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Click here to subscribeA Chinese export famille-rose hunting punch bowl, Qianlong, painted with large panels of European equestrian huntsmen and hounds in pursuit of a hare alternating with smaller panels of birds amongst foliage, the interior painted with a panel of a hunter and dogs , (a.f), 28.5cm.diameter. Provenance: Christie's London, 9th September, 2004, lot 333.
A 19th century gold mounted egg-shaped bloodstone perfume bottle and cover, the scroll cagework casing depicting a hunting scene, the hinged lid and white enamelled girdle heightened in gilt bearing the motto 'Rien D'Agreable Loin de Vous', complete with rose cut diamond-set push-button release, concealing a faceted cut glass stopper and bottle with metal surround, height approximately 60mm, diameter approximately 42mm 5968
A 9ct gold cased, keyless wind, half hunting cased gentleman's pocket watch, the jewelled lever movement detailed Astral Pat.No 21180, 9ct gold inner case, the enamelled dial with black Roman numerals, subsidiary seconds and with blued steel hands, (the dial glass lacking), Birmingham 1927, gross weight 87 gms.
An 18ct gold cased half hunting cased wristwatch, the three quater plate jewelled movement, detailed to the backplate ARMY & NAVY CO-OPERATIVE SOCY LTD LONDON NO 9283, the numbered enamel dial with black Roman numerals and with subsidary seconds, 18ct gold inner case, the case front with black enamelled Roman numerals, London 1916, with a case.
A 9ct gold mounted folding pocket knife, having a textured finish, London 1986, a gold brooch designed as an Asian character, detailed 18, a gilt metal cased keyless wind, half hunting cased gentleman's pocket watch, with a jewelled lever movement, detailed S&CO and a silver circular pendant, commemorating The Silver Jubilee, Sheffield 1977 with a curb link neckchain, (5).
A silver cased, key wind, hunting cased pocket watch, the gilt fusee movement detailed Wm Knight, Bristol 12428, the enamelled dial with Roman numerals, London 1828, two gilt metal mounted circular pendant lockets, a thimble detailed Sterling Silver and a brooch, designed as an Asian sword, (5).
A George IV Silver Snuff-Box, by Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1829, oblong, the hinged cover cast and chased in high relief with a stag hunting scene, depicting three mounted riders and a pack of hounds in a rural landscape pursing a stag, with cast foliage border, the base and sides engine turned, the base further engraved with initials, 10cm wide, 7oz 2dwt. Part marked inside cover and base. There marks have some minor wear but are generally legible. There are some minor surface scratches and wear, consistent with age and use.
Books - "The Book of Birds and Beasties" by Eleanor E. Helme, "Black Beauty" by Anna Sewell, "Lorna Doone" by R. D. Blackmore, illustrated "Gullivers Travels", "Hunting and Adventures in the Arctic" by Fridtjof Nansen, "A Manual on Simple Perspective" by L. A. Doust and "Line and Form" and "The Basis of Design" by Walter Crane
CECIL ALDIN SIGNED BOOK - RIGHT ROYAL a limited edition book Right Royal by John Masefield, illustrated by Cecil Aldin, No 49 of 375 copies and signed by Cecil Aldin and the Author. Also with various other sporting books including a large book Hunting Bits by Phiz (Chapman and Hall), Hunting and Stalking the Deer (Lionel Edwards and Harold Wallace, 1927), Sketches in Stable and Kennel (Lionel Edwards, 1936), Thoroughbred Racing Stock (Lady Wentworth, 1938), Snaffles on Racing and Point to Pointing (John Welcome, 1988), In the Open Country (Lucy Kemp-Welch, 1905), and World of Wildlife. (8)
SPORTING & HUNTING BOOKS a large collection of Sporting and Hunting related books, including Hounds are Home, The History of the Royal Calpe Hunt (Gordon Ferguson, 1979 and with letter), The Hunting Year (Scarth Dixon, 1912), Red Fox (Charles Roberts, 1911), The Kindred of the Wild (Charles Roberts, 1903), Scarlet Blue and Green (Duncan Fife, 1932), Notitia Venatica A Treatise on Fox Hunting (Robert Vyner, 6th Ed), Hunting the Foe (Richard Greville Verney, 1925), When Diamonds were Trumps (Reginald Herbert), British Sport Past and Present (E D Cuming), The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker (Vol 1 & 2, 1893), and many more. Also with 14 volumes of the Hunters Improvement Society (1900-1936).
A WWII Second World War William Rodgers I Cut My Way Truflite thowing combat knife having chequered grips, wide etched blade with sharpened edge point and lather scabbard ( 21cm ). Along with a German Othello Solingen hunting knife having a fax horn handle, stainlesss knuckle guard, single edged etched blade and leather scabbard. Measures; 26cm overall.
NO RESERVE Field Sports.- Masefield (John) Reynard the Fox or the Ghost Heath Run, first edition, limited edition signed by author and artist, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates, 3 colour, by G. D. Armour, illustrations, one or two faint marks, original vellum-backed boards, gilt, a little rubbed, 1921 § Curling (B. W. R.) British Racecourses, first edition, half-title, plates and illustrations by Lionel Edwards, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to spine extremities, price-clipped dust-jacket, a little rubbed, chipping to edges, 1951 § Egerton Warburton (R. E.) Hunting Songs, first edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece and plates by Lionel Edwards, occasional faint spotting, original cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1925 § Duncan (F. Martin) and Lucy T. Duncan, The Book of the Countryside, colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations, school prize label to front pastedown, contemporary calf, rubbed, small loss to upper cover, n.d.; and 15 others, similar, v.s. (19)
Thompson Seton (Ernest) The Biography of a Silver-Fox, plates and illustrations, previous owner's pencil signature, original pictorial cloth, a little rubbed, 1909; Bannertail, plates and illustrations, spotting, original pictorial cloth, slight bumping to corners and extremities, 1922 § The Hunting Diary for 1930-31, illustrations, diary partially filled-in in pencil, lacking pp.3-4 & pp.19-22 (advertisements), original pictorial cloth, faded spine, bumping to corners and extremities, [1930] § Pycraft (W. P.) Birds in Flight, first edition, tipped-in colour frontispiece, plates and illustrations by Roland Green, occasional spotting, original cloth, rubbed and worn, browned spine, staining to upper cover, 1922; and 21 others, similar, v.s. (25)
Agriculture.- Chomel (Noel) Dictionnaire Oeconomique...., edited by J.Marret, 4 vol. including 2 vol. Supplement bound in 2, third edition, titles in red and black, engraved dedication and 11 plates by B.Picart, 2 folding, one double-page, numerous engraved or woodcut illustrations in text, contemporary ink note at foot of titles, some browning, mostly light, small ink stain to upper edge of a few leaves first volume, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt in compartments with red and black roan labels, rubbed, joints split, corners and spine ends worn and with some repairs, [Vicaire 172], folio, Amsterdam, Jean Covens & Corn. Mortier, 1732-1740.⁂ An important domestic dictionary with much on food and drink, agriculture, horticulture, and hunting, and with sections on bees, falconry and horses.
Persian white metal box, with engraved decoration, the hinged lid having gilt metal decorative panels, the base engraved with a hunting scene, 7.6cm wide, 3.5toz approx Condition: A little tarnished and over polished, would benefit from a clean, some minor dents mainly to the base, hinge works correctly and lid closes tightly, some splitting to the corners - **General condition consistent with age
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