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Lot 156
A WWI period French officer's 4 pocket tropical tunic of the 172nd Artillery, pale khaki twill, shoulder straps with button, embroidered "172" on khaki lapel patches, good gilt grenade buttons, 4 gilt lace brass on khaki rank badges to cuffs, 4 medal ribbons including Croix de Guerre. Near VGC
Lot 3
TERRITORIAL EFFICIENCY MEDAL GEORGE VI with fixed palm leaves, suspender bar and ribbon, awarded to F O - L Y Lee RAF, together with three WORLD WAR II SERVICE MEDALS all with ribbons viz THE AFRICA STAR with 8th Army clasp, DEFENCE MEDAL and 1939-1945 WAR MEDAL together with group of FOUR MINIATURE MEDALS related BUTTON AND CUFF LINK and a GILT METAL AND ENAMEL MEDICAL CORPS BADGE
Lot 66
FOURTEEN VARIOUS MILITARY CAP BADGES AND TEN RELATED BUTTON AND PIECES, stitched to a leather belt, cap badges to include Australian Commonwealth Military Forces, The Queens Own Cameron Highlanders, The Royal Scots, Provost Staff, Royal Artillery, South Lancashire Prince of Wales Volunteers etc. (24 items)
Lot 68
MAPPIN AND WEBB TRUSTWORTHY COMBINATION FOLDING KNIFE with staghorn grips having 4 3/4in saw edged blade, hoofpick, pricker and button hook, lacks main blade and ANOTHER IMPLEMENT probably a corkscrew, the top of the handle housing folding tortoiseshell fleams, tweezers and a pricket, 6 3/4in closed, 11 1/2in open
Lot 239
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY OVAL PORTRAIT MINIATURE ON IVORY, HEAD AND SHOULDERS OF A GENTLEMAN, in suite with carnation button hole, gilt metal framed with ribbon surmount and in tooled gilt and blue morocco plush lined case, the miniature 2" high and an ORNATE GILT METAL EASEL PHOTOGRAPH FRAME milestone shaped with ribbon top and detachable panel door with oval centre panel, 7 1/2" high (2)
Lot 520
A late 19th century French lacquered brass carriage clock, having alarm and half-hour repeat, the case having swing carry handle, visible platform escapement, push-button alarm, the circular white enamel dial having Roman numerals, indistinctly signed, subsidiary alarm dial with Arabic numerals, twin barrel eight day going four pillar movement, having two hammers striking on a single gong, with original numbered winding key and housed in leather outer travel case, height 15cm (handle down)
Lot 66
Graham, Chronograph Chronofighter No 1928, a gentleman's stainless steel over size wristwatch, circa 1990, the two piece screw down case with screw down crown on the left hand, trigger mechanism stop-start pusher and fly back push button at 10 o'clock, the case back signed The British Master with a crest, the black dial with luminous Arabic and baton numerals, luminous skeleton hands, centre seconds hand and two subsidiary dials running seconds and minutes, 30 jewel Swiss automatic movement adjusted to five positions cal: ETA 7750 No 92981, on a tan strap with a stainless steel Graham buckle, case 4.6cm diameter.
Lot 80
Jaeger Le-Coultre, Reverso Memory, a gentleman's stainless steel and gold plated wristwatch, circa 2004, the three piece screw down reversible case with two dials and push button for fly back, the front silvered dial with Arabic numerals, luminous hands and subsidiary seconds dial, the reverse black dial with white minute calibrated numerals, Jaeger-LeCoultre movement adjusted to five positions cal: 682, on a brown strap with a Jaeger- LeCoultre stainless steel deployant clasp, case 3.9cm long including lugs, in a Jaeger-LeCoultre fitted box, with the original guarantee and paper work and outer card packaging.
