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Lot 554
BURRELL PAUL: (1958- ) Former servant of the British Royal Household, Footman to Queen Elizabeth II and later Butler to Diana, Princess of Wales. Selection of A.Ls.S., Paul, (and two with initials, Much love, as ever, P xx and Love P xx), eighteen pages (total), 4to and 8vo, various places (mainly London), 7th June - 17th December 1982, to Michael Hillard, most on the printed stationery of either Buckingham Palace, Balmoral Castle or Windsor Castle. Burrell writes a series of social letters to his friend, some with interesting content, in part, 'I had a lovely week in Edinburgh - very quiet, due to the absence of my "little ones", but I had more time for private engagements. I opened a new little pub called the "Laughing Duck" - such a friendly, happy place - everyone was "so kind" and attentive. Then on another evening I opened a new "dance centre" dedicated to the "performing arts" - but my dear, there wasn't a tulle frock or sequin in sight - black leather seems to be the predominant dress for this season, trimmed in silver chains. I was always accompanied of course by my L.I.W's [Ladies/Lords-in-Waiting] - one has to be chaperoned, especially as I wasn't really "fit to receive "private" audiences!!!" (Buckingham Palace, 6th July 1982), 'The most awful thing has happened!! My very best tapes which I recorded for my walkman for use at Balmoral aren't any good....Would you be an absolute dream and re-record these tapes for me - my very best and only favourite artistes! I'm lost without Shirley, Dionne & Roberta - not to mention not being able to listen to "Making Love"'(Balmoral Castle, 9th August 1982), 'Received your despatch from the "Metropolis" this morning and after snatching "mon neuf petit chien" from Lilibet's one and only hands - made for the woods, where my babies "et moi" could read all your news. I'm sure that the Queen could hear me laughing when I read your comment regarding the photo on the card....Charles' little willie is misbehaving - keeps being sick everywhere - and cries...and cries...and cries! I think that the novelty with Granny has worn off (orf). Queen Elizabeth arrives tomorrow from the Castle of Mey...Geordie, one of "Mummys" corgis is very ill - and may die. "But there's no way she will have him put down" the Queen said to Margot - to which her reply was - with a puff on her cigarette (with holder) - "Well, perhaps he'll pop orf in the night....!"....I desperately want to see two movies - "E.T" and "Conan....the Barbarian"....Could you possibly book me a hair appointment....' (Balmoral Castle, 24th August 1982). Three of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes hand addressed by Burrell. G to generally VG, 6
Lot 555
BURRELL PAUL: (1958- ) Former servant of the British Royal Household, Footman to Queen Elizabeth II and later Butler to Diana, Princess of Wales. Selection of A.Ls.S., Paul (and one Much love, P'), thirteen pages (total), 4to and 8vo, various places (mainly London), 5th June - 11th November 1982, to Michael Hillard, ('My dear Michael'), most on the printed stationery of either Buckingham Palace or Balmoral Castle. Burrell writes a series of social letters to his friend, some with interesting content, in part, 'As I sit here at my desk, listening to the band of the Grenadier Guards play beneath my bedroom window, I wonder where you are and what you might be doing. It would be so nice to have you in town for my birthday tomorrow...I just had the most horrific shock! The lovely letter which you wrote me from Abu Dhabi had been packed with my livery for next weeks Reagan visit at Windsor. Thank goodness my hat boxes and wardrobe trunks are still outside my door and are not being trundled to Windsor by the Army!....I had a super day at the Derby on the 2nd with the Queen - even though we had thunderstorms during luncheon....the rain stopped in time for Lilibet and Mummy to squelch their way down to the paddock to see the horses. Today, Saturday, is a beautiful warm sunny day, so after I have been "pumping", I'm off on the roof for a few hours of "bronzy bronzy". It won't be any match for your tan though' (Buckingham Palace, 5th June 1982), 'I have been having a super birthday party and "several" wonderful surprises!!....Lunch was for 4, which included your little friend "Scooby Doo" - isn't he lovely?? Such a shame he had to leave to meet some previously arranged "date". Ah well!.....The flowers are so beautiful - I don't want them to die!!....They're all in a beautiful bouquet - with a huge bow and fishtails! Thank you Michael - you're so thoughtful! I'm leaving here tonight to travel to Windsor. How on earth can I carry my flowers past the guards!! I must get Penny - our florist to arrange them nicely for me. The Queen would be green if she saw them!' (Ealing, 6th June 1982), 'Last nights "fancy dress", judged by "Ed & Sarah" was a great success - Diana's dresser et "moi" came 2nd - dressed as clowns. Sarah informed me that she chose the 2nd - Ed, of course chose the 1st! One wonders whether she favoured "moi"....Looking forward to seeing you on Thursday afternoon - we'll have a good chat under the dryer!' (Balmoral Castle, 31st August 1982), 'It was good to be back with ones very best and only friends, after what seems like an eternity away in far flung corners of the empire....Enclosed are your tickets for the viewing of "Beatrix the Bolds" arrival at Buckingham Palace. I do hope that Bo can make it....She will go "Ga-Ga" like poor old Wallis in the Bois de Boulogne and turn into a vegetable.' (Buckingham Palace, 11th November 1982). Two of the letters are accompanied by the original envelopes hand addressed by Burrell. G (1), otherwise VG, 5
Lot 665
FREEMAN-THOMAS FREEMAN: (1866-1941) 1st Marquess of Willingdon. British Politician, Governor-General of Canada 1926-31 & Viceroy and Governor-General of India 1931-36. A fine vintage signed 11 x 8 photograph, the wonderful formal image depicting the Marquess and his wife, Marie, Marchioness of Willingdon, seated alongside each other in full length poses wearing ceremonial robes. Four young Indian boys, in traditional dress, are seated at their feet. Photograph by Kinsey. Signed by both the Marquess and Marchioness in fountain pen ink to the image, with slightly weaker contrast, and dated Delhi, 1936, in their hands. Matted in cream and framed and glazed in the original leather presentation frame by Walter Jones of Sloane Street, London, with a gilt decorative border and coronet at the head. 17.5 x 13.5 overall. About VG
Lot 1006
KPM PAINTED PORCELAIN PLAQUE, SIGNED, 7 1/2" X 5 1/4", ALLEGORY OF ASIA: Signed lower right "Scher..", remainder of signature is obscured by the frame. Impressed KPM mark and scepter mark. Allegory of Asia, one of the Four Parts of the World, is shown richly dressed with a crown, an elaborate dress and jewelry, and is shown with incense or perfume.
Lot 57
Roman Sabina - Pudicitia Denarius131 AD, Rome mint. Obv: SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P F legend with diademed and draped bust right. Rev: PVCIDITIA legend with Pudicitia standing left drawing out folds of drapery from dress, left hand at side. 3.07 grams. Sear 3922; RIC 407; BMC 911. [No Reserve] Very fine. Scarce.Starting Price: £5
Lot 81
Roman Magnus Maximus - Contemporary Plated SolidusCirca 387-388 AD. Obv: DN MAG MA-XIMVS PF AVG legend with rosette-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: RESTITVTOR REIPVBLICAE legend with emperor, in military dress, standing facing, head right, holding Victory on globe and labarum, star in left field; mintmark SMTR in exergue. 3.17 grams. Imitative of Sear 4195; RIC IX 76. A Germanic copy of a solidus, struck in silver and gilded.[No Reserve] Near as struck, repaired. Interesting.Starting Price: £5
Lot 155
Egyptian Large Amulet of SekhmetLate Period, 500-332 BC. A large and fine blue-glazed composition amulet depicting the lioness-headed goddess Sekhmet, seated on an openwork throne, wearing a long dress and tripartite wig, with her left hand held to her belly. 17 grams, 66 mm (1 1/2"). Ex Dr. Peter Gray collection. Dr. Grey (d.1990) was a pioneer of mummy x-rays. Fine condition.Starting Price: £550
Lot 363
Byzantine Gold Glass-Inlaid Dress Pin5th-8th century AD. A lozenge-section dress pin with gold sheet cells to the upper end comprising a discoid lower with blue glass inlay and pelletted border, two similar above with red inlay, an elliptical panel with central blue glass inlay and red glass to the outer cells (one absent) and a gold beast-head terminal with granulated detail and gold ring. 4.24 grams, 63 mm (2 1/2"). Formerly the property of a Mayfair gentleman, acquired 1980s. Fine condition.Starting Price: £200
