A 1949 ALVIS TA14 DROPHEAD COUPEEngine 1892 cc, 4 cylinder ohv Coachbuilder: carbodies Car number, chassis number & engine number: 23344 Body number: 0333059 Date of registration: 11 April 1949 Original owner’s manual and handbook Full restoration documentation and photographic history Second owner had the car for 51 years and undertook 14 year restoration. 5 owners from new (2 of which were father and son who undertook restoration) The current owner purchased car January 2016 Registered with Alvis Owners Club Mileage since restoration 19,900 In very good fully restored condition. Currently running and in road-worthy condition. Driven to the saleroom by the current owner. This car can be viewed at any time please call to arrange a viewing time.
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A 1927 BUGATTI TYPE 44. One of the first Bugatti Type 44 to be imported into the UK which was retained by Bugatti Brixton Road, as a mechanical and showroom demonstrator, shown at the Olympia show in October 1927 as an unfinished chassis/engine showcasing the new Type 44 mechanics. The first carriage built on the chassis was black with a Van Vooren Fabric WeyMann saloon body by Harrington & Sons (4 door) Images are available on the Bugatti-trust archive (see images in appendix) The car was test run at Brooklands in 1928 and featured in an article in Bugatti Revive written in 1928 by Edgar Duffield. Then registered by E.Bugatti Automobiles 1-3 Brixton Road, under registration number UC 3082, in February 1928 then used as a demonstrator and first sold to the renowned politician Sir Brograve Beauchamp in April 1929 who owned it for over 30 years. The car is sold with full history and documents. The engine is in running condition, but the car had the cable brakes removed to be replaced, unfortunately, the current vendor became too ill to see this work through. The battery also would need to be replaced, please see the attached video of the car running.• Full Known Ownership• Exhibited at the Olympia Show 1927 & 1928• Original engine number 17 and chassis number 44305
A Birmingham silver engine turned cigarette case with engraved initials CJC, signs of use, a Birmingham silver sugared almond stem dish with pierced border on circular waited base, (H x 6 cm x D x 7.5 cm), a Norwegian 830 standard Viking longboat style salt, ( L x 8.5 cm) and a Birmingham silver mounted glass serving dish stand, (D x 15 cm) (4)
A George VI silver pocket cigarette case, the engine turned lid with enamelled Royal Army Medical Corps crest, maker Clark & Sewell (James Clark & John Sewell), Birmingham, 1940, 4oz, together with a WW I discharge certificate, naming 36908 Lance Corporal Reginald Gutteridge, Royal Berkshire Regiment, dated 4th Febraury 1919, framed and glazed, 51 x 66cm. (2)
Thomason's Scientific and Philosophical medals, a collection of sixteen white metal medallions each depicting a different subject to include Astronomy, Chemistry, Crystallography, Electricity, Geology, Hydraulics and Hydrostatics, Mechanics , Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Mountains, Perkin's Engine, Optics, Phrenology, Slavery and Worcester's Engine, Watt's Single Engine, and Watt's Double Engine, housed in a green leather faux book box. (missing magnifying glass and box poor.)
A large Art Deco silver clad table cigar box, the slightly domed hinged cover later inscribed, enclosing twin division cedar lined interior, maker A & J Zimmerman Ltd, Birmingham 1912, 20.3 x 11.5 x 7.5cm; together with an Art Deco silver clad table cigarette box, of square form, with engine turned cover, enclosing cedar lined interior, maker Colen & Hewer of Cheshire, Chester 1920, 10 x 9 x 6cm (2)
An Art Deco silver and guilloche enamel decorated pocket cigarette case, the cover with applied floral relief carved coral inset, with gilt-washed interior, maker Turner & Simpson Ltd, Birmingham 1938, 8.5 x 7cm; together with an Art Deco engine turned compact, of circular slightly domed form, later engraved 'Alice July 20th 1936', maker William Adams Ltd, Birmingham 1935, dia.8cm, gross weight 6.4ozt (2)
A Continental Art Deco silver and enamel table cigarette box, the hinged cover enamel decorated with tree lined landscape scene, gilt decorated interior, the exterior further engine turned throughout, makers mark rubbed, London import marks for 1927, 5.9ozt, 10.2 x 7.7 x 2.2cmEnamel excellent, intact and complete, with only very light surface scratches which are only visible on close inspection.Cover closes good and flush.Silver tarnished.Interior surface worn.
From The Estate Of Tom Owen (1949-2022) - Scripts - a collection of x3 original scripts used during Tom Owen's career. Comprising: Smokey Joe's Revenge (1974 TV drama detailing three children restoring an old traction engine and entering it into a local County Show), a stage script for 'Life Class' in blue card covers, and a Screenplay for the 1974 television adaptation of ' Great Expectations ' in which Owen played Trabb's Apprentice alongside Michael York, Sarah Miles and Margaret Leighton. Also in blue card covers.