Lot 104
Omega, Seamaster 600 Plo-Prof, a gentleman's oversized stainless steel diver's watch, circa 1975, the over sized one piece asymmetric case with raised black bi-directional bezel calibrated for five minute divisions with red release button, with a patented screw down and locking crown on the left hand side, the blue dial with luminous baton markers, luminous hands with orange minute hand, centre seconds and date aperture, 20 jewel Omega automatic movement cal: 1002 with a mono metallic balance, on a conforming stainless steel brick link bracelet with an Omega folding snap clasp, case 4.5cm long, in a later grey Omega box with outer card packaging. The Omega Seamaster 600 was designed for diving to around depths of 600 metres and was used by Jaques Cousteau, leading to collectors unofficially naming the watch after him. Subsequent testing by diving research institutes have suggested that the Plo-Prof ('Plongeur Professionel') is proportionally more resistant to water pressure than a submarine.
Lot 111
Omega, Seamaster Chronograph, Olympic Collection 'London 1948' a gentleman's stainless steel wristwatch, ref: 1780516, No 78035724, the two piece screw down case with screw down crown, push buttons, date setting button at the 10 o'clock position and black rotating bezel calibrated for 60 units, the black dial with Arabic numerals, luminous tapered baton hands, centre seconds hand, date aperture at 6 o'clock position, and three subsidiary dials running seconds, minutes and hours, 33 jewel Omega automatic movement adjusted to 5 positions cal: 3303, on a rubber strap with an Omega buckle, case 4.9cm long including lugs, with a fitted Omega box, paper work and outer card packaging.
Lot 107
A PAIR OF CAUCASIAN SILVER-MOUNTED MIQUELET-LOCK PISTOLS, DAGHESTAN, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 19TH CENTURY, each with swamped barrel retained by three chased nielloed silver bands (one missing), chiselled with a long flat sparsely decorated with gold foliage including the gold-lined barrelsmith's mark at the breech, the tang overlaid with nielloed silver incorporating the back-sight and extending over the spine of the butt, lock of characteristic form overlaid with silver nielloed flowers and foliage (one top-jaw replaced), figured walnut full stock applied with nielloed silver panels, characteristic ball-shaped butt overlaid with nielloed silver fitted with a steel ring for suspension (the silver with small losses), steel button trigger, one decorated with gold, and nielloed fore-end cap en suite with the barrel bands, 47cm; 18 1/2in, Provenance, Jacques Arlaud, St Ouen, 1959, (2)
Lot 155
A FINE SOUTH GERMAN HUNTING SWORD WITH CARVED IVORY HILT, LAST QUARTER OF THE 17TH CENTURY, with two-stage blade of circa 1720, of low-triangular section, etched and gilt against a blued panel with an eagle, a vertical arrangement of four mounted figures each beneath a canopy filled with the inscriptions 'fide sed cui vidi', 'vincere aut mori', 'solideo gloria', and 'pieatate et iustic' respectively, and two bishops' profiles at the forte on one side and a trophy-of-arms and well detailed illustrations of cavalry and infantry exercises on the other, ivory hilt carved in the round, comprising a pair of addorsed putti clasping a bound sack, (shell-guard removed, later ferrule), and the grip formed of a vertical arrangement of five putti entwined around a spirally- moulded central cornucopia of fruit and flowers (the pommel button replaced, small age cracks), 77.5cm; 30 1/2in blade, The carving on the hilt is distinguished from other ivory hunting sword hilts of the period in its use of putti and cornucopia as opposed to the more frequently encountered hunting themes, such as the well-known examples attributed to Johann Michael Maucher of Schwäbisch Gmünd (recorded circa 1645-1701). The decoration of the blade is of notably high quality.
