Family Group: Four: Mr. E. R. Burdon, British Committee, French Red Cross British War and Victory Medals (E. R. Burdon); France, Third Republic, Medaille de La Reconnaissance, bronze, unnamed, with gilt laurel spray pin clasp; Medaille de l’Union des Femmes de France, ‘Honneur au Devouement’ silvered medal for Red Cross service, unnamed, mounted as worn, very fine Four: Mrs. H Burdon, British Committee, French Red Cross British War and Victory Medals (H. Burdon); France, Third Republic, Medaille de La Reconnaissance, bronze, unnamed, with gilt laurel spray pin clasp; Medaille de l’Union des Femmes de France, ‘Honneur au Devouement’ silvered medal for Red Cross service, unnamed, with card box of issue for one of the French awards, edge bruise to BWM otherwise nearly extremely fine (8) £300-£400 --- Edward Russell Burdon was born in Peking in 1870, the son of Bishop John Shaw Burdon, Chaplain of the British Legation and Bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong. The 1881 Census shows him as a pupil at a school in Mill Street Potton. In 1891 he was a Clerk living at Albert Rd in Altrincham. Educated at Sidney College, Cambridge, he subsequently became a University Lecturer in Forestry at Cambridge. In the 1911 Census, the family home was at Royston Hertfordshire, but also of Griante, Lake Como, Italy. He married Jane Eliza Helen Nathalie Shand, Lady Alford, the widow of Sir Edward Fleet Alford, in 1906. She was better known as ‘Helen’. Jane Eliza Helen Nathalie Burdon, née Shand, was born in Mangalore, Madras in 1861, the daughter of the late Lieutenant Colonel John Shand, Madras Staff Corps. She married firstly Sir Edward Alford, and subsequently Edward Russell Burdon. The medal roll shows Edward and Helen Burdon as consecutive entries with exactly the same details, they proceeded to France together in November 1916 and returned home in November 1918, serving as Masseur and Masseuse with the French Red Cross. As well as a residence in the U.K. they also retained a property at Lake Como in Italy. Edward Burdon died in Bexhill-on-Sea on 5 January 1945, and his wife also died there in 1949.
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Three: Miss A. L. Merrylees, Scottish Women’s Hospital and French Red Cross British War and Victory Medals (A. L. Merrylees); France, Third Republic, Medal of Honour, Ministère de la Guerre Bronze Medal for Devouement Epidemies, the reverse officially embossed ‘Miss A. Merrylees 1917’, in case of issue with gold blocked lettering to the lid (Ministère de la Guerre - Miss A. Merrylees 1917); together with the related miniature awards, generally very fine (3) (3) £200-£300 --- Miss Anna Louisa Merrylees was born in Aberdeen in 1879. She first served in Salonika with the Scottish Women’s Hospital and subsequently as a Masseuse and Orderly, in France with the French Red Cross. The medal roll shows her as being a serving member of The Scottish Women’s Hospital, and she served in the Royaumont unit with Miss Ivens. She served from September 1915 until September 1917. She is quoted twice in Eileen Crofton’s book on the unit. In the 1920’s she worked in Kenya, until returning to London and living in Chelsea. She was subsequently employed as a masseuse at St. Bartholemew’s Hospital for 20 years, and died at Harborne Hall, Birmingham, in December 1965.
