A rare 17th century Charles I silver vervel or hawking ring, the shield-shaped bezel finely engraved with Royal coat of arms, comprising (clockwise) the rampant lion of Scotland, the lions of England and fleur-de-lis of France quartered, the harp of Ireland, and finally quartered arms of England and France repeated, the hoop engraved to the exterior in italics ‘Charles . King’, diameter 10mm. £2,000-£3,000 --- Provenance: This vervel was found in spoil heaps taken from Billingsgate in the city of London, circa 1982. Upon recent cleaning, the details of the shield and inscription became clear. The Tower of London is close to Billingsgate, and it is likely that Charles I would have kept a number of his birds of prey there. Vervels have been recorded for Henry VIII, Elizabeth I, James I and now Charles I, together with a significant number of hawking rings belonging to titled individuals, displaying their family crest. One known example of a vervel belonging to Charles I is held at the British Museum, Number 2000,0701.1 and also displays the Stuart Royal arms. Vervels were attached to a jess or thin strap made of leather which was the tether for the bird. Falconry was a popular sport amongst nobility in the 16th and 17th centuries using trained birds of prey to hunt small game such as rabbits. Condition Report Inscription clear, slight wear to the extremities of the shield with the surface typical of a Thames find. XRF analysis shows it is 96% silver with traces of gold, iron, lead, copper and bismuth. Weight 0.71gm.
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STEVENSON ROBERT LOUIS: (1850-1894) Scottish novelist of Treasure Island (1883), Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) and Kidnapped (1886). An extraordinary A.L.S., Robert Louis Stevenson, four pages, 8vo, n.p. (Edinburgh), n.d. (Autumn 1873), to his cousin Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson ('My dear Bob'), on Stevenson's monogrammed stationery. The twenty-three year old Stevenson writes with a certain amount of humour in his letter, although signs of a personal crisis (both financial and mental) pervade through the content, in part, 'I have written to no one for about a month. I can't come to Paris just now, owing to my being so bloody uncoiny......I had to sponge on fellows for tobacco. Wasn't that death for a rising literary gent? I have not been able to write either; just such hell, in spirits, health &c. This drunken city exerts its strange prerogative; and I do something sacrifice to the God of the coloured bottles. However I am going to be good (I have not been very bad, you know, only I don't like the game at all); and in the meantime I've got enough coin scraped together to go to London for three days (where I shall see Katharine [Bob's sister]) and then land myself in the character of a mendicant at Cambridge where I shall be fed and clothed for a week at Trin[ity] Coll[ege]....As for Paris, I suppose it will be Spring before I can manage that; but then I shall come for some time and make a good holiday of it. I shall take this letter out with me and part with it when I have found out the date for Academy pictures......I say, old man, Edinburgh is a very sanguinary shop, and bloodier than ever, you should be glad you are out of it'. Beneath his signature Stevenson playfully observes 'Writing as large as this is such damned fun - I can't stop though I have nothing to say' and further adds a postscript, signed with his initials RLS, which fills the entire fourth page, in part, 'I am trying stories and all sorts of things, with no success. I am an incompetent bugger, I shall write soon, when I am in a holier, happier, better state of mind and body.......I am damned miserable now sometimes, and have a struggle to keep from liquor and opium and things of that sort. I wish to God you were here. I am going south tomorrow so the worst is over; the change will put me up again......' A rare letter of exceptional content. Some very light age wear and a few minor stains to the edges, otherwise VGRobert Alan Mowbray Stevenson (1847-1900) Scottish art critic, a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson. After studying at the Edinburgh School of Art Stevenson moved to Paris in 1873 where he continued his studies under Carolus Duran. Katharine de Mattos (1851-1939) Scottish author and journalist, sister of Robert Alan Mowbray Stevenson and a cousin of Robert Louis Stevenson.Robert Louis Stevenson and his cousin Bob enjoyed a close friendship, leading Bohemian lifestyles in Edinburgh and becoming members of the LJR (Liberty, Justice, Reverenvce) Club whose constitution began with the statement 'Disregard everything our parents have taught us'. Stevenson would visit his cousin in Paris in April 1874.
