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Lot 40
* Japan. A fine pair of late 19th c. Japanese photograph albums, each containing fifty hand-tinted albumen prints (with tissue guards), mounted back-to-back on twenty-five thick card leaves, a.e.g., orig. black lacquered papier-mache boards decorated in gilt with ivory onlays, leather backstrips, each contained in orig. padded silk cardstock box (distressed), the lid and sides decorated with printed images of cranes and num. small figures and incorporating the publisher`s name `K. Tamamuri`, dimensions of albums 12 x 16in (30 x 41cm) Images include landscape views, temples and other buildings at Nikko, Chuzenji, Ashio, Akao, Haruna, Miogi, Miyanoshita, Hakone, Nagasaki, Kioto, Kamakura and Tokyo. (2)
Lot 88
An evening gown of black chiffon over rose silk, circa 1912, adorned with pink chiffon roses and black velvet bands inset with chemical lace; together with the pink satin tea gown from which the decoration was removed c.1885 by K&M Davies of Bayswater, (2) Lots 88 & 89 probably relate to Miss Elizabeth A.I. Trummer - the music teacher of Harcourt Lodge, Norwood.
Lot 53
An 18th Century Northern European pewter mounted faience cylindrical tankard, the cylindrical body decorated in blue and white with oval cartouche on a mottled manganese ground, the slightly domed pewter cover with cast circular panel to lid and turned ball finial, and with pewter mounted footrim, 9.5ins high (with painted mark in the form of the letter "K", and three pellets to base - lid engraved "J.R." and No. 33 - part of pewter footrim missing and body cracked)
Lot 205
CHUPYATOV, LEONID 1890-1941 Speeding Train signed and dated 1924 Oil on canvas, 66 by 94 cm. Provenance: Private collection, St Petersburg. Private collection, Europe. During the last few years, interest in Leonid Chupyatov’s work has not simply grown, his name is now synonymous with the best work of the vibrant decades in Post Civil War Soviet Russia. First and foremost, Chupyatov was one of K. Petrov-Vodkin’s best students. From him Chupyatov adopted an extraordinary vision for compositional and spatial aspects of art, boldness of palette, and most of all faultless taste. Less sensual, but more rational and constructive in his technotronic approach than his great teacher, Chupyatov created a whole series of picturesque canvases that resemble “camera obscura”, where his views of inner courtyards, apertures of ladders, deserted industrial landscapes, and even still-lifes are hypertrophied. They resemble the shocking, in-your-face works of the Stenberg brothers and the metaphysical monochrome fantasies of Rodchenko. “Immobility” of Chupyatov’s works contrasts with the sense of movement penetrating a scene of action and time. This is especially evident on the picture presented for the auction. The illusion of speed literally takes the viewer’s breath away, while the dispersion of the vectors of the composition conveys the power of the streams of air. In this brilliant solution of the most complicated problem of absolute balance, the massive train, nearly falling off the slope as it speeds frenziedly, appears almost weightless, as though kept afloat by a dense trail of its own smoke. This work was executed by Leonid Chupyatov in 1924, when he belonged to the artistic community Zhar-Tsvet. It was, perhaps, the best period of his life, a time of revelations and unexpected, courageous discoveries, of mature self-evaluation of his creative path
Lot 221
ROERICH, NICHOLAS 1874-1947 Sangacheling, from the series Sikkim signed with a monogram Tempera on canvas, 73 by 117.5 cm. Provenance: The Roerich Museum, New York, 1924–1935. Nettie & Louis Horch, USA, from 1935. Private collection, UK. Exhibited: The Roerich Museum, New York (permanent collection), 1924–1935, No. 179. Literature: F. Grant et al., Roerich. Himalayas. A Monograph, New York, Brentano Publ., 1926, p. 199, 191, illustrated. The Roerich Museum Catalogue, New York, Roerich Museum, 1930, p. 21. A. V. Yaremenko, Nicholai Konstantinovich Roerich: His Life and Creations During the Past Forty Years, New York, Central Book Trading Co., 1931, p. 38, plate 91, illustrated. Y. Petrova, A Time to Gather. Russian Art from Foreign Private Collections, 2007, p. 125, No. 80, illustrated. List