In order to view full details and any additional images for this lot as well as place advanced bids or bid live, please click here to view this lot on the auctioneer's websiteNaval General Service 1793-1840, 2 clasps, Copenhagen 1801, Trafalgar (Thomas Bradford.) some minor contact wear and edge bruising, otherwise good very fine £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Whalley Collection 1877; Hyde Greg Collection 1887; Sotheby, July 1943; Seaby, August 1950; Hayward, October 1971. Thomas Bradford is a unique name on the rolls and is confirmed as a Landsman aboard the Bellona at Copenhagen, and as an Able Seaman aboard the Colossus (Captain J. N. Morris) at Trafalgar. At the Battle of Trafalgar on 21 October 1805, the Colossus 74 was the sixth vessel in line behind Vice-Admiral Cuthbert Collingwood’s Royal Sovereign 100, and coming into the action she forced the Swiftsure 74 to bear up with her opening broadsides and then devastated the French Argonaute 74 in ten minutes after the two vessels had become interlocked. She next took the fight to both the Spanish Bahama 74 and the Swiftsure with the result that both surrendered, the latter following an emphatic broadside from the Orion 74, Captain Edward Codrington. The prominent part the Colossus played in the battle was illustrated by the fact that she suffered the most casualties in the fleet, with forty men killed and sixty wounded. One of the latter was Morris himself, who received a severe knee injury but continued in command with a tourniquet that he had applied to his leg until being carried below at the end of the engagement. Symbolically, his ship’s aggression was exemplified by a game-cock which escaped the hen-coop when it was smashed to pieces, and which perched near Morris throughout the action, screaming a presumed defiance at the enemy. Following the battle the Colossus was taken in tow by the Agamemnon 64, Captain Sir Edward Berry, and she eventually reached Gibraltar where Morris was hospitalised.
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BOOKS - game bird titles and mammals of the world to include 'Pheasants of the World', second edition by Jean Delacour, 1977, Spur Publications, 'Memoirs of an Artist Naturalist', by George E Lodge, 1946, Gurney & Jackson, 'Pheasants in Covert & Aviary' by Frank Townend Barton, 1912, John Long Ltd London, 'Hunting Wildlife with Camera & Flashlight' by George Shiras, Volumes I & II, National Geographic Society, 'Game Birds' by Douglas Dewar, 'Wood Engravings' by E Fitch Daglish, 1928, Chapman & Hall Ltd, 'The Birds of the British Isles' by David A Bannerman, Volumes III, VII & XII, illustrated by George E Lodge, 1958, Oliver & Boyd, 'British & American Game Birds' by H B C Pollard & Phyllis Barclay-Smith, illustrations by Phillip Rickman, 1945, Eyre & Spottiswoode, London and 'Mammals of the World' by Ernest P Walker and others, Volumes I & II, in original slip cover, 1964, The John Hopkins Press, Baltimore
FISHING INTEREST - product catalogues and books in excess of one dozen including 'Sue Burgess Fly Tying Materials & Game Fishing Tackle', six items 1976 and later, 'Tom C Saville Ltd Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Catalogue 1970', 'Tom Watson's Fishing Annual 1966', Dermot Wilson 'A Choice of Tackle' and 'The Truth About Tackle', 'Return to the River' by Roderick Haig-Brown and an R J W Coleby 1975 catalogue 'Books for the Sportsman's Library'
Selection of children,s, games and puzzles. Including Escalado, Construments Number100 Set, Building Blocks, Wooden Trains, Tin plate Kitchen and a child's transfer printed tea set.Condition report: The board and four playing pieces are included in the Peter Rabbit Race Game. See photograph.
Edmund Swift Jnr. (19th century) Portrait of Joseph Carus White and his wife Maria Harriet White nee Carus playing a game of chess Extensively inscribed and dated 1872 verso, oil on canvas, 87cm diameter (oval) See illustration See Illustration . Stretcher shadow especially prominent along top edge. Rectangular upright patch repair to reverse upper left hand corner approx 1 cm by 15 cm (images can be supplied upon request). Small nick to surface slightly above and left of ladies head no more than 0.5 cm across. Surface dirt and discoloured varnish. Varying sized stable craquelure throughout. Small patch of more pronounced crazing amongst table support. There is an amount of fairly consistent retouching throughout the ladies skirt, a further patch/patches at her right shoulder, a minimal amount above her left hand at bust height and a further reasonably small amount of retouching within her hair. The gentleman has two small patches of retouching within his hair approx centre and right. Some of the shadowing and lines of the interior on the right hand side appear to have been strengthened. Upon inspection out of frame (please see images) general rubbing to edges as expected. The work has seemingly been relined or strengthened/laid down onto a new canvas in line with the stretcher. For further information please contact the department. See further images.
