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Click here to subscribeA Victorian 1845 Pattern Rifles Officer`s Sword, the 83cm single edge fullered steel blade crisply etched with the Royal cypher, Rifle Regiment strung bugle and foliage by Morgan & Co., Albemarle Street, London, the nickel plated gothic hilt pierced with a strung bugle, with wire bound fishskin grip and steel two ring scabbard
A collection of books relating to the Gurkhas including Brook - Northey & Morris, The Gurkhas their manners, customs and country pub. John Lane and The Bodley Head, 1928; Mullaly, Bugle and Kukri pub. Blackwood, 1957; Davis, A Child at Arms pub. Hutchinson & Co, 1970; Neild, The story of 153 Gurkha Parachute Battalion; and twenty-five other books relating to the Gurkha`s (28)
An oyster coloured wedding dress with fitted bodice, long sleeves and full skirt decorated with a stitched ribbon and applied pearl pattern, a cream coloured sleeveless wedding dress decorated with sequins and bugle beads, two further white wedding dresses, a full length black velvet evening dress decorated with ruched lace trim to sleeves and hem, two further black velvet dresses and a small collection of cocktail dresses
Continental Renaissance style buffet, the three door superstructure having relief carved panelled fronts, two depicting maidens, the central panel depicting a cavalier on horseback, his attendant blowing a bugle and being led by a hound, the whole surmounting monk form supports terminating at the lower case, having figural medallions above the turned pilasters, and rising on compressed bun feet, 104""h x 67""w x 26""d
An important silver figure of a First World War Soldier by Goldsmiths and Silversmiths of London 1918, exquisitely modelled in the form of a WWI snare drummer in full military regalia, his intricately decorated snare drum hung to his left, a drumstick held in his left hand resting on the upper surface, a bugle with tasselled straps hanging to his right, adorned with various satchels and roll pack, on a hallmarked square base seated upon an ebonised stepped plinth, the front bearing a hallmarked silver presentation plaque inscribed, `Presented to Mrs Sanders from the Officers, Warrant Officers, N.C.O`s and Men of the First Battn. The Essex Regiment, in the affectionate memory of the late Brigadier General A.R.C. Sanders C.M.G D.S.G.O who Commanded the Battn. from 9th April to 7th Sept 1918`, 13in. (33cm.) high including plinth; to also include a framed pencil portrait of Brigadier-General Sanders, various press cuttings and obituaries to frame verso, 15½ x 11½in. (39.5 x 29.25cm.). (2) *Arthur Richard Careless Sanders was born on 20 January 1877. Entering the Army, he was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Engineers on 18 January 1897. Advanced to Lieutenant in January 1900 and Captain in January 1906, he served on the North West Frontier of India during 1908. Serving in the Great War, he was promoted to Major in October 1914 and received the brevet of Lieutenant-Colonel in June 1915. For his service as a General Staff Officer he was awarded the D.S.O. and the French Legion of Honour. Promoted to Brigadier-General, on 9 September 1918 he took over command of the 50th Brigade of the 17th (Northern) Division in France. Commanding his brigade in the advance from the Canal du Nord to the Selle, Brigadier-General Sanders was killed in action on 20 September 1918. In the early morning he had gone up to inspect the front about the Quentin Redoubt. After daylight he was returning to his Brigade H.Q. and as he crossed the railway, he was caught in machine-gun fire from Gouzeaucourt and killed on the spot. He was buried in the Five Points Cemetery, Lechelle, Pas de Calais, France. After his death the London Gazette announced the award of a Bar to his D.S.O. for service as a Lieutenant-Colonel with the 1st Battalion Essex Regiment. Aged 41 years at the time of his death. ** The company Goldsmiths and Silversmiths was founded in 1898 by Gibson and Langman, the company was subsequently purchased by Garrard and co. See Illustration.
