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An Edward VII Lamp Base in the form of a fluted column with corinthian capital and stepped, beaded square base, Sheffield 1908, 15in

GERMAN MARKET ABEL-KLINGER (AK) "REISE DURCH DIE HAUPTSTADTE EUROPA`S" (A race around the capital cities of Europe) board game with four-fold chromolithographic board featuring a map of Europe and forty spaces each with a city in Europe, six card counters featuring a steam tank locomotive on tin stands, two china die and instructions, in original box, late 19th century board, 24 x 18in. (61 x 45.5cm).

20 Original Omnibus. Including 2-bus sets – Lancashire Holiday, The Varsity, Dorset Delights, Capital & Highlands, all with self-assembly bus terminal. Leyland Olympian North Western Beeline, Bristol K6B Caledonian, Burlingham Seagull Happiways Tours, Leyland Lynx Mk 2 Maidstone & District, Leyland Lynx West Midlands Travel. All boxed, minor wear. Contents As New.

35 similar tallies, including HMS Courageous, Pembroke, Queen Elizabeth, St Vincent, Undaunted, Whitby, Rodney, Prince of Wales, Tiger, Torquay, Mars, HMAS Nirimba, HM Submarines (2), etc; 34 "Capital Ships" photos of warships, some in colour, with details, in a folder. GC

Locomotive Nameplate BENEVIDES. Believed to be ex Baldwin 2-6-0 metre gauge Locomotive number 9822 built February 1889 for Estrada De Ferro Braganca in Brazil. Transferred at some point to Estrada De Ferro Tocatins where records show still extant in 1960. However, the line closed and was dismantled completely by 1974, the loco, presumably, was cut up then or even beforehand. The plate is 24" x 5" with ornate, capital lettering. Few traces of what looks like dark blue or grey paint along the top edge.

Totem, BR(S) WATERLOO, F/F dark green. Famous LSWR Terminus in the heart of the Capital, opened in 1848 as Waterloo Bridge Station. Very few totems survive from here and Targets, one of which appears elsewhere in the auction, are much more common. In extremely good condition. A great rarity.

A French gilt bronze mounted onyx columnar pedestal, circa 1900, the revolving top on a stop fluted capital, the stem with waisted socle and square base, 107cm high Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A 19th century mahogany sarcophagus form rectangular tea caddy with twin zinc lined lidded compartments, circular glass mixing bowl and a George III hallmarked silver caddy spoon, by Joseph Willmore, Birmingham 1816/17, (spoon displayed with staff), the caddy spoon inscribed verso with stylised capital letter A, height 19cm, width 30.5cm, depth 15.5cm, raised on four circular bun feet

Glass Mango set rare set of ornamental" commemorative mango stand and container the last with a portrait of Mao in a radiant sun and extensively inscirbed ` Respect and Wishes to Chairman Mao for a Long Life Commemorate Great Leader Chairman Mao who gave this cherished gift - Mango - to Capital Workers Peasant Mao Tse-tung Thought Propaganda Team` coloured glass mango 120mm. long on glass stand placed with glass container 195 x 200 x 100mm. this with small chips in two lower corners unmarked c.1970. ***In 1968 Chairman Mao was presented with a given of seven mangos by a delegation from Pakistan. As he disliked the fruit he bestowed then as gifts to seven Worker-Peasant Mao Zedong Thought Propaganda Teams. This set commemorates that event which was also meant to mark Mao`s displeasure at the factions within the Red Guard " leading to these teams being sent in to factories and universities to restore order.

Set of 21 People`s Air Defence posters each c.520 x 765mm." one with a vertical crease otherwise all in good condition [Beijing:] People`s Air Defense Office 1970 (21) ***Compiled as a civil defence portfolio of instructive posters by the People`s Air Defence Leading Office of the Capital a complete set of 21 posters depicting PLA soldiers peasants a barefoot doctor and others all in pursuit of protecting their motherland " especially in defence of its borders.

Vase - graduates going to the countryside with the inscription "Aspiration lies in the countryside" Painted by Han Derong at the capital of Ceramics September 1975" porcelain 360mm. high Jingdezhen 1975. ***Between 1968 and 1975 some 17 million urban youths were sent to the countryside. By the time this vase made " most were making their way back to the cities.

