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Lot 36
YEW WOOD BEDROOM SUITE OF EIGHT PIECES WITH LOW ARCHED TOPS ON CABRIOLE SUPPORTS, VIZ LADY'S AND GENTS TWO DOOR WARDROBES; A KIDNEY SHAPED KNEEHOLE DRESSING TABLE WITH FRAMED TRIPOD MIRROR; A DRESSING STOOL; A BOW FRONTED MILLINERY CUPBOARD OVER THREE DRAWERS, A PAIR OF BEDSIDE TABLES EACH WITH A DRAWER AND THE 4'6" PANEL HEADBOARD (8)
![[LUSITANIA]: A very interesting A.L.S., H[arry] R[obinson] Frost, one of the Lusitania survivors, three pages, 8vo, Barcelone](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/db08fd8d-41b2-4bb0-86c0-a7690140d7e7/69eb4af6-aff7-4d28-b680-15dcc3ac3fed/468x382.jpg)
Lot 596
[LUSITANIA]: A very interesting A.L.S., H[arry] R[obinson] Frost, one of the Lusitania survivors, three pages, 8vo, Barcelone, 23rd January 1917, in French. Frost refers to the horrifying experience lived as one of the Lusitania passengers, entitling his letter "Tristes Souvenirs du Lusitania, 7 Mai 1915" (" Sad souvenirs of the Lusitania, 7th May 1915"), and explains what he saw and some of the situations he went through on 7th May 1915, stating `I would like to forget the three phases of this terrible drama. The ten minutes immediately after the torpedo, when everybody was saying that we would remain afloat, but with the officers faces expressing that we had no chance. And then the agony in the water, without any boat around to help, the screaming of desperation, the calls without response. The repeated goodbyes to all the ones we love - until the exhaustion.´ and further saying `The day after the catastrophe was very hard too - at Queenstown, full of dead bodies, having to verify the absence of friends, trying to relieve the despair of poor children looking for their fathers and mothers in vain - and then we wonder how have we ended here. We all owe this to the genius of Guglielmo Marconi. And me, who was not in a rescue boat like many others, I owe it to a courageous sailor who gave me a life jacket two minutes before being thrown out to the sea as a result of the explosion of the ship, and further to the officer and the twelve sailors who found me almost dead at 07h in the evening and who brought me back to life´. Frost concludes saying `I am alive thanks to God who guided all of us, who did the miracle of letting my heart beating despite the 5 hours of submersion. The pages have been removed from an autograph album, and are professionally repaired to one edge. Very small overall, minor age wear. G £200-300Harry Robinson Frost, American passenger and survivor of the last Lusitania trip from New York to Liverpool on 7th May 1915. Lusitania was a British Ocean liner that a German U-20 submarine sank on 7th May 1915, close to the south coast of Ireland, during WWI. The world´s largest passenger ship of its time. Aboard 1,266 passengers and crew of 696. The commanding officer of the U-boat, gave the order to fire one torpedo, which struck Lusitania on the starboard bow, moments later, a second explosion erupted from within Lusitania's hull, and the ship began to founder rapidly. Only six out of 48 lifeboats were launched successfully, and 1,198 passengers lost their lives. It has been known many years later that the Lusitania was carrying undeclared war munitions among its cargo, including 750 tons of rifles and machine-guns, as well as aluminum powder for explosives manufacture. Queenstown is the former name of Cobh, a seaport town on the south coast of County Cork Ireland. In 1920 the name was changed.
Lot 643
A BRITISH 1803 PATTERN LIGHT INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD (SABRE) the 73.5cm curved blade etched with 'GR' cypher, garter badge, trophies of war and foliate decoration, retaining some original gilding, the back edge unmarked and unnumbered, the brass hilt with a pierced foliate knuckle-bow incorporating 'GR' cypher, a wire-bound ivory grip, and a lion's head pommel, in a brown leather scabbard with brass mounts, overall 87.5cm long.
Lot 645
A VICTORIAN COURT SWORD by Johnstone, the 80cm straight polished blade etched with foliate decoration and marked above the ricasso 'J.B. / Johnstone / Dawson St. / Dublin / & / London', the brass hilt with a down-turned scallop shell guard with applied 'VR' cypher within a clover leaf wreath, d-shaped knuckle-bow, wire-bound grip and crown pommel, in a black leather scabbard with brass mounts and suspension rings, overall 95cm long.
Lot 174
Pair of early 20th Century Austrian terracotta figural wall plaques, modelled as an elderly man and woman wearing traditional rustic dress, 26cm and 29cm high exclusive of later oval wall mounts Condition: The lady has had both arms broken off and restuck just at the point where the shawl covers her sleeves, small loss to the bow beneath the lady's chin, possible restoration to the bow and the frill around her bonnet, the male figure has one middle finger broken and restuck and looking at the reverse of the figure there is a chip to the oval aperture, these figures would originally have been mounted within a rectangular window frame designed to look like two people looking over the window sill but are now on oval plaques - **General condition consistent with age
Lot 392
19th Century German Cavalry officers sabre, the brass hilt with lion head pommel and red cut glass eyes, brass knuckle bow and back-strap, the front langet bearing crossed swords, curved blade decorated with scrolls and military trophies, with black steel scabbard, blade 84cm, wire bound fish-skin grip Condition: Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 393
19th Century German Cavalry officers sabre, the brass hilt with lion head pommel, brass knuckle bow and back-strap, the front langet bearing crossed swords, curved plain blade with A.C.S. makers mark, with plated scabbard, blade 82cm, wire bound black plastic grip Condition: Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 394
19th Century German Cavalry officers sabre, the brass hilt with lion head pommel, brass knuckle bow and back-strap, the front langet bearing crossed swords, curved decorated blade, with plated scabbard, blade 78cm, wire bound black plastic grip Condition: Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
Lot 401
Two Indian swords Tulwar, the first of all steel construction, grip of characteristic form with disc pommel, knuckle bow short quillons and long langets, curved single edged blade 74, the second of similar form but no knuckle bow, 71cm blade Condition: Please see extra images and TELEPHONE department if you require further information
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