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Lot 269
PURDEY. A 12-BORE FIRST PATTERN THUMB LEVER HAMMER GUN, NO. 7129. 30-inch damascus barrels with 2 1/2-inch chambers about true cylinder borings, the rounded frame, rebounding back lock, hammers and thumb lever with fine scroll engraving, 14 1/2-inch figured stock with steel butt plate, 6lb. 8oz., black powder proof (1868 Rules), worn overall, bores marked and dented, in its maker`s oak case with original charge details to the label
Lot 207
JOHN PIPER (1903-1992) - Stage design for Death in Venice, signed in pencil and numbered, screenprint in colours, 31"x 27". John Piper designed the sets for the first staging of the opera `Death in Venice` in 1973. The opera, by the composer Benjamin Britten, was based on the novella by Thomas Mann. Myfanwy Piper, John Piper`s wife wrote the English libretto.
Lot 23
A silver spoon by Leslie Durbin, London 1949, the oval bowl with a heavy and long rat-tail to the reverse, the stem with reeded bands, monogrammed, 18cm (7in) long, 62g (2 oz) gross. Leslie Durbin (1913-2005) was apprenticed to Omar Ramsden. He taught at the Royal College of Art and at the LCC Central School. His first workshop was established with Leonard Moss in 1949. Durbin designed the Queen`s head Jubilee mark. He has been awarded many honours including Member of the Royal Victorian Order, CBE and the Garrard Gold Medal for outstanding contribution to the trade. A retrospective of his work, `Fifty Years of Silversmithing`, was held at the Goldsmiths Hall in 1982. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
![[Rowing interest] A Britannia standard silver straight-sided tankard by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London 193](http://lot-images.atgmedia.com/SR/10011/2781280/40_468x382.jpg)
Lot 40
[Rowing interest] A Britannia standard silver straight-sided tankard by The Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Co. Ltd, London 1938, with a ram`s horn thumbpiece to the stepped domed cover, an engraved wine ewer inside, an S-scroll handle with a cross pate terminal and a moulded base, extensively engraved for presentation to D. E. G. Beazley to commemorate Radley College`s first ever victory in the Ladies` Plate at Henley Royal Regatta in 1938,16.5cm (6.5in) high, 725g (23.3 oz) Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 71
A George III silver vase shape tea urn by Charles Wright, London 1770, the waisted cover with a vase finial, beaded rims and twin loop handles, an ebony spigot and on a square base with bracket feet, engraved with a crest and an armorial, 51cm (20in) high, 2650g (85.2 oz) gross (the cover and base unmarked). See Grimwade no. 428 and the biography on p. 711. The mark no. 428 of 1775 is the first recorded mark of Wright on his own but the 1773 parliamentary report shows him working alone at Ave Mary Lane. It is well to note that there was a missing register at Goldsmiths Hall prior to 1773. The crest and the arms of RADCLIFFE impaling BOARD or BOURDE of Ireland. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 74
Two pairs of George II silver cast candlesticks, by John Cave, London 1751 and by Frederick Kandler, London 1756, the nozzles with egg-and-dart borders, the vase-shape sockets with egg-and-dart borders and chased quatrefoil panels, the square baluster stems with scales and husks, reeded knops and domes with leaves, the shaped circular bases with shell and quatrefoils bands and egg-and-dart borders, engraved with an armorial and a motto `Forte Scutum Salus Ducum`, 27cm (10.5in) high (Cave) and 25.5cm (10in) high (Kandler), 4160g (133.75 oz) gross (the bases fully marked, the Kandler pair with standard mark to the sockets, the detachable nozzles unmarked). The arms of FORTESCUE quartering CLINTON. See Grimwade no. 1228 for the first maker`s mark and nos. 691-2 for the second. See also Schroder, Timothy `British and Continental Gold and Silver in the Ashmolean Museum` Oxford 2009, vol. 1, p. 462, cat. 180 for a closely related set of four by Paul Crespin, London 1736-7. The author notes that no clear design source emerges but the set in the Ashmolean are predated by a set of the previous year by the Paris goldsmith Nicholas Outrebon. The pattern was one of the more expensive types at the time and evidently quite popular, being made by several goldsmiths and over several decades. Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 85
A silver shell shaped snuff box, unmarked, first quarter 18th century, the cover finely engraved with formal baroque decoration as a shell with a female mask, an urn and foliate panels, a paterae border and dolphins at the hinge, the interior gilt, 8cm (3in) wide Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports.
