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Lot 5157
ELVIS PRESLEY: A collection of ten mint and sealed LPs, some on coloured vinyl, to include '40th Anniversary Best Of Singles A & B (Alternative Versions 1956/1962). 'Elvis Is Back!' (660160), 'Elvis Christmas' (88985463051), 'Moody Blue' (88985446191), 'Elvis Is Back!' (NOTLP270), 'Shake Rattle & Roll' (ELV302), 'Jailhouse Rock' (NOTLP279), 'The First Live Recordings' (PB 3601, sleeve clipped), 'Jailhouse Rock' (ELV304) and 'Treat Me Nice' (ELV305) (10, vinyl and sleeves M/sealed, except where stated)
Lot 5080
STEVIE WONDER: Five LPs to include 'Songs In The Key Of Life' with booklet and 7" (TMSP 6002), 'Fulfillingness First Finale' (STMA 8019), 'Hotter Than July' (STMA 8035), 'Up-Tight' 1980s reissue (STMS 5023), 'With A Song In My Heart' 1980s reissue (STMS 5060) and 'In The Square Circle' in embossed gatefold sleeve (ZL 72005) (5, vinyl and sleeves VG+-EX)
Lot 5073
A collection of Funk and Soul LPs to include STEVIE WONDER: 'Songs In The Key Of Life' with lyric booklet and 7" (IM 46001), 'Innervisions' (STMA 8011), 'Fulfillingness First Finale' (IM-46022), 'Talking Book' (STMA 8007) and 'Anthology' (M9-804A3), MARVIN GAYE: 'Let's Get It On' (STMS 5034) and 'Midnight Love' (CBS 85977), SLY & THE FAMILY STONE: 'Greatest Hits' (EPC 32029) and 'Small Talk' (S EPC 69070), THE ISLEY BROTHERS: '3+3' (S EPC 65740), SAM COOKE: 'Twistin The Night Away' (CBR 2012) and K-Tel 'Super Bad' compilation (12, vinyl and sleeves generally VG-VG+)
Lot 5107
A collection of Funk, Soul, Disco, Hip-Hop, House and other 12" singles including Andre Lee, Leo II, Ce Ce Rogers, L.J. Hamilton, Inner City, M People, Grace Jones, Omar Chandler, First Down, Gwen Guthrie, Gnarls Barkley, Arrested Development, Tony Jackson, Rose Royce, Dina Carrol etc (approx. 75, vinyl generally VG-VG+)
Lot 130
THE ILL-FATED ROYAL GEORGE, FOUNDERED AT SPITHEAD IN 1780pen, ink and watercolour, inscribed on reverse The Royal George of 100 Guns, as taken with a Camera Obscura when a Guard Ship in Hamoaze 1780, was afterwards overset whilst being careen'd (sic) for the purpose of repairing the Watering Pipe in the 9th August 1782. The Brave Admiral Kempenfelt with more that 1000 persons, seamen and others met a Watery Grave. After remaining under water nearly 60 years tho' several ineffectual attempts had been made to raise her, Colonel Parsley RE proposed to blow her up with Gunpowder & the first large cylinder charged with 2,400lbs. was exploded on the 3rd August 1839 fully realising the opinion of the Scientific Projector. This frame is made from the recovered wood of the ship. "Toll for the brave' brave Kempenfelt is gone. His last sea fight is o'er his work of glory done", this final quotation from William Cowper's epic poem "On the loss of the Royal George," written in the immediate aftermath of the disaster, in an original frame made of wood recovered from the Royal George -- 7¼ x 9in. (18.5 x 23cm.)For the only other recorded example (although half the size of the one offered here) seen in commerce in more than fifty years, see Bonhams & Brooks Marine Sale, 11th January 2001, lot 70; For a detailed account of the disastrous sinking of the Royal George in 1782, see notes to the model of the vessel sold in these rooms, 27th April 2021, lot 175.
