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Click here to subscribeA William De Morgan Rose and Scroll tile, painted with alternate Tudor Rose and scroll foliage design in ruby lustre on a white ground, a William De Morgan tile on Architectural Poole blank and a Copeland tile printed and painted with a medieval maiden on horseback holding a hunting falcon, in colours impressed marks to second tile, leaf cracked and re-glued, 15cm. square (3)
AN EARLY 19TH CENTURY WORCESTER PORCELAIN TEACUP, orange marble decoration, gilt Greek Key border, painted with puce crest for Baron Lyttelton of Hagley Park, bears old handwritten label to underside 'Old Worcester Painted by Baxter, The Crest of Baron Lyttelton of Hadley Park, Worcestershire, This cup was brought from Baxter's Niece', together with another similar teacup with floral gilt border, both cups cracked, together with a Flight Worcester wrythen tea bowl with puce and gilt floral and ribbon decoration, script mark in puce to base, a New Hall porcelain saucer, cracked, a matching tea bowl and saucer, another tea bowl and a 19th Century relief moulded jug, depicting scenes of fox hunting and shooting (8) (condition: both marbled cups have some wear to the gilding, both have vertical cracks from the rim, the one with the floral gilding has a damaged handle, the Flight tea bowl has some scratching and light staining, New Hall saucer has an extensive crack which is stained, matching tea bowl and saucer has scratching to the tea bowl and a chip to the rim of the saucer, the single tea bowl has a chipped rim and a scratched interior, the jug has a crack near the base by the bottom join of the handle)
Field and Equestrian sports. A mixed collection of approximately 160 prints and engravings, mostly 19th century, prints and engravings of Fox Hunting, Polo, Coaching, Coursing, Oriental Field Sports, Shooting, Wild fowling, and Horse Racing, with examples by Alken, Orme, Darton, Diderot, Harris Bailey and The Illustrated London news and The Graphic, various sizes and condition (Qty: approx. 160)
Walker (J. & C., publishers). Hobson's Fox-Hunting Atlas containing separate maps of every County in England and the three Ridings of Yorkshire, J. and C. Walker, circa 1870, title page near detached, table of reference to the hunts, 42 lithographic double page maps with contemporary outline colouring, some marginal dust soiling and spotting, bookplate of J. R. Inigo Jones, contemporary half morocco with gilt title to upper board, heavily worn and frayed, folio (Qty: 1)
Middiman ( Samuel). Select Views in Great Britain, [1812], half-title present, general title lacking, 54 engraved plates (53 called for) accompanied by descriptive letter press in English & French, some spotting, light toning and occasional dust-soiling, all edges gilt, contemporary tan morocco, gilt and blind rollwork decorative borders to boards, rubbed and worn, oblong 4to, together with Rome , [Views of Rome, circa 1840], view book containing 30 engraved plates of views of Rome engraved by Domenico Amici after Giovanni Gallarini, some staining to inner blank margins, occasional scattered spotting and light dust-soiling, contemporary half morocco, covers loose, dust-soiled and a little rubbed, oblong 8vo, with Guinot (Eugene) , L'ete a Bade, illustre par MM. Tony Johannot, Eug. Lami, Francais et Jaquemot, 2nd edition, Paris: Ernest Bourdin, circa 1850, engraved portratit frontispiece on india paper, wood engraved vignette title and illustrations, engraved plates (many on india paper), 20th century inscription to half-title, some spotting, all edges gilt, contemporary red morocco with elaborate gilt decoration and armorial to centre of upper board, 8vo, plus Vyner (Robert T.) , Notitia Venatica: A Treatise on Fox-Hunting..., 6th edition, [1871?], hand-coloured lithograph plates and few wood engraved illustrations, original red cloth, gilt blocked to upper board and spine, 8vo (Qty: 4)
Chapman (Abel). On Safari. Big-Game Hunting in British East Africa, with Studies in Bird-Life, 1st edition, Edward Arnold, 1908, photogravure frontispiece, one similar and 32 halftone plates, 16 pp. advertisements, frontispiece and advertisements spotted, fore and bottom edges untrimmed (these also spotted), original black pictorial cloth gilt, dust jacket (tape-strengthening along top and bottom edges verso), 8vo (Qty: 1)
Oates (Frank). Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls. A Naturalist's Wanderings in the Interior of South Africa, 2nd edition, Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co., 1889, mounted stippled-engraved portrait frontispiece, 6 chromolithographic plates, folding map, plates damp-stained, author's posthumous bookplate to half-title, bookplates of his descendants William Edward Oates (dated 1897) and Robert Washington Oates to front pastedown and free endpaper, original pictorial cloth gilt, front board stained, 8vo, together with: Haddon Hall Library, Bird Watching, by Edmund Selous, 1st edition, deluxe issue, J. M. Dent & Co., 1901, 7 photogravure or wood-engraved plates with captioned tissue-guards, woodcut bookplate, top edge gilt, others untrimmed, original pictorial vellum gilt, 8vo, number 127 of 150 copies, Witherby (Harry F.), Bird Hunting on the White Nile. A Naturalist's Experiences in the Soudan, 1st edition, the Office of "Knowledge," 1902, halftone frontispiece, similar vignettes, original pictorial cloth, spine darkened, 8vo, Priest (Cecil D.), A Guide to the Birds of Southern Rhodesia and a Record of their Nesting Habits, 1st edition, William Clowes & Sons, Ltd, 1927, 14 colour plates, cancelled library stamps to front free endpaper, original green cloth, slightly rubbed, 8vo, Chapman (Frank M.), Camps and Cruises of an Ornithologist, 1st UK edition, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908, original pictorial cloth gilt, and 9 similar works, original pictorial cloth gilt, 8vo (Qty: 14)Wood pp. 497 (Oates), 562 (Haddon Hall Library/Selous, 'a reliable, popular and interesting book'), 632 (Witherby, 'a very interesting account'), 524 (Priest), 285 (Chapman). The Oates family copy of the first work, first published in 1881, this second edition 'containing much additional matter, especially on birds by Bowdler Sharpe' (Wood).
