Original vintage map poster of the capital of England -Historical Map of London - by the notable cartographer and pictorial map artist Leslie George Bullock (1895-1971) featuring colourful and detailed illustrations including notable landmarks, parks, railway lines, historical buildings, people and workers in different period dress (industrial workers, a highwayman on a horse, printing and weaving, brewing and shipping, knights and soldiers, Canterbury pilgrims, merchants, actors, a friar, Yeoman of the Guard, dockers etc.) and a key showing the time period from the Roman to the Victorian and 20th century periods for the historical sites and features, the line of the City Wall and significant events, framed by various coats of arms with the heading above for the Arms of the City of London and of the Guilds of London with the motto Domine Dirige Nos (Lord Guide Us), and the Metropolitan Boroughs AD 1899-1965, London County Council and Greater London Council, Port of London Authority, Westminster Abbey and London University etc. below and in the decorative corners. Printed by John Bartholomew and Son. Horizontal. Fair condition, creasing, tears, cut edges, pinholes, stains, small paper loss. County: UK, year of printing:1969, designer: LG Bullock, size (cm): 100x67
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Original vintage travel poster for Iran Persia featuring a great patterned design of an Iranian holy shrine. Stylised lettering reads - Gold and Turquoise Repose and Majesty of Holy Shrines, most likely referring to pilgrimage sites in Mashhad and Qom. Issued by Iran National Tourist Organisation. (INTO) Printed by Offset Press Inc, Tehran, Iran. Very good condition, creases on margin. Mashhad , also spelled Mashad or Meshad, is the second most populous city in Iran and the capital of Razavi Khorasan Province. It is located in the northeast of the country, near the borders with Turkmenistan and Afghanistan. It has a population of 3,001,184 inhabitants (2016 census), which includes the areas of Mashhad Taman and Torqabeh. It was a major oasis along the ancient Silk Road connecting with Merv to the east. The city is named after the "shrine" of Imam Reza, the eighth Shia Imam. The Imam was buried in a village in Khorasan, which afterwards gained the name Mashhad, meaning the place of martyrdom. Every year, millions of pilgrims visit the Imam Reza shrine. The Abbasid caliph Harun al-Rashid is also buried within the shrine.Qom is considered holy by Shi?a Islam, as it is the site of the shrine of Fatimah bint Musa, sister of Imam Ali ibn Musa Rida (Persian Imam Reza, 789–816 CE). The city is the largest center for Shi?a scholarship in the world, and is a significant destination of pilgrimage, with around twenty million pilgrims visiting the city every year, the majority being Iranians but also other Shi'a Muslims from all around the world. Qom is famous for a Persian brittle toffee known as Sohan, considered a souvenir of the city and sold by 2,000 to 2,500 “Sohan” shops. County: Iran, year of printing:1967, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 96x68
Original vintage travel poster for Iran Persia featuring a great photo by Asad Behroozan of Imamzadeh Mahrough, Neyshabour. Issued by Iran National Tourist Organisation. (INTO) Printed by Offset Press Inc, Tehran, Iran. Good condition, tears and creases on margin, small stain on margin, paper loss on margin. Nishapur or Nishabur (also Romanized as N?sh?p?r, Nišâpur, Ni?apur, N?sh?b?r, Neysh?b?r, and Neeshapoor, from Middle Persian: New-Shabuhr, meaning "New City of Shapur", "Fair Shapur",[3] or "Perfect built of Shapur") is a city in Razavi Khorasan Province, capital of the Nishapur County and former capital of Province Khorasan, in northeastern Iran, situated in a fertile plain at the foot of the Binalud Mountains. It had an estimated population of 239,185 as of 2011 and its county 433,105. Nearby are the turquoise mines that have supplied the world with turquoise for at least two millennia. The city was founded in the 3rd century by Shapur I as a Sasanian satrapy capital. Nishapur later became the capital of Tahirid dynasty and was reformed by Abdullah Tahir in 830, and was later selected as the capital of Seljuq dynasty by Tughril in 1037. From the Abbasid era to the Mongol invasion of Khwarezmia and Eastern Iran, the city evolved into a significant cultural, commercial, and intellectual center within the Islamic world. Nishapur, along with Merv, Herat and Balkh were one of the four great cities of Greater Khorasan and one of the greatest cities in the middle ages, a seat of governmental power in eastern of caliphate, a dwelling place for diverse ethnic and religious groups, a trading stop on commercial routes from Transoxiana and China, Iraq and Egypt. Nishapur reached the height of its prosperity under the Samanids in the 10th century, but was destroyed and the entire population slaughtered by Mongols in 1221. This massacre, combined with subsequent earthquakes and other invasions are believed to have destroyed the pottery industry the city was known for. County: Iran, year of printing:1960s, designer: Asad Behroozan, size (cm): 98x67
