A William III brass lantern clock William Holloway, Stroud A William III brass lantern clock William Holloway, Stroud, circa 1685-90 The posted countwheel bell-striking movement with separately wound trains and verge escapement regulated by short bob pendulum positioned outside the frame at the rear, the dial with a central rose decorated vestigial alarm disc enveloped by stylised leafy tulip sprays issuing from a three-petal flowerhead positioned just above six o'clock and with signature William Holloway, Stroud to upper margin, with iron hand within applied Roman numeral chapter ring with stylised wheatear half hour markers and engraved leafy infill to angles, the generous London-style third period frame with one-piece column turned corner posts beneath armorial pierced frets, vase turned finials and domed bell bearer, the sides with hinged brass doors and the rear with iron hanging hoop over a brass backplate (in unrestored condition, lacking alarm, top finial and with replaced frets ), 35.5cm (14ins approx) high. William Holloway is recorded in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers as the son of the clockmaker John Holloway born in 1732 at Market Lavington, Wiltshire. In 1658 he moved, along with his father and younger brother Richard, to Stroud in order to take-on the workshop of the recently deceased John Snow. Holloway was married to Hester Hieron in 1664 and continued working until his death in 1694. William Holloway had three sons one of which, John, continued the business in Stroud after his death; the other two, William and Arthur, moved to London to pursue the trade in the capital. William Holloway was a confident, accomplished and relatively prolific maker who used distinctive castings for his frames which appear almost unique to the Holloway family. His early clocks (1661 to circa 1680) used castings loosely based on the London second period style but were one-piece (i.e. finials and feet were cast integral with the posts) with tall slender finials capped by distinctive acorn turnings. Three examples by Holloway with this type of frame are illustrated in White, George English Lantern Clocks on page 246 (Figures V/78-80). The second type of frame used was much more akin to the standard London third period pattern but again employed one-piece castings and appeared to be short-lived as they are only seen on clocks dating to the first five or six years of the 1680's (see White, page 247, Figure V/81). The third pattern was again based on London third period practice but was much more generous with distinctly bulbous swellings to the finials and feet, two clocks with this type of frame are illustrated in Loomes, Brian LANTERN CLOCKS & Their Makers pages 207 and 209 Figures 13.8 and 13.13. Other traits of Holloways work include the continued use of separate winding for each train long after most other makers had adopted Huygens' single-weight endless rope system. Clocks with separately wound trains are characterised by having hour bell hammers positioned to the right hand side of the movement. Loomes suggests that Holloway may have continued this practice as it allowed straightforward disablement of the strike train by simply removing or not winding the strike weight. Another unusual feature peculiar to Holloway was that he often used four wheel trains in order to give a longer duration. The current lot is a typical of Holloway's final phase of work with generous bold castings and London-style tulip engraving to the dial centre. Unusually the clock is not dated but on stylistic grounds alone it can be placed within a couple of years of 1690.
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* GWEN HARDIE, FACE 09.17.05 oil on canvas 64cm x 58.5cm (25 x 23 inches) Framed Provenance: The artist. Private London collection. Note: Hardie is the youngest artist ever to be awarded a solo show at The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh, Scotland (1990).Gwen Hardie is represented in many private and public art collections in Britain, Europe and America including two major works in The Scottish National Gallery Of Modern Art. Since moving to New York in 2000, she has shown with The Lennon Weinberg Gallery, Dinter Fine Art and has been awarded Residencies at Yaddo in 2004, 2005 and 2006 in a Bogliasco Fellowship at The Liguria Study Center in Italy. She lived in London between 1990 and 2000 and had 6 solo shows with galleries such as Annely Juda Fine Art, Beaux Arts and Fischer fine Art. In 1997 her painting was awarded a prize at the John Moores biennial, Liverpool and was included in the New British Painting'' which toured America in 1986. Hardie left her native Scotland in 1984 when she was awarded a DAAD Scholarship to study with Georg Baselitz in Berlin. A documentary was broadcast on Scottish Television about her in Berlin in 1987. At Edinburgh College of art she was awarded the Richard Ford Award to study the paintings of Velasquez at the Prado Museum and received a first class honours degree in 1983. '' Three of Gwen Hardie's paintings are currently included in ''REALITY; Modern and Contemporary British Painting'' at The Walker Art Gallery (until 29th November 2015) alongside the work of Walter Sickert, Lucien Freud, Francis Bacon, L S Lowry, Jenny Saville, Ken Currie, George Shaw, David Hockney, Alison Watt, Paula Rego and other important 20th century and contemporary artists.