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Notes from the King and Queen of FranceD'Orleans (Louis Philippe & Marie Amelia) An early 19th Century printed and manuscript "Permis de Chasse" (Hunting Permit) for the Forest d'Eu, September to May (1829 - 1830), signed by 'Louis Philippe d'Orleans,' (King of France); framed together with a note by the Queen (Marie Amelia) given the bearer a young girl from Havannah (Isle of Cuba) to be entered into hospital to be cured (Together with a note from the Royal Physician dated 1896', a manuscript, w.a.f. framed together. (1)
Lady Gregory's Set Presentation Copies from Violet MartinSomerville (E. O.E.) & Martin Ross. Some Experiences of an Irish R.M. L. 1899, Arabella Waithman's copy (sister of Lady Gregory), with her bookplate (probably by Cuala), Violet Martin's signature laid down on reverse of upper cover, photograph tipped in rear of half title; An Irish Cousin, L. 1903, new and revised edition, Lady Gregory's copy with her bookplate, photo laid down opposite, inscription on h.t., 4 pp ALS from VM tipped in opp. title page; The Real Charlotte, L. 1903, new impression, Lady Gregory's bookplate, photo of Martin Ross laid down opposite, postcard with photo by V.M. laid in; Some Irish Yesterdays, L. 1906, Lady Gregory's copy with her bookplate, later book-stamp of her daughter C.F. Kennedy, letter from Violet (Martin) tipped in, inscribed by Martin on half title; Further Experiences of an Irish R.M., L. 1908, Lady Gregory's bookplate, photo by A.S. Martin tipped in, inscribed by V.M. rear of H.T.; Dan Russell The Fox, L. 1911, d.w., Lady Gregory's bookplate, bookstamp of C.F. Kennedy, photo by V.M. laid in, inscribed h.t.; In Mr. Knox's Country, L. 1915, Lady Gregory's copy with her bookplate, later stamp of C.F. Kennedy, photo of Drishane inscribed by the photographer V.M. laid down opposite, inscribed on h.t. All except second and third first editions, all clean copies in the original decorated cloth. A superb collection, testament to a network of close friendships. Lady Gregory and Violet Martin had a shared background in the Galway hunting gentry, and shared interests in literature. Martin was godmother to Lady Gregory's son Robert, and she was a welcome visitor both to Coole and to the Persse household at Roxborough.