Original vintage travel poster for Iran Persia featuring a great design by Houchang Kazemi. Issued by Iran National Tourist Organisation. (INTO) Printed by Offset Press Inc, Tehran, Iran. Good condition, foxing, paper loss on right margin. Isfahan (historically also rendered in English as Ispahan, Sepahan, Esfahan or Hispahan) is a city in Iran. It is located 406 kilometres (252 miles) south of Tehran, and is the capital of Isfahan Province. Isfahan has a population of approximately 1.6 million, making it the third largest city in Iran after Tehran and Mashhad, but was once one of the largest cities in the world. Isfahan is an important city as it is located at the intersection of the two principal north–south and east–west routes that traverse Iran. Isfahan flourished from 1050 to 1722, particularly in the 16th and 17th centuries under the Safavid dynasty when it became the capital of Persia for the second time in its history under Shah Abbas the Great. Even today the city retains much of its past glory. It is famous for its Perso–Islamic architecture, grand boulevards, covered bridges, palaces, tiled mosques, and minarets. Isfahan also has many historical buildings, monuments, paintings and artefacts. The fame of Isfahan led to the Persian pun and proverb "Esfah?n nesf-e- jah?n ast": Isfahan is half (of) the world. The Naghsh-e Jahan Square in Isfahan is one of the largest city squares in the world. UNESCO has designated it a World Heritage Site. County: Iran, year of printing:1967, designer: Houchang Kazemi, size (cm): 98x66
Original vintage World War Two propaganda poster issued by the Vichy government World War II - Laissez-nous tranquilles! (Leave us in peace!). Image of a French family planting a tree with four black beasts (three dogs and a three-headed snake) symbolizing the enemies (indicated in writing: de Gaulle, Freemasonry, the Lie, the Jew ), ready to attack the land of France and its inhabitants. Vichy France (French: Régime de Vichy) is the common name of the French State (État français) headed by Marshal Philippe Pétain during World War II. It represented the unoccupied "Free Zone" (zone libre) in the southern part of metropolitan France and the French colonial empire. From 1940 to 1942, while the Vichy regime was the nominal government of all of France except Alsace-Lorraine, the German militarily occupied northern France. While Paris remained the de jure capital of France, the government chose to relocate to the town of Vichy, 360 km (220 mi) to the south in the zone libre, which thus became the de facto capital of the French State. Following the Allied landings in French North Africa in November 1942, southern France was also militarily occupied by Germany and Italy. Petain's regime remained in Vichy as the nominal government of France, albeit one that clearly operated as a de facto client state of Nazi Germany from November 1942 onward. The Vichy government nominally remained in existence on paper until the end of the war, although it lost its all remaining de facto authority in late 1944 when the Allies liberated the whole of France. Good condition, creasing, restored tears,light fold marks, small paper losses on margin,minor staining. County: France, year of printing:1941, designer: Je (?), size (cm): 115.5x80.5
Escape to Burma Original vintage cinema poster for an adventure movie, Escape to Burma, starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Ryan and David Farrar. Sudden love ... Sudden death! In the hot green hell of the Burma jungle! Dynamic image featuring a man looking on through green leaves at a man holding a lady with her hands tied behind her back, and a man shooting a rifle at an elephant below with more elephants in the background and a horse rearing up behind the shooter. Good condition, small tears and bumps on margins, light staining. Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and also known as Burma, is a country in Southeast Asia. Myanmar is bordered by India and Bangladesh to its west, Thailand and Laos to its east and China to its north and northeast. To its south, about one third of Myanmar's total perimeter of 5,876 km (3,651 mi) forms an uninterrupted coastline of 1,930 km (1,200 mi) along the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea. The country's 2014 census counted the population to be 51 million people. As of 2017, the population is about 54 million.[4] Myanmar is 676,578 square kilometres (261,228 square miles) in size. Its capital city is Naypyidaw, and its largest city and former capital is Yangon (Rangoon). Myanmar has been a member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) since 1997. County: USA, year of printing:1955, designer: , size (cm): 91.5x35.5
