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Lot 385
TWO LARGE PATRIOTIC NEEDLEWORK PICTURES EARLY 20TH CENTURY the first with an Australian coat-of-arms against six flags and a rising sun, above the motto 'ADVANCE AUSTRALIA', worked in silks and metallic threads, framed; the second depicting a coat-of-arms against four flags and a ship's masts above the motto 'DIEU ET MON DOIT', worked in silks and metallic threads, framedDimensions:62cm x 76cm; 41cm x 51cm; excluding mounts and frames
Lot 401
Y LOUIS XV STYLE ROSEWOOD, TULIPWOOD AND FLORAL MARQUETRY BUREAU PLAT, IN THE MANNER OF EDWARD HOLMES BALDOCK 19TH CENTURY applied with gilt bronze mounts, the shaped top with moulded edge and scalloped cartouche corner mounts, the burr walnut centre panel within a marquetry border of scrolling strapwork, acanthus scrolls and floral garlands, above a central single frieze drawer, the sides with similar marquetry and the ends with male masks, on cabriole legs headed by acanthus scroll and harebell cast full mounts trailing to scroll sabots Dimensions:158cm long, 78cm high, 87cm deep Provenance:Provenance: The Ashley Hall Collection: By order of The Trustees of the J. Porter Trust & The Executors of the late Leonard Rawcliffe Note: Note: Edward Holmes Baldock (1777-1845) is listed in London Trade Directories of the period in various capacities. He first appears listed at 7 Hanway Street, London in 1805 described as a '...dealer in china and glass' and by 1821 as '...an antique furniture and ornamental furniture dealer'. By 1826 the various facets of the business included '...buying and selling, exchanging and valuing china, cabinets, screens, bronzes etc'. He is known to have repaired, re-modelled and adapted furniture, often 18th century pieces, but he also designed furniture both in the 18th century style and in more contemporary styles. The fashion for this type of inlay was popularised by the Tottenham Court Road inlayer and buhl manufacturer Robert Blake in the 1820s. By the 1840s the firm were trading as Blake, Geo. & Brothers, inlayers, etc' in Tottenam Court Road and Mount Street, Mayfair and were renamed George Blake & Co. sometime in the late 1840', and it is now generally assumed that pieces previously attributed to Baldock were in fact produced by the Blake family but sold under Baldock's name.Note: Please be aware that this lot contains material which may be subject to import/export restrictions, especially outside the EU, due to CITES regulations. Please note it is the buyer's sole responsibility to obtain any relevant export or import licence. For more information visit https://www.defra.gov.uk/ahvla-en/imports-exports/cites/
Lot 99
A collection of Royal Mail presentation packs, including British Painters, Concorde, Notable Anniversaries, Post Office British Mint stamps etc, 2 albums of the Royal Family First Day Covers, the Queen Mother including a Certificate of Entitlement Collection issue 0510, an album celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force etc, and a loose collection of First Day Covers, coin covers etc
Lot 338
A quantity of sporting memorabilia, including a programme from the First Ashes Test at Edgbaston in June 1997, signed by Allan Border, a team photo relating to both England and The West Indies and the Tests in 1995, prints and associated signatures are printed, and 2 cricket bats dated from the 1950s with the signatures of the Australian cricket teams, and a signed picture of boxer Charlie Lagri, and a football money box containing various loose coinage from European countries
Lot 45
A FIRST PERIOD WORCESTER PORCELAIN TEA BOWL, c.1760, the feather moulded bowl painted with the Floral pattern, workman's mark, 2 3/4" wide, together with a Cannonball pattern saucer, open crescent, 4 3/4" diameter, a "Formal Rose Spray" pattern porcelain tea bowl and saucer, probably Liverpool, unmarked, and a miniature pearlware teapot and cover with matching teabowl, 2 1/4" diameter (5) (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Feather bowl no chips, cracks or restoration but scratched to interior. Cannonball saucer good. Formal rose bowl has hairline to rim of bowl and chipped footrim, saucer chipped and base badly fritted. Pearlware cover chipped and cracked, all glaze crazed
Lot 475
A FAMILY OF MEDAL MINIATURES awarded to Thomas Hopper Alderson, comprising a George Cross, Defence Medal and an RSPCA bronze life saving medal with Humanity bar, together with a framed document from the Borough of Bridlington congratulating Mr Alderson on being the first civilian to win a George Cross, and a George Cross reference book mentioning him on p.11. Full size medals in the Imperial War Museum (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Generally good
Lot 491
A BRITISH NAVAL CANNON, 18th century, with flared muzzle, four reinforcement rings, twin trunnions, first reinforce marked "P" (possibly for port) and 1734(?), raised vent-field with tear drop shaped vent mouth, remnants of wooden carriage, 40" long (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Pitted cannon and heavily weathered trunnion
Lot 505
A FAMILY OF FIRST WORLD WAR MEDALS awarded to Sgt. Henry H. Threadgold, comprising a Military Medal for bravery in the field, a 1914-15 Star, a British War Medal and a Victory Medal, together with a folder of research on the individual who was gassed on 22/7/17 and awarded the MM for Bois de la Have (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: Generally good, typical condition.
