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Click here to subscribeA Chinese blue and white ceramic umbrella spill, 20th century, containing seven thumbsticks and two walking sticks; together with a pair of champagne top hunting boots , a red top pair and another two plain pairs, all with wooden treesPlease note: The provenance for this lot should read ‘Property from the estate of Philippa Bradstock of Longbottom House, Biddesden
Natural History: A rare skeleton of an Aurochs (Bos primigenius) 194cm high by 282cm long, horn spread 118cm The skeleton is a rare example of the Aurochs, the legendary ancestral bull that was found in Europe and Asia until well into historical times. In fact the last known aurochs was killed in a central European forest in 1627. This creature of legend was the ancestor of our cattle today, and it is no small testament to human ingenuity that this enormous and ferocious beast was tamed and eventually domesticated. Hunted and yet feared by prehistoric and medieval man, its famed ferocity filled several leading Nazis (most notably Hermann Goering) with the wish to recreate it. Inspired by myths of former Teutonic glory, their aim was to stock ancient European forests with this formidable beast so that they could test their hunting skills against it. This strongly held fantasy they hoped to bring about through selective breeding, but although much money and effort was spent on the project it was doomed to ultimate failure and the Aurochs remained - and remains - a creature of history. The aurochs roamed widely over Europe and into Siberia its range overlapping that of the steppe bison (Bison priscus) and it has been noted that the two species could hybridise. Indeed their skeletons are very similar in appearance and size. Location seems to be the main determinants as to which species is recognised. In Western Europe it is the aurochs (Bos primigenius) and in former Soviet territories the bison that seems to be more commonly identified. This slightly confusing state of affairs adds to the mystery of this skeleton, as it is either a large bison or a medium aurochs. The attitude and size of the horns leans more towards the aurochs than the steppe bison. There are perhaps less than two dozen reasonably complete aurochs skeletons so the body of evidence is not large. The best two of these were found in peat bogs in Denmark. It is quite surprising that so little has survived from such a large beast that died out relatively recently. The name and fame have survived and one wonders why there are not more trophies in castles, particularly in Poland and Germany where they last lived. The awesome skeleton at Summers Place shows the fearsome power and size of this now legendary beast.
A small collection of pistol and cannon handles, including one embossed with flowers, terminating in a male head,Henry Herbert, London, 1734one embossed with a wild boar and hunting scene,one fluted and engraved with 'Faith, Hope and Charity',together with fourteen two-tine forks in sizes and four knives, 18th century (qty.)
18th century European Chinese-style chinoiserie black and gilt and mother of pearl inlaid table cabinet, the doors decorated with European hunting scenes, enclosing a nest of ten drawers with floral decoration, on bracket feet with brass mounted corners, lock plate and side handles, 59cm wide x 35cm deep x 53cm high CONDITION REPORT Outer cabinet is distressed with papier mâché losses to angles, some larger losses, also some losses throughout to mother of pearl inlaid ornament - losses / misshaping to metal mounts at the feet, interior generally good. One hinge detached - the exterior has some general wear with chips to lacquer on edges - the interior decoration is brght and in good order
Ward, Roland. The Sportsman's Handbook to Practical Collecting, Preserving, and Artistic Setting-up of Trophies and SpecimensTogether with A Guide to the Hunting Grounds of the World, Roland Ward, limited, London, 8th edition with numerous illustrations with gilt decorated faux skin covers; together with an invitation From the Directors of the Roland Ward Ltd to the Private View of an Exhibition of British Shooting, Wednesday 26th November 1952. (3) CONDITION REPORTS: Generally good condition, expected wear, some scuffing.
A Chinese porcelain baluster vaseFinely decorated with a huntsman on horseback with attendants hunting waterfowl and rabbits in a continuous landscape, red painted six character Qianlong seal mark to base. 20.5 cm high. CONDITION REPORTS: Rudimentary repair to chipped rim and associated crack into neck, previously drilled for electricity.
2nd millennium BC. A bronze flat axe of Type Aylesford with rounded butt, slightly raised lateral flanges, chamfered faces with 'rain' pattern detailing, curved edge. See Schmidt, P.K. & Burgess, C.B. The Axes of Scotland and Northern England, Prähistorische Bronzefunde, Ab. IX, vol. 7, Munich, 1981, item 315 for type and 312 for decoration. Published in Treasure Hunting, November 2014 (this axehead"). PAS recorded, SMR ref: 60201, PAS NMS-E6BF8C; accompanied by a copies of the PAS entries and the Treasure Hunting Magazine page. 156 grams, 95mm (3 3/4"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX10; found Horsford, Norfolk, 20 September 2014. Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. Fine condition, butt chipped.
