Three: Able Seaman R. P. Lempriere, who was killed in action on 27 July 1940, when H.M.S. Wren was sunk by a determined dive bombing attack by 15 Junkers (Ju 87) Stuka dive bombers British War and Victory Medals; (J.44845 R. P. Lempriere Ord. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (J.44845 R. P. Lempriere. A.B. H.M.S. Resource.) contact marks, polished, therefore good fine and better (3) £100-£140 --- Raymond Percival Lempriere was born on 2 November 1899, at Pimlico, London. He commenced naval service as a Boy Second Class in H.M.S. Impregnable on 5 October 1915, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Marshall Ney from June 1916 to 15 August 1916, and was then appointed to H.M.S. Centaur, until January 1918, and then to H.M.S. Curacoa in January 1918. He was advanced Ordinary Seaman, on 2 November 1917 and Able Seaman in January 1919. He subsequently served in several ships including, H.M.S. Canterbury, H.M.S. Excellent, H.M.S. Vanessa, H.M.S. Vendetta, H.M.S. Saladin and H.M.S. Sturdy, amongst others. He was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in December 1932, and continued in service throughout the 1930’s, and in April 1939 was appointed to H.M.S. Wren. Pensioned in November 1939, he was retained for war service. He continued serving in H.M.S. Wren, and was killed in action on 27 July 1940. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Portsmouth Royal Navy Memorial. The ‘W’ Class Destroyer H.M.S. Wren (D88), was sunk on 27 July 1940, when the ship was providing anti-aircraft protection for minesweeping operations off Aldeburgh, Suffolk. She came under heavy and sustained dive bombing attack by 15 Junkers Ju 87 aircraft and was damaged by several near misses which holed her below the waterline. Collapsed bulkheads caused heavy flooding which led her to sink quickly, killing 37 of her crew. Wren's survivors were rescued by the minesweepers. Note: It appears from the medal rolls that his family requested the issue of replacements of these three medals, assuming them to have been lost at sea, and duplicates were issued in February 1941. These medals are not marked as duplicate or replacement issues and, given their condition, are almost certainly the original medals as first issued to the recipient.
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A scarce ‘double issue’ pair of Queen’s South Africa Medals awarded to Private W. Sweeney, Oxfordshire Light Infantry Queen’s South Africa 1899-1902, 2 clasps, Cape Colony, Orange Free State (2) (5709 Pte. W. Sweeney. 1/Oxfd: L.I.; 5709 Pte W. Sweeney. Oxford L.I.) the first with engraved naming; the second with impressed naming, edge bruise to first, otherwise good very fine (2) £120-£160
The First Gulf War 1990-91 Medal with ‘2 August 1990’ clasp awarded to Warrant Officer B. J. Wickett, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, a member of the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, who was taken hostage following the invasion and held in captivity at a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield” Gulf 1990-91, 1 clasp, 2 Aug 1990 (24170241 WO1 B J Wickett REME), in named card box of issue, extremely fine £5,000-£7,000 --- Provenance: R. Penhall Collection, Dix Noonan Webb, September 2006; Dix Noonan Webb December 2016. Barry John Wickett was born in April 1953 and enlisted in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Surbiton in December 1969 - his certificate of service further reveals that he was awarded the General Service Medal for Northern Ireland, where he served from February to June 1977. In November 1989, Wickett joined the British Liaison Team in Kuwait, and following the Iraqi invasion of 2 August 1990 he and his family went to ground. At the end of the same month, however, they were arrested - ‘they came to get us very quickly, surrounded the block and started to break the door in’. Separated from his wife and children at the beginning of September, when they were put on board a flight to England from Baghdad, he was taken to a hydro-electricity and irrigation complex, about 40 km from the Iranian border, as part of Saddam Hussein’s “human shield”. There, with three other British hostages, he was moved around the site on three occasions, firstly to the neighbouring village, then to the power house and finally to a caravan near the top of the dam, this latter being only 25 metres from anti-aircraft guns. Whilst in captivity he wrote an ‘Ode to Saddam’ entitled ‘Why are we Here?’ Christmas is a time of good cheer I ask myself, why are we here? This time of the year we should be at home Not miles away celebrating alone! Families together, those we hold dear I ask myself, why are we here? I give thanks to God for my life But shouldn’t this time be spent with my wife? As a father I wish my children were near I ask myself, why are we here? I pray for the day when we’ll be released I pray for peace in the Middle East Christmas is a time of good cheer, I ask myself, why are we here? It’s not too late to resolve this, then Peace on Earth and goodwill to all men! Wickett was finally released in mid-December and flown home to be reunited with his wife and two children in time for Christmas. He was discharged at Southampton in July 1993. Sold with a quantity of original documentation, including a group photograph of members of the “British Liaison Team Kuwait”, taken on 6 February 1990, including the recipient; three emotive letters written by him to his family while held in captivity, dated 13 and 21 September, and 6 October 1990; a signed copy of his poem “Why Are We Here?”; Adjutant-General’s “retirement certificate” to ‘Warrant Officer 1 Barry John Wickett’; certificate of service, date stamped at Marchwood, Southampton in July 1993; several photocopied newspaper articles; copy letters from the British Embassy in Baghdad; and a Christmas card from the Children of Kuwait.
