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Lot 405
TWO SPURS, PROBABLY 17TH CENTURY; A PAIR OF DRESS SPURS, AND A FURTHER SPUR, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY the first with seven-point star-shaped rowel, moulded neck and heel-band, the latter adapted for display; the second with pierced star-shaped rowel, curved moulded neck, and curved arched heel-band, fitted with tabs; the third chromed, with black leather straps; and the fifth similar the first: 12.5 cm; 5 in (5)
Lot 367
AN OFFICER'S UNIFORM OF THE ROYAL HORSE ARTILLERY a Full Dress blue jacket by J Daniels & Co, Woolwich, edged all round with gold basket cord. 18 loops of the same cord each side in front, fastened by brass KC regimental ball buttons. Upright collar of scarlet cloth, edged with gold "Broken Bias" lace and bearing grenades in silver embroidery. Austrian knots to sleeves, in cord traced with Russia braid, and backseam ornaments of the same cord forming a crowsfoot at the top and Austrian knot at the bottom. Replacement shoulder-cords, also of basket cord, bearing QEC Colonel's badges of rank in silver embroidery. Fine quilted drab lining with maker's label named to WE Mann Esq RHA. Lace and cord slightly dull. Together with a set of gold cord cap-lines with acorn finials, and a pouch-belt. The pouch with blue cloth flap edged with gold lace and bearing the Gun in metal and QEC Royal Arms, oak and bayleaf sprays and motto scrolls in gold embroidery. The belt of regimental pattern gold lace, with ornate gilt buckle, slide and tip. Gilt elements rubbed, lace and embroidery dull (4)
Lot 175
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) with curved single-edged blade with traces of a straight hamon, signed tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, openwork iron tsuba involving stylised dragons, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip, gilt mounts including menuki involving figures in traditional dress and flowers, in a lacquered saya 67.0 cm; 26 3/8 in blade
Lot 368
A DEPUTY LIEUTENANT'S FULL DRESS WAIST BELT scarlet leather, faced with 1 ¾ in silver "Oakleaf" pattern lace. Oblong waist plate of frosted white metal, with burnished edges, mounted with a Rose within an oakleaf wreath. Complete with its matching silver-laced sword-slings with ornate white metal billet-buckles. Together with an infantry officer's crimson silk waist sash, with pleated bow and fringe tassels with flat woven heads (2)
Lot 413
A GERMAN COMB-MORION, NUREMBERG, CIRCA 1580, WITH LATER ETCHED DECORATION formed in one piece with a hemispherical crown rising to a high roped medial comb, and an integral brim turned down at each side, rising to an obtuse point at the front and rear (the front one slightly bruised), decorated around its edge with a file-roped inward turn, the front struck with the quality-control mark of the city of Nuremberg (the rear and sides each pierced with later wiring-holes), the base of the crown encircled by twelve round-headed lining-rivets with rosette-washers of iron (one washer missing), etched on each side of the crown with a circular cartouche enclosing, on the right, a representation of the Sacrifice of Isaac, and on the left, a mounted huntsman carrying a spear, in each case overlaying a pattern of alternating vertical bands respectively comprised of arabesque interlace and scrolling foliage inhabited by birds of prey, the latter design repeated on the comb and the brim and involving in the case of the former, oval cartouches enclosing, on the right, a soldier holding a banner, and on the left, a drummer, each in contemporary dress, the etching executed throughout on a blackened and stippled ground (light wear and patination overall 29.1 cm; 11 1/2 in high
Lot 570
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body numbered '184', the inner face decorated with two ropework panels, the outer surface decorated with a niched figure in contemporary dress, with iron mounts including nozzle with spring-closure and cut-off, basal cap, belt-hook and two rings for suspension (one screw missing) 35.0 cm; 13 3/4 in
Lot 40
TWO JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS (TSUBA) both with kozuka hitsu-ana and kogai hitsu-ana, the first of polished bronze, signed, decorated with a figure in traditional dress, flowers and foliage, and all enriched with gold; the second decorated with an ox in a mountainous landscape enriched with gold the first:7.2 cm; 2 7/8 in (2)
Lot 140
A BRITISH STAFF OFFICER'S SWORD BASED ON THE 1822 PATTERN BRITISH INFANTRY OFFICER'S SWORD, CIRCA 1837-45 with pipe-backed blade, etched with 'VR' crowned on each face, motto, crest and initials of William John Gairdner at the forte, regulation gilt-brass hilt, wire-bound fishskin-covered grip, in its steel scabbard with loops for suspension, the locket engraved 'Captn. & Adjt. W.J. Gairdner from Coll. U. Yule 1823' 85.1 cm; 33 ½ in blade The blade has been added to the hilt in its service life. This sword's brass guard is specified in Dress Regulations 1822 as that to be worn by generals and Staff officers with effect from that date; generals adopted a completely different pattern of sword in 1831. Its blade is of the 'pipe-backed' form specified for the swords of Cavalry and Infantry officers in 1822 and current until 1845. William John Gairdner (1789-1861) was commissioned ensign in the 10th Bengal Native Infantry in 1808. He was promoted lieutenant, 2nd Battalion, 10th Bengal Native Infantry, in 1814, captain, 14th Bengal Native Infantry, in 1824, major in 1835 and lieutenant-colonel in 1842. Transferring to the 16th Bengal Native Infantry in 1846, he was promoted colonel of the 63rd Bengal Native Infantry in 1852, returning to Scotland on furlough in the same year. He was promoted major general in 1854 and died at Strathtyrum House, St Andrews, Fife, in February 1861. Gairdner was regularly on active service between 1809 and 1850, serving in the Nepal War of 1816, the Third Maratha War of 1817-18, the First Burma War of 1826, the Gwalior Campaign of 1843 and the First Sikh War of 1845-46. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath (CB) in 1846.