STEADMAN RALPH: (1936- ) British illustrator, best known for his collaboration with the American writer Hunter S. Thompson. An extensive correspondence collection of forty-two A.Ls.S. (the majority to the versos of postcards, many featuring images of Steadman's work) and nine T.Ls.S., Ralph, sixty-six pages (total), 4to and smaller, various places (Maidstone, Kent, France and Italy), March 1980 - January 1997, all to Tom Maschler. The substantial, and often amusing, correspondence covers a wide range of subjects, including Steadman's work, in part, 'Many thanks for your letter and your marvellous enthusiasm. I am very happy that Cape & your good self are prepared to take me on with a project that hardly has any bones yet.....I doubt if I will begin Leonardo for 2 or 3 months but that does not prevent me reading about my subject and making notes which is how I set about the book on Freud' (18th March 1980), 'It's fascinating sitting in spots where the old boy [Leonardo da Vinci] might have sat. I was unable to lie on his bed or use the secret tunnel used by Francois I to visit him daily' (25th April 1981), ' "Bloody good!!" he said when he caught sight of the first drawing. "How many more are there?" "How many do you want?" "That depends" "On what?" "How many disciples turn up - can you manage another eleven - No problem' (31st August 1982), 'If he can sell 5000 copies there must be another 50,000 who would buy it if they only knew about it - at least. There is a huge army of committed fans over there [America] but I don't think they know the book exists. All I know is when I did a signing the queue went down the street - New York & West coast. Maybe they were all my fans and there aren't any more but do you believe that. Anyway, one of these days we'll blast through the bullet proof barrier & wonder why we worried' (21st December 1984), 'When Glasgow Art Gallery asked for copies of "I Leonardo" to sell during the course of my exhibition there, they were informed that you are now completely out of the 2nd edition. Surely it is worth a reprint even for this country only' (3rd May 1985), '...[I] have been asked to front a T.V. show on our attitudes to animals (J. G. Ballard, Brian Aldiss etc to be interviewed) I've just been to a bullfight, so I'm on dodgy ground' (28th September 1995). 'I will be researching the ways of cannibals - where they were - who they ate - who tasted best and what their favourite sauces are. Did they have head chefs - table manners - religious symbolism & belief in the powers allotted to various parts of the body......Are we in fact missing a vital part of our diets which no amount of lamb or pig can assuage?.....It's a wide & wonderful subject Tom, and in the metaphysical sense we act like cannibals today in this dog eat dog society of ours' (19th October 1995), 'I have read The Mildenhall Treasure - it is a fine TRUE tale of trust and paranoic avarice. Though, Butcher's wife knew. I love the descriptive atmospherics as much as [Roald] Dahl's grasp of human nature. It could be special, but why, I ask myself am I illustrating Dahl, when I could be hurling myself into Rabelais' (16th June 1996), 'I was thrilled to hear from you again. We have now reorganised the answering machines especially for you so that if you want to sing a song, tell me a story, or recite a piece of concrete poetry, you know I will hear it in future' (n.d., although 1996), 'Two things in defence of the "Snags". Defence one: Children love repetition. Defence two: Childrem don't recognise sophistication; only the inherent spirit of fun, the game itself played out between parent & child. I know. It has been tried out on a nursery school full of children and they ask for more. Defence three even: It is a great way to learn punctuation & a wonderful way to read pictures....' (18th June 1996), 'I am in search of magic - in search of Roald Dahl. What made him tick?' (26th November 1996), 'Over the last few months I have been doing some strange but intriguing, and funny!, pictures in the evenings on my knee (on paper of course) which I call my knee jobs. They seem like the basis for a book though I don't quite know how or why' (6th January 1997), 'Cannibals at the moment are rife in the world of publishing, literart meat-eaters, retail/wholesale packagers, remainderers of books which are in their prime, even 