Three Miscellaneous Regimental Prize Medallions, all silver, the reverse of first engraved ‘Sgt. T. Knight, Winner 11 Stn. Competition, Regtl. Boxing Tourmt. 4th. E. Surrey Regt. 1916.’; the reverse of the second engraved ‘W.D.S.A.A. 1914’; the third unnamed; together with an East Surrey Regiment cap badge, very fine (4) £20-£30
Three: Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class R. G. Poe, Royal Navy British War Medal 1914-20 (M.14984 R. G. Poe. B. Art. R.N.); Victory Medal 1914-19 (M.14984 R. G. Poe. E.R.A. 4 R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M.19484 R. G. Poe, E.R.A. 1. H.M.S. Despatch.) edge bruise to BWM, contact marks, nearly very fine (3) £60-£80 --- Ronald George Poe was born on 22 February 1900, at Portsmouth, Hampshire. He commenced naval service as a Boy Artificer in H.M.S. Fisgard, on 31 July 1915, and subsequently served in H.M.S. Victory II, and H.M.S. Royal Sovereign, being advanced to Acting Engine Room Artificer Fourth Class on 1 June 1920. He was confirmed in this rate in H.M.S. Calcutta, on 12 September 1924, and was further advanced to Engine Room Artificer Third Class on 1 June 1923. He remained in naval service serving in several ships, including H.M.S. Fisgard, H.M.S. Dolphin, and H.M.S. Columbine and was advanced to Engine Room Artificer Second Class, H.M.S. Dauntless, on 1 June 1927. He was further advanced to Engine Room Artificer First Class, H.M.S. Excellent, on 1 June 1932, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1933. He was promoted to Acting Chief Engine Room Artificer Second Class, H.M.S. Resource on 4 February 1937, and was confirmed in this rate in H.M.S. Excellent, on 4 February 1938. He remained in naval service in the Second World War and was further advanced to Chief Engine Room Artificer First Class, H.M.S. Drake II, on 11 April 1940. He is noted as having war service in H.M.S. Queen Elizabeth and H.M.S. Hecla (Spare Corvette). He was released from service in H.M.S. Victory in November 1945, and his service record is noted ‘Rendered valuable service on “M2” salvage operations.’
Pair: Major-General H. Hammond, Bengal Artillery, who was three times Mentioned in Despatches during the Indian Mutiny, and was severely wounded at the taking of the Secunderabagh on 16 January 1858 India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, North West Frontier (Lieut. H. Hammond 2nd. Punj. Fld. Batty.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, 1 clasp, Relief of Lucknow (Capt. & Bt. Major H. Hammond. 3rd. Bn. Bengal Art.) edge bruise to first, both light polished, good very fine (2) £1,400-£1,800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Henry Hammond was born at Kingston-upon-Hull on 26 October 1826 and was commissioned Second Lieutenant on 11 June 1838. Promoted First Lieutenant on 17 August 1841, he was appointed to raise and command No. 2 Battery, Punjab Irregular Field Force in November 1850, and served on the Punjab Frontier from January 1851 to August 1853. He was present at the various actions with the Wuzeeree Tribe of Afghanistan in 1851; with the expedition against the Eusofyze in March 1852, under Sir Colin Campbell; and in the expedition against the Sheranees in April 1853, under the command of Brigadier Hodgson, Commanding Punjab Irregular Force. Promoted Captain on 3 March 1853, Hammond saw further action during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, serving as the Brigade Major to the Artillery of the force under the command of Lord Clyde during all the operations connected with the relief of Lucknow, for which services he was Mentioned in Despatches (Calcutta Gazette 11 December 1857). He was present as Brigade Major of Artillery at the action of Kalkar Nuddee, 1 January 1858, and was severely wounded at the taking of the Secunderabagh, 16 January 1858. Promoted Brevet Major on 24 March 1858, Hammond was appointed to command the Artillery of the column under the command of General Penn for operations in Rohilcund, and was present at the action of Kukrowlee when General Penny was killed on 1 May 1858, being honourably Mentioned by Brigadier Jones commanding the column: ‘the 4 guns of Captain Hammond’s Light Field Battery were now ordered to the front, and nobly did this officer and his men respond to the call’ (London Gazette 28 July 1858). Hammond subsequently commanded the Foot Artillery at the reduction of Bareilly under Lord Clyde on 5 May 1858, and was then attached to Brigadier Coke’s column for services in Rohilcund from 9 May 1858, being present at Shajehanpore and in the pursuit of rebels to Mahomdee on 20 May 1858, again being Mentioned (Calcutta Gazette 21 July 1858). He was promoted Lieutenant-Colonel on 26 April 1859; Colonel on 31 December 1867; and Major-General on 1 August 1872. He died on 23rd February 1898.
