A FINE SCOTTISH SILVER-HILTED PRESENTATION SWORD TO CAPTAIN ALEXANDER EWING BY THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & PRIVATES OF THE GLASGOW YEOMANRY CAVALRY, BY RAIT & SONS BUCHANAN STREET, GLASGOW, LONDON SILVER HALLMARKS FOR 1868 with regulation type blade based on the 1845 pattern, etched over almost its entire surface with elaborate patterns of scrolling foliage, a pineapple, trophies, a Royal crown, and the maker`s details on one side, and further designs of foliage, trophies, the presentation inscription and the owner`s crested coat-of-arms and motto on the other, silver half-basket hilt cast, pierced and chased in low relief on the outer surface with a ground of strapwork carrying bold scrolls of foliage, flowers and acorn fruit and foliage all within a beadwork frame, stamped with London hallmarks and the maker`s mark `DW` over `JW` in a square the back-strap rising to a cap pommel and each chiselled with a solid design en suite with the guard, banded ivory grip bound with plaited silver wire, in its silver-plated scabbard, engraved at the base, in the middle and at the top with designs of oak fruit and foliage, thistles and scrolls all on a hatched ground, and remaining in fine untouched condition throughout, together with his seal and grant of arms 87.5cm; 34 1/2in blade (2) The presentation inscription reads in full: `PRESENTED [ON HIS PROMOTION] TO CAPTAIN ALEXANDER EWING. OF A TROOP. QUEEN`S OWN ROYAL REGIMENT OF GLASGOW YEOMANRY CAVALRY, BY THE NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS & PRIVATES UNDER HIS COMMAND IN TOKEN OF THEIR RESPECT & ATTACHMENT. 1868.` Alexander Ewing was descended from the Dunbartonshire family, the Ewings of Keppoch, and appears to have been associated with the Queen`s Own Glasgow and Lower Ward of Lanarkshire Yeomanry Cavalry from its inception in 1848: he is recorded as having signed the Oath of Allegiance immediately prior to the forming of the regiment. Ewing is said to have been born on 6th August 1810, the son of Alexander Ewing (d. 1858), and may have served in the ranks of the yeomanry for ten years before being commissioned cornet in the regiment on 11th November 1858. Promoted lieutenant on 24th April 1863, he was promoted captain on 16th April 1868 - when the men of his troop, `A` Troop, presented him with this silver-mounted sword. Ewing`s regiment received its Royal title in 1849, following a visit by Queen Victoria to Glasgow during which the regiment found the escort to the Queen. The regiment was deployed - reasonably peacefully - in Aid to the Civil Power against striking coalminers in 1856, participated in the Volunteer Review on Glasgow Green in 1861 and had one troop involved in the sham fight known as the `Battle of Pollok` in 1861. Ewing married Maria, daughter of Robert Macauley of Glenoak, County Antrim, on 3rd December 1840 and the couple had two sons, Robert and Alexander; Alexander was commissioned into his father`s yeomanry regiment as a sub-lieutenant on 1st March 1875. Alexander Ewing, senior, who was a Justice of the Peace for Glasgow and who may have been a senior partner in the corn factoring business of Ewing, Angus & Co., died on 13th March 1876 and his son resigned his commission the following year. Both Alexander Ewing`s sons moved to England late in the 19th century, owning properties in Hertfordshire and Kent, and the family ceased at that point to have any connection with Scotland. See Anon 1949 and Burke`s 1906.
