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Click here to subscribeA Swaine-Brigg leather suitcase with fitted vanity contents tan leather, the interior with easel mirror and small jewellery box, the silver mounted contents by T.P., London 1945, comprising three etched glass bottles and jars, hairbrush, clothes brush, together with a later silver mounted brush and comb, the case 20 x 14 x 6½in. (51 x 35.5 x 16.5cm.).
A mixed lot of silver items, comprising a silver mounted table vesta case, modelled as a braizier, cast iron body, by Saunders and Shepherd, Chester 1900, a trinket box, of oval form, a cased pair of military brushes, another pair of military brushes, a comb, a brush , a brush back, and three religious medallions, approx. weighable 4oz. (qty)
SIX PIECE SILVER AND GREEN GUILLOCHE ENAMELLED VANITY SET in a fitted glass fronted case, including a hairbrush, comb, three other brushes and an etched glass perfume bottle of bulbous form, makers Adie Brothers, Birmingham 1926, the box 26cm long, 19.5cm wide, the perfume bottle 11.5cm high
Art deco silver and guilloche enamel dressing table set , boxed, of three bottles, three jars, pin box, and manicure set (scissors lacking) with white and blue decoration, Birmingham 1933 - 1935 (enamel removed from one jar lid); also a cased set of a silver backed hand mirror , pair of hair brushes, one (of two) cloth brushes, comb and a button hook, Hamilton & Inches, Edingurgh 1924 . (2 cases)
An eight piece silver and enamel lady’s dressing table set each piece painted with a spray of red roses on a cream guilloche enamel ground, comprising a hand mirror, a pair of hairbrushes, a pair of clothes brushes, a comb, a circular ring box and a circular glass powder bowl, Birmingham, 1959, 1961 and 1962, maker’s HCD, retailer ‘Winsor, Bishop & Co. Ltd. of Norwich’.
Birmingham silver miniature two handled trophy cup, silver backed brush and comb set, two Birmingham silver handled shoe horns, Victorian Chester silver sugar tongs, London silver desk candlestick, Birmingham silver pepper grinder, Birmingham silver egg cup, pair of Birmingham silver pierced cup holders, Epns tea strainer and stand and an Epns mounted comb, all mixed dates and makers marks (14)
A FINE AND RARE GERMAN ETCHED AND GILT COMB MORION OF THE SAXON TRABANTENLEIBGARDE OF THE CHRISTIAN II, ELECTOR OF SAXONY (1591-1611) with tall skull formed in one piece and rising to a roped comb, the base encircled by a row of sixteen gilt-brass lion`s masks over lining-rivets, each with a ring in its mouth (two rings missing), narrow brim rising to a point at the front and rear, decorated at its edges with a roped inward turn, struck with Nuremberg mark and the maker`s mark, a pair of shears, at the front, fitted at the rear with gilt-brass plume-holder cast and chased in high relief as a female herm, the skull decorated with etched and gilt bands of interlaced foliate scrollwork encircling the figure of Mutius Scaevola before Porsena on one side and Marcus Curtius leaping into the gulf on the other, the comb with further etched and gilt bands of running foliage and a central-cabled medallion framing, on the respective faces, the arms of the Dukes of Saxony and the Archmarshallship of the Holy Roman Empire, the brim decorated with etched and gilt bands of running scrolls, complete with its original cheek-pieces comprising three lames on the left and two on the right (one missing), each etched and gilt with bands of running foliage around its border and fitted at its centre with a gilt-brass foliate boss over an iron rivet, and retaining much original gilding throughout 30cm; 11 3/4in high Provenance The Saxon Electoral Armoury, Dresden Colonel Norman Colville, sold Sotheby & Co., 12th June 1953, lot 66The maker`s mark is perhaps that of the Nuremberg master Martin Schneider (Müller & Kunter 1984, pp. 263-5 and 269). A shield struck with the same mark was sold in these rooms, 8th December 2012, lot 178.This helmet belongs to a distinctive group which was first made for the Trabantenleibgarde of the Elector August I of Saxony (1553-86) and continued to be used, and possibly added to, in the time of his successors Christian I (1586-91) and Christian II (1601-11). Originally this would have matched the black doublets and yellow trunk hoses of the uniform of the guards. A large number of helmets from this group, which may have included the present example, were removed from the Electoral armoury in the 1830s and sent to the State Opera House in Dresden for theatrical use, many of which were seen there by Bashford Dean in 1912. See H. Nickel 1989, pp.117-21 and I. Eaves 2002, pp. 149-150.