Lot 75
A RARE CARD TABLE FROM THE FIRST CLASS SMOKING ROOM OF R.M.S. AQUITANIA, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY HARRIS LEBUS, CIRCA 1914the rectangular top with circular corner counter trays with sliding drink trays under, covered in brown baize with later silver plate to centre inscribed This table and the accompanying chairs were part of the original furnishings in the Cunarder “AQUITANIA”. They were presented to the “WELLINGTON” by the CUNARD STEAM-SHIP COMPANY LIMITED as a tribute to the memory of THE LATE COMMODORE SIR JAMES T.W. CHARLES K.B.E..C.B..R.D..R.N.R., A Founder Member of the Honourable Company of Master Mariners, who commanded the ‘AQUITANIA” from 1918-1928, birch-veneered frame with faint chalk marks underneath inscribed 'STAR F' [starboard, first class] supported on four carved maple legs, with shell carvings and bellflowers, terminating in carved cloven hoofs, approximately -- 30in. (76.2cm.) square; together with a Perspex display cover and four 'hands' of Cunard cards(A lot)The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Cunard Steamship Company as a tribute to Commodore Sir James T. W. Charles KBE CB RD RNR (1865-1928), a founding member of The Honourable Company of Master Mariners, and who commanded Aquitania from 1918-1928.Overall good condition, missing the original metal braces that would have anchored the table to the floor, with indistinct blue pencil inscription “STAR” and perhaps “F”, possibly indicating Starboard side, First Class. Some losses to veneer.
Lot 204
AN HISTORICALLY INTERESTING DRY CARD BINNACLE COMPASS FROM THE ROYAL YACHT OSBORNEthe 5½in. compass card signed BORBIDGE • WHITEHAVEN, sealing wax balancing over business card inscribed to Mackenzie Borbidge behind, mounted in a weighted brass bowl with gimbals and contained in temple-topped binnacle with glazed brass hood complete with two shades and removable lamp housing, the front stamped CHISLETT. TOWER HILL LONDON., the right edge engraved Her Majesty's Yacht Osborne, hinged door to divided interior, side securing rings and brass feet drilled for deck securing -- 19in. (48cm.) highThe instrument maker Mackenzie Borbidge is probably the son of Charles Borbidge and who took over the business in 1834; Alfred Chislett traded from Tower Hill between 1834-55 suggesting this compass was possibly from the first R.Y. Victoria & Albert which was renamed Osborne in 1855 when the Victoria & Albert II was built. This first Osborne remained in service until 1867 when the bespoke Osborne was built and which remained in service until 1908.Card a little time-stained around pivot; left glass cracked; otherwise good original condition.
Lot 263
THE SHIP'S BELL FROM H.M. ESCORT CARRIER CAMPANIA, 1944regulation pattern, cast in bell metal with moulded rim and crown suspension, black filled lettering to front inscribed H.M.S. CAMPANIA 1944, ebonised interior with clapper staple and faintly inscribed in gothic text inside rim 25.5.52 Laurence Christopher George Millward and 8.6.1952 George William Mudford -- 12½in (32cm.) square Built by Harland & Wolff, Campania saw service towards the end of the War - her Swordfish aircraft sinking at least one U-Boat, but her main fame comes from her use as a floating exhibition at the Festival of Britain in 1951 touring the UK's ports with a civilian crew as the Festival Ship Campania to supplement the main exhibition in London. As soon as the Festival closed, she was converted for use as the HQ of Operation Hurricane, with her exhibition spaces converted to laboratories and a desalination plant, she was dispatched to witness the detonation of Britain's first atomic bomb on 3rd October 1952 at Monte Bello Islands off Western Australia. After her return to the UK at the end of 1952 she was sold, being scrapped at Blyth in 1955.The Royal Navy has long had a tradition of, when possible, christening the children of the ship's company using the ship's bell inverted as a font. Usually, their names and dates are scratch-inscribed inside the rim so it is unusual to see handsome Gothic inscriptions such as these. good original condition, lettering appears to have original black filling that is now separating,denting to front rim of bell indicating it has been rung externally, paint flaking within and christening inscriptions very faint
Lot 156
SILVER SPOONS COMMEMORATING ADMIRAL LORD NELSON, CIRCA 1905first a dessert spoon, the handle modelled as Nelson's Column, by John Millward Banks of Birmingham, marked for Chester, 1905; together with two teaspoons with Nelson's bust terminals and decorated bowls, marked for Birmingham, 1903 & Sheffield, 1911; another teaspoon modelled as Nelson's Column, with decorated bowl, marked for Birmingham, 1905; and a pair of sugar nips, both arms modelled as Nelson's Column, marked for Chester, 1905(5)
Lot 253
A WELL PRESENTED AND FINELY DETAILED 1:192 SCALE WATERLINE MODEL FOR H.M.S. MAGPIE AS DEPICTED CIRCA 1950modelled by John. R. Haynes with 18in. carved hull, finished in regulation two tone grey livery and complete with fittings and armament as appropriate, including fitted boats, open bridge, with signal lanyards displaying the ship's number and other details, depicted underway in a moulded green sea with white highlighting and brass details plate in glazed wooden cover -- 8¾ x 23½ x 6¾in. (22.5 x 60 x 17cm.)withLatterly Magpie was the late Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's first and last Command before duties as the late Queen's consort halted his career as a serving naval officer. fine overall condition.
