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Lot 271
Display cabinet - Wood and glass wall display cabinet suitable for cars, trains, etc. In a black wood finish with glass doors and shelves with dark red and gold trim. Measuring 29 inches x 32 inches x 3 inches deep. Item appears in Good condition with light wear marks. (This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 452R
Vintage Tin Toy bundle , Helicopter , Circus Bear Balls , Toto Dicer. Vintage Helicopter with active Pilot MF 110 252 China Friction Powered. Used condition and missing parts. Vintage Toto Dicer dice throwing gadget. Marked on reverse " Toto Dicer, Made In England, Patent Pending ". Consists of three dice trapped within a glass fronted compartment. Item appears to be in used condition showing signs of rust.Performing circus bear battery powered tin toy Japanese made. Item is in used condition and bear's head is detached. The balls do move up as intended. Bird is cellotaped on also.
Lot 86R
Action Man - A WW2 1941 -1945 Flame Gunner #98390 & Action Man Plaster Moulding paint set. Flame Gunner: Boxed and opened. Accessories appear to be complete and aside from slight scuffs on card, item appears to be in good condition. Seems to be an American edition.Moulding set is boxed, used but seems to be complete and in good used condition.#(This does not constitute a guarantee)
Lot 100
A STAR WARS Prequel, Citizen Eco-Drive men’s, Limited edition watch. Never needs battery! Red dial with luminous Jedi order and Galactic Republic symbols. Case back depicts battle between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Anakin Skywalker. In excellent-unworn condition and perfect working order. With original boxes and paperwork. A really desirable and collectable item.
Lot 381
A SMALL GROUP OF MODERN COLOURED AND CLEAR GLASSWARE, including a Mdina squat turquoise vase, etched marks and dated 1975, height 14.5cm, a Mdina bottle shaped vase, height 36.5cm, a sculpture of two birds on a branch, signed to the underside, a Caithness tea light holder, a Swarovski cat (chipped ears) and toucan, a Gisela Graham Ltd Christmas bauble with battery operated light, etc (13 + loose item in bag) (Condition report: generally in good condition, one seahorse detached from wire, Swarovski cat has chipped ears)
Lot 1326
Incredible hand-crafted desk prop on wheels used by cast members during the Together section of the Birmingham 2022 Closing Ceremony. This is a large black desk with a gloss finish and is decorated with an edgy design of two cut outs of copper mesh on the back. Item has been used in actual ceremony - condition worn with scratches and dents, wheels not working correctly. THIS LOT IS COLLECTION ONLY
Lot 1329
Incredible hand-crafted desk prop on wheels used by cast members during the Together section of the Birmingham 2022 Closing Ceremony. This a medium-sized desk with a concrete-like finish and decorated with an industrial-effect copper wire frame and the official B2022 and Commonwealth logos on the back. Item has been used in actual ceremony - condition with surface scratches, Not on wheels THIS LOT IS COLLECTION ONLY
Lot 807
Spectacular, hand-made stage prop used by a cast member during Carnival of Firsts section of the Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony. This bubble gun was used to create the iconic circus scene and is crafted with incredible detail and colour. Item has been used in actual ceremony - condition as per image, 36 by 17 by 23cm
Lot 87
Spectacular, hand-made stage prop used by a cast member during Carnival of Firsts section of the Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony. This bubble gun was used to create the iconic circus scene and is crafted with incredible detail and colour. Item has been used in actual ceremony - condition as per image, 36 by 17 by 23cm
Lot 89
Spectacular, hand-made stage prop used by cast during Carnival of Firsts section of the Birmingham 2022 Opening Ceremony. This wagon wheel celebrates the best of Birmingham-born inventions and is crafted with incredible detail and colour. Item has been used in actual ceremony - condition as per image, 100cm diameter Collection Only.
Lot 119
A set of four Edwardian lignum vitae turned lawn bowls, each with an ivory insert plaques numbered 1 & 2, including presentation ‘B.B.T, won by TD Russel, 1911; number 3 size balls, British Bowling Association stamps; together with two modern sets of four bowls, a bowls storage bag, a leather case and small oval bucket (15)IVORY CERTIFICATE for sale of this item has been approved under the new Ivory Act regulations. Reference number: NG5DCM9M
Lot 533
Collection of costume jewellery to include mainly necklaces, earrings, brooches etc. Two brooches marked silver and pendant and chain marked .925 and a carved jet brooch. Quantity of glass beads.Condition ReportWorn condition commensurate with age. Jet brooch with chip to edge. Some pieces a/f. Some boxes un-associated with the item.