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN CLOSE HELMET FOR THE TOURNEY, CIRCA 1590, AUGSBURG OR DRESDEN of notable weight, formed of a rounded skull rising to a high roped medial comb, pierced at the rear of the neck with six small rivet-holes for the attachment of a missing plume-holder and to either side of it with four lace-holes, visor, upper bevor and bevor attached by common pivots with domed heads, the visor with a prominent step beneath its single broad vision-slit and a spring-catch at the right side (pull missing), upper bevor with roped upper edge, pierced at its left side with twenty-six small circular ventilation holes arranged in three concentric circles and at the right side with a similar arrangement of twenty-four holes, the right side secured by a spring-catch with button release, the bevor fitted with a threaded bolt and retaining its wing-nut for the attachment of a reinforce, lower bevor shaped to the chin and secured to the right of the skull by a spring-catch with push-button release and fitted with pivotted prop for the upper bevor, the lower edges of the skull flanged outwards to receive missing gorget-plates (one small patched repair at the nape of the neck), and the left side of the skull showing numerous cuts from a rebated sword 27cm; 10 3/4in highProvenance The Property of a Gentleman, sold Sotheby & Co., 31st July 1951, lot 67.The strongly stepped visor, the provision for a reinforce, the overall form and the weight of this helmet is reminiscent of the well known group of armours made for the Elector Christian I of Saxony (1560-91). Several complete armours of this type are still preserved in Dresden and were used for tournaments until just before the Second World War. See E. Haenel 1923, pl. 9.
A FINE NORTH ITALIAN CLOSE HELMET WITH ETCHED AND GILT DECORATION, PROBABLY MILANESE, CIRCA 1590 with one-piece skull rising to a moderately high roped medial comb, and visor, upper bevor and bevor attached to it by common pivots with radially-fluted heads (replaced), the visor with strongly-stepped centrally-divided vision-slit, pierced at its right side to receive a missing lifting-peg, the prow-shaped upper bevor pierced at its right side with nine small circular ventilation-holes in rosette-formation and secured to the right of the bevor by a swivel-hook and pierced stud, and three rounded gorget-plates front and rear (the lowest at the front restored), the main edges of the helmet decorated with cabling (a small section missing from the lower front edge of the rear gorget-plates) and its surface etched on a stippled and gilt ground with bands and borders of trophies of arms enclosed by narrower bands of cabling (lightly patinated overall) 38.5cm; 15¼in highProvenance Sotheby & Co, 4th May 1964, lot 24
A RARE NORTH ITALIAN SALLET, CIRCA 1500 with hemispherical skull rising to a low medial comb, centrally-cusped brow-plate arched over the face, and two restored tail-plates projecting backwards to a rounded end, each attached to the former and each other by a pair of rivets, the lowest plates in each case formed with a plain inward turn (the whole heavily corroded) 18cm; 7in highStated by Enrico Minervino of Milan to have been found by divers in the River Bacchliglioi near Padua, Italy, but showing a preservation typical of pieces obtained from the armoury of the Knights of St John at Rhodes which fell to the Turks in 1522/3. It can be compared with sallets from that same source now preserved in the Royal Armouries Museum, Leeds (IV. 481), the Higgins Armoury Museum, Worcester, Mass. (880), and several private collections (W. Karcheski & T. Richardson 2000, pp. 9 & 13-15).
A RARE .690 CALIBRE FLINTLOCK MILITARY RIFLE BY JOHN PROBIN, BIRMINGHAM PRIVATE PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1790-95 with swamped octagonal barrel rifled with eight grooves and stamped with the maker`s mark, IP within a rectangle, fitted with white metal fore-sight (the back-sight replaced), flat border-engraved lock stamped with the crown mark and signed on the tail, figured walnut full stock swelling about the rear ramrod-pipe, the butt boldly impressed `2` over `13` and with a broad arrow mark feintly impressed on the left of the comb (the stock with slight shrinkage about the lock, minor filled repairs), full brass mounts of regulation type, a pair of sling swivels, and steel ramrod 77.1cm; 30 3/8in barrelLiterature De Witt Bailey, Ph.D., British Military Flintlock Rifles 1740-1840, Rhode Island, 2002, pp.189-190, illustrated.In April 1776 Heneage Finch, Lord Guernsey, later Fourth Earl of Aylesford, recommended that John Probin be allowed to make rifle barrels for the Board of Ordnance. The Board requested that one of Probin`s barrels be sent to the Tower for testing. There are no further references after this. However, there are a number of other very similar rifles to the present one known, some of which have unit markings on the brasswork suggesting that they were issued. Another is preserved in the Royal Armouries, Leeds. See C. J. Ffoulkes 1916, p.350, no.150. For a discussion of these rifles see D.W.Bailey 2002, pp.189-190.
A GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING RIFLE, CIRCA 1660 with octagonal sighted barrel rifled with six grooves and the breech and muzzle each decorated with a gilded panel drawn-out at three points, flat lock engraved with a unicorn and bull engaged in combat, flat wheel-cover engraved with a serpent within a laurel wreath, pierced engraved dog, set trigger, figured walnut full stock, the butt inlaid with engraved staghorn plaques, including a grazing stag and a pair of birds-of-prey on the cheek-piece, enriched with small geometric plaques of both horn and mother-of-pearl, inlaid with marquetry banding along the comb and fitted with sliding patch-box cover veneered in engraved horn, the fore-end inlaid with further marquetry banding over its length and with later plain geometric mother-of-pearl plaques (some inlay replaced), horn butt-plate, moulded brass trigger-guard and engraved bone fore-end cap (the ramrod-pipes and ramrod replaced) 78.8cm; 31in barrelProvenance Counts Schenk von Stauffenberg, sold Sotheby`s, Olympia 10th July 2002, lot 260
A LIÈGOIS FLINTLOCK BLUNDERBUSS PISTOL, EARLY 19TH CENTURY with two-stage part octagonal barrel strongly swelling at the muzzle, stamped with Liège proof mark at the breech, and fitted with spring bayonet locked by the trigger-guard beneath, box-lock action engraved with scrolling foliage on each side (cock comb chipped), fitted with sliding thumb-piece safety-catch also locking the steel, flat-sided walnut butt cut with a panel of fine chequering on each side (rubbed, loose) the spine set with silver nails, and engraved steel trigger-guard 25.5cm; 10in
AN IMPORTANT 20 BORE FRENCH ROYAL FLINTLOCK LONG HOLSTER PISTOL MADE FOR CHARLES XI, KING OF SWEDEN (1655-97), BY PIRAUBE AUX GALLERIES DU LOUVRE A PARIS, DATED 1676 with blued barrel formed in four stages, the forward section signed `Piraube aux Galeries du Louvre a Paris 1676` in gold damascene on a long flat decorated with further damascened scrollwork, fitted with silver fore-sight, damascened with a classical trophy-of-arms at the muzzle, and a pair of monsterheads attacked by serpents hanging in scrolls of foliage ahead of the median, the latter formed with an engraved shaped panel flanked by a pair of damascened captives seated upon further trophies, the breech of octagonal then polygonal form, decorated in gold damascene with foliage, pellets and the full crowned Royal Swedish Arms (the bluing faded and with losses), the underside of the breech stamped with the barrelsmith`s mark, the letter `M` in a rondel, engraved tang decorated with monsterhead scrolls of foliage and border ornament, rounded lock chiselled with scrolls of foliage issuant from a classical vase and signed `Piraube` twice on the tail, engraved with border ornament, delicate scrolling tendrils inhabited by an archer and inscribed `aux Galleries a Paris` beneath the pan, the brim of the pan chiselled with a grotesque, fitted with chiselled cock decorated with leafy tendrils, a serpent head, a green man mask on the comb and retained by a further mask-shaped screw (the top-jaw and screw replaced), steel chiselled with a symmetrical arrangement of leafy tendrils issuant from a green man mask, figured walnut full stock (an early working replacement of circa 1730-40), impressed with the letter `K` next to the trigger-guard, carved with a raised moulding over the fore-end, a spray of foliage ahead of the trigger-guard and further scrolls and shell ornament about the tang, steel mounts comprising side-plate pierced and chiselled with a central moustachioed mask dividing an arrangement of scrolling monsterhead tendrils inhabited by a pair of differing herms, spurred pommel engraved with a pattern of rondels and foliage around the border, chiselled on each side with a symmetrical design of scrolling monsterhead tendrils issuant from a green man mask against a recessed gilt ground, the front and the back chiselled with further masks and engraved with monsterhead scrolls, fitted with a small finely chiselled grotesque mask cap supported by a pair of gold damascened Classical figures seated upon Classical trophies and surmounted by a Classical bust portrait, engraved trigger-plate, trigger-guard with an early inventory number `P No 1` chiselled with a further mask on the bow, the forward baluster issuant from a gaping mask and the finial chiselled with scrolling tendrils on a recessed gilt ground, a pair of moulded ramrod-pipes, the rear decorated with a gold damascened angel, pierced and engraved escutcheon damascened with the crowned Royal Swedish Arms, and steel-tipped ramrod, perhaps the original, and remaining in fine condition throughout (the damascene with small losses, areas of light wear) 53.3cm; 