A TWO-DAY MARINE CHRONOMETER BY PARKINSON & FRODSHAM, LONDON, RETAILED BY PETER L. DE MORY GRAY, NEW YORK, CIRCA 1834 AND USED TO TIME THE INAUGURAL WEST-BOUND AND RETURN EAST-BOUND FLIGHTS OF CONCORDE, 24TH / 25TH MAY, 1976, the 3in. silvered dial signed as per title and numbered '1627', blued steel hands, counter signed movement with Earnshaw escapement and standard balance contained in sprung insulated cover within gimbal-mounted bowl within three-tier wooden box with inset handles, approximately - 6½in. (16.5cm) cubed; associated guard box with labels – 9½ x 12 x 9½in. (24 x 30.5 x 24cm.); file of documentary provenance; flight label(A lot)Provenance: Lt Cmdr. David Harries, R.N. (Rtd)Concorde flight G-BOA took off from Heathrow at 13.01 BST on 24th May and arrived at Dulles Airport, Washington at 11.53 local time (16.53 BST) having flown over 3000 miles in 3 hours 52 minutes. This instrument was selected to time these flights as it was supplied to Peter L. de Mory Gray, one of the earliest suppliers of navigational instruments in America. The accompanying notes state that it was carried on this first supersonic flight between England and America 'in recognition of the ties which, like the original 'Longitude Project' of the last century, continue to unite our two countries in this year that marks the Bi-Centenary of the American War of Independence'. The information contains lists on BA paper of all the Concorde cabin crews, the passenger list including political and media representatives; associated data concerning the transport of this instrument and a certificate for the flight from London to New York in 1977 when that route opened to Concorde. The instrument was chosen by Lt. Cmdr. David Harries, RN, a renowned chronometer specialist, for its UK-US connections, and entrusted to and carried by Gordon Davidson, Director of Concorde, in all of its inaugural supersonic flights.
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signed and inscribed in manuscript cartouche on fourth draw N98 Jan 25, 1752 / Geo:Adams and further embossed G. ADAMS / FLEET-STREET / LONDON on first draw, gilt brass lens mounts and section dividers with foliate gilt embossing under, the third and fourth draws with calibrated focus increments (lenses later) – 9½in. (24cm.) closedProvenance: Christie's South Kensington: Exceptional Scientific Sale (9819), 8th April, 2004, lot 11.
constructed in brass-bound mahogany with painted scale signed on the first as per title, with two internal five foot sections fitting to principal six foot case, the backs with press button securing – 16ft (488cm.) long (extended); together with a gunner's sight by B. J. Hall & Co. Ltd, London, constructed in oxidised brass and signed on the drum as per title and numbered 132, with 2in. silvered compass on jewelled pivot and inclinometer to reverse, with optical sights, swivelling bubble level assembly, in fitted leather case – 7½in. (19cm.) high(2)
modelled by J. Evans with carved and planked 6½in. hull and decks, plated below the waterline, detailed fittings and armament as appropriate, five fully-fitted ships boats in davits, retractable funnel, masts with standing and running rigging flying the Confederate flag from the mizzen gaff. mounted on brass columns within glazed display case with plaque, measurements overall – 7 x 10¾ x 5in. (17.8 x 27.5 x 12.5cm.)Built and launched by Laird's of Birkinhead in July 1862 as the Enrica to evade Union spies, she was classed as a wooden corvette of 1,050 tons and, on the brink of being seized by the British Government, her final sea trial became her first mission. Renamed Alabama at sea she mounted 6-32pdrs and a single, massive, rifled 100pdr. Manned by 145 officers and men she was capable of an impressive 13 knots under steam. Her reign of terror lasted until June 1864 by when she had captured or sunk sixty-seven Union ships valued at nearly $6 million. Refitting and supplying herself from plunder, she was finally forced, leaking and fouled, into Cherbourg for repairs. Here she was cornered by the superior U.S.S. Kearsage which, on the 19th June, forced her into the English Channel. Once free of the 3-mile limit a furious but unequal circling action commenced which had but one outcome. The raider struck her colours but sank before she could be taken and immediately assumed the status of legend in her own lifetime, as well as in the years that followed the bitter defeat of the Confederate Southern States of America.
modelled by M. Fidgeon with laminated and carved hull, fitted as appropriate complete with barque rig and depicted steaming in a calm sea – 12½ x 28½ x 8in. (31.5 x 72.5 x 20cm.) casedBuilt by J.&G. Thomson in 1881 and registered at 7,392 tons, Servia introduced a number of 'firsts' to the Atlantic passenger trade making her the first truly 'modern' liner: The first ship built to specialise in passengers only; the first Cunarder to introduce Edison's electric lamps; the first major liner to be built entirely of steel and to re-introduce Brunel's double bottom; and to incorporate watertight compartments with electric doors enabling her to remain afloat with any two flooded. Her public rooms were of a scale and luxury unknown at the time, and her powerful 10,300 ihp engines achieved an impressive speed of just over 17 knots. However, with the appearance of the crack Cunard liners Campania and Lucania in 1893, Servia was relegated to intermediate service. She was later used to transport troops to South Africa during the Boer war and was broken up in 1902 by Thos W. Ward.
