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Lot 5182
Approximately 100 assorted Punk, New Wave, Ska, indie and other 7" singles including Electronic, Orange Juice, New Order, Echo And The Bunnymen, The Members, Malcolm McClaren, Madness, Stary Cats, The Real People, The rAinmakers, Rezillos, The Police, Squeeze, Martha And The Muffins, P.I.L, Iggy Pop, Ian Dury, The Clash, Beautiful Losers, The Blue Aeroplanes, Bad Manners, Billy Idol, Blondie, Bow Wow Wow, Adam And The Ants, The Art Of Noise, The Vapors, Patti Smaith, The Style Council, Skids, The Belle Stars, The Specials, The Stranglers, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Sex Pistols etc (generally VG/VG+)
Lot 491
Regency mahogany and brass inlaid sideboard, possibly Scottish, of inverted breakfront form, the superstructure with tambour fronted compartments, with two frieze drawers over recessed arched apron drawer, flanked by an enclosed cupboard and cellarette drawers, having applied brass lion mask and ring handles on ring turned tapered supports, 221cm wide x 73cm deep x 121cm high.Condition report: Ring marks, stains and scratches to top of superstructure and two splits to top of left bow. Top with numerous old scratches and stains, also nibbles and losses to veneer along edges. Right side panel with split. Some fading to left-hand drawers. Some losses to veneer on middle section, also losses to cockbeading of drawers. Bottom right bow drawer with split. Legs with numerous, scuffs, marks and scratches.
Lot 244
* Embroideries. A set of 12 crewelwork square panels, early-mid 20th century, 12 embroideries, hand-worked in polychrome wools on a cream linen ground, each depicting a large floral posy, edges selve or machine-stitched, 2 with another embroidery transfer of flowers on verso, occasional very light marks, but overall in excellent unused condition, overall size of each approximately 56 x 64cmQty: (12)NOTESA set of carefully-worked embroideries, perhaps intended to be joined together for use as a bedcover or wall hanging. The panels depict: chrysanthemums tied with a ribbon; anemones; herbaceous flowers; tulips and mimosa; spring flowers; dog roses and forget-me-nots; tulips, daffodils and narcissi; poppies and cornflowers; roses and carnations; roses and poppies; poppies and wheat; roses, carnations and fuchsia tied with a bow.
Lot 297
* Clothing. A collection of Victorian mourning capes and coats, 8 women's black mourning garments, comprising 5 capes: 2 with jet beading, 1 with appliquéd decoration and ostrich feather trim, 1 of figured satin with cutwork shoulder flaps, and the other of lace over green satin lining, and 3 coats: a knee-length coat with appliquéd decoration to shoulders and sleeves, with woven label 'Costello, Ladies' Tailor' [Hull], a velvet bolero with cutwork collar, ownership woven hanging loop label at nape 'Mrs Melbourne, 71 Boar Lane, Leeds', and a jacket with lace and cutwork insertions, various sizes and all with varying degrees of wear, together with: 2 beaded flapper dresses, 1920s, 1 oyster pink, the other black with tasselled skirt, both in need of repair; a cream satin handmade wedding dress, circa 1940s, neckline embellished with pearls and bugle beads, v-waist and gathered skirt with short train, long sleeves with pointed cuff fastened with 8 small mother of pearl buttons, metal zip closure to rear (broken), some faint spotting and light soiling, a few tiny holes in train, bust 74cm (29ins), waist 60cm (23.5ins), sleeves 60cm (23.5ins), length at front 139cm (55ins) and at back 172cm (68ins), with accompanying long-tailed satin bow, full-length underslip, and net tiara edged with pearls and bugle beads; and a small child's green hand-smocked frock with puffed sleeves and peter pan collarQty: (12)
Lot 301
* Philippe et Gaston. A rare couture evening coat, Paris, 1930s, black silk velvet knee-length unstructured coat, with three-quarter length balloon sleeves, tightly gathered at shoulder, collar forming neck tie (stitching attaching it to coat strained, and adjacent lining with 2" stitching lost), lined with satin quilted with an interlocking double diamond pattern, with woven Philippe et Gaston label at neck numbered '22672', sleeves 50cm (19.5ins), length 104cm (41ins), together with a full-length black velvet evening gown, with long narrow sleeves, v-neck with large cream frilled lace collar, with trefoils and bee motifs, matching wide lace flounced cuffs, wide black satin ribbon trim to waist with large bow at front, metal zip fastener to reverse, black satin lining (with some faint white discolouration to underarms), bust 84cm (33ins), waist 70cm (27.5ins), sleeves 61cm (24ins), length 143.5cm (56.5ins)Qty: (2)NOTESProvenance: From a large private estate. Prestigious Parisian couture house Philippe et Gaston was established in 1922, and by the mid 1920s it ranked alongside such notable French fashion houses as Chanel. Its heyday was the 1930s, and by 1946 the firm was in need of new inspiration. That year, wealthy French entrepreneur, Marcel Boussac, invited Christian Dior to become head designer for Philippe et Gaston, but Dior declined, preferring to launch his own label.