Six: Able Seaman W. J. Fincham, Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Reserve, and London Fire Brigade 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (J.100569 (Ch.B. 22198) W. J. Fincham. A.B. R.F.R.); London Fire Brigade Good Service Medal, bronze (William J. Fincham 1946) nearly extremely fine (6) £80-£120
Pair: Staff Sergeant A. Stephen, Royal Engineers General Service 1962-2007, 1 clasp, Dhofar (22783171 S. Sgt. A. Stephen RE.) with Ministry of Defence enclosure, in named card box of issue; Oman, Sultanate, General Service Medal 1959, with clasp, bronze, good very fine and better (2) £70-£90
A post-War O.B.E. group of seven attributed to Colonel K. Hunt, Royal Marines The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 2nd type, breast badge, silver-gilt; 1939-45 Star; Atlantic Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the related miniature awards, these similarly mounted; a Royal Life Saving Society Swimming Proficiency Medal, bronze, the reverse named ‘K. Hunt. Dec. 1920’; a Royal Marines Boxing Championship Prize Medal, silver, unnamed, in fitted case; and two miscellaneous silver prize medals, one unnamed, the other named ‘N.G.C. 1954. Col. K. Hunt’, good very fine and better (7) £240-£280 --- O.B.E. London Gazette 12 June 1947. Kenneth Hunt was commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines on 1 October 1920, and served in H.M. Ships Ramillies and Royal Oak, before joining the Fleet Air Arm in 1925, serving in carriers in the Home Fleet and on the China Station. He returned to General Service in 1930, and after a period at the Deal Depot served in H.M. Ships Erebus and Frobisher. From 1933 to 1936 he was Adjutant at Eastney, returning to sea in H.M.S. Dragon, and was serving in H.M.S. Shropshire when the Second World War commenced. During the Second World War Hunt served as Second in Command of 10th Battalion, Royal Marine Division, and then as Commanding Officer of 5th Battalion, Royal Marine Division and later 7th Battalion, Royal Marine Division in Sicily. He was the first Royal Marine Officer to command a Naval establishment, when he joined H.M.S. Robertson in 1944. He then went out to Bombay on the Staff. Post-War he served as Commanding Officer at Eastney, finally retiring in 1952. A fine athlete, Hunt represented the Royal Navy at cricket and golf, and captained both the Royal Navy and Combined Services hockey team. He died on 16 March 1971, aged 68. Sold together with the named Bestowal Document for the O.B.E.; Commission appointing Kenneth Hunt, Gentleman, a Second Lieutenant in the Royal Marines, dated 1 October 1920; a Naval Message sent to the recipient; a copy of the Order of Service for the Service of Thanksgiving to mark the 300th Anniversary of the Royal Marines, St. Paul’s Cathedral, 24 July 1964; and two newspaper cuttings, one relating to the recipient’s retirement, and the other to his death, the first including a photograph of the recipient.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (33906 Tpr: J. Love. 89th Coy. Imp. Yeo.); together with a Montgomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry Tribute Medal 1901, 38mm, bronze, the obverse featuring the arms of Mongomeryshire, ‘Mongomeryshire Imperial Yeomanry’ around, the reverse featuring a mounted trooper with a soldier knelt firing a rifle at his side, ‘South African Campaign 1901’ around, unnamed, and housed in fitted case, very fine and better (2) £300-£400 --- James Love was born in St Albans, Chester in 1881, and attested for the 89th (Montgomeryshire) Company, Imperial Yeomanry at Ruabon on 12 March 1901, having previously served with the 2nd Volunteer Battalion, Cheshire Regiment. He served with the Imperial Yeomanry in South Africa from 7 April 1901 until 27 August 1902, and was discharged on 3 September 1902.
1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence Medal (5), one with Home Secretary’s enclosure, in card box of issue; War Medal 1939-45 (4); Africa Service Medal (2); South Africa Medal for War Service; U.N. Korea 1950-54, unnamed as issued; Canadian Forces Decoration, G.VI.R. (W.O. 2 J. L. R. Marier); Multinational Force and Observers Medal, bronze; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated 1914-1918, with bronze star emblem on riband, in card box of issue, generally good very fine Pair: Army Field Clerk G. M. Wetz, United States Forces United States of America, Victory Medal, 1 clasp, France, bronze; Tomkins County, New York State Great War Service Medal, bronze, the reverse engraved ‘Godfrey Wetz’, with top brooch bar; together with various cloth insignia, good very fine (20) £80-£120 --- Sold together with a Canadian Forces General Service lapel badge and other ephemera.
