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Lot 1294
A quantity of Commemorative Crowns/coins to include two Prince of Wales gilded crowns, Queen Elizabeth II Windsor coat of arms, 70th Prince of Wales £5 2018, Queen's Coronation Jubilee silver Proof, 100th Anniversary of House of Windsor £1 2017, 2013 silver Britannia one ounce plus certificate, Solar Eclipse 1999 £5,. Solar Eclipse 1999 £2 and 1977 25yrs on throne, (several with certificates).
Lot 138
This charming Coalport figurine, Tinker, is a finely crafted porcelain piece that captures the character of a traditional tinker in exquisite detail. Standing at 6.75"H, the figure showcases rich hand-painted colors, depicting a man in a weathered blue coat, brown trousers, and a hat, carrying a small satchel. The expressive facial features and intricate detailing reflect Coalport's legacy of fine craftsmanship. A collectible piece, this figurine embodies the charm of everyday life from a bygone era.Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 164
Hand-painted Beswick figurine of "Amiable Guinea-Pig" from Beatrix Potter's tales. Featuring a detailed design with a brown coat, blue scarf, and white top hat. Marked on the base with Beswick and F. Warne & Co. Ltd., copyright 1967. A collectible piece for Beatrix Potter enthusiasts.Issued: c. 1967Dimensions: 3.75"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 153
Coalport The Skaters from the Sporting Pastimes series, a Home Shopping exclusive, hand-decorated and limited to 2,000 pieces. This 2001 bone china figurine portrays a stylish Edwardian lady in a deep green winter coat with white fur trim, holding a muff. Finely detailed with delicate facial features and gold accents. Marked on the base, includes original box.Artist: Martin EvansIssued: 2001Dimensions: 8.25"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 125
This Royal Doulton Character Jug is titled Mine Host (DP6468), crafted in 1957. It features a jovial, welcoming gentleman with a smile and raised hand, wearing a black tricorn hat, a red coat, and a white cravat. The jug is part of Royal Doulton's famous character jug series, capturing the essence of 18th-century English hospitality. The backstamp on the base reads "Mine Host DP6468" with additional markings indicating production in 1957. The jug measures 7"H and is a great collectible for Royal Doulton enthusiasts.Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
Lot 251
Brown hat; green coat; yellow and red scarf. Paddy, a colloquial term for an Irishman, is derived from St. Patrick, the country's patron saint. This gent is dressed in traditional green for St. Patrick's Day. Royal Doulton backstamp.Artist: Harry FentonIssued: 1937 - 1960Dimensions: 3.25"HCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Good
Lot 5461
Pair of mid-20th century hardwood chairs associated with the Company of Cutlers in Hallamshire, Sheffield, each featuring a squared frame and black vinyl upholstery, the back emblazoned with the guild’s gilt coat of arms and motto “Pour Y Parvenir a Bonne Foi” (To Succeed through Honest Endeavour)Dimensions: Height: 79cm
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Lot 39
A Meissen Porcelain Figure Group, late 19th century, as a pair of dancing putti holding a floral wreath, on rococo style base, underglaze crossed swords mark, 11.5cm high, together with another Meissen figure of a boy holding a basket of flowers, 12.5cm high (2) Group with slight losses to flowers. No restoration.Single figure with repair to basket handle and coat tails.
