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Lot 667
A 19th century mahogany copying machine writing desk, with brass corners and central cartouche, hinged to enclose a writing surface, ink wells and pen tray, with a sprung tray to one side holding a brass turn key, removable escutcheon revealing turn bolt operating the copying mechanism, bears a trade label for "Elizabeth Gaimes, 53 & 54 St Pauls Church Yard, manufacturer of Copying Machines and Writing Desks to their Royal Highnesses the Prince of Wales and Duke of Sussex to his Majesties Public Offices &c &c Portable cases for every purpose compleated and adapted for travelling", 40cm wide x 30cm deep x 20.5cm high
Lot 343
CARTIER, AN ONYX, GOLD AND ENAMEL TRAVEL DESK CLOCK, NO. 6326 CIRCA 1925The circular gilt dial with engine turned centre and black Roman numerals, signed Cartier France, with rose cut diamond set arrow hands, with a reeded gold bezel with turquoise straited enamel at the cardinal points, within a polished square onyx case with shaped corners, with turquoise blue enamelled loops, numbered 6326 and stamped with French poinçons, manual wind movement, in original Cartier red leather travel case with window, stamped Cartier Made in France, numbered 2674Size/dimensions: 6.3cm wide Provenance: From the Estate of Mrs Renée Robeson, (née de Rothschild), 1927-2015By family decent and sold by order of a member of the de Rothschild FamilyRenée Louise Marie de Rothschild (1927-2015) was the daughter of Anthony Gustav de Rothschild and Yvonne Lydia Louise de Rothschild (née Cahen d'Anvers). In 1955 Renée married the British equestrian and Olympic show jumping medallist Peter Robeson. Together Peter and Renée became hugely successful racehorse trainers from their stud at Tyringham in BuckinghamshireCondition Report: Movement currently functioningWe have been unable to access the movementHandle missingSome marks to the dial, some wear to the numeralsMinor scuffs to the case, there is a scratch to the back of the case by the winderHands appear in good conditionLight scratches to the glass visible under a loupeNo paperwork Condition Report Disclaimer
Lot 208
* Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders. An RAF officers uniform belonging to Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders, GCB, KBE circa 1951, the blue cloth tunic with Gieves tailors label to the inner pocket printed 'L/8/51 84/12473 Sir A.P.M. Sanders KBE' with cloth RAF brevet, medal ribbons representing a long and distinguished career, silvered staybrite buttons, rank stripes to cuffs, and gilt metal E.II.R. shoulder badges, 79 cm long, together with officer's cap with king's crown cloth badge with RAF Museum label, trousers and two RAF Museum card labels inscribed with attributing and collection number 81/U/131, the same number stitched to the lining QTY: (1)NOTE:Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Penrose Martyn Sanders, GCB, KBE (1898-1974) was educated at Haileybury and Sandhurst. On completion, he was commissioned into the Northumberland Fusiliers in 1916 and transferred to the Royal Flying Corps a few weeks later. He was a pilot on 5 Squadron in May 1917 and was wounded in a dogfight with German aircraft. As a result, he lost his arm but managed to land his aircraft. He assumed a more desk-based role until the end of the war.Sanders served on the air staff of Aden Command from 1932-33 and was promoted to group captain just prior to the outbreak of WWII. During WWII he served on the staff of the RAF Staff College where he was responsible for planning the first wartime course. He held various senior positions throughout the remainder of the war. Post-war service saw him as the Commandant of the RAF Staff College at Bracknell and he retired from service in 1956.