15FT:1IN. SCALE, DESIGNED BY SIR ROBERT SEPPINGS, 1819, with cherry frames pierced with gun ports and pinned boxwood stringing and internal stretchers, mounted at an angle on keel blocks in a finely-realised dockyard slipway with lined boxwood pavements interspersed with sandpaper 'shingle', twin access steps and bitts, within removable glazed wooden cover with turned pilasters and securing hooks. Cased measurements overall – 7¾ x 15¾ x 5¾in. (19.5 x 40 x 14.5cm.)This new class of ship was the first to introduce Seppings' revolutionary rounded bow - a far stronger and more versatile bow that did away with the delicate and vulnerable head rails traditionally deployed. It meant that more, and heavier, gun types could be carried in an arc around the bow and gave a drier and more rigid passage underway. Latterly the design was extended to include a rounded stern - as seen in lot 285 and, whilst these perhaps represent the apogee of sailing naval design, they were unpopular with their commanders for looking too ugly, despite their many advantages.Charles Miller Ltd is grateful to Prof. Andrew Lambert, Kings College London, for his assistance with this lot.
BUILT BY MITSUBISHI DOCKYARD AND ENGINE WORKS, NAGASAKI, CIRCA 1910 AND BELIEVED TO BE THE ONLY SURVIVING PRE-1945 EXAMPLE, the laminated and carved hull finished in lacquer with bilge keels, rudder, gilt propellers and portholes, lowered and moored companionway, lined decks and hatch covers, with fittings including anchor crane and winch, capstans, ventilators, bitts, rigged derrits, white painted superstructure with bridge with search lamp over, carved and covered lifeboats in davits, stayed funnels, with safety value, extension pipe and funnel, raked masts with standing rigging and ladders, wood capped deck rails, engine room lights, multiple fire buckets, mushroom ventilators, water buckets, emergency helms, telegraphs and binnacle and much other fine detailing, mounted on four turned baluster supports to painted display base with dual ivorine builder's plates in Japanese and English (restoration and some replaced parts) – 44 x 144in. (112 x 366cm.) together with a folder of data and letters from Mitsubishi regarding history etc.; and including a contemporary advertising brochure (2)Provenance: Brussels World's Fair, 1910 (Japanese Pavillion); Museum of Human Knowledge, Brussels, 1910-closure; Private owner-1997; 1997-date Private Collector, BelgiumLaunched on the 18th February 1911 with her maiden voyage on August 26th that year, Shinyo Maru was the third and last of a class of crack turbine liners built between 1908-10 for the Toyo Kisen Line which was competing strongly for trans-Pacific traffic against the Pacific Mail Steamship Company and the Occidental and Oriental Steamship Company. Measuring 575ft with a breadth of 63ft. she displaced nearly 22,000 tons and her triple screws gave her a brisk speed of 21 knots. The company went so far as to state in their own literature that The three steamships undoubtedly represent, on the Pacific, the high standard maintained by the "Mauretania" and the "Lusitania" on the Atlantic. Luxuriously appointed throughout to top Western specifications, they were elegantly furnished with Oriental-style Western furniture and decor and could accommodate 210 First; 57 Second and 754 Third Class passengers. Plying a regular route between Hong Kong and San Francisco, in 1926 the Toyo Line was taken over by Nippon Yusen and from 1932 she was laid up, eventually broken up in 1936. This model is a scarce survivor - modelled in the English style, there are several distinctly Japanese elements - such as the lacquered hull and rudder, and the multiple chain stays applied to the funnels. Having been displayed at the World's Fair in Brussels in 1910, it seems that it was donated to a local museum. As a consequence it survived the atomic bomb that devastated Nagasaki in 1945 and which incinerated every other Mitsubishi model.This model will be available for viewing at Imperial Road
published by Thomas Heywood, first edition 1637, engraved frontispiece (slightly shaved at fore-margin, lower part of inner margin of title reinforced), early 19th century calf, (rubbed), Sovereign of the Seas was the first ship in the Royal Navy to mount 100 guns: Her layout was well described in the words... of the playwright Thomas Heywood, who designed her decoration... (Winfield, pp. 4 & 5), and mentions Selden's Mare Clausum STC 13367.
'THE NARRATIVE ... CONTAINING AN ACCOUNT OF THE GREAT DISTRESSES ... ON THE COAST OF PATAGONIA', John Byron, first edition 1768, engraved frontispiece by Grignon after Wale (with a few minor stains and offset onto title), 20th century half calf,An interesting account of Byron's travails in Patagonia until his return to England in 1746. He also relates the loss of the Wager, one of Admiral George Anson's squadron.