**A FINE PRESENTATION SWORD TO ALEXANDER WEST HAMILTON ESQ, MAJOR COMMANDANT OF THE AYR AND KILMARNOCK VOLUNTEER RIFLEMEN, DATED 1804, BY TATHAM, SWORD CUTLER TO THE KING with curved blade double-edged for its last third, formed with a long broad shallow fuller on each face, etched on one face with the crest and motto of the Hamilton family, a tree, saw and the word `Through`, presentation inscription, full Royal arms and motto and foliage, the other face etched with foliage, the figure of Victory, a Rifleman, strung bugle, a trophy-of-arms, the figure of Britannia and the maker`s details, Tatham, sword Cutler to the King, No 37 Charing Cross, the back-edge etched `Warranted` at the forte, gilt-brass stirrup hilt in the French taste, cast and chased in low relief, comprising slender down-curved quillon, ropework quillon-block, knuckle-guard decorated with oak foliage at the top, and lion mask cap pommel, and the grip retaining its original binding of plaited and twisted silver wire, in its iron scabbard with large brass mounts comprising finely chiselled locket with the mask of Mercury on each side in high relief, a pair of bands for suspension decorated with lilies and scale pattern, and openwork chape decorated with acanthus 80 cm; 31 ½ in blade The presentation inscription reads: This sabre is presented to Alexander West Hamilton Esqr. Major Commandant of the Ayr and Kilmarnock Volunteer Riflemen, by the Non Commissioned Officer`s and Privates of that Corps, in testimony of their attachment, respect and gratitude to him, for his unremitting assiduity in promoting the interest of the regiment. October 1804 Alexander West Hamilton (c. 1765-1837) was the second son of John Hamilton of Sundrum, Ayrshire, (1739-1821) and Lilias Montgomerie (1743-1827), sister of the 12th Earl of Eglinton, who married in Edinburgh in April 1762. As well as being substantial and well-connected merchants and landed proprietors in Ayrshire, that branch of the Hamilton family owned sugar plantations in Jamaica and it is known that Alexander West Hamilton spent some of his early years in that island, perhaps gaining his first military experience there. He is recorded as being a lieutenant in the artillery company of the 1st (or St Mary`s) battalion of the St Mary`s and St George`s Regiment of Jamaica Militia in 1790 and was appointed aide-de-camp to the Governor of Jamaica, the Earl of Balcarres, in the rank of lieutenant-colonel in December 1800. Following the collapse of the Peace of Amiens and the outbreak of the war with Napoleonic France in 1803, troops of yeomanry and companies of volunteer infantry were raised throughout Britain for home defence. In Ayrshire, the Ayr Volunteer Riflemen and the Kilmarnock Volunteer Riflemen were both raised in August 1803, the Ayr Riflemen 100 men strong and the Kilmarnock Riflemen with a strength of 60 men. Hamilton was given command of the Ayr Riflemen in the rank of captain. In February 1804, the two units amalgamated to form the Ayr and Kilmarnock Volunteer Riflemen and Hamilton was promoted major commandant. Throughout 1804 and 1805, as the threat of invasion from France increased, the unit grew in size; by October 1805, when Hamilton was promoted lieutenant-colonel commandant, it comprised six companies, containing nearly 400 men of all ranks, and had changed its title to the Ayrshire Volunteer Rifle Battalion (sometimes referred to as the Ayrshire Rifle Battalion). By 1806, the battalion was dressed in green jackets with green facings, green breeches and black lace. In September 1808, the battalion was subsumed into the Ayrshire Local Militia but retained its separate identity and title; it may have continued in existence until 1816, although Hamilton is recorded as having been in Jamaica in 1814. While the ending of the war with France in 1815 removed the threat of invasion, periods of domestic unrest (at a time when Britain lacked a police force) continued to necessitate the existence of units of volunteer soldiers whose role was to maintain law and order and the status quo for the governing classes. One of these was the Loyal Ayr Volunteers, also known as the Ayr Infantry; it was raised in an initial four companies in November 1819 under the command of Hamilton as its lieutenant-colonel; its officers were all commissioned in April 1820 but Hamilton relinquished command on 12th August 1822. Hamilton`s two wives were found from the landed gentry of Ayrshire. His first wife was Mary, daughter of James Ritchie of Coylton, whom he married in March 1805; she died in January 1806, probably in childbirth. His second wife was his cousin, Hamilla (d. 1852), daughter of Alexander Montgomerie of Annick Lodge (1744-1802), whom he married in January 1816; the couple had eight children, seven daughters and a son. In 1829, Hamilton inherited the Ayrshire estates of Belleisle and Pinmore from his uncle, Hugh Hamilton. Following the ending of slavery in the British Empire in 1833, Hamilton received more than £2,000 (more than £100,000 today) in compensation for the freeing of the 102 slaves that until their emancipation were retained on his two estates in Jamaica. Henry Tatham, a prominent Royal sword cutler, worked at this address from 1798 until his death in 1835 after which the firm continued until 1860. See Southwick 2001, p. 237. An identical sword, though unsigned, to Lieutenant Colonel the Honourable William Monson and dated 1802 was sold in these rooms 25 June 2008, lot 195.
