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Lot 239
*The Regimentally Unique and Highly Important Maharajpoor Star & Sutlej Campaign Pair awarded to Major the Honourable Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset, Grenadier Guards, Military Secretary to the Governor-Generals of India Lord Ellenborough and Sir Henry Hardinge. Having distinguished himself with great ‘acts of heroism’ shown during the Battles of Maharajpoor where he was severely wounded beside the mortally wounded General Churchill whilst killing and disarming two Mahrattas, upon his recovery he again received multiple gunshot and sabre wounds at the Battle of Ferozeshuhur where this time he finally succumbed to his injuries, comprising: Maharajpoor Star, 1843 (Captain Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset 1st or Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards), officially engraved to reverse with typical fittings; Sutlej, 1845-46, for Moodkee 1845, single clasp, Ferozeshuhur (Major A: Wm Fitzroy Somerset 1st Grenadier Guards:), officially impressed naming; original ribbons, old cabinet tone, extremely fine and of considerable importance. Major Arthur William FitzRoy Somerset (1816-1845), the eldest son of Lord FitzRoy Somerset, 1st Baron Raglan and his wife, Lady Emily (née Wellesley-Pole), was born in Paris on 6 May 1816. In 1824 he was made Page of Honour to his Majesty, entering into the 1st Grenadier Regiment of Foot Guards as Ensign, reaching Lieutenant in 1832, Captain in 1837, later advancing to Major on 30 April 1844. He led a relatively short but highly distinguished career, performing several notable acts of bravery during his service in India in the Gwalior and Sutlej campaigns of 1843-6. The first occasion was during the Battle of Maharajpoor on 29 December 1843, where he was severely wounded whilst engaging and disarming two Mahratta soldiers. Captain Somerset and his Commanding Officer General Churchill had been crossing a maize field in the latter stages of the battle when two Mahrattas set upon them. General Churchill was mortally wounded in the beginning of the exchange, but Major Somerset was able to kill the first, and then managed to disarm the second. In the process, he received no fewer than three sabre cuts to his left arm, a musket ball through his right, two severe sabre wounds to his left thigh, and another below his right knee. Despite these injuries he survived, and took his foe’s Tulwar and matchlock as mementos. For this, his father commissioned a silver figural centerpiece from Garrard’s of the very highest calibre to celebrate his son’s bravery, and General Sir Hugh Gough, Commander- in-Chief in a Despatch to the Governor of India, wrote of the day’s events: ‘Several acts of heroism occurred on this day: none exceeded those of Major General Churchill, C.B. and Captain Somerset of the Grenadier Guards, your Lordship’s military secretary whom you kindly allowed to act on my staff, and whom I sent with Brigadier Cureton’s brigade to communicate to me the movements of that Corps. These two gallant officers fell, having received wounds in personal recontre... I am glad to add that Captain Somerset will do well, though severely wounded.’ Recovering from his wounds in the Simla hills, and despite a now persistent limp, he was promoted to Major in April, 1844, and the following year he married Mrs Emile Marie Louse Wilhelmina Mellish (the widowed daughter of Baron de Baumbach of Hesse) at Calcutta on 8 July 1845 – formerly married to Captain D. Mellish of the 10th Bengal Cavalry. The marriage was met with a mixed reception amongst his family – particularly with his father, who broadly perceived the marriage to be unsuitable, and was also frustrated by his son’s increasing debts and lavish lifestyle. Given his significant family connections, Arthur Somerset was appointed Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India, Lord Ellenborough in 1844, being retained in the same position by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge later in the same year. Captain Somerset was later present at the Battle of Moodkee on 18 December 1845. During the main attack the commanding officer of the 30th foot had been unhorsed, whereupon Major Somerset was ordered by the same officer to take up the command, which he did ‘admirably’, rallying the troops and ordering them to fix bayonets for a charge upon the Sikh guns. Leading the bayonet charge from the front, and on horseback with his friend Arthur Hardinge (son of Sir Henry Hardinge) beside, they charged, with