Lot 161
AN EAST EUROPEAN MACE, 17TH CENTURY, formed entirely of steel, with spherical head formed of six near semi-circular moulded flanges and with a button finial at the top, cylindrical haft formed with a raised collar beneath the head and above the grip, pierced for a thong, the grip decorated with spiralling linear ornament and with plain domed finial at the bottom (heavily pitted throughout), 54cm; 21 1/4in
Lot 188
A VERY RARE SAXON DECORATED COMBINED GUN REST AND SPEAR, CIRCA 1730, ALMOST CERTAINLY BY JOHANN TOBIAS GRAEFENSTEIN, with U-shaped head formed with a recurved flat edge on each side, robust faceted socket moulded at the top, fitted with a long hinged sprung spear blade forming the central spike, secured to the socket by a pierced rectangular lug engaged by a press stud when extended and to the haft by a sliding button when retracted, the head and the blade all finely etched and gilt with scrolling foliage within linear borders, on its original wooden haft with an additional pair of straps and conical steel shoe, 76.8cm; 30 1/4in head, when extended, An almost identical combined gun rest and spear decorated in the same manner is preserved in the former Electoral Armoury, Dresden, inv. no. T-98. See H-W Lewerken 1989, p. 273, no. 149b. Johann Tobias Graefenstein is recorded circa 1713-1771. He succeeded Peter Tanner as Hofbüchsenmacher in 1750.
Lot 194
A CUP-HILT RAPIER IN SPANISH MID-17TH CENTURY STYLE, 19TH CENTURY, with tapering blade of flattened-diamond section, steel hilt including deep cup-guard pierced and chiselled with cornucopia, demon masks and scrolling tendrils carrying four chiselled oval panels filled with classical figures and warrior busts, a pair of quillons with button terminals, knuckle-guard, and barrel-shaped pommel decorated with further demon masks, and spirally-carved wooden grip retaining some wire binding, 106.7cm; 42in blade
Lot 296
AN ENGLISH STONEBOW, SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY, with slender steel bow fitted with a later string of bound cord, slender fruitwood tiller (cracks), incised with pairs of lines over its full length and inlaid with an engraved shaped brass panel on the top, fitted with built-in steel gaffle with folding back-sight, button-shaped cocking lever retained by a slender steel band, folding fore-sight with later string and ivory ball, a pair of steel side -plates, and compressed steel pommel, 72.2cm; 28 1/2in tiller
Lot 307
A RARE GERMAN EMBOSSED STEEL CARTRIDGE BOX (PATRON), CIRCA 1580, PROBABLY BRUNSWICK, with wooden body of plano-convex section, the interior with provision for four cartridges and fitted with a pierced brass top-plate, the outside almost entirely encased in blackened steel embossed with patterns of beadwork rosettes on a field of minute nodules (one very small dent), outwardly flanged at the base and decorated en suite, retaining its original leather covering on the underside and the back, fitted with matching hinged lid with button closure, a single loop for suspension, two loops for a belt, and retaining an early leather suspension and buckle, 14cm; 5 1/2in high, A very similar patron is preserved in the Landeszeughaus, Graz (inv. no. PK72). Two patrons and a powder-flask decorated in a related manner were included in the sale of Works of Art from the Royal House of Hanover, Sotheby's 2005, lots 339, 340 and 342. The treatment of these pieces is similar to the stocks of contemporary Brunswick firearms. In 1589 Andreas Krebs, a Carinthian leather-worker, delivered '200 Braunschweig boxes with wooden cartridges at 28 kreuzer each to the Landeszeughaus Graz. See P. Krenn 1990, p.22
Lot 312
A FINE FRENCH BRONZE SALUTING CANNON BY VAUTROT MRE ARMURIER AU 4E HUSSARDS, DATED 1824, with tapering barrel formed in four stages, with raised astragal mouldings, engraved with a band of anthemion foliage behind the muzzle and fitted with a fore-sight, inscribed 'MES PROPORTIONS FONT MA FORCE', in a recessed panel and cast with the crowned Royal cypher of Louis XV, on the chase, cast and chased with a maned lion mask beneath the date on the first reinforce, inscribed with the maker's details on the base ring, the cascabel drawn-out to a globose button and engraved with further anthemion, a pair of lifting- handles of Gribeauval type and plain trunnions each impressed with the number '16': on its original brass-clad wooden field carriage retaining some green paint throughout, painted with matching number '16', fitted with elevating screw, and a pair of brass-shod spoked cambered wheels (one cup-square and one spoke are missing), 37.2cm; 14.5/8in barrel, 1.8cm; 3/4in bore.
