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A rare Edward VII Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C. pair awarded to Private F. Baum, Cape Mounted Rifles cape of Good Hope General Service 1880-97, 1 clasp, Bechuanaland (1782 Pte., C.M. Rif.); Cape of Good Hope L.S.& G.C., E.VII.R. (1782 Pte., Cape M.R.), mounted for display, contact marks, very fine (2) £600-700 ex Upfill-Brown Collection, BDW December 1991. approximately 40 Edward VII Cape of Good Hope L.S. & G.C. awarded. £600-£700

Pair: Warrant Officer G. A. Bradley, Bechuanaland Protectorate Police, late South African Constabulary queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 5 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (647 3rd Cl. Tpr., S.A.C.); Permanent Forces of the Empire L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (2722 W.O. George A. Bradley, Bech. Prot. Pol.) good very fine (2) £160-200 £160-£200

Colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service, V.R. (Lieut-Col. R. Spencer Browne C.B. A.L.H. 12.8.05), with silver brooch bar (lacking pin), nearly extremely fine £200-250 M.I.D. London Gazette 8 February and 16 April 1901. colonial Auxiliary Forces Long Service Medal Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 12 August 1905 ‘Lt. Col. Reginald Spencer Browne C.B. 13th A.L.H.R. (Qld. Mtd. Inf.)’. colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers' Decoration Commonwealth of Australia Gazette 7 March 1908. ‘Col. R. Spencer Browne C.B. 5th L.H.Bde.’ Reginald Spencer Browne was born at Oaklands, Appin, New South Wales on 13 July 1856. Educated at Appin and in England, he became a journalist, working for the Deniliquin Pastoral Times and the Albury Banner, becoming sub-editor of the Townsville Herald in 1877, editor of the Cooktown Herald in 1878 and editor of the Brisbane Observer in 1881. In 1882 he joined the Brisbane Courier. browne was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Queensland Mounted Infantry in 1887. Although sympathetic to unions, he commanded a flying column during the shearers' strike of 1891. Browne was promoted to Captain in 1891 and Major in 1896. He volunteered for service in South Africa, and sailed in November 1899 with the 1st Queensland Contingent. He was present at the relief of Kimberley, and operations in Orange Free State, February to May 1900; including operations at Paardeburg , 17-26 February. Actions at Poplar Grove, 7 March; Dreifontein, 10 March; Vet River, 5-6 May; and Zand River, 10 May. Operations in the Transvaal in May and June, 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, 29 May; Pretoria, 4 June; and Diamond Hill, 11 and 13 June. Operations in the Transvaal, west of Pretoria, July to 29 November, 1900, including action at Zilikat's Nek, 2 August. Operations in the Transvaal east of Pretoria, July to 29 November, 1900, including actions at Riet Vlei, 16 July. Operations in Cape Colony north of Orange River, 1899-1900. For his services, he was created a Companion of the Order of the Bath and mentioned in despatches and awarded the Queen’s medal with five clasps. In Lord Robert’s despatch of 31 March 1900 it was recorded that ‘Mr. Carlisle assisted Major Browne to get six armed Boers out of a dark cave, 23rd April, near Krugersdorp’. He was invalided back to Australia in November 1900. In 1903 Browne became commanding officer of the 13th Light Horse Regiment with the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel. Then in 1906 he became Commander of the 5th Light Horse Brigade and a full Colonel. He was transferred to the Reserve of Officers in 1911. browne joined the AIF on 16 March 1915 as Commander of the 4th Light Horse Brigade. This brigade was sent to Egypt, dismounted, and in August 1915 broken up. The 13th Light Horse Regiment was assigned to the newly formed 2nd Division, with which it served at Anzac; the 11th and 12th Light Horse Regiments were sent to Anzac where they were broken up into squadrons, with one squadron being attached to each of the six other light horse regiments from New South Wales and Queensland. On 28 August 1915, Browne was appointed officer commanding Australian Details Egypt, responsible for training reinforcements. Then in September Major General J. G. Legge sent for him to replace Colonel R. Linton, the commander of the 6th Infantry Brigade who had drowned following the torpedoing of the Southland. Browne took over the brigade on 8 September 1915 and served at Lone Pine and Quinn's Post but at 59 was simply too old for the rigours of the campaign. Nonetheless he stayed until he was evacuated on 10 December 1915. back in Egypt, Browne was transferred to the Training and General Base Depot at Tel el Kebir, Egypt. On 16 March 1916 he was promoted to Temporary Brigadier-General and appointed to command the Depot on 20 March 1916. When the Base moved to England, Browne went with it, taking command of the Training Depots in England on 14 June 1916. In both posts, Browne was responsible for a large and important training organisation. On 25 July 1916, his command was abolished and merged with the convalescent depots as AIF depots in the United Kingdom under Major General Sir N. J. Moore. Browne took charge of the 2nd Command Depot at Weymouth, England. This unit was responsible for receiving men unfit for service within six months and therefore to be returned to Australia. on 12 October 1917, Browne was declared medically unfit and listed for return to Australia. He paid a visit to France, and then embarked for Australia on 24 November 1917. On 10 February 1918, Browne was appointed to command the new Molonglo Concentration Camp near Canberra, where German internees were held. He was discharged from the army on 17 December 1918. From 1925 to 1927, Browne contributed weekly articles to the Courier on his memories of people and events in 19th century Queensland. These were collected and published as A Journalist's Memories in 1927. Browne died on 9 November 1943. £200-£250

