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Lot 622
19TH CENTURY - DURHAM HEAVY BRIGADE, ROYAL ARTILLERY - JOHN GEORGE LAMBTON, 3RD EARL OF DURHAM KG GCVO PC (19 JUNE 1855 - 18 SEPTEMBER 1928) - A LARGE LEATHER FRAMED TABLE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE EARL OF DURHAM in full uniform by F.A. Swaine 106 New Bond Street, signed in ink, lower right 'Durham 1912' 28cm x 44cm. Known as Viscount Lambton until 1879, Durham was the eldest twin son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham, and his wife Lady Beatrix Frances, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. His grandfather was the famous statesman and colonial administrator, John Lambton, 1st Earl of Durham, and his great-grandfather was Prime Minister Charles Grey, 2nd Earl Grey. As a young man he served as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and later became Honorary Colonel of the Durham Heavy Brigade, Royal Artillery, the 6th Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers and the 8th Battalion Durham Light Infantry, and was awarded the Volunteer Decoration Durham served as Lord-Lieutenant of County Durham from 1884 to 1928 and also bore the Queen Consort's Ivory Road with Dove at the Coronation of King George V in 1911 and was Lord High Steward to George V during his visit to India from 1911 to 1912. He was made a Knight of the Garter in 1909 and admitted to the Privy Council in 1911. From 1919 to 1928 he served as chancellor of the University of Durham. Lord Durham married Ethel Elizabeth Louisa, daughter of Henry Beilby William Milner, in 1882. The marriage was childless, and Lady Durham was committed to a mental institution for most of her adult life. Lord Durham produced a child, John R. H. Rudge (b. 1892), out of wedlock with the dancer Letty Lind, whom he could not marry because his wife's illness prevented a divorce. He and Lind were together for many years until her death in 1923. He died in September 1928, aged 73, and was succeeded in the earldom by his younger twin brother, Frederick. Lady Durham died in 1931.
Lot 163
An Anton Kessel violin, a violin bow with ivory and mother of pearl inlaid frog and bearing ownership stamp "SB Prommer", a sarcophagus shaped rosewood violin case, together with two framed prints CONDITION REPORTS Case with various scratches, chips, etc, mechanism probably does not work, wear and tear. Violin missing strings, bridge is off, no tuning pegs, small chips, worn section, rubbed sections, impressed marks, light scratches. Length of back of the violin 14". General wear and tear.
Lot 362
ENGLISH SCHOOL "E A Hilder Esquire Groves End Kent ", portrait study of a seated gentleman in black coat and waistcoat holding an envelope", oil on ivory, in decorative gilt frame, housed in a rosewood outer frame, unsigned, together with a framed and engraved gilt metal plaque inscribed "Armorial Insignia of HRH The Prince of Wales", "Semper Paratus"
Lot 680
Four pieces of Locke and Co Worcester blush ivory, a vase decorated with three birds, height 2.5ins, a ewer decorated with flowers, height 3.75ins, a twin handled vase decorated with a bird on a snowy branch, af, height 4.75ins and a vase with pierced neck decorated with a bird, af, height 7.25ins Condition report: Tall robin vase - numbered 276, broken through the piercing at top of neck, right handle has been re-glued, large areas of rubbing to gilding Flower jug - numbered 70 - chip to spout Squat vase - numbered 8, chips to rim middle vase - numbered 838, both handles glued
Lot 15
A mid 19thC Anglo-Indian, Vizagapatam ivory and sandalwood workbox, engraved and inked with mythical and other birds, snakes, trailing flora and foliage, having shallow, tapered sides, opposing, angled, hinged, serpentine outlined, horn mounted borders and a swing handle, on carved ivory claw feet, the interior embellished with further ivory ornament and a decoratively fretworked division panel 4''h 10.5''w
Lot 16
An early 20thC Japanese ivory casket, the cross cut section of a tusk with silver coloured metal border mounts and a folding top handle, on button feet, allover decorated in Shibayama with exotic birds and insects amongst flowering branches, an oval door enclosing a pair of deep drawers, overpainted in gilt 5.5''h 6''w
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