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Lot 1404
A Collection of British Film Stars Hand Signed Black and White Photos - From The 1940's and 1950's - All Signed In Ink ( 6 ) In Total. Includes Bernard Bresslaw - Star of The Army Game, Michael Houston - Film Star, Anne Crawford - Died at The Young Age of 35, Anouk Aimee - French Film Star and John Howard Davis - Boy Star of Oliver Twist. All Postcard Size, Hand Signed In Ink & In Excellent Condition.
Lot 573
MIXED, complete (20), inc. Players (9), Racing Caricatures, Fire-Fighting Appliances, Game Birds and Wild Fowl, Birds & Their Young, Characters From Dickens; Wills (11), Air Raid Precautions, Allied Army Leaders, Dogs, Association Footballers, Radio Celebrities, Arms of the British Empire etc., VG to EX, 940
Lot 53
A group of Victorian games to include mainly cribbage boards and folding boxes, an inlaid Bezique box containing two markers with pegs, a boxed Spillikins game, a boxwood and red stained ivory dice shaker, a propelling pencil in the form of a rifle, boxed miniature bone dominoes and other games
Lot 47
Dixon (Charles). The Game Birds and Wild Fowl of the British Islands, 2nd edition, enlarged, improved and thoroughly revised by the author, Sheffield, 1900, 41 chromolithographed plates, some light toning, bookplate, original pictorial cloth, spine a little rubbed and toned, a few light damp stains, 4to, together with Woodcuts of British Birds, by E. Fitch Daglish, 1925, 20 woodcut plates, a few light spots, previous owner signature, original cloth-backed boards, slight soiling, 4to, limited edition of 500, plus William Yarrell's A History of British Birds, 4 volumes, 4th edition, 1871-74 and two others (8)
Lot 66
Salvin (Francis Henry and Brodrick, William). Falconry in the British Isles, 2nd edition, revised and enlarged, John Van Voorst, 1873, half title with near contemporary ownership signature of Helen Fletcher, Dale Park, Arundel, 28 hand-coloured lithographic plates after William Brodrick (complete), publisher's advertisements at rear, text block partly loosened, small photograph of the book's original owner A.E. Knox, leaning on a fishing rod with a large salmon slung over his shoulder, to front pastedown, dated 1868 in the image, and with manuscript initials A.E.K. below, plus letter addressed to A. E. Knox from Prince Edward Saxe Weimar, dated 9th May 1877, on Molcombe Chichester headed notepaper, with envelope, enquiring after his health, and referring to their mutual friend the Duke of Richmond and Gordon, tipped-on to the front endpaper, original gilt-decorated green cloth with gilt embossed image of a falconer with a cadge to the upper cover, old small manuscript paper label to foot of upper cover, rubbed with minor fraying to extremities, and snagged to head of rear joint (without loss), large 8vo Schwerdt, volume II, page 145. Harting 67. Nissen ZVB 147. 'The second edition is to be preferred for the emendations and additions to the text' (Harting). Ex libris A.E. Knox (1808-1886), keen sportsman and amateur naturalist, and author of Autumns on the Spey (1872), Ornithological Rambles in Sussex (1849), and Game Birds and Wild Fowl (1850), with his autograph signature to head of title 'A.E. Knox, Trotton House, Petersfield'. (1)
Lot 154
England & Wales. Jefferys (Thomas), The Royal Geographical Pastime, Exhibiting a Complete Tour Thro' England and Wales, published 1st January 1770, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, descriptive text to vertical margins, slight staining and dust soiling, 515 x 575 mm, contained in contemporary marbled card slipcase with printed label to upper board, worn and frayed An early cartographic game. The second state with the dedication to the Prince of Wales. (1)
Lot 228
*Field Sports. Von Heicke (Franz), Eight sporting lithographs, published Vienna, circa 1840, eight lithographs with contemporary hand colouring, heightened with gum arabic, titles in German, slight spotting, each approximately 230 x 280 mm, five mounted, framed and glazed, three just mounted The lithographs show, deer stalking, wild boar hunting, stag hunting and game shooting. (8)
Lot 65
Salvin (Francis Henry and Brodrick, William). Falconry in the British Isles, 1st edition, John Van Voorst, 1855, 24 hand-coloured lithographic plates after William Brodrick (complete), some light spotting, and light waterstain to lower margin of some plates, top edge gilt, later marbled endpapers, later dark blue half morocco gilt (by Hatchards), slightly rubbed to extremities and outer corners bumped, large 8vo Schwerdt, volume II, page 145). Harting 67. Nissen ZVB 147. Zimmer, page 541. Ex libris A.E. Knox (1808-1886), keen sportsman and amateur naturalist, and author of Autumns on the Spey (1872), Ornithological Rambles in Sussex (1849), and Game Birds and Wild Fowl (1850), with his autograph signature to head of title, 'A.E. Knox, Trotton House, Petersfield'. First edition of the best English book on falconry and a very attractive publication (Schwerdt). (1)