of Nicholas Roerich Paintings, 1917–1924, Autograph, The Nicholas Roerich Museum Archive, New York, No. 19. If one would attempt to divide Nicholas Roerich’s long artistic career into two main periods, the year 1924 would be a distinct and recognizable borderline. He spent the first nine months of that year living in Darjeeling, India, travelling throughout the region and painting his visions of spiritual forces shaping the material world: Himalayan landscapes, villages and monasteries. He expressed his fascination with “the roof of the World” (the Himalayas) and India’s ageless spiritual traditions by instantly acquiring a new style of painting marked by richness of colour, forcefulness of line, and freshness of perspective. His eighty canvases from this period, neatly organized into four series – His Country, Sikkim, Banners of the East (The Birth of Mysteries) and Himalayan – all bear the signs of that particular vigor and spontaneity which comes with leaving behind old shores and discovering new inspirations. If we had to define Roerich with just a painting or two, it would almost certainly come from 1924. In this large canvas from the Sikkim series, consisting of thirteen paintings in all, Roerich pays tribute to Buddhist lore by depicting one of the oldest and well-known of its monasteries (of Nyingma tradition) near the village of Pelling. In his travel diary he notes: “An interesting monastery is Sangacheling… there are no relics, but there rests a stone made sacred by the blessing of the founder; when the life of the monastery is unalloyed, the stone is firm, but each deviation makes the stone creak.” As always in his work, the artist is motivated by the spiritual significance of the subject. His meditation on the theme produces a bold composition: a small human figure balances the vast expanses of brick and stone. For Roerich, it is not outward greatness that determines whether faith endures, but rather the firmness of human spirit. Here, the rock and stupas are held together by the strength of the monk’s will. Without him, the composition collapses; if his spirit cracks, the stone breaks. The clarity of Roerich’s new vision is manifest in the sharp outlines of the rocks, stupas, and almost geometric simplicity of the figure. By contrast, a glowing, yellow light, a symbolic colour in Buddhism, permeates every inch of the canvas, alternating between flat planes of colour and rough textures of dark orange. The richness of colour and the complexity of composition do not detract from the powerful presence of the solitary figure. In fact, they emphasize the strength of his spirit, as he both harmonizes with and commands his surroundings. We are grateful to Gvido Trepša, senior researcher at the Nicholas RoerichMuseum, New York, for providing this note. Nicholas Roerich had felt strongly drawn to India from as far back as his childhood: when he passed the summer on the estate of Izvara near Gatchina, where he would spend hours gazing at a painting hanging on the wall that had as its subject the celebrated Himalayan mountain peak of Kanchenjungi, and on the occasions when he would sit listening to the conversations of the orientalists A. Pozdneev and K. Golstunskiy when they visited the Roerich family home in St Petersburg. At last, on 17 November 1923, the Macedonia steamship departed from Marseilles harbour for Bombay, with Roerich and his family aboard. They did not remain on the Indian plain for long. The destination for which they were bound was where the snow-covered peaks of the highest mountains in the world soared to the heavens – the Himalayas. After having made their way through a noisy and hot Calcutta, Roerich and his family arrived in Darjeeling. This small English resort town, the centre of the tea industry, lies in the foothills of the Eastern Himalayas. In close proximity to Darjeeling, to the north, there was the small Himalayan principality of Sikkim, nestling between Nepal and Bhutan. On fine clear days, the gigantic snowy mass of the sacred peak of Kanchenjungi could be seen to rear above it. This “snowy country, the outlines of which vary with each change of light ... this eternally turbulent restless ocean of clouds and indescribably diverse varieties of mists” inspired Roerich to create his first