'Animal Farm' which is No. 3 in the best 100 books of the 20th century - trashed because 'its sale has gone down to a trickle' and who, I wonder, is prepared to admit blame?......Unless the book smells like a Body Shop and leaps off the shelf to bite you up the arse, what chance do new books have, except one on cannibals who might like a piece of arse for supper' (19th January 1997), 'I hope that our chat yesterday settled the final touches for our collaboration to reincarnate one of Roald Dahl's wonderful true stories' (29th April 1999), 'Here is something to get your teeth into. The spider's mouth is the hole at the back of Dahl's chair - it needs my cryptic explanation' (n.d.), 'I have avoided planning new booksm but I have not been idle.....I have been involved in a modern dance based on the last years of Picasso....I have done the centenary portrait of T. S. Eliot for The Poetry Society celebration in September. That led to a curiosity to see how I could portray his face in paint & I completed 6 paintings of his visage. He has a strange face......Channel 4 are keen to do a film about my Welsh speech based on the 'BOYO' tapestry and I am making a 10 minute short based on a conversation I invented between Marcel Duchamp & Luis Bunuel......I have always felt that the people who do well out of my book signings are the book shops since I give more of a performance that a mere 'Jeffrey Archer' type signing' (n.d., although 1993). Several of the letters are illustrated with a small caricature alongside the signatures. Some very light, minimal age wear, VG, 51Tom Maschler (1933-2020) British publisher who, from 1960, was head of the publishing company Jonathan Cape for more than three decades. Maschler was also instrumental in establishing the Booker Prize in 1969.
A collection of penknives, a wooden 970 Puma-Game Warden knife; a Joseph Rodgers steel army style knife circa 1954; a small bone handled Victorinox knife; two red Victorinox multi-purpose knives; a Suunto Helsinki Patent Model KB-14 steel compass in leather travel case; and a vintage map measurer.Qty: 8
T REX/ QUEEN - LP COLLECTION. A magical selection of around 21 glam rock LPs. Artists/ titles include Electric Warrior (HIFLY 6, includes poster), Dandy In The Underworld (BLN 5005), The Slider (BLN 5001), Futuristic Dragon (BLN 5004), A Beard Of Stars/ Unicorn, Tanx, The Children Of Barn, You Scare Me To Death, Get It On, The Words And Music Of Marc Bolan 1947-1977, The Best Of, Bolans Zip Gun. Queen inc S/T (EMC 3006), Jazz (EMA 788), News Of The World, Live Killers, The Game, The Works, A Day At The Races, Sheer Heart Attack, Hot Space. Condition is generally VG+ to Ex+, couple may drop to VG.
QUEEN - MOBILE FIDELITY SOUND LAB AUDIOPHILE LP PACK. A wonderful selection of 3 audiophile LPs by Queen, some released on Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab records. Titles include A Day At The Races (MFSL 1-256, Limited edition No: 1404, includes insert. Record Ex+/ sleeve Ex), The Game (MFSL 1-211, Limited Edition No: 3441, includes insert. Record is Ex+/ sleeve Ex) & On Air (0602557082227, complete BBC radio sessions. Condition is M/ Sealed).
PSYCH - LP RARITIES PACK. A wonderful selection of 5 psych LP rarities. Artists/ titles include The Nova Local - Nova 1 (MUPS 377, Record Ex/ sleeve VG+), The Mystic Astrologic Crystal Band featuring Steve Hoffman (CARS-8003, US promo. Ex/ VG+), Bead Game - Welcome (AVE-33009, Ex/ Ex), H.P. Lovecraft (SBL 7830, VG+/ VG+) & The 31st Of February (VSD 6503, US promo. VG+/ VG),
A collection of toys and film memorabilia relating to Steven Spielberg's 'Jaws' to include Loungefly backpack and purse, two Matchbox diecast vehicles, tin lunchbox, two cereal boxes, two ceramic mugs, Ravensburger board game, Cardinal jigsaw puzzle in Blockbuster video box, wall clock, two badges, Lootcrate 3D bottle opener and Tomica Jaws Truck (17)
A collection of vintage fantasy, science fiction and historical RPG roleplaying games including TSR 'Star Frontiers', 'Star Frontiers Knight Hawks' and 'The Awful Green Things From Outer Space', Game Designers Workshop 'Snapshot' and 'Traveller', Avalon Hill 'Circus Maximus', 'King Maker' and 'Down With The King', Fantasy Games Unlimited Inc. 'Aftermath' and I.C.E. 'Middle Earth' (10, contents unchecked), together with a quantity of wargames rule books etc.
