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Click here to subscribeA good Henry VIII carved oak Romayne-type panel, circa 1530, designed with a male bust, wearing a wide brimmed hat, within a roundel, atop bold scrolls, 21cm wide, 41cm high Chris Pickvance Collection Small holes and losses to edges. Modern hanging loop added to back.Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
A 16th Century oak Romayne-type panel, French, circa 1530, carved with a central female bust, wearing a coif, within a circular frame, flanked by scrolls, 20.5cm wide, 42cm high Chris Pickvance Collection Chips and losses to edges. Splits and a hole to centre of panel. Old woodworm holes.Please note this is only a brief overview report, for a full condition report please send a request via the-saleroom.com
A good quality and rare gold plated bronze bust of the death mask of Tutankhamun, by artist Michael Mahoney in 1972, this is the first casting of around 200 cast in this style at the Morris Singer Foundry Ltd, with paperwork of purchase, signed to the reverse, 25cmHx20cmW, Condition: beard repaired, some minor wear but otherwise good, Note: No in house packing is available for this lot
A German 22-Bore Wheel-Lock Sporting GunDated Anno Christi 1660, Probably ThuringianWith swamped octagonal sighted barrel dated in front of the folding leaf back-sight and cut with sighting groove along the top of the breech, the latter stamped with maker's mark in a shield (Neue Støckel 4788) above chiselled decorative lines on each side flat, grooved tang incised '14', flat lock stamped with indistinct mark on the tail and with brass wheel-cover and fence over the cock and later cock-spring, and sliding pan-cover, figured full stock (some damage, ramrod channel chipped) carved with foliage in places highlighted with brass nails, the fore-end (cap missing) inlaid along each side with engraved staghorn flower-heads (two replaced) centred on foliage and with a hound pursuing a hare on one side, and a hound pursuing a fox and a hare on the other, side flat with two marine monsters, butt with cheek-piece inlaid with a bear and a figure against a tree between two foxes, one with an axe in its back, and with a stag and hind in a landscape above the sliding patch-box cover, the latter inlaid with an engraved falcon and with monster-head terminal, horn butt-plate, set trigger, horn rear ramrod-pipe (the others missing, one replaced) engraved with a helmeted male profile bust, and original ramrod with horn tip engraved with spiral lines (minor parts of inlay missing) (2)86 cm. barrelFootnotes:Offered with a James Connell & Sons, Glasgow, sales invoice for 'Inlaid Gun', dated 29 Nov. 1901 and sold for £24.10For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine German 32-Bore Wheel-Lock Holster PistolAugsburg, Late 16th CenturyWith swamped two-stage barrel retaining some original blueing and struck on the top flat of the octagonal breech with the Augsburg mark (Neue Støckel 1294) and an indistinct maker's mark, bright lock with safety-catch acting against an external spring, sprung sliding pan-cover engraved with a grotesque mask and with release button, circular wheel-retaining bracket secured by two screws, and cock engraved with two marine monsters, blackened full stock inlaid with white staghorn or bone panels between horn lines and borders mainly engraved with overlapping foliage and scrollwork, on the fore-end with a helmeted male profile bust, opposite the lock with addorsed marine monsters each with foliate tail, and a hound in a landscape, either side of the tang with a profile head, compressed ball-pommel inlaid with horn roundels each engraved as a flower-head and between bands of guilloche, slender iron trigger-guard, later ramrod with foliate engraved horn tip, and in fine condition 29.2 cm. barrel Footnotes:ProvenanceChristie's South Kensington, Antique Arms and Armour, 15 July 1998, lot 266The Richard Garrett Collection of Antique