major cycle of works dedicated to the Himalayas. One of the masterpieces of the Sikkim series, which consists of a total of thirteen canvases, is the arge canvas now being presented at auction, Sangacheling. The lost Himalayan independent principality of Sikkim, to which access had only just been granted to Europeans, became the first stage of the expedition route. The principality presented a unique image both in terms of nature and from a cultural perspective. Arranged on a multitude of hills, from time to time one would come across evergreen jungles with luxuriant vegetation, pheasants, leopards and monkeys. Over all of this world filled with the splendours of nature there soared the seventeen snow-capped peaks of the Himalayas. The small area within which Sikkim was contained also encompassed almost every climatic zone our planet has to offer, beginning with a subtropical zone and ending with an arctic zone of eternal snows. “A diverse natural world”, Roerich wrote of Sikkim, “a stern larch tree would stand side by side with a rhododendron bush. Everything crowded together, and all these earthly riches faded into the blue mist of the mountainous distance. A bank of clouds covered a glowering haze. It was strange and strikingly unexpected to catch sight of a new cloud-filled composition after having viewed this finished piece of artwork. Above the dusk and waves of clouds there shone the blindingly bright snows of the endless, soaring, almost inaccessible peaks. These were two separate worlds, divided by mist”. The precipitous mountains of the “land of snow” precluded the use of horses, and therefore the route through this country followed by Roerich and his family had be undertaken on foot and was extremely arduous. They made a study of historical and religious monuments and, most importantly, the ancient monasteries of Sikkim – “the hundred monasteries of Sikkim. Probably considerably more in fact. Each of them sitting astride a peak”. Amongst this multitude of holy sites, along the expedition route there was to be found one of the oldest and most revered of the country’s monasteries, the monastery of Sangacheling, which was situated next to the settlement of Pelling. Founded in 1705, the monastery adhered to the Nyingma tradition, which is the most ancient of the four principal schools of Tibetan Buddhism. At this time Roeric
Lot 67
Seven: Lieutenant-Colonel A. K. Rawlley, 1st Gurkha Rifles and Parachute Regiment, Indian Army General Service Medal 1947, 2 clasps, Jammu and Kashmir 1947-48, Goa 1961 (IC3240 A Maj. A. K. Rawlley 1 G.R.) naming re-engraved; Defence Medal 1965 (IC-3240 A-Lt.Col. A. K. Rawlley, Para R.); Overseas Service Medal, clasp, United Arab Emirates (IC-3240 A-Maj. A. K. Rawlley, Para R.); Indian Independence 1947 (IEC-11522 A/Capt. A. K. Rawlley, G.R.); Defence and War Medals, both unnamed as issued; U.N.E.F. Medal, mounted court style as worn, very fine (7) £300-350 Lieutenant-Colonel A. K. Rawlley was the younger brother of Lieutenant-General N. C. Rawlley, P.V.S.M., A.V.S.M., M.C., first Colonel of the Brigade of Guards, Indian Army.
Lot 98
An unusual inter-war civil C.B., C.B.E., Great War military O.B.E. group of ten awarded to Kenneth Lyon, Under Secretary of State in the 1939-45 War, late Captain, Royal Field Artillery The Most Honourable Order of the Bath, C.B. (Civil) Companions neck badge, silver-gilt, hallmarks for London 1934, in its Garrard & Co. case of issue; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, C.B.E. (Civil) Commanders 1st type neck badge, silver-gilt and enamel, in Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, London fitted case; The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, O.B.E. (Military) Officers 1st type breast badge, silver, hallmarks for London 1919; British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (Capt. K. Lyon); Defence Medal 1939-45; Coronation 1911; Jubilee 1935; Coronation 1937; France, Legion of Honour, Chevaliers breast badge, in silver, gilt and enamel, together with Glass Sellers Companys Medal, bronze-gilt, officially named to Kenneth Lyon, Esq., C.B., C.B.E., M.A., Master 1951-52, in fitted case, mounted as worn where applicable, the O.B.E. with worn gilt and the French badge chipped at arms points, otherwise very fine