A FINE NORTH GERMAN VAMBRACE FOR THE LEFT ARM WITH ETCHED DECORATION, BRUNSWICK, CIRCA 1560-5 of fully articulated construction, comprising tubular upper and lower cannons, each formed with a longitudinal ridge at the outside of the arm, the former surmounted by a turner of three lames fitted at the inside of its lowest lame with a later staple to accommodate the strap of an overlying pauldron, the lower cannon formerly opening at the front but now closed by a later rivet, and a couter with a small flat leaf-shaped wing, enclosed at the inside of the elbow by a series of twelve lames and embossed at its point with a quatrefoil, the main edges of the vambrace formed with roped inward turns accompanied by recessed borders enclosed to the inside by a pair of narrow grooves, and finely etched with bands and borders of running foliage involving a female in contemporary dress, a female herm, snakes issuing from a cornucopia, a crane, lions' masks, a bull's-head, hounds and hares, all on a stippled and blackened ground, the lames at the inside of the elbow etched with narrow bands of guilloche(the etching worn at inside of the lower cannon) 49.4 cm; 19½ in Provenance The Brunswick Ducal Armoury, Wolfenbüttel Schloss Marienburg, sold in these rooms 4th December 2013, lot 311 Several vambraces of this enclosed form were at one time to be found in the armoury of the Dukes of Brunswick (Bohlman 1915, nos 8 & 9, figs 22 & 28; Tower of London 1952, nos 12 & 33, pl. IV; and Sotheby's, Schloss Marienburg, 5 Oct 2005, lots 285 & 305). Vambraces of a similar form can be recorded as parts of two Brunswick armours in the Hofjagd- und Rüstkammer, Vienna, inv. nos A 691 & A 1185, respectively made for Johann von Ranzau about 1559 and the Archduke Karl II of Styria about 1565 (Gamber & Beaufort 1990, pp. 105 & 108, pls 71-2)
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A FORK FOR ACCOMPANYING A DRESS DIRK, A DETACHED DAGGER BLADE AND A PAIR OF SIDE-CUTTERS BY SRIMSDALE, LEEDS, 19TH CENTURY the first with a pair of tines, basketweave grip and the pommel set with a foil backed glass in imitation of citrine, the second single-edged and fullered, and the tang pierced with a pair of apertures for a grip; and the third signed on the head, the arms numbered '8' and with serrated terminal, respectively the first: 15.0 cm; 6 in (3)
‡A RARE ENGLISH STONEBOW BY H.W.MORTIMER & SON, 89 FLEET STREET, GUNMAKERS TO HIS MAJESTY, CIRCA 1806-12 with slender steel bow fitted with later expertly constructed string, highly figured tiller incorporating steel gaffle, fitted with folding forward sight engraved with a stonebowman in contemporary dress beneath, the forward portion of the tiller inlaid with iron plaques engraved with scrolls and foliage, a pair of flush-fitting scrolling side-plates signed on scrolls carried by conventional foliage and flowers, folding back-sight with four sighting apertures and engraved with trophies-of-arms on the bed, engraved lever button decorated with a flowerhead, engraved trigger-guard decorated with a trophy-of-arms on the bow and with pineapple finial, and engraved butt-cap (the iron parts with areas of light pitting) 72.5 cm; 28 ½ in tiller
‡A 40 BORE PERCUSSION HIGHLAND OFFICER'S DRESS PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, BY MORTIMER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1840 with three-stage barrel divided by slender raised bands, the muzzle engraved with neo-gothic arches, a broad panel of Celtic scrollwork over the median, the breech with a spray of foliage and incorporating a pierced platinum plug, signed lock engraved with sprays of thistle flowers and foliage, full stock encrusted with engraved silver thistle flowers, foliage and wriggle work against a hatched ground on the fore-end, engraved with scrollwork en suite with the median beneath the lock, 'ramshorn' butt numbered '107' on the inside, engraved with further scrollwork, palmettes and a silver-encrusted sphinx on each side, the spine with matching designs and with a silver escutcheon with the owners crest, a hand grasping a cutlass, engraved silver button trigger and pricker, the latter formed as a thistle head, blued iron belt hook, and brass-tipped iron ramrod 18.0 cm; 7 1/8 in barrel The crest is perhaps that of Barwis or Brady. The similarity with the pistol in the following lot makes an attribution to Thomas Elsworth Mortimer likely. The use of pierced platinum plugs ceased in general use by the mid-19th century.
