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Lot 485
ROYAL. A VICTORIAN CIGAR BOX. of moulded octagonal form with divided interior, the lid inset with crowned oval badge of the Prince of Wales and inscribed HRH ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES INDIA 1875, the underside engraved Presented to Lord Suffield on returning from India by His Royal Highness The Prince of Wales, 24 x 15cm, by R & S Garrard, London 1876, the underside of the lid engraved [presumably at Goldsmiths Hall] Goldsmiths Hall June 10th 1876. This Box weighing 36oz 5dwt was made to receive a stamped silver medal of unknown assay, marked R & S GARRARD PANTON ST LONDON, 39ozs; sold with Russell (W H), The Prince of Wales` Tour a Diary in India with some account of some of the visits of His Royal Highness to the Courts of Greece Egypt Spain and Portugal, second edition, Woodburytype portrait and wood engravings, scarlet cloth, worn, aeg, London: Sampson, Lowe, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1877 (2) Provenance: Charles, 5th Lord Suffield; thence by decent at Gunton Park, Norfolk until sold on the Instructions of the Trustees of the Gunton Park Estate, Irelands` (Auctioneers), sale on the premises, 16-17 and 25-26 September 1990, lot 1258, whence bought by the present vendor. A keen sportsman, Charles Harbord, 5th Lord Suffield (1830-1914) was a favourite of the Prince of Wales, his new neighbour at Sandringham House. He served as Lord-in-Waiting and Head of the Household of the Prince. Russell`s Diary which accompanies the lot is full of incident, from lively antics on board the "Serapis" to dramatic accounts of elephant charges and big game hunting: "For Lord Suffield there was the pleasant combination of the duties of a high officer of state about the person of the Prince, and of the pleasures of a keen sportsman - good with rifle and gun, and firm in the saddle - in new fields" and, later "The Prince killed a fine tigress with six cubs... Lord Suffield shot a tiger which assumed a very menacing attitude, and obliged him to fire in self-defence; and an odd lot of porcupines, deer, wild boar, pea-fowl, black-buck, duck, snipe, partridge and plover were laid out before the tents when the shooting parties returned in the evening".. ++ Box - in fine condition with light wear to the top as when purchased at the above mentioned house sale
Lot 502
A VICTORIAN COFFEE POT. of baluster shape with domed lid and engraved with flowers and rocaille, ivory handle and knop, crested, 21cm h, by R & S Garrard, London 1840, 22ozs gross. ++ One side with a large but shallow dent, the other with a more minor depression. The ivory handle and knop original but with numerous minor stained cracks. On the lid two pin head sized holes the purpose for which is unclear
Lot 23
Cherry-Garrard (Apsley). The Worst Journey in the World. Antarctic 1910-1913, 2 vols., 1st ed., 1922, coloured frontispiece to each, maps and plates, some folding, one or two tears and frayed foredges, library label to each rear pastedown, section excised from front endpaper vol. I, original cloth, spine ends chipped, joints splitting, rubbed, 8vo (2)
Lot 403
An impressive service of silver Queens pattern cutlery, London 1966/8, 1970/2/7, & Sheffield 1966, 1972/3, comprising of nine dessert forks & knives, seven table forks & knives, ten soup spoons, nine dessert spoons, four serving spoons, nine tea & coffee spoons, two sauce ladles, nine fish knives & forks, twelve cake forks, a carving knife & fork, Garrard & Co Ltd, approximate gross weight of cutlery without knives & fish forks 139.47 oz, together with miscellaneous cutlery, (a Lot).