Lot 456
Rolex, an open faced watch, the signed white enamel dial with black Arabic numerals, sunken subsidiary seconds dial, blued steel hands, the screw back case with Government arrow mark over B over 11671, the edge of the case also numbered 11671, the winding crown seemingly with no facility to accommodate a bow, therefore to be mounted somewhere?
Lot 1908
A VICTORIAN HALF PEARL BROOCH mounted in yellow gold with blue enamel decoration, 3.8cm long, a seed pearl and gold bow brooch, 3.8cm long, a two colour gold brooch mounted with coral and a small pearl, 5.5cm long and a gold brooch mounted with a circular-cut diamond and two untested pearls, 5.5cm long
Lot 322
A LEAD AND COMPOSITION GARDEN FIGURE OF A CUPID EARLY 20TH CENTURYStanding on a small sphere with a hexagonal stepped composition plinth97cm highCondition Report: Various marks, knocks, scratches and abrasions commensurate with age and use. The figure and base with weathering overall consistent with outdoor use. Some knocks and minor misshapen elements to the lead (including the bow). Old repairs made to both arms, the trailing leg, and where the bow meets the hand. One edge of the stone composition base with a large chip of loss. Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 17
A collection of professional theatrical costumes to include from The National Theatre, comprising a 19th century style ladies cream silk, satin and brocade top outer section of a ladies costume (skirt deficient) and an early 20th century style ladies lilac and grey evening dress A/F, with large bow to the rear, together with an Antoinette Gregory theatrical ladies costume in the Medieval style having a cream skirt and a brocade bodice with metallic thread detail. There are sections of these costumes that are late 19th/early 20th century with later adaptions for theatrical use over the 20th centuryProvenance: From the Estate of the theatrical Thorndike family, daughter of Sybil, from her collection of period theatrical costumesCondition: The grey and lilac dress requires considerable attention especially around the neckline-see additional photosLocation: Rail
Lot 314
Family Group: Pair: Private N. Gosling, Bedfordshire Regiment British War and Victory Medals (21567 Pte. N. Gosling. Bedf. R.) in named card box of issue, extremely fine Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, on lady’s bow riband, in card box of issue, with Buckingham Palace Bestowal Document named to ‘Miss Charlotte Gosling’, extremely fine (3) £60-£80
Lot 526
Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., V.R., narrow suspension, impressed naming (Saml. Bow, A.B. H.M.S. Undaunted.) good very fine £100-£140 --- Samuel Bow was born in Tamerton Foliot, Devon, on 20 February 1861 and joined the Royal Navy as a Boy Second Class on 27 July 1876. Awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in August 1890, he was shire pensioned in February 1889. His service record notes he was ‘medically unfit’ for service in 1914.
Lot 620
The Serbian Order of St. Sava and Queen Natalia Medal bestowed upon Louisa Hay, Mrs. Alexander Kerr Serbia, Kingdom, Order of St Sava, 1st type, Commander’s neck badge, 80mm including crown suspension x 50mm, silver-gilt and enamel, Bishop with red robes, Royal cipher to reverse, unmarked, with neck riband, in by Rothe, Vienna, fitted case of issue; Queen Natalia Medal, First Class shoulder badge, 53mm x 33mm, silver-gilt, Cyrillic cipher at centre, unmarked, on lady’s bow riband, in fitted case of issue, about extremely fine (2) £700-£900 --- Louisa Hay, Mrs. ALexander Kerr (1806-1900) was an English composer and translator, who translated the History of Serbia and the Serbian Revolution into English in 1853, and was awarded the Serbian Order of St. Sava in 1886. Sold together with a commemorative medal for the 500th Anniversary of the Battle of Kosovo, 1389-1889, 41mm, bronze, with small ring suspension; a presentation Medallion from the Academy of Industry, Agriculture, Manufacturing, and Commerce, 50mm, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Madame Kerr (Louisa) 1847’, unmounted; a bound presentation copy of The Coronal, a Collection of Songs compiled and set to music by Mrs. Alexander Kerr, and dedicated to H.R.H. The Princess Augusta, 41pp, leather bound, foxing and water damaged; Certificate appointing Mrs. Alexander Kerr a Life Member of the Archaeological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, dated 10 March 1858; a letter to the recipient from the Secretary to H.M. the King of Prussia, dated 27 June 1850; a fine colour portrait of the recipient, mounted in a contemporary gilt frame, and then all re-housed in a modern glazed display frame; and various other portraits and likenesses, and other ephemera.
