A Belgian bronze medallion cast to one side with a coat of arms and "Lunion Fait La Force" the other side "De Ministre Van Volksgezondheid en van het gezin and Le Ministre de la sante publique et de la famille", boxed CONDITION REPORT: Provenance - Ernest James Henry (Billy) Holt, CMG, CBE (1883 - 1972) who for more than 50 years was closely associated with athletics. He started as a sprinter with South London Harriers and turned to the administration side of the sport when he retired, He became an honorary official in 1907 when he was appointed assistant secretary of South London Harriers. In 1932 he became treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Association and progressed to become honorary secretary of the Amateur Athletic Board and honorary secretary treasurer of the International Amateur Athletic Federation. He was Director of Organization for the 1948 Olympic Games in London and was later invited to be adviser and technical director for the organisation of the 1956 games in Melbourne. He also held other roles in the Los Angeles 1932, Berlin 1936 and Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games. In recognition of his services to the sport he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1947, C.B.E in 1953 and C.M.G. in 1957Freemasonry - He was initiated in Black Horse of Lombard Street Lodge, No. 4155, in 1922, Master of Athlon Lodge in 1938 and had coached the long-distance athlete, Gordon Pirie.
We found 350105 price guide item(s) matching your search
There are 350105 lots that match your search criteria. Subscribe now to get instant access to the full price guide service.
Click here to subscribe- List
- Grid
-
350105 item(s)/page
A bronze medallion depicting a Herculean figure fighting wolves, initialled EV 1907, impressed LUDVIC, 64mm x 42mm CONDITION REPORT: Provenance - Ernest James Henry (Billy) Holt, CMG, CBE (1883 - 1972) who for more than 50 years was closely associated with athletics. He started as a sprinter with South London Harriers and turned to the administration side of the sport when he retired, He became an honorary official in 1907 when he was appointed assistant secretary of South London Harriers. In 1932 he became treasurer of the Amateur Athletic Association and progressed to become honorary secretary of the Amateur Athletic Board and honorary secretary treasurer of the International Amateur Athletic Federation. He was Director of Organization for the 1948 Olympic Games in London and was later invited to be adviser and technical director for the organisation of the 1956 games in Melbourne. He also held other roles in the Los Angeles 1932, Berlin 1936 and Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games. In recognition of his services to the sport he was awarded the O.B.E. in 1947, C.B.E in 1953 and C.M.G. in 1957Freemasonry - He was initiated in Black Horse of Lombard Street Lodge, No. 4155, in 1922, Master of Athlon Lodge in 1938 and had coached the long-distance athlete, Gordon Pirie.
A PAIR OF ORMOLU-MOUNTED 'SEVRES' STYLE LARGE VASES AND COVERS, LATE 19TH CENTURY, pedestal urn shaped, the cobalt blue ground reserving ovals painted with portrait busts of Louis XVI or Marie Antoinette above elongated oval reserves of couples courting beside lakes, painted to the reverse with fruits and flowers, all within 'jewelled' gilt borders surrounded by further burnished gilt details, the gilt-bronze angular handles suspending husk swags and ending in Bacchic masks, the in-curved square bases on bracket feet, domed covers lacking finials, interiors with gilt-metal linings and covers, painted pseudo Sevres marks, 60.5cm high
JOHN RATTENBURY SKEAPING (1901-1980): POINTER, 1978, patinated bronze modelled as the dog poised in typical pointing stance on a rounded oblong grassy base, cast by Wally Livingstone, Livingstone Art Moulders, Brenchley, Kent, number fourteen from an edition of twenty, inscribed to terrace 'JOHN SKEAPING / 78 14/20', underside with seal initialled WL, 34cm long excluding wood base Provenance: Private Collection, Berkshire, purchased from Arthur Ackermann & Son Ltd., London, November 1980 (as per copy of receipt). An Artist's Proof of this model, cast by Livingstone, is held by the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge (M.46-1982), one of five Skeaping bronzes donated by Paul Mellon KBE in 1982.