Lot 98
An unusual inter-war civil C.B., C.B.E., Great War military O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Kenneth Lyon, Under Secretary of State in the 1939-45 War, late Captain, Royal Field Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commanders 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, London fitted case; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officers 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. K. Lyon); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; France, Legion of Honour, Chevaliers breast badge, in silver, gilt and enamel, together with Glass Sellers Companys Medal, bronze-gilt, officially named to Kenneth Lyon, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., M.A., Master 1951-52, in fitted case, mounted as worn where applicable, the O.B.E. with worn gilt and the French badge chipped at arms points, otherwise very fine and better (11) £800-1000 C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1938. C.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1924. French Legion of Honour London Gazette 14 January 1921. Kenneth Lyon was born at Rainhill, Lancashire in February 1886 and was educated at Birkenhead School and Merton College, Oxford. Entering the Civil Service in 1909, as a Higher Division Clerk at the War Office, he acted as Private Secretary to the Adjutant-General 1912-16. In June of the latter year, however, in order to play a more active part in the prevailing hostilities, he was accepted as a Cadet by the Royal Artillery and, on completion of his training at the end of the same year, was embarked for France as a 2nd Lieutenant in 13th Brigade, R.F.A., in which capacity he remained actively employed until the end of the War. And, in addition to being mentioned in the Secretary of States List in February 1917, and winning a ômentionö in December 1918, was awarded the O.B.E. - the announcement of this latter honour has yet to be traced in the London Gazette, but is listed after his name in the same publication on the confirmation of his advancement to Captain (see London Gazette 16 July 1920). Returning to his duties in the Civil Service, Lyon was Private Secretary to various Secretaries of State for War 1921-24, including Lord Derby, and was awarded the C.B.E. in the latter year. Next serving as Assistant Secretary at the War Office 1924-36, he was also a Member of the British Delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva in 1932. Lyon took up his final appointment, as Under Secretary of State in 1936, in which latter capacity he was awarded the C.B. in 1938 and served throughout the 1939-45 War. A Freeman of the City of London, he served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Glass Seller 1951-52 and died in August 1956; sold with original Times obituary cutting (dated 6 August 1956), and related statements published in later editions. Also see Lot 100 for his brothers Honours and Awards.
Lot 264
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, G.C.B. (Civil) Knight Grand Cross set of insignia by Garrard, comprising sash badge in 22 carat gold, hallmarked London 1865, makers mark of Robert Garrard, 60mm x 52mm; and breast star in silver, gold and enamel, 98mm x 92mm, the reverse inscribed R & S. Garrard & Co.Goldsmiths & Jewellers to the Crown, 25 Haymarket, London, fitted with gold pin for wearing, the set with non-standard sash in its R. & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue, the interior silk lining inscribed in ink with the Arabic word for British, extremely fine and scarce £2000-2500 Provenance: Khedive Ismail Pasha of Egypt.
Lot 265
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, K.C.B. (Civil) Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1855, makers mark of Robert Garrard, 54mm x 36mm, with full neck cravat complete with gold clasp fitments; and breast star in silver, gold and enamel, the reverse stamped with makers mark of William Neale and fitted with gold pin for wearing, extremely fine and scarce £1000-1200
Lot 267
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions breast badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1847, makers mark of Robert Garrard, complete with original wide swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle as issued, extremely fine and very scarce £500-600 The Civil division of the Order of the Bath was enlarged in 1847 to include Second and Third Classes of the Order, and provision was made for 50 K.C.B.s and 200 C.B.s. The first insignia was made by Garrard & Co., the elements of the hallmarks including an upper case Gothic M for 1847, the makers initials RG and the figure 18 for the fineness of the gold.
Lot 268
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions breast badge in 18 carat gold, hallmarked London 1870, makers mark of Robert Garrard, complete with original narrow swivel-ring bar suspension and gold ribbon buckle as issued, in its R & S. Garrard & Co. case of issue, extremely fine £400-500
Lot 600
A Second World War Norway 1940 operations D.S.C. attributed to Sub. Lieutenant W. A. George, Royal Naval Reserve Distinguished Service Cross, G.VI.R., reverse officially dated 1940, hallmarks for London 1939, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue, extremely fine £600-700 D.S.C. London Gazette 26 September 1940: For services in Norway. The original recommendation states: On 8 May 1940, being landed with a party from the Northern Spray to examine a German troop-carrier down in Efjordan, the party was surprised and attacked by some 30 Germans, the late occupants of the plane, with machine-guns and grenades. After all their ammunition was expended, the party surrendered, except Skipper George, who, eluding his captors, made his way to the wrecked plane, in which he spent the night. He collected all books and papers he thought might be of value and, launching the india-rubber boat, crossed the fjord and eventually rejoined his ship. William Arthur George received his D.S.C. at a Buckingham Palace investiture held on 3 February 1942; sold with a photocopied image of a wartime family photograph, including George in R.N.R. officers uniform, the caption erroneously giving his first name as Wilfred - only one R.N.R. officer received the D.S.C. in 1940, namely the above cited William Arthur George.
Lot 1323
A gentleman`s 9ct gold circular cased Garrard Automatic wristwatch, the signed circular silvered dial, with baton numerals, Arabic at twelve and with a date of the month aperture, a white gold, sapphire and diamond set cluster ring and a 9ct gold, sapphire and colourless gem set oval cluster ring.
