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Lot 340
A Japanese bronze figure of a crane perched on the back of a tortoise, Meiji period, together with a Victorian glass table centrepiece. (2) CONDITION REPORT: Table centrepiece with a broken off leaf and another broken stem which appears to have held another flower. Otherwise good condition. See additional images.
Lot 607
A rare Chinese cloisonné enamel and gilt-bronze tripod censer, Ming Dynasty: the globular body with twin arching reeded handles ending with ruyi heads and eight wave pattern bosses below the rim, decorated with a design of four taotie masks amongst scrolling foliage with a band of archaistic dragons above, three large lotus blooms to the underside in green, yellow, blue, brown, white and black enamels on a turquoise ground, on lotus bud cabriole legs, 21 cm wide, 16 cm high. * This fine censer was purchased at a house sale in Devon circa 1964/65 by the late husband of the present owner. He attended the sale with the intention of buying a Georgian tallboy, which he did, but when viewing saw the censer, liked the colour of the enamels and purchased it for a modest sum. It was used for several years as a plant pot but after being itemised in a late 1970s insurance valuation, was 'upgraded' to a desk tidy for paper clips and pens.
Lot 695
British School 20th Century, in the Manner of Jacob Epstein-Dagnall Ells,:-bronze bust on rectangular marble base25cm overall.*Notes. Dagnall Ells was a Trustee of the Tate Gallery. He worked in insurance in London and was a keen art collector, notably of 20th Century Italian paintings and sculpture. In his own collection he had three Turner watercolours of Venice, a Marini horseman and an Epstein Mother and Child bronze.Ells was related by marriage to Gustav Hellmut Sail [1908-1971], see Picture lots xxx-xxx
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Lot 697
Gwendoline [Gwen] Le Gallienne [1900-1936]: an Art Nouveau bronze 'fairy' tripod vase of rounded trefoil shape and formed from the outstretched wings of three fairies, signed 'Gwen le Gallienne' and with founder's seal for 'A.Valsuani Cire Perdue', 14 cm wide. * Biography: Gwendoline Le Gallienne was the daughter of the artist Roland Hinton Perry and his wife Irma. She became a sculptor and painter and her portraits include James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway and Amelia Earhart. Her stepsister was Eva Le Gallienne, actress and film director.
Lot 700
After Felix Lecomte (French 1737-1817) a bronze bust of Marie Antoinette: portrayed with hair tied up and adorned with flowers, her head turned slightly to dexter, a medallion cast with a profile of King Louis XVI hung at her decolletage, on a waisted socle and polished marble base, overall height 33.5cm.
Lot 729
Stevenard à Boulogne, a champlevé enamelled carriage clock: the eight-day duration movement striking the hours and half-hours on a bell, with push repeat of the last hour at will, the platform lever escapement having a plain steel balance with an engraved balance cock as is typical of this maker, the backplate stamped to the lower portion Stevenard, H Ger W cien a Boulogne, some letters missing to read Stevenard, Horloger Mecanicien a Boulogne, the white enamel dial having a repeat of the makers name, black Roman numerals and blued steel moon hands, the early multi-piece case fully engraved with floral decoration, with side panels of engraved brass and two-tone blue inset enamel, height 17cms (handle up) 14.5cms (handle down).* Biography Pierre-Louis Stevenard, born 1801, was not only a clockmaker but a fine maker of automata and moving dolls, often incorporating the most ingenious mechanisms set within clocks. He was considered a master of his craft in France at this time and had an unsurpassed reputation. Between 1833 and 1842 he produced three most important pieces, each incorporating a miniature musician. At the Paris Exposition of 1878, at the age of 77, he showed two automata, The Physician and The Singing Lesson for which he was awarded a bronze medal. The Singing Lesson is illustrated and discussed in . Pierre-Louis Stevenard died in 1883.Reference: Automata, Alfred Chapuis and Edmond Droz, Pub. B.T. Batsford Ltd, 1938.
Lot 731
A Victorian French bronze and marble clock in the form of a canon: the eight-day duration timepiece movement having a platform lever escapement, the round white enamel dial with stylised Roman numerals and blued steel hands, set within a bronze canon with gimbaled sides and standing on a rouge marble base, height 13cms.