Lot 1111
A Large Quantity of Modern Ladies Clothing, comprising wool and other coats, jackets, wool jumpers, separates etc including Jaeger, Laura Ashley, Precis, Steilman, Astracan coat, Olsen, Jumpers, Ralph Lauren, Benetton, Cashmere, Monsoon, Clements Ribeiro, East, French Connection, Jobis etc, (mainly size 10-12/M)(one rail - 48 items)
Lot 367
George Smart (English, 1774-1846) known as The Tailor of Frant, or a follower of George Smart (possibly named R Marshall), 'Old Bright The Postman', probably early-mid 19thC, a cut and assembled fabric and leather collage, showing the old postman in a felt coat and trousers leading a donkey along a road through Frant, with his satchel and holding two letters, with Frant church and a house behind him, framed and glazed in a period black painted frame, and brown paper glued to the back with an applied photocopied label and a further label cellotaped on, together with a copy of the book 'George Smart, The Tailor of Frant: Artist in Cloth & Velvet Figures', by Jonathan Christie, published by Unicorn, 2016, in which the picture is shown, frame 43cm wide, 39.5cm high.PROVENANCEChristie's, The Judkyn/Pratt Collection of British Folk Art, 8th November 1995.A Folk Art dealer, London.The Property of a GentlemanLITERATUREThis picture is illustrated and discussed on page 113 of the monograph book 'George Smart, The Tailor of Frant: Artist in Cloth & Velvet Figures', by Jonathan Christie, published by Unicorn, 2016. Author and noted George Smart expert Christie states that "...This Postman is considered the earliest known example of this subject by Smart. ... The historian and writer James Ayres knew this picture well and indeed described it as one of the earliest of its type. The metallic flags appear in later versions as does the clump of trees perched on top of the hill on the right." However, since the publication of this book, opinions on the authorship of this picture differ, with the author of the above book and another expert now believing this to possibly be the work of another hand in the style of George Smart. A clue may lie in the photocopied label glued to the back of the brown paper. In old inked writing, this reads 'the Frant Postman Returning home from the tunbridge Wells 93 years of age by R Marshall'. This could be a photocopy of an old, original label under the brown paper, which is stuck down to the backboard presumably irretrievably covering the original label, if it is indeed there - and if the two are connected. FOOTNOTE: George Smart (1774-1846) is a key figure in English Folk Art. He lived in the village of Frant, around 2 miles south of Tunbridge Wells. As well as offering tailoring services, he made fabric covered dummy boards and pictures that he sold from shelves attached to his house, 'Smart's Repository', on the main road. His fame grew and he was included in period tourist guidebooks to Tunbridge Wells. In 1820, he sold works to His Royal Highness the Duke of Sussex, and thus then considered himself 'By Royal Appointment'. Although there are no records of how many pieces Smart made, and no idea of how much they cost, it is thought that only around 100 of his works survive - all in public or private collections. There are no records of R. Marshall, or any period artists producing work in Smart's style and featuring his characters. This is a very rare opportunity to acquire not only a work in superb condition showing Smart's most beloved local Kentish character.Old Bright, the Frant postman, is arguably Smart's most loved, mosty frequently shown character. Delivering post was Old Bright's second career - before, he was known as the 'Sweeper of The Walks', (The Pantiles). This example contains all the detail of Smart's depiction of this popular character, from the buckles on the shoes to his leather satchel, the furry grey hair, tired demeanour, handwritten letters with their cryptic part-hidden addresses, and more.CONDITION: Overall very good to excellent considering the age and materials of the piece. No apparent missing components. Although the donkey's eye does not have a bead and his coat has no buttons, there are no patches (such as remains of glue), where these may have been held. There is some fading and darkening all over, as to be expected, and a couple of small patches of losses to the pile of the felt used for the road and the field, and a fence post and the church, as photographed. There are two cuts to an area of the field behind and above the milestone, presumably (like with the milestone itself), to add an sense of form or undulation. Remarkably, the gilt paper components used for the flags and church clock tower hands all survive in place. Not examined out of its frame or under a black light, but the brown paper backing has been cut and lifted in one area.Packing & ShippingLet us take the hassle of sorting out packing and shipping from you. Mark Hill Auctions is delighted to be able offer the buyer an in-house packing and shipping service for this lot. We use UPS for shipping and all packages are sent insured with a tracked service. We do not ship without insurance. We do not use any other service such as Royal Mail, FEDEX or DHL. 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Lot 77
Erasmus (Desiderius) Opus de conscribendis epistolis..., 1569, bound with De Duplici Copia Verborum, 1577, together 2 in 1 by the same, printers device to both titles, 17th century ink ownership inscription to first title and occasional scattered notes to margins, presumably in the same hand, light uniform browning and occasional minor stains, contemporary pig-skin over boards, elaborately stamped in blind, and with two central medallions displaying the ?author's likeness and a coat of arms (faintly discernable), spine toned, slight wear to lower corners, Cologne, Peter Horst; Querela Pacis, bound with De Contemptu Mundi, together 2 in 1 by the same, woodcut device to titles, occasional scattered ink underlinings and notes to margins in early hand, vellum, Leiden, Joannes Maire, 1641, 8vo & 12mo (2)
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Lot 50
Charles I (King of England) Basilika [graece]. The Works of King Charles the Martyr, second edition, engraved coat of arms, additional engraved title, 2 double-page engraved plates, 2I1 with tiny rust hole affecting odd letter, 4N1 with loss to lower corner and short tear into text, occasional faint spotting, later calf, rebacked, a little rubbed, bumping to corners, folio, for Ric. Chiswell, 1687.
