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Lot 37
Middle Eastern inspired 1970's ladies clothing to include a green cape with gold coloured brocade and needlework together with other items of late 20th century ladies clothing to include a Horrockses Fashion yellow and black two-piece knee length and strapless dress with sleeveless jacket, size 12 and a California cream dress with shoulder straps and handsewn floral details to the skirt (requires dry cleaning)Location:A2
Lot 54
The G.C.V.O. insignia awarded to Lord James of Hereford, P.C., Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster The Royal Victorian Order, G.C.V.O., Knight Grand Cross, set of insignia comprising sash badge, silver-gilt and enamels, and breast star, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, both pieces officially numbered ‘19’, the reverse of the badge additionally engraved ‘Lord James of Hereford, P.C., Chancellor Duchy of Lancaster, 22 August 1902, complete with full dress sash, this stained in parts, otherwise extremely fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: Buckland Dix & Wood, June 1991. Henry James, first Lord James of Hereford 1828-1911, lawyer and statesman, was born at Hereford on 30 October 1828, third and youngest son of Philip Turner James, surgeon, of Hereford. He was educated at Cheltenham College, which was opened in 1841, and was the first boy on the roll. In after years he was president of the council of governors of the school, and founded the James of Hereford entrance scholarships, primarily for Herefordshire boys. At school he played in the cricket elevens of 1844 and 1845, and never lost his interest in the game, playing occasionally for the old boys, and becoming president of the M.C.C. in 1889. He gained no special distinction in school studies, and on leaving began training as an engineer, but soon joined the Middle Temple as a student in January 1849. He was lecturer's prizeman in 1850 and 1851, and was one of the earliest and foremost members of the Hardwicke Debating Society, where he developed a power of lucid speaking. Called to the bar in 1852, he joined the Oxford circuit. His rise at the bar was not rapid; he practised at first mainly in the mayor's court, of which he became leader. Comparatively early in his career he became known to Sir John Hollams and through him obtained much commercial work at the Guildhall. In 1867, after fifteen years at the bar, he was appointed postman of the Court of Exchequer, an office now extinct, and became a Q.C. in 1869. The following year he was elected bencher of his Inn, and in 1888 served as treasurer. In 1869 James entered the House of Commons as liberal member for Taunton. There he came to the front more quickly than at the bar and was soon a prominent figure on the ministerial side below the gangway, occasionally criticising his leaders with effect. As a parliamentary speaker he was rarely brief, but he held the ear of the house. In 1870 he joined Sir Henry Drummond Wolff in an expedition to the seat of the Franco-Prussian war, and came under the fire of French artillery at Strassbourg. In Sept. 1873 he became solicitor-general in Gladstone's government and was knighted. Two months later, when the attorney-general became lord chief justice, James succeeded him. Parliament was dissolved immediately afterwards, and James was re-elected for Taunton, but the defeat of his party deprived him of office. While in opposition, he was active in debate, and when Gladstone returned to office after the general election of 1880, James, who retained his seat for Taunton, again became attorney-general and held the post until the liberal government went out in 1885. James performed both his political and professional work with unsparing energy. In parliament his chief exploit was the drafting and carrying through its various stages the corrupt practices bill of 1883. He had already championed the cause of electoral purity, and his skill and temper in the conduct of his bill evoked Gladstone''s admiration. On 24 June 1885, he was made a privy councillor. At the general election of 1885, after the new reform bill had become law, he was returned as member for Bury in Lancashire, and he represented that constituency for the rest of his time in the House of Commons. When Gladstone declared for home rule