J. BRAULT (FL.1920s/30s): LADY AND HER ALSATIANS, a French variously patinated bronze Art Deco group, circa 1930, her flowing robe with gilt details, her arms reaching towards the flanking recumbent or standing German shepherd dogs, on a stepped and canted plinth of black and veined black and white marbles, inscribed to reverse of her robe 'Brault / BRONZE', 73cm long Provenance: Private Collection, Berkshire; acquired Sotheby's, London, 9 November 2001, lot 111
ËœA PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF LADY LOUISA ATHERLEY, BY MRS ANNE MEE (NEE FOLDSONE, 1765-1851), CIRCA 1795, wearing a white chemise above a pale blue bodice, her curled loose hair topped by white ostrich feathers issuing from a black band, on ivory, in a gilt matted oval mount and engine-turned gilt-bronze glazed frame, the gilt-bronze reverse inscribed, image 7.8cm high The inscription reads: The Lady Atherley / youngest d[aughte]r of William / 5th Marquis [sic] of Lothian Provenance: through the descendent family of Major-General Lord Robert Kerr (the youngest son of the 5th Marquess of Lothian) to the vendor. Lady Louisa Kerr (1768-1819) was married in 1793 to Arthur Atherley (1772-1844) of Southampton and Landguard Manor on the Isle of Wight, thrice a Whig MP for Southampton.
JEAN-BERTRAND ANDRIEU (1761-1822): A BRONZE MEDAL OF NAPOLEON AND THE BAPTISM OF THE KING OF ROME, the emperor in profile to dexter, the reverse with the emperor holding up his son, modelled by Andrieu in 1811, 6.8cm diameter; together with a thuya wood box, Moroccan, modern, the cover set with an earlier bronze medallion of Napoleon in profile to sinister after Romain-Vincent Jeuffroy (1749-1826), box 7.5cm diameter (2)
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDELABRA, ATTRIBUTED TO CLAUDE GALLE, PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, each triform base set with winged recumbent lions supporting tapering triangular sections, the facets applied with reliefs of Cupid as a youth, each tapering cylindrical stem on paw supports below three figures of Vestal virgins, the branches each composed of five acanthus wrapped arms centred by a further light as a pedestal 'flambeau' (one branch with a sixth arm detached, the other lacking the further arm), detachable nozzles, 61cm high Claude Galle (1759-1815), one of the suppliers of 'bronzes d'ameublement' to the Garde-Meuble Imperial, apparently delivered a pair of candelabra with similar bases to the Salon d'Imperatrice at Fontainebleau in 1807 (J.-P. Samoyault, 'Pendules et bronzes d'ameublement entrés sous le Premier Empire', Paris, 1989, p.157, fig.134). For another pair of candelabra of the same model as the present lot, see Christie's, London, 12 December 2002, lot 175.
A PAIR OF FRENCH ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE CANDELABRA, PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, after a design by Percier and Fontaine, each with winged Victory holding up a vase supporting five lights composed of four branches and central stem ending in detachable nozzles, the patinated figures with gilt girdles and raised wings, each with an opposing raised foot, the other foot balancing on a sphere set on a milled column and stepped square base, 81.5cm high For a sketch of about 1805, from the workshop of Percier and Fontaine of furniture and furnishings for the Empress Josephine's boudoir at St. Cloud, see the Metropolitan Museum, New York, No.63.535.1-.128 (P.19), which shows this model of Victory (or Nike) with wings and foot raised, holding aloft the candle lights. The highly popular 'Victory' candelabrum model, which appears with a number of slight variations, is most closely associated with the work of Pierre-Philippe Thomire (1751-1843).
A FRENCH EMPIRE ORMOLU AND PATINATED BRONZE ATHENIENNE, PARIS, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, the dish with central capstan shaped knop and stiff leaf rim, the underside with lobes centred by an inverted cone, the triform support with an arrangement of X stretchers joined by gilt roundels and ending in paw feet, stepped plinth base, 47.5cm high An athénienne (or 'coupe') of very similar design, formerly belonging to Thomas Bruce 7th Earl of Elgin (1766-1841) and probably supplied by the marchand-mercier Martin-Eloi Lignereux, was sold at Sotheby's, London, 12 June 1992. Another pair of similar form, but lacking the central knop and on marble bases, were offered at Koller, Zurich, 26 March 2015, lot 1241, where noted that the design was published in 'Collection de Meubles et Objets de Goût', edited by Pierre de La Mésangère (1761-1831), Paris, 1807. Percier and Fontaine's 'Recueil de Décorations Intérieures', Paris, 1801-1812, apparently includes within plate 4 a similar athénienne design.