Lot 737
Felix Sandoz, London, a bronze and marble fusee mantel clock: the eight-day duration, double-fusee movement striking the hours on a bell, the round white enamel dial having black Arabic numerals, blued steel hands and signed by the maker Felix Sandoz, London, sitting between two black marble pillars with flat ormolu urns to the top and surmounted by an ormolu eagle on a further black marble plinth, the base of white marble with an ormolu frieze set to the front depicting classical figures with the whole standing on decorative ormolu feet, height 41cms.*Biography Felix Sandoz is recorded as working in London in circa 1800 and may well have been the maker of the same name who originated from Chaux-de-Fonds, Switzerland sometime after 1758, where the large family were well-known clockmakers, including his grandfather David who made a clock which he gave to the town.
Lot 52
Rare George VI Burma Police Medal Awarded to William James Barron District Superintendent of Police, Awarded for Service During the Mandalay Riots of 1938, bronze medal complete with its original ribbon and housed in red leatherette Royal Mint case of issue. Medal is named in the correct style “WILLIAM JAMES BARRON DIST SUPT OF POLICE”. Remains in very good condition. A report on his service held at the British Library gives the following details, “William Barron served with the Indian (Imperial) Police Service. He joined the service in 1921, held a variety of posts and gained wide experience. An officer of great physical courage and determination. A keen outdoor man and a good shot, keen on all kinds of field sports.” The report continues with details given by another officer, “I came to Burma with Mr Barron in 1921 on the same ship. His temperament which was most pleasant and normal in 1921 (and later in 1926 when I met him at home on leave), came to have become somewhat bitter in the course of the years but this did not detract from his general all round ability which was of high order, although it discarded sometimes a certain amount of forbearance on the part of colleagues and superiors. By his subordinates Mr Barron was held in great respect and awe, no one took and liberties with him. Mr Barron served with me as District Superintendent of Police when I was Deputy Commissioner, Mandalay in 1938. I cannot speak to highly of the magnificent work he did in the riots. His transfer from Mandalay on Political grounds embittered Mr Barron greatly. I recommended him for the Kings Police Medal but eventually after a lapse of 3 years he got only the Burma Police Medal – another disappointment”. William James Barron of Kineraig Greville Park Avenue Ashtead Surrey died 20th August 1944 at University College Hospital, Grafton Way, London WC1. The Burma Police Medal was instituted in 1937 and abolished in 1948. The award was given to both Burmese and European recipients, it is believed only 32 of the approximate 140 issued were to Europeans such as William Barron.
Lot 554
WW2 South Staffordshire Regiment Air Landing Officers Cap Badge and Collar Badge Set, fine example of the bronze officers cap badge with blade fittings and Staffordshire knot bronze collar badges with two lugs on the reverse of each. The badges all have the oval “Holland Patch” backing. (3 items)
Lot 608
Royal Northumberland Fusiliers Officers Beret, fine private purchase example fitted with officers bronze cap badge, having what appears to be a silvered centre. The badge is set upon a red felt “V”. Herbert Johnson tailors diamond to the interior of the beret. One small moth hole to the top of the beret but otherwise good example.
