SIR MARTIN ARCHER SHEE PRA (1769-1850)Portrait of Master George O'Connor of Castleknock, (1778-1842) Dressed in Red with Buff Breeches Sitting in a ChairOil on canvas, 76 x 64cmIn a Georgian carved and gilded frameProvenance: Painted circa 1786, and then by family descent until sold at Christie’s, 13 December 1912 (as by George Romney) for 720 guineas; Private collection, USA; Mallet, Bond Street, London where acquired in 2009 by the present owner; Private collection since 2009.Literature: W.G. Strickland, Dictionary of Irish Artists (Dublin and London, 1913) Volume 2, p. 343, as by Martin Archer Shee and painted in Dublin about 1786.Exhibited: An Age of Elegance, Irish Art in the Eighteenth Century, Mallett, Lyons Village, County Kildare, 2008.Sir Martin Archer Shee, the only Irish President of the Royal Academy, was born in Dublin on 20 December 1769, into a family originally from Kilkenny which had subsequently moved to County Mayo. He was sent to school in Dublin and there first evinced the talent as a draughtsman, which subsequently became his hallmark. Shee entered the Dublin Society’s Drawing Schools in 1781, at the age of twelve, where under the tutelage of Francis Robert West he won virtually all the medals and prizes for which he was entered, notably the medal for landscape (1782) and portraiture (1783). At the age of 16 or 17, he set up his own studio at 32 Dame Street, Dublin, and, by 1786, was ‘as busy as anyone with one head and two hands can possibly be….. I have pictures in hand to the amount of more than 50 guineas…..I am also to receive a silver palette from the Dublin Society in token of the approbation of my pictures’. The present painting dates from these years of early success in Dublin and is a very rare example of Shee’s short period working in his native land.Encouraged by Gilbert Stuart, the American painter then working in Ireland, in June 1788 he moved to England, working initially as a copyist for the engravers Macklin and Boydell. He was subsequently introduced to Sir Joshua Reynolds, who advised him to join the Royal Academy Schools, to which he was admitted in November 1790, just before his 21st birthday, and by the following year he was showing the first of his very many exhibits at the Royal Academy Summer Exhibitions. He was admitted an Associate of the Academy in 1798 and henceforth his career was that of the hugely successful portrait painter, especially when, after the death of Sir Thomas Lawrence in 1830, he was elected by a large majority as President of the Royal Academy; in the same year he was knighted. Shee was a member of the Society of Dilettanti, the Royal Society and several overseas cultural institutes and academies. Painting apart, he was a poet, critic, and playwright. He died at Brighton on 19th August 1850.George O'Connor was the son of the Rev. John O'Connor of Tipperary (1738-1803), who became vicar of Arboe in 1773, and Rector of Castlenock, County Dublin, in 1794. Like his father before him, George was educated at Trinity College Dublin, where he matriculated on 6 October 1794 at the age of 15, proceeding Bachelor of Arts in the Winter Term of 1799. He was received, like his father, into the ministry, and for more than thirty years was a prebendary of St. Patrick's Cathedral, also serving in succession to his father as rector of the united parishes of Castleknock and Clonsilla in the Dublin Diocese, and of Donaghpatrick in the Diocese of Meath. George died on 14th November 1842 aged sixty-four, and a memorial and bust were erected to his memory at the church in Castleknock.According to the inscription he was ‘a fond and affectionate husband, a wise and tender parent, a tried and valued friend, excelled by none’.
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Hornby: A collection of assorted Hornby OO Gauge boxed coaches to comprise: Pullman First Parlour Car R223; Pullman Third Parlour Brake R233; LMS 1st Coach Blue/Silver R422; LMS Brake 3rd Coach R475 and R423. Outer boxes are showing some general wear. Contents appear good, but are showing signs of use. 12 items total. (one box)
Hornby: A collection of assorted Hornby OO Gauge boxed coaches to comprise: Virgin Open 2nd, R4081; Virgin Open 1st R4080; Virgin Buffet Car R4082; GNER Open First Coach R4010; GNER Open Second Coach R4011; GNER First Class Buffet Coach R4012; BR Composite Coach R400; The Queen's Coach BR R451; and Brake Coach BR Royal Train R459. Outer boxes are showing general wear. Contents appear good, but are showing signs of use. 13 items total .(one box)
Bachmann: A boxed Bachmann OO Gauge, Class 42 Warship Diesel D832 'Onslaught' BR Green, 32-051; together with another boxed Bachmann OO Gauge, Class 57/0 Diesel 57602 First Great Western, 32-752. Outer boxes showing signs of wear. Contents appear good, but showing signs of use to wheels. (2)
Corgi: A boxed Corgi Toys, Rocket Firing Batmobile, 267, first issue, with gloss black livery, pulsating exhaust flame, working, red bat hubs, light blue tinted windscreen, original Batman and Robin, operating instructions and unused rockets attached to sprues, with inner card stand in very good condition and original box, general wear.
