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Lot 220

Walter Greaves (1846-1930) The Old Swan, Chelsea Signed W. Greaves (lower left0 Pencil and watercolour 20.5 x 32.5cm; 8 x 12¾in

Lot 749

Walter Greaves (1846-1930) The Black Lion, Church Street, Chelsea Signed and dated W Greaves/1860 (lower right) Oil on paper 32 x 40.5cm; 12¾ x 16in

Lot 422

An extensive album of football related postcards and photographs, all appear to be 1921, 22 and 23, including team photos for Leeds United, Swansea, Reading, Rotherham County, Clapton Orient, Notts County, Chelsea, Everton, Crystal Palace, Oldham, Oldham as well as extensive player and live shots.

Lot 173

A group of aviation RAF items, to include a Corgi Vulcan XL 426, an Aviation Archives Avro Vulcan on stand, with spare parts, a Daily Telegraph Court Circular memorandum, framed, a further cased swagger stick, aviation glasses, RAF Royal Chelsea Wedgwood Centenary vase, 45th Entry book, various cap badges, Royal Air Force pins, miniature gauges, tea towel, etc. (a quantity)

Lot 454

Three Royal Doulton medium character jugs, to include Bonny Prince Charles D6858, Arriet, and Chelsea Pensioner D6817. (3)

Lot 16

Selection of tea china to include Spode 'Chelsea Wicker', Royal Albert 'Trillium' and German china,

Lot 254

A. Walker, 'A Perspective view of the inside of the amphitheatre, in Ranelagh Gardens at Chelsea'. Etching. Framed. Image size 34 x 56cm. With watercolour landscape, signed E. L. Cook. Image size 22.5 x 29.5cm. (2)

Lot 529

INDIE/ ALT/ ROCK/ POP - NEW & SEALED LPs. A superb collection of 44 new & sealed LPs, includes 1 7". Artists/ titles include Beck - Roskilde Festival, Madonna inc The Universal, Tokyo 1987, Australia 1983. Prince inc Purple Rain Live, Small Club 1988, Naked In The Rain. The Replacements - Another Planet, Counting Crows - Zurich 2000, Bruce Springsteen inc The Soul Crusaders, The Gap Year Broadcast, The Greenwich Village Broadcast Vol2. Marvel Iron Fist OST, REM - Monster Moves, Chelsea (x4), Ramones - The Final Tour, Nirvana inc Under The Covers, South American Blues & Greys, Hollywood 1990. Hole - Unplugged & More. Ryan Adams, Morrissey, Husker Du, Red Hot Chili Peppers inc Woodstock 94, Sweet Home San Diego. Pixies, Lil Baby, Mark E Smith, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam & Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Tenpole Tudor - The Swords Of A Thousand Men 7". Condition is M/ Brand New & Factory Sealed.

Lot 530

INDIE/ ALT/ ROCK/ POP - NEW & SEALED LPs. A superb collection of 44 new & sealed LPs, includes 1 7". Artists/ titles include Beck - Roskilde Festival, Madonna inc The Universal, Tokyo 1987, Australia 1983. Prince inc Purple Rain Live, Small Club 1988, Naked In The Rain. The Replacements - Another Planet, Counting Crows - Zurich 2000, Bruce Springsteen inc The Soul Crusaders, The Gap Year Broadcast, The Greenwich Village Broadcast Vol2. Marvel Iron Fist OST, REM - Monster Moves, Chelsea (x4), Ramones - The Final Tour, Nirvana inc Under The Covers, South American Blues & Greys, Hollywood 1990. Hole - Unplugged & More. Ryan Adams, Morrissey, Husker Du, Red Hot Chili Peppers inc Woodstock 94, Sweet Home San Diego. Pixies, Lil Baby, Mark E Smith, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam & Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Tenpole Tudor - The Swords Of A Thousand Men 7". Condition is M/ Brand New & Factory Sealed.