Order of the British Empire (2), 1st type, C.B.E.+, Civil Division, silver-gilt and enamel, enamel damage; another, 1st type, M.B.E., Civil Division, silver; Military Cross, E.II.R.; Order of St. John, base silver metal and enamel; Waterloo 1815, modern striking; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 4 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902; India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Waziristan 1921-24; War Medal 1939-45, silver; General Service 1918-62, G.VI.R., no clasp; Army L.S. & .G.C, V.R., very fine (10) £60-80 £60-£80

Special Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R. (4747 Pte. W. Merry, 3/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) slight edge bruising, very fine £260-300 Walter Merry was born in Oxford. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the Oxfordshire Light Infantry on 22 November 1893, aged 19 years, whilst serving in the 4th (Militia) Battalion of the Regiment. He served with the 2nd Battalion in India, February 1896-May 1898, then with the 1st Battalion in South Africa. Serving with the Mounted Infantry during the Boer War, he was reported as Missing in Action at Gottenburg, 1 December 1900 but was later able to rejoin his unit. For his services he was awarded the Queen’ medal with clasps for Cape Colony and Orange Free State (4th battalion roll) and Paardeberg, Relief of Kimberley and Transvaal (1st battalion roll), and the the King’s medal with two clasps. In 1912 he was awarded the Special Reserve Long Service Medal (one of 8 to the unit). With the onset of the Great War, he served in France/Flanders, 13 August-30 October 1914. His service at the front was terminated by a gunshot wound to the back on 25 October. Returning to England he was discharged on 21 November 1915 on the termination of his period of engagement. Sold with copied service papers and roll extracts. Note: except for the medal and roll and the Q.S.A. Medal roll extract for the 4th battalion, his service number is given as ‘4646’. £260-£300

Pair: Private G. Lackie, 43rd Regiment south Africa 1834-53 (43rd Regt.); Army L.S. & G.C., V.R., 3rd issue (1247 43rd Foot) minor edge bruising, very fine and better (2) £350-400 George Lackie was born in Gibraltar. A Labourer by occupation, he attested for service in the 43rd Regiment at Fredricton, New Brunswick, on 29 November 1837, aged 14 years, 7 months. With the regiment he served 8 years 5 months in North America, 2 years at the Cape of Good Hope and 8 years 9 months in the East Indies. He was awarded the South Africa Medal for service in the Third Kaffir War, 1850-53. Lackie was discharged due to medical disability on 21 April 1863, aged 40 years. Sold with copied discharge papers. for his father’s medal, see lot 777. £350-£400