Air Raid Precautions - a group of ARP items to include a black metal First Aid box containing First Aid equipment, lid marked with a red stripe and ARP in white to the front of the box, and note detailing the contents dated 3/1/45 from 'Sector C 105', together with an ARP Warden's helmet, leather gaiters/anklets, an ARP engraved hand bell and respirator
First World War and related letters and telegrams from Robert and Reginald Gibson, their families and the War Office and 2nd Lt J.I. Carswell. To include letters from Lt Reginald James ?Reggie? Gibson of the 4th Royal Scots from France 1914 to his death on the 28th of June 1915 serving in the Gallipoli Campaign at the age of 21, his name can be found on The Helles Memorial, Gallipoli along with his 1914-1915 Star and Memorial Plaque. Together with letters from his brother Robert Gray Nicol Gibson serving in France where he fell on the 21st of March 1918. T./2nd Lt Carswell of the 94th Field Company, Royal Engineers was mentioned in dispatches from Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig dated 8th of November 1918, for gallant and distinguished service in the field in a letter from the office of Secretary of State of War, Winston Churchill.
A group of three late 19th/early 20th century silver coins of the United States of America to include a 1893 'Columbian' half dollar, a 1890 'Morgan' dollar. The first 'Morgan' dollar was minted in 1878 and was a symbol of prosperity in the 'Mid West', designed by Temporary U.S Mint employee George Morgan, together with a 1922 'Peace' dollar
Centenary of the First World War commemorative coins to include The Jubilee mint WWI gold plated silver proof £5 coin, Jubilee mint centenary of World War I five pound coin, Jubilee mint The Centenary of World War I coin collection of three case crown with 24ct gold plated example, The Centenary of World War I gold plated penny collection, Westminster Collection two gold plated 'Make Me a Soldier Lord' Commemorative fifty pence pieces, 'The Great War, The Road to War' con cover together with two 'The Centenary of the First World War 1914 - 100th Anniversary - 1918 coins
James Sharples (1751-1811) Pastel drawingHead and shoulders portrait of George Washington (1796-1801), in profile, 23cm x 18cm Provenance: this picture was formerly at Bowden Hall in Upton St Leonards, near Gloucester, and has remained in the family collection. It is believed that the portrait was once owned by 19th century British collector Jeffery Whitehead and was exhibited in London twice while in his possession - in 1889 in 'A Century of British Art (2nd series) from 1737 to 1837', London, Grosvenor Gallery, incorrectly attributed to John Russell. A fragment of this catalogue is attached verso. Then in 1891 it was exhibited in 'The Royal House of Guelph, London, the New Gallery', correctly attributed to James Sharples (known at the time as 'Sharpless'), there is a handwritten note on the reverse of the pastel dated 1889 confirming the correct attribution in this second exhibition - 'Portrait of George Washington. Sharpless was a crayon draughtsman who came to this country (America) in 1794 and made profile portraits in pastel of many provincial men. In 1796, being in Philadelphia, Washington sat to him, and Sharpless's portrait of Washington is the best known profile likeness of the subject. The artist made many copies of the original and sold them for $15 apiece. Century Magazine April 1889'. It is thought that the picture then sold in the Christie's auction of Jeffrey Whitehead's collection in London, 1915 (lot 57 for 15 guineas) and was bought by Schroeder, most likely a picture dealer. It then found its way to the family collection in the Cotswolds. From this same collection, and also with an American theme, earlier this year The Cotswold Auction Company sold the first African-American published book of poetry by a slave girl, Phyllis Wheatley, 1773, for £16,500. (see Books and Works on Paper Antiques Trade Gazette No.2504). Please see Neil Jeffares 'Dictionary of Pastellists' entry J.675.697.PLEASE NOTE - if you would like to bid online on this lot please contact the auctioneers beforehand for AML compliance in order to do so. Condition ReportGenerally in good condition, requiring very little or no conservation treatment. ● The pastel was in direct contact with the glass; some off-setting of pigment onto glass, however this slight tansfer has not detracted from the clarity of the drawing.● The pastel drawing was backed with cotton wool, which was stained and dirty.● The pastel paper displays some rough cut edges.● Very slightly worn corners, and a tiny edge tear in the middle of the right hand edge.● Two very small pin-prick holes – generally inperceptible.● Slight scuffing to pastel surface to the top right in the blue background.● Some fiberous fluff on the surface, detached from the cotton wool backing.● Small spot in the sitter’s hairline area – possibly flecks in the paper or slight oxidized lead white.● Other non-detracting small flecks, probably due to loose pigment transfer.● Loose fibres from the cotton wool backing are deposited on the verso. The cotton wool has formed a protective barrier, saving the portrait from becoming acidic due to direct contact with the wooden backing board.Remedial treatment carried out on 11 October: ● The portrait was carefully removed form the frame for assessment. ● Labels removed due to brittle & failing tape. ● Lables encapsulated in inert Mylar sleeves to protect them from physical damage. ● Archival double-sided tape has been added to the sleeves in order to attachment them to back of the frame as required. ● The old cotton wool backing was stained and dirty. It was removed & retained in a Mylar sleeve. ● Loose particles of dirt were removed from the surface of the portrait. ● The pastel portait was mounted onto backing card to provide a stable, protective barrier from the wooden backing board. Materials: 100% cotton acid-free museum mount board; Removeable archival mounting strips to hold the pastel to the backing, without adhesive on the verso of the drawing. N.B. these mounting strips are visible in the frame on 2 edge of the pastel. ● The inside of the frame was dusted to remove extensive loose dust. ● A thin fillet spacer mount was made to keep the drawing spaced away from the glass to avoid any further pigment transfer. Acid-free museum board was used. ● The inside of the glass has not been cleaned, so the minimal extent offset on the glass remains in evidence.