Four: Plumber First Class W. Fletcher, Royal Navy British War and Victory Medals (S.S. 9406 W. Fletcher. R.N.); Naval General Service 1915-62, 1 clasp, Palestine 1936-1939 (M. 37728 W. Fletcher. Plbr. 1. R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 3rd issue, coinage head (M. 37728 W. Fletcher. Pbr. 1. H.M.S. Warspite.) minor edge bruising to the Great War pair, these nearly very fine, the latter two medals nearly extremely fine (4) £160-£200 --- William Fletcher was born at St. Leonards, Sussex, on 7 August 1900. He attested for naval service at Portsmouth, by occupation a plumbers mate, on 7th August 1918, and was appointed to H.M.S. Victory, as Ordinary Seaman, No. SS 9406. He subsequently served in H.M.S. Caesar, H.M.S. Blenheim (Tobago), H.M.S. Fisgard, and H.M.S. Malabar (Demerara) amongst others. He was advanced to Able Seaman on 16 August 1920, and Acting Plumber 4th Class, on 8 September 1923. His medals for service in the Great War were sent to H.M.S. Agamemnon. Fletcher was advanced to Plumber First Class, on 8 September 1932, when serving in H.M.S. Warspite, and was awarded his Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in 1933. Following further service in H.M.S. Dolphin, and H.M.S. Hawkins, he was discharged to pension from H.M.S. Aurora on 6 August 1940, but was promptly recalled for war service the following day. His service papers indicate that he may have been employed as Temporary Chief Pilot, in 1944, and he was again discharged in 1945.
Four: Private W. E. F. Gibbs, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and Machine Gun Corps 1914-15 Star (1965 Pte. W. E. F. Gibbs. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (1965 Pte. W. E. F. Gibbs Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); Defence Medal; together with a National Safety First Freedom from Accidents Drivers Award in sterling silver and enamel, for 5 years accident free motoring, with dated clasps for 1931, 1936, 1938 and 1939 (W. E. F. Gibbs); and a 10 year ’Gold’ Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents, Safe Driving award, ‘War Substitute for Gold Medal’ (W. E. F. Gibbs), in base metal, very fine Three: Bugler F. Bravington, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 1914-15 Star (2278 Bglr. F. Bravington. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (2278 Pte. F. Bravington. Oxf. & Bucks. L.I.) minor edge nicks, otherwise very fine (9) £80-£100 --- William Eversleigh Fisher Gibbs attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry at Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, on 10 August 1914, and served with them during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He later served with 48th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, being re-numbered 70644, and transferred to the Army Reserve on 24 May 1919. Frank Bravington attested for the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry and served in 1st/1st (Buckinghamshire) Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 30 March 1915. He was disembodied on 21 March 1919.
A scarce post-War R.R.C. group of three awarded to Principal Matron Miss Sheila R. P. Barton, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service Royal Red Cross, 1st Class (R.R.C.), E.II.R., silver-gilt, gold, and enamel, the reverse officially dated ‘1977’; The Order of St. John of Jerusalem, Officer’s (Sister’s) shoulder badge, silver and enamel, with heraldic beasts in angles, with case of issue; War Medal 1939-45, mounted as worn; together with the recipient’s Royal Red Cross, 2nd Class (A.R.R.C.), E.II.R., silver and enamel, the reverse officially dated ‘1967’, on lady’s bow riband, in Collingwood, London case of issue; two sets of miniature awards, the first a group of three comprising R.R.C., Order of St. John, and War Medal; the second a pair comprising A.R.R.C. and War Medal; full and miniature width riband bars; and five related lapel badges, the reverses of two engraved ‘S. R. P. Barton’, nearly extremely fine £600-£800 --- R.R.C. London Gazette 31 December 1977. A.R.R.C. London Gazette 10 June 1967. Miss Sheila Rosemary Phyllis Barton served as Principal Matron, Queen Alexandra’s Royal Naval Nursing Service.
