A rare Great War East Africa operations C.M.G. group of nine awarded to Colonel C. U. Price, Indian Army, C.O. of Jacob’s Rifles and a successful Column Commander whose forces captured Dar-es-Salaam in September 1916 The Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George, C.M.G., Companion’s neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel; East and Central Africa 1897-99, 1 clasp, Uganda 1897-98 (Lieut., 3/Baluch L.I.); China 1900, no clasp (Captain, 30/Baluch L.I.); 1914-15 Star (Lt. Col., 1/130 Baluchis); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf (Col.); Delhi Durbar 1903, impressed naming, ‘Colonel C. V. Price, 130th Baluchis’; Delhi Durbar 1911, unnamed as issued; Russian Order of St. Anne, ribbon only, mounted court style for wear, generally good very fine (8) £1800-2200 C.M.G. London Gazette 26 June 1916. Mention in despatches London Gazette 30 June 1916, 7 March 1918 and 6 August 1918 (all East Africa). Russian Order of St. Anne, 3rd Class London Gazette 15 February 1917. Charles Uvedale Price was born in May 1868 and was educated at the United Services College, Westward Ho! and the R.M.C., Sandhurst. Originally commissioned into the Royal Dublin Fusiliers in February 1888, he transferred to the Indian Army in January 1890 and served in the Zhob Valley on the North West Frontier in the same year, afterwards gaining an appointment as a Wing Officer in the 30th Regiment of Bombay Infantry (3rd Baluchis). In January 1897, however, he was attached to the 27th Bombay Infantry (1st Baluchis) as Adjutant, and went on to win his first campaign medal with them in the Uganda operations of 1897-98. During this latter campaign he was engaged against the Sudanese mutineers, including the operations at Jeruba and Kijangute, and in Budda and Ankoli, gaining a mention in despatches. Shortly afterwards he sailed for China, and served as a Captain in the course of the Boxer Rebellion. Then in 1903, back in India, Price attended the Delhi Durbar, attached as a Political Officer to His Highness the Mir of Khairpur. He was advanced to Major in February 1906. Appointed a Double Company Commander in the 130th K.G.O. Baluchis (Jacob’s Rifles) in October 1911, Price assumed command of the regiment in the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in April 1915, and went on to serve with distinction in the operations in East Africa. In July 1915, in the fighting in the Mbuyuni region, he was appointed to the command of the flanking column, comprising Jacob’s Rifles, the 4th K.A.R. and Cole’s Scouts, sent by Brigadier-General Malleson to envelop the enemy’s left. Carrying out a well timed circuitous night march, Price attacked at daybreak on the 14th, but by 8 a.m. his force was checked by strong enemy resistance, and it became necessary to await more positive news from the main attacking force to the Germans’ front. This initiative, however, also lost momentum, and by the time Malleson’s order to call off the assault reached Price, his force had been under a lively hostile fire for at least an hour. Unperturbed, Price disengaged and ‘brought away his force in a steady and well-executed withdrawal, with slight loss’ (Official history refers). In early July 1916, as C.O. of a 500-strong force, comprising the 5th Light Infantry and a company of the 101st Grenadiers, Price was given the task of capturing Tanga. Carrying out a successful landing on the southern shore of Manza Bay on the 5th, he moved his force inland towards Amboni, ‘which was reached next day after disposing of some slight resistance on the way’. And on the 7th, he and his men crossed the Zigi River, the final natural barrier between them and their goal. Tanga, however, was found to have been deserted by the enemy, although some had remained behind in the surrounding bush from where they sniped at the British with good effect. Flushing out such opposition by means of frequent patrolling, Price moved on to Kange on the 17th. Then in early August, he was given overall command of two columns, numbering in total some 1400 men, to secure the crossings of the Wami River. This he successfully accomplished in little more than a week, thereby assisting in opening up the way forward to attack Dar-es-Salaam. For the final advance on the seat of government and principal port of German East Africa, Price’s force was bolstered in strength by some 500 men and equipped with 20 machine-guns. The whole was assembled at Bagamoyo at the end of the month, and on the 31st, in two columns, it advanced on Dar-es-Salaam, while two smaller parties penetrated north to secure the railway line and some important bridges. Just four days later, having encountered little opposition, Price’s main force was assembled on the heights near Mabibo, from which the port could be seen less than three miles away. And early on that morning, after the Royal Navy had despatched a delegation aboard the Echo with a formal summons to surrender, the 129th Baluchis, which had acted as Price’s advanced guard throughout the operation, entered and took over the town. Once again, the Germans had made a hasty retreat, leaving behind 80 hospital patients and 370 non-combatants. For his part in some of the above related operations in German East Africa, Price was awarded the C.M.G and mentioned in despatches, in addition to gaining appointment to the Russian Order of St Anne. And in the later operations of that theatre of war between 1917-18, he again distinguished himself and was twice more the recipient of a ‘mention ‘. The Colonel, who retired to South Africa, died in May 1956. For the recipient’s Order of St. Anne, see Lot 669.