early in 1886, James declared unhesitatingly against the change of Irish policy. Gladstone offered him first the lord chancellorship and then the home secretaryship in his new ministry, but James, with rare self-denial, declined both. He was already a warm intimate friend of Lord Hartington (afterwards duke of Devonshire), and with him he thenceforward acted in close personal sympathy, becoming a leader of the newly formed liberal-unionist party. Returned for Bury at the elections of 1886 and 1892, James, now a private member of parliament, continued his private practice at the bar. From 1892 to 1895 he acted as attorney-general of the Duchy of Cornwall to King Edward VII, then Prince of Wales, with whom he had formed a close intimacy. In 1892 he was made hon. LL.D. of Cambridge. On 22 April 1893, James spoke at great length against Gladstone's home rule bill, and in February 1895 he, on behalf of the Lancashire cotton spinners, led the opposition to the liberal government's proposal to reimpose duties on cotton imported into India. On the return of the unionists to power in August 1895, James was raised to the peerage as Lord James of Hereford, and for the first time became a cabinet minister holding the office of chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in the unionist administration. In 1896 he joined the judicial committee of the privy council, and took part in the judicial work of that body as well as of the House of Lords. He resigned his position on the judicial committee before his death. As arbitrator in industrial disputes, and notably as chairman of the coal conciliation board from 1898 to 1909, he gave a series of important decisions, which were accepted by all parties without demur. Between 1895 and 1902 he sat, too, on a committee of the privy council appointed to deal with university education in the north of England. James resigned office in July 1902, when Mr. Balfour succeeded Lord Salisbury as prime minister. In the same year he was made G.C.V.O. The following year, when Mr. Chamberlain formulated his policy of tariff reform, James declared his resolute adherence to the principle of free trade. As in the home rule crisis, he acted with the duke of Devonshire, and stiffened the latter in his opposition to the new policy. In November 1909 he opposed, as unconstitutional, the rejection of the budget by the House of Lords. During his later years he took much interest in the Imperial Institute, and was for a long time chairman of the advisory committee. A good sportsman, especially with the gun, he maintained through life a large circle of friends. King Edward VII was constantly a guest at his shooting parties. He was an intimate friend of Millais; he knew Dickens, Charles Reade, Tom Taylor, and other men eminent in literature or art, although he had few intellectual interests outside his profession. He was munificent in private charity. He died on 18 August 1911, at Kingswood Warren, near Epsom. Previously he had made his country home at Breamore, near Salisbury, and there he was buried in the parish churchyard. He was unmarried, and the peerage became extinct at his death. A portrait by Mr. J. St. H. Lander is in the Benchers'' Rooms at the Middle Temple, and there are other portraits at the Devonshire Club and at Cheltenham College, where a fund in his memory for the endowment of Cheltenham College was inaugurated in July 1912.
Lot 741
Three German Second War S.S. Ausweis. Recipient Helmut Preibisch photograph in civilian dress, issued November 1933 with facsimile Himmler signature for the 27th Standardarte at Frankfurt on Oder. SS ausweis, image in full Allemeine uniform Kurt Reimann, issued 15th June 1934 with facsimile signature of Heinrich Himmler for the 12th Motorsturm. SS Ausweis Egon Timm, photograph in Allgemeine uniform, hatless, issued 12th November 1934. Validity adhesive label missing, a member of the 54th Standarte at Landsberg/Warthe, reasonable condition (3) £40-£50
Lot 2952
Hendrik Anne Constantijn "Hendrik" Snethlage (Heilo, NH 1878 - 1960 The Hague), Still life with porcelain and a dress doll on a table. Signed (lower right), oil on canvas.Collection of the artist Hendrik Anne Constantijn "Hendrik" Snethlage (Heilo, NH 1878 - 1960 Den Haag), Thence by decsent to the present owner. Meas. L: 60 cm, W: 50 cm. Estimate: € 30 - € 50.
