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Click here to subscribeA brochure commemorating the launch of Cunard White Star Line R.M.S Queen Mary on September 26th 1934 at Clydebank, the brochure describing the parts and the process of the ship along with illustrations and images of the ship at various stages of construction with images of the King and Queen with others including Sir Percy E. Bates, Bart., G.B.E, chairman of White Star Line Ltd and Sir Thomas Bell, K.B.E, managing director of John Brown & Co Limited.
**A RARE SOUTH GERMAN SKULL OF A ZISCHÄGGE, SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY of ogival form terminating at its apex in an acorn finial and fitted just beneath it with a later conical brass cap, decorated between the lower edge of the cap and a narrow recessed border at the lower edge of the skull with close-set vertical flutes, pierced at its lower edge with various holes for the attachment of a peak, neck-guard and cheek-pieces, and later fitted over the brow with two conical bosses and rosette-washers of brass, and, to the right of them, with a bell-shaped plaque also of brass (the whole heavily patinated and showing a few rust perforations) 23 cm; 9 in high Provenance Henry Furmage, London, 15 April 1931 Helmets such as this were made in imitation of the Turkish shishak. Other examples of the type are discussed by Mann 1962, Vol. I, pp. 109-10, pl. 59; Norman 1986, p.48; and Gamber and Beaufort 1990, pp. 165-4, pl. 77. Five examples, dating from about 1563, are illustrated in the pattern-book of the Augsburg etcher Jörg Sorg the Younger (Becher et. al., 1980, p. 91) JWHA Inv. No. 1470
A late 19c French mantle clock in ormolu case decorated with blue Paris porcelain. The 3.5""diam blue porcelain dial has Roman numerals and butterfly designs to the centre, below is a plaque depicting a couple in a landscape which is flanked by two blue and gilt porcelain columns, the clock is surmounted by a blue porcelain urn with gilt handles and mounts and the ormolu body of the case is decorated with garlands and leaf designs. The two train circular movement is rack striking on a bell and the clock stands on a black wooden base and under an oval glass dome, 21"" tall overall.
A mid 19c French skeleton clock designed for the Great Exhibition. The single train movement has silk pendulum suspension regulated by the disc above the dial and the `A` shaped plates are engraved. This version has an alarm mechanism in the base wound by a cord and set by a panel operating on the disc in the centre of the white enamel dial (bell missing). It is mounted on its original ebonised base and has an oval glass dome over it, 10"" tall overall.
A late 19c French mantle clock in the Art Nouveau taste, the gilt metal case having scrolling and leaf forms and being surmounted by a gilt urn with female head medallions as decoration. The pendulum bob is similarly decorated and the case has six leaf formed feet which sit on a six pointed giltwood base, the movement is countwheel striking on a bell and has 4""diam gilt dial with circular numeral plaques in blue enamel, the clock 16"" tall overall.
A George V silver cigarette case with engine turned decoration (Birmingham, 1918), together with a silver cigarette box (Birmingham, 1960), a silver sheathed pig ornament, together with a commemorative silver bell, inscribed "The Marriage of His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew with Miss Sarah Ferguson, Wednesday 23rd July 1986"
A pair of late Victorian column table candlesticks, each with a square base embossed with ribbons and stylised flowerheads, the column embossed with palm heads and festoons of bell husks, Corinthian capital and removable nozzle, maker`s mark of Martin Hall & Co., Sheffield 1899, height 27 cm (10 1/2 in.), (2)
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