Lot 142
British Isles. Wallis (John), Wallis's Tour through the United Kingdom of England, Scotland and Ireland, a new Geographical game comprehending all the Cities, Principal Towns, Rivers &c. in the British Empire, published 1st July 1811, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting and dust soiling, 575 x 470 mm, contained in a contemporary card slipcase with a circular printed label, case heavily frayed and worn (1)
Lot 62
Morris (Beverley R.). British Game Birds and Wildfowl, circa 1880, 60 hand-coloured engraved plates, hinges a little tender, original green cloth gilt, joints and edges a little rubbed, light mottled damp stains, 4to, together with Morris (F.O.), A Natural History of the Nests and Eggs of British Birds, 3 volumes, 1861-66, 232 colour plates, one or two detaching, a little light spotting and toning, original green cloth gilt, small light damp stains to covers, 8vo (4)
Lot 155
England & Wales. Wallis (John), Wallis's Tour through England and Wales, A New Geographical Pastime, published 24th December 1794, engraved map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, two columns of instructions and a brief historical description of 117 towns and cities, slight finger and dust soiling, 510 x 660 mm, contained in contemporary card slip case with publisher's printed label to upper board, rubbed and worn at extremities The printed label on the slipcase is dated 1802. Wallis did reissue this game in 1802 (See Whitehouse page 9.), but with this example he is probably using up the remaining sheets of the 1794 issue, but in a new slipcases so as to have the appearance of being up to date. (In actual fact there is no difference between the two issues other than the date alteration.) An early board game requiring the players to move counters around the game and to 'visit' various towns and cities. The game is completed at London. (1)
Lot 58
Millais (John Guille). Game Birds and Shooting-Sketches; Illustrating the Habits, Modes of Capture, Stages of Plumage, and the Hybrids and Varieties which occur amongst them, Henry Sotheran, 1892, frontispiece of Thomas Bewick, 16 colour plates, illustrations, armorial bookplate, top edge gilt, contemporary red straight-grained half morocco, spine and edges a trifle rubbed, folio (1)
Lot 153
England & Wales. Wallis (Edward), Wallis's Picturesque Round Game of the Produce and Manufactures of the Counties of England & Wales, circa 1840, aquatint map with contemporary hand colouring, sectionalised and laid on linen, slight spotting and dust soiling, 650 x 495 mm, contained in contemporary cloth gilt boards, lacking silk tie, boards a little stained and faded, lacking explanatory booklet An unusually decorative map for use as a children's board game. Each county is decorated with vignettes highlighting the various types of manufacturing and produce associated with that location.The map was first published in 1826 and there were several subsequent editions. The British Library owns a copy of the 1844 edition. (1)
Lot 14
A 19thC English Majolica game pie dish and cover, of large size, profusely decorated and raised with dead game to include hare and duck, on a naturalistic setting with bark work outline and naturalistic handles on oak tree feet, probably Minton but unmarked, 42cm wide. (AF) This design is common to the Minton factory around 1868
Lot 310
Box of miscellaneous to include: tapestry top stool, Totopoly boxed game, chess board, novelty bulldog ornament, prints, Kellogg's sunshine breakfast collection radio etc. Together with another box of assorted china to include: copper lustre dresser jugs, part dinnerware, souvenir Welsh costumes, pin dish, Prinknash tankard etc. (2)(B.P. 24% incl. VAT)
Lot 287
Tudor, OysterPrince 34, a gentleman's stainless steel automatic wristwatch, ref. 7909 no. 149208, circa 1956, the cream dial with dart markers and tapered hands, the case 33mm diameter, on a stitched black leather strap PROVENANCE: John Salmon (1931-2017), former chairman and creative chief of the advertising agency Collett Dickenson Pearce. Salmon, known as 'Smokey', an 'adland game-changer', was an indefatigable force in the heyday of advertising in the 1960s and can be described as one of the original 'Mad Men'. CONDITION: movement functioning but not inspected, fracture to the edge of the crystal, light scratches to surface, otherwise in good original condition