Herend cabaret set 'Snowdrop' pattern to include tray with serpentine edge, coffee pot, cream jug, sugar basin, two cups, saucers and teaplates, with box marked 'First Edition' to baseCondition ReportAll pieces are in good order with very light signs of general wear and tear throughout. with the original box
Commander John Hugh Mather DSO, VRD, RNVR (187-1957) British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913, a letter to F E C Davies: 31st December 1913 and ten other letters between 1947-1950 on 'The Antarctic Club' headed paper. A letter dated '4.6.47.' discusses Davies membership to the Antarctic Club in which Mather writes, 'As to eligibility for membership, you champ, you are eligible because of the 1910-13 affair as nothing can alter that'. Subsequent correspondence relates to membership fees and arrangements of organising meeting up with Davies. The final letter of 17th April 1952 is addressed to 'Miss Davies''Dear Miss Davies. It was with deep sorrow that I learnt from your letter of the 15th about the passing of my old friend and shipmate.'Chips' and I had many a jam together in the old ship and on more than one or two occasions I had to act as his 'mate'.It makes me regret particularly that we missed each other when I was at The Duke of Cornwall one night last year.Will you Please accept this expression of our deepest sympathy with you from his old shipmates and all the members of the club.Believe me to be. Yours very sincerely. J. H Mather'*Notes- John Hugh Mather was a member of the ship's party aboard the Terra Nova during the British Antarctic Expedition 1910-1913. After the First World War he participated in the allied campaign against the Bolsheviks in the Russian Arctic where he received several distinctions. He was one of the organising committee members of the The Antarctic Club established in 1929 and remained honorary secretary until his death. Francis Davies was admitted as a member of The Antarctic Club 19th October 1933, certificate number ninety-three. * Note (See lot 69 also)
A Royal Command Performance Souvenir programme and ticket for 'Scott of the Antarctic' (John Mills) Monday 29th November 1948':, together with an invitation and two tickets to another screening in Leicester Square Monday 30th December 1948 to 'Lt Cmdr Davies' and an invitation to the Plymouth Odeon First Night Presentation and special appearance by John Mills, Monday February 21st (1949) to 'Lieutenant Cmdr FEC Davis (sic) RNR'.
An Admiralty pattern W9232 Tuner Amplifier B36 from the Royal Navy Submarine HMS Andrew (P423):, serial number 'MC 262353' and dated ' 1944' together with Admiralty Pattern 65485 Morse Key, the case 37.5 x 57 x 35cm.*Notes- HMS Andrew (P432) was an Amphion -class submarine built by Vickers Armstrong and launched in 1946. HMS Andrew was the last of the WWII design submarines fitted with a deck gun to be used in service and the first submarine to use a snorkel to 'snort' (remaining submerged the entire journey) across the Atlantic in May 1953. She was sold and scrapped in Plymouth in 1977
Maddox, E, E. 'Ophthalmological Prisms. The Clinical use of Prisms', first edition: pub, John Wright & Co, Bristol and Hamilton, Adams & Co, London, 1889, gilt stamped brown cloth boards, together with a second edition, 1893, gilt stamped blue cloth boards (2) *Notes- Ernest Edmund Maddox (1863-1930) was a British surgeon and ophthalmologist who specialised in abnormal binocular vision and phorias.
A handwritten note on card to RYS Terra Nova crew members George Abbot and Frank Davies dated 'Nov 25-10' from Mrs Robson & Mr Wood, Tancred Street, Linwood (Christchurch NZ):, 'Wishing you a Merry Xmas and happy New Year. We hope that you will not be melted alive Xmas day as we will be frozen to death. Please remember there is to be no quarrelling who is to be the first to climb the pole when you arrive there'.
RYS Terra Nova, a handmade 'crossing the line' certificate for 'Frederick Davies' signed by 'Edward R Evans' dated 15th July 1910:, in blue and red inks, inscribed 'SY Terra Nova RYS' with ship's pennant flanked by a penguin and a whale over text, 24 x 32cm. Together with a copy of 'With Scott Before the Mast'*Notes- A 'crossing the line' ceremony is naval tradition held whenever a ship passes the equator and first time voyagers are initiated in a court held by a crew member dressed as Neptune and other crew dressed as members of his court. In this instance Neptune ('Taff' Evans) and the 'Bears' (Oates, Dr Atkinson, Patsy Kehone and Joe Ford) undertook the ceremony aboard the Terra Nova. Though Davies had crossed the line during his time in the navy he was caught out by not having a certificate of proof and was ducked along with the other initiates. (1)References:(1) Davies, F E (2020) 'With Scott: Before the Mast' pages 29-31.
