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Lot 431
Smokebox Numberplate 90691, ex WD 2-8-0 `Austerity` locomotive built February 1944 for the war effort. First BR allocation was Worcester and then a long time Gloucester Horton Road loco but moved to Banbury from where withdrawal took place in May 1962 and cut up at Crewe just 2 months later. Face cleaned, rear ex loco.
Lot 497
Southern Railway brass Plunger with ivorine plate No 33 together with a couple of Lever Plates, one with a traffolite plate `41 Gates Unlocked - Locked Across Line - Wheel` and ` 32 Up Main Detonators OFF - ON`. Together with a small, tin First Aid Box, no markings but definitely Southern Railway. All came from a Salisbury Signal Box.
Lot 354
A fine walnut and floral marquetry longcase clock first quarter of the 18th century, the oak lined case with walnut veneered sides inset with stringing and cross banding, the front profusely decorated with floral marquetry on a background of ebony veneer, the hood with wide overhanging cornice supported on turned fruitwood columns to the front and quartered columns to the rear, all with gilded capitals and bases, the inlay of the long trunk door panel in varicoloured woods displaying birds, flowers in an urn supported by winged mythical figures and leafy foliage, surrounding a glass `bull`s eye` aperture with further birds, flowers and figures below, the base with an ogee moulding above another panel of floral inlay on a walnut plinth, the 12 inch square brass dial with subsidiary seconds dial, square date aperture and finely matted centre, mounted with spandrels of pairs of cherubs supporting crowns, engraved in the Roman chapter ring with minute track, `Clark Preston London`, maker of the movement which strikes on a single bell, 82½in. (209.5cm.) high, the trunk 12¾in. (32.5cm.) wide, plinth moved up and reaffixed to the bottom edge of the floral panel to shorten clock, original base of the case believed to remain behind plinth. See Illustration.
Lot 358
Toma Rosandic (Serbo-Croatian, 1878-1959) `La Pucelle` (A Vestal Virgin) bronze sculpture, signed `T Rosandic` to base 66¾in. (169.5cm.) high. 66¾in. (169.5cm.) high. * Toma Rosandic, the son of a stoneworker was born in Split, Serbia in 1878. He and his friend and contemporary Ivan Meštrovic were the most prominent Yugoslav sculptors of the day. During their early years in Split, Rosandic learnt to carve in wood and stone and was much inspired by the younger Meštrovic. With the advent of war Rosandic left for London where he exhibited at the Grafton Galleries in 1917 as well as in Brighton and Edinburgh. It was at the Grafton that he first exhibited La Pucelle in 1917, which he had carved from walnut and from which the current bronze was later cast. It is a very fine example of Rosandic`s originality and style, with a beauty and simplicity of line which foretell the clean, stylised sculptures of the forthcoming Art Deco period in the 1920s. The original walnut sculpture was later acquired for Sissinghurst Castle by the owners Sir Harold Nicholson and his wife Vita Sackville-West and is now located in the Long Room of the castle. A lead copy was made later in 1934 and placed in the famous White Garden created by Vita Sackville-West. Two bronze castings are known - the example at Priors and a second casting, originally owned by Sir Edward Maufe and sold in 1977 by Clifford Dann of Eastbourne in the Shepherds Hill, Buxted house contents sale. It was later shown at The Fine Art Society `Sculpture in Britain Between the Wars` exhibition in Summer 1986, cat. no. 89 and subsequently offered for sale as lot 264 at Sotheby`s sale 001292 on 2nd November 2001, realising a hammer price of £20,000. See Illustration.
Lot 437
Watercolour and Gouache Keeley Halswelle A.R.S.A., R.I., R.O.I. (1832-1891) Peasants resting in the midday sun in the Roman Campagna, signed with initials, inscribed "Rome" and dated 1871, 22.5 x 35.5cm (9" x 14") A genre and landscape painter Hallswelle at first worked at the Illustrated London News for the Edinburgh publisher Nelson. He exhibited at the Royal Scottish Academy and was elected an associate in 1865. In 1868 he went on the first of his visits to Rome which was to provide him with Italian subjects for many years. A prolific artist, he exhibited at all the major institutions up and down the United Kingdom, including the Royal Academy, London, between 1862 and his death in Paris in 1891 (19 works), The Royal Scottish Academy (14 works), The Royal Institution (23 works), The Royal Society of Painters in Oil (14 works) and also Glasgow, Liverpool and Manchester. Examples of his work can be found in the National Gallery of Ireland and the National Gallery of Scotland
Lot 318
GAMBIA 1869-72 6d deep blue and 6d blue (SG 3/3a) the former with large margins and reduced sheet margin at left, used with first type cds in black dated `MR 72`, a suspicion of split embossing and minor soiling but scarce with black cancel, the latter with good to large margins except a little close at lower left, attractively cancelled by part first type cds in red which leaves profile clear, cat £370 Container: Card
Lot 990
SOMALILAND PROTECT Officials: 1903 (1 June) ½a yellow-green group of three horizontal pairs from the one sheet which had the "On H.M.S." overprint seriously misplaced (SG O1vars) comprising one pair from the top part of the sheet (showing "S" at left), one from the middle (with "S" divided) and one from the bottom, brilliant o.g. A splendid trio, the first rare and spectacular Container: Card
Lot 1124
TOGO 1914 (17 Sept) 2m blue error "Occupation" double (SG H11a) very fine used with large part LOME/TOGOGEBIET cds, dated 7 11 (14). On one sheet the overprint was misplaced downwards, so that the word `Occupation` fell between the stamps and was no longer legible, the printer therefore overprinted the sheet again, with a second impression of "Occupation" only, above `TOGO`, Holcombe Cert (1992). Twenty examples originally existed, but only seven unused and eight used examples have been recorded by Gibbs. One of the great First World War rarities. Ex Marquess of Bute Container: Card
Lot 236
A pair of ormolu rococo candlesticks, the twin branches with detachable nozzles to candle holders, on foliage scrolling spray bases with detachable porcelain figures of a street vendor selling fruit and flowers from a basket and his lass, wearing colourful period costume. 11.75in (30cm). First half nineteenth century.