and better (11) £800-1000 C.B. London Gazette 1 January 1938. C.B.E. London Gazette 3 June 1924. French Legion of Honour London Gazette 14 January 1921. Kenneth Lyon was born at Rainhill, Lancashire in February 1886 and was educated at Birkenhead School and Merton College, Oxford. Entering the Civil Service in 1909, as a Higher Division Clerk at the War Office, he acted as Private Secretary to the Adjutant-General 1912-16. In June of the latter year, however, in order to play a more active part in the prevailing hostilities, he was accepted as a Cadet by the Royal Artillery and, on completion of his training at the end of the same year, was embarked for France as a 2nd Lieutenant in 13th Brigade, R.F.A., in which capacity he remained actively employed until the end of the War. And, in addition to being mentioned in the Secretary of States List in February 1917, and winning a ômentionö in December 1918, was awarded the O.B.E. - the announcement of this latter honour has yet to be traced in the London Gazette, but is listed after his name in the same publication on the confirmation of his advancement to Captain (see London Gazette 16 July 1920). Returning to his duties in the Civil Service, Lyon was Private Secretary to various Secretaries of State for War 1921-24, including Lord Derby, and was awarded the C.B.E. in the latter year. Next serving as Assistant Secretary at the War Office 1924-36, he was also a Member of the British Delegation to the Disarmament Conference at Geneva in 1932. Lyon took up his final appointment, as Under Secretary of State in 1936, in which latter capacity he was awarded the C.B. in 1938 and served throughout the 1939-45 War. A Freeman of the City of London, he served as Master of the Worshipful Company of Glass Seller 1951-52 and died in August 1956; sold with original Times obituary cutting (dated 6 August 1956), and related statements published in later editions. Also see Lot 100 for his brothers Honours and Awards.
Lot 112
Three: Lieutenant Walter Scott Stuart Lyon, Royal Scots, a War Poet, killed in action, 8 May 1915 1914-15 Star (Lieut., R. Scots); British War and Victory Medals (Lieut.) nearly extremely fine (3) £400-500 Walter Scott Stuart Lyon was born on 1 October 1886, at North Berwick. He was the son of Walter F. K. Lyon. In 1905 he went up to Oxford from Haileybury, and read Classics. He came down in 1909 to begin his professional training in Edinburgh, where he graduated in Law and in 1912 he was admitted an Advocate. He was then for some years Sub-Warden of the Edinburgh University Settlement. He was gazetted a 2nd Lieutenant on 14 December 1909, and posted to the 9th Battalion Royal Scots, being promoted to Lieutenant on 17 December 1912. When war broke out he was appointed Staff-Captain to the Lothian Brigade. He rejoined his battalion in France in March 1915. Major John Ewing, writing about the 2nd Battle of Ypres in his history of the Royal Scots , described the following incident on 23 April 1915: ôCö Company had come to a halt behind a hedge which was so thickly girt with barbed wire that men could not break through without great labour. Noticing this, Lieutenant Lyon very cooly stood up and, taking out his wire-cutters, began to make gaps. Machine-guns played on him, but without any sign of haste he proceeded with his task, never stopping until he had rendered the hedge penetrable. Later in his book, Ewing wrote: On 8th May the storm broke out anew ... South of the Menin Road the shelling was not so continuous or relentless as it was farther North, but it caused several casualties among the 9th Royal Scots. Lieutenant Lyon, who had distinguished himself by his cool daring on 23rd April, was among the victims. Lieutenant Walter Scott Stuart Lyon was killed in action on 8 May 1915, aged 28 years. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. He was said to be the first member of the Scottish Bar to fall in action in the Great War and perhaps the first Advocate to fall in action since the battle of Flodden. Lieutenant Lyon was one of the War Poets. After his death, his poems were published in a volume called Easter at Ypres. With copied research and a copy of the article, Some Great War Lyon Toffs and Toughs, by Dan Lyon, which appeared in the O.M.R.S. Journal of June 2009.