Lot 245
A TREAD PLATE FROM H.M. DESTROYER PETARD, WHICH ASSISTED IN THE SINKING OF U-559 AND THE RECOVERY OF THE ENIGMA 'SHARK' CODEBOOKS IN 1942heavily cast in brass with inset raised lettering within ebonised field, now mounted to wooden display frame with plaque inscribed PRESENTED BY / P & W MACLELLAN 1967 -- 13 x 23½in. (33 x 60cm.)Christie's South Kensington: Maritime & Naval Battles, 16th May 2007, lot 54 (one of two).H.M.S. Petard was one of the eight 'Paladin' or 'P' class of destroyers ordered for the fleet on 2nd October 1939, just weeks after the outbreak of the Second World War. Launched on 27th March 1941, she was ready for sea before the year's end. Like all her sisters, she displaced 1,550 tons, measured 345 feet in length with a 35-foot beam and carried a main armament of 4-4.7in. guns. During a relentlessly busy wartime career, her most memorable encounter with the enemy took place on 30th October 1942 when, in company with her sister Packenham, another destroyer Hero and two escort destroyers, she depth-charged and forced to the surface the German submarine U-559 north-east of Port Said. As soon as the U-boat broke surface, Petard opened fire and scored a direct hit on the conning tower thereby forcing the crew to abandon their submarine. Immediately afterwards, Lieutenant Anthony Fasson (Petard's first officer) and two crew dived into the sea, swam over to the stricken U-boat and boarded her. Before she sank, taking Fasson and one of the other men with her, they managed to retrieve numerous secret documents, one of which proved to be a priceless set of cribs for solving the 'Shark' Enigma codes, which was broken at Bletchley Park on 13th December. Allied shipping losses in the Atlantic halved in early 1943 and there is no doubt that millions of tons of shipping were saved; as one naval historian has put it: "Few acts of courage by three individuals can ever have had so far-reaching consequences."Surviving the War, Petard was converted into an 1,800-ton frigate in 1956 and eventually scrapped in 1967.overall wear commencement with age
Lot 73
A FINE BUILDER'S MODEL FOR THE R.M.S. AQUITANIA, CONSTRUCTED BY JOHN BROWN & CO., CLYDEBANK FOR CUNARD, 1914with 88in. laminated and carved hull replete with detailed painted and gilt fittings as appropriate and contained in original glazed case with presentation plate from Cunard, finished in Cunard service livery, overall measurements -- 33¼ x 103 x 23½in. (84.5 x 261.5 x 59.5cm.); together with associated 36in. high table stand; and three card and paper models of Aquitania as a troop ship, hospital ship, and cruise liner(5)The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Cunard Steamship Company in 1952. Arguably the most successful of the great pre-1914 North Atlantic liners, as well as being regarded by many as the most handsome of all the legendary 'four-stackers', Aquitania was undeniably the longest-lived of that glamorous breed of ocean greyhounds. Conceived as a consort to Lusitania and Mauretania, Cunard ordered her from John Brown's Clydebank yards in December 1910 where she was launched on 21st April 1913. Named for the ancient Roman province in southwest France, her design was broadly similar to her two sisters, although she was significantly larger in every respect. Registered upon completion at 45,647 tons gross, she measured 901 feet in length with a 97-foot beam, but was never intended to outstrip Lusitania and Mauretania in terms of speed. Powered by quadruple screws driven from Parsons-Brown 62,000shp. steam turbines, she was designed to cruise at 23 knots, in fact achieving an effortless 24 knots on her trials. Sumptuously fitted out and with accommodation for 618 First, 614 Second, and 1,998 Third class passengers, she carried a crew of 972 and entered service amidst high expectations thanks to the reputations of her two older sisters.Clearing Liverpool on 30th May 1914 for her maiden voyage to New York, she was only to complete three round trips before being requisitioned by the British Government in August 1914 upon the outbreak of the Great War. Designed and built under Admiralty supervision, it had always been expected that, in times of war, Aquitania would assume the guise of an armed merchant cruiser, but in the event, as with others like her, she proved far too large for this role. Slightly damaged in a collision within a month of beginning her wartime career, she returned to Liverpool and was laid up until the spring of 1915 when she began work transporting troops for the offensive at Gallipoli. Soon converted into a hospital ship for the same campaign, she resumed trooping in 1916, was laid up for most of 1917 but was back in service in 1918 carrying troops from the U.S.A. to France. Between June and November 1919, she ran a brief 