‡A 40 BORE PERCUSSION HIGHLAND OFFICER'S DRESS PISTOL FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL, BY T.E.MORTIMER, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, CIRCA 1860 with three-stage barrel retaining traces of original blued finish, faceted muzzle engraved with neo-gothic arches, a broad panel of Celtic scrollwork over the median, and faceted breech incorporating the percussion bolster, the latter engraved with a flower, signed lock engraved with sprays of thistle flowers and foliage, full stock encrusted with engraved silver thistle flowers, foliage and wriggle work against a hatched ground on the fore-end, engraved with scrollwork en suite with the median beneath the lock, 'ramshorn' butt engraved with further scrollwork, palmettes and a silver-encrusted sphinx on each side, the spine with matching designs and with a silver escutcheon with the owners crest and motto, engraved silver button trigger and pricker, the latter formed as a thistle head, blued iron belt hook, and associated iron ramrod 16.0 cm; 6 3/8 in barrel Provenance Dr H. S. Sloane, Glasgow, sold Christie's, London, 10th July 1985, lot 18 Literature H. Lee Munson, The Mortimer Gunmakers 1753-1923, Rhode Island 1992, p. 118-120. The crests and mottoes are those of George Kellie-McCallum of Braco who joined the Gordon Highlanders on 13th January 1860. After service in Ireland, where he saw unusually severe conditions as a result of the Fenian disturbances, he went to India in 1868 and remained there until 1879 when he removed to Afghanistan. There he took part in the occupation of Kabul where, on 11th December, he commanded the rear guard of the 92nd and was mentioned in dispatches for conspicuous conduct. He was promoted to Major 9th September 1880 and he retired on 13th May 1885 and was made Lieutenant Colonel (Honorary), Reserve of Officers the same day. He became a Gentleman-At-Arms, in 1889 and died at Bedford in 1898.
‡˜A GERMAN 32 BORE WHEEL-LOCK SPORTING CARBINE, MID-17TH CENTURY, WITH FINELY DECORATED STOCK, PROBABLY LATE 19TH CENTURY with tapering barrel octagonal over the breech, bevelled lock fitted with external wheel (the lock and barrel each with areas of rust), full stock veneered in engraved ivory plaques, decorated over the right hand side of the fore-end with an infantry and cavalry engagement involving figures in 17th century dress, the left side with Turkish and European cavalrymen in combat in front of a walled town and a farmstead, the butt decorated with a military encampment on the left hand side and fitted with cheek-piece with later sliding cover on the right, the underside with an elaborately engraved trophy-of-arms and foliage over the fore-end, and iron trigger-guard with curled rear finial (later ramrod) 43.0 cm; 17 in barrel The decoration of the stock is closely related, and perhaps by the same maker, to that on a wheel-lock sporting rifle and a pair of wheel-lock pistols formerly in the Karsten Klingbeil Collection, Berlin, sold Brussels 13th December 2011, lots 145 and 155. A crossbow with a tiller in the same manner and formerly in the collection of Henk Visser was sold Sotheby's London, 3rd July 1990, Lot 197. A wheel-lock rifle with related decoration dated 1591 is preserved in the Tøjhusmuseet, Copenhagen, inv. no. B291, though it is clearly by another hand. See Smith 1938, p. 156, cat. no. 315.
