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Click here to subscribeA Boer War medal group renamed to 6109 Private A Loftus of the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment comprising Queens South Africa Medal with bars Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony and Edward VII South Africa Medal with bars for South Africa 1901 and South Africa 1902 (2). This lot is from a private collection formed over a forty year period.
A collection of Queens South Africa Medals comprising 2445 Private J Newman of the Manchester Regiment with bars for South Africa 1901, Wittebergen, Transvaal and Cape Colony, another to 6166 Private J Johnson of the Grenadier Guards with bars for South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 and Orange Free State, another 3279 Private W Swarbrick of the 1st Battalion North Lancashire Regiment with bars for Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony, another to 5224 Private G Herbert of the Liverpool Regiment with bars for Belfast, Laingsnek and Defence of Ladysmith and another unnamed medal with bars for Transvaal, Relief of Kimberley, Orange Free State, Modder River and Belmont (5) (Illustrated). This lot is from a private collection formed over a forty year period.
A Boer war and later medal group awarded to 9163 Private D Cassin of the First Battalion the Grenadier Guards comprising a renamed Queen Victoria South Africa Medal with bars for South Africa 1902 and Cape Colony, a 1914 Star, a 1914-18 Medal and Great War for Civilisation Medal, framed and glazed, also a Princess Mary Christmas 1914 box. This lot is from a private collection formed over a forty year period.
* East Indiaman Ship`s Log. Manuscript log of the `Barham` sailing from London to Madras and Calcutta and thence to the Cape of Good Hope, June 26th 1849, to February 20th 1850, printed log with manuscript insertions in the hand of Richard Parker, Midshipman, 90pp, original card wrappers, soiled and spine defective, 4to. The log records the course and weather which seems to have been bad all the way. At Calcutta an incident involving two crew members who go absent without leave is recorded and at the Cape it records that an African lion and two wild hogs were recieved on board. Written in the middle of the logbook is a list of all the crew and passengers on board for the journey, naming the officers, tradesmen, plus a number of military personnel and their wives amongst the long list of passengers. (1)
* Nelson Memorial. A highly unusual and large manuscript broadside commemorating Nelson`s victories, c. 1810, laid out in five ruled columns with pen and ink plans of the Battles of the Nile and Copenhagen depicting the ships with flags highlighted in red and blue, inset within the blank area of the upper plan a stipple-engraved medallion portrait of Lord Nelson by D. Orme, in the right column a watercolour of a tree with a lion and anchor on the ground at its base, the tree giving details and death dates of Nelson and his admirals, the remaining areas of the manuscript being largely in a copper-plate italic hand with additional text fillers and insertions in one or more hands, being largely copies of letters, newspaper articles, lists and extracts, etc., paper laid on linen, tacked on to a wooden baton with wire hanger, all somewhat browned, some surface abrasions with loss of text and minor marginal creasings and tears, overall approx. 131 x 76cm. No identification as to the authors is given on the document. The two line heading begins `A Plan of the ever memorable Engagement of Cape Beguin, or Abouker at the [...]`. The various extracts and quotations include letters from Nelson onboard the Vanguard, 1798; copy of a letter from Lord Nelson to Lord Keith, 1801; copy of a letter from Caption Dixon to Sir Thomas, 1800; details of English and French ships in battle; Ode on Lord Nelson by Miss Laurence, London, 27 October 1798; extract from the Hereford Journal October 4th 1798; Notes annexed to the above by the Editor of the Hereford and other papers; various accounts of the action off Copenhagen, quotations from Mulgrave`s diary, 1793; letters from Collingwood extracted from London Gazette Extraordinary, 1805; and a continuation thereof. In some of the quotations gaps have been left by the author of the neatest writing and the missing proper nouns have for the most part been inserted by one or more hands. This would possibly indicate it was a school project and most likely done in the years immediately following Lord Nelson`s death in 1805. The extract from the Hereford Journal may give a clue as to local provenance. Nelson was a visitor to Hereford and given the freedom of the city in 1802. A monument to Nelson was erected in the middle of Castle Green in 1809. The design by Hardwicke was modified and directed by local architect Thomas Wood. This poster may therefore have been made in connection with these celebrations. (1)