Lot 315
A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON DATED 1650, PROBABLY GERMAN, with tapering multi-stage barrel cast with raised astragal mouldings, strongly moulded at the muzzle and cast with scrolling foliage involving flowers and a lion mask behind the muzzle, a cherubic mask ahead of the dolphin lifting-handles, and further foliage including the date and a coat of arms, an eagle displayed facing dexter, on the first reinforce, raised vent with provision for a cover (now missing, one cover lug missing) and the cascabel drawn-out to a rounded button: on a steel-clad wooden carriage with iron-shod wheels, 42.5cm; 16 3/4in barrel, 2cm; 3/4in bore, Provenance, The Bodmer Collection, Schloss Kyburg, circa 1920
Lot 319
A BRONZE SALUTING CANNON, EARLY 19TH CENTURY, with multi-stage tapering barrel swelling towards the muzzle (previously fitted with a sight), raised mouldings, fitted with an iron back-sight, rounded cascabel drawn-out to an acorn-shaped button, and a pair of trunnions (small dents) on its steel-clad wooden carriage with a pair of iron-shod wheels, together with an iron-clad ammunition truck mounted en suite, 38.5cm; 15 1/8in barrel, 1.8cm; 3/4in bore
Lot 384
Property formerly in the collection of Friedrich-Werner Graf von der Schulenburg (1875-1944), see introduction to lots 13 to 19 and lots 198 and 199, A FINE PAIR OF 28 BORE SILESIAN LONG WHEEL-LOCK HOLSTER PISTOLS, TESCHEN, CIRCA 1640-60, each with tapering barrel punched and engraved with sprays of foliage at the breech, muzzle and over the median (light surface rust and patination), stamped on the left of the breech with a proof mark, probably Suhl, slender breech tang decorated en suite, strongly bevelled lock retained by three side nails, with flush-fitting external wheel retained by a gilt-brass bracket pierced and engraved with the Imperial Double Eagle, sliding pan-cover filed with diagonal fluting at the rear, gilt-brass button release chiselled with a cherubic head, close-fitting dog with internal spring, the lower portion filed with diagonal fluting en suite with the pan-cover, fruitwood full stock profusely inlaid with staghorn tendrils and pellets enriched with mother-of-pearl rondels (the stocks with minor repairs, inlay with small losses), including rabbits being pursued by hounds over the fore-end, marine monsters, a cherub playing a lute opposite the lock, doghead tendrils about the tang, a scroll incorporating a bird-of-prey's head about the trigger, and a bird-of-prey on each side of the butt, all within segmental lines, the butt encircled by a slender steel band and inlaid with an expanded flowerhead in mother-of- pearl (one missing), steel mounts comprising trigger-guard with very slender terminal and a single ramrod-pipe each punched with scrolls en suite with the barrel, engraved staghorn rear ramrod-pipe (one missing), and engraved staghorn fore-end cap, and steel-tipped wooden ramrod, perhaps the original, 67cm; 26 3/8in, (2), These pistols are distinguished from other Teschen examples of this period by their more refined streamlined locks incorporating partly enclosed wheels and dogs, and also by the high quality of the inlays on the stocks.
Lot 115
A Victorian Folding Knife, plain blade 7in.(18cm) long, chequered wooden grips, push button release, 11in.(28cm) overall; a Military Jack Knife by Joseph Allen & Sons, horn grips, brass suspension ring with lanyard; a Fighting/Trench Knife, tapering double edged blade 14cm, wooden ringed grip with steel guard, 24cm overall; a Hunting/Fighting Knife, tapering double edged blade 15cm, with deer hoof handle, in its steel sheath, (4).
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