Four: Driver S. Harding, Army Service Corps, and Mercantile Marine 1914-15 Star (T-1178 Dvr. S. Harding. A.S.C.); Mercantile Marine War Medal (Stanley Harding) naming officially re-impressed; British War and Victory Medals (1178 Dvr. S. Harding. A.S.C.) good very fine Pair: Fireman Walter Whitaker, Oldham Fire Brigade Defence Medal; Fire Brigade L.S. & G.C., E.II.R. (Fireman Walter Whitaker) with named card box of issue (Oldham), together with St John Ambulance Brigade re-examination cross with bars for 1958 and 1960 (A178978 Walter Whitaker) the first two mounted as worn, nearly extremely fine Pair: Fireman Charles Rayner National Fire Brigades Union Long Service, bronze, with top suspension bar ‘Ten Years’ (Charles Rayner 1904) the edge numbered ‘2084’; National Fire Brigades Union Long Service, silver, with top suspension bar ‘Twenty Years’, the reverse hallmarked Birmingham 1912, the edge numbered ‘1084’, nearly very fine or better (9) £140-£180
Pair: Captain R. R. Harris, 67th Bengal Native Infantry India General Service 1854-95, 1 clasp, Pegu (Lieut. Robt. R. Harris. 67th. Regt. N.I.); Indian Mutiny 1857-59, no clasp (Captn. R. R. Harris, 67th. Regt. N.I.) good very fine (2) £600-£800 --- Provenance: George McIlroy Collection. Robert Robison Harris was born in St. Anne’s, Liverpool, on 20 April 1824 and was educated at Harrow. Commissioned Ensign on 20 February 1843, he was posted to the 67th Bengal Native Infantry, and was promoted Lieutenant on 23 December 1846. He served with the 67th Native Infantry during the Second Burma War, before being appointed Cantonment Magistrate at Dinapore in 1856. Promoted Captain on 31 August 1856, he served during the Great Sepoy Mutiny, and was appointed Joint Cantonment Magistrate at Agra in January 1858, and Joint Cantonment Magistrate and Superintendent at Cawnpore in April 1858. Harris returned to the U.K. on leave in 1859, and went to stay with his elder brother George F. Harris, who was Housemaster of The Park at Harrow. He died of fever at Harrow on 14 June 1860. Interestingly, the School had raised its first Volunteer Rifle Corps earlier that year, with G. F. Harris being appointed one of the commanders. Although pure conjecture, it is quite possible that his younger brother whilst on leave staying at The Park may have assisted in some small way. Sold with a photographic image of the recipient; and copied research.
1914-15 Star (3) (Woordi Maj. Rajwali Khan, 25/ Cavy. F.F.; No. 1894 Sepoy Mool Singh. Alwar I.S. Infy.; No. 645 Pnr. Ghulam Mohammad. Rampur I.S. Infy.) nearly very fine, first scarce to rank, second and third scarce to unit (3) £70-£90 --- Rajwali Khan served as Woordi-Major (Adjutant) of the 25th Cavalry Regiment, Frontier Force. Mool Singh served with the Alwar Imperial Service Infantry; and Ghulam Mohammad served with the Rampur Imperial Service Infantry.
The campaign group of twelve worn by Lieutenant-General H.H. Maharaja Sir Hari Singh, G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., G.C.V.O., the last ruling Maharaja of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir India, General Service Medal 1947, 1 clasp, Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48 (Lt. Gen. H.H. Maharaja Sir Har Singh. Indar Mahindar Bahadur) officially impressed naming; India, Independence Medal 1947, this an old replacement for the lost original, naming erased but partially legible to a Captain in the I.A.S.C.; 1939-45 Star; Africa Star; Italy Star; Defence and War Medals 1939-45; Delhi Durbar 1903, silver; Delhi Durbar 1911, silver, fitted with replacement suspension claw; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; France, Third Republic, Legion of Honour, Grand Officer’s breast badge, silver, silver-gilt and enamels, with rosette on ribbon, original court mounting as worn by the Maharaja, the Durbar medals with contact wear, good fine, the last with enamel damage, otherwise generally very fine (12) £1,500-£2,000 --- Hari Singh was born on 23 September 1895 at the palace of Amar Mahal, Jammu, the only surviving son of General Raja Sir Amar Singh (1864-1909) the younger son of General Maharajadhiraj Sri Sir Ranbir Singh and the brother of Lieutenant-General Maharajadhiraj Sri Sir Pratap Singh, the then Maharaja of Jammu and Kashmir. Appointed G.C.S.I. in 1933; G.C.I.E. 1929 (K.C.I.E. 1918); G.C.V.O. 1946 (K.C.V.O. 1922). In 1903, Hari Singh served as a Page of Honour to Lord Curzon at the grand Delhi Durbar. At the age of 13, Hari Singh was dispatched to Mayo College in Ajmer. A year later in 1909, when his father died, the British took a personal interest in his education and appointed Major H. K. Brar as his guardian. After Mayo College the ruler-in-waiting went to the Imperial Cadet Corps at Dehra Dun for military training, imbibing its British upper-crust atmosphere and polishing his English to a high gloss, and by the age of 20 he had been appointed commander-in-chief of the Jammu and Kashmir state forces. Hari Singh was also a controversial figure due to his involvement in a blackmail scandal by an English prostitute in Paris in 1921, allegedly paying £300,000 to his blackmailers. The issue resulted in a court case in London in 1924 during which the India Office tried to keep his name out of proceedings by arranging for him to be referred to as Mr ‘A’. However, the secret of the Kashmiri Prince and the beautiful blonde quickly became the subject of salacious gossip throughout London society. Hari Singh succeeded to the throne of Jammu and Kashmir following the death of his uncle, Sir Pratap Singh, in 1925. A moderniser in outlook, he made primary education compulsory in the State and introduced laws prohibiting child marriage. Sir Hari Singh was opposed to the views of both the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League with their communist style two-nation theory. During the Second World War, from 1944-46, Sir Hari Singh was a member of the Imperial War Cabinet. In 1947, after India gained independence from British rule, Jummu and Kashmir had the option to join either India or Pakistan. Har Singh’s preference was to maintain independence and he played the two countries off against each other, delaying his decision. Being a Muslim majority state it was expected that he should respect the wishes of the population and probably accede to Pakistan. However, following a mutiny of Muslim regiments in Gilgit in October 1947 and an incursion of tribal and regular Pakistani forces, Hari Singh appealed to secular India for help but India would only do so if he acceded the whole of his princely State to India. This he did, signing the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947, and in doing so triggered the Indo-Pakistan War of 1947-48, the first of four conflicts in this region which is still disputed by both countries today. After abdicating in 1949 in favour of his son and heir, Crown Prince Karan Singh, Sir Hari Singh retired to Bombay, where he remained the titular Maharaja of the state until 1952 when the monarchy was abolished by Nehru’s government. Sir Hari Singh remained in enforced exile in Bombay until his death of a heart attack on 26 April 1961, aged 65. His ashes were cast all over Jummu and Kashmir and immersed in the river Tawi, according to his last wishes. See Lot 669 for the G.C.S.I. collar chain case specially customised to hold the insignia of the Order with provision for this mounted group of medals.