Four: Serjeant R. L. Wood, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, killed in action, 21 October 1914 queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, South Africa 1902 (6753 Pte. R. S. Wood, Oxford. L.I.), note initials; 1914 Star, with copy clasp (6753 Sjt., 2/Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (6753 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Memorial Plaque (Robert Leslie Wood), in card envelope, first with edge bruising, very fine; others extremely fine (5) £400-500 M.I.D. London Gazette 17 February 1915 (French). robert Leslie Wood was born and lived in Ewell, Surrey, and enlisted in London. Serving with the 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, he entered the France/Flanders theatre of war on 14 August 1914. He was killed in action on 21 October 1914, aged 32 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was the son of Thomas and Emily Wood of Mount Pleasant, Ewell. Plaque in original envelope addressed to ‘Mr T. Wood, Mount Pleasant, West Street, Ewell, Surrey’. sold with a newspaper cutting mounted on card, ‘‘For all say Bob died a gallant death.’ This is a sentence in a letter which has been received describing how died a born son of Ewell, Sergt. R. L. Wood, whose mother lives at Mount Pleasant. The deceased was a much respected non-commissioned officer of the 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. He had been in the army 14 years and saw service in the South African war. .... The writer obtained his information from a lance-corporal in deceased’s regiment, who said: ‘The 2nd Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry Regiment was ordered to advance, and Bob, with his platoon, was going behind the hedge, when he got wounded in the leg. Although they told him to fall out, he still kept on. ‘Come on lads!’ he said. ‘I am not done yet; its no good staying here.’ He got them through the hedge, into the firing line, and fell shot through the heart. They all say Bob died a gallant death in bringing his men up as he did under a terrible fire. There is no need to try to express my sorrow to you. It is some small comfort to know he died a brave man.’ In another letter the same writer says that the lance-corporal ... helped to bury Sergt. Wood near the spot ‘where he died a gallant death’....’ £400-£500

Group of medals and papers to the Paske family: three: Major-General W. Paske, Indian Army punjab 1848-49, no clasp (Ensign, 28th Bl. Native Infy.); India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut., 3rd Punjab Infy.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn., 28th Bengal N.I.), mounted as worn, some contact marks, very fine a Great War D.S.O. group of seven awarded to Lieutenant-Colonel G. F. Paske, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., complete with top bar; Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (Capt., Oxford L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D oak leaf (Lt. Col.); Coronation 1902, silver; Coronation 1937, mounted court style as worn, very fine and better national Service League Medal (Major A. G. Paske, September 1910) 18ct. gold, hallmarks for Birmingham 1910, 24mm., complete with ‘N.S.L. For Merit’ gold brooch bar, extremely fine (lot) £2600-3000 Major-General William Paske william Paske was born on 20 May 1828 and baptised in Madras. He was commissioned an Ensign in the Indian Army on 11 February 1845. He was promoted to Lieutenant in May 1852, Captain, in the Bengal Staff Corps in June 1857, Captain in the Army, July 1858, Major in February 1865, Lieutenant-Colonel in February 1871 and Colonel in February 1876. Paske retired with the rank of Colonel on 14 August 1876 and on 28 October 1876 was promoted to Major-General. In the 2nd Sikh War, he served with the 28th Bengal Native Infantry in the force under General Sir H. M. Wheeler against the forces of Ram Singh. During 1850-53 he served in the expedition against the Ranezais and other hill tribes on the N.W. Frontier. In the suppression of the Indian Mutiny he was employed in watching and pursuing mutineers and mutinous regiments in flight. He received the thanks of the Secretary of State for India, the Governor-General and Chief Commander of the Punjab, for his assistance in suppressing the mutiny in the wing of the 4th Native Infantry at Hooshyarporein 1858. Latterly living in Elgin Crescent, Kensington, he died on 29 February 1908. Sold with framed photograph of the recipient in uniform; commission documents (10) for the ranks of Ensign (2), Lieutenant (2), Captain (3), Major, Lieutenant-Colonel and Colonel; an ‘In Memoriam’ card for his wife Eliza, who died in May 1882, and some copied research. lieutenant-Colonel George Frederick Paske d.S.O. London Gazette 4 June 1917. ‘Maj. and Hon. Lt-Col., Oxf. and Bucks. L.I., Spec. Res.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 4 January 1917; 15 May 1917; 5 July 1919. george Frederick Paske, 3rd son of the above, was born on 30 April 1864 and baptised in Clapham Surrey. He was commissioned a Lieutenant in the Oxford Militia on 10 April 1886 and was promoted to Captain in March 1890. Appointed an Honorary Captain in the Army, 2 November 1900, with the Oxfordshire & Buckinghamshire Light Infantry; he served in the Boer War in the Orange Free State, February-May 1900. Promoted to Major in September 1906. During the Great War he served as Major and Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Battalion Ox. & Bucks. L.I., serving in Gallipoli and France as an Assistant Provost-Marshal. For his wartime services he was three times mentioned in despatches and awarded the D.S.O. Paske relinquished his commission whilst retaining his rank, on 16 September 1920. Lieutenant-Colonel Paske died on 6 January 1945. Sold with three M.I.D. certificates; photograph of the recipient in uniform and some copied research. major Arthur Goldingham Paske arthur Goldingham Paske, 2nd son of William Paske, and an elder brother of George Frederick above, was born on 2 October 1861 and baptised in Missouri, India. He was commissioned into the 3rd Middlesex Militia in February 1881, was a Lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Royal Fusiliers in July 1881 and a Captain in the Reserve in December 1888. He was commissioned into the Royal Berkshire Regiment on 21 December 1889 and was promoted to Lieutenant in July 1892 and Captain in February 1900. He was latterly a Major in the Reserve of Officers and sometime Mayor of Aylesbury. Sold with a silver Cup, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 2nd 1/4 Mile, Ealing, 1880’; a silver napkin ring, inscribed, ‘A. G. Paske, 1885’, and a framed document bearing the Armorial Bearings of Major Arthur Goldingham Paske; also with commission document appointing A. G. Paske as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 3rd Middlesex (Royal Westminster) Regiment, and Musketry Certificate, 1888. sold with a large quantity of items and papers relating to the Paske family, including the ‘Paske’ Family tree showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; the ‘Haselfoot’ Family tree (with whom the Paske family had connection) showing family members from the 16th Century, in metal protective case; Grant of Arms to Theophilus Paske-Haselfoot, with seal in metal case, all contained in damaged leather case of issue; belts (2); wooden shield of Clare College Cambridge; hat plumes in card case; Swagger Stick commemorating the Coronation of 1937. £2600-£3000