A gilded oil lamp, the reservoir with embossed decoration, on a Corinthian capital, reeded stem and stepped base, together with two other oil lamps.

* Africa. Munster (Sebastian & Petri Adam), Africa, Lybia, Morenlandt mit allen Koenigreichen so jetziger eit darumb gefunden werden, [1580 or later], uncoloured wood block map with title in German above upper margin, ornate strap work tablet with large sailing ship positioned of the coast of South-West Africa, 255 x 345 mm, framed mounted and glazed. A Ptolemaic based map which clearly shows Hamarich, the capital city of the Kingdom of Prester-John. Parrots sit in trees and a large elephant occupies what is now South Africa. The River Nile runs south to north with its source shown deep in Ethiopia. A fantastic `Monoculi` sits on the coast of central west Africa. R.V.Tooley, Collectors Guide to the Maps of the African Continent and Southern Africa, pp.85. (1)

THE WHISKY OF 1990 Blended and bottled by Whyte & Mackay Distillers Limited. A unique blend to celebrate Glasgow as the Cultural Capital of Europe 1990. Level: Lower middle of bottle. Blended, 75cl, 40% volume. GLASGOW EUROPEAN CITY OF CULTURE-1990 Blended by Douglas Laing & Co. Ltd. Bottled to commemorate Glasgow being named European City of Culture in 1990. Hexagonal shaped decanter with stopper. Blended, 75cl, 40% volume GOLD MEDAL Blended and bottled by John Crabbie & Co Ltd., Edinburgh. Bottled as `The Official Souvenir Scotch whisky of the 1986 Commonwealth Games`. Level: Middle of Shoulder. Blended, 75cl, 40% volume. GRAND MACNISH Blended and bottled by Robert Macnish Company. Duty Free Bottle.Level: Lower Middle of Shoulder. Blended, 1 litre, 43% volume. 4 Bottles.

A CARVED MAHOGANY AND STAINED COLUMN having four scroll Doric style capital with egg and dart between fluted column, on turned and squared base, 2.36m high

Printers` wood letter blocks. A complete alphabet of carved capital letters with `full stop` and `&`, some duplicates, 13cm high (57)

Printers` wood letter blocks. A complete alphabet of carved capital letters with `&` and little punctuation, some duplicates, 4.5cm high

Printers` wood letter blocks. A complete alphabet of carved capital letters with `&` and numbers 1-9, some duplicates, 2.5cm high

ELLIS (Rev William) Three Visits to Madagascar During the Years 1853-1854-1856, including a Journal to the Capital..., London: John Murray 1858, first edition, folding wood engraved frontispiece, single page map, plates, small tear to frontispiece, 2pp adverts dated November 1858 at end, binding damaged and rubbed with detached front board

AN EARLY LIMESTONE CAPITAL with scroll top and stepped bow fronted base, 6 1/2" high x 8" high.

Howlett and Brimmer (Printers). Graphic Illustrations of the Most Prominent Features in the French Capital; with Characteristic Figures in the Foreground Comprised in Twelve Stroke Engravings fom Accurate Designs Taken in Paris During the Imperial Reign of Buonaparte, London no date. . Contemprary half calf, boards detached, double . page folding plates, some foxing and worm damage to margins, folio. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A William IV silver chamber stick probably by Thomas and Nathaniel Creswick Sheffield 1834 of leaf form heavy shell and scroll border plain capital length 18cm. approx. weight 6oz

A George III silver chamber stick by Elizabeth Jones London 1792 circular form urn shaped capital reeded borders the detachable drip pan Sheffield 1815 and with an unmarked conical snuffer diameter 14.3cm approx. weight 8oz.

