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Click here to subscribeA PAIR OF CARVED AND PAINTED INDIAN WAITER SUPPORTS, LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY each of shaped outline (one head chipped), polychrome painted in traditional dress, applied with a white metal Prince of Wales`s feather badge and the numbers `1` and `2` respectively, on a wooden base 92cm; 36 1/4in high
AN ASSORTMENT OF COLLAR BADGES AND BUTTONS Including officers` collar-badges as follows: a pair of badges in gilt and enamel; a pair of new badges in silver plate and gilt, a single old badge and a single new badge, also in silver plate and gilt; three pairs of bronze badges and one single; two pairs of embroidered thistles, one gold, one silver, from Full Dress collars; a pair of skirt-ornaments from an officer`s coatee, possibly of the The Royal Scots, St Andrew in silver wire embroidery (now blackened with age); some 12 ORs` collar-badges in gilding-metal, white metal or anodised; six officers` buttons, mainly for coatees, including gilt open-backed examples for The Royal and the Royal Edinburgh Volunteers, a closed-back gilt button of the Royal Scots, a white metal button of the Queen`s Edinburgh Light Infantry, and one of the 16th Regiment (now incorporated in a gold-laced loop from the cuff-slash of an 1856 pattern tunic); some 100 other buttons, including 9 OR`s small pewter coatee buttons, open-back or flat, of various regiments (excavated condition, some loops missing) (lot)
PART OF AN OFFICER`S FORAGE CAP BADGE OF THE ROYAL SCOTS POST 1852 a small oval badge bearing the VR cypher within the collar of the Thistle, all in gilt metal, voided on blue enamel, loop fixings to rear (enamel chipped at edges) Note: The complete badge, as described in 1857 Dress Regulations, would have had an embroidered numeral "1" below.
A VICTORIAN FIELD OFFICER`S FULL DRESS DOUBLET OF THE ROYAL SCOTS with maker`s label of Morris & Co, 50 Pall Mall, inscribed to Major CA Logan RS, now with badges of rank for a Lieutenant Colonel, together with a Field Officer`s gold-laced sword belt, complete with waist-plate and sword slings, and the original owner`s commission dated 1858 (the left-hand rear pocket-flap of the Inverness skirts of the doublet has been removed) (3)
AN OFFICER`S FULL DRESS DOUBLET OF THE ROYAL SCOTS POST 1902 with maker`s label of Meyer & Mortimer, 36 Conduit St, London, inscribed to JCH Grant Esq, now with Major`s KC badges of rank, together with a gold-laced waist- belt, a buff leather baldric, complete with sword-slings but lacking plate; a crimson silk shoulder-sash, and a good pair of strapped trews of Hunting Stewart tartan (5)
A COLOUR SERGEANT`S FULL DRESS DOUBLET OF THE ROYAL SCOTS PRE-1881 a scarlet doublet of the 6th Volunteer Battalion, with white metal Royal Arms buttons and collar-badges, plain red shoulder-straps inscribed 6/V/RS in black worsted embroidery above a silver-embroidered R, silver lace chevron on right sleeve below crossed flags and crown, five Efficiency badges above right cuff and Marksman`s badge on left sleeve; together with a small portrait photograph of the original owner, Charles Wilson (1846-1933) and a typed biography of him by one of his twenty six grandchildren (3)
TWO OFFICERS` FULL DRESS TUNICS OF THE QUEEN`S EDINBURGH LIGHT INFANTRY CIRCA 1855-68 a Lieutenant`s scarlet tunic of pre-1868 Infantry pattern, with silver "Vellum" pattern lace to collar, cuffs and skirts, fine silver-plated buttons bearing the Thistle star above EDINBURGH, gold-embroidered Crown at each end of collar; and a Major`s tunic, with additional field officer`s silver lace to collar, cuffs and slashes, of particular interest in having clearly been converted from a double-breasted 1855 pattern tunic (six buttons missing from front); together with a pair of Line Infantry blue trousers with scarlet welts and buttons for foot-straps (3)
A RIFLE VOLUNTEER OFFICER`S FULL DRESS DOUBLET CIRCA 1859-1870 a very rare grey doublet, probably of the Highland Company of the Queen`s Rifle Volunteer Brigade, Royal Scots, with gauntlet cuffs and Inverness skirts, edged with grey braid and with black Russia braid loops fastened by dull white metal buttons bearing a crown over stringed bugle, massive plaited black shoulder-cords forming wings; black mohair braid edging to collar and fronts, the latter trimmed with six rows of black square cord forming eyes and drops, with olivets; massive gold-embroidered crowns to collar
OFFICERS` UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS a Full Dress doublet with Lieutenant`s badges of rank; a similar doublet with Captain`s badges of rank (tailor`s label and owner`s details now illegible, now with 9 gilt buttons on cuffs and skirts replaced by silver-plated ones); a rare scarlet frock by Bartels & Co, 8 Hanover St, London, named to E.F. Perrin Esq, 3rd Royal Scots, with blue collar and scarlet Russia braid loops to cuffs and side pocket-flaps, shoulder-straps bearing gilt star and initial M (collar-badges removed, two large buttons missing from front); and a Major`s khaki Service Dress doublet by Wm Anderson & Sons, tailor`s label named to Capt D. Greig, April 1948, with bronze buttons, collar-badges and badges of rank, four medal ribbons, with MiD oakleaf emblem to War Medal and GSM; a pair of strapped trews in Hunting Stewart tartan, by Marshall & Aitken, Edinburgh, and named to Col Sir JM Clark (?); and an officer`s waistbelt of an auxiliary battalion, with white metal waistplate (6)
