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Lot 185
COLIN PEARSON (1923-2007); a tall square stoneware winged form covered in bronze glaze, impressed mark, height 40.5cm. (D)Additional InformationChips to one wing and glaze miss to one bottom corner, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations,This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 217
ROBIN WELCH (1936-2019); a tall stoneware vessel covered in bronze glaze decorated with yellow, orange and white rectangular panels, impressed RW mark, height 33.5cm. (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 218
ROBIN WELCH (1936-2019); a tall stoneware vessel covered in grey glaze decorated with a bronze rim and bronze strips with enamel, impressed RW mark, height 30cm. (D)Provenance: Purchased from the artist, 1994.Additional InformationSmall blow to one side, otherwise appears good with no further signs of faults, damage or restorations. This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 316
CHRISTINE FABRE (born 1951); a raku vessel and bronze cover both with textured surfaces with a bronze rod piercing the cover and one wall of the vessel, impressed CF mark to vessel and incised mark dated 2009 to cover, height 19.5cm. (D)JB - Christine works in raku, creating unusual forms, incorporating wood, feathers, cord and found objects. Her vessels seem to come from an alternative culture.Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
Lot 47
EMMANUEL COOPER (1938-2012); a porcelain teabowl covered in pale blue glaze with bronze rim and cobalt and Venetian red highlights, impressed E mark, height 9cm. (D)Additional InformationAppears good with no obvious signs of faults, damage or restoration.This lot qualifies for Artist Resale Rights. For further information, please visit http://www.dacs.org.uk or http://artistscollectingsociety.org
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Lot 1
A Middle Bronze Age palstave axehead hoard. Found in Hampshire and recorded on the PAS database as HAMP-7A1CBA, Treasure number 2018T633.The PAS description for this hoard is given below:A hoard of ten complete/ incomplete/ fragmentary Middle Bronze Age palstave axeheads. The first discovered (no.1) was found c.18 inches below the surface, and below the plough soil. A further nine items were found in the plough soil over a c.50 metre area, 4-6 inches below the surface.The numbering of this catalogue replicates the numbering of the finds marked on their bags.1. Palstave axehead, copper alloy, unlooped, the casting seams have been trimmed and the blade has been forged and used, the axe is considerably more worn/eroded than the rest of the palstaves and palstave fragments from this find. It stands out among the group. Decoration consists of a triangular shaped, indentation with raised mid-rib emerging from it and continuing down the blade. The palstave has an elongated hexagonal cross-section. Dimensions: Length: 150mm; Blade width (of cutting blade): 58mm; Width (of butt): 20mm; Width across bar stop taken on top/bottom of palstave: 25mm; Weight: 483.4g.2. Palstave axehead, looped, copper alloy, in ‘as cast’ condition, with visible casting flashes and unsharpened blade. The loop is filled. The surfaces have a silvery appearance possibly due to high tin levels. The bottom of the palstave has a series of short (stitch-like) lines, running perpendicular to the casting seam. Decoration consists of a triangular motif from which emerges the mid-rib. Dimensions: Length: 160mm; Width (of cutting blade): 42mm; Width (of butt, which is broken/incomplete where casting jet removed): 25mm; Width across bar stop taken on top/bottom of palstave: 29mm; Weight: 369.2g.3. Palstave axehead, copper alloy, looped, with flanged sides and mid-rib decoration, with two short lines on either side of the mid-rib. The cutting edge of the blade is broken. The surfaces have a silvery appearance possibly due to high tin levels. The loop is filled. Dimensions: Length: 158mm; Blade width (cutting edge): 66mm; Width (of butt): 23mm; Width across bar stop taken on top/bottom of palstave: 25mm; Weight: 353.2g.4. Fragment of a palstave axehead, copper alloy, being the blade and body up to