Lot 144
A Bronzed Figure of an Antelope, possibly Indian, 19th century, naively standing four-square, with incised lattice decoration, 17cm long; and A Bronze Figure of a Native, half length wearing a grass skirt, 13cm high (2). Both with surface wear and scratching. Figure of a native originally part of a larger item.
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Lot 107
Pulmonary.- [Auenbrugger (Leopold)].- Rozier de la Chassagne (M. de) Manuel des Pulmoniques, ou Traité Complet des Maladies de la Poitrine, first edition in French, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, rubbed, [Wellcome IV, 584], Paris, Humaire, 1770 § Laennec (R.T.H.) Traité de l'Auscultation Médiate et des Maladies des Poumons et du Coeur, 3 vol., third edition, half-titles, 4 double-page engraved plates (lightly offset), some foxing, ex-library copy with stamps, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, rebacked, [cf.PMM 280, first edition of 1819], Paris, 1831; and another on auscultation, 8vo (5)⁂ The first item also contains Auenbrugger's Nouvelle Méthode de Reconnoître les Maladies Internes de la Poitrine, the first edition in French of his Inventum novum, first published in 1761. The importance of this foundation work on percussion and auscultation was not realised until Corvisart's translation of 1808. The second work contains the first description of the ground-breaking monoauricular stethoscope.
Lot 108
Pulmonary.- Morton (Richard) Phthisiologia seu exercitationes de phthisi..., first edition, lacking initial imprimatur leaf (supplied in facsimile) but with errata leaf & final blank, some soiling and staining, contemporary panelled calf, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing M2831], Samuel Smith, 1689 § Cocchi (Antonio) Dei Discorsi Toscani..., 2 parts in 1, only edition, title in red & black, engraved plate of medal (spotted), wide margins, occasional spotting or soiling, ex-John Crerar Library copy with label (and small stamp to upper cover), contemporary calf-backed paste-paper boards, spine wormed at head, [Wellcome II, 363, part 1 only], Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1761 § Ramadge (F.H.) Traité sur la Nature et le Traitement de la Consumption Pulmonaire, first edition in French, half-title, 6 lithographed plates, all but one hand-coloured, some spotting and soiling, contemporary roan-backed boards, Brussels, 1836 § MacCormac (H.) Consumption, second edition, half-title, original cloth, 1865, all a little rubbed; and 6 others on tuberculosis, 8vo (10)⁂ The first is the first application of the principles of pathology to the study of pulmonary tuberculosis. The second item includes a section on the introduction of anti-tuberculosis legislation in Italy: in 1754, following a report by Cocchi, the Grand Duke of Tuscany published an edict forbidding the sale or exportation of anything belonging to consumptives without proper disinfection.
Lot 223
NO RESERVE Women.- Keswick (J. B.) Woman: Her Matrimonial & Maternal Relations, vol. 2 only (of 3), second edition, illustrations, some light spotting, one gathering loose, original stapled printed wrappers, foxed, a few ink marks to upper cover, rust-stained, lower joint split at foot, Scarborough, [1887].⁂ A quirky and rare item with eye-brow raising discussions of sexual depravity, the 'misery of matrimony', the mental organ of gender, abortion, women's rights and how to deal with young men.
Lot 55
Abdominal Organs.- Pott (Percivall) Remarks on the Disease, commonly called a Fistula in Ano, second edition, engraved plate, browned, modern calf-backed marbled boards, 1767 § Pemberton (C.R.) A Practical Treatise on Various Diseases of the Abdominal Viscera, first edition, half-title torn out, 2 engraved plates, some spotting, contemporary speckled calf with border or palmettes in gilt, rubbed, rebacked preserving old gilt spine, [Wellcome IV, 330], 1806 § Bennett (John Hughes) Case of Hypertrophy of the Spleen and Liver, in which death took place from suppuration of the Blood, contained in 'The Edinburgh Medical and Surgical Journal' vol.64 pp.413-423, ex-library copy with stamp to title, modern pigskin-backed boards, spine faded, Edinburgh, 1845 § Civiale (Jean) Traité Pratique sur les Maladies des Organes Génito-Urinaires, 3 vol., first edition, half-titles, 8 folding lithographed plates, some slightly shaved at edges, staining to corners at beginnings and ends, contemporary half calf, rubbed, Paris, 1837-42; and 17 others on the kidneys, liver, spleen, urinary tract etc., 8vo & 4to (23)⁂ The third item (Bennett) is the first definite description of leukaemia.