A Great War ‘Mesopotamia’ M.M. group of eight awarded to Serjeant D. J. Wright, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry military Medal, G.V.R. (5469 Sjt., 1/O. & B.L.I.); Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (5469 Corl., Oxford. Lt. Infy.); King’s South Africa 1901-02, 2 clasps (5469 Serjt., Oxford. L.I.); 1914-15 Star (5469 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (5469 Sjt., Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Army L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (5469 Sjt., O. & B.L.I.); Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.VI.R., 2nd issue (5469 Sjt., M.M., Oxf. & Bucks.), mounted as worn, Q.S.A./K.S.A. with edge bruising and contact marks, fine; others good very fine and better (8) £650-750 M.M. London Gazette 20 October 1916; Edinburgh Gazette 24 October 1916. m.I.D. London Gazette 19 October 1916 (General Sir Percy Lake, G.O.C. Indian Expeditionary Force ‘D’); Gazette of India 12 October 1916. In the London Gazette he is listed under the ‘Royal Army Medical Corps’. david Joseph Wright was born in 1879. He enlisted into the Oxf. & Bucks. L.I. in London on 7 July 1897. As a Serjeant in the 1st Battalion he entered the Mesopotamian theatre of war on 5 December 1914. Served in the Indian Expeditionary Force under General Lake and was most probably involved in the attempts to relieve the British and Indian force, including men of his battalion, trapped at Kut-el-Amara. In October 1916 his services were rewarded, being mentioned in despatches and awarded the M.M. He was discharged in June 1919 after completing his second period of service. Postwar he served in the Metropolitan Police Special Constabulary, being employed during the General Strike of 1926. sold with recipient’s Certificate of Education, 28 March 1905; Regimental Orders, Lucknow, 15 March 1907, Sergeant Wright listed on Married Roll; Discharge Certificate; Character Certificate; Metropolitan Police Special Constables’ Certificate of Appreciation re. the National Strike of 1926; Oxfordshire Light Infantry pamphlet; 1st Battalion Oxf. & Buck. L.I. Coronation 1911 Souvenir booklet - listing officers and men of battalion; newspaper cuttings; five original card backed photographs; together with copied m.i.c., roll and gazette extracts. Also with riband bars, cap badge and a few buttons. £650-£750

The Q.S.A. to Quartermaster Serjeant T. Hogan, King’s Royal Rifle Corps, who was awarded the D.C.M. for ‘South Africa’ Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 3 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State, Transvaal (1261 Q.M. Sejt. T. Hogan, K.R.R.C.) very fine £200-250 1261 Quartermaster Serjeant T. Hogan, 9th Battalion King’s Royal Rifle Corps, was mentioned in Lord Robert’s despatch of 4 September 1901 and awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal (London Gazette 27 September 1901). £200-£250

