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Lot 848
Edwards (Lionel) and Wallace (Harold Frank) Hunting & Stalking of Deer, 4to, cloth, illus., 1927; Ross (John) and Gunn (Hugh) (editors) The Book of the Red Deer and Empire Big Game, 4to, buckram, illus., 1925; and St John (Charles) Wild Sports & Natural History in the Highlands, 4to, printed cloth, illus. by G.Denholm Armour and Edwin Alexander, Edinburgh 1919. (3)
Lot 100
WILLIAMSON (THOMAS) AND SAMUEL HOWETTOriental Field Sports, Being a Complete, Detailed, and Accurate Description of the Wild Sports of the East, hand-coloured engraved frontispiece, 40 hand-coloured aquatint plates after Williamson and Howitt, text watermarked '1804', later half morocco gilt, gilt morocco lettering label on upper cover, corners slightly worn, short split foot of upper joint [Abbey Travel 427; Nissen ZBI 4416; Schwerdt II, 297; Tooley 508], folio (480 x 570mm.), Edward Orme, 1807Footnotes:'THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BOOK ON INDIAN SPORT IN EXISTENCE' (Schwerdt), illustrated with fine depictions of elephants (Keddahs and hunting), rhinoceroses, tigers, leopards, and other game.Provenance: D.K. Dahmen, bookplate.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 197
William Pope (British/Canadian, 1811-1902)Ten rural and sporting scenes of Canadian life to include: Sketch of an Indian grave, Township of Westminster, London District, Upper Canada;Duck shooting;The American Hare in its winter fur;The Ruffed Grouse;Shooting Deer, Backwoods of Upper Canada;Duck Shooting, Otter Creek, Upper Canada;Shooting in a Tamarack Swamp;Snipe Shooting, Long Point, Lake Erie;Residence of George Claris, Esq., Township of Westminster, Upper Canada;Bear Huntingeach signed with initials 'W.P.' (lower left), each inscribed with the subject (lower centre) apart from the Bear Hunting scenepen and inkeach sheet 24.4 x 29.8cm (9 5/8 x 11 3/4in). (10)unframedFootnotes:ProvenanceThe artist's family and thence by descent.ExhibitedSimcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, Birds of a Feather, 3-31 May 1987 (a selection).Simcoe, Ontario, Eva Brook Donly Museum, May-7 June 1987 (a selection).Simcoe, Ontario, Lynnwood Art Centre, 4 August-3 September 1989 (a selection).Perhaps on a par with William Pope's interest in documenting the wildlife that he encountered in Canada was his passion for shooting said wildlife. This collection of pen and ink studies highlights both interests. Although most of the subjects are concerned with hunting, they do show a sensibility and care for the animals in question. They are finely rendered and accurately observed, with some showing the animals in elegant poses as they escape the hunter's approach.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 105
INDORE, BANGALORE AND OOTACAMUND - DALY FAMILYFive photography albums relating to the colonial life of the Daly family at Indore, Bangalore, Ootacamund, mostly compiled by Lucy Daly, upwards of 500 mostly gelatin silver prints (some platinum, some albumen), mostly mounted between one and 15 per page, images 215 x 290mm., and smaller, original half morocco, cloth or (one) stiff wrappers, oblong 4to and folio, [c.1908-1918]; and a small bundle loose photographs, including portraits of Sir Henry and Lady Daly (group)Footnotes:Good albums relating to the colonial life of Sir Hugh Daly and family serving at Indore and Central India. Includes views of Indore and the Residency, Bangalore and surrounding areas of Bhopa, Dewar, Mandu, Barwani, etc. Other subjects include an elephant keddah (c.50), Viceregal visit to Bangalore (1913), good series of hunting and polo tournaments - mostly at Ootacamund (2-part panorama of the racing ground by Willie Burke), bachelor balls, high jinx (man dressed as lion being shot), Maharajah of Mysore and processions, etc.Two albums were presented to the Daly family by the Maharani of Holkar, one including 48 views of Indore State (all captioned in the negative), the other 22 platinum prints commemorating the visit of Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India to Indore in 1918. All the images in these are taken by Ramchandrarao & Prataprao of Indore.Provenance: Sir Hugh Daly (1860-1939), Agent to the Governor-General in Central India (1905-1910), and Resident of Mysore (1910-1916), and his daughter Lucy Daly, who in 1914 married William Paget-Tomlinson, 7th Hussars; by family descent to present owner.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 53
After Thomas Williamson (1758-1817) and Samuel Howett (British, 1765-1822)'Killing Game in Boats', with 2 further hunting sceneshand-coloured aquatints, laid on card, 2 mounted, framed and glazed, published by Thomas McLean, 181833.5 x 46cm (13 3/16 x 18 1/8in). (3)Footnotes:Other subjects: 'The Return from Hog-Hunting'; 'Hunting Jackalls'.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 88
CALCUTTAGRANT (COLESWORTHY) Lithographic Sketches of the Public Characters of Calcutta, FIRST EDITION, lithographed title and 37 portrait plates, title with light stain and repair to inner border touching rule border, modern green half calf over marbled boards, large 8vo, Calcutta, W. Thacker, [c.1850]Footnotes:Colesworthy Grant (1813-1889) arrived in India in 1832, as a freelance journalist and artist. The portraits included in Public Characters first appeared in the India Review, Calcutta Monthly, India Sporting Review and other journals. In 1861 he was instrumental in founding the Calcutta Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, but ten portraits show the sitters with guns, pig sticking pikes or hunting trophies.Provenance: J.A. Crawford, gift inscription from C. Palmer, Surbiton, June ?1857 or 1887 on title.This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: •• Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium.For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 312
Henry Capt. Genève, A gold hunting cased keyless “Demi Chronometre” watch, engraved ‘To Capt. Duncan from the owner of “Madge” 1881’ No. 31107, circa 1880 Movement: damascened, jewelled lever escapement, wolf’s tooth winding Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds, stop/start centre seconds Case: 18ct gold, glazed cuvette, inscription to the rear cover, engraved initals RD to the front cover, milled bands Signed: case, dial and movement Dimensions: diameter 52mm Accessories: fitted presentation case £800-£1,000 --- Henry Capt. used the term Demi-Chronomètre to indicate that a movement had been sent to the Observatory for trials but did not complete the entire course of testing. Henry Capt. and Vacheron Constantin are the only Swiss makers known for using this term. The ‘Madge’ was a racing cutter (yacht) owned by James Coats, a thread manufacturer of Paisley, Scotland. When it arrived in New York in 1881, the ‘Madge’ won seven of eight starts at the America’s Cup that season.