Slim, First Viscount William Joseph Slim : (1891-1970) British Field Marshal of World War II. Signed First Day Cover issued by the National Army Museum and featuring a colour illustration commemorating the 25th Anniversary of Beconquest of Burma campaign. Postally cancelled 14th Jan 1970. Signed `Slim F.M.` in blue fountain pen ink to a clear area, and a First Day Cover with depiction of Lieutenant General Lord Cardigan scribed Cardigan in blue ink postally cancelled 25th October 1970 - Est £100 - £120
Montgomery B. L.: (1887-1976) British Field Marshal of World War II. Signed First Day Cover issued by the National Army Museum and featuring an attractive colour design commemorating the 25th Anniversary of V-E Day, post marked 8th May 1970. Signed 'Montgomery of Alamein F.M.' in bold blue fountain pen ink to a clear area, and a further Cover with depiction of John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough scribed in bold blue hand 'Marlborough' - Est £80 - £120
dating: late 18th Century provenance: England Straight, single-and false edged blade, with a fuller at the centre, the first part engraved with crowned monogram "GR", the crowned, royal coat with dedication "Honi soit qui mal y pense", underneath another dedication "Dieu & mon droit", trophies and floral motifs; gilt brass hilt with a folding valve, loop-guard with crack and the grip with iron binding. Leather scabbard with gilt brass hilts, the cap with the manufacture "Moore % Co." mark and the London address. Two suspension rings. dimensions: length 99 cm.
dating: late 19th Century provenance: Japan Black, wooden pipe case with opening for the pipe. Oval, wooden inro, held by a fabric rope. Rest of an ideogram.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 20 cm.
dating: mid-18th Century provenance: North Italy Two-stage barrel, the first part of octagonal shape, signed "GIROLAMO ZAMBONARDI", then round,with two rings at the girdle and strongly bell-mouthed at the nozzle; flintlock engraved with a landscape, chiseled hammer, sightly sculpted, walnut stock, brass mounts decorated with bas-relieved foliage, iron belt hook, iron-tipped, wooden ramrod. On the back a button to fold the butt. dimensions: length 105.5 cm.
dating: mid-19th Century provenance: Turkey Wide, curved, single-edged blade with Arabic stamp near the forte, the first part of the back carved, the base with silver wings, engraved with floral motifs, silver grip, decorated en suite with carved, anatomic grip scales; fine, wooden scabbard with silver-plated covering finely embossed and engraved with a sailing ship, trophies and floral motifs, the cap decorated with crossed bands. Marked with a stamp. Two suspension rings. dimensions: length 78.5 cm.
dating: early 19th Century provenance: Germany Curved, single-and false-edged blade with a wide fuller, the first part engraved and gilt on blue background with trophies and floral motifs, signed "P. Knecht in Solingen" at the forte; brass hilt, the shell-guard with a bird, the quillon block and the quillons engraved with bands and floral motifs; horn grip scales; leather scabbard with gilt brass hilts. Complete with knife, the grip decorated en suite. Scarce. dimensions: length 67.7 cm.