Lot 531

INDIE/ ALT/ ROCK/ POP - NEW & SEALED LPs. A superb collection of 42 new & sealed LPs, includes 1 7". Artists/ titles include Beck - Roskilde Festival, Madonna inc The Universal, Tokyo 1987, Australia 1983. Prince inc Purple Rain Live, Small Club 1988, Naked In The Rain. The Replacements - Another Planet, Counting Crows - Zurich 2000, Bruce Springsteen inc The Soul Crusaders, The Gap Year Broadcast, The Greenwich Village Broadcast Vol2. Marvel Iron Fist OST, REM - Monster Moves, Chelsea (x4), Ramones - The Final Tour, Nirvana inc Under The Covers, South American Blues & Greys, Hollywood 1990. Hole - Unplugged & More. Ryan Adams, Morrissey, Husker Du, Red Hot Chili Peppers inc Woodstock 94. Pixies, Lil Baby, Mark E Smith, Goo Goo Dolls, Tom Petty, Pearl Jam & Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker. Condition is M/ Brand New & Factory Sealed.

Lot 604

INDIE/ ALT/ WAVE - 7" COLLECTION. A superb collection of 25 7" singles. Artists/ titles include REM inc Box Set: Singleactiongreen (922780-7, 4x 7" box-set), Don't Go Back To Rockville (IR9931), Tighten Up (Promo flexi), Academy Fight Song (promo), Pop Song 89, Femme Fatale (Flexi). Pixies inc Planet Of Sound (AD1008), Gouge Away (Promo flexi). Ultravox inc Live (IEP8), Slow Motion, Quiet Man (x2). Simple Minds inc Life In A Day, Sanctify Yourself, Someone Somewhere, Chelsea Girls, Don't You, Up On The Catwalk. Hazel - Jilted, Wicker Biscuit, Stoned, Pop Off Tuesday, John Cale, Hindu Love Gods, Chineseburn. Condition is generally Ex to Ex+.

Lot 486

A folder containing Chelsea Football Autographs, including Parsons, Dixon, Zola, Webb, Tambling, Hudson, Holling, Harris, Bonetti, Hinton, Dempsey, Brabrook and Bridges

Lot 495

New Chelsea Staffs coffee service, with blue and gilt borders, comprising 11 cups and saucers, cream and sugar; Coalport coffee service decorated with roses, comprising six coffee cups and saucers; along with a small selection of miniature tea ware.

Lot 460

ROYAL ALBERT 'OLD COUNTRY ROSES' DINNER/TEA WARES, NOVELTY TEAPOTS AND TRINKETS, comprising two two tiered cake stands (both seconds), a large cake/sandwich plate diameter handle to handle 31cm, a smaller cake/sandwich plate, six 26cm plates, sauce boat and stand (sauce boat makes a thud when tapped), six cereal/fruit bowls, teapot, coffee pot (seconds), six teacups (Montrose shape) (two with damage/hairline), nine saucers (one chipped, one gilt missing, one seconds), six side plates, six teacups (Avon shape) (seconds), six saucers, a coffee cup (seconds), milk jug (broken), mug, rectangular sandwich plate, breakfast cup and saucer/plate, three large novelty teapots, Tea Carriage, classic Fireplace (cracks to base) and garden tea table, a smaller garden tea table, a telephone (handset stained), a clock plate, diameter 26cm, a 1996 Calender plate, a collectors plate, diameter 21cm, pair of dwarf candlesticks (seconds), pair of small vases, height 9cm, a vase, height 17cm (seconds), two bells, urn shaped vase, covered pot, pair shoes, a boot, miniature wheelbarrow, three heart shaped trinket dishes, three floral ornaments (chips to all) and a square dish, together with Royal Chelsea trinket and 'Cottage Rose' bell