* Prisoners of War in Java. An autograph album compiled by G.M. Evans while at Tandjong Priok prison camp, Java, 1942-45, a mixture of drawings, quotations with signatures and inscriptions on fifty-three pages, mostly written to rectos only and largely in pencil, the first page written in memory of the officers and men of the 240 [241?] Battery, 77 HAA Regiment, Royal Artillery killed on active service in a rail crash near Melang, Java, 4th February 1942, a drawing of a cavalier with a gun signed S. Freeman, Java 1942, a poem by Wilfred Gibson signed Wm Spence, Java, Christmas 1942, a pencil drawing of Rhodes memorial, Cape Town, signed J.D. Williams, Java 1943, a page listing Cardiff City and Wales International football matches played in by Ernie Curtis (including FA Cup winning team 1927 and runner-up 1931), signed and dated 1943, a pencil cartoon of P.O.W. camp life, signed GME, a coloured pencil drawing of a Javanese actor, signed Larry O`Mahony (died Thailand 1943), a pencil drawing of HM Kortenaer, signed J. de Greaff, 1942, coloured drawing of the regimental crest of the 77th (Welsh) Heavy Anti Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, signed Lionel H. Stanton, Tandjong Priok, Java, 1943, one page with num. signatures under the heading Ward 12, Vincentius Prisoner of War Hospital, Batavia, Java, June 1943, etc., mostly written or drawn to rectos only with some items pasted in, a little soiling, contemp. canvas covered boards with ink lettered upper cover, stitching broken and contents loose, narrow oblong 8vo. A full list of contents available by fax or post. (1)
* WWI - 25th Middlesex Regiment. My Experience of Army Life from 7th October 1916 to 25th July 1918, a complete exercise book of 140 pages, presumably written up from notes shortly after the end of the War by an unidentified soldier, beginning with his recruitment in Ashford, Kent in October 1916, page 14 with the heading `The journey & voyage from Aldershot to Hong Kong of 25th Batallion Middlesex Regiment, 23rd December 1916 to 1st April 1917`, 12 pages containing a diary account of the events of 6th February 1917 when their steamship Tyndareus struck a mine off Cape Agulhas, South Africa, with no loss of life, `just as I was coming away from side from watching the vessel ahead, a terrific explosion was heard that shook the ship from stern to stern, and a huge column of mingled smoke & water rose in the air & splashed over the deck bringing fishes with it`, and later four pages with an account of the Happy Valley Racecourse fire on the 25th February 1918 during the Regiment`s time of garrison duty in Hong Kong, a few pen and ink vignettes, one b & w photo of some of the regiment giving cheers to His Majesty the King upon receiving his message of admiration for the conduct displayed by all ranks on the occasion of the accident to the Tyndareus, a related newscutting from the Hong Kong Daily Press, 14th May 1917 pasted in, sundry accounts etc. at rear, contemp. half cloth, sl. soiled and a little frayed at spine ends, 8vo, two much later letters (one incomplete and both possibly by the author of the diary), a modern real photo postcard of Tyndareus and a copy death certificate of private George Thompson Arblaster (died 1915) loosely inserted. The 25th Middlesex Regiment`s Commanding Officer Lieutenant John Ward commissioned the erection of a memorial, sited on the Peak of Hong Kong Island, to commemorate the exemplary conduct displayed by his men when the Tyndareus was mined. By association it also commemorates the Fire in 1918 where Lieutenant Ward`s prompt action saved many lives, though the death toll was 570. Due to the impending British withdrawal from Hong Kong the stone was brought to England in 1994 and now is inside the National Army Museum. (5)
Kennedy (R. F.). Catalogue of Prints in the Africana Museum and in books in the Strange Collection of Africana in the Johannesburg Public Library up to 1870, 2 vols., Johannesburg, Africana Museum, 1975, numerous b&w illusts., orig. maroon cloth gilt, folio, VG, together with Bradlow (Edna and Frank), Thomas Bowler of the Cape of Good Hope. His Life and Works with a Catalogue of Extant Paintings, With a Commentary on the Bowler Prints by A. Gorden Brown, Cape Town, 1955, inscribed to front endpaper by A. Gorden Brown, tipped-in col. and b&w plts., binding a little weak, orig. cloth gilt, spine faded, 4to, plus other Africa history and reference, including Pioneer Travellers of South Africa ..., by Vernon S. Forbes, 1965, Pictorial Africana ..., by Alfred Gordon Brown, 1975, Oscar I. Norwich, Maps of Africa, an Illustrated and Annotated Carto-Bibliography, 1st ed., 1983, and and others (27)
* Maritime. Sutherland (Thomas), Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope, pub. W.J.Huggins 1824, (but later re-strike), hand coloured engraving, 480 x 690 mm, mounted, framed and glazed in highly ornate gilt and stained frame, together with Duncan (Edward),The Launch of the Steam Ship Forth of 1940 tons burden......with a view of the Port and Town of Leith, pub. Thomas Freebody, Hull, 1842, (but later re-strike),hand coloured aquatint engraving, 510 x 690 mm, mounted, framed and glazed in highly ornate gilt and stained matching frame (2)
A collection of mid-late twentieth century garments; including a floral chiffon dress, a cream 1970`s sequinned detailed dress from `Gordon Gowns`, a black velvet short cape with coin weighted hem, a long sleeveless cream linen day dress, cheesecloth garments, multicoloured vintage halter tops plus others, (a lot).
