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Lot 2416
A 1950s Wylie and Lochhead walnut bedroom suite, striped veneer inlaid with stylised coronet motifs, comprising bedstead, triple wardrobe, six drawer chest, dressing table with triple mirrored back, stool, and two bedside cabinets, inset ivorine labels 'Made by Wylie & Lochhead, Glasgow' (7) Note: manufactured to mark the 1953 Coronation; see Hooper, G. 2014. Stocholm to Buchanan Street; Wylie and Lochhead and the 'New Style', Decorative Arts Society Journal, No.37, for an article on the mid 20th century furniture of Wylie and Lochhead
Lot 135
MILITARY MEDALS, TANK CORPS, A Superb WWI Campaign Pair awarded to Second Lieutenant Frank Clifford Carr, Tank Corps, late Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch). A Golfing International in peacetime, he initially served as an Ambulance Driver for the French Red Cross during the famous assault against Verdun, before returning home to receive a commission in the Heavy Machine Gun Section, MGC, with ‘E’ Company. He later commanded the Mark I ‘Female’ Tank ‘RMLS Nutty’ in action during the Second Battle of Gaza 17 April 1917, and had performed ‘good work’ in the fighting before being severely burned when his tank caught fire from a direct hit. He was subsequently taken POW by Turkish forces, with whom he died from wounds during captivity, comprising: British War Medal and Victory Medals, 1914-1920 (2. Lieut. F. C. Carr.); medals officially impressed, pair loose. Extremely fine, lightly toned. Frank Clifford Carr was born in September 1881 in Mosely, and was educated at Rydal Mount, Colwyn Bay, Wales. He moved to Grimsby to enter into business with his uncle, Alexander Carr, whose name he later assumed. Returning to Birmingham, he married, and became a Director of the Imperial Bedstead Company. The early life and career of Second Lieutenant Frank Clifford Carr is best detailed as published in a local newspaper upon news of his being reported ‘Missing in Action’ during April 1917: “INTERNATIONAL GOLFER MISSING - Second Lieutenant F. C. Carr, heavy Machine Gun Section, the well-known amateur golf player is reported missing, believed to be a prisoner of war. Lieutenant Carr, whose home is at 63, Church Lane, Handsworth, joined the British section of the French Red Cross soon after the outbreak of war, and drove an ambulance for some time. He was at Verdun during the great German offensive last year. Subsequently he returned to England and was given a commission in the Heavy Machine gun Section. Lieutenant Carr is a partner in the Imperial Bedstead Company, and is a native of Birmingham. He is a son of Mr Tom Smith of Mosely (a painter and engraver), but assumed the name of Carr some years ago. Mr Carr is one of the best golfers the Midlands have produced, and was a prominent figure in local and national meetings. He played golf for Handsworth team on eight of the nine occasions the Midland Challenge Cup was won by that club. Curiously enough he never once succeeded in winning the individual gold medal, though he has several times been within a putt of victory. As far back as 1902 he won his first silver medal, and between that date and 1914 laid a large stock of them. One of his most memorable encounters was in 1906, when he tied for the gold medal with Mr Edward Blackwell, but lost on the replay. In 1911 he represented England against Scotland, his partner being Mr F A Woolley. On several occasions he played in the amateur championship, his best performance being at St Andrews in 1913, when he ran into the fourth round.” As commander of the tank ‘Nutty’ he went into attack on the night 17 / 18 April towards the Sheikh Abbas Ridge and the redoubt of Kirbet-el-Sihan, his tank alone in support of the 8th Battalion (Princess Beatrice’s Isle of Wight Rifles), The Hampshire Regiment and 5th Battalion the Suffolk Regiment. A letter sent by Wilfred S Roberts, of the 8th Hampshires (also a prisoner of war) details the precise specifics of the action: “He was in command of tank ‘Nutty’ which attacked with our brigade at Gaza. After doing good work it was put out by a direct hit and caught fire. All the crew left it and got into the same redoubt as I was in. Lt Carr was frightfully burned by the explosion. I was unable to get near him as that portion of the redoubt was cut off from the rest, on one side by MG fire and on the other by the burning tank. He was captured when we were and was brought in to the Tel-el-Sharia hospital where he rec
Lot 294
A 1950s Wylie and Lochhead walnut bedroom suite, striped veneer inlaid with stylised coronet motifs, comprising bedstead, triple wardrobe, six drawer chest, dressing table with triple mirrored back, stool, and two bedside cabinets, inset ivorine labels 'Made by Wylie & Lochhead, Glasgow' (7) Note: manufactured to mark the 1953 Coronation; see Hooper, G. 2014. Stocholm to Buchanan Street; Wylie and Lochhead and the 'New Style', Decorative Arts Society Journal, No.37, for an article on the mid 20th century furniture of Wylie and Lochhead
Lot 420
A French gilt metal mounted kingwood double bedstead of Transitional style the arched headboard inlaid a deux faces flanked by rams mask and guilloche clasps the foot rest inlaid with an oval of spreading veneers upon cabriole legs and scrolled feet; a breakfront wardrobe en suite with central bevelled full flanked by two full length cupboard doors enclosing shelves above a coffer fort, 239cm [there are no keys with the wardrobe and the two outer doors are locked [2]
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