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Lot 154
A late Victorian green silk two-piece day dress,forest green and pale green stripe woven with a black geometric design, black bobbin lace and fabric collar with black button-up front and black lace trim, full-length sleeve terminating with lace bow and button detail together with matching full skirt,a late Victorian blue silk two-piece day dress,printed with a blue floral pattern, 'V' shaped neckline decorated with bobbin lace, button-up and boned bodice with matching bustle skirt (2)
Lot 156
A mid-Victorian black silk bombazine two-piece dress,c.1860, with black grosgrain over collar, bow detail to neckline, boned bodice, puffed full length sleeves and matching crinoline full shaped skirt decorated with cord and bow detail, both with Footman Pretty & Nicolson of Ipswich label,mid-Victorian cream grosgrain two-piece evening gown,including a corset bodice with silk pleated frill to neckline and velvet cream and pink bow to hemline, anda matching crinoline shaped skirt,c.1860, with velvet bow detail (3)
Lot 1051
Romania, Queen Marie’s Cross (4), Second Class (3), one on war ribbon, another on bow, Third Class; Societate Principesa Maria badges (2), one with name of society on vertical limb, large ornate gilt cross, height 115mm, with Queen Marie’s birth date on base and an unofficial silver nursing medal, very fine or better (8)
Lot 1098
Romania, Republic, Order of the Star, Military Division, Commander’s neck badge with swords above cross for Peacetime Merit, in gilt and enamels; Officer’s breast badge with swords in angels for War Merit, in bronze-gilt and enamels, on ladies bow; Officers breast badge with swords above cross for Peacetime Merit in gilt and enamels, obverse shield lacking and reverse centre detached; Knight’s breast with swords in angles for War Merit, this on ladies bow and lacking obverse central shield; other insignia (4), similar but with motto, genere et corde fratres (the motto of the Order of the Union), four pointed breast stars (2), in silver, with gilt and enamelled centre, one with slack centre; Knight’s breast badge, with swords above cross for Peacetime Merit, similar but with motto silvered metal and enamels, defects excepting good very fine or better (6)
Lot 1193
Miscellaneous (6), Ethiopia, Order of Menelik II, Knight’s breast badge, in silver-gilt and enamels; Japan, Order of the Rising Sun, Copy breast badge, in gilt and enamels; Latvia, Order of the Three Stars, Knight’s breast badge, in silver, gilt and enamels; Monaco, Order of Grimaldi, Knight’s breast badge, in silver and white enamels; Netherlands, Coronation Medal 1948, on lady’s bow; Thailand, Order of the Crown, type 2, Third Class neck badge, in silver-gilt and enamel, good very fine or better (6)
Lot 501
Portugal, Order of Christ, jewelled neck badge, mid-19th century, in silver and silver-gilt, jewelled plain cross centre, with pastes set into a larger red crystal cross, upper bow suspension set with pastes of varied sizes, width 44mm, tiny chip and occasional small internal faults to crystal, nick to silver at foot of cross, otherwise very fine
Lot 505
Portugal, Order of Christ, jewelled breast badge, mid-late 18th century, in silver, gold and enamels, pastes surrounding glazed enamel centre and gold inner border, gold suspension loop with bow suspension set with pastes above, and reverse brooch pin for wear, width 24mm, small flaws to enamel beneath glazed lunette, very fine
Lot 548
Portugal, Order of St James of the Sword, jewelled badge, mid-19th century, in silver, central cross in red-crystal with outer border and bow suspension set with pastes, width 28mm, reverse brooch pin for wear, brooch pin slightly bent and some wear to reverse silver, one paste loose, otherwise good very fine
Lot 737
Bulgaria, Bronze Merit Medal with Crown (2), both Regency period (1943-46), one on bravery ribbon, this cased; Commemorative medals (5), Serbo-Bulgarian War 1885, type 2 in silver; Yambol-Bourgas Railway 1890 (2), in silver and bronze; 80th Birthday of Princess Clementina, mother of Prince Ferdinand, 1899, in bronze; Cross for the Proclamation of the Kingdom 1908, last on lady’s bow, third fine, others good very fine or better; together with Wound Badge for 1 wound, backing plate corroded, very fine (7)
Lot 834
France, Miscellaneous Medals (8), comprising: Vanquishers of the Bastille 1789, bronze medal issued for the centenary in 1889, with original bow ribbon, extremely fine; bronze commemorative for the Polish Rebellion, 1831, by Barre; Societé Française des Secours aux Blessés 1864-66, in silvered bronze, engraved (Mr Bory); Association of Philanthropic Friends of Saphis Veterans 1899, with enamelled clasp 26/6 Le Burnous 1899; Union des Chasseurs à Pied Veterans’ Medal 1904, engraved (À Mr Roux); Arras Medal 1914-18, by Bouvier, in silvered bronze; Veterans of Chemins des Dames 1914-18 and 1939-40, this with clasp Aisne 1939-40; and a satirical ‘Croix du Lièvre’, 1940, many very fine or better (8)
