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Lot 512
A fine Limoges enamel on copper plaque depicting a kneeling lady in blue dress reading in the grounds of a cathedral with figures beyond, signed by the artist with monogram MB, together with one other Limoges enamel on copper panel depicting Jesus and his disciples (damaged) both having retailers label `Rowley, Church Street, Kensington` View on www.staceyauction.com
Lot 2152
Circle of Joseph Highmore (London 1692-1780 Canterbury) Portrait of a lady, half-length, in a lace trimmed yellow dress with a lace cap, a rose in her right hand, her left hand resting on a mossy bank, a landscape beyond oil on canvas 30¼ x 25 1/8 in. (76.8 x 63.8 cm.) View on Christie's.com
Lot 204
A mid 18th century Dutch brass tobacco box of elongated oblong shape, the hinged top engraved with a figure surmounted by the sun, seated in regal dress with coronet and armorial crests, inscribed "Soo Lang de Sonsyn Strater Geeft ... et dat Oranie Leeft", the sides engraved with hounds chasing deer, initialled "E N 1759", the underside with a figure of a lady surmounting a coronet and regal armorial with similar conforming text
Lot 4
A JAPANESE SWORD (KATANA) with curved single-edged blade with wavy hamon, plain tang pierced with a single mekugi-ana, straight nakago-jiri, iron tsuba pierced with eight flower-shaped apertures, fabric-bound sharkskin-covered grip with a pair of menuki decorated with soft metals, and the kabuto gane and fuchi each decorated with figures in contemporary dress, in its lacquered saya 67.2cm; 26 1/2in blade
Lot 32
AN INDO-PERSIAN STEEL SHIELD (DHAL), SECOND HALF OF THE 19TH CENTURY of convex form, the outer face fitted with four domed scalloped bosses decorated with gold koftgari, steel rim retaining traces of gilding, finely etched and chiselled over the outer surface with designs of scrolling foliage and flowers enriched with gold koftgari, the outer border with calligraphic panels, cartouches filled with figures in contemporary dress, and traces of silver koftgari, the inner face retaining four rings for enarmes and an early red fabric padded lining (the lining with losses) 45.5cm; 18in diameter Provenance Robin Wigington
Lot 34
AN INDIAN SHIELD (DHAL), LATE 19TH/20TH CENTURY of convex form, the outer face applied over its surface with a brass sheet pierced with elaborate patterns of scrolling foliage and flowers inhabited by allegorical figures and attributes, perhaps of Shiva, including figures in traditional dress, stags, and a crescent in the centre, fitted with four engraved domed scalloped bosses, the inner face retaining four rings for enarmes and an early pad 59cm; 23 1/4in diameter Provenance Robin Wigington
Lot 88
A FINE AND VERY RARE GRENADIER`S CAP, HONOURABLE ARTILLERY COMPANY, CIRCA 1714 the body of crimson cotton velvet formed of four panels, each backed with hessian; the front panel bearing the Arms of the Honourable Artillery Company beneath a monarchical crown and above sprays of Union flowers, all in gold and silver wire embroidery, sequins and coloured threads, the three rear panels embroidered with foliate arabesques in gold wire and a Tudor rose in gold wire and coloured threads, the `little peak`, the turn-up, and the edges of the front and rear panels all edged with gold galloon, the `little peak` embroidered in gold wire with the Royal cypher of Queen Anne, monogrammed as a letter A between two letters R, with that on the dexter side reversed, the turn-up embroidered with a flaming grenade flanked by sprays of Union flowers, all in gold wire and coloured threads, the front panel and the junctions between the three rear panels internally stiffened, lacking its lining and one sequin from the portcullis in the Company`s Arms, with a tuft of gold wire formed as a flaming grenade (now separated) 30.5cm; 12in high; 25.5cm; 10in wide (around base of front panel) On 28th May 1714, a Court of the Honourable Artillery Company decided that, `for the honour and grandiour of the Artillery Company`, 24 of its members should be dressed and accoutred as grenadiers in order that they might, thus dressed, lead the Company on its `general marches` (HAC Court Minute Book C, p. 232; Raikes, 1878, p. 251; Goold Walker, 1926, p. 118). This having been decided, appropriate caps, pouches and other accoutrements were ordered to be obtained for the new grenadiers and it is probable that this cap is one of those commissioned on that date. The Company had had members dressed as grenadiers since at least October 1686 (Raikes, 1878, p. 219) and a Major Seeley was chosen to be captain of grenadiers in June 1702 (HAC Court Minute Book C, p. 107): it may be that the two other caps of this form that are recorded, in the National Army Museum and at Armoury House - the Headquarters of the Honourable Artillery