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Lot 263
British War Medal 1914-20 (Po.2430-S-Pte. W. Lane, R.M.L.I.) edge bruise; Victory Medal 1914-19 (4) (Deal 15104-S-Pte. C. Collins, R.M.; 193796 W. H. Dacombe, A.B., R.N.; Ch. Sig. Bosn. T. D. Devereux, R.N.; Bosn. G. Self, R.N.) last, part officially re-impressed; Pair: Engineer L. E. Jackson, Royal Naval Reserve, 1914-15 Star (Eng., R.N.R.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (Engr., R.N.R.); Pair: Ordinary Seaman W. Scully, Royal Navy, British War and Victory Medals (J.70383 Ord., RN.); Medal for Marksmenship, 1931 (L/Cpl. G. T. Harvey, Allhallows School, Class B. 3rd) 38mm., bronze medallion, in case of issue; Royal Life Saving Society Medal, 1 clasp, 1940 (A. L. Davies, Jan. 1939) bronze, with ‘R.L.S.S.’ brooch bar, very fine and better (11) £60-80.
Lot 443
Pair: Blacksmith 1st Class S. Garget, Royal Navy, who was killed when H.M.S. Curacoa was in collision with the liner Queen Mary, 2 October 1942 Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.VI.R., 1st issue (MX.45530 Blk.1, H.M.S. Curacoa) in damaged card box ox of issue; Royal Life Saving Society Medal, bronze (S. Garget, June 1931) in case of issue, extremely fine (5) £120-160 Blacksmith 1st Class Sydney Garget, Royal Navy, was killed when the cruiser Curacoa was in collision with the liner Queen Mary on 2 October 1942. Aged 37 years at the time of his death, he was buried in Ashaig Cemetery, Invernesshire. He was the son of William and Elizabeth Garget and husband of Margaret Gertrude Garget of Brighton, Sussex. The Curacoa was part of the escort of the Queen Mary that was transporting some 15,000 American servicemen across the Atlantic to the U.K. Travelling at high speed in heavy weather, the 80,000 ton liner made a sudden turn to starboard in response to a reported submarine sighting and in doing so cut the escorting 4,290 ton Curacoa in two. Within five minutes the two portions of the vessel sank with the loss of 25 officers and 313 ratings. Only 26 officers and men of the Curacoa survived the accident. The Queen Mary, although damaged, made it across the Atlantic with her human cargo intact. Sold with Marriage Certificate and Marriage License, Maidestone, Kent, 1929; modern photographs of the grave and copied research.
Lot 445
Royal Naval Reserve L.S. & G.C., E.VII.R. (36197 J. Luly, Sean. 1Cl., R.N.R.); Special Constabulary Long Service, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Baden P. Dunning); General Strike National Emergency Medal 1926, 51mm., bronze, unnamed, in case of issue, extremely fine (3) £70-90 Medal to ‘Luly’ sold with Census extract. Medal to ‘Dunning’ in card box of issue showing service in the North Riding of Yorkshire. National Emergency Medal with accompanying slip addressed to ‘H. McCrae, Esq.’ from the London, Midland & Scottish Railway Company, Euston Station, dated January 1927. Also with a commission document appointing Howard Fitzgerald Hay a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Navy, dated 20 April 1868. Sold with copied service paper - showing appointment to Lieutenant in February 1872 and Commander in December 1886. He retired with the rank of Captain on 16 May 1898 and died on 1 November 1915.
Lot 105
A COLLECTION OF SEVEN MEDALLIONS to include the Royal Scottish Academy Medal by Wyon Thomas Clark, dated 1865, copper medallion of Pope Clement XII, 1733, a Versailles Commemorative medallion by Molart, bronze medallion commemorating Sir Martin Fokes by J Dassier, 1760, the Nelson Silver Medal Memorial Trafalgar Square medallion and the Cat Club bronze medallion, 1762 by T Pingo and the Phene Spiers Medal (7).
Lot 28
A Sino-Shan bronze two-frog drum From Laos, probably 14th/15th century of typical cylindrical form, decorated with four pairs of mating frogs, with bands of foliate 'tramline' decoration radiating from a central star motif, the sides of inswept form with reeded flattened loop handles, on a later hardwood stand 59cm diameter, 47cm high Note: most of these drums originate from Kha people living in the hills and mountains of northern Laos, east of Ban Houie Sai and west of Luang Prabang. These drums, commonly known as Kha drums in Laos, are related to the idea of fertility are always decorated wih bronze frogs, which are symbols of water and rain, around the top. One-frog drums are the most ancient, dating from about 700 years ago, with three-frog drums being the most recent, dating from about 200 years later. Two-frog varieties, such as this drum, fall in the period in between and are the rarest of the three varieties. The sound of the drum, when suspended by its handle, is likened to the the roar of thunder or bellowing of a bullfrog, a harbinger of rain. Literature: 'Bronze Drums of Laos', Arts of Asia V, I, 1975, by Roxanna M Brown.
