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Lot 1296
Assorted costume including gents breeches, three red wool hunting waistcoats, silver tipped fox stole, other furs, cream wool undergarments by Chilprufe, Smedley (many with original labels), blue and cream flannel striped pyjamas by W G Allen & Son Harrogate, and others (new, size 40), assorted ladies wool and cashmere knitwear etc (four boxes)
Lot 345
Officer’s Mess Jacket dark green mess jacket. Turn back collar with gilt braid edging continuing across the base of the jacket. This is also continued to the pointed cuffs and shoulder straps. Silvered Lieutenant rank stars. Black silk lining. Together with an Arab Shamag band. ... Also a Victorian Army & Navy hunting knife. (3 items)
Lot 833
A JAPANESE SCROLL PAINTING MEIJI 1868-1912 In ink on fabric, depicting a hunter tying up a large boar in a rocky landscape with pine above them, a gun at his feet, inscribed Gakyojin Hokusai ga to the side, a dedication in pen written under the picture and reading 'Respectful and Dear Dr Dara, I was Long Long Hunting, From Manchuria Sept. 1931, 18 years; North China, July 1937, 12 years; Second World War, Dec.1941, 8 years; Atom Aug. 1945, 4 years; Now as it is. Your friend, R. Matsumoto, Day of New Year 1950', the picture 41cm x 32.8cm.
Lot 37
Diana the Huntress: A Finely and Elaborately Carved and Pierced 18th Century Ivory Fan, the guards having a panel carved with figures that is also painted. The plain gorge sticks need no embellishment, so elaborately are they carved and pierced, the complexity and the detail of extremely high workmanship. Carved in relief in bands, the sticks include chinoiserie figures, in pairs of male and female, seemingly picking grapes from a vine, the very top edge carved with tiny but detailed buildings. Mother-of-pearl thumb guards. The double paper leaf depicts Diana the Huntress and two female attendants, hunting equipment by her side, three dogs and a dead bird. The leaf is bordered with exquisite depictions of colourful birds on gold, flowers, other symbol and lattices, highlighted in gold, a similar but less ornate border on the verso. The verso shows a young couple, the lady with a distaff of flax or cotton threadOne gorge stick has broken on the pierced section, to the right next to the guard. Three gorge sticks have some ivory repair to the verso. The leaf is quite well rubbed. Some browning to the leaf and some repairs to the lower edge.
Lot 500
Doxa goliath lever pocket watch, with an ornate cast plated metal case depicting a hunting scene, 70mm - Condition Report: - Movement - currently functioning. Dial - visible hairline. Glass - stained appearance and would benefit with replacement. Hands - matching. Case - surface rubbed wear but generally good. Crown - winds and adjust correctly. - Condition reports are provided for general guidance only. Please view images and further information can be obtained upon request. Gardiner Houlgate do not guarantee the working order or time accuracy of any lots. Due to the opening of the wristwatch case backs, it is recommended watches are re-sealed by professional technicians to ensure any stated water resistance is retained
Lot 37
FOLLOWER OF JOHN E. FERNELEYTHE MARQUIS OF WORCESTER WITH WILLIAM LONG, MASTER OF THE BEAUFORT HUNT AND THE HUNTING SWEEP IN FRONT OF BADMINTON HOUSE Oil on canvas76cm x 104cm (30in x 41in)Note: The Marquis of Worcester with William Long, Master of the Beaufort Hunt and the Hunting Sweep in front of Badminton House, 1837 is an intriguing painting that, at first, seems a typical sporting scene but upon closer inspection revels the fascinating story of 'the hunting sweep.' Mounted on a chestnut brown horse sits a charismatic man, hat in hand, face blackened with soot and a sweep brush tucked under his arm. He accompanies four gentlemen fashionably dressed in green hunting coats with hounds eagerly poised for the day's activities. The 'sooted' man seems rather out of place in this traditional sporting portrait - depicting the young Marquess of Worcester, Henry Charles Fitzroy Somerset (1824-1899), preparing to ride with William Long, the Huntsman to the Beaufort Hunt, in the grounds of Badminton House in 1837 - however, research into contemporary accounts of the period show 'The Badminton Sweep', William Vizard of Chipping Sudbury, to be an important figure in the scene.Born in 1792, Vizard was a chimney sweep that had industriously found himself in the circles of the gentry and was somewhat of a celebrity. According to the news of the day, he had come to acquire property, "political creed" and the favour of the 6th Duke of Beaufort. Although a man of Reformist principals, when approached by two Reform candidates seeking his support and vote in the local elections of 1829, Vizard surprisingly responded "to tell