A 14½IN. RADIUS VERNIER SEXTANT BY JESSE RAMSDEN, LONDON, CIRCA 1772, AND PROBABLY USED DURING CAPTAIN COOK'S SECOND AND THIRD VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY constructed in brass, signed on the lower cross bar Ramsden London, scale divided to 130º direct to arc, vernier inscribed G. Vancouver, braced index arm, index mirror with Maskelyne flap, sighting tube, four shades, secondary mirror on rear-mounted adjusting lever, wooden handle and brass pin feet (missing secondary mirror and part of sighting tube) – 17 x 17in. (43 x 43cm.) overallProvenance: Acquired unidentified 2005 from the estate of a retired R.N. officer in DevonGeorge Vancouver (1757-1798) joined the Royal Navy as a 'young gentleman' in 1771 and served as a midshipman on Captain Cook's second and third Voyages of Discovery (1772-75; 1776-79) during which he is recorded as using a Ramsden sextant. Promoted Lieutenant upon his return in 1780, he served on several foreign tours thereafter and proved adept at hydrographic survey work. Latterly given his own command he was sent on his own 'voyage of discovery' in command of the Discovery (1791-95) where he produced some of the most significant and accurate surveys of the Pacific and North West coast of America. Like Cook, he was sent off with a selection of instruments to test including no less than twelve sextants by various makers including Ramsden, Adams, Dollond, Troughton and Gilbert and which he reported agreed exceedingly well together upon his return. In Canada, Vancouver Island and the city of Vancouver are named after him, as are Vancouver, Washington, in the United States; Mount Vancouver on the Yukon/Alaska border; and New Zealand's sixth highest mountain. His final promotion was to Captain in August 1794 however, despite his impressive achievements, his work was never fully recognised in his own time and he died unmarried at Petersham, Surrey, on the 18th May 1798, his grave marked by a plain stone.Ramsden's Sextant for Vancouver, It seems Vancouver was not entirely satisfied with this instrument's error and wrote a stiff enough letter of complaint that Ramsden - who brooked very little criticism - responded with a robust defence of it to the Board of Longitude, claiming the error was no more than a ¼ of a minute of arc having re-tested it on Vancouver's return. As a midshipman on Cook's Second and Third voyages, he would certainly have taken many of the measurements recorded and possibly used them in conjunction with the trial 'sea clocks' sent by John Harrison to determine their location - an error of just 1 minute of arc equates to two nautical miles which would have to be compensated for. It would have been produced on Ramsden's first circular dividing engine of 1768 which, whilst representing a great leap forward in scale division, he himself found wanting mainly for ease of usage, and he had completed new updated engine in 1774, selling the first engine to a French collector. The instruments he would have sent for testing with Vancouver would have had smaller radii and therefore frames as this second engine could divide accurately and to a finer degree. The instrument offered here conforms closely to the example held by the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, believed to have been taken by Cook on his Third Voyage, item number NAV1236. , Literature: McConnell, A: Jess Ramsden (1735-1800) London's Leading Scientific Instrument Maker, Ashgate, 2007.
depicted half-length in black satin costume with white frilled bonnet cap and delicately rouged cheeks, mounted in decorative gilt brass surround and set within folding plush-lined leather pocket case – 3¾ x 3¼in. (9.5 x 8.5cm.); together with a letter sent by Mrs Alexander Wilson, Ballarat, Austrailia, on behalf of her ailing husband to his brother, dated May 2nd 1869 and relating the families connection to Lord Nelson; an English School miniature portrait of Horatia Nelson's doctor, John Mace Jnr. dated 6th June, 1843; an associated black leather wallet with mss owner's name inside inscribed Benjm. Colby / Mar 1823 containing three Bank of Ireland treasury cheques from March 1799 signed by Col. H.J.A. Woodward; and a quill pen by tradition believed to have been one of Nelson's. (5)Provenance: Mrs Colby Borley née Wilson and thence by decent. A paragraph in the above-mentioned letter states: "...Lizzie is very happily & comfortably married to a Mr. McKibbin from Down. His mother was niece to Lord Nelson..."; Benjamin Colby was related to Col. H.J.A. Woodward who had presented him his annotated history of Nelson, see lot 49.Horatia Nelson Ward (1801-1881) was the love child of Nelson and his mistress, Emma Hamilton. After Emma's husband, Sir William Hamilton, died in 1803, Horatia was christened with Nelson and Emma being listed as "godparents" and was shortly afterwards adopted as an "orphan". Nelson wrote to her before Trafalgar signing his letter as her "Father", left her £200 per annum in his will and asked that she take his name. After Trafalgar Emma fell on hard times and she and Horatia spent some ten months in debtors prison - a fact that caused Horatia to deny Emma as her mother. She arranged Emma's funeral in Calais in 1815 and returned to Britain disguised as a boy to evade debtors. Living in Sussex with Nelson's sister, Catherine Matcham, she was reputedly good at languages, music and sewing - all skills taught by Emma. In 1822 she married the Rev. Philip Ward (1795-1859) at Burnham Westgate - near to Nelson's father's Parish in Norfolk, and went on to produce ten children. After Philip died, Horatia moved several times and, despite renewed interest in Nelson, struggled financially. For a while she resided in Tenterden and clearly made friends with the local Doctor whose miniature accompanies the lot. She died and was buried in Pinner, along with two of her children. Of the known portraits of Horatia, several are oil paintings from childhood and, until now, two photographic. The last picture taken in 1859 shows a more sunken and care-worn face than that revealed in this ambrotype, suggesting a date of 8-10 years earlier. Ambrotype photography was the successor to the first commercially successful type developed by Louis Daguerre in the 1830s and was popular from about 1850. Whilst it captures more detail and is warmer to behold, each image was exposed on fragile glass with no negative produced from which to make copies. As such, they are usually found in protective leather cases.