A PAIR OF GILT-BRONZE CAMPANA URNS, PROBABLY ITALIAN, 19TH CENTURY, each with a gadrooned everted rim above a continuous frieze in low relief of the scenes from Ovid's Metamorphoses of Hercules rescuing Deianira from the clutches of the centaur Nessus, the Abduction of Europa by Jupiter as the bull, and Juno and the Peacock, set below with a pair of reeded foliate handles and a band of acanthus, the pedestals knopped above flutes and a square base, on square marble plinths, 42.5cm high
STABILIMENTO CESARE JOHNSON, AN ITALIAN GOLD MEDALLION, AND A BRONZE MEDALION ATTACHED TO A CURB LINK BRACELETThe gold coloured medallion with the profile of a gentleman with signature verso, and engraving 'To Yvonne With Love', stamped with Italian 121 MI control mark and 14k, suspended from a polished curb link bracelet with box clasp; together with a bronze medallion of two young boys in gold coloured settingSize/dimensions: first medallion 4cm long, second 5cm long, bracelet 18cm longGross weight: 44.3 gramsProvenance:By family descent and sold by order of a member of the de Rothschild FamilyRenée Louise Marie de Rothschild (1927-2015) was the daughter of Anthony Gustav de Rothschild and Yvonne Lydia Louise de Rothschild (née Cahen d'Anvers). In 1955 Renée married the British equestrian and Olympic show jumping medallist Peter Robeson. Together Peter and Renée became hugely successful racehorse trainers from their stud at Tyringham in Buckinghamshire
Manganese Bronze and Brass Co.A Few Notes on The Selection of a Bronze for Steamship Propellers. 1908, oblong quarto, 87 pages, illustrated, original pictorial cloth (stain to front cover);Stanton (Samuel Ward), American Steam Vessels.New York: Smith & Stanton, 1895, oblong quarto, 498, [2] pages, some restoration to edges of early leaves, line through one word on p.486, couple of minor tears not affecting text, original cloth;Ellerman Lines, Particulars of Steamers of Ellerman Lines Limited ...Hull, 1934, large quarto ledger with typed and manuscript entries, original cloth with screw binding: 'Engineering', The Forth Bridge, Reprinted from 'Engineering', February 28, 1890.folio in eights, [4], 72 pages, nineteen plates (many double page), original cloth;Sir William Arrol & Co. Ltd., [Catalogue] 1920.Glasgow, quarto, illustrated, original cloth gilt. (5)
12 x Commemorative Medals, to include: Royal Wedding of Victoria and Albert 1840, white metal (54mm, 48.25g), obv. VICTORIA BORN MAY 24TH 1819. ALBERT BORN AUG 26TH 1819, conjoined bare heads left, rev. Victoria and Albert join hands before the Archbishop of Canterbury, William Howley, VF or better; Prince Albert, Chancellor of Cambridge University 1847, white metal (49mm, 40.93g), obv. Victoria and Albert conjoined head left, rev. crowned inscription within wreath, holed at 12 o'clock with hairlines, otherwise GVF+; Royal Visit to Cambridge 1847, white metal (44mm, 25.64g), obv. conjoined head left in border of flowers, rev. Victoria seated receiving the City Address, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF or better; Great Exhibition 1851, white metal (51mm, 42.03g), obv. advertising inscription reading: 'MAISON CORR-VANDER MAEREN & CIE ETABLE DEPUIS 1824' around 'DEPÔT ANGLAIS POR LA VENTE DES ARTICLES DE BIRMINGHAM & SHEFFIELD 14 LONGUE RUE DE L'ECUYER À BRUXELLES' in 7 lines, rev. THE INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL EXHIBITION LONDON, 1851 above three-dimensional view of the exhibition building, inscription below (rev. as Eimer 1460), hairlines otherwise EF to GEF; Opening of Manchester Ship Canal 1894, white metal (31.5mm, 11.28g), obv. Victoria veiled bust left, rev. river traffic, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF; Lord Nelson's Flagship Foudroyant 1897, AE (38mm, 28.31g), struck to commemorate the loss of the Foudroyant off Blackpool on 16th June 1897, (Eimer 1813), hairlines, EF; Tower Bridge Opened 1894, white metal 31mm, 16.19g), obv. Prince and Princess of Wales conjoined busts left, rev. Tower Bridge, inscription above, holed at 12 o'clock, edge knocks, otherwise GVF or better; Australia, Greater Britain Exhibition 1899, brass (31mm, 12.55g), obv. Australian arms in centre, rev. Australian pioneer on horseback, holed at 12 o'clock, GVF+; 2 x Great War Peace Medals, white metal, obv. Britannia kneeling presents sword to cherub and Victory, PEACE below, rev. inscription above Royal Arms within wreath, with ribbons, VF; Royal Silver Wedding Anniversary 1972, silver (51mm, 61.78g), obv. conjoined busts of the Queen and Prince Philip left, rev. individual coat of arms and monograms, struck by John Pinches and hallmarked London, 1972, (Eimer 2125), in case of issue with information leaflet, antiquated silver finish, minor hairlines, AUNC; and Van Gogh 1973, gilt bronze (51mm, 67.20g), struck to commemorate the opening of the Vincent Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, in case of issue, GEF; together with an India, George V rupee 1920, obv. crowned bust left, rev. inscription within floral border, mounted as a pendant at 12 o'clock, otherwise Fine.