Lot 14
Family Group: A Great War M.C. group of six awarded to Major R. J. MacBrayne, 1-15th Ludhiana Sikhs, Indian Army, who was Mentioned in Despatches whilst serving with the East African Forces Military Cross, G.V.R., unnamed as issued; 1914-15 Star (Capt. R. J. MacBrayne. 1/15/Sikhs.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oak leaves (Capt. R. J. MacBrayne.); India General Service 1908-35, 1 clasp, Afghanistan N.W.F. 1919 (Maj. R. J. Mac Brayne M.C. 1-15 Sikhs.); General Service 1918-62, 2 clasps, Iraq, Kurdistan (Major R. J. MacBrayne.) mounted as worn; together with the related miniature dress medals, and all housed in a glazed display frame, good very fine and better Four: Attributed to D. W. MacBrayne, Royal Corps of Signals 1939-45 Star; France and Germany Star; Defence and War Medal 1939-45, in named card box of issue, addressed to ‘Mr. D. W. MacBrayne, High Abbot Hill, by Ayr; together with the recipient’s related miniature awards and riband bar, extremely fine (10) £1,000-£1,400 --- M.C. London Gazette 14 January 1916: ‘For distinguished service in the Field.’ M.I.D. London Gazette 30 January 1917: ‘For gallant and distinguished service in the Field with the East African Force.’ Robert Jaffray MacBrayne was born on 12 April 1882 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant, Unattached List, from the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, on 8 May 1901, being appointed to the Indian Staff Corps. He was promoted Lieutenant on 8 November 1902, and Captain in the Ludhiana Sikhs on 8 May 1910, and served with them during the Great War as part of the East African Force, being Mentioned in Lieutenant-General the Hon. J. C. Smuts’ Despatch of 30 April 1916. He saw further service in Mesopotamia, and then on the North West Frontier during the Third Afghan War, and was advanced acting Lieutenant-Colonel whilst serving as Senior Special Service Officer with the Patiala Imperial Service Infantry on 1 June 1919. David Woodburn MacBrayne, the son of Robert Jaffray MacBrayne, was born on 4 July 1924, and served with the Royal Corps of Signals during the Second World War.
Lot 304
A diamond dress ring, with central round brilliant cut diamond and baguette cut diamond shoulders, the central round brilliant cut stone in claw setting, totalling approx 1.24cts overall, the shoulders totalling 0.15cts overall, with World Gemological Institution certificate, labelled WGI9624126489, white metal stamped platinum, ring size N½, 4g all in.
Lot 308
An 18ct white gold diamond cluster dress ring, with round brilliant cut floral cluster centre, surrounded by a halo of baguette cut diamonds, with tiny diamond border and shoulders, totalling approx 2.05cts overall, with World Gemological Institution certificate, numbered WGI9624126672, ring size O½, 7.2g all in.
Lot 309
An oval tanzanite and diamond dress ring, the oval tanzanite totalling approx 3.12cts overall, surrounded by an arrangement of round brilliant cut and baguette cut diamonds totalling approx 0.99cts, together with a World Gemological Institution certificate, numbered WGI9624126572, ring size O½, 5.2g all in.
Lot 56
German George Borgfeldt 'My Girlie III' bisque headed doll, brown glass sleeping eyes, finely painted features, composite ball jointed body, dressed in the Alice in Wonderland style, approx 62 cms h together with a German Revalo doll bisque head, dark blue sleeping eyes, finely painted features, open mouth revealing teeth, composite body with jointed limbs, dressed in very old silk dress with petticoat. (2)
Lot 62
Miscellaneous dolls, including Rosebud Cinderella nr 2 doll approx 40 cms, sleeping blue eyes with knitted dress and leather booties, a black infant doll, sleeping brown eyes with knitted onesie, booties and bonnet, a Japanese doll, a Chinese doll and a miniature porcelain doll dressed in the Victorian style. (6)
Lot 2870
Pretty vintage, lace trimmed boned bodice black velvet dress and jacket, a green Laura Ashley linen dress 12, little black dress Paris label, a vintage 50s dark blue swing dress, labelled 38, Indian style skirt and jacket (modern make Phool), two vintage long velvet skirts, one Jaeger, black, size 12.Condition report: See further photos now online
Lot 847
An Italian pottery figure of a young girl, in the Lenci style, modelled standing with a basket of flowers and with one hand supporting her wind blown dress, on a square base, indistinctly signed and stamped Made in Italy, height 23cm.Condition report: Appears free of damage, there appears to be a detached shard? which rattles in side.
Lot 445
Small collection of gold jewellery consisting of a Victorian 9ct gold bracelet inset with turquoise and pearls, 5g approx overall, an 18ct gold signet ring, 4g approx overall, a Victorian 9ct rose gold pearl and diamond chip ring, inscribed 1892, 2g and a dress ring stamped '14ct' 2g approx overall (4)
Lot 62
Assorted dress making fabrics to include sequins, appliques, several pairs of Norman Hartnell Candy coloured tights (new), modern trimmings, edging's, black seated dog pyjama case, modern handbags, small brown leatherette case, costume accessories, two Chinese paper parasols, two-tier wicker basket, spinning wheel together with blue glass floats, pottery and modern hat boxes etc (nine boxes)
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