Lot 61
Anatomy.- Pascoli (Alessandro) Il Corpo-Umano..., first edition, half-title, engraved portrait and 20 plates, with some blank pages as issued, woodcut initials & ornaments, contemporary ink inscription to front free endpaper, some spotting and soiling, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and stained, slight worming, spine repaired, [Wellcome IV, 312], Venice, A.Poletti, 1700 § Wepfer (J.J.) Observationes anatomicae, ex cadaveribus eorum, quos sustulit apoplexia..., with signature V (including blank V8) bound after preliminaries, foxed, a few leaves frayed at edges, contemporary calf, worn, rebacked, corners repaired, Schaffhausen, 1675 § Martinez (M.) Anatomia Completa del Hombre, engraved portrait, fine plate of the anatomy theatre at Madrid, and 22 plates, contemporary Spanish tree sheep, spine gilt with red roan label, a little rubbed, Madrid, Bento Cano, 1788; and another, 4to & 8vo (4)⁂ In the second item Johann Wepfer was the first to make a connection between apoplexy and cerebral haemorrhage.
Lot 76
Digestion.- Pavlov (Ivan Petrovich) Die Arbeit der Verdauungsdrüsen, translated by Dr.A.Walther, first edition in German, lacking half-title, with graphs in text, 4pp. advertisements at end, contemporary half roan, [cf.PMM 385], Wiesbaden, 1898 § Beaumont (William) Experiments and Observations on the Gastric Juice, and the Physiology of Digestion, edited by Andrew Combe, half-title, traces of library stamps to title and final leaf, later cloth-backed boards, Edinburgh, 1838 § Tiedemann (F.) & Leopold Gmelin. Recherches Expérimentales, Physiologiques et Chimiaues sur la Digestion, 2 parts, first edition in French, half-title, errata leaf at end, tables, book-label of the nutritionist John Yudkin, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine faded, Paris, 1827, all rubbed; and 13 others on digestion, 8vo & 4to (16)⁂ The first mentioned was first published in Russian in St.Petersburg in 1897 and appeared in English as Lectures on the Function of the Main Food-Digesting Glands in 1902. Pavlov observed that gastric juices in animals flowed upon seeing or smelling food which led him to develop the idea of the conditioned reflex, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1905.The second item was the most important study of digestion before Pavlov, by an American army surgeon, and first published in Plattsburgh, NY in 1833.
Lot 93
Hydrotherapy.- Martelli (Giandomenico) Delle Acque Caje ovvero De'Bagni di Viterbo Opera Fisico-Medica, only edition, large folding engraved frontispiece, title in red & black, woodcut device on title, initials and head- & tail-pieces, faint library stamps to frontispiece and title, contemporary vellum, paper labels to spine, slightly warped, [Duveen 393; Wellcome IV, 62], Rome, Marco Pagliarini, 1777 § Duchanoy (C.-F.) Essais sur l'Art d'Imiter les Eaux Minérales..., first edition, half-title, engraved plate contemporary sheep, worn and wormed, [Duveen 182; Wellcome II, 491], Paris, Méquignon, 1780; and 2 others on mineral waters and hydrotherapy, 4to et infra (4)⁂ The first item concerns the thermal springs of Viterbo, by the doctor appointed to oversee the renovation of the ancient Roman baths there. The second considers the chemical analysis of natural mineral waters and the production of artificial mineral waters for medicinal purposes.