Lot 27
Four Brighton related rectangular gaming trays, comprising an example with a reduced circular colour print of Brighton Pavilion within floral and dash painted borders, 9.2 x 7.2cms, and a set of three mahogany gaming trays each with black on green printed label 'Childs and Son, 51, Kings Road, Brighton, Desk and Dressing Case Makers, Toys, Baskets, Leather Work, Glass, Papier Mache, Cutlery, Brushes, Combs and C', 10 x 7.2cms. (4) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Lot 943
Desk accessories, comprising a Victorian brass pillar form postal scale, 11.5cms high, an olive wood stamp box, 9.5cms, three other stamp boxes, two in metal, a travelling ink well in boxwood cylinder case, 5.5cms, a Stephens inkwell in aluminium protective case, a glass cylinder inkwell, a brass 'Trusty Servant' paper knife, 21.5cms, a plastic paper knife incorporating postal balance, 22cms, a teak paper knife with metal plaque 'From the Teak of HMS Iron Duke ... Jutland 1916', 26cms, five other paper knives and sundries. (qty)
Lot 155
Four Tunbridge ware desk requisites, comprising a ruler divided by twelve stick ware panels, 30.5cms, a rosewood ruler in geometric mosaic, 15.4cms, a book mark/knife in geometric mosaic, 13cms, and rosewood cylinder ruler with cross hatched seal base and stick ware pencil holder unscrewing to reveal a pencil stamped 'Ackermann', 15.2cms. (4) From the collection of Dr. Brian Austen
Lot 95
George V 9ct folding travel desk watch, import hallmarks Glasgow 1924, the enamel dial branded 'Finnigans, London' with Arabic numerals, minute track and subsidiary seconds, hinged case inscribed 'E.J.F', 56.7gm, 46mm-Movement - currently functioning.Dial - good.Glass - good.Hands - good.Case - light surface marks.Crown - adjusting correctly.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 6
George III mahogany architects desk, the mahogany adjustable top above a secretaire drawer containing a velvet lined slide and a series of small alphabetized drawers above six drawers to the pedestals, the opposing side with a long dummy drawer and dummy cupboards, 125.5cm wide, 62cm deep, 94cm high
Lot 12
A silver desk seal, the handle in the form of a sculpture of a female nude, signed GAt, to a circular silver matrix intaglio engraved with a coat of arms. Tested as approximately silver. 150mm high, 500.61gProvenance: from the Matrix Collection of Historic Hand SealsCondition ReportArmorials are possibly continental, unidentified.
Lot 13
A hardstone and gold desk seal, English, mid 19th century, a banded brown agate handle, of wasted, cut cornered rectangular section. A gold mount and cushion of waisted calyx form with lyre-shaped curling leaves on a matted ground. An oval chalcedony matrix engraved with a full achievement of arms incorporating motto, two crests, helm, mantling and shield. The motto reading 'non nobis solum', translated as 'not for ourselves alone'. Tested as approximately 18ct gold. 62 x 22mm, 35.66gProvenance: from the Matrix Collection of Historic Hand Seals.The arms are those of Eardley quartering Smith with Magee in pretence; the crests of Eardley and Smith. The family descend in the 18th century from Thomas Smith of Hadley in Middlesex (whose ancestors, by the name of Lefevre, came from France in the time of Elizabeth and assumed the name of Smith). His only son, Thomas (d.1744) was a London merchant and married Culling Horne, sister and co-heir of John Horne, Governor of Bombay. Thomas and Culling Smith had an armorial dinner service made in China about 1740, probably ordered by John Horne, who at the same time ordered another service for his other sister Mary. The family were well connected in the East Indies, with their third son being a Captain in the East India Company naval service and his fourth son Governor of Madras. Thomas and Culling Smith’s second son, Culling, was created a Baronet in 1802 and his grandson, the 3rd Baronet, assumed the surname and arms of Eardley in lieu of Smith in 1847. This seal (which does not bear a Baronet's badge) was made for his only son Eardley-Gideon-Culling Eadley, (b. 1838), who married in 1859 Florence, only child of James Magee of New Orleans. The seal could therefore only have been made between 1859 and either his date of succession or date of death, which must have been by 1875 when the Baronetcy became extinct.
Lot 14
A gold and lapis lazuli desk seal,the handle of tapering octagonal section with a flared pommel, to a gold wire mount. A circular lapis lazuli matrix, engraved with initial L within a crowned garter. Tested as approximately 18ct gold. 70 x 22mm, 35.43gProvenance: from the Matrix Collection of Historic Hand Seals.
Lot 16
A hardstone and gold desk seal, English, c.1835,with a tapering, waisted banded agate handle. Chased and pierced gold mounts with a shield shaped bloodstone matrix. The matrix seal engraved with the Royal Vauxhall hot air balloon, with a ribbon surround engraved 'Caelum certe patet ibimus illac', a quote from Ovid's Metamorphoses, translated as 'But the sky certainly lies open; we shall go that way'. Tested as approximately 18ct gold. 65 x 20mm, 20.29gProvenance: from the Matrix Collection of Historic Hand Seals.The world record distance for a manned flight was set in 1836, when the Royal Vauxhall hot air balloon set off from Vauxhall Gardens with three passengers aboard, and covered 480 miles over the course of 18 hours, eventually landing in Nassau, near the town of Weilburg. The record stood for almost eighty years, until beaten by Karl Ingold in a biplane in 1914. On return to Vauxhall the balloon was rechristened the Nassau.The Vauxhall Gardens’ proprietors, Frederick Gye and Richard Hughes, had commissioned the building of the balloon for £2100, according to the specifications of the pilot, and professional balloonist, Charles Green. The red and white balloon stood at an enormous 80 feet high and 50 feet wide, and for a number of years was one of the main attractions of the Vauxhall Gardens. Visitors could pay for tickets (£21 for gentlemen and £10 10s for ladies) for a flight out of London in the balloon, and tickets were also offered as prizes in the Garden’s lotteries. The last recorded assent of the Nassau balloon from Vauxhall Gardens was in 1854. Green himself made more than 500 balloon ascents over the course of his career.