Lot 547
TWO FRENCH LIGHT CAVALRY SABRES, both 19th century, one with 30" blade, brass foliate decorated hilt and horn grip, 36" long, the other with 32 3/4" blade, brass hilt and leather grip, 38 3/4" long (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: The first has some pitting to the blade, no scabbard, very minor losses to grip. The second has minor blade pitting.
Lot 550
TWO BRITISH OFFICER'S SWORDS, comprising an 1845 pattern bearing plaque "GIVEN TO MR D WAGSTAFF BY MAJOR D ROSTRON 14TH PUNJAB. REGT. 1946", and an 1854 pattern sword by Parfitt Roberts & Parfitt, with finely etched blade and shagreen grip, longest 38 1/4" long (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: The first with damage to hilt and blade tip - seems heavily used and has lost length. Contemporary replaced grip. The second has a slightly bent tip and oxidation and or blade wear. Hilt similar.
Lot 564
TWO SCOTTISH DIRKS, comprising a Scots Guards military example by Robert Mole, c.1905, the 12" blade with broad arrow mark and finely etched with maker's mark and thistles, crown to pommel, 17 1/2" long, and another later example with 11 5/8" blade etched with thistles and scroll work, and crown to pommel and scabbard, 18 1/2" long (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: First is a nice example, but is missing a scabbard. Has some minor age stains to the blade. Second in generally good condition.
Lot 567
TWO VICTORIAN BRITISH COURT SWORDS, both with brass hilts, shell guards, straight quillon and crown pommel, but one by J Starke of Conouit and bearing VR cypher, the other with indistinct maker and Prince of Wales fleur de lis, both approx. 35 1/2" long (Est. plus 24% premium inc. VAT)Condition Report: The first with minor grip issue. The second with wear to the blade.
Lot 760
Pokemon Trading Card Game - a very near complete set of 101/102 WOTC Wizards of the Coast Base Set to include iconic cards such as; Blastoise 2/102, Charizard 4/102, Mewtwo 10/102 and Venusaur 15/102. Missing 18/102 Dragonair but other than that a 100% complete set of the first Pokemon TCG, the original much loved Base Set. Cards appears to be in very good condition, with the majority appearing to be NM.