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A well-documented and exceptional Second World War immediate D.S.O., two tour D.F.C. group of eight awarded to Squadron Leader J. B. Starky, Royal Air Force, late Royal New Zealand Air Force: in what was undoubtedly one of the great ‘epics ‘of the last war, he flew home his crippled Lancaster after two crew had baled out and two others lay seriously wounded - but Starky was no stranger to perilous flight, having already survived a crash-landing in the desert and coaxed back another Lancaster minus six feet of its starboard wing Distinguished Service Order, G.VI.R., 1st issue, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse of the suspension bar undated, an official replacement in its Garrard, London case of issue; Distinguished Flying Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated ‘1943’, an official replacement in its Royal Mint case of issue; 1939-45 Star; Air Crew Europe Star; Africa Star; Defence and War Medals, M.I.D. oak leaf; New Zealand War Service Medal 1939-45, the first two virtually as issued, the remainder very fine or better (8) £2500-3000 D.S.O. London Gazette 28 September 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘At 20.11 hours on the night of 5-6 September 1943, Lancaster Y-DS 682 took off for Mannheim. The Captain, Acting Squadron Leader J. B. Starky, was on his forty-seventh trip; the remainder of the crew had about 20 sorties each to their credit. At 01.50 hours the aircraft, with starboard elevator almost completely shot away, the Navigator and Wireless Operator missing, and two more of the crew wounded, forced landed successfully at Ford. What follows is the story of events in between: The trip was uneventful until some 20 miles short of the target. The weather was clear and the aircraft was flying at 19,000 feet. Suddenly without any previous warning, a night fighter dived in a head-on attack. Our aircraft was badly hit, the cockpit was filled with smoke and a bright light gave the impression of a fire. It then went into a violent spiral - the central column rocking violently - and being unable to regain control the Captain gave the order to abandon by parachute. The Mid-Upper Gunner, Sergeant K. Tugwell, called out that the Rear-Gunner was stuck in his turret and the Captain made a desperate effort to regain control. The stick became a little easier, due to the dinghy which had been jammed in the tail unit blowing free, and the Captain regained control. The night fighter - a Ju. 88 - then attacked again from the rear. Both tail and Mid-Upper Gunners held their fire, and shot it down in flames. Squadron Leader Starky then attempted to take stock. He found that both Wireless Operator and Navigator had jumped by parachute, that his Flight Engineer was wounded in the shoulder and the 2nd Pilot wounded in the arm and head. The Bomb Aimer, Flying Officer B. A. W. Beer, had attempted to jump from the front exit, but had been unable to jettison the escape hatch. When he was finally half way out of the aircraft, he heard the Captain say ‘Hold on! ‘as he had the aircraft back under control. The Rear-Gunner was now manning the mid-upper turret, while the Mid-Upper Gunner and Bomb Aimer attended the wounded. The Captain then attempted the most difficult task of bringing his badly damaged aircraft back to base without the assistance of a Wireless Operator or Navigator. He set an approachable course for base and carried on this for over 30 minutes. By this time the Bomb Aimer had gone back to do the navigation, but as the navigators log had gone he had no plot and gave the Captain an amended course for base. On their way across France they were repeatedly fired at by A.A. batteries and as his inter-com had now gone, the Captain was compelled to take evasive action only from the judgment of the gun flashes. On one occasion the Bomb Aimer had to go through to tell the Captain that shells were bursting dangerously near the tail. In this precarious state the damaged Lancaster made its way back through the enemy fighter belt. The Mid-Upper Gunner manned the wireless set and succeeded in getting acknowledgment to a laborious S.O.S. The Bomb Aimer tried unsuccessfully to work GEE. Eventually the Channel was reached and as they drew near the coast the Captain and Bomb Aimer flashed S.O.S. on