'austerity service' between Southampton and New York but was sent to Armstrong, Whitworth's yards at Newcastle that December for a major post-war refit including conversion to oil-firing.Returning to regular commercial sailings in July 1920, her splendid decor attracted passengers immediately and she soon settled down to become one of the most popular liners on the North Atlantic over the next two decades. Apart from the occasional Mediterranean cruise in the early years of the Depression, Aquitania remained a stalwart on the Atlantic ferry and, after 1936, became the new Queen Mary's running mate whilst Queen Elizabeth was under construction. With the latter destined for completion in 1940, it was intended that Aquitania would be scrapped when the second 'Queen' entered service, but this plan was abandoned when the Second World War began in September 1939. Converted into a troop transport for the second time in her life, she spent the next eight years carrying 300,000 servicemen all over the world, the sole survivor of the Edwardian giants and the only one to serve in both World Wars. 1948 found her ferrying war brides to Canada prior to being returned to Cunard for yet another post-war 'austerity service'. Hastily refitted and repainted in traditional livery, although never restored to her former magnificence, she maintained a one-class Southampton to Halifax service for a further year and a half before being finally withdrawn in December 1949. After three million miles and thirty-five years at sea, her scrapping at Faslane in the spring of 1950 brought the era of the majestic 'four-stackers' to an end and thereby closed a notable chapter in the history of North Atlantic navigation.
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Lot 222
A 1:200 SCALE MODEL OF H.M.H.S. BRITANNIC [1914]the 52in. laminated and carved hull with simulated plating and finished in hospital ship livery with white hull, green boottop with interspersed red crosses, brass propellers and rudder, lined paper deck with detailed fittings including deck rails with lifebuoys, spare anchors, bow crane, anchor chains and capstans, companionways, covered hatches, superstructure with bridge, stayed funnels with ladders, safety valve extension pipe and hooter, engine room lights and other details, mast with standing and running rigging and radio aerial, the foremast with crows nest; mounted within two column glazed wooden case -- 21 x 60 x 13½in. (53.5 x 152.5 x 34cm.)Britannic was launched on February 26th 1914 but completion was delayed by the looming War. On November 13th, 1915 she was requisitioned for use as a hospital ship to assist with the evacuation from the Dardanelles campaign carrying 3,009 hospital berths (returning from her first visit with 3,300 casualties). Whilst passing through the Aegean Sea towards Mudros on her sixth voyage with just crew and medical staff on board, she struck a mine laid by U-73 just hours before and sank within an hour. Commodore Bartlett, her Master, endeavoured to ground the ship but she foundered in four-hundred feet of water. Tragically one of the lifeboats was drawn into the still-turning propeller blades as the stern rose from the water and twenty-nine lives were lost.fine overall condition, slightly battlescarred
Lot 55
WILLIAM JOHN HUGGINS (BRITISH, 1781-1845)The Irish paddle packet 'Shannon' off Poolbeg Lighthouse, Dublin Bay with the city beyond, circa 1835Oil on canvas24½ x 36¼in. (62.5 x 92cm.)This painting was engraved by Huggins' son-in-law, Edward Duncan (1803-1882) with copies held in the Government Art Collection and at RMG. In 1830 Huggins was appointed Marine Painter to William IV with this text proudly displayed in capitals on the engraving.Although the British & Irish Steam Packet Co. (BISP) dominated sailings in and out of Dublin (to and from Liverpool) for well over a century, the first regular route out of Dublin was, in fact, to London and was the first passenger cross-channel steamer service in the world. Begun by an entrepreneur using the single steamer Thames in 1815, the Dublin & London Steam Packet Co. (DLSP) was formed soon afterwards and, by the late 1820s, was operating three steamers, one of which was Shannon. Built at Limehouse on the Thames by Fletcher, Sons & Furnell in 1826, she was constructed of wood throughout, registered at 550 tons, and measured 153 feet in length with a 27-foot beam. Popular with passengers and seemingly very successful, Shannon was absorbed into the BISP’s fleet when the DLSP went into liquidation in 1837 and thereafter her career details become obscure. It would appear however that she remained in service until 1845 and was then sold (and said by some sources to have been renamed Pearl).Relined. Scattered retouching throughout, in particular in the foreground.