Lot 193
†An Important British Royal Presentation Cup, Cover and Salver to Admiral Charles H Davis, U.S.N.. S Garrard, London 1903 and 1904, the salver of circular form, the border with Art Nouveau style ribbons and six panels of winged messengers with cups, fruit and grapes in their hands, the centre engraved with the Royal Arms and engraved inscription " Presented by His Britannic Majesty`s Government To Rear Admiral Charles Henry Davis in Recognition of his Services on the International Commission of Enquiry at Paris January 1905" the cover of circular form with palmette border and a seated mermaid figure tending her long hair and using a scallop shell as a mirror, the cup of slender form with four principal panels depicting North, South East and West as pre-raphealite ladies, dolphin handles, knopped stem and a spreading base with dolphins. Cup and cover 52cm high, 103oz, Salver 45cm diameter 92oz
Lot 19
George Wickes (1698 - 1761) was perhaps the leading English goldsmith and silversmith of the second quarter of the 18th century, his work being only rivaled by the Huguenot silversmiths such as Paul de Lameire and David Wuillaume. Wickes gained the Freedom of The Goldsmiths Company in 1720, after having been apprenticed to Samuel Wastell in 1712, and registered his first marks in 1721-2. In 1735 Wickes was appointed as Goldsmith to Frederick, Prince of Wales, and moved his business to the King`s Arms in Panton Street. Wickes" business flourished as he counted many members of the aristocracy amongst his clients, including Lord North, and Thomas Fane (8th Earl of Westmorland from 1762) who opened an account with Wickes in 1743. There were important family and social connections between the Fane Family and George Wickes through his wife, Alder Wickes, who was directly related to the Scrope family of Bristol, and whose line passed to descendents of Henry Fane of Wormsley, younger brother of Thomas, in 1786. These important connections were backed up through the Wickes" family connections to the Bristol Merchant Venturers, of which Thomas Fane was secretary until 1762. Thomas Fane`s younger brother Henry had been a client of Wickes since the mid-1730`s when he ordered the large tureen, lot 24 in this sale, and a further quantity of house-hold plate and jewellery, just before his marriage to Charlotte Rowe in 1735. Lot 23 in this sale, a pair of cast candlesticks, were made in 1747, one year before Wickes" business was taken over by Edward Wakelin. During the second half of the 18th century, George Wickes" business evolved through a number of partnerships and the Fane family seemed to have been very loyal to the firm (see lots 19-22 in this sale). The firm became Wakelin and Parker in 1758 when another of Wickes apprentices, John Parker became a partner, and lot 19 and 20 in this sale, the important silver table and en suite salvers date from this partnership. In 1776 the partnership changed to Wakelin & Taylor under John Wakelin and William Taylor, and the large oval meat dish, lot 22 in this sale, which the Wakelin & Taylor ledgers in Garrard Archives show was made for John Fane (1751-1824). In 1792, the partnership again changed when Robert Garrard became a partner. Robert Garrard took sole control of the company in 1802, and the Garrard name continues to trade today in Albermarle Street in London. An important George III silver circular table by Parker & Wakelin, London 1760, the edge with alternating gadroon and rococo shell and leaf scroll, a rococo engraved band incorporating scenes in the Louis XV picturesque style representing the Four Elements with a man tending a garden (earth), a flying dove (air), dolphins in the sea (water) and a basilisk walking through flames (fire), with a central engraved rococo cartouche with an armorial, on four rococo cast open work scroll feet, scratch weight 246oz 9d, 70cm (27in) diameter, 7614g (240.45oz) The armorial is for LUTHER quartering (2) DAWTREY and (3)CHAMBERLAYNE and impaling BENNET. They are for the marriage of John Luther of Myles`s to Levina Bennet on the 10th January 1762. In what was recorded as one of the severest contested election, costing him £50000, John Luther was elected MP for Essex. As John Luther died childless, the representation of this family became vested in the descendants of Henry Fane of Wormsley, younger brother of Thomas, 8th Earl of Westmorland and of John Taylor, MD of Clifton. With a hexagonal wooden traveling case, En suite to the next lot, Lot 20. See Lot 240 which includes a print of John Luther`s former home Myles`s, Essex Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 22