their lights. As they crossed the shore an immediate green was received and Squadron Leader Starky effected a masterly landing of his now uncontrollable aircraft, bringing it in at an air speed of 140 m.p.h. The story of this flight is an epic, and the return of the aircraft to this country must be considered due firstly and primarily to the superb airmanship and captaincy of Squadron Leader Starky, and actually to the magnificent co-operation of the rest of the crew. Squadron Leader Starky has already been recommended for the Distinguished Flying Cross for his really magnificent work during two tours of operations, and I consider that his latest achievement is worthy of the immediate award of the Distiguished Service Order.’ D.F.C. London Gazette 10 September 1943. The original recommendation states: ‘This officer is now on a second tour of operations. In 1941-42 he carried out a most successful tour on Wellingtons in the U.K. against targets in Germany and German occupied Europe - finishing in the Middle East with attacks against objectives in the Mediterranean. Flight Lieutenant Starky has now completed 42 sorties and has attacked many highly defended targets, including Essen, Benghazi and Pireaus, and has recently been actively engaged in the Battle of the Ruhr. On one occasion recently he collided with another aircraft over enemy territory and lost a large piece of his starboard wing, but succeeded by superb airmanship in bringing his badly damaged aircraft back to base. This officer has at all times shown resolution, courage and ability of the highest order in his attacks on enemy targets. His cheerful contempt for danger and his keenness for operational flying, have set a fine example to the other aircrew of this squadron.’ Mention in despatches London Gazette 11 June 1942. James Bayntun ‘Jim ‘Starky, who was born in Gisborne, New Zealand in November 1916, enlisted in the Royal New Zealand Air Force in July 1940 and commenced pilot training at No. 1 E.F.T.S., Taieri, near Dunedin that August. Following further training at Wigram, Christchurch, he was embarked for the U.K., where he attended No. 20 O.T.U. at Lossiemouth in Scotland and converted to Wellingtons prior to going operational as a 2nd Pilot in No. 149 Squadron at Mildenhall, Suffolk in June 1941. Quickly participating in nine operational sorties over the next few weeks, Dusseldorf, Bremen, Essen, Mannheim and Munster among the chosen targets, in addition to a brace of trips to Brest to attack the Prinz Eugen and Scharnhorst, he was ordered to the Middle East in September 1941, the same month in which he was appointed Flight Sergeant. Posted to No. 148 Squadron on his arrival - another Wellington unit, operating out of Kabrit - his aircraft was hit by flak on his very first sortie to Benghazi on 5 November. Appointed 1st Pilot in the same month, he had his work cut out for him on the night of the 25th while en route to another target, for local Arabs had exchanged a landing ground’s fuel supply for water - his engines cut out shortly after take-off and although by means of pressing his head against the canopy windscreen to peer into the darkness he managed to effect a full glide angle crash-landing, two members of crew were killed outright and others seriously injured - had he not managed to jettison the bomb load none would have survived. Having been knocked out and injured himself, Starky nonetheless set off into the desert to find help, walking 12 miles over rough terrain until staggering into Landing Ground 60 covered in blood - he then guided an ambulance to the crash site. In due course mentioned in despatches for his gallantry and l
An emotive Peninsular War Medal awarded to General J. H. Bainbrigge, 20th Regiment, who, having had charge of the Regimental Colours as a 17 year old Ensign in the retreat to Corunna, was seriously wounded near Pampeluna on 28 July 1813, as a result of which his left arm had to be amputated two weeks later - his extensive and colourful account of his experiences in the battles of the Pyrenees was subsequently published in the regimental history Military General Service 1793-1814, 4 clasps, Vimiera, Corunna, Vittoria, Pyrenees (John Bainbrigge, Lieut., 20th Foot) original riband and buckle as worn, good very fine £3000-3500 John Hankey Bainbrigge was born in July 1791, the