the bar stop, no trace of a loop, which one would expect to see on this portion of the axehead, if it had been present. Mid-rib emerging from and cutting through a triangular-shape decoration. Relatively neat casting flashes (but may not have been trimmed) but the blade is ‘as cast’ and unforged. Dimensions: Length: 103mm; Blade width (cutting edge): 49mm; Width (at broken end): 25mm; Width across bar stop taken on top/bottom of palstave: 28mm; Weight: 298.6g5. Fragment of a palstave axehead, looped, copper alloy, broken at the bar-stop, heavily corroded and it is not possible to see any evidence of cleaning/forging. The decoration and proportions of the axe are very similar to palstave No. 2. Dimension: Length: 98mm; Blade width (cutting edge): 41mm (broken); Weight: 280.8g.6. Fragment of a palstave axehead, copper alloy, being the butt end of a palstave. Dimensions: Length: 57mm; Width (max.) on top/bottom: 24mm; Width (of septum) (max.): 27mm; Butt thickness: 7mm; Weight: 93.2g.7. Fragment of a palstave axehead, copper alloy, being the butt end of a palstave. Dimensions: Length: 50mm; Width (max.) on top/bottom: 24mm; Width (of septum) (max.): 27mm; Butt thickness: 8mm; Weight: 131.42g.8. Fragment of a palstave axhead, copper alloy, being the butt end of a palstave. Dimensions: Length: 53mm; Width (max.) on top/bottom: 15mm; Width (of septum) (max.): 26mm; Butt thickness: 11mm; Weight: 94.8g.9. Ingot fragment, copper alloy, plate-like in shape. Dimensions: 45mm by 32mm, thickness: 11.5mm; Weight: 49.61g10. Casting jet/sprue, copper alloy, showing evidence for how the smith removed the jet from the cast object,showing that the sprue was half cut/sawn and then broken off. It is also possible to detect evidence of the ?clay mould into which the metal was poured. A notable object for revealing metalworking processes/technology. Dimensions: Thickness: 27mm; Width: 27 (min.) – 52mm (max.); Weight: 131.42g.Discussion: The objects described above were dispersed rather than from a closed deposit. They may all date to the Middle Bronze Age, although the casting waste material (Nos. 9-10) is less diagnostic. The palstaves (complete and fragmentary) are diagnostic and can be assigned to the Taunton phase of the Middle Bronze Age (i.e. c.1400-1300/1250 BC). The palstaves (Nos. 2-8) form a relatively coherent group and many, if not all, are unfinished/sharpened (see catalogue for details). Axe No. 1, in contrast, appears to have been used. Nevertheless I would recommend (on the balance of chronology and probability) that the group be taken as together a ‘find’ of Treasure and not split. Examples of similar hoards can be found in, for example, Rowlands (1976), and they are a relatively common find of the Middle Bronze Age in southern England.Notes:Conclusion: The objects detailed above (Nos. 1-10) qualify as Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act (1996) (Designation Order 2002), being a find of more than one base metal object of prehistoric (Bronze Age) date.Bibliography: Rowlands, M J, 1976 The Production and Distribution of Metalwork in the Middle Bronze Age of Southern Britain, British Archaeological Reports, British Series 31. Oxford: BARNote: Weights of objects are prior to cleaning (i.e. some with soil still adhering).Brendan O'Connor adds: "Palstaves 2 and 5 belong to the looped Norman type, likewise no 4 which is unlooped Norman. No 1, without a distinct stopridge, is probably a Werrar type (Rowlands Class 4), characteristic of the Isle of Wight. 5 is a bit unusual in that these side-flanged palstaves do not often have a loop. All this is indeed consistent with a Taunton phase hoard, of which there are several along the coast between Southampton and Portsmouth. Another was found 'near' Titchfield in 1897."Source: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/917274
Lot 478
Very Large (over 38kg) British and World Coin collection in one container, includes Pre 47 silver, 1970 proof set, collection of World Banknotes, Commemorative Crowns, American commemorative Quarter Dollar coins for the different states, small amount of bronze Roman coins, token coins reproduction museum coins with a large amount of other coins.