A large blue print for the 'General Arrangement 'Terra Nova':, Scale ¼=1 Foot', with stamp for David Bruce & Co Ship Brokers and another for 'Glengall Iron Works Ltd , Millwall, London' dated 23/5/3 and overwritten in ink 24/2/14, 70cm. x 154cm.*Notes- The Terra Nova was not Scott's first choice for the Expedition as he had wanted to use his old ship Discovery, which was not available. Davies remarks upon the first time of seeing the Terra Nova;'What I expected to see I don't quite remember, but I was much taken aback when I got my first sight of her, she looked an absolute wreck fit only for the knackers yard, long overdue in fact...I certainly saw Terra Nova at her worst'. (1)References:Davies, F, E. (2020) 'With Scott Before the Mast' page 15
A Victorian brass binnacle from the Barnstaple Ketch 'Emma Louise': fitted 3 inch dry card compass by H Hughes, London, the interior of the binnacle case inscribed 'Emma Louise, 1880' , with large oval observation window and double lamp holders with later turned wooden covers, raised on a teak wooden stand, 109cm high, together with an octagonal walnut veneered bulkhead clock from the same vessel (2) *Notes- The Emma Louise was built in Barnstaple by William Westacott and was the last wooden vessel to be built by them. Her first owners were Francis Drake and Samuel Berry. A reference is made to the ship in 'Somerset Harbours' Farr, G , 1954 pages 150-151 in which he relates a conversation with Captain Philip Rale of the Emma Louise regarding her condition. Later on in 1954 the Emma Louise was taken from Minehead to Appledore and broken up.
Edward Leicester Atkinson (1881-1929) RYS Terra Nova surgeon/parasitologist, an archive of nineteen letters to 'Chippie' F E C Davies 1910 to 1940: on various letterheads including 'HMS St Vincent First Battle Squadron' and '15 Queen Anne Street , Cavandish Square'. The letters cover the immediate post Expedition period and First World War. In a letter dated the 16th July 1913, to 'Dear Chippie' Atkinson asks Davies 'Have you been able to do anything to the plans of hut and ship yet as I want to send in the Report to the Admiralty'. Other topics include the loss of fellow team member Harry Pennell aboard HMS Queen Mary, correspondence with other expedition members Tom Crean (1877-1938) and Cherry Garrard (1886-1959). In a letter dated 19th June ,1916 Atkinson writes 'The Committee have offered me the command of the search party for Shackleton's Relief and I had asked for Captain Pennell for the ship. I wish to god it had come off and he had been out of the Queen Mary' Together with a copy of 'With Scott Before the Mast'*Notes-Atkinson was in command of the Expedition party at Cape Evans once the Southern party had left for the pole. He was considered a trusted member of the party as Harry Pennell noted 'an out and out gentleman with the quiet self-assurance that makes a man without making him offensive" (1) However, Pennell also privately observed that Atkinson could also 'take a dislike to someone on very short acquaintance on very insufficient grounds'.(2). On the voyage south from Cardiff, Atkinson and Oates were detailed to Davies to work as carpenters when not otherwise employed on deck (3) Davies again establishing a strong friendship with his fellow crew as post expedition correspondence states. Atkinson had led the search party for Scott and his team and discovered them on the 12th November 1912, eleven miles south of 1 Ton Depot. During WWII Atkinson was approached regarding the relief party for Shackelton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition 1914-1917 that had become stranded in the Weddell Sea.References:(1) Strathie, Anne (2015). 'From Ice Floes to Battlefields: Scott's 'Antarctics' in the First World War'. Stroud, Gloucestershire, England: The History Press. page 20(2) Ibid page 20(3) Davies, F, E. (2020) 'With Scott Before the Mast' page 27(
Rudolf Helmut Sauter (1895-1977)/First Life (circa 1949)/initialled lower right; titled to label verso and further inscribed in pencil 'Life Eternal/Eternal Life'/oil on canvas board, 43.5cm x 35cm/Provenance: gifted to the vendor by the artist's wife Viola in 1966, details on the artist's label CONDITION REPORT: ARR Artist's Resale Right may apply to the sale of this lot if the hammer price is the equivalent of 1000 Euros or more, incurring an additional fee. For further information please ask Chorley's or visit www.dacs.org.uk
Attributed to Gustavo Pulitzer, two wood framed mirrors, 1950s, designed for the first class rooms of the transatlantic motorboat Augustus, 98cm x 53cm and 98cm x 46cm CONDITION REPORT: Both frames rubbed in places. Hanging mounts at back both removed. Later oval plates inserted at top and bottom. Backing to one mirror split. Both plates need a good clean, although minor blemishes will remain
Daum, a crystal and pate-de-verre Papillon solifleur vase, incised mark to base, 21cm high and a Baccarat crystal vase of modernist form, 17.5cm high [2] CONDITION REPORT: The first vase in good condition, no chips or repairs. The Baccarat vase with a miniature chip to the rim on one of the points