Lot 435
BADHAM, Sally & NORRIS, Malcolm, Early Incised Slabs and Brasses from the London Marblers (1999); EVANS, Joan, Dress in Medieval France (1952); VARIOUS AUTHORS, Transactions of the Monumental Brass Society: Volume XIX, Part 3, 2016 (2016); GARDNER, A., Alabaster Tombs of the pre-Reformation Period in England (1940), bound in green cloth with gilt lettering, bookplate of Claude Blair; ESDAILE, Arundell, Temple Church Monuments (1933); DOWNING, Mark, The Military Medieval Effigies Remaining in Shropshire (1999); Armour in Monuments (a photograph album of armoured monumental figures), with bookplate of Anthony de Reuck; NORRIS, Malcolm, Monumental Brasses: The Craft (1978); MCKENDRICK, Scott, LOWDEN, John & DOYLE, Kathleen, Royal Manuscripts: The Genius of Illumination (2011) (10)
Lot 571
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with dark stained curved flattened body numbered '177', the inner face engraved with foliate borders (chipped), the outer surface decorated with a musketeer in contemporary dress, and with iron mounts including nozzle with spring closure and cut-off, belt-hook, basal cap and a ring for suspension (one ring missing) 30.5 cm; 12 in
Lot 590
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, DATED 1615 with curved flattened body, the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric rings, the outer face decorated with a central rondel filled with a sun-in-splendour flanked by two warriors in contemporary dress, iron mounts comprising belt hook, basal cap and top mount each fitted with a ring for suspension and the latter with spring closure and cut-off 36.5 cm; 14 3/8 in
Lot 572
A GERMAN ENGRAVED COWHORN POWDER-FLASK, EARLY 17TH CENTURY with curved flattened body numbered '135', the inner face engraved with a pattern of concentric circles, the outer face decorated with a pair of figures in contemporary dress baiting a fox with spiked shields in an enclosure, and with iron mounts including cap with spring cut-off, belt-hook, basal cap and two rings for suspension (nozzle missing) 27.0 cm; 10 5/8 in
Lot 430
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY THE RÜSTKAMMER depicting a seated figure in late 17th century dress, spanning a wheel-lock carbine, and surrounded by arms and armour including edged and hafted weapons, a burgonet, part of a gem-set decorated equestrian garniture and a combined shield, gauntlet and sword, signed 'J.H.' bottom right oil on panel, in a carved wooden frame 52.5 cm; 20 ¾ in x 44.0 cm; 17 3/8 in overall
Lot 149
ËœAN OFFICER'S FULL DRESS OR LEVÉE SWORD BY DAVIES & SON, HANOVER STREET, LONDON, CIRCA 1860-70 with curved blade formed with a hatchet point, etched with 'VR' crowned, scrolls of foliage and 'Wiltshire Yeomanry', signed 'Davies & Son, 19 Hanover Square, London' at the forte on one face, gilt-brass mameluke hilt, ivory grips, sword knot, in its brass-mounted iron scabbard 76.6 cm; 30 ¼ in blade
Lot 137
A BRITISH 1796 PATTERN HEAVY CAVALRY OR STAFF OFFICER'S DRESS SWORD, CIRCA 1796-1800 with fullered blade double-edged towards the point and engraved 'J. Runkel Solingen' on the back-edge, etched and gilt on a blued panel over the first half of the blade with crowned 'GR' and Royal Arms, gilt-brass regulation hilt, and wire-bound grip, in its steel scabbard 82.6 cm; 32 ½ in blade
Lot 366
A BRITISH DIPLOMATIC FULL DRESS AND OTHER UNIFORM a blue single-breasted coatee with black velvet facings. Upright collar edged with gold "oakleaf" pattern lace and bearing oakleaf sprays in gold embroidery. Gauntlet cuffs, also edged with oakleaf lace, traced with a double row of gold Russia braid, and with embroidered oak sprays. Fine gilt buttons, mounted with KC Royal Arms: nine to front, two at the waist behind, three under each skirt-slash and two at the bottom of the skirts. Two sets of beckets for breast-stars. Black quilted lining, slightly defective. Companion trousers with 2 ½ inch gold lace stripes. A folding black silk bicorne with triple gold bullion loop secured by a button as on coatee, and bullion tassels at the ends. Black silk lining with label of Marshall & Co, 57 Jermyn St. Together with a double-breasted evening dress coatee by Pleydell & Sons, 6 Cork St, with black velvet collar. Twelve large and six small buttons as on the Full Dress. Maker's label named to RM Makins Esq and dated 20/3/31
Lot 161
William Heath (British, 1795-1840):'Imperial Bears Grease or a peep into Futurity', satirical etching, hand coloured, published by Thomas McClean, 1828, impression size H 24 x W 33 cm, sheet size H 31 x W 43.5 cm. Note: The print reflects the apprehensions roused by the Russo Turkish war. The bear represents the Tsar, Charles X is portrayed as a French dandy in the dress of the ancien regime, & the Emperor of Austria is in the background.