Lot 145
Prince Albert Victor Edward of Wales, bronze medal commemorating the visit to the City of London 1885, portrait to obverse, reverse showing the Prince receiving the Freedom of the City, 77mm, in original leather case with gilt lettered cover; and a Prince of Wales portrait gilt medal, 1873 London International Exhibition to reverse, edge engraved 'Colonel J. Nield Catalogue No.1181', 71mm, worn case (2)
Lot 43
Russia, bronze medal 1873 by P. Mescheryakov / A. Semenov of the Monument to Catherine II in Saint Petersburg erected under the reign of Alexander II, November 24, 1873. Small crowned bust of Catherine II right, reverse with view of monument to Catherine II, 87mmBy repute, Granville Augustus William Waldegrave, 3rd Baron Radstock (1833-1913)
Lot 62
Bronze medal - Grand Trunk Railway Company of Canada, a Directors' General Efficiency and Good Conduct Medal circa 1860, bronze by JS Wyon, bust of Richard Trevithick in high relief left, reverse with unnamed central cartouche, edge impressed F H TREVITHICK LOCO. SUPERINTT, 45mm, original Wyon casefew small edge knocks
Lot 39
GEN. CHARLES S. FERRIN MEDAL GROUPING CHARLES S. FERRIN (1892-1976) was a highly-decorated Army brigadier general, most notably serving as the Provost Marshal of Tokyo after war's end and charged with the security of the International Military Tribunal, Far East, during the incarceration of the Japanese war criminals. During World War II, he was an Assistant Plans Officer at Pearl Harbor and the Artillery Commander of the 27th Infantry Division which fought with distinction at Eniwetok, Saipan and Okinawa. Set of thirteen medals awarded to Ferrin for his military service, housed in a wooden display case with blue felt backing. They include: named Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Air Medal with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Bronze Star Medal; named Commendation Medal; Mexican Border Service Medal; World War I Victory Medal with France bar; Army of the Occupation of Germany medal; American Defense medal; American Campaign medal; World War II Victory medal; Army of Occupation Medal with Japan bar; and a Mexican Military Merit medal, First Class. The lot is also sold with his original award certificates for the Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Bronze Star Medal, and Mexican Service Medal (a lower corner chipped); along with citations for the Legion of Merit, Air Medal and Bronze Star, and two photographs of Ferrin being awarded medals. Overall very good.
Lot 400
A fine archive of photographs and documents related to the work of notable Third Reich sculptor KURT SCHMID-EHMEN (1901-1968), who designed monumental 'Reichsadler' eagle sculptures for the German Pavilion at the 1937 Paris Exhibition, the Reich Party Rally Grounds in Nuremberg and the 'Fedherrnhalle', and is credited with originating the design. The lot includes four original 3.25 x 4.5 photographs of the Reich Party Grounds, three of which show Schmid-Ehmen at work on the giant stone eagle installed thereat, two bearing Heinrich Hoffman back stamps; a group of seven approx. 6 1/2 x 8 in. photographs featuring images of Schmid-Ehmen's bust sculpture of Gauleiter and Deputy Prime Minister of Bavaria ADOLF WAGNER (1890-1944), showing it at various angles, printed on period-correct Agfa-Brovira paper, all smeared with traces of grey clay, indicating that they were used by Schmid-Ehmen as artist's references during the sculpting of the bust; a group of five b/w photo prints, ranging in size from 4 3/4 x 6 1/2 in. to 7 x 9 1/2 in. showing the resulting bust of Wagner as both the clay original and the final bronze copy, all again printed on period paper; a 12 x 15 1/2 in. print of Schmid-Ehmen's sculpture 'The Spear Carrier', which was later purchased by Adolf Hitler, unfortunately marred by a heavy horizontal crease; two 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. snapshots showing Schmid-Ehman viewing two additional sculptures; a 3 1/4 x 4 1/2 in. snapshot showing Adolf Wagner with an unidentified woman; a 3 1/2 x 4 in. snapshot showing two unidentified women, likely Schmid-Ehmen's wife and mother; and a 6 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. b/w/ photo portrait presenting a bust view of Schmid-Ehmen, likely taken immediately postwar. The lot is rounded out by three documents related to Schmid-Ehmen and his family, including a D.S., 1p. oblong 8vo., Munich, May 29, 1945, Hetty Schmid-Ehmen's 'Ausweis' issued by the American captors of the city one month following its fall. WITH: partly-printed D.S., 1p. oblong 12mo., Munich, July 6, 1945, a slip confirming that Kurt Schmid-Ehmen has registered himself with the police; and a war-date insurance card for a woman, on which Hetty Schmid-Ehmen is listed as the holder's employer. Several modern prints of photos showing Schmid-Ehmen and his work are also present. Overall, a fine grouping giving insight into the working process of one of the most notable sculptors of the Third Reich.