Lot 316
J. Lattey. A gold hunting cased watch, No. 701, 1839 Movement: gilded three-quarter plate, lever escapement Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds Case: 18ct gold, engine-turned covers, London hallmark for 1839, maker’s mark WR Signed: dial and movement signed J. L. Lattey, No. 701, London & Calcutta Dimensions: diameter 46mm. Accessories: gilt metal chain and fob seal, engraving to the fob seal ‘faites bien laissez dire’ - ‘Do well and let them talk’ £500-£700
Lot 309
Swiss. A silver hunting cased quarter repeating keyless watch, circa 1890 Movement: gilded, lever escapement, repeating on coiled gongs, no. 6099 Dial: white enamel, Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds Case: silver, silver cuvette, repeat slide to the band, engraved crest to the cover,no. 11075 Signed: unsigned Dimensions: diameter 53 mm. Accessories: a leather and calf skin wallet with gilt initials F. A. B., signed to the interior ‘Captain F. A. Bligh, Brittas, Nobber, CMeath, Ireland’ £200-£300 --- Provenance: The property of Major Frederick Arthur Bligh Frederick Arthur Bligh was born in Farnham, Surrey, on 3 July 1861, the only son of Major Frederick Cherburgh Bligh, 41st Regiment of Foot, and was educated at Cheltenham College and the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He was commissioned Lieutenant in the Royal Artillery on 23 February 1881, and served in the Chestnut Troop, Royal Horse Artillery, being promoted Captain on 20 July 1889. Transferring to the Half Pay List on 13 September 1892, he relinquished his commission in 1895, after 12 years’ service, and returned to his native Ireland, serving as a J.P. for County Meath, and was High Sheriff in 1904. On the outbreak of the Great War Bligh volunteered his services, and in June 1915 was called up in the rank of Major to train a Battery for the Ulster Division, Royal Field Artillery. On the last day of training at Okehampton, before leaving for the front, he was taken seriously ill, and died there of neglected appendicitis, contracted whilst on service, on 15 November 1915. He is buried in Headley All Saints Churchyard, Hampshire.
Lot 65
A group of late nineteenth, early twentieth century Doulton Lambeth stoneware pieces, c.1880-1910. To include: a hunting scene jug with greyhound handle, a toast water jug, a Queen Victoria jug and a hunting scene two-handled lidded sugar box. (4)Condition: In good overall condition. Restored tip of the hunting jug spout.