An excellent lot of The Beatles vinyl LP records with early and first edition releases to include Please Please Me, Introducing the Beatles, with the Beatles, Meet the Beatles, A Hard Days Night, The Second Album, Beatles for Sale, Beatles 65, Beatles VI, Help, Yesterday and Today, Revolver, Sgt Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour, White Album, Yellow Submarine, Hey Jud !, Abbey Road, Let it Be, etc Condition Report:The From then to You album label is white with pencil inscription on both sides.
DICKENS, Charles , The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, DICKENS, Charles, The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, with illustrations by Phiz, first edition, published by Chapman and Hall, 1839, half calf, spine with splits to boards, some pages loose, heavy foxing to plates, Note: This copy is not bound from the parts
Louisa M. Alcott., Little Women. 1st Edition., British first edition pub. London Sampson Low Son & Marston 1869. 16mo. 341 pp. Lacking dust jacket, bleached spine, some yellowing to the edges, watermark to the back endboard, inscribed dedication to the endpaper in ink 'Florence E Eyton with grandmama's best love 1869', with collector's label Ex Libris and Royal Library Malvern label. Sellers notes in pencil '1st UK EDITION 1869'. Inside the endpaper with notes in pencil 'This 1st Eng. Ed. probably issued Christmas 1868. It is the American Sheets of 1st U.S.A. with a new title page and original adverts removed.
A Model Ship 'The Astrolabe', a detailed wooden model, mid 20th century, hull 55cm, 78cm overall. Notes: The Astrolabe, a 380-ton corvette, was built by Toulon Shipyard in France and was launched in 1811. The original name of the Astrolabe was Coquille. She was used as a horse transport ship, but was later transformed to carry men and ammunition in 1813. Because of the ship's qualities it was again transformed to carry out scientific, geographic and ethnographic studies during navigation. L'Astrolabe circumnavigated the world three times and the expeditions lasted three years each. As La Coquille, she charted the Eastern Mediterranean and the Black Sea, before making her first scientific voyage around the world in 1822, exploring the southern hemisphere. Renamed L’Astrolabe in 1825, the corvette sailed for a second voyage of discovery under the command of Captain Dumont d’Urville. She sailed the Australian and Western Pacific Islands and visited 120 islands in total. During this voyage Astrolabe faced many obstacles including torrential storms and almost sank. Then in 1836, the French Emperor Louis-Philippe mounted an expedition to locate the magnetic pole under the command of Dumont D’urville. During this expedition he discovered a land in the Antarctic to which he gave the name of his wife, the ‘Terre Adelie,’ or ‘Adele Land’. During her career, the ship helped catalogue and collect a vast amount of knowledge in the field of botany and fauna. L'Astrolabe was finally decommissioned in 1851.
A Macabre Collection of Medical Images, Archive of Dr Stanley Rivlin, dated 1950's, a unique collection in 2 albums, the first album of medical photographs and X-ray images on the subject of leg Ulcers, the second with images of the hospital, treatment rooms, and equipment with some medical images at the end (2)
DICKENS, Charles, Bleak House, First Bound Edition, DICKENS, Charles, Bleak House, with illustrations by H. K. Browne, published by Bradbury and Evans, 11 Bouverie Street, London, 1853, red half calf with red boards, gilt lettering to spine on green leather panel, marbled edging to text block, text very clean, with the usual marginal foxing to engraved plates. Note: This copy is not bound from the parts
Three Japanese wood block prints, The Sumida River Embankment in Edo, from the series Thirty-six Views of Mount Fuji by Utagawa Hiroshige, first created 1858, 36cm x 24cm, Chiyoda Castle from the Album of Women by Toyohara Chikanobu, first created 1895, 35cm x 22cm, and Ukon (no. 38) from One Hundred Poems by One Hundred Poets, first created c. 1842, 36cm x 25cm.