Lot 901
Miscellaneous Great War Medals (13), British War and Victory Medal pair (1105 A. Cpl. H. T. Northcott. R.A.M.C.), 1914-15 Stars (3- 133096 Pnr. G. Evans. R.E. / 100346 Dvr. W.E. Harris. R.F.A. / erased), British War Medals (3- 2-Lieut. D.A. Bell / 1105 A. Cpl. H.T. Northcott R.A.M.C. / 206926 Cpl. S.L. Smallwood R.A.F.); Victory Medals (4- 48506 Pte. A. Hill, 1-7-R. Warwick R. / Lieut. H.D.A. Hunter / 1552 Dvr. Mohd. Shafi / 110801 Gnr. F.P. Simpson. R.A.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Foster), fine and better; with Silver Jubilee 1935 and Coronation 1937 pair to John Chaston, with forwarding letters for both medals, Coronation 1953, in case of issue, with lady’s bow and forwarding letter to Jane May Roach; Civil Defence Long Service, pre 1968 type, with fire watching exemption certificate to Miss E.B.M. Clifford, Warden, Swindon Area Civil Defence Service; Bomber Command and National Service commemoratives, both in cases of issue; Birmingham 1902 Coronation medal, in case of issue; L.C.C. King’s medal for school attendance, with related ribbon and bars, and Masonic Million Fund medal, cased, mostly extremely fine (lot)
Lot 940
A Scarce ‘Operation Kronstadt’ D.S.M. Trio awarded to Chief Motor Mechanic William Eric Whyte, Royal Navy, who took part in the second raid upon Kronstadt Harbour on the 18th of August, 1919 [for which two VCs were awarded]; he was subsequently taken prisoner when his motor torpedo boat CMB.24, under the command of Commander L.E.S. Napier, was sunk after receiving critical shell damage during the attack on her target the Russian destroyer Gavriil, comprising: Distinguished Service Medal, GVR (M.B. 3006. W.E. Whyte, Ch. M. M. R.N.V.R. “C.M.B.24” Cronstadt Harbour 18. Aug. 1919.); British War and Victory Medals (M.B. 3006 W.E. Whyte. M.M. R.N.V.R.), toned, about extremely fine (3) NOTE: D.S.M.: London Gazette, 04 May 1920 [which includes three of the last 5 D.S.M.s awarded during the Great War, all three being to R.N.V.R. recipients who took part in Motor-Torpedo Boats during the attack on Kronstadt Harbour, and presumably given at this late date upon their return from being held as P.O.W.). William Eric Whyte was born on the 1st of January, 1897 at Portsmouth Hants, and he joined the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve as a Motor Mechanic on the 20th of June 1918. On the 30th of August 1918 he began working in CMB motor boats, and soon found himself in action. In 1919 a secret base was established at Terrioki in Finland from which 8 coastal motor boats (C.M.B.) were used to land and collect British secret agents operating in Bolshevik Russia. However, on the 17th June 1919, a more aggressive course of action was decided upon, where a C.M.B. under the command of Lieutenant Augustus Agar (later V.C.) mounted a torpedo attack on the Bolshevik cruiser Oleg in Kronstadt harbour. The cruiser was sunk and furthermore, Agar brought his vessel C.M.B. 4 safely back to base. After this initial success, a second, larger attack on Kronstadt was made on the 18th of August. Agar chose to take C.M.B. 7 into Kronstadt once more, acting as guide to a flotilla of seven other larger 55’ C.M.B.s. The attack itself was led by Commander Claude Dobson, who split the flotilla into two groups. Group 1 included C.M.B. 79A (Bremner), C.M.B. 31BD (Dobson) and C.M.B. 88BD (“Mossy” Dayrell-Reed), and Group 2 included C.M.B. 62BD (Brade), C.M.B. 86 (Howard) and C.M.B. 72 (Bodley) in group 2. C.M.B. 24A (Napier) was to operate independently, but had the specific task of neutralising the Russian destroyer Gavriil, which was acting as guard beyond the harbour entrance. As recorded in ‘Operation Kronstadt’ by Harry Ferguson, C.M.B.-24 was sunk during its headlong attack upon the Gavriil, where despite firing its torpedoes, which either malfunctioned or missed their target, it received heavy shellfire very close to its hull, to the extent that the vessel split along its bow and threw Napier and much of the crew into the water. The crew, as follows, were all taken prisoner: Lt Laurence E S Napier RN, Lt Osman C H Giddy RN (wounded by shell slinters to the back), Chief Motor Mechanic William Eric White, LS Herbert J Bowles, AB Charles A Harvey (wounded, right arm). The remaining C.M.B.s attacked with some success, with one torpedo striking home against the Gavriil, and one hitting the dockside. For their roles in leading and pressing home their attacks upon the Russian battleships Andrei Pervozsvanny and Petropavlovsk with their torpedoes, Commander Dobson and Lieutenant Steele were later awarded the Victoria Cross. Sold with copied service papers, which note: ‘taken Prisoner of War by Bolsheviks during attack on 18 Aug 1919 on Kronstadt’ and ‘released March 1920 repatriated…to R.N. Barracks, Portsmouth on 3rd April 1920.’