A 19th Century Stobwasser lacquered papier mache circular snuff box, the top painted with a young man in military dress and bearskin cape, 3 1/2in. (9cms) diameter; together with a 19th Century porcupine quill box and cover, with inlaid ivory bands and panel to lid, 2 1/2in. (6.5cms) high. (2)
SOUTH AFRICA: AND PROVINCES: AN EXTENSIVE MINT AND USED COLLECTION TO 1952 IN A BINDER, GOOD RANGE OF CAPE OF GOOD HOPE FROM TRIANGULARS (23) SEVERAL FINE COPIES, VALUES TO 1/- (3), 4D FINE UNUSED PAIR, RECTANGULAR ISSUES WITH SOME MINT, 1902-9 SETS O.G. AND USED, NATAL WITH CHALONS, 1902 £1.10 OPT SPECIMEN O.G., O.F.S., TRANSVAAL, ZULULAND, SOTH AFRICA AND S.W.A. WITH PAIRS, OFFICIALS ETC. £13200 APPROX. (SEVERAL 100`S)
A good five Medal Group awarded to Corporal/Private A Rule (Corporal in the late 19th Century, Private early 20th Century), the South Africa Medal with Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony bars one further South Africa Medal with South Africa 1901 and 1902 bars, WWI group with 1914 George V Star, George V 1914-18 silver medal and The Great War For Civilisation medal (5) together with a large selection of related ephemera and paperwork (army pay book, ration book, commendation letters, etc.) all relating to the same and also an odd selection of early 20th Century Army Badges and military buttons, etc.
A Victoria Queens South Africa Medal, with South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902, Transvaal, Orange Free State and Cape Colony Clasps, awarded to 23189 Corpl. E.C. Elkington 48th COY IMP YEO. A World War One Victory medal, awarded to 2555 pvt. C.O. Grimes 3 LOND. R., a 1939-45 War medal, Atlantic Star with France and Germany clasp and a 1939-45 Star, (5).