2nd millennium BC. A bronze palstave axehead with lateral loop, Shelf-Type Transitional, Trident Variant, low-flanged and with three typical radiate ribs at top of midrib. Recorded with the Portable Antiguities Scheme by Mrs Erica Darch, PAS: NMS-1719FO, SMR ref no: 59756; and published in Treasure Hunting, May 2014, p.52 (this axehead); accompanied by copies of the PAS report and Treasure Hunting Magazine page. 380 grams, 15cm (6"). The Chris Rudd collection, Norfolk, UK; formed since the 1970s; collection number AX44; found near Tuddenham, Norfolk, UK. Chris Rudd has collected ancient coins and antiquities since the 1940s. As an amateur archaeologist he found many himself at Badbury Rings, Dorset, 1952-53. He also dug at Hod Hill with Professor Sir Ian Richmond and at Wroxeter with Dame Kathleen Kenyon and Dr Graham Webster. Today he is best known as a Celtic coin dealer. His catalogues have been described as ‘an important research source’ by Professor Sir Barry Cunliffe and ‘treasure houses of delight’ by Dr Anne Ross. Coins and artefacts associated with Chris Rudd – as a collector, dealer and valuer – can be seen in The British Museum and other museums. This collection was formed since the 1970s. Fine condition.
Discovered 1807. A polished section of the meteorite, the cut surface showing the distinctive crystallisation and the exterior surface showing the full perimeter of the slice. See Meteoritical Bulletin, MB 44, 1968; NHM Catalogue, 5th Edition, 2000; MetBase, v. 7.1, 2006. 130 grams, 55mm (2"). From the family collection of a London gentleman; previously acquired on the UK meteorite market; found Kaporenki, a village in the district of Bragin, Russia. Meteorites were found in a zone about 15 kilometres long and 3 kilometres wide crossed by the Dnieper River. The area was contaminated in 1986 during the Chernobyl disaster and falls now in the Periodic Control Zone. Post-accident recovered meteorites are safe and not contaminated because the radiation affects only the first few inches of soil, nevertheless meteorite hunting in the area is not entirely safe. Very fine condition.
13th-15th century AD. A carefully modelled gilt-bronze mount in the form of a hunting dog's head moulded in the round, the muzzle, brow and pate decorated with bands of ropework decoration; the triangular ears placed to the rear edges of the sides, the nose, eyes and lower jaw detailed with linear designs; to the underside a long shank, square in section at the top becoming circular below; mounted on a custom-made stand. Hammond, B. Benet's Medieval Artefacts of England & The United Kingdom, Witham, 2015, p.312, item MO-28018. 56 grams, 41mm including stand (1 1/2"). Found East Anglia, UK. Very fine condition.
A pair of framed montages after Cecil Aldin, showing coloured prints of a hunting scene and an interior scene and black and white vignettes, each in black and gilt frames, 43x38cm, together with 19th century coloured caricature engravings of dramatic steeple chasing scenes including horses and riders falling into a sewer, 20x29cm in burrwood frames, also together with a pair of moghul type paintings on silk of a game played by riders on horse back and elephants, each 17x25cm in simple black frames
A collection of pictures and prints on a sporting theme including a coloured print after G D Armour - Hints for Beginners, 18x25cm, a coloured print after G D Rowlandson of a hunting scene, a coloured print after A J Munnings of a hunting scene and a coloured print after Snaffles of a point to point, 55x82cm in simple black frame, together with a late 19th century charcoal caricature study of a man in uniform playing cards, signed bottom right Marcel Pie, dated 1982, 55x38cm, and also a coloured photographic print of a young man, both in oak frames with gilt slips
A quantity of ceramic animals including Melba ware friesian type cow and calf, and palomino type horse, four unmarked hunting characters including two huntsman and a child, similar figure of a jockey on a brown horse, etc together with a Beswick matt glazed model of a rough collie - Lochinvor of Lady Park, etc