Lot 398
A large carved Black Forest wall-hanging cuckoo clock,the detachable top with a stag's head and two rifles, over hare and pheasant trophies, the dial with a French hunting horn surround, a shooting bag hanging beneath, with a short wooden pendulum and a pair of pine cone weights,66cm wide98cm highSimilar models appear in a catalogue issued by Peter Trauffer of Luzern and St. Moritz, c.1910.Condition report: Good generally, 1 piece broken of hare's ear, but present, old repaired breaks to lower part. Said to be have been working when in house
Lot 431
An oval enamel box lid,mid-18th century, decorated with a monochrome hunting scene and inscribed 'Er Beckett's Lid' within a green border, 5cm wide4cm high,together with a marbled enamel patch box,5cm diameter (2) Condition report: Box lid bent and cracked, hairlines to the front and chipped, box with internal hairlines, gilt metal tarnished
Lot 143
Six various powder horns, and four other horns19th century and laterAll formed from sections of cow horn, the first engraved with a stag hunting scene in a landscape, surmounted by the American coat-of-arms and motto, and with the initials 'J.B.C.' in an oval at the base (base damaged and split, engraver's name incomplete); the second of similar form, engraved with crests and birds, the latter inhabiting a tree; the third engraved with birds and inscribed 'LORBOTLE' above 'STEDS', and with the initials 'R.R.' and the date '1807'; the fourth engraved with various British crests and mottoes; the fifth roughly incised 'James Stevens'; and the last with writhen nozzle; together with a horn of trumpet shape; a brass-mounted horn relating to archery; and a pair of natural bovine horns, 21cm to 63cm, (10)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 281
A north European broadsword, an English rapier, and an English hunting swordAll 17th centuryThe first with associated double-edged fullered blade, russet hilt of slender rounded bars (one loose, side-plates missing) incorporating two central double swelling central features and screwed at the top to the globular pommel, inner thumb-ring, and later wooden grip; the second with slender tapering blade, the forte inlaid in copper along each side 'IOHANNIS MOUM' between cross potent marks, russet hilt (incomplete, including missing shell-guard) with chiselled decoration, and original spirally-grooved wooden grip (binding missing); the last with short curved blade (pitted) stamped with fleur-de-lys mark on one side, brass hilt including pommel-cap cast and chased with cherub's heads between fleur-de-lys, and natural buckhorn grip, 74cm, 101cm, 33cm (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 323
Whistles and hornsTwo small silver whistles; an early Bosun's whistle; four swagger cane whistles; whistles by Acme, Hudson and others including a two-tone binoculars whistle; together with copper post horns, a small silver horn dated 1893, hunting horn and Besson & Co 'Class A' Prototype trumpet, (Qty)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 91
A Continental iron hunting dog collar, and two English steel dog collarsThe first 17th century or later, probably German, the second both 19th century, The first of three pierced plates linked together (one link missing) and formed with a series of spikes; the second formed of links carrying a name plate with vacant brass insert, and with locking catch stamped with maker's name; and the last of similar form the brass insert stamped 'F M PURNELL, STANCOMBE', and complete with its key 24cm. and 9.5cm. diam. (3)For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com
Lot 566
* JOHN KINGSLEY RSW DA PAI, DAWN LIGHT AND THE OLD TREE oil on canvas, signed image size 54cm x 59cm, overall size 68cm x 72cm Framed and under glass. Note: John Kingsley was born in Glasgow in 1956. He studied drawing and painting at Glasgow School of Art from 1973-77. His art tutors included James D Robertson, David Donaldson and Geoffrey Squire. From 1980-86 he exhibited in one-man shows at the annual S.N.O. promenade concerts at the Kelvin Hall, Glasgow and in 1986 he was elected a member of Group 81 Artists, who exhibited regularly at the McLellan Galleries, Glasgow. John Kingsley has established a reputation as a leading Scottish contemporary artist. He was a finalist in the Hunting Art Prizes competition in London in 1989, 1993 and 1998, and was highly commended in the same competition in 1996. In 1991 Kingsley won the William Bowie Landscape Prize and in 1992 the Mary Armour Award at the Paisley Art Institute. Kingsley has an international reputation with art works in many public and private art collections across Europe, Australia, Canada and the USA. His paintings are found in the art collections of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh, Argyll and Bute District Council and the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons, Glasgow and in numerous corporate collections throughout the UK.
Lot 316
A pair of blue and white umbrella stands with French hunting scenes to bodies and bronze details to rims and bases. IMPORTANT: Online viewing and bidding only. Collection by appointment via our website or arrange with Mailboxes Etc couriers ONLY. Restrictions apply to ensure social distancing.
Lot 222
After Terence Cuneo (British, 1907-1996): a signed limited edition hunting interest print, titled to lower margin 'Peterborough Royal Foxhound Show Society Centenary 1878-1978', signed in pencil to margin, also pen signed by Roger Bow Secretary, 50 by 66cm, mounted, glazed and framed, 75 by 88.5cm.
Lot 285
THOMAS IVESTER-LLOYD (British, 1873-1942), a pair of early 20th century watercolour hunting studies, each signed and initialled lower right, oak framed and glazed (image sizes 32cm x 43cm) (2)Condition Report: It is noted that the picture of the single huntsman in red coat upon a bay hunter is very foxed with prevalent spots mostly to the sky area and across the whole painting, also two vertical lightish brown marks towards the top left-hand side, the frame is a little scratched and scuffed but appears to be in good overall order. The second painting is in much better condition although, again, under scrutiny, there are 10-15 brown spots in the sky area, the frame appears in very good overall original condition.
Lot 292
Five unframed prints: two limited edition Louise Wood colour prints, 'Dawn Run' (278 of 300 (signed in pencil)) and 'Desert Orchid' (275 of 300); a small print after Lionel Edwards, 'North Cotswold Hunt' (31 x 41cm) and two unframed colour Michael Lyne hunting prints each signed in pencil in the margin and with blind stamp (Frost & Reed Ltd, Bristol & London) (5)
Lot 293
Four unframed coloured hunting prints by Michael Lyne 'Whaddon Chase' with blind stamp and signed in pencil in the margin lower right, 'The Duke of Beaufort's Hunt', one further, with blind stamp and signed in pencil in margin lower right and one other similar, published mid 20th century by Frost & Reed (4)
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