Lot 271
Rare 1982 USSR Ambassador to London Signed 25th Anniv 1st Artificial Earth Satellite FDC. Features Russian Stamp and Postmark. A Fascinating and Rare Item. A Benham's Silk Cachet Cover. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 350
SPACE. STS-8 Flight Cover USPS/NASA with Superb Postmarks and Stamps FDC. Housed in a NASA Informative Card Folder Case. A Must Have Item. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 359
WW2 31 Signed King of the Air 31x23 inch Colour Print by Anthony Saunders. 3 of 300 Prints. Superb Signatures include Jo Lancaster, Ken Johnson, Sydney Grimes, Rupert Noye, Jack Warner, Gordon Mellor, Benny Goodman, Reg Payne, Ray Worrall, Ron Flowers, Dave Fellowes, Joe Musgrove, Ted Key, Frank Tilley, Frank Tolley, Rusty Waughman, Ron Briggs, Harold Kirby, Jeff Hildreth, Tom Sayers, Stan Bradford, Geo Johnny Johnson, John Bell, Harry Parkins, Harry Irons, Chan Chandler. Fantastic Item, a Sought-After Print. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 394
Rare RAF photo Album with 5 Original Black and White Photos and 14 Signatures including Eric Wilson, AJ Walden, Derek Wenton, George Williamson, Tudor Anthony Trigg, Jack Turner, And Others. Housed in a Blue RAF Album. Fantastic Item. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 41
Aviation Artist Robert Taylor Hardback Book Multi Signed by WW2 Veterans inc Artist Robert Taylor, Further Signatures include JG Millard, Johnny Walker, George Unwin, Peter Brown and MG Stapleton. All Signed in pencil. First Edition, Published in 1987. Fantastic Item. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 42
Aviation Artist Robert Taylor Hardback Book Multi Signed by WW2 Veterans inc Artist Robert Taylor, Further Signatures include JG Millard, Johnny Walker, George Unwin, Peter Brown and MG Stapleton. All Signed in pencil. First Edition, Published in 1991. Fantastic Item. Good condition. All autographs come with a Certificate of Authenticity. We combine postage on multiple winning lots and can ship worldwide. UK postage from £5.99, EU from £7.99, Rest of World from £9.99
Lot 194
British Isles. Jansson (Jan & Ortelius Abraham), Insularum Britannicarum Acurata Delineatio ex Geographicis Conatibus Abrahami Ortelii, Amsterdam, 1646 [or later], an historical map engraved by Pieter Van den Keere with contemporary outline colouring, large decorative cartouche, compass rose and numerous rhumb lines, orientated to the west, slight toning to the central fold, 395 x 510 mm, no text on verso, together with Homann (Johann Baptist). Magnae Britanniae pars Meridionalis in qua regnum Angliae tam in Septem Antiqua Anglo-Saxonum Regna..., Nuremberg, circa 1725, engraved map with contemporary outline colouring, large uncoloured cartouche and historical vignette, old folds, 575 x 490 mm, with another five maps of England & Wales, including examples by or after Kitchin, Dilly & Robinson and Vivares, one duplicate, various sizes and conditionQTY: (7)NOTE:The first item described. R. W. Shirley. Early Printed Maps of the British Isles, 1477 - 1650, number 575.
Lot 215
Holy Land. Ortelius (Abraham), Geographia Sacra, circa 1601, hand-coloured engraved map, inset oval projection of the 'modern' world, 365 x 480 mm Latin text on verso, together with three other miniature maps similar by Bertius, Wyld and Wells, various sizes, good conditionQTY: (4)NOTE:The first described item, Marcel van den Broecke 179. Eran Laor 549.
Lot 225
North America. Lodge (James), Chart and Plan of the Harbour of New York & the Couny. Adjacent, from Sandy Hook to Kingsbridge, Comprehending the Whole of New York and Staten Islands, and Part of Long Island & the Jersey Shore: and Shewing the Defences of New York both by Land and Sea, J. Bew 1781, hand-coloured engraved map, old folds, slight surface abrasion, toned overall, laid on a later wooden board with a turned wooden architrave to the upper margin and a wooden batten at the base, 435 x 250 mm, together with another seven maps, including examples by or after André, De La Marche, The London Magazine, Chapman & Hall, Bonne and Kitchin, various sizes and conditionQTY: (8)NOTE:The first described item was published in 'The Political Magazine...,'.
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Lot 24
Rochester Bridge, Kent. A collection of Statutes concerning Rochester Bridge, London: Printed by John Baskett, 1733, [2],13,[1]pp., bound with A List of the Lands contributory to Rochester-Bridge, [1731], 4pp., drop-head title, docketed, some damp staining, edges untrimmed, contemporary marbled wrappers bound-in at front and rear, also bound with five inset mounted leaves of an Act of Parliament, 1908, relating to Rochester Bridge, 20th century brown half morocco, large slim folioQTY: (1)NOTE:ESTC T100346 and T190853.ESTC locates only four copies of the first item in the UK and two copies of the second item.