Lot 728

CERAMICS AND GLASS ETC, to include Melba Bone China teawares, Pallissy Casual tableware, Kalabar plates, cups and saucers, Lauriana Philip Laureston hand painted cave art tankard, Bradex Lena Liu flower series collectors plates, Royal Albert collectors plates 'Birthday Bouquet' Chelsea Bouquet and Christmas Magic, Wedgwood trinket boxes, glass biscuit barrel, lampwork ornaments, etc (two boxes and loose)

Lot 169

Two Chelsea textile embroidered cushions both depicting floral scenes, both have tassels surrounding the cushions (2)

Lot 149

A pottery selection to include a boxed Noritake mug, a Coalport vase , a Wedgewood Angela vase 14cms h, Rosehip bowl 10.5cms w, Spode pin dish 12.5cms. Chelsea biscuit plate 33cms w with 8 side plates 13cms w, Worcester egg coddler, round lidded dish 10cms w and a preserve jar.Condition ReportNoritake lidded bowl with gilt rub to the knob, biscuit plate gilt rub to rims, other items appear to be in a good condition.

Lot 445

A Royal Chelsea part tea service, a pair of slender glass table lamps, Stuart crystal bowls and pepperettes etc (qty). Lamps, 54cm

Lot 1198

~Seven boxes of assorted pottery and porcelain including Spode Italian landscape, Royal Albert Chelsea Bird, Masons ginger jar, Royal Doulton series ware and boxed cabinet plates, Royal Worcester Roanoak pattern tea wares etc (seven boxes)

Lot 485

Porcelain And Gold Scent Bottle (18th Century) Modelled as a Goat Herder with Goat. (We Suspect This Amazing Piece Might Be By Charles Gouyn And If So Could Have Been Made In His Girl In A Swing ''St James'' Factory) c1755. (Charles Gouyn (died 1785), a Huguenot born in Dieppe, was a second-generation jeweller with premises 'at the Turk's Head', Bennett Street, St. James's, London (his brother was a jeweller in Paris). Gouyn helped Nicholas Sprimont (1716-1771) set up the Chelsea Porcelain Factory around 1745. But in about 1748 Gouyn severed his links with Sprimont and the Chelsea Porcelain Factory and set out to compete with his own 'Girl-in-a Swing' manufactory, so-called after a figure in the Victoria & Albert which has given its name to a whole class of similar porcelain figures. Gouyn's factory also made small scent bottles, etc. usually with gold or gilt metal mounts collectively known as 'toys'. Some 'Girl-in-a-Swing' products appear to imitate Chelsea porcelain models and vice versa. Research by Bernard Dragesco discovered in French archives in 1993, has established that a group of figures and wares were made in St. James's and the factory is now identified as the St. James's factory. However, the precise location of his factory, and the identity of the modeller of these distinctive figures, remain unknown. Examples of his work are in public collections held in The British Museum, Dallas Museum of Art, Royal Collection Trust, The National Archives, Victoria & Albert Museum and Metropolitan Museum of Art) Condition Report - 2 very small chips to base area, some section of restoration to top area and bottom area near the goat back foot, Also some enamel loss.

Lot 2010

A Carltonware dish, on a red ground decorated with Oriental scenes, a Chelsea hand painted ware two handled tray, Ridgeway White Mist pattern part dinner wares, etc. (a quantity)

Lot 270A

A large collection of early 20th century continental figurines include Dresden Lace, Volkstedt, Chelsea, Sitzendorf, Mossware, in the manner of the Meissen and more. Signs of wear and tear commensurate with its age. Largest measures 18cm high.

Lot 301

A collection of 20th century Royal Chelsea English Rose pattern fine bone china tea service comprising of teapot, cups and saucers. The service has floral polychrome decoration with gilt edging to the rim in the manner of Old Country Roses. Measures 15cm. 

Lot 378

A group of six late 20th century Coalport lady figurines belonging to the 'Age of Elegance' to include Hyde Park, Matinee Performance, Lavender Walk,  On the Balcony, Easter Bonnet and Chelsea Reception. Measures 22cm tall. Repair to the fan holding hand of Chelsea Reception. 