John Jones, Dublin, first edition 1805, 159 pages, engraved portrait, extra illustrated with a double-page hand-coloured battle plan, an engraved ticket, with red wax seal, for Nelson's funeral with the signature on verso of Lt. Col. H.A. Woodward, a double-page engraved plate of the funeral procession on Water, a double-page hand-coloured engraving of the catalfalque, a double-page engraving of the Duke of Richmond laying the first stone of Nelson's column, a hand-coloured portrait of Nelson flanked by two sailor's, original printed boards (rebacked, rubbed), inscription at head of A2 Hum J.A. Woodward to Benj. Colby, bound with printed card boards (restored, later spine) and contained within a slip case – 9 x 6in. (23 x 15cm.)Provenance: Lt. Col. H.J.A. Woodward to B. Colby and thence by descent.Lt. Col. Humphrey J. Aldrich Woodward was Auditor General for Ireland and was instrumental in raising the Nelson Pillar in Belfast in 1809 which survived until 1966 when Irish Republicans destroyed it; Although the volume offered here is comparatively slender, it must be the earliest account of Nelson's life to include Trafalgar and is rare.
cast in brass with red-filled lettering inscribed H.M.S. THOROUGH. 1944. around waist, with red painted interior and complete with clapper and sally, and suspended from wooden stand surmounted with painted alloy badge from Thorough. The bell -- 7 x 8in. (18 x 20.5cm.); the stand -- 33 x 17in. (84 x 43cm.) (2)Provenance: Stanley William 'Chimp' Clayden DSC, R.N. (1920-75) and thence by descent.Built by Vickers Armstrong of Barrow, Thorough was the one of the third batch of 'T' Class submarines to be built and the only R.N. vessel to bear this name to date. Launched on 30th October 1943, she displaced 1,560 tons (submerged), was 276ft long and was commissioned in March 1944. She served in the Far East for much of her wartime career where she plagued the Japanese, sinking twenty-seven Japanese sailing vessels, seven coasters, a small Japanese vessel, a Japanese barge, a small Japanese gunboat, a Japanese trawler, and the Malaysian sailing vessel Palange. In August 1945, in company with H.M.S. Taciturn, she attacked Japanese shipping and shore targets off northern Bali where Thorough sank a Japanese coaster and a sailing vessel with gunfire. On 16 December 1957 Thorough returned to H.M.S. Dolphin, Portsmouth Dockyard, after first circumnavigation by a submarine, and was scrapped at Dunston on Tyne on 29 June 1962.
cast in iron, the front with embossed eagle emblem over gothic 'U44', moulded rim and shoulder, single crown suspension with threaded hasp and clapper, finished in grey paint overall – 9¾ x 11in. (24.5 x 28cm.)A Type IX submarine of 1032 tons ordered in 1936, the U-44 was laid down in November 1938, launched in August 1939 and commissioned on 4th November for crew training. Departing Wilhelmshaven on 6th January 1940, her first patrol lasted until 9th February and could be counted a great success: eight allied merchant ships totalling 30,885 tons were sunk over the thirty-five days and her commander, Kapitänleutnant Ludwig Mathes, was praised by Admiral Dönitz for having "perfectly executed" the fifth most successful mission of the War to date. Refitted and rearmed, U-44 embarked on her second mission on 13th March 1940 - but later the same day she hit a British mine off Holland and sank with all 47 hands. Second World War German U-Boat bells are rarely seen and, whilst in peacetime bells were fitted and used as in the traditional navy, they were removed on active service as submarines maintained silence to evade the increasingly sophistication sonar detection systems developed by the Allies. It has been further speculated that many bells for lost submarines were recycled later in the War as metals became acutely short in supply.
cast in base metal, possibly German silver, the conning tower engraved 'U192' with snorkel and periscope, deck guns, gratings, fore-and-aft planes and rudder, mounted on metal sea-form base with plate (recipient's name obliterated) on an ebonised wooden display base with eagle and oak leaf plate to front. Overall measurements – 7¼ x 13½ x 5¼in. (18.5 x 34.5 x 13.5cm.)U-192 was a type IXC/40 submarine, displacing a little over 1200 tons she was armed with 22 torpedoes in addition to 44 mines and two deck guns. Capable of 19 knots on the surface (7.3kts submerged), she could safely dive to 755 feet (230 meters) and her extended range of 13,850 miles meant that she was capable of reaching the Atlantic 'box' - the area where spotter aircraft from the UK and US couldn't operate and so was much safer. Launched on 31st July 1942, she was commissioned that November and trained her crew until 30th April 1943. The very next day she was dispatched on her first mission under the command of Werner Happe but, just five days later on the 6th May, she was depth charged and sunk by the corvette H.M.S. Loosestrife with the loss of all 55 hands.
