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Lot 253
Group of Asian & Islamic itemsto include a South East Asian bronze mounted elephant, 18cm across, a Chinese metal model of a dragon holding an object in its claws, 12.5cm across and a lacquer brush pot 10.5cm high (3)Provenance:Elephant purchased in Bonhams Oxford, 22nd August 2012 Lot 258At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a condition report.
Lot 308
Group of itemscomprising of: cold painted bronze figure after Franz Bergmann (1861-1936) of a water carrier mounted onto an onyx ashtray base, 20cm across x 21cm high and a group of cloisonné enamel pieces (6)At present, there is no condition report prepared for this lot, this in no way indicates a good condition, please contact the saleroom for a full condition report.
Lot 22
λ A REGENCY ROSEWOOD CARD TABLE EARLY 19TH CENTURY inlaid with brass stringing and with gilt bronze mounts of rosettes and anthemion motifs, with a canted swivel fold-over top revealing a baize lined playing surface 72.3cm high, 90cm wide, 43.8cm deep Provenance The Earl of Essex, Cassiobury House, Hertfordshire. Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Lot 349
A FRENCH BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE MANTEL CLOCK C.1870-80 the eight day brass cylinder movement stamped 'Rollin a Paris, 217', striking on a bell, the dial with gilt Roman numerals and inscribed 'Miller & Sons, Piccadilly', in a bowfront case with scrolling sides surmounted by a bronze figure of 'La Rêverie' after Pierre Travaux, signed to one side 52cm high, 36cm wide, 26cm deep
Lot 393
A PAIR OF FRENCH BRONZE AND GILT METAL THREE-LIGHT CANDELABRA IN EMPIRE STYLE MID-19TH CENTURY modelled as a winged figure standing on an orb, holding an urn with three scrolling candle holders, on a cylindrical pedestal with engine turned decoration and a square foot 65.5cm high (2) Catalogue Note For a similar pair, see Bonhams, The Gentleman's Library Sale, 23rd February 2021, Lot 173
Lot 497
A PAIR OF FRENCH EMPIRE BRONZE SPHINX CHENETS AFTER PIERRE-PHILLIPPE THOMIRE (FRENCH 1751-1843), EARLY 19TH CENTURY each with a sphinx wearing a Nemes headdress, on a rectangular base, with rounded ends applied with winged, ribbon and lightning bolt decoration, on raised wrythen toupie legs and bun feet (2) 36cm high, 40cm long, 14cm deep Literature Hans Ottomeyer and Peter Pröschel, "Vergoldete Bronzen", 1986, p. 341, pl. 5.4.6, shows a gilt and patinated bronze fender with similar sphinxes by Pierre-Philippe Thomire, with very similar motifs to the base panels
Lot 564
A FRENCH BRONZE FIGURE OF THE MEDICI VENUS AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY standing before a cherub riding a dolphin, on a shaped base, stamped 'F Barbedienne. Fondeur' and with their foundry mark 45.5cm high Catalogue Note The original marble sculpture is currently on view at the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence.
Lot 568
A PAIR OF ITALIAN BRONZE GRAND TOUR FIGURES OF LORENZO AND GIULIANO DE MEDICI AFTER MICHELANGELO (ITALIAN 1475-1564), LATE 19TH CENTURY on black marble stepped plinths (2) 24.5cm high Catalogue Note See Woolley and Wallis, Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks, 30th March 2022, lot 351 for a similar gilt bronze pair of figures.
Lot 570
A FRENCH BRONZE GRAND TOUR FIGURE OF DELILAH OR FORTUNA AFTER GIAMBOLOGNA, LATE 19TH CENTURY modelled standing holding a pair of scissors in her right hand and a lock of hair in her raised left hand, on a cylindrical plinth cast with cherubs at various activities in bas-relief, on a black marble base 73cm high (including base)
Lot 574
A LARGE BRONZE FIGURE OF ULYSSES AFTER JACQUES BOUSSEAU (FRENCH 1680-1740), 19TH CENTURY depicting Ulysses standing on a tree stump, stringing his bow, together with an oak and pine octagonal pedestal (2) figure: 88.4cm high Catalogue Note Jacques Bousseau studied at the atelier of Nicolas Coustou in Paris and later at the French Academy in Rome from 1709 to 1712. He became a full Academician of the Academie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1715. The present lot is a bronze version of Ulysses or Ulysses Bending is Bow that was originally carved in marble, completed in around 1715 and that can now be see in the Louvre, Paris.