Somerset running a gunner through in the process (as detailed in: ‘Raglan – From the Peninsula to the Crimea’ by John Sweetman, which gives a fine account of his life.) Just days later in the Battle of Ferozeshuhur (also known as Ferozeshah) on 21 - 22nd December 1845, he again found himself in the heat of battle, facing an enemy force of 108 guns with French officers, and some 50,000 men. During the day’s latter stages, Major Somerset and Arthur Hardinge were riding with the 50th Regiment as they approached the entrenched Sikh camp when they came under very heavy enemy fire. In the process, Hardinge’s horse was killed beneath him, and Major Somerset was gravely wounded – receiving a musket round through the lungs. Reports differ quite starkly on the timing, but either soon after, or (more probably), the next morning, Somerset was found on the battlefield ‘benumbed with cold, and a most ghastly spectacle’ whereupon Arthur Hardinge located a surgeon to treat him. Despite fighting on for some days afterward he eventually succumbed to his wounds on Christmas Day, 1845. Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Hardinge, G.C.B. in a Despatch to General Sir Hugh Gough, wrote ‘Major Somerset my Military Secretary, ... was shot through the body, conducting himself with the hereditary courage of his race. He was always foremost where difficulties required to be overcome, I deeply regret his loss’. Writing in a later letter to Lord FitzRoy Somerset, Sir Henry Hardinge continued privately: ‘Your brave son is no more…(he had) many fine qualities, which would have ripened into maturity and made him a distinguished officer. He had an accurate eye and a great quickness for Troops and in our social circle he was an universal favourite from his kindheartedness and aimiability [sic].’ He was buried at Ferozepore, where a memorial was placed within St Andrew’s Church, and Sir Robert Peel made a sincere tribute to Arthur’s death in the House of Commons on 2 April 1846. Additionally, a memorial was placed in the Royal Military Chapel, Wellington Barracks, with the following inscription: “Sacred to the memory of Brevet-Major Arthur William Fitzroy Somerset, Eldest son of Lieut-General Lord Fitzroy Somerset, K.C.B.; Lieutenant and Captain in the Grenadier Guards, and Military Secretary to the Governor-General of India; who died of his wounds at Ferozepore, on the 28th December 1845, in the 30th year of his age. His military career, though short, was eminently distinguished. The Official despatches of the Commander-in-Chief attest his individual heroism during the Campaign of 1843 in Gwalior. The same record exists of his zealous exertions at the brilliant Victory at Moodkee, of the 18th December 1845, and at Ferozepore on the 21st December 1845. He fell, covered with wounds, while cheering the British Troops to an attack upon the formidable Batteries of the enemy.” These medals deposited with the Royal United Service Institution by Lt. Col. George Somerset, 3rd Baron Raglan, in 1895; removed by Major FitzRoy Somerset, 4th Baron Raglan, in October 1952. Ex Christie’s, The Raglan Collection, 22 - 23 May 2014.
Lot 234
*Naval General Service, 1793-1840, single clasp, 14 March 1795 (R. Honyman, Lieut. R.N.), with segment of original ribbon, old cabinet tone, once very gently polished with light hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine and lustrous. Admiral of the Blue Robert Honyman was born in December 1767 at Orphir, Orkney, son of Sir Patrick Honyman of Clestrain Hall, Stromness (a descendant of Robert, first Earl of Orkney, natural son of James V of Scotland) and Margaret Sinclair; half-brother to William Honyman, Lord Armadale. Educated at Edinburgh, he entered the Royal Navy on 20 April 1782 as Captain’s servant aboard H.M.S. Queen under Captain Patrick Sinclair, his father-in-law, and saw service in the North Sea. He reached the rank of Midshipman the following year in September 1783 whilst aboard the Hyaena on the Irish Station, and then was again promoted to Lieutenant on 21 October 1790 whilst employed aboard the Powerful. On the renewal of hostilities against the French in 1793 he obtained a position aboard H.M.S. Diadem and sailed for the Mediterranean, where he was present at the occupation of Toulon. He was later present aboard H.M.S. St George, the flagship of Sir Hyde Parker, where he was wounded during Admiral William Hotham’s action on 14 March 1795 against the French Fleet off the coast of Genoa (also known as the Battle of Genoa). Fighting alongside their Neapolitan allies, the