Lot 601
Circa 1590 AD. A large gold ring with scrolled pictorial band between the oval main and back bezels; the principal bezel with profile cameo portrait of Elizabeth I with ornate ruff and collar with traces of enamels (possibly once with a crystal inset over the portrait) within an inner border set with cabochon ruby above and garnet below, the sides inset with square turquoise to left and right with rectangular pairs of lapis lazuli and turquoise between (some now missing), the outer border with cells of deep red enamel; the shoulder to right depicting a conch shell and facing figure of crowned Neptune holding trident with blue-green enamel background, supported by two fishes; the shoulder to left depicting a nude female figure reclining in a shell (Britannia as Aphrodite/Venus?) with blue-green enamel background, supported by two fishes; the back bezel with inset oval cameo carved in ancient bone (partially mineralised) depicting a large ship with high sterncastle, three masts and gunports (a British naval vessel?) with empty cells at corners. [A video is available on TimeLine Auctions website] See Scarisbrick, Diana, Portrait Jewels, Thames & Hudson, 2011 and Tudor and Jacobean Jewellery, Tate Gallery, 1995 pl.52 for much information; see Cocks, Anna Somers, An Introduction to Courtly Jewellery, HMSO, London, 1980, pp.24-25 nos.20-21 for details of two Armada jewels and p.27 no.24 for the enamelled cameo portrait Barbor jewel; see Oman, Charles, British Rings, 800-1914 London, 1974 pl.78B, the Earl of Essex ring, for an example of a stone cameo ring given by Elizabeth, with two other examples (78A and 78C); see also Dalton, O. M., Franks Bequest Catalogue of the Finger Rings, British Museum, 1912 no.1358 for the Earl of Essex ring; John Cherry has commented: It is really quite a remarkable ring....the bust looks to be that of Elizabeth I. I would compare it to the bust of the Queen on the Phoenix Jewel in the British Museum....The variety of enamel and stones is interesting. Particularly the use of turquoise and a dark blue stone (lapis lazuli"). David Miller has opined I feel that it is a royal gift from the Queen and by the portrait would judge that the ring dates from about 1585 to 1595. I am pretty sure that the portrait is by the artist Nicholas Hilliard as he designed a number of medals including the 1588 naval reward medal which is the first British war medal (see British Battles and Medals, Spink, 1988 no.1"). 22.42 grams, 25mm overall, 19.50mm internal diameter (approximate size British T, USA 9 1/2 Europe 21.26 Japan 20) (1"). Property of an Elizabeth I coin and artefact connoisseur; acquired London, UK, before 1996; formerly with Richard Hodges of Northampton, UK, prior to 1985 and then held by an eminent Mayfair, London numismatic company. Accompanied by a copy of a receipt letter from R.A. Hodges, dated 26th November 1984; and a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Elizabeth is known to have commissioned jewels for herself, such as the famous locket ring with portraits of her mother, Anne Boleyn and herself (taken from her finger on her death and shown to James I as proof of her death, now held by the Trustees of Chequers, the country residence of the Prime Minister) and to have presented jewels to others; this ring, with its strong seafaring imagery, is very likely to have been presented in 'grateful thanks' to a person of high importance who was directly involved with the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588. There is apparently no specific record of this but possible candidates for the gift might include Sir Francis Drake (vice-admiral, who famously refused to interrupt his game of bowls at Plymouth when told of the approaching Spanish ships), Sir John Hawkins (rear admiral) or Lord Howard of Effingham (commander of the English forces who conceded some control to Drake when the English fleet set sail from Plymouth to confront the Spanish); other names for consideration might include Sir Walter Raleigh (Elizabeth's naval advisor and provider of the Ark Royal), Sir Martin Frobisher, Lord Sheffield, Sir Richard Grenville, Sir Robert Southwell, Lord Henry Seymour, Sir William Winter, John Davis or Edward Fenton. The bone cameo forming the back bezel of the ring shows a large Tudor three-masted sailing ship with a high sterncastle and gunports; allowing for the small scale of the image, the picture shows a typical English fighting vessel of the Armada period. It