A 19th century Venetian walnut torchere, the detachable leaf carved and ebonised corinthian capital above a spiral twist solomonic column, on an oak and geometrically inlaid hexagonal pedestal and ebonised leaf carved plinth base. 41cm wide (at plinth), 171cm high

A 19th century Anglo Indian boxwood column. surmounted by a later carved ivory finial in the shape of four lions, the column with acanthus capital on a rosewood base. 22cm high

A JOHN LYNCH SPORTING PRINT, A Capital Finish, and other sporting prints (qty)

SHAW GEORGE BERNARD: (1856-1950) Irish Playwright, Nobel Prize winner for Literature, 1925. Good T.L.S., G. Bernard Shaw, three pages, 4to, Adelphi Terrace, London, 4th October 1918, to James Holden in New York. Shaw discusses the economic theories behind currency and announces `If you issue currency, whether in paper or coin, against what is called the capital value of land, which is what the Jacobins did in the French Revolution, your currency will depreciate until it is worth just whatever produce of the cultivation of the land may be actually in hand. The French assignants never fell to zero; yet nothing, not even the guillotine, could keep them at even a hundredth of their face value in gold or goods.` and further continues, in part, `There is no such thing as an inconvertible currency; and there never can be, because unless the currency is convertible into goods, nobody will touch it, and therefore it will no longer be current….Currency is a simple matter of not overdrawing your account. Paper notes are as good as gold coin if there are goods at the back of them. The danger of notes is like the danger of cheques: if they are dishonoured you cannot sell them for more than an infinitesimal fraction of their face value. If a gold coin is dishonoured in the sense that there are no goods to exchange it for, you can at least use it as metal or hold it over with the certainty that the moment there are goods in the market you will be able to exchange it for them. Thus, you see, currency based on land values is a delusion; but currency based on the produce of land is a sound proposal: in fact, all sound currencies are at root of this kind…..You can rob Peter to pay Paul; but if you rob Peter and Paul simultaneously, Paul will not get his money. Even at the present time, the British Government, trying to realise the capital value of land to a very trifling extent by death duties, finds it necessary to allow the payment to be spread over several years….In short, all the dealings are in income and not in capital values; and any scheme of currency which assumes that capital values have any present existence is bound to collapse disastrously. You will probably have currency cranks in America presently proposing to issue paper money against the Liberty Loan, and demonstrating that by doing this the war can be made to cost nothing. One American has actually written a book to advocate this "Great Plan", as he calls it. He might as well propose to feed the American nation on the fragments of the exploded shells that the Liberty Loans pay for.` A few holograph corrections. A letter of fine content. Some very light age wear, otherwise VG

An Italian painted wood spiral twist column, late 18th century, with gilt and gesso corinthian capital and square base, 136 cm wide.

Kenneth Holmes - `Behind the Capital`, a side view of the Capitoline Museum, Rome, with Figures and a Donkey and Cart near the Steps to the Roman Forum, early 20th Century monochrome etching, signed in pencil, within an ebonized frame.

A large glass Table Lamp with Corinthian column and brass capital, 17 1/2in

Kings of Dumnonia, cast Potin, c. 420-60, diademed and bearded head left, traces of legend in front, rev. standing figure holding curved staff in right hand and uncertain object in left, chamfered rim, 7.77g/1h (cf. Mitchener, Jetons, Medalets and Tokens I, p.7 [citing an example found at Billingsgate, London in deposits c. 420-60]; cf. BMC Bronze Coins of Gaul 338-69 obv., 482-506 rev.). Extremely fine and extremely rare In 410 Honorius, being pressed by the barbarians in Italy, told the Britons that they must henceforth defend themselves against the Picts, Scots and Saxons; from this time on Britain ceased to be a Roman province. The Brythonic kingdom or kingdoms of Dumnonia survived the post Roman chaotic period in the south-west of ‘Greater Britain’, a region noteworthy for its many hill forts such as Cadbury Castle and high-status settlements like Din-Tagell (modern Tintagel), which were refortified and rebuilt. The capital was almost certainly Isca Dumnoniorum (Exeter) and the main economic activity was the mining of tin, exported from the port of Ictis (St Michael`s Mount). The earliest historical source for Dumnonia is Gildas (De excidio et conquestu Britanniae, 28), who informs us that it was ruled by a tyrant named Constantine, who appears in later Welsh genealogies as Custennin, son of Cynfawr, and in Geoffrey of Monmouth’s Historia Brittonum as Constantine, son of Duke Cador of Cornwall, who in Arthurian legend is King Arthur’s cousin and successor.