Lot 265
THE SHIP'S BELL FROM H.M.S. CARDIFF, 1979cast and brass-inscribed H.M.S. CARDIFF 1979 in black-filled lettering and black painted interior complete with clapper -- 10½in. (26.5cm.) squareBonhams Knightsbridge: MOD Disposal Auction, 28 November 2007, lot 195A Type 42 Destroyer built by Vickers SB and launched on 22 February 1974, Cardiff wasn't commissioned until 1979. When the Falklands War erupted in 1982 she formed part of the Task Force. Although she escaped undamaged, she was involved in a 'friendly fire' incident with an Army helicopter. She subsequently took part in the first Gulf War of 1991 and was decommissioned in July 2005 at Portsmouth.some modest wear to the letter filling, the C of Cardiff has been repainted green, as has the crown, couple of small nibbles to rim otherwise in fine overall condition
Lot 118
THREE MEDALS COMMEMORATING ADMIRAL HOWE AND THE BATTLE OF THE GLORIOUS FIRST OF JUNE 1794comprising: Medal commemorating Admiral Richard Howe by Conrad Küchler for Matthew Boulton, 1794, bronze, 48mm., and another example in copper; Large medal commemorating Admiral Howe and the Glorious First of June, 1794, white metal, 58mm. with loop(3)
Lot 129
ADMIRAL JOHN BYNG'S PERSONAL MEDITERRANEAN JOURNAL, MARCH-OCTOBER 1748comprising 120 pages (60 sheets) of folded foolscap laid paper bearing a Govt watermark, kept between 1st March and 13th October 1748 in a small neat hand, ruled margins with crew names where mentioned and occasional appended marginalia notes, stitched within contemporary card wrapper inscribed Journal of Jna Byng 1747-48 with trimmed portrait engraving applied to front inscribed in a later hand Portrait of Hawke not ByngI (old staining and wear) -- 7¾ x 6in. (20 x 15cm.); together with a transcript of The TRIAL of the Honourable Admiral JOHN BYNG at a Court Martial, Dublin 1757, full calf binding; a contemporary unbound copy of Byng's defense viz: A LETTER to a Member of Parliament... Relative to the CASE of ADMIRAL BYNG, London 1756; a framed 6½ x 4in. engraved frontispiece portrait of Byng with a companion example of Admiral Hervey; Pope, D: At 12 Mr Byng was Shot, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1962; Tunstall, B: Admiral Byng, Philip Allan & Co. Ltd, 1928; and a typed transcript of the journal(8)Bloomsbury Auctions, 6th December, 2007, lot 266 where entered as 'The Property of a Lady'.This interesting journal, written during the final negotiations of the failed Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle and some six years before his fate was infamously sealed by his Actions off Minorca, is nearly complete save a few spare pages at the back. It includes daily weather reports, the conduct of the War, orders given and received, the political situation in the Mediterranean etc., and would have been used as the basis for his official log book. It includes a long first-hand account of a Franco-Spanish attack on Savona which he helped repulse: [15 March] The information secured from deserters, were that the enemy were about 5 or 6000 men under the command of a Major General, Nephew to the Duke de Richelieu, that their intentions were to first burn ye Galleys and Vessels and there in ye Mole, to take and plunder the town, make themselves masters of the artillery which they knew had