British won the encounter and captured two French ships of the line in the process; the Ça Ira and Censeur, with Captain Horatio Nelson playing a prominent role in the battle. Receiving a second commission by promotion on 13 August 1796, Captain Honyman assumed command of the sloop Tisiphone on 4 May 1797, and during that same year he was responsible for the capture of the French privateers La Prospére (14) and Le Cerf Volante (14) with a total of 136 men. He achieved the Post-rank of Captain on 10 December 1798, and in 1800 conveyed Admiral Robert Montagu to Jamaica. Whilst serving aboard H.M.S. Leda off the coast of France Captain Honyman took the opportunity to attack an enemy gunboat flotilla on 29 September 1803, driving two gunboats onshore. In another attack on 24 April 1805 he discovered 26 enemy vessels rounding Cape Grisnez, and during a two hour encounter he succeeded in cutting off seven schuyts, carrying a total of 18 guns, 1 howitzer and 168 men travelling from Dunkerque to Ambleteuse. Captain Honyman and the Leda continued to see action during the reduction of the Cape of Good Hope and the capture of the Rolla brig and Volontaire frigate at Table Bay. Honyman also played a part in the operations at Rio de la Plata, and in the capture of the privateer L’Adolphe (18) in December 1807, prior to her wrecking near the entrance of Milford Haven on 31 January 1808, for which Honyman was acquitted of all blame owing to the understandable mistakes of the pilot made in terrible conditions of fog and adverse weather. He became Rear-Admiral on 27 May 1825, Vice-Admiral on 10 January 1837, and full Admiral on 19 February 1847. He was elected M.P. in 1802 for Orkney and Shetland whilst serving the Royal Navy as a Lieutenant, retiring from further parliamentary work in 1807. He was married to Margaret Henrietta Knight, and he died in Paris c. 21 March 1848, as recorded in contemporary newspapers. John Graham of Fintry described Honyman in 1805 as ‘the most warm hearted worthy man I ever saw.’
Lot 270
A 1930s German grocery shop for the British market, Art Deco style cream painted wood with oak display cabinets, drawers with china labels, counter and a large quantity of groceries including a Lifebuoy sample tin, three modern bisque dolls - 311?2in. (80cm.) wide (cellophane cabinet glass replaced)
Lot 461
Boer war Interest, table cabinet of artefacts and curiosities pertaining to the Anglo Boer to include South Africa chocolate tin 1900, Scottish South Africa tobacco tin 1900, Itestamente Elitya 1878 bearing inscriptions and signed by Hugh Steuart Gladstone, emergency rations tin, novelty snake bite box, POW carvings, beadwork and bangles etcProvenance Capenoch House CONDITION REPORT: Cabinet 126cm wide, Cabinet is includedChocolate tins are empty
Lot 1097
Circa mid to late 19th century album containing 25+ cartes de visite, full panelled calf with faux ivory inlay, all edges gilt (worn) + similar album containing 22 cabinet card photographs mainly portraits plus a few Norwich landscapes, children etc, original calf gilt worn, brass clasp, all edges gilt + another similar album containing a good quantity cartes de visite circa late 19th century including Royalty, notable personages, celebrities etc including HRH Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught (1850-1942) and Duchess of Connaught + George V (1865-1936) and Princess of Wales, plus Lord Napier etc (all plain backs, average quality photographs) + a few cabinet card photographs including Great Yarmouth market place, + cabinet photo depicting large fortress Isle of Wight etc, old calf, very worn, lacks backstrip and lower board (3)
Lot 130
FREEMAN WILLS CROFTS, 2 titles: DEATH OF A TRAIN, London, Hodder & Stoughton, 1946, 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper; YOUNG ROBIN BRAND DETECTIVE, London, 1947, 1st edition, original cloth, dust-wrapper plus JOSEPH SMITH FLETCHER, 3 UK first editions, all published Herbert Jenkins: THE YORKSHIRE MOORLAND MYSTERY, 1930, 1st edition; THE BORGIA CABINET, 1932, 1st edition; MURDER IN THE PALLANT, 1927, 1st edition, each original publishers orange cloth, plus LESLIE FORD: SIREN IN THE NIGHT, New York, Charles Scribners Sons, 1943, 1st edition, original cloth worn (6)
Lot 404
A LATE 19TH CENTURY AESTHETIC MOVEMENT CABINET, ebonised and gilt painted with songbirds amongst lilac, convolvulus, ivy fuchsia, birds nest and magnolia; having a moulded cornice above two indented panel doors, the interior fitted with a shelf and three drawers, above two coloured glass mosaic lined shelves, two drawers below flanked by rounded pilasters with gilt palmette collars, the sides fitted with a further open compartment above four small graduated drawers, on a moulded plinth base and later castors, 113cm wide x 54cm deep x 192cm high. See illustration