A SCARCE COPY OF 'THIRTY-SEVEN YEARS OF BIG GAME SHOOTING IN COOCH BEHAR, THE DUARS, AND ASSAM - A ROUGH DIARY', BY THE MAHARAJAH OF COOCH BEHAR, first edition, 1908, Bombay, printed at the Times Press, with a hand-written dedication to Henry St. John Kneller dated March 1909, with velvet-bound cover, the front with the Cooch Behar crest. The book details the Maharajah of Cooch Behar's hunting adventures between 1871 and 1907 and is accompanied by a variety of newspaper clippings from the period detailing information regarding the Maharajah, including various philanthropic endeavours, and is also accompanied by an assortment of personal correspondence between the Maharajah and Mr St. John Kneller describing various aspects of life of the period Provenance: Research would indicate that Henry St. John Kneller was the tutor of the Maharajah of Cooch Behar, and a guardian to the Maharajah's two sons. The book has some inserted, hand-written notes and memos in the hand of Mr St. John Kneller and the Maharajah which add some background information to the events described in the book. Colonel H.H. Maharaja Shri Sir Nripendra Narayan Bhup Bahadur, GCIE, (4 October 1862 - 18 September 1911) was Maharaja of the princely state of Cooch Behar, India from 1863 till 1911. In the appendix of this book he dedicates a section specifically to his guns and rifles and towards the end he references his pair of .500 Cordite rifles by Holland & Holland which 'have never been out of order or given any trouble', earlier rating Holland & Holland "With regard to makers of rifles, I consider Messrs Holland & Holland second to none". The pair Holland & Holland rifles described in this book were sold through these Auction Rooms in December 2018, as Lot 1220
A BRASS AND WOOD-HANDLED FULL TANG HUNTING KNIFE, with 8in. swaged clipped point blade, green wood and brass reinforced handle with slight finger grooves and heel drop, the brasswork engraved with bold stylised acanthus on a matted background, the right side with the Rigby double 'R' trademark in a circle, the left side with a blank circle, in its green leather sheathThis bladed product is not for sale to people under the age of 18. By bidding on this item you are declaring that you are 18 years of age or over.Please be aware that we are unable to send edged weapons or bladed products by postal courier to a UK residential address (Offensive Weapons Act 2019)
GEORGE SNOWDON, ALNWICK A CASED 13-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING GUN, no visible serial number, circa 1850, with re-browned twist iron 34in. barrels, the top-rib signed 'SNOWDON ALNWICK', borderlines and a pointer's head engraved at the breech-end, platinum vents, fully scroll engraved top-tang, border, scroll and gamescene engraved bar-action locks signed 'SNOWDON', scroll engraved slab-sided hammers, walnut half-stock chequered at the wrist, iron heel-plate with engraved top-spur, scrolled trigger-guard tang forming a pistol-grip, the trigger-guard bow engraved with borders and a hunting dog, pineapple finial, engraved ramrod throat and original brass mounted mahogany ramrod, together with a possibly associated period wood storage case lined in dark green baize and containing a number of accessories including an original powder and shot flask and cap tin
A 16-BORE PERCUSSION DOUBLE-BARRELLED SPORTING-GUN, SIGNED 'AGLON SAARN', no visible serial number, Belgian circa 1850, with 29 1/4in. barrels, the top-rib with later signature 'H. L. HARDY', bead fore-sight, moulded breech-blocks, engraved top-tang with shallow sighting groove, border and scroll engraved back-action locks, the right signed around the base of the hammer 'AGLON', the left 'SAARN', walnut half-stock, the chequered panel at wrist overlaid with a relief carved head of a stag, raised cheek-piece with a carved panel behind featuring a hunting dog in a woodland setting, moulded horn trigger-guard bow and lower tang, plain fore-end with complex barrel key escutcheons and brass tipped wood ramrod
W. & J. RIGBY, DUBLIN A 12-BORE NEEDLE-FIRE DOUBLE-BARRELLED HAMMERLESS SPORTING-GUN, MODEL 'NEEDHAM'S PATENT', serial no. 10936, circa 1870, with 28 1/2in. damascus barrels, the top-rib signed 'W. & J. RIGBY DUBLIN', the individual breeches with border engraved apertures, scroll engraved swing out turn-bolt breech-blocks, each with individual safety catches, the body of the left bolt marked 'W. & J. RIGBY' (nosecap of bolt replaced) and the right 'DUBLIN', fully engraved 'butter-knife' bolt-handles with bulbous tips, fully scroll-engraved top-tang, chequered walnut half-stock with iron heel-plate, border and scroll engraved trigger-guard tang, the bow engraved with a hunting dog, escutcheoned take-down key and horn tip to fore-end, the whole an old refinishSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
A. LANCASTER, LONDON A CASED .577 PINFIRE DOUBLE-RIFLE WITH SLIDE-FORWARDS BARRELS, serial no. 2527, circa 1860, with probably shortened 22in. expertly rebrowned damascus side-by side barrels, flat top-rib with white metal fore-sight blade, shallow standing notch rear-sight with twin additional folding leaves, the rib end with scroll engraving and signed 'A. LANCASTER 27 SOUTH AUDLEY ST, GROSVENOR SQRE. LONDON' (all refreshed), engraved band at breech, carved and scroll engraved elongated top-tang, border and scroll engraved back-action locks signed 'A. LANCASTER' (refreshed), each with a central depiction of a hunting dog, moulded and scroll engraved hammers, walnut butt-stock chequered at the wrist, blued heel-plate with scroll engraved top-spur, the lower tang with raised chequered pistol-grip spur, engraved and blued trigger-guard bow, checker-board engraved iron fore-end with underslung flush-fitting hinged opening lever with finger-ring and eyelets for sling, the whole expertly restored with strong traces of renewed but faded colour except where noted and complete with an oak full length storaged case adapted for this rifle and lined in blue baize, lids to all accessory compartments and reproduction parchment trade-labelSold as an exempt item under Section 58 (2) of the 1968 Firearms Act, to be held as a curiosity or ornament
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