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Lot 36
A very fine quality Maple & Co early twentieth century satinwood Sheraton-revival style bedroom suite, hand painted with classical panels of ladies, emblematic panels, cherubs and swag decoration comprising three-section blind panelled wardrobe, 205cms high x 240cms wide x 60cms deep, mirror back dressing table and similar dressing table, bedside pot cabinet and two chairs Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`
Lot 500
A believed Swansea duck egg porcelain saucer painted with flowers and gilding together with another cabinet cup and saucer with raised loop handle, pair of pottery floral and lustre nursery dishes ETC Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`
Lot 561
Late twentieth century brass encased carriage clock with rectangular white enamel dial bearing Roman numerals and subsidiary dial inscribed 'Rapport Fondee en 1900, France' (complete with receipts, key and other paperwork in cabinet) Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`
Lot 68
A Stag Minstrel tri-fold mirror dressing table and matching night cabinet and stool together with believed Stag chest of four long and two short drawers and matching narrow three-drawer chest and another modern tri-fold dressing table Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`
Lot 86
An Arts & Crafts oak wardrobe, 204cms high x 105cms wide and matching dressing table, 99cms wide, the wardrobe with centre and glazed cabinet top and base drawer, the body of tapered form, the matching dressing table with tilting mirror and base of one long, two short drawers and two upper short drawers Condition reports provided on request by email for this auction otherwise items purchased `as seen`
![[RAF, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain] A period document of considerable historical import, being a typewritten letter from Air Ch](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/af661980-23d2-488e-936e-aa4600c689e5/05b3c829-1592-421f-b60b-aa4801187513/468x382.jpg)
Lot 376
[RAF, Dunkirk, Battle of Britain] A period document of considerable historical import, being a typewritten letter from Air Chief Marshal Hugh Dowding to the Under Secretary of State, Air Ministry, dated 16 May 1940, ten days prior to the evacuation of the BEF from Dunkirk, and giving a powerful insight into Britain's plight at this time and the struggle to balance military resources in the defence of Britain. Dowding advises "as a matter of paramount urgency the Air Ministry will consider and decide what level of strength if [sic] to be left in the Fighter Command for the defence of the country, and will assure me that when this level has been reached, not one fighter will be sent across the Channel however urgent and insistent the appeals for help may be. I believe that, if an adequate fighter force is kept in this country, if the fleet remains in being, and if Home Forces are suitably organised to resist invasion, we should be able to carry on the war single handed for some time, if not indefinitely. But if the Home Defence Force is drained away in desperate attempts to remedy the situation in France, defeat in France will involve the final, complete and irremediable defeat of this country. Approx 32 x 20 cm[Full transcript "To: The Under Secretary of State,Air Ministry,London,W C 2 Headquarters, Fighter CommandRoyal Air ForceBentley PrioryStanmoreMiddlesex SECRET FC/S.1904316 May, 1940 Sir, I have the honour to refer to the very serious calls which have recently been made upon the Hone Defence Fighter Units in an attempt to stem the German invasion on the Continent. 2. I hope and believe that our Armies may yet be victorious in France and Belgium, but we may have to face the possibility that they may be defeated. 3. In this case I presume that there is no-one who will deny that England should fight on, even though the remainder of the Continent of Europe is dominated by the Germans. 4. For this purpose it is necessary to retain some minimum fighter strength in this country and I must request that the Air Council will inform me what they consider the minimum strength to the be, in order that I ma y make my disposition accordingly. 5, I would remind the Air Council that the last estimate which they made as to the force necessary to defend this Country was 52 Squadrons, and my strength has now been reduced to the equivalent of 36 Squadrons. 6. Once a decision has been reached as to the limit on which the Air Council and the Cabinet are prepared to stake the existence of the country, it should be made clear to the Allied Commanders on the Continent that not a single aeroplane from Fighter Command beyond this limit will be sent across the Channel, no matter how desperate the situation may become. 7. It will, of course, be remembered that the estimate of 52 Squadrons was based on the assumption that the attack would come from the eastwards except in so far as the defences might be outflanked in flight. We have to face the possibility that attacks may come from Spain or even from the North Coast of France. The result is that our line is very much extended at the same time as our resources are reduced. 8. I must point out that within the last few days the equivalent of 10 Squadrons have been sent out to France, that the Hurricane Squadrons remaining in this country are seriously depleted, and squadrons which are sent to France the higher will be the wastage and the more insistent the demand for reinforcements. 9. I must therefore request that as a matter of paramount urgency the Air Ministry will consider and decide what level of strength if [sic] to be left in the Fighter Command for the defence of the country, and will assure me that when this level has been reached, not one fighter will be sent across the Channel however urgent and insistent the appeals for help may be. 10. I believe that, if an adequate fighter force is kept in this country, if the fleet remains in being, and if Home Forces are suitable organized to resist invasion, we should be able to carry on the war single handed for some time, if not indefinitely. But if the Home Defence Force is drained away in desperate attempts to remedy the situation in France, defeat in France will involve the final, complete and irremediable defeat of this country. I have the honour to be,Sir, Your obedient Servant H C T DowdingAir Chief MarshalAir Officer Commanding – in – ChiefFighter Command,Royal Air Force"]