younger son of Colonel Philip Bainbrigge - who was mortally wounded at the head of the 20th Foot at Egmont-op-Zee in October 1799 - and was appointed an Ensign in his father’s old regiment in March 1808. Quickly seeing action at Vimiera, aged 17 years, and in the retreat to Corunna, when he had charge of the regiment’s Colours in the rear-guard, he was advanced to Lieutenant in April 1809 on his return to the U.K. Back in the Peninsula in time to see further action at Vittoria and in the Pyrenees, he was seriously wounded in the engagement at Sauroren, near Pampeluna on 28 July 1813, as a result of which his left arm had to be amputated two weeks later. Luckily for posterity’s sake, Bainbrigge wrote an account of his experiences in these operations at the request of his children some 40 years later, a colourful and entertaining account that was published in Smyth’s History of the XX Regiment (London, 1889 - see appendices for General Bainbrigge’s Narrative of Roncesvalles and Sauroren), and from which the following extracts have been taken: ‘The French army had been newly clothed and appointed since the battle of Vittoria, and though their greatcoats were worn over their uniforms, they nevertheless made a splendid appearance. Their columns swept down the valley at a rapid pace, exposed to a sharp fire from the 7th Portuguese Cacadores, under Lieutenant-Colonel O’Toole. This was an exciting time, one which I shall not readily forget. Thoughtless, no doubt, as young men normally are, yet I could not repress the idea that this day might prove my last on earth, and when the whizzing of passing bullets became more frequent, I think I fully made up my mind to be hit .. The Colonel pointed to a chapel on the hill side overlooking Sauroren; we formed into sub-divisions of companies, right in front, and closed up to half distance. Just as I expected to be ordered to halt my company, for the regiment to deploy in line, Lieutenant-Colonerl Wauchope desired me to file off the Grenadiers to the right, saying, ‘You will enter the wood, and do your best to check the advance of the enemy’s column now entering it from the other side of the valley. ‘In giving this order to me, I have always thought the Colonel committed an error; the regiment could ill-afford to spare its best company, though reduced in numbers by its exertions and losses on the 25th. On arriving at the edge of the wood, I passed through the line of our Light Company, telling Lieutenant Fitzgerald that I had instructions to proceed on and feel for the enemy. When half way down the hill, I first met the French advance party. I fancied they were taken by surprise, but soon perceived that I had to contend with old soldiers who knew their work thoroughly. We at once commenced firing, and I retired slowly up the hill, inclining to my right, files a little extended and defending every stone and tree; the enemy stretched out to his right and left, and increasing rapidly in numbers, were turning both my flanks. About this time I brought down one of the enemy myself; observing him stationed in a bush very close to me, I took a musket from the man next to me, aimed deliberately and fired; he disappeared, and I saw no more of him. I doubt whether these men were Tirailleurs, though they were acting as light infantry, for the one I fired at wore a bearskin cap, like Guards; they were some of the finest looking soldiers I ever saw. However, we still presented a bold front as we retired slowly upwards. On reaching the edge of the woods we found to our great joy not an enemy, but a strong detachment belonging to Major-General Byng’s Brigade. Here I rallied the men, and, being well together, I determined on advancing again without communicating with the supporting detachment. The enemy fell back before us .. ‘‘Shortly after this advance, I received a musket shot through the elbow of my left arm and another ball struck me in the side, lodging in my back. It is possible the same bullet did all the mischief, as both wounds were received at the same time. I continued with my men as long as I was able to stand, when, becoming faint from loss of blood, I gave over command of the company to a Sergeant; and a Corporal assisted me to the rear and placed me under the first bit of rising ground we came to, where I was sheltered from the enemy’s fire .. I