A VICTORIAN SILVER-MOUNTED CLARET JUG, RICHARD MARTIN & EBENEZER HALL, SHEFFIELD, 1890 the bulbous glass body cut with diamond lozenges and star-burst detail, mounted with a cylindrical collar bright-cut with foliate latticework decoration, the hinged cover and loop handle with conforming decoration, 21,5cm high, And A Victorian Silver Helmet-shaped Cream Jug, Florence Warden, Chester, 1896, the body divided by a gadrooned band and embossed above and below with a hunting scene depicting a fox and hounds,with leaf-capped double scroll handle, raised on three leaf-capped pad feet, repair to handle and repair to one foot, 153g, 10cm high (2)
A GROUP OF THREE NYMPHENBURG GLAZED HUNTING FIGURES naturalistically modelled, comprising: a lady on horseback, a gentleman on horseback and a gentleman standing beside his horse blowing a hunting horn, each raised on shaped C-scroll base, stamped factory mark, incised numbersthe tallest 22cm high (3)
Group of five art exhibition posters: 1. Original vintage advertising poster for Apollinaire e l'Avanguardia Exhibition held in National Gallery of Modern Art Rome. Excellent condition. Country: Italy. Year: 1981. Designer: Picasso. Size: 97.5 x 57. 2. Original vintage advertising poster for Matisse Villa Medici Rome. Good condition, small tears and creases on margins, small paper loss on top. Country: Italy. Year: 1979. Designer: Matisse. Size: 99.5 x 68. 3. Original vintage advertising poster for Enea Nel Lazio Exhibition held in Capitoline Hill. Very good condition, small creases on margins. Countr: Italy. Year: 1981. Designer: Maurizio Di Puolo and Alessandro Palombi. Size: 99.5 x 68.5. 4. Original vintage advertising poster for Horniman Museum Forest Hill London Ethiopian Hunting Scene. Good condition, creases on margins. Country: UK. Year: 1966. Designer: Unknown. Size: 75.5 x 50.5. 5. Original vintage advertising poster for E. L. Kirchner Kunstverein Hamburg. Good condition, small creases on margins. Country: Germany. Year: 1969. Designer: E. L. Kirchner. Size: 84 x 59
Religious Comment upon the Monarchy: a rare and interesting London brown stoneware tankard of substantial size dating from the first half of the 18th century, the upper part of the cylindrical body with partial brown glazing and applied with moulded head and shoulder portraits of William and Mary centred by an oak tree with the head of Charles gazing out entitled ‘Royal Oak’ flanked by the incised initials J G, the tail of a similarly incised letter above, together with mouldings of orange trees, figures, horses, deer, dogs and roses, nominal half gallon capacity, 198mm high, the rim reduced (commemorate, commemorative, royal) *. In comparing this mug to a variety of smaller mugs each with a very similar handle shape there is to be found a distinct similarity to the moulded banding around the base also the hunting scenes. These are attributed to Vauxhall, Southwark or Fulham Potteries and date from the first half of the 18th century and more specifically the 1720’s. See ‘Browne Muggs, English Brown Stoneware’ by Robin Hildyard, an exhibition at the Victoria & Albert Museum in 1985. Quite probably produced sometime shortly after the Jacobite rising of the Old Pretender in 1715 in support of a Protestant Monarchy although just perhaps for that of the Young Pretender in 1745 however the reference to both William and Mary would suggest the former.
A collection of sets and part sets of Caverswall ceramic thimbles including annual Christmas thimbles from 1977-1993 inclusive plus other Christmas thimbles, cats and dogs, horses and hunting, plus crested thimbles for towns and places of interest such St Andrews Scotland, Stratford-upon-Avon, St Michael's Mount etc, some signed, contained within a small three drawer perspex unit.
A collection of hunting related books and ephemera to include three illustrated pamphlets for the Old Surrey & Burstow, Belvoir & North Staffordshire hunts, a limited edition issue of Handley Cross, on Mr Jorrocks' Hunt featuring a number of coloured plates and illustrations, no. 67/1050, published by Harrop & Co, London 1932, Mr Romford's Hounds with a number of coloured plates, published by Bradbury, Agnew & Co London, and three further similar volumes, also a coloured print of a cocker spaniel by Cecil Aldin. CONDITION REPORT: General wear and spotting/foxing to the books, print and pamphlets, we cannot guarantee presence of all illustrated plates, viewing recommended for buyers who are concerned with this. Postage within the UK will cost £22.50 + VAT.
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