the first depicting a bird amongst foliage, late 17th/ early 18th century, 33.5cm diameter; the second a charger, centred by a dragon amongst stylised foliage, late 19th/ early 20th century, 42cm diam.Provenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L.
the well centred by a green and white armorial, enlcosed by a raised boss with an inner gadrooned border and an outer gadrooned border in white in opposing directions of rotation, against a cobalt ground highlighted with gilt oak leaves, stars and acanthus, the reverse in cobalt blue enamel with gilt stars 28cm diameterProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L.Footnote: Note:Venice in 1500 was enjoying a golden age as one of the richest and most powerful trade and cultural centres in Europe, trading extensively with the Byzantine Empire, the Muslim world, and beyond. Its strategic position as the nexus of the lucrative trade routes to the East and Africa enabled it to secure a monopoly on rare and exotic goods and materials, and the city grew rich. Its overseas empire spanned across the Mediterranean, to include territories from Friuli all the way to Cyprus. The production of luxury goods flourished, as producers could source the best materials, and wealthy merchant and aristocratic clients fuelled demand.The Venetian enamel wares represent a beautiful amalgamation of different influences and illustrate how well-connected Venice was in the Renaissance. They are generally of exceptional quality and have a very unique, easily distinguishable style. Many of the surviving examples were clearly for use in a religious context, however the present example with its central silver and green armorial indicates it must have been commissioned by an aristocratic family.Italian nobility in the Renaissance used a variety of elaborate and precious vessels for formal dining, but the most splendid tableware was displayed on sideboards or credenze around the sides of the room as a show of wealth. The shapes with their raised gadrooning are inspired by silver and other metal wares, which also inspired glass produced in the same region. Another source of inspiration may be the famous deep blue Lajvardina ceramics produced in Persia. This would not be unlikely, as Venice had been a crossroads for trade between Africa, Asia and Europe since medieval times.The technique is related to early Netherlandish examples. The objects were hammered from copper sheets, then fused with a thin layer of powdered glass using high heat with the main colours being cobalt blue, dark green, white and more rarely turquoise, red and black. The first layer of opaque white is the key to making the colours applied over it look luminous. Pieces were decorated with further enamels of different colours fixed with subsequent firings. Finally, patterns of gold foil were applied and fused to the enamel surface using lower, but still elevated, temperatures. These were applied to the surface of the enamel to create repeating patterns and were likely stamped with small tools used to apply fine metallic foil, called paillon, yielding a textured surface. Although the gold foil is very rubbed in most examples due to not having been fired, a few areas still show these original textures. Some of the stars on the present chargers still have their raised centres.The uniform style and the relatively short period in which all of the known Venetian enamel wares were produced date them almost exclusively from the late 15th century to the mid-16th century. Although Venice was well renowned as a centre of glass it remains largely unrecognised as a major centre for the production of enamels. Surviving pieces like the present two lots are rare, with only a few hundred known in private collections and museums.
the well centred by a raised boss with white gadrooned border and green band enclosed by an outer gadrooned border in cobalt blue in opposing directions of rotation, on a white ground highlighted with gilt oak leaves, stars and acanthus, the reverse in cobalt blue enamel with gilt stars29.5cm diameterProvenance: Kimmerghame, Duns, the Estate of the Late Major General Sir John Swinton K.C.V.O., O.B.E., D.L.Footnote: Note:Venice in 1500 was enjoying a golden age as one of the richest and most powerful trade and cultural centres in Europe, trading extensively with the Byzantine Empire, the Muslim world, and beyond. Its strategic position as the nexus of the lucrative trade routes to the East and Africa enabled it to secure a monopoly on rare and exotic goods and materials, and the city grew rich. Its overseas empire spanned across the Mediterranean, to include territories from Friuli all the way to Cyprus. The production of luxury goods flourished, as producers could source the best materials, and wealthy merchant and aristocratic clients fuelled demand.The Venetian enamel wares represent a beautiful amalgamation of different influences and illustrate how well-connected Venice was in the Renaissance. They are generally of exceptional quality and have a very unique, easily distinguishable style. Many of the surviving examples were clearly for use in a religious context, however the present example with its central silver and green armorial indicates it must have been commissioned by an aristocratic family.Italian nobility in the Renaissance used a variety of elaborate and precious vessels for formal dining, but the most splendid tableware was displayed on sideboards or credenze around the sides of the room as a show of wealth. The shapes with their raised gadrooning are inspired by silver and other metal wares, which also inspired glass produced in the same region. Another source of inspiration may be the famous deep blue Lajvardina ceramics produced in Persia. This would not be unlikely, as Venice had been a crossroads for trade between Africa, Asia and Europe since medieval times.The technique is related to early Netherlandish examples. The objects were hammered from copper sheets, then fused with a thin layer of powdered glass using high heat with the main colours being cobalt blue, dark green, white and more rarely turquoise, red and black. The first layer of opaque white is the key to making the colours applied over it look luminous. Pieces were decorated with further enamels of different colours fixed with subsequent firings. Finally, patterns of gold foil were applied and fused to the enamel surface using lower, but still elevated, temperatures. These were applied to the surface of the enamel to create repeating patterns and were likely stamped with small tools used to apply fine metallic foil, called paillon, yielding a textured surface. Although the gold foil is very rubbed in most examples due to not having been fired, a few areas still show these original textures. Some of the stars on the present chargers still have their raised centres.The uniform style and the relatively short period in which all of the known Venetian enamel wares were produced date them almost exclusively from the late 15th century to the mid-16th century. Although Venice was well renowned as a centre of glass it remains largely unrecognised as a major centre for the production of enamels. Surviving pieces like the present two lots are rare, with only a few hundred known in private collections and museums.