OTHER RANKS` UNIFORMS OF THE ROYAL SCOTS a blue serge doublet for an SNCO, with gilding metal thistle collar badges and remains of a Colour Sergeant`s chevron on right sleeve; an OR`s No1. Dress Lowland pattern blue doublet with blue cloth cuffs trimmed with white Russia braid, fitted with anodised Royal Scots collar-badges and detachable buttons; a good crimson silk shoulder-sash, probably for a Warrant Officer; four soldier`s Glengarries with red/white/blue knitted diced bands (all except one lacking badge, one lacking ribbons); a blue Balmoral bonnet with knitted band, complete with towrie and badge; a khaki serge Tam o`Shanter with khaki towrie, unissued and without badge, by Sylvester & Co, dated 1940, another Tam o`Shanter, with badge on tartan backing, lacking towrie; three Kilmarnock bonnets with woven diced bands, complete with rosettes but no badge, two lacking towries; the exterior of a khaki drill tropical helmet with Hawkes label, lacking its inner element; five swagger sticks of various types of wood, three with ball tops, two with thimbles, all in nickel plate and bearing badges of the Royal Scots or associated units; and a WW1 vintage leather bayonet-frog (unused) with issue stamp to 2nd Battalion Royal Scots (a lot)
A COLLECTION OF DOCUMENTS OF ROYAL SCOTS INTEREST A Commission dated July 1915 to 2nd Lieutenant WS Gavin, 16th Battalion Royal Scots, in a glazed frame; an album, in relic condition, the cover named to Captain C. Daniel, The Royal Scots, containing some 35 loose stiff cards 17in. x 14in., mounted on both sides with an assortment of photographs, newspaper cuttings etc, relating mainly to the 1st Battalion`s tour of duty in Chatham c.1894 - 97; photographs include images of parades, formal and informal groups in uniform and plain clothes, and other military events, together with many family photographs and domestic scenes; a large quantity of material relating to Lieutenant T.W. Reynolds, 1st Battalion, including certificates, lecture-notes, proformas, reports, précis and examination papers of the RMC Sandhurst, in the mid-1920s; some postcards printed from regimental photographs, and a few small photographic portraits of soldiers, a hardback copy of "Souvenir of the Queen`s Brigade" by Capt Moir-Bryce, 2nd RVB, published 1889, a record of Queen Mary`s visit to the 2nd Battalion in Redford Barracks Edinburgh in 1920, a Tercentenary souvenir of 1933, a hard-back pamphlet dated 1935 containing Dress Regulations for 7th/9th Highlanders Battalion RS, plus regimental journals, Christmas cards etc; a Commission on parchment, dated September 1818, appointing John Arthur Allen Esq to command a company of the 64th Foot; a certificate on parchment that JA Allen successfully attended the Royal Military College from February 1819 to December 1820, and another commission, signed by William IV, appointing him to command a company in the 1st Foot; another commission, also signed by William IV, appointing Frederick (?) Meir to be an ensign in the same regiment; a Certificate from No.2 Record Office, Hamilton, confirming that Pte George Burnside of the Royal Scots was disabled during the Great War and honourably discharged in January 1920; and three coloured prints showing uniforms of the Royal Scots at various dates (lot)
A FINE 54 BORE ALSATIAN PERCUSSION TARGET RIFLE BY J. G. ZELLER, ARNHEM, CIRCA 1852-70 with three-stage barrel, formed with a series of recessed elongated panels divided by slender ribs over the forward section and octagonal over the breech, the latter signed in gold letters, fitted with German silver fore-sight, blued adjustable back-sight, engraved with tightly scrolling foliage over the breech, chiselled with foliage inhabited by a reclining hound on the tang and fitted with fully adjustable peep-sight, chiselled flush-fitting lock decorated with a resting stag and a wild boar, chiselled hammer, figured walnut full stock carved with chequering and neo-rococo scrolls over the fore-end and the grip, the latter including a wildman mask (cracked through and expertly repaired), the left of the butt with raised cheek-piece inlaid with silver wire scrolls along the base, the rear carved in high relief with a felled stag, and a hound seeing off a wolf, the right of the butt carved with further scrolls inhabited by a crossbowman and a putto in renaissance dress, engraved and chiselled steel mounts comprising small side-plate decorated with a coiled monster, butt-plate formed with a pair of elongated prongs, the tang engraved with the French crowned Royal Arms and the inscription `J.G. Zeller, Geoctrooljeerd Joor Arms Z. M. Den Keijzer Det Franzchen`, trigger-guard chiselled with a hound and three ramrod-pipes, German silver barrel bolt escutcheons, and a pair of sling swivels, and brass-tipped wooden ramrod 80.5cm; 31 3/4in barrelThis maker is recorded circa 1840-70.