A fine 18th century blue japanned month-going longcase clock By Hugh Richards of London the twin train movement with anchor escapement striking the hours on a bell, the pagoda top with ball finials above a silvered roman and arabic chaper ring, the matted centre with subsidiary seconds dial and calendar aperture flanking maker's name plate, within rococo cast spandrels, the arch with an international time zone dial decorated with stars and Roman chapters, indicating times for (inter alia) Dublin, Cape Clear, Zealand and Amsterdam, the arched trunk door above a skirted plinth base raised on block feet, the whole decorated with ho-ho birds and scenes from Chinese courtly life 240cm high Property of a private Surrey collection.

gibson (J.) Plan of Gibraltar, 1762 engd. map from Gents. Mag., 170mm x 446mm; idem, A Particular Map to Illustrate Gen. Amherst's Expedition to Montreal, n.d.,[1760], map from Gents. Mag., 90mm x 227mm; A Plan of The City and Harbour of Louisburg, Shewing that part of Gabarus Bay in which the English landed....in 1745, n.d., engd. map with inset map of Cape Breton, 187mm x 256mm; Jefferys (T.) A New and Correct Plan of the City and Fortifications of Maestricht, n.d., mounted map, 163mm x 200mm; [Der Keere, P. van] Gallia, n.d., mounted hand-cold. map, 85mm x 123mm, English text to verso; with Eleven Other Hand-Cold. Maps (14)

An Edwardian lawn christening gown, pin tucked, embroidered and trimmed with lace, together with an underskirt trimmed with Valenciennes lace and a cream silk carrying cape, also trimmed with Valenciennes lace

A Boer and First World War family group. Volunteer Long Service and Good Conduct (Edward VII) medal to Lt. Col. C. C. Braithwaite 2/V.B. Bedford Regiment. Group of eight:- QSA with Cape Colony, Wittebergen and South Africa 1901 clasps (Lieut. A. Braithwaite Bedford Reg.) First World War trio (Capt. later Major E/AFR.O.D.), Second World War medal and Defence medal. 1911 Coronation medal and Territorial Decoration (Edward VII) un-named.

Three 19th Century prints of Africa to include, 'Old Calabar, West Coast of Africa' and 'Cape Coast Castle and Forts'

J J Waugh, early 20th century- "Incident at Kom Sprit (No help from Bloemfontein). Though it was Certain Death to Show a Hand, Men Leapt to their Feet and Cheered the Gunners as They Passed"; gouache, signed and dated 1900, 39.3x33.5cm. Note: This drawing was possibly a preparatory study for a work titled 'The flag': W Nicholson, mid 20th century- Cottage with figures; watercolour, signed, bears label The Picture House, E Wollen & Co 117a Long St Cape Town attached to the reverse, 24.2x34cm., (2) (may be subject to Droit de Suite)

ART DECO COLD-PAINTED SPELTER FEMALE FIGURE with sword and cape, in fencing position, 20.5cm and the onyx base

EDWARDIAN BLACK SILK SHOULDER CAPE with lace and black applied beadwork

1940s AND LATER DRESSES together with BLACK VELVET FUR CAPE (5)

JOHN CHARLES BLACK SLEEVELESS CULOTTES JUMPSUIT with gold braid detail on collar, BLACK AND SILVER TROUSER SUIT, BLACK COCKTAIL DRESS trimmed with marabou feather, a BROCADE COAT, PINK COCKTAIL DRESS with ribbon-detailed bodice and a WHITE FUR SHOULDER CAPE (6)

A CHINCHILLA FUR CAPE

FREDERICK W. BAKER, BRITISH, (20TH CENTURY) ARR Cape Cornwall and Sennen Bay, seascape with sailing dinghies, oil on board, signed to lower left and titled verso, 26.5cms x 38cms

Early 20th Century silver plated paperweight/relief plaque having decoration in relief depicting The Cape Peninsula and stamped The C.T. Glasspoole Co Cape Town, mounted on a tooled leather bound plinth. Probably manufactured by W.M.F., 19.5cm x 11cm

AMIS (KINGSLEY), 1ST EDITIONS; SOCIALISM AND THE INTELLECTUALS, Fabian Press 1957, orig. printed wraps, lightly marked, price in pencil to front wrap; DEAR ILLUSION, Covent Garden Press 1972, Ltd 500 copies, orig. printed wraps; THE RIVERSIDE VILLAS, Jonathan Cape 1973, uncorrected proof, orig. printed wraps, time stained; NEW MAPS OF HELL, Gollancz 1961, orig. red cloth, spines slightly bumped, dw. (4)