Lot 17
A bloodstone and gold desk seal, English, c.1850, with a tapering, faceted bloodstone handle. Chased gold collar and mount, with a bloodstone matrix. The matrix seal engraved with a coat of arms comprising shield, crest and motto, the motto reading 'semper paratus', translated as 'always ready'. Tested as approximately 15ct gold. 68 x 25mm, 40.25gProvenance: from the Matrix Collection of Historic Hand Seals.The arms are those of Royds, The family are originally of Falinge, near Rochdale, and held property in Soyland in the 14th century. In the 18th century, James Royds of Falinge (b. 1758) had twelve children, and the eldest Son, Clement (b.1785), succeeded his father at Falinge in 1842. Clement Royds was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1850, and it is likely that this seal was for him, perhaps on his appointment.
Lot 18
A hardstone and gold desk seal, English, mid 19th century, the handle of mottled russet agate, of faceted tapering form with a round fungus cap. A plumed gold collar and gadrooned cushion mount with scroll border, with a cushion shaped chalcedony matrix. The matrix seal engraved with a crest and coat of arms, the crest a boar's head and neck couped. Tested as approximately 15ct gold. 70 x 24mm, 42.83gProvenance: from the Matrix Collection of Historic Hand Seals.Condition ReportThe dexter coat Gules a chevron between three boar's heads couped is recorded for several families, none of whom specifically use the crest of a boar's head and neck couped; these include Bethell of London (no crest recorded, but other branches use a boar's head out of a coronet), Davis of co. Salop (different crest, but branches also use boar's head erased), Thirlway of Cumberland and Tresher (crests not recorded for either), and White or Whyte (boar's head out of a mural coronet). Also recorded, the boars' heads in different tinctures, are Bradley (usual crest a boar passant) and Burton (no crest). The impalement is equally uncertain, the 1st and 4th quarters being recorded (with fleur-de-lys in various tinctures) for Millecent of Cambridge, Yawkins and Brown of Scotland, and several branches of Fanshaw, and the 2nd and 3rd quarters (the tinctures reversed) for Ridor, Rowdon or Roydon. If the tinctures of the 1st and 4th quarters were also reversed in error, this is recorded for Hart of co. York, and a note in Papworth's Ordinary mentions that Davis of co. Salop quarters Hart (although a blazon is not given and there are many other branches of this family with different armorials). The Hart-Davis family is recorded in Burke's Landed Gentry of 1952, but their arms are not given.
Lot 19
A citrine and gold desk seal, English, early 19th century, a faceted thistle form citrine handle, to chased gold mount with shell, scroll, and floral decoration. A cushion shaped citrine matrix, seal engraved with a full achievement of arms below an earl's coronet, with the motto 'vix in ea nostra voto', translated as 'we can scarcely call these things our own'. Tested as approximately 15ct gold. 50 x 22mm, 40.38gProvenance: Earls of Warwick, Warwick Castle; Sotheby's, The Sale at Syon Park, Middlesex, 14th-16th May, 1997;The Matrix Collection of Historic Hand Seals.Condition ReportSome marks to the outer edge of the setting.The chased detail is not worn and is still very deep and showing high relief.Some marks to the facet edges of the citrine handle, more obvious at the facet junction points at the widest part of the handle.Scratches to the flat surface of the matrix.
Lot 12
Edwardian oak writing desk, the gallery back with two fitted drawers, the central fall front leather writing area with hinged lid, the interior revealing various compartments, flanked by two leather writing areas, above a projecting base with an arrangement of five drawers, standing on tapering turned legs. 122 x 72 x 91cm approx(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 194
Two similar champleve enamel and gilt metal single desk inkwells, both having porcelain panels of figures and cherubs, one with pen stand and pen with mother of pearl handle, the panel signed P. Collel? Together with another two section gilt metal and porcelain double inkwell with flowers and winged cherub decoration. (3)(B.P. 21% + VAT)
Lot 27
George III mahogany knee hole desk, of small proportions, the moulded top above a long cock beaded drawer, flanked by two pedestals with a further three drawers with swan neck brass handles, central cupboard with key. The interior revealing one fitted shelf and standing on a projected base with bracket feet. 80 x 48 x 78cm approx. (B.P. 21% + VAT) Overall appearing in good condition for its age. Some minor marks and scratches to the top. Possible fading. All handles are present as are the inlaid escutcheons. Two keys present. Some splits to one side. General wear commensurate with age.
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