China.- Tea.- Chien Lung (Emperor of China) Éloge de la Ville de Moukden, et de ses environs...accompagne de notes curieuses sur la Geographie, sur l'Histoire naturelle de la Tartarie Orientale..., translated by Father Jean Joseph Marie Amiot, some spotting, lightly browned, contemporary calf, rebacked, preserving richly gilt spine in compartments, corners worn, rubbed, 8vo, [Cordier, Sinica, 1790; Lust 179], Paris, N.M. Tilliard, 1770.⁂ In praise of the town of Mukden, in Manchuria, which was the capital of China during the rule of the Manchu dynasty. Includes a short poem on tea.
John OPIE (1761-1807)Portrait of John Knill (1 January 1733 - 29 March 1811)Oil on canvas linedInscribed and dated 1777 to the frame69.5 x 50.5cm(See illustration)John Knill (1733-1811) was a lawyer and customs collector and slightly eccentric Mayor of St Ives. His name is still in common usage in Cornwall due to 'Knill's Monument,' his own memorial, which he erected on Worral Hill, St Ives in 1782. The peculiar customs associated with the monument and stipulated by Knill are still observed to this day:"The total cost of the monument was £226 1s. 6d. Sixpence a year is paid to the owner of Tregenna for a right of way to the obelisk. By a deed dated May 29th, 1797, Knill settled upon the mayor and capital burgesses of S. Ives, and their successors for ever, an annuity of £10 as a rent-charge, to be paid out of the manor of Glivian, in Mawgan, which sum is annually to be put into a chest which is not to be opened except at the end of every five years. Then, out of the accumulated sum, a dinner was to be given to the mayor, collector of customs, and vicar of S. Ives, and two friends to be invited by each of them, and £15 to be equally divided among ten girls, natives of S. Ives, under ten years old, who should, between 10 a.m. and noon on S. James the Apostle's Day, dance and sing round the mausoleum, to the fiddling of a man who was to receive a pound for so doing and for fiddling as the procession of girls went to the obelisk and returned. One pound was to be laid out in white ribbons for the damsels and a cockade for the fiddler. Some of the money was to go to keep the mausoleum in repair, and there were certain benefactions also recorded.The first Knillian celebration took place in July, 1801, when, according to the will of the founder, a band of little girls, all dressed in white, with two widows and a company of musicians, marched in procession to the top of the hill, where they danced about the monument, then, as Knill desired, sang the Hundredth Psalm to its old melody, and after that returned in the same order to S. Ives. The ceremony still takes place every fifth year."The next ceremony will take place on July 25th 2021.Knill was described by a relative as having a wide circle of acquaintances and being highly esteemed by all who knew him. In 1773 he was sent by the Government to be Inspector of Ports in Jamaica. He returned to St Ives after a year and in 1777 became the private secretary to the Earl of Buckinghamshire, in Dublin, where the Earl was the newly appointed Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. This portrait by Opie was painted in 1777 and was not finished until 1808.The following memorandum signed by J Knill is preserved: "Paid Mr Acres for painting hands and blue coat to a portrait of me by Opie, painted at Penzance in 1777, who only finished the head, for which I paid Opie one guinea, and now Mr Acres one pound one shilling. December 30, 1808. J.K."As Opie was born in 1761 he would have only been 16 or 17 when this portrait was painted. His reputation was spreading and prominent wealthy Cornish families were realising they could acquire London quality portraits from the 'Cornish Wonder'. As Knill went to Ireland in 1777, this may be why the portrait was unfinished. Opie died unexpectedly in 1807 and Knill had the portrait completed the following year. Opie had become a very respected artist and held a prestigious post at the Royal Academy, as Professor of Painting. It is not implausible that the inevitable shock of his sudden death caused a surge of interest in his work and this motivated Knill to have the portrait finished. The Penrose connection comes via John Knill's half sister Mary Jope, who married John Rogers of Penrose (1778-1856). Their son, John Jope Rogers, wrote OPIE AND HIS WORKS in 1878, which contained a list of known paintings by Opie.We are grateful to Viv Hendra for his assistance with cataloguing this lot.Provenance: The Penrose Estate, Porthleven, Cornwall. Condition report: In common with many of the Penrose portraits this was restored and lined in the 1920's. It has craquelure.