you the truth, gem'mem, I can't vote for you, 'cause I hunts with the Duke."Three years on, in 1832, Vizard demonstrated his political influence again when the 6th Duke's son, the Marquess of Worcester (set to become the 7th Duke in 1835) was running for a seat. During the hustings, the sweep moved forward vehemently declaring support for the Marquess. According to the account, Vizard continued to express his displeasure of the state of country, stating he no longer supported the Reformists and that 'they must be swept away and kept out of power, or you may depend upon it there will be no stability in our Constitution then in a tottering chimney during a high wind.' The Marquess was shortly elected. When the 6th Duke of Beaufort died in 1835, Vizard removed himself from the hunting scene for a period of mourning. His return was famously recorded in several periodicals in an article entitled 'The Hunting Sweep, or a Day with the Duke of Beaufort'. It was no quiet affair and demonstrating his horseman skills, Vizard jumped on his horse, stood upon one leg with the other extended mid-air, reins in one hand and his sweep brush in the other, 'like a flying Mercury.' The renowned sporting artist, Richard Barrett Davis (1782 -1854), captured the scene in The Sporting Sweep, a portrait reproduced alongside the tale in a many a publication including The Gentleman's Magazine (1838) and Craven's The Sporting Review (1840).'We must not omit to notice the appearance, on this occasion, of a very distinguished character, who takes a prominent part in all the sports in this quarter of the country-we mean the celebrated "hunting sweep, vot 'unts with the Dook," and who has been made the subject of a very diverting electioneering caricature. He appeared as usual, mounted on his "trusty old 'unter," and in the identical sables, both as to skin and toggery, which mark and distinguish his peculiar vocation, not omitting his chimney-brush, which was tucked in his 'unting belt. His urbanity of manner, and respectfully familiar mode of recognising and addressing his aristocratical brother sportsmen, caused many smiles and much wonderment among those who were not acquainted with the friendly footing which he has obtained among the sons of the turf equally zealous followers of the "brush."' - Cheltenham Looker, Saturday 21 December 1839.At first glance the subject of this picture appears to be a typical hunting scene, in which clear lines are drawn between the social strata. However, it is not until further exploration that we discover the sooty sweep, astride his faithful chestnut Prosper, to be not just an addition but the main attraction.
Lot 144
Fine Hunting book "Miss Evelyn Massey's Hunting Caricatures 1894-1898" re-published 1998 deluxe leather special limited edition no. 36/350 signed by the complier John Derrick to the limitation page - c/w fully gilt edge card leaves, colour plates and sketches of local hunting dignitaries and members - being a companion volume to "Portrait Sketches of Cheshire Hunting Men from 1850 to 1890" by the late Frank E Massey comes complete with all the names of the subscribers to the rear - privately printed by Johnsons, Nantwich and bounded by Sangorski and Sutcliffe London - quite stunning book (VG)
Lot 926
10x interesting South Coast of England golfing postcards and scorecards - to incl 2x Pettitor Golf Links Babbacombe, 3x The Golf Course at The Palace Hotel, Torquay,2x Watchet Somerset plus stymie score card, Bedford Hotel Tavistock Golf Hunting Fishing Motoring postcard, and a scorecard for the this nine-hole golf course at Tower Hill Golf Club Bruton, Somerset overall (F) (10) (Ex Alan Jackson Collection)
Lot 147
A collection of five papier mache snuff boxes, late 18th/early 19th century to include a circular example painted with a young lady admiring a posy, 9cm diameter, a rectangular box painted with a classical lady with posy in her hair and wearing an off the shoulder dress and pearls, 8cm long, a box decorated with two donkeys leaning over the fence and the motto 'When Shall We Three Meet Again?', 8cm wide, a snuff box decorated with a hunting dog in woodland setting, 9cm wide and a Persian box showing five horsemen hunting, the sides decorated with birds and flowers, 11cm wide (5)
Lot 662
A CHINESE FAMILLE ROSE 'FOX HUNTING' BOWL QIANLONG 1736-95 Painted with a continuous hunting scene with huntsmen and packs of hounds after a set of paintings by James Seymour (c.1702-52), with a band of spearheads to the foot, the interior with a mounted hunter and a floral band around the rim, the base with a paper label for Spink & Son, London, 39cm. Provenance: from the collection of Mr George Athenogenes, London. Cf. D S Howard, A Tale of Three Cities, Canon, Shanghai & Hong Kong, p.118, pl.144.
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