A British pattern 1827 Rifle Brigade officer`s sword, light model, slender etched blade 32 in., steel `gothic` hilt with stringed bugle, metal mounted leather scabbard; together with a replica cavalry broadsword, 18th Century style with broad blade and semi-basket hilt, leather scabbard. (2)
LATE VICTORIAN 1827 PATTERN OFFICER`S DRESS SWORD, the straight fullered blade with etched decoration including crowned V.R. and military trophy and strung bugle, 32 3/4"" (83.3cm) long and inscribed Furmin & Sons, Strand, London and having wired fish skin grip in PLATED METAL SHEATH with two suspension rings and drag
1803 PATTERN OFFICERS SABRE BY OSBORN LONDON the single edge carved blade with etched and gilt decoration to one side with grenade over crowned GR standing figure of an officer and OSBORNS within foliate scroll, the other side with foliage Royal Arms, military trophy and warranted. The gilt brass hilt incorporating string bugle and crowned G.R, wired fish skin grip, 30"" (76.2cm) long blade, 35 1/2"" (90.2cm) long overall (lacks scabbard)
7 Britains sets. Parachute Regiment 5190, 10 pieces. The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards 5290, 8 pieces. Suffolk Regiment Infantry Drums & Bugles, 10 pieces. The Scots Guards band, 10 pieces. The Scottish Regiments, 6 pieces and The London Scene, Infantry Colour Party with sentry box. Also a US Marine Drum & Bugle Corps 7304, 4 pieces. All boxed, hard plastic examples have some surface marking. Contents Mint.
Lancerary Gilt Bronze Figure of Cavalier Russian Gilt Bronze Figure of a Cavalier. Cast as an equestrian figure of a cavalier in his fancy dress holding a sword in one hand and a bugle in the other, inscribed in Cyrillic script. Evgeni Alexandrovich Lanceray (Russian 1848-1886). Height 5 7/8 inches (15 cm).
British 1827 pattern rifle brigade sword, the half-basket hilt incorporating a crowned bugle horn motif, single edged 83cm blade etched with foliage, royal cypher and bugle, wire bound fish skin grip, in its steel scabbard Condition Report: Please see extra images. TELEPHONE department if you wish to talk through this lot - ** General condition consistent with age
An 1827 pattern rifle officers sword, slightly curved, fullered blade 33, by Ollivier & Brown, Sackville St, London, etched with elaborately strung bugle within scrolled panels, regulation steel hilt incorporating Vic crowned strung bugle, nicely stepped pommel and plain backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in its polished steel scabbard with 2 rings, GC, a clean example. Plate 8
An 1827 pattern rifle officers sword of the East York Rifle Volunteers, slightly curved blade 31½, by W Jones & Co, 236 Regent St. London, etched with crowned VR cypher, and elaborately strung bugle within tightly scrolled panels, and East York Rifle Volunteers in scrolled panel near forte, regulation steel hilt incorporating crowned strung bugle, stepped pommel, backstrap with chequered thumbpiece, wirebound grip, with leather knot in its plated scabbard with 2 rings. Good Condition (traces of silver paint to hilt, worn patches to scabbard plating) Plate 20
An 1827 pattern rifle officers sword of the North York Rifle Militia slightly curved, fullered blade 32½, by Hawkes & Co, London Manufacturers to the Queen, etched with crown, North York Rifle Militia, elaborately strung bugle, trophies of flags and wreath within panels, regulation steel hilt incorporating crowned strung bugle, forward sloping stepped pommel, plain backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in its steel scabbard (dented, one ring missing) with leather knot. Good Condition Plate 20
A Victorian 1827 pattern officers sword of the 3rd West York Rifle Volunteers, almost straight, fullered blade 32½, by J Chapman & Co Bradford, etched with crown, wreaths, strung bugle and IIIrd West York Rifle Volunteers and crossed flags, in panels, regulation steel hilt incorporating crowned strung bugle, stepped pommel, plain backstrap, wirebound fishskin grip, in brown leather covered FS scabbard. Good Condition Plate 20
An 1827 pattern rifle officers sword of the North York Militia, slightly curved, fullered blade 32½, by Brown & Son, 10 & 11 Princes St, Hanover Sqre, London, etched with crown, stylized floret in Garter inscribed North York Militia, owners monogram ALC in ornamental escutcheon, trophies of flags, and wreath, within panels, regulation steel hilt incorporating crowned strung bugle, forward sloping stepped pommel, wirebound fishskin grip, in its steel scabbard (dented) with 2 rings. Good Condition (guard slightly bent) Plate 20
An 1803 light company field officers sword, broad curved shallow fullered blade 32, stamped S at forte, with traces of etched crowned Royal Arms, crowned GR cypher, trophy and flourishes, gilt brass hilt, the slotted guard with 4 looped panels on either side, into knucklebow with crowned strung bugle in wreath into lions head pommel and facetted backstrap, chequered swollen ivory grip (finely cracked). Good Condition the hilt retaining approximately 15% gilt (knucklebow mis-shaped and loose, some wear overall). Plate 21
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