Lot 610
East Surrey Regiment Officers Coloured Field Service Cap, fitted with officers silver gilt collar / forage cap badge. Black cloth lining with velvet cushion strip; Royal Electrical & Mechanical Engineers officers forage cap in khaki with bronze collar / forage cap badge. Officers quality lining to the interior; Scarce American Red Cross enlisted ranks overseas cap with enamelled cap badge. All remain in generally good condition. (3 items)
Lot 660
Royal Navy Tunic of Captain Hugh Askew Corbett C.B.E, D.S.O, D.S.C Royal Navy, standard double breasted Royal Navy officers dress tunic with double row of gilt kings crown buttons. To the cuffs is rank lace for the of Captain in the Royal Navy. To breast are medal ribbons for C.B.E, D.S.O, D.S.C, Naval General Service medal, 1939-45 star, Atlantic star, Africa star with rosette, Italy star and 1939-45 war medal with bronze MID oak leaf. To the interior pocket is the original tailors label. Remains in good condition. Hugh Askew Corbett was born in Stepney on 25th June 1916. His father was a Reverent who died of the Spanish Flu in 1919. He was educated at St Edmunds, Canterbury. In 1933 he joined the Royal Navy. His obituary gives the following details “At the outbreak of war Corbett was junior hand in Impulsive, but was soon appointed first lieutenant of Brazen. He was due to leave her to take a course in torpedo and anti-submarine warfare, but insisted on staying at sea. On 15 April 1940, while escorting a landing force to Harstad during the Norwegian campaign, Brazen and her fellow destroyer Fearless attacked the German submarine U-49. Five depth charges were dropped and the U-boat burst to the surface . All but one of the 42-man crew were saved, and while engaged in the rescue work Brazen picked up papers which gave the entire U-boat disposition for the German invasion of Norway. Corbett was mentioned in despatches. After Brazen was sunk off Dover by German aircraft on July 20 1940, Corbett served briefly as first lieutenant in the Hunt-class Tyndale, and in June 1941 he joined the newly-built Lookout, which took part in Arctic convoys, in Operation Ironclad (the occupation of Madagascar) and Operation Pedestal (to resupply Malta). Under a new commanding officer, in May 1943 Corbett took part in Operation Retribution, which prevented the escape by sea of German forces from North Africa to Sicily . Only a few hundred Germans escaped the blockade, and Corbett was awarded a DSC. In September 1943 Corbett was given command of Wheatland, and was at the Allied landings at Salerno until deployed to the Adriatic. On the night of November 1 1944, Corbett was in command of the Hunt-class destroyer Wheatland, leading the destroyer Avon Vale northwards through the shipping lanes inshore of the island of Lussino in the northern Adriatic. His mission was to prevent the evacuation of German troops from Dalmatia, and, keeping his ships hidden against the shadow of the land, he was watching carefully over the Quarnerolo Channel when he spotted two German corvettes, UJ-205 and UJ-208. Increasing to full speed, and lighting the channel with star shell, Corbett opened fire with four-inch guns at 4,000 yards, and in a fierce exchange quickly reduced one corvette to a wreck and blew up the other. Avon Vale had stopped to pick up survivors when a third German ship, the ex-Italian torpedo boat-destroyer TA-20, rounded a headland and opened fire before turning to flee. Corbett gave chase, and in a running fight sank TA-20. The action was over in half an hour, and 71 German survivors were pulled from the water that night and 20 more the next day. Corbett was awarded a DSO. He continued to serve in the Royal Navy during the post war years, being awarded the CBE in 1968. He retired from the Navy in 1969 and died in April 2012. See C&T Auctioneers and Valuers Arms, Armour & Militaria Sale 1/11/2017 for another tunic belonging to this officer.
Lot 661
WW2 ATS Uniform Grouping, consisting of four pocket officers service dress tunic with bronze officers collar badges. Gilt rank pips to the shoulders and twist cord lanyard. Tunic with tailors label having typed owners name “P Wyley”. Complete with khaki belt having brass buckle; Female pattern breeches with ties to the bottom of the legs; Officers private purchase greatcoat with the tailors label having the typed name; 1943 dated ATS peaked cap with brass cap badge and thin leather chinstrap. Cloth lining to the interior of the cap with ink stampings and different name to that of the uniform items. Good overall condition. Tunic and greatcoat very small size. (5 items)
Lot 830
WW2 German Army / Waffen-SS Close Combat Clasp (Nahkampfspange), bronze grade example retaining much of its original bronzed finish. Stamped to the reverse “FEC W.E PEEKHAUS BERLIN AUSF A.G.M. u. K. GABLONZ”. Backing plate to the reverse of the award. Complete with its correct pattern pin and catch fixing to the reverse, pin has bent but otherwise a very nice example.