Lot 384
Film Memorabilia. A very large private collection of mostly British film promotional materials relating to over 2,000 individual films, 1930s/1980s, a large proportion of the pieces from the studio distributors of Warner Bros. and Columbia, plus some 20th-Century Fox, Regal, British Lion, MGM, Paramount, Universal, Walt Disney, Warner Pathé, etc., comprising 70+ pieces from the 1930s, 320+ pieces from the 1940s, 380+ from the 1950s, 400+ from the 1960s, 500+ from the 1970s and 270+ from the 1980s, covering all film genres, the collection includes over 500 campaign books and over 200 campaign sheets, approximately 90 pressbooks, 1,000 synopsis sheets (including some typed), 80 mostly small format posters and poster flyers, plus brochures distributed by local cinemas, invitations to premières, etc., the collection well-organised by studio and theme and largely alphabetically arranged in 32 A3/A4 ring binders including 15 for Warner and 10 for Columbia, plus a box of (mostly British) lobby cards and film stillsQTY: (32 ring binders & a carton)NOTE:An extraordinary and voluminous collection of film memorabilia gathered by an employee of one of the major British film distributors. The emphasis is on campaign books and synopses, programmes and other press kit material rather than film posters, of which there are very few. Many of the films are represented by more than one item, and often with duplicate material, making the collection well over 5,000 individual items. A detailed listing is available on request.
Lot 434
Brass and copper Art Nouveau style table lamp with glass shade, H: 46 cm. All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133
Lot 436
A large reproduction brass oil lamp form table lamp with electric fitting and etched glass shade, overall H: 62 cm. All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133
Lot 535
Sony HiFi unit to include CDP-C345, TA-FE330R, CDP-XE300 and ST-SE200. All electrical items in this lot have been PAT tested for safety and have passed. This does not confirm that the item is in full working order. Not available for in-house P&P, contact Paul O'Hea at Mailboxes on 01925 659133
Lot 215
GLASGOW – A RARE SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL TEA TRAY MILNE & CAMPBELL marked M&C, Glasgow town mark, MC, O, of large circular scalloped outline with moulded rim, raised on four scrolling hoof feet, the reverse of the tray engraved William Crawford born 1 Jany 1704, Elizabeth Gow born 15 Decr 1712 – Married 5 August 1731 – Died 21 May 1771, Died 5th June 1787’Dimensions:36cm diameter, 35ozNote: Note: The tea tray was an expensive optional extra within larger tea services and likely rarely commissioned. When compared to the extensive survival of teapot stands / waiters and traditional-sized salvers the true rarity of such a piece becomes evident. The survival of such items of Scottish manufacture pre-1750 appears to number as few as six, with only one provincially made example. The idea of a tea service is a relatively modern one, with matching items bought at the same time. It is likely that most services were ‘collected’ over time and indeed utilised fashionable porcelain as well as silver. The need for an equipage which included a large tea tray such as this would certainly have been for the highest classes of society only. Indeed there are few items of Scottish George II silver which would be larger or heavier than a tea tray such as this, perhaps only spirit kettles or the iconic ovoid coffee urns, again cementing the status an object of this type would have brought. Such an item would only have graced the wealthiest and most fashionable families and houses of Scotland.The fascinating engraving on the reverse presumably shows the origin of either the wealth or indeed recycled silver which was used to create this tea tray, likely closely upon the death of Elizabeth Gow in 1787 when this tray was likely crafted.