dating: last quarter of the 17th Century provenance: Northern Germany Straight, double-edged blade of lenticular section, the first part grooved and featuring the writing "SHAGOM" and the Passau wolf; iron hilt with big, double valve pierced with stars and circles, the quillon curved toward the blade, thumb-ring, smooth loop-guard and vase-shaped pommel; wooden grip with iron wire binding and moor's heads . dimensions: length 109 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Tibet Copper body decorated with bas-relieved floral motifs and enriched with six brass shields, five of them depicting Buddhist gods, the one at the centre depicting a dragon; the wide border decorated with petals, symbols and Buddhist gods encircled by floral motifs.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: diameter 50 x 50 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: Italy Smooth, two-stage, 17 mm cal. barrel, octagonal at the first part with stamps by "A. MARTINEZ" in gold, the second part round, with rings at the girdle and swallow-tailed foresight; engraved tang; flintlock signed "Lorenzoni" and engraved with warriors and trophies, the hammer chiseled with floral pattern and a mask-shaped screw, sliding pan cover. Wooden half stock with silver mounts, engraved and pierced. Brass-tipped wooden ramrod. dimensions: length 132.5 cm.
dating: late 19th Century provenance: Indonesia Long, straight, double-edged blade of hexagonal section, enlarged at the base, the border provided with small spikes on one side; white, metallic mendak and selut shaped as petals. Grip with metallic wire binding, remains of resin cap.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 72 cm.
dating: late 19th Century provenance: Giava Undulated, pamor, double-edged blade, ribbed at the centre. Copper mendak featuring remains of gilding. Bone grip carved with floral motifs. Scabbard with wrangka and wooden gandar.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 49,5 cm.
dating: 16th Century provenance: Germany Straight, double-edged blade of lozenge section, the first part featuring lowered risers and tag; iron hilt, typical "S"-shaped quillon, carved with spirals and with spherical end (a restored quillon). Fine, "T"-shaped pommel grooved with rays. Grip with leather covering (restored), ring-nut and central ring made of iron. dimensions: length 76 cm.
dating: late 17th Century provenance: Tuscany German, octagonal, rifled, 13 mm cal. barrel from a wheel-lock rifle, with two "U"-shaped stamps at the base, a thin groove in the first part, iron rear-sight and foresight; flintlock with round lock plate finely engraved with floral motifs, the screw of the hammer carved with a deep mask, batterie carved en suite, the nose provided with a button to loose the pan-covering (scarce!). Fine briar-root, full stock slightly carved (some cracks) with brass hilts. Wooden ramrod with iron cartridge extractor and brass tip extractor. dimensions: length 120.5 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Sumatra Curved, hollow, single-edged blade, with a fuller on two-third of the blade, lined with a thick, copper foil; provided with a gilt metallic ring-nut engraved with relieved petals and floral motifs; remains of enamels. Fine, curved ivory grip with a floral engraving at the upper end. Provenance: North Sumatra.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 42 cm.
dating: last quarter of the 18th Century provenance: Tuscany Smooth, two-stage, 12 mm cal. barrels with finishing, the first part octagonal with the gold plated stamp "IACUZZI" between there rosettes and geometrical chiseling in silver, the second round, with rings at the girdle; flintlocks with flat plates and hammers, chiseled springs and sliding pan cover, on the inside surface the signature "STAZZEMA F.". Wooden full stocks with elegant, brass mounts, an undulated band near the locks, iron ramrods with cartridge extractor. For Jacuzzi see "Repertorio storico degli archibugiari italiani dal XIV al XX secolo" by Barbiroli, page 312. Iacuzzi, master of barrels, worked in Pistoia, for Pietro Tommasi, page 513. We have knowledge of two pair of pistols featured in private collections, dated 1762 and 1794. dimensions: length 22.5 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Hungary Curved, single-and false-edged blade with wide fuller, the first part engraved and gilt on blue ground with trophies and floral motifs; gilt hilt, decorated with bas-relieved floral motifs, the quillon block featuring a colored, cabochon stone; wooden scabbard with burgundy velvet (completely worn) with gilt metallic mounts decorated with cabochon stones; two suspension rings. dimensions: length 89 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Borneo Slightly curved, single-edged blade, flat at the back and slightly convex at the front; featuring curly fretworks at the very end of the back, decorated at the front with engravings and frames featuring remains of brass and silver inlays with disks and stars; grip provided with damar-resin ring-nut (missing at the back), binding of rattan fibers and typical, big pommel made of chiselled bone with remains of fur.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 68,5 cm.