stamped with maker's code 'blc' and numbered '219451' on right back plate, thick rubber insulators and eye-pieces, finished in green with added rope work grips and leather strap – 8in. (20.3cm.) highProvenance: Cmdr J. M. 'Bill' Bruen and thence to his son, Cmdr N.A. Bruen M.B.E. D.S.C. W.K.h.M. R.N./R.N.O. who used them during his thirty year career in the Royal Navy and the Royal Navy of Oman; specifically during operations in the Falklands War; the first Gulf War; the Gulf of Suez mine-clearance operations (1984); and subsequently in the Omani tall-ship Shabab Oman.Cmdr J. M. Bruen D.S.O. D.S.C. M.I.D. R.N. (1910 - 1966) commanded 803 Squadron during WW2 when they were engaged in operations in the Mediterranean protecting convoys for Malta. During this time he took part in the Battle of Matapan and, in order to distract attention from the attacking Swordfish torpedo bombers, flew 'strafing runs' at and past the Italian Battleship Vittorio Venito - despite the fact that the magazines were empty in his Seafire airplane. For this action he was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross and was presented with these U-boat binoculars by his squadron comrades in 1941.
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CARRIED BY 'P' COMMANDO SUB-LT. ALAN DALTON R.N., stitched bunting, the canvas sleeve stencilled 3YD JACR [?], with rope lanyard (tattered edge and wear to top by sleeve) – 68½ x 36in. (174 x 91.5cm.); together with a brass plate inscribed S/LT. Dalton led the commando team that the cleared the beaches prior to the landings; and a later plate inscribed The first Union Jack to be flown on the 'D' Day beaches. Hoisted by S/LT. Now Sir Allan [sic] Dalton; historical data.Provenance: Sir Alan Dalton to family friend, Cornwall.Sir Alan Dalton C.B.E. D.L. (1923-2006) joined the Royal Navy in April 1943 and, as soon as basic training was completed, volunteered for the R.N. Commandos (not to be confused with Marine Commandos) created specifically for the invasion of Europe, and was posted to their depot, H.M.S. Armadillo at Loch Long, 45 miles north-west of Glasgow. From September 1943 he was posted to 'P' Commando (originally known as R.N. Beach Commando 'Peter') and trained with Force 'J' for operation Neptune (the naval element of the Normandy landings). In March 1944 he was promoted Sub-Lt. and commenced training with the Canadian 3rd Division which was moved to the South Coast in stages. On D-Day the unit was landed just before 07.30 (a delay of half and hour because of strong winds and tide) and Dalton guided this division (numbering some 14,000 men in total) across the beachhead carrying this flag. 'P' Commando suffered heavy casualties in the intense fire fight and were reinforced by 'W' (Canadian) Commando on D-Day+3. The unit then remained at the beach command post for 6 weeks to supervise the follow up troops. In July 1944 'P' Commando was returned to the UK and Dalton brought this flag back as a souvenir - the unit was disbanded in October 1944 and Dalton released from Naval Service in July 1945 - H.M.S. Armadillo was also paid off that September. In his post-War career Dalton became the highly successful chairman of English China Clay based at St. Austell in Cornwall, was made C.B.E. in 1969 and knighted in 1977.
The S.Y. Fantôme IISigned 'L. Papaluca' (lower right) and inscribed 'Fantôme II R.Y.S.' (lower centre)Watercolour and gouache10½ x 15½in. (27 x 39.5cm.); together with a white damask tablecloth from the Fantôme II(2)Built by A. Dubigeon at Nantes in 1896 and originally christened Belem, the steel barque later known as Fantôme (II) began her career as a purely commercial trader owned by Denin Crouan et Fils working out of Nantes. First registered at 546 tons gross (407 net) and measuring 168 feet in length with a 29 foot beam, her working life came to an unexpected end when, shortly before the Great War, she was purchased by the Duke of Westminster for cruising. Presumably laid up for the duration of hostilities, in 1920 the Duke installed two 300 hp diesel engines by Bolinders of Stockholm and enjoyed the use of her until 1922 when he sold her to the Hon. Sir Arthur Guinness. Since her new owner already had a steam yacht called Fantôme , he renamed his new acquisition Fantôme (II) and sailed her until his death in 1949 when she was sold for use as an Italian sail training ship and re-christened Giorgio Cini. Subsequently sold back into French ownership, she resumed her original name of Belem, was restored to her original condition and now a sail training ship.
Two Victorian gold and gem set stick pins, the first set about the spherical head with rub over set circular moonstone cabochons, mounted in 9 carat gold, the head 10mm diameter, 2.5gms; the second composed of a quatrefoil of opal cabochons with demantoid garnet accents, mounted in 15 carat gold, the head 15mm wide, 1.8gms CONDITION: one moonstone with fracture across the diameter, otherwise good
Two Indian pendants, the first circular frame set with a small painted miniature of Ganesh, 22mm diameter; the second box pendant set overall with green and red cloisonne enamel panels, a grid of foiled-back diamond chips to the centre on one side, 18mm wide, 9.5gms gross CONDITION: one diamond lost
A two strand cultured pearl choker, composed of graduated 6.6 to 4.8mm, to a 9 carat gold bow clasp, 38cm long, together with a simulated pearl and smokey quartz necklace, the clasp stamped '375', 40cm long (2) CONDITION: the first with increased irregularity to the shape of the pearls as they decrease in size, fair lustre, pink overtones to an off white body. Clasp fine.