arrived in Savona but ye day before... Two months later Byng records the Treaty of Aix-La-Chapelle. Some historians portray Byng as a Commander who lacked the experience of War to assert himself when under pressure and which led to his Court Martial and Execution in 1758, however, this journal challenges that perception and Byng appears to command logically and forcibly when given the right men and equipment to do so.His infamous fate was to be Court Marshalled and shot - by his own signal - kneeling upon the quarterdeck of his flagship Monarch, an event that still provokes discussion and contempt for an Administration which made him a scapegoat for their own political ends. Famously Voltaire included the incident in his best-selling satirical novel Candide where in chapter 23 he wrote about Britain's loss of Minorca:‘And why kill this Admiral?’‘Because he didn’t kill enough people,’ Candide was told. ‘He gave battle to a French Admiral, and it has been found that he wasn’t close enough.’‘But,’ said Candide, ‘the French Admiral was just as far away from the English Admiral as he was from him!’‘Unquestionably,’ came the reply. ‘But in this country, it is considered a good thing to kill an Admiral from time to time, pour encourager les autres!'
Lot 157
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY GOLD AND ENAMEL NELSON MEMORIAL RING, 1806commemorating the death of Admiral Lord Nelson at Trafalgar, the enamel rectangular bezel decorated with the gothic letters N and B, surmounted by a viscount’s and a ducal coronet, inside bezel engraved Lost to his Country 21 Octr. 1805, outside shank engraved with Nelson’s motto: PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERATAccording to a hand written list in the British Library, by Sarah, Countess Nelson, the wife of Nelson’s brother and executor William, first Earl Nelson (1757-1835), fifty-eight such rings were distributed ahead of Nelson’s funeral in January 1806 to friends and family. The small size of this example suggests a female recipient.Enamel restored; engraving worn
Lot 28
JOHN LYNN (BRITISH, 1826-1869)Lord Belfast's Yacht 'Emily' in the MediterraneanOil on canvas26½ x 38½in. (67.5 x 97.5cm.)The Earl of Belfast, later 3rd Marquess of Donegal, was one of the most colourful albeit controversial personalities in the first decade of British competitive yacht racing. After some notable successes with his first three yachts – all cutters – he famously turned his attention to two square-riggers, the first of which was Emily, a brigantine widely regarded as “an outstanding little beauty”. Built for Lord Belfast in 1830, Emily was measured at 30 tons and rigged, most unusually for a racing yacht, as a brigantine. In the event however, and despite her successes for Lord Belfast, it soon became apparent that he had commissioned her as little more than a ‘stalking horse’ for his real ambition to build a much larger square-rigger with which to astonish the yachting world. Thus, after only two years, and as soon as Lord Belfast took possession of his hugely celebrated WaterWitch (in 1832), little Emily was laid up for two years and, in 1834, sold to Captain Pechell, M.P., who raced until 1837 after which she disappeared from record, probably renamed by a new owner.Relined. Scattered retouching.
