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Click here to subscribeA good Vic officer’s full dress embroidered sabretache, c 1870, of the 8th (King’s Royal Irish) Hussars, scarlet cloth with regimental gilt lace border, the centre bearing Guelphic crowned motto scroll at the top, the Royal Crest on “VR” to the centre, and below the Irish Harp and 7 battle honours “Leswarree” to “Central India”, scarlet leather backing and pouch, 3 dees with suspension buckles at the top, 13” x 11” (max) overall. Near VGC. See front cover
Two silver sugar nippers with embossed unusually scrolling arms and scallop grip, maker perhaps Hugh O'Hanlon, Dublin, c. 1770, maker's mark on one, harp and Hibernia on each. (2) CONDITION REPORT: Part crack on one behind Hibernia - probably manufacturing fault as metal has been distorted by punch. One rivet has been replaced in copper, can be sorted. No apparent repairs.
Lewis 'Improved Grand Action' Gothic concert harp inscribed no. 1044 (in need of restoration), the sound board painted with trailing foliage and the hexagonal Gothic column terminating in a gilded capital applied in relief with saints playing musical instruments, the base fitted with eight pedals and lion paw feet, 70.50" high
Three Early 19th Century Bone Brisé Fans, to include an example painted recto/verso with colourful flowers, the twenty-one inner sticks and one guard carved and pierced. Barrel head. Guard length 6.25 inches or 16cm; a very small bone brisé fan, the seventeen inner sticks and one guard painted recto/verso with flowers, one side pink, one side pale blue, all being carved and pierced with pointed tips. Barrel head. Guard length 4.75 inches or 12cm; a third bone brisé fan, the three central sticks on the recto being painted with a lady playing a harp. The twenty-two inner sticks and two guards all carved and pierced in bands, the tips slightly rounded and serrated. Guard length 6.5 inches or 16.5cm (3)First fan is missing one guard. Ribbon defective. One slight nick in the side near one of the tips. The second fan is missing one guard and several sticks have slight damage, one with a chunk missing to one side. Ribbon defective. The final fan has two sticks where the inners have losses, the ribbon is defective, and other sticks have very minor loss.
Antwerp School, mid 17th Century King David, seated in a landscape, playing his harp, encircled by dancing angels oil on canvas 102 x 155cm (40 x 60in) Oil on canvas which has been lined. There are scattered, localised areas of paint loss and damages across the surface. The paint layers are thin, worn and abraded in many areas. The varnish layers are patchy and uneven. They have darkened and create a mottled appearance to the painting. There are small losses to the gilding on the frame.
London Irish Rifles Victorian Officer’s pouch belt plate.A very fine and scarce die-stamped silvered example. Within crowned shamrock sprays, an applied Harp on a black velvet ground. Two screw posts to reverse and complete with backing plate. VGCDesigned by one of the founder members of the Corps, Samuel Lover, an Irish poet and author.
Royal Irish Regiment Officer’s helmet plate circa 1901-04.A good rare, short-lived gilt example. Crowned star mounted with laurel sprays and Garter; the crimson velvet centre bearing silver crowned Harp resting in shamrock sprays. Mounted on the base of the laurel, a silver scroll ‘The Royal Irish’. Three loops to reverse. VGCIn 1904 the scroll was altered to “The Royal Irish Regiment” and the central harp device changed its design to KK 234
5th Royal Irish Lancers Victorian OR’s lance cap plate.A good and scarce die-stamped brass example. Triangular fluted plate bearing the Royal Arms over the Maid of Erin Harp and battle honours to ‘MALPLAQUET’. A four part title scroll at the base, ‘Fifth Royal Irish Lancers’. Two screw posts to reverse. VGCRaised in 1858 and finally styled Lancers in 1861 the regiment took into use c1870 the honours of the old 5th (Royal Irish) Dragoons (disbanded 1799).
5th Royal Irish Lancers OR’s lance cap plate circa 1905-14.A good and scarce die-stamped brass example. Triangular fluted plate bearing the Royal Arms over the Maid of Erin Harp and battle honours to ‘SOUTH AFRICA 1899-1902’. A four part title scroll to base. Two screw posts to reverse complete with original washers and hooped securing nuts. VGC
A small chased and pierced hallmarked silver picture frame decorated with C-scrolls and foliage, 10.5 x 10.5cm, a small silver and mother of pearl folding fruit knife, a Sampson Mordan silver propelling pencil and pen, a bog oak Stanhope calligraphy pen bearing the Irish harp, 'A Unique Fountain Pen', a small mother of pearl and white metal mounted pendant perfume bottle and a small white metal pipe.