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821). A lock of Napoleon's hair in a gilt oval locket on a crimson ribbon together with a gilt and enamel Legion d'honneur and manuscript provenance dated July 12th 1818: The order with central laurel crowned portrait of Napoleon with encircling band of blue enamel and the legend 'Napoleon Emp Des Francais' and three stars, the reverse with Imperial Eagle facing to the left with blue enamel border inscribed 'Honneur Et Patrie' with three stars, on a ten pointed gold rimmed white enamel star with gold ball tips united by wreaths of oak and laurel wreaths, suspended from a green and gold laurel wreath with scarlet moire ribbon, mounted in a glazed wooden case with manuscript label above 'Grand Cross of Napoleon Buonaparte's (sic) Legion of Honour' , further manuscript provenance below "A Lock of hair from the head of Napoleon Buonaparte late Emperor of the French Nation given by him to Major Poppleton of His Majesty's 53rd Regiment of Foot who had the care of Buonaparte's person in the Island of St. Helena from his first being sent there until 1817. & by Major T.Poppleton given to his Wife's Sister Mifs Elizabeth Martin & by Mifs E Martin given to Mrs Isabella Gregory Wife of Richard Gregory of Coole near Gort July the 12th 1818. Richard Gregory. Coole near Gort", the case 33.5 x 21.4 x 2.6cm with typewritten transcript to back of the case.*Notes Thomas William Poppleton (1775-1827) was born in England and served with General Daumier's Regiment while stationed in Galway, Ireland. He transferred to the 53rd Regiment of Foot and served in the Peninsular Wars in Egypt and in Baird's Desert March to India. He then became orderly to the Governor of St. Helena, Sir Hudson Lowe and in turn to Napoleon himself when he was exiled to the island in 1815. Napoleon's captors were issued with strict supervisory orders so as not to repeat the same mistakes as Elba. In this role Poppleton became close to his prisoner out of respect for him being a fellow soldier. In 1817 Sir Hudson Lowe believed an escape attempt was imminent and ordered Poppleton to report all conversations with Napoleon or anything overheard during daily duties. Poppleton resigned his position as he did not wish to undertake the role of a spy and he transferred to the 12th Regiment of Foot. Upon his leaving St Helena, Napoleon gifted a silver snuffbox to Poppleton which was passed down through generations of the Martin family. Major Poppleton is buried in the Martin family vault at Killannin.Richard Gregory (1790-1847) built up the family estate at Coole Park, Galway and died there after caring for tenants suffering from an outbreak of the plague. The estate remained within the family until it was sold in 1927 to the Irish State by Margaret Gregory, daughter-in-law to Lady Augusta Gregory (1852-1932). The house was demolished in 1941 and the site is now a nature reserve. The Gregory Family papers (1770-1956) are held at the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library, Robert W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Margaret Gregory died in Exeter in 1979.The Legion Of Honour was established by Napoleon in 1802 as France's highest Order of Merit of which he was the Grand Master. The portrait 'The Emperor Napoleon in his study at the Tuileries' (1812) by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) depicts him wearing a Legion Of Honour similar to that included in the lot.Major Poppleton appears to have acquired numerous artefacts from Napoleon in addition to the silver snuff box that remained within the Martin Family in Ireland. A lock of Napoleon's hair was presented by him to Lady Georgina Bathurst (1792-1874) daughter of the 3rd Earl of Bathurst in November 1817, (Sotheby's July14th 2015, Lot 23 English Literature, History, Children's Books & Illustrations) and another to a Mrs Riely in 1821 (David Lay 5th May, 2011, lot 2447)*Provenance Acquired by the vendor's father, an antiques dealer, in the 1980s and retained within the family.
Two First Class Passenger tea cups and saucers from the Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen liner SS Bremen, by Hutschenreuther: in a burgundy glaze with gilt border (4)*Notes- Launched in 1928 the Bremen and her sister ship 'Europa' were the two most advanced and fastest high speed turbine liners of their day. SS Bremen was gutted by fire in Bremerhaven in 1941 and subsequently scrapped. The remains of her hull are still visible at low tide at Nordenham.
British Antarctic Expedition 1910. An important 'Antarctic Ocean Sheet IV' chart with the plotted course for RYS 'Terra Nova' 1910-1913: with dates and annotations, each year's course listed 'Scott SS 'Terra Nova', the 1910-1911 course in red, 1911-1912 in green and 1912-1913 in yellow, detailing the voyages off South Victoria and noting the dates of entering and leaving the pack ice, 1911-1912, 69cm x 100cm. Together with a copy of 'With Scott Before the Mast'*Notes- Captain Scott notes in his diary on the 7th December, 1910, that 'First Ice' was spotted at dinner. This was to be the start of a frustrating period of twenty days for the expedition as the Terra Nova struggled to make passage through the pack ice. A summary in Scott's Diary notes that on two separate occasions, the ship stopped and fires were doused for a period of five days and four and half days. After leaving on the 26th February 1911, the Terra Nova continued her duties of surveying the region and carrying supplies back and forth.
A pair of late 18th/early 19th century white metal framed 'Railway' spectacles: with double 'D' shaped blue glass lenses and extendable arms, in a later associated case.*Notes- patented in 1797 by John Richardson, the double lenses became popular in the 19th century as people sought to protect their eyes from smoke and debris on the first railway services.