lay for a considerable time on the spot to which I had been removed until a Portuguese medical officer, attached to the Commissariat, came accidentally to the same place. He was mounted on a pony and pitying my forlorn situation assented to the request that he should accompany me to the village in our rear; this kind-hearted man helped me to get into the saddle, and, leading the way, took me to the town of Villalba. I had no difficulty in procuring a quarter, the inhabitants having fled in terror, abandoning their homes for fear of a sortie from the garrison of Pampeluna. Several medical officers had established themselves in the place, and were examining and dressing the wounds of such as arrived there from the field of battle. I took possession of a room with a nice bed in it; and at night Major-General Ross came to see me. With his usual liberality, he threw his purse on the bed, desiring that I should take what money I required. This was the last time I had the happiness of seeing my much esteemed General, an officer beloved by every soldier who served under him .. Sir Philip Bainbrigge, my brother, who was in the Quarter-Master General’s Department, joined Headquarters from a reconnaissance at the close of the action; on inquiry he learnt that I was wounded, and contrived to find me out in the course of the night. He urged my speedy removal from Villalba, because another battle might be fought next day, and sorties from the fortress of Pampeluna were frequent. He provided me with a horse to carry me to the bagge camp, which was two leagues on the other side of Pampeluna, and, as I said before, General Ross sent my servant from the regiment to take care of me. Weak and suffering as I was it would have been far pleasanter to remain where I lay, but the bare idea of risking being made a prisoner, in the event of a successful sortie, enabled me to make the exertion necessary, and in the morning I commenced the journey: my shattered arm tied up in a sash, amd my servant leading the horse. The bagge was reached in the course of the same day; but as there was no surgeon to examine my wounds, I decided on proceeding to Vittoria at once, which place I reached in five days more. At Vittoria I had the satisfaction of meeting the three officers of my own company who had been wounded a few days before me. We were lodged together in the same house. My arm, from some unaccountable reason, was not amputated until the 12 August; mortification had commenced, yet through the mercy of God, the skill and unremitting attention of Staff Surgeon Berry, and aided by a naturally vigorous constitution, I recovered. By the end of September, I was enabled to mount my horse and proceeded to Bilbao and embarked in October, on board a return transport for England. My wounds opened afresh on the voyage, which proved a most tempestuous one of five weeks. There happene
India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieutt. Wm. Tate Groom, 1st Madras Fusrs.) minor edge bruise and slight contact marks, good very fine £300-360 William Tate Groom was born in London on 20 August 1831. He was educated privately at Bognor Regis and at Rugby School. He was commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the 1st Madras Fusiliers on 20 August 1850 and was advanced to Lieutenant in March 1854. Groom served in the relief of Pegu in December 1852 and the second investment of the city in January 1853. Serving in the supression of the Indian Mutiny, he was dangerously wounded in the right thigh at Lucknow on 5 October 1857, and subsequently died of his wounds. Lieutenant Groom was dangerously wounded during the taking of the ‘Yellow House ‘between Alumbagh and Charbagh on 5 October 1857. Colonel R. Napier in his despatch of the same date to Major-General Sir James Outram mentions Groom in action a day or two earlier: ‘In the afternoon of the 1st, the column formed in the road leading to the Paen Bagh, and advanced through the buildings near the gaol, occupied the mass of houses on the left and front of Phillips’ Garden, under guidance of Mr Phillips the former occupant, and the enemy were driven from some houses and a barricade on the left of our advance, by fifty men of the Madras Fusiliers, led by Lieutenant Groom under a sharp fire of musketry, in a very spirited manner’. Sold with copied research.
Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, South Africa 1902 (159 Tpr. H. A. Van Der Linde, Western L.H.), suspension claw refixed, edge bruising and polished, otherwise good fine £300-350 Hercules Albertus Van der Linde, a Boer farmer, enlisted in the Western Light Horse at Vryburg on 1 May 1902, aged 19 years, stating that he had earlier served for three months in Cullinan’s Horse. In all probability, therefore, he was present with 64 other men from that unit when it had the ill-fortune to comprise part of Major Paris’ column, under Lord Methuen, when the General was defeated by De La Rey on 7 March 1902 - four of its men were killed and four wounded. Cullinan's Horse was a small unit that was part British, part surrendered Boer. The Western Light Horse was formed in April 1902 by Major Paris, on Lord Kitchener's orders, by bringing together Scott's Railway Guards, Cullinan's Horse, the Cape Police Specials, Hannay's Scouts and Dennison's Scouts. Major Dennison of Dennison's Scouts became its second-in-command. Its formation, soon after De La Rey's defeat and capture of Lord Methuen, was the result of discussions at Army H.Q. in Pretoria as to how best to use the units that were based in the Vryburg area and, as witnessed by the disaster to Methuen, were losing the battle to De La Rey and his "bitterenders". Initially, it had been proposed that Dennison would raise a new unit, as he related in his autobiography, A Fight to a Finish: ‘General Hamilton wrote me that it was the wish of the Commander-in-Chief that I should raise the nucleus of a corps by enrolling fifty Britishers and augmenting them from time with such of the surrendered rebels who preferred five shillings a day to a scanty subsistence .. I now had positive instructions verified officially a few days later, and in a very short time had over a hundred men enrolled, consisting of fifty Britishers, principally South Africans, and the balance of the class I was instructed to enrol, viz. surrendered rebels, whom I would much rather have met in the field as enemies than have their service; but these were my orders and I carried them out.’ Elsewhere, Dennison remarked that ‘great bitterness, of course, existed among the Boers against this class’. In the event, ‘the life of the corps was a short one, for peace soon followed, and, excepting a bit of a skirmish outside the town, practically the last of the war down west, the Western Light Horse saw no service in the field’ (A Fight to a Finish refers). It was disbanded a week after peace. Few of the Boers that fought with the British forces bothered to collect their medals after the end of the war. Often ostracised by their fellow Afrikaners (to the extent that a ‘National Scouts ‘church was formed), many preferred to forget that they had forsaken their brethren and sworn an oath of allegiance to the King. Few Queen’s South Africa Medals to Cullinan's Horse are recorded and few to the Western Light Horse, not only on account of the number of Boers that enlisted but also because the majority of Britishers had seen service with previous units (such as Scott's Railway Guards and the Cape Police Specials) and their medals were issued off the rolls of those units.
General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2716440 Gdsmn. G. Griffin, I. Gds.) extremely fine £500-600 Guardsman G. Griffin was killed in a terrorist ambush in Palestine in 1938, an incident referred to in the Irish Guards Journal: ‘Excluding the many encounters between patrols and small gangs, and the almost nightly engagements between Officers, road patrols and snipers, the Battalion fought in six actions against rebels, and perhaps an account of one, which will long be remembered by Irish Guardsmen, may not be without interest. At 4 p.m. on 18 August the Brigade Intelligence Officer was driving through the hills about twelve miles from Nablus, escorted by one armoured car and one section from the Battalion mounted in a truck. On reaching Deir Bajjala, the truck, which was the leading escort, was blown up by a mine and at the same time came under heavy fire from a gang of fity at about 80 yards range. As the immediate result, Guardsman Griffen (sic) was killed, all the remainder of the section were wounded, and the Section Commander, Sergeant Millar, who was slightly wounded in the back, received a bullet through his helmet. The machine-gun in the armoured car jammed, the Lewis gun on the truck had been put out of action by a bullet, and the only weapons in the action against the advancing Arabs were the rifles of the Brigade Intelligence Officer, the Brigade Interpreter and Sergeant Millar. The situation was now extremely serious and, although wireless calls had been sent up for air and ground assistance, no immediate reinforcements could be expected. Accurate and rapid fire from these three rifles, assisted by Guardsman Murphy, who, although badly wounded, continued to fire, did infact keep off the gang, but by the time reinforcements had arrived the Arabs had crept to within thirty yards and were being heavily engaged by Sergeant Millar with hand grenades. Two aeroplanes arrived on the scene, one of which was shot down and both the pilot and observer were killed. Shortly afterwards, two armoured cars arrived, followed by No. 4 Company’s mobile column ..’ The enemy gang was subsequently driven off, leaving behind ten killed. Sold with an original National Forces of Eire discharge certificate for ‘R103 Pte. George Griffin’, dated 25 April 1924. #500-600 276. General Service 1918-62, 1 clasp, Palestine (2694698 Gdsmn. R. Henderson, S. Gds.) nearly extremely fine £180-220 2694698 Gaurdsman Reginald James Henderson, 2nd Battalion Scots Guards was killed in action in North Africa on 26 September 1940, aged 24 years. He was buried in El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt.