POSTCARDS - ASSORTED Approximately 324 cards, comprising real photographic views of the White Star steamer 'Titanic' (post sinking); a horse-drawn fire engine (unidentified, possibly Nottingham); H. Salmet in a Bleriot Monoplane; South Parade Pier on Fire (by Russell, Southsea); Butts Hill, Wrotham; High Street, Old Woking; Corwood (W.R. Gay's series); Loddeswell Vicarage; and Murraygate, Dundee; with printed views of Louis Bleriot after landing in Dover from Calais, 1909; East Street, Credition; Seathwaite Vicarage, Damaged Windows, Navvy Riot, 1904; two court cards of Bath; artist-drawn topographical; shipping (20); and others, (two albums and album leaves).
TWO CORGI DIECAST MODELS comprising a Major Toys No.1127, Bedford Simon Snorkel Fire Engine, red, spun hubs, very good condition, boxed, the box generally good (wear to one corner of lid); and Major Toys No.1128, Priestman 'Cub' Shovel, orange, yellow, and grey, very good condition, boxed, the box fair (rubbed, with puncture mark to lid).
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1949 [LXS 387] MG TC Midget in cream, previous /original registration [LFM 358], 1,250cc.Having undergone a sympathetic restoration and with new red leather interior, this car presents itself as an almost a near complete project, requiring finishing off and recommissioning. It is a matching numbers car, Chassis No. TC/10239 with Engine No. XPAG/10910.
SIX EARLY 20TH C. SILVER VESTA CASES, various dates, four with engine turned decoration and oval section sliding compartments, one with import marks, two others with dimpled decoration and hinged covers, largest 6cms (6)Provenance: private collection Bridgend.Comments: ordinary surface wear., some dented, striking pads damaged, one missing entirely.
FOUR SILVER BOXES, comprising German 835 standard silver engine turned vesta case, 5.7cms, in original box; 900 standard circular hinged box, 5.1cms diam.; 925 standard filigree hinged box; 800 standard pill box (4)Provenance: private collection BridgendComments: torn silk lining at hinges, circular box slightly dented
FIVE MODERN SILVER SNUFF BOXES, various makers including Asprey, dates 1953, 1978, 1994, 1996, and 2000 all engine turned decoration, one with gold bands, one in 'Gallacher' case and engraved with initials JJG, 4 with flush hinges, largest 5cms (5)Provenance: private collection BridgendComments: generally all very good, crisp hallmarks
19TH C. SILVER GILT VINAIGRETTE & SILVER VESTA CASE, vinaigrette possibly Samuel Pemberton, c. 1815, engine turned decoration, vacant rectangular cartouche, pierced foliate grille, 3.4cms, vesta by Jane Brownett, London 1888, plain rectangular with slide release, engraved with crest and monogram, 5cms (2)Provenance: private collection BridgendComments: vinaigrette gilt worn, hallmarks rubbed, surface rubbed. vesta slide release slightly bent, dinted.
TWO PART DRESSING TABLE SETS comprising, silver backed hand brush, mirror and long brush with engine turned and foliate engraved backs, Broadway & Co, Birmingham, 1958, and five-piece tortoiseshell and silver inlaid set of brushes and mirror, Barnsley & Co, Birmingham, 1919 (8)Provenance: private collection Cardiff
MILITARIA INTEREST comprising WWI medal trio comprising 1914-15 Star, British War medal and Victory medal engraved to 13752 Pte W. A. Leedham C. GDS, silver engine turned snuff box engraved 'W. A. Leedham on his retirement as President of Arley W. M. Social Club 1949-1958', Coldstreamers badge, cigarette / lighter case, sheathed daggerProvenance: private collection GwyneddComments: wear overall, dagger in poor condition,
Silver open face key wind pocket watch, white enamel dial and seconds dial, black Roman numerals, the internal dust cover engraved Ford & Galloway Ltd Birmingham, diameter approx 5cm, engine turned decorated case with vacant cartouche; graduated curb link silver Albert chain, each link hallmarked Chester 1920, silver t bar and silver dog clip (both hallmarked) length approx 28cm, and a silver parcel gilt medallion fob with vacant cartouche
William Comyns & Sons Ltd silver hallmarked footed bowl having a scalloped rim with engraved foliate and geometric detail. Hallmarked London 1931. Measures 13.5cm diameter. Together with a silver hallmarked cigarette box with engine turned details (hallmarked Birmingham 1927), measures 9x9cm.
Four silver hallmarked items to include a silver cased card case with leather interior and pencil (hallmarked Birmingham 1905), an engine turned vesta case (hallmarked Chester 1929), a matchbox case (hallmarked Birmingham 1926) and a silver mounted leatherette card case (hallmarked Birmingham 1896). Largest measures 10 x 9 cm.
A Hayter Heritage M10/30 ride on petrol lawn mower, Briggs & Stratton 10.5 hp engine, with hand-controlled infinitely-variable hydrostatic transmission . The deck can be raised and lowered through six-stages (38 – 101) to suit the grass-type and the nature of the terrain you’re working on, it has three cutting-modes (collect; mulch; rear-discharge). Recent service.
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