Fitzpatrick, Sir Percy Jock of the Bushveld. London: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907. First edition, 8vo, original green cloth gilt; Kipling, Rudyard The Second Jungle Book. London: Macmillan and Co., 1895. Second edition, 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, owner's name trimmed from title-page; Catlin, George Letters and Notes of the Manners, Customs, and Condition of the North American Indians. London, 1841. 2 volumes, 8vo, original red cloth gilt; Coolidge, Susan What Katy Did. London: Ward, Lock & Co., Limited, [n.d.] 8vo, original red cloth; Hope, Anthony The Prisoner of Zenda. Bristol: J.W. Arrowsmith, [n.d.] 8vo, original red cloth gilt; "Twain, Mark" [Samuel L. Clemens] A Tramp Abroad. London: Chatto & Windus, 1880. 8vo, original red cloth gilt; "Carrol, Lewis" [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] Through the Looking-Glass... London: Macmillan and Co., Limited, 1912. 12mo, later edition, original red cloth gilt; [Idem] The Hunting of the Snark. London: Macmillan and Co., 1913. 12mo, later edition, original red cloth gilt; Alcott, Louisa May Little Women and Good Wives. London: Bliss, Sands, & Co., [n.d.] 8vo, original blue cloth gilt, ownership signature of H.A. Longman; Ewing, Juliana Horatia The Brownies and Other Tales. London: George Bell and Sons, 1875. Third edition, 8vo, original brown cloth gilt, Longman bookplate; and 15 others, sold not subject to returnProvenance: The Estate of the Late Mary Elizabeth Stuart Harley (1925-2019)
the centre painted with the martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, the broad scrolling foliate border painted with flowers, birds and putti, centred above by a coat of arms for Francesco Massucci, Bishop of Penne and Atri 1648-5641.5cm diameterProvenance: A paper label to the reserve is inscribed 'Property of J.J. Stonborough, From the Baron von Lana Collection'.Lyon and Turnbull would like to thank Celia Curnow for researching and cataloguing this lot.Footnote: Note: The probable print source for this scene is an engraving by Jan Muller (1571-1628), published by Harmen Jansz. Muller (c. 1540–1617) of about 1600[1] after the oil painting by Hans von Aachen (1552-1615), (National Museum, Warsaw, Poland).According to Luciana Arbace[2] these arms for Francesco Massucciwere first identified by Franco Battistella in 1989. Carola Fiocco and Gabriella Gherardi recently document four Castelli pieces decorated with this coat of arms.[3] This lot is now the fifth known piece bearing this coat of arms. The decoration on the the plate stylistically relates to one of the four previously documented pieces which is decorated with the subject of Scipio Ordering the Beheading of Prisoners, now in the TERCAS Collection Teramo, signed on the reverse with the initials F.G.P.[4] [1] Metropolitan Museum of Art (Accession Number: 51.501.6495)Jan Muller | Martyrdom of St. Sebastian | The Metropolitan Museum of Art (metmuseum.org) for downloadable link [2] Arbace, Luciana. Fondazione Raffaelle Paparella Treccia e Margherita Devlet 1: Francesco Grue (1618-73). La Maiolica a Castelli d’Abruzzo dal Compendiario all’Istoriato, 2000, fig100, p116-9 and Note 42. [3] Fiocco, Carola, Gherardi, Gabriella. “L’araldica dei Vescovi Massucci e Raffaelli della Diocesi di Penne e Atri nella maiolica di Castelli D’Abruzzo.” In La Ceramica nello scaffale, Fondazione Cassa Risparmio di Fano, 2018, p63-8 and note 3. https://www.maiolicaitaliana.com/pubblicazioni/carola-fiocco-gabriella-gherardi/araldica-dei-vescovi-massucci/ [4] Moccia, Lello. Mostra dell’ antica maiolica di Castelli D’Abruzzo,1965, cat29, tav XXV, p28.