Lot 575
A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF THE 'UFFIZI WRESTLERS' AFTER THE ANTIQUE, LATE 19TH CENTURY on a naturalistic base, with dark brown patination 43cm high, 50cm wide, 36cm deep Catalogue Note The original sculpture, attributed to Lysippus, was found in 1583 in the Horti Lamiani on the Esquiline Hill in Rome. It was bought and restored by Cardinal Ferdinando de' Medici, before being put on exhibition in the Villa Medici. It is currently on view in the Gallerie degli Uffizi, Florence.
Lot 590
A FRENCH EQUESTRIAN BRONZE MODEL OF 'IBRAHIM' - AN ARAB STALLION BY PIERRE-JULES MENE (1810-1871) with a brown patina and signed 'P. J. Mene' and titled 'Ibrahim Etalon Arabe' to the base 31 x 36cm Literature J. Mackay, The Animaliers: The Animal Sculptors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, pp.73-78.
Lot 81
A ROMAN BRONZE FIGURE OF A GLADIATOR C. 1ST-3RD CENTURY AD standing holding up his right hand, a bronze Grand Tour figure of a nude classical lady on a marble plinth, and another figure of a classical lady standing, wearing a Roman helmet (3) 21cm (max) Provenance Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire.
Lot 83
A BRONZE DOOR KNOCKER IN VENETIAN STYLE IN THE MANNER OF ALESSANDRO VITTORIA (ITALIAN 1523-1608), 19TH CENTURY modelled as Neptune standing before winged hippocampi 43cm high, 29cm wide Provenance Redlynch House, Salisbury, Wiltshire. Catalogue Note For a similar example see Sotheby's Olympia, 9th December 2004.
Lot 328
Pair: Police Sergeant F. G. Waters, Swansea Borough Police Defence Medal; Police L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R. (Sergt. Frederick G. Waters.); together with the recipient’s Royal Life Saving Society Bronze Proficiency Medal (F. C. Waters April 1930), with 1937 date bar and top ‘R.L.S.S.’ riband bar, nearly extremely fine (3) £70-£90 --- Frederick George Waters was born in Swansea on 31 January 1909 and joined the Swansea Borough Police on 30 October 1929. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal ion 3 March 1952, and died in Swansea in 1966. Sold with extensive copied research.
Lot 417
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, no clasp, bronze issue (426 Bhisti Mowla, S. & T. Corps, Secbd. D.) very fine, scarce £180-£220 --- Medal confirmed on the Supply & Transport Corps (Madras Command, Secunderabad District) roll signed at Stellenbosch, South Africa on 29 December 1902 (WO 100/297 refers).
Lot 47
Family Group: The Companion of the Bath breast badge awarded to Lieutenant-General John Cameron, Royal Engineers, Director of Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland from August 1875 The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companion’s breast badge, 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1870, complete with gold swivel-ring bar suspension and ribbon buckle, extremely fine Pair: Captain C. B. Cameron, York and Lancaster Regiment Egypt and Sudan 1882-89, dated reverse, 1 clasp, Tel-El-Kebir (Lieut. C. B. Cameron. 2/York & Lanc R.); Khedive’s Star, dated 1882, unnamed, the first with heavy pitting and edge bruising from star, therefore fine, the second good very fine (3) £1,000-£1,400 --- John Cameron was born on 31 March 1817, at Sint-Amands in the Flemish region of Belgium, son of Major-General Sir John Cameron, K.C.B. He was appointed Second Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 12 December 1834, becoming Colonel on 1 January 1868, and Lieutenant-General on 1 October 1877. Cameron became a Fellow of the Royal Society on 4 June 1868, and was made a Companion of the Bath on 14 June 1870. He held the important position of Director-General of the Ordnance Survey of Great Britain and Ireland from August 1875 to his death. He edited Ordnance Survey. Meteorological Observations, 1856. Lieutenant-General Cameron died at Ordnance House, Southampton, on 30 June 1878. Charles Barton Cameron was born in 1857, son of Major-General John Cameron, Royal Engineers. He was commissioned Ensign in the York and Lancaster Regiment on 5 October 1878; Lieutenant, 1 July 1881; Captain, 2 June 1886. He served with the 2nd Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment throughout the Egyptian war of 1882, and was present in the engagements of El Magfar and Tel-el-Mahuta, in the two actions at Kassasin, and at the battle of Tel-el-Kebir (Medal with Clasp and Bronze Star). Captain Cameron was placed on half-pay on 26 October 1892. For related family medals see Lot 44.
