Coins, English Hammered and Ancient Roman: Elizabeth I shilling 2nd issue mm martlet bust 3B, 1560-61 AF; 6d 1592 Fair/AF; 6d 1601; Charles I shilling, Group G mm sun AF & another similar AF; Roman Republic base metal, head of Roma, rev. Elephant in exergue METELLUS (presumably for IIIvir montetalis C. Caecilius Metellus Caprarius, modified in antiquity as a brooch with pecked edge; First Gallic Empire, Billon Antoninianus Victorinus, rev. Sol Invictus, 268-270 F, Roman Empire AE3 Emperor Gratian 367-383 Gloria Romanorum, Emperor dragging barbarian rev. AF and a 3rd century barbarous radiate (9)
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A 19th century Italian Grand Tour marble portrait profile, of Michelangelo, after Enea Vico, bust-length, red mount, oval giltwood frame, 18cm x 13cm overall, Antonio Frilli of Florence retailer's label to verso, c. 1870 Condition Report: Generally good. Some wear and scratches to marble. Worn red velvet mount. The frame good
Naval History - a 19th century gilt brass medallic snuff box, commemorating the birth of Admiral Lord Nelson, the push-cover centred by a bust of the seaman in his admiral's uniform wearing a jewelled order, the base sides boldly cast with Greek meander, nautical rope twist borders, 5.5cm diam
A collection of English silver coins, comprising: Mary, groat, poor; Elizabeth I , sixpence, 1561, fair only; William III, sixpence, 1696, York mint, early harp (S 3525), near fine; George II, sixpences (2), 1757 and 1758 old bust, plain angles (S 3711), good fine or better; George III, sixpences (2), 1787, no semee of hearts (S 3748) , very fine or a little better. [7]
A small collection of British silver coins, comprising: George II, shilling, 1745, Lima (S 3703), near fine; George III, shilling, 1787, semee of hearts, bust with countermark to chin (S 3746), very fine or nearly so; shiillings (2), 1816 and 1817 (S 3790), near very fine; Elizabeth I, sixpence, 1591, mintmark indistinct, otherwise near very fine; George II, sixpence, 1758, plain angles (S 3711), very fine; George III, sixpence, 1816 (S 3791), very fine; Anne, fourpence, 1710 (S 3595B), fine; Edward III, penny, Canterbury mint, fine; William III, penny, 1698 (S 3552), very fine; and two hammered coins, details indistinct. [12]
A collection of British and Foreign coins, including: Great Britain, silver: Anne, shilling, 1709, 3rd bust, plain angles (S 3610), good fine; George I, shilling, 1723, 1st bust, SS in 3rd quarter (S 3647), very fine; George II, shilling, 1734, young bust, large letters, roses and plumes (S 3700), good fine; shilling, 1745, LIMA (S 3703), good fine; George III, shilling, 1787, semee of hearts (S 3746), nearly extremely fine; Victoria, florin, 1849, godless type, WW obliterated (S 3890), very fine or better; Edward VII, shilling, 1902 (S 3982), nearly extremely fine; and a large quantity of others, various grades.
Three 19th Century sword canes: the first with ivory pommel carved as a bust of the Duke of Wellington, malacca shaft, a straight pull revealing a 14 in. blade; the next with ivory top in the form of a fist holding a scroll, bamboo shaft, a straight pull revealing a 5.5 in. blade retaining traces of gilding; the last with turned ivory top, a stright pull revealing a 12 in. blued and gilt blade/ [3]
A small collection of medals, comprising: Khedive's Sudan, clasp: Hafir (3204 PTE S AINSWORTH I/N. STAFF: R.), clasp not confirmed on roll, edge bruising, otherwise good very fine; India General Service 1908-35, clasp: Afghanistan N.W.F. (3178 SOWAR CHAINPIR SHAH, 27 L. CAVY), impressed, near very fine; two to Warrant Officer 2nd Class H.H. Greaves, Border Regiment: India General service 1908-35, clasp: Waziristan 1921-24 (3590621 PTE. H. GREAVES. BORD. R.); Efficiency Medal, Territorial (3590621. W.O. CL. 2. H.H. GREAVES. BORDER.), IGS with edge knock below bust, otherwise about very fine; two to Private Peter McDonnell, Manchester Regiment: India General Service 1908-35, clasp: Burma 1930-32 (3522448 PTE. P. MC DONNELL. MANCH. R.); Regular Army Long Service and Good Conduct (3522448 PTE. P.C. MCDONNEL. MANCH. R.), with a Certificate of Service (regimental number agrees with medals, name given as Charles Peter McDonald), near very fine; Belgium: Croix de Guerre; together with a small collection of medal ribbons.