Fine Rolex Oyster Perpetual Submariner (meters first) stainless steel gentleman's wristwatch, ref. 5513, circa 1965, serial no. 1387xxx, rotating bezel, 'Swiss-T-** Private provenance, the gloss dial and gilding is very nice. The original owner 'A.C Osborn' was a diver and used this watch for many years-Movement - currently functioning, the case back is firmly sealed so images of the movement are not available.Dial - a nice gloss dial with the gilded text very nice - see images.Glass - surface scratches visible and would benefit with replacement.Hands - possible service hands.Case - the bezel of a 'ghost' appearance with surface marks, the case overall has typical marks as expected for the period.Crown - adjusts correctly.Bracelet - original bracelet, some links springs require repair or replacement the clasps with surface marks visible - see images.-Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Books - antiquarian and later, including late Victorian and later children's annuals and periodicals; antique and the history of design; music and its history; early 20th century literature, including Robert Louis Stevenson and Rudyard Kipling; Observer's Books, including a couple of first editions, one of which is Patrick Moore's Astronomy, (13); history; reference; travel; etc., [6 boxes]
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Antiquarian Books - [Clarke (Francis)], The Life of the Most Noble Marquis of Wellington [...], volume I only, [London]: J. and J. Cundee, [1813], contemporary sheep gilt over marbled boards, 8vo, (1); The Lyceum Officer's Manual, third edition, 1926, 8vo, (1); Essex Ballads, Colchester: 1919, (1); country dances; Botany, Step's Wayside and Woodland Blossoms, First-Third Series, London: Frederick Warne, mixed dates, illustrated, (3); further natural history, including ornithology; Firth's Highways and Byways of Derbyshire; poetry; children's books, including Ladybird and Beatrix Potter (no early 20th century, all second-half and later); pictorial dustjackets and board; primers; qty
A Royal Crown Derby Royal Antoinette pattern coffee cup and saucer, first quality; two Royal Crown Derby Vine pattern side plates, first quality; a Royal Crown Derby Mikado pattern coffee cup and saucer, first quality; a Royal Crown Derby Royal Pinxton Roses pattern side plate, second quality; other Royal Crown Derby including Posies pattern (quantity)
JAMES BURRELL SMITH (BRITISH, 1822-1897) (2)The vista seen from the drawing room, Glentana House, Aberdeenshire; On the Tana looking west near the Hermit's Bridge, Forest of Glen Tana, twoeach signed 'J Burrell Smith', the first dated '1883' (lower left) the second dated '1884' (lower right) and both bear typed labels (to backboard)watercolour heightened with bodycolourthe first 16 x 12.5cm, the second 12 x 17cm(2)
THREE EMBROIDERED/NEEDLEWORK CUSHIONS (3)Including one of a flowering plant in a landscape with a deer and a squirrel, 58 x 38cm, another of similar design with a flowering plant in a landscape with red curling flower, 47 x 57cm and the third of similar design with thistle, 60cm x 42cmCondition Report: All would benefit from careful cleaning.The first cushion with the deer and squirrel has some thread losses mostly to the landscape at the bottom and some of the flowers near the top. There are also some pulled threads to the embroidery. There is a small split to one side, the front is a little stained and the back is also stained. The second cushion with the red flower has losses to the threads throughout - mostly at the bottom where the landscape is (see images) and the flowers. There are also threads pulled to the front. There is a large split to one side which is open to the cushion inside. There is some staining to the front fabric and to the back.The third thistle cushion has losses to some embroidery to the front at the bottom and to the stem of the thistle plant. The back is a little faded towards the edges, otherwise good.
BELL SILVERMAN? (LATE 19TH/EARLY 20TH CENTURY) (2)An elegant lady seated in a gardensigned 'Bell Silverman'? (lower left) and dated '1904' (lower right)pencil39 x 31cmtogether with a pencil sketch of a woman, indistinctly signed and dated (lower left), 30 x 21cm(2)Condition reportBell Silverman: Very small spot of foxing centre right and top right to margin.Otherwise appears generally good.The first work in this lot is a pencil sketch.
TWO ‘DRAGON AND PEACOCK’ WOOL CURTAINS AFTER A DESIGN BY WILLIAM MORRIS (3)The first, 254.5cm wide (bottom) 246cm wide (top); 305cm high, the second, 330 cm wide (bottom); 327cm wide (top) 299cm high, together with a section of woven wool ‘Thistle Pattern’ after William Morris, 122cm wide; 116cm highCondition report: Both faded with wear and discoloured with wear and tear. The curtain that it is approx 299 cm high: One seam coming loose. Various worn areas along the bottom with holes and probably restitching in areas. Hemmed over with wear evident on the inside of the hem. See additional photos.The other curtain with similar wear and notable tears and patches along the side edge. See extra images. The curtains are 20th Century.It is advisable, if possible, to view this curtains to full satisfy any questions. The smaller section of fabric with virus repaired holes and generally discoloured and worn.
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