Firearms & Related Items, sold in these Rooms, 28 November 2018, lot 201 Similar pistols are in the Bayerisches Nationalsmuseum, Munich, the Landeszeughaus, Graz, Styria, the Musee Militaire Historique de Prague and the Musee de l'Armee, ParisThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: ** VAT on imported items at a preferential rate of 5% on Hammer Price and the prevailing rate on Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A Fine 1788 Pattern Light Cavalry Officer's Sabre Retailed By D. Egg, Hay Market, London, Late 18th CenturyWith curved fullered blade bright over half its length to the double-edged point (extreme tip with minor damage), the forte etched and gilt against a blued ground along one side with a cavalryman above an Ottoman trophy, a male profile bust wearing a turban and an arm emerging from a cloud holding a sword between crescents, and along the other with a similar design, steel stirrup hilt with bluntly-pointed langets, lobed rear quillon, knuckle-guard with ring at the top carrying a later bullion sword-knot, flat pommel-cap surmounted by a button and with faceted back-piece, and vertically ribbed swelling ebony grip (minor chips), in original steel-mounted wood-lined scabbard (old rust patination) covered in black leather and with deep linear engraved locket and chape, the former signed in script on one side, two suspension rings each with later mount, and in fine condition 81.7 cm. bladeFootnotes:See Richard Dellar, The British Cavalry Sword 1788-1912..., 2013, pp. 1-16, pls. 1.24 and 1.27; and Leslie Southwick, London Silver-hilted Swords...,, 2001, pp. 102-103For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
An English 'Mortuary' Hilted BackswordMid-17th CenturyWith broad blade double-edged towards the point and cut with a shallow fuller along the back for most of its length on each side, the fuller on each side of the forte incised with an orb and cross mark and struck with a crowned bladesmith's mark, iron hilt comprising solid guard chiselled with three pairs of moustachioed human faces within scrollwork, all against punched grounds and between foliage, those beneath the side-bars either side of a portrait bust almost certainly representing Charles I, knuckle-guard connected to two bifurcated bars (small repair) on each side chiselled with foliage and screwed to the pommel (screws replaced), scrolled wrist-guard, globular pommel chiselled with foliage and scrollwork with monster-head terminals, flattened button, and later cord-bound leather-covered grip (some light pitting overall) 86 cm. bladeFootnotes:ProvenanceSold in these Rooms, Antique Arms & Armour..., 25 November 2015, lot 97For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
A quantity of mainly silver items including an Indian silver dish with central 1 rupee Indian coin 1878, Queen Victoria bust, 2 Queen Elizabeth commemorative coins in silver mounts and a plated Ladies Circle Organisation badge, gross weight 141.8 grams.Delivery on this item would be £18+VAT (UK only).
A quantity of British and continental medals, including: England: William III, a uniface silvered copper medal, 59.7mm, aroured bust right, by Jan Boskam, near very fine; Great Britain: Jubilee 1897, silver, 26mm (E 1817b), good very fine; Coronation 1902, silver, 31mm (E 1871b), nearly extremely fine; France, Exposition Internationale D'Electricite, bronze, 80mm, female allegory of science holds a torch aloft, rev. text and named tablet (LIEUTENANT COLONEL WEBBER), very fine; and various other medals, coins and associated items, mainly base metals. [qty]
Military interest: a small quantity of medals, including: American Committee for Devastated France, silver medal, 30.8mm, ring suspension, very fine or better; Battle of Balaklava, a bronze medal, 41.5mm, by Pinches, spots of tarnish, otherwise extremely fine; Austria: Archduke Karl/Austrian fleet, gilt bronze, 60mm, bust left, rev. SMS Tegetthoff, by Hartig, good very fine; South Africa War Memorial 1900, bronze, 44mm (E 1850), and other medals. [7]