CARDUS (NEVILLE)-THE ESSENTIAL NEVILLE CARDUS, Cape 1949, 1st Ed. dedication to Jim Kilburn & signed by the author on front free end paper & dated 1949, orig. green cloth, gt. lettering, sunned spine; AUTOBIOGRAPHY, Collins 1947; Second Innings, 1950 dw; CRICKET ALL THE YEAR, 1952, dw; CLOSE OF PLAY, 1956, dw; 5 further titles by the same author; LEVESON GOWER (H.D.G.)-CRICKET PERSONALITIES, Williams and Norgate 1925, dedication from the author on front free end paper, dated 1925, orig. blue cloth, gt. lettering (5)

A late 19th century Japanese Hirado dog group, the mother wearing and blue cape and brown collar and being nuzzled by one puppy another between her front paws, 11.5cm high (R)

Imperial Postage Stamp albums Vol. I and II 1840-1936, mint and used selection including mint sets of George V, good early Victorian imperfects including Cape of Good Hope, Triangles, Canada Jubilee issues to $1, Special Delivery and Postage dues, Australia including Roos to 10/- opt Specimen, Ceylon imperfects, Rhodesia double heads, GB overprints. The collection has been listed and has a total of 5800+ stamps, high catalogue value (2 vol)

Victorian Cape of Good Hope 1/- green triangular imperfect stamp (1)

Two 17th Century Carved Pine Saints. One with a hand upon his chest & wearing flowing robes 51½ ins (131 cms) high. The other pointing heavenwards & wearing a billowing cape 50 ins (127 cms) high.

Silver plate - a teapot of cape form with a gadrooned upper banding, a good cream jug on square foot and a florally shaped cup

An early IX century Castleford style teapot of blue highlighted cape form the body decorated with raised leaves and berries, gadrooned banding, moulded ear handle and part gadrooned spout on oblong foot approx. 14cms high

An XIX century black basalt coffee pot and cover possibly Moseley, impressed C mark beneath of shaped cape form, the body raised with classical figures, moulded handle and spout approx. 27cms high a similar example can be found in "The Makers of Black Basalts' by H M Grant "Plate LXXXIV" figure.2

A XIX century naive style pink lustre teapot of cape form probably Staffordshire the domed lid with hoop knop decorated with a house, the body of similar decoration with moulded scroll handle and spout on quadruple supports and a quantity of XIX century pink lustre cups and saucers the teapot approx. 18.5cm high

A XIX century silver lustre teapot and cover of cape form decorated with flowers, with moulded ear handle and highlighted spout on oval foot; and a IX century bone china teapot in the manner of Newhall painted with flowers (2) the latter approx. 14.5cm high

A net evening cape extensively embroidered with gold sequins.

Thomas Whitcombe (1763-1824) SHIPS OFF CAPE TOWN signed (on a piece of driftwood lower left), 66.5 x 105cm A 'private' RN frigate arriving in Table Bay between 1795-1801, exchanging salute with a departing flag officer, possibly whoever was on the Cape station - a Vice Admiral of the White in a two-decker, probably a 74 at that time but possibly smaller. Almost certainly painted for the captain of the frigate. ++Relined,probably in the late 19th or very early 20th century and with some localised old restoration. The varnish now heavily yellowed, some mild cracqueleur. In giltwood and composition cavetto frame with on the reverse the printed label of James Stanley Johnston Portland Street.... sea

Cape of Good Hope, Mafeking, penny, blue on blue, Cadet Sergeant Major Goodyear on bicycle, unused with original gum, slight faults

Seven stamp albums containing a quantity mainly; G.B., Empire, Cape of Good Hope etc., Victorian and later

A bowl containing a turned yew wood pear and apple, along with an ash wood banana and various specimen wood eggs, including Cuban mahogany, Cape beech, English walnut, damson, brown oak and others. Provenance: Made by Robert Wearing.