Lot 470
British War Medal 1914-20 (2) (Lieut. H. W. Craig.; 4123 Pte. M. Dunne. Ir. Gds.) the fist lacking suspension and planchet only; Victory Medal 1914-19 (2) (Lieut. A. P. Lopez.; A. C. Tyndale, M.A.D.); together with an unofficial 1914-19 Great War Commemorative Medal in bronze, traces of verdigris, generally very fine (5) £80-£100 --- Hedley William Craig, a native of Bray, Co. Wicklow, attested for the Royal Engineers and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 September 1914. Commissioned Second Lieutenant on 1 January 1916, he subsequently served on attachment to 30 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps, and was killed in action in aerial combat over Samara, Mesopotamia, when his BE2c was shot down on 15 April 1917. He is buried in Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq. Sold with copied research. A. P. Lopez served as a Lieutenant with the Indian Medical Department. A. C. Tyndale served as a Military Account Second Class (with the honorary rank of Lieutenant) with the Military Accounts Department.
Lot 51
A Great War ‘Western Front’ D.S.O. group of six awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel E. B. Bird, Royal Army Medical Corps Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar; 1914 Star, with clasp (Major. E. B. Bird. R.A.M.C.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Lt. Col. E. B. Bird.); Territorial Decoration, G.V.R., silver and silver-gilt, unnamed as issued, with integral top riband bar; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with silver star emblem on riband, mounted as worn and housed in a Spink, London, leather case; together with a set of six related miniature awards, the TD lacking top riband bar, this mounted for display, generally very fine and better (6) £1,200-£1,600 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1927. Elliot Beverley Bird was born on 24 March 1881, the only son of George Bird, King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Dublin. Commissioned into the Royal Army Medical Corps, he served during the Great War with both the 26th Field Ambulance and the 3rd Wessex Field Ambulance on the Western Front from 6 November 1914, and was advanced Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel. For his services during the Great War he was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order, was four times Mentioned in Despatches (London Gazettes 22 June 1915; 21 January 1917; 24 December 1917; and 25 May 1918), and was awarded the French Croix de Guerre (London Gazette 19 June 1919). Remaining in the Territorial Force post-War, Bird was confirmed in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration in 1925 (London Gazette 3 November 1925). In civilian life he was Hon. Radiologist at the Royal Portsmouth Hospital and the War Memorial Hospital at Gosport; and a Consultant Radiologist at Petersfield Cottage Hospital. A keen yachtsman, he was a member of the Royal Albert yacht Club, Southsea, and the Royal Portsmouth Corinthian Yacht Club, Portsmouth. He changed his name by deed poll to Steeds-Bird in 1926, and died on 16 May 1945. Sold with a file of copied research.
Lot 528
Three: Police Sergeant H. English, Metropolitan Police Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.S. H. English. T. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.S. H. English. P. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.S. H. English.) good very fine (3) £120-£160 --- Harry Edward English was born at Poplar, Middlesex, on 4 July 1866, and joined the Metropolitan Police on 28 November 1887, at the height of the Whitechapel Murders. Assigned to ‘G’ (King’s Cross) Division, he was promoted to the rank of Sergeant on 25 May 1896, and transferred to ‘T’ (Hammersmith) Division. On 15 February 1902 he was appointed Station Police Sergeant in ‘P’ (Camberwell) Division, and remained there for the rest of his career, serving as Police Sergeant at the Brockley Police Station throughout the Great War. He retired to pension on 10 January 1918, after 30 years’ service, and died in Orpington, Kent, on 21 February 1946. Sold with copied research.
