ATTRIBUTED TO THOMAS BUTTERSWORTH (BRITISH, C.1768-1842) The Capture of the U.S.S. 'President' by H.M.S. 'Endymion', 15th January, 1815 Oil on Canvas 19 x 23in. (48 x 58.5cm.) The U.S.S. President (53), captained by Stephen Decatur, attempted to escape the British blockade of New York harbour when the British squadron was briefly blown off station. Decatur lost time when President grounded on a sandbar for two hours and was spotted by the British who gave chase. H.M.S. Endymion (47) captained by John Hayes - considered the Royal Navy's fastest ship - eventually caught up by about 2pm and, despite being considerably smaller (1277 tons to President's 1533 tons), managed to place herself off the President's stern quarter where her guns couldn't bear and exploit her larger 24pdrs to devastating effect. Aiming for the hull and guns, the President sustained heavy losses - including Decatur who was wounded by a huge splinter. At 7.58pm President surrendered. However, with no fit boats available, Endymion could not immediately claim her prize and concentrated on repairs. Decatur then tried to escape again, but ran into two of the British squadron which had finally caught up and who resumed action before Decator hailed them to say he had already surrendered and requested his sword be given to the Captain of the 'black ship'. Unusually Endymion used an all-black livery and this detail has been faithfully reproduced by Buttersworth in all his depictions of this action. The captured President was absorbed into the Royal Navy as H.M.S. President , but broken up in 1818 - although her lines were reused for a new H.M.S. President which was placed on the North American Station, captained by George Cockburn who had led the burning of Washington, to serve as a political reminder to the United States of its losses during the War of 1812.
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A NAME BOARD FROM THE WORLD WAR II VETERAN BATTLESHIP H.M.S. DUKE OF YORK (1940) the ¾in. deep polished brass red-sided lettering secured to D-ended wooden display board with iron suspension hooks behind -- 21 x 149in. (53.5 x 378.5cm.) Provenance: Ex-Ferrers-Walker Collection; Formerly on loan to the Royal Navy Museum, Portsmouth The sixth ship to bear this name, Duke of York was a King George V Class battleship built by John Brown & Co. Commissioned in November 1941, the next month she carried Winston Churchill to the United States for the first Anglo-American staff meeting. After supporting some convoys and Operation Torch, she returned to Arctic waters providing distant cover for convoy JW55B when, on 26th December 1943, the cruisers Norfolk, Belfast and Sheffield began shadowing the commerce raiding battlecruiser Scharnhorst. With hard steaming, Duke of York commenced accurate fire with 14in. shells about 20 minutes after Norfolk's initial salvos had knocked out her radar and denied her the range and weight advantage she had. Joined by Jamaica , Scharnhorst was hit at least 13 times before getting out of range, but a lucky shell from Duke of York , fired at over 18,000 yards (about ten miles) plunged into her boilers and, for about twenty minutes, her speed was reduced from 26kts to 10kts - enough time for destroyers to manouver and launch a torpedo attack, four of which struck home. The Duke of York and Jamaica closed range and subjected Scharnhorst to withering fire. Fifteen minutes later, with a further eight torpedoes finding their mark, Scharnhorst exploded and sank with the loss of 1,803 crew only 36 survived. Duke of York remained in Arctic waters until September 1944 before joining the Pacific Fleet, taking part in the bombardment of the Japanese home islands in August 1945. Placed in reserve in 1949, she was scrapped at Faslane in 1958. This lot will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
Seventy Seven 19th Century glass stereoscopic slidesVarious scenes to include Rome, Rotterdam, a selection of the slides bear London Stereoscope Company labels, fitted in mahogany carrying case Seventy Seven 19th Century glass stereoscopic slidesVarious scenes to include Rome, Rotterdam, a selection of the slides bear London Stereoscope Company labels, fitted in mahogany carrying case
An Edwardian silver and mother of pearl rattleRealistically modelled as a teddy bear suspending a bell, to a mother of pearl teething ring, by William Vale & Sons, Birmingham 1909, length 8cm An Edwardian silver and mother of pearl rattleRealistically modelled as a teddy bear suspending a bell, to a mother of pearl teething ring, by William Vale & Sons, Birmingham 1909, length 8cm
A FAMILLE ROSE DECALOBED LEMON GROUNDTEA-TRAY JIAQING MARK (1796-1820),with rounded sides and raised on four bracket feet,decorated to the exterior and interior with lotus spraysand florets reserved on a lemon-yellow ground that surroundsan imperial poem in praise of fine tea, inscribed iniron red reserved in white and dated to the cyclical dingsiyear of Jiaqing’s reign (1797), the reverse with a six-characterreign mark of Jiaqing reserved in a white square ona lemon-yellow ground, 16cm wideProvenance: by repute, formerly in the possession ofBarnaby Fitzpatrick, second Baron Castletown, and purchasedat an auction of chattels from his house, GranstonManor, co. Laois, conducted by Battersby’s, Dublin,5 May 1938.