A pair of Empire style gilt metal candelabra each with a central caryatid draped in a chemise supporting three engine turned sconces, on scrolling anthemion branches united by a similarly decorated tapering column, on verde antico marble and gilt metal framed stepped plinth bases with paw feet (2) 18cm wide, 45cm high, 11cm deep
A George I walnut and featherbanded bureau in two sections, the crossbanded fall front revealing a stepped interior with a central fan veneered concave cupboard door, enclosed by sliding narrow column compartments and an arrangement of small drawers and pigeonholes, above two short and two long drawers framed by ovolo mouldings, the skirted base on bracket feet 108cm wide, 109cm high, 56cm deep
A large and unusual George III mahogany kitchen dresser/ housekeeper's chest the low serpentine scroll-cut ledge back with plate rail above a hinged top with moulded edge revealing a shallow voided interior, the three lipped frieze drawers above a further bank of six lipped and graduated drawers with brass drop handles, between cluster column uprights, on ogee bracket feet 172cm wide, 120cm high, 55cm deep
A mid 19th century French rosewood work table the canted rectangular hinged top with kingwood crossbanding and a large inlaid ornate central cartouche, the interior with an arrangement of open and lidded compartments, upheld on double C-scroll supports and a faceted column, the quatreform base with short scroll feet 58cm wide, 76cm high, 46cm deep
A Victorian walnut and marquetry breakfast table the circular radial veneered tilt top inlaid with a central bouquet and an ornate entwined foliate and flowerhead scrolling border, on a bulbous gadrooned column with triple moulded downswept legs with leaf scroll feet and castors 136cm diameter, 75cm high
A Victorian amboyna and carved giltwood breakfast table By T & G Seddon, London the faded circular tilt-top with an entwined scroll gilt brass mount to its edge, the pedestal column with gadrooned and lotus leaf collars on a triform base with scroll mouldings and fluted scroll feet with concealed castors, top of pedestal stamped twice, ' T&G SEDDON', and also 'I. WILSON 68 GREAT QUEEN STREET LONDON' 133cm diameter, 72cm high
A silver epergne and stand, Horace Woodward, Birmingham 1871, designed in revival style, the epergne with three branches each supported by scrolling foliate bracket terminated with a ram's head, raised on central fluted column and supported by tri-partite base applied with three mythical winged horses, each with dolphin tail, all raised on separate mirrored, silver stand, with conforming decoration and engraved 'This Plateau with epergne was presented to William Henry Rogers Esq: JP for the county of Stafford, to record the placing of his portrait in the Orphan asylum, Wolverhampton, as a testimonial from his friends in appreciation of his munificent benevolence and practical usefulness in the cause of that Institution performed in his capacity of Chairman of the Board of Management and for the care evinced by him in the orphans welfare, June 1872'. Epergne 51cm high, stand 33cm diameter
A Fabulous Early 17th Century Oak Frieze Panel boldly carved in high relief with Adam & Eve depicted by The Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil on one side, and being expelled from the Garden of Eden on the other side, with animals resting amongst the foliage beneath a leafy canopy. Flanked by half column pilasters with scrolled capitals 17½ ins x 67 ins (44.5 cms x 170 cms), good colour & patination.
A Large Fine Quality 19th Century Brass Samovar. The urn with turned ebonised carrying handles on scrolling shell-crested mounts either side and an elaborate tap to the front. The lid fitted with a cylindrical steam chimney bearing a teapot stand to the top. Standing on a rising pedestal and square plinth base with short column feet, 27 ins (69 cms) high, 15 ins (38 cms) in width.
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