Three: Police Constable J. Martin, City of London Police, who was present at the Exchange Buildings, Houndsditch, on the night of 16-17 December 1910, when three City of London Policemen were murdered, resulting in the famous Siege of Sidney Street Jubilee 1897, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. 961 J. Martin.); Coronation 1902, City of London Police, bronze (P.C. J. Martin.); Coronation 1911, City of London Police (P.C., J. Martin.) good very fine £300-£400 --- James Martin was born in Preston, near Faversham, Kent, in 1886 and attested for the City of London Police on 31 October 1890, having previously served as a Fireman with the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway. Numerous times Commended for his service, he was advanced Detective Constable, and was present at the Exchange Buildings, Houndsditch on the night of 16-17 December 1910, when three policemen were murdered- the crime shocked Londoners, and the following month the perpetrators were identified as hiding out in Sidney Street- the subsequent Siege of Sidney Street, in which the Home Secretary Winston Churchill himself was present, was one of the major police incidents of the early 20th Century. Martin was discharged, ‘unfit for further service’, on 27 November 1913, and died at Faversham, Kent, on 21 January 1925. Sold with copied research including a copy of the book ‘The Houndsditch Murders ands the Siege of Sidney Street by Donald Rumbelow, in which the recipient is mentioned numerous times.
Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue, small letter reverse (1694 Sgt. Cook. J. Johns, E. Kent R.); together with Prince Consort’s Own Bloomsbury Rifles (5th V.B,. Rifle Brigade) Centenary Medal, bronze, ‘presented to Sergt. Cook G. S. Hellier at the annual inspection, June 26th, 1897’, first with edge bruising and contact marks, otherwise nearly very fine --- James Johns was born in Bristol and enlisted there into the 3rd Foot on 16 January 1868. He served with the 1st Battalion on the Perak Expedition, 20 November 1875 to 19 November 1876 (Medal with clasp), and was awarded the L.S. & G.C. medal on 1 April 1886, whilst serving with the 2nd Batttalion. Sold with copied discharge papers. George S. Hellier was born at Parkhurst, near Newport, Isle of Wight, in 1860. He is entitled to the Territorial Force Efficiency Medal (A.O. 65 of 1921) and the Silver War Badge (No. 68240) but did not serve overseas. Sold with copied Territorial papers from 1908 and other research.
Royal Humane Society, small bronze medal (successful) (George H. Pinhay. 29. July 1884.) with integral top riband buckle, in fitted case of issue, minor edge bruising, nearly very fine £180-£220 --- R.H.S. Case no. 22,424. George H. Pinhay, a 13 year old schoolboy, was awarded the Royal Humane Society’s Bronze Medal for saving life on the River Itchen where it flows into Southampton Water at Woolston, Southampton, on 29 July 1884.
League of Neutral Countries Life Saving Medal, 60mm, bronze, the obvesre featuring a Royal Naval rating shaking hands with a Dutch merchant seaman, with their respective crewmates looking on, the reverse inscribed ‘The Netherland Section of the League of Neutral Countries to [unnamed] in grateful commemoration of the services tendered by the English Sailors who rescued with peril of life the crews of seven unarmed Dutch Merchantmen surreptitiously attacked and recklessly destroyed by a German Submarine February 22nd 1917’, minor edge nick, good very fine, rare £140-£180 --- In February 1917 Lieutenant Commander Hersing in the German submarine U.21 was heading home after a successful (from his point of view) tour in the Mediterranean. On 22 February he met a Dutch convoy of eight steamers off the Isles of Scilly. They had just left Falmouth and were about 25 miles west of Bishop’s Rock. To Hersing these vessels seemed the most perfect gift just as he was entering the English Channel, and he promptly sank six of them. In response to the wireless calls from one of the Dutch merchantmen, three H.M. Tugs from the newly-inaugurated Rescue Service came out from Falmouth and, with the assistance of other trawlers, saved two of the steamers. About 200 of the occupants were brought ashore at Penzance. The disaster severely angered the Dutch authorities, as the convoy had been granted ‘safe conduct’ by Germany, although Hersing was unaware of this. The incident created a diplomatic incident, and the outcome was that Germany eventually made compensation by transferring to Holland six German steamers that were lying in the Dutch East Indies.’ (Seas of Adventures, by E. Keble Chatterton refers). The above medal was specially commissioned by the League of Neutral Countries and presented to those men who participated in the rescue of the crews of the sunk merchantmen.