Lot 132
A Second War O.B.E. group of four awarded to Acting Squadron Officer Diana M. Barton, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, who commanded the first barrage balloon to be entirely manned by airwomen The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, lady’s shoulder badge, silver-gilt, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue and outer card transmission box; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Air Efficiency Award, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Act. Sqn. Off. D. M. Barton. W.A.A.F.); together with the related miniature awards, extremely fine (4) £240-£280 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1945. Miss Diana Mary Barton was born in Reading, Berkshire, on 24 January 1912, and, prior to the outbreak of the Second Word War, joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service. Transferring to the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force following the outbreak of War, she was commissioned Assistant Section Officer on 3 December 1940, and underwent training as a Balloon Barrage Instructor. She was the first woman to command an all-women Barrage Balloon Unit during the War, based in Grosvenor Square, London- her neighbours at the time included both the American and Japanese Embassies, and recalls how the atmosphere in the Square was pretty tense at the time of Pearl Harbour. She also received various distinguished visitors to her unit, including General Eisenhower. Advanced Squadron Officer, for her pioneering work with the Balloon Unit she was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1945 New Year’s Honours’ List, and was awarded the Air Efficiency Award in September 1947. Sold with copies of the Statutes of the Order of the British Empire and a copies of the Order of Service for the Services of Dedication, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 1960 and 1963, with accompanying tickets; copied research, including a photographic image of the recipient and an account written by her entitled ‘The Lighter Side of my War Effort 1938-47’; and other ephemera.
Lot 138
A particularly fine post-War M.B.E., Second War ‘1941’ A.R.R.C., and rare Red Cross Florence Nightingale Medal group of nine awarded to Lieutenant H. J. Cholmeley, Territorial Army Nursing Service, who served as part of the B.E.F. in France 1940, and was evacuated via Calais having had an eventful escape in an ambulance, 25 May 1940. She went on to serve with distinction in the hostile environments of Malaya and Kenya, before being recognised for her work with children in equally volatile Cyprus during the troubles there The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, M.B.E. (Civil) Member’s 2nd type breast badge, silver, on lady’s bow riband, in Royal Mint case of issue; Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), G.VI.R. 1st issue, silver and enamel, reverse dated ‘1941’, on lady’s bow riband; 1939-45 Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Malaya, G.VI.R. (Miss. H. J. Cholmeley.) surname partially officially corrected; Africa General Service 1902-56, 1 clasp, Kenya (H. J. Cholmeley); Voluntary Medical Service Medal, with Additional ‘Geneva Cross’ Award Bar (Miss Helen J. Cholmeley, M.B.E. ARRC. SRN. RSCN.) with the Florence Nightingale Medal, gilt and enamel, reverse engraved ‘Miss Helen Joyce Cholmeley MBE., ARRC., SRN., RSCN. 12 May 1973’, with miniature in case of issue, a number of Red Cross badges, a Territorial Army Nursing Service Badge, a Nurse’s League of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital lapel badge, and riband bar, medals mounted or wear, generally very fine or better (9) £1,200-£1,600 --- M.B.E. London Gazette 13 June 1964: Matron of the Home for Sick Children, Kyrenia, Cyprus. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 1 July 1941. Presented with the Florence Nightingale Medal by the International Committee of the Red Cross in 1973, the recommendation for which states: ‘Miss Cholmeley who is a State Registered Nurse and a Registered Sick Children’s Nurse, took her General Training at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, on completion of which she was appointed Charge Nurse, Theatre, at the hospital. She later became Theatre Sister at Willesden General Hospital and after that Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. In 1939 Miss Cholomeley was mobilised in the Territorial Army Nursing Service and served in France, Mauritius and East Africa until 1945 when she was demobilised with the rank of Sister equivalent to that of a Ward Sister in a General Hospital. On demobilisation she was appointed Associate Royal Red Cross. She then served as Sister with the UNRRA Plastic Surgery Team in Belgrade, Yugoslavia, for 11 months in 1946. From 1947 to 1949 she was Theatre Sister at The London Clinic. After temporary duty as Relief Sister at Freeland House Auxiliary Hospital near Oxford, Miss