Lot 270
L'Art et Instruction de Bien Dancer. A facsimile of the only recorded copy, presentation inscription and loosely inserted A.L.s from Sir Charles Dodds to William Sidney Charles Copeman both dated 27 December 1956, facsimile text printed in red and black, woodcut illustrations, bookplate of Copeman, later crushed morocco, decorated in gilt with coat of arms of Royal College of Physicians, g.e., joints and corners slightly rubbed, 1936 § Seaton (Edward C.) A Handbook of Vaccination, first edition, ink ownership inscriptions to front pastedown and front free endpaper, partially unopened, original cloth, joints slightly rubbed and cracked, spine ends and corners bumped, Macmillan and Co., 1868 § Gas. The National Fuel. Its Uses for Domestic Water Heating, first edition, tipped-in frontispiece and illustrations, folding plate, small ownership stamp to front free endpaper, original cloth, lettered in silver, spine lightly sunned, spine ends and corners bumped, 1935; and c.70 others, science and medicine, v.s. (c.75)*** One of three copies bound especially by the Royal College of Physicians for presentation by Sir Charles Dodds who was the president of the RCP and principal of the Courtauld Institute of Biochemistry.
Lot 75
Euripides. Tragoediae, quae hodie extant, title with 17th ink ownership inscription to foot and small defect to blank lower margin, initial ff. with light damp-stains, contemporary limp vellum, upper cover torn at foot, spine toned, remnants of fabric label, yapp edges and remains of ties, [VD16 E4222], Frankfurt, Ludwig Lucius, 1562 § Cicero (Marcus Tullius) Epistolae ad Atticum, ad Brutum, et ad Q. fratrem, printer's device to title, manuscript ink notes to front endpaper verso, contemporary vellum, stain lower cover, [VD 17 3:309867P], Frankfurt, heirs of Andreas Wechel and others, 1625 § Photius the Great (Saint, Patriarch of Constantinople) [Graece] Myriobiblon sive Bibliotheca, edited by David Hoeschel, translated by Andreas Schott, half title, title in red and black with woodcut device, large engraved coat-of-arms at dedication head, Greek and Latin text in double column, foxing and spotting, contemporary vellum with lettering to spine, rebacked but preserving original back-strip, J. & D. Berthelin, Rouen, 1653; and 22 others classics, 17th century and most in vellum, 4to et infra (25)
Lot 2184
Royama gentleman's 18ct gold manual wind wristwatch, blue dial, with baton hour markers and Saudi Arabian coat of arms, Helvetia hallmark, on integral 18ct gold bracelet, stamped 750Condition Report:Approx 89.85gm (including movement), bracelet also tested 18ct - non magnetic, movement functioning, case and bracelet with some light scratches otherwise good condition, hands stiff to move, glass and dial good, max inner circumference = 18cm, case diameter = 33mm (excluding crown)
Lot 419
A George III Messenger's BadgeKing's Messenger's Badge, G.III.R. pattern, an oval Badge, formed of a crowned garter including motto, within this a polychrome Royal Coat of Arms under glass cover, with cypher above, English rose and Scottish thistle at edges, 110mm x 55mm, with appendant greyhound, Badge silver-gilt, the reverse with hallmarks and maker's initials 'WP', greyhound in silver, with fittings for wearing, very fine…
Lot 500
Latvia, Republic, Order of Viesturs, Civil Division, 5th Class Knight's breast Badge, 62mm including coat of arms suspension x 43mm, silver and enamel, by V. Millers, Riga, hallmarks and maker's mark to reverse of coat of arms suspension, enamel cracks on one reverse arm, otherwise good very fine, scarce…
Lot 380
A rare post-war K.P.M. for Gallantry awarded to Constable 1st Class E. B. O'Regan, New South Wales Police Force, who was shot while confronting armed robbersKing's Police and Fire Services Medal, for Gallantry, G.VI.R., 1st issue (Const. 1/Cl. Edward B. O'Regan, N.S.W. Police Force), in its Royal Mint case of issue, official naming on pre-prepared ground, extremely fineK.P.M. London Gazette 29 August 1947.Edward Bernard O'Regan was born on 15 August 1916 and joined the New South Walers Police Force as a Constable in July 1939. A native of Lithgow in N.S.W., he was described on his enlistment papers as standing at 6.1 feet and weighing nearly 12 stone.By the time of his K.P.M.