Lawrence, T E, 'Revolt in the Desert', published by Jonathan Cape, London 1927, 4to, tan cloth boards, also Lawrence, T E, 'The Mint', 1955, and eight other volumes (10)

Binding. WAVELL (A P) Other Men's Flowers, London: Jonathan Cape 1968, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, elaborately embossed morocco gilt by David Yates in solander box

GRAVES (Robert) Good-Bye to All That, An Autobiography, first edition, second issue, London: Jonathan Cape 1929, portrait frontispiece, with erratum leaf on p.398, paper wrapper, good; But It Still Goes On, London: Jonathan Cape 1930, paper wrapper (2)

AUTOGRAPHS A First Day Cover, Cape Canaveral 1969, another New York 1973, Progress in Electronics and one other

A Sitzendorf porcelain figure group of a lady and gallant dancing, decorated in bright colours, he wearing a cape, she with floral dress on oval gilt enriched base, 24cm high

Charles Pettitt (fl.1855-1859), "The Midnight Sun at the North-Cape: Norway", indistinctly signed, extensively inscribed and dated 1883 on verso, oil on canvas, 22.5 x 35.5cm.; 9 x 14in. "Note: Here at the base of the North Cape at Latitude 71°. 10°. The sun never sets between the 15th day of May and the 1st day of August". * Exhibited at the British Institution, the Society of British Artists-Suffolk Street and elsewhere.

6 unmade Plasticville USA building kits, trestle bridge, switch tower, two storey houses, apartment building, Cape Cod houses and farm buildings, a K-line book store and Laundromat, Lionel Bumpers and track clip and 3 Atlas bumpers (BM)

A Royal Doulton Fox in green cape with chicken hidden beneath HN1096, 12.5cm high.

BRADLEY (HELEN) - IN THE BEGINNING SAID GREAT AUNT JANE (FIRST) MISS CARTER WORE PINK (REPRINT) MISS CARTER CAME WITH US (REPRINT), ALL PUB CAPE IN DUST JACKETS; ALLIN (JOHN) - SAY GOODBYE. CAPE 1974 FIRST IN JUST JACKET, FINE. (4)

DAHL (ROALD) - MATILDA. CAPE 1988. FIRST. VG+/VG+; EVEN MORE REVOLTING RECIPES. CAPE 2001. FIRST. FINE; AND OTHER TITLES INCLUDING THE MILDENHALL TREASURE:- ONE BOX

GENERAL INTEREST - EVANS (JOAN) - THE ENDLESS WEB. CAPE 1955 FIRST EDITION IN DUST JACKET; SITWELL (EDITH) - ENGLISH WOMEN. 1942 FIRST EDITION; PLUS OTHERS:- TWO BOXES

TARRANT (MARGARET) - THE BOOK OF SUMMER. ALLEN & SONS 1910. RESTORED REAR COVER; ALDRIDGE (ALAN) - THE BUTTERFLY BALL AND THE GRASSHOPPER'S FEAST. CAPE 1973, FIRST WITH RWVP CARD. FINE. (2)

FLEMING (IAN) - MOONRAKER. CAPE 1955. FIRST EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION, PRICED 10S 6D, "SHOOT" VARIENT (THE 'T' BEING ABSENT IN LATER COPIES OF THE PRINT RUN). BOOK IS NEAR FINE. DUSTJACKET IS VERY SLIGHTLY FADED TO THE SPINE, VERY LIGHT DUSTING TO REAR COVER. MINOR RUBBING TO TOP OF SPINE AND REAR COVER, LIGHTLY BROWNED VERSO. A VERY NICE COPY.

A DAMAGED QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL (BARS CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE AND JOHANNESBURG) TO 3081 PTE. C. CASE 1ST SUFFOLK REGT.

Skjoldebrand. Picturesque Journey North Cape.

A SCHOENAN & HOFFMEISTER JOINTED BODY DOLL, 25" high, in black velvet dress and cream cape

A DOLL BY H.W. GERMANY, with jointed body and bisque head, in christening gown and cream cape, 23" high

JUNE MILES Cape Cornwall. Oil on canvas. Signed, inscribed and dated 1971 to the reverse. 25 x 30ins. (See illustration)

Part canteen of Elkington cutlery retailed by Murdock's Cape Town

Fleming, Ian Diamonds are forever. London: J. Cape, 1956, first edition, 8vo, original cloth, dust-jacket with short tear at head of spine, slightly rubbed at extremities, very slight dust-soiling to lower wrapper

A late 19th Century Maw & Co dust pressed tile teapot stand sepia transfer printed with a lady in period dress wearing a cape walking down a pathway in the rain over buff coloured ground, raised to four small shell feet, 6" square.