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A RARE CASED 40 BORE SILVER-MOUNTED SINGLE-TRIGGER OVER AND UNDER FLINTLOCK PISTOL, BY JOSEPH EGG, LONDON SILVER MARKS FOR 1814 with blued octagonal barrels (light pitting) signed in gold on the top and bottom flats, silver bead fore-sight, engraved breeches, the upper inlaid with a platinum line, platinum-lined vents, engraved breech tang, signed engraved case-hardened external actions fitted with engraved `French` cocks, blued mainsprings, bolt safety-catches, rollers and rainproof pans (one top-jaw an early replacement), figured walnut butt cut with chequering, silver mounts comprising trigger-guard decorated with border ornament, spurred pommel engraved and gilt with the owner`s coat-of-arms within a foliate frame, gold escutcheon engraved with the owner`s crest, traces of original finish, and steel ramrod with chequered tip carried on the left of the barrels: in a later fitted mahogany case lined in green baize, complete with a contemporary three-way flask with later red leather covering 16cm; 6 1/4in Provenance: Christie`s South Kensington, 23rd May 1990, lot 277 Field Marshall Sir Francis Festing William Keith Neal The arms and crest are those of Baring, probably Sir Francis Thornhill Baring. Sir Francis Thornhill Baring, 3rd Baronet was born in 1796. He was a Member of Parliament for Portsmouth from 1826 to 1865, and was Chancellor of the Exchequer and First Lord of the Admiralty.
Charles II Manuscript Recovery document with elaborate initial `C` and decorated engraved coat-of-arms at the head relating to John Wheeler some wear at folds seal not present c.54 x 74cm 1675* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
English School Early 19th Century A gentleman head and shoulders facing right wearing a blue coat and white stock Oval in an rectangular ebonized frame 66 x 53mm++Has moved in the frame otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
English School 19th Century A gentleman half length wearing a black coat and white waistcoat Oval in a gilt frame with a photo to the reverse 60 x 46mm With a further oval miniature of a gent in profile watercolour in a rectangular ebonized frame (2)++1. Glass cracked grime below glass 2. Some fading does not fit in the frame* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 Samuel Shelley (1750/56-1808) A gentleman head and shoulders facing left wearing a blue coat Oval in a gilt metal frame with blue glass reverse 69 x 55mm Provenance: Limner Antiques 8th November 1976 with invoice++In good condition* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 English School c.1810 A gentleman head and shoulders facing left in a green coat and white stock In a modern gilt metal frame 82 x 68mm Provenance: Limner Antiques 17th March 1975 with invoice++Slight bowing otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 English School mid 18th Century A gentleman head and shoulders facing left wearing a brown coat and a full wig Oval in a gilt bronze bracelet mount 32 x 27mm++small abrasions to the margins otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 English School c.1810/20 A gentleman half length facing left in a blue coat yellow waistcoat and white stock In a carved giltwood rococo style frame and gilt metal slip mount 92 x 74mm++In good condition* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 Isaac Wane Slater (1784/5-1936) The Hon. Henry Ward (1796-1874) head and shoulders facing left wearing a black coat and a white stock In a brass frame 85 x 67mm Provenance: Sotheby`s London 29th March 1976 lot 62 with invoice++Scuffs to the margins lower left and lower right some grime under the glass otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 Thomas Hazlehurst (c. 1740-c.1821) A gentleman head and shoulders facing left wearing a blue coat and white stock Oval in gilt brass frame 65 x 54mm Provenance: Limner Antiques 4th December 1981 with invoice++In good condition* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 Nathaniel Plimer (1757-1822) A gentleman head and shoulders facing left in a dark blue coat and a white stock Oval in a gilt metal locket frame with central compartment containing two lockets of hair intertwined surrounded by blue glass 68 x 57mm Provenance: Limner Antiques 20th July 1978 with invoice++Some grime under the glass some bloom on the collar and along the power margin otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 Attributed to Richard Cosway R.A. (1742-1821) A gentleman head and shoulders facing left wearing a grey coat and a white stock Oval in a rectangular ebonised frame with gilt metal sight edge With later inscription verso 70 x 58mm Provenance: Sotheby`s London 24th July 1978 lot 301 with invoice++Some abrasions and old adhesive marks to the margins loose in frame slight bowing to the ivory otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
The Hugo Jellema Collection of Miniatures lot 108-149 James Scovell of Bath (fl.1815-1840) Mr Schulé half length facing left wearing a black coat and a white stock In a gilt metal frame 88 x 70mm Provenance: Limner Antiques 26th March 1973 with invoice++In good condition. No information verso when examined out of the frame* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
English School mid 19th Century Portrait of a gentleman wearing a dark coat and black stock Oil on board in a gilt frame 24 x 20cm; 9½ x 8in++Some cracking and one or two areas of lifting retouched glossy varnish* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
English School early 19th Century Portrait of a gentleman half length in a brown coat Oil on canvas oval 34 x 26cm; 13½ x 10¼in++Some cracks to the paint surface canvas surface uneven otherwise good* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
English School late 18th Century Portrait of a gentleman Head and shoulders wearing a green coat Oil on canvas laid down on board 26.5 x 21cm; 10½ x 8¼in++Some retouching thin in places* All lots marked with an asterisk are subject to VAT on the hammer price.‡ All marked lots may be subject to Droit de Suite / Artist`s Resale Right.For details please see www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk department page.All condition reports are a guide only and should be used as such.