-winning exploits in May 1946, he was still serving as a Constable, but he was about to receive accelerated promotion to Constable 1st Class. And of those gallant deeds, his service record states:'Specially commended for the very fine policeman ship and conspicuous bravery displayed when, in company with Constable A. E. Gilchrist, the arrest was affected of an armed bandit, M. J. Delaney, at Harris Park on 23 May 1946, and also in connection with the attempted apprehension of two offenders who were disturbed when about to break into the Cabramatta Post Office at 2 a.m. on 30 May 1946. Promoted to Constable 1st Class as on, from 23 May 1946, and submission made for the award of the King's Police and Fire Services Medal 'for Gallantry' in accordance with the recommendation of the appraisement committee.'Of the incident at Cabramatta - and under the headline 'Two More Police Shot; Big Manhunt' - a local newspaper takes up the story:'The men shot were detectives Regan and Gilchrist. They disturbed the men at the back of Cabramatta Post Office. The men fired shots and wounded both detectives. The wounds were not serious.The men ran across to a black sedan car, in which they drove off at high speed towards Fairfield. All police cars in the metropolitan area were posted to a search for the sedan. Detectives were called from their beds in all parts of the metropolitan area.Detectives Regan and Gilchrist, though wounded, joined in the hunt. Later, however, both detectives had to abandon the hunt and seek treatment at Parramatta Hospital. Regan was shot in the thigh, but the nature of Gilchrist's injuries were not known at 3 a.m. today.The sedan in which the men made their getaway was stolen in Newtown earlier in the night.One of the men was wearing a blue suit. A pocket was torn from his coat during a struggle with the detectives.Three detectives have been shot in two days. On Tuesday night Detective Sergeant Wilson was shot while in plain clothes room of Darlinghurst Police Station.'O'Regan, who was duly recommended for the K.P.M. for Gallantry, resigned from the N.S.W. Police Force in August 1947. He died at Parramatta in July 1967; sold with copied service record and newspaper reports.…
Lot 104
Sold by Order of a Direct Descendant'After some delay...a letter was received on Tuesday from Sir George explaining that the claim of the old Peninsular veteran had been doubly recognised; with the sanction of H.R.H, the Queen has been informed through Sir Henry Ponsonby of Captain Gammell's case, and Her Majesty was so interested in it that she decided to present to the veteran her Jubilee medal, in addition to the Peninsular medal...Those who know what a staunch supporter of the Throne and Constitution he has always been, as well as a brave officer in his younger days, will heartily congratulate him on the double honours he has received, especially his kind recognition by the Queen' (Bath Chronicle & Weekly Gazette, Thursday 28 September 1893, refers)The historically fascinating and unique Peninsular War and Queen Victoria Jubilee pair awarded to Captain J. Gammell, late 59th, 92nd and 61st regiments of Foot, who was almost certainly the last surviving British Officer of the Peninsular War and who claimed his campaign Medal in 1889 - an astonishing 75 years after the battle in which he participated and such a remarkable circumstance that The Queen herself then commanded that he should also be awarded her Jubilee MedalMilitary General Service 1793-1814, 1 clasp, Nive (Ensign, James Gammell. 59th Foot.), this officially named in the style of the Egypt and Sudan Medal 1882-89; Jubilee 1887, silver, unnamed as issued, mounted together upon a silver bar for wear, on their original ribands and contained within a bespoke fitted leather case by Mallett, Goldsmith, Bath, the top lid tooled in gilded letters stating: Presented by Command of Her Majesty Queen Victoria to Capt. James Gammell, late 92nd, 61st and 59th Regiments, when in his 93rd year, 9 March 1889., traces of old lacquer, otherwise about extremely fine (2)James Gammell, second son of Lieutenant-General Andrew Gammell and Martha Stageldoir, was born in London on 3 January 1797. Scion of an old Scottish family, his father enjoyed a long (if undistinguished) military career and appears to have been a personal friend of H.R.H. the Duke of York; it is he who may have been responsible for the elder Gammell's appointment to the socially-prestigious 1st Foot Guards in September 1803.On 29 September 1813, young James Gammell was commissioned Ensign (without purchase) in the 59th (2nd Nottinghamshire) Regiment of Foot (London Gazette, 2 October 1813, refers). The 2nd Battalion of the 59th had already seen its fair share of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, having been in Spain in 1808 and 1809 before being re-deployed on the disastrous Walcheren Campaign. Returning home, in 1812 the unit was sent back to the Iberian Peninsula where they participated in most of the final battles of that campaign including Vittoria (June 1813); Nivelle (November 1813) and the Nive (December 1813). Gammell clearly must have joined his regiment in the summer or autumn of that year, as his single-clasp