21inProvenance Charles XI, King of Sweden An American Private Collection Literature John F. Hayward, Bertrand Piraube, in Livrustkammaren 15, no.5 (1980), pp.129-132, figs 12-14.The pair to this pistol is preserved in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (inv. no. 1990.114.2).These pistols are Bertrand Piraube`s earliest dated work. The late John Hayward identified three levels of quality by this maker of which the present pistol belongs to the highest. Piraube has been described as the most important figure in the decorative development of French firearms in the latter part of the 17th and early 18th centuries. On 25th January 1670 Louis XIV granted him a brevet de logement in the Galleries du Louvre. This appointment, which was confirmed in March the following year, established Piraube as primus inter pares amongst the gunmakers working for Louis XIV. In Germain Brice`s Description de la Ville de Paris, published in various editions between 1698 and 1718, he was described as a gunmaker who produced pieces of rare beauty. His period of tenure in the Galleries to Louvre (1670-1720) was the longest of any gunmaker. Working within the precincts of the Royal Palace freed Piraube from the restrictions of the Parisian Guilds and consequently he was able to employ as many apprentices and journeymen as his commissions required. It comes as no surprise that a significant number of the great European Ancestral Gunrooms have firearms by him. The present pistol and its pair illustrate a number of aspects of the designs of Louis XIV`s chief designer, Jean Bérain. For a further discussion of this maker and his work see John F. Hayward (op.cit.), and Thomas Del Mar Ltd, 9th December 2009, lot 266.Charles XI (1655-97) succeeded to the throne at the age of 4 in 1660. He excelled in the chase and was a fine horseman, as recorded in both his and other members of the Royal Family`s diaries. The present made to him by the French Ambassador at his coming of age in 1672 comprised twelve magnificently caparisoned Spanish thoroughbreds, complete with an equal number of pistols and guns, of which Piraube made one pair of pistols and one fowling piece. The present pistol, and its pair, must have been ordered within two years of this gift, allowing for the time lag in construction. A smaller pair of pistols, with silver barrels and mounts, decorated in almost an identical manner to the present pistol, are preserved in the Royal Armoury, Stockholm, (inv.no.4072, 4073). Given their size they were probably intended for a lady, and the materials used would suggest that they were made more for display than use.The letter `M` within a rondel beneath the breech is stamped on a number of French firearms of this period, including another pair of pistols and a gun by this maker, a pair of pistols by Masson, and a gun by Varnier all preserved in the Livrustkammeren, Stockholm (inv. nos. LRK 4334, 4335, 3626, 3627, 10036 respectively).See J. F. Hayward 1963, pp.32-47; the same author 1980, pp. 118-157; N. Drejholt1996, pp. 136-139 and S. J. Pyhrr 1991, p. 24.
A 28 BORE FRENCH FLINTLOCK HOLSTER PISTOL BY JEAN LIEBEAU A SEDAN, CIRCA 1680 with two-stage sighted barrel stamped with the barrelsmith`s mark in a horseshoe-shaped recess over the breech and with traces of a signature, plain tang, rounded lock engraved and chiselled with scrolls on the tail, signed in full on either side of a further scroll beneath the pan, chiselled cock (the upper portion missing), pierced with a delicate scroll behind the comb, rootwood full stock (the fore-end cracked and chipped), carved with a scrolling leafy tendril about the rear ramrod-pipe, inlaid with silver wire scrolls over the fore-end about the trigger-guard and on the butt, the tang enclosed by a steel plaque pierced and engraved with a symmetrical arrangement of scrolling tendrils involving exotic birds, reclining figures and a green man mask, finely decorated steel mounts, comprising side-plate pierced and chiselled with birds and hounds inhabiting leafy tendrils issuant from a moustachioed head, spurred pommel pierced and engraved with a band of foliage and masks, trigger-guard with a cherubic mask on the bow, delicate pierced mouldings at each end and pierced leafy terminal, a pair of ramrod-pipes, and wooden ramrod 50.5cm; 19 7/8inJean Liebeau is recorded in Sedan, Ardennes, circa 1670. During the third quarter of the 17th Century Sedan was an important seat of gunmaking. This declined following the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 though it is still mentioned as a centre for gunmaking as late as 1735 in a German Encyclopaedia. See J. F. Hayward 1963, p.42. The influence of Parisian gunmakers and contemporary pattern books is evident in this pistol.