A collection of Queen's South Africa medals: Driver W. Carruthers, Army Service Corps, 1st type reverse, 3 clasps: Natal, Transvaal, South Africa 1901 (9324 DR: W. CARRUTHERS, A.S.C.), faint ghost dates, very fine or better; Private W. Irving, 1st Battalion the Border Regiment, 1st type reverse, 3 clasps: Natal, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5832 PTE W. IRVING, 1ST BORDER REGT), very faint ghost dates, edge bruise below bust, otherwise good very fine; Private W. Swallow, King's Royal Rifle Corps, 2nd type reverse, 2 clasps: Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (3144 PTE W. SWALLOW. K.R.R.C.), good very fine; Private A.A. Jackson, 19th Company, 6th Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, 2nd type reverse, four clasps: Cape Colony, Transvaal, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901 (8477 PTE A.A. JACKSON. 19TH COY 6TH IMPL: YEO:), good very fine; and a re-named example, 2nd type reverse, three clasps: Cape Colony, Transvaal, Wittebergen (7008 PTE: A. BERN. 2ND ROYAL HIGHLANDERS.), re-engraved in plain capitals (entitlement confirmed on roll), very fine. [5]
Elizabeth I, Assistance to the United Provices 1586, bronze medal, 30mm (E 52), good very fine;l Marriage of Charles I and Henrietta Maria 1625, cast silver medal, 23mm (E 105Ab), fair; Pharmaceutical Society of London, silver prize medal, bust of Galen, rev. SOC: PHARM: LOND: DONAVIT., edge engraved to Henry Sutherin 1843, associated case, edge bruise, otherwise nearly extremely fine; Ireland, Free State: Tailteann Games, silver prize medal 1932, bust of the goddess Tailte, reverse engraved 'Second Prize Music', cased, extremely fine. [4]
Netherlands: William I (1815-1840), a scarce gold medical reward medal, obverse with the King's bust sinister, legend: WILH: NASS: BELG: REX. LUXEMB: M: DUX:; reverse with impressed dedication within a wreath: S. FOCKEMA MED. DOCTORI LEOVARDIAE DE PROPAGANDA VARIOLARUM VACCINARUM INSITIONE BENE MERITO REX. D. MDCCCXXXIII, indicating that Dr Sybrandius Fockema of Leeuwarden was recognised in 1833 for administering inoculations against (or with) cowpox, 41mm, 28.7 grams.
A small collection of medallions, comprising: Liverpool, 700th Anniversary of the Foundation, bronze, 64 mm; Coronation of George V 1911, reverse with bust of Queen Mary, bronze, 51mm; the same type in silver, 31mm; George V, Silver Jubilee 1935, conjoined busts surrounded by Commonwealth countries in panels, reverse with figure of the Mother Country with Commonwealth subjects, bronze, 51mm; Abdication of Edward VIII 1936, bronze, 51 mm; Coronation of George VI 1937; conjoined busts of George VI and Queen Elizabeth, bronze, 51mm (E 1898a; 1922a; 1922b; 2030; 2040a; 2047a). The first three good very fine or better, the last three cased together under the title 'THE THREE BRITISH KINGS OF 1936' and about as struck. [6]
Scotland, three silver coins: David II, second coinage (1357-67), groat, Edinburgh, young bust breaking plain tressure, r. cross and mullets (S 5091), about very fine; Robert II, groat, Edinburgh, treffoils within tressures, nothing behind head (S 5131), fine or better; Charles I, third coinage (1637-42), twenty pence, crown breaking circle, fair or better. [3]
Robert Physick, (English circa 1816 ~ 1882), a sculpted white marble bust of Lt. General Sir Lewis Grant KCB KCH, dated 1852, portrayed in middle age, with finely modeled features, in formal military attire and with his decorations, inscribed Robt PHYSICK Sculpt 1852 to the truncation at the reverse, atop a waisted circular socle, 79cm high, 55cm wide And a morocco leather covered wood document casket, circa 1830, inscribed for HIS EXCELLENCY THE GOVERNOR, TRINIDAD , with brass swing handle to the hinged cover, gilt tooled with the royal cypher thrice, 13.5cm high overall, 30cm wide Lewis Grant was a son of Duncan Grant, of Mulochaird in Strathspey, Scotland and a younger brother of the physician, Sir James Robert Grant, who was chief medical officer at Waterloo. Grant entered the army in 1794 as an ensign in the 95th Regiment, from which he was promoted to lieutenant in the 97th Regiment. In 1795, Grant was aboard HMS Orion under James Saumarez at the Battle of Groix. He was promoted to captain in 1796 and subsequently fought under Sir Ralph Abercromby in the West Indies In June 1801, Grant was appointed