Medal attests; for his first (and indeed only) major battle he must have seen a significant amount of fighting as the 59th suffered casualties of some 159 men killed and wounded. The regiment returned home at the conclusion of hostilities, and Gammell is next noted as being promoted into the Sicilian Regiment on 27 April 1815 (London Gazette, 6 May 1815, refers).Remaining in the peacetime Army, like many young junior officers Gammell moved through several different units over the next few years. The Sicilian Regiment may have offered the chance for some interesting soldiering, but it is unlikely he ever spent time with them as on 1 June the same year he transferred (still as Lieutenant) into the 61st (South Gloucestershire) Regiment of Foot. Likely with them on garrison duty in Jamaica from 1816-22 on 21 August 1823 he moved again, this time to the 64th (2nd Staffordshire) Regiment of Foot - but again still as a Lieutenant. In 1825 he was promoted to Captain in the 92nd (Gordon Highlanders) by purchase (London Gazette, 14 May 1825, refers) - but yet again he was not destined to remain long in his regiment as a mere five months later the London Gazette carries another entry (dated 22 October) stating that he had retired on 6 October that year.It is quite likely that, in reality, Gammell had no need to be a soldier as he was an independently wealthy man. In 1816, soon after his father's death, his grandfather purchased an agricultural estate for him and, though the two were later to fall out over the subject of Gammell's marriage to a Miss Sydney Holmes, the estate ensured he was to receive a steady source of income for him and his family for the rest of his life. Marrying Miss Holmes on 21 September 1825, the couple went on to have no less than ten children and in 1834 the Gammell family moved to Edinburgh before relocating to Bath in 1856-57 and taking up residence at 16 Grosvenor Place. Here Gammell was to remain until his death on 23 September 1893 at the remarkable age of 96, which makes him quite likely the last surviving British officer to have participated in the Peninsular War - a fact supported by several primary and secondary sources, the latter including a reference in the Journal of the Orders and Medals Research Society (March 2009) and the book Wellington's Men Remembered: A Register of Memorials to Soldiers who Fought in the Peninsular War and at Waterloo. He was interred at Locksbrook Cemetery, Bath, and the occasion included his coffin being conveyed to the site in a closed hearse, covered in a Union Jack, and a wreath stating: 'In kindly remembrance of the last of the Peninsular officers.'However, his story does not end here, as just a few years previously he became the subject of a remarkable tale which led to the award of two medals - the first of which he had earned as a 17-year-old Ensign in the 59th Foot all those years ago. The 'Bath Chronicle' takes up the story:'Captain James Gammell, the only surviving officer of the British Army which fought in the Peninsular War, died on Saturday last at 16, Grosvenor Place, Bath, where he had resided for many years...By his death the work of charity in the neighbourhood of Larkhall loses a generous friend, the Conservative cause one of its most ardent supporters, and the Queen one of the most loyal and devoted of her subjects. His loyalty and attachment to her Majesty was one of the dominant features of Captain Gammell's character and his enthusiasm was evidenced during the celebration of the Royal Jubilee in 1887. Flags were liberally displayed at his residence, and the letters "V.R." in gas jets, with a shield bearing the Royal arms, and the motto "Tria in juncta uno - Quis separabit." ...In March, 1889, the Bath Chronicle thus described how Captain Gammell received the Peninsular medal and the Queen's Jubilee medal: -A curious and gratifying incident has just occurred, which for the credit of all concerned is worth recording. At the latter end of December Colonel Balguy happened to be at the National Provincial Bank, and a casual remark made by him led a venerable gentleman near to say that it was just 75 years ago that he donned the red coat. Surprised at the communication, Colonel Balguy rejoined "You must have been in the Peninsula." "I was at Bayonne in 1814, when the French made their sortie," replied the stranger. "Then you have a medal?" He explained that he never had one nor had he applied for one, and in reply to further questions, stated that he was an Ensign in the 59th Regiment, and retired as a Captain from the Gordon Highlanders in 1825. The conversation again turned upon the medal, and after some hesitation he accepted Colonel Balguy's o…
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