Lots 265 to 292The Collection of Mary Ann Frederica HarrisonMary Ann Frederica Harrison was born in London on 13 April 1838, the seventh of eight children. After her marriage in 1876 to thriving tea merchant, Thomas Thomas, Mary went to live in Canton, China and gave birth to two children there. In the late 1800s, Mary and her husband returned permanently to London, where Thomas died in 1892. Mary had a keen interest in painting, particularly using oils and pastels, and her artistic nature is evident in the attractive items from her collection now offered here for sale.A Chinese cloisonné brush pot,Qianlong/Jiaqing, in the form of a scroll, the exterior enamelled with Kuixing, the God of Literature standing with his right leg on the head of a huge legendary turtle above spuming waves, his right hand with a brush pen to announce the name of the scholar who was first in an exam, the other side with a carp turning into a dragon, all amongst bats and clouds against a blue ground, 14.2cm, wood stand (2)For a similar lot, see Sotheby's Hong Kong, 'Fine Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art', 8 October 2008 - lot 2600.Literature: For a similar example, see 'The Complete Collection of Treasure of the Palace Museum, Metal-bodied Enamel Ware', Hong Kong Commercial Press, 2002, p.178.清乾隆/嘉庆 掐丝珐琅魁星点斗图书卷式笔筒 连木底座
A Chinese lacquered six-fold screen,second half of the 19th century, finely painted in two-colour gold, with six renowned warriors from the Yuntai Twenty-eight Generals, Cen Peng (? - 36), Feng Yi (? - 34), Zang Gong (? - 58), Ma Wu (? - 61), Li Zhong (? - 43), and Pi Tong (? - 30), standing in their armour with weapons in their hands, the other side with scholar officials wearing court robes with the first rank badge of crane, all against a black lacquered ground,each panel 192.5 x 49.7cm (6)In the third year of Yongping (60) in Eastern Han Dynasty (25-220), Emperor Ming of Han honoured twenty-eight most distinguished warriors who had served his father (Emperor Guangwu of Han) well by painting their portraits on Yuntai, the South Palace's Cloud Tower in Luoyang.清十九世纪后半期 云台二十八将图六扇屏风
STAUNTON, GEORGE LEONARD; Lord Macartney:An Authentic Account of an Embassy from the King of Great Britain to the Emperor of China,London: W. Bulmer and Co. for G. Nicol, 1797. First edition (plates dated April 12, 1796). ATLAS VOLUME ONLY (without the 2 text volumes). Folio, 22 1/2 x 17 inches (57 x 42.5 cm); Complete with all 44 Maps and plates, including 6 double-page and a large folding chart. Later 3/4 leather binding; Damp staining throughout in various degrees. Sold A/F NOT SUBJECT TO RETURN.1797年 《英使谒见乾隆纪实》初版 包含44张版画及地图
A gilt-bronze bodhisattva group, Chakrasamvara and Vajravarahi,19th/early 20th century, locked in a passionate embrace, lovingly gazing at each other, the sixteen-headed Chakrasamvara has three eyes and four bared fangs on each face, and a crown of five human skulls on each head, his hair in blue, tied in a topknot on the crown with a vishvavajra, a wish-fulfilling jewel ornament and crescent moon, his arms outstretched, surrounding the couple like a golden aura. The first two hands hold a vajra and a ghanta embracing the mother, the rest holding other attributes including a damaru, a kapala, a kartika and a katvanga. Wearing a lower garment of tiger skin, his right leg straight and left bent, both pressing on the back of a figure, possibly Kalaratri and Yama kneeling on a double lotus platform. In the lap is the Mother Vajravarahi, with her left leg wrapped around his waist, holding a kapala and a kartika in her hands,57.5cmChakrasamvara, one of the most popular deities in Tantric Buddhism in the Himalayan regions and Tibet after the 11th century, can appear in several dozen different forms, from simple to complex and peaceful to wrathful. These forms emphasise different types of meditation practice and are suited for the specific emotional and psychological characteristics of the tantric practitioners who take on these intricate practices.十九世纪-二十世纪初 铜鎏金胜乐金刚像
Royal Doulton Fine Bone China 'Harlow' dinner service comprising: six 27 cm plates; six 23 cm plates; six 16.5 cm plates; six small bowls 13 cm dia.; six soup plates 23 cm diam.; oval meat plate 42 x 31 cm; oval tureen and cover, gravy boat (33) Condition Report Good overall condition. Little wear.Mainly seconds quality - only 6 x 23 cm plates are first quality
First period Worcester - a pair of blue and white pierced baskets, c. 1770's, the tapering sides pierced with intersecting circles and applied with florets at the intersections, printed in underglaze blue with the pine cone pattern, filled in blue crescent marks to base, 28 cm diam. (2) Condition Report Both restored - one having been broken in half
A set of eight coloured engravings after Mornay depicting views of St Petersburg at various times of the year - 'January - View of the Imperial Bank and the Shops at St Petersburg'; 'February - View of the Marble Palace in the Grand Millione St Petersburg'; 'March - View of the Square and the Grand Theatre at St Petersburg'; 'April - View of the Parade & The Imperial Palace at St Petersburg'; 'May - View of the Place of Peter the Great and the Senate House at St Petersburg'; 'June - View of the Neva, the Harbour and the Exchange at St Petersburg'; 'July - View of the Canal of the Moika, the Bridge and the Police Establishment at St Petersburg'; 'November - View of the Canal of Fontanka and the Barracks at St Petersburg', and 'December - View of the Arsenal and the Foundry at St Petersburg', by Clark & Dubourgh, first pub Orme, 1815, 29 x 39 cm (8)
