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Lot 208
Mauchline ware - six pieces, comprising a house form box (Burn's Cottage / Burn's Monument / Bought In The Cottage / verse), small repair to front right corner of roof, 11cms, an Anchor black ground reel box (colour floral / Friendship), sides with 'The ABC Oracle', interior lid label 'Use Clark and Co's…..', 9.7cms, another reel box in classical pattern (Glasgow Cathedral), interior with six posts and 'Clark and Co's' label, 11.5cms, a barrel form money box (The Ancient Entrance Gate, Stirling Castle), 8cms, a pin dish (High-Gate, Hawkhurst), 10cms, and a black ground rectangular box (colour floral / From Nantwich), 6.5cms. (6)
Lot 13
* China. An album of 18 landscape photographs of Jiangxi province by Sing Kwa, c. 1870, albumen prints, depicting views in Jiangxi and Guangdong provinces, (southwest of Shanghai), featuring tombs, temples, towers, and other architectural and natural features, the majority with a Chinese male figure in the view, 210 x 265 mm and similar, pasted to album leaf rectos with ink captions in Chinese script on mounts beneath, together with a further 8 contemporary albumen print photographs on rectos of following leaves at rear, including a brick and stone 3-arch river bridge with Chinese dwellings and water vessels, two of colonial buildings and one of a hall interior, plus a Western woman (oval vignette), two large group portraits of Western colonials in outdoor settings (one loose) and an unidentified Western cemetery, printed photographer label to front pastedown, ‘Sing Kwa, Photographer and Portrait Painter, Paintings on Ivory. Shanghai’, contemporary black half morocco over cloth, soiled and worn, backstrip deficient, oblong folio (315 x 380 mm)QTY: (1)NOTE:A most unusual collection of photographs by a Chinese photographer about whom almost nothing is known. Sing Kwa, (even allowing for possible variant spellings), is not listed in any of the usual Chinese photography reference books, including those by Terry Bennett. The only reliable mention is to another similar photograph album with a Sing Kwa label held at The Bancroft Library, University of California at Berkeley (see Online Archive of California). The Chinese captions are a further unusual feature. The composition and subjects of the photographs do not appear to be based on other Chinese or Western photographers’ work of the period and they were possibly not taken with a commercial Western market in mind. Besides the Sing Kwa label and the 18 Chinese captions there are no other captions or markings to help identify previous owners or explain why the album was put together. English translations of the 18 captioned Sing Kwa photographs:Jiujiang Riverside Tower, [Guangdong province], 210 x 262 mm; Jiujiang City Tower, [Guangdong province], 267 x 207 mm; Tomb of Master Zhou, [Jiangsu province], 265 x 210 mm; Gantry, 214 x 267 mm; Yunyang Cave, 209 x 262 mm; Taiping Palace, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 264 mm; Tower outside Taiping Palace Gate, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 265 mm; Feng Street opposite Taiping Palace, [Jiangxi province], 213 x 265 mm; Donglin Bridge, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 265 mm; Si Lin Pagoda, [Jiangxi province], 257 x 211 mm; Guizong Temple, [Jiangxi province], 210 x 265 mm; Yulianquan [or Yuyaquan], [Jiangxi province], 215 x 263 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 210 x 267 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 197 x 255 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 211 x 268 mm; Waterfall in Xiufeng Temple, [Jiangxi province?], 210 x 267 mm; Guanyin Bridge, [Jiangxi province], 212 x 265 mm; Yuyuan Spring outside Qixian Temple, [Jiangxi province], 202 x 267 mm The other 8 uncaptioned photographs:Colonial building [Shanghai?], 209 x 260 mm; Colonial building [Shanghai?], oval vignette, 152 x 245 mm; Hall interior, 228 x 279 mm; Chinese river bridge [by Sing Kwa?], 202 x 289 mm; Group portrait of 38 Western people in an outdoor clearing, 215 x 279 mm; Group portrait of a party of 43 Western people in theatrical costumes, (loose, corner creasing), 205 x 286 mm; Western woman, oval vignette, 190 x 153 mm; Western cemetery, 187 x 259 mm.