A late 19th century scrimshaw tooth with waterline ship portrait of " The Mexican 4668 tons", also having an anchor and initials "U.C" to one side, 13cm length, together with two smaller pieces of scrimshaw, one having oval framed female portrait " My Mary" the other with a Marlin style fish, 10.5cm and 11cm respectively * This is possibly The Mexican cargo ship built in 1883 and in service with the Union castle line, transferred in 1900 to the Union-Castle mail SS Co she sank after a collision with Winkfield near Cape without loss of life
Thomas Sutherland (19th Century) after W J Huggins-Woodford, Captain Alfred Chapman, on 10th February 1824 on her Passage from Madras to England-coloured engraving, 48 x 68cm, together with two other marine engravings; Indefatigable, dedicated to Admiral Lord Viscount Exmouth and a busy View of Table Bay, Cape of Good Hope. (3)
Two page signed manuscript letter written by Sir Leonard Hutton to the businessman Roland "Tiny" Rowland during the 1948 MCC Tour in South Africa, with the original envelope postmarked 29.10.48, the letter written in black ink on official South African Cricket Association headed paper for the MCC Tour, composed at the Arthur`s Seat Hotel, Cape Town, reading: "Dear Tiny, It was indeed a pleasant surprise to receive your parcel delivered safely to the hotel. The watch is very beautiful & will be I assure you one of my most treasured possessions. Our practice is now over, & we start serious cricket tomorrow. Hope we start off well & collect a victory. A good start means so much when we have so many young players, on their first overseas tour. All the team are fit & well including the Brigadier [M.A. Green], who really is not quite sure which day or month it is, this being his first venture as [tour] manager. Needless to say, I am looking forward with great interest to my visit to Rhodesia, be sure to arrange accommodation for yourself during our stay. I want to [?] for one hour, the details of which I will tell you when I see you. Again I thank you for the watch, which has been admired by so many of my friends. Kindest Regards, Yours Sincerely, Leonard.; sold together with two postcards of the "Durban Castle" Union-Castle line vessel, each signed by 15 members of the MCC touring party (lacking Tremlett & Griffith, but including the manager M.A. Green) Tiny Rowland had moved to Rhodesia in 1948 where he bought a tobacco farm at Eiffel Flats in Mashonaland West Province
Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, three clasps, Cape Colony, Paardeberg, Driefontein (14413 Dr. E.W. Duddy. A.S.C.), Regimentally engraved in large serif capitals Sold with a copy of the recipients service papers 14413 Driver Edward William Duddy, born in Hackney, London 1871, enlisted with the Army Service Corps March 1889, served in South Africa from October 1899 - July 1900, discharged July 1802 after 3 years 127 days service
Ward, Lynd "Mad Man`s Drum", a novel in woodcuts, Jonathan Cape, London and Toronto, 1930, pictorial boards, pastedown on spine, corners a little bumped, bookplate on ffep, Ward, Lynd "Gods` Man", a novel in woodcuts, Jonathan Cape, 2nd impression 1930, pictorial boards, pastedowns to spine, a little rubbed and worn (2)
World Coins - Collection In Base Metal (329), All Different, From Brazil (153), British Virgin Islands (1), Bangladesh (18), Brunei (43), Bulgaria (64), Burundi (6), Cambodia (11), Cameroon (10), Cape Verde (22), And Cayman Islands (19) Nearly All 20th Century, But Some Earlier And/Or Better Items Seen, Many Later Coins In High Grade, Needs Viewing
Bannerman.Birds of the Atlantic Islands 4 vol. 1963-68; The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa 2 vol. 1953 first edition colour plates by D.M.Reid-Henry George E.Lodge C.F.Tunnicliffe P.A.Clancey and others illustrations original cloth all but vol.1 of the first with dust-jackets slightly rubbed vol.4 of the first frayed at foot of spine 4to Edinburgh & London(6) ***Vol.4 of the first has the title History of the Birds of the Cape Verde Islands.
Noble (John editor) Cape and South Africa second edition from the library of Sir Henry Morton Stanley with an autograph pencil note on p.568 with a later bookplate folding map and view of Cape Town plates and illustrations contemporary half morocco spine gilt rubbed 8vo London & Johannesburg 1896. ***The note reads Meddlesome always and relates to the stringent controls imposed by the Dutch East India Company in the 1720s.