A vintage Louis Vuitton black epi grenelle leather handbag with suede lined inner zipped section, the gilded zip pull with LW logo, 'Louis Vuitton' stamped to clasp escutcheon and 'LV' embossed to bottom right front of bag (gilded loops for shoulder strap - strap not present)Note: Epi grenelle leather was first used by Louis Vuitton in the 1920s and resurrected in the 1980s Condition Report Good used condition - apart from missing shoulder strap
An antique Italian ormolu mounted ebonised library table, the rectangular top with tooled leather surface over an arrangement of five drawers opposing dummy drawer fronts, raised on square tapering legs, 59 cm x 131 cm x 76 cm h (key with office) Condition Report Chips and scuffs and damage to polish - no major breaks or repairs,First half 19th century
T E Lawrence (1888-1935); three books comprising: 'Seven Pillars of Wisdom' (Sixth Impression/large format/1935 with dust cover); 'The Letters of T.E. Lawrence' (First Edition 1938 with damaged dust cover); 'The Letters of T.E. Lawrence' (1941 re-print edition with dust cover). Together with 'Lawrence and the Arabs' by Robert Graves (Fourth Impression/MCMXXVIII), 'From a Camel to a Brough' by Hugh Elmes, and 'Lawrence in Arabia' by Scott Anderson (6)
A Continental cordial glass, late 18th Century, with cotton twist stem and domed circular foot; together with a facon de venise wine glass, the knopped stem moulded with masks and flowerheads and with aventurine inclusions; and a small 18th Century spirit glass with scroll engraved rim and fluted bowl. (3) First 19cm
Invicta 6 Cylinder. A c1930 Instruction Book, 88pp bound in a dark blue buckram cover with silver tooling, free end papers, tyre, fuel and engine record sheets at the rear, some with pencil manuscript. The rear pocket with a folded wiring diagram for the 'A' Series Chassis, and a multi-fold Lubrication Chart. The binding is tight, the covers a little rubbed, the first pages with some grease marks, but basically sound (1)
R. W. Kidner - The First Hundred Road Motors, by. A good copy of this rare octavo (8 1/2 x 5 1/2-inches) paperback, with much information on motoring during the period 1668 to 1872. 58 pages, plus 20 pages of plates and additional text illustrations, card covers, some page browning through age. Published by The Oakwood Press, 1950 (1)
Herbert J. Butler - Motor Bodywork: The Design & Construction of Private, Commercial and Passenger Types. A better than usual hardback copy of the First Edition in the original dark blue cloth with gilt lettering plus gilt panelling to the spine, front and rear hinges re-enforced with cloth (as pub), the cover edges a little rubbed, and the lower corners of the covers slightly worn, but internally clean and quite sound. 10 1/2 x 7 3/4-inches, pp xxiv, 492, plus 245 illustrations and 50 working drawings (many folding). Foreword by Sir Herbert Austin, published by W. R. Howell & Co, 1924 (1)
*Riley Motor Car. A veteran motoring car clock, the brass casing stamped DEPOSE, sloped to secure to dashboard, enclosing a goliath pocket watch, the 65mm circular white enamel dial signed DOXA 8 DAYS with black Arabic numerals, together with two white metal medals and plaquette relating to The Instone Challenge Trophy the plaquette engraved H.G. Dobbs 1936, presented on black velvet Proven ance: Sold on behalf of the Dobbs family. Hector George Edmund Dobbs (1905-1968), was originally a racing motor cyclist winning the Amateur TT race on the Isle of Man in 1925. After serving in the Royal Navy he specialised in making Riley cars go very rapidly and had a workshop at Hedge End Motors, Southampton. He started racing Riley's in 1933 at Brooklands. His first major international race was the 1935 Donington GP and in 1936 he entered the Junior Car Club 250 mile International trophy race at Brooklands. in 1937 he was invited to drive with " Bira" in Prince Chula's 3.5 litre Delahaye in Donington Park International 12-hour sport scar race, this was Dobbs last rave and his biggest win. (1)
Elwood Haynes - The Complete Motorist. A privately printed history and publicity book discussing the design of the 1894 'Pioneer' car claiming, inappropriately, 'The inventor of America's first Automobile', and then progressing to the details and manufacture of Haynes passenger touring cars. With many line drawings and vignettes of components and model specifications. Square-backed with a gilt and grey card cover, uncut fore-edge, short tears to the cover edges (1)