5th Foot Order of Merit (10), 1767 type (2), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March the 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R172; 1805 type (3), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, ‘Revived Aprl. 23 1805’ in exergue, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R174; post-1805 type (5), obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘Vth Foot Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R177, all unnamed, the medals struck variously in silver, bronze-gilt, bronze, and brass, and mounted from a variety of suspensions, generally fair to fine (10) £180-£220
5th Northumberland Fusiliers Order of Merit (13), post-1836 type, obverse featuring St. George on horseback slaying a dragon, ‘Quo Fata Vocant’ above, exergue plain, reverse with ‘V Northumberland Fusiliers Merit’ within wreath, ‘March 10th 1767’ below, ref. Balmer R178, all unnamed, the medals struck variously in silver and bronze, and mounted from a variety of suspensions, generally nearly very fine and better (13) £180-£220
The mounted group of eight miniature dress medals attributed to Major-General C. J. Wallace, C.B., Highland Light Infantry Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamel, with integral top riband bar, reverse central medallion missing; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officer’s 1st type badge, silver-gilt, on 2nd type Military riband, gilding almost all rubbed from obverse; Military Cross, G.V.R.; 1914 Star; British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves; Coronation 1937; France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, bronze, reverse dated ‘1914-1918’, with bronze palm emblem on riband, mounted as worn and housed in a Garrard, London fitted case, good very fine (8) £200-£240 --- D.S.O. London Gazette 1 January 1918. O.B.E. London Gazette 1 January 1919. M.C. London Gazette 23 June 1915. French Croix de Guerre London Gazette 14 July 1919. Charles John Wallace was born on 6 February 1890, the son of Lieutenant-Colonel H. R. Wallace, and was educated at Charterhouse. Commissioned Second Lieutenant in the Highland Light Infantry on 5 October 1910, he was promoted Lieutenant on 19 March 1913, and served with the 2nd Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from August 1914, being present during the operations at Mons and at the Battle of Loos. Promoted Captain on 17 May 1915, he subsequently served as Brigade Major of the 68th Brigade, and was promoted Brevet Major on 1 January 1917, at the early age of just 26. For his services during the Great War he was awarded the D.S.O., O.B.E., and M.C., as well as the French Croix de Guerre, and was Mentioned in Despatches five times (London Gazettes 22 June 1915, 1 January 1916, 4 January 1917, 11 December 1917, and 20 December 1918). Post-War, Wallace was nominated for the Staff College, and served as Adjutant of the 1st Battalion in Egypt. Further appointments included Assistant Adjutant and Quarter Master General of the 1st Division at Aldershot from 1935-38, and Commander of the 3rd (Jhelum) Infantry Brigade in India from 1939. Advanced Major-General, he served as Aide-de-Camp to H.M. the King from 1938-40, and was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1941 New Year’s Honours’ List (London Gazette 1 January 1941). He died on 20 December 1943. Sold together with the recipient’s riband bar for the first four awards.