Lot 529
Four: Police Constable W. Funnell, Metropolitan Police, who was twice rewarded for his bravery by the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire Jubilee 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. W. Funnell, H. Divn.); Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (P.C. W. Funnell, H. Div.); Coronation 1911, Metropolitan Police (P.C. W. Funnell); Society for the Protection of Life from Fire, 5th type (1892-1901) bronze medal (P.C. W. Funnell, 88H, Bishopsgate 21st October 1905) nearly very fine (4) £400-£500 --- Police Constable Walter Funnell was twice rewarded for bravery by the Society for the Protection of Life from Fire: Case No. 14,966: Certificate and £2 2s, for saving the life of Victor Smith, aged three and a half years, from a fire in Lamb Street, Spitalfields, on 17 January 1904, and was injured in his attempt to save the lad. One of the accompanying cuttings states that “Funnell has already received a certificate and gold medal for his bravery at the Brick-lane Fire”, but research has so far failed to throw any light on this award. Case No. 15,046: Bronze Medal and £2 2s, for saving the life of Samuel Shatzman, aged 38 years, from a fire in Steward Street, Bishopsgate, on 21 October 1905. Walter Funnell was born at St Mary’s, Birmingham, on 28 March 1863, and joined the Metropolitan Police at Great Scotland Yard on 16 January 1888, being assigned to “P” Division. In September 1889 he was transferred to “H”, or Whitechapel Division, at the height of the ‘Jack the Ripper’ serial killings then taking place on the streets of Whitechapel. Sold with two original newspaper cuttings with a portrait of the recipient; and copied reserch.
Lot 533
Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, bronze (Insp. R. Hayter. 4th. Div.); Delhi Durbar 1911, silver (2), one crudely engraved ‘J. E. Beal No. 10677 B. Coy. D.L.I. Delhi 1911.’; the other unnamed as issued; together with an Edward Prince of Wales Visit to Bombay Medal 1921, bronze, the obverse featuring the bust of Edward Prince of Wales facing right, surmounted by Prince of Wales’s feathers, the reverse inscribed ‘Visit of His Royal Highness, Bombay, November 1921’, with ring suspension, generally very fine (4) £140-£180 --- 10677 Private F. [sic] Beale, 1st Battalion, Durham Light Infantry, appears on the latest published transcript of the 1911 Delhi Durbar Medal roll.
Lot 534
Coronation 1902, L.C.C.M.F.B., bronze (Joseph E. Green); National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal, the reverse engraved ‘Chief Officer C. L. Mason W.W.F.B.’, the edge numbered ‘6293’, with top ‘Ten Years’ riband bar, in named card box of issue, good very fine (2) £100-£140 --- Joseph Edward Green was born in Marylebone, London, on 24 December 1872 and joined the London County Council Metropolitan Fire Brigade on 16 February 1901. Based initially at New Cross and then Lewisham Stations, he saw further service at Millwall, Herne Hill, West Norwood, Brixton, and Battersea, and retired to pension on 15 May 1929, after 28 years and 88 days’ service. Sold with copied record of service. C. L. Mason served as Chief Officer with the Wolverton Works Fire Brigade, Buckinghamshire, and was awarded his Long Service Medal on 7 September 1920.
Lot 555
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1988. D. Sharp. 31st. Regt.) suspension claw loose, number partially double-struck, very fine £80-£100 --- David Sharp was born in Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk, in 1823 and attested for the 40th Foot on 20 July 1841. He transferred to the 31st Foot on 1 November 1844, and was discharged to pension on 8 September 1863, after 22 years and 51 days’ service, of which 5 years and 10 months were spent in India; 3 months in the Ionian Isles; 1 year in the Crimea; 10 months in Malta; 1 year and 1 month in Gibraltar; 4 months in South Africa; and 2 years and 7 months in China. Upon retirement he was ‘in possession of the Bronze Star for Maharajpoor; the Medal for the Crimea with clasp for Sebastopol; the Turkish Medal; the Medal for China and clasp for Taku Forts; and the Medal for Long Service and Good Conduct’ (service papers refer). Sold with copied record of service.