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Sumatra Straight, single-edged blade, the tip curved toward the back (some pitting), a slight fuller near the back, decorated in one piece with thick neck featuring relieved petals and remains of gilt inlays and inscription at the back. Thick, gilt metallic ring-nut decorated with floral motifs on enameled ground; the upper edge with petals. Hulu of typical, pronged shape. Provenance: northern Sumatra.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 72,4 cm.
dating: third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Germany Octagonal, rifled, 9 mm cal. barrel plugged at the base, provided with foresight. Frame with falling, block-bolt, functioning, the tang provided with peep sight. Functioning trigger and stecher, loading guard-lever. Wooden butt and haft, the first featuring a wide cheeckpiece and a spike for the thumb. Some floral carvings. Iron mounts. dimensions: length 128 cm.
dating: 17th Century provenance: Germany Straight, double-edged blade of hexagonal section, the first part with a groove at the centre and the signature "FRANCISCO RUIZ" among trophies and partially gilt, floral motifs; blackened, solid iron hilt, richly chiseled, quillon and loop-guards decorated with roses coming out from a fish mouth, the back featuring a small, pierced valve and thumb-ring; grip and pommel decorated with buds and small flowers featuring pierced stalks, the button of the pommel in the shape of a rose.Provenance: A castle in Denmark. dimensions: length 97 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Turkey Slightly curved, single-edged blade with two thin fullers near the back, inlaid with a long cartouche featuring an Arabic writing and floral motifs on one side and a small floral decoration on the other; a deep, Arabic stamp at the forte; silver ring nut finely decorated with small, filigree frames, beads and rhombuses; silver grip decorated with frames en suite and provided with a row of ten cabochon corals at the centre (one probably replaced), the ears provided with a coral at the centre as well. Antique, wooden scabbard without covering, featuring brass hilts and chape in the shape of a dragon head.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 69,8 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Giava Strong, counter-curved, single-edged blade with straight back, carved with coils at the base and provided with faceted socket, the neck and the base of the blade with a fine, gilt covering (some missing parts) and thin, floral engravings; wooden, faceted grip (some veins). Wooden scabbard of curved shape, featuring remains of a red-laquer decorations at the front and typical, long, horn hook; brass straps.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 34,5 cm.
dating: circa 1900 provenance: Madura Island Scarce, straight, double-edged blade with rounded support at the centre, the first part made of silver, finely engraved with floral motifs and featuring a six-point star; the second part made of pamor. Mendak with three rows of diamond-cut stones, the wider one with eighteen stones, the others with ten and twelve stones. Selut made of smooth, red (crimson gold?), metallic sheet. Ivory grip carved with floral motifs. Fine scabbard with wooden wrangka, finely carved; a relieved knightly order at the front featuring a pronged, crowned cross surmounted by the Dutch crown, a bow and held by a dragon and a Pegasus; featuring a monogram surmounted by the Dutch crown and surrounded by a trophy of arms and cannons ("W" probably stands either for William III or Wilhelmina of the Netherlands); the border carved with leaves. Scarce pendok made of yellow, gilt plating provided with darker, gilt plating decorations (small missing parts) at the edges, pierced and engraved with floral motifs, the chape with small knuckle guard.An European businessman bought this kris (together with lot N° 393) in Saurebaya or in Madura from a creditor who declared that about fifteen years before both daggers were from the property of the "sultan of Madoera". After buying them, the businessman asked for an estimate of the kris (in Madura or in Surabaya) and discovered that the Kris features a 18-carat gilt plating pendok, 14-carat gilt plating decorations on the pendok (and probably on the Selut), ivory grip, three rows of diamonds at the Mendak, and also that the first part of the blade is made of solid silver. The estimate confirmed also that - based on its quality and decorations - the kris was from the property of the sultan. Then the kris was shown to other collectors too, and they confirmed this estimate. Both the kris and its estimate are well-described in a letter the businessman wrote to his family in 1920's to tell them about his journey. A copy of the letter (written in Italian) can be seen on request. The "Carte des pavillons, en usage chez les differerents peuples des Indes-Orientales Neerlandaises", commissioned by the Dutch Ministry of foreign affairs and dated 1865, can feature also four flags of Madura (it wasa Dutch colony at that time) indicated as "MADOERA Sultan", the first one depicting the arms of the Sumenep Sultan (a heraldic shield surmounted by the Dutch crown, held by a dragon and a pegasus, featuring a bow at the bottom), very similar to this kris, which however has the order in place of the shield. The "W" monogram at the back (standing for William III or Wilhelmina of the Netherlands) places the kris between the second half of the XIX Century and the beginning of the XX. A wonderful dagger, worthy of a sultan and of important, historical value. This one and the other items presented in this collection were collected by an European businessman during his trip to India, in the Dutch Indies to Batavia (Java) and in the Far East, between 1920 and 1921. The documents provided by his heirs allowed to retrace some of the stops he made during his journey, among them (approximately in chronological order): Batavia (Jakarta) and Surabaya, Madura, Sumatra, Singapore, Penang, Rangoon, Kolkata, Bombay, and probably Colombo (Ceylon), Shanghai and Hongkong too. All these pieces had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time, almost a century later, they are presented to the public and sold by auction. dimensions: length 41,2 cm.
