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Lot 532
A Small 19th Century Amboyna and Walnut Key Wind Cylinder Musical Box, the 7.5cm brass cylinder and single steel comb movement playing four airs, enclosed by a sliding glass cover, a tune sheet to the inner lid, the case of rectangular form, with mother of pearl inlaid lid, a change/repeat button to the side and stop/start button to the fascia, winding from the underside, length 13cm; a 19th Century Mahogany Cased Pocket Compass, with white paper dial (2)
Lot 307
A MODERN SCALE REPRODUCTION 1 3/4IN. BORE BRASS CANNON, with 20 1/2in. black powder proved (in 2009) steel-lined brass three-stage barrel including cascabel button, base ring inscribed '@1@8@0@5@', the charged cylinder engraved '"H.M.S. VICTORY"', with touchhole, mounted on a naval carriage. Other Notes: Please note this is a Section 1 firearm.
Lot 456
A FINE CASED BRACE OF CAUCASIAN MIQUELET-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, POSSIBLY MADE FOR A CHILD, late 18th / early 19th century, comprising one of 120-bore, with tapering 11 3/4in. barrel with gold- damascened foliate decoration at the muzzle, mid-point and breech, long tang and lock decorated en suite, the latter with maker's stamp, all-metal full stock encased in sliver chased in low relief with foliage and flowers, large globular pommel encased in silver decorated en suite, gold-damascened button-trigger, small lanyard ring, the other of 40-bore, with 12in. two-stage barrel signed 'LAZARINO COMINAZZO' on the octagonal breech section and decorated at the muzzle, girdle and breech with gold-damascened scrollwork (some loss to gilding), long tang and lock each with gold-damascened decoration, the latter with maker's stamp, three-quarter stock formed from a single piece of dark horn, globular dark horn pommel, gold-damascened mounts including short false ramrod and two barrel-bands, gold-damascened button-trigger, in old textile-covered close-fitted box lined in faded red velvet.
Lot 805
A BELGIAN .320 FIVE-SHOT DOUBLE-ACTION POCKET REVOLVER RETAILED BY J.B. WITTE, ZUTPHEN, no visible serial number, with 1 5/8in. sighted barrel signed 'J.B. WITTE ZUTPHEN' on the top-strap, cylinder and frame each engraved with foliage, the latter also with folding-trigger and patent safety-button beneath the hammer, mother-of-pearl grips, and some original blued finish throughout.
Lot 935
A set of six pairs of plated dessert or fruit knives and forks, with ivory handles, in a mahogany fitted case, a set of six plated teaspoons, cased, a set of six plated coffee spoons, cased, a babies silver Christening pusher and spoon, Sheffield 1959, cased, four silver pendant fob medallions, a silver thimble, two plated thimbles, a silver handled button hook and a silver mounted hairbrush.
Lot 1099
A pair of game skewers with scallop shell terminals, a European tea strainer, a silver handled button hook, a silver comb mount, two watercolour portrait miniatures of a boy and girl, labeled to the backs `Original water colour by Turnville` and ten cocktail sticks, possibly South American.
Lot 520
Edward VII silver serpentine shaped trinket box on four short cabriole legs, with engine turned and embossed decoration, 3.5" wide, two silver pepper shakers, two napkin rings, three piece cruet set and salt spoon, punch ladle with whalebone handle 14.5" and a silver-handled button hook (11)
Lot 27
AN INDIAN HEADSMAN`S SWORD, TEGHA, 18TH CENTURY AND AN INDIAN TALWAR, 19TH CENTURY, the first with broad European blade double-edged towards the point, stamped with the bladesmith`s mark, a double eyelash, at the forte on one side, steel hilt of talwar form engraved with linear patterns and flowers on each side, large disc-shaped pommel formed with an up-turned brim, and drawn-out at the top to a strongly curved finial with fluted button (areas of pitting); the second with slightly curved fullered blade, and steel hilt of characteristic form, the first: 71.2cm; 28in blade, (2)
Lot 168
A GENERAL`S COCKED HAT, PLUME AND HAT-TIN, 1820s, the hat of black felt (damaged), with a black silk rosette, gold wire embroidered star-loop, gilt metal, half-domed general officer`s button and two crimson and gold bullion tassels; the plume of red and white swan`s feathers; the hat-tin of japanned tin. Although Hart would have worn a cocked hat in uniform for much of the last thirty-five years of his life, this example is dated to the 1820s by reason of its conformity to that specified for general officers in the Dress Regulations of 1822.