A George III silver oval meat dish by John Wakelin and William Taylor, London 1777, with a lobed border, engraved on each side with the arms of Fane and Parker within an oval neo-classical border, scratch weight 105oz 3d, 59.5cm (23.25in), 3224g (103.65 oz) The Armorial of Fane and Parker may have been engraved on this meat dish for the marriage on 16th November 1773 of JOHN FANE (1751-1824) DCL MP of Wormsley, Watlington, Oxon, to Lady Elizabeth PARKER, daughter of the 3rd Earl of Macclesfield of Shirburn Castle, Watlington. John Fane was the son of Henry Fane, brother of the 8th Earl of Westmorland, who had married Rebecca Taylor in 1748. The Garrard Legders in the Victoria & Albert Museum Archive Library show that this meat dish was ordered from Wakelin & Taylor by John Fane March 26th 1778, "a gadrooned serving dish for meat" 105oz. 0. 6/11. cost £36.6s.3d. "to engrave two coats in ornat (sic) 5/- each" total "10s.0d". Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 24
An important George II silver oval tureen and cover by George Wickes, London 1737, on four lion-mask and claw and ball capped feet, the handles cast as the crest of Fane (a bull`s head), the body applied with cast amorials of Fane and Rowe within rococo cartouches, the stepped and domed lid with cast and applied the crests of Fane in rococo cartouches and classical heads within rococo shell and foliate decoration on textured backgrounds, the cast scroll handle with highly stylised lion mask, paw and leaf decoration, fully hallmarked on the lid and body, scratch weight 151 oz 3d, 42cm (18.5in) long, 4035g (129.7oz) The arms are those of Henry Fane of Wormsley, Watlington, Oxon., MP for Lyme Regis (1757-1777) and his first wife (17 July 1735) Charlotte, daughter of Nicholas Rowe, the celebrated poet and dramatist (born 1674) who was buried in Westminster Abbey in 1718. Nicholas Rowe held an appointment of Clerk of Presentations to Thomas Parker, Earl of Macclesfield. Charlotte bore one child but died on 29 Sept 1739, and in 20 May 1742 Henry Fane married Ann Wynn, daughter of the Bishop of Bath and Wells. Ann bore one daughter and disappears from the record. In 1748 Henry Fane married Charlotte, daughter and co-heir (with her sister, Rebecca Taylor) of John Luther of Myles`s, Essex. See lot 77 in the sale for a marble bust of Nicholas Rowe after John Michael Rysbrack. The Garrard Ledgers in The Victoria & Albert Museum Archives Library show the following entry in George Wickes" accounts: "Henry Fane August 4th 1737 "Turreen & cover" (sic) 131ozs .10; cost £55.0s.0d.". The accounts state that Henry Fane paid for the tureen August 20th 1737, in cash the sum of £57. 15s., which included other work carried out. The castings of the handles on this tureen had been used by Wickes on an earlier tureen for Lord North in 1735. Another tureen, made for Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1743, employed the same cast handle and lion masks and paw feet. Similar handle and feet castings were later used by Paul de Lamerie on a tureen of 1751. Literature: Barr, E. "George Wickes", Studio Vista/Christie`s, 1980, p 123, 151 and 154 for illustrations of the tureens made by Wickes for Lord North and Frederick, Prince Of Wales Visit www.dnfa.com for condition reports
Lot 328
A 9ct Gold Wristwatch, signed Zenith, 1961, 17-jewel lever movement with dust cover, silvered dial with applied Arabic numerals, subsidiary seconds, case with screw back and engraved inscription, maker`s mark ALD, Birmingham 1961 and numbered 12894 180303, 33mm wide, together with a Garrard & Co retailing case see illustration
Lot 377
A Gold Automatic Calendar Centre Seconds Wristwatch, signed Omega, circa 1975, self-winding lever movement with hacking seconds and quick date change, silvered dial with applied baton markers, date aperture, centre seconds, plain polished case, Omega gilt buckle, 35mm wide, together with Omega box and insurance valuation by Garrard in 1979
Lot 1113
CVO, CBE group of seven to Assistant Commissioner Henry James Ellis Hunt Metropolitan Police, Commander of the Victorian Order, complete with neck ribbon and contained in its COLLINGWOOD case, Commander of the British Empire numbered 1998, complete with neck ribbon and contained in its GARRARD & CO. case, both accompanied with investiture invitations and certificates, together with court mounted group of five comprising The Order of St John, Defence Medal, 1939-45 Medal, 1977 Jubilee Medal with certificate and Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal named to CH. INSPR. HENRY J.E. HUNT, complete with full set of mounted miniatures. Born in 1919 Henry Hunt served within the Thames division before being promoted Commander (Traffic) Met. from 1968-69, Deputy Assistant Commissioner (Administration) 1969-72 Met., Assistant Commissioner (B) Met. 1972-74 and Assistant Commissioner (D) Met. 1974-78.
Lot 1189
A pair of c1940s diamond set bow style earrings with clip fittings, each set with six round old cut diamonds, total diamond weight approx one carat, yellow gold open ribbon bow design and clip fittings, complete in Garrard & Co box, together with a pair of ruby set stud earrings. (2 items).
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