The Brettii, Drachm, c. 216-214, veiled head of Hera Lakinia right, wearing polos, sceptre over shoulder, fly behind, rev. Zeus, nude, standing left, right foot on ionic capital, holding sceptre to left, eagle flying left, carrying wreath, 4.62g/8h (cf. Arslan 21/35; Scheu 84; HN Italy 1970). Very fine and nicely toned Provenance: A Collection of Ancient Coins formed in the 1950s, Spink Auction 135, 6 October 1999, lot 10

A pair of Victorian silver candlesticks, by James Dixon & Sons, Sheffield 1897, each raised on a square beaded foot with incurved platform supporting fluted columns each with Corinthian capital and beaded sconce, 28cm high, loaded

D. Jose Roberto Aguilar (Brazilian, b.1941 in Sao Paulo), Series of Seven Baroque Churches of Minas Gerias in Ouro Preto, Brazil. A folio of 7 loose woodblock prints on India paper (3 Black and white and 4 coloured) contained within original plywood covers bearing embossed leather label `Aguilar, Igrejas Barrocas de Minas`, signed and numbered editions, 26 x 37cm (10.14 x 14.43in). Jose Roberto Aguilar, known as a Latin American painter, video maker, sculptor, musician and curator worked in London and New York before he moved back to his hometown Sao Paulo. Aguilar is considered to be one of the pioneers of the `New Figuration` Movement in Brazil. He took part in the International Bienal de Art de Sao Paulo in 1963 and 1977 as well as at the `Opiniao 65`, Museu de Arte Moderna in Rio de Janeiro. These early works show various baroque churches from Minas Gerais in Brazil, known as the Cidades Historicas (historic cities). The cities are known as the major centre of gold mining in the 17th Century. In 1980 UNESCO declared 13 important heritage churches from the early colonial period in Ouro Preto as part of the Cultural Patrimony of Mankind, where these woodcuts found their origin. Ouro Preto was formerly the capital of Minas Gerais and the richest city in the New World in the mid -18th century. One of the most famous churches, The Chapel of the Third Order of St Francis of Assisi and the 12 Apostles (built by the baroque architect Aleijadinho) is in the present lot. The Saatchi Gallery in London exhibited Aguilar`s Painting and Video Installation in 2007

A pair of nickel plated metal and green marble mounted columnar table lamps, of recent manufacture, each with Composite capital, square section plinth and stepped base, 51cm high excluding fitments. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.