Lot 1508
A George III mahogany cabinet, with swans neck pediment and dentil cornice above a pair of glazed doors with wooden astragals enclosing adjustable shelves, the base fitted with one shallow drawer with interior compartments and three further drawers with brass drop handles with circular backplates and cockbeading to each drawer front and all raised on ogee bracket feet. Width 114 cm. CONDITION REPORT: This piece of furniture has in our opinion been reduced in depth. The depth from the front edge of the chest of drawers to the rear is 42.5 cm. The piece requires some restoration. One of the roundels from the swans neck pediment is missing. We have most of the broken fretwork from the centre however. There are some sections of tooth missing from the right hand return moulding on the cornice and at both the left and right hand front corners. The sides of the top are in good order. The doors are in generally good condition, the right has a slight warp at the bottom edge. The base has old ink and water stains to the top front edge. The top shallow drawer has been cut at the rear. There is no back. The remaining three drawers all have their backs. All cockbeading is present and the brass drop handles are original. The brass knob handles on the top drawer are not. The plinth moulding and bracket feet are all original and in good condition. The right hand sides of the top section of the cabinet have a small timber loss to the bottom right hand corner. The remaining three sides (including the base) are in good order.
Lot 422
A mahogany canteen of silver plated cutlery, by Lee & Wigfull of Sheffield. Cabinet width 92 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The mahogany cabinet is in generally very good condition with only very minor blemishes. The canteen is 12 place settings and appears to be complete with the exception of a missing grapefruit spoon. There are 6 serving spoons as one would expect and the canteen appears to be complete. The bottom two drawers of the cabinet are not fitted and have no contents. We would have thought the canteen dates from the 1970's or 80's.
Lot 1024
An early Victorian mahogany collectors' cabinet, table top form, with pair of panelled doors above a single drawer with wooden knob handles. Width 46 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Height 52 cm, depth at plinth 27 cm, width 46.5 cm. The doors simply open to three shelves. The base has only a drawer. The piece is in generally good condition. There are minor scuffs to the crossbanding on the edge of the cornice. The doors are flat and not warped. There are no significant losses. The veneers to the front of the shelves are in good order. The drawer is missing the cockbeading from the bottom edge and right and left upright. There are various stress fractures to the veneer around the corners. The sides of the piece are in generally good condition with minor scuffs and scratches. The plinth base has some small areas of veneer loss and various scuffs and scratches.
Lot 1227
A 19th century rosewood inverted breakfront side cabinet, with series of centre shelves flanked on either side by a glazed door with pleated cloth backing enclosing pullout trays and with plinth base. Width 141 cm. CONDITION REPORT: Width 141 cm, height to top of lower section 99 cm, total height 153.5 cm, depth at deepest point 43.5 cm. depth at deepest point of top 23 cm. The later marble top is in generally good condition with only some minor losses to the bottom rear edge of the marble. There is a more substantial loss at the rear right hand bottom corner but as this is against the wall it is barely visible. The cornice is in good condition. The sides of the top and all shelves are in good order. The surfaces of the shelves have surface scratches as one would expect. The top of the base has some minor losses to the crossbanding on the right and left hand returns. The sides of the base are both in good condition. The plinth has minor veneer losses to both returns. There is a detached piece of veneer at the front right hand bottom corner and edge (we have the piece). The doors are not warped. The silk material is showing signs of slight discolouration and is beginning to perish along the bottom edge. There are five interior trays which are all in reasonable condition.