Lot 244
John Strevens (British, 1902-1990):Portrait of a Spanish lady, oil on canvas, signed upper left & dated '63, H 68 x W 55 cm, unframed; together with a portrait of a young lady in a black dress, oil on canvas, signed upper left & dated '70, H 57 x W 47 cm. Provenance: The John Strevens Studio Sale, Boningtons Auctioneers, 24th November 2010.
Lot 491
A set of four Royal Worcester The Historical Military Series figures, modelled by Frederick Gertner, each standing in military dress, Officer of the 17th Light Dragoon, 2677, Officer of the Coldsteam Guard, 2676, Officer of the Royal Artillery, 2658 and Officer of the Third Dragoon Guards, 2675, each 33cm high, printed crown and circle mark in black, c.1965 Condition Report: One pair repair to plume. Three with restoration to swords
Lot 352
A POST WWII ERA BELIEVED RUSSIAN AK47 RIFLE BAYONET, in brown coloured plastic scabbard, both handle and scabbard have been engraved with figures 712, together with a German 3rd Reich Dress Bayonet, bearing the marks 'Original Eckhorn, Solingen' with Squirrel motif, scabbard silver coloured metal
Lot 6
A 14CT GOLD MODERN MARQUISE DIAMOND CROSS OVER DESIGN DRESS RING, centring on a claw set marquise cut diamond, estimated weight 0.75ct, colour assessed as G-H, clarity assessed as VS2-SI1, twelve modern round brilliant cut diamonds, estimated total weight 0.25ct, colour assessed as G-H, ring size P, hallmarked 14ct gold, Birmingham 2000, sponsor mark for TH Baker, gross weight approximately 4.5 grams
Lot 221
MANNER OF GEORGE ENGLEHEART (1750-1829), a late 18th Century ivory box with yellow metal mount inset with a portrait miniature of a lady with curled powdered hair tied with a blue ribbon, double strand of coral beads at her neck, white dress with blue trim, on ivory, oval approximately 5.9cm x 4.5cm, the hinged box with mirrored lid interior and green velvet lined, the underside with plaited hair lock inset, approximately 7.8cm x 6.3cm, comes with a piece of card inscribed 'Miniature by George Engleheart of Counteese De Moutesquion Feze USAC'
Lot 157
Black silk and lace vintage 1920's long sleeved flapper dress with black lace panel to front and back and lace collar. There are silk flower decorations on the side near the waist. Measurements taken with dress lying flat:113cm long, shoulder to shoulder 41cm, chest 46cm and waist 49cm approx.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: Generally in very good condition for its age. Some whitish marks around the collar which look like they might be removable with washing. A few small pinprick holes in the silk as expected with age. Small amount of damage to lace on front panel.
Lot 156
Black silk and lace vintage 1920's long sleeved belted flapper dress with a row of buttons down the centre of the dress. The belt is black silk with a diamante buckle. The sleeves are sheer with lace inserts and a popper at the cuffs. There is also one popper at the collar. There are lace inserts down the front of the dress and two tiers of lace at the bottom of the dress.Measurements taken with dress lying flat:115cm long, shoulder to shoulder 41cm, chest 47cm, waist 44cm and hips 52cm approx.(B.P. 24% incl. VAT) CONDITION REPORT: The belt buckle is missing one of the diamante. The dress is generally in very good condition for its age. Some very slight wear to fabric commensurate with age. Bottom of underskirt is damaged.
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