A Fine C.M.G.`Fighting,Boer War` D.S.O Group of Eleven to Lieutenant-Colonel C. R. Berkeley, 1st Battalion, The Welch Regiment. a) The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George Companion`s (C.M.G.) neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel. b) Distinguished Service Order, V.R., silver-gilt and enamel with integral top-riband bar. c) The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, 1st type, Military Division, member`s (M.B.E.) breast badge, silver hallmarked 1919. d) Queen`s South Africa 1899-1902, six clasps, Relief of Kimberley, Paardeberg, Drietontein, Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, Belfast (Lieut. C.R.Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh. Rgt.). e) King`s South Africa 1901-02, two clasps (Lieut. C.R. Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh Rgt.). f) 1914 Star, with bar (Captain C.R. Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh:R). g) British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaves (Lt. Col. C.R. Berkeley. D.S.O. Welsh: R.). h) India General Service 1908-35, G.V.R., one clasp, Waziristan 1921-24 (Lt. Col. C.R. Berkeley. Welch R.). i) France, Republic, Legion of Honour, Knights breast badge, silver gilt and enamel, wreath suspension, minor white enamel damage. j) France, Croix De Guerre, 1914-1916 with palm. Mounted for wearing, together with related dress miniatures. Lt. Colonel Christopher Robert Berkeley was born on the 18 January 1877, son of Major Henry William Berkeley. He was educated at Oratory School, and at Sandhurst, and joined the Army as a Second Lieutenant in the Welsh Regiment 8 September 1897, becoming Lieutenant 5 July 1899. He served in the South African War from 1899 to 1902, and was present at the Relief of Kimberley; operations in the Orange Free State, February to May 1900, including operations at Paardeberg, and the actions at Poplar Grove, Driefontein (severely wounded), Vet River and Zand River operations in the Transvaal, May and June 1900, including actions near Johannesburg, Pretoria and Diamond Hill; operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July to 2 November 1900, including action at Belfast; operations in Cape Colony, south of Orange River, 1899-1900; operations in the Transvaal 30 November 1900, to 31 May 1902 serving from 14 April, 1902, as Assistant Provost-Marshal. He was mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 8 February and 10 September 1901]; received the Queen`s Medal with six clasps, the King`s Medal with two clasps, and was created a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order [London Gazette, 27 September 1901]: "Christopher Robert Berkeley, Lieutenant, Welsh Regiment. In recognition of services during the operations in South Africa". He was promoted Captain in the Welsh Regiment 13 May 1904; was Adjutant from 11 March 1904 to 10 March 1907, and Adjutant of Militia and in the Special Reserve from 27 February 1908 to 26 February 1912. Captain Berkeley served in the European War; was Brigade Major, 3rd Infantry Brigade, BEF, 26 February 1915 to 15 April, 1916, being promoted Major 1 September 1915 and Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 1 January 1916; was employed as DAA and QMG, 15th Division, France, 16 April to 27 August 1916; as AA and QMG, 15th Division, 28 August 1916 to 25 October 1918, then becoming AQMG, QMG`s Branch, GHQ, France. He was wounded; mentioned in Despatches six times; was created a CMG in 1917 and an OBE in 1919, and received the Legion of Honour and the Croix de Guerre avec Palme. Lieutenant Colonel Berkeley married, in 1919, Nest, youngest daughter of Colonel J A Bradney, CB, of Talycoed Court, Monmouth The Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902, The First Battalion, The Welch Regiment. In October 1899, the Republics of the Transvaal and the Orange Free State declared war on Great Britain. At first the war went badly for the British, Ladysmith and Kimberley were besieged and attempts to relieve them failed. By the time the 1st Battalion The Welch Regiment arrived in South Africa, Lord Roberts had been appointed commander of forces, their first object along with others, was to relieve Kimberly. Having managed to cut off the Boer main force after their retreat, the 1st Battalion faced Cronje and the rest of his army at Paardeberg, and on the 18th February 1900 the battle began, the 1st were heavily engaged and received special mention for a gallant charge, by the 27th of that month, Cronje and his men surrendered, the British advance continued on to Bloemfontein, the capital of the Orange Free State On the 10th March a strong force of Boers barred the way at Driefontein, posted on the heights, the 1st Battalion were ordered to storm these positions, whilst the Yorkshires and the Essex moved on either flank. The ground was bare and offered little cover, the advance was made fifty yards at a time under heavy fire, two other battalions were thrown into the fight, and eventually the whole line fixed bayonets and charged. This action cost the lives of 140 men including the Adjutant, Captain Lomax, who had behaved with the greatest gallantry. The advance continued, both Bloemfontein and Pretoria were captured mainly unopposed with little fighting, although the battalion were once again engaged at the action of Diamond Hill, garrison duties followed, until peace was declared in 1902 The battalion were awarded two Companions of the Bath, six Distinguished Service Orders and twelve Distinguished Conduct Medals. Losses included five officers and sixty seven soldiers killed in action, while four officers and one hundred and thirteen soldiers died of disease and accidents. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A Great War Pair to Lieutenant F. C. Stevenson, British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. F. C. Stevenson), very fine. A Great War Pair to Driver W. P. Rainbow, Royal Artillery, British War and Victory Medals (179155 Dvr. W. P. Rainbow. R.A.), fine. Lieutenant Frank Chown Stevenson of the 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment and Nigeria Regiment W. A. F. F., died on the 22nd of September 1917, and is Remembered with honour at the Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery, Tanzania At the outbreak of the Great War Tanzania was the core of German East Africa. From the initial invasion in April 1915, Commonwealth forces were involved in a protracted and difficult campaign against a relatively small but highly skilled German force under the command of General von Lettow-Vorbeck. When the Germans finally surrended on the 23rd of November 1918, twelve days after the European armistice, their numbers had been reduced to 155 European and 1,168 African troops. Dar es Salaam was the capital of German East Africa. On the 8th of August 1914, the first recorded British action of the war took place, when H.M.S. Astraea shelled the German wireless station, and boarded and disabled two merchant ships Konig and the Feldmarschall. The Royal Navy systematically shelled the city from mid August 1916, and at 8am on the 4th September the deputy burgomaster was received aboard H.M.S. Echo to accept terms of surrender. Troops, headed by the 129th Baluchis, then entered the city. On the 12th September 1916, Divisional GHQ moved to Dar es Salaam, and later No. 3 East African Stationary Hospital was stationed there. The town became chief sea base for movement of supplies and for evacuation of sick and wounded Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports

A late Victorian brass oil lamp, with corinthian capital, stepped square base, painted opaque glass reservoir, with shade, converted to electric

Neo Classical style carved wood ionic capital column pedestal, 39.75" high

Granville, A.B. St. Petersburgh. A journal of travels to and from that capital. London: H. Colburn, 1828. 2 volumes, 8vo, 12 aquatint views including 1 folding, 13 wood-engraved plates, 12 maps & plans including 2 folding, original green cloth, uncut, brown morocco labels, slight wear to joints

A George III Irish ebonised and parcel-gilt gesso concert harp, by John Eyan, 25 Danson Street, Dublin, fluted column, capital moulded with acanthus leaves and swags, acanthus socle, outlined with a gilt band of vine leaves and tendrils, 171.5cm high, c.1815 (distressed)

A George III giltwood and gesso concert harp, Sebastian & Pierre Erard`s patent 5954, 18 Great Marlborough Street, London, fluted column with Gothic capital moulded with tracery, herald angels and saints, shaped base, scroll feet, 175cm high, c.1800 (distressed) Sebastian Erard was born in Strasbourg on 5th April 1752, and his name was originally spelled Erhard. He moved to Paris in 1768 and worked for an unknown harpsichord maker. Erard wanted to explore the fundamentals of instrument making, and it soon became apparent that he was a genius at finding ways around mechanical problems, a skill which came to the attention of the Abbe Roussier. His success as an instrument maker caused envy among his rivals who accused him of working outside the corporation without a licence. Louis XVI protected him and granted him a licence on his own authority. In 1777 Erard made his first square piano; it was probably a copy of an English Zumpe piano. A portrait of Erard was shown at the International Inventions Exhibition of 1885. Once his reputation was established, Erard persuaded his brother-in-law to join him in Paris. Their first pianos were squares with bichords throughout, and a five-octave compass. Erard made a combination of piano and organ with two keyboards for Marie Antoinette. The revolution of 1789 destroyed his business in Paris and in 1792 he opened a factory in Great Marlborough Street, London. Apparently he left his brother Jean-Baptiste to carry on the French branch. According to the London Post Office Directory, he opened an English branch as early as 1786, at 18 Great Marlborough Street, London. However, this may have been just for selling instruments at first. In 1902 they moved to 189 Regent Street, and then in 1904 to 158a New Bond Street, London. According to popular belief, Sebastian returned to Paris in 1796, leaving his nephew Pierre to carry on the London firm. This cannot be correct, however, as Pierre was not born until 1796. He died in 1855. Sebastian appears to have come back to London in 1801, as he took out a patent in England (number 2502) on 16th May 1801, for an improvement on the piano action. However, the bulk of this patent submission is taken up mainly with the harp. This represented some of the groundwork for his double-action harp. The harp seemed to be more important to him than the piano. If you look at most of the patent registrations from Sebastian, the harp comes first and the piano is just added on in the patent submission. There are exceptions to this in the cases when he took out patents for musical instruments only. On the covers of the submissions it says pianoforte and harp. Yet, when one reads the contents of any of these the harp is given preference over the piano. Perhaps this should not be so suprising, since Sebastian sold £25,000.00 worth of harps in the first year of the release of the new double-action harp. Finally, in June 1810, after eight years of working on it, Sebastian Erard patented the double-action harp with seven pedals (number 3332). This is regarded by most people as the date of the invention of the concert harp. The instrument had one pedal for each note. Each pedal had three positions or two notches, which raised the pitch of the note by a semitone for one notch, or a tone for both notches, by moving the top bridges to shorten the speaking length of the strings. This harp could be considered more versatile than the piano, since with the use of the pedals a player could get 21 pitches to the octave, while with the piano 12 was the limit. It is reported that Erard did not undress for three months before his harp was finished, snatching meals with pencil in hand and sleeping for an hour now and again. The concert harp of today basically maintains his design, as does the roller action for grands. He also had an eighth pedal for opening the back of the sound box, to work as a swell. At this time the harp was almost as popular in the home as the piano, and Erard made large numbers of both. He was also regarded as a master organ repairer.