Lot 861
Scarce Flemish Verdinaso “Dinaso” Honour Badge, bronze grade example with two lug fittings to the reverse. Crusader sword with centre having Flemish insignia and circular wreath with “Trouw aan Joris Van Severen - Abbeville - 20 Mei 1940”. Good condition. Awarded to honour the leader Joris Van Severen who was executed in 1940 by the French Army.
Lot 1089
WW2 American Paratroopers M3 Fighting Knife Attributed to Corporal Robert H Cahoon Jr “C” Company 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment 101st Airborne Division who Parachuted into Normandy on D-Day, Parachuted into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden and was Wounded at Bastogne in 1944, Superb example of an early pattern M3 fighting knife having the original leather binding to the grip and steel top pommel. Steel guard with downward end. Partially double edged blade measuring just over 16 ½ cms in length. Blade stamped “U.S. M3 – UTICA”. Housed in its original 1943 dated M6 leather scabbard. Reverse of the scabbard is inked “C-7018” in two places, which is Cahoon’s laundry number. The knife remains in very good overall condition and is accompanied by a file of research. Robert H Cahoon Jr was born in 1922 and was from Muskegee, Oklahoma. He enlisted in Oklahoma City on 5th April 1942. He joined the paratroopers and jumped into Normandy on D-Day 5th/6th June 1944. He was heavily involved in the fighting for Ravenoville, Purple Heart Lane and Carentan. He survived the heavy combat in Normandy in which the 101st Airborne division were involved and was then sent back to the UK with the rest of the division. In September 1944 he made his second combat jump, this was into Holland as part of Operation Market Garden (Arnhem). During the battle for Bastogne in the winter of 1944, Corporal Cahoon was seriously wounded on 31st December 1944. He was awarded the Purple Heart and also the Bronze Star for gallantry during the battle of Bastogne. He spent many months in hospital recovering from his wounds, as a result of his wounds he was discharged from the army.
Lot 202
Grouping of Worcestershire Regiment Officers Cap Badges, including 2x silver (not hallmarked) examples, silver gilt two piece example with lug fittings, theatre made cast example with long slider (possibly pagri), two piece bronzed example with blade fittings and 2x variations of officers bronze with blade fittings to the reverse. (7 items)
Lot 235
Badges and Insignia of the Military Provost Staff Corps, including brass Edward VII issue cap badge, George V brass cap badge with wreath, George V officers bronze cap badge with Firmin makers tablet and blade fittings to the reverse, George V cipher brass cap badge, similar George VI example, 3x officers gilt metal EIIR period collar badges, anodised EIIR cap badge, pair of anodised collar badges, anodised shoulder title (one fitting missing), embroidered EIIR beret badge, embroidered MPSC shoulder title and 2x modern TRF signs. All generally good condition and with fittings unless stated. (16 items)
Lot 237
Badges and Insignia of the Army Physical Training Corps, mostly consisting of various variants of the officers and other ranks cap and collar badges, including bronze, gilt brass, silver gilt, anodised and white metal examples. One sealed pattern collar badge, bullion embroidered cap badge, brass shoulder title and embroidered shoulder title. All remain in good overall condition. (26 items)
Lot 254
Selection of Mixed Cap / Beret Badges, including rifles cord boss badge, Royal Artillery bullion embroidered on green cloth backing, bi-metal Mobile Defence Corps, gilt Royal Artillery officers cap badge with Gaunt makers mark to the reverse, George VI National Defence Company bronze badge with blades, bi-metal 23rd Hussars, bronze 26th Hussars with blade fittings to reverse, 22nd Dragoons cap badge with slider, bi-metal 27th Lancers, plus others. Accompanying the cap / beret badges is a Polish Pilots badge with Gaunt makers mark and screw back fitting, 2x other ranks helmet plate centres, generals shoulder board crossed baton and sword emblems, plus other items. Various conditions and periods. (48 items)
Lot 258
17x British Yeomanry Cap Badges, including bronze Norfolk Yeomanry, bronze Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars, brass Queens Own Worcestershire Hussars, brass Edward VII Norfolk Yeomanry, Royal Devon Yeomanry Artillery, Sussex Yeomanry, County of London Yeomanry, Westminster Dragoons IY, plus others. Various conditions. (17 items)
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