Lot 1270
TWO WORCESTER BLUE AND WHITE SMALL LOBED PLATES (2)Circa 1770-80 The first painted with `The Hundred Antiques' pattern, the second painted with the `The Kangxi Lotus' pattern, mock Oriental marks, 19cm and 18cm diameterThe first plate with some good restoration to the rim at 10 o'clock.The second plate in good condition
Lot 1281
A BOW BLUE AND WHITE COFFEE CANCirca 1755 Painted with a willow tree and lotus flower issuing from a rock, 6cm high; also another Bow blue and white coffee can, painted with flowers, rocks and bamboo in a fenced garden, 6cm high and a two Bow white glazed knife and fork handles (4)First coffee can- small shallow chip to the outside ofthe rim, approx. 3mm. square. Some staining to rim, to base and the lower part of the body.Shallow chip to the footrim.Second coffee can- two haircracks and some staining to the rimHandles- each with some discolouration and minor nicks
Lot 1970
A GOLD AND DIAMOND RING AND TWO WEDDING RINGS (3)The first star set with a row of four rose cut diamonds, detailed indistinctly 18 CT, ring size K and a half, gross weight 2.3 gms, a 22ct gold plain wedding ring, London probably 1959, ring size L, weight 2 gms and an 18ct white gold wedding ring, ring size K, weight 2.5 gms
Lot 591
AN EDWARDIAN MAHOGANY CASED BAROGRAPH BY NEGRETTI & ZAMBRA, TOGTHER WITH TWO DESK BAROMETERS (3)Early 20th Century The barograph in glazed wooden case, the base plate with maker's name inscribed, 41.5cm wide; the first barometer in dual gilt-metal case with a timepiece, 16cm wide; the second in Art Deco style 23cm wide
Lot 604
TWO LATE VICTORIAN CUT-OUT COLLAGE AND GOUACHE PICTURES: ‘UNDER THE SEA’ AND ‘THE SECRET GARDEN’ (2)Late 19th/Early 20th Century The first mounted with various shells and fragments, mounted in a burr wood frame, 39cm high; the second with label to the reverse inscribed “The Secret Garden” collage by Theo Townsend, in silvered wood frame, 34cm high
Lot 608
TWO CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL AND ENAMEL PANEL DECORATED CARRIAGE CLOCKS (2)Modern The first with turquoise blue ground panels and Corinthian columns, flanking a wooded landscaped front panel and figures to the sides, 15cm high; the other with blue ground and trailing foliate borders, figures to the sides, 15cm highCondition Report:Painted dial clock- wear to the cloisonné. With key.Plain dial - With key. General condition ok.We cannot guarantee the working order of any timepiece.
Lot 622
A CHINESE CLOISONNÉ ENAMEL MANTEL CLOCK AND A CARRIAGE CLOCK (2)Modern The first of with colonnade sides, twin train movement, 48cm high; The other with columns to the sides, enamel spandrel decoration and white dial, 25cm highCondition Report:Large - cracks and imperfections to the enamel. With key.Small - Pitting to the metal case. With winder attached to movement.We cannot guarantee the working order of any timepiece.
Lot 137
Roman, 2nd century A.D. or later. The oval intaglio engraved with a bearded head of Zeus or an emperor in profile, bearded, a laurel crown laced behind the neck. Cf. Walters, H.B., Catalogue of Engraved Gems & Cameos, Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the British Museum, London, 1926, no.1998, for similar. 0.68 grams, 15 mm (5/8 in.). Acquired in the late 1980s-early 1990s.Important North West London collection. Zeus, the main god of the Graeco-Roman pantheon, typically has his hair radiating outwards, forming a corona of individual strands. The 2nd century emperor Hadrian was the first bearded Roman emperor, a fashion continued by his successors, creating a representation in connection with the image of the King of the Olympians.