A 22 BORE FLINTLOCK BELT PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL BY THOMAS CADDELL, THIRD QUARTER OF THE 18TH CENTURY with four-stage barrel engraved with arrangements of scrolling foliage, flared faceted muzzle engraved with alternating decorative panels, fluted breech incorporating the back-sight, engraved bevelled lock signed `Thos Caddell`, the cock incorporating a pierced engraved flowerhead disc behind the comb, three-quarter stock engraved with panels of scrolling foliage and border ornament, scrolling ramshorn butt inlaid with an oval silver escutcheon engraved with a thistle on each side, engraved brass button trigger, pricker (head missing), engraved belt hook with pierced finial (one screw missing), and iron ramrod (ramrod-pipe part detached, ramrod slightly bent) 28.5cm; 11 1/4in
Two Cox Comb Police Helmets, to Durham Constabulary, cork lined with white metal fittings; a Night Duty Police Helmet, to Durham Constabulary, with black metal rose top and helmet plate; a Durham County Constabulary Peaked Cap, a Metropolitan Whistle and chain, a Scout`s leather belt, a Souvenir of Royal Pacific Fleet Royal Navy in Australia car pennant and a nightdress case embroidered with West Yorkshire Regimental crest (8)
A South African Wood Staff Finial, carved as a woman with angular head, long thin body with pointed breasts, her hands clasped to her stomach, 24cm; a South African Wood Bottle Stopper, carved as the head of a man with inset glass bead eyes, 23cm; a Wood Finial, carved as a pagoda type building; an African Double Ended Comb, with concentric circle decoration (4)
An Austrian guilloche enamel & silver vanity set, Circa 1900, several pieces marked ``Made in Austria``, of pink enamel, comprising: a hand mirror (15.25``), a hairbrush (10.25``), a comb (7.5``), a large clothes brush (7.75``), a small clothes brush (6.25``), a shoe horn (8.5``), a nail buff (4.5``), a tray (9.75`` x 5.75``), a square etched glass bottle (5.75``), a circular etched glass powder box (2.5`` H x 4.75`` Dia.) a hinged dresser box (2`` H x 4.5`` W x 3.25`` D``, a button hook (7.5``), a nail file (7``), a knife (4.5``), and a buzzer (2`` x 2``), monogrammed ``MJB``, 15 pcs, with original monogrammed fitted silk and velvet-lined leather case, the case: 3.5`` H x 24.5`` W x 18`` D
A Continental silver snuff box with cover, 19th century, of shaped square form, the hinged raised cover decorated with bright cut and stylised leaf forms and overall decorated with foliate and scroll work panels, height 4 cm; an Art Deco silver cigarette box, London, c.1936, of rectangular form, the hinged cover with cruciform design, bearing maker`s marks `RC`, width 17 cm; a Victorian silver matchbox holder, by P & F Shafer, London, c.1897, of rectangular form, two white metal cigarette cases, of rectangular form, decorated with fluted patterns, height 9 cm; together with cased silver teaspoons and a cased silver three piece brush and comb set, (approx gross weight 6 ozs).
An Edwardian mahogany and inlaid, gent’s fitted dressing cabinet. The interior fitted with a silver mounted dressing table set by M Chapman, Son & Co Ltd (Middleton Chapman), London and Birmingham, c.1913. The inlaid mahogany cabinet with hinged cover, fitted with a mirror to the inside, over a green velvet lined tray, fitted with a matched suite of ivory handled implements that include tweezers, pots and covers, a button hook, buffer and toothbrush. The front doors opening with a swing arm hinge to pull forward a tray, containing silver mounted cut glass pots, dishes, brushes, comb and mirror, all the silver items engraved with running bell flower borders around a foliate wreath and swags. The base with a pair of concave panelled doors enclosing shelves, the whole on slender square tapering legs. Overall, height 106 cm x 53cm wide x 39cm deep.
1920s silver dressing table set comprising rectangular tray with engine-turned decoration and engraved initial (Birmingham 1930), four matching silver mounted hair brushes, comb and hand mirror (Birmingham 1922), together with a square silver cigarette box, small silver trophy cup (Birmingham 1937) and a part manicure set in a fitted case, approximately 16ozs weighable silver (qty)
Ladies' cream leather travelling vanity case containing ten silver mounted toilet jars, a hand mirror, two hair brushes, penknife, shoe horn, tortoiseshell comb and separate vanity bag (London 1948 - 1955) - maker T P, together with separate protective outer cover, 32.8cm overall (2). Believed to have belonged to Lady Docker
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