1925 to 1936 Collection of flown envelopes, comprising 1925 June 2 from Westminster franked with 1925 Air 1d. to 9d. set of 4; 1929 from Cape Town with 1925 Air 1d. to 9d. set of 4 and 1929 Air 4d. and 1s.; 1931 Imperial Airways First Flight from England to South Africa with Great Britain 1s.; 1932 January two Imperial Airways envelopes from Kimberley and Pietersburg with 1929 Air 4d. and postage values; 1932 January Imperial Airways envelope from Cape Town and return from London signed by the pilot; 1932 January pictorial South African Travel Bureau envelope with 1929 Air 4d. and 1s. and postage values, framed cachet `UNDELIVERED FOR REASON STATED/RETURN TO SENDER`; 1936 Empire Exhibition selection of six special postcards with four of possible six illustrations, all used. An attractive selection. Good to fine (13)
A Collection of 15 envelopes from Tristan Da Cunha each with one of the island cachets; including 1921c. envelope with King Edward VII 1d. tied by the Type III cachet; 1936 envelope unusually to St. Helena with 1937-47 1½d. tied by the Type V cachet in purple, St. Helena 12 April arrival mark alongside; 1937 March special H.M.S. Carlisle envelope to England franked with 1936 King Edward VIII ½d. to 2½d. set of 4 cancelled on arrival `LONDON F.S. PAQUEBOT`, Type V cachet alongside; 1937 envelope to Cape Town with 1936 King Edward VIII ½d. to 2½d. cancelled on arrival and Type V cachet in black alongside; three 1939 envelopes with Type VI cachet. Also photographs relating to Tristan. Mixed condition
BRITISH NAVAL SCHOOL, 19TH-CENTURY. H.M.S. `Rover` sailing near ice bergs off Cape Horn, 1836, Watercolour on paper, inscribed on verso: `H.M.S. Rover 18 Guns ` H.M. Sloop "Rover" - 18 Guns - Commander A.S. Hamond - In Lat 60¡S Long 80¡W / Running among Ice Bergs - off Cape Horn - June 1836`. 12 x 16in. (30.5 x 40.5cm.) Contemporary frame, glazed. Designed in 1832 by Sir John Symonds, Rover was the name ship of her class and was designed as an 18-gun flush-decked ship sloop. Measuring 89`9I" x 35` x 16`9", she displaced 113 tons and was crewed by 120 men and was broken up in 1845. Andrew Snape Hamond (born 1811) joined the navy in 1824 and was commissioned in 1831. By 1834 he was Flag-Lieutenant to his father (Admiral Sir Graham Eden Hamond, Bart, K.C.B.) on the South American station and was presumably seconded for a cruise in Rover during this period.
(DROIT DE SUITE) TIM THOMPSON (BRITISH, 1951 -), The dual between the "Peacock" and "Hornet" 24th February, 1813, Signed `Tim Thompson` (lower left), 20 x 30in. (51 x 76cm.) Framed. Provenance: Acquired from the artist`s exhibition, Guernsey, 1980. On the 24th February 1813, the U.S. corvette Hornet (20) discovered H.M. Brig Espiegle at anchor off the bar of the Demerara river. At 3.30pm, whilst beating round cape Caroband to get at her, Hornet encountered H.M. Brig Peacock (18) and, hoisting their colours, they bore down upon each other. Exchanging broadsides at "half pistol shot" the Peacock then wore round under Hornet`s stern and engaged her to the leeward. However, Hornet bore up and poured such a destructive fire into Peacock that in a little over half an hour with her commander dead and six foot of water in the bilge, Peacock raised an inverted ensign as a sign of distress. Shortly after that, her main mast went over and both vessels anchored in an attempt to save Peacock. This was unsuccessful and she sank a few minutes later in five fathoms with thirteen men still on board, only four of whom were saved.
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING EARLY 19TH-CENTURY ADMIRALTY SHEER DRAUGHT PROFILE DRAWING FOR THE SAN JOSEF, CAPTURED BY NELSON`S `PATENT BRIDGE` AT THE BATTLE OF CAPE ST. VINCENT, 14TH FEBRUARY, 1797. in black and red inks with watercolour shading to masts and blocks, inscribed under stern view lower left San Josef with her specifications listed under, and signed `J. Lobb` with further annotation in margin reading: J.B. Lobb Comd. May 16th finsd. 30th (lower left), over two conjoined sheets - 26 x 76Iin. (66 x 194.3cm.) Temporary display frame. In 1796, the French invaded the north of Italy, and Spain made an alliance with the French republic. Nelson, at this time, had already been involved in important British actions against the French, at Corsica (where a shot had struck the gravel bank where he stood, driving debris into his right eye and destroying his sight in that eye, and in frustrating French movement and trade in the Gulf of Genoa. The Battle of Cape St. Vincent, fought on 14 February 1797, against the Spanish fleet was to show him as a man of quite exceptional ability and tactical brilliance. At a certain point in the battle, the English line had cut the Spanish fleet into two parts. Nelson, who was commanding the rear in the Captain, observed that the Spanish leading ships were bearing up so as to pass astern of the English line and regroup. He set the course of the Captain to obstruct their progress and engaged the largest ship then afloat, the Spanish flagship Santisima Trinidad, providing a delay which enabled other English ships to come up in support. The Captain suffered many losses in the engagement and Nelson, finding her unmanageable, laid her alongside the San Nicolas which he carried by boarding. The San Nicolas had itself fallen on the San Josef and Nelson therefore boarded the San Josef and took her surrender. When the fighting was over, he boarded the Victory, where the Admiral of the British Fleet, Sir John Jervis, gratefully embraced him. In recognition of his conduct he was made a Knight Companion of the Bath and was promoted to the rank of Rear Admiral. He incorporated the stern of the San Josef within his armorial crest, still proudly carrying the ship`s name. Latterly in 1809 San Josef served as Flagship to Sir John Duckworth and it has been suggested that this plan was taken as part of a refit prior to his command. J.B. Lobb has yet to be identified, but is thought to be one of the Admiralty draughtsmen employed at Plymouth, or possibly a local architect hired as occasion required for his drawing skills.