Lot 419
DACHAU LIBERATION GROUPING OF S/SGT. JOHN W. THOMPSON, 12TH ARMORED DIV. 'THE SS BOYS JUST SOAKED THE PRISONERS WITH GAS AND SET THEM ON FIRE...' A large grouping of photographs, letters, insignia and documents from Staff Sgt. John W. Thompson of the 12th Armored Division, present at the liberation of a Dachau sub-camp where Jewish prisoners were burned alive by their SS guard. The 12th Armored Division debarked in Le Havre on Nov. 15, 1944, and fought through France and Germany. The division fought fiercely during the Battle of the Bulge, taking 1,700 battle casualties during the fighting in and around Herrlisheim. It is recognized as a liberating unit of the Landsberg concentration camps (Kaufering I-XI) near the Landsberg Prison, sub-camps of Dachau concentration camp, on 27 April 1945. On 29 April 1945, the 12th also liberated Oflag VII-A Murnau, a German Army POW camp for Polish Army officers and rescued VIP French prisoners from an Alpine castle in Bavaria during the Battle for Castle Itter. Thompson was attached to an artillery battery and he wrote at least 22 letters home between the time he was awaiting transport to France and Dec. 11, 1945, some via V-Mail, most by hand and these are included in the lot. Of course, wartime content is camp related or censored but there remains much good reading, in part: '...[Dec. 26, 1944] We had a few German shells land in our position...The mess truck now has a few holes in it...I was under the half track at the time...The pieces that went through the track just missed my head...we have been shelling pill boxes [on the West Wall] for days and haven't even made a dent in them...[Feb. 12, 1945] They have been shifting us up and down the line...we haven't had a rest yet except for a few days...the snow is gone and the mud is a foot deep...I took a ride into Strasbourg...you can hear rifle fire from the center of town...they are paying as high as twenty dollars for a carton of cigarettes...[April 15, 1945] A few weeks ago we started out with Patton on his drive from Luxembourg to Worms...The reason for so little trouble is the speed of the spearhead...In some cases they [German defenders] didn't know we were there until we passed by. Those we passed couldn't do anything but give up...we didn't have enough MPs to take them to the rear so they put the German officers in charge...We didn't get many of the SS troops...The news of Roosevelt's death hit the boys pretty hard...We can't have anything to do with the German people...I went four days without sleeping...[ca. April 27, 1945] They started releasing the German prisoners...We didn't get enough of the SS boys to suit me...a few miles from the town of Krumbach...' While in Frankfurt on Aug. 9, 1945 Thompson sent his mother a particularly horrifying letter describing his arrival at the Dachau sub-camp at Landsberg. In part: '...I also got some film developed while I was here. I took these pictures at a Concentration [camp] just outside Landsbourg. We overran the place on the big drive with the 3rd Army. We got there about a half hour after the SS left. The whole place was in flames and for some time before we couldn't get near enough to see what had taken place. After the fire burned down, we found what you see in the pictures. We found a few still alive and they told us that the SS set the place on fire after they decided that it was too late to move the prisoners out. Most of them were so starved that they couldn't walk and there was no transportation around to haul them away. We couldn't understand how the place burned so fast, but after a few questions we found out that the SS boys just soaked the prisoners with gas and set them on fire. When we heard that, we just spent the rest of the day hunting Krauts. We found a few. What I did I would rather not talk about. We counted 450 bodies and we found out that they were all alive when they were set on fire...I carry a gun now when I go anywhere in hopes that some of these bastards will make a slip...when I'm alone it's all I can think about...' Four gruesome photographs are included which Thompson sent his mother, most 3.5 x 5 in., depicting the camp and focusing on the charred victims of the Nazis' brutality amidst the smoking ruins of the camp. Other items in the grouping include six additional photos, largely images with friends in the service, training, etc.; Thompson's Bronze Starr, shoulder patch, chest ribbons (European Theater with three battle stars), sergeant stripes and DUI pins; five larger printed photos including 'Acres of Bodies' at Landsberg; discharge papers, and some related ephemera. An important historic record. Kaufering was the largest of the Dachau subcamps and also the one with the worst conditions; about half of the 30,000 prisoners died from hunger, disease, executions, or during the death marches. It housed Jewish prisoners intended to be used for the production of Me-262 jet aircraft, but not a single aircraft ever left the plant.