Lot 175
A COMPANY OFFICER`S COATEE OF THE LONDONDERRY LEGION, CIRCA 1829-38, of scarlet cloth with dark blue collar and cuffs and gold lace; gilt metal half-domed buttons - by Charles Clancy of Dublin - bearing the embossed device of a castle within a circlet containing the words NO SURRENDER 1688; with provision for an epaulette on both shoulders (some staining and moth damage). An Internet genealogical source states that John Hart was `Commandant of the City of Derry Yeomanry` but this is unsubstantiated. This coatee`s facing colours and button design and colour are the same as those on a sergeant`s jacket in the National Museum of Ireland [Accession Number 1913/226], that jacket and its accompanying sash having been originally catalogued as being of the Co. Londonderry Militia. However, the facing colours of the Londonderry Militia until 1880 were primrose yellow and from 1830 onwards its lace colour would have been silver; its badges and buttons did not resemble the button design of this coatee, the invocation to `No Surrender` on which definitely associates the coatee with the city of Londonderry, or Derry. The Commandant of the Londonderry Legion, a large volunteer infantry unit - known in Ireland as `yeomanry` - originally raised in 1796 and thought still to be in existence in the 1830s, was the Rt. Hon Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, baronet, (1763-1839), who was associated with the Hart family through marriage, via the Beresford family, and through owning neighbouring land in Co. Londonderry, including Culmore - of which Fort General G.V. Hart was governor 1820-32. It therefore seems most likely that this coatee was worn by John Hart, following his retirement from the regular Army in 1827, as an officer in the Londonderry Legion; the coatee is of the pattern worn by line infantry officers 1829-55. (Thanks to F. Glenn Thompson, Dublin, for his help in cataloguing this lot).
Lot 176
Commander George Vaughan Hart, RN, (1805-95). Third son of General George Vaughan Hart. Royal Naval College, Portsmouth, 1818-20; Volunteer 1820-21; Midshipman 1820-25; passed for Lieutenant 1825; Lieutenant 1827; half-pay 1832; Commander 1864. Served in HMSs ROCHFORT, DISPATCH, MEDINA and PRINCE REGENT 1820-25, as Mate in HMSs BRISK and CALLIOPE and HMYs ROYAL GEORGE and ROYAL SOVEREIGN 1825-27 and as Lieutenant in HMSs GLOUCESTER, RAMILLIES, PRINCE REGENT and VICTOR 1827-32. A Deputy Lieutenant and Justice of the Peace, Co. Donegal, he was also High Sheriff for the county in 1848. AN OFFICER`S WAISTCOAT, UNDRESS COATEE, EPAULETTE AND LEVEE DRESS SWORD BELT, ROYAL NAVY, CIRCA 1820-32, the waistcoat of white wool, lined with cotton and with a linen back, two pockets and ten gilt-metal buttons; the coatee of dark blue wool, double-breasted, with a stand-up collar and slashed `mariner`s` cuffs, the tails lined in black material, no provision for epaulettes, retaining all gilt metal buttons (some moth and other damage); the epaulette with a plain gold lace strap, loose gold bullions and a flat, gilt metal button; the sword belt, 1 ½ inches wide, with 1 inch wide slings, of Royal blue web silk with gilt metal fittings. The waistcoat and epaulette conform to the 1812 Regulations for the dress of British naval officers - lieutenants wearing a single epaulette of this pattern on the right shoulder 1812-27 - and the sword belt conforms to those of 1825. The coatee is less easy to categorise but it seems most probable that it was worn by Hart in undress in the rank of lieutenant.
Lot 177
A LIEUTENANT`S FULL DRESS COATEE, SWORD BELT, EPAULETTE AND SCALE, ROYAL NAVY, 1830-32, the coatee of dark blue wool, with scarlet collar and `mariner`s` cuffs and the gold lace commensurate with the wearer`s rank, double-breasted, the tails lined white (some moth damage); the sword belt of black Morocco leather, 1 ½ inches wide with two trains of gold wire embroidery, slings the same but 1 inch wide, gilt metal fittings; the epaulette with a gold lace strap, with a rolled edge of twisted gold wire, a rolled crescent of twisted gold wire and `boxed` bullions; the scale matching the epaulette but lacking the bullions, both items with a gilt metal button and contained in a shaped tin. This coatee, epaulette and scale conform to those ordered to be worn by Lieutenants in the Royal Navy 1827-43, with the difference that, between 1830 and 1843, the facings of naval officers` full dress coatees were scarlet and not white. The sword belt is that ordered for naval officers in 1832, with the embroidery specified for lieutenants. These items can be ascribed to George Vaughan Hart during the last two years of the period that he was a lieutenant on the Royal Navy`s active list. An image of him, as a lieutenant dressed in the coatee worn 1827-30 and with an epaulette and scale of the type offered here, is included in Hart 1988. Please note that the lot is sold as illustrated with two epaulettes and two scales.