Company - both of which are taller than the example offered here, date from earlier in the reign of Queen Anne (reigned 1702-14). Ownership of the earlier caps and accoutrements of the Company`s grenadiers had been disputed in the years 1710-11 between the Company and the Lieutenancy of the City of London (HAC Court Minute Book C, pp. 193, 195, 201 and 203) and so it appears that the resolution of May 1714 was as a result of this and in order that the Company should have complete control of a stock of equipment for its grenadiers. It is recorded (HAC Court Minute Book C, p. 237) that Major Shorey - who had been captain of grenadiers in 1709 - paid£50 to the Company`s Clerk so that a Mr Lambert could be given that sum towards the cost of the new grenadier caps on 7th July 1714; Mr Lambert was subsequently paid a further£58 `in full for Granadiers Caps` on 11th November 1714 (HAC Cash Book B, p. 27). By the time that the final payment was made for the caps, however, Queen Anne had died - on 1st August 1714 - and been succeeded by George I. While, theoretically, the death of the queen would have made the new caps obsolete - since they bore her Royal cypher - it is implied that the Queen Anne caps continued in use until at least 1722, albeit on rare occasions: Raikes recorded, quoting from a Court Minute of 1st June 1722, an order for the dress of the grenadiers at a review of the Company by King George I in June that year, as follows, `...the Grenadiers to wear the caps belonging to the Company, or the new ones lately made.` (Raikes, 1878, p. 268). `The new ones lately made` is probably a reference to caps made with the Royal cypher of King George, an example of which survives in the collections of the Honourable Artillery Company today, whereas `the caps belonging to the Company` probably refers to those commissioned in 1714, of which the example offered here is probably one. Its remarkably fine condition reflects the fact that it would only very rarely have been worn after 1714.
Lot 94
AN OFFICER`S LEVEE DRESS COATEE AND EPAULETTES, BERWICKSHIRE YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1803-28 of scarlet wool, faced green and decorated overall with silver gimp forming closely packed loops on the front, quatrefoils at the slashed cuffs, edging the collar and bordering and embellishing the tails and turn-backs, with narrow silver gimp providing delicate tracery on the collar, cuffs and tails; the front bearing three lines of white metal ball-buttons, each struck centrally with a monarchical crown and by Bushby London, closing with 24 buttons and either side decorated with 23 (the top one on the left side a smaller replacement of the same style); two similar buttons at centre back; white false turn-backs edged with green and with ornaments in the form of double-sheaves of wheat in silver wire, sequins and green thread on a scarlet ground; the collar 2¾ inches high, closing with three hooks-and-eyes; epaulettes lined with white silk and with plain silver lace straps, edged with silver purl, terminating in purl-and-sequin crescents with two layers of loose silver wire bullions and with ball buttons; lined with white silk (damaged and incomplete) and with two deep pockets in the tails This coatee is reputed to have originally belonged to Captain John Spottiswoode, younger son of John Spottiswoode, Berwickshire (1780-1866), who became captain of the 3rd, or `Eagle` troop of Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry in 1803. His father, also John Spottiswoode (c.1742-1805), had raised the 3rd troop in 1801 and was appointed the regiment`s major in 1803, whereupon his son - the younger John - was appointed captain of the troop. The 3rd troop was closely identified with the Spottiswoode family, its appellation `Eagle troop` coming from its troop-specific badges - worn on the troop`s `Tarleton` helmets - which replicated the Spottiswoode family`s crest of an `eagle rising`. The troop remained in existence from 1803 until the disbandment of the regiment in 1828 and was noted for the magnificence of its uniforms and general appearance: it was noted in 1803 that the wish of the whole troop was to have the lace on its jackets like that of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster, a move that necessitated the use of 28 yards of lace and which was regarded as `extravagant in the extreme` (Norman, 1963, p. 117) Literature: Norman, A.V.B., `Notes for a History of the Dress of the Scottish Yeomanry and Volunteer Cavalry up to 1850, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Vol. XLI (1963), pp. 113-137. Freeman, B.F.M., `Historical Records of the Border Yeomanry Regiments: No. 3. - The Berwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, 1797-1828`, Transactions of the Hawick Archaeological Society 1915, pp. 53-64.