Lot 518
Six: Stoker 1st Class T. H. Humphreys, Royal Navy, who served aboard H.M. Ships Nestor and Onslow in the Great War 1914-15 Star (K.14672 Sto. 1, R.N.); British War and Victory Medals, M.I.D. oakleaf (K.14672 Sto. 1, R.N.); Defence Medal; Royal Fleet Reserve L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 1st issue (K.14672 (Po.B. 15261) Sto. 1, R.F.R.); Romania, Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty, 3rd Class with swords, bronze, unnamed, some contact marks, very fine (6) £1000-1200 M.I.D. London Gazette 14 September 1918. .... for services in action with enemy submarines. Medal for Hardihood and Loyalty London Gazette 17 March 1919. Thomas Henry Humphreys was born in Liverpool on 10 January 1893. An Engineer Labourer by occupation, he entered the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 9 April 1912, being advanced to Stoker 1st Class in May 1913 when on the battleship King Edward VII. Posted to Woolwich in December 1913, he served aboard the destroyer Nestor until 31 May 1916. Nestor was sunk in a V.C. action at the battle of Jutland. As Humphreys does not feature in the list of Nestors survivors, it must be assumed that he had left the ship just hours before the fateful engagement. Having made his lucky escape, he then joined another destroyer veteran of Jutland, joining the Onslow in October 1916, remaining with her until March 1919. For his service aboard the vessel he was both mentioned in despatches and awarded the Romanian Medal for Hardihood and Freedom. Both awards seem likely to have been made in connection with the incident when Onslow was attacked by a German submarine on 25 February 1918. The ship retaliated and sank the submarine with depth charges. After the war Humphreys transferred to the Submarine Service at Dolphin and served on the K.14, April 1921-March 1924. Fortune shined on him yet again as he survived duty on the ill-fated class of submarines and he joined the R.F.R. in 1924. During the Second World War he is believed to have been an A.R.P. Warden in Liverpool. He died in April 1985. With copied service paper, gazette extracts and other research.
Lot 542
Four: Kot-Daffadar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (King Georges Own) Lancers British War Medal 1914-20 (2242 K-Dfdr., 18 Lcrs.); Royal Victorian Medal, G.V.R. (2242 Sowar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (K.G.O.) Lacrs.) engraved naming; Delhi Durbar 1911 (2242 Sowar Ahmad Yar Khan, 18th (K.G.O.) Lancers) engraved naming; Indian Army Meritorious Service Medal, G.V.R., 1st issue (2242 Kot. Dfdr., 18/19/(K.G.O.) Lcrs.) mounted as worn, some contact marks, minor edge bruising, very fine (4) £200-240 Ahmad Yar Khan of the Sowar Training Establishment, 18th (K.G.O.) Lancers was awarded the R.V.M. in January 1912 on the occasion of H.M. The Kings visit to India for the Durbar.. M.S.M. Gazette of India 27 November 1920. ... for meritorious service and devotion to duty in the field while serving with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force. With copied research.
Lot 581
Three: Sergeant K. J. Webber, Welsh Guards General Service 1962, 1 clasp, Northern Ireland (24263823 Gdsm. K. J. Webber, W.G.); South Atlantic 1982, with rosette (24263823 L. Cpl. K. J. Webber, W.G.); Army L.S. & G.C., E.II.R., Regular Army (24263823 Sgt. K. J. Webber, W.G.), mounted-court-style as worn, good very fine (3) £1200-1500 Kenneth Webber, who was from Barry, served for most of his career in the Welsh Guards as a member of the Support Company (Anti-Tank Platoon), and accordingly was not present on the occasion of the loss of the Sir Galahad. A Battalion boxer 1978-80, he also served at least two tours of duty in Northern Ireland - accompanying notes refer; together with some copied regimental images, including the recipient.
Lot 626
A Great War D.S.M. awarded to Stoker Patrick OReilly, for services aboard the Vindictive in the raid on Ostende, 9-10 May 1918 Distinguished Service Medal, G.V.R. (K.44713 P. OReilly. Sto. 2Cl. ôVindictiveö Ostend. 9-10. May. 1918) minor correction to official number, otherwise nearly extremely fine £900-1200 D.S.M. London Gazette 28 August 1918. Stoker Patrick OReilly is recorded in the list of men who were wounded in the second raid on Ostend on 9-10 May 1918.