Lot 233
INVERNESS – A RARE PAIR OF SCOTTISH PROVINCIAL SALVERS JOHN BAILLIE marked I.B, INS, X (dots within angles) of shaped square outline with plain flat and slightly raised flared rim, the four corner bracket feet inswept following the shape of the rimDimensions:14cm wide, 10ozProvenance:Provenance:Phillips 20th May 1988 lot 111Private Scottish CollectionNote: References and exhibition:Compendium of Scottish Silver R & J Dietert Volume 2 page 116Compendium of Scottish Silver II R & J Dietert page 433Note:Although not a well-recorded maker, the work of John Baillie of Inverness is universally of a very high standard. It seems fair to say he was the most accomplished silversmith in Inverness in the mid-18th century and received many important commissions. His work is scarce but from what survives we can see a maker of great quality receiving important and fashionable commissions. Like his contemporaries, he produced several fine quaichs of traditional form and these were likely a mainstay of his larger work. However, his true skill is seen in larger pieces which would not have looked out of place coming from his Edinburgh contemporaries. He produced two hot milk jugs, extremely rare for any Scottish silversmith, let alone provincially made (Aberdeen Art Gallery and Museum 01365 and Inverness Art Gallery & Museum 1978.260). Two pairs of mugs are recorded, one within a private collection (‘Exhibition of Scottish Silver’ Royal Scottish Museum August – September 1948 item 331), the other within the National Museums of Scotland collection National Museum Scotland (MEQ 1575 and 1576). These salvers are the only recorded in Inverness silver by any maker and one of only a very small handful of pairs of provincial examples extant.
Lot 298
A FINE VICTORIAN PRESENTATION BOOK FORMED TABLE SNUFF BOX JOHN MUIRHEAD, GLASGOW 1862 the large box formed as a book, the cover engraved with simulated tooling and a presentation inscription in an oval cartouche reading ‘Presented to A Graham Esq. of Capellie, Captain of the 8th or Neilston Co R.R.V by the members of his Company, 30th December 1862’, the spine engraved with soldiers at attention and crouched shooting with ‘title Chaucer and crest below, the base of the lower section engraved with a portrait of an officer presumed to be Captain GrahamDimensions:15.5cm x9cm x 3cm, 12.2ozNote: Note: Listed as a Director of the Glasgow, Barrhead and Neilson Direct in Bradshaw’s Railway Directory of 1850, Alexander Graham Esquire of Capelli, Barrhead would have had quite a successful career and a respected member of the community. As seen engraved on this fine snuff box, Graham went on to become the Captain of the 8th or Neilston Co R.R.V. also known as the Royal Rifle Volunteers. Following an invasion scare in 1859, the volunteer movement started to grow. Many Rifle and Artillery Volunteer Corps were composed of part-time soldiers eager to supplement the Regular British Army in time of need and as such became a precursor to the Territorial Army. The 3rd (Renfrewshire) Volunteer Battalion, Princess Louise’s (Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders) was formed on the 4th August 1860 and the 8th Neilston formed part of this. In 1862, the year the snuff box was presented, the county uniform of medium grey from the 1st Volunteer Batallion was adopted and worn until 1874. A generous gift to their captain which reinforces how well regarded Graham was. It is interesting to note that the fine table snuff box has been made by a Glasgow maker making this piece a truly West Coast item.
Lot 367
PORTRAIT MINIATURE OF PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART BY CHARLES DIXON (FL. 1748-1798) MID-18TH CENTURY in a silver filigree frame inset with eight rose cut diamonds, backed with Montrose agate and labelled SCOT. ARCH. & HIST. 1R58 I. E. G.Dimensions:2cm high, 2cm wideProvenance:Provenance: Threipland family collection By direct descent Fingask Castle, 26th – 28th April 1993, Christie's, Lot 812Private Scottish CollectionExhibited:The Royal House of Stuart, The New Gallery London 1889, item 682, lent by W. Murray ThreiplandNote: Note: For another miniature by the same hand and from the same original collection see Jacobite, Stuart and Scottish Applied Arts, 13th May 2015 Lyon & Turnbull, lot 4
Lot 51
A BOXED MECCANO OUTFIT No.3, incomplete, box damaged with a quantity of loose and assorted Meccano, mixture of blue and gold and red and green eras (some from the set), usual selection of parts but includes, include 2 x 50g and 1 x 25g lead weights, raked ships funnel, 6 diameter pulley, assorted smaller pulleys, assorted types and sizes of gears, face plate, channel bearing, wheel flange, universal coupling, double pulley blocks, hinged flat plates, corner gussets, hook, sprocket chain, pair of shafting standards, bell crank with boss, spoked wheels, assorted road wheels, aeroplane wheels, girder frame, circular and reciprocating saw blades, drag line excavator buckets, hooks, grab attachment, tins of Spring Clips, No.35 (not checked), clockwork and electric motors, Meccano Engineer pin badge (missing pin) pressed tin aeroplane fuselage top similar to the item from Aeroplane Constructor set, No.2 (not marked as Meccano) etc
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