‘Finest tea of the first picking, and a bright full moon, prompt a line of verse’Stephen Bushell’s translation of an extract from the poetic inscription borne by the two trays offered in lots 32 and 33 helps to bring alive for those who do not know the Chinese language the eminence of tea in early Chinese society. Irish society, of course, would quickly acknowledge how wedded it is, and has been for many years, to all things associated with the ritual ‘cuppa’ and its restorative effects; Chinese society, by contrast, would perhaps be even quicker in its acknowledgment, because from far earlier times than it first became popular in Europe, tea drinking and its associated benefits were praised in the East in a variety of contexts: ‘one cup is enough to lighten the heart, and dissipate the early winter chill’, as the poetic inscription on these trays goes on to say. In the present sale, Chinese ‘tea culture’ is represented here at its highest social level. Cyclically dated by inscription to 1797, the first year of his reign, the trays also bear the seal marks of the Jiaqing Emperor (reigning 1796 to 1820). His father, the Qianlong Emperor, still alive though now as emperor emeritus, had abdicated in the previous year in favour of his son.Trays of this type proved popular, and several examples are known, either in quadrilobe, decalobe (as here), or, more rarely, rectangular form with rounded corners. A tray identical to the one with the lime-green ground (lot 32) was auctioned by Christies, New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1375; and the sister to the second of our two lots, that with a lemon-yellow ground (lot 33), and which came from the same original collection (see the note on provenance below), was auctioned by Sotheby’s, London, 16 May 2012, lot 291.Provenance: by repute, formerly in the possession of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, second Baron Castletown, and purchased at an auction of chattels from his house, Granston Manor, co. Laois, conducted by Battersby’s, Dublin, 5 May 1938.Prof. Alan J. Fletcher MRIA
A FAMILLE ROSE DECALOBED LIME-GREEN GROUND TEA-TRAY, JIAQING MARK (1796-1820), with rounded sides and raised on four bracket feet, decorated to the exterior and interior with lotus sprays and florets reserved on a lime-green ground that surrounds an imperial poem in praise of fine tea in iron red reserved in white and dated to the cyclical dingsi year of Jiaqing’s reign (1797), the reverse with a six-character reign mark of Jiaqing reserved in a white square on a lime-green ground, 16cm wide‘Finest tea of the first picking, and a bright full moon, prompt a line of verse’Stephen Bushell’s translation of an extract from the poetic inscription borne by the two trays offered in lots 32 and 33 helps to bring alive for those who do not know the Chinese language the eminence of tea in early Chinese society. Irish society, of course, would quickly acknowledge how wedded it is, and has been for many years, to all things associated with the ritual ‘cuppa’ and its restorative effects; Chinese society, by contrast, would perhaps be even quicker in its acknowledgment, because from far earlier times than it first became popular in Europe, tea drinking and its associated benefits were praised in the East in a variety of contexts: ‘one cup is enough to lighten the heart, and dissipate the early winter chill’, as the poetic inscription on these trays goes on to say. In the present sale, Chinese ‘tea culture’ is represented here at its highest social level. Cyclically dated by inscription to 1797, the first year of his reign, the trays also bear the seal marks of the Jiaqing Emperor (reigning 1796 to 1820). His father, the Qianlong Emperor, still alive though now as emperor emeritus, had abdicated in the previous year in favour of his son.Trays of this type proved popular, and several examples are known, either in quadrilobe, decalobe (as here), or, more rarely, rectangular form with rounded corners. A tray identical to the one with the lime-green ground (lot 32) was auctioned by Christies, New York, 16 September 2016, lot 1375; and the sister to the second of our two lots, that with a lemon-yellow ground (lot 33), and which came from the same original collection (see the note on provenance below), was auctioned by Sotheby’s, London, 16 May 2012, lot 291.Provenance: by repute, formerly in the possession of Barnaby Fitzpatrick, second Baron Castletown, and purchased at an auction of chattels from his house, Granston Manor, co. Laois, conducted by Battersby’s, Dublin, 5 May 1938.Prof. Alan. J Fletcher, MRIA
A collection of 50 Royal Copenhagen Christmas plates dating from 1954 to 2013, four other Royal Copenhagen plates, a taperstick holder and five small wall plates CONDITION REPORT: Christmas Plates:19541960 - 1963 and 1965 - 19691970 - 19791980 - 19891990 - 19992000 - 2011 and 2013 (inc 2010 Polar bear plate)Christmas plate '1908 - 1983, 19.Jul.08', 24cm diameterMillenium plate, 18.2cm diameter1928 'Noel' plate, 15cm diameter'18.Jul.26' plate, 18.4cm diameterNo boxes but some paperwork.Six small wall plates and a candlestick.The plates have been on display in a hallway for many years and need a clean but are in good condition.
Two freshwater cultured pearl bracelets, two imitation pearl bracelets, a silver ingot shaped pendant, with a silver neckchain, a pair of 9ct two colour gold earrings, with post and butterfly clip fittings, a Butler & Wilson costume brooch, designed as a bear, a colourless paste set brooch, designed as a parrot, a costume metal bead necklace, with a heart shaped motif to the front, a colourless paste set necklace and a single row necklace of imitation pearls, with a jewellery box, (11).
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