Belgium, Kingdom, Croix de Guerre, A.I.R, bronze; Frontline Fire Service Cross, bronze; Commemorative War Medal 1914-18, bronze, good very fine France, Third Republic, Croix de Guerre, reverse dated 1914-1918, bronze; Croix du Combattant, bronze; Commemorative War Medal 1914-18, bronze, good very fine Germany, Empire, Cross of Honour 1914-18, Combatant’s issue, blackened bronze, reverse marked ‘G.5’, good very fine (7) £50-£70
Germany, Bavaria, Merit Cross, Third Class, with crown suspension, unmarked; Medal for the Suppression of the 1849 Rebellion, bronze, edge bruising to second, therefore good fine and better Germany, Hesse, Honour Decoration, Ernst Ludwig, silver, very fine Germany, Prussia, Commemorative War Merit Medal 1863, bronze; Centenary Medal 1897, bronze; Commemorative Medal for the three Prussian Emperors, silver; Great War Honour Medal, bronze, with sword and wreath device to riband, the first somewhat corroded, therefore fine; the others better (7) £60-£80
Germany, Hanseatic States, Hanseatic Cross, 40mm, silver and enamel, with tower central medallion for Hamburg, good very fine An unattributed German Great War Iron Cross group of four Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre; unmarked; Germany, Empire, Cross of Honour 1914-18, combatant’s issue with swords, bronze, reverse marked ‘Ad. B.L.’; Austria, First Republic, War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, bronze, with crossed swords device on riband; Hungary, Republic, War Commemorative Medal 1914-18, silvered; mounted as worn, good very fine Germany, Empire, Red Cross Service Medal, zinc, on lady’s bow riband, good very fine (6) £70-£90
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, First Class breast badge, of convex construction, silver with iron centre, 800 silver mark to retaining pin, good very fine Germany, Empire, Cross of Honour 1914-18 (3), combatant’s issue with swords, bronze, reverse marked ‘G7’; non-combatant’s issue without swords, bronze, reverse marked ‘N. & H.’; non-combatant’s issue without swords, blackened, reverse marked ‘O.10’, good very fine (4) £100-£140
Germany, Prussia, Iron Cross 1914, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, unmarked, good very fine Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, ring marked ‘11’; Memelland Medal 22 March 1939, bronze; Eastern Front Medal (2), zinc, one on chain suspension; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, Third Class, 2nd type, bronze and enamel; together with a set of insignia for an Afrika Korps tropical pith helmet, the national eagle and the national tricolour all with their three fitting pins; a single Armed Forces shield for the Afrika Korps pith helmet; two Winter Help plastic Third Reich Army and Luftwaffe standards; and a small multi enamelled membership lapel pin for the Old Conrades Association, generally very fine (12) £140-£180
Germany, Saxony, Honour Cross, without swords, gilt; Bravery Medal, bronze; Great War Service Medal, bronze, with crossed swords suspension, very fine Germany, Saxe-Altenburg, Medal for the Golden Jubilee of Ernst Herzog 1903, bronze, very fine Germany, Saxe-Weimar, Golden Wedding Anniversary Medal 1892, silver, edge bruising, nearly very fine Germany, Wurttemburg, Merit Medal of the Order of Friedrich, silver-gilt; Military Merit Medal, silver-gilt; King Karl Recognition Medal, silver, with bronze ‘W’ clasp, good very fine (8) £140-£180
Germany, Third Reich, Iron Cross 1939, Second Class breast badge, silver with iron centre, ring stamped ‘75’ (Karl Hensler of Pforzheim); East Front Medal, zinc; Italian Afrika Medal, bronze; 25 Year National Faithful Service Medal, silvered and enamel, in card box of issue; Armed Forces 4 Year Long Service Medal, silvered, with silvered eagle emblem on riband; Mothers Cross, Second Class, silvered and enamel; together with an Army Drivers Badge in bronze; a Wound Badge in black; and a small German-Italian Aviation Medal, good very fine (9) £100-£140