Lot 862

A Chelsea Clock Company circular US Military Naval ship's clock, the silvered dial with Arabic numeral chapter ring, with smaller subsidiary seconds dial marked 'Chelsea', key wound (with key), in black Bakelite porthole case, serial no.387147. CONDITION REPORT Apparently in going order, though no guarantee of working order.

Lot 182

A group of English porcelain teacups and saucersearly-mid 19th centurycomprising a Coalport striped blue and gilt Adelaide-shaped cup and saucer, circa 1845, pattern 4/805; a Coalport cup and saucer, circa 1820, painted with floral panels reserved against a pale blue ground, pattern 856, a Coalport imari cup and saucer, unmarked; further Coalport cup and saucer, circa 1825, finely painted with gilt, floral panels reserved against a cobalt ground, H&R Daniel cup and saucer decorated in gilt with a bird in branches, pattern 4381, circa 1830; three further H&R Daniel imari Etruscan-shape teacups and saucers; a New Chelsea trio decorated with pink roses, retailed by T.Goode & Co Ltd, circa 1912 and a Spode teacup and saucer, circa 1820, pattern 2968, decorated with floral sprigs interspersed with peach and gilt square panels, painted factory mark in iron red (21 pcs)Condition report: Daniel cup and saucer with gilded birds - Some rubbing to the centre gilding on the saucer, very fine crazing or hairline running from the saucer's rim and a 1.5cm long hairline from the teacup's rim.Coalport imari - Handle re-glued.Coalport pattern 856 - Gilding rubbed. No damages or repairs.New Chelsea trio - Some slight rubbing to decoration. No damages or repairs.Coalport Adelaide cup and saucer - no damages or repairs.Coalport floral and cobalt cup and saucer - no damages or repairs.Daniel imari cups and saucers - 1 teacup with hairline extending 2cm downwards from upper rim. 1 teacup with long crack extending right around lower section, the final cup with two hairlines from rim. Saucers with minor damages but no rubbing.Spode teacup and saucer - Some rubbing to gilding on saucer, no damages or repairs.

Lot 393

THE BEATLES; a set of three signatures, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr.Provenance: Obtained by the vendor 13th September 1963 from the second and final gig at Preston Public Hall. The vendor met the Beatles and knew them in person, they had just started wearing their famous 'Beatles Suits', with collarless jackets and also their famous blue leather Chelsea boots from the well-known 1960s shoe shop Anello & Davide. The vendor was assigned to pick up their new suits for them, she also had to go and buy their food for them during the gig, which was beer and meat pies. Paul McCartney gave her a Peter Stuyvesant cigarette and George Harrison told her she was too young to smoke. The support band was Memphis Three, the lead guitar was Brendan McCormack, a well-known guitarist in the Merseyside area.We have not authenticated these signatures, please satisfy yourself as to the veracity of the item prior to bidding.

Lot 217

Ten large Royal Doulton character jugs including Chelsea Pensioner, John Barleycorn, Walrus and Carpenter and Neptune 

Lot 104

Approximately 92 pieces of tea ware with similar gilt decoration including Royal Worcester Viceroy, Royal Chelsea, Hammersley etc 

Lot 154

A collection of Royal Worcester miniatures, Staffordshire figural pen holders, Chelsea style figure etc, tallest 7.5cm

Lot 170

A pair of Chelsea style shallow dishes with bird of paradise decoration, impressed and gilded anchor marks, W37 x D27 x H6cm

Lot 51

Pair of 19th Century Samson porcelain baluster shaped vases with painted panels of fantastic birds in the style of Chelsea porcelain, each on four scrolled feet with gilded highlights and gilt gold anchor mark to base, one with pierced cover. (B.P. 21% + VAT)

Lot 1592

Cast iron Chelsea Football Club sign, D: 25 cm. P&P Group 2 (£18+VAT for the first lot and £3+VAT for subsequent lots)

Lot 571

FURNIVALS OLD CHELSEA PART DINNER AND TEA WARE.