Lot 384
Medals: A framed WWI family casualty group to include 1914-15 Star, Service Medal and Victory Medal. Further Service Medal and Victory Medal awarded to 16999 L/Cpl. A. Cummins and 357968 Pte. Charles William Cummins (both brothers served with the First Battalion Essex Regiment, one medal unnamed) with two cap badges, mounted and framed.
Lot 232
A Christofle tea service, 20th century, comprising; a tray 40cm wide, tea pot 10cm high, milk jug 8cm high, sugar bowl and cover and hot water jug 10cm high, and a further Christofle jug 11cm high, all bearing `Grande Hotel Do Porto` ribbon, impressed marks (6) Designed by the Architect Silva Sardina, the Grande Hotel do Porto opened its doors in 27th March 1880. It was thought to be the first Grand Hotel in town with all the glory of the end of the century. The luxury of the hotel could be seen in many details of its interior decoration: the French mirrors, the golden florins, the sumptuous marble columns. Through the years it was `the place to be` for many of Porto`s high society. Politicians, writers, spies, war refugees, artists and members of the nobility have passed through the Hotel.
Lot 1
A Merchant Navy Group of Seven First/Second World War Medals and Miniatures, awarded to GEORGE J.LEATHER, comprising British War Medal, Mercantile Marine War Medal, 1939-45 Star, Atlantic Star with FRANCE AND GERMANY CLASP, Burma Star, War Meal and Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, together with two additional BWM and Mercantile Marine miniatures, insignia and boxes of issue; a General Service Medal 1918-62, with clasp PALESTINE 1945-48, to 14067052 SPR.H.D.HILLYARD. R.E. with two cap badges; two Single Medals, of Defence and War Medals; Miscellaneous Items, including enamelled star, medallions and badges, silver watch chain, pocket watch, etc in a leather collar box.
Lot 3
A Second World War Group of Four Medals, comprising 1939-45 Star, France and Germany Star, Defence and War Medals, in cardboard box of issue addressed to Mr B B Gelder, Pocklington, York, together with a silver and enamelled Target Shooting medal won by Pte. G.Gelder, 1931; a Group of Five First World War Miniatures, of BWM, Victory Medal, General Service Medal, Special Constabulary Long Service Good Conduct Medal and Elizabeth II Coronation Medal; a Collection of Approximately Thirty Seven Military Cap Badges, nine titles etc.
Lot 5
A First World War Gallantry Group, to 8769 GNR.J.W.MASON. 162/SGE: BY:R.G.A., comprising Military Medal, 1914-15 Star (named to 161 PTE.J.W.MASON. E.YORK.R.), British War Medal and Victory Medal; a single British War Medal, to 30029 A.CPL.A.SNELL. E.YORK.R.; a Defence Medal and War Medal; three Royal Commemorative medallions, and a school attendance medal (11)
Lot 9
Family Medals Relating to the Previous Lot, comprising:- a Boer War/First World War Group of Five Medals and Miniatures, awarded to L-5908 R.A FALCONER 2nd East Surrey Regt., comprising Queen`s South Africa Medal with two clasps TRANSVAAL and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, a 1914-15 Star, British War Medal, Victory Medal and Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal; an RAF Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, with bar, awarded to J2558671 CHF.TECH. R.J.FALCONER, in box of issue, with the miniature (12)
Lot 12
A First World War Pair, to TS-7274 DVR.F PEARSON. A.S.C.,comprising British War Medal and Victory Medal, with dog tag; a 9 Carat Gold Army Service Corps Badge, two Royal Coronation Commemorative medallions, two crowns 1889 and 1890, five other coins, a George V Silver Jubilee badge, a brass horse hoof ring, clench brooch and horseshoe charms.
Lot 19A
A Boer War/First World War Group of Four Medals, awarded to 14952 PTE.G.SOUNEY, R.A.M.C., comprising Queen`s South Africa Medal with five clasps CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, TRANSVAAL, SOUTH AFRICA 1901, and SOUTH AFRICA 1902, 1914 Star with 5TH AUG.-22ND NOV.1914 "Mons" clasp, British War Medal and Victory Medal, together with brass title, two portrait photographs of him with his family and his son, a collection of nineteen embroidered silk postcards and thirty other postcards and greetings cards all sent by him or his family, with various other ephemera including a copy of Ireland`s Saturday Night newspaper for 28th April 1917containing a published poem by the above.
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