could be that if the ring was presented to a commander of one of the ships fighting off the Armada, then it could represent his own vessel. The English ships taking part in the defence against the Spanish Armada, with their commanders, included Ark Royal (flag ship of Lord Charles Howard of Effingham), Rainbow (Lord Henry Seymour), Golden Lion (Thomas Howard), White Bear (Alexander Gibson), Vanguard (William Winter), Revenge (Sir Francis Drake), Elizabeth (Robert Southwell), Victory (Rear Admiral Sir John Hawkins), Antelope (Henry Palmer), Triumph (Martin Frobisher), Dreadnought (George Beeston), Mary Rose (Edward Fenton), Nonpareil (Thomas Fenner), Hope (Robert Crosse), Swiftsure (Edward Fenner) and Swallow (Sir Richard Hawkins"). Further research might produce a link with a Tudor portrait that could demonstrate ownership. Elizabeth's address to her forces at Tilbury on 9 August 1558 with the knowledge that the ships and army of Spain were about to assault England, is perhaps her most famous speech and, from a surviving manuscript in the British Library written by Dr Lionel Sharp, her words are transcribed: My loving people, We have been persuaded by some that are careful of our safety, to take heed how we commit our selves to armed multitudes, for fear of treachery; but I assure you I do not desire to live to distrust my faithful and loving people. Let tyrants fear. I have always so behaved myself that, under God, I have placed my chiefest strength and safeguard in the loyal hearts and good-will of my subjects; and therefore I am come amongst you, as you see, at this time, not for my recreation and disport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live and die amongst you all; to lay down for my God, and for my kingdom, and my people, my honour and my blood, even in the dust. I know I have the body but of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart and stomach of a king, and of a king of England too, and think foul scorn that Parma or Spain, or any prince of Europe, should dare to invade the borders of my realm: to which rather than any dishonour shall grow by me, I myself will take up arms, I myself will be your general, judge, and rewarder of every one of your virtues in the field. I know already, for your forwardness you have deserved rewards and crowns; and We do assure you in the word of a prince, they shall be duly paid you. In the mean time, my lieutenant general shall be in my stead, than whom never prince commanded a more noble or worthy subject; not doubting but by your obedience to my general, by your concord in the camp, and your valour in the field, we shall shortly have a famous victory over those enemies of my God, of my kingdom, and of my people. Jewels and rings bearing the portrait of Elizabeth I are well known, including 'The Sir Francis Drake Jewel', a locket traditionally held to have been given to Drake by Elizabeth in the late 16th century - possibly associated with the Armada victory; Drake is shown wearing this locket in a portrait dated to 1591 and it contains a portrait of Elizabeth and of her emblem, a phoenix; it is interesting to note that the jewelled border to the locket is inset with stones in a similar manner to this ring. There is also the 'Armada Pendant', a similar locket given by Elizabeth to Sir Thomas Heneage which holds a miniature by Hilliard. Rings include the Earl of Essex example, with a stone cameo portrait and others. Good condition, fine portrait. Unique and historically important
Lot 296
A suite of lapidary cut drinking glasses, decorated with engraved naturalistic scenes featuring game animals and other wildlife including a fox and a hound, comprising six Champagne glasses, six whisky tumblers, six gin glasses, six red wine glasses, five white wine glasses, six port glasses, and two brandy balloons (37)
Lot 172
A Chinese bone puzzle, circa 1890, of square shape, the slide off lid with pierced design of figures within a landscape, together with a Japanese carved walnut, a hard wood stand, and box wood Netsuke of two birds (4)There is damage to the pierced ground on the lid, the game contains two layers of pieces and appears complete.
Lot 157
After Richard Ansdell RA (1815-1885), a set of six engraved colour prints by engravers such as W.T. Davey, David George Thompson, and W.H. Simmons from the same series 'From the Original Pictures in the Possession of J.B. Nelson Esq., Liverpool; including Black Game, Pheasants, Duck, Rabbit, Partridge, and Grouse. Image size 30 cm x 57 cm, sheet size 40 cm x 65 cm approx., in maple frames and glazed (6)
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