Germany, Third Reich, War Service Cross, Second Class (2), with crossed swords, bronze; without swords, bronze; 1939 Bar to the Iron Cross First Class of 1914, unmarked; Cross of Honour of the German Mother, Third Class, 2nd type, bronze and enamel; together with a wound badge in black, pressed version; two Third Reich aluminium day badges; a Third Reich period glided award featuring three gulls; a Luftwaffe Long Service medal riband; a Volkswagen Factory badge; a Fascist Italian Air Force Medal, bronze; and a porcelain Adolf Hitler patriotic portrait, 70mm x 55mm, the obverse featuring Adolf Hitler wearing political style uniform, signature at the bottom with eagle and swastika on the reverse side with AH either side, dated 1940 with its porcelain manufacturers marking, generally very fine Germany, Federal Republic, Cross of Merit, gilt and enamel; Medal of Merit, gilt and enamel; together with a small assortment of mixed post war German lapel pin badges, good very fine (lot) £180-£220
Japan, Empire, Red Cross Order of Merit, breast badge, silver and enamel, on lady’s bow riband; Red Cross Membership Medal (2), silver, with rosette on riband; white metal, both with original hook and eye suspension; Russo-Japanese Red Cross War Commemorative Medal, bronze (2), one with original hook and eye suspension; together with four other Japanese Red Cross Medals, silver, gilt, and enamel, nearly very fine (9) £100-£140
United States of America, Central Intelligence Agency Intelligence Star Presentation Medallion, 75mm, bronze, the obverse embossed ‘Central Intelligence Agency, For Valour’, the reverse unnamed, with riband bar, extremely fine, scarce £400-£600 --- The Central Intelligence Agency’s Intelligence Star is awarded ‘For a voluntary act or acts of courage performed under hazardous conditions, or for outstanding achievements of service rendered with distinction under conditions of grave risk.’
Allied Victory Medals (7), Czechoslovakia, Republic, official type I, by O. Spaniel; France, Third Republic, official type by A. Morlon, with Paris Mint mark; Greece, Kingdom, official type; Italy, Kingdom, this a cast copy; Japan, Empire, official type; Portugal, Republic, official type I; United States of America, 2 clasps, Defensive Sector, St. Mihiel, bronze, generally very fine and better A Gulf War pair attributed to Lance Corporal J. C. Pickard, Royal Engineers Saudi Arabia, Kingdom, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, with riband bar, in box of issue; Kuwait, Emirate, Medal for the Liberation of Kuwait 1991, 4th Grade, with riband bar, in box of issue named ‘24736944 L.Cpl. J. C. Pickard R.E.’, extremely fine (9) £60-£80
A Royal Household R.V.M. group of seven awarded to E. J. Seymour, The Queen’s Wardrobe Man, later Attendant at the State Apartments, Windsor Castle Royal Victorian Medal, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1897, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1902, bronze, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1911, unnamed as issued; Jubilee 1935, unnamed as issued; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued; Royal Household Faithful Service Medal, G.V.R., suspension dated ‘1910-1930’ (E. J. Seymour), traces of lacquer, generally good very fine (7) £400-£500 --- Provenance: Dix Noonan Webb, December 2001. R.V.M. awarded 9 June 1938: Edward John Seymour, Shower, State Apartments Windsor, Lord Chamberlain’s Office. Edward John Seymour was born at Windsor, Berkshire on 3 December 1869. He entered Royal service, by trade a draper, on 1 April 1892 and retired on 1 September 1938. He was the Queen’s Wardrobe Man, at Windsor Castle and later an Attendant in the Royal Apartments. He was one of a family of Royal servants stretching back several generations. There were two brothers named Seymour, John Brown Seymour and Thomas Seymour who were travelling Tapissiers to Queen Victoria. Their principal function when the Queen travelled was to transport and erect her bed which she always took with her. Sold together with a small silver bon-bon dish by Wolfers, Brussels, 110mm diameter, the centre engraved with the crowned monogram ‘B’ for King Baudoin of Belgium; and two newspaper cuttings relating to the award of his R.V.M. and Royal Household Faithful Service Medal.