Lot 72
A 19th century wax portrait relief of Thomas Carlyle, circa 1875 By Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Bart, RA (1834-1890) the profile of oval form within its original broad moulded oak frame 14.5cm wide, 16cm high Note: Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881) was a Scottish essayist, satirist and historian. He was a recognised literary leader whose work was hugely influential during the Victorian era. Carlyle was presented with a unique gold specimen of the medal struck to honour the occasion of his 80th birthday on 4th December 1875, together with a testimonial letter, signed by 119 of his eminent contemporaries. The design was closely based on Boehm's portrait of Carlyle, the plaster statue version having been exhibited with much acclaim in the Royal Academy in that year (NPG 685). A rough brown wax relief, now in Carlyle's House in Chelsea, provided the basis of the medal, which was engraved by George T Morgan from Boehm's wax portraits. This wax portrait is well finished and is likely to have played a major part in the evolution of the birthday medal. Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm (1834-1890) studied in his native Vienna, Italy and Paris before establishing himself in England in 1862, acquiring British nationality in 1865. As a reward for his many commissions from Queen Victoria he was appointed 'Sculptor in Ordinary to the Queen.' His works were exhibited at the Royal Academy between 1862 and 1891; he was nominated a member in 1882. Literature: 'Edgar Boehm's Medal of Thomas Carlyle' by Mark Stocker, The Medal, no. 6, Spring 1985. 'British Historical Medals' by Laurence Brown, vol II, No 3006, London 1987. 'Royalist and Realist: The Life and Work of Sir Edgar Boehm' by Mark Stocker, Garland Publishing, New York 1988. 'Biographical Dictionary of Medallists' vol I, by Leonard Forrer, pp 204-5, London 1904-30. A cast bronze bas-relief portrait of Carlyle by Thomas Stuart Burnett ARSA (1853-1888) was sold in these rooms, 21st March 2007.
Lot 111
A pair of French late 19th century bronze candlesticks Signed Rancoulet in the form of scantily clad figures of Cupid and Diana carrying their bows, each holding aloft a single rococo cast gilt metal nozzle, the figures standing on sphere surbases and stepped quatreform plinths, applied with title cartouches: 'Retour du Printemps' and 'A Nuit Tout Repose' , copper patination, signed in the bases (2) 60cm high
Lot 120
A 19th century bronze six light chandelier In the Renaissance taste the leaf cast chain mounting ring above a swagged ovoid central boss with Pan mask cornucopaie issuing three bearded atlantes, each holding aloft a pair of sconces modelled as torchères, with a berried knop finial pendant 61cm diameter, 85cm high Provenance: from an English country house collection.
Lot 134
A late 19th century white marble figure of The Dying Gaul the naked gladiator bent down over his fallen sword with his head downcast, on an oval plinth carved with a mat having a Vitruvian scroll border 59m wide, 32cm high, 30cm deep The Dying Gaul (in Italian: Galata Morente) is an ancient Roman marble copy of a lost Hellenistic statue which was possibly originally executed in bronze and commissioned some time between 230 BC and 220 BC by Attalos I of Pergamon to honour his victory over the Celtic Galatians in Anatolia. The identity of the origianal sculptor is unknown, but it has been suggested that Epigonus, the court sculptor of the Attalid dynasty of Pergamon, may have been its author.
Lot 261
A RARE PAIR OF EARLY BRONZE SPURS, PROBABLY LATE ROMAN OR CELTIC in excavated condition, each formed of a u-shaped heel band of differing length on the respective sides, the terminals pierced for attaching to the heel, and with traces of iron at the neck for a short spike 7.5cm; 3in (2) A related pair of spurs attributed to the late Roman period are illustrated in C. de Lacy Lacy 1904, plate 6. Another pair attributed to the 7th Century Celtic are illustrated in M. Scalini 2007, p. 97. nos. 3162 and 3163.
Lot 273
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Lot 306
AN ENGLISH BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, LONDON PROOF MARKS, 19TH CENTURY with tapering multi-stage barrel fitted with later fore-sight, cast and chased with raised astragal bands decorated with foliage, chiselled in relief with a trophy-of-arms on the chase and foliage, carrying a vacant escutcheon on the first reinforce, the latter stamped with London view and proof marks beneath, a pair of leafy dolphins on a punched ground, plain trunnions, raised vent, the base ring chiselled with foliage and drawn-out to a cascabel formed as a mulberry enclosed by acanthus leaves (pitted cleaned overall) 57cm; 22 1/2in barrel 2.5cm; 1in bore
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