BAMUN CHIEFS HATCAMEROON, 20TH CENTURY crotcheted cotton fibre with feather decoration dyed in indigo, raised on a bespoke mount17cm tallProvenance:Bryan Reeves, LondonPrivate collection, LondonNote:Around the turn of the 20th century the Kingdom of Bamun developed a highly active aritistic culture at their capital of Foumban. Leaning on techniques learned from the Hausa of neighbouring Nigeria they maintained numerous dye pits, with indigo pigments (as seen on this piece) being particularly prized and associated with high-status use.
John Leech (1817 - 1864), a set of twelve equestrian and hunting caricatures, comprising Where There's A Will, A Capital Finish, No Consequence, Our Friend Mr Noddy, Ruggles, The Noble Science, A Friendly Mount, Keeper, Mr Jorrocks, A Frolic Home After a Blank Day, Don't Move There and Gone Away!, Published by Thos. Agnew & Sons, London 1863 - 1866, chromolithographs, 40.5cm x 63cm, titled and inscribed mounts, 57cm x 78cm, glazed reeded oak frames
A quantity of 78s to include Eddie Peabody, 'Nessun Dorma' by Jussi Bjorling, various Classical pieces and six Beatles albums 'Rock and Roll Music Volume 2' MFP50507, 'The Beatles: A Collectors' Item Original Recording by Mr Pickwick Records', 'The Beatles Featuring Tony Sheridan' CNA2007, 'Something New, Something New', Capital Label ST2108, 'The Beatles Beat' Odeon Label no.1C 072-04 363 and 'Let it Be' Apple Label AR 34001 reproduced for disc by Phil Spector and a Cossor portable record player (2).
HALTON S. LECKY, THE KING'S SHIPS , A PRESENTATION COPY WITH A FASCINATING “SINKING OF THE BISMARCK” CONNECTION three volumes (of the projected six), London, 1913, lavishly illustrated throughout and detailing all H.M.’s ships, past and present, listed alphabetically Aboukir-Jupiter , original publisher's blue cloth, a monumental work containing much obscure information, particularly on the careers of many less famous vessels, the work sadly interrupted by the Great War and never completed thereafter (3) Each volume with printed bookplate reading “Presented by the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty to Sub-Lieut. A.J.L. Phillips, R.N. for Meritorious Work, 1914” ~~*~~ The recipient of this Admiralty Prize, Sub-Lieut. (later Rear-Admiral) A.J.L. Phillips was born in 1893 and joined the Navy in 1911. Successive promotions followed until he was made captain in 1934. In this capacity, he was in command of the cruiser Norfolk , assigned with her consort Suffolk , to shadow the Bismarck and Prince Eugen through the Denmark Strait as they attempted their famous ‘break-out’ into the North Atlantic in May 1941. Once Bismarck was sighted, the Admiralty immediately dispatched H.M. Ships Hood and Prince of Wales to intercept her. The four capital ships came to action just before 6am on 24th May and opened fire at 25,000 yards. After a mere ten minutes, a plunging shell penetrated Hood’s deck and, to the amazement of all who witnessed it, she blew up and sank instantaneously with the loss of 1,338 officers and men. Captain Phillips, a key witness, wrote afterwards that Hood had gone down “with a glow that pulsated like the appearance of a tropical sun”, and he subsequently received the DSO for his part in the operation. Retiring in 1944, Phillips received his final promotion to Rear-Admiral (ret’d) in 1947.