Robert Prenzel (German, 1866-1941),two wood carved reliefs, one depicting a laughing Aboriginal man, the other depicting an Aboriginal woman smoking a pipe, signed and dated 'R. Prenzel 1917' and 'R. Prenzel 1918' respectively, the laughing man incised to the verso 'Robt. Prenzel, Toorak Rd South Yarra, Sept 1917',the man 45 x 35cmthe woman 40 x 36cm (2)Robert Prenzel (1866-1941) Robert Prenzel was born in 1866 in the Prussian town of Kittliztreben, in present-day Poland. After a four-year apprenticeship, further studies at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, and another four years of work experience around Europe, he emigrated to Australia at the age of 22. Trained in the classical European styles, he went on to define Australian craft and design throughout the first quarter of the 20th century.Basing himself in Melbourne from 1888, Prenzel’s work was pivotal to the movement and epoch of 'Marvellous Melbourne'. In the early 1900s, he predominantly produced commissioned works for churches and public spaces in Continental, rococo and baroque styles, before opening his own furniture workshop on Toorak Road in central Melbourne in 1910. From there, Prenzel came to pioneer the secessionist movement of Australian woodcarving, known as Gum Nut Art Nouveau.Using predominantly native timbers, Prenzel produced everything from pictorial wall plaques to longcase clocks. Developing a unique artistic style, his works combined the vogue of European Art Nouveau with carved motifs of Australian flora and fauna, the majority of which were based on paintings, descriptive texts and photographs by his contemporaries. Through the use of this two-dimensional imagery, Prenzel often allowed for individual interpretations and imaginations of his subject matter, introducing minor changes and alterations to each three-dimensional rendering, giving each its unique characteristics.Prenzel’s work was phenomenally well received by his contemporaries, both in Australia and abroad. Throughout his career, he championed Australian flora and fauna, founding a botanical garden in South Melbourne and serving as an advisor on the subject to the Commonwealth government. However, his endeavours were cut short by the anti-German sentiments of the post-World War I era, eventually forcing him into retirement during the mid-1920s. In spite of this, he continued carving and working from his home in Black Rock until his death in 1941.Lot 15 shows Prenzel’s most recognised designs from the peak of his career. ‘Woman with a Pipe’ and ‘The Laughing Man’, after the original photograph by Henry King, were among his most frequent and celebrated subject matter, both as small embellishments and as standalone portrait carvings. Having been dismounted from their original backboards, these works are indicative of the intricacy and skill of Prenzel’s carvings.Condition report: Both would previously have been mounted on plaques. Both with mounting holes to the verso. The woman with a pipe possibly with a later signature. The pipe broken from the woman. Both with later hanging rings to the verso.
*Henry John Hunt (1904-1993)Design for window in North Aisle,titled and signed, watercolour,43 x 20.5cm; Brynil and Sigura stained glass design, watercolour18.5 x 9.5cm; andTwo saintswatercolour43 x 25.5cm (3)*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: All framed and glazed, first two mounted
*Sophia Rosamund Praeger (Irish, 1867-1954)'The First Aeroplane', a plaster group, with incised signature and title, 16cm high*Artist's Resale Right may apply to this lot.Condition report: Two chips to the base of the figure group. Bubble burst on right child's foot. Roughness to the other childs foot.
A beechwood and paper cord folding valet chair,by Fratelli Reguitti,41.5cm wide111cm high, seat 48.5cm high, andanother valet, both branded 'Made in Italy' (2)Condition report: Some wear to the strung seat, used condition. Both slightly stained - some split to the boat-shaped dish on the first.
1958 Jaguar XK150 drop-head coupé 3442ccRegistration no. CCU 200Chassis no. 827384 D/N Engine no. V6967-8Box no. JLS 44131Body no. P6974Odometer: 48923Carmen redFrom the estate of a Yorkshire gentleman, Cedric Gillson, this Jaguar was first registered on 1 September 1958, an original UK right-hand drive car. This vehicle was purchased in 1989 as a restoration project, completed by the vendor and subsequently garaged for its entire ownership. The vehicle comes with an extensive folder of invoices and receipts. The last recorded MOT is dated 25 March 2011, and from the odometer reading, has only covered 50 miles since, despite being regularly run and driven short distances. This car was extensively restored in the late 1980s to a very high standard, in the main by Rawdon Restorations, Idle, Bradford, originally white, resprayed Carmen red and finished with tan leather seats and a Wilton carpet interior. The car runs and drives beautifully and the condition remains exceptional both inside and out.This lot is subject to Buyer's Premium at 15% plus VAT @ 20%.Condition report: An older restoration that has had very little use and remains a very clean car, both bodywork and chassis. Used on dry days only and kept in a heated garage under dust sheets.Speedometer not responding, fuel gauge reads between empty and 1/4, despite adding 5 gallons, but otherwise drives and stops. All probably a result of lack of use recently. There is a slight blow on the exhaust between the manifold and next stage, a stud appears to be missing and gasket therefore blowing.One small area of rust bubbling at the nose of the bonnet either side of the grill.Paperwork is available to potential bidders at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE.The car will be available for viewing in person on Friday 15th 10am-5pm, Saturday 16th 10-2pm, Sunday 17th 10-2pm, Monday 18th 9am-5pm and the morning of the sale on Tuesday 19th October
An LNER travel poster: 'The Coronation Crossing the Royal Border Bridge Berwick-upon-Tweed',designed by Tom Purvis (1888-1959), colour lithograph, printed by Jarrold & Sons Ltd., Norwich and London, 100.5 x 126cm, framedProvenance: The Lawrie Gatehouse Collection.Condition report: Not viewed out of the frame. Three folds vertically and horizontally. Join to the to fold on just below the train with loss to image. With a hole and one other seen on the second join down and first vertical line. Unmounted in the frame. Laid against back mount with an MDF backing board - not adhesively attached to the back mounts. Colours generally good. Some colour casting to the white edges. Additional imagery uploaded.