Lot 149
4th century A.D.. The shallow recessed panel displaying seventeen lines of hand-inked cursive text; reverse bearing twenty lines of hand-inked cursive text with a shallow rectangular vertical recess which once held wax seals; pierced twice on the upper and lower edges for attachment. See Thomas, J. D., Vindolanda: The Latin Writing Tablets, Britannia Monograph Series No 4, London, 1983, for examples of wooden tabulae re-used as writing surfaces; for examples of testamentary documents on wooden tablets that have survived, see FIRA III, p.47, for Anthony Silvanus from 142 AD, also see BGU VII 1695 for Safinnius Herminus; for another from Transfynydd, North Wales, see Arch. Camb. 150, pp.143-156. Rothenhoefer, P., Neue römische Rechtsdokumente aus dem Byzacena-Archiv / New Roman Legal Documents from the Byzacena Archive, (forthcoming).50 grams, 19.5 x 16 cm (7 5/8 x 6 3/8 in.). From an important London collection since 1975. Prof. Dr. Phil. Peter Rotenhoefer says: The tablet is the second tabula of a testament consisting normally of three tablets (a tryptich). It contains in a highly formalistic legal language legacies for various persons (inter alia a Iulia) who receive certain items like e.g. sheep and clothes. 17 lines of cursive script on the first page, 20 lines on the rear. [No Reserve]
Lot 212
Neo-Assyrian Empire, 934-609 B.C. Fusiform with hunting scene, standing figure infringed robe drawing a bow at an antelope. Cf. Collon, D., First Impressions. Cylinder Seals in the Ancient Near East, London, 2005, item 337. 8.56 grams, 35 mm (1 3/8 in.). Acquired 1970s-1996.Property of a North American collector.London collection, 2016. [No Reserve]
Lot 217
Circa 3rd millennium B.C. Conical in form with facetted faces bearing cuneiform text. See Aruz, J., Art of the First Cities. The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, for discussion. 36 grams, 58 mm (2 1/4 in.). Acquired by the vendor's mother 1960s-1970s, thence by descent.Ex Spray family collection, Norfolk, UK. [No Reserve]
Lot 224
Mid 6th-mid 4th millennium B.C. Spherical hollow clay mass with the remains of impressions to the exterior and ceramic tokens inside; surface cracked. 169 grams, 61 mm (2 3/8 in.). Specialised collection of cuneiform texts, the property of a London gentleman and housed in London before 1992.Thence by descent to family members.Examined by Professor Wilfrid George Lambert FBA (1926-2011), historian, archaeologist, and specialist in Assyriology and Near Eastern archaeology, in the late 1980s and early 1990s.The collection is exceptional for the variety of types, including some very rare and well preserved examples.Accompanied by a copy of a illustrated typed catalogue page. This bulla envelope likely belonged to the Sumerian or Uruk culture. It is believed that there are less than 250 complete and fragmentary examples of this type of bulla envelope worldwide. This is one of only a handful of examples ever offered at auction. The bulla first emerged in Mesopotamia around 8000 B.C. The clay envelopes contain a number of pre-baked accounting tokens, which were used in commercial and stock-taking transactions. Placing the tokens inside the bulla greatly enhanced the honesty of the transaction, as the bulla would have to be broken or crushed to reveal its contents.
Lot 231
Circa 1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D. or later. The majority displaying standing figures in repoussé to both faces of a lozenge-shaped body; five formed as naked male figures with hands clasped in front of the waist; a single bead formed as a full-bodied figure wearing a headdress, one hand held over the pubic region, which is pierced; sheet-gold over bituminous cores; from a ritual headdress; most complete. Cf. grave II of Tillya-Tepe, in Cambon, P., (ed.), Hidden Afghanistan, Amsterdam, 2007, no.75 p.177, for technique used for the two gold musician figures. 78.32 grams total, 34-43 mm (1 3/8 - 1 3/4 in.). Acquired 1970s onwards.Private collection of Michael O'Hara, Cambridgeshire, UK.Ex private collection of Benjamin Hyde-Smith, Hertfordshire, UK. Although the Buddha himself never visited Gandhara, with the passage of time the area became a veritable holy land for his followers. Mahayanism – a liberal and progressive school of Buddhism – flourished in Gandhara and laid emphasis among other things, on the transformation of the Buddha into a great mythological, almost eternal, god, and on the deification of future Buddhas as holding providences. In the visual arts, Buddha was permitted for the first time to be represented in human form. [21]
Lot 265