2 x British Medals, comprising: (1) Coronation Exhibition 1911, Silver Medal (51mm, 50.85g), struck by Vaughtons Ltd and hallmarked Birmingham, 1911, obv. George V uniformed bust left, rev. exhibition building framed by reclining female figures and radiant crown above lion couchant, in red leather case, scratch to centre of rev., otherwise matte surfaces with gilt highlights, AEF; and (2) Japan-British Exhibition, London 1910, Gilt Bronze Medal (64mm, 80.20g), struck by Vaughtons Ltd, obv. Britannia and female emblem of Japan standing under PEACE, rev. exhibition building framed by wreath of Samurai and knight, in green leather case, toning spots, otherwise EF
Assorted Collection of British and Foreign Coinage and Banknotes, including: 4 x crowns comprising: 2 x Victoria: 1889 'Jubilee Head' (light contact marks otherwise VF+), and 1900 'Old Head' (VG); and 2 x George V 1935 'Silver Jubilee', both with incuse edge lettering (Fine to VF); pre-1920 silver shillings (including George IV), sixpences etc., gross weight 162.7g; pre-1947 silver halfcrowns, shillings etc., gross weight 745g; a small quantity of foreign silver, including Canada $1 1966, French Second Republic 5 francs 1852A, Prussia 3 marks 1914A, Czechoslovakia 20 korun 1937, Palestine 50 mils 1927 (those listed mostly VF or better) gross weight 130.8g; a large quantity of bronze and copper coinage, including an Isle of Man halfpenny 1813 (Good), farthings, copper tokens, brass threepences — including the scarce years 1946 and 1949 (VG to near Fine) — and foreign copper coinage including examples from the USA, France, Greece, Spain, Portugal, Belgium etc.; UK proof set 1970, 8 coins from halfcrown to ½d, in Royal Mint packet; 5 x UK specimen coin sets; together with mixed banknotes including 4 x £1 Series D, 2 x 10 shillings Series C, 2 x British Armed Forces special vouchers: £1 second series, and 10p sixth series (both AUNC), and examples from Spain, Belgium, German States etc.
![♦2 x Numismatic Literature - Greek Interest comprising: MILNE [J.G.] A Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins, with Supplement by Col](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/be3c0f4d-b0f6-4afa-8ba8-af1800e482ff/80447f9c-5585-4c18-b284-af4700c74a0a/468x382.jpg)
♦2 x Numismatic Literature - Greek Interest comprising: MILNE [J.G.] A Catalogue of Alexandrian Coins, with Supplement by Colin Kray (Oxford 1971); illustrated with 7 plates, folding charts and other identification tools; and JOHNSTON [Ann] Greek Imperial Denominations, ca 200-275: A Study of the Roman Provincial Bronze Coinages of Asia Minor (London, 2007); with 26 plates, maps and diagrams
* Cannon. An 18th century Malayan bronze lantaka (swivel cannon), the large barrel with shaped muzzle and foliate scrolls, half reeded, overall length 92.5 cmQTY: (1)NOTE:These guns were very popular with all of the Malayans and used both ashore and afloat and were sometimes mounted on merchant vessels and warships.
* Cannon. An 18th-century Malayan bronze lantaka (swivel cannon), the large plain barrel with shaped muzzle and foliate scrolls, mounted on a bracket for use, overall length 88 cm, presented on a later wooden block QTY: (1)NOTE:These guns were very popular with all of the Malayans and used both ashore and afloat and were sometimes mounted on merchant vessels and warships.
Loading...-
350105 item(s)/page