Emma Marie Cadwallader-Guild (1843-1911) United States born in Zanesville, Ohio in 1843. A large bronze bust of Peter Brotherhood (Peterborough) signed "Emma Cadwallader-Guild 1887" in green patination fair condition with minor scratches 66cm high, presented on a four gilt pillar pedestal stand 91 cm high. Cadwallader-Guild was an self taught American sculpture by 1875, she exhibited a sketch in plaster at the Women's Pavilion of the Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition. In the mid-1880s she moved to the UK, and is thought thereafter to have lived chiefly in Europe, only returning to the US to fulfill portrait commissions. Her preferred media were marble, granite and bronze. Cadwallader-Guild's known portrait commissions include G.F. Watts, President Lincoln, President McKinley and Andrew Carnegie. Between 1885-98 she exhibited portraits and ideal works at the Royal Academy in London.
Blue and white charger Chinese, circa 1800 the centre depicting a bronze object containing flowering plants, with a border of flowers, 37.5cm across Condition: there is a hairline crack in the base on one side around 8cm across. There is another hairline from the rim going into the body around 3cm. Some firing imperfections and small chips around the rim
Miniature gilt bronze figure of Avalokiteshvara Chinese, late 18th Century on a double lotus base, hands in mudra, the left holding a bowl, on a later wooden stand, 9.5cm high Condition: very worn with age, the gilt decoration is missing in parts, some of the hardstone inlaid stones are missing
Miniature bronze vase Chinese, 18th/19th Century of squat globular form, on a splayed foot with short tapered neck supporting a broad rim, the body inlaid with gold details of two panels, each with two figures in a garden scene divided by a diaper pattern below which are two tendril style splays, the shoulder with chrysanthemum and mottled brown and black borders, the latter repeated around the spayed foot, 3cm high
Bronze censer and stand Chinese, 17th/18th Century on a circular en-suite base, the squat bulbous vessel mounted with looped side handles, the base with an impressed six character Xuande mark, supported upon a three footed stand with a centralised circular hole, 24.5cm x 9cm Condition: the top rim has a few small dents and imperfections, there are some deep scratches visible to the body, there are a few surface cracks noticeable around the base . All over blemishes and wear
Bronze Hu Ming style vase Chinese 17th/18th Century with loose ring handles supported by looped Buddhist lion face masks, the shoulder decorated with a ruyi head palmette border supporting a band of sixteen character medallions reading Fu, Shou, and Lu. The waisted neck and foot with a key pattern and archaic motif framing the character Wang (King) on key motif ground, foot with character Zhuanshu mark, 48.75cm high Condition: bumps, marks, abrasions and small losses consistent with age. A number of old repairs.
Canton blue and white jardiniere Chinese, 19th Century decorated to the body depicting dogs of fo amongst clouds, the foot and rim with bronze tinted borders of waves and clouds, 30cm high x 37cm across Condition: no major issues with the condition. There are some bubbles from the firing of the glaze. The base has some star cracks in it and has a rough glaze. Heavy wear
Collection of reference books on Chinese art to include Chinese snuff bottles, vols 1-4 bound as one book by Hugh M Moss, Catalogue of a Special Exhibition of Hindustan Jade in the National Palace Museum, 1983, A Catalogue of Shang Dynasty Bronze Inscriptions: Ancient Chinese Script from the 1st Millenium B.C published by National Palace Museum, Taiwan (1995), Auspicious Ju-i Scepters of China, Published by National Palace Museum, Taipei, 1995, A Special Exhibition of Recently Acquired Gilt-Bronze Buddhist Images Published by National Palace Museum, 1996, Principle Wares of the Song Period from a Private Collection Published by Eskenazi, London (2015), Transfigured echoes recent paintings by Liu Dan Published by Eskenazi, London, 2015 and ten further books (17)
Bronze Dong Sun drum Vietnam, 7thC BC-2nd C AD with Vietnamese sun in centre top, with further animal shapes and three frogs, sides have line outlines of figures and activities with everted base, 24cm diameter x 18cm high Condition: heavily oxidised, holes, possible old repairs, marks and pitting, losses to the rim
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