Lot 58
A pre-War M.V.O. group of five awarded to Police Superintendent J. W. Carter, Portsmouth Division, Metropolitan Police The Royal Victorian Order, M.V.O., Member’s 5th Class breast badge, silver and enamel, unnumbered; Jubilee 1897, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1887, 1 clasp, 1897, Metropolitan Police, bronze (Inspr. J. W. Carter. 1st. Div:); Coronation 1902, silver, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1902, Metropolitan Police, silver (Supt. J. W. Carter. 2nd. Div.) mounted for display in this order, good very fine (5) £500-£700 --- M.V.O. London Gazette 17 August 1906: Superintendent James William Carter, Portsmouth Division, Metropolitan Police. James William Carter was born at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, on 4 July 1845 and joined the Metropolitan Police on 10 July 1865. He served for his entire career at the various Naval Dockyards (which between 1860 and 1922 were policed by the Metropolitan Police), initially at Woolwich Arsenal (1st Division), before transferring to Chatham (4th Division) on 3 July 1866. He returned to Woolwich Arsenal on 11 October 1869, and served there for he next 24 years, being promoted Police Sergeant on 17 July 1873, and Inspector on 15 May 1878, before transferring to Chatham with the rank of Chief Inspector on 4 February 1893. Transferring once more to Pembroke (5th Division) on 5 October 1893, he was promoted Superintendent of Police on 31 October 1894, and then transferred to Portsmouth (2nd Division) on 1 February 1895. Serving as Superintendent in Charge of the Metropolitan Police at Portsmouth Dockyard, Carter was invested with the insignia of the Royal Victorian Order in August 1906 on the occasion of H.M. King Edward VII arriving in Portsmouth from Cowes. ‘The Order has been conferred in recognition of Mr. Carter’s services on the several occasions that his Majesty has visited Portsmouth’ The Illustrated London News, 25 August 1906 refers). He retired to pension on 1 May 1907, after 41 years and 295 days’ service. Sold with copied research. Note: From the date of his appointment in Portsmouth Dockyard in 1895, Carter was also employed on Ordinary Duty by the Admiralty, which presumably accounts for the double issue of both the 1897 Jubilee Medal and the 1902 Coronation Medal.
Lot 581
Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Sub Offr/I/C Raymond Langmaid) in Royal Mint case of issue, lacquered, nearly extremely fine Pair: Fireman W. Booker, Hove Fire Brigade National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, with ‘Twenty Years’ top riband bar, edge impressed ‘2664’ and engraved ‘William Booker’, in case of issue; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service Medal bronze, reverse engraved ‘Con William Booker Hove Brigade Oct: 10: 1910.’, edge impressed ‘3764’, good very fine Ireland, Republic, Prison Service Medal, in Recognition of Twenty One Years’ Service, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Robert Donaldson Nov 08’, with top ‘XXI’ riband bar, in card box of issue, extremely fine (4) £120-£160 --- William Booker was awarded his National Fire Brigades’ Association Long Service Medal on 10 July 1923.
Lot 582
Family Group: National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, silver, with clasp for Twenty Years’ service and five clasps for Five Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘5996’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘Frank Snuggs’; National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal, bronze, with clasps for Five Years and Ten Years’ service, the edge officially numbered ‘15199’ and additionally contemporarily engraved ‘George T. Snuggs’, with named card enclosure, nearly extremely fine (2) £80-£100 --- Frank Snuggs joined the Crondall Fire Brigade in Hampshire as a Callboy in 1893, his father being the Captain of the Brigade, and became a Fireman in 1900, and Captain in 1920. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal on 25 September 1949, and died on 15 September 1942. George T. Snuggs, the nephew of the above, was born on 22 October 1912 and joined the Crondall Fire Brigade in August 1931. He was awarded his National Fire Brigades Association Long Service Medal on 11 January 1949, and died in April 1998. Sold with copied research regarding the Crondall Fire Brigade, including photographic images of the tender that was presented to the village by Frank Snuggs in 1935 in memory of his father.
Lot 584
Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society, Camp and Villaverde Medal for Saving Life at Sea, bronze, edge laser engraved ‘Specimen’, in original fitted case with integral top brooch bar, extremely fine £100-£140 --- The Liverpool Shipwreck and Humane Society’s Camp & Villaverde Medal was instituted in 1873 ‘to be awarded to those who were instrumental in saving life at sea’, and the first award was made to Mr. Rawson Post, mate of the George Hurlbut, for rescuing the crew of the barque Olive in a gale in the Atlantic on 12 April 1873. In total 37 silver and 8 bronze medals have been awarded, with the last award made in 1944. Sold with a letter from the Liverpool Shipwreck & Humane Society, dated 5 November 2021, authenticating and explaining that this is one of four unnamed medals discovered in their archive and is now being sold to raise funds for the Society. Each of the four medals has been marked ‘Specimen’.
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