot 931.
Lot 814
A 21 bore 11" barrel early flintlock holster pistol by R.Rowland of London dating from the first quarter of the 1700's, fitted rounded lockplate, carved shell at rear of barrel tang, together with other carved areas on the stock, fitted with a spurred pommel and the end of the butt cap has a grotesque mask, the finial on the end of the trigger guard as a spray of foliage, thumb plate with an armorial crest and raised ramp rear sight , the breech of the barrels bears marks indecipherable, with ramrod with end missing, top of the barrel engraved 'Rowland Londini', butt cap trigger guard and side plate appear to be silver but bear no hallmarks, barrel and lock with patches of rust, small segment of wood missing below lock plate
Lot 30
A Continental white metal miniature sleigh with figures, indistinctly marked, length 12 cm, 45.9g, together with a white metal pierced basket, six silver spoons and a set of six Victorian tea spoons. (13) CONDITION REPORT: The miniature sleigh with small mark depicting a seated boar or bear in good conditions. Six Victorian tea spoons are not silver. The pierced basket will be continental silver but apparently unmarked.
Lot 1340
A circa 1900 Black Forest carved bear, in typical standing pose, h.22cm; and several smaller examples to include two in seated pose (8) Condition Report / Extra Information Large bear - h.22cm, w.33cm, some handling wear to extremities and lower jaw etc, otherwise good. Second size bear - w.20cm, h.11cm, some fine cracks to body, handling wear to mouth and ears, small chip to right ear.
Lot 1105
An Edward Bingham Castle Hedingham Pottery Puzzle jug, decorated in buff shades of green, brown and ochre, having bear mask spout, the handle surmounted with a puppy dog, incised markings verso with some losses, h.27cm; and a Castle Hedingham Pottery candle-holder, having two tiers of four handles, bears date 1651, with raised Castle mark and inscribed England, h.33cm (2) Condition Report / Extra Information First jug: Spout restored, Some glazing losses and chip to underside,Small glazing losses to body. Second jug: Some age handling wear to handles, several handles re-stuck.
Lot 1113
An Edward Bingham Castle Hedingham Pottery jug, having a lattice work ground, the handle modelled as a climbing man, the spout above an applied bear mask, impressed Castle Hedingham and E Bingham verso, with incised number 927, h.19.5cm Condition Report / Extra Information Large chips to mans tricorn hat. Several chips to foot rim.
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