Assistant Quarter and Barrack Master General in Tobago and held the same position in Dominica in 1802. Promoted to major in 1802, he transferred to the 3rd West Indian Regiment and returned to England in 1803. Promoted to lieutenant-colonel of the 70th Regiment in 1804, he returned to the West Indies that year. Further promoted to colonel in 1813 and major-general in 1819, Grant was then appointed Governor of the Bahamas in 1820, then Governor of Trinidad in 1829 serving in the latter post until 1833. It was whilst serving in this position that the Abolition of Slavery Act was passed, and Grant found himself caught between the recalcitrance of the slave owners on one side and the needs and requirements of the newly emancipated slaves on the other On 13 September 1831, Grant was appointed a Knight Commander of the Royal Guelphic Order and Knight Bachelor, appointed to the colonelcy of the 96th Regiment of Foot on 9 April 1839 and awarded an honorary MA from Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1847 On 11 November 1851, he was promoted to general and died suddenly from heart disease a few months later on 26 January 1852, aboard an omnibus on Regent Street, London
ARR Ifor Freeman (20th Century Cumbrian) - Brown patinated plaster sculpture - Portrait bust, thought to be Pan, 53cm high, unsigned, Patination wear Provenance: Sold under instruction of the artist's widow, removed from the artist's studio in Askham, CumbriaNote: Ifor Freeman trained at the Liverpool College of Art where he studied sculpture under Ernest Gardner and Karl Vogal. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Arts School of Sculpture where he won the Bronze medal for Scultpture and the Lanseer Prize for Design. During this period his tutors were Siegfried Charoux A.R.A and Maurice Lambert R.A. On returning to Liverpool, he joined the staff at the College of Art teaching students before being appointed Senior Lecturer in Sculpture and Ceramics at the Liverpool Institution of Higher Education. He has exhibited widely at the Royal Academy, Imperial Institute, Senate House, University of Liverpool, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery and many more. Commissions large work have principally come from three architectural practices - Bradshaw, Rouse and Harker, Liverpool and London; Jones, Andrews and Associates, Haverfordwest; and TRIAD Group of Architects, London. Commissions for smaller works include the University of Liverpool and the National Library of Wales.
ARR Ifor Freeman (20th Century Cumbrian) - Green patinated plaster sculpture - Portrait bust of a young woman, on figured veneered plinth, 44cm high, unsigned, Chip to hairline Provenance: Sold under instruction of the artist's widow, removed from the artist's studio in Askham, CumbriaNote: Ifor Freeman trained at the Liverpool College of Art where he studied sculpture under Ernest Gardner and Karl Vogal. He was awarded a scholarship to the Royal Academy of Arts School of Sculpture where he won the Bronze medal for Scultpture and the Lanseer Prize for Design. During this period his tutors were Siegfried Charoux A.R.A and Maurice Lambert R.A. On returning to Liverpool, he joined the staff at the College of Art teaching students before being appointed Senior Lecturer in Sculpture and Ceramics at the Liverpool Institution of Higher Education. He has exhibited widely at the Royal Academy, Imperial Institute, Senate House, University of Liverpool, Bluecoat Gallery, Liverpool, Walker Art Gallery and many more. Commissions large work have principally come from three architectural practices - Bradshaw, Rouse and Harker, Liverpool and London; Jones, Andrews and Associates, Haverfordwest; and TRIAD Group of Architects, London. Commissions for smaller works include the University of Liverpool and the National Library of Wales.
Boulton's Trafalgar medal, 1805In white metal, the obverse with bust of Vice-Admiral Viscount Nelson with pigtail in uniform and ribbon and star of the Bath and the Legend "Horatio Viscount Nelson K.B. Duke of Bronte &" the Reverse with general view of the battle and the Legend "England Expects Every Man Will Do His Duty", the reverse inscribed John James, Mars (Ordinary Seaman, John James, HMS Mars). CONDITION REPORTS: Some surface pitting/flaking, generally rubbed.
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