Henry VII (1485-1509), silver groat, facing bust issue, crown with jewelled arches, mm. anchor, 2.92g, about very fine; Henry VIII, silver groat, first coinage (1509-26), profile bust of Henry VII, London, mm. portcullis crowned, 2.68g (S 2316), edge damage and creases, about fine; two other groats, Plantagenet Edwards, good fine and near fine; and one half of a cut groat. [5]
A small quantity of Tudor silver coins, comprising: Edward VI, shilling, 2nd period (1549-50), 4.23g, fair; shilling, 3rd period fine silver issue (1551-3), facing bust, rose, 5.59g, heavily rubbed, near fair; sixpence, 3rd period fine issue, 2.84g, much creased, otherwise near fine; Philip and Mary, sixpence, 1554, full titles, 2.44g (S 2505), fair; groat, crowned Mary, 2.02g (S 2508), pierced, otherwise near fine; and another coin, possibly a halfgroat of Henry VIII, 1.09g, poor. [6]
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), four silver coins: sixpence, 1562, milled coinage, mm. star, 3.06g (S 2596), signs of cleaning, good fine; sixpence, 1591, mm hand, 2.64g, clipped, fair or better; threepence, 1574, 1.37g, clipped, near fine; halfgroat, sixth issue, two pellets behind bust, mm escallop (1584-86), 1.14g (S 2579), near fine. [4]
A small collection of coins, comprising: James I, silver shilling, second or third issue, 5.38g, about fair; Charles I, silver halfcrown, Tower mint under the king, cloak flying from shoulders, mm. triangle in circle (1641-43), 15.25g, clipped, less than fine; silver shilling, Tower mint under the king, mm. triangle in circle (1641-43), 5.72g, misstruck and clipped, good fair; silver halfgroat, Tower mint, with bust and oval arms, no circles, 1g, much clipped, otherwise near fine; copper farthing, rose type, 0.9g, fine or better; The Commonwealth (1649-60), silver halfgroat, 0.88g (S 3221), about fine; George I, silver shilling, 1723, South Seas Company, 5.86g (S 3647), nearly very fine; George II, silver sixpence, 1746, Lima, 2.9g (S 3710), about fine. [8]
A small quantity of English and British silver coins, comprising: Charles II, crown, 1667, second bust, edge AN.· REG.· (S 3357), about fair; William III, crown 1696, edge OCTAVO (S 3472), fair; shilling, 1697, Bristol (S 3506), fair; twopence, 1698 (S 3551), fine; Anne, shilling, 1702 (S 3583), fair; George I, sixpence, 1723, South Sea Company (S 3652), fair; George II, sixpence, 1757 (2) and 1758, old bust, plain angles (S 3711), about fine. (9)
James I, a small collection of coins, comprising: silver shilling, 5.99g, much clipped, otherwise about very fine; another shilling, mm. lis, 5.42g, good fair; copper farthing, mm. A, 0.64g, nearly very fine; an engraved silver counter, facing bust of the King , rev. Prince Charles, school of Simon de Passe, 26.9mm, 2.49g, buckled, nearly very fine; and two sixpences, 1604 and 1606, heavily clipped and poor. [6]
A small quantity of late Stuart and other coins, comprising: Ireland: James II, 'gunmoney' crown, 1690, overstruck on a large size half crown, legend commences to left of head, rev. split legend VICT/OR (S 6578), fair; large size halfcrown, April 1690 (S 6579), near fine; small size halfcrown, June 1690 (S 6580), near fine; large size shilling, December 1689 (S 6581), fair; England: William and Mary, copper halfpenny, 1694 (S 3452), fair; William III, copper farthing, poor; Anne, silver shilling, 1709, 3rd bust (S 3610), very fine; silver twopence, poor. [8]
A quantity of Hanoverian and later coins, including: George II, silver sixpence, 1731, young bust, roses and plumes (S 3707), very fine or nearly so; silver sixpence, 1745, LIMA (S 3710), fine; George III, silver shilling, 1787, with semée of hearts (S 3746), very fine; silver sixpence, 1787, with semée of hearts (S 3749), very fine; Victoria, silver florin, 1849, 'godless' type (S 3890), very fine; silver crowns (3), 1889, 1891 and 1892, Jubilee issue (S 3921), the first very fine, the others nearly so; silver crown, 1896, veiled bust (S 3937), about very fine; copper penny, 1857 (S 3948), good very fine; and other coins, foreign and domestic, varying grades. [qty]