A weathered cast composition stone three sectional bird bath of circular form with spiral twist column, a further contemporary sundial with pierced gnomon raised on a composition stone column, relief detail and doric capital and a small steel framed garden table of circular form with inset top (3)
Rare Robert & Samuel Hennell, Sterling Silver Chinoiserie Teapot on beaded feet. Robert Hennell and Samuel Hennell hallmark on base. Sterling hallmark. London, England City hallmark. Capital 'K' 1805 date hallmark. Also having duty allmark. Total Weight: 22 ozt. Dimensions: 6.5 x 10 x 5 in. - All silver, gold and/or jewelry lots or invoices containing said lots MUST be paid for via WIRE TRANSFER or CASHIER"S CHECK, no other forms of payment will be accepted.
Grand coquillage faisant office de gourde, fermeture par un chapiteau en terre cuite recouvert de nacre, bouchon tenu par un chaîne et un anneau, travail de la Mer rouge, première moitié du XXe - Longueur : 22 cm, Poids : 945 gLarge shell serving as a gourd, closing by a terracotta capital covered with mother of pearl, cap held by a chain and a ring, work of the Red Sea, first half of the 20th - Length: 22 cm, Weight: 945 gGroße Muschel, die als Trinkflasche dient und von einem mit Perlmutt bedeckten Terrakotta-Verschluss geschlossen wird, Verschluss mit Kette und Ring, Werk des Roten Meeres, erste Hälfte des 20. Jahrhunderts - Länge: 22 cm, Gewicht: 945g
William Carter of London. A 19thC flamed mahogany longcase clock, with arched hood, with Corinthian capital columns with brass reeding and fluting, full length arch moulded door with quarter inset reeded columns, over a flamed and moulded panelled base, with cupids bow, apron and bracket feet, the silvered 30cm square arch dial having engraved floral spandrels, silent/strike dial to arch, Roman hour and Arabic quarter numerals, seconds and date rings and marked Willm. Carter Tooley Street LONDON, eight day movement striking a bell, 218cm H.Labelled to the inside William Carter, 200?7 Tooley Street, London 1794. His son John, Lord Mayor of London 1857, Master Clockmakers Company 1856...... Bought by A L Walton, Lynn Road, Wisbech during 1943 from Hamptons
A VICTORIAN MAHOGANY AND BRASS MOUNTED POST BOX, of architectural design, the capital applied with the initials 'V.R' beneath a coronet, the body with a studded brass letter aperture and note panel, the insert detailing collection and arrival times for Collinstown telegraph offices, with recessed access door to the right side, supported on moulded outset base, 65cm high, 31cm deep, 38cm wide
Six albums of approximately 400 autographs and signed photographs from stars of stage, screen, TV and popular music. Names from the last 50 years including film stars Gregory Peck, Richard Todd, Maggie Smith, Charlton Heston, Douglas Fairbank Jnr. Also soap stars, pop and jazz musicians and actors from many British TV sitcoms and dramas. Also souvenir photos of Wembley Exhibition 1925 (see news from the rostrum).This collection of autographs and signed photographs fully represent British popular culture of the last 50 years. Film stars, pop stars, jazz musicians, soap stars and stage actors. They are all here from Rex Harrison to Christopher Biggins, Ernie Wise to Stephen Fry. These albums represent many, many hours travelling the country and waiting to meet the celebrities of the day at theatres in the capital and provinces. Someone stood outside stage doors and at red carpet barriers waiting patiently for the famous personalities of the day to put pen to paper. Musicians from the sixties and 70s such as Alvin Stardust, Acker Bilk, George Melly, Eartha Kitt and Joe Brown. Actors Felicity Kendal, Paul Eddington, Maggie Smith, Diana Rigg (before they were Dames) and John Thaw. Comedians Les Dawson, Ernie Wise and Rik Mayall as well Stephen Fry.