Lot 420
Near Eastern Luristan Bronze Dress PinBronze Age, 1250-650 BC. A cast bronze dress pin, the shaft round-section and tapering, the knop head with two bands of eight projecting lugs and domed finial. 122 grams, 32 cm (12 1/2"). UK art market, acquired prior to 1980. Fine condition.Starting Price: £100
Lot 83
*Advertising. Fan advertising Parfum Floramye, L.T. Piver, Parfumerie, Paris, c.1910, folding paper fan, the obverse with chromo. illust. of a lady in long dress and hat reclining on a cliff by the sea, with a little dog, by Abel Faivre, text and floral decoration on verso, mounted on wooden sticks, 25cm (9.75ins), together with Fan advertising Gao, L.T. Piver, Paris, c.1925, folding paper fontage fan, the obverse with a colour pochoir design by Yvonne Preverand de Sonneville, of a lady in riding habit leading a horse, surrounded by floral decoration, verso with text and illust. of saddle, crop, and top hat, lightly creased to top edge, mounted on wooden sticks, 25cm (9.75ins). (2)
Lot 114
*Courting. La Ruse d`Amour, French, c.1800, folding paper fan, the leaf stipple-engraved in grey and red with a young lady in an empire line dress pursued by a retinue of putti issuing from a thatched beehive, from behind which emerges the lady`s suitor, titled to lower margin, outlines highlighted in contemp. silver paint (tarnished), remains of a few sequins, the wooden sticks lacquered red and with an ivory filet on the guardsticks, 24cm (9.5ins). (1)
Lot 133
*Ladies Telegraph. For Corresponding at a Distance, Invented and Engraved by Robert Rowe, and Entered at Stationer`s Hall, Published by M. Stunt, No.191, Strand, Opposite St. Clements Church Yard, April 20th 1798, folding paper fan, the leaf engraved on the obverse with Questions and Answers and Method of using the Telegraph, with the alphabet along top edge, each letter with corresponding moveable tab, with hand-coloured key to the alphabet below, verso with each section painted a colour, mounted on bone sticks decorated in silver, guardsticks hand-painted with flower sprays, 25.5cm (10ins). Not in the Schreiber Collection. A rare and charming fan, designed to allow two ladies, though seated at some distance from one another, to converse. When a tab, denoting a letter, is moved upwards, a different colour appears on the vertical stripe on the back of the fan, and so whole sentences can be spelt out. There are also instructions on how to ask and answer `the most familiar and occurrent questions`, i.e., the letters C and D used together mean `I admire the Elegance of your Dress , where was it made?`, and D and E mean `I am glad you like it, I will tell you by the Telegraph`. (1)
Lot 170
*Mechanical cards. A mechanical `tag` card by Mansell, c. 1850, featuring a Father with a baby on his knee, `Happy father, what delight, with thy darling children bright, who can envy not, and see, thy sweet Baby on thy knee`, when tag is pulled Father puts baby into cot; another mechanical `tag` depicting a trooper who cleans his rifle; a lift-up flap card `the Rifleman`s Kit` which reveals a lady in a crinoline dress, both 7 x 18cm by Mansell, c. 1840; plus twelve other cards mounted on board, hinged by Meek, Mullord, etc., applied scraps, flowers, silks, c. 1840-50. (15)
Lot 128
A Heubach Koppelsdorf bisque headed doll, numbered 321.0, together with two other German dolls. (3) CONDITION REPORT: The second large doll marked 'A.M. Koppelsdorf Germany 1330 A12.M'. hair is loose, nibbles to the feet and finger areas. The smaller doll dressed in Scottish dress, marked Germany, missing a shoe and loose hair, losses to the paint to rear of the head but generally fair.
Lot 686
A 19th century cavalry sword with wooden and wirework handle (lacking scabbard), another similar with leather covered scabbard and two 20th century dress swords (4). CONDITION REPORT: The two with shiny scabbards appear to be reproductions. The leather scabbard is scuffed, no significant damage noted.
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