Lot 408

A New Chelsea Black Transfer Coffee Set to Comprise Coffee Pot (No Lid), Milk Jug, Six Cans and Six Saucers (One Cup with Hairline)

Lot 335A

Assorted Chelsea football programmes from the 1970s and 1990s together with various Cricket programmes etc

Lot 136

Two football programmes to include The FA Cup Final Saturday May 20th 1967, Chelsea v Tottenham Hotspur, The European Champions Clubs' Cup, Wednesday May 29th 1968, Benfica F.C V Manchester United (2) (displayed in cabinet upstairs)

Lot 2411

A Georgian mahogany Pembroke table with frieze drawer raised on square tapered legs with brass caps and roll castors together with a painting: Dunbar Marshall-Malagola RBA (British 1918-2001) - Music Festival, oil on board, signed, with label verso showing Chelsea address detail, 75 x 100cm, framed (af) (2)

Lot 250

Rose D Bonner (British exhib.1895-1916) - Full length portrait of a seated child in a white dress with coral necklace, watercolour and bodycolor on paper, signed with initials RDB, dated 1914, with Chelsea frame makers label verso, of circular form, 22cm diameter, together with a 19th century French school pencil and watercolour half length study of a baby in white dress with blue sash, indistinctly signed Foucance? dated 1863, of oval form, 17cm max, both in gilt frames (2)

Lot 307

*Oliffe Richmond (Australian-British, 1919-1977) 'Standing Group', 1966 lithograph, signed and dated 'Oliffe Richmond/'66' in pencil l.r. and numbered 219/250 l.l. sheet 64.8 x 51cm, unframed An edition from this series is part of the Tate Collection. Oliffe Richmond worked as Henry Moore's assistant in the late 1940s and intermittently in the early 1950s, alongside the sculptor Anthony Caro. He also taught at the Chelsea School of Art. Sold on behalf of the Curwen Print Study Centre to raise funds for the expansion of the studio, gallery space and additional equipment. Visit curwenprintstudy.co.uk *Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Some surface dirt to the top margin caused by handling, slight creases at the corners and minor handling creases, otherwise overall condition is good.

Lot 33

Chelsea Pottery, a large shallow dish, decorated flowers on a turquoise ground, raised on four feet, 44cm wide

Lot 647

An antique delft tile depicting European villa a similar Chelsea style tile and West German pottery planter

Lot 750

* KIRSTY WITHER, HERE IN A TEARDROP oil on canvas, signed and dated 2007, titled label verso image size 50cm x 40cm, overall size 71cm x 61cm Label verso: Mansfield Park Gallery, Glasgow. Handwritten label verso. Note: Kirsty Wither is a fine artist who studied in Scotland and from her studio now in Brighton paints brightly coloured and textured still lifes, figures and landscapes. Kirsty Wither was born in 1968 and studied at Gray’s School of Art in Aberdeen from 1986 to 1990. Her paintings are as much about the surface quality as the subject matter, as she applies vibrant layers of oil paint to achieve the desired outcome. Since 1989 she has been selected to appear in group exhibitions throughout the UK and from 1995 has had regular solo exhibitions in Glasgow, Edinburgh and London. She was elected Artist Member of the Chelsea Arts Club in 2004 and has many works in private and public collections worldwide. Her galleries include Portland Gallery (London), Open Eye Gallery (Edinburgh), Duncan Miller Fine Art (London), Capital Club (Dubai) and Mansfield Park Gallery (Glasgow).