A Black Forest Carved Wooden Hunting Theme Wall Timepiece, circa 1890, carved case depicting a hound and dead game and a rifle, carved back shield plaque, 5-inch dial with Roman numerals, single barrel movement with a platform cylinder escapement, 88cm high 07.12.20 Shield back plaque with scratches, fading and rub marks in parts, plaque with one crack to the left hand side and signs of old repair with a strengthening piece of wood has been added to the back, some small chips to the carved mounts, dial numerals with minor cracks and chips,
Lego, Thunderbirds, Others - A boxed vintage Lego Basic Building Set #366 from the early 1980's. The set appears in Good overall condition in a Good box with age related wear and is unchecked for completeness. The set is also accompanied by a vintage 'Funny Face' game, together with a collection of Thunderbirds related pin brooches mounted on a shop POS display card.
Polish Draughts.- Lallement (J.G.) Les Quatre Jeux de Dames, Polonais, Egyptien, -Echecs, et a Trois Personnes, 2 vol., first edition, vol.1 in 2 parts, each with half-title and separate title but continuous pagination, vol. 1 with 2 folding woodcut plates, one with small tear in middle, vol. 2 with 407 diagrams of games, ms correction note attached to p170 of volume1, blank margin of p.315 damaged and repaired, not affecting text, additional ms diagram attached to game 292 in vol. 2, vol. 1 water-stained throughout, more severely at beginning and end, but not damaging paper, ex libris of C van Hulthem, contemporary calf, spines elaborately gilt, covers of vol. 1 water-stained, 12mo, Metz, Chez l'auteur, 1802.⁂ Largely concerned with the game of Polish Draughts, played on a 10 by 10 board and much more complex than the 8 by 8 game played in Britain and America. The collection of Charles van Hulthem formed the core of the Royal Library of Belgium, but there is no indication that these volumes were ever housed there.
A BOXED DINKY TOYS CUNARD - WHITE STAR LINE 'QUEEN MARY', No.52a, version with '534' and 'Queen Mary' cast underneath, playworn condition with paint loss and wear, signs of metal fatique, missing rollers, box damaged, with an RJ (R.Journet of London) Queen Mary puzzle (s.d), a boxed Chad Valley Cunard jigsaw 'R.M.S. Berengaria' (complete and in good condition), box damaged, a boxed Harlesden Series Queen Mary game (contents not checked), box damaged, a boxed Victory jigsaw of the Queen Mary (complete and in good condition), box damaged, with three boxed modern ocean liner jigsaws (boxed still sealed in polythene) (8)
A GROUP OF VICTORIAN AND LATER GLASSWARE including modern boxed pieces, including a Galway quartz clock, a boxed Dartington Crystal Glitz vase with Swarovski crystal elements, a boxed Marquis by Waterford bowl, a Victorian etched celery vase, height 25.5cm, a seven piece lemonade set with game bird decoration (quantity)
An important pair of German late 18th century ormolu and brass mounted mahogany 'mechanical' reading/writing/card/games tables attributed to David Roentgen (1743-1807)Circa 1785, each with a triple foldover top, the first hinged top enclosing an inset baize playing surface, the second inlaid with a chess and draughts board, the third surface on one table inset with a baize surface incorporating a hinged rest and a lever-activated opposing 'pop-up' hinged box, enclosing an ebony and stained fruitwood inlaid backgammon playing surface encompassed by ivory playing discs, flanked by two compartments with line-inlaid tambour sliding lids, the other table inset with a gilt-tooled leather surface incorporating a hinged writing rest and a lever-activated opposing 'pop-up' hinged box, enclosing a void interior, each with panel mounted friezes and flute mounted angles, with a catch-activated release for the rear gateleg and a secret drawer, on four detachable screw-in square tapering legs each with two mille raie outer facings headed by collar mouldings, terminating in moulded block and peg feet, each: 99cm wide x 48.5cm deep x 81cm high, (38 1/2in wide x 19in deep x 31 1/2in high) (2)Footnotes:ProvenanceFormerly with Didier Aaron, Paris.Purchased: Koller Auctions, Zurich, 26th March 2015, Furniture, Porcelain and Decoration, lot 1184.Auction ComparablesA single games table of this same type sold Sotheby's, Zurich, 7th December 1994, lot 257. Another similar Roentgen table, albeit a very slightly earlier model dating to circa 1780, sold Christie's, London, 7th July 2008, Important European Furniture, lot 535.Forerunners and Further ComparablesTwo precursors to the offered lot, in terms of form, Neoclassical design and multifunctionality, feature in W. Koeppe, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, 