A 1970 Morris Mini Mk 2 Cooper S 1275ccRegistration no. CLO 848HChassis no. KA2S6 - 1238298Engine no. 52373Odometer: 54585Almond green with white roof and wheelsFrom the estate of a Yorkshire gentleman, Cedric Gillson, the Mini V5 records the first registration as 1 January 1970. This is a very pretty, original UK right-hand drive car and was purchased by the vendor on 3 November 2006. The car has been fully restored and has a Heritage Certificate advising the date of dispatch as 31 January 1969 to a dealership 'Stewart & Arden Ltd, Acton'. The vehicle was last MOT’d on 24 April 2015 covering only 15 miles in the interim. We understand that the car has been regularly run and garaged for its entire ownership, remaining in exceptional condition in readiness for the open road.This lot is subject to Buyer's Premium at 15% plus VAT @ 20%.Condition report: There is some small surface rust on the driver's door hinges and evidence of old restored rust to the lower front corner of the driver's door.Paperwork is available to potential bidders at Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers. Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet CM24 8GE. The car will be available for viewing in person on Friday 15th 10am-5pm, Saturday 16th 10-2pm, Sunday 17th 10-2pm, Monday 18th 9am-5pm and the morning of the sale on Tuesday 19th October.There is a small hole in the cill on the nearside at the front, but no signs of any further rust - see imageThere is some rust appearing at the front of the drivers side cill at the joins of the metal sections - see iimageThere are some areas of light surface rust beneath the carpets and to the black seat brackets and handbrake black metal boot holding bracketThe floor under the rear seat is excellent and in the boot also.The underside is also very good as far as i can see without a ramp.The car has been restored in or before 3/11/2011 when the last owner purchased it from Legends Automotive Ltd in Bourton on the Water for £18,000.I do hope these photos are helpful, we have a receipt for a brake servo and a gear knob, but no further receipts of work
A collection of teak wall-mounted cabinets,two part sets, the first comprising:a walnut-fronted chest of three drawers, 76cm wide, 35.5cm deep, 42cm high,a walnut-fronted fall front cabinet, 76cm wide, 35.5cm deep, 41.5cm high,a walnut-fronted two-slide cupboard, 76cm wide, 35.5cm deep, 41.5cm high,two teak and glass-fronted cabinets, 76cm wide, 23cm deep, 57cm high,three ladder uprights, 181cm high,a single self, 76cm wide, 23cm deep,the second comprising:a teak three-drawer chest, 89cm wide, 40cm deep, 47cm high,a two-slide cupboard, 89cm wide, 35cm deep, 47cm high,five shelves, 43cm wide, 42cm deep,two shelves, 90cm wide, 42cm deep,eighteen horizontal supports,three gold uprights, 216.5cm high (qty.)Condition report: All items worn, a restoration project for these pieces. First set - wear to all pieces. Veneer losses and some issues to the front of the cabinets. Scuffs and scours to the units. Ladder sections worn and slightly bent. Second set - some loss of colour. Shelves worn, some with splits and veneer chips and flakes. Metal supports worn.
'Ms. Pac-Man' arcade machine,1982, coin-operated, decorated in polychrome, with plastic joystick and buttons, 24in screen,64cm wide83cm deep173cm highThis original 'Ms. Pac-Man' machine, dating back to 1982, is a true piece of arcade memorabilia, perfect for an arcade, retro bar or home.The first arcade game to feature a female lead, Ms. Pac-Man retains a special place in arcade game history. It was developed by a group of Massachusetts Institute of Technology drop-outs, who expanded on the earlier Pac-Man game, introducing new features, such as early AI so that the ‘ghosts’ moved in unpredictable patterns. The game was hugely successful, becoming the 4th highest grossing arcade game of all time.This original machine is like new, featuring its original monitor and an exact replication of the original artwork and paint. With an authentic replacement gameboard, the distinctive Pac-Man 'wakka wakka' will be heard for years to come.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE INTEREST BOOK 'Was Grossmutter Erzahlt' published from Bertha Schumann, publishing company Wilhelm Effenberger Stuttgart inscribed in pencil to the first blank 'For my dear Ruth with the best love of Aunt Florence (who remembers her first training given in a German Deaconess House) March/97 (1897 presumably)
WW1/WW2 GERMAN & ITALIAN BAYONETS - the First World War German example stamped 'Waffenfabrik Neuhausen' stamped to the Fullered, 11.75in blade, the crossguard numbered 224971, 44cms overall L fully sheathed, the M1891 type Italian World War 2 bayonet stamped to the blade 'Artilleri Nachion Toledo' numbered to the other side 95B, hatched wooden grip in a metal mounted leather scabbard, 15.5in blade L, 54cms overall L fully sheathed
WELSH ARTISTS BOOKS & CATALOGUES (13), Paul Joyner 'Artists in Wales 1740 - 1851' , National Library of Wales 1997, 'Artisan Painters', Peter Lord same publisher 1993, 'The Betws y Coed Artist Colony 1844 - 1914' Peter Lord, same publisher 1998, 'Artists exhibited in Wales 1945 - 74', Kirstine Brander Dunthorne, 'Welsh Arts Council 1976', Gwenllian Peter Lord, first impression Gomer Press 1994, 'Creating an Art Community - 50 years of the Welsh group' Peter Wakelin, 1999 and others including catalogues for David Jones, John Piper, David Carpanini and Will Roberts, ETC