Lot 346

Football Teamsheets - Collection of 200+ modern issues, to include Southampton, Leeds, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Chelsea, Internationals, European ties etc

Lot 201

Football Tickets - a collection of 100+ European & European tie tickets, mostly 2000 onwards, a few earlier, to include matches involving Liverpool, Chelsea, Aston Villa etc

Lot 202

Football Tickets - a selection of approx. 120 general tickets, mostly 1990s onwards, a few earlier, to include League, Cup, Friendlies, European Ties etc, included are Chelsea, Arsenal, Wigan, Leeds etc

Lot 752

Whittards of Chelsea two person coffee set with tray, a spotty teapot with strainer, two espresso cups and saucers and two multi-coloured cups and saucers

Lot 54

Avantgarde - Pop-Art - - Andy Warhol. Index (book) with the assistance of S. Shore, P. Morissey, Ondine, Nico. Mit 10 einmont. Original-Objekten, bzw. farb. Klapp-Kulisse u.ä. sowie zahlr. Photo-Illustr. von Nat Finkelstein u.a. New York, Random House, 1967. 36 Bll. 4°. Ill. silberner OKt. (etwas bestoßen). Erste Ausgabe des berühmten Pop-Art-Objekts. - Cron 419. - Mit farbiger Ritterburg-Kulisse, Ziehharmonika, farb. Doppeldecker, einer federnden Drehscheibe "Chelsea Girls", faltb. Doppelpyramide, farbiger Konservendose, Luftballon (die dazugehörigen Bll. wie immer durch Latexauflösung verklebt, Schallplatte der "Velvet Underground" (u.a.). - Wenige Lagen lose. With 10 mounted Original Objects - First edition of the famous Pop Art object. - Cron 419 - With colored knight castle scenery, accordion, color. Biplane, a springy turntable "Chelsea Girls", folded. Double pyramid, colored tin can, balloon (the corresponding sheets as always glued by latex dissolution, record of the "Velvet Underground" (among others). - Good condition of this important book. Some pages loose.

Lot 304

From Save the Bridge to Wemberlee A decade of writing in the Chelsea Independent by Mark Meehan. Unsigned paperback book with no dust jacket published in 1998 in Great Britain 299 pages. Good condition. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Sold on behalf of the Michael Sobell Cancer Charity. Shipping at cost from £4.99 in UK, we can ship a 30kg box for £10 so up to 10 books. Overseas shipping at cost from £7.99

Lot 1285

A part Noritake china 'Chelsea' dinner service

Lot 1018

A collection of seven contemporary artworks to include: Niel Bally (British, b.1951), 'Scotland 1991', print from the Chelsea Arts Club Portfolio produced for the Club's Centenary in 1991, signed, titled and numbered 75/100 in pencil, 61 x 46cm. Lin Jammet (British, b.1958), two prints 'Summer' and 'Winter', both from the four seasons set, both unsigned, each sheet 66 x 52cm. Heinz Gunter Prager (German, b.1944), untitled abstract from 1970, signed, dated 70' and numbered 3/150 in pencil, sheet size 60 x 60. Eric Finlay (British, 1930-1996), 'Modular Image', signed with initials, sheet size 25.5 x 18cm. An illegibly signed lithographic print from the Curwen Studio Archives, marked Artists Proof, sheet size: 55 x 37.5cm. Carl Rowe (British), 'Semaphore Sticks, limited edition print, signed, titled and numbered 6/10 in pencil, sheet size 70 x 50cm (7)Condition Report: Generally good condition overall, with some wear to the edges and a large tear to the edge of one image.

Lot 13

London.- K[eepe] (H[enry]) Monumenta Westmonasteriensia: or an Historical Account of...St. Peter's, or the Abby Church of Westminster, first edition, engraved bookplate of Thomas Foley of Great Witley Court, Worcs. mounted on verso of title, a few marginal defects, contemporary calf, worn, covers detached, [Wing K126], for C.Wilkinson and T.Dring, 1682 § Phillips (Hugh) Mid-Georgian London, original cloth, dust-jacket, 1964 § Blunt (Reginald) The Carlyle's Chelsea Home..., one of 100 copies on hand-made paper, original vellum-backed Irish linen, uncut, 1895 § Feasey (H.J.) & others. Westminster Abbey Historically Described, one of 360 copies, some spotting, broken and becoming loose, original vellum-backed cloth, spine spotted, 1899 § Cox (Montagu H.) The Parish of Saint Margaret, Westminster, Part III (Neighbourhood of Whitehall, vol.II), Survey of London vol.XIV, original wrappers, a little stained, 1931, all but the first with maps, plates and/or illustrations, some folding, rubbed; and c.15 others on Westminster and Chelsea, v.s. (c.20)