A collection of Star Wars figures, toys and collectables comprising carded Kenner The Power Of The Force action figures to include to include Yoda with Jedi Trainer Backpack and Gimer Stick, Grand Moff Tarkin with Imperial Issue Blaster Rifle and Pistol, Han Solo in Endor Gear with Blaster Pistol, Jawas with Glowing Eyes and 4-Lom with Blaster Pistol and Blaster Rifle, Kenner carded C-3P0 figure, three carded Hasbro Episode 1 figures to include Darth Maul, Darth Maul (Tatooine) and Anakin Skywalker (Naboo Pilot), a boxed Hasbro Episode 1 Queen Amidala Black Travel Gown 1999 Portrait Edition 12" figure, two Galoob Micro Machines playsets to include carded 65860 Return Of The Jedi #3 and boxed 65872 Empire Strikes Back Ice Planet Hoth, four unopened Premiere Star Wars Customisable Card Game Expansion Sets and one opened set, four unopened Young Jedi Menace Of Darth Maul Collectible Card Game Booster Packs and two Jedi Council Booster Packs and twelve unopened Special Edition Star Wars Customisable Card Game Expansion Packs (36)
Johannes Engel Masurel (Dutch, 1826-1915) Still lifes of a Copper kettle and vegetables and Dead game in a pantryoils on wooden panel, a pairsigned22 x 24.5cm***CONDITION REPORT***Both oils on panel in honest untouched condition, rather dark with some fine but stable craquelure showing, collector's seal marks verso, old gesso frames that look to be the originals and are in fair condition but somewhat discoloured.PLEASE NOTE:- Prospective buyers are strongly advised to examine personally any goods in which they are interested BEFORE the auction takes place. Whilst every care is taken in the accuracy of condition reports, Gorringes provide no other guarantee to the buyer other than in relation to forgeries. Many items are of an age or nature which precludes their being in perfect condition and some descriptions in the catalogue or given by way of condition report make reference to damage and/or restoration. We provide this information for guidance only and will not be held responsible for oversights concerning defects or restoration, nor does a reference to a particular defect imply the absence of any others. Prospective purchasers must accept these reports as genuine efforts by Gorringes or must take other steps to verify condition of lots. If you are unable to open the image file attached to this report, please let us know as soon as possible and we will re-send your images on a separate e-mail.
A well made Diorama. 'Game Keepers' using Britains Figures and accessories. Including 2 game keepers, bridge with Kingfisher, seated man fishing, standing man fishing, man with dog carrying bird, fish, snake, Stag, deer, rabbits, trees, large and small, ducks, hedges, style, dead tree, buzzard, Heron, stoat, fox, fence sections, sections of laid hedging, crows, Lapwings, badger, etc. Mounted on a grass meadow style base with path and pond. Items GC-VGC some age wear. £60-80
Framed Portrait photograph of Charlie Dean. Overall size 76cm x 56cm. This is his story: "A few days after D-Day we were still near the beaches and we were given a football for some badly needed respite. The game was England V Scotland, about 30 a side and tunics for goalposts. As we played, the Luftwaffe attacked and three planes were immediately shot down by the beach defences and we saw three parachutes land in the trees right next to where we were playing. No one seemed to take any notice, so eventually I tapped my CO, who was also playing, on his arm and asked what was to be done with the three German pilots. He turned and bellowed ‘Bugger them, we’re loosing 3-2 ! Get stuck in".
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