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Click here to subscribeA mid-Victorian figured walnut card table, the hinge baize lined surface with swivel action, raised on turned and reeded supports, united by a central stretcher, width 93cmSeveral scratches to the top and splits to the edges.One area of loss to frieze and some staining.Table is a little loose and has a wobble.
ORIGEN. - Elie BOUHÉREAU (translator). Traite D' Origéne Contre Celse. Ou Défence de la Religion Chrétienne contre les accusations des Paiens. Amsterdam: Henry Desbordes, 1700. 4to (243 x 188mm.) Engraved frontispiece, 'Table des Matiéres' and 4pp. errata to rear. (Browning, occasional spotting, frontispiece adhering to endpaper, lacking blanks.) Contemporary calf (rebacked, endpapers replaced). Provenance: Mrs Hannah More (gift inscribed to on the title-page); Graham Wenman (card mounted to front pastedown). - And a further seventeen volumes in French related to history and religion (including Sieur de Moleon's [Jean Baptiste Le Brun des Marettes] 'Voyages Liturgiques de France ou Recherches', 1718, 8vo) (18).Buyer’s Premium 24.5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price. Lots purchased online via the-saleroom.com will attract an additional premium of 5% (including VAT @ 0%) of the hammer price.
The Outstanding and Rare Great War Western Front Fighter Aces Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar Medal Group of Four to Captain Walter Alfred Southey 84 Squadron Who Was Credited With An Impressive 20 Victories Including 5 Enemy Balloons, Distinguished Flying Cross, GV on original horizontal ribbon with pin, in John Pinches case of issue. 2nd award bar fitted on separate length of diagonal ribbon, both unnamed as issued, 1914-15 Star medal, “6741 PTE. W.A. SOUTHEY R.FUS.”, British War and Victory medals, “CAPT. W.A. SOUTHEY R.A.F.”, in named card boxes of issue. Medals accompanied by two pin back sweetheart badges, R.F.C. and R.A.F. and a pair of great war period folding pilots flying goggles housed in the original case of issue. A fantastic group to an Ace commissioned from the ranks, one of only 88 first bars awarded between its inception in 1918 and the start of the Second World War. Born in South Africa on 29th April 1897 Walter Southey was aa apprentice in the timber trade living I Brockley, London when he enlisted as a Private in the 19th Battalion Royal Fusiliers (2nd Public Schools). He landed in France on 14th November 1915 and was commissioned as a Temporary 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps in August 1916. After completing his flight training, he was appointed as a flying officer and confirmed in his rank on 12th February 1917. Initially serving in No. 48 Squadron and flying the Bristol F2 2-seater fighter he was wounded when he was shot down on 4th June 1917. Promoted to Lieutenant in February 1918 he returned to action in March when he joined No.84 Squadron flying the single seater fighter the S.E.5a. He claimed his first victory on 2nd May 1918 when he shot down an Albatross DV, with 19 more claims being made in the period up to 30th October 1918. His final tally included; 1 x Albatross D.V : 3 x Rumpler C: 1 x Fokker DR.1 : 8 x Fokker D.VII: 5 x Balloon : 2 x LVG.C. With his score of 5 enemy balloons, he is joint 10th in the table of British Empire ‘balloon busters’. On the evening of 25thJuly he was on patrol and attacked a Fokker biplane, but the poor weather meant he lost his bearings and he actually touched down at an aerodrome behind the German lines. Whilst running on the ground he was being fired on from all sides, realising he was behind enemy lines he rapidly took off and returned to his own airfield flying at 300 feet. 16 of his victories were claimed after this event. Moved to the unemployed list 9th March 1919 (L.G. 4th April 1919). Sadly, Walter Alfred Southey died on 17th April 1920 from a skull fracture following a motorcycle accident as he was travelling to work. He is buried in Ladywell Cemetery near Brockley, London. Distinguished Flying Cross, London Gazette 2nd November 1918 – “Lieut. (T/Capt) Walter Alfred Southey. A gallant and skilful officer. On the 9th August, observing a large body of enemy troops and artillery on a road, he descended to 50 feet and bombed them, causing heavy casualties: he then engaged them with machine gun fire, inflicting further loss and scattering them in all directions. He displays great courage in the air, having accounted for seven enemy aircraft.” Bar to Distinguished Flying Cross, London Gazette 8th February 1919 – “Lt (A/Capt) Walter Alfred Southey DFC (France) An officer of ready resource whose skilful leadership is of the greatest value to his squadron. Since 23rd August Captain Southey has destroyed five enemy kite balloons and three machines, while he has also driven down two aircraft completely out of control (D.F.C. gazetted 2nd November, 1918).”
A small reproduction Georgian style foldover top bachelors type chest of four long graduated drawers on bracket feet, 62cm wide x 75cm high, together with a 19th century mahogany dropleaf work table fitted with two real and two dummy chairs raised on turned tapered supports with brass caps with ceramic castors, an Edwardian mahogany foldover top card table with serpentine moulded outline and a dressing stool with upholstered seat, serpentine outline and show wood supports with carved and moulded detail and an inlaid Edwardian corner chair (5)
A VICTORIAN ROSEWOOD CARD TABLE, the fold over top enclosing a circular green baize playing surface, on an octagonal tapered support, triform base and scrolled base, width 93cm x open depth 92cm x closed depth 46cm x height 72cm (condition:-baize loose, surface scratches to the top, historical veneer loss to base)
George III walnut fold over card table fitted with a frieze drawer, 82cm by 39cm by 73cmThis is a handsome piece, but very tired. The top with veneer losses, cracks, flaking, bubbling, scuffs and scrapes. Veneer losses to the front edge. Both corners cracked. The left-front corner with section loose. Crack to the main body above the front-right leg. Some movement in the table. The usual scuffs and scrapes to the legs and feet.
Early 19th-century fold-over card table Early 19th-century fold-over card table veneered in birdseye maple, top with ebonised gadroon moulded decoration, rectangular section tapering column, platform base with four turned bun feet containing casters.width 91cm (36"), depth 46cm (18"), height 73cm (29")Top with various scratches and what appears to be a burn mark, small sections of beading although there are within the storage compartment one or two pieces that have been retained by the owner, split to base.
OCCULT and PLAYING CARD Interest. 'The History of Playing Cards, with Anecdotes of their use in Conjuring, Fortune-Telling, and Card-Sharping,' by Ed. S. Taylor, handsomely rebound in half leather with marble boards, colour frontis engraving, plates throughout, John Camden, London. 1865; Prof HOFFMAN. 'The Book of Card and Table Games,' original pictorial cloth, staining to spine, rubbed, some spotting, George Routledge and Sons, London, 1893; WILLIAM ANDREW CHATTO. 'Facts and Speculations on the Origin and History of Playing Cards,' original clutch, hand coloured frontis and plates, some toning to plates, John Russell Smith, London, 1848; With twenty-two other books o magic and palour games including 'Drawing Room Conjuring' (1887), 'The Secrets of Conjuring and Magic, or How to Become a Wizard' (1878); with a small number of paperbacks. (22+)
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