AN EARLY 19TH-CENTURY COMMEMORATIVE NELSON GLASS CEILING. a set of twelve tinted glass panels commemorating Nelson`s actions, comprising: Trafalgar; Nile; St. Vincent; The Baltic; West Indies; Santa Cruz; Cape Ushant; Bay of Naples; Alexandra and fragments for a further three panels: Siege of Bastia; Cadiz and Copenhagen (Trafalgar: corner detached upper right; Cape Ushant: corner detached lower right), each - 48 x 50 3/4 in. (122 x 129cm.) and approximately Iin. (1cm.) thick (12), Provenance: These panels were understood to have been installed in an inn then called "The Victory", 151 Old Chorley Rd, Bolton, Lancashire in 1809 and probably formed the roof for the local Assembly Room. They were removed in 2005 and the inn has since been re-named at least twice. ** Special viewing arrangements are in place for this lot. One panel (St. Vincent) is available on site, the remaining eleven are available for viewing by appointment only. High-resolution images are available upon request.
A 19TH-CENTURY MAHOGANY OCCASIONAL TABLE the plain oval top with inset silver plaque engraved with the stern of the San Josef with banner over inscribed Faith and Works and under Taken by NELSON at the Battle off Cape St. Vincent, 14th February, 1797, with turned and moulded legs and stretchers under (one foot chipped) - 29 x 29Iin. (73.5 x 75cm.), By repute this table has connection with Captain Hardy`s family in Dorset and was known as "The Hardy Table". The San Josef was broken up at Devonport in 1849 and it is perfectly plausible that timber was removed for such items. Mahogany would have been used in the officer accommodation. Although Hardy died in 1839, he served at the Battle of Cape St. Vincent aboard La Minerve and it is reasonable to assume that his family were keen to secure a memento when the opportunity arose.
A RARE AND EXCEPTIONAL EARLY 19TH-CENTURY MIDSHIPMAN`S LOG BOOK entitled Log of the Proceedings of His Majesty`s Ship HORATIO, W.H. Dillon. Esqr Capt. John Smith Gould MID, written in a clear hand between August 12th 1814 and January 10th 1816 and containing thirty-three full page titled watercolour illustrations and maps of exceptional quality and detail, consisting of many interesting early views including a volcanic eruption (before and during), icebergs ("ice islands"), `Town of Funchal`, `Madeira`, `Ascension Islands`, `Macao`, `Anson`s Bay`, `Singapore Straights`, `Malacca`, `Cape of Good Hope`, `St. Helena` (from south and north), `Rio Janeiro` (Sugar Loaf hill and Town), `a watering place east of Java`, `Madras` and `Manilla`, together with numerous watercolour vignettes, small map details, pen and ink sketches and diagrams of how the stores are arranged and stowed, bound between full calf decorated boards - 13 x 8Iin. (33 x 21.5cm.), H.M.S. Horatio was one of the fifteen `Lively` class fifth rates designed by Sir William Rule and widely considered the finest British frigates spawned by the French Wars. Built by George Parsons at Burlesdon, Southampton, Horatio was measured at 1,089 tons and was 154 feet in length with a 40 foot beam. With a main armament of 28-18pdrs. on her upper deck, she also carried 4-9pdrs. and 14-32pdr. carronades which, in total, gave her impressive firepower for a vessel of her size. Launched on 23rd April 1807, she was first commissioned under Captain George Scott in June the same year, sailing for the North American Station that September. After seeing action in both the West and East Indies, and then off the Norwegian coast, she returned home in 1812 until despatched briefly to North America again in June 1814 under Captain William Dillon. Soon recalled to the Channel Isles - where Dillon was appointed Senior Officer at Guernsey - Horatio was nearly lost when she struck an underwater rock in the Little Russell Passage, between Guernsey and Herm, whilst en route to keep watch off Cherbourg. The impact knocked 25 feet off her main-keel and she was only saved from sinking by "the most extraordinary exertions" of her captain and crew who somehow coaxed her into Portsmouth for repair. Back at sea, she returned to station off Cherbourg as the Admiralty initially believed that Napoleon would attempt to escape from there after his defeat at Waterloo. Afterwards voyaging to both China and India, Horatio was ordered home in 1816 and paid off the next year. Laid up for many years, she was finally converted to screw power in 1850 and, after employment in various roles, was sold for scrapping in 1865.