China: Republic: silver dollars (6): Yuan Shih-kai bust left, six characters above (2) (KM Y329); seven characters (KM Y329.6); Sun Yat-sen bust left, rosettes dividing legend (KM Y318a.1); Sun Yat-sen bust left, rev. geese above junk (KM Y344); another similar, no geese on reverse (KM Y345), all about very fine, the last with uneven patination. [6]
A small quantity of Georgian silver coins, including: George III, dollar, 1804, retaining M mark and part of legend of original 8 reales (S 3768), small star mark in front of bust, fine; crowns (3), 1818, 1819 and 1820 (S 3787), near fine and good fine; George IV, crowns (3), 1821, 1822 and 1822 (S 3805), good very fine, very fine and good fine; and five lower denomination coins, low grades. [12]
A fine early 18th century Austrian rifled flintlock holster pistol by Georg Keiser of Vienna, 20 bore swamped and sighted barrel with 'GEORG KEISER IN WIENN' inlaid in gold to a stepped section of the top rib, moulded and engraved decoration at the breech; well engraved lock, the plate with 'GEORG KEISER' below the pan and 'IN WIENN' behind the cock and further engraved with a cavalryman saluting a mounted officer before a group of tents set in a landscape, all other major major parts with foliate and geometric engraving, the swan-necked cock and the frizzen spring each with moulded leaf details - the latter terminating in a spray of leaves; well figured walnut full stock carved with scrolling foliage in low relief; scroll engraved brass furniture, the side plate displaying martial figures and a stand of arms with a village in the distance, the trigger guard with a female bust, heavy butt cap with long spurs, scrolling openwork cartouch to the wrist surmounted by a mask and with '1' engraved to a central oval; horn tipped wooden ram rod.
A small quantity of medals, comprising: Mercantile Marine War Medal 1919 (JAMES D. REID), lacquered, nearly extremely fine; Royal Navy Long Service and Good Conduct, George V (236582 G.E. BULL. P.O. H.M.S. VICTORY.), edge knocks and scratches to field, about very fine; Atlantic Star and Pacific Star, both good very fine; Coronation 1937, unnamed as issued, good very fine; together with five souvenir medals: H.M.S. Foudroyant, in card box; Portsmouth Navy Week, bust of Nelson; SS Mauretania; Edward VIII Coronation, and George VI Coronation. [10]
AUSTRALIA. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1887 S. Sydney. DISH.S4. Jubilee bust left, close J.E.B. with hooked J on wide truncation; first legend position; VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark S in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.In secure plastic holder, graded NGC MS 62, certification number 2126678-001. NGC Census in this grade: 7.NGC Census in higher grade: 3Total NGC Census: 50Reference: Marsh-138; DISH-S4; McD-174bDiameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 916.7/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
AUSTRALIA. Victoria, 1837-1901. Gold sovereign, 1888 S. Sydney. Second Legend. Jubilee bust left, J.E.B. with angled J at base of truncation; second legend position; VICTORIA D: G: BRITT: REGINA F: D:. / St George on horseback slaying the dragon right, horse with short tail; mintmark S in groundline; date and B.P. in exergue. Edge milled.Good very fine. Reference: S-3868B; Marsh-139B; DISH-S10; McD-176cMintage: 2,077,650.Diameter: 22.05 mm.Weight: 7.99 g. (AGW=0.2355 oz.)Composition: 916.7/1000 Gold.PLEASE NOTE: 6% Buyer Premium + VAT on this lot. No other fees, including live bidding. Delivery cost will be added to your order.This lot is exempt from VAT. Payment can be made in EUR, CHF, or USD for an exchange fee. Please contact us to find out more.
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