2012, New York, fig.'s 24 & 27, pp.'s 108-9 & 116-119, which was published to accompany the important and hugely successful exhibition of the same title held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York in 2012. The first table is dated circa 1774-1780 and the second 1774-1775, and as a result of their earlier dates of production both of these incorporate marquetry which is totally absent on the offered pair.However the closest comparables to the present tables include one, dated 1780-1783, also illustrated and analysed in W. Koeppe, Extravagant Inventions: The Princely Furniture of the Roentgens, fig. 45, pp.'s 163-5. And another, circa 1785, that is housed at the Palace of Pavlovsk in St. Petersburg features in both Greber, J.M. Abraham und David Roentgen, Mobel fur Europa, 1980, Starnberg, Bd. 1, S. 235, Bd. 2, S. 320, 321 and in D. Fabian, Abraham und David Roentgen, Das noch aufgefundene Gesamtwerk ihrer Mobel- und Uhrenkunst in Verbindung mit der Uhrmacherfamilie Kinzing in Neuwied, 1996, Bad Neustadt/Saale, fig. 103, p. 62. The New Restrained Roentgen StyleThese 'tables a jeu a quatre variations', examples of which are very rare to come across in pairs, display all of the features typically found on those pieces emanating from the workshop of Neuwied-based David Roentgen during the 1780s. By that time Roentgen's output had become increasingly restrained, incorporating the linear forms and antique elements of the new Neoclassicism. Instead of marquetry which had gradually fallen out of fashion, Roentgen took to simple but costly mahogany veneers with sparingly elegant use of gilt bronze ornamentation, thus completing the process of artistic emancipation from his father, Abraham Roentgen (1711-93). And yet arguably the most notable feature of David's works were now their complex mechanisms, in this case the rising box for 'tric-trac', the lateral compartments with tambour covers, the detachable screw-in legs, and the skilfully concealed, or essentially 'secret', drawer.The Development of Roentgen's Mechanical Furniture The earliest mechanical tables of Neoclassical design by David Roentgen were supplied in 1771 for the country house at Worlitz on behalf of Prince Leopold III Friedrich Franz von Anhalt-Dessau, where they are still located, D. Fabian, Abraham und David Roentgen, 1996, No.'s 47a-b. Roentgen provided a further pair to his main client of the mid-1770s, Prince Charles of Lorraine, Governor of the Austrian Netherlands, but these are now housed at the Museum fur Angewandte Kunst in Vienna, D. Fabian, Op. Cit, No.'s 67 & 68. Both sets employ abundant colourful marquetry but by the 1780s Roentgen had rejected this aesthetic in favour of plain mahogany with delicate mounts and this proved to be preferred by the princely patrons throughout that decade, as evidenced by the Pavlovsk model which was delivered along with many other items to the Russian court from circa 1783 onwards, Op. Cit, No. 103. For his most mechanically complicated pieces, Roentgen worked closely with Peter Kinzing, a highly gifted clockmaker likewise from Neuwied, and after they had supplied Marie Antoinette with an automaton in 1785, the position of Ebeniste Mecanicien du Roi et de la Reine was even conferred upon Roentgen. This was a rare and distinguished Royal appointment which one of the most famous cabinet makers of the 18th century, Jean-Francois Oeben (1721-1763), had previously been honoured with in 1760, during the reign of Louis XV.Famous Admirers of RoentgenInterestingly, it was this mechanical element of Roentgen's output that was held in the highest esteem by his peers and various notable contemporary figures. Roentgen was even revered by the literary, cultural and scientific polymath and major German Romantic, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) who epitomised the zeitgeist. Goethe, author of the seminal Faust, Parts I and II probably encountered a games table similar to the offered examples while working at Weimar Palace as Privy Councillor to Duke Karl August von Sachsen-Weimar-Eisenach. This is believed to be the case due to an 1810 inventory of the assembly room at the Weimar Palace which documents a: 'game table veneered with mahogany, and decorated with brass mouldings. With a hidden 'Tocadille' [backgammon board]', 3 feet 4 inches long, 1 foot 8 inches deep. By Rontchen.', W. Koppe, Idem, p. 164.Analysis of the Offered LotAt first appearance the present tables are misleadingly simple in form and decoration, but it is clear that Roentgen's choice of superb mahogany veneers is perfectly matched and beautifully highlighted by his restrained, yet visually striking, use of both gilt bronze and