dating: 17th Century provenance: France Wide, straight, double-edged blade, with a groove at the first part, rectangular ricasso; silver hilt featuring loop-guards, the quillon and the parry rings decorated with carved knots, big, flower-shaped pommel. Wooden grip with iron binding and moor's heads, later. dimensions: length 120.5 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: Indonesia Two made of silver with floral motifs (remains of the scabbard at the inside). Four made of white metal, three of them carved with floral motifs and birds at the front.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 31,7 - 35,5 cm.
dating: 18th Century provenance: France Long, slightly curved, single-and false-edged blade, the first part flat and engraved with floral motifs, then grooved to the tip; silver hilt, "S"-shaped quillon with quillons in the shape of dragons, the pommel shaped as the head of a lion, horn grip carved with spirals and decorated with silver bands. dimensions: length 81 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France Fine lithograph with the subtitle "Ou la Mort du General d'Hautpoull" depicting the moment when Murat ordered to attack the Russian army near Eylau on February 14th, 1807; at the centre Murat followed by the General Jean Joseph Ange d'Hautpoul's cuirassiers, at the left side the General deadly wounded, rescued by one of his dragoons. The bottom marked "Carle Vernet" on the left hand side and "Gravé par F.F. Wolff" on the right hand side. Later, gilt frame, under glass. dimensions: dimensions 71 x 56 cm.
dating: late 19th Century provenance: India Convex-edge axes, the surface carved as a grotesque, horned face surrounded by floral decorations, with remains of silver inlaid; a square-based cusp at the centre; cylindrical, iron haft provided with cap at the lower end.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. dimensions: length 64,7 cm.
dating: first quarter of the 19th Century provenance: Austria Round, smooth, 18 mm cal. barrel. Lock with flat plate and brass pan. Dark wooden, full stock marked with "H" near the sideplate. Smooth, brass mounts. The sideplate marked "Jos Konecny". Complete with iron ramrod. dimensions: length 129 cm.
dating: circa 1800 provenance: Greece Curved, single -and short false-edged blade with double rear groove, the first part engraved with the effigy of figures, animals and floral motifs partially gilt; solid silver hilt engraved with floral motifs, the pommel with bird, with chain made of five parts. Solid silver scabbard enriched with embossed trophies and floral motifs, with two suspension rings hidden by shell-shaped segments. dimensions: length 88 cm.
dating: 19th Century provenance: East Asia Body of circular section, very rounded. The external surface featuring a large strip with decorations depicting several embossed, high-relieved figures dressed in different ways; some of them dancing, the others armed with bow and lance, one figure represents a Kinnara (half-man, half-bird). The upper and the lower band decorated with floral motifs.This item, together with the others from this collection, were collected by an European businessman during his journey through India, the Dutch Indies and Batavia (Java) and the Far East between 1920 and 1921. All these items had always belonged to his family and now, for the first time after a century, they are presented to the public and and sold by auction. The European businessman took a picture of this item right after buying it - a copy of the picture can be provided on request. dimensions: height 15 cm.
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