Lot 96
AN OFFICER`S FULL-DRESS COATEE AND EPAULETTES, NORFOLK YEOMANRY CAVALRY, CIRCA 1843-49 the coatee of scarlet cloth, faced dark blue, with an upright collar 3 inches high, closing with 15 hooks-and-eyes at the front and 3 at the collar; 9 silver-plated half-domed buttons at front, with a flat brass button at waist, the half-domed buttons - by Hamburger & Co., King Street, Covent Garden - embossed with a strap-and-buckle containing the title PRINCE ALBERT`S OWN, enclosing the initials NYC and surmounted by the coronet of the Prince Consort; the plastron front formed of 9 quilted loops of ¾ inch silver lace; the cuffs bearing 3 chevrons of similar quilted lace, each centred by a regimental button, and closing with a plain button and hook-and-eye; the collar bearing 2 loops of similar quilted lace; the tails with false turn-backs of dark blue, bordered with ½ inch silver lace and with ornaments of the Prince Consort`s coronet in silver wire and crimson velvet; a white metal belt hook and two regimental buttons at centre back; the body lined in quilted light buff silk with a band of brown doeskin at the waist, the tails lined in white Melton cloth with two deep white cotton pockets, the collar lined in black silk; the epaulette straps formed of overlapping white metal scallop-cut plates lined in crimson silk and terminating in white metal crescents, with boxed bullion in silver wire, and secured by plain half-ball buttons and cloth straps faced with ½ inch silver lace; some moth and staining and some wear to the lining.
Lot 102
A GENERAL OFFICER`S FULL DRESS TUNIC AND SASH, 1855-57 the tunic of scarlet Melton cloth with dark blue facings, double-breasted with two rows of gilt, half-domed General Officers` buttons on the breast, nine on the right and eight on the left (one button displaced on the left breast by a cloth loop for the pin of a star of an Order of Knighthood); pointed, slashed, scarlet cuffs, each bearing three buttons and each cuff with three bands of one-inch wide, gold, oak-leaf pattern lace; two buttons at centre-back, the skirts pointed and each with three buttons and internal pockets; the collar laced all round with one-inch wide, gold, oak-leaf pattern lace (rank badges absent); the body lined in quilted buff silk, the skirts lined in white Melton cloth and the collar lined in black silk; one pocket in the left breast and another in the right waist seam; hook and eye fastening at the bottom of the collar and hooks at the ends of both lapels, with a worked silk loop high on the right shoulder; a worked loop of scarlet thread on the right shoulder for attaching medals and two scarlet cloth loops on the left breast for attaching the stars of Orders of Knighthood; some moth and staining and some detachment of collar lace. The sash for wear over the left shoulder, of crimson silk and gold wire, lined in crimson silk and with two tassels of crimson silk and gold wire, some staining to lining Sash 12.75cm; 5in wide (2) This tunic conforms in almost all respects to those ordered to be worn by Field Marshals and General Officers in the Dress Regulations of 1855, the only difference between the tunics of the differing ranks being signified by the rank insignia on the collar. The respect in which this tunic varies from the norm is in the decoration of the cuff, which has three - not two - bands of one-inch wide gold lace; in addition, the cuff is 4¼ inches deep and not 3¼ inches deep, as was specified in the Dress Regulations. It is also noteworthy that the tunic bears cloth loops on its left breast for the attachment, by their vertical pins, of two stars of Orders of Knighthood and that one of these loops displaces a button, which has never been attached. Marks on the collar imply the original presence of two rank badges on either side: this implies that the original owner was a General, whose rank insignia was a crown and star. Research might reveal the name of the General, entitled to wear the insignia of two Orders of Knighthood, who felt able to modify the cuffs of his full dress tunic, perhaps to differentiate himself from General Officers of junior rank.
Lot 123
A SHOULDER BELT PLATE AND OTHER BADGES OF THE ROYAL COMPANY OF ARCHERS a frosted gilt plate by Brook & Son, 87 George St, Edinburgh, mounted with St Andrew`s Cross bearing a thistle within a KC crowned oval inscribed with the Company title, the plate with four stud fixings to reverse; together with a collection of other badges including a gilt KC Field Dress bonnet-badge on green silk rosette; an identical badge, without rosette; a badge of the same style, but in white metal and with pre-1901 QVC; a large gilt metal thistle; two smaller gilt metal thistles; two gold embroidered thistles; and a green cloth shoulder-strap, with crimson velvet edging, embroidered with St Andrew`s Cross in silver, gold thistles in the angles of the cross, and QVC in the centre (a lot)
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