brass mounts. The natural grain of the mahogany is effectively manipulated so that it runs horizontally along the length of the leaves whereas the flame figuring is vertical on each frieze. The mounts are brilliantly incorporated into the overall scheme to create a visually thrilling sense of depth. In particular, the projecting mouldings are brought out with bronze applications, the mille raie fields on the front and outer side facings of the legs are gilded, and the classical fluting to the angle blocks are lined with brass.In relation to the mounts, evidently Roentgen was influenced by the practice of contemporary Parisian ebenistes, who ordered their mounts directly from specialists working solely within that field. By 1779 Roentgen was employing the same process and in fact many of his mounts from that date onwards were supplied by the renowned maitre-doreur, Francois Remond (1747-1812) who was also based in Paris, C. Baulez, David Roentgen et Francois Remond, Une Collaboration Majeure dans l'Histoire du Mobi... This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: Y ФY Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.Ф This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
TECHNOFIX "Zebra Crossing", 1960er Jahre, Blech-Verkehrsspiel mit Familie, 2 Fahrzeugen und Gebäuden sowie Zebrastreifen zwischen zwei Rundstrecken, Made in Western-Germany, leicht bespielt, Schlüssel und Karton anbei, (Karton besch. und geklebt), L 34 x B 32 cm. TECHNOFIX "Zebra crossing", 1960s, sheet metal traffic game with family, 2 vehicles and buildings as well as zebra crossings between two circular routes, Made in Western Germany, lightly used, key and box enclosed, (box coated and glued), l 34 x w 32 cm.
MÄRKLIN 3-tlg Konvolut, Spur H0, bestehend aus Tipp-Kick Fußballwagen 44460, 3-tlg Wagen-Set in einer Sonderausführung der "Etra-AG Zürich" 4787 und Gleisplanspiel für M-Gleise M 0230, nicht auf Vollständigkeit geprüft, je unbespielt im Orig-Karton. MÄRKLIN 3-part convolute, track H0, consists of Tipp-Kick football car 44460, 3-piece car set in a special version from "Etra-AG Zürich" 4787 and track simulation game for M-tracks M 0230, completeness not checked, each unplayed in the original box.
SCHUCO Verkehrsspiel "Varianto Patent 3010 V", 1945-1949, mit drei Fahrzeugen: "Varianto-Limo 3041", "Varianto 3040" und "Varianto Elektro 3117", je mit der Bodenprägung "Made in Western Germany" sowie weitere Zubehörteile und "Bauvorlage", im Orig.-Karton, tlw. bespielt, Altersspuren.Größe Karton: L 40 x B 30 cm. SCHUCO traffic game "Varianto patent 3010 V", 1945-1949, with three vehicles: "Varianto-Limo 3041", "Varianto 3040" and "Varianto Elektro 3117", each with the bottom embossing "Made in Western Germany" as well as other accessories and "building template", in the original box, partly used, size of carton: l 40 x w 30 cm.
INDIAN MUTINY AND WORLD WAR IPapers of Patrick Whelan, senior administrator for the British army in India, including letters by his friend and colleague Major-General William Riddell Birdwood, several written from the Anzac Corps on the Western Front, together with papers acquired by his forebears at the time of the Indian Mutiny in 1857, comprising:i) Eight autograph and typed letters signed ('W.R. Birdwood'), six to Patrick Whelan ('My dear Whelan'), and two to his wife, letters of thanks and congratulations; one on Birdwood's departure for Egypt to command the Anzac troops training there; another from the Front ('...Things are going well but slowly, as is only natural, for the Germans have very strong positions in front of us, and fight stubbornly. I hope though that we have killed a good many of them in the last few days, and we have had quite a successful haul of guns. I have lately taken my troops out of the trenches, and while there I am glad to say they succeeded in bayonetting some three hundred Germans by raiding across no man's land into their trenches at night, and establishing a feeling of holy terror in consequence. Now, however, we are called upon to take a much larger part in the game, when we must I fear naturally expect to have heavy casualties...'; hoping to get him a post with the Mesopotamian commission; his opinion of said commission ('...How they have formed a committee without any knowledge of India seems astounding...'), mentioning preparations for an attack north-east of Pozières in early August 1916 ('...I have had a terrible lot of hard fighting with my Australians here all this last month... they have done excellently, and quite lived up to their old Peninsula reputation...'), 25 pages in all, 8vo and 4to, Kohat, NW Frontier Province, Bombay, 1st Anzac Corps, France, 5 May [19]11 to 25 August 