Lot 178
The following three lots, because of their date-range, may have belonged to General George Vaughan Hart or either of his sons, John Richard James or George Vaughan, or all three men. FOUR PAIRS OF GENTLEMAN`S PANTALOONS, CIRCA 1790-1820, in varying weights of unlined white cotton, three pairs with a four-button waist and one pair with a two-button waist, three pairs with tie-flies and one with a button-fly, all with French bearers, with tie-tighteners at knees and centre backs (varying conditions but all with staining and some damage). Pantaloons were fashionable wear for European gentlemen from the 1790s until circa 1820 and were worn in civilian clothes as well as in naval and military uniform, frequently being made in stretch cotton kerseymere and generally worn with pumps or soft knee-length boots of the type known as `hessians`. These pantaloons resemble what would now be known as `jodhpurs`, a type of legwear derived from the Indian pajama trousers, and this fact, together with their very light weight and manufacture from thin cotton, may indicate that they were made in India for wear in the 1790s by General George Vaughan Hart. However, British naval officers also wore white pantaloons, with hessian boots, until the 1820s and so they may equally have been worn by Commander George Vaughan Hart during his early days in the Royal Navy.
Lot 179
THREE PAIRS OF GENTLEMAN`S TROUSERS, CIRCA 1820-40, in varying weights of unlined white linen or heavy cotton, each with a two-button waist and a buttoning trap fly and each with two buttoning hip pockets and a deep watch pocket, the cuffs fitted with buttons for instep straps (varying conditions but all with staining and some damage)
Lot 180
FOUR PAIRS OF GENTLEMAN`S TROUSERS, CIRCA 1820-40, in varying weights of white linen or cotton, one pair lined with wool, three pairs with a two-button waist and one pair with a three-button waist, three pairs with trap flies and one with a button fly and French bearer, all with two buttoning hip pockets and a deep watch pocket, the cuffs fitted with buttons for instep straps (varying conditions but all with staining and some damage). Trousers gradually began to replace pantaloons as fashionable legwear for European gentlemen in the second decade of the nineteenth century and were worn, strapped over ankle or Wellington boots, by both civilians and naval and military officers. White trousers of the type in the preceding two lots were allowed for wear by naval officers in the Royal Navy`s Dress Regulations of 1827. In the Army`s Dress Regulations of 1831, such white trousers were ordered to be worn by all general and staff officers as well as by officers of Foot Guards and line infantry between 1st May and 14th October; in 1832, the Royal Navy followed the example of the Army and specified trousers `of white Russia duck` for wear between the same dates (Jarrett, 1960, pp.80 & 82). In the collections of the National Maritime Museum is at least one pair of trousers ascribed to a Lieutenant H. James (accession number UNI0228) (illustrated in Miller 2007, p. 134), which appears very similar to some of the pairs of trousers in the preceding two lots. While it is, therefore, possible that some or all of the pairs of trousers in the preceding two lots could have been worn by General George Vaughan Hart, the strongest candidate for their ownership is probably Commander George Vaughan Hart, R.N.
Lot 194
SEVEN MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS, WEST INDIA REGIMENT OR BRITISH WEST INDIES REGIMENT, c. 1910-20, ARMY STAFF AND BRITISH LINE INFANTRY, CIRCA 1860-80, a lot, comprising: two shirt-sleeve-order shoulder straps, one with a metal rank crown and the other with the metal shoulder title WIR; the short section of a shoulder-brace from an officer`s Sam Browne belt; a pair of metal rank crowns and a single SD button, West India Regiment; an infantry officer`s crimson silk shoulder sash, with scarlet tassels, of the pattern worn circa1860-80; the remnants (two pieces) of a general or staff officer`s aiguillette, in crimson and gold round-cord with one gilt-metal finial
Lot 404
A 20 BORE EAST SCOTTISH FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, CIRCA 1700, with tapering multi-stage barrel faceted at the breech, decorated with raised bands covered with engraved silver, the breech and the median each inlaid with a broad central brass panel engraved with stars and framed by a wavy brass line on each side, rounded lock engraved with foliage and retaining traces of a signature at the base (cock cracked, top-jaw and steel missing), three-quarter steel stock engraved with pairs of lines, heart-shaped pommel applied with an engraved silver collar en suite with the barrel mouldings, engraved belt hook with pierced rings, and moulded button trigger (ramrod missing, areas of pitting, the inlays rubbed and with losses), 39cm; 15 3/8in . For an account of this distinctive group of pistols with heart shaped pommels see W. Reid 1963, pp. 26-30. Another pistol of this type with a barrel decorated in a similar manner was sold Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 26th June 2007, lot 531.
Lot 430
An 18th Century Neapolitan full size violin attributed to Niccolo Gaglioni, with figured two piece back (back measurement excluding button 13.75ins - 23ins overall - old repairs to table), with receipt from Joseph Chanot, Wardour Street, London, dated April 20th 1920, with later oak case retailed by Hart & Son, Wardour Street, London, and two bows for same
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