Lot 261
Blayney, Major-General Lord. A Narrative of a Forced Journey Through Spain and France, as a Prisoner of War, in the Years 1810 to 1814. Together with; Sequel to the Narrative of a Forced Journey Through Spain and France, as a Prisoner of War, in 1810 to 1813: Including Observations on the Present State of Ireland, &c. &c. &c. Vol. III. 3. Three volumes, 1814-1816. The first two volumes with engraved frontispieces with some offsetting to their title pages. Lower and leading edges of the pages of volume one with some dampstaining, all volumes with scattered spotting. Contemporary half calf bindings, rubbed and worn, the upper hinge of the first volume split. Volume one with the ticket of "T. Connolly, Bookseller, 10, Up. Ormond Quay, Dublin." (3)
Lot 267
Thomas, Henry Sullivan. The Rod in India. Being Hints how to Obtain Sport with Remarks on the Natural History of Fish, Otters, Etc. And Illustrations of Fish and Tackle. Mangalore, published by C. Stolz. 1873. First edition. 4 lithographic plates and numerous wood cut illustrations in the text. Old ownership inscription on the title page and the visiting card of "Captain R. J. Toke. The Welch Regiment" tipped onto the front free endpaper. Contemporary half red calf binding, rubbed, with some minor dampstaining to the binding and a few leaves at the beginning and end of the book.
Lot 292
Flight Lieutenant Herbert Carmichael “Bird” Irwin (1894-1930). An Irish Airman and athlete who played an important role in the development of airships. A keen member of the Dublin athletic club (the Clonliffe Harriers) he was at the age of 18, the first Irish four-mile champion and winner of both the junior and senior cross country championships. He joined the Royal Naval Air Service in 1915 as a Probationary Flight Sub-Lieutenant soon becoming the commander of non-rigid airships “in Home Waters and the Mediterranean.” In 1917 Irwin was promoted to Flight Lieutenant with seniority and in 1919 he was granted a short-service commission as Flight Lieutenant, finally being made a full Flight Lieutenant on January 1st 1926. By 1918, the RNAS had become part of the newly founded RAF and Irwin was stationed at East Fortune in Scotland. He continued his athletic activities whilst with the RAF and after the war represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics in Antwerp in 1920. The album contains a few photographs of Irwin as an athlete. Irwin continued with the RAF after the war and was transferred to the RAW (the Royal Airship Works) based at Cardington in Bedfordshire, in 1924, where he took command of the R33. His presence there was part of an economic and political scheme to establish airship network links between Britain and its colonies; more especially India, which was seen as the jewel in the crown of the Empire. Despite his being transferred to and fro between the RAF and the RAW he was eventually seconded to the latter where he became an important member of the team developing airships for both military roles and the dream of international travel. It finally looked like the plans for the Indian venture were coming to fruition in 1929 in the shapes of the R100 and the R101. The first was owned and developed by the state owned RAW; the latter was a commercial development by the Airship Guarantee Company, a subsidiary of Vickers Ltd. Until the inception of these two airships the design of most of the earlier rigid airships (including the R33) had been based on captured German Zeppelins. Irwin captained the R101 and was killed on the 5th October, 1930 when the airship crashed near Beauvais in France. The following four lots are from the estate of his widow, Olivia Marjory Macdonald Irwin, whom he married on the 23rd September, 1926. An album containing upwards of 200 photographs, Irwin`s personal collection, the majority are original photographs taken by him with his manuscript titles written in white ink under most of them. The greater part of the photographs in the album relate to the period when Irwin was at East Fortune (see above) with many aerial photographs of both naval and commercial ships. There are many photographs that relate to the surrender of the German Fleet on November 21st 1918, including portraits of Admiral Sir David Beatty, H. M. the King and Queen Mary on board the Queen Elizabeth. The collection includes a number of loose photographs, many of which are press photographs, two commissions, his marriage certificate, newspaper cuttings and other ephemera relating to airships; a 19 page typescript of a lecture delivered by Irwin at Cardington on 12th of February 1929 entitled "Mooring & Handling of Airships;" many letters of condolence to Irwin`s widow and correspondence from television companies relating to a TV programme about the R101 and letters from Sir Peter Masefield, author of "To Ride the Storm. The Story of the Airship R101." A copy of the latter inscribed by Masefield to Irwin`s widow is included in the lot.
Lot 431
A CHINESE CANTON IVORY PLAQUE showing the Hongs of Canton, carved in relief, the reverse with carved crest from the Drummond family, 6 1/4" x 4", circa 1800. James Drummond, later 8th Viscount Strathallan first sailed to Canton in 1787 as a `writer` in the East India company`s employ. Fifteen years later he had risen to become President of the Select Commitee, the senior position in the factory, and he remained in this post until his return to Britain in 1807
Lot 230
A group of medals, awarded to 8074 E. Warner of the West Yorkshire Regiment, (Corporal and later Sargent), 1903 North West Frontier medal, World War I trio, Long service and good conduct medal, and Meritorious service medal together with a collection of various ephemera belonging to E. Warner including 1914 Gift to the troops box, badges, Small Arms prize medallion, two albums of related postcards, an album of the First Battalion Prince of Wales own (West Yorkshire Regiment) Rawal Pindi 1910, two books on the West Yorkshire Regiment 1914/18 etc.
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