Mid 10th-mid 12th century A.D.. With a broad tapering blade, the wide and shallow fullers with inlaid decoration to both sides comprising a Greek cross within a circle, a cross potent and a wheel; long, straight guard and a short grip with a plain Brazil nut pommel. Cf. Oakeshott, J.R.E., The Archaeology of the weapons, London, 1960; Peirce, I., Swords of the Viking Age, Suffolk, 2002; Nicolle, D., Arms and Armour of the Crusading Era, 1050-1350, vol I, London, 1999; the sword finds a good parallel with a specimen from Spain, published by Peirce (2002, p.124); with a sword dated to circa 1200, from Germany, preserved in the Wallace collection, London, England (Nicolle, 1999, fig.424); with a sword from Dresden, with the name INGELRII on one side and the phrase HOMO DEI on the other, dated to about 1100; also with a sword once in the Oakeshott collection with the mark of Carrocium, dated to circa 11th century. 1.31 kg, 101 cm (39 3/4 in.). Ing Peter Till collection, Austria 1990s.UK collection, 2000s.Property of an East Sussex, UK, teacher.Accompanied by an academic report by Dr Raffaele D'Amato. The sword is of Oakeshott Type Xa or XI and Petersen Type X. According to Oakeshott (1960, p.204) the swords of type X were a development of Viking sword type VIII with slight modifications. Oakeshott describes such swords as common in the late Viking age (late 10th century) and remaining in use until the first quarter of the 13th century. [No Reserve]
Lot 310
Late 6th-early 7th century A.D.. Comprised of a crescent loop with bird-head finials, punched-point detailing and cloison eyes; tongue with beast-head finial; plaque with separate square panel of raised ornament with garnet cloison to each corner, larger central cloison surrounded by eight smaller, profile bird-head to the rear with garnet cloison eye. Cf. Ajbabin A., ‘I Goti in Crimea (secoli V-VII) [The Goths in Crimea (5th-7th centuries)’ in I Goti (The Goths), Milano Palazzo Reale 28 gennaio- 8 maggio 1994, (Milan Palazzo Reale 28 January-8 May 1994), Milano, 1994, pp.110-135; Menghin, W., The Merovingian Period. Europe Without Borders, Berlin, 2007, item I.7.1. 190 grams, 18 cm (7 in.). Acquired in Munich in the 1970s.From an old European collection.Property of an important West London collector.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no. 11831-206924. Numerous examples of these buckles, together with stirrup fibulae with buttons, were found in the necropolis of the Bosphorus, brought from the Danube area in the first and second half of the 6th century. They were part of the equipment of burials in crypts or inhumation tombs, dated from the end of the 6th century to the 7th century. Accurate comparisons can be made with a specimen recovered in burial tomb 315 of Eski Kermen, (first half of the 7th century), a grave belonging to a woman of Alan ethnic group, buried with Gothic ornaments. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
Lot 357
17th century A.D.. With a D-section hoop flaring out to an oval bezel bearing the engraved incuse arms 'party per fess, two fleurs-de-lys and chequy (in four rows of six pieces)' with bird-head crest above and foliate tendrils at sides. Cf. Oman, C.C., British Rings 800-1914, London, 1974, pl.50(f), for type. 14.20 grams, 24.10 mm overall, 20.80 mm internal diameter (approximate size British V 1/2, USA 10 3/4, Europe 24.4, Japan 23) (1 in.). From a 1990s private collection.Property of a European gentleman.This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11907-205633. While linking this ring firmly to a branch of a family requires further research, the combination of two fleurs-de-lys with a partial chequy in a coat of arms is connected to the badge of the Rothesay Herald of Arms and also to the Dukes of Rothesay, sons of the Kings of Scotland and with the dukedom first conferred on David, eldest son of Robert III, in 1398 A.D. and the office of Herald passing down to the present day; the arms on this ring could perhaps be connected to this dukedom or office. [A video of this lot is available to view on Timeline Auctions Website]
Lot 360
18th century A.D.. The slender band with a convex outer face and inscription in cursive script to the interior: 'Thy vertue is thy honor' followed by maker's mark 'DA' in a rectangular cartouche. Cf. The British Museum, museum number 1961,1202.361, for a very similar ring with this inscription, dated 17th century; cf. Evans, J., English Posies and Posy Rings, OUP, 1931, p.100, for this inscription. 2.20 grams, 17.11 mm overall, 14.60 mm internal diameter (approximate size British G 1/2, USA 3 1/2, Europe 5.55, Japan 5) (3/4 in.). Acquired in the early 1990s. Property of a Berkshire, UK, gentleman. The maker's mark is possibly a Britannia style mark composed of the first two letters of the surname of one Isaac Davenport, active 1696-1731. [No Reserve]
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