Cholmeley was selected for service in Transjordan from June 1949 where she served as Theatre Sister and Acting Matron until June 1950 when it became the policy to employ local Palestinians and Jordanians and other contracts were terminated. Whilst awaiting another Overseas posting with the B.R.C.S., Miss Cholmeley worked at the Birmingham and Midland Hospital for Women and also at the King Edward VII Hospital for Officers, London. In April 1952 Miss Cholmeley served as a Field Officer with the B.R.C.S. Team during the emergency in Malaya, returning home in May 1954. She was posted to Kenya during the Mau Mau emergency in August 1954, returning to the UK in October 1956. From December 1956 until April 1957 Miss Cholmeley was posted to the Red Cross Hostel for British Nationals from Egypt following the crisis in Suez. In May 1957 Miss Cholmeley went out to Cyprus as Matron of the Red Cross Home for Sick Children then situated in Saittas. She was largely responsible for organising the move to a new Home in Kyrenia where she remained as Matron until April 1967. From April 1967 until May 1970 Miss Cholmeley was Matron of Queen Alexandra House, Folkestone - a home for elderly retired nurses. As will be seen from her record of service, Miss Cholmeley has served with distinction in many different countries, often in extremely dangerous and difficult circumstances. Her work in Malaya and in Kenya in particular took her to remote areas where she relied only on the reputation of the Red Cross for protection against subversive elements. In Malaya she was responsible for running Clinics in the resettlement villages where she treated thousands of people and, by gaining their respect and confidence, contributed greatly to raising their morale as well as looking after their physical needs. Similarly in Kenya where her work lay mainly among Kikuyu women and children, she helped to build confidence and prepare the way for a return to normal conditions. In Cyprus it is no exaggeration to say that by her outstanding leadership and example Miss Cholmeley was responsible for the Red Cross Children’s Home at Kyrenia becoming known as the happiest place on the island during all the troubles there. It was also a unique institution in that the staff of Greek, Turkish and Armenian Cypriots worked well together in caring for the children who were also drawn from all communities, which was a situation not possible at the time anywhere else in the island. miss Cholmeley and her staff won the admiration of all the various United Nations Forces stationed in Cyprus, as a result of which the Home received invaluable financial support and other services given free by the Forces such as the planning and equipping of the swimming pool and gymnasium for the poliomyelitis and other patients.’ Helen Joyce Cholmeley was born in Hull, Yorkshire in June 1909, and trained as a nurse at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London, 1929-33. She enlisted as a Staff Nurse with the Territorial Army Nursing Service in April 1939, and served as a Sister during the Second War stationed at the 17th British General Hospital, Camiers, France, from 9 January 1940. Cholmeley’s personal account of her evacuation from France is held by the National Archives (WO222/2143), in which she states: ‘However that night orders came to move again but in spite of several false alarms we did not go until morning May 23rd. We left the unit and with our Padre and Driver started by ambulance for Dunkirk. Because of a recent air raid we could not get to the docks and were then sent on to Calais, but at Gravelines the bridge had been blocked so we spent some time at a camp until they decided which way we were to go. We were taken round by a smaller bridge and here the roads were very blocked by refugees. There was no boat that day so we went to the H.Q. of the Area Commandant at Calais. The next day we went aboard the City of Christchurch which had come bringing tanks the day before - and the day after reached Southampton on May 25th.’ Cholmeley’s ARRC was invested by the King at Buckingham Palace, 10 February 1942. She was commissioned Lieutenant in February 1951 (with seniority 4 April 1939), and the British Red Cross Society Report for 1954 gives additional details of her service in Kenya: ‘Two teams flew to Kenya in April to work in the forest villages among the resettled women and children of the Kikuyu tribe. Miss Margaret Robinson, S.R.N., and Miss Joan Priest, Welfare Officer, work together at Nyeri. Miss Evelyn Bennett worked principally among the children in a police camp and, later, in Nairobi. Another welfare, Miss Henley Colgate, is at Fort Hall. These teams were reinforced in September by Miss Helen Cholmeley, S.R.N.... Reports indicate that all the teams are doing outstanding work under difficult circumstances. Even in so short a time they have succeeded in gaining the confidence of many of the villagers and being of real service ...