E.F. Lambert, British (c. 1790 - 1846)"Thomas Moore (Irish Poet, Singer and Songwriter)," pen and watercolour, depicting a gentleman in an overcoat in an interior with scroll music in hand and harp behind, approx. 16cms x 12cms (6 1/4" x 5") signed and dated lower right, "E.F. Lambert 1825" in contemporary gilt frame. (1)* This was painted during the same year as Moore's Biography of playwright and politician Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1825).
STAMPS - Canada's Provinces - Nova Scotia; New Brunswick; Newfoundland; Prince Edward Island; St Pierre et Miquelon some early issues, New Brunswick - 1860-1863, one, two, five, twelve and half, 17 cents; British Columbia - Two cent brown; Newfoundland - 1857, first pence issue 1d, 5d, 1860, second pence issue 3d, 1861, third pence issue, «d, 6d, 1s, 1866, ship 13c, QV 24c, 1869, Edward 1c, 1870, QV 6c, 12c, 1871, Codfish 2c, 1873, QV 3c, 1876, Harp Seal 5c, 1879, Codfish 2c, 1887, Codfish 2c, Schooner 10c, 1896, Edward 1c, Newfoundland dog «c, 1897, QV 1c, John Cabot 2c, Cape Bonaiista 3c, 1898, Newfoundland Dog «c; Nova Scotia - 1860, QV 1c, 2c,8«c; Prince Edward Island, eary issues etc etc. (quantity in two albums), inspection recommended, mixed condition throughout.
MIXED LOT OF CERAMICSincluding a Royal Worcester coffee can and saucer decorated with a gilt harp, a Capodimonte figure of a photographer, large Hammersley sugar sifter, Shelley crested cup, Masons Ironstone jug, two Carlton Ware shaped dishes, Royal Doulton shaped dish and two Aynsley cups and saucers
THREE OBJETS DE VERTU19TH CENTURY comprising a painted silk fan depicting figures and landscapes with cartouches, with painted bone sticks, 31.5cm long; a lava cameo brooch, depicting a gentleman in profile in high relief, 4.5cm high; and a small mixed metal Irish crescent brooch, with harp and shamrock motif, stamped JOHNSON DUBLIN, 3cm wide approx. (3)Provenance: Property from Hatton Castle, Aberdeenshire
A GEORGE III INLAID MAHOGANY LONGCASE CLOCK, the hood with broken pediment and centred with a brass eagle and ball, the arch top enamel dial with painted harp armorial and flanked by gilded pagodas, the spandrels painted with flowers and inscribed 'Cork', the case with satinwood banding and reeded corner pilasters and raised on bracket feet. 238cm high
DALI SALVADOR: (1904-1989) Spanish Surrealist Painter. Signed colour 4 x 6 postcard, the image being a reproduction of Dali's painting entitled Meditation on a Harp (1932-33). Signed ('Dali') by the artist with his surname only in bold black ink to a clear area at the head of the image. About EX
ϒA fine George II gilt brass mounted ebonised quarter-chiming table clock with moonphase, Daniel Torin and Moses Fontaine, London, circa 1745 The substantial eight pillar triple chain fusee movement chiming the quarters on a graduated nest of three bells and striking the hours on a further larger bell, with trip repeat and backplate finely engraved with Ho-Ho bird and lambrequin panel inhabited foliate strapwork centred with Apollo standing with a harp over twin female busts to lower margin, the 8.25 inch wide brass break-arch dial with calendar aperture, false bob aperture and applied oval signature plate engraved Daniel Torin & Moses Fontaine, London No. 475 to the matted centre within applied silvered Roman numeral chapter ring with fleur-de-lys half hour markers and Arabic five minutes to outer track, with pierced blued steel hands and female bust and scroll cast spandrels to angles beneath arch incorporating rolling moonphase with scroll engraved lunettes and herringbone decorated arch flanked by small panels to shoulders featuring S/N strike selection switch to the right hand side, the inverted bell-top case with brass mouldings and vase finials to superstructure over cavetto top mouldings and break-arch glazed front door with raised brass mouldings to the aperture and upper quadrant frets incorporating scroll cast infill flanked by canted angles applied with grotesque mask strapwork pendant mounts, the sides with hinged brass handles over concave-topped fishscale sound frets, the rear matching the front with the exception of the upper quadrants being glazed, on brass bound cavetto moulded base with generous bracket feet, 61cm (24ins) high. The partnership between Daniel Torin and Moses Fontaine is recorded in Baillie, G.H. Watchmakers & Clockmakers of the World as working from ‘the dial’ at Moorfields circa 1744-61. Literature: The current lot is illustrated in Barder, Richard C.R. The Georgian Bracket Clock on page 119 (Plate II/40). The highly decorative nature of the dial coupled with the beautifully engraved backplate incorporating an allegorical figure is typical of the Huguenot school of London clockmaking which thrived during the latter quarter of the 17th century and the first half of the 18th century. This distinct branch of London clockmaking was established by immigrant makers such as Claude Duchesne who established large workshops employing highly skilled specialist craftsmen many of whom remained anonymous. Clocks made in such workshops are invariably finely made which rich engraving, highly decorative dials and cases and complex movements often musical or incorporating complications. The importance of the Huguenot influence in London clockmaking cannot be underestimated indeed the fact that Claude Duchesne supplied the plates and frame for John Harrison’s first marine timekeeper (H1) is indicative of the esteem to which his workshop was held by his contemporary peers. ϒ Indicates that this lot may be subject to CITES regulations when exported. Please see our Terms & Conditions for more information.
Boer War Interest A spear with a relief carved shaft, including a fleur de lis with a banner for Manchester Regiment, the Queen, banners for Egypt, Ladysmith and Belfast, a crown dated 1902, a figure, Union symbols, Harp, Shamrocks, thistle, a rose with a banner Lydenburg, S. Africa, a horseshoe, whip and cap and a field cannon, 121cm long.
*Croker (Thomas Crofton, 1798-1854). Wooded river bank scene with Irish harp, book & wreath, 10 June 1825, pen & ink vignette drawing on Whatman paper, signed and dated lower left, image 12 x 13cm (4.75 x 5ins), sheet size 27 x 21.5cm (10.75 x 8.25ins), framed and glazed Thomas Crofton Croker (1798 Cork - 1854 London) was an Irish antiquary, scholar of Irish poetry and folklore. He assisted in founding the Percy Society and Camden Society. (1)
Victorian 8th Kings Royal Irish Light Dragoons Hussars Officers Full Dress Pouch 1837-55, superb example which remains in uncleaned condition. The leather backed red cloth pouch has heavy bullion wire lion over crowned VR cipher with winged harp to the centre, enclosed in a shamrock wreath and two part scroll with regimental details. Fine gilt metal side fittings with ring attachments. Nice patina to the bullion wire work.
Edward VII 5th (Royal Irish) Lancers Officers Lance Cap, fine example of the black leather body lance cap with red melton cloth mortar board top having thick gilt bullion wire cord running diagonally across and running down the corners. Officers pattern plate with silvered overlay of the Royal Arms, battle honours and winged harp. Peak stitched with bullion wire. Gilt metal lion head side bosses and velvet backed linked officers chinstrap. Bullion cord plume boss with cipher of Edward VII set on green backing. Gilt metal officers plume socket holder, holding in place the fine quality and large dyed green swan feather stitched officers full dress plume. Interior of the helmet retains the original leather sweatband and the top section of the lining with retailers details. Officers cap lines attached to the helmet. Cap is housed in its original jappaned storage tin with brass name plaque engraved “H G Rose Esq 5th Lancers”. One small moth nip to the mortar board but otherwise a good untouched example which has not been cleaned or restored. Very fine example overall.
Victorian 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars Officers Full Dress Pouch, large leather flap pouch with red cloth having embroidered Victorian crowned VR cipher with lion above and winged harp to the centre, shamrock wreath and battle honours. Gilt metal side fittings with belt attachment pieces. Some mothing to the red cloth but the bullion wire work remains bright.
An Irish pottery jardiniere, titled 'Cead Mile Failte', decorated with the Celtic harp and shamrocks, inscribed 'Hibernia' to underside, 21cm high with a Wedgwood blue Jasper ware jardiniere, decorated with a continuous scene of classical figures, 22cm high (at fault) CONDITION REPORT: Irish pottery- Extensively crazed throughout. Water stained interior. Pitting visible. Kiln marks to underside. Wedgwood- Rather grubby and scratched. Restored rim.
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