Lot 501
A 1936 Berlin Olympics XI Olympiad Participants Bronze Medal, 2.75 in. dia., featuring five athletes pulling the ropes of the Olympic bell on the obverse, and the Olympic Bell embossed with the German eagle on the reverse. At the edge of the medal is the name of Otto Placzek, the Berlin sculptor who designed the medal. Interestingly and appropriately, the IOC noted the risk of 'politicizing' the Olympics and forbid Hitler and Goebbels from adding a swastika or any propaganda on official medals. Light traces of oxidation throughout, else very good.
Lot 517
FREIKORP SCHLAGETER BADGE Freikorps Schlageter Badge; Second Type By P. Kust. Oval badge constructed of silvered bronze, highly detailed, the obverse with a cross with 'SCHLAGETER' and tabs 'RHEIN/RUHR1923/24' and NSDAP 1922/23', with crossed swords within a wreath of laurel leaves on the left side, and oak leaves on the right side, a bow on the bottom. Plain reverse, with a vertical pinback, all four prongs fully intact and reading in relief: 'Paul Kust Abzeichen Ordenfabrik Berlin, S.W. 19' 'Ges. Gesch.' 2 3/8 in. tall. Overall fine.
Lot 519
GERMAN SHOOTING FEDERATION TABLE MEDAL Unissued cased Deutscher Schutzen-Verband bronze medal, 4 in. diameter, issued to 'THE VICTOR' and showing a rearing stallion beside oak leaves and above a national eagle and swastika, and the organization's logo, The reverse reads (in English): 'HONOR PRIZE OF THE GAUES WESTPHALIA IN THE GERMAN SHOOTING ASSOCIATION'. Fine, in a fine fitted case.
Lot 548
HITLER YOUTH PROFICIENCY BADGE IN BRONZE Hitler Youth Proficiency Badge, 2 in. tall and reading in relief: 'Fur Leistungen In Der H.J.' ('For Proficiency In The H.J.'), the reverse RZM marked and maker marked 'M1/36' by Berg & Nolte. Unissued, with a stricken-out space where issuance number would be placed.
Lot 557
LUFTWAFFE NORTHERN FRANCE SERVICE MEDAL Medaille fur Treue Dienste im Feldluftgau Westfrankreich ('Luftwaffe Air District Belgium - Northern France Medal for Meritorious Achievements'). Bronze, 41 mm. diameter, the design made by a staff member from the Field Air District France. It was produced by Delande, Paris. The obverse shows a stylized map off France with a Luftwaffe eagle and the words 'ALLES FÜR DEUTSCHLAND'. The reverse reads: 'FUR TREUE DIENSTLEISTUNGEN IM BEREICH DES FELDLUFTGAUKOMMANDOS WESTFRANKREICH' within laurel leaves. It appears only one of these medals was officially awarded, the remaining given to female staff members with the balance handed to Luftgaukommando VII. A few oxidized spots, else very good.
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