A pair of attractive Continental 18th Century giltwood Girandoles, probably French, the decorated capital with central urn and opposing C scroll central design, with plate mirror flanked with draped garland and shaped candle holders, each approx. 102cms h x 46cms w (40" x 18"). (2)Provenance: Castletown Cox.
A modern set of twelve silver chambersticks, sponsor's mark of R. J. Croft, London 1992, circular form, central castle capital with detachable castellated drip pans, lion scroll handles, conical snuffers, the border with 'ESTO TENAX ESTO JUSTUS', numbered 1-12, diameter of base 13cm, approx. weight 147oz. (12) The vendor of these chambersticks wrote the following about them on the reverse of a dinner menu: 'The Dinner is to celebrate the creation of a set of twelve silver chambersticks. We commissioned H. Perovetz, Silversmiths of Chancery Lane, London to design and make them, and chose as our theme our Coat of Arms. The castle is the central capital and with the turret removable as a sconce. The saucer has the oak and vine leaves incorporating the motto and is engraved with the full Coat of Arms. The handle is the full Crest with a small castle in the Griffin's hands being the receptacle for the snuffer. The snuffer itself has a rope border with oak and vine leaves and the symbol for Ermine. Each chamberstick has three removable pieces all of which are numbered and bear our own silver hallmark'.
A pair of Victorian silver two-light candelabrum, by George Lambert, London 1893, in the Queen Anne manner, slight tapering fluted columns, rope-work borders, on raised square bases with canted corners and fluted decoration, engraved with a vacant cartouche, with two scroll arms each supporting a capital and with a central part-fluted baluster finial, height 42cm, approx. weight 91.5oz. (2)
KING EDWARD VI - CALLIGRAPHIC HEADING (ONLY) CUT FROM A LARGER LEGAL DOCUMENT ON PARCHMENT, 1547-1553 Written and drawn in brown ink, capitals with elaborate penwork flourishes, the capital 'E' of 'Ewardus' containing an inked drawing of the boy-King enthroned, other vignette drawings of armorials, fleur-de-lys, rampant lion, etc. Mounted, in a glazed wooden frame, frame circa 93cms wide x 24 cms high
McGonagall (William Topaz, 1825-1902). The Beautiful Sun. A New Poem, Dundee: 19 Paton's Lane, 5 June 1883, single broadside printed recto only, letterpress within decorative border, 28 x 14.2 cmRare early broadside by the infamously bad Scottish poet, published while he was still resident in Dundee; the handful of McGonagall broadsides traced in commerce date from the late 1890s to 1902 (the year of his death), during which time he was living in Edinburgh. The National Library of Scotland holds a copy of Beautiful Sun with the masthead reading 'Composed June 5th 1897' and providing McGonagall's Edinburgh address, suggesting that the poet used his new lease of life in the capital to republish earlier works as new pieces; otherwise we trace no copies in auction records or libraries.(Qty: 1)
Ephemera, 45+ cheques dating from 1880 to 1950s. Many Banks represented inc The Capital & Counties Bank, Lloyds, The Cumberland Union Banking Co Ltd, Barclays, Midland, Westminster, London County Banking Co, Stuckeys Banking Company, London Joint City & Midland, Coutts & Co, Devon County, Manchester Liverpool District etc (fair/gd) (45+)
Airline Original Adverts from Many Countries From a collection of thousands of original magazine adverts compiled over 40 years and this selection features adverts with Airline interest from many countries. They are in a folder of 40 pockets and the majority have two adverts in a pocket. The earliest is 1938 where Ansett Airways praise the Airspeed Envoy. Far too many to give a full list but it includes Ghana Airways, East African Airways, Central African Airways, Allegheny, Kuwait Airways, Qantas, Tasman, TAA, TCA, Capital Airlines & Aerolineas Argentinas. The source magazines were mainly Flight & Aeroplane and may include manufacturer, component, airliner & partner organisations
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