A VICTORIAN BRASS AND EBONY TIP STAFF having a cast crown form screw-on capital with further screw on finial. the shaft engraved K5, the turned ebony handle over a plain brass base. 18.5cm

A 19TH CENTURY BEADLES STAFF having a moulded brass ball capital, the slender tapering shaft painted with Roman numerals `IV` above a crown and scrolling initials, finishing in a brass mounted base. 157cm long

Pair of 18th Century Paktong candlesticks, each having a fluted column stem with Corinthian capital and a square gadrooned base, 26.5cm high

Child`s white metal rattle and whistle having embossed foliate decoration, six suspended bells and coral teether, mouthpiece marked with a capital M, 13.5cm long

A late Victorian carved oak library bookcase, having a moulded cornice above a central relief carved female bust, flanked by cherub heads in turn above three arched glazed sliding panelled doors enclosing shelves, each door with fluted pillar with carved capital between, the base fitted with a central aperture and pair of carved panel doors flanked by fruit and foliate carved pilasters and cherub figures and all raised on short turned feet. Width 85 ins (see illustration).

A Victorian marble pedestal, variegated, with swivel top with brass capital, with tapering stem and raised on a stepped square base. Height 44 ins (see illustration).

Elizabeth I silver seal top spoon , London 1597, crescent & mullet maker`s mark, fig-shaped bowl, hexagonal stem, capital hilt, engraved cockerel crest, length 16cm, 1oz 9dwt

Four primitive folk art handpainted fairground wooden pillars decorated with flora in gold and lilac on a black ground, (one missing the capital) (4) 142cm high

A pair of late 19th Century white painted and shaded oak terms, each carved in high sculptural relief with a curved scroll capital above a male and female head, shoulders and torso, the lower halves carved with masks and strapwork, heights approx 118cm.

A VICTORIAN GILT BRASS OIL LAMP of fluted column form with corinthian capital, stepped white marble base, glass funnel and frosted globular shade, 20 1/2" high

22 Corgi Original Omnibus including Park Royal Trolleybus Hastings Tramway, Capital & Highlands and Lancashire Holiday 2-bus sets with figures and self-assembly bus terminals as part of boxes, 2 x Burlingham Seagull coach Wallace Arnold, Van Hool Alizee Shearings (no. 707, 500th) and Bluebird, Guy Breakdown Tender Bournemouth. Boxed, minor/some wear/minor damage, contents as new.

A weathered stone figural capital, together with another

OLD ELGIN-1939 Distilled 1939. Produced and bottled in the City and Royal burgh of Elgin, the whisky capital of Scotland by Gordon & MacPhail, Elgin. Level: In the Neck. In original box. Single malt, 70cl, 40% volume.

A miniature silver Arts and Crafts chamber stick, of circular form, spot hammered decoration, tapering handle, tapering circular capital, with a conical snuffer, probably American, approx. weight 3oz., diameter 8cm.

Warner (Joseph). Cases in Surgery, with Introductions, Operations, and Remarks. To which is added, An Account of the Preparation and Effects of the Agaric of the Oak in stopping of Bleedings, after some of the most capital Operations, 3rd ed., printed for J. and R. Tonson, 1760, nine eng. plts., eng. head-pieces, contents generally toned, upper hinge split, contemp. sprinkled calf, stained, sometime rebacked, some worm damage to spine and upper return, corners showing, 8vo (1)

A mid 20th Century German Naval Marine Sextant, C Plath of Hamburg, 25054, of typical form with pierced frame set with seven shades and anodised optics, with scale of 0 through 120, and marked with Swastika and Spread Eagle over a capital "M" over 9198, and contained within a fitted Walnut case, bearing nameplate, width 11 ¼"

A New Old Shop Stock Global Time Transistor Clock by Seiko, the rectangular case set with a Perspex cover, containing a 24-hour dial, set with various capital cities and 12-hour chapter ring, centred with a map of the World and chrome hands, with sweep centre seconds, modelled in the form of a aeroplane together with its original box of issue

A 15TH CENTURY STYLE CARVED STONE CAPITAL, decorated with figural panels and having fluted castellated angles. 12" High x 7.5" Wide.