Lot 1438
THOMAS FRYE (1710-1762) PORTRAIT OF GEORGE HODGSON; and OF HIS WIFE, ELIZABETH (nee STAPLES) WITH THEIR DAUGHTER, ELIZABETH He standing long half length, wearing a russet coat and brocaded green waistcoat; she seated long half length, wearing a satin dress with rosettes, a blue ribboned bodice and lace sleeves, the child at her right knee, the former signed T. Frye Pinxt/ 1758, oil on canvas, period carved giltwood frames Each 125 x 100cm. (2) * George Hodgson founded a family brewery at Bromley-by-Bow in 1752 and its rapid growth was to dominate the market in the lucrative export of beer to thirsty Britons working in the sweltering heat of India. The East India Company's London offices were but a few miles from the brewery and benefitted from Hodgson's amenable allowance of 18-month credit terms. This enabled the vessels to return to London with valuable treasures from Asia before having to settle Hodgson's invoice. The initial orders of porter (strong dark beer) did not travel well and so Hodgson tried a lighter brew, known as `barleywine` or `October beer` as it was brewed later in the season. 'Hodgson's India Ale', once thought incorrectly to be the very first IPA (`India Pale Ale`) became a familiar and popular brand, although a rival brewer was said to have disliked its 'thick and muddy appearance' and its 'rank bitter flavour`. Provenance: By descent in the family of the sitters
Lot 104
A pair of 20th Century Chinese polychrome decorated porcelain plaques depicting two figures on horseback with tree in foreground, signed and bearing seal marks top right, together with another by the same hand depicting figure with bow and arrow and another with sword and spear, tents in the distance, similarly signed and with seal marks top left, approx 32 cm x 23 cm
Lot 710
An Edwardian mahogany bow fronted sideboard, the plain top with cross-banded edging over two central drawers flanked by a cupboard door and cellerette drawer, raised on square tapered legs to spade feet, 136.5 cm wide x 62.5 cm deep x 92 cm high, together with a circa 1900 mahogany bow fronted sideboard by W Williamson & Sons of Guildford, the three quarter galleried top over a central drawer and kneehole, flanked by two graduated drawers, all with brass swan neck handles, raised on turned, ringed and reeded tapering legs to brass caps and castors, 107 cm wide x 55 cm deep x 82 cm high, stamped to centre drawer "From W. Williamson & Sons Guildford", together with a collection of nine various 19th Century dining chairs including a pair of Continental fruitwood and inlaid fan marquetry decorated chairs, Hepplewhite style carver chair, Hepplewhite style dining chair with pierced vase shaped back splat, oak panel seated chair, ebonised cane seated bedroom chair, Victorian bar back dining chair, etc
Lot 843
A 19th Century mahogany bow fronted chest of three long drawers with brass swan neck handles raised on bracket feet 92 cm wide x 51 cm deep x 90 cm highCondition ReportHas two large splits to the top and some heavy denting. Splits to the side panels. Replacement locks and handles. Splits to the veneer on the front. Splits to the drawer liners. Drawers don't sit quite flush. General wear and tear conducive to age and use. See images for more details.
Lot 147
AN 18 CT GOLD KEY WIND OPEN FACE POCKET WATCH THE DIAL WHITE ENAMEL WITH BLACK ROMAN NUMERALSThe case carries British 18 ct hallmarks. Approx. weight is 50 g total, diameter approx. 38 mm. The watch is fully wound and does not run. There are small dents near to top bow. General wear and marks from use. No engraved inscriptions.
Lot 423
Hindenburg survivor Josef Leibrecht signed 1976 FDC comm the Hindenburg Flights of 1936. Of the 12 crewmen in the bow of the airship, only three survived. Four of these 12 men were standing on the mooring shelf, a platform up at the very tip of the bow from which the forwardmost landing ropes and the steel mooring cable were released to the ground crew, and which was directly at the forward end of the axial walkway and just ahead of gas cell #16. The rest were standing either along the lower keel walkway ahead of the control car, or else on platforms beside the stairway leading up the curve of the bow to the mooring shelf. During the fire, the bow hung in the air at roughly a 45-degree angle and flames shot forward through the axial walkway, bursting through the bow (and the bow gas cells) like a blowtorch. The three men from the forward section who survived (elevatorman Kurt Bauer, cook Alfred Grozinger, and electrician Josef Leibrecht) were those furthest aft of the bow, and two of them (Bauer and Grozinger) happened to be standing near two large triangular air vents, through which cool air was being drawn by the fire. Neither of these men sustained more than superficial burns. Most of the men standing along the bow stairway either fell aft into the fire, or tried to leap from the ship when it was still too high in the air. Three of the four men standing on the mooring shelf inside the very tip of the bow were actually taken from the wreck alive, though one (Erich Spehl, a rigger) died shortly afterwards in the Air Station's infirmary, and the other two (helmsman Alfred Bernhard and apprentice elevatorman Ludwig Felber) were reported by newspapers to have initially survived the fire, and then to subsequently have died at area hospitals during the night or early the following morning. Good Condition. All autographs are genuine hand signed and come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £4.99, EU from £6.99, Rest of World from £8.99
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