Lot 275
The Royal Victorian Order, K.C.V.O., Knight Commanders set of insignia, comprising neck badge, silver-gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered K65; and breast star, silver, gilt and enamels, the reverse officially numbered 65, complete with neck crevat in its Collingwood & Co case of issue, this also numbered K 65, in need of a good clean, otherwise nearly extremely fine £600-700
Lot 520
Four: Stoker Petty Officer W. P. Lamble, Royal Navy, who fought at the Falkland Islands in H.M.S. Cornwall, killed in an air raid, 21 April 1941 1914-15 Star (K.473 L. Sto., R.N.); British War and Victory Medals (K.473 S.P.O., R.N.); Royal Navy L.S. & G.C., G.V.R., 2nd issue, fixed suspension (K.473 S.P.O., H.M.S. Emperor of India) mounted as worn, nearly very fine (4) £180-220 William Percy Lamble was born in Totnes, Devon, on 2 February 1889. A Farm Labourer by occupation, he enlisted into the Royal Navy as a Stoker 2nd Class on 10 March 1908. Promoted to Stoker 1st Class in March 1909 when on Queen and Acting Leading Stoker in November 1913 when on Colossus. He served the early part of the war aboard the armoured cruiser Cornwall, July 1914-February 1915, serving initially off the west coast of Africa. She was then directed to the Falkland Islands to strengthen the squadron of Vice-Admiral Doveton Sturdee. On 8 December the squadron encountered that of Vice-Admiral Von Spee. In the battle of the Falkland Islands, the Cornwall together with the cruiser Glasgow chased down and sank the German light cruiser Leipzig. Lamble then served on the cruiser Liverpool, September 1915-May 1919, during which time he was advanced to Stoker Petty Officer. In 1919 the vessel was sent to the Black Sea to support White Russian forces. Post-war, during his service aboard the battleship Emperor of India, November 1922-May 1925, he was awarded the Long Service Medal. During the Second World War, having previously been pensioned, Lamble took a post as Civilian Instructor at H.M.S. Drake, the R.N. shore base at Plymouth. He was killed in an air raid on the barracks, 21 April 1941, aged 52 years. He was the son of George Henry and Mary Lamble and husband of Edith Alice Lamble of Paignton. He was buried in Paignton Cemetery. With copied service papers and other research.
Lot 656
A Second World War North Africa operations M.M. group of five awarded to Sergeant W. A. Evans, Royal Artillery - who was originally recommended for a D.C.M. for his gallant deeds in an anti-tank unit in April 1943 Military Medal, G.VI.R. (1064397 Sjt. W. A. Evans, R.A.); 1939-45 Star; Africa Star, clasp, 1st Army; Defence and War Medals 1939-45, minor contact marks, good very fine or better (5) £800-1000 M.M. London Gazette 22 July 1943. The original recommendation - for a D.C.M. - states: Sergeant Evans is Troop Sergeant of K Troop, 88th Anti-Tank Battery, 14th Anti-Tank Regiment. Two guns of K Troop were ordered into action on Sidi Amellah (?) ridge during the morning of 29 April. The route for the Troop was through a minefield, and then over an open slope which was exposed to shell and small arms fire. The position was just below and defiladed by the lip of the top of the ridge, firing backwards. The guns which should have covered the top of the ridge were either destroyed or unable to occupy the selected positions because of accurate machine-gun and mortar fire. Tanks were reported on the far side of the ridge. It was necessary to manhandle the gun over the crest of the ridge. Sergeant Evans collected some infantry and assisted to manhandle the gun over the top of the hill onto the forward slope which was in full view of the enemy. Enemy tanks were engaged by the gun and two tanks were destroyed in three rounds. Just after this gun opened fire, Sergeant Evans and the infantry he had collected manhandled the second gun on to the crest and the gun opened fire and destroyed a tank. Early in the tank attack, the Troop Commander had been wounded, and Sergeant Evans took over command of the guns. He collected the infantry to assist in manhandling, helped load the guns, and later conducted the most dangerous operations in order to get the guns and ammunition under cover. William Alfred Evans was a native of Rotherham.
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