THE MAIN SHIP`S BELL FROM 74-GUN THIRD RATE SHIP-OF-THE-LINE DEFIANCE (1783), cast in bell bronze with mouldings to the rim and shoulder, cast with raised Government broad arrow mark and date `1812`, impressed metal tag attached to crown reading Bell of the Defiance `74, broken up 1817 - 22 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. (57 x 54cm.), One of eight Slade-designed "Elizabeth" class ships, Defiance was ordered from John Randall & John Brent at Rotherhithe in 1780, she was launched on 10th December, 1783. Her crew mutinied three times, in 1795, 1797, and 1798. She fought at the Battle of Copenhagen on April 2, 1801, the Battle of Cape Finisterre on July 22, 1805, and the Battle of Trafalgar on October 21, 1805 where she captured the Spanish San Juan Nepomuceno and sustained casualties of 17 killed, 53 wounded. After refitting at Portsmouth she was recommissioned in March 1806 for Capt. Henry Hotham during which time she blockaded Rochefort and she assisted with the destruction of three French 40-gun frigates (La Cybele, Le Calypso and L`Italienn) at Sables d`Olonne on 24th February 1809. In December 1813 she was used as a temporary prison ship at Chatham, was laid up in ordinary between 1814-1815 and was broken up there in 1817. It is presumed that for an unknown reason it was necessary to fit her with an unnamed bell during her period as a prison ship, which remained aboard as she was not commissioned again.
A ROYAL NAVY BICORN HAT, EPAULETTES AND ACCESSORIES, FORMERLY PROPERTY OF VICTORIA CROSS RECIPIENT WILFRED MALLESON by Gieves Ltd, for the rank of Flag Lieutenant with single bullion loop to hat and single star over foul anchor on epaulettes, together with bullion braided sword belting and undress shoulder boards, contained within a fitted metal case of issue inscribed on top `W. St. A Malleson` - 8 1/2 x 18Iin. (21.5 x 47cm.), Provenance: Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson (1896-1975), Wilfred St. Aubyn Malleson (1896-1975) was awarded the Victoria Cross in 1915 for his actions at V Beach, near Cape Helles, Gallipoli, Turkey. On the 25/6 April Midshipman Malleson and three others from the H.M.S. River Clyde (a former collier purchased as a landing ship) assisted the commander (Edward Unwin) of the ship at the work of securing the lighters under very heavy rifle and Maxim fire. When the other midshipman with the party had failed, through sheer exhaustion, to get a line from lighter to lighter, Malleson swam with it himself and succeeded. The line subsequently broke and he afterwards made two further unsuccessful attempts at his self-imposed task. He retired with the rank of Captain.
A George III silver Cape pattern teapot, London 1801, with demi fluted body and lid, rubbed crest to spout, no makers mark apparent, 526g (16.90 oz) Engraved with the crest of a griffin passant recorded for BANDENELL of Netherbury, MacTiernan of Ireland and others. (rubbed). Provenance: Clive Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
A child`s Victorian crimson dress with tiers of lace edged frills to hem, a white picque coat with cape collar, a boy`s dress with pleated skirt and sailor collar, ribbed cotton coat, lace edged silk coat, damaged, 19th Century girls boat necked dress, lace edged pinnifore, Debenham & Freebody petticoat
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