Lot 140
Christabel Pankhurst RARE hand written 6 page letter 31st July 1911 on Womans Social and Political Union letterhead to MP Noel Buxton regarding a Womans Suffrage Bill being a rival to the Circulation Bill and a speech. Noel Buxton. British Conservative politician who served in various Cabinet posts in the Conservative and National governments of the 1920s and 1930s. He was Secretary of State for Air during most of the 1920s. As Secretary of State for India in the early 1930s, he authored the Government of India Act 1935, which granted provincial-level self-government to India. Dame Christabel Harriette Pankhurst, DBE, was a British suffragette born in Manchester, England. A co-founder of the Women's Social and Political Union, she directed its militant actions from exile in France from 1912 to 1913. In 1914 she supported the war against Germany. CHRISTABEL PANKHURST'S BATTLE FOR FEMALE SUFFRAGE COMES TO A HEAD: Christabel was at this time running the Women's Social and Political Union, while her mother Emmeline spent most of her time campaigning in the provinces. Our letter was written by Christabel to the editor of the leading Liberal newspaper after Asquith's victory in the 1910 general election. The Irish Women's Franchise League had been founded in 1908 and was the most outspoken and public manifestation of women's discontent and radical feminism in Ireland; its primary aim being to secure women's suffrage within Home Rule. In 1910 a Conciliation Bill - whereby votes would be granted to around a million women - had been introduced to Parliament but had failed. Another was debated in May 1911. This had been passed by a majority of 255 to 88 votes as a private member's bill, and was promised a week of government time: 'Christabel, although full of doubts that Prime Minister Asquith would ever grant votes to women, nevertheless hoped that a settlement could be reached by peaceful means, since she believed that mild militancy was played out. The suspension of militancy, announced at the end of January, remained in force until 21 November 1911, apart from one week during 1910. When Asquith stated on 7 November 1911 that the government would introduce next session a Manhood Suffrage Bill that could be amended to include women, Christabel denounced his scheme as disreputable, and appealed for one thousand women to march to Westminster two weeks later. While the demonstration was taking place, however, a smaller group armed with bags of stones and hammers broke windows of government offices and businesses. Convinced that the government would not concede women's suffrage until they were forced to do so, the WSPU engaged in further window breaking, this time on a mass scale, in early March 1912; the policy had been jointly agreed by Christabel, her mother, and Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence. On 5 March, the police rushed to Clement's Inn with a warrant for the arrest of the leaders. Christabel, however, now lived in a flat nearby. Warned of what was happening, and fearful that the movement would collapse if all the leaders were in prison, she fled to France where a political offender was not liable to extradition' (June Purvis, ODNB). Good Condition. All signed pieces come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £3.99, EU from £5.99, Rest of World from £7.99.
Lot 472
RETRO 1960s 'A.H.McINTOSH & CO.LTD.' TEAK SIDE CABINETthe upper section with a selection of drawers and drop-flap drinks cabinet with formica panel, over an open section, above a cutlery and one other drawer, over a drop-flap compartment with two section interior, raised on cylindrical style legs, 158cm high x 111.6cm wide
Lot 561
LARGE QTY OF CIGARETTE CARDS 3 albums including Ogdens Picturesque People of the Empire (25), Ogdens Children of all Nations (50), Ogdens British Birds (50), Ogdens Birds Eggs (50), F & J Smith Cinema Stars, Godfrey Phillips British Butterflies, Players Foreign Butterflies, Chairman silk cards (Pottery and Porcelain), Players Aviary and Cage Birds, Players Products of the World, Wills Flower Culture in Pots, Wills Ships Badges, De Reszke Art Treasures, Players British Live Stock, and various others. Also with a few large 19thc photograph cards (Cabinet Pudding, Westminster Abbey, Bishop of Rochester etc). (3)
Lot 325
Late 19th Century German porcelain oval twin handled platter by Possneck, armorial decorated with a standing armoured knight with inscription and dated 11. Juli 1895, impressed marks no. 273 5 and inscribed in black 'L R.Huth.Possneck', width 43.5cm; together with a Meissen porcelain cabinet plate decorated with a reserve of fighting gentlemen on horseback within gilt highlights (af).
Lot 718
Good Gordon Russell 1920's mahogany, ebony strung & cedar lined chest of two short over three long drawers, design no. 445, from the bedroom group 'Ressington', the moulded canted top over the drawers, ebony edged & with facet & turned handles, the whole on simple square legs, Russell Workhops of Broadway paper label to the base, Foreman Edgar Turner, Cabinet Maker T. Lees & dated 6/8/26, width 91cm x depth 50.5cm x height 102cm
Lot 719
Gordon Russell Cuban mahogany cedar lined writing table, the moulded top over three drawers with turned & faceted ebony handles, raised on four square section legs, one drawer with Russell Workshops, Broadway label dated September 14th 1929, Foreman Edgar Turner, Cabinet Maker C. Phillips, width 106cm N.B. This piece was not a stock design and was probably commissioned for a client
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