Lot 1257
A Queen Anne walnut hanging cabinet, with arched moulded top above a fielded panelled door opening to shelves and flanked by fluted columns and supported by a later mahogany bracket. Width 72 cm, depth 25 cm, height including bracket 105 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The cupboard is in generally very good condition and is an extremely good colour. There are some very minor losses in places. The top arched moulding has two small edge losses to the left and right of the centre breakfront. There is a piece of moulding missing to the bottom right hand corner between the bottom of the arched moulding and the door corner. There are further veneer cracks bottom left and right of the door and a small section of edge moulding and crossbanding is missing at the left hand door foot. The sides of the piece are in good order. The supporting plinth is later. The interior is in generally very good order.
Lot 1411
A Victorian inlaid walnut pier cabinet, with arched glazed door enclosing cloth line shelves and flanked by flat pilasters with caryatid mounts and raised on a plinth base. Width 76 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: Height 106 cm, depth 33 cm, width 76 cm. The condition of the piece is generally extremely good. The top is of good colour and in good order with no losses. The frieze and sides of the piece are all in good condition with no veneer cracks or damage. The door is not warped. The marquetry in all areas is in good condition with no losses. All of the metalwork is present. The metalwork is dusty in the reveals. The plinth base is in generally good order with only minor scuffs and scratches as one might expect from a piece of this Victorian furniture. The backboards are original and in good order. The interior is original and the velvet clearly quite badly faded in places. The piece is structurally very sound and there is no evidence of any woodworm.
Lot 1487
A Shapland & Petter inlaid mahogany display case, with stylised foliate marquetry enhanced with mother of pearl, the locks stamped "S. & P." for Shapland & Petter. Height 203 cm, width 143 cm, depth 45 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: The cabinet is in generally extremely good original condition. The colour is generally very good and there are no significant losses or scratches to any of the timber or marquetry. The only real issues lie with the doors. They are not warped and shut as they should, however there is one pane of glass completely missing and two others are cracked. There are also two chips to the timber glazing bars on the left hand door. These are minor but clearly visible. The cloth interior lining is stained and a little dirty. We can see no evidence of any woodworm and the piece is structurally very sound.
Lot 585
Coalport - 19th Century Hand Painted Quality Set of 12 Cabinet Plates with Two Matching Pairs of Footed Bowls / Dishes ( 16 ) Pieces In Total. Each Plate Decorated with Hand Painted Stillife of Flowers to Centre, Gold Leaf Surrounds with Apple Green Borders. Diameter of Cabinet Plate 8.5/8 Inches. Marked Coalport 1780 + Hand Painted No 6079 to Underside of Plate.
Lot 1011
Victorian - Good Quality Orme & Sons Manchester c.1890 Billiards Life Pool Mahogany Framed Score Board / Cabinet with Slate Panel Central Section and Score Registers to Top and Bottom. Sliding Brass Markers and Revolving Values. Size Height 23.5 Inches, Width 39 Inches. Suitable for Billiards, Snooker and Life Pool. All Aspects of Condition Is Good.
Lot 537
Samuel Alcock & Co, Excellent Quality and Impressive Set of Eight Hand Painted Polychrome Cabinet Plates. c.1830's. ' Malo ' Design. Marked to Underside 1807. Each Plate 10.25 Inches Diameter. The Plates Colours and Condition are Excellent Except One Plate with Hairline to Underside of Plate.
Lot 1123
Walnut Cased Fine Quality Table Top Polyphon Music Box, Playing 15.75 Inches Metal Discs, Mar, Work to Cover. Comb as 78 Teeth. Wonderful Tone, Manufactured by Polyphon, Musikwerke A G of Lipzig. 1895 - 1918. Complete with Lidded Cabinet Box, Containing 19 Discs of 15.75 Inches Diameter. Size - 10.25 Inches High, 21 Inches Wide & 19 Inches Deep. Excellent Quality and Condition.
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