A PAIR OF 22 BORE HIGHLAND FLINTLOCK DRESS BELT PISTOLS FORMED ENTIRELY OF STEEL BY MACLEOD, BIRMINGHAM PROOF MARKS, SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY with swamped multi-stage barrels faceted at the muzzle section, etched over the greater part of their surface with thistle flowers and foliage, a trophy-of-arms and the motto `Nemo Me Impune Lacessit`, moulded breeches incorporating the back-sights, signed engraved locks, fitted with rollers and rainproof pans, three-quarter stocks, etched and blued with further designs of thistle foliage enriched with silver, including the figure of St Andrew beneath the locks (bluing worn), inlaid on each side of the butt with a silver escutcheon, one vacant, one with the owner`s crest and initials `JW` beneath the motto `Ne Cede` and the other pistol with a further crest beneath the motto `Fit Fiave` on each side, slender belt hooks, globular steel triggers inlaid with a silver cross on the bottom, thistle-shaped prickers inlaid in silver en suite, one retaining its ramrod (the other ramrod and ramrod-pipe missing) 32.3cm; 12 3/4in (2)
The Coronation robes and coronets for the Earl and Countess of Cavan, originally purchased in the second quarter of the 19th century, each coronet designed as a gilt metal circlet with eight upright stylised leaves, interspersed with eight silver plated balls on raised spikes, the crimson caps with gilt metal thread tassels to centre, the base rim lined with ermine fur, both retailed by Garrard & Co Ltd, London and both with accompanying velvet and ermine robes and a dress for the Countess, Earl`s coronet approx 15cm high, 22.5cm diameter, Countess`s coronet approx 12cm high, 15cm diameter, together with a further silver plated coronet of the same design, 13cm high, 17cm diameter (6) Note To the interior of the Earl`s coronet This coronet first worn at the coronation of her most gracious majesty Queen Victoria by Fredrick 8th Earl of Cavan Thursday June 28th 1838 This coronet was worn by 10th Earl at coronation of King Edward VII 1902 and at coronation of King George V June 22nd 1911 Field Marshall 10th Earl of Cavan, commanded the troops, rode in the procession, was also in the Abbey and wore this coronet at the coronation of King George VI 12th May 1937WE DO NOT STATE CONDTION IN THE ABOVE DESCRIPTION – Before bidding please ensure you are satisfied with the condition of this lot – For details of condition please contact the auctioneer.
A gentlemans 18ct gold cased, keyless wind openfaced dress watch, with an unsigned jewelled lever movement, the silvered dial with black Arabic numerals, the aperture showing the hours, the outer ring the minutes and with a subsidiary dial to show the seconds, import mark London 1928 and a gold two tone curb link watch Albert chain, fitted with a T-bar, a swivel and with a boltring, with an associated case.
A gentleman`s silver cased openfaced pocket watch, import mark, London 1910, a Girard-Perregaux Shell keyless wind dress watch, the dial and the case back with the visible watch movement, with a base metal watch chain, an openfaced fob watch, a silver circular cased wristwatch import mark, London 1914 and seven further wristwatches.
A gentleman`s gold cased, keyless wind, openfaced pocket watch, by International Watch Co, Schaffhausen, with a signed gilt jeweled lever movement with precision regulation, gilt metal inner case, the signed gilt dial with black Arabic and baton numerals, subsidiary seconds and with blued steel hands, the case back engine turned and detailed, 14K 0.585, with a gold twin bar link dress Albert chain, fitted with a T bar and with a swivel.
BY AND AFTER JOSEF LORENZL, a rare Goldscheider earthenware figure of a young female dancer wearing a shaped head-dress, a blue fringed short tunic and holding a "butterfly wing" shawl outstretched in either hand, standing in shoes on a plain black circular base, model No.5543, inscribed AS in monogram D.5.X11, signed, 19 3/4" high (Illustrated)
AFTER JOSEF LORENZL - "Odette", a Goldscheider earthenware figure, modelled as a young lady, seated with her left arm outstretched to her extended left leg, and wearing a pink trimmed brown dress and hat, on a plain black oval base, impressed and printed marks, 5 1/2" high, 8 1/4" long (Illustrated)
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