Lot 52
AN ASSORTMENT OF BOOKS ON NAVAL ARCHITECTUREA Treatise on Marine and Naval Architecture or Theory and Practice blended in Ship Building [third and fourth? editions]; together with 2 vol. tinted lithographed frontispieces and numerous white-on-black plates, some foxing, original embossed cloth, second vol. detached from binding and lacking spine, 12 x 9in. (30.4 x 23.5cm.), bookplates of Professor J. H. Biles and David Ian Moor, New York, D. Appleton and Co., 1852 & London, George Philip and Son, 1856; The Ship Builder’s Manual and Nautical Referee by John W. Griffiths, 2 vol, tinted lithographed frontispiece in vol. I, plates, one white-on-blue, the remainder white-on-black, vol. II lacks the first six plates, contemporary half roan, spine and corners rubbed, 9 x 7in. (22.6 x 18.1cm.), New York, published by the author, 1853; The Cutty Sark by Robert R. E. Brettle, Cambridge 1969(5)
Lot 187
THE DIPLOMA OF THE DOUBLE DRAGON: AN IMPERIAL CHINESE LETTER AND CERTIFICATE CONFERRED ON CAPT. J.W.Y. STEWART, MASTER OF THE S.S. HAILOONG FOR TRANSFERRING TROOPS TO FIGHT IN THE FIRST SINO-JAPANESE WAR, 1894-1895comprising the diploma, 1st Grade of the 3rd Class, conferred 23rd December 1894 by the Emperor of China; and letter to the Director of the China Steamship Navigation Company in Mandarin from the Emperor commending Captain Stewart for taking troops to the Tahing River to fight the Japanese in October 1894, with official stamps in red ink and associated wrappers, each framed and mounted within glazed framed with cartouche titles, the largest -- 23 x 54in. (58.5 x 137cm.) inc. frame(4)The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by M. Mackay in 1998.Japan, emboldened by a rapid programme of modernisation and industrialisation based on western lines, aggressively sought to exploit correctly perceived weaknesses of her vast neighbour, China. The main aim was to secure Korea, a country that could pose a threat if occupied by a major world power, such as Russia. The country was a Chinese tributary state at the time, but by the Treaty of Ganghwa, forced upon the Koreans in 1876, the Japanese gained influence within the country. The opportunity to take over the peninsula came in 1894 with the Donghak Rebellion, a peasant uprising. Both Japan and China sent troops to quell the disturbance and fighting soon broke out between the two sides. The Chinese had a large army and navy, but they proved no match for the well-trained and well-equipped Japanese forces. They overran Korea following their victory at the Battle of Pyongyang and then, invading Manchuria, overwhelmed the Chinese at the decisive Battle of Weihaiwei. Meanwhile, at sea the Chinese navy was virtually destroyed at the Battle of the Yalu River. In February 1895 the Chinese, completely outclassed, sued for peace. Uninspected out of frames but all seem to be in excellent condition. There is a consistent mis-spelling of the ship's name to 'Hailing', possibly a translation error.
Lot 76
A RARE PAIR OF FIRST CLASS ARMCHAIRS MADE FOR THE PALLADIAN LOUNGE OF R.M.S. AQUITANIA, PROBABLY SUPPLIED BY FREDERICK PARKER & SONS, CIRCA 1914carved in walnut and upholstered overall with a gadrooned front skirt, leaf-carved short cabriole legs terminating in scroll feet -- 41½in. (105.5cm.) high(2)The Honourable Company of Master Mariners; Presented by Cunard Steamship Company in 1952.The upholstery is not original, some damage to the carved feet
Lot 45
A BUILDER'S YARD HALF MODEL FOR TED HEATH'S RACING YACHT MORNING CLOUD II, WINNER OF THE ADMIRAL'S CUP, 1971the 30in. hull carved from the solid with polished topsides, gold painted below the waterline, white deck with cutaway mast, simple cockpit inscribed on splash rail MORNING CLOUD, mounted on white display board with brass plate inscribed MORNING CLOUD II / Built by Clare Lallow, Cowes / For Rt. Hon Edward Heath / Launched 10th April 1971 -- 12 x 36in. (30.5 x 91.5cm.); together with an invitation to the launch with RSVP to 10 Downing Street; black & white photo of the yacht at sea by Beken of Cowes; a framed print of the 1971 Admiral's Cup by Roger Taylor; and a book: Edward Heath, Sailing. A Course of My Life (1975), signed by the author(A lot)Trevor Mackett (1946-2023) yacht builder at the Clare Lallow Yard, Isle of Wight, and thence by descent.The second of five yachts all named Morning Cloud built for Sir Edward - universally known as Ted Heath - between 1969 and 1983, the first four all designed by the prolific American yacht designer Olin Stephens and built by the Clare Lallow Yard at Cowes. Heath, Prime Minister between June 1970 and March 1974, remained an enthusiastic yachtsman throughout. Having won the Sydney to Hobart Yacht Race in 1970, he rapidly commissioned his second yacht in 1971, represented by this model, and won the Admiral's Cup that year, it's thought a further two examples were built under licence.
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