Lot 698

A graduated set of Moorland, Chelsea Works Burslem jugs with cockerel decor, tallest 6.5in

Lot 305

Samson porcelain cabinet cup and saucer in the manner of Chelsea ,decorated with birds on branches with insects around with gilt highlighted rim, bearing gold anchor mark; together with two bat printed teacups and saucers with figural scene transfer decoration and a pottery floral decorated plate

Lot 1243

A box containing assorted ceramics and glass including Royal Chelsea trios, Bunnykins, Wedgwood Peter Rabbit, etc.

Lot 91

Lawrence Coulson (b.1962), 'Chelsea Wharf, Sundown', oil on canvas, signed to lower left corner, 48.5 cm square, framed.

Lot 200

Copenhagen Christmas plates; Chelsea Flower Show Plates; etc

Lot 238

Ceramics -a part Fish dinner service; Royal Worcester collectors plates; Chelsea Flower Show plate; etc

Lot 96

Studio Pottery - a Chelsea England floral decorated cylindre vase; others, Tenby Pottery; Ashdale; Guernsey; Decoro, Calver etc; a West Germany vase etc.

Lot 141

Sausmarez (Ronald Philip Stanley de, 1880/1-1973, Commander RN). Album of watercolour jeux d'esprit, 1947-54. Oblong folio (262 x 300 mm), contemporary 'Reedsdale' post-bound half morocco album, containing 39 postal covers expertly illustrated in pen-and-ink and watercolour with various scenes and caricatures including 4 of dancing fairies, 2 from the Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (the Mad Hatter's Tea Party and Alice's meeting with the King and Queen of Hearts), Father Christmas driving a sleigh, the Chelsea Flower Show, seals on an ice floe, an 18th-century rendezvous between a shepherd and his lover, Humpty Dumpty, a parade of anthropomorphic cats in the style of Louis Wain, a group of shipwrecked mariners on a raft with a sea-monster in the foreground, and various other scenes and caprices, all skilfully incorporating the address of the recipient (N. F. Pasbach, later Mrs R. de Sausmarez), together with 9 watercolours of exotic bird and plant species with accompanying manuscript light verse (e.g. nutmeg, sunbirds, the coffee-plant, each 190 x 150 mm or reverse), 9 smaller watercolours comprising a partial alphabet of exotic species (e.g. 'T is for Tamarind'; 'Y is for Yucca'; 'Z is for the Zapote', each 91 x 61 mm), and a few similar items, all mounted rectos and versos to black card album leaves (qty: 1) 'Ronald de Sausmarez was born in 1880 or 1881. He married Nora Frances Pasbach in 1947. He joined the Royal Navy and served as a Midshipman in HMS Royal Arthur, from 1897. He was promoted acting Sub-Lieutenant in HMS Blake, from 1901. He served as a Lieutenant in HMS Formidable, 1903-4, and HMS Psyche, from 1904. In 1908, he was placed on the retired list. He joined HM Naval Base, Holyhead, to plan offensive measures against submarines, March 1918. He was promoted to the acting rank of Commander and appointed Senior Naval Officer of the base, August 1918-19. He died at his home in East Molesey, Surrey, on 30 September 1973' (The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985, cited after Churchill Archives Centre, University of Cambridge, GBR/0014/RDSA, online, accessed 26/06/2021).Amendment 6/1/21: The lot is also sold with Commander de Sausmarez's First and Second World War group miniature medals (1914-15 Star, British War and Victory Medals, 1939-45 Star and Defence medal) in a glazed pine frame, together with a framed photograph of de Sausmarez with his medals.

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