The Automobile edited by Paul Hasluck, fourth and final English edition (first being 1902), published by Cassell 1909. Three volumes in red simulated crocodile, gilt-blocked. Volume 1 with a dissected foldout frontispiece, 480pp, Volume 2, 451pp, Volume 3, 412pp, 6 1/4 x 8 3/4-inches. The subtitle, 'A Practical Treatise on the Construction of Modern Motor Cars, Steam, Petrol, Electric and Petrol-Electric' sums up the contents. Profusely illustrated, detailed line drawings a feature, fair condition Historic Note: The text sequence of the Hasluck series is confusing, with an extended version of the list of 'petrol pleasure cars available in Great Britain' now forming Vol. I, with its own index. The main body of text is now Vols. II and III, with the index for both in Volume III. Pagination runs continuously through volumes II and III with Vol. I independently paginated. (3)
Rolls-Royce & Bentley. A set of three books by Peter Pugh: 'The First 40 Years', 'The Power Behind the Jets' and a 'Family of Engines', in excellent condition with their DJs; Rolls-Royce and Bentley by Klaus Robfeldt, 1991 1st ed, with specifications and production data, retaining its slipcase; Twenty Silver Ghosts by Brindle (two copies); Magic of the Name by Harold Nockolds, 1945 1st ed with its DJ; other Bentley titles; and three books by Edward Butler, Transmission Gears 1917, Internal Combustion Engine 1912, and Carburettors 1909, all 1st eds (a quantity)
The Car Illustrated. Four hardbound folio-size volumes of this very well illustrated weekly magazine, comprising Volumes I and II (May 28th to November 19th, 1902) and Volumes VI and VII (August 26th, 1903 to February 17th, 1904), reasonably complete, but with some pages lacking or torn, and some with sections missing. All are in worn and soiled publisher's bindings; the first two volumes also have wear internally, the later issues less so. Together with Volume I of The Automobile Engineer (June,1910 to December,1911), a folio-size hardback volume in dark green cloth with gilt lettering to the spine, appearing sound and complete internally, with worn supplementary pages/plates loosely inserted at the front of the volume (5)
The Autocar, 1943 - 1959. A long, and apparently complete, run in 24 hardbound quarto volumes in dark green publisher's bindings with the usual gilt lettering/decoration. Bound without covers/advertisements, commencing with Volume 88, Issue Number 2461, 1st January 1943, and ending with Volume 111, Number 3332, 25th December 1959. Most volumes have their title and index pages, though they are lacking from the volumes for 1950 to 1953, and that for July/December 1954, and the title page/index for the first volume is loosely inserted at the front. Condition seems to be generally sound for all volumes, but sold as seen (24)
Jane's All the World's Aircraft. Eight small folio hardback volume in the Sampson Low publisher's navy blue embossed cloth bindings with gilt lettering/decoration. The volumes, all profusely illustrated and with many period advertisements, comprise those for 1924, 1927, 1930, 1939, 1942, 1945-6, 1949-50, and 1952-3. The spines of the first four volumes have been repaired and the covers have some edge-wear, but the bindings are otherwise quite presentable, and the content of all the volumes appears to be clean and sound (8)
Automobil und Automobilsport, edited by Walther Isendahl. A two-volume small folio hardback set, published in Berlin, 1908 (German text), in black cloth with white/grey lettering and coloured central decorative panels to the front covers depicting a motor racing event, the pages browning with age, but generally sound and extremely well illustrated. The first volume (Erster Band), with 256 pp, is described as 'Mit farbigen Modell, 265 Illustrationen im Text und 78 Vignetten', and the second (Zweiter Band), with 292 pp (plus several pages of advertisements), as 'Mit 1 Farbendruck, 247 Illustrationen im Text und 173 Vignetten'. The spine titles faded and the edges a little rubbed, otherwise very good fettle (2)
La Vie Automobile, Premier Semestre, 1905. Bound weekly issues for the first half of the well-illustrated weekly Parisian motoring journal's Cinquieme Annee of publication, from issue 171, 7 Janvier 1905, to 195, 24 Juin 1905, bound together without the covers or advertisements. A hardbound quarto volume with marble boards and a cloth spine (covers rubbed), with title page, and with the index for the period bound in at the rear of the volume. Photocopies of two issues, numbers 174 and 193, which were lacking from the volume, are loosely inserted. French text (1)
The Autocar, Volumes 26, 27, 29 & 30; January to December, 1911 and July,1912 to June, 1913. Four quarto hardbound volumes, each in the Iliffe publisher's dark green binding with gilt lettering and decoration, and each with title page and index at the front. Bound without the magazine covers, and with some page browning through age, but appearing to be otherwise complete. The first two volumes are in good, sound and clean condition. Volume 29 has been recently re-cased, incorporating the original front cover and spine, and has a copy title page and index. There is some staining to a few pages, but the volume also has a bonus by way of including some pages of advertising. The binding to Volume 30 is rubbed and marked, with page browning throughout, but appears to be otherwise sound (4)
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