A WAKIZASHI Sugata (configuration): Shinogi-zukuri with shallow tori-zori, ko-kissaki and iori-mune; Hamon (tempering pattern): A narrow suguha is just visible; Nakago (tang): with a single mekugi-ana, mumei; Koshirae (mounting): The saya is deeply spirally carved and lacquered in red, brown black and russet. Signed Kozuka. The copper tsuba is mumei and decorated with figures in contemporary dress. The tsuka has blue ito over white samé and the copper fuchi-kashira and menuki are all decorated with gilt flowers 54.2 cm blade
LONDON, SOCIAL HISTORY AND COOKERYTwo volumes of social history, comprising: (i) Journal of a visit to London, kept, seemingly, by an English lady resident in France on her first visit to London, describing the voyage over from Le Havre by steam ship ('...listened to the rumbling of the Paddle wheels which shook us in my bed, and could almost fancy I was going in a railway...') in October 1849, lodging at 3 Gloucester Place, Camden Town; providing a series of sharply observed vignettes of the city: of its traffic ('...The Omnibusses... went much faster and were much better horsed than the french ones. The roads also macademized or paved with wood... We saw a lady driving with great spirit a little low pony-chaise, a little tiger sat behind her. Mr Benner told us it was a very common sight, at which we were not a little astonished. We saw a velocipede also going in the streets, to the great annoyance of omnibusses and other vehicles...'), local costume ('...even Buss coachmen conductors, lamplighters, sweepers etc wore the dress coat & silk hat... '), speculative building ('...We passed through new quarters with rows of charming houses called places or terraces, got up in the newest fashion & called villas or cottages, they however were not yet inhabited... Each of these new streets you would take for a main street in any town, so wide, so long & so clean are they. We had a distant view of the Model Prison & a Gas-factory. I saw four velocipedes going up Park-Street one after the other...'), railways and canals ('...We saw some constructions of viaducts for the Railway and a canal and basin along which several coal-barges, drawn by horses were slowly proceeding...'), shops ('...I saw some very nice cook-shops also supplied with every kind of rich & solid eatables also some very fine wedding-cakes & thick mock turtle soup in large basins. The fishmongers' shops looked very inviting as did the large opened lobsters that lay on the marble, displaying a solid mass of white meat...'), pauper funerals, brightly-lit arcades and shops, a blind man demonstrating braille, sandwich men ('...You will often see a man having a board back and front... walking patiently and monotonously backwards and forwards in the front of a house; sometimes, several men follow one after another with the same affiches...'), shopping expeditions to Oxford Street and environs, the Map Cave ('...16 or 18 views well worth seeing...'), the Soho Bazaar, and Christmas Day in the workhouse ('...On Christmas Day we went to the Workhouse of our Parish (St Pancras) where we saw portions distributed to the inmates (1320) men women and children. We were all offered by the Matron a portly blooming woman in a black silk dress, and attendants large pieces of excellent Plum pudding which was taken from the rest of the Plum puddings that were smoking around on large tables... finally to the Upper Room where about 50 little children from 1 to 6 years old were assembled , some around a very large table in the middle, some using benches as tables and sitting on little low footstools, others again on the ground around a warm blazing fire. A good discipline prevailed among this little Troop who looked healthy and had little ruddy fat cheeks; they seemed much better than the men and women who were very pale and haggard...'), c.34 pages, kept in a pocket account-book, first leaves loose, marbled paper wrappers, torn, 8vo, London, 5 October 1849 to 1 January 1850(ii) Recipe book, largely culinary with some medicinal, kept in several early 19th century hands, one employing phonetic spelling ('...A Costerd Pudden/ for a half pint basen a Quasrter of a pint of milk a lettel nutmeg sinimon an shouger an make it boal a lettel...'), many attributed, c.80 pages, in a contemporary green vellum clasped notebook, 8vo, 1818-1847 where datedThis lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •
John Vanderbank (British 1694-1739) Portrait of Elizabeth Innes, three-quarter length, in black and white dress, with a dog on a cushion Oil on canvas, in a carved frame Signed and dated Fecit 1736 lower right 127 x 101.5cm (50 x 39¾ in.) Provenance: By descent to the sitter's daughter, Martha, wife of George Daubery, and thence by descent Sale, Sotheby's London, 10 November 1993, Lot 34 Plaish Hall, Church Stretton, Shropshire
A gentleman's 9ct gold dress watch, Certina circa 1976, the champagne dial with baton indicators, integral flexible Milanese type bracelet, fold over clasp (Dimensions: Case diameter: 34mm)(Case diameter: 34mm)Condition report: In very good condition for age, case work very clean, no scratches or scuffs, working well whilst with us but no guarantee given, with dated booklet, NO BOX, bracelet in very good condition, no kinks or stretching, clasp works well Dial diameter: 30mm Gross weight: 52g Please note that all wear is consistent with age and use. The absence of a statement of surface or condition issues does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging. Condition reports for all watches and items of a mechanical nature are made without any guarantee as to working condition or whether all parts are original, any information as to working order is noted during processing of the lots and should be treated as general information only. Please also note that watches, and in particular Rolex, may have been enhanced after the original purchase by the addition of diamonds and other gem-stones. Unless we have been given information by the vendor, or stated otherwise, it should be assumed the gemstones are a later addition, set by a third party.
An 18ct gold ruby and diamond dress ring, with central rectangular cut pale red/pink ruby measuring 5.8mm x 4.2mm x 2.4mm, totalling approx 0.61cts, in a rub over platinum setting, with two trillion cut diamond shoulders, measuring 3.2mm wide x 2.4mm deep approx, on a plain yellow metal band, with laser hallmark, Birmingham, maker EI, ring size L½, 4.5g all in.
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