1916ii) Papers relating to military operations during the Indian Mutiny of 1857, comprising a manuscript list titled 'Distribution of European Troops & Sikhs on the banks of the Ganges', Koladque, 26 August 1857; with a manuscript copy (docketed 'Extract copy') of a letter from Colonel Robert Napier, chief engineer and military and adjutant general to Sir James Outram, written in several hands, reporting on the massing of troops and preparations prior to the first relief of Lucknow in September 1857, dated 27 August [1857]iii) Six warrants of authority each signed at head ('William R'), addressed to 'The General or Officer Commanding Our Forces', authorising the bearer to convene or cause to be convened a General Courts Martial should the occasion arise, in Bengal and the East Indies, three engraved with manuscript insertions, three manuscript, four countersigned by Melbourne, two by Russell, 15 pages, paper seals, dust-stained, various marks, tears, small holes, some losses, one extensively damaged, folio, Windsor, 26 March 1834 and 19 April 1837Footnotes:Patrick Whelan was born into a long line of British civil servants and administrators in India and was clearly held in high esteem, as these letters from the then Major-General Birdwood show. After seeing action with Kitchener during the Second Boer War, Birdwood commanded the Anzacs at Gallipoli and on the Western Front, before becoming commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army during the closing stages of the war and returning to India in 1920. These papers have remained in the family until now and are being sold by the granddaughter of Patrick Whelan.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
* Singapore Mutiny. A presentation box from the Singapore Mutiny 15 February 1915, the mahogany box with silver plaque with hallmarks for Chester 1913 engraved 'F.M. From H.C.M.', the hinged lid enclosing a green velvet lined interior and secret lift out tray concealing 7 INERT .303 bullets, the inner lid with silver plaque engraved 'Martial Law, Mrs Gerald Mugliston, A Souvenir of the Mutiny of the Indian Troops 5th Light Infantry, 15th Feby 1915 - From the spare Jagga', the box 10cm high x 18.5cm wide x 11.5cm deep, together with a photocopied account of the Mutiny published in the Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research Vol. LXII, No.251 Autumn 1984Qty: (1)NOTESProvenance: Collection of Jack Webb (1923-2019), London. The 1915 Singapore Mutiny, also referred to as 1915 Sepoy Mutiny or the Mutiny of the 5th Light Infantry, was a mutiny involving up to half of a regiment of 850 sepoys against the British during WWI. Linked with the 1915 Ghadar Conspiracy (a plan to initiate a pan-Indian mutiny in the British Indian Army in February 1915 to end the British Raj in India). The Singapore Mutiny commenced on 15 February 1915 and lasted several days. It resulted in the deaths of eight British officers and soldiers, two Malay officers and one soldier, 14 British civilians, 5 Chinese and Malay civilians and one German internee before it was quelled by British forces and Allied naval detachments. Sold with some copied extracts including reference to Mr Gerald Mugliston playing a game of billiards in the Singapore Free Press & Mercantile Advertiser, 18 October 1921 and also being the Chairman of the Singapore United Rubber Plantation from 1948 onwards.
* Wallis (Barnes Neville, 1887-1979). Two sheets of pen and ink matchstick figures by Barnes Wallis, c. 1940s, titled 'Matchstick Professions' at head of each sheet and comprising a total of 38 pen and ink over pencil matchstick figures in various poses, numbered in red pencil adjacent, some spotting and browning to both sheets, pasted on card, each sheet 32 x 20 cm, together with a set of a similar advertising game, comprising12 pieces of board with advertising and humorous cuttings pasted to rectos and numbered in pen or pencil, 5 of the largest cards used being the versos of colour-printed adverts for Empire Tea, 38 x 25 cm, plus a piece of card with pencil 'Answers' to these and other games, not in Wallis's hand, plus 2 complete packs of playing cards by Waddington featuring Wellington and Wellesley aircraft pictures to versos, contained in a homemade hinged wooden box with initials MW (probably Mary, daughter of Barnes and Molly) stencilled to upper lid and sides, and Mary's brother's name and date, 'Christopher Wallis 1945' inscribed to base, 11.5 x 15 x 4 cm, plus a folder of Wallis family wordgames on various sheets including duplicates and photocopiesQty: (a folder)NOTESProvenance: From the family of Barnes Wallis, by direct descent.
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