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Lot 40
* India. The North East Frontier of India. Manipur Expedition, April & May 1891 [so titled on front endpaper], an album containing 46 albumen prints, mounted 2 to a page and back to back on 12 stiff card leaves, remaining leaves blank, the majority with ink captions to mounts, including 'Bamboo bridge on road to Manipur from Kohima', 'A glen - on road to Manipur', '"Grant's" Bridge at Thobal - Manipur Valley', 'Grant's position at Thobal - where he held out against the whole Manipur army with about 80 Sepoys', 'The Golden Temple, Manipur', 'Raja's Palace, Manipur', 'Mounds in Residency Garden, Manipur, where bodies of Messrs Grimwood, Quinton etc. who were massacred, were reinterred by us, after being exhumed for identification from the pit where they had all been concealed', 'West Gate of the Palace, where guns were brought out to fire on Residency', 'Ruins of Residency, destroyed by fire', 'Sacred dragons in the Palace, destroyed by gun cotton by our troops', 'The Manipur River, outside the town', 'Brigadier General Graham, Major General Collett and staff', 'View of Grant's Bridge and position at Thobal', 'Genaputti's Palace, Manipur', plus various camp scenes, Afghans, etc., some in the district of Zhob, images approximately 15 x 20 cm and smaller, contemporary half morocco gilt, some damp staining and wear, folioQTY: (1)NOTE:The Anglo-Manipur War of 1891 was a short armed conflict between the British colonial forces and the dissenting royal princes of Manipur Kingdom. The conflict began with a palace coup staged by the General (Senapati) of Manipur, ousting its reigning king, and installing a half-brother in his place. The British government took objection to the action and attempted to arrest the general. The effort failed, with the Manipuri forces attacking the British residency and the resident and other British officials being executed. The British launched a punitive expedition that lasted from 31 March to 27 April 1891. The general and other rebels were arrested and convicted. The British annexed Manipur and governed it as a princely state until 1947.
Lot 269
* Charles III (Philip Arthur George, 1948- ). King of the United Kingdom, 2022- , formerly Prince of Wales & Diana (1961-1997). Princess of Wales, 1981-1996. A signed and inscribed Christmas Card, [1988], inscribed and signed by Diana in fountain pen ink for Nicki, ‘lots of love from us all, Diana and’ & ‘Charles’ in their respective hands, opposite a mounted colour photograph of the Prince and Princess of Wales with the young Princes William and Harry all looking to camera over a wooden field gate, folded stiff white card with gilt crests on the front, small light spot to lower board, 15 x 20 cm, very fine conditionQTY: (1)
Lot 210
Elias Mollineaux Bancroft, British 1846-1924- A wooded courtyard with a view through a gate; bodycolour heightened with gum arabic on paper, signed and dated 'ELIAS BANCROFT 1878.' (lower right), bears old, indistinctly inscribed label attached to the reverse of the frame, 56 x 78 cm. Provenance: with Charles Rowley, 5 Barton Square, Manchester. Private Collection, UK. Note: Bancroft studied at the Royal College of Art. He later taught at the Manchester School of Art and served as President of the Manchester Academy of Fine Art. He was married to the artist Louisa Mary Bancroft (1864-1948), also a successful artist, best-known for her floral still lifes. Elias Bancroft's landscapes were often depicted from a close, restricted viewpoint, creating a momentary snapshot down a narrow alleyway or an open door. The present work is a particularly charming example of this approach, with the open gate at the centre of the composition offering a glimpse out of the enclosed courtyard into the open landscape which expands beyond.
Lot 508
GOLD BRACELET. A 9ct. gold gate type bracelet. Approx. 14.4g. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 50
Military Medal, George V first type (8929 Cpl C. Stewart 3/W York R), GVF. With Record Office York note confirming award, London Gazette 9.11.1916 and a further note attached "Military Medal Awarded for Gallantry and Devotion to Duty on the First Somme Offensive on July 1st 1916". Charles Stewart was killed in action on 31st July 1917 aged 26, he is commemorated at the Menin Gate.
Lot 73
Pair: BWM, Victory (129712 A.C.S. Maj. A.E. Low, 73-Can Inf) VF-GVF with Canadian Memorial Cross (reverse impressed 129712 L/Cpl A.E. Law) VF in case of issue. Albert Edward Law, 72nd Bn, was killed in action on 30.10.1917 and "was leading his section in an attack on Passchendaele Ridge, when he was instantly killed by a shell which exploded nearby" (Canadian Ref), aged 38 his name appears at the Menin Gate. £150-200
Lot 275
9ct gold jewellery, including three stone set rings, signet ring and a band ring, engagement ring charm, cross charm, and a locket pendant necklace, together with a silver gate bracelet, and a collection of costume jewellery and coinsCondition Report:9ct non stone set approx 4.78 grams, 9ct stone set including locket 14 grams
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