VINTAGE & LATER PROOF SETS & COIN COLLECTION to include Great Britain coin album, Great Britain pennies, six filled/part filled albums, Royal Mint from Old Pennies Set, United Kingdom crowns (2), four framed coinage sets, coinage of Great Britain box sets (11), two lacking outer slip covers, boxed decimal coins, First Coinage of the British Virgin Islands proof set, 3 x 1951 Festival of Britain coins, 3 x 1973 Cook Islands coins and an American one dollar
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE BOOKS - various titles formally owned by her goddaughter Ruth Florence Verney, titles include 'Florence Nightingale 1820 - 1856', I B O'Malley a study of her life down to the end of the Crimean War, Thornton Butterworth Ltd London written ownership detail Christmas 1931, 'The Life of Florence Nightingale' Sara Tooley, S H Bousfield & Co Ltd London 1904, tipped in letter to the interior addressed to Sir Edmund Verney dated November 2 1904 from the author, 'Florence Nightingale' by Cecil Woodham Smith, second printings, two copies with illustrations, Constable London September 1950, one having a photograph to the interior and written detail for Florence Nightingale taken at Claydon House about 1894, the other having tatty dust jacket, 'The Life of Florence Nightingale' E T Cook volumes 1 and 2 1820-1861, 1862-1910, volume 1 inscribed to the plain leaf 'To Florence Nightingale's godchild Ruth Florence Verney 1913', MacMillan & Co Ltd London, the second inscribed 'Ruth Florence Verney Plas Rhoscolyn', 'Florence Nightingale' by Elspeth Huxley, Weidenfald & Nicolson London 1975, 'Is that lamp going out' by the author of 'Where's Master', Hodder & Stoughton 1910, 'The History of Nursing in the British Empire', Sara Tooley with 57 illustrations, S, S H Bousfield & Co Ltd London 1906, 'Hospital Sketches' Louisa M Alcott author of Little Women, with illustrations, Little, Brown & Company Boston 1898, 'Florence Nightingale at Harley Street, Her Reports to the Governors of Her Nursing Home 1853-4' by Sir Harry Verney, J M Dent & Sons Ltd London First Edition 1970 and a booklet by the same author, some personal reminiscences about Florence Nightingale given at the Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital Aylesbury on Wednesday 4th October 1967 along with a letter to the interior dated 15th August 1960, typed explaining how the BBC had become interested in Florence Nightingale and the line 'F N used to object to 'The Buz Fuz' about my name' and she would have hated it but what a great woman she was
CARADOC OF LLANCARFAN, SAINT. The Historie of Cambria, now called Wales, First Edition 1584 translated into English, title page missing, the Epistle Dedicatorie, three pages with the final text reading 'from my lodging in London the 25 of March 1584', your Worships readie commandment David Powel to the reader, three pages, the description of Cambria now called Wales, page nos 1 and 2 missing, 3-22 intact, numbered pages 1-401 present, front board detached, first six pages semi-loose, edges tatty with small tears, 253 has a torn loss to the lower right corner, mis-numbered 397, 399, 398, 400, 401 loose, details written in pencil to the first blank, browned staining pretty much throughout
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 'NOTES ON NURSING - WHAT IT IS AND WHAT IT IS NOT' first edition, later issue with notice 'The right of translation is reserved at foot of title', original dark grey pebbled cloth with gilt lettering on front cover, interior advertising yellow end papers for Burke's peerage, 'Easy Anthems', 'A summer search for Sir John Franklin' and 'Comparative Grammar of the Dravidian' signed on title page 'Emily Verney March 1860', 'Notes on Nursing' new edition, Harrison & Sons Ltd London 1924 and 'The Organisation of Nursing in a Large Town with an Introduction and Notes by Florence Nightingale', 2/6, A Holden Liverpool, Longman, Green, Reader & Dyer London 1865, named in ink and pencil front cover verso for 1866 and 1903 with tipped in written extract from letter of Sir Harry Verney speaking of the Liverpool Nurse's Training Institution the Nightingale Trustees and Saint Thomas' Hospital, spine delicate
ROYAL MINT SILVER PROOF & OTHER FIRST/SECOND WORLD WAR & RELATED COIN COLLECTION - 20 items to include 2006 silver proof Victoria Cross 50 pence coins, cased, Guernsey 2016 silver proof Battle of the Somme, cased, Royal Mint Poppy commemoratives (5), 2011 coin cover 'Saluting our heroes', Jacqueline Hurley War Poppy Collection, Bailiwick of Jersey 2017, 2018, 2020 £5 coins, Cowell coins 'The Great War', Royal Mint 2005 Centenary £2, Royal British Legion 1981 Diamond Jubilee, First World War Centenary coins (2) and others
WELSH ART & CULTURE BOOKS (8) and a 1967 auction catalogue for Bodysgallen Hall conducted by Blomfield & Co Llandudno, titles include 'The Visual Culture of Wales Industrial Society' and 'Imaging the Nation' by Peter Lord, University of Wales Press Cardiff 1998 and 2000, 'The New Companion to the literature of Wales' by Meic Stephens, University of Wales Press Cardiff 1998, 'Words with pictures, Welsh images and images of Wales in the popular press 1640 - 1860, Peter Lord' first published 1995, Planet Aberystwyth, 'The Art of Piety, the visual culture of Welsh non-conformity' by John Harvey, University of Wales Press Cardiff 1995, 'Guide to the collection illustrating Welsh folk crafts and industries' by Iorwerth C Peate, National Museum of Wales Cardiff 1935, 'The Emlyn Williams Country' by Edward Whitford-Roberts and 'A Gazetteer of Welsh Place Names' a standard guide to the orthography of Welsh place names by Elwyn Davies, University of Wales Press Cardiff 1958
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