Lot 632
19th century and other lace comprising; a cream needle-run lace long shawl, a similar floral and bow motif shawl, a cream silk lace triangular shawl, a fine black net shawl embroidered with gold and silver metalised thread in floral sprays and garlands and a black floral and foliate needle-run triangular shawl with frill to edge (5)
Lot 404
JOYCE, JAMES.Ulysses, FIRST ENGLISH EDITION PRINTED IN ENGLAND, John Lane, The Bodley Head London 1937, in green cloth with gilt lettering and gold bow on front cover, in fine unclipped original d/w; together with Mozley, Charles., Concerning Ulysses and the Bodley Head, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the first publication of Ulysses by the Bodley Head, LIMITED EDITION, 69/165, The Stellar Press December 1961, Charles Mozley’s auto lithograph printed in wrappers. (2)
Lot 164
*Italy, Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia, Apollo and Python, bronze plaquette (early 16th century), naked Apollo holding bow and standing facing, his left arm resting on a tree stump from which hangs his quiver; at his feet the dead serpent/dragon Python; in the background, a landscape with trees and a ruined tower, 66.4mm (Molinier 119; Bange 642; Kress 187 and fig. 236; Warren, Ashmolean Museum Plaquetttes, 333), small piercing at top, an extremely fine contemporary cast with brown patina (the reverse with collectors’ numbers and an old ticket now unattached) Ex Dr G. Brockmann collection, Peus 411, 31 October 2013, lot 1218. The association of this plaquette with Fra Antonio da Brescia depends on the reverse of a signed medal of a certain Niccolò Vonico of Treviso with a similar reverse design to the present plaquette (as Hill 476). But commentators suggest that the plaquette is the more successful version of the two designs and that the signed medal actually copies the plaquette – hence the name given to the plaquette maker of this and some other associated pieces as Pseudo-Fra Antonio da Brescia. Douglas Lewis (in “Collectors of Renaissance Reliefs: Erasmus of Rotterdam (1466-1536) and Baron Boissel de Monville (1763-1832)”, St.HistArt 70, 2008, p. 130) has renamed him the “Vicentine Master of 1507” due to his close relationship with two artists of Vicenza, the painter Bartolomeo Montagna and the printmaker Benedetto Montagna. He calls the subject matter of the present plaquette Virtue Triumphant over Vice (publication pending).
Lot 183
*Italy, Apollo with the Three Graces, uniface lead medal by Pompeo Leoni (the reverse of a medal of Don Carlos, son of Philip II of Spain, died 1568), Apollo standing left, naked but for cloak billowing around head, holding bow and arrows in left hand and a group of the Three Graces on his extended right hand; trees and lyre at his feet, 67mm (cf. Attwood 118), a very fine early cast
Lot 8
A collection of silver, to include, a silver calling card case Chester 1904, with fitted interior 9.5cm wide, a silver cigarette case Birmingham 1922, an Art Deco powder compact, a Chester silver nail buffer, a coin inset hexagonal dish Birmingham 1975 and a circular silver dish with bow detail stamped '925', 7.5cm diameter (6)
Lot 1152
A Bow figure of Ceres representing Earth and the four elements, with blue and puce mantel and yellow gown, holding a cornucopia and proffering fruit, a recumbent lion at her feet, on scrolling gilt base with pierced apron, circa 1765, h.28cm Condition Report / Extra Information Numerous chips to flower heads. Light handling wear. Unrestored. Good and original.
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