Nicolaes de Clerck (active 1614-1625) after Jacob de Gheyn II Archer and Milkmaid (Hollstein 156) engraving, circa 1610, with an unidentified watermark, on laid paper, trimmed into the platemark, with horizontal central crease, various repaired tears, some thin patches, framed; together with Pride, from Virtues and Vices by Jacob Matham, after Goltzius (Hollstein 277), engraving, 1593, with Coat of Arms watermark, small margins, a 5 mm. repaired tear at the centre of the lower sheet edge, otherwise in good condition, framed P. 376 x 294 mm. (and smaller) (2) View on Christie's.com
Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) Ecce Homo, from: The Large Passion (Bartsch 9; Meder, Hollstein 118) woodcut, circa 1498, with a Coat-of-Arm with Cross and Letters watermark, a Meder g impression, with margins, with a central horizontal fold, faintly visible recto, some foxing B. 390 x 283 mm.., S. 413 x 315 mm. View on Christie's.com
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) A small Collection of Old Testament subjects including Joseph telling his dreams (Bartsch 37), Joseph's coat brought to Jacob (B. 38), David in Prayer (B. 41), The Angel departing from the Family of Tobias (B. 43) and Jan Lutma, Goldsmith (B. 276), etchings, later impressions, on various papers and sizes, with small to thread margins, all generally in good condition P. 198 x 150 mm., S. 202 x 152 mm. (and smaller) (5) View on Christie's.com
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) A Small Collection including The Pancake Woman (Bartsch 124), Jews in a Synagogue (B. 126), A Woman at a Door Hatch talking to a Man and Children (The Schoolmaster) (B. 128), A Peasant Family on the Tramp (B. 131), A Man in a Coat and Fur Cap leaning against a Bank (B. 151), A Beggar Woman leaning on a Stick (B. 170), The Bathers (B. 195) and A Negress lying down (B. 205), etchings, later impressions, on various papers and sizes, with small to thread margins, B. 205 with two small paper losses, some with minor staining and other minor defects, otherwise generally in good condition P. 108 x 136 mm., S. 113 x 145 mm. (and similar) (8) View on Christie's.com
Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn (1606-1669) Joseph's Coat brought to Jacob (Bartsch, Hollstein 38; Hind 104) etching with drypoint, circa 1633, a late impression of the second, final state, reworked and worn, with small margins, generally in good condition P. 106 x 80 mm., S. 111 x 85 mm. View on Christie's.com
Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) The Penitence of Saint Peter (Bartsch 7; Brown 6) etching, 1621, a very good impression of the second, final state, watermark Coat-of-Arms with Bend, trimmed inside the platemark, with the address of Frans van Wyngaerde partially trimmed off, a flattened horizontal central crease, faintly visible recto, in very good condition P., S. 317 x 243 mm. View on Christie's.com
A MEISSEN PORCELAIN FIGURE of a gallant, late 19th century, wearing a black tricorn hat, green and turquoise coat and breeches, and pink striped waistcoat, a dress sword at his hip, holding a cane in his left hand and eye glass to his right eye, on a scroll moulded base, indistinct numeral, inscribed 40 in burnt orange, 8" high
A SET OF THREE BOW PORCELAIN FIGURES, allegorical of Winter wearing a tricorn hat and tail coat and carrying an ermine muff, Summer holding a stick and sheaf of corn, and Spring carrying a basket of flowers, all raised upon turquoise and gilt scroll bases, iron red anchor and dagger marks, approximately 7 1/2" high
English School, late 18th century- Portrait of a Sergeant in King George III Coldstream Regiment of the Footguards standing full-length turned to the right in a landscape, 50.8x40.5cm Note: This military figure can be narrowed down to a Sergeant in King George III`s Coldstream regiment of the footguards, most likely a Sergeant of the Battalion Company 1792. He wears a red regimental coat with dark blue facings, symbolizing the Royal regiment, it may be a full dress version with a stand up collar with blue and gold lace edge. The gilt button loops in pairs on the lapel signify he is a member of the Coldstream and the gilt epaulettes are a sign that he is in a Battalion Company. Under the coat a black stock and white frill shows. A sword belt hangs on the left with an oval belt plate and there is a crimson sash round his waist with fringing on the left side. His hat is plain black with stiffeners in the front and back, the Infantry regiments still had white lacing around the edge of their hats but from 1790 the guards had black silk edging, as evident in the painting. They had a white plumb with black tip and black silk cockade at base. His hair is powdered, which was practise up until 1795, and tied in a black silk ribbon. (VW)
French School, 17th/18th century- Portrait of a noble woman, half-length, in a green and gold brocade dress, brown coat, coat of arms in top right, oil on canvas, in a ebonised wooden moulding frame, 73x62.2cm: French School, early/mid 19th century- Portrait of Mary Magdalene; oil on canvas, 65x53.5cm: Follower of Peter Paul Rubens 1577-1640, 19th century- The Crucifixion; oil on canvas, 55x45.5cm, (3) (part unframed)
Scandinavian/German School, mid 19th century- Portrait of a gentleman, half-length in a black coat with white stock turned to the left and portrait of a lady seated half-length in a grey-green dress turned to the right; oils on board, a pair, both signed with monogram `AD` and dated 1850, oval hand-tooled gilt composition frames, 41x33.5cm., ea., (2)
A John Lennon coat, table cloth and dressing gown, circa 1960, dressing gown in stylized floral pattern, height 107 cm, tablecloth in royal blue and white tassels, brown coat with fur collar, (3). Provenance: Was given to current owner by John Lennon whilst in his employment as house keeper of `Kenwood`, Weybridge, together with letters of authenticity from solicitors, Woking.
A George III silver circular waiter by John Scofield, London 1778, with beaded edge, and pierced inner border, engraved with a coat of arms at the centre, on three anthemion and scroll feet, 17.8cm (7in) diameter, 272g (8.75 oz) An unidentified shield and crest because of the worn engraving.
A MID-VICTORIAN CARVED MAHOGANY HALL STAND THIRD QUARTER 19TH CENTURY The mirror-centred upright with four scroll-carved branches applied with turned coat-pegs over a central glove-drawer flanked by umbrella receptacles 92 in. (233 cm.) high; 44½ in. (113 cm.) wide; 12½ in. (32 cm.) deep View on Christie's.com
A British 19th Century ship`s figurehead of carved wood depicting a woman in Grecian-style flowing dress wearing a circlet of laurel leaves and holding a shield charged with the coat of arms of the Royal burgh of Renfrew and the motto "DEUS UBERNAT NAVEM" and "SICILIUM COMUNE RENFREW", with remnants of paintwork in white and light blue, 72in. long x 22in. at the base.
A Victorian salver, by Henry Stratford, Sheffield 1891, circular, the raised fluted border centred by coat of arms of Newcastle Upon Tyne, presentation inscription `City & County of Newcastle Upon Tyne, Presented to Councillor Alexander Hepburn on the occasion of his opening the North Road Police Station..., 28th April, 1893, Edward Culley Mayor...`, 10in. (26cms), 24oz.
A George III coffee pot, by Reid & Sons, Newcastle 1817, engraved body, handle and spout, acorn finial to cover, engraved with coat of arms and crest, raised on spreading foot, 9in. (23cms) high, 24oz gross. PROVENANCE: Bought from the Lilburn Tower House Sale in 1975. Lilburn Tower is the seat of the Collingwood family and although worn, the crest looks to be that of the Collingwood family.
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